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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
MANS LOVE OF THE DOG.
OF All Animals, only the DOG Has
Made Alliance with Us.

Man loves the dog but aow much
more ought he to love it II he consid-
cred in the inflexlbe harmony Of the
laws Of nature the sole exception, when
Is that love of being that succeeds IN
piercing in order to draw closer TO us
the partitions everywhere else imper-
mcablc that separate the species! we
are alone, absolutely alone. on tnis
chance planet and amid all the forms
of life that surround us not one, ex-
ccpting the dog. has made an alliance
with US. A few creatures fear us. most
nrc unaware of us. and not one loves
us. In the world of plants we have
dumb and motionless slaves. but they
serve us In spite Of themselves. Ihey
simply endure orr laws and our yoke.
They are impotent prisoners. victims
Incapable of escaping, but silently re-
bcllous. and so soon AS we lose sight
of them they hasten TO betray us and
return to their former wild and mis-
chievous liberty. The rose and the corn.
had they wings. would fly at our APP
proach like the birds.
Among the animals we number few
servants who have submitted only
through Indifference cowardice or stu
pldity--the uncertain and cravcn horse,
who responds only TO pain and Is at
/ tachcd 10 nothing; the passive and de-
jectCd ass who stays with us only be-
7 cause he knows not what to do nor
where to 90, but who nevertheless UNI
der the cudRel and the pack saddle re
tans the idea that turks behind his
ears: the COW and the OK, happy SO long
IA they are eating and dociic because
for centuries they have not had n
thought Of their own; the aflrghted
1 sheep. who knows no other master thau
terror. the hen. who IS faithful to the
poultry yard because she finds more
maize and wheat there than in the
npighboiing forest. | do not speak OF
the cat. to whom we arc nothing more
than n too large and UNBEATABLE prey
tho fcrocious eat. whose sidclong con
tempt tolorates us only as incumbcrins
parasites in our own homes. She, a
least. curses us in her mysterious
heart, but all the others live beside II
as they might live beside rock or
tree They do no, love Va. do not know
liz, scarcely notice us. They are un
aware OF our life, our death. our dcpar
ture. our return. orr sadness, our Joy
our smile. They do not even hear tn
sound of our voice as soon as il no Ion
, ger threatens them. and when the,
, look at us ii Is with the distrustful be
wildcrmcnt of the horse. in whose ey
, still hovers the infatuation OF the ell
, or gael that sees us for the first time
I or with the dull stupor Of the rum
. nants, who look upon MS as moper
tary and useless accident OF the pa
b. ture.-M Maurice MaeterlnCli in Centur,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
WHY HE DID NOT GET ON.

He had low ideals.
lie did not dare 10 take chances.
lie had too many irons IN the fire.
He was never whole man at any
thing.
He thought good business should
run itself.
He did not appreciate the value Of
appearances.
He did not know how to duplicate
himself in others.
lie let grun. Indifferent clerks drive
away his business.
lie trusted incompetent friends with
responsible positions.
He would not change fairly good
methods for better ones.
He did things over and over again
because he lacked system.
He thought he knew all there was to
know about his business
He tried to economic by cutting
down his advertising appreciation.
lie was good. honest man, but he
did not do business in business way
Success.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

n IS not often that monument Is
erected in honor of the tactfulneSS of a
hostess in trying situation. one OF
the few such, If not the only one, Is II
bowldcr from the battlefield of Harlem
heights. removed To Park avenue in
New York, 70 mark the site of the
home of Mrs Robert Murray, who On.
tertalnod aud 50 detained the British
officers under General Howe while the
American troops under General tut
nam were escaping from the city. The
brass setting forth Mrs. Murray
achievement what n difference there
might have been in American history
had Mrs. Murray been less capable
hostess
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
YOUR DAILY MEALS.
A Little sermon en- what to Eat and
when 90 Eat II.


when 90 Eat II.
II YOU eat a hearty dinner at the close
Of each days work. dinner made up
of food elements which have chance
to build IN the body during the nights
rest. then you should eat light break
fast, SO that your new energy may so
into your mornings work instead of
being alt used up in digesting your
morning meal
But il you have not eaten the proper
quantity and kind OF food for dinner
you must eat hearty breakfast, or
else feel faint from underpourishment.
You should not eat meat for break
fast, for meat should only be eaten at
n time when complete rest can be
taken. If you feel the need OF meat
eat eggs instead or nuts.
You should eat well cooked cereal.
but know this The cereals which can
be cooked in three minutes are hardly
worth the eating. because they have so
little nourishinent In them. Oatmeal
that has been cooked several hours Is
very good. Half cooked Ga tmeal is so
Door 1000 tnat II is aiulool POISON.
Cornmeal must also be we'll cooked, too.
If it Is to do It's best work for the hu-
man body-and soul.
And If you will eat bread for break
fast cat the German zwieback, crisp
rolls or brown toast. Hot bread and
cakes clog your system and will make
you cross and uncomfortable before
noon.
Coffee could be beautiful drink if il
were properly made and not boiled IN
I'll it IS bitter with tannin. Clear cof-
fee, one cup of 1t, may have no Ill eff
fccts on your nerves. Coffee with
cream. one cup or two cups, viii make
you bilious.
But, whatever else You eat or drink
eat fruit and great deal of fruit fol
breakfast. If YOU want fruit tonic
drink the Juice Of an orange and hall
a lemon. II you want fruit for foot
eat apples or bananas. Or if these dc
not agree with You eat apple sauce
cooked prunes, cooked canned fruit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
Ftcld's FinishIng Touch.

Eugene Field was once visiting the
house of Richard Henry Stoddhrd III
New York. During III" evening a Ger
tain well known physician dropped in,
He WAS serious man and bit ponp-
Gus. The talk turned on diet. doctor,
said Stoddnrd, rive heard that You
eat two eggs at breakfast every morn
ing the year round. mo said the
doctor emphatically. NO. On the con
trory" con the contrary" cried Stod-
dard. whats the contrary OF eating
two cggsT Laying two eggs, came
in deep, solemn tones from Field.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
STATUES IN ITALY.
when Monument Ia Not Monu-
mcnt In Rome or Florence.

mcnt In Rome or Florence.
Rome Is in the absurd condition Of
possessing a monument which the NIL
nicipal authorities declared nonexistcnt.
Long. long ago monument was raised
to the philosopher Spcdalicri, but never
unveiled, as there was Il difference Of
opinion about the ACCESSIBILITY OF hav-
ing the monument at all. SO through
sun and rain wind and hail. the poor
statue stood. swathcd in its diugy
drapery, an eyesore and object Of de-
rision to all.
Finally. in tho dead of night. to put
an end To the scandal and disputes, the
police stripped Off the old and rotten
CLOTH and in the morning the Eternal
city found herself enriched by the
ownership of n new work of art. The
citizens laughed and crowded to see
what had become n curiosity, but the
city fathers were furious. said the po-
lice had ovcrstcppcd their powers and
absolutely refused to acknowledge the
| existence of the monument
/ Florence has had similar expert
cncc. A tablet To Gustavo Modcna, in
his day celebrated actor and still
moro celebrated patriot. had been at
tached to- the house in which he lived
But tho authorities refused to allow II
10 I've unveiled for fear Of provoking M
anti-Austrian demonstration, just as in
these days when public feeling Is In q
state OF cffcrVcSccnCc. Day after day
passed until the students made n sud
den dash, and. stripping off the cloth
added another tntcreSt To the City o
Lilies Tho municipality here also wa
hishly offended and Informed the citi
ZcnS that the tablet docs not exist.
vi this irrcsistibly raises the qucs
ton, when is a monument not n mon
umcnt:" When it is in ltaly.-Pal
Mall Gazette.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
SEVEN IN THE BIBLE.
How Mu;ttpIcs of The Figure Rccur
In The NcM Tralament.

How Mu'tipl"r OF the iiHurF h"cnr
In tho New Tcstament.
The Phenomena of the figure seven
and its muuples occurring in the New
Testament have been touched upon by.
Ivan Fanin. Eussinn student Of the
Bible, who for number Of years has
made his home at Grafton. Mass. This
significance Of the "scvon' group will
hot be lost even upon the supcrstitious
who are outside the pale Of Scriptural
points, and. as Mr.. lanin has shown
them. their relations of their groupings
to the first eleven verses Of the Now
Testament must suggest that they
wcrc scarcely chance
For instance. in these FIRST eleven
verses Of Matthew the vocabulary con-
sists of forty nine words, or seven Stew
ems; Of these words there arc twenty
eight, or four scVonS, which begin with
vowels, and twenty one or Three spy.
ems. which begin with consonlu'-.
This distribution by seycus hcrwcen.
vowel words and conSonJnt words just
~ might have been deemed accidental
but for the fact that of tho forty ni9e
words forty two of them ar" nouns
six scvcnS and seven are not nouns"
ia the comment of TIA" writer. "Of tho
forty-two nouns there are thirty five
proper nouns, or five s"vcnS. While
seven are common nouns. OF the thir-
/ Is I'VE proper names four scyeus are
male ancestors Of Jesus and seven are
not such Not only then is the dIstribu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
THE USE OF IRON.
Its Eject In the Industrial World ms
u barometer of Trade.

There Is an old industrial tradition
that the iron market is the barometer
of trade" This saying has been as
Cribcd TO many modern authorities,
ranging from Jay Gould 70 Andrew
Carnegie. AS matter Of fact 1t is
much older than any oracle of this cen
fury or the last. 1t had its origin in
the earliest days of the period when
iron manufacture and the use of credit
were simultaneously rising to impor-
lance The basis for the tradition Is
that the use Of iron and Of it's products
is essential for the prosecution of vlr-
t1lally all other industries. Before the
OUTPUT Of miscellaneous manufactures
in community can be much enlarged
the industries concerned must be equip
ped with new tools and new machinery.
Before railroad system can be pre-
pared to transport greatly increased
traffic IL must' have new rails, new
| bridges, new stations. new cars and
new locomotives. In these days of the
steel and iron office building boom
! in the building trade cannot so far
/ without increasing enormously the de-
mand for structural iron. Even in the
agricultural industry ii may be said
that expansion and prosperity Involve
necessarily largely increased demand
for farm machinery. Since the use of
such additional equipment must pre-
cede any increase in the business of
these other trades it naturally follows
! first. that demand I'm the iron market
will be felt aggrcssively even bcfor" th'
other industries have shown fun meas
ure of activity, and, second, that il
such other industries iorcsee pcrioc
Of Slack demand and idle mills the frs
thing they will do will be 60 reduce
their orders from tn" iron and stce
mills.-Ale1undcr -. Noycs III Forum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
A Curiosity.

The man am looking for" said the
mature looking spinster sentimentnlly
must be utterly unselflsh, brave as n
lion. tender. truthful as the day, indus
trious, Intelligent. thoughtful, Of DIS
tnguishcd presence and one who never
drinks. smokes. CANDLES or uses pro
fame language | shall not mind If he
Is poor that will not matter"
"Not a bit" remarked the damsers
cynical old father Grimly. "lIe'd have
dear"
How so, papa
"Why, they'd give fortune for n
man like that in n show"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

Amos Cummings OF New York used
Ia tell this story Of his first assignment
as newspaper reporter: ii" was sent
out 10 write up an accident where an
Irish hodcarricr was injured in a fall
from a building. He arrived just as
two officers We're assisting the injured
nan into the ambulance.
whats his uame?" asked Cummings
of one of the officers. n the same mo-
mcnt pulling ont his pad and pencil.
The Irishman heard him and, mistak-
ing him for the timekrcper on the job,
exclaimed, with a look OF disgust Gov
ering his face:
Isn't il trouble enough 10 fall three
stories without being docked for the
few moments l lose going to the hos
pitalt'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
A CHRISTOPHER RACE.
MncLay Won II because the Pro-
fessor Got the Wrong Bottle.


John W. Mackay was an early riser.
a hard worker and. although exceed
.ngly hospitablc, was himself abstemi-
Gus and could seldom be induced to
pluy cards for money, and then for
only nominal stakes. The only game
that seemed to attract him was the
"gra sshopper races" with which the
mining superintendent on the Com
stock heguiled a portion of the noon
hour while waiting for luncheon at the
savage company hosting house. Boys
caught GraSShopperS and sold them TO
the players AT - to 90 cents each. Each
player paid fixed stake. ranging from
81 to SO, into the pool, and the man
whose hopper made the longest jump
captured the pool On the day before
Christmas II was agreed to celebrate
that holiday with pool the stakes in
which were to be 500 for each player.
The terms were play or pay" and at
the instance Of Il German professor
! who was a superintendent OF a leading
mine each man was allowed to use any
means that he might devils" to stimu-
late his grasshoppcr The professor
was SO full of his scheme 10 scicn-
thcally capture the $1,000 pool for
| there We're ten ontries--that he comnNl-
/ nicatod it to n young assayer who was
not grasshoppcr plungcr. The pro
/ fcssor had experimental and ascertain
ed that a era sshoppcr that was touch
/ vi by feather dipped in weak solu
ton of aqua ammonia would jump fol-
his life. The young man also expert
mcntcd, and as a result he filed bot
tie of the Same size and appearance
with cyanide of potassium and man
aged TO substitute ii for the other IL
the professors laboratory. The nc%
day. when the professor after mucf
boasting about his scientific attain
monts dipped a feather in the suhsti
tutcd bottle and touched his insect Will
II, the grasshopper rolled over rs dca'
as a salt mackprcl, amid the roars o
the crowd Mackays hopper won tn
big pool. and two widows, whose hus
bands had been killed in the yellow
Jacket mine, received gift of 500
each from an unknown source.-Sal
Francisco Call.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
CATS SUCKING BREATH.
An Old wives Fable That Has Served
q Good Purpose.

q Good Purpose.
Cnn n cat real lily suck the breath OF
child?
We have always heard that 1t con'd.
Away back in cnrly CHILDHOOD We dis
tinctlv remember frequent warnings
to look out for the cat. Do not allow
the cat to get into bed with YOU. espe-
ctnlly TO get into bed with the baby, as
Il is liable TO suck the baby's breath,
which would cause the baby to die.
IL there any foundation for such
notion as this? We never could discov-
er any real meaning TO the belief that
cat can suck tho breath Of child.
Indeed the sentence is totnly unintc4-
liglbe.
What Is meant by sucking the breath 7
Il may be true that the cat. attracted
by the breath Of child who had re-
Gently been nursing. might attornpt 20
interfere in some manner with the
child's mouth. In young cats the i'm
pulse to nurse might be excited by the
smell of the child : breath. 1t Is bare
ly possible that the cat might be seized
with desire 10 bite or to devour the
cbild's lips or tongue. lured on by the
smell OF milk. We are not IN post
ton to deny these possibilities. Maybe
they are true.
But not any of these supp0sitlDns fur
nsh basis for The sta tement that che
cat IS liable To- suck the Child'S brea th
We have always heard this statement
with ShuGdcr Of horror 1t seems e
convey some weird horrible tragedy
that can hardly be imagined. But it IS
mere fancy. the origin Of which l.
hard to explain
Yet we would advise mothers 10 b.
careful about leaving tho infant witt
cat We do not favor the idea O
eats sleeping with children. nor 60 "
favor the practice of children playing
/ with cats. handling them. mopnlut
/ them around the floor, foDdlinr them
dressing them up AS dolls. Il IS no
good for the cat 1t is not good for III
child Neither cats nor dogs ought +
be treated IN this manner. They ar
al. right in their place. but they ar
not INT for piaythings.
If the superstition that a cat ca
suck child's breath has operated a
preventive to mothers allowing thei
children to play with cats. it has serve
a very good purpose, but such chiidis
notions are hardly compatible with III,
ture reflection. 1t is one Of the oil
wives fables which may have serve
good purpose. but 1t is too ridiculor
for repetition. There are other an
better reasons why the cat and bah
should not be left together than Il
vague uninteligibe fear that thu CT
Will suck the child's breath M edic,
Talk.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

prelate for four years. Mr.. Kite has
been member of the grand command
cry of Ohio for some time and served
as grand warden in 1875. For twenty
yonrs he was treasurer OF Syrian tenn
pie Of Cincinnati.
Charles Wilbur Nutt!ng, Etna Mills.
Cal, has been elected grand master of
California
During the quarter ending oct. II.
1903 there were 2.422 limitations re
ported TO the grand lodge of Scotland
and 3, 796 diplomas issued.
The Keystone says an increase In the
fees for initiation and membership is
being seriously considered by n number
Of lodges and other Masonic bodies.
At the last session Of the grand lodge
of oklahoma the constitution was
amended SO as TO make gambling, pro
fame swearing and the Incorporate use
Of Intoxicating liquors Masonic offcnses
and bars TO nitia ton.
At the annual cOnclave of the grand
commandery of Massachusetts and
/ Rhode Island the report of Grand Re
cordcr Rowell showed a total member
ship OF l4,0S2, n net gain of $40.
The Mystic Shriners of Manila have
organized what Is known as bamboo
Oasis" II is composed of members
from temples in oil parts OF the United
States.
No lodge can successfully accomplish
its mission when it has an unpopular
or incompetent master. As the Key
stone well says, The master and hi'
wardens make and give character TO :
lodge"
In view of the prevalence of clan
destnc Masonry It behooves the hreth
rem TO beware Of giving recognition 4
strangers who have no stronger vouch
er than Masonic pin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
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Former Head Consul Of the Modern
Woodmen w A. Northcott has accept
ed the position of field manager fot
the Bankers Fraternal union at sal
AIRY Of 5000 per year
There are over 600 900 members OF
fraternal societies in Illinois.
Nineteen hundred and three has been
a great year for rratcrnal work
1t is stated the supreme chief ranger
Of the International Order Of Forestcrs
has given his rich estate near Toronto
10 the order, and it will he converted
into n home for aged and inirm mem
bers Of the society.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
The Care of tIdren.

1t is usually accepted without Ques
ton that the modern scientific meth.
DDS used in the care and bringing UP
Of infants tend to increase the avero ge
duration of human life. Mr.. Charlton
r. Lewis, writing in Harper's Weekly,
presents different view. When in.
fants were treated with less wisdom,
he points ont, the weaker persisted and
the stronger survived. When the sick
are cared for SO that large number
recover from disease. II is inevitable
that on the average those who nrc thu;
rescued must be weaker than the com
munity to which they are restored
Thus all these influences, says Mr.
Lewis in conclusion, while saving life
tend especially to save lives which
are feeble in a greater proportion thar
those which are strong and thus IN tin
end must lower the vitality of III,
great mass Of TIM population
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

Corncob pipes are rs old as the settle
mcnt of this country, and the probn-
biitics are that the pilgrim fathers
found the Indians sucking followed
out cobs through reed root stems.
There is a historical warrant for soy
Ing that Andrew Jackson smoked cob
pipes aud was fond Of them. Tradition
has il that after TINT famous dinner or
sweet potatoes General Francis Marion
troffered the British officer who was
his guest n corncob pipe and a mole
skin pouch of sun cured leaf tobacco
Savannah News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
" I'D Have Walked Too.

They ell this story IN the commits
sioner's office at Ellis island:
Two Irish immigrants Just arrived
stood one morning on tho government
landing watching a drodger at work n
few yards away. Presently a diver,
full rugged craWlcd painfully from tho
channel slime up II ladder to tho deck
of the dredce. one of the lrishmcn
very much surprised, turned to his com
panion and said:
Look at that mon! LOOK nj him
Bcgorra. if I'd known the way over I'd
walked too"-New York Tribune,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS.
Growth of the Endowment Rank.
P>Ihinn Notes.

During the past six months the en-
dowmcnt rank has shown a very
henlthy growth. the membership at the
present time being about G3,OOO and the
insurance in fore" $lO3.OUD.OOo, with
net resources on hand OF nearly $500
600. and all death claims in which com
plete and regular proofs have been re
ccived at the Office of the board of CON
troll have been paid. Since the orgnni.
cation Of the endowment rank Sl9,7oo,'
600 has been paid.
There are thirty three active Fythiau
lodges in the city of st. Louis
The Knights Of Pythias of California
have membership of about $1,000.
There are Knights OF PythiaS lodges
in Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba and the Phil
ippine Islands
In 1904 the supreme lodge will meet
In Louisville. Ky, the third Tuesday in
August
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

Hcrc's Il widows mite" story. a
widow in West Bromwich, England,
obtained n farthing in breach Of
promise action She brought against Al
faithlcss sweetheart. She put it in III"
window Of her 'rbncco shop with II
printed warning to trusting women to
beware OF "Nlzpah" rings, and inylt-
ing men to come and buy "brcach of
promise Cigars and widows mite
cigarettes" The result was such big
business that the police had TO stand
by to keep The pavement clear while
nineteen men, mostly widowers, came
md offered themselves in marriage.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
lie Knew a Thing or Two.

Anaxagora-. the Athenian phlloso'
pher. who hourished in the fifth cen
fury before Christ, taught his scholars
that wind was air set in motion by
rarcfacton: that the moon owed hei
light giving properties to the sun; that
the rainbow was the resulting phenom
cnon OF reflection; that comets were wan
dering stars, and that the fixed stars
were at an immeasurablc distance be
You'd the sun, besides giving them many
other ideas thought to hA'"ar to more
MODERN times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
A Nice Light business.

"Oh yes, I've opercd an office said
Tho young lawyer. You may reneIn-
Der that YOU saw me buying nm alarm
clock the other day"
"Ycs," replied his friend "Nou have
to get mp early these mornings, en-:
ooh. no use IL 70 wake me up
when it's time to go home Philadel
Dhin Press.