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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-02

An organization has been formed in
Barre Tor young men. who have need of
a place for innocent games. reading
rooms and social Intercourse generally.
1t is somewhat o: q crusade in tho line
OF making Il p'ac" for al men who wish
to spend an evening or any part of tho
day, as tho rooms will be warm and open
from early morning until $40 in tho
evening. The rooms are those in tho
Worthen block at present occupied by the
Nnci'ia club and are admirably fitted for
the purpose, In connection with these
rooms the ncmbers of the club have tho
use Of tn" gymnasium and shower baths
ut the Boys club rooms on Church street
three nights in the week. TUESDAYS. We'd
n"sdays and Fridays. This org ,nzation
is ono that has al the advan ages Of a
young Mems Christian association"
with the exception Of the religious feat
ures oi that institution.
AN OLD TIME EXECUTION.
Inc coming execution of Mary Mabel
Rogers for th" murder of hcr husband re-
calls 10 bennington residents the fact
that 81 years have passed since tho las,
execution OF q person that BENNINGTON
has been particularly interested in. On
February \, 1899. occurred the execution
Of Archibald l. Bates. who, at tho De-
ctmbcr term of county court. held at
Bennington Centre, was convicted Of
shooting his brothers wife as she sat
near window with baby in her arms.
He had been in love with her before her
marriage TO his brother and ono evening
crept up 10 the house ana shot her. The
crime followed o dispute, while he was
intoxicated. He had demanded money
from his brother, and it was refused. He
had frequently been heard to vow that
he would have revenge for not getting
the woman. tie WAS caught a short time
after the crime ana placed in .iail After
his conviction Il petition was circulated
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To fear Could 1t be possible that his
old friend believed that he had cause
to fear him? But what had been
his own words on the subject?
you can ruin me, Silas, in the
eyes of my child, as well as in those
of the world, whenever you pleased"
The question was, had he, at the
time, really meant what he said? Had
he, for an instant, believed him
capable of such baseness as this?
If so-good heavens. it was a
dreadful thought-would he not have
still greater reason to exclaim. thank
God!" when he heard of his death?
He scarcely dared to breathe it to
himself but the idea, having once &C.
Cured. chung to him, and refused to
be set aside. but returned again and
again in spite of his steadfastly re-
jecting it as unworthy and dishonor-
able. At the same time he found him
self wondering whether his friend, the
object of these painful thoughts, who
occupied an adjoining room, was also
lying awake and indulging in unprofit-
able reflections. Or perhaps he was
more pleasantly employed in thinking
of his daughter; anticipating their
meeting and picturing her as she
would be after five years separation.
Whatever else he might, or might
not be- he was evidently an affection
ate parent, devoted to this one child.
| Mr.. Burritt was getting sleepy at
| last. No doubt 1t was something
which he had eaten at dinner that
| had upset his digestion and filed his
mind with all these morbid fancies.
There was nothing like Indigestion
for making one see everything in a
bad light.
Then he slept. and as he slept he
dreamed a dream.
He thought he was lying on the
edge of a precipice-a precipice which
went sheer down many hundreds of
feet. But although he occupied such
a dangerous position he felt no uneasi-
ness at first, only little gentle sur
prise as to what he was doing there,
and a little wonder as to what was
going to happen.
Then hand came up and out OF the
abyss and grasped him, drawing him
nearer and nearer to the giddy verge
of the precipice, and he felt himself
dragged slowly but surely to destruc
ton. In vain he clutched at the grass
and stones and projections of the
cliff; he was still drawn on, until, al
last, he was poised upon the very
edge and could look down into the
depths OF the ehasm beneath. For
few seconds-during which he seemed
to experience lifetime of agony--h'
remained In that awful position. Ther
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Cured Her Rheumatism.

Deep Valley. Pa, Oct. 2d.-tSpe-
cial. )-There is deep interest in Green
county over the cure OF the little
daughter of |. N. Whipkey OF Rheuma'
tism. She was great sufferer for
Eve or six years and nothing seemed
to do her any good till she tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills. She began to
improve almost at once and now she
Is cured and can run and play as other
children do. Mr.. Whipkey says:
T am indeed thankful for what
Dodds Kidney Pills have done for my
daughter; they saved her from being
q cripple perhaps for life
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one OF the results
of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism Is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. II
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and conse.
quently no Rheumatism. Dodd's Kid
uey Pills make the Kidneys right
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\ sneered, you are the immaculate
ttizen-the man without past!
What have you to do with such an one
= II" There was q bitter sarcasm
! his tone, a morbid jealousy in his
pok, Mr.. Burritt refused to recognize
Ae presence of either.
But you will return with me, will
ou not?" he said, you will let me in
roduce you to them and make their
cquaintance? Take us on your way,
nd spend at least one night under my
pof."
You are very good, Silas," said his
fiend. "Ah, If they were all like
ou-but you forget there are others
Eho-"
Mr.. Burritt interrupted him. 81
NOW what you are going to say and
Ell relieve your mind at once. OF all
nose-and they were not many, six
y the outside-who were intimately
equainted with your past history
md" he hesitated a moment, "and
!aat unhappy affair, not one Is living
Fesldes myself"
What" cried the other man, in
sfeat excitement, "All dead?"
All but myself" was the answer.
Thank God for that!" burst from
'ae others lips. ''Will you swear that
'ais is so-that they are indeed all
uead who are connected with the
past, except YOURSELF"
Mr. Burritt bent his head in reply.
Inc strain of the interview was begin.
ang to tell upon him, together with
me hurried journey, and he felt the
need of repose.
believe me, Jim," he said, falling
OscK again into the old familiar style
address, you have nothing to fear
'our secret is safe enough with me-
never doubt it," He spoke kindly
even affectionately, but his fatigue
was evident, and his friend could not
Out observe it.
N, elias" he said, you are worn out
We Will continue the subject some
A other time"
rney turned to leave the room to
SG'Ner' Mr. Burrintt passed out first
A. vompanion fingered behind him
cine ne aid so, his brief assumption o.
os heeriulness fell from him; his face
ansed and darkened, and the whole
~ptession altered.
al dead but one" he whispered t
,aseil-"and that one" The sen
eAee was eft unfinished.
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A Chess Village.

Near the Prussian town of Magde-
burg lies the little village of Strobeck,
which has earned for itself an inter
esting celebrity. The village contains
1000 inhabitants, who are one and all
chess players. They may be said to
learn the game in their cradles, for
among the first lessons taught to a
child by it's parents are the moves in
chess and the first playthings 1t re-
ceives are chessmen. The smallest
children are to be seen in their play
time sitting quietly together with
chessboard before them gravely con-
sidering the moves and in the even
ing the old people meet to play their
favorite game. At stated times in the
year there are chess tournaments in
which both the grown-up people and
the children take part, prizes being
given to the victors. Many people
come to Strobeck during these com
petitions to watch the peasants at
their games. The children even re-
ceive instruction in chess in the
schools.
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excitement caused by the meeting
with the old friend he had not seen
lor so many years At any rate,
whatever the cause, there was no
doubt as to the effect; for he found
1t impossible to sleep, or to do any
thlng but toss from side to side, as
hour after hour YEARLY wore itself
away. By some peculiar action OF the
brain, he also found himself compelled
to review all the past scenes of his
life, and mentally, step by step. re-
trace the path he had trodden during
those fifty years or so, which went
to make up the sum of his existence
on this planet.
AT last. in despair, he rose, and go
ing to the window, looked out upon
the night. 1t was very moonlight
night-too much so, in fact. There
was something almost weird and
CHASTITY in its effect. So he dropped
the blind with crash, and went back
to bed again, hoping that, this time,
he might be able to sleep.
But it was the same thing over
again. Only this time his thoughts
concentrated themselves upon his
family and his home life. He remem
bered, with a sense of remorse. that
he had been little-only little
irritable at breakfast that morning
and that he had spoken rather sharply
when Intercepted as to the purpose
of his sudden expedition.
Certain of his friends sayings hat
grated upon his ear, and caused
chill feeling of dissatisfaction and re
gret.
THANK Cod" he had said when HI
heard of the deaths of those Others
cut off, more than one of them, be
fore they had attained their prope
span.
Mr.. Burritt turned uneasily In hi
beu as he reflected upon this, and re
membered that he was the only on
left who knew all. The only one hi
friend had to fear. To fear! Surel
! that was not the right way to put It
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A Collection of Pens.

The Carnavalet Museum in Paris
contains a collection of pens which,
while interesting from connoisseur's
point of view as works of art, are no
less attractive to the historian.
Every time a sovereign visits the
town hall in Paris he is begged to
sign his name in the visitors book,
and for this purpose richly orna-
mented pen is handed the royal visi-
tor
For the intended visit of the king
of Italy the city of Paris has ordered
a special pen of the Italian silversmith
Froment Meurice. The design is in
XVI. century style and is in exquisite
taste. The penholder is ornamented
with little enamel cartridge bearing
the arms of the House of Savoy.
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Cause Of Ocean Tides.

Tides are caused by the gravita-
tional attraction or pull Of the sun
and moon upon the water. and upon
the earth itself. The moon being so
much nearer than the sun, is. of
course, the principal cause. When
the moon is directly over given
place it pulls the water under 1t. and
thus tends to keep up tidal wave
just under the moon. At the same
time it is pulling the earth itself; but
1t pulls the water more than the earth
underneath, simply because the moon
is nearer to the water on the surface
than 1t Is to the solid earth behind 1t.
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MEASURES THAT ARE STANDARD
Much Cara Taken to Preserve Them
Correctly.

Much Cara Taken to Preserve Them
Correctly.
A gallon is exactly ten pounds OF
distilled water; so when housewives
say "a pints o pound the world
around" they are mistaken. The Inn
perial standard yard, which is the
same as our own, Is the distance be-
tween two fine lines on bar OF
bronze, measured at 81 degrees Fan
renheit The bar Is kept mounted on
eight rollers in special steel safe In
London. The standard pound is kept
In silver-gilt box contained In q
bronze box, the top Of which Is secure
ly screwed down and the whole placed
In special compartment of the same
safe. The German metric system
took the place of more than twenty
local measures. The Hesse-Darmstadi
foot was less than ten inches, the
g-Rudolstadt foot more
than fifteen.
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Dave. Could Thin Them Out.

The Hon. H. L. Dawes in his young
manhood was an Indifferent speaker.
Participating in a law case. soon after
his admission to the bar, before a
North Adams justice Of the peace,
Dawes was opposed by an older at.
torney whose eloquence attracted a
large crowd that packed the court
room.
The justice was freely perspiring,
and, drawing of his coat in the midst
of the lawyers eloquent address, he
said:
"Mr. Attorney, supposing you sit
down and let Dawes begin to speak.
want to thin out this crowd. boston
Herald,
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NOTICED 1T.
A Young Lady from New Jersey Put
Her Wits to Work.

A Young Lady from New Jersey Put
Her Wits to Work.
Coffee gave me terrible spells OF
Indigestion which, coming on every
week or so, made my life wretched
until some one told me that the coffee
I drank was to blame. That seemed
nonsense, but | noticed these attacks
used to come on shortly after eating
and were accompanied by such ex-
cruciating pains in the pit OF the
stomach that | could only find re.
lief by loosening my clothing and
lying down.
"If circumstances made 1t impos'
sible for me TO lie down ! spent hours
in great misery.
~ refused to really believe 1t was
the coffee until finally thought a
trial would at least do no harm, so
quit coffee in 1901 and began on Pos
tum. My troubles left entirely and
convinced me of the cause.
Postum brought no discomfort, mol
did indigestion follow its use. have
had no return of the trouble since
began to drink Postum. It has built
me up, restored my health and giver
me a new interest in life. 1t Ger
tainly is a Joy to be we'll again
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road Il
MELVILLE" In each pkg.
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cuApTER ii-continued.

:. purritt's face became flushed,
No started to his feet with the
"a and hot Indignation which would
- done credit to one of half his
"James!" he cried, with pas
dis this the way you speak,
,bis the way your treat your old
,aag Does The fidelity of half
lime count fp. nothing? Why,
~ your name has been preserved
available secrecy, and at this very
mont not one single soul, besides
s.ef is aware of the object of my
srney or of the identity of the in.
Evidual have come to meet!-and
Ks Is all you have TO say 10 me! |
"a better return home at once, with
bt more delay!"
Ne was evidently much moved, and
a other man could not but recognize
m the emotion he betrayed was gen
no So he, too, rose from his seat
M catching Mr.. Burritt by the arm,
En my dear fellow, don't misunder-
land mel Surely you did not take
Z seriously just now. 1t is not that
doubted you for a moment, Silas;
ut-" He passed his hand over
! ewes, as though to clear away
rmething which INSTRUCTED his vision.
hen, after a moments hesitation, he
bntinued. 81 only landed in the old
buntry this morning, and it has
,ought it all back again--all the
kame and sorrow, all the suffering
Ia remorse--it seems as fresh as
kough--as though 1t had all happened
esterday, instead of twenty years ago.
cannot but realize the fact that, in
lite of all my wealth-honestly
hrned, too, every penny of it. swear
! am pariah, an outcast. No, don't
kterrupt me. l tell you"-with a bit
y. mirthless Taught feel more like
returned convict than anything else"
James!" exclaimed Mr.. Burritt,
kou shock me! you grieve me more
han can say! l."
His friend interrupted him. "You!"
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shows Fifteenth century custom.
"How can an everyday
drink be so bad''
"Oh, they're used to it'll"
Shells for Holy Water.

Trldacna shells are very commonly
used in churches in Europe for holy
water basins and even fonts. The
largest. perhaps. are those In uso In
st. Peters Rome. These shells attain
weight Of 500 pounds (the two
valves together), the animal itself
sometimes being twenty pounds In
weight. The word "tridacna" Is from
the Greek tridaknos (eaten at three
bites), but who could eat a twenty
pound animal at three bites7--St-
Nicholas.
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Antarctic Area.

The Antarctic area consists OF two
continental land-masses OF unequal
size-Queen Victoria Land and King
Edward VII Land--separated by q
marvellous barrier Of fiat-topped Ice
bergs. and Of two seas extending far
to the south-the Ross sea and tho
Weddell sea.
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imnart.nt to Mothers
She Uses the spooIs.

A young woman stenographer.
whose business experience has not
robbed her of her domestic inclina'
tons, makes a good use Of the spools
on which her typewriter ribbons are
wound. She washes them we'll to re.
move any suspicion of ink. and uses
them to wind baby ribbons, pieces OF
lace and other odds and ends on. The
spools are very we'll made. and fill
their extra role very well, indeed.
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Couldn't Hear Il.

"The lady who moved in yesterday
deceived me-" said the rental agent
apologetically. "She said she had no
children, but understand she has a
baby. Did it disturb your"
mo" answered Mr.. Flatdweller.
They tell me 1t cried some during the
night, but the noise was drowned by
the bowls of Smiths dog and the
shrieks of Mrs. Browns parrot. DE.
troit Tribune.
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EXCELLENT SPORT IN moaoeco.
Every Kind OF Amusement the Hunt
or Can Desire.


No visitor to Morocco has ever
asked himself what he was to do for
entertainment declares William @
Fitz-Gerald in Four-Track News
There is sport OF every kind. from
wild-boar hunting down to duail-shoot
ing: and further south one may even
shoot panthers and hyenas. The lion
does not begin until the Atlas noun.
talns are reached. Horses may be
hired in Tangier for about a dollar
and half day, including an Ameri.
can saddle: and for the ladies there
are always comfortable mules pro
vided. with any number OF Arab and
slave servants. The slave market, by
the way. is no longer one OF the
sights" of Tangier, since Christian
influence long ago abolished It, This
does not mean. however. that the
slave trade is not carried on. Indeed
the traveller "in the know" may FIRE
quently see an old Arab merchan
leading round a negro boy and girl b!
the ears from door to door. and HI
will learn that these are all that re
main OF an enormous slave caravan
obtained by Arab raiders as far soutl
as the Niger and mysterious Timbuc
too, In central Africa.
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Medicine. Have stood Test Of Time.

THE leading proprietary medicines
that have stood the test Of time are
Of known therapeutic value" says a
medical authority. They are prepar-
ed in laboratories of the highest
grade, under the care of skilled phar-
macists, and they are made from ap-
proved formulas which, In many In
stances, have been the especial pride
and specific OF some successful physi.
clan They have been tried In the
crucible Of public opinion and they
have been found satisfactory by the
people, for otherwise the people would
discontinue using them"
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JUST A FEW JOKES
sHoRE ITEMS MEANT TO CAUSE
A SMILE.
Sad End Of the Once Noble Ranger Of
the Jungle-Writer Mas Holding his
own--The Appropriate Thing foi
Nuritch's Baby.
A SUGGESTION.

Mr.. Sloman--Now. you're joking
again, aren't your
Miss Waite-Judge for yourself; you
should know me pretty we'll by this
time.
Mr.. Sloman-But you puzzle me
sometimes; ! don't know what to make
of you.
Miss Waite-No? BY the way, did
you hear about Jack Brown and May
Long? He made her his wife yester'
day.
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Natural Enouuh,

Tess-"Mrs. Foartey doesn't really
show her age at all, does she?"
Jess--"No; it's not surprising, con
sidering all her trouble"
Tess-"You mean it is surprising
considering her troubles she's had"
Jes-"No, l mean considering all the
trouble she's taken to conceal It."
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Blocked.

I'm afraid my hay fever is coming
on" said Kloseman, trying to get some
medical advice free of charge. every
once in a while feel an itching in
my nose and then | sneeze. What
would you do in case like that, doc
tori"
81 feel pretty sure" replied DR..
Sharp, "that would sneeze. too"
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Moving Cheese

"Will you start the cheese this way.
please?" said the thin boarder at din.
ner.
Its not time for cheese yet" said
the fat boarder.
mo, but If you start 1t now 1t will
probably get here by the time I'm
ready for it."-Yonkers Statesman.
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The Decline Of Poetry.

"That was an exquisite poem you
had in the paper this morning" said
the old subscriber Where did you
get it,"
'Eh? Oh, the poem?" said the edi.
tor. why, bought it." Then he
alphabetically added, you see knew
the poor fellow who wrote it and I
wanted to help him along"
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scraped It Together.

Family Friend-Well. how are
things?
Young Preacher-Fine. The congre-
cation actually raised my salary this
month.
Family Friend-How much was the
increase?
Young Preacher-There was no in.
crease. They merely raised it, that's
all.-Houston Chronicle.
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An Expert Opinion.

Mr.. Andrew Lang says nothing 10
drearier than talk about patent put
tiers, patent clubs and patent cleeks.
A good player can play with any vari-
ETY., a bad player land the bores are
always bad players) cannot play we'll
with anything.
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The Missing Link.

Then three men?" Farmer Border
replied to question, "them's our farm
hands"
But" asked the city girl, where's
the other one?"
What other one?"
why, there's always a quartet Of
them to sing the old Oaken Bucket
isn't there?"
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As it's Papa Eats.

ooh, yes, Nuritch's baby was born
with a silver spoon in its mouth, OF
course"
''It's curious-iooking child; takes
after it's father, doesn't it?"
mo, indeed; II 1t took after its
father it would have been born with 8
silver knife in its mouth"
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woman. Lovely Woman.

Don't you know" said Miss over
seven, that am really feeling young
err to-day than | did few years ago?"
YES" replied Miss Inerteens, I've
noticed of late that you are getting
oulte childish"
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suspielous.

Lawson--"What kind OF coffee do
you drink, Brazilian or Mocha?"
Dawson-"You will have TO ask the
tmHarter. The grocer calls 1t Mocha"
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Greenland Coast Unexplored.
Greenland's east coast remains to
be explored. Nearly 500 miles are en-.
tirely unknown.
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CHAPTER III.
Mldniaht R.h.ntiana

A, "uHTHHt HeHectIons.
n,vh. hurritt passed a very restless
ar, Perhaps his dinner had dis
was with him. More probably it
ne result Of ahe agitation and
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Both wine and tea make
talk, but not both make
wisdom!
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Most Prosperous Part of India.
The richest, the most populous and
the most prosperous part of India is
to be found In the basins of the Indus,
the Ganges and the Lower Brahma-
putra.