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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
Country Cousins
and City Children

into restaurants and ordering theiS
meals from a lengthy bill Of fare, OF
strolling along the endless streets.
magic streets to themi--and looking
in at the great shop windows or
watching the thousands Of hurrytng
people. each seemingly so intent on
the stopping at the hotel-a wonder
going In the lobby. the elevators dash
Ing into the Sky or dropping into the
earth, the bell boys darting every
where In their uniform. assuming the
Importance Of princes. And the root
garden theatre and vaudeville. The
country cousin enjoys them 30 much.
his lie for such a long time on the
farm has been devoid Of all excite
ment. and there has been little or
no social diversion for him outside
MIS- sunday school and church, usually
held In little school house or modest
wooden church.
so It Is that our city children love
the country. for it gives them q de-
clded change In the manner Of living,
1t teaches them many things they
ought to know. and which they cannot
learn In the city. And the same n
to be said of our country cousinA On
returning from trip to the city they
nave FOOD FOR conversation for
months. something new coming to
mind every day-something they
thought OF little Importance at tho
time, but which looms UP In their
memory like great solved mysteries
AFTER returning to their own quiet
farms.
Every child should have Just such
change once each year. Let the
FARMER and the city man exchange
their little folk during tho vacation
months. and much good will come to
ALL
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cHiIuren OF the citfes mock to
tho country. and their little
~ country cousins go to tho cities
for a few days or few weeks,
according to the size Of their purses.
This exchange Of locations Is due to
the desire Of each to learn about the
life Of the other.
Did you ever see the city boy going
about the farm. looking into every
thing and asking a thousand Ques-
lions of the farmer and his sons2
They Investigate the implement sheds.
inquire into tho manner Of running
riding plows. great "headerK' and
other farming machinery. They study
the gardens the fowls and the fields,
helping to gather in the hay. assist
Ing with the milking and doing a
dozen odd Jobs about the farm which
the farmers own sons hate to do. And
the city boy enjoys every turn Of the
hoe or spade, every movement of the
wood-saw and every bit Of labor he Is
allowed to perform on tho farm or
In the barnyard. And when It comes
70 harvest time the city boy is in his
glory. He will work with a right
good will, holding grain sacks for the
filing. or anything his farmer host
will permit him to do. Being green"
at such work. he IL sometimes held
at arms length by the genuine farm
hands. and his plumbers are laughed
At heartily. But II he - the right
kind OF city boy he doesn't mind his
country cousins making a bit Of fun
at his expense, for he win return the
compliment when his country cousin
comes to him in the city and shows
ignorance Of certain things there.
And when the country cousins 20
to the city they enjoy every moment
Of the time. They delight in going
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Of. began backing towards tho bank
to his mamma.
Taddles-he got afraid Of tho
swapping turtles" said Billy. "Yov
see. they're an round me" But a.
he said this Billy discovered that
there wasn't a single turtle In sight.
He waded boldly towards the bank.
but when about half way there some
thing got bis toe. He began to
scream. "Oh, mamma, the turtles
have got me. They're goin' TO carry
me off and throw mo In the river.
Oh. mamma. save metz
But mamma only laughed ana said,
"Oh. you've caught your toe In some
weeds. Stoop down and pull them
loose" But 1t took mamma several
seconds to induce Billy to put his
hand down. Then he found It was
some weeds caught round hts toe.
Il don't see any OF those wonderful
turtles you tell about" laughed
mamma. Here are your cookies. Do
you want to go home with me?"
Yes, mamma, and-and-TN never
again steal baby turtle and throw
1t in the grass like I did last week."
And to mammals inquiry Billy told
what he had done with the little tur-
tie. After he had finished. mamma
said: "It was your own guilty con-
science that made you think a turtle
had grabbed your toe. You see. evil
deeds make cowarda" And Billy felt
he must never do an evil thing again.
And he never did.
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~ lilly BAKER was Just seven
years old. He lived in a very
lovely town where he was not
~ afraid to run about the streets
as much as he liked, for there were
no crowds. nor rushing automobiles.
nor dashing street cars to frighten
him, and maybe to knock him down
and injure him. 1t was peaceful and
quiet and perfectly splendid in the
little town where Billy Baker lived.
When the summer had come creep
ing over the hills one day. Biily's
mamma called to him and said:
Now. Sonny, you may go barefoot"
She couldn't have told Billy any
thing more pleasing than that. He
loved going barefoot in the soft dust
or the warm sticky mud. So off
came his shoes and out into the street
he ran.
Don't go any further than the
pond" said Billy's mamma. throwing
a kiss to her baby" for that was
what she called Billy. And don't
get into the water today. Papa will
go to the pond with you tomorrow
morning and take you in wading."
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RIhLy BAKER AND THE
SWAPPING TURTLES
A Story For Wee Ones.

Soon Billy reached the pond and
began playing about in tho sand, for
the shores Of the pond were Just like
the sea beach on a small scale. Far
Their up the sloping bank soft green
grass and weeds grew abundantly,
and Billy loved to lie in them and to
look UP at the sky. But today he
preferred to kick about in the sand
and build little houses of it over his
feet.
Just as he was thinking Of going
homo to get a slice OF bread and but
ter. Taddles Smith. a little neighbor
boy. came running down the bank
and rushed out into the pond, up to
his knees in water. Billy sat on the
bank and watched Taddles frisking
about kicking the water higher than
his head. and seeing 1t como back
again like rain. Billy longed to go
into the pond. too. and did not like
the idea Of waiting till tomorrow to
go wading.
"Why don't you come in. Kidf'
called out six-year- Taddles, kick
ing the water about him into a foam
and wetting his pants and waist. ITS
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pretty things too numerous to emu
merate. If a girl desires to make up a
lot of pretty things for the coming
Christmas-which seems such a long
way off, but which will roll round
before we are hardly aware OF it
let her take a good-sised box Of
smooth lumber. paint It white on the
outside. line 1t with white cloth on the
inside, set II in her room and say:
II shall fill that box during my vaca-
ton. with Christmas gifts for my
friends" and nine times out Of ten
she will do what she has promised
herself to do.
And what a Joy II 10 when Deoem-
Der is ushered in for the girl to feel
that all her holiday-gifts are ready
and waiting for the day Of gift-givine.
She will steal to her box, open II
and look with admiration on the many
pretty presents which she so wisely
made during her vacation. There Is a
slipper bag for big sister, a dozen
hemstitched kerchiefs for Auntie, q
lovely set Of doilies for 0randmamma,
an embroidered dresser scarf for
dear friend. Q sewing apron for an
other friend. handsome and elab-
orately- embr oidered luncheon cloth
Tor Mother. and many. many other
lovely things ready to give.
And for the girl who draws and
paints, the summer Is the best time
Of all. With box Of wAteroolors and
drawins-pad she can wander about
the country. finding plenty Of Pic
turesque corners Of landscape for her
brushes to transfer TO paper or can
vas. Small sketches in black and
white are attractive. too. and are al
ways pretty when in simple lustreiess
black frames There are few gifts
that arc more welcome to oness
friends than a drawing or bit OF
watercolor. neatly ana tastefully
framed
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want Of water"

want Of water"
"Iu never do so again-I promise
you. Mrs. Turtle" cried Billy. think
ing he had really and truly heard
the turtle say those things. II was
naughty boy: was wicked and
heartless, and I'll never, never sneak
a baby-turtle-uor a baby-anything--
again. wish I could go home. Oh,
I wish were a real good boy and at
home. eating a cookie. In tho kitchen
with mamma"
Tho picture OF the cosy kitchen.
with its big porch where vines grew.
and Of mamma baking cookies. all
su8ared over, got tho upper hand OF
Billy. and ne began to cry aloud.
How long this might have gone on
no ono knows. but Billy was soon
found by his mother. She came down
tho sandy bank with four cookies In
her white apron. calling out to Billy:
Here. Sonny. como ashore long
enough to have q lunch. The cookies
are just out Of the oven. But
where is Taddles? thought he was
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warm a. in the bath tub" he added.
TITS Jus fine. Como on IN"
Mamma said should wait till to-
morrow" explained Billy in a sad
voice. He wanted very much to Join
Tadd!es, but dared not disobey his
mother.
go homo and ask her II you can't
come in." suggested Taddles.
Eyes. I'll do that" replied Billy.
And away he ran to the house to ask
permission to 60 into the pond today
instead Of waiting till tomorrow.
Mamma listened to him. then said:
We'll. II Taddles Is in the pond-on
the shallow sade-you may 80 in also.
But mind-don't go towards the CEN
ire or the north bank" (The north
bank was where the water was deep
sst).
In q few minutes Billy. pants rolled
up above his knees. was in the water.
kicking about Just like Taddles. And
together they shouted and whooped
and laughed till tho banks rang with
their merriment
"Oh, there's a swapping turtie!" 1t
was Taddles who exclaimed this. And
NO xnAU6 xOT I1A0 O<AAAA oD Aoos I'D AAAo
fat legs could carry him.
But Billy stood his ground. bravely.
He was not afraid Of turtles. Why. he
had found one on the bank-in lit
tie wet hole beneath a rock-just the
week before and had carried It home
in his pocket. And when his mamma
told him to take 1t back to the place
where he had found 1t. he ran half
way, tossed the little thing into the
grass and went homo again. never
thinking that he had acted very wick
eddy In leaving the baby turtle, not
half the size Of his own palm, in the
heavy grass through which It could
not make its way to its home in the
pond.
So when Taddles ran from tho tur
tie. whose head stuck up above the
water like snakes. Billy stood stiIl
in the water. Hello, old mud tur-
tle!" said Billy. swapping his fingers
at the turtle as one snaps them to q
dog when wanting him to follow
Come along. old snapper" And
again he snapped his fingers. Taddlei
on tho bank began to laugh. He
thought II 90 funny to SEQ Billy-whc
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top Of tho pile Of boulders.
Hardly had Sadie got to a safe po-
sition in tho tree when the raging and
outwitted animal reached the boul-
ders. He paved. snorted and beloved
and shook the tree with bis powerful
head. But Sadie did not feel afraid.
for she was we'll seated In a crotch
made by two stout limbs. and was
firmly holding herself In place by
means Of two smaller branches which
seemed to have grown there for the
purpose. The angry bull might strug-
gle all day without budging her from
her security. He would tire himself
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15

- ADIE OLIVER was starting to
- her grandmother farm. two
~ miles distant from her own
~ home. which was also on q farm.
She was carrying . basket Of dainties
to her grandmother. for the dear old
lady had been III. and Sadie loved to
do nice things for her during her con-
valescence.
take tho short cut through Mr..
Purvis' pasture. DEAR" Mrs. Oliver
said after Sadie had kissed her good
bye. 1T will save you fully half a
mile. and the day Is so hot that you
cannot afford to walk farther than Is
absolutely necessary"
All right. mamma" said Sadie.
Then singing gaily she went on her
way. Her road lay through two
miles Of beautiful country, part Of
the way great trees shaded 1t. but
much of 1t was In the broad glare
Of the sun. But Sadie didn't mind
the heat. She loved all kinds of
weather. and all kinds Of scenery and
wild creatures.
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It'll wave flag to attract her at
tention." said Sadie. And she took
off her pink Bingham apron and tied
tho strings about her wrist 10 that
in no case could she drop It Then
she waited. So did the bull. who had
again come close to the tree. and was
looking up at his little prisoner.
I'm so sorry to have missed got
ting that basket to Granny while
everything was fresh" sighed Sadie.
looking down at the white-napkined
basket on top the high rocks. But
one has to make the best of bad mat
tiers. Let me see. I'd not be at Grand
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wading with you. % brought two
cookies for him"
Billy was safe once more. He knew
that mamma could save him from a
million mud turtles. no matter how
they snapped. He looked cautiously
behind him. and not seeing the turtle
there that Taddles had warned him
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creatures. did enjoy their domain.
After walking about a mile Sadie
came to small grove Of trees which
shaded a little pond. This pond was
fed by spring hidden away beneath
a ledge Of rocks. Tho ground about
tho lake was rugged and rocky, and
Sadie loved II because II wss 20 un-
like tho rest Of the surrounding coun-
try.
Aiow picturesque" she said, mount
Ing a boulder and looking over the
lake. At the Same moment she heard
n snort. and glancing round beheld an
Infatuated bull coming at full speed
towards her. As she was on an ele-
walton. steep and difficult to climb, she
knew tho bull could not reach her
there, but she preferred r be still
higher from level grouna. for she
know q mad animal could climb a
place which an animal in a normal
state OF mind would not attempt, A
tree grew beside the boulder on vhich
she stood. and quickly she climbed It,
arst putting her basket on ~ vags
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Reaching a stile leading into Mr..
Purvis pasture-a tract OF grassland
containing some two hundred acres
Sadie passed over It into the pasture.
Mr.. Purvis usually had herd OF sheep
grazing in the pasture. but today az
Sadie went along she noticed the alb
sence Of animals. The pasture seemed
to have been turned over to the rab-
bits and birds. And they dear wild
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
NSuzzo0 FzncY M6,k
for Girls
sSsssg'''''''

" GREAT many school girls make
their Christmas presents dur
ing their long summer vaca-
y y ton, and there Is no better
time to paint. embroider and do all
iinds Of fancy needlework than Of
long afternoons on porch or lawn, In
lhe shade Of great trees which are
hlled with feathered songsterA
Embroidering especially lends itself
admirably as summer work. Some
call it 'lazy-day work." but be that
as 1t may. 1t is work which pays for
itself in the end.
There are dozens Of pretty things
besides table linens and bed-linens
which may be embroidered. Such.
for instance. as white linen hand bags
TO carry with summer dresses. broad
white linen collars to be worn with
your colored frocks, white canvas
belts. lawn handkerchiefs and linen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
e OURpUzNE
CORNER
LETTER ENIGMA.

LETTER ENIGMA.
My first is in sand. but not In
Ny second is in waving. but not In
motion:
My third Is in fire. but not in
spark:
My fourth is in midnight. but not
In dark:
My fifth is the same as my fourth.
you see:
My sixth is also the same as my
three:
My seventh is in tin. but not in
brass:
My eighth is in girl. but not in lass:
My whole spells a sport
That all children love.
You will know what II Is
When you solve the above.
ZIGZAG PUZZLE.
This zigzag contains seven words Of
four letters each. II the words are
rightly guessed and written ono be-
low another their zigzag letters. be-
ginning with the top left-hand letter
and ending with the lower left-hand
letter, will spell a wild animal Of
Africa. The cross words are: !. A
precious metal. 2. To vocaliza 8. A
fame. 4. A girls old-fashioned name
8. A small wind instrument. 9. A long
way off. Z. To prepare for publica-
ton.
CHARADE.
My first is an animal. wild. that one
sees
In a country where there grow many
trees:
1t is thought by the farmer to be hts
foe.
A very fine fur does this animal grow.
My second a lady does. wear on tho
street.
If she Is stylishly-dres and neat;
And men and children wear It also
II the weather Is cold and there Ia
frost and snow.
My two joined together a flower will
be;
1t grows in a country surrounded by
From 1t a powerful drug is taken
If you can't solve this. am mis-
taken.
WORD SQUARE,:
HARE
ABEL
REEK
ELKS
DIAGONAL: Paris. Cr0ss-,oords, !.
Pearl 2. Lamps. g. Large. I. Snail.
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49, Robber Ded and His Punishment


Up q tree climbed Neddie
To rob a BRIDES nest
W OF its little fledglings:--
He was in his Sunday best.
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uRING the vacation days the
children Of the cities flock to
tho country. and their little
country cousins 20 TO thu cities
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13
Illonical.

He-A woman Is always Illogical She-How do you make that ont: ll" She can always remember Der birth. day. but Dcver her age. Vanity Life.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13
RAY OF SUNSHINE.

The year of Jubilee has come.
 Telegrams and letters received here within the past week f0om Wilher D. Greenough of Spokane. have dispelled the dark cloud that for some time past has hovered Ike a funeral pail over whiteho7se and vicinity and on the horizon can be seen the advance rays of the sun of prosperity.
 The news from MT. GreenoUgh is to the effect that he will leave Van oouver on the 2oth of the present month with a force of forty quartz miners for this place for the purpose oS inaugurating active operations on a number of the best known mineral proposstious in the Whitehorse cop per belt. fourteen of these properties having been bonded, it Is said, by a
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13

sores extended down to my feet. Then l sG!- fered agony with the burning, itching soror. could hardly walk and for long timc l could not put on socks.
 "All this time I was trying everything [ could hear of, and had the skill of ,.cn doctors. They said it was eczema. ugt u1 benefit from all this. I was nearly worn out, and had given up i1 despair O. ovCr being cured when was advised by l-.0al to try Cuticura Remedies. l purchased Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and EcsOlvC-t. and used exactly as directed. used the Cu'irU-l Remedies constantly for four months, a@d nothing else, and was perfectly cured. It is now year, and have not had flo least bit since. am ready to praise thr CU,1a.l Remedies at any time (Sicncd) E. l.. Cate, Exie, Ky, Nov. TO- 1910.
 Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold throughout the world Send To Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Dept. 2iN. Boston, for free sample of each with 32-p, book oU tac skin.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13

new company promoted by MT, Green ough with the cooperation of Robert Lowe of this place and President pickeson of the White Pass Railway company. Mir. Lowe has been at work in his efforts to float the scheme all winter and has succeeded admirably
 MT. Grecnough is well and favor ably known here as a mining man. He worked the Pueblo two years aco and it can be said for him that he is one of the very few quartz men 10 operate in this country Sys- temaucally and ,methodically. The pe' pie of Whitehorse would prefer see ing MT. Greenough return to engage in work here than any man who has ever been here in the same line.
 It is also apparent that President Dickcson of the railroad has been largely instrumental in bringing about the satisfactory arrangements said to exist He has done what his pre- deceSSors should have done and woul have done ten years ago had they been transportation men and able 10 penetrate ihe future by as much as even a few months. We believe President Dickeson has properly sen sel the situation. that he realizes that the future life of his road de- ponds more largely on the develop ment and operation of the rich quartz deposits of Southern Yukon than anything else. and We also be uove he will do all in his power to bring about such development and op- erauou. If he does. all honor and au hail to him. Long may he wave.
 Ina, the present and steadily in rreasiur price of copper is the great incentive to promised activity in min ing circles there can be no doubt The price of copper has been stead uy advancing for the past months and has now passed the fifteen and a half cen, mark, and it is believed H will go even higher. Therefore, there is no doubt but that shipping will be-tn in the very near future in order that the existing good price for the product may be obtained.
 If forty miners are coming from Vancouver. it means that all the quartz miners to be hired here will also be given employment It also means that for every experienced miner employed in opening the var ious properties, one or more muck CTS" will be needed and the result will be that over one hundred men will be at work in this locality with in the next thirty days. Then will the stars of the morning sing to- gether. all Nature will turn double, backactiou handsprings in glee, and all obroad will be heralded the glad udiuCs Southern Yukon has at last come into her own. ."-Whitehorse Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13

No. l, N. Bound, 1st class Mon day. Wednesday and Friday S:SO a. 10, Leaves
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-13
HARNESSING A SHARK.
Cruel Revenge That Has tho Sanction
 of Immemorial Custom,

of Immemorial Custom.
 The shark s jaws are pried open to the fullest extent A stout eight foot spar of tough timber, by 4 inches in cross measurement, is fixed trans versely far back in the angle of the jaw, the ends projecting on either side, A strong rope leading from tue ends of the spar Is drawn close and frightened with a clove hitch round the iSh's tail behind the wide tail fiukcs. lt Is thus the sailor harnesses his enemy.
 The clamp of the cruel jaws drives the two inch long teeth deep into the tough spar. The tight line holds It in place, and, struggle as he may, the shark fails to move the spar an inch from its position. As finishing touch the sailor drew his knife blade across the sharks eyeballS and let him 20.
 Fitted and bridIcd, blinded, with jaws wide gaping, he swHm through a limitless sea in never ending fatunus circles. The queer furnishings he bore scared away others of his kind. Lone ly and silent, he passed like Cam among the fishes till starvation and sheer misery ended his existence.
 Cruel2 Of course it was. But sure ly, like the venomous snake, the shark has long put himself beyond the pale of human mercy. Soft hearted a> he usually is, the sailor man has a long memory. The shark has followed for weeks in the shadow of his ship and has watched each man of the crew with greedy, malevoIcut eye There is a heavy debt against all the shark tribe for many lost mariner, and when the chance comes tO settle old scores the sailor pays 1t to the full Besides. the thing has the sanction of immemOriaI custom. It was some o.d Phoeuician. trading out of Tyre to the far Cassitorldcs, who probably first put the trick in practicc.-Wide World Magazine.
 Illogical
 He-A woman Is always Illogical