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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
RUTLAND READY
T0FACE THE MUSIC
Will Test Statute Vesting Public
Service Commission with
Certain Powers.

Rutland, jan 26.-It was made public
by Mayor p. w. Clement OF this city at Il
hearing before the Vermont public service
commission here to-day that Rutland Is
to make a test of the constitutionality Of
the statute investing certain powers In
the commission. The hearing was on a
petition Of Mayor Clement for the right
to amend the city charter 30 that land In
Mendon along the watershed may be
taken by condemnation proceedings as Is
done by railroads SO that farms which at
present are a menace to the public health
may be owned by the city.
City Attorney p. NJ. Mellon told the
commission of the pollution Of Rutland's
drinking water by drainage from Mendon
farms and Of the expense the city had
been put to In order to check II. He
showed that where property had been
purchased, the city had had to pay twice
the cost. Should effort be made to get
control of Objectional farms by right of
eminent domain, long process would be-
involved and meanwhile the peoples
health would be In danger from drinking
sewage The condemnation proceedings
had been thought of as the most speedy
action to bring about the end desireu
DR.. G. s. Caverly, president OF the State
board Of health, corroborated what Mr.
Meldon said and showed that any step
taken by the health board to remedy con-
ditions meant long litigation.
Chairman John W. Redmond OF the
public service commission indicated that
he believed there was much chance for
debate as to the consututionality Of the
statute investing 80 great powers In the
commission and ne suggested that the
city 60 direct to the Legislature next
fall to amend the charter. He pointed
out that should the commission make
the order asked for by the petition, an
injunction might tie up the matter and
make an indefinite delay.
Mayor Clement replied that this had
been anticipated and that II the commits
sion makes the order for amendment of
the charter and the people vote at the
March election to take the step. a test
case Of the law will be made. He argued
that unless some decisive step were
taken the statute would remain as II is
and other communities would be equally
troubled.
The order will be made and Rutland will
face the music.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

was deputy collector of internal revenue
for n year or more. He sold the Clinpcr
and for year cndcavored TO obtain relief
from increasing deafness.
Mr. whitncy was on the Brattleboro
Reforrner from June, 1893, til April 1891
and came % Northneld to reside
permanently in 1894 as editor and
proprietor of the News. Mr.. whitney
was Mason and odd Fellow and was y
vestryman of st Marys Episcopal Church
of this village June 49, 1892, he married
Erval McIlvalne Of York, Neb, who sur-
wives him with a daughter, Harriet and
son, Philip
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
CHAMPION BUTTER COW.
She Produces 1877 Pounds In One
Years OhlciaI Test.

Newton. n j., Jan. 24.-The worlds
record for butter production in "A single
year. held so long by Colanitia. a Wis
consln Holsteln COW. has been broken by
Clothilde. end. an eastern COW of the
same breed. The new champion has just
completed her years test, and. accord
Ing to the official figures. produced in
800 days III pounds OF butter from 25,-
90 pounds OF milk.
1t takes an exceptionally good COW TO
make nc pounds of butter In month.
even in full flow, but here Is n COW
that has averaged that amount for I:
months in succession.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
DEATH OF FRED N. WHITNEY


Northf1eld. Jan. 2s,-Fred N. Whitney.
editor Of the Mortified News died at his
home at eleven O'Clock last evening MI.
Whitney had been In a critical condition
for several weeks following a relapse
from pneumonia. The funeral will lie
held at 2;SO o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
st. Mary's Episcopal Church, the Rev T.
s. Ockford, the rector. officiating.
Fred Norris Whitney was born in
Canaan. N. H.. June "a. 1852 He attended
the SCHOOLS OF that town and Canaan
Union Academy. When about % years old,
he began work at Randolph on the
Herald and News with l. r. Thayer and
was associated with Mr.. Thayer from
1884 to 1887 when the paper passed. into
the hands OF L. d. Johnson Mr. Whitney
then bought the Burlington Clipper and
sdiAsd u unhl laaa during which time he
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
THE DANGER OF LA GRIPPE

Is its fatal tendency to pneumonia To
cure your la cripple coughs take Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound. r. f. Fisher,
Washington, Wan, says: II was
troubled with severe attack of la
grippe that threatened pneumonia A
friend advised Toley's Honey and Tar
Compound and / got relief after taking
the first few doses. I took three bottles
and my Ia grippe was cured" Get the
genuine. in the yellow package. J. W.
OSullivaii. "a Church st.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
WILL KEEP COFFEE HIGH.
Small Crops Expected by Member Of
ValOrixatiOn Syndicate.

New York. Jan. &,-Herman Sielcken.
the American member OF the interna-
tional bankers syndicate which financed
the Brazilian coffee valorization. has gone
to London to confer with the syndicate as
to how much more vnlorized coffee will
be sold the first half OF 1912 He still ad-
heres to the view that the coffee trade
must look for comparatively small crops
for the next year at least, and that high.
priced coffee under existing conditions OF
supply 10 fairly well assured.
How much the syndicate will offer de-
ponds on unknown factors Agreement
with Brazil requires It to sell 700 OO bags
Last year on minimum requirement Of
100000 bags. 1t sold 10000 bags II u not
improbable that this years sales may run
w to I.5o0.o00 bags.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
Five Leading Lights of Ecuador s
Last Revolution Put Out
Forever.
One A FORMER PRESIDENT
Other Victims Include a Former
Minister of War and Com
mander-in Chief of the
Rebels.

Guayaquil. Ecuador, jan 2S-An infuri-
ated mob to-day broke into the Quito
penitentiary in spite of q double guard
and lynched Generals Eloy Alfaro, Flavio
Alfaro. Medaro Alfaro. Ulpano Paez and
Manuel Scrrano, all prominent revolution
lists
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
FOXY OFFICER.

The Prisoner-There goes my hat Shall
I run after II?
Policeman Casey-Phwat? Run away
and n!ver come back again? You shtend
here, and III run after your hat.
->SatksN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Graduates Of practically every COLLEGE
In the United States will greet Presd MT
Taft at the seventh annual Lincoln day
dinner of the Graduates club in New
York on the evening OF Lincoln day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

The London coal exchange has adj
vanced prices of all grades of coal to con-
;umers as the result OF labor troubles
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Chicago has the first organized COM
pany OF the United States Girl Scouts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

How long must the placard in the Win
dow gather dust before you begin 10 adj
veytiHe for O tenant2
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

King Alfonso of Spain celebrated his
name day by giving 5000 to the poor and
emitting eight death sentences
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

Lemons are at the highest price on rec
ord for January.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Turkish banks have loaned 100000 to
the Turkish government.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Gold in flakes and nuggets has been
found near Mlnnetonas. Man. Gold re.
Gently found in the crops of fowls start
I'd the invest igaton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Thousands Of employees of the depart
ment of agriculture are following the
suggestion Of Secretary Wilson and arc
being vaccinated as "A protection against
typhoid fever.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
has introduced a hill creating an inter-
tate corporation commission following
he lines of the interstate commerce
commission. 1t gives the proposed body
oowor to fix maximum prices besides
ielegating 10 it other authority over cor
.orate corporations.
The evening world., 1912-04-16
STATEN ISLAND NOTES..

The Mems Club Of Christ Episcopal
Church OF New Brighton will give a
minstrel entertainment at the Parish
Hall of the Church on Friday evening.
A dance Will follow the performance.
A minstrel entertainment given bv
Court Genevieve. Daughters Of Isabella.
last evening at the German Clubrooms
IN Stapletun, attracted a large audience.
A fine programme was rendered and
highly appreciated.
After a pleasant visit to relatives at
Railway. Miss Bella Smith. Is again at
her home In Anradalo.
At the April meeting OF the Deems
Literary Society Of Westerleigh. this
evening at Deems Memorial Hall. How
ard II. Cleaves. will read a paper on
wild Bird Photography as a Recre-
Stion.''
THE Stapleton Baseball Club has been
r~eoraanized and will open the season at
Stapleton Clark. on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Sophie Warner OF New Brighton
is guest Of friends in PouEhkeepsie.
Tn Grant City Social Club will
celebrate Its anniversary with a bail
At Midland Hall In Grant City. on
April %.
"a Regiment of Two" will DO pre-
scented by the st. Mary's Dramatic So
ciety at the Parish Hall Of st. Marv's
- April 20 and 30. A dance will follow
Zach performance.
> Miss Amy Grattan Of stapleton will
The evening world., 1912-04-16

spend the next Two wessu In Atlantic
City.
Edward Turner Of Clifton has been
appointed q commissioner Of deeds.
The evening world., 1912-04-16

rrom the Atlanta Constitutica.)
The editor Of The Alkau Eye has
discovered > new brand Of the Joyful"
lie writes:
I'VE = that some men have dis
covered horned rabbits. We hope some
one who IL familiar with the facts Wtl
e US . gallon OF that brand Of
booze. sos 1t won't b necessary Tor ~
to take our foot in U hand and 30
after IT,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
USE FOR OLD BLUEPRINTs
eleached by a Simple Process, They
Furnish Sketch Paper Of
Fair Grade.

In the engineering department OF
every mine office, blueprints will accu.
mulate until the quantity has reached
amazing proportions. Some compa-
MES keep a record and file of all prints
made and at periodical times destroy
the old les In addition to this, says
the Engineering and Mining Journal.
at the time Of printing, there Is sure
to be a certain waste due to poor OF.
posures, blotchy paper. etc. A method
for turning this waste into a useful
article is presented by e. B. Birken-
bend. in the American Machinist-
These old Or useless prints may be
bleached by immersing them In a soda
bath containing four ounces Of soda
to n gallon of water. II 1t Is desired
to bleach only a portion Of the print.
this may be done by painting that part
with this solution. BY washing the
prints in fresh water, after bleaching.
any discoloration is prevented. The
blank paper thus obtained furnishes
a fair grade of sketch paper, and
there are numerous other uses to
which it could also be put.
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Pure Food Law Labels Old.

Pure food law labels we're in OF
istence In 900 B. c., according to a
discovery made by Prof. George A.
Reisner, Of Harvard. Inscriptions ex.
cavated in the ancient city Of Sa
maria. in Palestine, are labels which
were employed as seals on jars Of
wine and OIL. They mention the
years In which the wine was laid
down in the cellar of the palace store.
house and they state the vineyard
from which the wine came. These
labels, about IS in number, have been
dug up on the ruins Of the storehouse
attached to the palace of King Ahab
some 5000 years ago and the names
of the wner as given indicate that
not only the king himself but other
men stored their wines and oils there.
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BY Jay mey rode through jungle
wood and rolling uplands. or less easi
ly through the Businesses of the hills
side BY side. thought linked &c
thought. their hearts attuned. BY
night their camps we're pitched in a
new-found world Of beauty. wonderful
In Its shadowy mystery.
1t was SO ordered that they came.
toward sundown of a certain day. to
the foot OF a hill crowned with a great
pasoda of many multiplied roofs firing
ed with a myriad silver bells that
tinkled ceaseiessly in the evening
airs.
Here they dismounted and together
made the ascent Of an age-old wooden
stairway, broad and easy, and throng-
ed from the first rise to the last with
weary pilgrims. beggars, lepers, laugh
ing children, mendicant holy lei The
sun was low upon the horizon when,
having bribed their way along that
gauntlet, O'Rourke and his bride (shs
could never be aught less to him) at
tanned to the topmost platform and.
having received permission, with meet
show of reverence entered the temple.
1t was very dark inside and for a
time they moved blIndly in and out;
but at length they came to a massive
doorway looking toward the West, and
here they paused, hand in hand, look
ing up to the placid face of a huge
Buddha, who sQuatting cross-legged
upon a pedestal, looked through the
incense-scented gloom c~easelessly for.
ward to Nirvana.
The figure, carven originally from
stone, had been SO heavily plastered
with gold-leaves by the devout, that
now it had all the semblance of being
gold to It's core; and, lavishly deco
rated with necklaces and bracelets OF
rare Jewels set In crusted gold, In the
evening glow it shone like some grea,
lamp of holiness. Only its face waa
in shadow.
Slowly the light struck higher be
meath the caves Of the pagoda, and
slowly it crept up and yet up, until iti
last blood-red shaft revealed the Bud
dha's forehead and what was Sc,
therein, a monstrous ruby.
The woman gasped family and
chung tightly to her husbands arm
He held her close, watching the grea,
stone fame and throb and pulse, likl
a pool of living fame swimming II
darkness.
And then the light Of the worlt
went out.
Pensively in the dusk they descend
ed the temple staircase. At the foot
before they remounted their horses
the woman came to the man and pu
her hands upon his shoulders.
Terence" she said. II think l an
very weary. Take me home"
He gathered her into his arms.
Il think" she said, ut frightened
me-made me fearful of this countr.
the Pool Of Flame, up there"
we've seen the last of It," he sal,
tenderly, "and SO have L. IT'S don
with, like the days of me adventul
ings. have no thought but you. dea
heart. Let US go home"
THE END.
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ity ahead. IF there were only star

ity ahead. IF there were only star
light" he complained bitterly.
Stand by. Wheeler, to stop the motor.
Well drop alongside with the current,
as quietly as we can. Colonel
O'Rourke, will you get forward and
take the boathook and headwarp,
please; I'm needed at the wheel and
Wheeler at the engine until We make
fast"
Cautiously the Irishman rose, took
the boathook Couch offered him, and
crept out upon the narrow triangle Of
deck at the bows. Crouching there.
he found the headwarp and waited,
tense with anxious expectancy, star
ing ahead in futile effort to penetrate
the wide. shadowy reaches of the riv-
er. But the mystical distances con-
fused and eluded him. The launch
seemed to move, painting, in an abyss
Of night. She made little noise: a
hiss of water beneath her stem; the
steady humming of the motor, throt-
tied down to half speed; the mut1ed
gasping Of the exhaust. And present.
ly even these ceased at a word from
Couch, and the launch moved only
with the tide.
Abruptly a towering wall Of Opaque
black rose out of the darkness to
starboard. O'Rourke braced himself
for the imminent instant of action,
poised so lightly upon his toes and
hngertips that a swell from a moving
vessel would have thrown him on
his balance, perhaps overheard. The
launch closed swiftly and silently in
upon the black wall; it lowered over
him like a cliff; far above he could
see dim divisions between black and
black that must be the rail. And he
shook his head, dismayed: he could
never scale that, he thought; not even
the O'Rourke could accomplish q mir
acle. But in a breath it had faded
back, and he realized that the tower.
ing poop of the junk had misled him.
They were now alongside at the waist.
He stood up and saw a low railing
moving and caught it over the edge OF
the rail, drew the launch in, let 90 the
boathook and. with the headwarp
wrapped about his hand, jumped
blindly.
Something dealt him a vicious. all
but paralysing, blow in the pit of the
stomach; he doubled up, for a mo-
ment helpless, cross the junk's rail,
but retained sufficient presence Of
mind to hold on to the headwarp.
Then, recovering a trile, he squirmed
over and fell sprawling upon the deck,
his heels drumming an abrupt and
violent alarm. From somewhere he
heard a shrill jabbering arise, with an
ensuing patter of bare feet. Swiftly
he got upon his knees and drew in the
headwarp, with his free hand search
ing along the rail for a cleat. Some
thing thumped heavily on the deck be-
side him, and grunted; and something
else followed with a second bump;
and the launch swung outward and,
caught by the current, jerked the
headwarp from his grasp. May the
luck of the O'Rourke still hold!" he
prayed fervently. getting upon his feet
to realize that, with Couch and the
man Wheeler, he was imprisoned
aboard the junk, doomed there to re-
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'"o VoHAu odoPeo Tainesy S"o
or another of his companions had
been tackled bodily by one Of the
junk's crew. On his w part he
caught a glimpse Of a shadow moving
ghostlike against one Of the lights.
and promptly exercised 1t with a shot.
BY this time the vessel seemed to
be caught in the grip of pandemon-
ium; shouts and shots We'd with
screams, groans, confused padding
footsteps, to make the moment one OF
a nightmare. The boarding party stood
at bay, not daring to venture from the
spot on which they had landed, firing
steadily but with discretion.
Huddled together like children in
fear Of the powers of darkness, the
three held their fire against the inev.
table assault in force, handicapped
fearfully by their absolute ignorance
of the lay Of the deck, of the number
of their opponents, and of from which
quarter they had to expect the attack,
And the silence and the suspense
wore upon their nerves until the tinaI
struggle came in the shape of a boom
to save them from madness. And it
came with a rush and a will, cyclonic
tremendous, overpowering. BY sheer
weight of human flesh the Europeans
were pinned against the rail, fighting
at handgrips with a cruel and cunning
foe far better prepared for such bus:
ness than they. For at such close
quarters pistols were practically
worthless save as clubs, while knives
could slip to slay through almost any
interstice, however straitened,
O'Rourke had no time to think of his
companions. Stung to desperation by
the silent, %unrelenting fury of his as,
sailants-twice he was conscious OF
the white-hot agony of a knife-thrust
one penetrating the flesh Of his side
and scraping his ribs, the other biting
deep into his thigh-he fired until he
had but one cartridge left in his re
volver, and expended that blowing out
the brains of ar extraordinarily per
sistent coolie, then dropped the use
less weapon and trusted to his naked
strength.
1t served him well for a little. One
man, precipitated by the weight OF
those behind him into the adventur
er's arms, he seized by the throat and
throttled in a twinkling; then lifting
him from the deck, he exerted his
power to the utmost, and cast the
body like a log into the midst of the
melee. Thus clearing a little space, he
found himself able to step aside and
let another run past him into the bull
wark; and seeing the sheen Of 8
swordblade in the fellows hand, be
fore he could ecove seized his wrist
twisted it savagely, and wrenched the
weapon away.
The finale came a moment later, sig
nalized by a binding fash of light
more bright than that of day, which
fell athwart the deck and illuminated
instantaneously every inch of thu
fighting ground. Fervently be blessed
the nearby vessel that had turned IT.
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CHAPTER xxxv.

In after days, when he was alto
gether we'll and whole. they journeyed
forth, these two, the man and his
wife, from Rangoon ~northward. The
railway carried them some distance:
later they struck off with their train
into the primitive wilderness beyond
the ultimate British outposts on the
%Chindwine. main tributary to the IT.
rawaddy.
The land vas peaceful. hospitable,
and very. very lovely in its wilder.
ness. Their happinass vas ecstasy.
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From the Ash Tray.

Even the ash Of hubby's cigar car
be utilized. In what way? Why. a.
a polisher for gold watches, bracelets
and rings, let alone chains and a mul
utude OF other trinkets. This comes
from a prominent jeweler. 80 It must
be nearly correct He ven goes to
the extent Of carrying with him q
small cas- in which he preserves al
the ashes from the cigars which hs
smokes. He says that the grain IL 10
nne that It leaves no mark that IL
discernible to the naked eye.
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s%earchlight on the junk. The scene
1t revealed beggared the experience Of
a man whose trade was fighting; it
fell upon decks slippery with blood
and Uttered with the bodies of dead
and wounded; it silenced a confusion
indescribable. Upon that insane turmoil
the light fell with the effect of a thun-
derbolt from a clear sky.
Screaming shrilly in their panic, the
Chinese scattered and fell away, leav-
ing O'Rourke beside Couch, Wheeler
being down and buried beneath three
Chinese corpses. And instantaneously
something grated harshly against the
starboard side Of the junk, and a man,
his figure stark black against the cold
white glare, leaped upon the rail and
tumbled inboard. Others to the num-
Der Of a dozen followed him, swarm
ing over the decks. Couch reeled to-
wards them, babbling orders and in
structions.
The second launch had arrived.
Sick and faint, O'Rourke slouched
back against the rail, watching with
lack-luster eyes the end Of the chap
ter. 1t was simple to the point of
seeming farcical in comparison with
that which preceded it. The dazed and
now outnumbered Chinese offered no
further resistance. Disarmed and put
under guard, they disappeared from
his consciousness, while he watched
the men from the second launch,
spurred by Couch, scatter in search of
the abducted women.
Loss of blood was beginning to tell
upon him; his strength seemed alto
gether gone; his wits buzzed in his
head like a war; of gnats. He
grasped his support convulsively, be.
ginning to appreciate how seriously
he was hurt. He heard as from a great
distance thin, faint cries of men shout.
ing in triumph; saw Couch, a pygmy
shape, holding In his arms a doll who
wore the face Of Miss Pynsent. Then
of a sudden he was conscious Of a
woman fastening toward him, a fan.
tastic and incongruous figure in a din.
ner-gown, her skirts trailing in the
slime of the shambles, her arms out
held to him; and knew her for his
wife.
He essayed to speak, but could not
He felt her arms close about him. In
the face of the searchlight's penetrat
ing and undertaking glare, night
| closed down upon him.