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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

There's a smell OF smoke on the frosty
air
And the CLINT OF gold on the leaves.
And the road rings hard as we onward
tramp
Past tine fields with their harvest
shcaves
And the corr stalks high to the ground
are cut.
And piled in stacks together.
Az II seeking warmth for their hard dry
frames
In the chill, autumnal weather.
less sky
And the air Is bracing and brisk.
So we give no thought to the year that
is done
And laugh while the squirrels frisk
tors hoard
While the leaves fall still. but fast
And the brown limbs show midst the
flaming red,
And long gaunt. grim shadows cast
For the blazing scarlet's defiance Is vain
and the time OF plenty is fed.
And the DAYS grow bricfer. the nights
more long.
Then the years flame fiickers-is dead
Hartford. Conn. Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
INDIAN ACROBATS.

The wandering acrobats of India, says
writer in the Wide World, are recruit
ed from a low caste OF people called
''Dombaranos." who live by this profess
sion alone The children ara trained
from their earliest childhood. and do not
receive any education in schools. They
travel from village to town. and give
their performances. which are really
wonderful. in the open air, before crowds
Of onlookers Their tricks are quaint
and sometimes astonishingly clever Sup
ported by one another these men will
balance themselves in a crazy kind of
pyramid rising 10 or 20 feet from the
ground. and one of their number will
then climb this living pyramid with a
heavy weight in his teeth. Babies not
yet able to walk are often seen being
made use of In the most dangerous man
ner during these performances. RIA jahs
and rich Indians are very fond of the
acrobatic displays, and engage the best
of the men to perform before their guests
at entertainments
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
STANDARDS OF ILLrrERACY.

Only three persons out OF food in Ger
many are unable to read or write. while
the proportion Of illiteracy IN Great Brit
ain is l5O In 10000. as against 40 in To-
OO In the United States.
These figures are based on a compari-
son Of iliteracy among some OF the lead
ing nations which has Just been made
and issued by the United States bureau
OF education. says tho Chicago Tribune
The American figures include the entire
population over 10 years of age. while
tho German figures cover only the arm,
recruits. and the British statistics arc
based on data drawn wholly from Of
fetal marriage registers.
Hence the German and British stats
tics deal only with adults and generally
speaking with physically and mentally
normal adults. while the United State.
census includes without discrimination
every one above the l0-year age limit
even colored folk.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
NOW THE PEOPLE VOTED.
CFrom the Boston Transcript


Pending thercceipts of the orf!cialreturns
from every state in the Union, computa-
tons If the popular vote must be based
on the figures collected and compiled by
the press. The most general assumption
from these sources Is that the total num-
Der Of ballots cast for Wilson. Roosevelt
and Taft aggregates about 100000 This
leaves out the socialists. who are claiming
To have mustered over $4,000 men at the
polls. the prohibitionists. and the odds
and ends OF political activity. There arc
lust enough small parties to mako the
fnal aggregate dependable upon strictly
official compilations which may not he ac-
cessible for some time yet. n the social
lists and prohtbitonists together approx
mated, on November 3. one million voters.
then the number OF those who cast their
ballots throughout the Union might be
placed In the neghborhood OF 1900, 100.
If in tho final summation II is found that
ifeen million American citizens exercised
the right OF suffrage the total vote for
1912 would not vary much from that cast
four years ago. which footed up. so far
as can he made out from trustworthy re-
turns, IN the neighborhood OF +,sSs,OO.
The popular vote does not grow by leaps
and bounds. II does not keep company
with the increase of population In 1855.
almost a quarter OF a century ago, the
| ballots cast and counted In tho United
States numbered 1l.3sO.oOO. The popula-
ton was then about sixty millions 1t
must be now between nanety-four and
ninsty-nve millions. Between 1885 and
1912. therefore. the population has gained
nh ,,t vtar
IN the total vote 10 around 80 per cent.
of men who cannot vote and thousands
who never apply for naturalization. pecu-
| liar registration laws. some OF them traps
for tho opponents of those who enact
Thorn. and Acknowledgement in the South,
are among the causes for the total vote
| keeping as closely as It does to a low rate
of progression. Between 1900 and 1904 1t
| absolutely fell Off. declining from $685. 600
| to 1850, OOo, Apparently a proportion Is
| being established between the population
| and tho voting power. and II this appear
| ancs 10 justified In a complete analysis II
! demonstrates that on the part of more
| than "A million eligible to vote there is
| complete Indifference To the political du-
| ties of their citizenship.
| The division of votes between the two
| great parties of the country has not un-
| dergone any great change If the current
| estimate of Mr. Wilson'S vote approx
| mates correct ness. 6,iaS,"D. then he re-
| ceived seventy thousand less than MIR
| Bryan got in 1896 MI Bryan had then two
| nominations, the direct democratic and
tho populist endorsement, That was the
| mrgest number of voters that any demo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
A NEW NIGHT LAMP.

Exceptionally attractive is new
night lamp of small proportions whick
IL Just the thing for tho bedside table
or for the nursery. The pedestal Of the
lamp il similar in size and shape 10 a
colonial candlestick and Is surmounted
by squat barrel chimney having z
circular hole In its fiat top through wnict
the smoke may escape, Fitting over thit
chimney ia an asbestos-lined shade made
Of fiuted wide ribbon, finished at top and
bottom edges with narrow frills of fray
ed silk Even should the chimney crack
and shatter, the asbestos-lning would
prevent the shade from catching fire and
the broad base of the pedestal precludet
the lamp from overturning unless 10y an
accident of an extraordinary character.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

yenrns over the beauty that liz failing,
who sees life growing dreary and
drearicr. because It's vivid interests have
passed her by.
The wise mother grows happily towards
grandmotherhood. knowing that in tho
children Of her sons and her dsurb,ors
she shall feel once more the joys that
come TO her when she held her own ba
bics In her arms. To the little folks She
VIII he grandmother with big co.
ana she VIII rank second in Importance
to none.
Thlnk ~ these things you wistful 1T
tie mothers with your little new babies
IN your arms. There are great things
coming to you through this new life
which is knit with your own. And these
Things will come only as you look for
ward with courage to the responsibilities
which will be transformed into raptures,
ms your child develops towards the ideals
which have been set for him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
THE CHINESE EMPIRE,

FrOm the Springfield Republican,
1t may he recalled that In the prolonged
and tedious negotiations over the Chinese
loan, matter on which the six power
group" of bankers had difficulty In COM
Ing to an ARRANGEMENT for Distributing the
Chinese revenues among the provinces, a
matter somewhat troublesome because OF
the special claims of Russia and Japan
in the north. There Is indeed some irony
in the fact that China should now he hav-
Ing to defend her empire against the az
gressions OF the very powers which pro-
pose to let their bankers lend her 5000 .
100000 on condition that they be allowed
to make sure that II is properly expended
Would the supervisors consider It a prom
en- expenditure to appropriate Russian
money to keep Russia from selling Mon
golia? Recognition OF independence is of
course only step to absorption into tho
Russian empire unless China has strength
enough to make Russia feel that the adj
venture IL not worth while
1t Is not worth IA great hazard. Ger.
tainy, and courageous resistance might
make Russia await u more favorable on
portunity. She has already plenty of Sec
ond-rate land. and Outer Mongolia ia a
poor second rate, Its climate is harsh
and subject to violent extremes of tenn.
perature, and the rainfall il scant. because
when the moist southeast wind blows n
has IT, pass over the Cobb desert which
separates outer Mongolia from the res,
of the chinese empire and which Will
make military operations difficult for tho
fore" which China Is said to be ordering
to the scene, Yet the region, which il a
tableland less elevated than most of this
Cobb, Is not wholly barren. and Ia water
ed by several rivers which give promise
OF more agricultural development than a,
Waaent Russia hss great dreams for tn,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

gate Of the Taft and Roosevelt votes
comes within few thousand OF reaching
the Taft vote OF 1908
1t will he seen, therefore. that, strictly
speaking. Wilson did not receive the benc-
flts Of landslide. Rather did ne enter
office through the gap made by republi-
can disscnson. The statistics certainly
show that II "a means can be found Of
bringing together the two republican
camps tho numerical chances for future
success OF the Republican party are more
than good. A political organization which
has nearly eight million voters and is dl.
vided by n personality only. need not die.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
NEW FABRICS.

Most delightful are the fabrics pressed
into the service of new models OF the
nature OF costumes tailleur and aftor-
noon frocks Rateen. In every variety is
offered us; the rateen OF this season ha s
gained in beauty considering since II first
laid claims on our affections last year.
1t still retains. however. its rough sur
face, although It has acquired n lovely
.elvety finish In addition. This modified
mirror effect shows to advantage in
the new shades OF rich reds deep puppies
and chestnut browns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
uETTY GREEN Ar ~.

Hetty Green celebrated her 18th birth
day AS usual by strict attention to bust
moss Asked If she were not going to
have some little celebrations she replied
'Oh yes; all day I'll he singing my little
song of gladstone praise that rye os-
capped the bonds of robbers. cutthroats
and money thieves which infest Wall
Streetb How much gre YOU worth
now? Mrs Green was asked II
haven't the least idea" she said very
frankly. As means of insuring lon
gcvity, Mrs, Green recommends the
chewing Of baked onions, and TO this
she ascrlhos her own good health
York Herald
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
AIRING \ GRIEVANCE.

,From the New Bedford Standar l.
When their patrons will agree about ex-
actly how much air they want In street
cars. the companies will no doubt agree
TO furnish It,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

u teaspoonful of cornstarch is added
10 SIX teaspoonfuls Of salt and Thoroughly
mixed, there Will be but little ANNOYANCE
IRON moisture in da mp weather.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Newburyport, Mass, Mrs. Chas. Jack
man, states: Il greatly feared | was
going to have tuberculosis so | go
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound ana
took It, The hemorrhagcs stopped and
to-day am well. strong woman with ne
sign of tuberculosis trouble. l always keel
toley's Honey and Tar Compound In
the house as IT keeps the whole famil!
free from colds" J. w. O Sullivan. ,
Church street. (Adv)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

II the stovepipc seems clogEed with
SCOT. before taking It down try putting
riece OF zinc on the live Goals This 4
often effective in removing the obs,ruc.
ton
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
HINTS FOR THE HOME,

some people brush pastry over with q
NICK syrup just before baking in order
10 nave a rich glaze when II is done.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
AGENTS CHANCE.

nrom the Providence TribuneD
Now's the time TO sell accident ins,r-
ance to travellers hy rail between Bos-
ton and New York.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

So important has domestic science in
struction become in Germany that a spe-
cial Domestic Science Dictionary" ha =
tecn issued for the use of teachers and
others Interested in education for Tho
home
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Education. detection, control" should
he the watchwords OF the campaign
against tuberculosis, according to the
Chicago Tubcrculoss Institute
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Somebody will take the first direct steI
toward home ownership. to-day. infiu-
enced entirely by one of the real estate
ads in the PAPER. Is It to be YOU?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

copper utensils are more readily clean.
cd n warm than If cold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

When cornstarch is used in cus'ards
&C any kind. increase tho usual amount
Of sugar and do not overlook the salt II
you would not have the dessert fat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Aicohol Will be found eficacious for re-.
moving grass stains from clothing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

washing soda is excellent for removing
stains from granite ware.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

I. is we'll to add vinegar to the water
in which fish Is boiled. teaspoonful Of
vinegar to quart of water Is the right
proportion. The acidulatcd water makes
the meat of the fish firmcr than r. psir
water Is used
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

No more free maps School teachers
"h" wish the ocean charts published by
the United states photographic Office
VIII hereafter have to subscribe for them
AZ !" cents copy. The Pilot Chart is
published monthly for the North Allan.
tic, North Pacific, and Indian oceans
quarterly for the South Atlantic and
South Pacific oceans.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
EDUCATION NOTES.

Open-air schools arranged after Ger
man and American models. have been
Instituted "a Barcelona. Spain.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

The pressing need for uniformity in
state school reports is emphasized anew
by the United States Bureau OF E.duca ton
in n recent bulletin on city and country
schools. The bureau urges school Off
GERS to adopt as rapidly as possible tho
state schedule and definitions OF terms
approved by the Department of Super
lntendcncc of the National Education
Association
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Mrs Clara J. Burgess. stcnographer In
the general offices OF the Sante Fe rail
road. is the first woman 10 he retired on
pension ny the company. She has COM
pletsd q years service with the road and
under the rules will draw pension for
the remainder of her life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

FOUNTAT ---"- - "orr PRESS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

The annual report OF Miss Mary Mac
arthur. secretary of the Federation OF
Women Workers of England shows that
last year the membership of the unior
increased by over 5000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

BY vote of Is to the town council
or Macy Perkata, Hungary. has decided
TO tax bachelors for the benefit OF the
childrens hospital The solitary dissen.
tient was the only bachelor on the coun.
Gil Finding his protests unheeded- he iG
appealing to the provincial authorities ia
veto the proposal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

tent
If You who read this had the oppor-
tunity to ask for your little baby three
gifts. what would you demand? Think
carefully before YOU answer, and answer
truthfully. DO not say, 81 want my son
to be good" when You really mean that
You want him to be successful DO not
say that YOU desir" fer your daughtc'
sweet womaullncss, when deep down In
the bottom of your heart You are hoping
that she may reign as belle.
The child IS the product of your real
ambition, not Of that ambition which
You express with the lips, If your heart
Ncarns over him. If strength and courage
and sclf-control ARE the things which you
wish ardentY for him, so ardently thai
you are willing to control your owl
moods and tcmpers, then your son will
become II not perfect IT least nearer Il
your ideal than if swavcd to Other
things by your desire for them,
In spite of the conventional belief
there are mothers who know nothing of
the feeling of real motherhood. Their,
are women to whom their children are
burdens or bores Such women go through
life bereft of the most wonderful part
If y. They say: Must | sacrifice my
self for my children not knowing that
such sacrifice furnishes to the true moth
err the keencst Joy, The woman wine
dresses her daughter dalntily for heI
first dance, misses the meaning of life
when she romands of Fate, "Why should
not |. too, be young and dance just
as the mother who Is jealous Of her sons
devotions to some lovely girl misses the
rapture of a renewal of her own romance
ba b.r vtbn 10
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10

A marriage license was issued yes.
terdsy to John auckland and Amelia
Blevins. two we'll known residents OF
the Righwood country. The wedding
took place last evening at the resi-.
dcnce Of Mrs. Chss. Crawford, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. G..
M. Donaldson, of the Methodist
church.
M. B. Casey, q we'll known raucher
living In the vicinity OF Havre, is 10
trouble with the district court Of Cas-.
cade county in which a suit to dissolve
q partnership wss recently brought.
MIR. Casey was instructed, by an order
OF the court, to vacate the partnership
ranch on or before December % but
refused to do so, and the sheriff OF
Cascade county has been ordered to
place the offender under arrest for
contempt Of court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
What is a Legal Wire Fence 2

The question is often asked, what
constitutes q legal wire fence?
The Montana statutes answer az
follows: The fence shall be four feet
four inches high, and constructed of
at least four horizontal wires each; if
cables, to consist of not less than two
OF at least No. II gauge; or, if plain,
not less than No. 8 gauge Thy plain is
meant single wire, J the lowest of which
must be more than one foot and a half
above the ground, securely fastened,
as nearly equal distant as possible,
to substantial posts, firmly set in the
ground, or to we'll supported substan-
tial leaning posts, not exceeding 30
feet apart with pickets of wood or wire
interviewer in or fastened to side wires,
between each two said posts, in such a
manner that there must not be more
than five and one-half feet space be-
tween such pickets or posts or nearest
pickets; the pickets if of wire, to be of
not less than No. 8 gauge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
favors 4O-Acre Farms.

BILLINGS, Jan. AT the request
of Mr.. F. H. Newell, chief of the United
States reclamation service, data has
been secured by the Billings Chamber
of Commerce as to the success of the
settlers on the Huntley Irrigation prof.
ect, in the GUILTY. alton of the 4O-acre
tract, with the result that the 4O-acre
unit has been unanimously endorsed
by that body for all irrigated land in
the sugar beet district. The investiga-
tion showed that the farmers cultivate
on the average about Is acres the first
year, 20 acres the second, 10 acres ad-
ditional in each of the following two
years. In addition to making a
good living from the start, the sugar
beet growers have obtained a neat in
come of $500 to $1,000 for a seasons
work, when the entire 40 acres were
cropped. The 40 acre unit was also rec
commended because of the scarcity of
labor which prevails here during the
growing aid harvest season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
Big Packing House Burns.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Fire which broke
out tonight for the second time today
in the packing house building of
Swift & Co., in the heart of the Union
stock yards, lear the scene of the dis
astrous fire a year ago, threatened the
whole Swift plant and many adjoining
structures.
The first blaze did about $25, 900
damage to a warehouse. Tonight's
fire famed by a cold wind, drove the
firemen back and made certain a
large loss. The fire started in the
smoke house, a long five-story brick
building, and spread to an adjoining
warehouse The blaze started within
half a block of the building where
Fire Marshal James Koran and "a of
his men went to death a year g be-
meath the ruins of the Morris & Co.
warehouse. Early estimates of the
loss are from $40O, 900 to $500, 600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
Limits Sheriffs Expenses.

HELENA. Jan. "A sheriff going
to another state to extradite q prisoner
on requistion papers issued by the
governor has no authority to incur
expenses in the employment of counsel
when the defend ant resists extradi-
ton. unless specially authorized by
the governor, Attorney General Galen
has advised County Attorney n. S.
Green of Cascade county.
A sheriff on such q trip 10 acting
not IS q sheriff, but as an agent OF
the governor, and is entitled only to
actual travelling expenses, which must
be approved by the board of examiu.
ers. Hence, without special authority
OF the governor. the board would not
be justified in allowing the charge, It
is held.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-10
F unds For Bounty Claims.

More bounty claims we're paid off
by the state during the year just end.
ed than in many previous years, says
the Helena Record. This 10 chiefly
due to the bounty law passed by the
legislature last winter, which not only
provided a bounty fund, but also pro.
vtded for the payment of interest on
claims remaining unpaid after a per-
iod of thirty days. This law encoun.
tered bounty hunters all over the
state, with the result that claims to a
total 1922, 1852 were filed. In 1910 q
total Of about 500, 600 was paid out in
bounty claims, and in 1909 about
$40, 600.
February % the act was approved
providing for a levy of three and q
half mills On the assessed valu ation OF
all livestock, the money 90 collected
going to the credit of the bounty fund.
The act also provides that all claims,
If passed, allowed and not paid within
a period of thirty days after presenta.
ton. shall be registered and there
after shall bear interest at the rate of
four per cent per unum until paid.
The state board of examiners has is.
sued a call for the payment January
10 of bounty claims filed during July
and August of 1909. These claims
amount to $l8, SOP and will bear in
teress at the rate of four per cent from
March Is 1911, the date when another
act providing for the payment of in.
terest on claims on which payment
had been deferred was approved.
Before the passage of the law au.
thorizing q special levy on livestock
for bounty purposes, claims piled up,
and payment was deferred all the way
from one to three years. Consequent
ly bounty hunters found no incentive
to ply their trade, and q great many
retired from the business. Now, how.
ever, in all parts of the state bounty
hunters have become active, and are
waging var on the wolves and coyotes.