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ANCIENT SCULPTURES.
Recent Acquisitions Placed ON View in
the First Chinese Room.

Among the valuable recent acquisitions
of the department of Chinese and Japan
csc art Museum of Fine Arts. several
ancient Chinese sculptures Of the six
dynaslies CA. d. oil to go and of the
Tang Dynasty CA. ID. CTS to 900. are
quite remarkable saws the Boston Tran
script. These works have been installed
in the first Chinese room. near the cor
rdor. Perhaps there are no more extra
ordinary works in the group than the two
lndo-Chnesc slabs carved in low relief
on hard blue stone. something like
the color of slate. These slabs are a
little moro than two feet high and about
four feet wide. and form n pair. Each
one is divided in three unright panels
of carvings. The borders and framework
consist of pretty design of dots and
vines. The subjects of the reliefs are
various ceremonial performances, and
| there are large number of figures of
soldiers on foot and on horseback. must
clans and men eating and drinking. The
motives appear to be quite similar on the
two slabs. although the compositions are
| slightly varied to avoid exact repetition.
A fine decorative effect Is gained by the
several of which are of professions. in
which the soldiers carry lanccs or spears
width banners. In addition to the slabs
mentioned. there aie several other recent
| ly acquired old Chinese sculptures. one
of which is tombstone or grave monu-
ment In the same material carved with
| several figures and another is a Buddha
wearing Il crown composed of nine heads
several smaller sculptures form parl
/ of tine group.
! I'm the second modern picture gallery
| Museum of Fine Arts, Charles Hopkin
sons portrait OF Miss r.. e. Putnam ha.
I he,n hung as loan. Tho summer ar
! ranacmcnt OF the picture corridor brings
t. view some interesting things. among
others IL portrait of Miss Sara Norton
by Burne-Jones. loaned by the Mlsse.
Norton. and Laura S. Hills miniature
portrait Of Miss Margaret CurZon Hale
| one of her most perfect works.
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NEW PUMP TESTED.
Buildings on the Hill Now under Ex-
cellent Fire Protection.

Water fell in places on the hill section
Of Burlington Thursday where 1t had
never fallen before except during a
shower. Chief Niles and the fire depart
ment in conjunction with the water de-
partment. made a test of the new
high pressure electric pump that has
been In course of construction for the
past two years.
The test of the new pump was a big
success Under a pressure of 100 pounds.
stream of water was thrown over the
Mary Fletcher hospital, over the tower
of the Old Mill, over the dormitory build
inss and on sheer straightaWay for a
distance Of 200 feet.
Six streams Of water were thrown in
Abe test. three of which were merged
MO one by means of the turret pipe 1t
IS estimated that the tower Of the Old
Viii Is 149 feet high and the stream
brown from the turret pipe cleared the
over by many feet. The water was
obtained from the MIGRANTS and the
pressure forced into the high power mains
,y means of the electric pump. This pump
. las 80 horsepower and was installed at
cost OF over $500 The work of wiring
20 the pump was only recently completed
and the test had been delayed until the
plant could be installed With the high
pressure pump In service all the property
east Of Prospect street and as far north
as Loomis street Is covered with extra
ARE protection.
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RECENT DEATH.
Mrs. w. II. Ryder.

Mrs. w. r. Ryder. the wife OF the
Rev. w. r. Ryder of Bloomingdale. n
" former pastor of Methodist
Churches In Hinesburg. Panton, West
Rutland and Arlington. died suddenly
of heart failure July 30. The funeral
services were held there Friday and
at Albany on Saturday. Beside her
husband she is survived by four chill
dren. Frank of Delaware. an alumnus
of Middlebury College. Ernest, :.
preacher in Indiana, and Harold and
Ruth of BloomingIale. Mrs. Ryder
was for % years faithful helpmec t
and co-laborer with MI Ryder in his
work II years being spent in the
seven charges in which he has served
as n Metho list preacher and member
of the Troy conference. Besrde the
above named places in this State MI
Ryder has served in Hampton, West
Hebron ana Bloomingdale. N. Y. goinG
To the latter place one year ago last
ADril
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the second named department, as to
whether or not there 10 a misbranding of

the second named department, as to
whether or not there 10 a misbranding of
fabrics within the meaning of the law.
should such law come into operation
there would probably be created in that
department a yarn and cloth inspec-
ton board, just as there was a Board Of
Food and Drug Inspection and Remsen
Boerd following the enactment of the
Pure Food Law. And there is still a d.
vided opinion throughout the country
as to the success Of the manner of en- /.
forcement Of that act. But all this is too
far in anticipation.
Suffice II TO say that should there ever
BE- such a statute. more or less disllu-
sion would necessarily result from the
true marking. or labelling or tagging OF
fabrics, but far more Just basis OF
trade relations would follow which GER
tainly could bring no worry or fear to the
reputable dealer Nor would 1t necessar-
lily decrease the sale of the goods of
which the true character would have to
be shown, for shoddy called "shoddy''
will wear as we'll as when 1t was called
"all WOOL"
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HOME WEDDING.
q. A. MeiEs and Miss Grace Humphrey
Married Thursday Evening.

In the midst of n bower of pink asters,
palms and wild clematis in the spacious
parlor of the brides home at % North
willard street, Miss Grace Lillian
Humphrey. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Il. Humphrey, was Thursday united In
marriage to George A. Melgs of YER
gcnncs. The wedding ceremony was per-
formed at eight o'clock by the Rev. L. O.
Sherburne of this city In the presence
of a large number of invited guests. The
wedding was followed by a reception.
Through an avenue of goldenrod and
clematis, arranged artistically along the
open stairway, the bride descended as the
opening strains Of the wedding march
were played by Barton's orchestra, and
was Joined by the groom and her father,
! upon whose arm she was led to the
parlor. The bride was gowned In white
marquisette, trimmed with Irish lace over
satin, cut en- train. She wore white
tulle veil caught with orange blossoms
and carried a shower bouquet Of white
sweet peas and lilies-of-the-valley. The
bride also wore baroque and Oriental
pearl cavalier, the gift Of the groom.
Miss Gladys z. Stratton Of Boston acted
as maid Of honor She was attired in a
gown OF pink chiffon over pink silk and
carried pink sweet peas. The best man
was Donald ". McClelland of Richford,
| a classmate OF the groom and a member
of his fraternity.
| The general color scheme throughout
the house was green and gold. varied
! with white asters and pond lilies in the
dining room and pink and white sweet
peas The orchestra was hidden in "A
bower of palms and clcmatis in bay
window just off the hall,
Tho punch bowl was presided over by
Miss Eva Meigs of Nergennes and Miss
Sara Chaplin of Hyde Park The Misses
Mary Meigs of Ncrgennes Carrie Chaplin
of Cambridge. Esther Lyon of Burlington
and JEANETTE Chaplin of Essex served in
the dining room
The groom Is a graduate of the Yer
gennes high school and Of the University
of Vermont, electrical engineering class
of 1911. He Is now an Instructor in the
State Agricultural College at Randolph
The bride has been a proofreader in the
publishing department of the Free Press
for the past six years and has host OF
friends in the city.
The bride received a large number OF
very beautiful and costly wedding Gifts
including linen cut glass. silver, pictures
furniture and money. The brides gf,
to the maid of honor was crescent SCI
with pearls and the best man received
from the groom set composed of II,
pin, cuff links and tie holder Mr. ant
Mrs MeiCs left on a late train for {
wedding trip along the Maine coast.
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LONDON's MAYORALTY SEAL.

Considerable interest attaches to the
simple statement by the General Purposes
Committee, submitting for approval and
adoption the new mayoralty SEAL" at
yesterdays meeting of the Court OF AL
dermen.
For the earliest record Of the mayor
atty seal we have to go back to about
the year 1881. and that seal was in use
until 1881. when the present one was
substituted The records state that on
April of that year, ''in full congregation
holden In the Upper Chamber OF the
Guildhall OF London. and summoned BY
William Walworth, the then mayor, as
we'll as OF those who then were aldermen.
as OF those who had been. together with
he more substantial commoners OF the
said city. In great number. for expediting
certain matters touching oud said lord
the king: by common assent II was agreed
and ordered. that the old seal Of the
office OF mayoralty Of the said city should
he broken, seeing that 1t was too small.
rude and ancient. and was unbecoming
and deroRatory for the honor Of the city:
| and that another new seal. Of honorable
| aspect and work OF art. which the said
mayor had had made. should in future
he used for that office. in place OF the
other"
| The old seal was accordingly delivered
to Richard Odyham. the chamberlain.
who broke It., and in its place the new
seal was handed to the mayor" This
| seal. which contains figures Of Peter and
Paul. and is Of silver. has been In daily
use during the past five centuries, and
has become SO battered as to be almost
useless-hence the action Of the Court Of
Aldermen In providing a substitute. The
now seal ia also Of silver, and is a replica
OF the old one. with this difference. that
two small roses have been placed on
either side OF the shield, which stands at
the bottom OF the seal It Is interesting
to note that the 1891 seal was made Just
before the Wat Tyler Rebellion. and. as
the decoration in the first quarter Of the
shield at the foot Of the seal Is clearly a
sword (of st. Paul., II disproves an an
cient and popular tradition that It rep
resents the dagger with which Sir Will
liam Walworth slew Wat Tyler in Smith
field. 1t is also highly proba ole that the
fact that the figure of Beckett on the
seal was mistaken for that OF st. Peter
resulted In the seal being saved when,
lin compliance with decree in the time
lof Henry VIII, that all articles bearing
images of Beckett should be destroyed
other seals We're broken up. The old seal
Will now occupy an honored place in one
lof the showcases Of the Guildhall
llibrary.-Leslie's Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
DON'T TALK HARD LUCK.

The following advice to agrtculturists
Ia given In the current issue OF Farm
and Firesidc. well-knowr agricultural
paper published at Springfield. Ohio;
"Plan to do things this year. Don't
be content to raise just % bushels or
corn to the acre because that is the
United States record for the past ten
years Don't stop at % bushels, the aver
age farm value Of which for the past
ten years has been but 1886. Why. look
at ffteen-ycar- Jerry II. Moore, the
champion corn-srower. who produced rs
bushels and pecks on one acre. whicn
netted him $Iso.70. Don't be content to
grow but s5 bushels Of spuds to the
acre because that Is the ten-year aver
age OF the country. with farm value
per acre Of 342.12. Why. bless your old
soul, Mr. Shirgis OF Wyoming grew 94
bushels and y pounds Of spuds on ono
acre, which netted &714n0 after paying
expenses. Some difference. Ell? Well.
guess. r. A. Chisholm and r. c. Nisbet
OF Colorado produced sF,h bushels on one
acre. One OF the ranchers In my coun-
try, here in Colorado. produced ga bush
els last year. Don't stop ut the average
yield. DO you know that the countries
Of Europe beat us all to pieces IN the
average Yields per acre? And they have
land that has been cultivated for ages
In companion with ours Trouble Is. we
spread ourselves out over too much land.
Try to do too much. While we average
y and 10 bushels of wheat to the acre.
Germany has IS. France 81. the United
Kingdom 49, and so on. Why. Germany
grows on an average as many spuds to
an acre as we do on three. Our Dutch
cousins pick up 900 bushels to the acre
right along. The slow foreigners know
how 10 farm better than we do. We are
too slow TO catch a cold. too slow to
even keep the immigrants from gobblins
up our best land and srowins rich. while
we highly civilized Yankees howl about
WORKOUT soil and hustle of to the city
to become dependents. mere parasites on
the body sociological and economical
and help boost the cost OF living by our
very inability to meet Mother Nature half
way and give her a square deal. Don't
lie. the cold winds howl about an empty
barn next fall after scraping around over
the meadow to get n half-ton of hay to
the acre. why Mrs. Harris of Michigan
grew 70 tons and $40 pounds of silage-
corn on one acre last year. No use TO
talk hard luck. Get ont and pillow up
some scrimpy meadow. DO your part.
Have you always done it,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
KEEPING ACCOUNTS.
Mrs. Darker Ridiculed Sisters Hobby
Until She Learned a Lesson.

Mrs. Barker, fresh and dainty, clearly
in a mood to welcome any pleasure that
came her way, gazed with sympathetic
irony at her flushed and weary sister.
Il hope" she observed, that you feel
virtuous enough to pay for wasting a
perfectly beautiful afternoon over those
old accounts. If you liked the things!
But to tire yourself half to death over
them. when you always did detest ar1th-
metic from the time you learned that
two and two were always expected to
make four Helen Avery. you're the very
biggest sort of goose. What in the world
Is the use of It? If the moneys spent,
It's spent
but 1t helps, to know how 1t was
spent" Mrs. Avery replied. She had said
| 1t hundred times before, for Anna 5
whimsical earnestness always reused her
to defense
II don't see how" her sister retorted,
obstinately. And. besides I always re-
member, anyway. I wanted YOU to go
down to the chrysanthemum show with
me, and then to the Brown Betty for
| tea. hut ! see it's no use asking you.
Goodby! I hope you'll discover the miss
! ing 81 cents. 1t always is 81 cents. ism t
it? I'd charge it to jewels and be done
With It."
And with a gay little fllrt of her pretty
gown. Mrs. Barker departed.
Mrs. Avery sat idle for moment. Some
how. with the rustic Of those departing
skirts in her ears. the work did seem
foolish. Then, with resolute sigh, sh.
turned again to her task. She had tried
Annals way, and she had always run sew
eral dollars over her allowance. NJ
there was nothing for her but this.
Three days later Anna appeared again
half-merry. half-rueful.
"Jenny's left me-" she began.
Jenny left you, Why, thought sh,
was perfectly contented!"
80 she was until lost S.. I wantec
II for chiffon waist l saw the othe
afternoon-marked down from $40 hunt
ed everywhere for that s.. and FINAL,
asked Jenny. OF course didn't say sh'
took 1t. but couldn't think Of any othe
way that 1t could have gone. lay awak.
over 1t half the night before l asked her
And she was insulted, and packed he
things and walked out Of the house. Ant
this morning suddenly remembered"
WHAT" Mrs. Avery prompted, breath
lessly.
| 'That / had given MRS. cotton y sun
day for my missionary dues"
30. Anna Mrs Avery's voice was a.
sympathy.
so" Anna continued, facing her sis c
bravely. GIVE come to ask you wher
You buy your account books"
, Wade & Wheeler's, but"
Mrs Barker was already half-wa
downstairs. I'm going to get enough
to last % years." she called back
Youths Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
End COUNTY CONVENTION.
Democrats Endorse Ticket Selected h,
Another Faction wednesday,.

second democratic county convon-
hon was held in the city hall Thurs
aay and In the interest of harmony in
the party the ticket 1opted at the
convention on Wednesday was en-
acrsed. The convention held Thurs
day was the one called by Lewis w.
johnson, chairman of the city commit
tee.
The delegation of As from Burlrng-
ton did aot show up, as they had been
informed beforehand that the tick
adopted Wednesday, would be en-
dorsed. There were IA lclegatcs
present, inclu ling three from Shell
burne, one from Charlotte and one
from South Burlington. The conven
ton was called to order by Mr. John
son ana Joseph Cummings was elected
temporary chairman.
Before the nominating committee
retired to bring in the ticket, Mr.
Johnson Mr. Burke and John H. Kel-
ley again took occasion to explain
their positions. Mr. johnson declare
that the whole mlxup hal occurred
because Mr.. Bullari AMI Mr. Leary
were simply carrying out their threat
to get" Mr. Burke. The latter. in a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
QUAINT TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
OF JAPAN,

Temple architecture in Japan is unique
and impressive; those tip-tilted turret
roofs, those gigantic wooden doors swing
irs raspingly under the gate towers, the
massive stone or wooden "torii." leading
to all temples; tho larger and smaller
red-painted tori. the property Of the fox
god. a, whose original shrine in Kyoto
six hundred or more in two colonnades
decorate the entrance; the stone-pedes-
tailed lanterns and carved lions. dogs and
foxes; the Enthusiastically arranged furni-
tlre the gaudy array Of priests, the cary
ing OF birds, fishes and fabulous beasts;
the magnificent gilt baldachin adorned
with glittering pendants; the many light
cd tapers and candles and incense sticks;
gigantic circular hardwood pillars. richly
lacquered OF gilded or else unfinished; or.
again rough hewn pillars forming I'm
mense colonnades from one structure to
another. many though old and decaying
siill calling forth admiration because Of
their height and circumference.
Here one may find handsome gold
fusuma' paper doors--costly screens
rooms containing funeral tablets of great
men. princes and even emperors: count
less brass lanterns, drum and bells In
the bclfrys; prodigies In lotus and dragon
fountains in the courts; cherry blossoms,
wistaria arbors and autumnal maple tints
scientific landscaping amid ripping
streams and plunglng cataracts: tombs
monuments end mausoleums beneath the
shady dome of century old trees Added
to all this, these heights on which the
temples are frequently located comma nd
a beautiful view of seacoast mountain
and valley. with their teeming toiiine
millions.
| However, on account Of the rapid strides
ia pan has made toward western civiliza.
ton. here and there erstwhle useless
temples are now transformed into schools
police stations or government offices.--Ths
Christian Herald
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jems which engineers have long tried to
.olve.
During the year 1893 measurements OF
the flow of the Colorado were made at
179 stations. and 1t was found that the
discharge In twelve months was 26,OW,-
600 acre feet, or enough water TO cover
the State OF Delaware to depth or
twenty six feet. Hundreds OF thousands
of acres of land might he irrigated with
this immense run-off. For power possi-
blities the river Is but little understood.
The escape of the Colorado river from
It's regular channel and its diversion In
the Salton sea are matters Of recent his
tory. in which the people of the United
States were deeply interested. The con-
troll of the river for the prevention OF
further outbreaks, and the ultimate steps
that must be taken to prevent disastrous
inundation of valuable lands. are prob
lens of unusual scientific interest. The
mouth of tho river bed is In Mexican
territory. and International questions are
involved.
Strange MS 1t may seem. the COLORADO
river was not fully explored until 1887.
The rugged canyons and the swift-fiow-
ing water long deferred men from un-
dortaking the tremendous task Of seek.
ing the real headwaters Of the stream.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
MEETING THE MEAT PROBLEM.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin)
The demand Of the country for meat
products. as measured by statistics from
the Chicago packing houses fell off
twenty-five per cent during June as COM
pared with that month Of last year. Evi-
IDENTIFY some people have stopped eating
meat. Totsl shipments Of meat products
from Chicago were 100000 pounds less
than for the same time a year ago. and
the first six months of this year. as a
whole, showed considerable decrease
Export trade also is continually decreas-
ing. The number OF head of food live
stock exported during the month showed
"A reduction Of over fifty per cent. in the
annual comparison, and the figures for
all meat products were thirty per cent,
less.
In contrast 10 these figures, II Is shown
that while receipts OF livestock at Chi
cago showed a decrease for June as COM
pared with last years figures the full
six months shows an increase, with the
result that tho marked falling off In
consumption has produced much larger
stocks on hand than were reported a
year ago.
If these figures are reliable, II looks
as II the supply were catching up with
the demand, or rather as If the demand
were slowing up that the supply might
| overtake and pass 1t, II the natural law
| Of supply and demand has opportunity to
work in the meat market. this ought to
mean n break from the present abnormal
range OF prices And II the reasonable
restraint of the meat appetite OF the ma
ton should become a matter OF habit
rather than of mere necessity. It might
ne better for the health OF the nation
az well as for the state of its pocketbook
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PREACHER A BAD FARMER.
From Mack's National Mon hi!

The Rev. John II. Craft was conducting
a series Of meetings Of n rural neighbor-
hood OF southwest Virginia. One night
he was trying to bring the necessity OF
early embracing a religious hope TO bear
upon his congregation. Said he: Well
lust illustrate: You begin In February or
March to prepare your ground for plant
ing out your spring crop You plant In
April to he on time. suppose you neglect
this work. May will be late. but perhaps
viii answer. Lei the work go undone till
June: then what will you do Too late
too late" will he the cry cry"
Just SOW II in buckwheat." called out
an old farmer from rear seat
The preacher sat down.