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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02
MARSHFIELD.

The Knights Of Pythias moved into their
new building last Monday. This building
is to be occupied by the Knights of
Pythias. Rlthhone Sisters and Good
Templars.-Mrs George Goslant has put
in a millinery store in Marshalls block -
r. l.. Duke has taken a contract to build
a barn for L. +. May & Co. Of Cahot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

morning the veterans. accompanied by
the children, visited the graves Of the sol
diers at Mt Pleasant cemetery also M
the Maplewood at Stockbridgc. At leo
O'Clock the town hall WAS filled with peo-
pie from this and adjoining towns TO lis
, , to the address by the Rev. J. Edward
,W,risnt or montpelier. a recitation by
Miss Bessie Sawyer was much onioved 10
all. Music was furnished by Nyman's
orchestra and a fuln rfnitn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02
SOUTH WOODBURY..

a daughter was recently born - Mr.
ard Mrs. Frank Spraguc.-Henry Leach
lately lost a good cow..-Pre Memorial
DAY was fittingly observed by the school
children. and the graves Of the soldiers
decorated Grace Colcdgc who is teach
ing in Barre. visited her parents over
Sunday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

II you were steering ship you would
avoid rocks and reefs that were plainly
charted. In the business sea most of the
danger spots have been charted, and bad
advertising" leads all the rest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

same scheol.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chase
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morris at
Franklin last week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

II your competitor is an aggressive
advertiser. the only way to compete with
him is TO make your advertising much
bigger and better than his as your store
Is bigger and better than his.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Music.Charmed Water.

Interesting experiments showing the
influence of a tuning-fork on jets of
water have recently been made at the
Royal College of Science in Dublin. A
jet of falling water consists ordinarily
of two parts-a clear column and a
troubled portion. When the troubled
part is photographed. with the aid of
the electric spark, it is seen to be COM
posed of succession of drops follow
ing one another too rapidly to be
separately perceived by the eye.
These drops are irregular in size,
shape and distance from one another.
But if vibrating tuning-fork is placed
in contact with the stand from which
the jet starts, the drops fall into order
with beautiful precision, drop being
cast off with each vibration. Many re-
markable effects may be produced. A
continuous jet may be thrown into a
form like that of vibrating string.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16

The magic mirror" of Japan is a
disk of bronze, usually from six to
eight inches in diameter. 1t is sill
vered on the front which is a little
convex, and there is raised pattern
on the back which is rather concave,
The polished pattern is generally a
landscape, flowers, animals, or Chi
nese characters. 1t is not visible IN
the front of the mirror, but when
strong sunlight is reflected from the
front of the mirror to a wall or screen
the pattern of the back is visible on
the screen in bright lines on black
ground Prof w. L. Ayrton, F. r. s.,
with Prof. John Perry, F. R. s., was
the first to give the true scientific eX-
PLANTATION of this magical effect. 1t
seems that the design on the back
alters the convexity of the front, max
ing it fiat, in fact, along the lines of
the pattern. Consequently the light
reflects from the front is not dispersed
at these points of the design, and they
appear brighter on the screen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Crauafs of Mood Pulp.

A syndicate of English capitalists
Is engaged in an endeavor to promote
a market in this country for tie silks
made chiefly from wood pulp. This
product is principally obtained in
South America, Paraguay furnishing a
large supply The vegetable silk has
its origin in trees and is readily adapt
able to native looms. The woven
threads are superintendent, which
process presents silky finish resem-
bling mercerized goods. For several
years past this glossy material has
been sold in piece lengths to the up
holstery trade, by which it is utilized
for filling purposes. The selling test
of artificial silk for cravats is anxious.
ly awaited by local manufacturers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16

A novelty in the vegetable kingdom
has recently been reported as native
to the United States of Colombia. In
the woods adjacent to the city of
Moyobamba grows tree which the
natives call rain tree" 1t is about
fifty feet high when it reaches ma
turity and about three feet in diameter
at it's base, and has the property of
absorbing an immense quantity of hui
midity from the atmosphere. This
is concentrates and subsequently
pours forth from its leaves and
branches in a shower and in such
abundance that in many cases the
ground in its neighborhood is convert
ed into veritable bog. 1t possesses
this curious property in the greatest
degree in the summer, when the riv-
ers are at the lowest point and water
is scarce. 1t has been suggested that
this tree be planted in the more arid
parts of Peru for the benefit of the
farmers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
TO PRESERVE OUR FORESTS.
Men Of Authority to Meet in Washing
ton to Discuss Subject.

Early in the coming year an Ameri-
can forest congress will meet in Wash
ington under the auspices of the Amer
lean Forestry association. The con-
gress is called to consider the forests
in their relation to the great industries
closely dependent on them, such as
numbering. transportation, irrigation,
mining and grazing. It's intention in
general is to guard intelligently our
forest resources, and bring to an end
the ignorant and destructive ravage OF
the lumberman and the wood pulp
man, who, left to themselves, would
in a century denude the continent and
provide the way for it to become a
desert.
The congress is of national impor-
lance, the President will address 1t,
and its aims have the sympathy of
everybody with sufficient intelligence
to comprehend their bearing on the
public welfare. The congress may
bear in mind and flourish forth anew
Humboldt's dictum that wherever man
has appeared on the earth he has pre-
pared the way for his extinction by his
destruction of forests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Paw of Various Armies.

1t may still be said of the soldiers
of the army of the United States that
they are the best fed, the best clothed,
the best sheltered and the best paid
troops in the world. The Slav soldier,
who is fighting to maintain the pres
tige of the Car in Manchuria, receives
only IL cents month. The little Jap
who is opposing him, receives only GO
cents month. France pays her sol
diers $1.74 month, Germany pays her
soldiers $3.50 a month and England
pays hers STA. But the American
soldier gets $13 month in time OF
peace, with 20 per cent increase in
time of war.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
LONGEST Passionate on Record.

To the Rev. Laban Ainsworth must
in all probability be given credit for
holding the longest pastorate, over
one church and people that ever was
known-seventy-six and a half years
He was born July 10, 1857, in the
little town of Woodstock. Connecticut,
says a writer in Every Where. When
just "of age he was graduated at
Dartmouth college-then the reigning
educational institution of America. A
year later he was given license to
preach.
His first charge was at Spencerport
n. Y, and in 1871 he went to Jaffrey
n. H., where he commenced pastor
ate that for length and continued
steady effort, has never been parallel
ed in the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
DEVIL GUARDED
His Satanic Majesty's
Gated Treasurer

In this instance, as IA, His Sa-
tanic Majesty proved a good guide to
riches. Recently workmen were pa
pering a wall in an old house at Per
pignon, in the south of France. On
the wall was fixed, as curious orna-
ment, very ancient sculptured chair.
The workman found it necessary to
remove this, and discovered that the
back of the chair had hidden mural
painting of the devil, horns, tail,
cloven foot, diabolic grin-all.
Sounding the wall with their ham
mers the workmen easily found there
was a hollow space behind it, into
which they broke. There lay big
pile of furnished gold pieces, some
French, most of them Spanish.
OF course this wealth amounting to
some thousands of francs, reverted
to the owner of the house. He re
warded handsomely those who found
it, and does not concern himself
whether it was accumulated by the
aid of the sulphurous parsonage whose
portrait indicated its hiding place.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Trusted vesuvius Too Much.

When the first writer's began to
mention Vesuvius they spoke of the
lava character of the soil around the
volcano and of the many signs that
it had been burned in ancient times"
But there is no recorded disturbance
of the crater earlier than Christian
times. In A. d. 70 came the historic
bursting of the mountain and the over
whelming of Herculaneum and Pom
peii. At that time it was not suspect,
ed that Vesuvius would do such an
unheard-of thing. Gardens and vine
yards ran up to the very top of the
volcano and villages and private villas
were scattered about the slopes and
base.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Memorial to a Robber.

In the little town of Forlimpopoli,
near Bologna, a memorial tablet is
about to be unveiled in the Municipal
theater to the memory of famous
robber chieftain named Passatore
The reason why the theater is chosen
for the home of his memorial is that
in it was performed his most famous
exploit. In September, 1854, while
one Of Rossinis operas was being
performed in the presence of all the
local beauty and fashion, Passatore
and his band held up" the audience
and robbed them of all their valuables
to the last penny.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
FLOCKlNG INTO CANADA.
Immigration From Dakota and Adjoin-
ing States-Maior Edwards, United
States Consul General at Montreal,
Describes the Movement as Due to
Scarcity of Land.

Montreal, Nov. 15.-Major Allison
Edwards. United States Consul Gen
eral who returned to-day from visit
TO his home at Fargo, North Dakota,
said in an interview: THE proper
way to describe the manner in which
the people you are getting are the
ing over into Western Canada is TO
say they are coming over in droves.
Among the people there did not seem
to be any thought of there being
boundary line at all. 1t is simply a
question:" added the major, OF there
not being any more land in North
Dakota and the surrounding States,
and the people are f1ocking to Canada
to get good farms. Naturally the
number that will come over Will in
crease all the time; and | may say
the people of North Dakota are COM
best people in the west. They are
well supplied with money and are
well acquainted with the conditions
under which they will have to work.
The agents of the Canadian Govern
ment are prepared to give the fullest
information regarding homestead and
other lands.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Divorce and Occupation.

There has always been a lower per
centage of divorces among men en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits than in
any other calling, not excepting the
clergy, says the Baltimore American
Soldiers, sailors and marines, on the
other extreme, show the highest aver
age of marriage infelicity. Next
among the high averages comes the
hostlers, the actors, agricultural la
borers, bartenders, servants and wait
crs, musicians and teachers of music
photographers, paper-hangers, BARRIERS
lumbermen, and so on, diminishing in
ratio until the lowest average Is
reached, as before stated, among the
farmers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Democratic Railroad President.

President George F. Baer of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad is
one of the most democratic railroad
presidents in the country. Show has
no place with him. His tastes are far
too simple to require the adjunct of
attendants to dance at his beck and
call Nor is he given to dispatching
messengers with mandatory requests
to report at his Office. Those whose
business calls them to the Reading
terminal in Philadelphia have time
and again seen Mr.. Baer passing from
his own to the offices of other officials
minus a coat. His recreation is con-
fined very largely to an occasional day
spent on his farm, near Reading.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
WHY so FEW PRISONERS?
Proof of Savagery in the Present War
in the East

in the East.
That the war now going on in the
East is fierce beyond the precedent
of any modern war is suggested by
the small number of prisoners taken.
In many engagements apparently no
quarter is asked or given. The COM
batants fight to kill as well as to con-
quer. We hear of no prison camps nor
of any great concourse of prisoners
anywhere. Out of all the hundreds OF
thousands of men engaged on both
sides we do not know that there are
5000 anywhere taken from either side.
We have no evidence that wounded
men are killed on the field of battle,
but that the number of killed far sur
passes the usual ratio between killed,
wounded and prisoners seems evident
1t may be that the policy of thorough
going slaughter is in the end quite as
merciful as more humane methods
would be, the object being to put out
of action as quickly as possible the
greatest number of fighting men. 1t
may be also that the savagery of this
conflict will cause a reaction against
all war.-Boston Christian Register.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Newest style of Lighthouse.

The Ram island ledge (Maine) light
house, now practically finished, will
it is claimed, be the best in the world
of its class. The appropriation was
100000.
The tower is of hewn stone, and
the exterior is nearly as smooth as
marble. 1t is lined with white enamel
thing, and the interior is finished in
quartered oak of the finest quality
The glass is diamond shaped The
lantern is of bronze, cost $4,000, and
the salt air will have no effect upon
it. The $1,000 lens for the lamp was
made in Paris.
The photograph shows the tower as
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Papal Edict Against Dueling.

The Pope is about to publish an
enunciation against dueling. In de
nouncing a practice which he charac
terizes as Stupid anachronism" and
a relic of the "barbarism of the middle
ages" his holiness is as much actuated
by civil as religious motives. The
laws of the present day he considers
do not sufficiently protect the individ
ual's honor, and he is in hopes of set
ting on foot an energetic legislative
movement which may have practical
results to that effect. Piux X holds
that the law should step in and oblige
those who insult others to prove the
truth of their assertion or pay severe
penalty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Prosperity in Wall Street.

Prosperity among Wall street bro
Rers has caused a general movement
for larger offices. 1t is estimated that
the leases signed within the past
month by bankers and brokers intend
ing to move into new offices will ag-
gregate an annual rental of over
100000. Not for long time, if ever
before, has there been such a general
moving into larger quarters, for, in
the present market boom, financial
firms can barely get men enough to
handle their business, and in almost
every active house the clerks are kept
until 10 and II at night in order to
keep up with the work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16

C. X. G. Billings, for years a resi-
dent of Chicago, but now one Of New
York's millionaires, has no peer in
this country as a gentleman horse
owner. He now has about $35O,OOO
invested in high-class horseflesh, and
the cost of maintaining his stables is
over $175,0O0 a year. Mr.. Billings
never bets dollar on his trotters, he
shuns the limelight and the animals
he owns are never made conspicuous
save by their speed and quality. 1t
takes three score coachmen, harness
cleaners carriage washers and stable
men to keep up the Billings equine
establishment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16

ly after the landing of the Spanish,
which was on the Sth of September,
1865.
The building is in a fairly good
state of preservation. The interior is
beautifully finished in highly polished
wood.
1t was occupied by the Spanish Off
Gals during the time Florida was a
Spanish colony, and was later the
home of the attorney general during
the English possession. 1t is not now
inhabited.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Travel and Education.

Recently printed extracts from the
diary of Adolf Pichlers show that that
Tyrolean poet did not indorse the pop
ular notion that travelling has an edu-
cational value. Most tourists are, In
his opinion, guided chiefly by the de-
sire to get good things to eat in the
hotels and to flirt with the foreign
girls, and in the end they are sur
prised to find themselves as much
bored as at home. He commends the
sincerity of party Of Bavarians who
played cards on top Of high peak to
pass away the time. o
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Had Poor Opinion of Author.

F. Marion Crawford famous as al-
thor and traveller, was at dinner in
New York a few evenings ago, and
was presented by the host as "Mr
Crawford" to smartly dressed young
woman who did not suspect his iden-
tity. They chatted for half an hour,
and later the host asked the lady what
she thought of his friend Crawford
ooh, so, So" she replied. Hes hand
some and lazy and conceited, you
know, and all that, but he strikes me
as being quite shallow and sadly lack
ing in knowledge of the world"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Skin Culture,

Skin culture is not one of the mod
ern arts. 1t was practiced in ancient
Egypt and in stored Greece, for cos
metics used in the toilet for the nour-
Ishing and Frightening of the skin are
as old as history. In our day massage
and baths, as well as the general care
of the health, are recognized as essen
tial to the glow that means beauti-
full complexion. Is it not that uncon-
scious desire for health as indicated
through and by the skin which lies
back Of this universal demand for q
beautiful complexion?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
House Building Causes Discord.

Mrs. Martha Goodell of Hartford.
Conn, persists that she is going to
build a house. The idea has caused
much trouble in the Goodel family
which ended in the appearance of the
following in the columns of a local
paper: Hartford. Nov. s, 1904 Notice
To all builders concerned, | shall
not be responsible for bills contracted
in building by Martha M. Goodell.
"Silas Goodell."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
NEARLY FOUR CENTURIES OLD.
St. Augustine; Fla, Has Oldest House
in America.

The Oldest house in America is in
st. Augustine. Fla. This building, by
comparison with the winter resort ho-
tells in that town, is not a pretentious
structure, but when it was built it
was undoubtedly one of the principal
structures of the town.
1t is built of coquina rock, a mixture
of sand and shell, which is the same
material used in the building of the
Ponce de Leon hotel and the Alcazar.
1t is not known in what year this
building was put up, but 1t was snort
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Cotton Business in 1841.

The first shipment of cotton from
the port of Galveston to Boston was
made by the firm of Ennis & Kimball,
in 1S41, on the schooner Brazos, Capt.
Hardy commander This was a new
departure in business and was noted
with much interest as promising
many benefits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Letter Carriers Faithful Service.

Nat Cummings, rural delivery car
rier at Lancaster. n. H., has made a
record of which he well feels proud.
Last Wednesday he missed his first
trip since entering the service, Jan. l.,
1902, or a period Of about thirty-four
months.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Mood Cut Durinu Coal Strike

The last of the wood that the city
cut several years ago around Wood
ward pond and hauled into Keene, n.
H.. at the time of the coal strike, is
now being burned at the fire station
and at city hall.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Collecting Bird Statistics.

The bird club at Bellows Falls, VT,
mad been divided into two sides with
the object before them of seeing
which side should see and name the
largest number of birds during the
season of 1904 One side saw SO diff
ferent varieties and the other SO. Six
varieties not seen by the winning side
but seen by the others makes the total
number of birds named by the club 95.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Hard Worker at ga,

Enos Ware of Shelburne Falls,
Mass. who celebrated his oath birth
day anniversary last week, is still hale
and hearty. He has the past season
taken sole care of large garden and
twice hoed three acres of corn. He
walks nearly a mile to church pleas
ant Sundays.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
KINGS Valuable Art Treasures.

The value of the art treasures at
Windsor castle, which have been dis
covered and rearranged by King Ed
ward. is estimated at about $60,000,-
600. So great is their value that the
king has been unable to get them in
sured so far.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Potatoes.

New York, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Pennsylvania lead all states in the
production of potatoes. Diagram
shows relative production in millions
of bushels.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Palace of a kinu,

The palace of Alexander the Great
was an imposing structure in its time,
and the wonder is that any vestige of
it stands to-day. 1t was built in a
manner much more substantial than
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
lunacy on Increase.

Ten years ago in England and
Wales there was one insane person to
each 324 of the population; now the
ratio is one to each 2SS. The increase
in lunacy is attributed to a consider
able degree to the intense strain OF
modern life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Tourists Enrich Greece.

It is estimated that about $500 trav-
elers from the United States have Wis.,
tied Greece during each of the last
four years, and have annually left
about $1,500,000 in the kingdom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
THE PERUNA ALMANAC
IN 100000 HOMES.

The Ieruna Lucky Day Almanac
has become a fixture in over eight
million homes. 1t can be obtained
from all druggists free. Be sure to
inquire early. The 1905 Almanac Is
already published, and the supply will
soon be exhausted. Do not put it off.
Get one to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Americans Going to Canada.

In 1896, American immigration into
Canada amounted to only forty-four
persons, and in 1903 it amounted to
47,7S0 persons.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Good Point About Beauty.

There's one very satisfactory thing
about beauty; no matter how much
YOU have you do not take away from
any one else.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse.

eSNSS |'S''@''~Ne'
it looked just before the staging was
removed.
Seven men are at work on the In
terror.
The light will be of the third order,
and will be flash. The lighthouse is
as firm as the great rock on which it
stands. 1t will be of the greatest pos
sible advantage to all masters of YES
sells entering or leaving Portland.