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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
Weh' Dress Goods for Autumn

THE OLD BEE HIVE Dress Goods Department begins the
with the broades stocks fabrics We
carefully searched the leading markets selecting literally from
all the novelties for Fall and Winter well beautiful
stocks Of the staple ETC. It is too early
look the cloths and invite your early inspection
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
NEW ENTERPRISES.

\ number of resolutions authorizing
the city attorney to draft bills for var
ious enterprises in Burlington were
introduced. One is for a municipal bathing
beach, another for a public playground
and a third for a purchasing agent for
the city. The purpose in introducing these
subjects at the present time is to en-
courage discussion of the projects so that
| bills may be introduced In the next
Legislature enacting them, should 1t seem
wise.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

Even you will find many of the prettest Of the
seasonhats of much charm and beauty that will give har
monizing touch to the modern costume.
There Black Velvet Hats with jaunty white feathers
and ornaments Long Mapped Plush and Velour Hats in
blue cee soft pink tans browns etc. Some Soft
Grown Hats with hoppy brms with oddly placed novelties cock
AIDES and pompoms also wonderful variety Of other hats at the
most moderate prices-$350 to $1,000.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
COMBINATION NEW TO HIM
Lemonade and Ladies" Was Some
thing the Veteran Politician Never
Had Heard of.

Lemonade and ladies'" A certain
veteran politician laughed derisively
as he read those words OH q card this
morning.
Say Bob he said, what kind Of
a way is this to run campaign? Seen
this card? It's notice of the Tenth
ward Progressive clubs meeting to-
night at Posey's hall, and it gives q
special invitation to the ladies to at
tend and says Ice cold lemonade will
be served free. Did you ever hear
anything like that, Bob?
Lemonade and ladies'. That amt
no way to run campaign. Say, how
many votes can these ladies cast?
guess I've had as much practical ex-
perience in politics as any man and
I'll tell you these Progressive guys amt
going to get very far with their lemon
ade and ladies. 1t won't 60"
However, despite the warnings of
the professional politicians, the Tenth
ward Progressive cllb will serve lem
onade at the mass meeting tonight.
1t is according to the new order of
things. If any of the boys attend
they will be welcome.-Kensas City
Star
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
SHE COULD ANSWER FOR HIM
Little Comfort for Candidate in Rea-
son Assigned by Wife for Her
Being Confident

Mr.. Williams, one of five candidates
for the office of sheriff in one OF the
northern counties of Wisconsin, was
making a house-to-house canvass OF
rural district, soliciting votes. Com
ing to the house of Farmer Tompson,
he was met at the door by the good
housewife. and the following dialogue
ensued:
is Mr.. Tompson at homer"
No; he has gone to town"
am very sorry, as l would have
liked to talk to him"
Is there anything l can tell him
for your"
MY name is Williams, candidate for
sheriff, and wanted to exact a prom
Use from him to vote for me at the
coming election"
"Oh, that will be all right know
he will promise, for he has already
promised four other candidates the
same thing. Norman e. Mack's Ma
tional Monthly.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
MARBLE LIGHTS ARE BEST
German Inventors Patent New System
of illumination That Ia
Like Day.

Berlin.-Patents have just been
taken out for using marble instead of
glass in lamps, which has the effect Of
making the illumination scarcely dis
tinguishable from daylight.
Innumerable experiments have been
made with tinted and patterned types
of glass with the idea of producing
this effect, but all have been failures.
AS a last resource sheet of white
marble was planed down until it was
semi-transparent and then different in
tensities of light were shown from be-
hind The result was exactly what SO
many hundreds of experiments had
failed to produce.
Developing this discovery, the pat
entees have fitted lights to the cornice
of room with such success that it is
difficult to convince anyone that it is
artificially lighted.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
At Booths First Meeting
Old Londoner Tells of the Beginning
of Real Work of the Salvation
Army.

Standing at the salute by a big tomb
stone in Abney Park cemetery was an
old soldier Of the Salvation Army AS
the procession filed past him General
and Mrs. Bramwell Booth gave him a
glance of kindly recognition.
The old man, who is seventy-five
years OF age, and named Peter Monks,
was the late generals first convert in
London.
One day nearly fifty years ago, be-
fore William Booth had started any
mission work, he was walking down a
squalid little back street near the Lon
don docks when he met Peter Monks
outside notorious drinking house.
THE general came UP and spoke to
me- said Monks to the Daily Mirror,
mo doubt because looked the bad
character that | was then.
Il am looking for work he said to
me. He went on to say that he had
left a congregation just before be-
cause he said, they thought more
about me than him. q
Presently Booth told me he was
going to try to hold meeting on the
Mile End Wastea most daring thing
to do in those times-and he asked me
to come to it.
Il said would, wondering what had
come over me.
Il went down to the meeting at the
Mile End Waste, and found that some
of the worst characters from Spital-
fields and Whitechapel had gathered
round Booths rough platform and
were giving him a very bad time.
throwing cabbage stumps and dirt at
him.
Something seemed to rise up in
me, and instead of joining in the
horseplay, as usually did, clencned
my fists and simply walked round
the crowd.
"The lads knew who l was-I had
bit Of reputation as boxer in those
days-and surprised by my taking up
the preachers side and from fear of
my fists, they became quiet, and Booth
got hearing, for which he thanked
me many times.
II did not become actually converted
for some time, but I went to all the
meetings and helped to keep order.
When the Salvation Army was finally
formed l joined, London Daily Mir
ror.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. was COM
pletely run down. On advice I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Core
pound and am enjoying good health. It
Is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. I do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. ]
think your medicine is grand and praise
it to all my-neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
fish it. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
TOMS Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia IL. Pinkhana's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia e. Pinlkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
sTAKED HIS LIFE ON CARDS
A New York Waiter Kills Himself on
Losing in Solitaire
Game.

New York.-Robert Schweizer. a
waiter out of work, determined his
fate by playing solitaire in his lodg-
ings and killed himself with gas. Be
side the bed on which his body lay
when it was discovered, he had pulled
up table. On it lay cards laid out
SO that they showed that he had been
stuck" trying to carry through the
game of Garfield.
Beside the cards lay a penciled
tally on sheet of paper 1t indicated
that he had tried the game thirteen
times unsuccessfully before putting a
gas tube in his mouth and ending his
life. Under the tally was scrawied:
81 lose. My time has come. X. S."
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
DANISH WOMAN IN NEW ROLE
Daughter Of Prime Minister 5erntsen
Has Had Herself Apprenticed to
a Cabinet Maker.

Copenhagen Every now and then
Denmark sets class distinctions at.
naught and achieves, for an old world
coutry, new records In democracy
Peasants become cabinet ministers
nowadays without exciting much com1
ment, but there was something of a
sensation when the daughter of Ole.
Hansen, then minister of agriculture,
went in for domestic service.
She, however, has now been out.
done by Miss Amy Berntsen, daugh-'
ter of the present prime minister
Mr.. Klaus Berntsen, who has had her
self apprenticed to cabinet maker
and is daily undertaking the ordinary,
work of male apprentice. True, the
cabinet maker Is herself a woman.
Miss Katrine Horsboi, who in her
time served her apprenticeship in
works where she had only male work
men as companions. Since she began
business for herself she has developed
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

must be some fire." it is safe to as
sumo that when continual rumors of
'shrinkers" we're prevalent, the
shrinker device must have been doing
some shrinking, and In the case of
this particular form of shrinker, which
as stock scales and grain scales, it
has been the farmer and producer
who were the victims.
The evidence obtained by the agent
of the Minnesota commission dis
closed the fact that the man who had
made these devices had procured from
So to SIS each for them.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Gloves and Thimhles.

"One Of the hardest things for shop
pers to learn is that the size of gloves
and thimbles do not coincide" said
salesman IF the woman who wears
a No. s glove asks her husband to
buy thimble for her she tells him
to get a No 6 thimble. If he takes
that size the chances are it will only
stick on the tip of her little finger.
She needs a No. s. OF course,
there are exceptions to the rule, for
in thimbles, as in gloves, there are
great differences In the make, and a
great deal depends too, upon the pecu-
liarities of the hand. But, as rule,
thimbles run about two sizes larger
than gloves"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
KISSING RoBBER IS ROUTED
Mrs. w. C. Laidey Lets Him Take Her
Money, but Fights His Efforts
to Hug

Chicagot-A robber with a mania
for hugging his women victims ap-
peared on the south side. He accost-
ed Mrs. W. C. Laidey of $40 East
Sixty-ffth street as she was crossing
Drexel avenue on walk home from
a Cottage Grove avenue car. He grab
bed her mesh bag, which contained
only small sum, but was not content
with the money. He demanded few
kisses. Mrs Laidey screamed and
fought The footuads advances and he
tisd, but did not leave the handbag be-
Find.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Daddy's Whack-Whack.

On the occasion of her last visit to
a. certain Baltimore household young
matron of that city found little
friend III tears
What's the matter with little Ma
rie?" she asked, endeavofdng to con-
sole the weeping child.
Daddy has just given me whack-
whack," the youngster re 1lied between
sobs.
"Thoughtless daddy!" exclaimed the
young woman. depressing smile.
And where did he whack-whack little
Marie?"
ION the back of my tummy." was
the answer.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

3 strong trade connection, and her es-.
tablishment now ranks among the
best in Copenhagen.
Premier Berntsen has proved an
able leader of the government, his
long experience in the lower house
proving of the utmost value. His
daughter is engaged to be married, but
he fully approves of her developing
her manual and mental capabilities to
the greatest extent so that she may
become as efficient cabinet maker
as he is a cabinet minister.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Absorbed.

A college professor noted for his
concentration OF thought, returned
home from a scientific meeting one
night, still bordering deeply upon the
subject that had been discussed AS
he entered his room he head noise
that seemed to come from under the
bed
Is there someone there?' he asked
absently.
No. professor" answered the in
truder, who knew his peculiarities
That's strange" muttered the pro-
fessor. Il was almost sure I heard
someone under the bed"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
5r Peace

is not fair, but blacklisting is,
$ letting is, monopolizing food is. main
Raining tuberculosis tenements is.
These rules won't pass. boys. when
the girls learn to play the game The
tvrannical employer will have to go,
avndicalism and sabotage (the logical
answers to arbitrary capitalisrA) will
nave to 60. We already have the chill
dran.s bureau with real statesman,
TuIia Lathrop, at the head. We are
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
it Checked Baby's Dysentery

We found Kopp's Baby's Friend an excellent
remedy during teething and for bowel
troubles, writes Mrs. R. B. Des Erma, jerome,
Mich. Sold by druggists, 10e., 25c., and Soc,
or sent direct by Kopp's Baby's Friend Co.,
York, Pa. Go to your nearest druggist for
free sample. Adv
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
unsophisticatsd.

Darling" said the fond youth, pro.
ducing a ring. which is the right fin
ger?"
For goodness sake, Algy!" respond
ed the maiden. don't you know {?
Nineteen years old and never been
engaged to girl before!"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
The youno Idea.

When you are man. my son, do
not want you to grovel on the earth.
but to fly on the heights
What will fly with, pa?R
With fine ideal, my SON.
Say, pa, can work it with a b; So
line MOTOR
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
No Room for Doubt

Railroad Attorney You are sure 1t
was cur Flyer that killed your mule?
What makes you so positive?
'Rastus-He dun licked ebry other
train on de roaG.-Puck.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

health was very bad
and / had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. / could
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals victua ais
without my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging sensa-
tons / could hardly
bear IL I had sore
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

getting the beginning OF eugenics.
When the instinct of motherhood Is
allowed free play we shall become
constructive synthetic, peaceful
Twentieth Century Magazine.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache is a symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement. If you have
backache don't neglect it. To get per-
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. 81 suffered
two years with female disorders, my
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

MY dear. I'm suspicious of that
young architect who is visiting our
Mabel"
Why"
He's designing fellow"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
scant Bathino suit.

4 New York.-Tony Tasseldo, eight
years old went swimming clad only in
a coat of tan in the city hall park
fountain A Mortified policeman Oh AZ
ed Tony i block heisre ke taagAF
him
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
DOES YOUR HEAD Agile.

Try Hicks CAPUDINE. It's liquid pleas
ant to take-effects immediate-good to prevent
Sick Headaches and Nervous Headaches also
Your money back II not satisfied. l0c., Csc. and
Soc. at medicine stores Adv.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
How Scales Are Made to Cheat

AGAZINES and news
papers have given
much space in late
years to the ques-
ton of weights and
measures, which has
resulted in the pas
sage of legislation in
many states putting
the supervision of
this partic ul a r
branch Of work I'M
der a defined depart
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Usual One

What is the latest thing which
Mrs Cooke has in the way of a
pickle?"
Il guess it is her husband"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Serious One.

What was the last operation that
famous surgeon performed?,
He cut his wife out of his will"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
New Acquisition.

Pop, get me a little wagon to hitch
ISur goat to.
h.got no goat, child"
you have, pops Billy Smiths
hys you've got his"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

The following precautions will be OF
assistance in helping to detect these,
or similar fraudulent devices and pre-
vent the seller of any commodity
which may be weighed over scale
from being victimized:
l, See that scale is in perfect bal
ance before any weighing is done.
2. See that scale beam swings free
ly, that is. without stiff jerking mo-
ton.
3. See that there is ample clearance
about the scale platform, If it is a
wagon, stock or dump scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

merging into the sleep Of death; but he was con-
sciouS when dragged forth, and he was not badly
frozen.
Another miracle had been wrought when, hours later,
gcd through the window Of Coppcrtops roadhousc and
spent the last Of their strength in the cry for
open doors. II had been cruel mcrCcs, hand to hand
fight with Nature at her worst and the had won bv
margin that they could not claim the credit,
Wicked old Coppcrtop after ne had pushed Marstous
sled through the door into the roadhousc turned threw
back his parla hood and looked straight up into the
black night
"Thanks!" he said earnestly.
ATE in the afternoon there again signs of life at
- Coppcrtop's roadhousc. For ten hours its occupants
had lam III the stupur OF exhaustion, the cook OnlV
watching the injured men, seeming to live. All, save
Coppcrtop, who slept on deeply, were astr. OF the
injured men, Swcdc Eric alone in serious condition.
He would have to be taken to Nome.
Eric had carried mail for Candle City, way roadhouscs
and camps; Aarston and Coppcrop had found it on his
abandoned sled. 1t had left Seattle in November a-
ter the last boats had arrived from the North and had
been scvcntyhvc days on the trail when it reached
Nome; but II was from the States, from home.
There was a papcr-a Seattle newspaper along
by phianthropst to be read to the BOYS at the
roadhouscs and camps where Ere might stop en- route
There a letter for MarSton.
Marston'S hands were bandagcd that ne could not
open his letter The Commissioner held it before his
eyes; but he shook his head, half in disclaimer. The
heart that had taken little Narston to find Swedc
Ere was not brave enough TO face the message in that
letter for it from the village, the brown-cycd little
woman the baby girl After awhile he nodded and the
Commissioner opened it and held the pages before him.
Through swimming eyes Marston read here and there
sentence. They were well The cottage had been
taken away from them but they had managed to get
along somehow. They waiting. They believed in
him. They would wait till they knew he was dead
Marston could see no more He graSpcd the letter in
his chubby hands and crushed it against his heart
Someone closed the door to the bunkoom that his sobs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
might not disturb .a
sleeping Coppcrtop.

Sleeping Noprt!lop.
A LITTLE later a..
"A Commissioner Was
reading aloud from I'll.
newspaper. Tie -a' .'.-.
,owhcrc Ai.rstonls prop
ped up against 'hc 'a...
and Was holding .hcparr
SO that the little man g..,.
follow him across hrs
arm. Together they yea.
through au,'ew tha. -D..-
ci,o have cn'oiuet -,'.r.
upon the Commission g.
tongue. J.. WAS ~. ..
those ui,;fu' appeals
,ammunm ,acuoH-r.r...
Of the north coast .u-,-
tile year, thattu',.wu.
great rush. w'..u.uu.r..-
lu~rd hv i,s yellow .Ur...
had ,o,uut in ,hr g....
silence Of the North. ].
~.n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

ION p. DID,
"u., two iuGu..r,. III 'h,. 1Iau',r'v country,
groNIut Cupprr'op, .'u,irg '.r 'ah'. with his fist,
grand larceny AMI petty ur.ouE, Dee finished after
THERE was "a gl.riu,. choking sound behind the
stove. Nlo,.rr,.,. rir,. Bell id pro-pr.ror. had
heard the sound before, and knew II for the LITTLE heart
lyr-, Of oy that sometime. follow. mans first peep
~. hi fartn, lie wa. on H.. f., in Am instant. !, he
rounded the. stove, followed Il the Commissioner and
Sanford the pan dr,ppcl from Mars'ous nrry,'c-s
finger, and sank o the bottom If the tub. l. was per
fcc,lv clean when Nlarstou drew il out.
"Nor a color" wa, Mar-ruu, layunic rcnari. as he
Looked M into Nloo-cI,a-,rlr.'. face
ir .In,,,I lI,.,,,.,,,r, reaching for the pan.
"Ii.rcnl" roarcd Copp,r,up
S,nconc was calling fccbiv and hammcring a. the
sroru.bcd door The dop, were up and two or three
Of fbcrn @ontsicrs were barking There wa, a STAN
pclc for the door and moucn, later all hands were
grouped round an exhausted, pccchloss man who had
rn,n.cd like. snow ngllr,. I'm the center Of the room
Coppcr,op was pouring whisky into the mans throat,
and the Others were ripping of his foogcar and snow
matted parta In an hour the man could make himself
understood.
Toward Nomc-hcow Gunlcrson bluff three
mcs-Bnly Salto. by a bu,h-cycn, eight mile back,
Swcdc Eric buried in noW-lo-t two days mail.
Coppcrtop and Nlarston were already getting dogs
into harness; the cook wa putting up food and stmu,
lan,; and the Others were getting int" parkas and
mu,hing gear. Robcs and blankets were hurled into
slcls and III ten minutes the roadhousc was deserted
save for the cook and the man wh"' 10y '"i mercy
haI stumbled upon II IN me wilderness "l d'''h OUT,
SIDE Down the riycT hrIIo&iH ABOVE the ,iorih ana
followed closely by h"i-'I"d hj'r MArst"n old copper
top lea the way.
,. ., :,
ONH Mi'r HiIhRhl M"",P'.iW' 'I'''i'ra' anu
the Comini',ioncr i"uEhJ thcir way PACK To thG
r"'ln"ust WIN ply '',H: I,l were 'A''I 'e., anu
declared th'i no hFii'R 'l'R OUT ''''' '""' SURVIVE
I'll morning; ,., ,,;, ....,,. .;,,
~ nay I'h' M'n'' Wv. '' ('',C u,,h ,'y 'I,,J
~ ~ ,''' , w. ~ l i
r o,J VI |.,', f-," Jc,J orII 6 T
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-05-01
Factory Building Burned al Winston Salem
Last Night.

Winston-Salem, April E9.-A
spect ocular blaze in the factory
district here tonight at 10 O'Clock
caused a less of more than S4OO,-
OJO.
The large building near the de-
pot formerly owned by the Amer
Tobaoco Company and just sold
by them on Saturday to J. P.
Taylor Ct Taylor Brothers, tobac-
CO manufacturers, was DESTROYED.
Tae building was valued at $780,
0)0 with $50 900 insurance.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company had 8 500, 900 pounds Of
leaf stored in the building which
was burned entailing o loss of
$500, 900. The tobacco less is an.
derssood to be covered by insur-
auce.
A number negro tenemepts in
the immediate vicinity were
burned and several other impor-
tant industrial plants were seri.
ously threatened for o time bat
the fire was finally got under con-
troll. The origin is unknown.