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12 THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, THURSDAY. FEBUAJA.RY 27, 189B. TWENTY-FIVE BURLINGTONS, TOWNS, CITIES AND VILLAGES THAT BEAR THAT NAME. Jinny rio Named After Our Own lleau tlful City Home Less Than Ten fears Old mid One Was Settled In 1007. Tho Burlington, lown, Hawk-Eye, a pa per which Is us good as tho rramo of the place where It Is printed, tins for several months been endeavoring to secure from the various cities and towns that bear tho namo "Uurllngton," facts concerning their settlement and why the name was chosen by them. Tho rosults of the Hawk-Kye's efforts appear In I'ast Sunday's Issue. The Hawk-Eye says that "Burlington, Vt., tho beautiful city In New England, has, been tho cause of many of tho cities bearing tho name while other's have been named by shaking up slips of paper In a box, and drawing ono out! by choosing a name easy to pronounce; by copying tho namo off of "Burlington Itoutc" box cms; while still others wero named so long ago that no record can bo found of the cause. Some of tho' towns' arc les than ten years old and one wns settled In 1IW7, llurllngtou, lowu, bears the distinction of being the largest, but it is not exactly known which Is the oldest." Iiurllngtons ore found In Iow.i. North Carolina. Maine, Ohio, West Virginia, Kansas, Washington, Vermont, Massachu setts, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Montana, Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Ar kansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Mis souri and New York, llurllngtou, Iowa, has 30.WO Inhabitants. It was settled In 1S33 and In tho spring of 1831 John H. Cray a Vermont man located there and opened the first grocery store. Tho Hawk-Eyesays that lie named tho llttlo settlement "Hut llngton," in memory of tho city' In tho Green Mountain State. The Durlingtons in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, and possibly Massachu.'ctts were named after tlio Vermont city. The Bur lington, Kansas, Town company was or ganized In Lawrence, Kansas, in the fall of ISM. The town was named In honor of tho city of Burlington, Vt., of which place some of the prominent members of the company were natives. Consplcuousamong tho number was Col. O. K. I.coimrd, who was really the father of tho present city. Burlington, Wisconsin, was named by Silas l'oakc, In honor of Burlington, Vt Burlington, Illinois, was named by J. W. llupgood of Burlington, Vermont, In honor of his natlvo town, and the most promi nent of the early settlers who staked their claims hero can bo mentioned as Hap good, Van Velyer, Holden, Eaton and Young. Thoy were all Yankees, members of that determined, energetic class of peo ple who wrested a living from tho stony foil of 'the New England States, land their rugged nature and honesty of purposo has left Its Impress ujkiii this Independent little town on the Illinois prairie. The postmaster of Burlington, Texas, writes that "a man by tho namo of Tim othy Oleuson named this town "Burling ton" but do not know why, unless It wns because ho was orlglnnlly from Burling ton. Vt. There are about 30 Inhabitants here, whoso occupation is farming." This Is probably the smallest Burlington In tho entlro list. Tho representative of Burllpgton, Mass., says that "as the place possesses a beau tiful view of widely dlstunt mountains, a resemblance may havo been observed to Burlington, Vt., and this may havo been tho occasion for Its name." The article descriptive of our own Bur llugton was propared by City Clerk Allen ) fore, hearts must bleed, and men must dlo and, omitting some Btntlstics fumlllar to . ""it country may live, and other hearts bo a., our readers, Is as follows; Iglad. Tho contest begins; and upon land "Why this city wns named Burlington. I mil "I'on water, for two hours, destruction and by whom named, It is Impossible to ! ""'I death fill tho air. And then the 12,000 answer positively. In tho charter of Col-j veterans hastily retreat, and a few unhurt Chester, tho town adjoining on the-north, gunboats creep away! All the rest Is ours, there were 10 grantees of tho name of Hut what matters if we have so many hun Burllug, and as this town was chartered ' ''red prisoners and so many shattered vcb at the same time "as Burlington (Juno 7, j "els of war at our mercy? Wo shall see. 1703', It In possible that by some careless-1 Tho most potent cause of this second war ness of clerks or mixing up of pnpers wo I with Cjoat Brltuin was her arrogant as recelved tho name Intended for Colchester, 1 sumption of tho right to take from tho us tho name Burling does not nppeur'dock of American vessels, wherever met, umong our list of orlglnul grantees. It Is such men as she might claim as deserters also possible that tho name, being of from her service. Tills assumed right was English origin, may have been suggested enforced for many years, until an outraged by some of the original settlers, the do- nation would endure It no longer. War cendants principally of tho old Puritans was declared a war In which, by the dl who settled In Massachusetts and Con- vino order of a Just recompense, tho most nectlcut, and thence emigrated to Vor- daring feats wero performed, tho most gal mont. i hint actions fought, anil tho greatest vlc- It. was settled principally by persons torles won upon the water. The real bat from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Thu tie of I'lattsburgh was tho naval battle; It first proprietors' meeting wns held In has been called the decisive battlo of tho Salisbury, Conn., March 23, 1774, Iru Allen, war. And when on that day the Hag of brother of Ethan, being tho clerk, and England went down before the stars and Ethan Allen, Bemembcr Buker, Herman stripes, tho claim to the odious right of Allen, Zlmrl Allen nnd Ira Allen wero search went, too, nnd England virtually innrp.rnlMi nn hnvlntr lnln nut Ir. 1flfl nnrn nnunnu.liiili.ml lli.,t nit 1, ....... I ,...' lots In said township. ! not only was tho equal of all flags of all ' ,er brcuI altes i i , '! nnies Europo The nationality was chiefly English nnd nations' but more, that whoever stood ,,t,r Kms dropped Into Alpine yal.eys and American originally. Now about ono-half , clnlmlng protection, beneath Its sacred ' ,a,mons ttany hills; South America nf Mm nresont nnmilnilons nm i,v..nHi. , fi,i unr. lifts her wonder of the Andes far above the Canadians, IriHh and some Ciormuns nnd I a few Swedes and Polish Jews. 1777. The scene Is Ticonderoga. It was The most prominent men among tho sketched across tho ocean. The English first settlers are Samuel Allen, Hoses Cat- 1 government had marked out the plan and Ihii John Johnson, William Colt, Daniel 1 provided the prominent figure. Seven Farrand, William C. Harrington, Samuel years before the dute Just named Clen. Ulckok, Stephon Koyes, Lyman King, Carlton, commanding In Canadu, had pro Samuel I.ane, Stephen Lawrence Phlneas . fessod to possess the water line between nnd Luther Loomls, Stephen Penrl, 2acch- tho flulf of St. Lawrence nnd New York ous Peaselee, Seth Pomeroy, Moses und, bay. In order to hold the colonies. Wns Georgo Boblnson, Nathnn Smith. Elnath-'not New England the head of tho rebel nn Koyes, Bov. Dr. V. C. Sanders, be- Hon? Was not Boston In New England? sides the Aliens beforo named. And did not Georga the Third so cordially The reason they choso this location ' hate Its people as to say, "I would as lief was because tho Hlto of tho city is at fight Bostonlans as to fight tho French?" tho head of tho finest harbor on tho lake, (nd had not Ethan Allen and his Green about midway the length of Lako Chum- .Mountain boys come out of New England plain, and where It Is broadest (about 10 nnd Incontinently turned English soldiers hIIahI FPli. II'IhaaqIi I wlirnti Attn - f Hia I - .... . miles). Tho Wlnooskl river, ono of the largest tributaries of tho lake, took a bend about one-half mile from tho lake, where was a fine wator power. The coun try between tho lake and the Green Mountain range, some 20 miles cast, was promising farming land and well wooded. It was on the water way between Mont real and Troy. Albany nnd New York, nnd Its situation was most lovely and pictures que. Tho present population is cstlmnted at 19,000. When It wus organized a city, Feh brunry 21, 1SGS, the population was 7.VX) At that .time Its grand list of property for tnxaUon was $2,211,035. In 1S93 it Is 12,138, 7C0. Tho chief occupation of Its people Is manufactures, principally of lumber and cotton and woolen cloths, boots and shoes mnrble and Iron In its various forms, pro prietary medicines, etc. Senator Edmunds and our former um bassador to England, Edward J, Phelps, aro representatives of 'the character of tho town, Orphan asylums, sanitariums, vari ous charitable Institutions, are features of the city's benevolence. Tho famous Unl vclslty of Vermont Is located hero, but Its graduates aro locatod In evtry State (n "the, Union. Here tho Ethan Allen mon ument raises Its shaft toward tho heaven In memory of the bravo hero of tho revolu tlon whose capture of Fort Ticonderoga Is a part of the history of tho country. Tour Worst ICnemy Writhing With tho rheumatism 1b an Individual whom, If you have a Christian spirit, you would forgive. He Is, no matter wihat bis dellwjue rvcles, punished enough, Nothing short of Tophet could enhance his misery. Moreover, he Is In sertous peril, Tho dls oaso'ls always prono to attack his heart and kill him Instan'ter. As a means of curing this disease, Ilostotter's Stomach Bitters 'has the. highest reputation and tho most authorltatlvo professional sanction. Its use In the preliminary stage of tho complaint Is the wisest precautionary rnoasure rheumatlo Invalids can possibly adopt. Tho Bitters Is alson remedy of the greatest utility In malarial and kidney trouble. dy?prpslnv and liver complaint, constipation and nervousness. It counter acts the effects of hardship and exposure In damp or Inclement weather, and Is a capital promoter of appetite and sleep. Give this fine remedy the pwsls'tcnt trial to whloh all medicines of standard reputa tion are entitled. Buokien'a Aruio Salve. The. Beit Baits. In tht .world, fur Out. Urulses. Sores. Ulcers. Bait niio,,' Kover, Bores, Tetter, Oh'aupod UandiT Cullbbilns, Corns, and all Bklu Eruptions. ana positiveijr cures files, or no, par rt quIreO. It is guaranteed to slva perfect atiifactlon or (uouey refnndod. Prlca 2G cents per box. For sale by Churchill i St, Johns, successors to Georgs L, i,a Fountaln ft Co. CHAMPLAIN HISTORY. . in',, , - !: (Irsplilo Pictures'! of Three IVnrs-Otir fltorled Lithe nd Valley. (Prof. L. S. Packard.) How comprehensive Is tho meaning of history. Beaching In Its breadth from fact to romance, beginning In fable und myth, its tireless stroam still flows on, an unfin ished, story. Tho Bed Man, tho French man, tho Englishman and the American havo all pressed back. and forth through tho lntorestlng .Champlaln volley; each bint on his own purpose. Thoy wrought for themselves., Wo read the story of their achievements and call It history! tho stream Hows on; our doings of to-day aro added to theirs and become history for thoso who will come after us. It is not my Surposo now, to embark on this stream, ut rathor (o select a few historical pic tures! striving to show their pointings; tho coursos lyng behind them and the con sequences of tho cts which thoy portray. But first permit mo as an egotist andalono to view In memory's glass n few pictures of my own. I recall an old red school house, ono mile from my homo In Central Mnsachusetts, whore I used to study geography. "What lake lies botween Ver mont and Now York?" was a question wlitoh often attracted and fixed my atten tion. To my bolsh mind, Vermont was tho land of maple sugar, and New York that far distant Slate, whenco came great loads of Hour, made from pure anesee wheat. And, as I looked at tho map and saw Lnko Champlaln, with Its pouting lips, kissing tho queen's dominion, I used to wonder If I should ever travel so far from home iih to see that beautiful lake. Tho providential circumstances of the man havo answered the wondering question of tho boy. I have seen It from tho deck of tho steamer when the crisp breeze of ono of September's fairest days brought brac ing health to every fibre of a sick' and weary body. The surmised pictures of youth wero enlarged and glided with n new charm. I rowtd over Its dancing waters when tho waves tossed their whlto caps Into my boat, ami tho possibility of danger added a keener zest to the senso of safety; and still tho charm grew. 1 havo floated upon It when It lay In perfect still ness at set of sun. "Was It tho lake? Nay! 'Twas the Sea of Class. And earth, and air, and sky, and water all were beautiful beautiful as the promised mansions of rest. But enough of fancy. There aro other pictures of wider scope nnd greater significance. Back of thorn He causes big with destiny; and out of them a hand points to tho then future greatness of our country. They are not wholly pleasing pictures. Some are red, clouded with the moke of battle. Shouts und gronns and tho clash ot sabre; tho musket's rattle and the cannon's roar aro tho music to which tho panorama moves by. Tho date of our first Is Sept. 11, 1SU. Tho scene, Pittsburgh and Cumberland bay. England has a second time determined to Invade tho UnlteiTBtutes by this Inviting, but costly and deceptive waterway. For this purposo slio has built on tho Sorrel river powerful vessels of war and fleet gunboats. For this purpose she bus sent over 15,000 troops, trained to fighting1 In European wars, and drawn from the vic torious army of Wellington. In the gray mists of this morning 12.000 Englishmen threaten 1K00 Americans upon ,lle !nnil I'pon the waters 11 vessels, air- rylng !)l guns and 1000 men. bear down upon the American fleot of 14 vessels, SI guns unci 8J0 men. Strong odds In favor of the Invader. But tho battle Is not always to the strong. The Ood of battles Is here; nnd who can Invade when men guard their hearthstones? It Is Sunday; the bells will not toll for church to-day. but thev will toll for the dead. For, to-day, as oft be- Our next picture bears date of Julv G. out of Fort Ticonderoga. Ne.w England must bo cut off. And as a fitting leader for this great and suru expedition Gen, John Burgoyne was selected. The man who had boasted that with 10,000 man he could march anywhero through America. Ho reached Quebec on the Cth of May and was Immediately pluced in command of 7000 trained troops, the flowor of tho English army. Indians und Canadians to several thousands wero added. Never has Lake Champlaln seen so grand a sight as when Burgoyno and his hosts moved up tho val ley. The canoes or the Indians and his own boats covered the water from shore to shore. On tho east side his German mr cenerlos, on tho wost his English troops. To withstand this overwhelming force, St. Clair had only 2000 men, holding Forts In dependence and Ticonderoga. So small was his force that although he fully knew the danger, It was Impossible for him to take or forliry Mt. Sjigur Loaf, now called Mt. Defiance, Tho evening of July 1, Fort Ticonderoga is .fully Invested. Tho morn ing of tho 5th sees It rendered untenable by tho guns of Burgoyne, dragged to thb top ot the mountain during tho night. The hours of that momentous day are spent by St. Clair In quiet preparation, and at night hb silently slips away. Tho fort was aban doned, and tho glorious work of Ethan Allen done two years boforo was well un done. Tho Central figure of this plcturo which I wish to point out Is, not Burgoyne, looking down from Mt. Defiance Into an empty fort; but England hersolf, looking down from tho height of her power on this Western continent. Never again shall her flag float safely over so broad an area as on tho Bth day of July 1777. Nover again shrtll hor arms be so much' feared as on tho day, when.lt was known throughout tho colonies, that Tloondordga had been given up. Hencoforth, Very movement of the patriots was for concentration and strength. Every movement of Burgoyne was for dispersion and weakness. A few woeka pass and tho proud boaster Is a prisoner of war, and the. first aot Is closed, whloh made sure the Independence ot these United States. Thp surrender at Saratoga Is the closing scene. The date of our next plcturo Is July S, 1763. The scene Is tho same as in the lUBt; but tho name' is now -Fort Carillon. It Is alive with.French troops, confident in tho assured strength of many years' posses sion, Montcalm is In command. A few days beforo Abercromble had left Fort William Henry, at tU head of 'Lake George, 'with 15,000 of the best troops th.t England, and the colonies could furnieh. With new' uniforms, with unstained banr ners, wlth-tiurnlsfned rmi and stirring mutio,-tfro.'grandeit spectacle this oontl nent'.had ever seen, this' army moved down Lake Georger-for the caoture ot Port Carillon. On the morula of the 8th the, assault ' is'fcegun' 1 It 'contlmlesVe- hours!! da before, with humbled nrlde and fear ful loss, Is forced to retreit. With stained uniforms and trailing banners, It hopeless ly turns away to whence It enme. tiio Englishman retreats, UuvFrcnahman holds tho fort. But neither Is tho retreating Abcrcromblo nor tho victorious Montcalm tho central llguro of this crowded picture. It Is France herself, looking down from the plnnaclo of her glory on this Western con tinent. On this 8th day of July, 1759. sho holds possession of a greater nrea In North America than all the other nations of tho world combined. Twenty tlmcB ns much as England, Flvo times as much ns Eng land and Spain together. And her threat to drive every English settler from tho val ley df (ho Ohio literally executed. But this was a. last Biiccess. , In a short time, comparatively, sho holds nothing here. Wo aro at the beginning of a chain of decisive events, and thoy follow each other In astonishing rajildlly. On tho 20th of tho snmo July Louisberg was sur rendered to den, Amherst, ,On tho 20th of August tho French, fort,- Frontenac, was yielded to Gen. Bradstreet. On tho 21th of November Fort Du Qucsno fell and re stored to England the command of tho Ohio valley. On July 23 of the next sum mer, nftcr an heroic defc.nso of thrco weeks, tho French flag went down beforo tho red cross ot Englnnd, ut Fort Niagara. On the 26th, Ticonderoga was abandoned by the French, and In a few days their Hag ceased to float over Crown Point, nnd dis appeared forever, with tho single excep tion of tlio mouth of tho Mississippi, from that territory now known as tho United States. On tho 13th of September the his toric glories of Quebec nrc enacted, Wolfo dies happy In knowing that the French re treat, Montcalm too soon to feel Its dis grace On the tSth the city Is formally sur rendered to tho English. On the Sth of September. 17). Montreal opens Its gates to Gen. Amherst. All that France has discovered, acquired or possessed England has taken: and the English speaking raco still holds. The termination of the French rule In America was attended by many lxithetlc nnd tragic scones. The story of Acndla lias melted many a heart, and, catching Its romance, Longfellow has sung It Into ono of the gems or our language. BtU. In tho nlcturo of the Frenchman, turning his back Upon this beautiful valley, which had been his by right of discovery nnd posses sion for 150 years, there Is more than pathos, more than tragedy. It teaches tho result1 of an underlying, active, resistless principle of action. I mean tho motive, from which nations nnd men fight. It bus been said that the Frenchmnn lights for glory.'The Englishman for an Idea. For the former. If the missionary to tho In dians of Now Franco received tho bene diction of tlio church, his soul was satis lied; If tho common soldier received the praise of his commander and the general, the decoration of his sovereign, It was enough. To the ru'.cr, tho vision of a vast French empire on this Western continent was a dream of glory. To that end, trad ing posts wero established tnroughout the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi. With Quebec and Montreal as strongholds, they began to follow these trading posts with military posts. In the Champlaln valy they built forts at Chambly, Crown Point nnd Ticonderoga, expecting to extend the chain to Mnnhnttan Island. In the West they built Frontcnnc, Niagara and Du Quesne, Intending to thuspossess the whole valley to the Gulf of Mexico. Think of what those Intentions were. Study your maps a little, und you have before your minds the grandest, boldest scheme of em pire and glory ever conceived slnco the days of Caesar. Why did it fall? When George Washing ton, Us tho ntnbassador of Gov. Dinwiddle of Virginia, bore a letter to the commnnder of the French, on Lake Erie, asking why ho was there, the Frenchman's droam was brought face to face with tho English man's Idea. The English settled tlils East ern coast from Maine to Georgia, filled with tho pervading Idea of home. The very circumstances, under whlcli the most of them left their homes forbade return. They came here to stay, knowing If this could not be their home they had 'none this side of eternity. And when (his English idea of home, with nil tljat.ls sacred with in It, and nil that Is good growing out of It, met the Frenchman's dream of glory, tho dream faded and tho Idea possessed tho Innd. For that idea men have braved nil dangers, faced nl! odds and fought until eternity dawned upon them. It Is that Idea which has made, and still makes, us the longest nnd hardest lighting nation ot the world, the happiest and fr.oest people on the globe. ' The red mun, tlio Frenchman, the Eng lishman, has each, In turn',' claimed nnd occupied this wonderful valley. But we change the scones ho more. Blng down tho curtain of the past;" we aro the nctors of to-day. What will be, when some future race shall shift our scenes nnd ring down our curtain, wo know not. He only knows, who has seen und directed all these changes from the beginning. Africa has clouds, moro than 12,000 feet above us; North America boasts her vast chain of Inland seas from Ontario to Superior; nnd yet, in the wonderful teachings of Its geo logical story, In the value of its geograph ical Miape and location. It l.ts great histor ical events past, and present historical as sociations, In tlio beauty of'lts settings, In the fair women and brave men, peaceful dwellers within the friendly Inclosuro of Its ancient shores, Lnkc Champkiln is tlio peer of them all, 1I M ITY DItESSES. (From Harper's Bazar.) Some of tluj daintiest yet most unpro tendlng wasti dresseB will bo of dimity, sheer, and line, with the corded lines ex tremely small. The colored grounds uro newest, yet thero aro many with white surfaces so nearly covered with clusters of small yellow, rose, or green figures, leaves, or flowers that they produce ft colored effect, and these aro said to wash particularly well. By way of trimming they havo Insertions ot Valenciennes lace let In not merely laid on In largo squares on the entire waist and sleeves, and form ing an effeotlve row about tho hem of tho skirt. Some of these Insertions aro an Inch and a half wide, They are also formed Into open-looped bows and applica tions ot ribbons are used In tho samo way. A large bow of lace is let lu'ut each side of the top of the front of tho waist, and a single one In the back. These havo very simply cut'beltcd waists', their only seams under the arns, unless u largo fig ure requires nn under-orm form, nnd thoy aro occasionally worn over half-low lin ings, and tho waist Is cut down in a very small square about the throat. This Is for extremely hot places and (or very young women and girls yet In their teons. Large collarettes of satin or of taffeta of tho color prevailing In tlio dimity aro worn with such waists. They are completed by a rufllo In which the laco Is Inserted. Simpler gowns, high about, tho neck, are completed' by a dra'ped stock of ribbon with "a very laTgo bow at the back, and a belt to correspond. The full skirt Is worn over an entirely scparato skirt ot tho dimity, gored closely, and trimmed with a flounce of tho same edged with Valenciennes lace that has a scalloped edge.. Tho outsldo skirt Is trim med down either side -with, ribbon, starting at tho belt, and ending at tho knee In a bow with flat open loops and waving ends, Though color prevails In tho dimity frocks, ono of tho most charming yet made Is of white and black, with a largo collarette of clear green taffeta ribbon finely tucked in clusters to alternate with Insertions of Valenciennes. This Is bord ered by a deep ruffle of .the ribbon, In which Valenciennes an Inch and a half wide Is Inserted, Narrower Insertions of Valcnclermes are letjn toiform plaids on the entire waist and sleeves The waist has no fullness at, tfie top, but Is gathered .nto a belt; Tho )ace crossbars are about four inches square. The neck has no high' collar, arid Is cut down slightly square In front whero the taffeta collarette rols over. Bishop sleeves, are. also crosabarred with narrow Insertions, The skirt has a WW. of these lace'; plaids, inserted above a deep hem. It Is made, nulla wide At. ih itwt, and is net ojotfelr gored, at the' top, utoii hi urn jrom ana sioes, oemg shirred in two or three row telowahe belt. Jt is worn over a serrate skirt of tho same aimity, quite cioseiy. jtorta, and trimmed Hh a, ilounce of .the. name edged with scalloped Valenclenheslrice. Stood Too tl: I Mil! i That's tlio rchson you rtre sick. Your blood is thin to rt danger 1 ous degree. Thin blood means weakness. Weakness hns been 1 eagerly awaited by the tiny dis 1 case germs that nrc in every sys tem. v iitic the blood is rich and red, you arc strong and can with stand these germs. It is when the blood is thin that these germs will commence to cat your life , away. Take Blood Wine. Dlood Wine makes pure blood and fills ir lull rtt vinli rn, hntltl.t. l.lnrwf corpuscles. 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The rising orator of tho backwoods of Canada was lately addressing an assembly of fellow patriots. In the course of his speech his patriotism was bubbling over! and his eloquence was a surprise even to himself, for this wns what ho said: "The British Hon, whether it Is roaming the desertH of Afrca or climbing tho forests of America, will not draw In Its horns nor retire Into Its shell," When ono says of anything that It Is "not worth a straw one means to Imply that It is worthless. The older saying was'l "not worth a rush" and this brings out tho. origin of the phrase. In the days bet foro carpets It was the custom to strew tho floor with rushes. When guests ot rank woro entertained rushes, green, fresh und sweot, wero spread for thorn but folk of lower degree had to be content with rushes that had already been used, while still humbler pdrsons had none, as not even being worth a rush. Exchange, Mrs, AV. E. BuJsell, tho wife of the young ox-governor of Massachusetts, Is ono of Cambridge's cleverest club Women. She Ik a sunny optimist .and would have a club "for tho encouragement of happy people," It would bo organized about her favorlto llttlo creed, a two lino poem from Robert Iyouls Stevenson's "Child Verses": "Tho world Is so full of a number of things I'm suro wo should all bo as happy as kings." In his book, "A Llttlo Tour In America," Denn Hole of Rochester, England, quotes with unction many specimens of what ho regards us typical American humor. When ho wns In Cincinnati, tho thing thut most Impressed him' was tho following bit of doggerel, which ho heard recited in that city: Llttlo Willie from his mirror Sucked tho mercury all off, Thinking In his childish error, It would euro his whooping cough. At tho funeral Willie's mother Smartly said to .Mrs. Brown: " 'Twas a chilly day for William. When tho mercury went down." A hot-tempered "down East" parson was for tomo tlmo disturbed by tho mem bers of tho choir. Finally ho found a way of quieting them. After a long prayer ono Sunday ho announced a hymn as. usual and added: "I hope tho entire congrega tion will Join in singing this grand old hymn, and I know tho choir will, for I have heard thorn' humming It during tho prayer." Lewlstofo Journal, . John Oliver Ilibbes, Mrs. Cralgle, Is amazed at tho way American 'women en Joy their own entertainments, clubs, cto., entirely without the society of men. Eng lish women, sho says, would love each other to death. Men are real necessities In English society, but over here thoy are npt at all needed. And Mrs. Cralgle smiles, sighs 'and t tactfully says that American club worno must bo' very bright or they could riot be.no Interested and entertained uy'eaoh othej Beecham's pills for consti pation io and 25. Get the book- at your druggist's and go by it. f. ! isUnnors lhn ftOOqW) tx" . TAKE BLOOD ) (Trade Matk.J WINE .. ' . ..'. ' ' 'Think' and ' ksit ' for'' NEW 'bRUn's'.' WICK RUBBERS, the best made. W'hOKsnla - . Warren noot & Shoe Co., Boston, M'! (! I. lAdlillMU'lll"' iMljM.j NO RADICAL CHANGES, BUT GENERAL TRAfJE SHOWS 80ME FAVORABLE FEATURES. ' Cold Wenther Hinders Distribution of Onodn-C'ottiin nml Woollen Good l'nll to Improve Inoronsed Hank Clearing-Fewer Failures. Now York, Feb. 21, Bradstrccl's to-morrow will pay: Whllo no radical Improvement has ap peared In tho general trade situation, mnrn fnvorablo Influences nro reported than for son" weeks. Among tho less Knllsfanlorv advices telegraphed Brad street's aro the check to distribution of general merchandise, duo to the extreme cold nnd continued conservative purchases by Interior merchants West anu noutn wpkI. owlnir to larKO Blocks of mcrctoan disc having been carried over. Tlio drop In tho tcmiieraturo has affected tlio move ment of dry goods, hnts and groceries tlio most. No Improvement Is sliown in ilo miind for cotton and woollen goods, nianu facturcrs of each continuing to find cause for complnlnt. No more satisfactory view of trado conditions In this and the preced ing week Is reported than tlio bank clear Ings total for six business days ending February 20 Jl,Wi3,ooo,ono an increase ot 1" per cent over the total last week, and of 31 per cent over tho 'total for tho third week of February, i. Hardly less favorable than the Improve ments In bank clearings Is the sudden drop In tlio total number of business failures throughout the country, that for the week being ZiG, against wsi last week and 3ZJ in tho corresponding week ono year ago. Exports of wheat (flour Included as wheat) from both coasts of tho United States this week amount to 3,149,000 bush els, ngalntt 2,711,000 bushels Inst week, l,f0S.00O bushels In the week a year ago, 1,730,000 bushels In tho week two years ago, 2,600,000 bushels In tho corresponding week ot li93, nnd 3,307,000 bushels In tho like week of H92. BENJ. FRANKLIN'S KITE. With Which the l'lillainplier I'lrst Drew Lightning From tlm Clouds. (Casslcr's Magazine.) It wns a square kite, not the coffin shap ed affair shown In story 'book pictures. To tho upright stick of the cross Franklin attached to his pointed rod a sharp wire, about a foot long and provided himself with a silk rlblion and a key; thn ribbon, to fasten to the string nfter ho had raised tho kite, as some possible protection how much he did not know against tho lightning entered his body; and the key, to bo secured to the Junction of tlio ribbon nnd string to servo ns a conductor from which lie might draw tho sparks of celes tial fire if it came. When the thunder storm broke he went out on ho open common near Philadelphia und faced death faced tho tremendous power of the lightning stroke, before which all people of all ages have quailed In terror; fuced what most of the world then believed to be tho avenging blow of an angered God. True, ho believed that electricity nnd lightning were tho same thing, and therefore had no different prop erties of effect, but ho did not know It. The best existing theory which account ed for electrical phenomena at that tlmo was his own. Tho laws of electrical con duction ot resistance, now yo familiar wero not oven suspected. Who could pre dict that tho lightning would obey any law? Besides, he had produced tremend ous shocks with his Leyden Jars In series, and hnd killed birds with them. More than that, he has been terribly shocked himself by the same means stunned Into Insensibility nnd nearly killed. He hnd said, again and again, that an electric shock, if strong enough, would blot out life, though without a pang. If his dea was correct, If his conviction wns true, ho wns now about to face an elec tric discharge beside which that of the most powerful of man-made batteries would seem weak and insignificant. All tho world knows what happened. Tho kite soared tip Into tho black cloud. whllo tho philosopher stood calmly in tne drenching rain watching the string, until finally he saw the llttlo fibres of tho hemp rnlso themselves. Then without a tremor ho touched his knuckles to the key nnd lived. For the spark crackled and leaped to Ills linger ns harmlessly as did that from his old fnmlllar electrical machine, and allowed lilm to chnrge his Jars with It .with the samo Impunity, Ho sent tho story of what he had done abroad, without a par tlclo of trumpeting. Ho was not a dis coverer for revenue. No stock market awaited the announce ment of his claims; no newspaper stood ready to blazo forth his achievements In the Interest of tho money Jugglers. His own narrative barely fills ono of tho little columns of tho Gentleman s Magazine for Oct. 19, 1702, and it has at Its end only the Initials B. F. A Kntiirnl lleautlflar. 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