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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

Describing the personal appearance
Of Mutsuhito5 the. emperor Of Japan, q
recent writer says ION this occasion
mis- majesty walked, o. seemed to walk
with a slight stOop' On other occaaons
when in his carriage or on horsebacA
the stoep was not noticeable. Yet II in
nowise impaired the dignity OF hin
carriage His kair Is coarse and bIacle
as the .manc Of an orlen horse. except
Ing a-t!nee Of ''gray at the temples, and
is brushed weif ZIP from bis forehead.
His nose large, the nostrtis full, tho
lips thick without being sensuOus aad
the under jaw h3avy. convey an i'm.
preston Of. iron determination and to.
nacity OF purpose. He wears heavy
mMstache and thin chin whiskers Last
but not least. were the eyes. iustrsds.
dark. intelligent and Of piercing kssn-
ness. :
Those eyes peered forth through
almond Sits from under high. threat
cning brow. In their swiftly changing
expression they. were at once an tnds1
and revelation OF the personality
shining through them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
was ashore only eight days and then
had to give a note for two months
Day In order to get on ship"
Novelties In Whiskera

Tho most remarkable whisker novelA
t." the barber said. lis to be found
in France. Frenchmen for :he last
six months have been wearing boz
boards. A box beard is es square %
Q piece Of carpentry. nine inches lorg.
five inches wide, two inches oeeL.
every corner sharp and true ard sill
the surfaces, upper and under aud
side, smoothed as II with a plane.
1.-The box beard Is neat and queer.
It was introduced by the king OF the
Belgians The English have q new
mustache-the butterfly. The butter.
fly Is not more than two inches long.
1t is Just feathery little thing under
the nose. with ends turning upward
and inward. 1t has been adopted BY
all the young army oficers. The king
has stamped it With the stamp Of his
approval. 4.
You will hardly believe it. but In
Italy the patch is bong worn. The
Italian has his ch;f shaved smooth ex.
ccpt for tiny. circular patch the size
OF a shirt stud aud in this patch he
grows q little ruff half inch long.
1t is as though the Italian had a mole
there, but he has no mole really. The
patch Is just his coQuetry"- Chicago
Chronicle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

"Have you noticed" asked a Kansas
City man the other day. how the
hltching post is disappearing? A few
years ago almost every residence and
many stores in Kansas City had hitch
ing posts In front Of them. Now you'll
have to go long way to find single
post. The hitching ring has been fac
tor in the disappearance Of the post,
but the hitching weight has been a big
ger one. People used to think the
weight ineffective. They have changed
their minds. Tie horse to a post or
a ring, and II he becomes frightened
the chances are he'll break the strap.
Then he is free to run. Hitch him with
a weight, and he may try to run. but
1t will become entangled in the wheels
Of the vehicle or will twist the strap
around the animals legs. The result
will be the horse stops and is caught.
The hitching post Is rapidly becoming
thing Of the past in cities. and the
ring is following 1t. The weight, I be.
lleve. is here to stay."-Kansas City
Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
A TpVe story.

Ex-Judge Thomas r. Noonan Of Jer.
sey City vas describing his expert.
ences while travelling across country
to his mining property In Arizona and
told how the party. while on one Of
the lodges Of q canyon, deserted three
wild ducks wabbMng along shoulder
to shoulder.
Wen have those for break fast" said
Joe Ray, famous craftsman Of the
frontier, and Aquila Nebeker. president
Of the Utah state senate who is equal.
ly handy with a gun. seized his repeat
er to take aim at them.
You don't intend to kill 'em one By
one?" Ray objected. Bring 'em all
down with one shot
Nebeker waited till all three necks
were in one range and let ny.
"And would you believe" Judge Moo.
nan asked his friends. that he cut OF
all three heads with one bullet?"
WELL" returned ex-Judge Al Day
ton hesitat ingly, III you say sou
WELL" Noonan concluded. Il won't
say 1t. This Is true story. He missed
all three. New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
Al Erratic Reporter.

Senators Hansbro,,sh Of North Dako
tn. according to the Buffalo CONNER
cial. owns II country, Paper, though Of
late years he has been unable to give
1t much attention. depending ON jour.
naiists ofstbe tsitiuSspXt variety . good
part Of the. time. "seEke q them have
been'goodj peh; toe: says tho senator.
"and' SOME. kate' beenszotAerwise. I
had one who was nsNes satasaed with
simplicity. lie woIld refer TO an
equine horse and In the case Of q
tramp killed In u railroad. accident sAi0
that tho unfortunate, nah st,staissd .
fracture Of the sptrsf colGfna.' Anoth.
er Of bis pet expressions WI 'trippian
the light bombastic.tos.' EdAnt mind
these % muchs butt when he daughter
OF leading. citissnl WIS married AMI
he spoke of;tAs bti6aFpyoceee1ony .prol
ceeding AVN the aisle to the en06nc!
ing straihs, Of Msndel 4 Sons wsddina
mssch' I"decids6 that w. haA seaehod
the partihs'of tne'wAvG." /.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
The Pureee Fold.

In recent years several wealthy Par
sees have married European wives and
brought them into the Parsee fold
Now, the Parsees have decided that
they will admit no more converts.
Even the children Of Parsees married
to Christian mates will not be recog-
nized as Parsees. This singular race
people Of Pars or Persia-are the fire
worshipers. whose prophet, Zoroaster.
or Zarathustra, lived about thousand
years before Christ. Their sacred
writings. the Zend- Avesta. were col.
lected by the magi in their present
form in the fourth century Of the Chris
tian err. The Parsecs continued to
flourish till the year 85l. when the
Caliph Omar conquered Persia and ex.
tirpated the Zorastrian faith. Only a
few thousands remained In Persia, but
the Parsees. scattered In the chief sea-
ports Of the Indian ocean. have NO rea.
son to regret their exile. They have
amassed wealth by trade and financial
dealings.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
ON BRITISH SHIPS.
The Life of the Seaman IL Hardly
Worth the Living.

The Life of the Seaman 10 Hardly
Worth the Living.
Among the many matters that are
troubling Englishmen is the practical
disappearance Of the native British sea-
man and the increase Of foreign sail
ors on British ships Percival Gibbon
throws some light on the cause. He
says: THE life Is not worth living.
The whole truth Of the affair Is In that
fact. The rates at which cargo must
be carried require that the mere food
eaten shall be Of the lowest and cheap
est quality. The board Of trade regu-
lates the quantity and insures certain
variety. but Il speak from experience)
this avails nothing TO make the fare or
dinarily palatable. Its staple is bis
cult. salt beef and salt pork. Meals
are eaten In tho forccastle. where ia
bic or bench is rarity. and the men
must find their own plates, knives,
forks and other equipment. Tho ship
gives only the food and the bare hunks.
The wage Of a sailor Is always small.
Taking recent years. think fair
average Of the monthly wages from
home ports would be $40. 1t means
that no sailor can bring up family
or keep wife. and it certainly means
that no man can hope to save enough
to insure some provision for bis old
age As a matter Of fact, never met
a seaman who attempted to. The mon-
ey goes as soon as II Ia received In
establishing as sharp . contrast as pos
sible with the aching discomfort and
barrenness OF life a. sea. The man has
no appetite for delicacies. When his
term Of bitter hardship Is at an end he
Graves for the strong meats of ruinous
dissipation. and. the money gone. he
has no option but to ship again as soon
40 possible and earn some more.
I'm 1900 I shipped In Philadelphia as
able seaman aboard wooden full
rugged ship, bound round the Horn for
San Francisco. There were seven able
seamen besides myself. four ordinary
seamep and boy. We had a fearful
passage Of ITO days. during which we
lost four A. BIS and the boy. During
thirty days OF the Horn all hands were
called twenty-five times; We ran short
Of water and food. when we loosed
the halyards In Sacramento bay we
wero too done up to lower away and
let the yards come crashing down on
10 the caps. 1t was about % hard .
passage ~ q ships company ever ex.
pesienced.
Next day we were paid OF. My
Wages were @i2. and were the best Of
those received BY tie able seameu.
The ordinary seamen drew uader $40.
The boarding masters In saiatly Phila.
delphia had eaten W up. aud within
week most of 10 were at sea again. !
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

which, millenniums ago. a. glaciers,
polished these walls until today they
reflect the light Of the rising sun us
FURNISHED mirrors? Can you see with
naked eye the star as signal fre
burning on the picket line at the far.
thcrmost outer edge Of all stars? Can
you, at a mere haphazar guess, state
the direct distance between this earth
and that star? Can you go up and up
in imagination until you see the zenith
for a footstool and the nadir for a
bright Jewel in your coronet. Then, II
you can, you may estimate how long It
took God. in bis eternal purpose. to pro.
duce yonder rocks and how long that
eternal purpose shall live after the 70.
semitic valley itself shall be crcmated
In the furnace Of the earth's last con.
fagration. If these rocks teach US that
thousands and millions of years in
Gods sight are as but second Of time,
do you not believe we can trust to his
care the few years we are upon this
planet? II God can use the ages for
playthings. may we not be satisfied to
let him do with us as he will for the
short space Of threescorc years and
ten. which is mans allotted span upon
earth? God is a spirit, infinite, eter-
nal" Yes. the everlasting rocks Of Yo-
semitic prove 1t. These rocks shall echo
the Judgment call in that day, when
the angel shall stand with one foot
upon the land and the other foot upon
the sen. and swear that time shall be
no longer. But while time endures,
everywhere in Yosemite. you may find,
as l did, God speaking. God pleading,
God drawing us to his love.
And SO Yosemite. beautiful Yosemite,
with snow capped hills and with sweet
scented valleys Mt thy feet, wave
to thee farewell. Thou didst make Of
me q better man. Amid thy columns
1t was as II had walked with the Di-
vine Maker Of the universe at the dawn
Of creation. BY the lullabies Of thy
falling waters slept to dream of the
God Of my childhood. From thy mir.
rored pools have seen there reflected
the misdeeds of my past life. From
thy trails have learned that It Ia easy
to follow the strait path" II you do not
look down, but straight ahead In the
place where the pedestrian ought to go.
Happier have turned back to my own
home and my own work, a better man.
because the Christ Of tho Nazarene
hills who welcomed me among thy
peaks is to continue to be my guide in
the lowlands. Farewell. Yosemite,
grand. overpowering. crushing. vet
gentle and tender. Farewell, friend !;
farewell!
copyright. 1905. by Louis Klopsch.l
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

Consul General Bray reports from
Melbourne. Australia. that the Eng.
lish starlings introduced from Great
Britain for the destruction Of insects
and protected by law have changed
their habits and have become a pest to
orchartlists.
The few pairs brought into the stats
have increased to myriads and have
become so destructive to the fruit In
dustry that the equations framed Tor
their protection have been repealed
and steps are advocated for their eradi.
cation.
The fruit destroyed by them includes
peaches. pears. cherries. hss, aprtcotas
plums. grapes. Strawberries ana APP
pies. From many districts reports
come that fruit growing will have to
be given up unless some radical steps
are taken.
Insect eating birds. such as king.
fishers, diamond birds. tree swallows
and tree creepess. are driven out of
their nesting places by sGriinxs. ana
before long these birds Will be driven
out Of the state.
That is a worse record even than th4
English sparrow has made in this couns
tPy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
Berlin school ChilAvs..

This year. for the first time. all the
children in the schools Of Berlin were
examined as to their health. There were
1900 children and thirty-six examin
ers. The results were astounding. Ter
per cent Of the children were found In
sufficiently developed IN body and mind
and had to be excluded for half yea,
or longer. Sixteen per cent were NOT
strong enough to attend school, ow
ing to the facilitating e3ect OF scarlet
fever ana other diseases. Fifteen pei
cent suffered from anaemia or scrofula
Five per cent had tuberculosis trouble
etc,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

oar lm'nigpants From, Russia.
BEFORE Russia's eastern war began
hundreds Of thousands Of her popula.
lion were on the edge or in the actual
pinch of starvation. and the number
must now be greatly Increased. though
here 10 no recent statistical record
bearing on the subject. All Russia
Ieems to be looking to America as ia
land OF hope and promise, the number
coming In being greater than ever no.
fore. with q prospect Of further and
practically unlimited increase, OF which
the Jews seem certain to make up their
full proportion. The Jewish ImmlRra.
ton society Of New York has recent,
sent out an appeal to various Heb. ew
benevolent organizations asking them
80 help and work for $1,000 of their
racq Already In New and In ur.
gent need Of employ |AyM. with more
10 rome. out Of reserves Of Semitic pop
uhtion. which seem to be and practical
are inexhaustible.-New York Trib-
une.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29
Sunday In Epoaoo.

Tho Culver contains an article ON
'sThe Sunday Rest Movement In
France" which gives an interesting &C.
count Of the progress made by the
movement for the observation of Sun
day as a day OF rest A League OF
buyers" has been formed which will
do much. It is hoped, to obviate Sunday
labor. Point de dimanche pour moi
excepte dams Ia saison mortc" ("NoSun.
day for mo except in the dead sea-
sony. said to mo the other day a
weary girl In a millinery shop-and
that In . country that knows no Sat
urday half holiday. There have been
In Mines and other important towns
such outbreaks on behalf Of q seventh
day rest on the part Of shopwoskers
and others that police and even col.
disry have been called on to protect
employers oppossd 10 the influence Of
the League.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

II am convinced that long driving Is
q natural gift" says Walter ]. Travis
in Country Life In America. "Of
course 1t can be cultivated and devel-
oped to a certain extent, but all the
art In the world cannot entirely over
come physical deficiencies. Driving
may be said to represent the physical
side of golf and ehort approaches and
putting. especially putting, the men
tai. OF the two think that the latter
Is the more susceptible Of improve
ment."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

Alger says that heaven" 10 not die.
unctively world situated somewhere
In immensely. but that It 10 = state Of
pure spiritual existence. hayiug moth.
Ing to do with any special time or
place." He further says that heaven
10 state Of tho soul or state OF soci-
ety under the rule Of Gods will. either
In this life or In future state Of o..
istence." From the above 1t 10 clear
that the great suth0rity therein quot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

cc..si e-e, LA, heaven" does not
lcan a bounded place Of abode. but
IMPLY unlimited existence in a state
I Joy for the souls Of vlrtuous re-
,rd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

~ane and die. The old mound builders
used to pitch their wigwams at my
feet. Backward. still backward, into
time I CO. Long before the coyotes
call was heard among the hills or the
grizzly bear growled at the Indians
who afterward took their name l lived.
Though l have lived at least 5000
years in the past. am living still.
Furthermore. l will continue to live
centuries upon centuries after your
voice has died away. I shall speak
to Your great.great. great. great great
great. grandchildren as l am now speak.
ing to you" Oh. yes, the old trees OF
Mariposa grove teach nothing II they
do not preach to us the eternal pur-
poses of God or OF God working
through the centuries.
4 Thousand Years Nothing.
A thousand years In Gods sight are
but as yesterday. or az a watch in the
night. II the trees OF Mariposa grove
teach us this. how much more must
the libraries Of rock among the shelves
OF Yosemite hills teach the same les.
sons. We look with wonderment upon
some OF the vases or the household
pottery used by the American or Meg
lean aborigines. You say. They were
'Ieated in hres thousands OF years ago"
Yes. but have you err stopped to think
when the hres ere lighted By tho
hands Of God which hardened yonder
rocks? Have you ever stopped to
reckon how old must have been those
pencils of leo which wrote yonder
chapters rn"n those hillsides and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-29

Voice Of the Unseen Rocks.
Does this voice OF the unseen rocks
speak to you Of Gods love. 40 on the
panoramic rocks seen from Glacier
point 1t seemed to speak to me Of the
divine love when I stood in old Yosem.
tic?
But the heights of the hills and the
depths Of the valleys Of Yosemite teach
more than the ever present. sustaining
care of Divine Father. Those rocbs
were to ms libraries of the past cen.
turtles and Of the millenniums. You
and have read about the famous
libraries Of ancient Alexandria and
Nineveh and Babylon. We have heard
that these ancient books were so many
that in Alexandria alone 1t took six
months to destroy part OF them when
those parchments and manuscripts
were used Tor common fuel to light tho
fires of tie 400 bathrooms of that
great city. But want to tell you that
when man rides through Yosemite
valley and climbs its disxy heights he
Is looking upon the historic pages Of
books older than the oldest tablets Of
stone exhurned from amid the ruins Of
an ancient Troy. He 10 looking at q
greater library than all the books Of Min.
cveh. Babylon or Alexandria combined.
There no 10 looking upon the millions
of open leaves OF rock written upon
by the pen Of but ono Author. and
that pen 10 1.-THE finger Of God"
II tho recorded pages Of tho t<oAs.
Of rock found among the shelves Of
rock and upon the floors OF rock and
lying open upon the tables of rock Of
Yosemite valley do not teach us that
God AZ nm author has been living cen.
turtles 0~an centuries and millenniums
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15
AMERICAN SURETY
COMPANY
CO NV YORK.
PINE BLUFF Trust
COMPANY
BUSINESS RESTRICTED &c
suRETYsHiP CN EcNos'
CO NV YORK.
Local AGENT

Tue above company IS raI orsy 10
strongest anu besr in the worti la'
IS not and never has been / 1etnoet
o: a rat.ng Dock or combination res'
ulat:ng rates anywhere. L IS -1e
fore not affected by the recent a1a'
rust law. and vii. remain Il lis
ra5a s9r the transaction q a-st17iS'
Most al other surety com9an-as VII
le~ve the state after March .sEd. -'9o'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15

n user . re-uce cur stock Of val
eager Sr.ch S t.'e largest N the city.
We vii sell srv pattern ,, the house
At greatly reduced pe'oes far cash for
r ~ ca4s. Pine el44 Paint ana
Pager coraanY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-05-15
A3rr7rtN 80

r4Il.p Ae64-a=4 = F-1e< . W
.3ts ard 3iee# $ ~
m. -.1-c Addt-55c $40.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-02-23
NEW ORLEANS WINE CELLAR
Fine After Dinner Tale That Lacked
the 1lemsnt Of Geographical
Experience.

"A lady newly arrived in Washington. Of
great wealth, was at a dinner few nights
ago and amazed everybody BY telling the
brand and yintsge of rare wine without
seeing the bottle or label, says a Wash
World. y - I : il g
How oaas1ansaesi4 s,,sssshe wsssasked.
Oh," ehesnplseGl .ass lsswas sbokn sins New;
Orleans, you know, and was raised there.
When was slip of girl my father used
to take me down into his great wine cellar
under the house and show me the dusty
bottles. He taught me all about wines
down in those gloomy caves"
After the dinner the hostess said to her
husband: Wasn't it interesting to hear
Mrs. So.and-So tell about her fathers wine
cellars?"
Great cried the brutal husband
/" Absolutely great! 1t was simply fine.
You know, there isn't cellar in New
Orleans"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-02-23
POINTS ON APPENDICITIS.
Jersey School Superintendent Turns
Loose ON vermiform His
information.

Many . layman has been "stumped"
IN trying to master the intricacies OF the
vermiform appendix. But let everybody
take heart, says the New York Sun.
In an aristocratic New Jersey suburb
recently the superintendent OF public
schools was visiting grade while lesson
in physiology was being demonstrated.
The teacher was explaining the construc-
ton of the spinal column. She compared
it to string of beads in order to show its
formation, and drew diagram for further
illumination.
When the lesson was finished, the super.
intendent suggested that most impor-
tant feature Of the spinal column had not
been explained.
1T is this curious, pointed section at
the base" he said, indicating the end Of
the vertebral column. which is called
the verniform appendix. You have all
heard of appendicitis? Very good. Well,
that is the name given to disease which
is caused by an inflammation of this ap.
pendix. An operation for appendicitis
means an amputation of this useless ap-
pendix.'
There is new superintendent of public
schools in that suburban New Jersey
town.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-02-23
THE NEICHBORS ALL
USE THEM NOW.
Quick Cure of Rheum atism by Dodd'a
kidney Pills-How They Saved
the shop of q Kansas Black
smith Cure Was Per.
manent Too.

Goodland, Kan, Feb. 2Oth.-(Special)
So quick and complete was the cure OF
N. E. Albertson, a local blacksmith, that
it almost seems like a miracle. he had
Rheumatism so %, bad ; he aeo feared he would ID
hsxs to gSs up his SaSp o1e box
pains and they have never returned
Speaking of his cure, Mr.. Albertson says:
81 had Rheumatism in my shoulders
and arms for years. Part of the time il
was SO bad 1 could not sleep at night
My arm hurt so that it seemed J. would
have to give up my blacksmith shop.
went to the drug store and and, bought one
them. / have not had the Rheumatism
since. A great many of the nelghbors
are using Dodd's Kidney Pills since they
saw how they cured me"