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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
ale For Babies. Effective for Crown

That's Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. 1t has the confidence OF your
druggist, who knows 1t will give you sat-
isfacaon. w. W. Nsssmith. Statesboro,
Ga. says: II have used Foley's Honey
and Tar compoun in my family and hav.
sold II in my store and It never fails ia
cure" Refuse 4 substitute. ]. W. oSulli-
van (Advl
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
CITY TO remove
OLD fire Tower

Acting ON the suggestion of City
Council members of the Police Com
mission Yesterday afternoon decided 10
advertise for bids for the removal of
the bell tower of the Union Fire Com
panv from their old headquarters TO
the new fire house at Third and Union
streets In their communication Coun-
eli set forth that the work should De
done bv the commission, providing the
cost was not more than 800. The COM
missioners had a similar request be-
fore them some time ago, when they de-
cided that the tower should be moved
bv Council. Bids will now be asked for.
At Yesterdays session of the commits
sion the contract for furnishing 5000
dos TAGS for the year 1915 was awarded
TO B. Kleitz & Brother Company, az
their price of S2s.
The Loksl Anzeiger was awarded the
contract to print the two license books
at Sl495. These firms were the only
bidders for the work.
The Polish Turner's Association asked
that Anthony Krutneski be commits
stoned a special policeman 10 do duty
at their hall.
The board. however, deferred action as
they are still waiting to receive the city
solicitors opinion as to their legal
right to so commission special police
men.
Willard Wilson. a negro, of No. lllU
Lombard street. who has applied for a
Job on the force. urged the board to re-
member him when they came to make
any new appointments. He sent then
letter to this effect yesterday.
The fines collected in the City Court
last week amounted to s42.62, while p
prisoners were committed TO the work
house
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
CASH CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED.

"A Friend" the Begians $780,
- - FTisnd fTsnd;p 81
rbngt the Edward W. Pyle depository, from two
en,scss d. Nv George H. Carroll at GrauOgue following
stewart RAMSEY s1s Edward Zebsey, r. Richardson
81; A. D. Twadde W. T. smith, 81, George H. Carroll s "a a
liam R Edgar SIS Carroll SIS Anute TeskeOn @o'
SILL 80 a, A. ,o,u,on on,drsrp a. i
Mrs. c. L. Eva 96 West Tenth street. VI
Mrs j. R. Jones, friend Q Presbyterian Church. 81
Mrs L. farrell, Eighth and Jefferson streets " III
Employees dspees Oco Of the p B. and W. rail- s
Iowst Carroll 241s Madison street. s d. Atkinson
H. D. warren No. O cash. 80, R. j. Carr No
street. philadelphia els cash. S H. '" AenS s No
W. Hn No. ss E. NJ Webb No. 1905 Ia street
81 Inn M A. HoaecEsr Of smyrna SIS Ninth
street. Waters No. 6s West Ninth street s ". ~ H. gray NO. O
Tatnsn street ST. W. Windsor No. S' west hS"'e"O '"'
Mrs RSSSe Han and friends Edge Moor Besns'
Hope Circle Kings Daughters Presbyterian Church. Eighth
washington streets, r.s, g., ss,-,.,... :,
"A Friend" Of Presbyterian Church. 49, -
A. A. N wOmans organization through MISS S' A.
Newman o 1890 TatnsI street S. 49, , ,.. a.
walter Elizabeth E. srnon No. 1902 Washington street,
Hanover % S r. Tr class in the First Presbyterian
day Newark ssi "O be used exclusively % n P"n"
Newark grammar pupils "iOr the Bsinn children
Howard r. Cam. No. Vests sixteenth street. 81
state Highway wilson, OF MOchanin So %
Christmas gifts for the unfortunate little ones in Europe
Mrs Caroline Buckley, No 1iOe Broome street. g.
Advanced Presbyterian Church Sunday school, through
Crosby Bin. S. o..-u =,
Farmer l.
the Y NJ A. contributions y the boys then"
he
Mrs Julia Huber, No street. s5
L. j. Amory.
W. i. Docksta S.
Presbyterian School. So
$3.50.
The W. H. Laird s4O West Seventeenth street. SS
"for the Belganss
W. G. Strickland.
Harold Crooks
heSferF 81.
Amusement Corporation, Clement W. Miller
tary.
FrienI" g.
Charlotte FELTON,, 10 81.
Mr. william Z. Hanki Of Ia. Delaware
Miss C. Pardee, o No. 1918 West Thirteenth
Friend.-
r. DaYenp NJ. G.. A. Building
MRS Francis r. Vincent No street. 81
Laird vcepreden of the Wilmington Trust Company s&
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
ASSIST In BRINGING
CHRISTMAS CHEER TO
EUROPEAN WAR KIDDIES
LET Your Holiday Be Warmed BY the Facf
Thai Somewhere In The War Zone.
Some Child With Soldier Father Is
Receiving YuIe-Tide Happiness
Through You ans Yeur PTac-
ficaI, sympathetic Interest

That JOURNAL done the best "ok
any American newspaper Chien Christmas fun
president and Mrs. Eva MacDonu
gratifying Information received in this once
from
"MRS. WITH NE IN MOST SINCERE IhA@Nhs @
CHECK FOR sl9s50 RECEIVED FROM
YESTERDAY THE CASH CONTRIBUTIONS
RY YOUR PAPER UP NOVEMBER FOR THE WAN
CHLDREN'S CHRISTMAS FUND
1F YOU WOULD LIKE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGES THESE CON
TRBuTIONS INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH MY MAGAZINE THE AnE
CAN CLUB WOMAN THE LIST AND SHALL iAE
PLEASURE IN DOING So
~YOU HAVE DONE WORK OF ANY NEWSPAPER 50 n M
YoUR WORK AS A OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOX OihH"
PAPERS,
That letter should being not much compliment
n tribute 10 the generous nature o inc 'V
Delaware Cash and oer g
- come into this there is waning I" %
children Merry Ons"
No ono can the narrowing details OF e WI" "
rrone and Of the brought noncomban
desire TO send into e ives
Chldren's Christmas Fund.- now
[ raised Is the practical that sympathetic ieehhg' "
rnose Is 10 bring Christmas the children In all Ihe un
children, to bring some measure happiness
overwhelmed by grief and sunermg.
nobnr mother happier hsn 10 sec neI
n~ nawareaus owe Il to humanity 70 assist In TINS
Yule-d cheer from penceiui Amea !" "
,,-
ap mo dawn for 81 wnrd ChIdreL Christmas funo
~ Docstader proprietor the Garck Theatre yesea Hfr,
roon of Il good piece DOING and one deserving
public support
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
Ouch! PAIN, PAIN
RUB rheumatic,
aching JOINTS
Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial
Bottle of Old "St. Jacobs OIL"


Rheumatism is pain only NOT
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugging. Rub sooth-
ing. penetrating "St Jacobs Oil" right
into your sore. stiff. aching joints and
muscles, and relief comes instantly
"St. Jacobs Oil" is a harmless rheu-
matism cure which never disappolnts
and can not burn the skin.
Timber upl Quit complaining! Get
a small trial bottle of old, honest st.
Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, ana
in just moment you'll be free from
rheumatic pain. soreness, stiffness
and swelling. Don't suffer- Relief
awaits you. "St. Jacobs Oil" has
cured millions of rheumatism suffer-
ers in the last half century, and is just
as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lum-
bago, backache, sprains
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
PINPLES ITCHED 50
COULD NOT SLEEP
On Face and Arms. Looked Like
Hives. Used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trouble All Gone,

Northumberland. Pa.-"My trouble be-
gan on my face and arms in little red pimples
and after few days they began to itch and
burn When the pimples broke out they
looked like hives having little white festered
heads II would break these heads q
whitish substance would come out and
when this was all out a scab would form.
The itching was so great that l could not
sleep at night and 7 could not help picking
and scratching at them. When I picked the
scabs of they we're sorer than ever and my
arms had to be bandaged up all the time.
Il tried several remedies that / thought
would cure but none seemed TO help and
one day neighbor advised Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. ] sent for free sample OF
each and after I had used them my face
seemed to be better. Then I bought few
cakes OF Cuticura Soap and box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment and in a month my trouble
was all gone. I washed myself every morning
and night with Cuticurs Soap and then I
applied Cutlcura Ointment. No scabs or
scars we're left on my face and arms"
(signed) Miss Emma Matthias, Feb. 6, 1914.
Samples Free by Mail
Cuticura Soap and Ointment have proved
most valuable for the treatment Of pimples.
blackheads. redness and roughness Of the
face and hands, dandruff. itching, irritated
scalps with dry. thin and falling hair as
well as for irritations and chahngs Of in
fancy and for all purposes Of the toilet bath.
and nursery. Cuticura Soap 25c. and Cuti-
cura Ointment SOC. are sold everywhere
Liberal sample Of each mailed free, with
s2-p skin Book Address postcard Cuti-
cura, Dept. T, Boston"
Evening journal., 1914-11-18
prcrrvrNe STATIONS FOR GIFTS.

EVENING JOURNAL Office, Fourth and Shipley streets
Roston Cloak Store No. 4Si Market street
Liupucott Co, No. slS Market street
v.,o s Edward H. Brennan, Nos s9 and 2sl Market
street.
Miller Bros. Co, No. slS Market street
Miss Anna Hanthornes store, No. 6l7 Market Sueo@
Forster shoe Company, No. 72s Market suee"
r. Topkis Sons, No. 42O Market street
Crosby & Hin Co.. 6O5 Market street
~ Sneuenburg Co, Seventh and Market sueeos & ,,u.
edward W. pyle Co.. shoe dealers at NO. eiS "AA
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHysoN GLOBE

An Atchison man has eleven shirts,
1 on and l on.
II you don't know the quotation
please don't use It.
Heaven probably il the place where
a man y a boy again.
George Washington sure was handi-
capped because he couldn't tell lie.
Then there IL the patriot who kicks
up a dust moving backward. and calls
it Progress.
With SO many boys and 30 few bull
dogs the peach crop - never safe UNI
til 1t is marketed.
A man who feels there II no oppor-
tunity for a poor man, il apt to be
lazy as well AZ poor.
In each and every town there are
two or three merchants who blame dull
seasons on reporters.
Cuss your enemies to your wife. She
will listen patiently and will never tell
them. It's the safest plan. Safety
First.
The height of self-control IL shown
by the patriot who has seen the play
before, but refrains from telling how
1t ends.
II once knew a hero. Che had a medal
to prove it) and he snored and chewed
tobacco, and wasn't anything like the
ones found In best sellers-"-Rufe Hos
kins.
IF you don't care. dear. I'll go down
town and see what 10 the latest war
news said an Atchison husband to
his wife. 1T will be perfectly agree
able to me: just hook up my dress
and will go with you." she said. How
/ like a woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04
Jayhawker Jots

Speaking of true fish stories says
the Minneapolis Messenger. r. N.
Unruh has q Plymouth Rock hen
which lays two eggs q day.
There is this to say in favor of the
preachers, insists the Kansas Optim-
ist- A $500 preacher will tie q mat
rimoniaf knot 30 tight that 1t takes q
500 lawyer to loosen It.
A little .'Pi" from the Toronto Re-
publican: Tho woman who goes seek
ing always finds adventure. The
mouth that knows how to keep silent
II more precious than rubies.
Don't knock on your competitor. If
he has a yellow streak other people
will find it out without being told.
There is one younester in our
schools who has 1t over Bobbie Burns,
writes Ruth Alexander People in the
Erie Record, and If he ends up as we'll
as he has started, in the elements Of
versification, we will have cause to
be proud Of him yet The following
gem of this boys construction was
handed in poetry day'~lAst week and
il marvel of Its kind:
There was an old maid of Seattle.
When she stood in the wind she would
rattle.
She would have Collapsed
Lack of practice prevented this
embryo poet to insert q line of the
proper length and metre but this de-
ficiency was made up in the grand
climax.
III it want for her Adams applet"
In the realm Of patriotism. not a
swashbuck1er has anything on old Bill
White. Read what he says in his EN-
porfa Gazette: A lot Of cheap Kansas
statesmen are wiring their services to
the president for the Mexican war.
There is some talk of organizing q
regiment Of rough riders. That is old
stuff. Here Is an offer which should
interest the president and might save
our beloved country: We desire to
raise fat mems regiment, limiting the
weight of patriots to q minimum
weight OF 225 pounds: II the govern
ment will equip the regiment with
electric fans, ice coolers and rocking
chairs, and provide a special train OF
Pullmans, we will charge Mexico and
sit in the club windows Of the City Of
Mexico and show the Mexican people
what easygoing, lovable fellows these
Americans are, and in six weeks the
war will be over. II q thousand fat
men equipped with pneumatic rocking
chairs could only be dropped from
aeroplanes into Mexico the war would
be over, for no one can Withstand the
blandishments Of q fat man who sees
trouble ahead and Il trying to avoid 1t.
According to the Wilson County Cit
izen, alfalfa cutting will begin early
in that county. probably by the fif-
teenth Of the month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.
Many q girl has lost her beau by
having too many strings to him.
Out OF q thousand men who are
out for the dough perhaps one takes
the cake.
The tree with its new spring fol-
tage will soon be making its bough
to the public
"A short run will often take =
mans breath, but the play with q
short run is seldom pulled.
You never can tell. The man
who IL quick At making friends may
be just a. quick at breaking them.
Most of us have less dimculty in
borrowing trouble than in finding
someone willing to share his joys.
NO. Naude. dear; q speculator
doesn't invest In Thermometers just
because they happen to be going up.
-Sillicus-''When does . man
reach the age Of discretion 2" Cynicus
MOT until he begins to realize that
he h too old to marry"
-Blobbo-''He believes In race sui
eide" Slobbs-"Whax makes yon
think that ?" Blobbo-"He has Just
gone into the cigarette businesa
-Guggins docs your wffe get
any exercise?" Bug1tne Only when
she runs ~ bills. lcuggin6 'sI1uhs
Ny wife Aneen't even 9xneo1uo h6r.
no1k much ahoast tnnG ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04
On the Spur
of the Moment

Appearances.
The gun that isn't loaded il the one
that does the harm;
The mule that looks the sleepiest,
at kicking can't be beat:
The gal that looks the homeliest kin
keep house like a charm;
the steak that looks the tenderest
is always hard-to eat.
The man that talks the slickest il the
slowest to deliver:
The man who doesn't talk at all il
right there with the goods:
The man who talks philanthropy is
not the cheerful giver;
The man who boasts of bravery IL
quickest to the woods.
Inc Ioudest praying deacon Is the
poorest one to trust:
The softest-tallxin' married folks
are quickest to divorce;
The fastest goin' friendship is the
quickest fer to bust:
The smallest lookin' copper il the
bravest on the force.
The Teller with the silk hat hasn't
got the biggest pile;
The steadiest of housemaids amt
the fairest fer to see.
Don't bank upon q Teller who has al
ways got a smile.
Appearances amt always what
they're cracked up to be.
Our spaghetti Symposium.
l. J. ID. wrttea; Spaghetti eating is q
fine art perfected many centuries ago BY
the Italians. To do it correctly one
should be all alone in the room with the
spaghetti and should wear an oiIclofl,
suit divers uniform II better. but Is
50 expensive that 1t IS almost prohibitive
to the average consumer. Chloroform
should be administered until each spaShef
has ceased its struggles for freedom. The
rest 10 comparatively easy. The mag
hetti can be cut into proper lengths Min
an AZ and anyone who has pitched hay
process.'' ---
H. 8. says: ''Here il the best wav To
eat spaghetti: First tilt the head 6acR
Then insert funnel In the face Il Won
have no funnel use fish horn or =
megaphone- II the spaghetti Il too elin-
way you win not miss any Of II ana ~
not liable, to got 1t ON the necktte or
shirt front. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04
TAXING soUNDINCs.

1t cannot be fairly asserted that con-
stitutional government, as understood
by our fathers. il of interest chiefly
to the property-possessi class-par-
ticularly the large property-possessing
portion of society, writes David Jayne
Hill in the May number of the North
American Review. 1t has never been
its aim to protect any particular class
to the disadvantage of another; but.
on the contrary. to see to it that there
be no insurmountable barriers to block
the way of human aspiration. with the
result that there are few fortunes in
our country the foundations of which
were not laid by men who once work.
ed for wages. AS for the excessively
great fortunes, their possessors are
the least likely to be affected by any
radical legislation. for they will always
find safe asylum in which to medi-
tate upon their woes. 1t is the wage
earners and the organizers and adj
ministrators Of wealth producing en-
terprises whose hopes are threatened
by entertainments upon our constitu-
tional guarantees: for the prosperity
of the great mass of our population
IL dependent upon q mutual conf
dence that industry will be suitably
rewarded and enterprise enabled to
prosper. Nothing could so effectively
check and permanently embarrass the
creative forces Of the country al the
thought that the results Of industry
and enterprise will be exposed to fu-
ture appropriation.
| What Ii to become Of superior skill
or OF superior power TO organize and
manage great industries. II laws OF
| equalization are henceforth to be sub.
stituted for equal laws?
And what Is to insure us against
this legislation II the constitutions
guarantees are swept away3 What
prospect have the young men Of n
classes. especially OF the self-depen-
dent classes, II some imperium in ina
perio. some purely voluntary and ir'
ireaponslble organisation within tn
state. b able 70 fill public Offices with
tits candidates and through Tie con
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04

AF1ER FINE HONlBX1G00N. =
Let m 1drgfv1-1or balnneed II the debf!
In me.
And ]. now you unnaslk, can only ~
In you the human BUT ideals ~ oet
So truth u dwarfed and 1haned and
made to be
False witness to our actual selves. Bat
we,
Though disenchanted. may be happy ye4;
Our lot II usual. Dare We cast aside
The little joys which yet may an thu
heart
The genuine good 1T hand to serve Gun
need?
The halos fade-must rose wreaths . b
denied?
Oh, II II not enough to be . part
OF common life. and share the eommou
need!
-stokely 8. FISHER. in the New York
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04

NIH. W0y8n tt00lUAM IVAECCHs
THE United States government, In
my iudRment, should take immediate
steps to, protect its rights in radium-
producing lands said Stephen T.
Lockwood. a Buffalo lawyer, who H. in
Washington on business with the bu-
reau Of mines.
Thomas r. Walsh, who first gave per-
sonal and financial announcement to
the efforts to locate such ores and to
extract from them their contents in
radium salts. AS long ago ~ 1900 a
specimen of carnotite ore while was
visiting there. He requested that
endeavor to learn the value Of his find.
and to do 70 experimented in q crude
way and finally ascertained that car
hottie. as well as pitchblende, contains
radium.
ain 1894 built the first experimental
plant for the reduction Of carnotite ores
in Buffalo, but 1t was not until 1908 that
I came in contact with Mr.. Walsh. He
was deeply interested in the production
Of radium, not from commerctai
develop the mineral resources Of Colo
RADIO and to give radium to the world
for scientific use. It was largely the re-
suit Of his efforts that bureau OF
mines was created.
"As the technical adviser Of Mr..
walsh, who was one of the ablest min
ing men in the world, I directed the
activities of his private exploration.
and made many experiments on large
scale to devise methods for the recov-
cry of radium. and radium contents
from ores. At that time the plant We
operated. which is still in existence.
had q capacity for the reduction OF 30
tong Of carnotite ores a month. We
saved the radium in the form OF crude
barium slilphate salts. The only known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04

Takine 100 Mach Reupo.sabisty
II RUTH CAMERON.

A8 4OO 2UCAA k6c1PQou40Hy.
Nobody In this house win take any
tired mother ny. the other day.
What she said was true. At least.
to . large extent.
Her husband IL an irresponsible,
happy-go-lucky person. who looks five
years younger than his wife although
Her children are extrawa9ant about
money matters. dtsorderly about the
house and, careless In regard to their
clothes. Their mother has to keep
after them all the Time" as she puts It.
The Oldest daughter IL amply old
enough to take some of the care from
her mother'6 shoulders but she never
does Her share Of managing the
house consists In performing certain
small. routine tasks, ana even here her
mother has to see that the work u
done and done right.
Naturally the mother Of this ire
sponsible family, although normally q
robust and energetic personality, II
becoming worn out.
don't blame her for feeling dis
coura8ed and overburdened. and yet
neither do I entirely blame her fam
lily.
For one Of the chief reasons why
they are 10 irresponsible IL that she
IL 30 responsible.
Responsibility il not thing that
AuGOt QCORA0 CI2VCs WA0u ono W0Iu~
Der of the family gets into the habit Of
taking it. the rest of the family slip
into tho habit OF yielding it.
Almost from her wedding day this
woman began to take the responsible
ity of the family upon her shoulders.
sibtlity came natural to her. Her hus-
band was rather easy going person
with no great sense Of responsibility.
Had he married q different sort of
q woman think he would have de-
veioped that quality. A. 1t wa. he
When the children came the same
thing happened to them.
And now the mother il growing old
er, and she begins to find all this re-
sponsibility which she has arrogated
| to herself q burden too heavy to bear.
Poor. unhappy creature. can't say
I'm not sorry for her. because I'm al
ways sorry for people who make mis-
| takes I've no patience with the SEN
timent shes made her bed and now
she can lie in it." But do think she
has no right to put all the blame on
her family. One Of the best stories
ever read told Of q woman who had
more business ability than her hus-
band, and who, when he lost his posi-
ton. went out into the business world
ing the responsibility for supporting
the family with her husband she be-
gan to take it all. Her husband grad
ually came to depend on her ever, for
his own clothes and spending money.
Ultimately she divorced him and
thereupon he married q woman Of the
other type. went back into the business
world ana. pushed forward by his new
responsibility, made good.
Every human being ought to beware
how he takes more than his fair share
of responsibility. Whoever takes too
large q share IL laying UP . burden for
himself and robbing his fellow Great
ures of their birthright. They may
be willing, just as Esau was willing.
but he has no right to do 1t and sooner
| or later everyone concerned will suf-
fer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-04
Journal Entries

Happiness IL merely . mental state.
A fishing trip IL also q convenient
excuse for other things.
Neither does 1t ever require much
applause to get an encore.
Few men will tolerate In others
what they will in Themselves.
The unusual man is the one who
doesn't believe he earns more than he
gets.