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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
ARABS AT THEIR BATH.
Offerings by the Religious.
(From the London GlObe)

Dr. George Martin Of the thermal sta
ton of Hamman-Rirha gives an interest
ing account of the Arabs who come in
crowds to take their baths at that sta
tion. Their number every year can he es-
tiniated at more than 20,0oo.
or these bathers about two-thirds arc
baths are for the Arab women a meeting
place where she encounters her friends.
as they remain a long time in the baths.
three-quarters of an hour or more. They
dip themselves in the water from time
chat, laugh and sing.
Sometimes one Of them addresses an in
vocation to the Sultan sliman (solomim
patron of the springs hidden in the noun
tain. The more believing sometimes re-
receive their reccmpense in seeing the
steam rise from the water After the
bath the native rolls himself in his cloak
and lies in the sun.
To auench the burning thirst which the
very warm bath gives ARABS suck the
Juice OF lemons or oranges or they go to
the cafe maurc" attached to the baths
to drink a tiny cup of coffee. Many
Arabs. instead of coming TO the establish
ment, prefer 10 lake tne pain IN tle open
air. On the side of the hill n spring flows
from the rock and tho natives come to
battle in the natural basin where the
water gushes out.
AS votive Offering the women hang
portions Of their wells on tive neiGhboring
busl cs The childess come there piouslv
to rlunCc in their small stuff dolls. It is
there that the prayer is above all agree
able to S!di Sliman. They sacrifice fowls
to him. they burn incense and spices in
the earthen brazicrs, and il Is in his
honor that the little many colore1 wax
apers stuck in the ground burn so often
AT night
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
MPAR|S0N Of
BANK ROBBER|ES
Mathematician Finds That for
s1,6oo,ooo- Theft, Robber
Would 90 Free.

Madison Wis, Dec. 13.-That 1t In pos
sible for man In Wisconsin to steal
so much money from a bank that in
stead OF receiving a prison sentence he
will have two whole years OF time COM
ing to him from the State, II precedents
be followed Is the startling calculation
made by George u. Merrick, Official ac-
oountnnt at the University OF Wisconsin.
Merrick's mathematical deductions are
based on two cases OF bank robbery in
Wisconsin now in the lmeliSht In one,
Phil Allen. Mineral Point banker.
highly respected and leading church
worker. stole 100000 from his bank.
wrecking it. Crazed by undeserved blame
the cashier committed suicide and his
mother-in-law, heartbroken, fell dead
over his PROSTATE body. Aliens sentence
was ten years.
In the second case. George Benton, a
TO held UP country bank. He was
caught, but got away with no plumber.
His sentence was fourteen years.
Specializing upon the punitive results
which followed these recent bank hold
ups and the pecuniary results attending.
MIR. Merrick said:
In conidering methods. there 10 but
ono conclusion to be reached: That It "
safer and more profitable to loot . bank
with prayer and exhortation than with
a jimmy and 4a-calibre gun. In man
ner It IL highly preferable. II 10 neat
er and more orderly. There Is no muss'
ir the first method such as follows
shooting-up a cashier or other custodian n.
1T Is true that the fatalities were all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16

and it is no surprise that he did not APP
precate Lincolns plan. Few people did
understand his programme.
Uncle Joe" Branerd was no COM
promser and as an impatient aboltionist
no chafed and finally lost confidence in
Lincoln The death Of his son aRgra-
waited the case. For him the ema oipa-
ton proclamation came too late-he view
ed 1t as an acknowledgment of past
error.
This wss the fathers state ~ mind
when his son persisted in a southern
prison. He spoke his srief and anguish
In the sharp words found on the monu-
ment.
The body Of yonng Brainerd was bur
led where he died. but the stone for
ever tells the story in his home town.
DEATH or DEACON.
The father has now been sleeping in
the churchyard for so years and beside
the monument to his son stands a small
er one with an inscription which shows
that he was no ordinary man. 1t "eads
as follows:
Joseph Hungerford Brainerd was born
Mt Portland. formerly Chatham. Conn.
March -. l1o1, died at ST. Adams March
IS. 1879, was graduated at Yale college
in 1892 member of the executive coun-
Gil OF the state Of Vermont. county clerk
and clerk Of the courts OF Franklin coun-
ty for about IS years, and deacon in
the Congregational church at st. Adams
for 80 years"
1t can be seen by the above that he
was one of the most prominent mon in
/ 10 n rl- rs,
man but there are still in St; Adams
people who remember how Deacon Brain
erd even in prayer meeting uscd to criti-
else President Lincoln. Lincoln and the
loss Of his hoy was his chief topic of con-
versaton for years in the ONCE Of county
clerk. Never FOR moment was he
classed as n oopperhead but he maintain
ed to the last that Lincoln could have
prevented the war and could have saved
his son.
There are relatives OF the soldier still
surviving, but none OF them consider
that they have any authority to change
the inscription. Posterity may not I'M
derstand the motives Of the broken
hearted father who erected the stone
! The nation has come TO regard Lincoln
as tho soul OF gcntlencss, merciful, for
giving and sympathetic. and the belief
is general that his words. with malice
toward none and charity for ALL" were
/ spoken from the heart. The Drained
! stone expresses sentiments at variance
I with the accepted view Of Lincoln, bu,
it voices the protest of a single indvid-
ual-the soldier boys father.
Now each year on Memorial day a
| tiny slip Of red. white and blue Is rev.
erently placed upon the grave of Jo-
seph Partridge Brainerd, soldier, by his
surviving comrades. members of pos,
A. r. Hurlburt 60, G. A. r., and it 1utters
as a tribute to his memory. the flag ol
! the country for which he gave his life
that the Union might be preserved.
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on the side Of the pious plan. There
was some gun play. but 1t was done de-
Gently ard in order The cashier went
out int lonely place and shot HIM
self while the poor woman simply lay
down and died OF broken heHrt-and
Allen did no. have to do any shooting
at all.
Put, after all. the moral lies in the
legal and punitive results following the
two methods OF bank wrecking. Brother
Allen got away with s+oo,oO belonging to
his friends. neishbors and fellow towns
men. many Of them bedridden with age,
and widows and orphans. He did not
offer to shoot any Of them, but he took
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
HOW HE. KNEW.

In an assault and battery case tried in
n Cleveland court the prosecuting wit
ness testified at length that the defen-
dant had knocked him senseiess and had
then kicked him for several minutes.
"If this mans attack rendered you
unconscious" demanded the MAGISTRATE,
How 1t Is that you know he kicked you
when you were down."
This question seemed to floor the wit
ness He was lost in reflection for some
moments; then. brightening he replied
II know it. your honor. because that $
what would have done TO him If I'd got
him down."-Circle Magazine.
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TWICE BITTEN.

Among the passengers in a third-class
carriage from London to the north were
an old gentleman and a conceited young
man.
The old gent took his pinch Of snuf
very regularly. and the young man. in
order to raise a laugh. said:
Don't you think that men who take
snuff soon lose their senses?"
Not II they are like YOU" said the old
gent. who saw the point.
"Hows that'" inquired the youngster.
They haven't any to lose was the
reply,
This raised n laugh against the young
man instead OF the old gent. and II made
him try 10 think OF revenge.
Soon afterward the conversation turned
upon the price OF diwercnt things. tho
old gent saying that he had paid four
pence many times to have his hair cut
The youngster. seeing his chance, said:
Yes they always charge extra for
dogs"
How much do you pay" said the old
gent
"Tuppence," was the reply.
Exactly So" said the old gent: its
always half price for puppes!"-Tit-B Bits.
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No CASE ON RECORD.

There Ia no case on record Of a cough
or cold resulting in pneumonia or con-
sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar
has been taken. as II Will stop your
cough and break up your cold quickly.
Refuse any but the genuine Toley's
Honey and Tar in yellow package.
Contains no cpiates and is safc and sure.
J. ". O'SullYan, "a Church ST.
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THE FATHER A DEACON.
CLUBBING LIST.
the Free Press and Other Periodicals
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A NEW ONE.

The man who stays out late at night
Has found a tale that isn't tritc.
He says my dear. just let 1t pass
1--WE were looking for the comet through
three-inch glass
Plain Dealer
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good many Of the want ads. might
be called "ask-ads." Asking goes before
eetting-and the want ads. are asking
for things all the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
PENS VALUED BY COLLECTORS
Those Used by Great Writers and
Statesmen Bring High Prices
at Public Sales.

The pen used by Charles Dickens
just before his death, which has been
sold at Messrs Sotheby's rooms for
SIG los. must yield the palm Of cost
illness to the well-worn gold pen, used
by Boz" for many years, which found
a purchaser some time ago for over
$40.
At the sale OF the Dalhousie collec.
ton quill pen used by Wellington
when writing to Queen Victoria in
1914 brought only So guineas: while
one Of Sir Walter SCOTS pens, Sc
lected by Lord Dalhousie in 1929 from
SCOTS writing table at Abbotsford,
only realized three guineas more.
Among the most valuable pens in
the world are one owned by Mr.. Isaac
Reed OF New York. carved from a por.
ton Of George Washington's lensbox,
and used by Lincoln when president.
and the quill of a golden-eagles wing.
the property of the Empress Eugenie,
with which the treaty of Paris was
signed in 1s56.-London Tit-Bits
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
HID BAD TEETH OF EMPRESS
Origin Of the Lace Handkerchief As
erIbed to Vanity Of First
Napoleon's corsort.

One OF the strangest facts illustrating
the vanity OF woman is that the lace
handkerchief owed its introduction to
the Empress Josephine's bad teeth. 10
sephine's vanity is no new subject
with historians, who as a group. how
ever. neglect the care with which she
kept the world from observing that
her teeth were neither ornamental nor
useful. 1t is with Josephine's vanity
as II was manifested toward Napoleon
that historians are concerned, not
with her instructive care for her own
appearance. She never laughed except
from behind the cover OF lace hand
kerchief. II was a trick the meaning
OF which was known to every woman
in France, yet so contradictory Is
feminine nature that II took short
time for women of all degrees to give
themselves to imitation. Whether
possessed OF good teeth or bad, the
French woman In Josephine's golden
days always pressed a handkerchief
to her lips when she laughed. and be.
cause lace handkerchiefs were Jo-
sephine's pride they came into gen
eral use. There has been a change
since Josephines time, however, for
now the rule Is TO show a handker.
chief as little as possible. Even the
daintiest linen and lace specimens are
TO be held from view.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
NOT MUCH TROUBLE TO WRITE
Some Proper Names That al Least
Have the Distinguishing Merit
OF Novelty.

In the Zuyder Zee there is a bav
called Y, and Amsterdam has river
7, while, strange to say, In quite an
other part of the earth. in China, the
same brief name is given to town.
Elsewhere In the fowery kingdom.
In the province of Honan. there Is a
city called U, and In France there is
river and in Sweden a town rejoic-
ing iu the name Of A.
Proper names OF this brief nature
are not. however. monopolizod by
places; instances are on record where
individuals have been similarly named
Some years ago there was shop kept
on the Rue de Louvan. Brussels, by
Theresa o. and there Is a Nine O in
Paris. who is well-known as the pro
prietor OF popular cafe.
An amusing incident is recounted in
connection with the impressment into
the military service Of the son of or.,,
OF the members of the o family The
young man could not write. and so
signed his name on the military pa
pers with cross. il not occurring IN
him or TO any of the officials how
easily he could have written his name
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
-s--RSvx1
Those Frail Boats

In an account Of a wreck nm the
Long Island coast that 7 read the
other day" observed the retired
yachtsman. Il was panied to notice
in one paper that the crew left the
schooner in frail boat. the said
craft being properly described in the
Press as the ships long boat. I know
that is the conventional phrase to de
scribe vessels small boat. but as 7
read it ! wondered if the frail boat
writer ever had seen one of those
ponderous fabrics of oak called the
ships long boat? or If he ever had
tried to haul 14foot yawl of
beach after it had been left high and
dry by the tide? Such a Job on
hot July day probably would cure him
forever describing even such boat
as frail"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Endinu a Letter.

The simplicity OF yours" as a letter
ending would have astounded Jeremy
Taylor. whose letters 10 John Evelyn
often wind MP with perfect triumphs
Of complexity in this respect. His
best is, Believe me that ] am. in
great heartiness and dearness Of af-
lection, Dear Sir, your obliged and
most afectionate friend and servant
J. Taylor" On other occasions he
was Your most affectionate and en-
deared friend and servant" or Your
very arectionste friend and hearty
servant" Even in his shortest perora-
.tions Of the kind the "afectionate"
and the servant" are always the two
indispensable words Probably no
man. woman or child would combine
these two at the end OF letter to-
dav
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
MATCH MAY Be OFF.
Jeffries Says no One Had Right to
Sign Articles with Johnson
for Him.

Plymouth, Eng, Aug 13.-"No one
has any right to make such arrange
ments in my absence" said James j,
Jeffries on board the steamship
George Washington. when informed
that. according to cables from New
York, he was signed for a fight with
Johnson. After expressing himself as
quoted, Jeffries was asked;
Then perhaps the match may not
come OFF,"
MAY not come Off" almost shout
ed the Californian. Yes, it viii It
surely will if | have anything to do
with it,"
When do you think the fight will
take placer
ooh" he replied, that is one of the
things that yet has to be settled as 10
the exact time 1t may be in six
months time or possibly somewhat
earlier, or a little later Fight We
shall, however. and the sooner the bet
ter. Nor do | care where we fight.
though naturally would prefer
America. | now weigh 2S5 pounds
stripped and expect to get a little
more off.
Jeffries continued his voyage to
Cherbourg.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Just an Ordinary Kansas Man.

A Kansas woman, while i'm New
York last summer with her husband
visited Lake Chautauqua. She wanted
veil. and held out her hand 10 her
husband for money He just laid his
pocketbook In her hand and walked
unconcernedly around the store.
My" calculated the clerk. and he
never asked you how much Won
wanted nor what you were going to
do with IT, You ought to hear the
arguments that they get into right
here some times when a woman asks
a man for money. My. but you ought
TO be thankful to have a husband like
that"
oh. don't know" she returned
nonchalantly. he is Just a Kansas
man. That's the style ont there -
Kansas City Journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Fad for Clean Money

There is A fad At present for dis
daining dirty money and seeing IN il
that ones purse contains only bills
and coins that are immaculate. Fresh
clean bills can he procured from the
bank. where soiled ones will be taken
in exchange. bat clean silver is an
other matter, and those who follow
fads must either accomplish it them
selves or by instructng their maids
TO do it for them The silver is
washed in a strong solution of soan
suds and ammonia. scrubbed with a
brush and polished with 4 chamois.
the result being giistening coins in
clcanly enough condition 10 suit the
most fastidious.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14

A threeYCar old boy held up a pas
sencer train on tfs Erie railroad near
Belierilie. y. J., tao other day. The
lad. son of Antonio StofanaIN. had
wandered away from home and was
walking along the tracks dragging a
battered tin horse waeu the engine
approached iu the opposite direction
The engineer blew bis whistle. h-t
the child kept on between the rails.
Several times again the whistle was
blown. but without result. Then TIE
engineer brought the train TO q stoa.
go. down from his cab aud carried the
child Co one Side Tln little fellow
fought against his removal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
INQUEST OVER NEGRO
Robert Taylor Died from Bullet Wound
Yesterday--Shot by Charles
Allen Last April,

Robert Taylor the colored boy who
was shot last April with a % rife by
Charles Allen, another negro boy, died
yesterday morning at the hospital.
Coroner McManus held the inquest
last evening at the boys home, Us
.Twcnty-second street The Allen boy
was expelled from the Garrison schcot
last spring and fer a few days pre-
ceiling the shooting had the entire
neighborhood in fear Allen escaped
after the shooting.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
TRIBUTE TO "M0THER V0LGA"
haunting Melody OF Sorrow and I'm
rest Heard in Prison and Palace
in Russia.

There IS an air so popular i'm Rus
STA that it is even more familiar than
their national anthem TO the people
Of that great mysterious empire. says
a writer in the Travel Magazine !
have heard It in all part Of the cars
dominions, from the Baltic sea 10 Rar.
ing strait and from Archangol 20 tho
Caspian in the glittprIug palaces Of
Petersburg and in foul prison deus Of
Siberia
1t is a simple melody fin the minor
key, suggestive. IKE most Slav music.
OF sorrow and unrest. and st lis called
'Matushka' or Mother Volca," as
for some cryptic reason every Rus
sian. be he noble or uIhIist. is taught
from childhood 10 regard this great
river in the light Of a maternal rpIa
tive Yet the river is fun OF sad AZ.
7ociations, for convicfs formerly trat.
oied portion Of the Journey 10 si-
horia along it's broad. sluggish stream.
can never forget The haunting
sweetness Of "Matushka Nu'ca" aa =
heard it sung on 2 prison barge one
quiet summer evening by party Of
tettered po'iticals banishad 10 Tho
great lone land Of exile For Mother
Nolsa' was their last link with home
and the loved ones they might never
meet again
Fortunately the condemned are now
sent into Asia hy the TransSihnrian
railroad and the unhappy syile is
spared at least on" bitter parting
that from his well beloved Mother
Nnlga."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14

\ man soon gets mirbtv tired 0'
treating his wife Iita a goddess. II no
rnnot be- 7t ease WIFI Der. and smoke
when he p'ea>os. and take off his coat
If he wants to, and throw ashes on
the focr and cigar stubs all over tho
house. he is going 90 30 mighty rn.
comfortable. and long N 20 where he
can. For = is born in man ~ lf'a
to DO these things. just As IL is born
in girl 10 like 20 DO her own pot
things. Moreover. if q girl has once
known a Liam IN perfectly comfort
able chnmmy way she vii find him
worth twice as much as before Ha
dropped his awe Of her Men are
pretty nice as theg are. bul for good
ness sake don't try TO make "a man
ladyliIe. lie isn't and wouf Doe 90 ae
{ even half a man Arehisan Globe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
THE WEATHER
Yesterdays Cairo Temperature.
General Conditions.

The day was clear with BRISK
breeze from the west which relieved
the oppressiveness. The government
bulletin reported rain from 20 points,
none heavy Extremes OF tempera-
ture we're 100 at Phoenix, Ariz.. and
A at Winnemucca. Cairo has had
total raia fall since March / OF Il
inches an excess Of s of an inch, In
temperature there has been an eX'
cess since March | of about 10 de-
grees.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
WAS HER LUCKY DAY
Illinois Girl Who Married New York
Man Selected Friday, the
Thirteenth.

New York, Aug l& Friday The l39
was declared today by Miss Mona
Burch of Springfield ll- as her mckL
est date for marriage She told the
clerk to whom William lgnatJs O'Col
nor OF this city applied for a license
hat the combination always brought
her good fortune Both said they wsr'
legally married in Jersey city, but d.
sired a religious ceremony.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Money In Nloistn.

II there ID one branch OF CONNER
eial horticulture In which ladies' have
q chance Of succeeding, and which
does not involve them In the coarsen-
ing results Of the general work, 1t is
the growing OF violets on CONNER
Cial scaie.-Fruitgrower and Florist
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
TICKETS, TICKETS, TICKETS,

Buy your tickets now and avoid.
the rush. Excursion and Pullman
car tickets for the Chicago excursion
are now on sale at the Illinois Cen
trial ticket office, Office hours 1901
a. m to p. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Forecasts For Today.

Cairo and vicinity: Fair; con
tinued warm.
rlli-ois: Washington, Aug. ID
Showers Saturday. warmer In north
east; Sunday partly cloudy, light to
moderate south winds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14

Tranquility.

II you wish to live life free from
sorrow, think Of what Is going to hap
pen az II II had already happened
Epictetus.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-14
Sun and Moon.

Mote: The above sun and moon
record is for Illinois and approximates
the time at Cairo within a few min
utesl.