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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
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A GENTLE REBCKE.

Bishop Sanford Olmsted Of Denver, ms
his poems show. has a literary touch at
onc~ delicate and Arm.
This touch was admirably manifested
In reproof that Bishop Olmstead admin
istered recently to an affected young
clergyman In the East
The clergyman in his correspondence
with the bishop dated his letters IS.
Faiths Day." "Lammas Day" THE As
sumption" or IS. Veronica's Day" In
stead Of writing simply June o. or
oct g." But he abruptly ceased this
affected practise on receiving a letter
from Bishop Olmsted dated Washing
Observation-Disclosures Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

Watch on the Jordan" Il never would
have left that country otherwise, h, de-
clared. because 7 loved It so we'll"
The ELEPHANTS, who were SO interested
In tho Holy Land. made a protege Of the
poet. were exceedingly kind and treated
him in fine style, but he soon left them
he said. because they wanted him TO be
different from what he was, and Of course
that was not possible. ~ am Naphtail
Herr 1mher." he sald, with his most
grandiloqucnt pose.
Yes" said the poet, when his facial
resemblance to Mr. Zangwill was NOTICE
ed, I'VE do look very much alike. and
when We would walk together through
the London Ghetto people would take
us for brothers, but zangwill did not like
that" In reality there IL a striking like
moss between the two men, only the ia
cial features OF the novelist are heavier.
stronger and more impressive. Again the
poet speaks: "ZanEuill tells O lot Of lies.
but people don't know the difference and
they think it's art
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
DAKOTA STORY.

was talking with Dakotan the
other day. Speaking of farms out in
Dakota. Yes. sir, I've seen man on
ono of our big farms start out in the
spring and plough n straight furrov
TIL fall. Then he turned arouna and
harvested back"
"Wonderful!" said !.
ION our Dakota farms" he went on
'it's the usual thing to send young
married couples out to milk the cows
Their children bring back the milk.
Wonderful" I repeated.
"Once," he said. Il saw Dakota
farmers family prostrated with grief
The women were weeping, the dogs
were barking. the children were
squalling. and the tears ran down the
farmers cheeks as he hitched up his
twenty-mule team and drove on"
where was he going?" said /.
HE was going half way across the
farm to feed the pigs"
did he ever get back?" I asked.
ut Isn't time for him yet" was the
reply.-The Housekeeper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
WHO WROTE THE LETTER.
(From Golfers Weeklv)

The public Mr.. Taft. and possibly
Congress must ultimately decide be-
tween them whether a man grossly un-
sympathetic with any interference with
private exploitation shall remain secre-
tary Of the Interior; n man intrcately re-
lated to interests which are too pre-
datory to he agreeable. Did the Presi-
dent have time 10 acquire any first
hand information on his Western trip.
Did he happen to find ont whether the
performances Of NJ. Pallinger regarding
railroad right of way M the Des
Chutes River were tricky or sincere?
Mr.. BallnCer has been recently sent
hv the President to look into the Hetch-
11echy situation. A trife tnry, one might
think. Ballineer held Up the matter for
three months on mere technicalities
about permits to put up workmens
Fhacks: red tape which blocked progress
until too late TO proceed this season with
work toward municipal water supply
Sor San rancisco-naturallv displeasing
IN Nh" Spring Valley Water Company. at
present enjoying n monopoly, and allied
~ tho Southern Pacific ring.
When Mr.. Taft is home and settled
perhaps he will he inclined to supple
ment his euloeistic letter to the secre-
farY OF the interior. The interesting dues
t"n might be asked. whether this pro-
nHc''oh was or was not prepared in Mr.
hallngers own department. and merely
signed by Mr. Taft. If Mr. Taft had
really written that letter himself after
personal examination, we hardly think
he would have made any statement go
readily disproved as that the rcclo ma
ZION service approved Of Rollinger's
course in attempting to undo Garf,eld's
work. The following statement OF Gov
ernor Pardec Is true:
y have seen documentary evidence
that the reclamation service argued with
Secretary Ballnger against the restoro =
tlon order of which the President
speaks"
Who. then misled the President on
this significant question OF fact or
wrote the letter signed by him?
Who also misled him on the relative
amount OF the land withdrawn nv Cav
field and that withdrawn by Ballinger
nfter he was compelled to do exactly
what he said was Illegal when Garfield
MID II? The smallness OF the trick nv
which these amounts were led to seem
20 different Is so fragrant as to he al
most incredible, Garfield withdrew all
NJ certain areas. Excepting any tracts
the title to which has passed out OF
the United States" which, Of course, he
sould not withdraw, and never attempt
n to withdraw. Ballinger was compelled
10 withdraw almost precisely the same
tracts, only he described them In dlf-
'erent manner, and he. or whoever
wrote the Taft letter. tried to make the
public believe he had withdrawn a vast
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
TRADE EXPANDS
IN MANY LINES
5uoyancy and Breadth of De.
mand with Manufacturers
Order Books Full.

New York. oct. c.-Bradstree,' state
Of trade tomorrow will say:
Trade as a whole is good or better. the
former word IN fact. hardly suffcng to
characterize the buoyancy and breadth
~ demand shown in many lines Industry
In turn responds with advces of full
manufacturers order books. full or over
time run. and general reports of an in
sufficiency of skilled labor to meet re-
suirements Altogether the situation is,
III things considered, very satisfactory
one
Jobbirg trade keeps pace with. and in
some cases exceeds, final distribution as
regards encouraging reports, dry goods,
clothing. millinery. shoes and kindred
tnes all reporting good demand despite the
generally very high range Of value of all
commodities. Early reports as to holiday
trade are also very good.
In general industry the story Is one Of
Full order books Iron and steel are
being produced in large volume. though
come adv!ces of ease in pig iron are
noted. The movement Of crops to mar
ket Is heavy being most marked nj the
South. where high prices tempt growers
tn part with a product the yield Of which
Is reported short beyond question. Money
is a trife easier at some large centers
Ike New York but is frmer at most
Interior points with banks quite closely
loaned no.
business failures for the week ending
with October q were PIT against PA last
week. 241 in the like week Of 1875 o23 In
1907. 163 In 1906 and 100 In 1906
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BETTER.
New York. Oct. os.-Dun's weekly re-
view Of trade tomorrow will say:
Further progress is making in trade ex-
pension and financial conditions are more
settled while politics. in spite Of the near
ness Of election day. do not materially ar
feet the business situation. Nearly every
development Of the week ,s favorable.
Even the weather conditions have contri-
huted to larger distribution Of mer-
chandise.
Tho reports from the leading trade CIR
lies are so uniformly favorable as to
leave no question of doubt as to the
Widespread character of the revival Bank
bearings In New York Increased 427 per
cent. over 1908 and c1.9 per cent. over 1906,
and outside of New York 23.5 and 11.6 per
cent. respectively and the record for The
fourth week Of October is likely to show
unprecedented totals in most parts Of
the country. II is probably within due
bounds to say that at no previous period
Of It's history has the wealth Of the Uni
ted States made better showing Of
growth than It is making at the present
line
Commercial failures this week as re-
ported are I'll against c3S last week. 242
The preceding week and 257 the corre-
spending week last year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
ATTRACTIONS OF MODERN FARM
ING,

(From the North Adams Herald)
Almost simultaneously with the decla-
ration of Booth Harrington. the cele-
brated playwright that he intends to aban-
don writing and take up farming comes
the announcement that the attendance Mt
the New York state agricultural school
has increased 30 per cent.
Both of these facts. while not in any
way connected themselves show the grow
ing tendency Of people to again return
10 the land which Is the source Of all real
wealth.
The day of the farmer has returned.
The cities are overcrowded and in them
each vcar the struggle for existence be-
comes harder. The youth Of the country
is no longer so much attracted by the
city's charms and apparent opportunities
He has read and heard others tell Of
the low wages to be earned. the high cost
Of living and competition 20 combat In
stead Of eagerly rushing to the city ms
in DAYS Of yore to become a clerk or book
keeper tho farmers son IS now disposed
10 settle on the old place and apply to
the land the scientific methods Of agri-
culture II .ho farmers son possesses
business ability he can give ample express
sion to t. at home for the modern meth
DDS Of farming are the methods employed
in the commercial world
In the past score Of wears the methods
Of agriculture have been revolutionizcd
and old time hardshlps and poverty ~
thtc farm are 20 be found only where
Observation-Disclosures and shiftlcssness exist.
The now former Is making profits from
his products and by-products. lie M
sapp l.tr- n ~ Ia
From the well to his cattle The gas
saws the wood. shells his corn ard ernds
his feed.
Machinery is steadily increasing tho
nrofits Of tho homo dairy. Tho separator
and the power churn now do tho work
which formerly required many hands,
and these machires have become indie
pensable in the modern creamery.
The chief objection to farm l'fe used to
he its loneliness an objection which has
long since been removed. Tho railroads,
the trolley lines, telephones ana free
rural deliveries now unite tho farm 70 tho
town. Cheap but interesting and inetrl,cr-
i've periodicals break the monotony Of
what were formerly long and drearv
winer evenings So people are realizing
moro and more that life OF tho husba nd
man though full Of toll is really a happy
and independent one. Mon are return
ing to the soil and in vast areas which
were formerly only wldernesses. cities
and towns ore in the building.
Plans for rriratinr dry territories and
for draining marshes. schemes that would
once have excited laughter, arc now being
put into execution. Engineers are drain
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
TEACHER TRAINING TALKS
Sessions Of state Sunday School Con-
vention Largely Ate nded.

Woodstock Oct. 2s-Three largely
attended meetings Of the State Sun
day School convention were held to-
day and this evening. At the after
noon session there was a discussion
on teacher training and an address by
Hugh Cork of Chicago on What a
Teacher Should Re and Do" The
fame speaker addressed the meeting
this evening. The election of officers
will be held tomorrow afternoon and
the convention closes with the even
ing session
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
HOW TO ACT IN A CRISIS.

When you run face TO face with your
tailor upon the street and he turns a
cold. beady eye upon you and says
Excuse me. Mr.. Bump. what have
you to say about my little bill?"
Answer don't think I have met
your little Bill. Mr.. Snipperton. In
deed. I didn't know you had any chill
dren at all"
While he is recovering from this
Jump into taxi and proceed to break
the speed laws.-Earper's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
AN UNCONSCIOUS IMPRESSION

Somewhere in Wisconsin an inebriated
person Is said to have made downy
couch Of a wet cement pavement.
When he awoke and attempted to rise
he found he had set, and It may be
supposed that considerable prylng and
chiselng and yanking were required TO
release him from the cement embrace.
No doubt the victim Is willing to testi-
fy that while hard bed is an admir-
able thing in the abstract It should be
carefully avoided In the concrete
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
OPERATIC CRITICISM.

This story is told of Ricardo Mar
tin, the operate singer.
1t appears that his tailor was very
ANXIOUS to hear him sing, so the other
day Mart.- sent him a couple Of tickets
for Carmen"
A few days later. when he saw the
tailor, he naturally asked him:
How did you like It ?" To which the
tailor replied:
1T was simply awful. Your trousers
didn't Mt YOU at all!"-Musical America.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
WANTING IN GRIT.

Reginald dear. you puckered up
your lips just then as If you were go-
ing to kiss me- said the beautiful
creature dangerously, as she lay
stretched on the beach surveying the
frolics OF Neptune.
Il intended to-" replied Reginald
hesitatingly. but seem to have got
some sand in my mouth
For Heavens sake, swallow IT,"
exclaimed the young lady. You need
II badly in your system!"-Young's
Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
HELPING PAPA.

"Ah," signs the enarmored swain az
the taxicab rolls smoothly and swiftly
on It's way. III we might ride on thus
forever together. Would It not seem
heavenly to you?"
1T might be very nice. "caimly rc-
sponded the beautiful creature "Pa.
pa owns a half interest in this taxi.
cab company."-Chicaxo Evening Post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

only to the millionaire with a very large
country place. It liz likely that having
served thcir two weeks Of decorative use
fulness they will 20 the way Of most
similar dccorations-to the rubbish heap.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
WORLD BUILDING RECORD
New York Spending 81, 100000 a
Day in New Construction.
Total for Year VIII Exceed Cost of
Panama ConnI.-Busy winter Pro-
missed In Feminine PoIitlcs.-Fcw
Drun<nrds in Met ropOIis.

New York. Oct. 2a.-The arrival Of the
new yenr will. II is now certain. mark
the establishment of now worlds
building record. for from figures cover
ing the first ten months of this year it is
practically certain that It's close will
establish mark of 100000 a day spent
Tor new buildings. Already more than
SNo,c"ooo0 has been invested in building
construction during 1909, and in view
OF the outlook for November and Do
cemher IT would not be surprising If the
Aoo, 100000 mark were reached At any
rate it is certain that New York will
he the worlds first city to spend $780,
600 a day for new buildings, or in the
course OF the single year more than the
estimated cost OF the Panama canal. The
Borough Of Manhattan, small though
lte size, accounts for over S125 10000 Of
the total as compared to SOS OoC. M in 1905.
Practically all of this sum Is for bust
ness or tenement construction. since the
building of single houses below the Har-
lem river is now almost a thing Of the
past Even apartment buildings are be-
ing crowded out. construction in this line
showing steady decrease. It Is esti-
mated that the Borough's new business
structures during the present year would
II placed one on top of the other form
single ednce covering one square
block OF ground space nearly Ave miles
high and bringing an annual rental OF
$50. 0ln, 0tn Altogether Father Knicker-
booker seems to be building mad. and 1t
Is not improbable that another decade
will sec the doubling of the present re-
cord Of figures.
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talnly done me 4
world of good and
| cannot praise it
enough. I suffered
frornirregular rites,
dizziness, nervous
ness, and a severe
female troub le.
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Com.
pound has restored
mo to perfe CT
health and kept me
from the OneratipC
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
Another Operation Avoided.

tdDle. L Will ueNcI DS WlLUOub tnlS
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1923 Fourth ST., Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Cal suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and / dreaded it almost az
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA V.
HENRY, Il. F. d. 3.
Thirty years of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vol
ume Of unsolicited testimony constant
Ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound is remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
90 many women suffer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

Like the crash of thunder
Which splitteth asunder
The flame Of the cloud.
On our ears ever falling,
A voice is heard calling
From Sion aloud;
Let Your spirits desires
For the land of your sires
Eternally burn.
From the foe TO deliver
our own holy river.
To Jordan return"
Where the soft flowing stream
Murmurs low as in a dream.
There set we our watch,
Our watchword. The sword
OF our land and our Lord
BY the Jordan then set we our watch
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] I

Rest in peace. loved land,
For We rest not but stand,
OF shaken our sloth.
When the bolts Of war rattle
We shirk not the battle,
We make thee our oath.
As We hope for Heaven.
Thy chains shall be riven.
Thine ensign unfurled.
And in pride OF our race.
We will fearlessly face
The might OF the world.
When our trumpet is blown,
And our standard is flown.
Then set we the watch.
our watchWord. "The sword
OF our land and our Lord
BY the Jordan then set We our watch
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

The English translation Of Imber's The
Watch on the Jordan" made by Mr..
Xangwill. which appears in the Child
zen Of the Ghetto" follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

Woman loves clear, rosy complex.
ION Burdock Blood Bitters purINes
the blood, clears the skin, restores
rudy, sound health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Louisville, Ky. Lydia f. Pink.
hams Vegetable COMPOUND has Ger.
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! Yea. as cong as there be
Birds in air fish in sea,
And blood in our veins;
And the lions in might.
Leaping down from the height.
Shake roaring their names;
/ And the dew nightly laves
The forgotten old graves
Where Judahs sres sleep
We swear who are living.
To rest not In striving.
! To pause not to weep.
| Let the trumpet be blown,
Let the standard be flown,
Now set we our watch
our watchword, THE sword
OF our land and our Lord
In Jordan now set We our watch.
II was for this that Naphtali Herr
! Imber was driven out of Palestine, says
the Boston Transcript, and he has since
wandered in many lands and added much
sad and shoddy material to the strange
story of his life. which began in a little
town OF Galicla about forty-eight years
ago. But at the banquet OF the Zionist
where everybody who had nothing to
| saw made speech. Imber was not intro
duced. During the stirring mass meet
ing in the Boston thetre. where all was
cheer and enthusiasm, Imber stood in
the contradictions, forlorn and forsaken
Late that evening he became very Ill.,
and 1t was some time before he found a
man to take him to restaurant and
cheer him up. The man was not Zion
! list.
There he told how he was taken to
Palestine by Lawrence Oiiphant in 1877.
and how he was afterwards expelled from
tho country by the Turkish government,
| because he wrote the revolutionary
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

The eyes OF feminine American pro-
mise to be pretty steadily fixed in New
| York this winter. since from all indica-
| tions this city is bound to he the storm
center in the fight over the question
as to whether or not women should have
| the ballot The campaign is certain to
be lively one. viewed from any stand
, point While it Is doubtful whether such
militant tactics as have been adopted
ny the suffragsts in England will ever
he used here, since roitical conditions
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

PENS AT FREE PRESS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

While the statement that New York
spends a million dollars a day for drinks
has often been quoted to indicate that
this city is more addicted to liquor than
the ordinary community. the fact is
that not more than fifty thousand per
sons out of this community OF nearly
five million are habit,lally Incorporate.
or only about one per cent. of the popu-
lation, according to figures presented by
Mr. n. F. Fox. an authority on chart
table and philanthropic subjects before
tho Worcester Economic club. Accord
ing 20 these statistics not moro than
twenty per cent of the grown-up male
p0pula ton of the country are total alb
s'ainers and not more than FIVE per cent
are drunkards. The great majority Of
total abstainers arc found in small
towns and rural districts and il is esti.
mated that fully ninety per cent. Of the
mon over twenty-onc In the big cities
drink alcoholic beverages to n greater or
less extent This is given as the reason
why none Of the very largo cities of tho
country have Joined in the prohibition
movement except whore II has heen
forced upon them by the votes Of small
er cities and rural districts 1t is also
held TO account for the difficulty OF en-
forcing prohibitory laws in such COM
rnunites. Five thousand population is
given by the stati.tcons who have
been studying the subject as the divid-
ing line above which public sentiment
fails to support such regulations.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

If the old adage about doctors dis
agreeing and patients diving be true
This city has reached a medical millen-
ium where there Is no Disagreement at
all Certain IL is thar the municipal
death rate Of late has been steadily Do
creasing until New York now hopes
soon to establish the lowest death rate
OF any city of great size In the world
To a considerable extent this Is doubt.
less due to the fact that it IS establish.
ing its right to ne called the medical
center OF the country just as Boston
Is known as the literary center. because
of the opportunity afforded by its schools
and hospitals for study and research.
Medically speaking the city is expand
Ing most rapidly homeopathically. the
Flower hospital. the leading Homeopathic
institution in the city reporting an en-
tering class larger than any in its his
tory. Then, too. since the establish
,nent here OF the Rockefeller Institute
OF Research many men OF established
ability who would formerly have gone
carrying on their work here. The work
OF the health department has also been
greatly enlarged in the last few years.
and In the expansion in these as well
as other fields may he found the explain
alton OF Father Kn!ckerbockers success
in his ambition 10 he the healthiest big
city III the world.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04

Honor, apparently has little value in
New York, especially II II be in the form
OF court, AT any rate the great six
ty-foot gilt-topped pillars which consti-
tuted the brilliant court OF honor erect
ed on Fifth avenue at cost of nearly
*5oW0 for the Hudson Fulton celebration
have been offered for sale sngly or col
lectiVely, and as yes without results,
suoh prices as have been offered amount
10 hardiy one per cent, Of the cost OF
building the court-hardly equal to the
value for kindling OF the wooden con-
strrction, To dispose OF these big white
pillars indeed Is a good deal like buying
10 get rid Of the proverbal white eie-
phani, They could hardly he used 10
decorate ones lawn. and could appeal