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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-22


But Moses brain was not simpIy re.
ceptive. HN had creative as we'll as
IN absorbing intellect. He could give
out as well as take in. You know that
there are certain intellectual men who
seem to lack the creative faculty.
They learn rs parrots learn. When
they take book they can read II
through and repeat the pages almost
verbavm. They can index their minds
so that you can hardly ask them a
question which they cannot answer.
They are like some Of the honor stu.
dents of our college days who ALWAYS
stood at the head Of their classes vet
when they entered LIES struggle they
We're abject failures because they ney.
err could create any new Ideas of their
own, Like sheep, they may be led
but, unlike the shepherds, they cannot
hunt up new pastures and when lost
they have not Intelligence enough ia
pioneer their way into safe fold.
Now. Moses had creative as well
Ms IN absorbing intellect. AS We study
this gigantic genius we know not
which to admire the most-the power
by which he absorbs knowledge or the
power by which he creates new knowl
edge, Study him any way you will
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-22

no WILDERNESS was oafToU'
The wilderness of the Old Testament
is wilderness OF rock and sand. That
region lies to the northeast of Mount
Sinai That region Is the driest re
pion in all the east outside OF the Sa
hara desert. There is no living crea-
ture there except the venomous ser
pent. You may have seen the horrible
picture called death Valley and Its
Harvest" There In the valley where
so many miners have met their death
Ia n poor, starving, thirsty. dying pros
pector. In his deirium he sees noun
talns and brooks and bubbling springs,
But sand. endless sand. only is around
him. So Is the desert where Moses
led the children of Israel and kept
them there for nearly forty years. 1t
IA n wilderness Of rock and desolation.
How did he feed these 100000 men
and women and children? How did he
give them drink where no river was
flowing? Tell me. yc scoffers OF the
Bible, how did this Hebrew leader
do II unless he did 1t by the power or
God? Why. the miracle Of dead
man rising up out of his grave mud tes'
flying to you of the divinity Of Jesus
Christ Is not to be compares 7" '"'s
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Memory OF sIeepwaIkers.

The memory of sleepwalkers is
occasionally prodigious under the 10
duence of the dominating impulse
that moves them.
There is an instance of poor and
illiterate basket-maker. who was un-
able to read or write, yet in a state
of sleep he would preach fluent ser
mons. which were afterward recog-
nized as having formed portions of
discourses he was accustomed to
hear in the parish church as child,
more than forty years before.
Quite as strange case of "uncon-
scious memory is referred to by
DR.. Abercrombie. A girl given to
sleepwalking was in the habit of imi-
tating the violin with her lips, giving
the preliminary tuning and scraping
and flourishing with the utmost fdel-
ity. 1t puzzled the physician a good
deal until he ascertained that when
a child she lived in a room adjoin-
ing a fiddler, who often performed
on his violin in her hearing.-Pear
sons Weekly.
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The Wisdom of Fools.

Folly, in the abstract, has been de-
nounced alike by Scripture and an
cient heather sages. "If l wish to
look at fool" says Seneca, II have
not far to look. have only to look
in a mirror" The Emperor Maxi
milan distinguished the dullest of
his counselors by the title of the king
OF fools. Once when he addressed a
prosy adviser by this title the gentle
man neatly enough replied: II wish
with all my heart were king of
fools. / should have glorious king
dom and your imperial majesty won
be among my subjects"
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Mental Medicine.

A somewhat eccentric physician
who recently died would order pa
tients to take walks, say, daily, on
the left side of the street, returning
by the other side. another he would
order to arise each morning at a
certain hour and eat cheese with
ginger beer; another to take sup
per precisely at midnight, and eat
only apples; or he would instruct the
patient to put just so many grains
of salt on the egg he was to eat.
and part his hair in a different way
each day. His object was to get the
mind of the patient on something
else than symptoms, and this scheme
worked we'll in many cases, especial
" when the patient was suffering
from melancholia.-N. Y. Times.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review bt Trade and Latest
Market REPORTS.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
Of Trade says:
Midyear dry goods clearance sales
were satisfactory. local jobbers sell
ing freely to the interior, where de-
Iiveries could not be secured from
The mills. Sales of fireworks were
estimated as 20 per cent. larger than
last year.
markets for cotton goods are more
largely due TO indifference OF manu-
lecturers than the holiday season or
stock taking Most deliveries are
tardy, and mill agents do not seek
new business until there is better
prospect of making desired ship
ments. Results of inventories are
very satisfactory, disclosing no &C
emulation of stocks I'm the hands OF
producers or jobters. Medium lines
Of woolens are now we'll opened, but
there is little activity outside of
staple lines of mems wear. Few
duplicate orders for the heavyweight
season have yet appeared.
Inventories by shoe manufacturers
have prevented any aggressive efforts
20 get new business during the past
week. The result for the six months
las been larger shipments from Bos-
ION than in any previous year, ex-
,ept 1906.
Prospects are now considered
bright for fall business, and factories
have begun cutting in preparation
for large orders, of which a sub
Stantial quantity has already ap-
peared.
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THIS AND THAT.

The New York city government
expends 81 ,016,000 each day.
The railroads of this country are
said to use 100000 ties per an
num.
The Irvine Trust may find rival
~ the Malva Castella, new Philip
pine fiber plant.
The transparent glass ruler, an In
novation, is of great assistance to
craftsmen in their work.
A graduated rod, which rises and
falls with the INSTRUMENTATION Is
now used to chart rivers.
A Bango newspaper estimates that
the lumber cut in Maine during the
winter just passed aggregates 75.-
$50, 900 feet, decrease of 10000
900 feet from the season OF 1905-06.
Games OF chess and draughts for
travellers on long Journeys have been
introduced by the English Midland
Railway Company. There Is no
charge made by the company, and
when the game Is finished the con-
giuctor collects the pieces.
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Ingenious Omce Ror.

A New York business man was
telling some friends not long ago of
the disadvantage OF having two tele-
phones In his business office.
"A new Office boy entered upon
the discharge of his duties last
week" said the merchant, among
which duties is that of answering the
telephone calls. The very first call
resulted in his coming to me with
this statement:
You're wanted at the phone by
a lady, sir
Which one2' 1 asked, thinking
of the two phones.
"'Well, sir said the boy, after
an embarrassed pause, II think
it's your wife. sir = Harper's
Weekly.
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Leopard Caresses A Sparrow.

Hereafter when persons wish to
typify idealic peace they will not
pirate about the lion ana the lamb
lying down together. A leopard
caressing a sparrow with its tongue,
or n sparrow perched on n friendly
leopard's back, IS better symbol
1t might be given on the seal of
the Hague Conference or painted
on Andrew Carnegies doorpost.
It happened in the Central Park
Zoo. The keepers took from the
leOpard-mOther to wean them her
three-months-old cubs, Alice, Teddy
and Nicholas. The keepers put Alice
in a little cage by herself, because
her brothers have been teasing her
very rudely lately, cutting and even
biting her That she might under
stand she had done with food for
babes, that she might exercise her
jaws and small, sharp teeth, some
shinbones Of peef were thrown in
Alice's cage.
A sparrow. just about old enough
TO forage for itself, flew in the cage,
and, alignting on bone, hungrily
pecked at scrap Gf meat. The Loop
ard, which is no bigger than q big
domestic cat. it's distant cousin,
crouched, eyed the sparrow for a
moment or two, and then stcalthtly
approached it in just the way every
one has seen a domestic cat stalk a
bird.
The sparrow seemed not In the
| least afraid, but kept on pecking at
! the meat industriously. Slowly,
slowly. the leopard approached the
sparrow until the bird was her GER
tain prey Then Alice o, ,ened her
mouth and--
Did the leopard ea the bird?
| No, children, no. Director Smith,
of the Zoo, and Head Keeper Sny-
der, who despise o. nature faker,
swear solemnly that Alice thrust out
her tongue and fdressingly licked
the sparrow. TbGn Alice lay down
and the sparrow flew on her back
and perched there for an hour.-N.
Y. World.
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Wreckel By brakeman.

Littleton, N. C. (SpeciaD. = Sea-
board Air Line passenger train No.
SS, from Atlanta to Portsmouth, was
wrecked here by the deliberate act
OF negro brakeman employed on
a freight train, who leaped to the
ground while the passenger train was
leaving the station and threw a
switch open. The train was split
the dining car and day coach were
wrecked and the cab OF a freight
train on the siding was smashed.
The negro boarded q passing train.
but was arrested at Weldon.
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Foreign.

Carlos Waddington, son OF Luis
Waddington, who was charge daft
fairies at Brussels, was acquitted of
the killing of Senior Balmaceda, sec
rotary of the CHILEAN legation at
Brussels, the defense being the I'M
written law.
Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Wander
bilt, Allison V. Armour and other
American millionaires, upon the In
vitation of Emperor William, visited
the royal porcelain factories and
model farm in East Prussia.
King Leopold is said to have de-
termined to solemnize his marriage
under a religious ceremony with the
Baroness Vaughn, by whom he has
two-year-old son, with civil cere-
mony.
Foreign Minister Pichon, OF
France, in an address to Parliament,
spoke of the good relations between
France and Germany.
Peter Curran, q Socialist and
trades union official. was elected to
represent Jarrow in the British House
of Commons.
A sharp engagement between Mo-
roccan rebels and imperial troops
occurred on the north coast of Mo-
rocco
The Berlin police recovered jewels
worth 100000, which an actor had
stolen from a dealer at Nuremberg.
Forty Croatin deputies quit the
lower house of the Hungarian Parlia-
ment in a body as a protest against
the decree requiring the exclusive
use of Hungarians in the railroad
service.
The French government has con-
ferred the cross of the Legion OF
Honor on Richard Strauss, the COM
poser.
Petroff, the murderer of Premier
Petkoff, of Bulgaria, was sentenced
to death.
A combination of Honduras, Guate-
mala and Salvador has been formed
| to checkmate President Zelaya's
scheme TO consolidate the five repub-
| lies of Central America under one
government with him as dictator.
President Cabrera has caused the
arrest of 100 men, nearly all of
whom are influential citizens of
Guatemala, on the charge of COM
plicity in an attempt to assassinate
him.
A Toxic newspaper owned by the
successor of Viscount Hayashi, In
1.-THE Foreign Office, declared that
neither Washington nor the Toxic
government can remain inactive In
view OF the latest action of the San
Francisco authorities against the
japanese"
Herr Gruber, editor OF the Muu-
chener Post. of Munich, who was
sued by Dr. Peters, the African ez-
plorer, for calumny In accusing
him OF cruelty to tho natives when
he was German imperial commits
sioner for East Africa IN 1891 Was
sentenced TO pay q fine of 1925 and
costs.
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Camphor Farm In FIorida.

For five years the Department OF
Agriculture has been distributing
camphor-tree seed, and thousands of
trees are now growing throughout
the South and in the Pacific Coast
States. Two years ago a serious
effort was made to develop the
manufacture OF camphor from these
trees. By improvements in manu-
featuring processes satisfactory re-
suits have been accomplished and a
large manufacturing concern is now
building up a camphor grove of O.
600 acres in Florida, from which IL
hopes to make its camphor. This
firm uses more than 100000 worth
of camphor ever year.
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NAHlsuld like 20 mention a post
OVn the ocean, which certainly
IS TO the most primitive IN the
- & world and ooes not boast
sle Official.
~ IS ia the South American Con-
nent. on the Coast OF Patagonia.
Close to the edge OF the sea is erect
ed a strong beam, on which is writ
ten ''Postoflce." and Joined to It by
a strong iron chain lies a barrel
with a movable cover. The ships
which pass through the straits SEMI
3 boat TO the coast to take out these
letters which are to be- forwarded,
and at the same time put in their
own postal matter, the former be-
ing conveyed to the next port, to be
sent on by means of the usual post.
In the Torres Straits, on one OF
the islands belonging to Australia,
is a similar post station, equally
primitive and equally fulfilling it's
ourpose.-Girl's Own Paper.
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ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease From Birth-Fortune
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura.

al have q cousin in Rockingham Co. who
once had skin disease from her birth I'M
Ill she was six years of age. Her father
had spent fortune on her to get her cured
and none of the treatments did her any
good. Old -Dr. c. suggested that he try
the Cuticura Remedies, which he did
When he commenced to use it the child
was almost in solid scab. lie had used it
about two months and the child was we'll
and 1 could hardly believe she was the
same child Her skin was as soft as n
baby's without scar on it. / have not
seen her III seventeen years, hut 1 have
heard from her and the last time heard
from her she was well. Mrs. W. l.. Ingle,
Burlington, N. c., June Is, 1906"
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Alchemy In Vegetables.

The discovery of n means OF meta
morphosing radishes into potatoes
has been made in the Academy of
Sciences, Paris. The inventors
method, briefly described in popular
terms, is this: He takes a very
young radish. "pasterizes" 1t In
certain way and it grows up into
fine potato. More scientifically. the
young radish ts~cultiyated in a glass
retort, after a process invented by
Pasteur, in a concentrated solution
of glucose. Starch then develops
plentifully in the cells of the radish,
which swells out, loses its pepper
mess and acquires practically the
consistency, flavor and especially the
-nutritive properties of the potato.
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Raise For Glass workers.

Pittsburg Especially Notices were
posted by the Macbeth-Evans Glass
Company, of Pittsburg, that begin
ming next Monday an increase of 20
per cent. in wages will be paid in
all the plants operated by the COM
pany. The advance will put the
wages of the fiint-glass workers to
where they were prior to January
1, 1907, when a decease of % per
cent. was made.
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Pills was walking with two canes
and suffering continual pains, head
aches and sleepless nights. i'm
proved quickly and after taking three
boxes felt better than 1 had for is
years. The effects have been lasting. {"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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A Trade In Learning.

81 want you" said the old farmer,
Ito give the boy bout six or eight
dollars worth o. learnin'. For in
stance. I'll start him on three bush
els of corn; then, when that's out,
I'll keep him a-movin' on a couple
of smokehouse ham; an I may de-
eide to give you young heifer to
larn him writin' an a home-raised
COW fer a leetle 'rithmetic."
'Do you want him 10 learn any
of the higher branches?"
Wei, after he climbs a leetle,
you might throw III bout a bushel
or two of 'em, or say bout quarter
O. beef's worthi"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
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IL DIED IN TORNADO.
Others Fatally Injured In Wisconsin
Disaster.

st. Paul, MINI. Especially 1t is
now believed that at least seventeen
lives were lost in the tornado which
swept Western Wisconsin. Numer-
GUS other persons were injured. and
much damage to farm property and
to dwelling houses is reported.
According to reports received here,
Oakdale, on the Chicago, Milwaukee,
and st. Paul Railroad, near Camp
Douglass, was wiped out. Four per-
sons are reported to have been kill
ed there.
At Grand Rapids, Wis, there are
said to be five dead, but communica-
ton has not been re-established with
that place.
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schmitz AGAIN In Court.

San Francisco Especially Former
Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz was before
Judge Dunno to answer the indict-
ments charging him with accepting
$55, 900 as a bride from the United
Railroads and 1925 from the gas
company, but. as the prosecution had
failed to have ready transcripts Of
the testimony taken before the grand
Jury, the case was continued to next
week Schmitz returned to jail.
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Beehives In Mourning.

a striking illustration of the SUI
perstitious beliefs of Cornish country
folk may be seen in one of the viii
lagos OF the Duchy. A death recent
Iy occurred in the family of a bee
keeper. who thereupon - believing
that if he failed to do so the whole
of his bees would also die-draped
each of his bee hives with a piece
of black crepe
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ive stock.


Chicago. -Cattle-Marl,et steady;
common to prime steers, $4,000
It's; heifers, 49, 4.75; bulls, $3.50
q IS; calves, S3@7.25; stockers and
leeders, 1905.
Hogs-Market steady; good to
prime heavy, $50 6.1O; medium to
good heavy, $685. a sos; butcher
weights, $6.O5 "a 6.25; good to prime,
mixed, $6@6.15; light mixed, $6.05
q $40; packing, 1925 a $50; pigs,
b5.5006.15; selected, $6.15 a $50;
bulk of sales, SEQ 6.1O.
Sheep - Market strong; sheep,
b3.75@6; yearlings, $500 6.2S;
lambs, $6@7.75.
New York. = Beeves - ceiling
steady for choice steers, weak for
others Dressed beef steady at IL
@10c. per Id. for native sides.
Calves-Trade slow and feeling
weak to a shade lower; common to
choice veals sold at So q S.15 per
100 lbs; buttermilk at 1915 q 4.25;
.ity-dressed veals steady at 8 q IL "A c.
per h.; country dressed at Sc % l..
Pittsburg, Pa. = Cattle = Market
steady: choice, $500 $50; prime.
S6.1O@6.30.
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ney disease and
rheumatism laid
me up off and on
for ten years. Aw-
full pains started
from the kidneys
and coursed down
through my limbs.
/ sought tho best
medical treatment.
but in vain. and
when ! began us
ing Doan's Kidney
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All THAT He Had.

"Can you give bond" asked the
judge. "Have you got anything"
"Jedge," replied the prisoner.
"sence you ak me I'll tell you.
hain't got nuthin' In the worl' 'cept
the spring chills, six acres Of no
count land. big family, hope of
a hereafter an the OF war rheuma-
tism. Atlanta Constitution.
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Then She'd Say 1t.

81 assure you,' said the persis-
tent sutton, that 1 will not take mo-
for an answer
you needn't" replied Miss
Bright. I'll say yes upon one con-
dition.''
"Ah! Name the condition.
Just ask me If / am determined
not to marry you under any circum-
stances. Philadelphia Press.
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The milk pail is kept free from
staleness, sliminess and sickness If
it is washed with borax and water in
the following proportions: One table,
spoonful to a quart of water
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The frock coat has ceased to be
worn by men of fashion in London,
and is relegated to bank clerks and
dry goods floorwalkers.
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A pigeon post has been organized
between the West Indian Islands of
Antigua and Montserrat,. to supple
meat the deficiencies of the existing
post and telegraph service.
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If girl who makes her living be-
fQl;a marriage can earn ten or twenty
dolafs a Week>she gets it; after she is
wife she earns a hundred or so but
is lucky to get cent.
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FITS, st. Vitus'D Dance: Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. II. r Kline Id, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa
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You can never make a man believe
he is comfortable unless he is wear
ing something that makes his wife
1-iesTrmfr1of him for it.
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It's a deplorable fact that the aver
age man spends too much time TO ac-
quire money and too little trying to
ACQUIRE happiness.
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You can tell when a girl is inter
ested In a man by the way she pre-
tends 10 him that other men are in
terested In her.
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II a girl had the whooping cough
ARnd you told her how musical her
Noice was when she did it she'd believe
YOU.
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Bills are very useful things to teach
you how easy it is never to have am
money left
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Any man who can get used to drink
ing poor coffee can get used to being
married.
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Good sense is better than good
looks. but so few people are ahlicted
with either.
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WHERE DOCTORS FAILED.
An Interesting Case From Salem, tho
Capital of Oregon.

F. A. Sutton, r. F. d. No. 4, Salem.
Oregon, says: Acute attacks of kid