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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
ESTATE OF CHARLOTTE NJ. HUNT
INGTON OF BURLINGTON.

lNGTON OF BURLINGTON.
STATE OF VERMONT. District o, Chit
tenden.
To all persons concerned in the estate OF
Charlotte NJ, Huntington. late of Builing-
ton, in said district deceased.
GREETING:
At F:obate Court. holden at Burning
ton. within and for the District OF Chitten-
den, on the 9TH day of March, 1868,
an instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament Of Charlotte NJ. Hunt
ngton. late of Burlington. in said district,
deceased, was presented 10 the court
aforesaid. for probate.
And 1t IS ord. red by said court shat the
18th day at March, 1903 at the Probate
Court rooms In said Burlington. be assign
ed for proving said instrument; and tina,
notice thereof be given to all persons con.
cerned, by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in the Burlington
We ekly Free Press, newspaper published
at said Burlington, previous to the time
appointed.
Therefore, yea are hereby notified to 9p.
pear before said Court, at Inc tim0 aid
place aforesaid, and contest tbs probate OF
fAid Will, # you have cause.
Given under my hard at Burlington. In
said district. this 18th day OF March. 1903
MAhCELLUS A. BINGHAM.
81 wet. Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
WEST BOLTON,

Mrs. Welter Lamb recovered from her
Illness in East Earre and returned home
accompanied by her mother. who has been
attending her there-Miss Alice Bacon
spent Sunday at home.--A. Perry is on the
sick list.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
COTTON.

COTTON.
Especially reported for the Daily Free
Press ty Thomas I4arner. l23 Main street.
local manager for J. s Bache & Co., New
York; over direct private wire).
New York, March II.
The opening vas lower owing TO dis
appointing cables but quickly rallied on
demand for shorts by the same character
of buying as yesterday. Longs sold freely
to keep prices firm un to noon when a
sharp decline took place on account of
Secretary Shaws refusal to relieve the
money market. Bears say advance has
discounted delay in farm preparations and
the tight money will make it improbable
to carry cotton.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
WEST MILTON.

At Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Lincon's golden
wedding last week a number of very
handsome presents were received.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
BOSTON COPPER MARKET.

Boston. March II.
All coppers were steady and firm to-day
but as for last few days purchases were
not of great volume.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
Dolan Brothers.

Dairy butter SOC. a pound. creamery but
ter. 50 to 3ic. pound; plain cheese, is
cents n pound: sage cheese. Il cents.
eggs % to 50 cents adoz. Fancy cheese 80
cents to $loD each. according 10 size,
koquefort cheese. 30 cents "A pound; Eng
lish dairy . 30 cents lGdan:, 10 cents to N.oo
each; Neufchatel, 6 cents package;
each. Milk cents q quart; pure Jersey
Cheddar cheese IS cents a pound: Ameri-
can club house cheese. 30 to 40 cents per
tar: McLarcn's Imperial cheese 30 and 90
cents per jar: Switzer cheese. 20 cents a
pound; Philadelphia CT cam cheese. d cents
each. MIX 5 cents Il quart; pure jersey
cream, 40 cents a quart.
FLOUR SUGAR AND VECETAB LES.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET.

Boston, March II.
BUTTER-Firm: northern, creamery
.702Sc: western, 27Q Ei2c.
CIIEEST-F'irm; new, 1iia915c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
THE BURLINGTON MARKETS.

Local Retail Markets.
Burlington, March IL.
The following quotations arc furnished
by some of Burlinston's merchants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

sign It." which he did in very solemn, important manner. as was his way.
 But my ear. Mr. Whistler! You are not going to leave 1t that way?"
 Oh you can put 1t in after you get homel"
 Whistler's laxity in the matter of en- gagement was notorious. No one ever knew if he were coming or not to affairs But his point of view Is explained in his answer to a friend of his who knew that he had an engagement to dine with some swelis in a distant part of Lon don, and who felt that it was most om- polite for Whistler to offend them. It was growing late and yet Whistler was painting away, madly, intently.
 My dear fellow he said to him at last 1t is frightfully late. and you have to dine with Lady sueh-a- One. Don't you think you'd better stop?"
 Stop" fairly shrieked Whistler Stop. when everything Is going so beatl- tifuIly? Go and stuff myself with dis gusting food when l can paint like this !? Neverl Never! Besides. they won't do anything until. I get there-they never doi And the entire speech is most characteristic of the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
FRIEND OF THE SOLDIER.
The Newspaper Alone Tells Him the
 Wars Progress.


 New Cambria, Mo.-.eThe soldier at the front knows mighty little of what is going on until he gets the newspaper" said Jacob Grove, formerly member of General Keifers brigade. Army of the Po- tomac now a farmer over on the Chari- ton river. He may be in the center of battle that Is the crisis of a nations life' and have only vague knowledge of the general results for days afterward We looked almost wholly to the newspa- pers to supply us with this information. During the last days of March, 1s65 our brigade was ordered to take a position facing the Notifications at Petersburg We camped out there the last day of the month. We looked across at the formida- ble barrier, guarded by wire entangle- ments and abattis the Confederates had erected but 1t never occurred to us that we were going to be ordered to storm 1t on the morrow else our sleep would not have been so peaceable that night"
 II Is part of military discipline to not let the soldier know hls trouble too far ahead. With the approach of daylight on April We were ordered out. and in a few seconds knew we were in for it. I con- fess to a shaker feeling that morning than l ever experienced before in my life. or course we understood the old lion. TNoDtll n1. Lee, was at pay. He was show ing his teeth as he fell back, and we knew this position would have to be paid for In rivers of blood. I was with the fourth line that charged in the center, but ours was the first to break over the fortifca- tions. The other lines had been hurled back or shot down. We went in and held the forts and were soon strongly support ed. There was Hull for several days. and we were wild for news. Had any of the brigades been repulsed? What was to be the next move? Where was Sherman? Had the Silent Mans grip been loosened anywhere? Was Uncle Bob" on the run, or had he just fallen back to get a fresh hold? These were vital questions to men on the firing lines. and we knew the ener- getic newspapers would have the answers to every one of them If they could only get the mail through. At last, on the 14th, as We were getting supper some man on the lookout gave a yell:
 Here's the mail. boysr
 Pots kettles and pans were thrown to the ground and the eager soldiers stormed Uncle Sans postal agent. Nearly every man got paper or letter and some got several. Not a move was made toward supper till every line in the papers had been almost committed to memory The big heads informed us the extent of the disaster to the Confederacy in the fall of Petersburg and that the end of the war could almost be told in days
 The correspondent was a privileged man in camp and he deserved the courtesy shown him. Without him the rank and file would simply be shooting in the dark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT
From the Chicago Record-Herald.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 President Loubet remains his old simple self and has not changed many of his habits. save in so far as the rigid French protocol compels him to do so. With an instlnctive disregard of appearances, the president wears frock coat, often dusty, and an old-fashioned top hat with it's silk disturbed. This even in Paris, but when he gets to his old home his clothes sim ply go without care, and the great man may be seen, disregarding his 65 years, plodding along in the rain under a vol luminous umbrella. There is no escort, no etiquette. His umbrellas are curious in appearance and one was stolen by a curio collector. When arrested and charged with his theft the collector did well to ap- peal to the president, who ordered his re- lease and gave him the umbrella. On one occasion M. Loubet. addressing an assem- bly of French cooks. drank to Frances culinary royalty" which he declared to be "one of the great sources of our na- tional prosperity" By no means a gour- met, the chief ma gistrate is not at all in different to the pleasures of the table, al though he much prefers simple dishes to complicated ones. Although content to leave the cares or the nOusenOlu to MHe. Loubet. he insists upon choosing his wine himself
 M. Loubet," the czarina of Russia said some time ago. lis just the ideal chief of a democracy which I pictured to myself when as a young girl l studied ancient and modern history. He Is not man of uniform. He seems to my mind clothed with toga or other garment of anti quity." It is admitted that the present chief magistrate of the French republic is the most republican the country has ever possessed. Born a son of the bour- geose. Emile Loubet has risen by his own good sense to the point of working in the room of Napoleon l. and sleeping in bed occupied by Napoleon III. Not that these honors affect the man. but he Is most jealous of the dignity of his high office. This absence of a personal pride makes him a marked contrast to his predecessor, President Faure, who was laughingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
The scaIper seaIped.

A good story is told of Will N. Harben, author of The Substitute. He left New orleans once some years ago with par ty of friends bound for Texas. They were told they could save half their fare by turning scalpers and buying return excursion tickets issued to other people, which they did the ticket seller warning them that they would be asked by the conductor to write their names that he might compare them with those on the tickets. MT Harbens ticket bore the name of Thompson, and. IS he success fully passed the ordeal of initiating 1t, the conductor seemed satisfied. An hour later. when Mir. Harhen had settled con tentedly down to a pleasant nap the con- ductor came through the car. shook the sleeper gently and asked Whats your name?"
 'Har-a-a- a-4-Thompson," stammered MT. Harben. The conductor looked at him suspiciously
 Then you're not the man I'm looking for" he said, cooly I'm looking for Will N. Harben; I've got a telegram for him" And he passed on, leaving Mir. Harben with visions of dead and dying relatives and burning homes. What was to be done? He hurriedly consulted his friends and they decided he must wait, as they were within a few hours of their destination. MT. Harben said 1t was the longest wait he ever had But the end came, and the telegram was at last ob- tained from the conductor. It proved to be the greeting of a friend to whom MT. Harben had only had time to bow as the train whirled by a certain station. MT. Harben says he believes he made a few remarks at the time, but he doesn't re- member their exact purport. He saw the conductor many times after that, and was always addressed by him as Mir. Thomson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
Some Anecdotes of Whistler.

From Harper's Weekly
 It is told of Whistler that upon a cer- tain occasion, he appeared at a dinner party with no tie on. A friend of his remonsttrated:
 For heavens sake Whistler, you've forgotten your tiel"
 Not at all," he returned. not at all! Why wear a tie? My white collar rises from my white shirt, which is fastened by a gold stud. Everything simple ex- cclent Why put another white on top of that? I'm much better dressed than you"'
 A certain Lady so-and-so, who ad- mired Whistler's genius to the extent of purchasing one of his pictures, never was able to obtain possession of her proper ty. One day she drove to the studio in her victoria. Mir. Whistler went out to the sidewalk to greet her.
 MT. Whistler" she said two years ago ago l bought one of your pictures. beautiful thing, and I have never been able to hang 1t on my walls. It has been loaned to one exhibition or another Now today I have my carriage with me, and I would like to take 1t home with me. I am told it Is in your possession"
 Dear lady" returned Whistler, you ask the impossible. l will send 1t to you Niith haNt II dBdiA, Dul II IS DOI neTH You have been misinformed." And so forth and forth. to the same effect and the lady drove off without her pie ture.
 After she had departed, Whistler com menced to poke around the studio, and. to the great astonishment of friend who had been an involuntary listener to the above conversation, he brought forth a canvas.
 Here 1t is" he said "She was right about one thing. 1t is beautiful" And 1t was beautiful
 But the impudence of these people" he continued, "who think that. because they pay a few paltry hundred pounds, they own my pictures. Why, it merely secures them the privilege of having them in their houses now and thenl The pictures are minei'
 Whistler was unsparing to sitters who annoyed him-in fact, a sitting with him was an ordeal that it required courage to face. It is said that one man annoyed him horribly by saying at the end of each sitting:
 How about that ear. Mir. Whistler? Don't forget to finish thati''
 At the last sitting everything being done except this ear, Whistler said:
 Well, l think l am through. Now I'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

will not only save FDu distressing pain and valuable time. G will cost you less money. There is alae a satisfaction In knowing that the very best possible treat meut is being given tc you by a oompe- tent physician who has experience In such matters and is capable of curing you lp the quickest and most perfect manner possible. l have treated private diseases as a speciality for the past fifteen years in the city of Birmingham and 1 am therefore known to q great many. But If you are not acquainted with me. l re- fer you, with permission, to First Ma tional bank. Alabama National bank. Jefferson County Savings bank and Steiner Bros, bankers as to my responsi- billty for my contracts. 1 cure many pa- tients by mail treatment Write for prlces and terms
 do not use large advertisements and false statements to attract patients which merit has failed to secure. If you fail to be cured by such methods. give me a call and get well.
 Address pr. Y. D. Holloway. 1S01A Sec ond Avenue. Birmingham. Ala.
 Onlce, Second avenue and Eighteenth. opposite postoffice.
 Office Hours: s:3O a. m. to 5:3O D. m. Sunday. 10 a. m. to 12 m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
Tho Educated Man.

From the New York Evening Post.
 The triumph of the educated man in tie whirl of life about him is the abil- ity to use the multiplied instruments of civilization without being either be- wildered or baffled by them. That they tend to daze the mind and to make it superficial there can be 10 doubt. It is for the man who keeps himself well in hand to look out upon the worlds rush with equanimity, while preserving jealously for himself that intellectual life which is the great re- source Mental distraction and dissi- patton he will regard as the chief enemy at the gate, and will prepare to meet him by cherishing delightful studies which brace the mind and by practicing that athletic grip of the at tention which a hurried time would break, but which is the source of all mental conQuests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

From the Washington Post
 The present financial unrest and panicky conditions in Wall street, according to the comptroller of the currency and the secretary of agriculture, have had, so far, no effect upon the real wealth of the country. These two departments, the treasury and agriculture. would be quick to reflect any great shrinkage in the na- tion's wealth and they have no evidence that such has occurred despite the shrink age in the speculative stock values.
 Comptroller of the Currency William B. Ridgely was asked yesterday If the pres ent great boom hadle the country richer in real wealth.
 oIf you mean by. the great boom the boom in the stock market said Comp troller Ridgely. "I doubt if il has had any effect on the real wealth of the country. It has doubtless greatly effected the dis tribution of the wealth, but 1t has not changed the aggregate amount If you mean the real boom. which was the cause of the stock boom and not it's result. the figures show what has been added to the wealth of the country. In 1893 the local coll anu otneI iholieg III the bhlleu oAates was $1, 739, Od0 GOO. m 1898 this had increased to g., ,073 GOO. On July 1. 1903. the money in the country had increased to $2,6SS, ,000, O00
 'I turn to the figures of the cash in hand as reported by the various banks. In 1902, for the United States, 1t was S5S6,- 00o.000; in ts97 it had grown to SG2S, 900, ,000 In 1902 t Mad reached the enormous sum of xsss, s,0OO 900, an increase in ten years of S2SS. 900.
 'Again, I turn to the value of land, farm products, etc, for the last ten years find that fin 1890 the value of land i'm provements and buildings was sl3.279. G00 O0o. and in 1900 1t had increased 10 $l6 674, . 00o0O0. an increase of S5,S95. 900. Now. thls Is something which represents real wealth as a result of the great business . boom So, too, l find that the value of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

dubbed Emperor Felix by the people of the boulevards.
 A family man who r-iovs the luxury of the family circle, M. Loubet has two sons and one daughter The eldest son seems to have a bright political future before him, while the younger is his fathers idol His only defect, in the opinion of the pres ident, is his fondness for motor cars. AL though he has sogno-a--es taken his father for a run, the latter has a great dislike for this modern conveyance. 1t is therefore all the more remarkable that he pardoned recently all the motor-carists awaiting the fulhllment of their sentences. One days imprisonment is the usual penalty, with the privilege of choosing the day-within a fixed period of months. As every one puts off the evil day the amnesty of the president relieved a large number of driv- CTS from this painful necessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
Housekeeper on An Ocean Liner.

MT. Franklin Matthews contributes to the current number of Harper's Weekly an article illustrated from photographs, on the subject of Housekeeping on an Ocean Liner in which he describes the part of the ship that passengers are not allowed to visit where the between decks work is done and some of the curious and interesting plans for ocean housekeeping. "A day or two before a great steamship sails" writes Mr. Mat thews, the general passenger agent sends an estimate of the probable num- Der of passengers that the vessel will carry to the port steward. The port steward has already received, usually from three houses. an estimate of prices He then makes his requisitons and early on the morning on which the vessel sails the trucks come numbering down to the pier and in a few hours the goods are stored on board. The ship has taken on by this time from 5000 to $500 tons of coal, about 800 tons of water, 20 tons of ice and several thousand tons of cargo Most of the port stewards of the great lines spend from $1.00O. GOO to SLIGO, 900 a year for supplies in New York alone. Here are some of the items of what the supplies include: Fully 50000 pounds of fresh meat, two-thirds of which consists of beef. There are generally 10000 pounds of poultry-chickens ducks, squabs, geese, and other fowls on board. The meat supplies include calves heads. kid neys of various kinds, sweetbreads. OK tails, sucking pigs, and indeed. every kind of delcaey that the butcher can furnish. In fresh vegetables there are 300 punches of asparagus, 600 heads of caulif1ower, 400 punches of beets. 15 bar rels of onions 600 barrels of potatoes, be- sides radishes. tomatoes, leeks. cabbages, beans and egg plants, and other supplies in season 's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
College Polo.

From the Illustrated Sporting News.
 All who encourage manly sport will re- joice to see the beginning of the develop- ment of polo on an intercollegiate basis. A kind of exercise that is good for the players and delight to the spectators, polo seems an ideal pastime and medium Of contest among the young men of our universities who are able to pay the price and a pretty stiff price 1t Is, as college boy pocket-books go.
 Without meaning to condemn the inter- est In polo on the campus, there are ways In which 1t differs from any otaer snort patronzed at the universities, and in the essential difference there is a shadow of moral Much has been said in recent years abou the "loss of democracy" in under graduate life, more especially at Yale where there once flourished a spirit of equality, in almost Utopian contrast to the standards of social classification fin the big world outside. It was perhaps in- evitable that in New Haven. as elsewhere, there should have come a more practical manner of life. Presidents of universities are no longer chosen wholly for surpass- ing weight of learning but must nave up- to-date business talent. and a marked abil- ity in financiering
 Undergraduate standards are not to be left outside the march of modern improve ment, and university polo is a sign of the times. Rowing, base ball, foot ball. golf, track athletics. all are sports of the whole campus, essentially democratic, offering to every student the chance of distinction, regardless of his pocket-book. The young man who tends furnaces in term time. and works as a farm hand in vacation, in his admirable struggle for an education. may crowd out of place on the eleven the youth whose father lives on the interest of his income Such levelling ground Is an efficacious working influence in any com munity, big or little. Polo does establish an aristocracy in college sport, for only the rich can play.
 The Albert Restaurant still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
How Ruskin Kept cash-book.

Ruslxin's Letters to M. G. and II. c. dIarpers). which were the product of his old age, serve further to emphasize the beauty-loving ardor of his character which was as evident in his declining years as in youth. An example of this passion for beauty to the disregard of the more practical sides of life. Is found in recent article of friend of Rus kn's, who says: Even Rusl5in's cash book was not eash-book at all It had the prosaic word on it's back but within, though there were a few accounts, 1t was mainly filled with the diary of conti- mental tour undertaken with Mir Collng wood in 1SS2' One entry. for instance, totally ignoring dollars and cents, was as follows Perfect light on the Dorons, and the Varens a miracle of aerial ma iesty. I-happy in more solemn way than of old'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
Drinking Kerosene.

From the Indianapolis News.
 Right on the heels of the announcement of the discovery of a new kind of mos quito that Is triple-winged noiseless and unusually vicious. comes the depressing news that the mosquitoes are thriving on the crude petroleum with which the authorities are trying to kill them In New Jersey. Whats the use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
A Matter of Taste.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Augustus Thomas, the playwright, tells an amusing anecdote of certain we'll known western editor, who was very ex- acting in his literary standards. A mem Der of his staff handed him some copy" on one occasion. which was handed back in a few moments with the bulk of II cut out by the editors ruthless blue pen ell. The reporter eyed his mutilated