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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

protest It's most unfair to those who
Ire thus left behind
| sir said STAFFORD, with severity,
pausing in his walk. II would have
you know that the lady to whom you
refer is the Lady Frances Wentworth.
my eldest daughter, ever to be spoken
Of with respect by high and low. Ma
tive and foreign shall speak otherwise
Mt their distinct peril"
The Frcnchman pulled off bis bonnet
with an impressive sweep that brushed
It's ample feather lightly on the stones
lie bent his body in II low obcsance
that threatened. were it not so acrobat
lcally accomplished, to pitch him for
ward on his nose.
IF congratulate your lorlship on
finding so rare IA daughter rather than
offer my Fluctuations to tho lady In the
attainment of SO DISTINGUISHED Il IA
thcr il is because | am filled with envy
Of any man who acquires comuauon-
shin SO charming"
Their arrival ut the carriage, with its
four impatient horses Position ridden.
saved STAFFORD the effort Of reply had
h. intended such. lie seated himself
In the closed Vehicle and his daughter
eprang nimbly in beside him. ignoring
the lroifercd aid of De Courcv, who
stood bowling and bending with much
lrouicsy and did not resume his bonnet
Yuutil the coach lurcAo1 or its lumber
in- way proeplrd and r1ffn,vsI Inv "a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

In the year 1902 Germany published
Of books and pamphlets nearly 2To00
and the United States only about n
third as many. ON the other hand, the
United States published 21,000 news
papers and periodicals and Germany
only little more than third as many.
IN the output of books Germany and
German Austria, taken together, lead
the world. Then follow France. Italy
England, the United States and the
Netherlands. In creative works nov
els, ronlances and works of pure imagi-
nation, England leads the world. Ger
many IS ahead in educational and
theological works and books for the
young. France runs copiously to his
tory ana Italy to religion Fiction
mainly rules in the United States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
Fools and Fitch s,

Frank Crane, pastor of Union church
Of Worcester. Mass, in recent talk on
''The Poor Fool and the Fool Rich"
said:
y tract is pamphlet, not to read. but
10 give TO your friends.
Prom good deal OF religious teaching
we gather that If you are good you'll
get rich and If you get rich twill be a
great pity
why should httie Willie be taught in
Sabbath school to he good so that be
may get on and the Ron. William in
his Old age be eyhortc1 to tremble be-
cause he got on?
The whole trouble lies in our defini-
ton Of riches. Riches consis. not In
money, but in two things, character
and friendships.
There are two kinds Of fools about
money, the father who burns up his
life getting it and the son who burns
up his life III getting rid of it.
Most rich people are not men Of
means. but Of ends.
Dives was fool because he thought
when lie hau become rich that he was
through. whereas TO be rich is to be
Just begun.
Real wealth consists in having plenty
of the right kind OF supplies.
Civilization means the multiplication
OF wants, Christianity the improve
mcnt OF their quality
Poverty ia q curse, and the poorest
man Is the paltry soul with lot Of
money
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
U~fn,nn ia.

"Clefmania" Is a comparatively mod
ern form OF the collecting craze It
consists of an irresistible ambition 10
gather together keys Of all sorts, sizes
and shapes. one Victim to the habit. q
lady, openly confessed recently to hav-
ing Travelled over 100, 600 miles in pur-
suit Of her hobby, during which time
she had extended entirely on keys
quite a resp ctoble fortune. Her col
lection comprises the key of the Nurem-
berg Iron Vi gin, one said TO have be-
lonend TO ieopatra's jewel case, a
huge iron specimen from the Tower Of
London picked up In Wardour street
shop, The one that used to unlock Anne
IlathaWay's cottage Mt Suatford-on.
Avon and many others equally curious
and interesting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
4 Dining Table Mint.

That the greatest treasure OF the
household. even when placed upon the
dining table, should pass unremarked
or but casually noticed is certainly
more than an up TO date hostess can
suffer with eQuanimity. TO avoid this
introduce the menu card used In Eng
land. White or Of the most delicate
tintng these cards are plain except up
In the left hand corner, where Is 20 be
found clever representation Of
highly priced possession, such rs the
wonderful Venetian glass centerpiece
of the dining table the unique speci-
mems OF Sevres china, curious and his
toric sllyerwaro or anything else for
which You are envied and which fig
ures on your dining table and no other.
Thus do your menu cards become in
diyidual and unique and your treas
Ures secure greater notice than if left
to the undirected eyes of the none too
obserVant guests.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

amount of active movement The eff
fort of keeping the spine erect and bal
ancnS the body ID very fatiguinG to
the young, and this may easily be DEM
onstrated by taking a young child for
Il long walk and noting how very
quickly it becomes tired and begins to
drag Its steps languidly along. The
best form of exercise for children is
one permitting of the greatest amount
Of movement and tie most exercise for
the least fatigue Games such as chill
dron love, with hoop or ball, are much
better for thcm than long, drcary set
walks, allowing as they do a constant
cnange of muscular movements, giving
each muscle its due need of exercise
without overstrainnG one particular
set of muscles. IN this way all the
muscles of the body may be pleasantly
exercised without any being ovcrfa-
tgued.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
Thc Jaw and the Ence.

A certain cosmetic dentist who prac-
tices among the people OF wealth ad-
viscs the chewing OF gum for children
whose teeth are crowded. He attributes
the crowded condition 10 the narrow
ness of the Jaw and asserts that the
jaw can be widened by the chewing OF
gum or by other exercise of the jaws.
The physical culture of the jawbOne
Is something that might be studied by
the woman with very narrow, point
ed sharp jaw, and il is n subject that
might be looked into by the woman
with n crooked jaw, for this is Il de
feet that can also be rcmeded. A
crooked jawbone makes crooked
face, and many persons are made home
ly from this defect, one side OF the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

Psychologists and scientists have been
making some curious experiments with
view TO determine the relative length
and strength Of right and left limbs
fifty and nine-tenths per cent of the
men examined had the right arm stron-
ger than TIE left, 1874 per cent had the
two arms of equal length and strength,
and 32.7 per cent had the left arm
stronger than the right. OF women 46.9
per cent had the right arm stronger
than :he left. and 21.I per cent had the
left stronger than the right. In order
To arrive at he average length Of
limbs fifty skeletons were measured.
twenty-five of each sex. OF these TWEEN
ty-thrco had the right arm and left leg
longer, six the left arm and right leg.
while in seventeen cases all the mem
bers were more or less equal in length.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
PARRY THE QUESTION,
The way Women should Combat I'm.
Certine emit Paul or Polly Prys.

The way Women should Combat I'm.
pertinent Paul or Polly Prys.
Well reared, kindly people do many
rude things. They may be done through
ignorance, thoughtlcssness or In re-
venge. Can kindly people harbor re-
venge1 Yes; only the wholly sanctA
fed are never guilty Of trying to pay
back" for O fancIed or real Injury.
Wei, meal ming rocn md women will
give n bachelor ruaid nattering look
and remark. ct IL strange you have
never married" II the "Okd" girl saga
with 4 toss Of the head. that she did
not wish 10 bc incumbercd with a hus.
band, that some preferred TO be left
rather than be caught by many Of the
fishers, she simply subjects herself to
the merry In, ha. Should she take the
other tack and confide caDdidly that no
one had asked her. that she was for.
lorn creature, an object OF pity and
would not her kind friend do some
angling in her behalf, she would cheap
on her stock with that person, become,
in fact, only fit for the damaged shelf
worn, bargain counter
The woman so assaulted is between
the Scylln of dcrision and tho Charyb-
dis of pity.
The most effective way Of combating
this or any other impcrtncnt question
is TO reply with q sweet gurging laugh,
which can be interpreted to mean all
sorts Of things or nothing.
II the nssailcd Is vicious she can fire
back ut her inquirer, using the same
nmmunltion For instance, there IS a
similar propricty in asking married
woman why she married that stupid
old bore after telling her what
charming woman YOU regard her or
how such refined, lovely creature
came to we'd coarse, boorish fellow.
How could YOU a tail, graceful girl,
link your fate and have to walk
through life with that dumpy, strutty,
absurd midget? II Is amazing how ono
Of your quick wit selected that thick
| headed lout. who has to have joke
diagrammcd 1t is passing strange that
one Of your beauty could jcopardize
tlc looks OF your C01IUTeu Ny marrying
that homely plebeian man. 1t is rnys-
terry how some matches are made.
Here you are, a great. big hearted. gen.
erous soul, welded to n weazen. snarl-
cd faced man, whose countenance is a
perfect index of his contracted, stingy
way of looking at life"
II the curious one ia man The above
rejoinders could be fired with equal
force as regards the apparent mlsmat-
ing of men with women wholly unlike
or unworthy.
at Is very strange such flne woIn-
an as you has never married Tell me
( how It happened" is usually meant to
imply n compliment A LADY" must
gauge remarks according to the motive
prompting them
Yes, the winsone smile Is the most
diplomatic polite way of pailying the
question that Is too inquisitive.-Su Susan
w. Ball in Terre Haute Gazette
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
GEeR RunninM In France.

feature of army training I'm France
among the mountain regiments. The
seven battaions Of Alpine chasscurS
and the chasseur hattalious of three
other regiments have received orders
to send each 4 detachment, under two
subalteI1ls, TO Bliancon, where at the
beginning of the new year three
months course of instruction was be-
gun. Each Of these ten detachments
will afterward be used for instruc-
t!oual purposes IN its own battalion.
The result will be that before long 1t
will be possible for the French army
to utilize a strong infantry division as
skee runners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
"And you think the queen is RESPONSE.

"And you think the queen is RESPONSE
blef"
"Who else? Her generals were dis
graccd and whipped like dogs Tn
valiant in the battlefield. they are pow
crful in the antcchambcr. and their
whincs arise in the ears Of the Lily Of
France who would rather see her hus-
band wrecked than saved by me-. But
| was never one to bark back on things
That are past. My duty was to save
the king from future errors. One
more grave mistake lay open to him,
and that was the summouing of par
lament at such moment. 1t was n
time for action, not for words. If you
meant TO conccdc. why did you not
Concede without bloodshcd? was q
question sure to be asked. q question
TO which there could be no answer
Very well. accepted in humbleness
the ccnsure that should have been
placed on other shoulders and sent
back ny the courier who brought it
message imploring the king TO call no
parliament until we had time to set
our house in order and face lords ana
commons with good grace | then ar.
ranged my command 50 that if the
Scots broke forth again they would
meet some examples of military sci
oncc and not view only the coat tails
Of the queens favoritc generals. No
reply coming from the king, | mounted
my horse and, with only one follower
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
III. hOp Eoane's Law.

As there IS II law against burying In
he city OF Albany the bishop had to
have special act Of the Legislature to
be buried in the cathedral. He was
successful in having the act pass the
lawmakers, but his friends were as
founded and worried when they read
It's text. 1t began with the usual verdi
age. 1he ending was something like
this:
1--WE do grant that Bishop Doane be
buried within the precincts OF the
cathedral at Albany. This act shall
take effect Immediately Lippincott's
MaAaHihe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
NlHltnr4 With ncts

Hostcsses who Of late years have
been confronted with tho problem Of
housing motors and chauffcurs as well
as the Wallets, ladies' maids and leaders
belonging to thcr guests seem to be
suffering n good deal from tho pets
which their visitors insist on taking
about with them everywhere. one lady
travels about with boa constructor,
another Is always accompanied by a
pair of guinea pigs, and a third will
not be parted from her Siamcsc cats,
not to mention the small lap dogs
which are never separated from their
various owners.--Vanity Fair
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
PUZZLE TO ENGINEERS.
Miles of Track of RaiIronda sinking
In Americas Dead sea.

In Americas ncAd sea.
What is the matter with the bottom
Of Americas Dead sca--the Great salt
lake of Utah--that it will not support
the forty eight miles Of grade and tres
tie that the Southern Pacific engineers
have been trying to construct across
an arm Of iti
In recent issue Of the Los Angeles
(Col) Times appeared dispatch from
Salt Lake City telling about the difa-
cultics encountered, necessitating the
postponeinent again and aguin OF the
opening Of this cutoff In the Central
Pacific line for the running of trains.
Miles and miles Of the new track have
sunk as much as seven feet below
grade, and that after firm foundat ton
was thought to have been secured by
driving piles 70 great depth. A num-
Der Of work trains have even been
swallowed by the salty sea through the
sudden giving away of tho bottom.
II has been surmised that Bear river
has filled in the bottom Of the lake with
sediment too weak to sustain the
great weight thrown upon it by the
building Of the railroad track on pom
toon Of piles. A. J. Woodbury., who
has devoted some study to the problem,
says there * doubtless another cause.
He ascribeS it to the existence Of a
quicksand Of unknown depth under Il
thin layer of river mud. Said Mr..
Woodbury.:
ogden is ten miles from Great Salt
lake and 100 feet higher. In the early
ninetoS an effort was made to develop
natural gas. which had been success
fully accomplished some miles to the
southward. At Il depth 400 feet lower
than tie present bottom of the lake the
drill brought up pieces of wood. have
/ in my possession now some of the bits
Of wood. which | secured at the time.
Whether the wood crew there or was
brought down by an avalanche or great
food there is of course no way of tell
ing. but there it is, with 400 feet of
earth on top of it.
! "1herc are no scars on the face Of
the country round about to indicate
the great changes that have taken
! place other than the old shore line of
the lake. which can he traced for miles
and miles along the side of the Wa
| satch mountains. 900 feet higher than
! the present surface of the lake. max
! ing it the largest inland body of water
of which we have any knowledge. 1t
! is evident that when this vast lake
was drained the water went out with
a rush. but whether 10y the Snake riv-
Colorado biologists have never definite
| " determined. However, that has
nothing TO do with the subject under
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

Tho Maiden Governess-What year
Is it called when February has twenty
nine days? Little Elsie-Leap year.
The Maiden overness-Correct. And
how often does leap year come? (No
answer) Why, Elsie, I'm surprised Mt
your not knowing that. Little Elsie
Oh, haven't reached the age where
keep track of leap years!-Brooklyn
Life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
Exercise For Children,

Walking is not an exercise to which
young children take kindly at any
time. 1t Is extremely wearisome TO
them. 1t Is the poorest form of exer-
else they can take, involving the great
est amount OF fatigue with ths least
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25
Made Sure of tho First ReuuAstts,

Betty-So Maud is engaged? Well
I'm sorry for the man. She doesn't
know the first thing about keeping
house, Bessie-Oh, yes, she does! Bet
ty-I'd like to know what Bessie The
first thing is to got man to keep
house for Haper's Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

Corseta-~I wish there was some way
to make him stop buying expensive
presents. Mae-You might marry him.
Cleveland Leader
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

Life IL the finest OF the One arts. It
has 10 be learned with lifelong pa
thence, and the years of our pilgrimage
are all too short to master II trt-
umphantly .-prummond
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-25

It is a wise man who knows his own
business. and It Is wiser man who
Thoroughly attends to it.-Wayiand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
DEPRESSING LABoRING MEN.

The recent trouble between the local au-
thorities of Monroe county and a party of
railroad laborers came near having serious
results. There was a narrow escape from
a clash between the authorities and the
laborers wh.h would probably have re-
suited in bloodshed and in the calling out
of the militia. The trouble was due to the
non-payment of wages which the laborers
had fairly earned under conditions claimed
to be oppressive.
Now comes an account of a similar state
of affairs on the line of another railroad
which is being constructed in Dearborn
county. 1t is stated on seemingly good au-
ton company having charge of the work
has employed nearly 5000 men who We're
promised $50 a day and who received only
$3.50; that they were paid off in checks
which were cashed at the cOmpany's COM
missary at a discount of from two to ten
per cent. hat they were charged 81 a week
for board of a very inferior character and
subjected to other extortions with the object
and effect of causing many of the men to
throw up their jobs at the sacrifice of wages
due them.
Such practices as these are a disgrace to
the employers who use them and would be
to the State if it had not tried to prevent
them. An employer, whether an individual
or a corporation. that will take advantage
of the necessities of laboring men to OPP
press and rob them of their earnings and
charge them extortionate prices for in
ferior supplies. is devoid of humanity anG
insensible to justice. 1t does not matter as
to the color, the nationality, or the ante.
cedents of the laborers; they are entitled tC
fair treatment and justice.
The State has tried to prevent such prac.
tees as these by the enactment of law:
regarding wages to be paid, regularly and
weekly in cash, without any rebate, and by
prohibiting 'pluck-me" stores and discount
ing wage checks. Unfortunately the weekly
payment law was held unconstitutional, anC
the others, it seems. are Systematically vic
lated. There ought to be some way o
furnishing those who are guilty of thes,
wrongs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Country PAPER Hits Back.

The Chicago papers have a good deal of fun
at the expense of the country newspapers.
What's the matter of 'em? Are they jealous
because we live out here where we can get
fresh air and fresh eggs and enjoy life as it
was meant to be?
that world fiddle around like a lot of school
girls and hit upon some Of the funniest things
you ever heard. Why, every now and then
somebody laughs at them.
The writer's laugh and think it's a good joke
when some of the country newspapers say
Hiram Higbee has sold his Holstein cow 10
Ez Mawfield," but, of course, IT is the thing
when they say: 'Algie Van Poochenstein has
just returned from the continent with a $685.
bull terrier from the Epsom-Squirtem kennels. -
Oh. that's great. That bull pup would bring
about 20 cents in the dog pound, and Hi Higbee's
COW could sell for at least $40 in the dark.
Because 'fOzzie Benton was over to Union
Center Thursday to see his best girl" they throw
a shoe. But if Harold Worstinghauser Pook.
the society leader, was in Milwaukee last Sun
day to visit Miss Gertie Crabst' they drool all
over their 3O-cent ''dickey' and have three pic
lures of Gertie and Harold on the front page.
It's all right for them to set the standard.
Sure, Mike.
Butts time they got out of their rat and
changed the s~ubject--Marengo Ql.) Repub-
lican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Precedence in England.

1 knew a young American girl, who, going to
England under the care of an ambassador
family, and attending her first large dinner
party. and looking about her. selected. as the
guest in the room who most interested her. one
man of distinguished aspect, whom she resolved
TO watch. When the guests were ushered into
the dining hall according TO the laws of prece-
dence. she found herself at the very end of the
brilliant procession, as one Of two untitled plebe-
ians in the room, assigned TO the escort of the
very man who had interested her. and who
turned out to be Samuel Rogers, the poet and
patron Of art, and the recognized head of literary
society in England. She always said that she
secured two things at that entertainment
namely. the most delightful companion she ever
had at a dinner party, and, moreover, a lesson
in the outcome of mere hereditary rank that
would last a lifetime. Rogers's poems are not
now read so much as formerly. but at that time
the highest literary honor a man could have
was to dine with Rogers. He was also one OF
the richest bankers in London, and was very
possibly the only person in the room who had
won for himself a reputation outside of his owr
little island: but he was next to nobody in thai
company, and the little American girl was TIE
nobody.-February Atlantic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
story of BObbie Burns.

A story is told in Thornhill about Burns in
his capacity of exciseman. Old Jean David
son kept a small whisky shop, and was sus-
pected Of putting more fresh water into her
liquor than was needful or lawful. Burns ac-
cordingly came with his apparatus. and at once
detected the irregularity. Now, Jean, ma
woman" he said, Il Gamma tax this to Dunn
fries this night; tits over late. But I'll seal
it wi the Kings seal. and return to lift it in
the mornin'." When he had gone to his lodging
Jean fetched the village cooper, who removed
a hoop from the barrel and bored a hole through
which the adulterated liquor was drawn off.
and stuff Of regulation strength poured in. Then
the hoop was refiXed, and jean. with a brave
heart, awaited the gauger. In the morning up
came Burns TO claim the keg. ''One minute,
Mr.. Burns" said Jean, sweetly. "Ye might
Jest test that whisky to convince me; since !
Gamma see how 1 could have been maxim sic a
mistake 1T means breaking the Kings SEAL
said Burns, but I'll Just fix on another" So
the sample was taken and tested, and, of course,
found TO be all right. Burns was bewildered.
WAS there aught wrang wi me-, Jean, last
nicht 20 he asked. 'Weel, Mr.. Burns, it's ma
for me to say-weel, I just thocht ye were fully
smert wi your wee ester.'-Chicag Journal.