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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-21
S6,w3t
ESTATE OF AMOS HALL, HINES
BIRGH,

We. the subscribers. having been
appointed by the Honorable Irobate
Court for the District OF Chlttenaeh;
commissioners to receive. examine ana
adjust the claims and demands or all
TeTsons against the estate OF Amos
Hall. late of fiinesburgh' in SAID
district deceased and also all claims
AVA damands exhibited in Offset there
To-: and six months from the day or
the date hereof being allowed by said
go herehv give notice that we VIII
attend 10 the duties of our appoint
ment at the late residence OF the de-
cedent in HineshurSh, In said district,
az me Nrst FRIDAYS of April and Sep
tember. next, at 10 o'clock a. m, on
each Of said days. oo-
Dated this Sth day OF Marc, 100"
NOBLE PARTCH,
37,w3t commissioners
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NO CHANCE.

THAT Martel is really terrible bore He
talked last night for hours. and only
stopped to cough
We'll. | suppose you could get word
In edgeways them"
Rather not. for while he was coughing
he made signs with his hands that he was
going on afterward." Nos IIoisirs.
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Tho Life Of Pompeii.

TO 6lIC VI OfTPCis
There upon the walls Of some Of
these eXcavated homes of pompeii we
find pictured the degenerate lives Of
those ancient inhabitants. One glance
at some of those pictures reveals to us
what the besotted lives Of the men and
women who inhabited those homes
must have been. Those pictures tell
US more than whole libraries OF written
words could ever reveal. Oh, no; the
charge of hypocrisy which Christ hurl-
ed against the ancient Pharisees could
not he applied to the immoral and
drunken degenerates Of ancient Rome.
Then the followers Of Bacchus not only
sinncd, but they gloried in their sins.
They not only sinned, but they pictured
upon the walls of their homes down to
the mnutest details the vileness and
the repulsive corruptions of their sins.
There they were welcoming their guests
with such words as these: Come and
see me in my lewdness. Come and see
me in my domestic crimes. Come and
see me an inhuman monastery Come
and see my inner sinful life as it isl
And into such evil environments as
these think the centurion of my text
was indicted in Rome when he was q
very young man.
think the boy came from a pure
refined home like that in which most
of us We're Graded. 1t was also a
home which was not blessed with either
riches or poverty. The old homestead
stood in the midst of n vineyard. The
farm also had its green pastures fol-
the cattle and its fields for raising corr
and wheat The father had plenty oil
money to support the family but he
had very little to spare. But as this
boy seemed to be especially bright
think the parents did everything IN
their power to send him to one of the
great universities at Rome for an edu
cation. One night after the children
were in bed think | hear the father
and the mother talking. Husband"
hear the wife say, 1--WE ought to make
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Captain julius Ponders.

MethinkS l can see captain julius
sitting there in the Oman barracks.
His head is resting on his hand. Then
hear him say: "Oh, Is Jesus all that?
Is his mission only to help the poor
and the sick and the suffering? Is his
mission to cleanse sinful men from an
evil past? How my dear mother would
have loved him. How tame are the
penates-the household gods of my old
Roman home! Truly, father and moth
err to the best of their spiritual light
made our old homestead virtuous and
pure. But, oh, what would mother
have been able to do had she had this
Christ for her Saviour Then me-
thinks l see the centurion nnxiously
look into Tiberius' face and say: Gap
tain Tiberius do you believe that this
Jesus will forgive me, even me? Why,
my mother died Of broken heart OH
account of the waywardness and vile
ness of my youth. VIII this Jesus for
give me, even mef" Then ] think
see Captain Tiberlus place his hand
upon julius shoulder and say: Eyes,
julius. This Christ can be your Christ
for in my own hearing, after Jesus
raised my sick servant, l heard him
say to great crowd OF people who
were flocking about him near Lake
Galilee, All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me, and him that cometh
to me will IN nowise cast OUT"
But again the scene changes. We
are now standing ut the foot Of the
cross. This Is the crucifxion. Here
are the two thieves, the one on the
right. the other on the left of the cross
which bears the dying Lord. Yonder
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the city charities, exclusively for the use of the
Door.
The weakness of the system lies with the val
uers. or official appraisers These functonaries
responsible to the management for any def
icit that may arise in the sale of the pledges.
from a discrepancy between the money fetched
by them at the public sale and the value placed
upon them by the vauer. To cover himself. there
fore the valuer always places the lowest esti-
mates upon goods and the borrower, haVlnS
raised a meagre sum on his property. has re-
course to an outside merchant. who takes his
pawn ticket and gives him further advance of
20 per cent the original loan. In this latter
transaction the borrower pays the usurious rate
of 12O per cent. An enormous traffic is done in
these pawn tickets reconnaissances) in Paris
TO the great detriment of the Mont de Piete,
and the new law has been framed with a view to
abolish this immoral trade
Among the reforms now being applied the
first is the abolition OF the official appraisers
In their stead certain persons would De ap-
pointed by the prefect of the Seine TO make estl-
mates, and this would mean an economy ror
borrowers OF 100000 annually, as the valuation
fee of 10 cents $50 would no longer be
charged. The consequent loss to the institution
would be more than made up by the Increased
business which in all probability would accrue.
Advances on gold and silver will be fixed at
four-fifths of their value by weight, and for
other articles two-thirds of their value by esti-
mate Useful are both these provisions,
there is vet another of even greater benefit TO
the needy borrower. If he Will consent TO take
for his goods a ticket which is not negotiable
outside he can have much nine-tenths of
the value of the article pledged. This latter
clause will obviously benefit the Mont de Piete
as much the borrower, since it insures itself
against forced sale of the articles pledged TO
the advantage OF third and outside party.
With this additional nducement IL is expected
that an enormous increase OF business will in
the near future bring large revenues to the hos
,,y~ at,l pt1n orS -iti tf porG
The beginning OF the summer holidays is al
ways the busiest time Of year at the Mont ds
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r,rb. b,, fortnight and the night attendants
ditto There is thus medical man always at
the disposal of the Vatican during the twenty
four hours-the day attendant beginning his
rounds I'm the morning and resuming them again
In tho afternoon; the night attendant. replacing
him on winter nights at O'Clock ana IN the
summer at 10 o'clock The former are paid each
13O lire Ga little f5) month: the latter IoV
lire ga a monthly In addition to these. there are
also what may be called non-officiai attendants.
available on special occasions. who. when their
services are I'm request, are paid on the scaie
of 60 lire a month-Srnail enough Tor the re
sponsibilites involved. but not small as TO be
a deterrent TO the numerous young practition-
ers devoted TO the Holy See; in fact. Cardinal
Merry del Val has no difficulty in recruiting
them Such is the medical attendance on the
inmates of the Vatican proper, the control be-
ing vested. as already stated, in Drs. Masciarellt
and Battistini, and the physicians or surgeons
under them being Drs. Amici and Cagiati for
night duty-they themselves for the present
undertaking the duty by day. The non-official
helps" above referred to are legton-some of
them. like Drs. Angel, Genhari. Probi and Sal
vatori being men accomplished in their profess
sion.
Finally. there are the various corps attached
to the apostolic service-the Guarda Mobile, the
Swiss Guard and the Guardia Palatina. These
have each more medical attendants of
their own. DIR. Masciarelli being the consultant
OF the first named. DIR. Capparoni of the second
and Drs. Ventura and Calisti of the third These
professional men remunerated by the corps
to which they attached-not. may be sup
posed, Il very lucrative scalei There is also
pharmacy in connection with the Vatican
from which the apostolic exchequer draws about
5000 lire (fS20p year from the custom the said
pharmacy enjoys outside we'll inside the
Vatican. There Inconvenience, however
arising from this business, with its sale Of
liqueurs. elixirs, syrups. etc, and il is TO be
transferred to a new edifice destined for the lay
ever, increased facilities OF access for the out
side world.
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ment. but IA the last few years its condition
has been less fourishing than before. In the
year ended March, 1906, there decrease
Of over eighteen thousand borrowers, as COM
pared with those OF the preceding year, and
the value Of the goods taken in pledge dimln-
ished over S50O000 The reason of this declins
is attributed 20 the antiquated methods Of pro-
cedure, which have remained substantially the
same as when the institution organized in
the year thirteen OF the republic lO3 years ago
An article offered in pawn at the Mont de
Piete is submitted TO official valuer. OF the
price set upon il by the valuer, two-thirds IS
advanced 10 the borrower, subject to an interest
of per cent. This rate has been reduced from
time TO time. In 1886 1t was 915 per cent. The
4 per cent charged to-day is thus allotted:
Three per cent on the money actually advanced,
8 per cent to pay working expenses and per
cent for the maintenance Of the buildings. Ii
must be remembered that the institution holds
no property of its own. Every sou OF profit
made in the years dealings is handed over 10
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by the forty-seven labels hanging to the shabby
ribs and smitten with pity ordered 1t TO be pre-
sented to its owner A simple wedding dress
has been stored here for forty-flve years. the
pledge being punctually renewed annually.
though the bride who wore II and who has had
a feetfng glimpse at it every year since is now
a white haired woman of seventy
But the oldest possession of the Mont de Piete
at this moment (Juy, 1000 is breastpin.
originally pledged for is francs. which has lain
in its little cardboard box since June II, 1859
ffty-fve yearsi
A sudden turn from this gallery of domestic
objects will bring the visitor into what looks
like bicycle factory. for thousands of bicycles
Of all sorts and conditions are standing here and
yet your guide will tell you that this is nothing
to the show Of bicycles to be seen here in the
winter months when vast numbers of the poor
bring their machines TO be stored here rather
than pay the fee to the garages.
1t must not be imagined however. that the
Mont de Piete is used exclusively by the very
poor Down under the central building in the
Rue des Blancs Manteaux. which is built on
what We're the fortifcatons of Paris in the
twelfth century, is strong room, doubly pro-
tected against fire and burglary. in which arti-
cles worth over $500 each are deposited. A sud-
den crisis in an otherwise successful business
may send merchant here. where he can borrow
money more cheaply than from his own banker,
and with the secrecy necessary to preserve his
credit For, on the case containing his deposit,
he appears only number. and only the di-
rector with whom he has privately negotiated
the advance, and the locked register of the es-
tablishment could possibly identify him with
the number, which alone is inscribed the
label above the figures showing the amount ad
vanced Here is a casket which $4,000 was
lent the interest on which amounts to So 100
per annum; and there is another representing
even more-S1OO,0OO was lent to its owner. No
clew to the nature Of the contents Of these cas-
kets is given in the labels One can only Won
der and pass
The annals of the Mont de Piete record some
gauerous deeds In 1870 The defence conI.sittee
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of the city, in order to assuage in some degree
the miseries endured by the poor in course OF the
siege, decreed that all articles OF clothing In
pledge valued at less than So. should be re-
stored forthwith to their owners. and the trans
action cost the city $195,OOO.
When NJ. Santos-Dumont won the Deutsch
prize Of $4,000 offered to the aeronaut VINO
should sail his vessel round the Eiffel Tower ana
back he presented half the total amount or MS
prize to the Mont de Piete. with the OBJECT OF
releasing articles of clothing and implements OF
trade deposited in the first week Of November
Seven thousand three hundred and eghty-two
pledges were thus released. representing the
value of $4,000.
One word as to the system of business adopted
bv the central establishment of the Mont de
PietA its three branches of the Rues de Rennes.
Servan and Capron. its twenty-one auxiliary
denots I'm different quarters of the city and the
forty-four throughout France and Algeria Ar
,tcIes are appraised by experts. For goiu ana
silver objects the loan is two-thrds OF their
value by weight; for other articles two-thirds
of their value by estimate. Pledges which have
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Europe. for each of the millions Of objects
stored is a human document. telling in different
language the same sad story Of shortage, folly
destitution. For the Mont de Piete
scarcely refuses any article offered by its clients
its depots contain huge assortment of every
kind Of wares, from costly jewelry and works
of art down to the meanest clothing. tools or
furnishings. These latter goods carefully
disinfected before they are relegated TO their
places in the different galleries. and powerful
odor OF eau de laval peryades their neighbor-
hood.
Such things these speak the most plainly of
want and misery: Sheets-163,000 were taken in
pledge in the course of last year!-pillows.
blankets, shoes and umbrellas. One umbrella. not
a handsome valuable one. brought here
long ago and the pledge renewed forty-seven
times! For forty-seven years its faithful owner
called and paid UP the small fee that preserved
his possession. until at last kind hearted di-
rector walking through the gallery. was struck
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Piete In the last week the average number OF
watches pawned at the establishment each day
was $685. and the plain gold wedding rings
handed over the counter average one thousand
each week. The writer made Visit TO the
Mont de Piete a few weeks ago. The soldier
on sentry duty beneath the French nag holsteo
over the great door of the courtyard sees an
endless procession Of borrowers In these long
summer days If you go 10 the Mont de
Piete as a customer (and in doing that you Will
find yourself in quite good company It's busl-
ness methods cannot fail to impress you ia
yorabIy You can pledge your little silver watcn
I'm about two minutes and If the house advances
Won 81 on the article by the payment OF eight
cents it will be safely housed for you for the
term of twelve months with one months grace
thrown in at the end Of that time, when you
CON 70 vou wish still reserve your property and
continue to enjoy the use Of the 81 by making
a second payment Of eight cents
If armed with the right visiting card you
go TO the Mont de Piete visitor you Will
and those vast storehouses more curious and
moro pathetic than any museum in or out OK
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tion The abolition Of the lectureship on med
ical Jurisprudence. in which DR.. Lappom gave
useful instruction to the young priests. was the
first important step IN the direction OF econ
omy. and this has been followed by other re-
FORMS OF which the sole justification seems 10
be the motive of economy. So long as that ex'
emplary consultant lived the office and title of
"Archiatro. Pontiffcio'' retained. but with
his death there was initiated what may in
every sense be called a enlargement de deco
rations" Not only so. but the elaborate ar
rangements for the sanitary regulation of the
Vatican and its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES devised
and completed by Lapponi with the approval
of Leo XIII-have been so modified or reduced
in detail as TO be hardly recognizable. The
admirable. up-to-date heating apparatus. from
which the late Pope derived so much benefit
and personal comfort. has disappeared under
the regime OF his successor-a brazier filled
with glowing ashes, and placed in an ante
leading to his private apartments.
sufficing for the wants of Plus X. Under
Leos pontifcate the pilgrims often arriving in
caravans from all parts OF the world. with an
odor of sanctty little short of 'caproc" in its
flavor, were lodged in locales within the pre-
cincts of the Vatican in conditions which, thanks
to Lapponi. minimized the risk ef infective con-
tarnination.
These and similar provisions. if they are re-
tanned at all, are no longer subject to the con-
troll of an "Archiatro." who. embodied In
Lappon had under his surveillance not only all
the hygienic arrangements of the apostolic
buildings, but also the personnel employed In
giving them effect The Office and title of Arch
iatro.' as / have indicated. is gone and with it
the superb uniform which gave a distinction of
its own to the receptions and state occasions at
which It's wearer assisted. There is only a
private physician" in attendance on his holi-
niess-the accomplished DIR. Petacci-and a con-
sultng physician, called in on special occasions
the we'll known DIR. Marchiafava. professor of
pathological anatomy in the Roman University.
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THE WALLS OF JERICHO.
Important Discoveries Being Made .! =
Austrian Professor.

Professor Selin's excavations on the si' .,.sy
ancient city of Jericho are yielding ure1peasrs
rich treasures In his last letters 10 'ns ,vx
Academy OF Science the professor writes sA. s.tA
a hundred digging at five dileren, n,,sr,,cuI
One Of the most interesting finds IS ln1 - - CO.,
city WALL built of burnt lime bricks ~ a,rut~
ten feet in thickness, rising from STONE s'o, -
ton On the western side Of the city the ~a ai,t
nearly forty feet in width AT anoths, = ho1se
private house was found built over aao'i'0
of still earlier epoch. - capA
Other discoveries include lamps. plates. apa
needles weights. mortars and mills OF p'Vs,rotx
stone some Of very rough and primitive - i.sr 10
and others very finely executed IN the ii,rarst
remains OF row. of houses have been uneos -
The ancient Hebrew lettering proves 'iA'
Hebrew characters were in use. xasuD
Professor SeIlin hopes to renew the eNs -
work next winter In the mean time Hr ~,rh
the work already done mas opened UP ,t,n -
material for the student of the prs-lSA
Cauaapito peytod.-PaU Mall Gazette
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THE MONT DE PETE.
Paris Money Lending Institution
Being Brought Up to Date.

Paris, July 30
The Mont de Piete the national money lend
ing institution. is being overhauled and brought
Up to date. A heavy burden will thus be re-
moved from the shoulders of the million needy
persons who annually lend their jewels or other
valuables to the state in return for more or less
adequate pecuniary advances. The Mont de
Piete has little in common with the pawnshops
familiar in other parts Of the Continent. where
three gold balls. the arms Of the Medici family,
swinging above the window, indicate that cash
loans can be had within for consideration,
just as they could four hundred years ago from
the great Florentine banker and physician. The
Mont de Piete in France is state establish
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The sanitary service" (as the medical and
hygfenic functions collectively called) IS
now carried out on more economical lines
There are. subordinate to Drs. Petacci ana
MarchIafava. two physicians who exercise con-
troll over the petit personnel OF that service-to
w.t. Drs Masciareli and Battistini names long
associated with the Vatican. These function
aries have as little position at court as their
two superiors. and have no power to dispose OF
the "assistenza sanitaria straordinaria" once
vested In Dr. LappOni. They have under them
two medical men who visit the Apostolic Pal
ace and it's annexes by day and two who visit
these by night. They regulate the turns by
which the four men referred to relieve each
other-the day attendants taking duty fort
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11

These eminent functionaries have no speciaI po-
sition at the Court of the Vatican, while the
"Diretto-orato del servizo sanitari, which
under their predecessors that position used TO
carrv Is vested in other and less distinguished
officials The directorate In question, coupled
with the duties of "Archiatro, entitled Lap
poni to be present at state ceremonies and grand
receptions having within call the assistance
which on those occasions has often enough been
required. Now ell that is thing of the past
mot TO the advantage of the faithful In fact,
when at a recent reception devout lady fell
gravely ill., and could Re attended to only by
foreign physician who happened to be OF the al-
dience 1t was felt that under Lapponfs regime.
with his presence and his immediate command
Of the required personnel. the patient might
have had q better chance OF recovering