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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
THE HUNTERS SONG
A woodland slope where the brush heaps

woodland slope where the brush-heaps
lie
And rabbits hiding there
The evening sky all penciled DER
with branches rising bare.
The valley filed with thousand lines
OF red brush straight and tail;
The woodland brown with rpened leaves,
And autumn's hush DER all.
Adown the gorge, where the shadows
hang,
The trailing hound gives tongue,
And rugged hills on every side
Re-echo loud and long,
A startled rush and a ringing shot
The blue smoke curling low
Where withered leaves at half mast hang,
And tangled thickets grow
What care we how for the busy world
or millions lost or made:
The air is sweet, the mind Is free
H. ripened woodland glade.
We linger yet on the wooded slope.
While evening shadows fall
DER penciled sky, and rugged gorge,
And red-brush bare and tall.
-Elroy l.. Farquhar, in Field and
Stream.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01

open an acorn: in i, we find the oal1
IN all its parts-root, trunk, branches
Look into the home. 10 it we Shall find
the state, the church, the army the in1
dustral organization. AS the oak 81
germinant in the acorn, SO society ID
germiuant IN the family. Historically,
the family is the first organization; biol
logically it is the origin OF all other
organizations Abraham builds an altar,
and his wife and children and servan, 5
gather about it for the evening sacri-
fee the family is the first church. The
herds and focks are driven daily to
their feeding grounds by his sons AMI
servants: the family is the first labor
orga nization. He counsels. guides. di
reefs, controls the children and servants
the power of life and death IS in hi.
hands the family is the first govern.
ment The brother is carried off in d
raid by robber bands. Abraham arms
and organizes his servants pursues tbs
rObber bands, conQuers and disperses
| them, and RECEIVERS the captive: the fam
lily is the first army. Moreover it is
out of the family that society grows
The children of the family come 10
manhood, and marry the children OF
other families. Blood untes them: thJ
necessities of warfare, offensive and del
fensve, unite them; and so the trihd
comes into existence. For the united
action OF this tribe some rule and aud
thority is necessary; thus tribal, State.
national government comes into cNis-
tence. These families find it for their
mutual advantage to engage in separate
industries. and exchange the product Of
their labor: thus barter and trade and
the whole Industrial organization come
into existence. These families thus
united by marriage into one tribe. ce-
mented by war in one army, bound to-
gether by the necessity of united action
in one government, cooperating in one
varied industry. find in themselves a
common faith and common aspirations
in word, common religion, and Sd
the church comes into eXistence.-Rev
Lyman Abbott, in the September A.
lantic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
THE SEXUAL. DIFFERENCE.

The first and most potent fact in the
family is the difference in the sexes. Out
of this difference the family is created: in
this difference the family finds its sweet
and sacred bond. This difference is not
merely physical and incidental It is also
psychal and essential 1t inheros in the
temperament; it is inbred in tho very fibre
of the soul, it differontiates the functions:
it determines the relation between man
and woman; it fixes their mutual service
and their mutual obligations Man * not
woman in a different case. Woman is not
man inhabiting temporarily different
kind of body Man is not rough and tum-
BILE woman. Woman is not a feeble and
pliable man. This essential difference in
the sexes is the first and fundamental
fact in the family it is therefore the first
and Fundamental fact in society. which Is
but large family
These twain are not identical. They do
not duplicate each other. Man is not an
inferior woman. Woman is not an in
ferlor man. They are different in nature
in temperament. In function. We cannot
destroy this difference if we would; We
would not if we could. In preserving it
lies the joy of the family; the peace, pros
perity, and well-being of society. If man
attempts woman'S functions he will prove
himself but an inferior woman. If woman
attempts mans functions She will prove
herself but an inferior man.
This distinction between the seNeS-in-
herent, temperameutal functioual-is uni
Nersal and perpetual II underlies the
family, which could not exist If this diff
ference did not exist. 1t is TO he take,
account of in all social problems. prob
lens of industrial organization. RELIGIOUS
orga nization political organization Sho Id
society ever forgot it, it would forget the
most fundamental fact in the social order.
the fact on which Is built the whole super
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01

y
The fashion outlook for the winter
promises great diversity In colornc
material. and design As has beeu thot
case for several seasons, individuality
Of taste is allowed fun sway. yet any
thing crude or too striking VIII not NEE l
with approval. All crudities must b
toned down and modified to insure arts \
tic results.
As vet. it is impossible 10 say that auy|
type Of dress is to be the one for III 4
coming winter There Is evident a de 4
sire to return to the oid-fashoued styl 1
Ahat prevailed a generation ago, dcs'.
10 do away with the exaggerated lonc
wasted effect and to bring in IND
fiounced wide skirt III place Of the clos 1
fitting and almost too clnging ones tina
have found such favor for the last Nv
or three years, TO acCentuate slender
ness and have tiGht-httng waists rath 4
than the loose graceful ones, and >
bring sharply into prominence the line
Of the bust. But that this has already
been proved impossible is seen IN toy
great diversity of gowns, and also y
The combinations of the diverse idoas 4.
There are very few waists made WIN
the exaggerated straight front ana DIS |
proportionately long waist ana yet thero'
are evening gowns with very long mar
row points in front and quite hlsh on me
hips There are wide bodices and girdleS
in The Mace of the narrow belts, made 1T
the same material as the gown, and yet
there are any number Of exquisite crea-
tions of the models favored where the
narrowest possible belt is used so that
there shall be no dividing line AT the
waist But on the whole the wide.
draped. pointed belt promises to he one
of the marked features of the season s
Gowns These belts are draped over tho
fitted and boned waist, and as a rule y
little pad OF sachet is tackled inside tina
lining lust above the waist to improve
the line of the ngure.-A. T. Ashmore in
IIarpcr's Bazaar,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
CHICAGO DIAGNOSIS OF KENTUCKY

Kentucky's hills are full OF rills
And all the rills are lined with stills,
And all the stills are full of gills,
And all the Pills are full of thrills.
And all the thrills are full of kills.
You see. tine feudsts dot the hills,
And camp along the little rills,
Convenient to the busy stills
And thrsting for the trimming glls.
And when the juice his system fills.
Each feudist whoops around and kills.
Now, If they'd only stop the stills,
They'd cure Kentucky's many lls-
Men would be spared to climb the hills,
And operate the busy stills.
However. this would mean more gills.
And that, of course, would mean more
thrills.
Resulting in the same old kills.
So all the hills and rills and stills.
And all the gils and thrills and kills
Are splendid for the coffin mills,
And make more undertakers bills.
w. d, Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
WORDsWORTH's SECRET.

And Wordsworth's secret? Any poet
secret? Well for ausht w can see, u
remains a secret a something as I'M
beyond human subtiey 70 explain rs II
is beyond human ingenuity 10 produce
THE wind bloweth whore it Asteth'
Genius" inspiration lit is hard &c
get on without the Old words. vagu
though they be. Nay, 1t is precisely be
cause they are vague that they serN'
50 useful purpose Even Professor Ra
leigh after speaking almost contemptu
ously ot impatient critics" who seeb
10 account for WordsworthS 'amazin9
inequality by assuming that sometime:
liz was inspired. at other times not
is heard a little afterward lamenting tina
i'm Wordsworths case, as in Coleridse' :
"tho high tide Of inspiration was fol
lowed by long and wondering ebb.
one feels like quoting Lowell who's
arrow IN such competitions is apt t.
hit the white. Wordsworth, he says
was not an artist in the strictest sons
of the word; neither was ISAIAH hu
he had a rarer gift, the capability O
being greatly inspired. Bradford Tor
rey. IN the September Atlantic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
THE RAREsT OF THE PHEAsANTs


OF all the phcasants the great Argus
is the rarest and most peculiar in his
habits. In his wild state he inhSbit the
dense forests of Sumatra, the Javan
peninsuldr. and he is also found in SINH
lar localities i'm Borneo. The big birds
are large and tender and rarely ever
take to wing.
There is no record of one ever being
shot So shy are they that only mod
ern rifle could reach one. even if "A mau
could he found cruel enough to pull th"
trigger. They are. however trapped by
the natives for their wonderful wing
feathers. of which Nature can produce
no equal in a feather way. The male
bird, when fully grown. is about seven
feet IN length. He shows no beauty un-
til his wings are spread then YOU forget
where and who YOU are. He lives the If
of a bachelor,-a modern bachelor. lie
fans a spot on the level earth with his
wings some 10 or IL feet square, near
his bachelor apartments. Here he comes
frequently. except when moulting and
displays his enormous wings. like a but
terfy or d skirt dancer, by erecting his
wings out over past his head where the
peculiar argus eye are revealed in a
diagonal position, at which slant they
show off to the best effect
Perhaps the best and finest of the true
pheasants are the Reeves inhahiting the
mountains of China. their tail-feathers
frequently reaching the enormous length
of SIN feet They are hardy, standing
any winter weather and any degree of
heat. never becoming quite ~ tame as
some of the others The male bird dis
plays his plunnagc by swelling up and
drawing in the head as though ready tn
burst. and then jumping stiff-legged in
a big circle around his hen, his long tail
being held almost straight up.-Country
Life in America.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
A LARGE ORDER.

Probably the largest order ever given
for paint in the State of North Caro-
lima, was received by the Odell Hard
ware CO., of Greensboro, n. c.. from
W. \. Irwin, Esq, of Durham.
The order was for 5000 gallons of
Devoe lead-and-zinc paint, to be used
on the large Irwin Mills and their cot
tages now being built in Lartnett
County.
Many Of the leading paint manufac-
turers were eager to secure this order,
and it speaks volumes that the prefer
ence was given to Devoe lead-and- zinc,
which is undoubtedly the foremost
paint in this country to-day.
Greensboro IN. c. Record
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

1t is hard to convince oneself that an
innocent widow was once married wo-
man fun of guile.
Generally il is the man who looks as
ii butter wouldn't melt in mis- mouth ~ t
is trying to squeeze some eirI- hand
under the table.
The sooner a man understands after he
gets married that his relationship to his
house is the same as a cashiers 10 his
business firm, the greater d. success he
will he as a good husband.-New York
Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
GENEROSTrY.

JOHNNY asked Tom for the core of his
apple, and he gave me the whole apple
Mamma-And what did you say to
Tommy?
JOHNNY didn't say nothing but did
the right thing. l gave him the CORE
Boston Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
THE FOOD AND THE MAN.

Church-Tell me what you eat, and I'll
tell you what you are.
Gotham-Well, l eat hash at Mixum's
restaurant.
"Then you're fool."-Yonkers States
man.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
HE GOT NEITHER

For rest and change" he sought the
beach.
The hotel men We're blessed
They got most all his change in reach.
The walters got the rest
Philadelphia Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01

The Countess of Limerick, the recog-
nized beauty Of Ireland, who is equally
popular IN Dublin and London, has ar
winter in series Of piano recitals-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
VERY MUCH THE SAMh

lie never bought a bold brick
Nor tried the bunco game.
But he played at steamship poker.
Which is very much the same.
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01

1T is nothing to me-" the beauty said,
With a careless toss of her pretty head !,
The man is weak If he can't refrain
From tho cup you say is fraught with
pain"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
A GIoriGed Roadway.

A GIorifed Roadway.
go a little farther along this Chris
tian path of your dead mother. | find
also the place where she laid at Christ's
feet the burden of her anxiety for the
salvation of her children. Some people
love to think of their mother, first by
picturing her sitting and sewing for
their advent. 1t is beautiful sight TO
see the young wife by the evening
lamp, with her needle in her hand
making the ittis white garments for
the stranger sooa to come. Our moth
ers thought and planned for the cradle
and the little wardrobe weeks before
we were born. They did 1t so that
when they should lie down upon a bed
of suffering all might be well for tho
little ones welcome. That is beauti.
full vision. But, oh, to me it is far
more beautiful sight to see n young
wife upon her knees in prayer. To
think of her praying to God that her
unborn child might grow up to be a
good man. good woman. And you,
my friend sitting before me, from that
moment when your mother first prayed
for YOU until her death she never left
that altar before which she was con-
tinually beseeching God for the saliva
ton of your soul, Along that Chris
tlan pathway she first led your totter-
ing feet In that Christian pathway
3he first taught YOU to utter the baby
drawer. "NoW lay me down TO sleep "
in that Christian path she gave you
her dying benedictiou. WIN you not
seek the old path, the Christian path
Of your glorhod and sa'nted mother
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01

There was crash, groan of bursting
timber and breaking bolts, and the
door flew open. For one instant Miller
saw the CHASTITY face and covering
form of the old banker behind the wire
grating, and then, with a scream Of
terror, Craig ran into room in the
rear and thence made his escape at
door opening on the side street. The
mob filled the bank and did not dis
cover Cralg's escape for a minute;
then, with n howl Of rage, 1t surged
back into the street. Craig was ahead
of them, running toward the church,
where prayer meeting was being held,
the tails of his long frock coat flying
behind him, his worn silk hat in his
convulsiye grasp.
THAR he goesw yelled Barnett. And
he led the mob after him, all running
at the top of their speed without real
izing why they were doing so, They
gained OIL the fleeing banker, and Bar
nett could almost touch him when they
reached the church With a cry of
fear, like that of wild animal brought
to bay, Craig sprang up the steps and
ran into the church, crying and groan-
ing for help
A dozen men and women and chill
dren were kneellng at the altar to get
the benefit Of the prayers of the min
listers and the congregation, but they
stood up in alarm, some of them with
wet faces.
The mob checked itself at the doar,
but the greater part of 1t crowded into
the two aisles. Il motley human mass,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-18
Favorable Weather For the
Harvest Had an Effect on
the Market
OF TRADE WAS SMALL
Corn Opened Easier on the Weather
Condition and Selling by the Traders
Reports of Damage in Iowa Caused
Slight Rally = Good Medium and
Heavy Hogs Ten Cents Higher.

| Chicago. July 1S.-Wheat opened
leasier on the favorable weather. Sep
Itember being off s of a cent at a.
There was only small amount of trad
ling early in the day and prices showed
little change. Receipts were lab cars
! Fair buying by local traders with
some support from st. Louis brought
about reaction and September sold UP
to Tx OTIS but the pit traders sold
than lost September closing easy al
76ss, a half off after selling down to
76R
The market held fairly steady at the
sagged off no provision house selling,
September closing weak at 49i2 449B,
the lowest point of the day and loss
of Is.
Local traders We're inclined to sell
corn on the weather conditions and the
opening was easier with September
down II of cent at 50m50S. Scalpers
were moderate buyers and on the crop
damage reports from Iowa a better tone
developed. Receipts were $50 cars.
Oats were easier early on the wealth
er. with September down AnA of a
cent at 1914 to 1895. and held steady on
the fair demand at the decline. Re-
ceipts were 240N cars.
Provisions We're quiet at the opening.
with a light trade. but showed the same
early strength on the hog situation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-18
THE LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Fair Average Saturday Supply of Cat
tIe-vPrices Ten Cents Above Last

| Chicago, July 1S.-Cattle-Fifteen
hundred head is the estimated number
marketed here today, being a fair av-
erage Saturday supply. Most of the
cattle were rather ordinary in quality
and sales were made at low range OF
prices, there being no change in the
market. The weeks receipts were 5S,-
oo0 against 52.766 las. week. The
week. as a whole, was a good one for
sellers. Desirable cattle sold 10 cents
higher than week ago. Nice. handy
weight cattle sold especially well.
Hogs-With an estimated run of 5000
and only 1,So0 carried eyer last night
there was active buying this morning,
prices ruling 500 cents higher from
the start. Sales were a. the extreme
range, 5.05M $50, the bulk going at a.o5
65.75. Receipts for the week were
1875. 900, against $4,000 last week.
Sheep-Only about 1000 sheep and
lambs arrived here today. There was
d fair Saturday demand and prices
ruled steady, with spring lambs wanted
at 3.50G4.00 for the poorest to 5000
$50 for the best fiocks. Native ewes
were in usual demand at 1.75 @3.S5,
with yearlings salable az 3.0Odp4.15. Re-
ceipts for the week were $4,000, against
$4,000 last week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-18
travelling implement men and

feeders, travelling implement men and
and country grain dealers. and after
boiling down the information thus
gathered, / size up the situation as fol-
lows: In regard to the oats crop, the
early varieties are now being cut. The
late varieties will not be cut until next
week. Both early and late crops are
badly rusted, with red rust. l have
walked thru fields the past few days,
and after coming out, my clothing was
the color of red barn. On the low,
fiat lands, think the oats will suffer to
some extent from the effects Of rust.
and will likely be lighter in weight than
the oats on high ground On the rolling
ground rust is only on the blades and
the oats already cut on such ground.
seem to be of good weight and color.
and the estimated yield is from 80 10
SO bushels per acre, providing we have
continuation of the present good wealth
err until the crop is secured.
1.-The corn is good in spots. All early
planted on high ground is all right,
shoulder high and beginning to tassel.
Corn on low ground that was planted
since the food varies from SIX TO
eighteen inches in height. Some has
been cultivated and some has not, ana
most of it is weedy and grassy. and
with the very best of weather from now
on, can make nothing but nubbins and
fodder
Taking the situation altogether. the
best judges now figure that in acreage
of corn planted, we will have about
three fourths of an average crop, all
depending upon seasonable weather
from now on.
Wheat, rye and barley will be good
yield and of fine quality. Iowa hay
crop is simply immense, Showing
WELD of from two and a half to three
and half tons to the acre, and Is I'M
doubtedly the biggest crop ever raised
in the state and is being secured In
good condition, and will no doubt bring
good prices. as the dry weather in the
east and south has created demand
for all our surplus hay. The big yield
and high prices that we will get for our
hay crop, will more than make up In
money value the shortage in corn and
oats. So you see that Iowa in the end
viii come out this year all right as US
|ual"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-18
z. a. Princes Grain Letter.

Chicago, July 1S.--Wheat--Closing
Liverpool cables were unchanged TO nd
lower. London. unchanged TO SD low
er. Paris. unchanged to &c lower: Ant
werp, unchanged. Corn--Liverpool and
London, unchanged. Cars today:
Wheat, 81; corn. go; oats, 240. Esti-
mated Monday: Wheat, 90; corn, 225;
oats, 1885, Clearances Of wheat and
flour, 104, 900 bushels; corn, $4,000; OATS,
$4,000. These are not complete. Until
late in the session today the wheat
market ruled about steady, but rather
free offerings and lack of supporting
orders caused lower prices and consid-
cradle weakness as rule. The range
was small. st. Louis houses were ear
|ly buyers and there was scattered buy
ing by commission houses. Not much
change In crop news. Cables about
steady. Cash demand light.
Corn-There was fair support in
corn early today. but offerings We're
about equal to the demand early, and
late In the session there was very lit
tie support. The market showed some
strength at times. but some Of the big
commission houses held selling orders
and executed them on all hard spots,
causing an easier feeling.
Oats-Oats as a rule were lower.
There was selling of September by the
commission houses and little selling OF
later month"; by some local bulls SEN
timent was rather bearisf. Trade was
small and featureless. Weare sup
ported July, Armour sold. Cash de-
mand SLOW
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-18
ABOUT THE CROPS.
Des Moines Grain Merchant Who Has
Investigated the Situation Talks.

Des Moines. July 1S.-Captain II. NJ.
Russell, a we'll known grain merchant
of this city. and representative of the
Chicago firm of Bartlett, Frazier &
Darlington. who keeps in close touch
with the crop condition in Iowa, when
asked for statement of his ideas. in
regard to the crop situation, said:
II am using all the means at my
command to ascertain the exact condi-
ton of the growing crops, and am fur
nishing daily reports to my Chicago
house. and the railroad officials and 1t
stands me in hand to get as near bed
rock as possible. There is a divergence
of opinion in regard to the oats crop,
1 obtain my information from farmers.