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over the open fire Pappy Ned came to
announce, "Dinnah done ready, sal"
at the same time handing me Il
Tea shew cocktail made from the Juice
of an aromatic fruit brewcd with rum
and stirred to effcrvesccncc with n
"swizzle stick"
The grand repast of the day opened
with gumbo soup, followed by fish,
frogs legs and turtles eggs while in
the center of the table was peccary
roast. thanked by nicely Drowned
guinea bird and native wild turkey,
with vast assortment of vegetables
from my garden. There We're no drinks
Hrtificially cooled. ice being an unOb-
tainable luxury In Crusoe's island. but
there were tropical fruits in album
dancc-pincs, Euavas, mangOes, oranges
and custard apples-all of which had
been pluckcd within stones throw of
my hut
one thing only was lacllinG-a good
~ company-to enjoy that Christmas
feast in Crusoc's island. But we were
content, for, as Pappy Ned observed,
"De good Goramighty done glib us all
we want, mo- dan we need and heap
sight mo- dan we desarve."
FREDERICK A. ODER.
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The Tipping Evil.

The tipping evil has gone TO great
lengths in this country, and it Is not a
cause for wonder that people are rising
in revolt against it on all sides. The
railroad porter is no longer CON
spicuous figure for his rapacity. The
restaurant waiter the barber. the boot
black and brush boy the messenger
who takes your card to his principal,
the hackman-all expect special com
pensa ton, not for special consideration,
but for the rendering of what should
be the usual service. The tipping sys-
TEN in this country is an anomaly, an
excrescence, wholly unlike that abroad.
In Europe the wage scale is low, and
the subordlnates Of every class must
get tips to bring their incomes up to n
living point Here the wage scale is
high enough to enable any one of the
tip taking class to live decently and
comfortably. Tips are to them extras.
At the rate Mt which this nuisance
has grown during recent years it will
| soon reach the old world proportions.
Now - the time to check it, If at all,
before ii has become an institution be-
yond the possibility of correction
Washington Star.
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only other in that forest save myself,
my sable servitor, Pappy Ned He had
been out all night bunting crapaudS,
or forest frogs, and was on his way
back to our camp with Dackload of
batrachians. the legs Of which were to
be served up in style which only
Pappy Ned knew TO perfection.
"Goramighty, massa" be exclaimed
In establishment. WAS dat yo' gun
goin' off pam! pam, lax yo' shootin' Il
reg munt OBJ sogers? Ki, but it's lucky
ole Pappy Ned come long, hey? Dem
hawgs done know PAppy Ned an jes'
rl'ar out when dey hear um a-comin'
along wiz dis yer dawg, Dey don lax
tiggers. an dey don lax dawgs nuthcr,
out dcy'se death on de buckra man"
"Well pappy, the buckra man, as you
call me, has brought death to the pee
carries this time, and they've good ren-
son for not liking me, | fancy. But
you came along Just in the nick Of
lime old friend, and | owe you another
reward for saving my life n second
time" He had nursed me through a
fever few months before.
"Oh, me massa, dat ain muffin. Me
only too glad to sarve me good massa,
TO shuah. 70 jes set down an rest
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is one of the finest British possessions
in the West Indies. The only other is
land which fully answers the dCscrip-
ton given by Crusoc in relation of To-
cation to Trinidad is that of Tobago,
from which Sir Walter Raleigh prob
ably derived the name of the weed"
we call tobacco
! long held the theory that this was
Crusoc'S island, and in order To prove
it went down there on hunting and
exploring expedition, afterWard writ
ing book about my adventures which
gives all the evidence, even if it does
not sufficiently establish the facts. At
any rate, | played Crusoe' for months
In Tobago, the island of the ancient
mariners adventures, built hut of
palm leaves in the forest and for Il
time lived as good old Robinson lived,
with the exception that did not have
any goats: neither did tempt an at
tack of rheumatism by residing in a
cave. | even had my poll parrot, my
hammock under the palms and my
"Man Friday" only the Inter was not
| n Carib, like CruSoeS factotum, but a
| black man, honest and faithful old
Pappy Ned, who soon finished skinning
those pcccnrics and was ready to 90
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while me done cut up an skin desc
hawgs- one, two, three. TO, fibe Golly,
massa. we done gut 'nuf meat fo' dc
Christmas dinnah. ain WEI Not to
mcnshun dis ycre bag wiz two dozen
fine fat crapauds In um sab"
pappy Ned set to work dressing Tor,
to be exact, apdrcssing) the peccarics.
hcing careful not to faint the flesh with
the contents of the peculiar musk gland
which the species carries on its back.
and while he is thus engaged seems Il
good opportunity for me to make my
explanation as to the exact location of
Crusoc's island.
1t Is not. as ninety persons in n
hundred think. the island of Juan Fer.
nandcz, on the southwest coast of
South America, but it Is a good many
miles nearer the coast of our own Unit
cd States. in the southeastern part of
the Caribbean sea will not waste
any time. either the readers or my
own, in argument, but respectfully re.
fer the earnest inquirer to old CrusOe
himself Robinson Crusoc, Esq, mar
liner. of Bristol. England, whose advcn-
lures were first written out and pub.
lishpd by Daniel De Foe in 1T19, was
somewhere i'm latitude II degrees north
Of the equator when he was wrecked
that is. of course, assuming there ever
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hogs, that ranged the island, had left
camp and started out after them. 1t
was great fun for awhile, for ! fell in
with herd of about q dozen and had
secured two of the "varmints" when
the survivors. seeming to think that
turn about is fair play" began hunt
ing me. Then the situation assumed
different aspect entirely, for the pee
cary when aroused is ono OF the most
bloodthirsty of creatures and as re
vengeful as an Indian. Fortunately
for me. great gum tree stood conVen-
iently near, and by means of the lianas
that swung from its branches | was
soon safe from harm and looking calm
~ down upon the little black beasts as
they ragged around the trunk But
peccary, as is well known. can enter
tain only one idea at time. and the
idea that possessed the shallow brains
of my friends below was how to effect
my destruction. After roofing around
awhile they all sat down in an attitude
of expectation and patiently waited for
me to descend. And they would sit
there, l felt sure, knowing peccary ma
ture as l did. until they starved me to
death rather than allow me to escape.
| had only few rounds of apmuni.
ton suited TO their needs, but | killed
three more before it was exhausted
and peppered the hides of several 9TH
crs so that if they ever had entertained
the idea of leaving they abandoned It
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STATESMEN IN THE STORES
blaine Was n Freaky buyer and
John sherman q Mighty Close One.

Blaine Was n Freaky Buycr and
John sherman = Mighty Close One.
Great men display more or less eccen-
tricity in buying. This, at least, is the
opinion Of manager Of one of the
we'll established stores Of the city.
who has had many dealings with such
during his thirty years in business.
James g. Blaine was customer
Of ours for many years." he said HE
was n peculiar man. He bought thing
because 1t had for the moment appeal
cd to his fancy and without the least
regard for the fitness or utility of the
offset purchased. He was as great Il
terror to managers and floorwalkcrs
as the man who orders fried oysters
and mincc pie for breakfast il to walt
ers. He used 10 come in the store,
stroll about for few moments and
then excluim 4 like that chair. Send
It to my house,!
Then perhaps I would have to OK
plain to him that that piece of furni-
ture would not harmonic with the
plan and decorative scheme of his resi-
dence. Usually Blaine yielded to the
better Judgment of managers or pro-
prietors. but there were times when he
had his heart set on having n thing,
and then he rebelled. remember one
day he came into the store and selected
bookcase that was not at all suited
to the interior arrangement of his
house. This l explained to him. He
admitted that I was right and seem
ingly abandoned his determination to
have the case. But as SOON as l had
turned my back he beckoned to one of
the store portcrs and told him to send
the case mp to his house.
president Mckinley always bought
with one object in view, and that was
TO please Mrs. Mckinley. They would
frequently visit a store together. This
was especially the case at the time
when they were furnishing their home
in Canton. Mrs. Mckinley was fas-
tldious as to colors, preferring the more
delicate shades, whereas her husband
was fond of dark blues, reds and
browns. 1t was in the selection of such
things as upholstering goods, carpets.
rugs and curtains that they differed
most. He would hold the samples up
to the wall and argue like diplomat.
always gently and soothingly, however
for one or two colors on which his fan
cy had set. Sometimes he won. but not
often. Mrs. Mckinley generally dccid-
Ing such matters in her own way.
"The closest, shrewdest, hardest buy
or among the public men Of the last
thirty years was Senator John Shcr-
man. Whenever he came to your store
or you went TO his house to do business
YOU could rest assured that he would
get the better end of the transaction
There was nothing mean or small about
his buying, no splitting of pennies or
any Of that sort of business, but at the
same time you could depend on it that
whatever you sold him would he at
bottom figures. with very little margin
of profit. "-Washington Post.
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Hlttl WIFI lily
gun. AS Tobago is tropical island the
meat would not keep great while, and
we really had much more than we could
eat, but Pappy Ned said he knew Of
some black people over on the other
side of the forest who would devour
what there was left provided he could
get word to them in time.
There never was more beautiful
situation for n hut than the site Of
mine on Il hilltop above the forest line,
with views of tropical woods and shin
ing shore, and, as the weather that
Christmas day was simply perfect, |
ordered my man TO make our spread
in the omen. beneath the cocoa palms,
sheltered from the blazing sun by the
golden rooftrccs only. SO he set the
table out of doors and lost no time in
getting at the cooking, which was done
over an open fire. Pappy Ned was as
adept ut preparing exquisite dishes
from next to nothing ms any Partisan
chef that ever lived. We had garden
filled with such plants as the manioc,
tania. sweet potato. arrowroot, yam,
etc, not to mention corn and mountain
rice. From wild grove of coffee trees
! obtained the fragrant berry for my
morning beverage; also cacaO, or chOcO-
late. from another copse on tho border
of the forest. while the cocoa palms
above and around my hut held de-
licious cool drink in their unripe nuts.
pappy ned dried and grated the cassa-
~
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1t takes lot of cold cash to melt a
marble heart
Vanity is the only Intellectual enjoy
mcnt of some women,
MANY a man who claims to be a gentle
man doesn't work at 1t.
The experience man buys is seldom
UP to the sample submitted.
Fault finders are disguised when they
bump up against pcrtcct!on
It's the almonV that enables some mer
and tomorrow he will flee from il.
Fortunately for his noghbors the mar
who borrows trouble never pays it back
The fool and his money are the saliva
ton of the shrewd promoter
la2incss is a disease that is responsible,
for Il lot of chronic inNalids
Illusions of courtship are more pleasing
than realities of matrimonN.
society women are like salads, a groa
deal depends upon the dressing.
IT is sometimes difficult to convince III,
world that you have brains unless VOL
have money.-Chicago News,
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A Cheerful Wedding Fee.

"Brother" Sheldon. author of "In His
Steps" has a sense Of humor He tells
This story on himself of a young cou-
tlc who applied to him to be married;
He performed the ceremony with due
solemnity aud congratulated the bride.
Then he observed the bridegroom
looking bit Inundated and ashamed,
II am afraid, parson," he said, that
I amt got any money to pay you
with" Then, after moment of deep
thought, looking up cheerfully, he add
ed, But | can tell you how you can
Ak your gas meter so 1t won't register"
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In his article on Life in the Corn Belt
in the December Worlds Work, Prof. T
y. Carver of Harvard University, gives
the following illustration of how rural
calls are made 10y telephone:
First Female Voice Is that you,
Sarah?
Second f. V: Y's It's mo.
First f. V: Have you got your dishes
washed yet?
second T. V; No; were just through
breakfast.
First +. v: What did you have for
breakfast?
second +. Y: Fried mush and eggs
and pork. and say, wha, did YOU have:
First +. V: Oh, We had graham
gems! We are going to have roasting cars
for dinner.
Third T. V breaking in; evidently
some one else is listening. too So are
We.
second +. V: Ours aren't upc yet
Third I. V; We've got lots Send
Sammdy over after them and I'll give
you some.
Fourth T.. V: (anothcr HsteneD; say,
Mary, how is the baby?
First +. V: Not very we'll lie is teeth
ms.
Fourth L. V; Have you tried that
medicine | gave you
First T. V: Not yet.
Fifth +. V. (still another l.,tone). Say,
Florence says she is going II have old
Ben's tail dOcl,cd. Universal gigElcment
This is evidently uoighborhood joke,
Ineligible only 10 the WuatedD
Third +. V: Say, next sunday ; quarter
~ meeting. Who is going TO have the
elder for diuucr' II do NOT think that
she meant that there were eanuihals in
the ueiEhhorhooh.
Fourth +. V; tie has promised To come
to our house.
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was an entity called "Crusoc" in the
flesh. But. whether he ever existed or
not. that is where De Foe placed his
hero when he had him wrecked on the
coast of his island To quote the
words of Cru-oc him>olf, just bcfor" il
happened. "Ihe master made an OBJ
srrvation as we'll 49, ic could ana found
thar he was in about II degrees Of
north latitude. So that we were gotten
beyond the coast of Guiana and beyond
the river AmHZoncs toward the OYino-
co. commonly called the Great river
Sow. thaj would be evidence sutfi-
Client for any sailor, hut let Crusoc fur
Their explain. rs he does we'll along il!
his narrative. when he first ci"clm-
navigltcS His island kingdom: THE
land which | perceived to the west and
sou Invest was the great island of
Trinidad. ON the north point of the
mouth of the river Orinoco.'
Trinidad, as everybody knows, is off
the north coast of South America and
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CURE SICK HEADACHE.
REAL TURKISH COFFEE.
How IL IL Nadc-Should he Sweet,
BIncl> and strong.

The other day some ono interviewed the
coffee maker of the Turkish ambassador
to Great Britain. This parsonage is con-
sidcred. We are told. "one of the world s.
great coffee artists. He says that no one
can make coffee unless he has learned to
do so in Turkey. He also says:
TO make the perfect cup of Turkish
coffee. IT, like many other things. very
easy when the maker knows how to do
it, but unless the art has been learned in
Turkey 1t is difficult
"That it is an art nobody can deny.
There is as much difference between the
ordinary cup of coffee and the exquisite
and alluring beverage with all it's subtl,.
aroma a. made by the artist as there is
|, tween horsellcsh and the best beef Ny
own method is simple. ! have many little
pots Of various sizes. If want TO make
two cups only use the smaller one and
if three cups Il larger one When the
water has boiled lil the little pot almost
to the top with water. then put i'm three
Jumps of sugar and pat the pot on the fire
to boil. When it is hot put in two tea
spoOnfuls OF coffee ground very fine and
then stir it round until it is thoroughly
mixed with tho water
Thus YOU sov. / oSactly reverse the
usual process as place the sugar in the
water first and tho coffee last.
" Ha. ha, YOU say. when YOU smell II,
1T is uuc. IT is good
The next step is to place the pot on
the fire again and watch it very carefully
| until the coffee bubbles up to a froth,
/ and l., fore this froth escapes over the
side YOU take the pot from the fire and
/ tap the bottom gently on the stove till
/ the froth goes down. once again the
/ coffee Is allowed to bubble over the fire
ana the process Of tapping the pot on the
stove Is repeated three times
| "When the froth rises to the surfac c.
] erl.. l.s
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GIRLS AND THEIR EDUCATION.

Ana there comes in the special compl-
cation that affects the education Of girls.
When you have fine girl with a good
mind, who can learn anything IN reason,
and bc trained to almost amy sort of use
full labor, after her education has come
to the point where specialization might
begin. you have TO face the possibility
that by going on and giving her special
thing to think about and work at, you
may he aiding to divert her from Il wo-
mans greatest career to one, notable II
may be, but less satisfying and of less
Importance. The risk-the APPARENT risk
is not that a girl may know too much Ia
marry, but that during the years when
marriage is best and easiest, achieved
she may he so busy with other concerns
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THE RED AND THE BLUE.

A little girl in blue one day
Came with "A plaintiVo moan;
She prieved because the girl in red
Had "throwed at her a stone
With camphor and with arnica
| tried to heal the smart,
But could not find ii, for alas,
The bruise was in her heart.
Go LITTLE girls in red, don't throw,
FOR even if you miss
you ALWAYS hurt; yet if you should
Inst cure it with a kiss.
II. Uoeeboom in Good Housekeeping
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GUIDE TO BEAUTY.

She--I have two very uear lIlehus-
Agnes and Florence.
He-Which is the more popular?
ooh. Agnes is much more popular than
Florence-among the girls
Introduce me to Florence. ] am par
tial to good-looking girls. kansas city
Journal.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Tho icemans loss IS the coalman's gain.
when a woman has ON her afternoon
tcd manners, she says Inquire; when she
means business, shape.
\ Wuman's idea of foot to be proud
of is olc that will III a tro shoe number
ed smaller than it really ~,
Married people have lots of trouble be-
cause either he dosen't get home in time
for dinner, or if he does, dinner doSent
get ready in time for him, New York
Press.
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with me back to
our hut. Hang
Ing three of the
pigs up in a
palm tree to
await bis re-
turn + a p p y
Ned sllouldercd
the other two
and the sack of
crapauds a n d
tOted the load
to ca mp, which
was distant but
q mile or so.
and | followed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-24

I L Christmas
m or n | II Z not
many years ago
I found myself
up n tree in
Crusoe's island.
I was hunting
meat for my
Christmas din
ner shortly aft
or day break
t that morning,
and as the most
abundant sup
ply was prom
Used by the pee
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Your Hest Work

Cannot be done unless YOU have good
health You cannot have good health
without pure blood. You may have pure
blood by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla now
You cannot realize the good il will do
YOU until YOU try il. Begin taking 1t to-
day and see how quickly it will give YOU
an appetite, strength and vipor and cure
.our rhcumatism, catarrh or scrofula
All liver ills are cured by Hoods Pills.
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We, the subscribers, having been
pointed by the Honorable the Proba
Court for the District OF Chittender. col
miss!oneTs to receive. examine and adjj
the claims and demands of all persd
AGAINST the estate of Ellen MctCalf Std
ems, late Of Mllliston, in said district, d
ceased. and also all claims and demaI|
exhibited in offset thereto; and six mont
from the day Of the date hereof being
lowed by said court for that purpose,
do therefore hereby give notice that
mont At the late residence Of the lod
dent. in Williston, in said district on 4
second FRIDAYS of January ana June ne,
ut 10 o'clock a, m, on each of said days
Dated this 18th day of December. 1903
\. l.. BINGHAM.
L. II. TALCOTT
25WSt Commissioners
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he sure anc use that old and well-trled
remedy MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING
SYRuP, tor children teething, 1t soothes
pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhoea Twenty-Five ceats
bottle.
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A THIN SPREAD.

Kwater-Its more or less true 'hat' as
ava ala saw has it, Charity covers null
titude of sins"
JIardhead-But never If it's our charity
and other peoples sins.-Philadelphia
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LIES TRINITY.

The head that thinks, the heart that
feels,
The hand that does the work, these
three,
In all that to our lives appeals.
Comprise a blessed trinity.
--George Birdscye In Good Housekeeping
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THE VALUE or APPEARANCES.

(Which would you rather he-truly
great or really smart?'
Smart Of course"
why"
well, you may be trul" great and nc
one ever know it. but If you're smart yot
can make people think that you're great
Chicago Post.
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German imperial authorities have Sc
cured a line of 81. 800 from the heirs of
German manufacturer on the ground of
his having understated his income, and
so paid too low Il tax during several
years of his lifetime.
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ESTATE OF MARGARET A. UIALT1
AN KENNEDY or BURLINGTON
STATE OF NERMONT. District OF d
tcnden.
The Probate Court for the District
tS.iA' aeon
20 AL persons Interested i'm the cstat
Margaret A. Kennedy, late of Burling
in said district, deceased
- GREETI M
whereas. said court has assigned
ma day OF January next for the sci
!ncHt or INC account of tho executed
the last viii and testament of
2arct \. Kennedy, late Of said 4
ilnston deceased. and for dccred
the residue Of said estate to the Il
ful claimants OF the same, and ordd
thAt pubic notice thereof be given ID
persons intero.t,d in said state ny
lshing this order three ycoks suc-css 4
n Nious 70 the day assigned. IN the
lirgton Weekly FREQ Prcss, Il ncwspI
pui lishcd in said district
here Tore. you ar, hereby notified tu
pear AT u" Probate Court Rooms i'm
llltt' H. Vermont. On the dtV as,i.d
then ana there TO contest the allow
OF S"ld ac lunt il you see cause. and
eStaplish your right ms heirs. lcgatee
law iul claim"uls ot said residue.
Given undor my hand, this 18th day
December iW'.
o-o MARcELLCs a. BINGHAM
Z'W"'' Jude
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Mrs Thompson Il. Ferguson, wife of
O>lahoma's governor Is dean Of news
paper women in that Territory, having
been actively engaged i'm journalism for
a number Of years.
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and the title of the republic has been
changed three times.
Colombia has had seven constitutions,