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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
TIE coBBLER's FUEL sEcRErHAs
BECOME PUBLIC.
The Compound Burns Ashes and Re
duces the Price Of Coal.

For some time cobbler by the
name of John Gilmore, of Altoona,
Pa, has been claiming that he had
discovered a secret which would re-
duce the cost Of fuel fully one.half,
and the following dispatch to the
New York World indicates that his
secret has become public: The re-
markable secret for burning ashes
with coal, discovered by John Ell
more, an Altoona cobbler, and which
has excited attention almost the
world over, is out. Almost every
household in Altoona, Penn, is now
using it with great saving in coal
bills. Several well-known chemists
Immediately after it was announced
that Gilmore had solved the problem
of obtaining heat from ashes, set to
work to try to discover the formula.
They were successful, and here it
is:
Common SALT zone pound.
Oxalic acid, two ounces.
Water, one gallon.
Mix and moisten mixture con.
tanning one part coal and three parts
ashes and better fuel than nnre
coal is obtained.
The ashes of anthracite coal burn
as readily as do these of bituminous.
This mixture will, upon being placed
upon burning fire. fuse into a coke
like mass and deposit but little re-
sidue. The chemical action of this
compound is thus explained:
When an aqueous solution of an
alkaline salt. is mixed with coal ash,
the result is that mild lye is form.
ed, which, when mixed with any
combustible material, such as coai.
and upon the application of heat
gives off oxygen gas thus enabling
rapid combustion.
The addition of oxalic acid caused
q chemical change of greater value
than the first. for the reason that + |
results in the formation Of a carbide. |
which in turn gives off acetylenel
gas, this adding to the intensity Of
the heat and facilitating completel
combustion.
It is possible upon moisteninr a |
small quantity of ashes without The |
addition Of coal, to really detect the |
odor OF acetylene gas. and If the
treated ashes are placed upon q
lighted 6re they will fuse and burn |
TO . fine powder.
: The compound is now beingsusedt
in many large industrial and mer-
chantile4places here, and it is claim.
ed for it that it has reduced the fuel
item more than half. It has elm
mated almost entirely the question
Of disposition of ashes, which has
been considerable where great ouanti-
ties of coal are consumed.
Gilmore, who discovered the &C.
cret and focused attention upon the
possibilities that lurked in ashes,
claims that his patent will protect
him in his secret. He says he has
received an offer from the British
Government, provided he can dem.
onstrate the practicability of his
compound.
While:it is everywhere conceded
that Gilmore has conferred a great
boon. upon humanity, it is feared
that he will not derive any tangible
benefits from his discovery in view
of the fact that hundreds of others
have secured the same results, fol-
lowing. his lead.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
HELEN GOULD's CHARITIES
Requests Aggregate $4,000. 900 a Week
Set of False Teeth Asked For.
Philadelphia IedEerO

It would need $780, l0, 900 annually to sat
isfy the people who sent petitions to
Miss Helen Gould. The request for gifts
and loans she receives aggregate nearly
80 900, COO week and they range all the
way from asking for SIS for n set OF false
teeth 10 81, 10000 to start a colony in
Cuba.
Miss Gould recently gave an itcmized
list OF weeks request. She received
2Sl requests for money outright. or these
l49 left the amount to her good will and
discretion; more than ninety wanted cash
loans, and sixteen did not specify any
specific amount, but just wanted to Dor
row.
Eleven persons wanted pianos. and
twelve wanted Miss Gould to buy their
Inventions One person wrote long letter
Offering to give her the last chance to
buy a ring for $500 which was worth
four times that much II cent a girl
wanted to sell her a brooch for $500 and
still another said she had lovely Serves
vase which Miss Gould. ''bein' II was her.
might have for $500, son wanted to
erect a monument to his father and sug-
gested that Miss Gould contribute s5ol
| toward that worthy end
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
CONDUCTOR GOT LEFT.
Passengers on II. G. l.. !Ind Annoying
All Nights Experience.

or all the ludicrous happenings which
have occurred on the famous Burlington
Lamoille road the passengers thought
the climax was reached Monday night
The train which left this city nj 49o p. m
was delayed AT Essex junction about an
hour and a half and two hreakdowns
occurred on the first part OF the return
trip from Cambridge Junction. Conduc-
tor Kent got left by his train at small
station and the fact was not discovered
by the train crew urtl about two miles
had been covered. The engineer was then
unable to reverse his engine and the bag
gageman was obliged to return on foot
to the station and inform the conductor
that mis- train was waiting for him down
the line. BY the time the conductor had
secured team and reached the train the
engine refused to work a all and the pas
scpgers were compelled to while away
the time from 80 to about 2:S0 a. m. be-
fore another engine came to their relief
The train finally pulled into burlington At
4;i5 a M. the passengers thoroughly sick
and disguised with the treatment.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
WHY COOPERATIVE HOUSEKEEP-
ING FAILS.

In the July number of Harper's Bazaar,
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman asks,
Why does cooperative housekeeping
fail?" and then brilliantly answers her
own question, She says. among other
things:
Here Is the position.
THE human race is gradually evolving
system of Homogeneous marriage: our
own recent stock. literally called the
Anglo Saxon has maintained it for
some time.
Homogeneous marriage and the family
life going with It have been proved to be
the best means of rearing children yet
practiced, and also the most conducive
to personal happiness in tho parties con-
cerned This form Of family requires for
it's maintenance home, place to live
in by itself. All this we commonly be-
lieve-and we are right.
But what we do not understandable
great body of us-is that the work done
In and for the home is no real part OF
that home, and may be quite as well
done, even far better done. by other per-
sons. In other places. And what the
cooperator does not understand Is that
while the work may very properly be or
ganized, the families may not.
This Is the whole secret OF the failure
OF cooperative housekeeping. 1t does not
go far enough. II still assumes that this
work must be done by the family. and
as It Is proven difficult and expensive for
a family TO do It alone, therefore 1t Will
he easter and cheaper for families to dc
II together
Here is where the principle is wrong
and therefore sure to fail In practice
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
321 VISITS MADE.
Summary of Work of Charity Organ.
izntlon for six Months.

The report Of Mrs. Carrie \. HaEar,
the secretary OF the charity ORGANIZATION,
from January to July !. 1870 contains
the following items: Applications. 1885,
number Of persons wishing investigation
made, AZ; employment given to SIS persons;
aided by professional services, %; vislts
made by secretary, 321: admitted 70
Chldren's Home. u; admitted 10 Feeble
Minded school, Waverly, Mass. /: adj
mitted 70 ST. M'chael's school. Winooski,
l. admitted to Mary Fletcher hospital. 8,
admitted 20 better homes. q: false ad-
dresses, one; deaths one; clothing and
household article given away, PSI.
The society wishes 70 thank the
churches. physicians, Kings Daughters
circle, and the many friends who have 50
kindly given their assistance in carrying
on the work.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
THE PATIENT COTTONWOOD.

One OF the largest cotton woods in tho
West was cut down not long ago in Ray
County, Missouri. II mea sured sixty five
feet from the ground 70 the first knot and
made more than five thousand feet Of
lumber. One Of the largos, and finest
specimens is in the capitol ground at
Topeka. 1t was a Seeding which started
in 1869, when the first wing If the state
house was being erected. It was spared
from the scythe and in TWEEN y-fve years
attained a growth which gave it's top a
spread OF over one hundred feet. This
tree was a great favorte with the late
senators from Kansas, John J. ingalls,
and Preston b. Plumb and 4 Is as dear
TO the hearts OF the "Javhawkers" as is
the Washington elm to the people Of Cam
bridge, for the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment of volunteers not only assembled
under this tree, but. after making re-
cord in tho Philippines, the regiment and
its intrepid commander babe farewell I'M
der its branches.
The cottonwood endures great extremes
OF Temperatures and when the roots can
reach a good supply Of moisture, II sue
ccssfully withstands severe drouths. 1t
Is a fast-growing tree and demands
plenty of light. on irrigated lands. cotton
woods have been known to attain diam
eter of fourteen inches In eight years.
The cottonwood Is extremely easy to cul-
tivate from seed, cuttings, layers or
CRAFTS, The comuonest way of securing
them is from the natural nurseries which
spring up along the sandbars of the west
ern rivers. These nurseries are killed
each year by inundation from the high
waterhs but they are also renewed an
nually by the seed floating on the water.
thousand with roots intact can be pulled
out OF the sandhars, in the fall In an
hour These seedlings are often planted
closely together in burrows and in this
manner several thousand can be planted
in a day by two men using n team AMI
pillow. Eastman in The World To-
Day, for July.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
BUSINESS CHANGE.
Powell & Marks Succeed 10 the Insur-
nncc ard COLLECTION Business of
Powell & Powell.

George W. Marks. after nearly twelve
years service with Powell & Powell, has
been admitted to partnership In the in
suiance and collection business. Mr..
Marks has had much to do with this
work for several years and has proved
himself capable and energetic He has a
host OF friends who will all agree that he
richly deserved this recognition Of his
worth.
The insurance and collection business
Of the Powell office has grown TO large
figures and their excellent system Cor
handling these two lines has tended 10
develop and increase the volume year
after year. The law business of Powell
Powell is not affected by this change.
The insurance business will be carried on
under the name of Powell G. Marks and
rhe collection business under the present
title, the Vermont Commercial and Col
lection Agency.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
MUTUAL BENEFITS DIG SHOWING

The good life insurance company and
the good agent find that life Insurance is
st!ll a growing business. Here is the Mu-
tual Benefit reporting new paid business
written in the first five months of the
current year TO the amount of 50, 9iS AZ,
an increase over last year of 81, 10. S24
This does not include paid-ups. extern
sions and dividend additions, but merely
new paid for policies issued on original
appliCat tons. The same rate OF increasa
for the entire year will mako the gain
for 1907 over 1906 over 81, Ooo. 900 A COM
pany that Is writing more than $1,000
COZ OF new business a week without en-
ploying any forcing methods must be a
popular company, The Mutual Benefit *
now reaptng the legitimate reward OF its
long years OF straightforward and honor
able dealing,-The Insurance Observer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
POLICEMAN IN TROUBLE.
Fined for Having Liquor for Illegal
Distribution md for NaIfeasupcc

Police Officer Charles IT, Wardwell OF
Winooski at whose house in Winooski Il
large amount of intoxicating ligro' was
seized recently by the sheriff's depart
ment, was arraigned before Justice J. II.
Macomher Tuesday afternoon. He
pleaded guilty TO having the liquor for
illegal distribution and was fined 800 and
costs amounting to sl7.l+. States Attor-
ney A. l.. sherman prosecuted.
Offlcer Wardwell was then taken into
city court, where he was fined $50 and
costs OF S55 for nalfcq sanrc in Office
by aiding and abetting liquor selling.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
SAW BALL OF FIRE.
Electrical Disturbance That startle
BurIipgton,sps Tuesdsx Noon.

forerurner TO one OF the series OF
heavy and frequent thunderstorms that
| have characterized the early summer in
this vicinity startled Burlingtonians
Tuesday just before noon. without any
preliminary disturbance OF the atmos-
phere. there was sharp report. the like
OF which Ia seldom heard II was much
louder In the business section of the city
than elsewhere. and particularly in the
vicinity OF Church and College streets
People rushed to the street or to windows
70 learn what had happened and when a
horse was seen fat In the street in front
OF the Standard Coal e. Ice company's Of
ice II was the general impression that the
animal had been struck by lightning and
killed. This theory was not long enter
tained, however, as the horse was soon
struggling to regain his feet, which he
soon did with the assistance Of many men
who disconnected tho harness from the
wagon. and was found to be all right.
Ex-Governor Woodbury. and Pishop
MIchaud were standing on the corner Of
Church and College streets in conversa-
ton when the report startled them. In
| talking with n Free Press man later IN
| the day Governor Woodbury. said his
first thought was that an explosion had
occurred somewhere IN tho immediate
vicinity and he turned, expecting to see
| bricks flying through the air Bishop
M!chaud was facing the east and saw a
ball of fire rushing through the air, appa-
| rently just east Of the National Biscuit
company's building. Aware Adsit who
was standing In front of his place of bust
ness at tho corner of College and Me-
| ChaniC street also sa ~ the hall Of fire , q
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
HALF A MILLION INCREASE
The RurIingtou Savings Bank Makes
Greatest showing of Any Half
Yeur in Its History.

The Burlington Savings bank has had
n very prosperous half-year's bushes,
having gained over half a million dollars
In assets since January I.
Few people realize the amount OF bust
ness done by this institution. 1t has now
% 357 d.positors whose deposits amount
to $40, 7s5, 1877. The interest credited
to depositors Is ut the rate of 40 and
amounts to about s4oO, 900 per year The
bank also pays each year over s75, 900 on
to the State, the largest tax paid by any
corpora ton in Vermont.
These figures speak we'll for the man
agement OF the bank and the position
which II holds in the confidence Of the
people. They also indicate a widespread
prosperity throughout the State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
JUNE WEATHER.
Month Showed Deficiency in Tempern.
ture and Excess in Precipitation.

Observer w. II. Alexander of the
local station OF the United States
weather bureau reports mean tenn
perature for June OF ca degrees. with a
maximum of % on the 18th and a min
imum OF 81 on the nth. The mean
temperature OF the month for tho last
"a years Is 672 degrees. Tho precip-
itation amounted to All inches. rain
falling on l3 days The average June
precipitation for the last "a years Is
3,53 Inches. The prevailing wind was
from The south, the average hourly We
locity SIS miles, and the maximum We
locity 38 miles per hour from the east
on the 9Th. The month was made up
OF eight clear, 1913 partly cloudy and
nine cloudy days, A light frost was
noted on the 18th, fog on the 18th and
21st and thunderstorms on the 18th,
18th, 18th. Goth. 23rd. cath. 25th and
26th.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
INTERESTED IN LIVE sTOCI<P

Horses. Cattle, sheep, swine and Poul-
try OF the pure bred kinds? Then You
should try and keep posted on what the
successful fellows are doing along these
lines. There's only one way TO keep
posted on these matters-that by read
ing the old reliable. The New England
Farmer. Recognized everywhere as
The Best Farm Paper" send 10 cents
for 10 weeks trial subscription. Adj
dress
The New England Farmer, Brattle-
bOro. VI.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
BURLINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY.

ono day last June 7 was ayreeabIv
surprised at receiving three sever,,
gifts Of IS each from three good friends
Of this society, And little ,,tor
came a check for $50 from one who
never forgets the objects for which ,ho
society stands
II MI rulers work, continued for
seven years now. has justified itselr
IL would seem that the benefits a.
cruing from 1t should be so recoenizod
by our community that the society
should have no need TO resort to fairs
and concerts and suppers to raise the
necessary money.
The recent advance in price OF most
Of the necessaries of life call for some
addition to the agents small salary.
1t would be a pity If he should be COM
PEELED to give up his present work for
something more remunerative. Nav I
not ask that. without personal solicit
tation, during this month of July, our
friends send in their contributions TO-
ward the society's work, either TO the
treasurer, Sayles Nichols, at l6s COL
lege street or to the president?
All gifts shall be promptly acknow-
lodged.
]. E. GOODRICH President
In the course of June Mr.. Fuller Wis
tied South Burlington. Mallett's Bay.
Jericho. North Underhill, Westford.
Essex (French village). ana Milton.
Small animals put out of the way, 81;
8 horses humanely destroyed . taken
from work, and the owners of several
lame beasts cautioned. At Milton sta
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
Bids for Printinu

Bids are invited for printing $40 900
probate blanks for the State Of YER
mont Specifications furnished on APP
plication. The commissioner reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Bids to be submitted on or before noon,
July -. 1907
FRANK y LANGLEY Barre. VI.
Printing Commissioner.
156, d&wlt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
]. E. GOODRICH, President.

country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed TO no
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t incurabe.- Sci.
disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catsrrh Cure, manufactured
by +; j.. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, is the only
internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoons
full. 1t acts directly on tho blood and mucous
surfaces OF tho system. They offer one hundred
circulars and Testimonials. Address,
F.J. CHENEY u CO., Toledo, o
Ar6oid BY Druggists. $50.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-04
DIOCESE OF VERMONT.

Bishop Hairs appointments for July
are as follows:
LIST, Rutland Diocesan Board of Mis-.
sions.
eth, Sunday, St Paulr. Burlington
ordination OF a priest.
18th, Middletown Springs.
18th, Wells
l4th, Sunday, Arlington.
2lst, sunday, Middlebury.
25th, Woodstock.
26th, Springfield.
2Sth. Sunday, Windsor.
Next to being a bachelor a w!iowe,
Is the luckiest
When a girl could really die for man
he Is In a novel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-08
Looking for Husband.

Atlanta, February 7.-(Special.)-
Mrs. Matilda Van de Voorde of Bel
gium who has just arrived in this
country, today applied to the office of
the Atlanta Associated Charities to aid
her in finding her husband. Three in
terpreters had to be sent for before the
woman could finally be understood, and
then it was made to appear that she
and her husband had come to this
country from Belgium and the husband
got job in livery stable in Orange
burg, S. G. He then came to Atlanta
and sent for his wife. She delayed a
day or two in coming and then started.
But in the meantime the husband had
started back to Orangeburg after his
wife, and they evidently passed each
other on the road. He came back to
Atlanta and she went back to Orange
burg Then she came back to Atlanta,
and now she doesn't know where her
husband is, and the probability is that
he doesn't know where she is. She is
very anxious to find out, but this is all
she can tell about it. So far the hus-
band hasn't been found.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-08
.GOTCH Is THE WINNER BUT
BURNS Is STILL THE FAVORITE
LOCAL BILLS PASS
TIE LOWER HOUSE
MEASURES OF LIMITED IMPORT
ANcE ARE PASSED BY THE
HOUSE AT THE AFTERNOON
SESSION YESTERDAY.

Montgomery. February H--(special)-
These local bills were passed by the
house at the afternoon session:
To amend the caption or title, and sec
ton of an act entitled an act to au-
thorlze the court of county revenues
of Dallas county to buy mules, horses,
road machines and tools for the purpose
of working the public roads of Dallas
county; to work the eonviets of Dallas
county on the public roads of said coun-
ny, to employ laborers and superintend-
ents to work, and supervise the work.
ing of the public roads of said county,
to collect from persons subject to road
duty, in lieu of work on said public roads,
a sum of money not exceeding IS per
annum and to provide for collecting the
same; to buy for use on said public roads
gravel, sand, ebert and Stag; to employ
an engineer to grade said public roads
to fix the age of road duty from u years
to 30 years; and to use such sums of
money from the general fund of said
county, for the purpose OF working and
improving said roads, as said court of
county revenues may deem necessary. APP
proved September Is, 1868.
TO require the tax assessor and tax
collector of Franklin county, Alabama, to
visit the voting places in each election
precinct in Franklin county, Alabama,
once each year, for the purpose of as
sessing and collecting taxes. That said
tax assessor and collector shall each keep
his office open at the court house of
said county the entire month of Deem
Der of each year.
To provide for the holding of regular
terms of the county court of st. Clair
county at Ashville the county seat and
at Pell City in said county, and to de-
fine the jurisdiction of said court holden
at each of said places, and to regulate
the said court and proceedings in and
relating to the same.
To ratify and confirm the acts and
contracts of a court of county commits
sioners of Lee county, or other author
lied agents OF said county and to ratify
and confirm the warrants given on said
contracts for money so borrowed
To amend section of an act to estab-
lish a state normal school for the educa-
tion OF white female teachers and stu
dents at Livingston in Sumter county.