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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08

Hay fever and asthma make August a
month OF intense suffering to many peo-
pie. Foley's Honey and Tai Compound
gives prompt ease and relief, and is
soothing and healing to the infamed
membranes. Wm. NJ. Merethew. N.
Searsport. Me-, says: "a few doses of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound re-
lieved me Of a severe attack Of asthma
n less than a bottle caused a complete
cure" Refuse substitutes, ]. W. O'Sul-
|livan, "a Cnurch street.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
REPORTS ON
WESTERN TRADE
Bumper Crops Furnish Basis for
Boom in Observation-Disclosures
views Of Business.

New York, Aug. 4.-The Times to-day
says: Trade reports the past week show
some unevenness In the activity of the
merchandising phases of general busi-
ness. There Is nothing that Indicates n
decided change of trend, but improve
ment is not as notable In the East as 1t
is in the West, particularly in the bust
ness of tobbers In ordinary lines. The
reports from Boston. Philadelphia, Bal
tlmore, Pittsburg. Louisville. Cincinnati
and Cleveland tell Of some dullnees. Bal
timore complains of decline in activity.
This is almost entirely In
Of dry goods. clothing, shoes and tho
like. 1t appeals to both wholesale and re-
tail merchandising. There Is. however,
expectation of better trade In the fall.
and manufacturing seems to be going on
in great volume even where merchandis-
ing is Inclined to be dull. There Is so
much manufacturing that employment Is
good nearly everywhere, and In many
lines the demand for both skilled and
unskilled employees cannot be met.
West of the Mississippi river. In the
sections where the grain crops are show
ing splendid by comparison with tho
shortage last year INC in some cases In
1910. all business is active. The North
west Is particularly buoyant, and the
Southwest is doing finely. Oklahoma Is to
have millions more of buying power from
her grain crops, as will Kansas and Neb-
raska, compared with last year. Texas
will have a great cotton crop. East of
the Mississippi the crops are not SO good
or are somewhat uncertain. The improve
,,,.,. H.., have {c d,to IN tho in1nnnnSn
development Of manufactures which pro-
duce goods for sale through the West
and to go into our growing export bust
ness in manufactured articles.
The sectional unevenness of business
activity Is shown not only in the generali-
aations of the trade reports to the NOR
camille agencies, but is definitely indf-
Gated in the figures of bank exchanges
last week. New York. Boston. Philadel-
phia and Baltimore were below last year
In volume of clearings. Chicago and ST.
Louis were above. New Orleans showed
q large loss. The whole country outside
New York showed a general gain. but
not as large as the gains of The period
of Improvement we have been going
through.
The showing Of the week does not ne
c~essarily betokcn a backward tendency.
1t is the normal season Of general dull
nesc. and the activity of the West could
probably not by comparison throw a
damper on the East If it were rot that
two lean years a made II necessary
for merchants to get ready at once for
the business that the big crops OF the
year will bring upon them. And the
whole country will benefit in the western
burst of trade.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08

IF THE BABY Is CUTTING TEETH
be sure n use that old and well-tried
remedy MIS-. Winslow'a Soothing 81.
rup. for children teething. It soothee
the child. softens the gums. allays all
pain. cures wind collie and Is the best
remedy for D~iarrhoea. twenty-five
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
NATURAL HISTORY

The eagle Is the bird to soar,
The hawk is king of the woods;
The hooking bird can sing the score,
But the hen delivers the goods.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26

standing in accepting part Of this
money We must take along with It
( clSht negro demonstrators. The influ-
encc TO be drawn from your editorial
/ Is that the work OF the United Boa rd
has dons moro for the upllft Of tho
agricultural interest OF the state than
1 any other factor. Surely you viii con-
ccde soma good has been accomplishcd
IN the many years OF this work and
cndeavor by your agricultural colleges.
experiment stations and Department OF
Agriculture. Crop Pest, State Live
Stock ana Sanitary Board and the
Nursery Inspection Boards.
The above named board nare as
slduously and effectively followed the
were created. and IL would appear that
they are sufficiently numerous and cap
abie 10 take care Of the various agri
cultural problems developing. without
the patcrnal guidance OF United
Board. united In name only. and which
during its two years of existence has
not mad moro than one or two or that
many) full meetings. The ground work
has been the real factor in the asricul-
tural uplift that our old State has OK
pcr!cnced in the last decade, and ont
side of demonstration and cx-
pertinent work in connection with the
public schools the United Board can
End but little for which 1t can claim
credit
Tho bill empowers the Boards OF
SUPERVISORS or the various counties to
continue 10 appropriate funds of the
county for demonstration and expert
III entail work. II the benefits derived
are considered by the people OF the
counties clamoring for demonstrations
TO be- OF sufficient Importance. they can
and shoul. appropriate tile funds to
meet tho deficit left by the withdrawal
or tho States assistance provided in
the original bill. The fact, however.
is that some OF the counties which have
made aDDroprintionS for this work have
not been sa tIsiicd with tho results and
have declined to renew tile appropria-
lions. The claim was made when the
board was originally established that
increase thair assistance. Has this
been done? Perhaps the additional four
negro demons traitors Is the increase re-
fcrred to- II go the public should be
advised. / am reliably Informed that,
instead Of the expenses OF the board
having been limited 10 $500 as you
claim. that the expenses total at
Feast $500. sum more than sufficient
TO meet any expenses the state Board
of Education would be likely 10 incur
In meetings to plan work. and with less
expense the Board of Education would
produce as satisfactory results along
the lines already followed as those OBJ
taincd by the United Board. The
demonstration work in Boys Corn
clubs would not in any way BIO in
tcrfcrcd with by the provisions of the
bill in question. and l contend the
State would save to advantage about
$4,000 annually. without losing either
the Federal or General Educational
Boards assistance and have the bcne-
fits and advantages Of the untrammelcd
work of the various boards now in
existence. The Finance Committee
seemed TO have viewed the matter in
this light. and L hope the Senate will
adopt the same views of it,
Ema Mills.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26

because OF her aEgrcssivencss. society
stands aghnst mt the rnetamorphoscd
product of o-calicd evolution. She
mas come gradually and with an ac-
mining the home and society. She has
laughed and snecred away what she
called proIud!ces. and has waved uside
: me barriers between the sexes In 4
manner which Is shocking to the
sense OF propricty, dccency and re-
nnement Wcaried OF her true mis-
abandoned tho home. relaxing the per-
sonal training and d,sclpiin,ng or
children. She has crowded the marts
OF tho world and has intrudcd upon
every vocation OF man. and finally is
contendlng for the electorate BY which
to usurp governmental affairs. When
tho opposing sisters speak OF home as
the radiating centre of woman's life
end influence the suffrag!sts become
iniIlthnt. and hurl al Thorn In sarca tic
tones ig1oranGe', far behind tho
OF tho gospel dare lift his voice In
opposition 10 the suhraglst movement
or point out some OF the inevitable
results. they swoop down upon him
without respect or regard Tor his
sacred calling. IIc, too Is far behind
the times, and cannot interpret the
scriptures TO suit these modern times
We do not need Il library OF ecien-
tile reference or a professor IN skirts
TO point out the glaring evidences Of
the dccadence OF the home and society.
sponsiblc. Conspicuous proofs OF the
hbovc statement are the divorce evil.
race suicide and tho immoral influence
OF womcn's dress OF to-day. Have the
master minds OF the su!fragists over
looked the crying need OF a reforma-
ion among women with regard 10
these vital issues? Have they set the
example OF independence in discarding
the vulgar extremes of fashion? Can
they by their votes. restore to the
marriage vow It's lost sacrcdncss and
reverence? Before enlisting with the
Antisaloon League they had better
adopt Carrie Nations method and
smash their own punch bowls and
prizes won IN gambling in their own
phrlors! Better, say, begin the rcfor
nation in the home. else their preach
Ing IS vain. a sounding brass and q
linking cymbal. II there were more
Frances e. Willards TO champion the
combined leagues OF suffrage and tenn
perance. then we might hope for re-
suits. But the majority OF the blus-
terinE hcroincs and leaders include
temperance in their propaganda only
as means to further political ends.
Mems eyes are wide open TO these
Inconsistencies. and trust that there
will always be n majority of them suf-
hcicntly strong and farEighted to steer
this old ship Of state without n cargo
OF hysterical women to sink her.
repeat. mems eyes are open Bishop
Milan. Of tho Roman Catholic Church,
speaks OF the vulgarity of the cos
tunes worn by women OF to-day as
follows: 1.-THE maHter OF fashions scems
places along with men by shaping
their garments 30 that they more and
moro closely resemble mans attire
with the result that she disAgures her
beauty and dcforms her nature. Conc
Is tho old-timc womanly expression Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26

atoms that Germany would sustain hin,
in an ami Russian movement. ana hav-
ing placated Bulgaria by recognizing
the Bulgarian ruler as u Gear" tic
annexed Bosnia aud Herzegovina. The
war party. at the instance OF the arch
duke. would have sonc further iii tho
matterNof Austro-lIungarlnn territorial
expansion and ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In pursuance Of that aim the as
gressivcs famed the Servian flame OF
resentment against the Bosnia ana
Herzegovina coup, in the expectation
and hope of preeiuitating actual hostn
tiles that would eventually involve
Turkey and afford opportunity and
excuse for pressing furtncr on towards
salonica. Won Aehrenthal. however.
supported by his aged master, Francis
Joseph. stood firmly for peace, and
ihwartcd the designs and ambitions OF
Francis Ferdinand ana his adherents
ut every turn.
The dread is that with his passing,
and owing to the fcehlcness of tho
venerable Emperor King. the heir APP
parent and mis- following will make
occasion to rekindlc tho Balkan fires
to tho end OF closing in a grapple
with Turkey and wrestling and 'cman-
cipating" more territory from Ottoman
sway. That this dread is warranted is
made especially manifest by the cir
cumstanoe of the Turko-Italian War
over Tripoli, with it's drain on Turkish
resources, to say nothing of the Al
bantam revolt and the recrudesccnce Of
unrest and disorder in Macedonia.
In short, the opportunity would seem
more meet than In years for Austria
Hungary TO form the partition of
Turkey in Europe, and take her snare
III II. The menace is that If Won
Achrenthal's successor Is not cast in
the lattcrs mold, she will find a way
TO attempt the contamination. with the
result that there is no telling what
may be. before the flnality, the involve
ment OF other powers and the masni-
tudc OF the conflict she VIII have
drawn on, invited or provoked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26

A Missouri man has been lodged in
Jall for hitting his wife with a mound
OF buttor 1t would seem as though
our milllonalres would ind s0methinc-
better 10 do
Mr. La Toilette says he is not a
stalking horse. a baking horse or n
dark horse. AS he is neither n clothes
morse or saw horse. what kind OF 81
horse Is he7
Now that the nrst robin has been
Nouched for by several more or less
truthful persons, II seems almost time
Tor the first home grown strawberry.
Detroit woman is the mother Of
twenty-four children. Even II he
must remain silent on all other sub
1ects, T. r. ought to be able TO say a
few words about lp,r.
it Is claimed that n perfectly hon
est tlan has been found In Chicago.
But the dispatches do not state that
he is u resident thorc.
bomb has been thrown at Premier
Yuan Shi Ka! Of China. But tho Nc
Nhmara brothers can prove an abb
this time
If Mr.. Morgan brings the sphinx
back with him. an appropriate place
to put the esteemed lady would be
Oyster Bay.
Wyoming young woman killed =
coyote with Il stone. What a militant
sufragot that cir, would make.
Luther burbank has produced a
seedless lemon. No circus should be
without one of these.
Turkeys new naval appropriation
should he called Il sinking fund.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26

sweetness and rnodcsty. and In TIA
stare"
In tho prevailing style of dress wo-
before IN the history OF civilization.
Never was there greater need for wo-
men or consccrated Christian culture
10 recall and emphasize the old pre-
The rev mnnn!sh type.
10" dare any woman OF to-day at
tempt to belittle that superior type
OF generation or moro ago, who"
ever does II violates the Fifth Com,
inandment and dishonors their mar
eIthl ancestry. Roosevelt says: Tho
, aayocates OF woman suffrage win
necessarily remember that the highest
typo or tho woman OF the future mus
DO essentially Identical with tho high
eHt TYPE OK the woman OF the present
ana or the psst--the wife and mother
who performs the most important OF
all social duties with wisdom, courage
ana efficiency. She is the woman who
is, end always will be- the most useful
and important OF all the citizens OF The
state NO other work done by any
otner woman or by any man is. or ever
WI be. as vital as hers to the Well
or ever VIII be, as difficult or as i'm
poTtant Instead OF havint, TO devotion
IN the future. az something hitherto
,ype or woman. We already have that
type with us now No woman will
ever h" developed who will stand hove
the highest and finest OF the wives and
inothers OF to-day and OF tho yester-
days The exercise OF the suffrage can
never be the most important OF wo-
fnens rights or women's duties"
women who nrc only booktsh and
victims Of tho restlcssncss OF this
age must give place to the truly
tthoughtful who arc SO filled with tho
INC cordial of distilled wisdom as TO
enable her 10 define her own limlta-
lions and 10 he careful nat to over
step them. There is nothing wo-
man can gain by forsaking womanly
tenets and principles. Some one has
in tho happier, province OF the home.
nor consideration and genueness arc
moro powerful for conquest than an
army with banners"
Tho greatest forces in the world arc
the silent; unseen forces; so is tho pure
throne. and that throne is home. This
Influence permcntes every form and
phase OF lie. political physical and
moral Tho silent. unseen rorccs of
the woman OF the old regime have
been vital in the molding OF the ma
ton through the medium of the homo.
These Same old-tlmc. unlettcred (?I
women have gtven not only to this old
Commonwealth Of Virginia. but to the
nation. sons and daughters who have
reflected those virtues that grow out
OF the pure atmosphere OF home To
the sons of these same old-time ro-
men we must look for protection
against movement fraught with dan
ger and prophetic of strife.
May the legislative halls OF old vir-
daughters, nor her sons permit them
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26
The sunrnge oucstion.

10 inc Editor or Inc -DlSpatch:
Sir.-Arguments against the suffrage
by those who indorse 1t, as medieval
and sentimental. the Suffra giSts claim
ing the real argument and all of the
brains on their side. The ants, how
n political point of viow, we indorse
the sentiment of one of our strongest
women, who recently said I'VE do not
care to be on equality with man, but
prefer TO remain their acknowledged
supcriors." Nor do we wish to be on
population OF women, representing
many nationalitieS, as we'll as the
negro, In our midst We do not APP
prove OF the wholesale enfranchise-
problems which 1t would naturally
bring about. Worse than all. women
in politics would give the final stroke
in the demolition of the home. Nature
oonsecrated woman from her birth to
the service OF humanity; Living under
Peace gives her liberty in Its highest
sense. and opens to her every avenue OF
good endeavor. What need has she
for tho ballot. or what valid excuse has
appeals to us from entirely different
points of view. TO which we Will stead
lastly hold. Our objections arc based
upon innate principles implanted I'm
the breast of woman when the Great
Creator named her wo man. Not all
tion to tho millenninm could change
her divincly appointed mission But
her failure TO take and keep the place
assigned hor. not by man, but by
worlds market to-day is n place over
which men and angels NAV we'll weep.
The new woman" OF the twcnticth
century has betrayed her trust. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26
WOMEN AND cLAIuvoYANTs.

Are women more credulous than men
It seems impossible when you think OF
the wallingfords who sell gold mines
and fake stocks 10 their fellow citi-
zcns And there are sailors. They'll
believe In anything. from the phantom
ship OF the Flying Dutchman to that
notion that somewhere In tho Pacific
Ocean thcre exists an invisible limo
where Monday night changes to We'd
nesday morning. while you arc lighting
your pipe. And IT ia frequently rum
ored that sailors have corrupted the
marines Yet men generally have some
gambling sentiment in their faith. Tho
sailors, for instance, may bet as to
whether the bow of their craft really
hasn't slipped into Wednesday.
But for pure concentrated, ou,land-
Ish credulity, some women ought to
reach the Hall of Fame. They can be.
lievc in bargains, compliments, beauty
soaps-or nothing ut all 1t takes
some faith TO believe in nothing. Like
Alice In Wonderland, they can by hard
practice believe as many as seven i'm
possible things before breakfast II
You believe an impossible thing hard
enough, 1t becomes a cult What the
believer becomes, +; IS not polite to saw.
The most general cult, perhaps, Is clair
voyancy. And ciairvoyants ara respond
ing TO modern demands. They used to
tell yon the future; now they give it
to you.
According to Louisville report, n
gentleman rejoicing in tho name of
tr!el worked il thus. lie got the lady
to put all her money In n channels bag
around her neck. lie promised modest
ly enough that she would find herself
fabulously rich ana cured of all Ills
OF the body. After several visits. at
which he took the bag off, made q. few
passes ana put II back again, the lady's
curiosity was aroused as TO how rich
she really was. She opened the bag
ana found roll Of paper. Then she
tainted. The Inst time U,iel had per-
formed his intantatlons behind her
back and switched bags.
Taesc are facts. They arc no kin to
that other rumor that woman at the
sight Of a at got UP ana pursued 1t
so vigorously she dropped dead OF heart
failure This is false on the face. The
rat would have dropped dead OF heart
failure That mouse business is nm ex-
ploded superstition anyhow. But not
tho childlike faith that for 81 q seancc
she is going TO be fahtiloualy rich and
cured of iii health. Yo, there is SEINE
thing pathetic ana human and, mayhar,
eternal in this sorry quest after m-
ture happiness. Ii will be a dull day
Wien gentle hearts cease 10 trust the
unseen. and gain the commonplace
Iknawledge that ell fabulous wealth is
Ia fahlc. ana health hest cotton In 2
/ daily seance at the gymnasium.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26
An Observation-Disclosures CRIs
DREADED
CRISIS

The apprehension that the death Of
Count Won rAehrenthRl will be folloved
fy grave crisis in Aus,ro- Hungarian
affairs and bring the dual monarchy 10
Inc front rs disturbing factor in
Europe is not without good around.
Won Aehrenthal was frcquenrlv
spoken OF as the Bismarcl. OF Austria
Hungary This was an cxaggarated
Characterization; he was not a Bis.
marck; he possessed neither the genius
Tor statecratt nor the auducity OF the
Iron Chancellor. and ills career pales
almost into insignhcance before taat
ot the man OF ARE and IRON Also
as comphred vita Bismarcks in the
matter of time in which lie vas a cen.
trail figure Of the drama of Iuropean
events. 1t was exceedngly brief. Won
Aehrenthal was more q an opportunist
than constructor OF policies
None the less. he was no ordinary
statesman. and his passing from powel
ton account OF i'll health. whicA i'm.
med!ately preceded ais death, may
prove oLhihouS LOT austria hungary
and Europe.
II may. and it is feared win reason
1t does. mean the ascendeucy OF Tn,
war party. under the leadership of tn,
heir apparent the Archduke Irunci
Ferdinand. between whom ana the lat,
Premier there had long been bite
faud, In truth, it ls anirmed that tn
court iH;rigues OF the archduk4 alme,
at his destruction were the principa
GAUGE Of Won Aehrcnthnrs pnysica! an,
mental breakdown.
The dead statesman came f'rst int
prominence soon after the close Of ID
Russo-3apanesc War, when. hayin,
taken advantage OF Russias humilia
zion and tho demorarized internal con
aitjon OF the Muscovitc empire. havin,
satisfied himself through secret ncgo,l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26
From the nlckcyyilIc clarion.

Am Hilliker says 81 there is any
'hlhS on earth he would rather do
IMAM something else II is to pose for a
dentist for set OF teeth or Il few lead
hllings. He got into Doc BInk's chair
, haNln clean plum forgot about that
paiky moss he let Doc have on trade
iour years ago, and what Doc did to
| MIN was'a plenty lie sent out and
got set of burglar tools to yani<
Am teeth with and said he was sorry
pu' he was all outn chiOroform and
ether and laffing gua Every time he
thought of the balky boss he hit Am
an extra clip or so with the maui.
men ne let Am go without any teeth
AT All for about six weeks ana Am
had TO live on soup and mush n milk
until lie got so weak he couldn't crawl
up Doc stairs any more to ask for
me leetn. Finally Doc got set from
q man order house and they didn't ut
Ans face, but Am is wcarin en-. al
though his mouth is around under his
lett car and he can't shet IL nohow
Ills wife makes him put 'eni in the
chlny closet with the rest of tho chiny
every night.
Miss Pansy Tubbs desires to an
nouhce ihat the rumor TO the effect
that she Is engaged to Anscl Perkins
is premature, as he amt asked hor
yet and che is going 10 turn him
down when he does. There doesn't
seem to be anything further to say in
regard TO the matter, and any editorial
comment by the Clarion would be SUI
Derfluous
Hod Peters's youngest kid planted
some bird seed last fall and expects
TO raise flock OF canaries this com
ing ason.
Hank Purdy says 1T seems durn
strange that although Congress kecps
adding moro states, the map of this
country don't get no hifCcr