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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
ORNAMENT TO LAKE FROM
Yacht Club to Build a New Clu
House at Once.
VIII Cost In the Neighhorhood of sol
600 and NenrIy One-Haif the Re-
auired Amount Subscribed
on the Spot.

voted by the Lake Champlain Yach
club to build new club house at a cos
not TO exceed 5000: subscribed on TIL
spot for this purpose by members pres
ant over 1900 or nearly one-half thJ
needed sum; such, in brief. is the record
or tuesday evenings meeting of the or
sanization.
The new building will be architccturall,I
an ornament to the Burlington IakI
front; 50 strongly, in fact did the tenta
tive plans appeal to the club member
that they were unanimously accepted. and
the structure is to be completed by July Il
On the ground floor, the entire lalSJ
frontage u the club housc will be occupie, 4
BY the lounUnc room and green room
which will be- separated by sliding doors
At the north end OF the lcungine room,
there will be a handsome IRE nlacc. and
veranda ten feet wide will extend around
the north, west and south Sides Of tbe
building. The cas- side Of the lower story
Will consist Of ladies' retiring room.
stewards room, locker room, quarters for
the governing board, and a new feature
the crew room
A dance hall, % feet by Go. will oc.
cupy the second story, which will be On.
tirely SURROUNDED by a broad open-air
gallery giving a splendid Wow Of the
lake and the city in all directions. The
roof will be tastefully formed Of gables
the general scheme of the club house f..
low and artistic. Mann & McNcille o.,
New York are the architects.
The project will be financed by an is.
sue of four per cent. bonds, in denomina.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
GOES TO WORK IN THE WOODS

firing of that sort OF existence, in turn,
he returned to his boyhood home and
went Into the woods" as numbering Is
termed in northern Maine. The arduous
labor of the numbering camp was child'e
play for him, but the life was narrow
and unsatisfying and he took up guiding
and hunting parties in the Dead river
country. This was more congenial en-
ployment. In the sporting season he
came in contact with all sorts of men.
and gradually the ambition to amount
TO something" as he expresses II. seized
upon him. He had learned to mount fish.
and his first use of color In an artistic
way came about through the necessity Of
employing yellow and red pigments TO
bring out the brilliant colorlng of the
trout
From touching UP trout skins to paint
ing pictures of trout was an inevitable
step, and from FISH he naturally passed
to painting the other denzens of the
woods.
These first attempts were crude af-
fairs. Intimately as he knew his sub
jects, he found it impossible, at first,
to put any semblance OF life into his
work But knowles had the stuff"
in him. lie persevcrcd, and after sew
oral years of self-instruction he came
to the conclusion that he was ready
to tackle Boston.
About II years aFo he went there
and opened a studio on fremont street
lie starved, literally. But from chilli
hood up lie had learned what to 10 in
hat emergency He merely took an
other hitch in his belt and kept on
painting.
WON SPURS THREE YEARS AGO.
1t was only three years ago that he
won any recognition worth mention
ing. Since then he has sold cover de-
signs to dozens Of the leading maya
zines; he has illustrated books and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE.

President Wilson real message
Tuesday in Congress, and it was so
short that it promises to help mate
rally 10 increase his popularity with
the newspaper men who dread pro-
nunciamentoes that cover entire pages
The message dealt exclusively with
the need Of thorough. moderate
and well considered revision of the
tariff
The message referred to no particu-
lar schedule, mentioned no rate, and
Included no statistics. 1t was An
enupciation of the Pres dents prirci-
Piles on tariff revision. His specific
views ami ideas us to rates and duties,
1t has been generally accepted, will be
contained IN the tariff bin Itself which
he is now considering in detail!
The Presidents decision TO put the
weight OF the administration's inHu-
ence behind the bin with its various
schedules as drawn by the House ways
and means committee causcd him to
omit specific reference to tariff rates
until the measure was hnally agreed
upon ~ The opening days Of the pres
ont session
The President drew attention 20 the
necessity FOR an early reform in the
banking and currency laws but re-
ha
present, any other Legislation that
might divert the energies of Congress
from its clearly defined duty toward
the tariff question,
The message urged that special priv
llcge and exemptions from competi-
ton DO cut out OF the nations tariff
system and that the revision be made
Ito square with the facts as they are"
president Wilson manifestly appre-
ciates tho necessity of trying to fulfill
the pledges embodied in the Baltimore
platform, and speaks Of the duty"
laid upon the party at the recent cleo
ton, as one that it ought to perform
promptly In order that the burden
carried by the people under the exist
Sg law may be lightened as soon as
possible, and that the business inter
ests of the country may not DO kept
too long in suspense as regards the
fiscal changes to which they must adj
just themselves.
Mr.. Wilson holds that it would be
unwise to go headlong in this work.
with reckless haste, or with strokes
that cut at the very root Of Industries
that havo grown up among us by long
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
IIENPECKED.

Young Jack was talking to the new
NIsllor soon after her arrival. He eyed
ler critically for a few moments, then
looked up and said:
20 you're my grandmother, are you?'
res dear On your fathers side" re-
marked the Old lady, smiling.
Wel' you're ON the wrong side; you'u
lhu that out replied Jack without re-
moving his gaze-Harper's Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
ON THE OTHER FOOT.

John. how much money have We In
bank"
we? l have a few hundred dollars,
Maria Why?'
Nothing; only I just got letter to-
day from the lawyer who settled up my
fathers estate. There was more property
than anybody anticipated; a good deal
more"
That's nne! How much do we get out
OF it. Maria"
I'VE? l get a few thousand dollars,
John. WhyT--Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
RE Al DELIGHTS.
Grom the Boston Herald)

Urom the Boston Herald)
Governor Sulzor has signed the full
crew bin designed to waste $4,000 d
year The people of New YORK must. in
the long run, pay this bill. 1t will be IN
teresting to see when the American peo-
pie wake up to the real delights of this
sort of thing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

water ships lie added fighting to his other
and admits now, with
smile, that he was pretty tough
customer"
From the TO castle Of a wind-jammer
he graduated into the United states navy
That was in the DAYS when the wooden
frigatcs were passing out and the White
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
WHERE THE MONEY COMES.

G'rom the Louisville Courler-JournalI
Early to bed and early to rise makes a
man healthy, wealthy and wise but il
you wish to specialize upon wealth get on
the New York police force and sit up TIL
the collectors of protection money make
their reports.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

why is Turkey continuing her fight in
scutari, when she has accepted the me-
diation of the powers? Evidently the
powers are telling Turkey to keep I'm the
fight until they can whip little Mon
tsnegro all working together.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

Forty-nine babies are engaging in "E,u-
genie Contest" in Now York. Ii is safe to
say that the forty-nine proud mothers of
these healthy youngsters do not find time
to trudge in suffragctte hikes from Goth
am to Washington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
LITTLE PITCHERS.

Pop. did YOU hurt yourself last night"
Hurt myself! What does the child
mean"
"Nhy Jimmy Smiths papa said he saw
you fall off the water observation-disclosures
American.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

when you want anything. advertise
In the new special column OF this
paper Some bargains are offered
there this week which it VIII pay you
TO read about See page two. This
naper has more than $4,000 readers
every week ana one cent a word will
reach them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

on majority of commodities. of rel
atively equal value, different merchants
advertise competitive prices. That's
why the al reader KNOWS where to
buy it-and does not have to guess.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10

Terms---S 90 n Year. In Advance
DAILY by mail 800 year In advance
RATE IN CANADA
DAILY ...... $500 year III ndNh"'e'
" JrcT<IF $500 II year IN advance.
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Publishers, Huntington, W.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-10
WANTED.

BURLINGTON. THURSDAY, APRIL 10.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18

7, u y ~ VV~"NV
County of Humboldt, State of Nevada,
and ex-oflicio Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners in and for said
County and State, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a correct state
ment of bills allowed, reduced and. laid
over by said Board of County Commits.
s~ioners at the regular meeting of SAID
Board held Monday, January o, 1918.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said County this l4th day of January,
A. ID. 1913.
J. W.. DAVEY,
(Seal.) CLERK.
BY JAMES RICHIE, Deputy.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
Cave Of Zones.

An extraordinary bone cave" may
be seen in the island Of Teneriffe
1t is situated near the summit OF a
lofty sea cliff near Orotaya, close to
the small plain of lie Paz, where
peace was finally made between
the conquering Spaniards and the
Guanches. the original inhabitants Of
the island.
Here the Guanches made their last
stand end the cave formed a shelter
for the small remnant left OF the
tribesmen after the Spanish had fin
ished with them. l. former times
the place had evidently been a burial
ground OF the Guanches. and when
first discovered mummies were found
In It; now. however, only a large pile
OF bones remains. Access is obtained
BY descending a rope through a hole
dug IN he roof. but the original oc-
cupanss must have had a difficult and
dangerous scramble down the face
o. ths almost pei psndicular Cliff to
the natural entrance.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
PROUD OF HIS NEW CLOTHES
Rhodesa an Native, Returning from
Mines, Was SeandsIizea BY in
clad Relatives and Friends.

A town in Rhodesia is not general
ly a town, declares Mrs. NJ l. Woods
in "pastels Under the Southern
Cross" A few scattered shops. a
broad road deep in red dust, down
which a sudden miscellaneous herd
Of blacks occasionally pours, consti-
tute a town. Oh these natives, Mrs.
Woods gives the following descrip-
ton:
They are collected from all parts
OF Rhodesia, from Portuguese terri
tory, even from Nyasaland Dressed
in anything and everything, they
come pell-meil. grinning and chatter
ing, some like young colts bounding
into the air as they go. These happy
fellows are probably rejoicing because
they are being sent to some mine
where certain of their friends and
relations are already working.
This is the native as he appears
entering on his term of service at
the mines. | once saw a group Of
black men who had completed their
term of service and were on their
way home. They were serious, digni-
fed, conscious of clean and complete
costumes. consisting of shirt and
trousers and a hard straw hat. Each
had his neat bundle and his gaily
painted wooden box.
We were once ~appreciatiye witness
es of the Homecoming of such a min
er at a wayside station. A party Of
relatives and friends had come from
the kraal to meet the returning one,
all innocent in their n~akedness and
rags The plutocrat surveyed them
with a scandalized eye; coldly he
waved their salutations and endear-
ments, obviously too shocked and
panied to appreciate them. Then he
withdrew from the platform to the
foot of a neighboring tree. and beck
oned his bewildered friends to APP
proach. In a few minutes. before the
eyes of the passengers in the train,
he had clothed his whole party with
deeency. and surely. in their eyes with
splendor. Then, and only then, did he
condeseend to return their greetings;
and. exceedingly joyful. al marched
off together in the direction OF their
kraal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
In Simple Language.

Beware of the habit of using big
words. Like other habits, it grows
upon its victim. A horrible example
Is instanced by the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
The superintendent of a Sunday
school in Philadelphia recently called
upon a visitor to SAY a few words
to the school, the members of which
are mostly children of tender age.
The visitor, a speaker well known
for his verbose and circumlocutory
manner of speech, began his address
as follows:
This morning, children. ! purpose
to offer you an epitome of the life OF
Saint Paul. 1t may be. perhaps, that
there are among you some too young
to grasp the meaning of the word
'epitome.' Epitome' children, is in
it's Specification synonymous with
synopsis"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
TREE THAT EXHIBITS ANGER
In Idaho a Species Quskes y Im'Os
an Unpleasant odor When
Disturbed.

In Idaho there exists a species OF
the acacia tree which is entitled 10 De
classed as one of the wonder OF
plant life. This tree, Harpers week
Nv states. attains a height OF ABOUT
eight feet. When full grown II closes
its leaves together in coils each Gay
at sunset and curls its twigs TO the
shape of pigtails. When The tree q
thus settled itself for its nights sleep
It is said that If touched it will u
ter as if agitated or impatient at the
disturbance. The %oftener, it is averred,
the foliage is molested, the more VIC
lent viii become the shaking or the
branches. Finally, 1t is further al
legged. If the shaking be continued, the
tree will at length emit a nauseatlng
odor quite sufficient to induce a
headache in the Ease of the person
disturbing the tree.
In Idaho 1t is called the angry
tree" and it is said that 1t was discov-
cred by men who, on making camp
for the night, placed n end OF a can
vas covering over one of the sensitive
branches. using II for a support. I'M
mediately the tree began to jerk It's
branches sharply. The motion contin-
ued. with increasing nervousness"
until at last came a sickening odor
that drove the tired campers to a
more friendly location.
Curiosity prompted an Investigation.
One of the angry trees" was dug up
and thrown to one side. Immediately
upon being removed from the ground
it is said that the tree opened It's
leaves. its twigs lost their pigtails and
for something over an hour and q
half the outraged branches showed
their Indignation by a series of quak'
ings, which grew weaker and weaker
and ceased when the foliage had be
come limp and withered.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
WHY ERMlNE FUR is COSTLY
Process of Trapping the Animal lie
Peculiar One, and Entails Hard
ship on the Trspper.

This stole Of imperial ermine is
worth 81, 000. said the dealer. Dear?
Nix. Just consider how the animals
comprised in it were caught.
'In the first place, they were caught
in a winter of extreme cold. for it is
only in such a winter that the weasel,
or ermine, turns froA tawny to snow
white. In normal winters the ermine
only turns to a greenish white-like
this $500 greenish white stole hers.
In the second place. the ermine
were caught young; for, when fully de-
veloped. their coat Is coarse and stiff
Ia in this $3.50 stolo-and to catch
them young, the tongue trap must be
used. Any other trap would tear the
delicate fur.
The tongue trap is a knife, an or
binary hunting knife smeared with
grease that the hunter lays in the
snow. The little ermine ICES the
blade. which it mistakes for ice. Ice
it loves to lick-and SO il licks the
knife blade-and is caught fast, its
tongue, in that zero weather, frozen
to the steel.
Yes, sir. when you see a stole like
this, don't begrudge a good price for
it; for every ermine in it was tongue
trapped in subzero weather, a mighty
slow and painful hand process.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
HE RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW
New Yorker Who Pursued a Burglar
Had to Spend Night In
a Cell.

This is a funny little town Of ours,
the Cincinnati Times-Star's New York
correspondent writes. Things happen
here that couldn't possibly happen
anywhere else. The other night, for
example, a man whose name may be
set down as Jim Smith was awakened
by a tinkling noise in the front room.
Mr.. Smith rose. pulled on the conyen-
tional pants, took his six shooter and
went stalking a burglar. He found
that individual packing up the silver.
Throw up your handsi" said Mr..
Smith.
A frightened gasp was the reply.
The burglar shut eff his pocket cleo.
trio lamp and leaped on the fire es-
cape. So did Mr. Smith. The pair
reached the street safely and tore
down hat thoro5 hfare. On the way
the burglar presumably threw away
his electric lamp and whatever other
tools of his trade he possessed, When
the running pair came in sight OF
one of Mr.. Waldo's policemen IN pes
post 1t was the burglar who clasped
the ~astonished officer about the
knees. Help" said the burglar, i'm.
pressively, "a nutty guys chasin'
me"
There was no help for II. The Of
ficer took the burglar and Mr.. Smith
to the station house. There the
burglar was searched, but nothing in.
eliminating was found. Early the
next morning a lawyer appeared fof
the burglar. and when he was ar
raigned in court he was discharged
because Smiths Identification was
necessarily imperfect. Smith was
sure of his man-but the lawyer
rather shook his certainty. In the
meantime no lawyer appeared for
Smith. He spent the night in the
cell. oh, sure, he was placed under
arrest for carrying a revolver with
out a license. The magistrate bound
him over on $1,000 to appear before
the grand jury.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
OLD WEDDING DAY CUSTOMS
Many Superstitions Have Clustered
Around the Marriage Ceremony.
Especially in Olden Times.

Superstition never clustered round
any episode OF life more than that Of
the wedding day. especially In olden
times.
Then II was customary for the bride
to present her future husband with q
bunch of rosemary, tied up with rib
hons. on his first appearance on the
wedding morning. This was supposed
to insure his love and loyalty, and 10
make her happy forever.
In Yorkshire the old superstition
still abounds that nothing more un-
lucky could happen than for a newly
made bride to leave the church by q
different door from hat by which she
entered.
Another quaint custom, for which
there is no known origin. is that
practiced In some OF the midland and
northern counties. This is to ring q
merry peal of the church bells at he
first reading of the banns of an in
tending matrimonial couple. II Ia
called the spur peal" which In DID
Anglo-SaXon simply ask"
or course it is wen known that Il
is the height Of luck for the brideto-
be to dream of fairies the night before
the actual ceremony. SO much vas
this idea believed in that many gtrls
would peruse fairy tales before gong
to sleep.-Answers.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
His Wishes Carried Out.

Old Forglen, the Scotch Judge, died
in 1927. DR.. Clerk, who attended his
lordship to the last, calling on his
patient the day he died, was admitted
by the judges cid servant and clerk,
David Reed. How does my lord do?"
inquired the doctor. Il houp he's
weel!" responded the old man, whose
voice and manner at once explained
his meaning. With tears streaming
down his face. he conducted DIR. Clerk
into a room where there two dozen
bottles of wine underneath the table.
Other gentlemen presently arrived,
and having partaken of a glass or two
OF wine, while they listened to Da.
vid's account of his masters last
hours, they all ross to depart. NO,
no. gentlemen; not So" said the old
factotum, 1T was the express of the
deceased that | should fill We a. fou,
and I maun fulfill the viii O. the
dead" Or. Clerk used to add. when
relating the story, and, indeed, he
did fulfill the will of the dead. for
before the end OF there was ma ane
OF US able to bite his ain thoomb!'
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
LAND or OUR FOREFATHERS
Edward Everett's Tribute to England
as the Cradle and Refuge OF
Free Principles.

For myself / can truly say hat
after my native land | feel a tender
ness and a reverence for that Of my
fathers. The pride take in my own
country makes me respect that from
which we are sprung. The sound OF
my native language beyond the sea
is a music to my ears beyond the rich
est strains OF Tuscan softness or Cas-
lillian majesty.
| am not-I need not say | am not
the panegyrist Of England. | am not
dazzled by her riches nor awed by her
power. The seepter. the inter and
the %coronet, stars, garters and rib
bons seem to me poor things for great
men to contend for.
But England is the cradle and tho
refuge of free principles. though often
prosecuted; the school OF religious
liberty, the more precious for the
struggles through which ii has passed;
she holds the tombs of those who have
reflected honor on all who speak the
English tongue; she is the birthplace
of our fathers, the home of the PHI
grims; it is these which | love and
~venerate in England.
/ should feel ashamed OF an enthn-
siasm for Italy and Greece did | not
also feel 1t for a land like this. In
an American it would seem to be de-
generate and %ungrateful to hang with
passion upon the traces of Homer and
Virgil and follow without emotion the
nearer and palmer footsteps OF
Shakespeare and Milton. | should
think him cold in love for his native
land who felt no melting in his heart
for that other native country which
holds the ashes OF his forefathers.-
Edward Everett.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-18
ANCIENT STONE SUN DIAL
1t Was Built into a Church 6uttress.
Probably In the Thirteenth
Century.

The stone sun dial, probably OF the
thirteenth century. which has just been
placed In the south wall oil the chancel
Of West Clandon church, is likely to
be of considerable interest TO anti
quaries. The dial, which has unfor-
~tunately last its gnomon, was till re-
Gently built into the western side OF
a buttress, havihg apparently been re-
garded as a piece II stone OF no value.
The stone OF when the dial is cut
is of chalk and the Gal is about a foot
across. The engraving Of the lines
on the face is deep and sharp, the
stone being in a good state Of preser-
walton, and the hole in which the
gnomon had been fixed is wide and
deep. AT each OF those positions on
the face Of the dial which in a clock
would be called the quarters four dots
are engraved. but these dots are ar
ranged In different positions. Sun dials
such as that at West Clandon are
not at all rare and at n time they
were probably placed on every church.
Indeed. at Saltwood. in Kent, there
are three close together, but p%articu-
lar interest attaches to the specimen
at West Clandon from the fact that 1t
is much nearer perfect than is gener-
ally the case.-The Guardian.