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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
HUSBAND IS IS,
WIFE WAS SO

HineSburg. Jan. 2O.-The death of Mrs
]. +. Miles. aged % years. occurred Tues
DAY evening. She leaves beside her hus-
band, who is % Years of age. a son,
CHARLES. who resides IN Idaho. two
daughters Miss Mary Miles who lived
with her parents. and Mrs. Leonard Ray
of Shelburne; and a sister Mrs. Lines,
who lives in New York state, and is
about 80 years of age There are also
several grandchildren and great grand
children.
Or Miles and wife were the oldest
couple living in this town and possibly
the oldest couple in the State. It Will
BE- - years the last of this month since
their marriage
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
FIVE CENTS PROVES 1T.

A Generous offe- Cut out this ad, q
close with 5 cents to Foley & CO., Child
60. H.. and receive a free trial packa
containing Foley's Honey and Tar Cot
pound for coughs, colds. Group, BIRD
chial and lagrippe coughs; Foley Isl
ney Pills and Foley Cathartic TahlI
For sale in your town by J. w o'Sul
wan lAdv1
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
New York, Jan.

New York, Jan. 20.
BEEVBS-Receipts 1,9o. Irregular.
Steers s6as.75 bulls $1,000; cows s35oD
625; fat Ohio $3.50.
CALVBS-Rcceipts 1,050 Steady veals
sS5od12. So culls seas; barnyard calves
S. 5OaG ~. yearlngs s. 5Cd5.3
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Rsceipts $3.50
Steady. Sheep, ewes, s3.b0d575; lambs
s7Gie50; culls sG0t65o
HOGS-Receipts 5,775 Market higher at
81. 4CIf1 So; roughs Sc. 3016.s0
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
QUOTATIONS. ON BUTTER

Boston. Jan 90
To-day's Chamber Of Commerce butter
quotations, the price Of commission mer-
chants to dealers. follow:
BCTTER-Creamery extras 32c: cream
cry firsts 2SM3lc; creamery seconds. ga
27lac; creamery thirds 2+025c dairy irsts
2Sc; dairy seconds 2Jf625c; storage
creamery extras 3ld32c; storage cream
cry firsts 2SIt30c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21
OUT OF HARMS WAY

II you had to so to war, what posi-
ton would you choose,"
THE drummers | think"
why so?"
When charge was ordered IA pick
up my drum and beat it."-Boston Trans
nrint
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21

Sidney A. Hin trespass; Katherine Glea-
son FIheld, adm, VS.. town Of Rochester,
. ,hway injury; Homer p. Wheeler vs.
Arthur G. Walker.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22

warning words once more: Just let
'em try it-just once! That's all | ask
'em to! They'll find out what they
getw
The barber chuckled. Then a fly lit
on the BARRIERS nose. and he slapped
at 1t. and the slap missed the fly, but
did not miss the nose. The barbel
was irritated. At this moment his
birdlike eye cleaned a CLEAN as it fell
upon customers approaching-the pref
test little girl in the world, leading
by the hand her baby brother, Mitchy-
Mitch, coming to have Mitchy- Mitch's
hair clipped against the heat
1t was hot day and idle, with little
to feed the mind, and the barber was
a miSchievous man with an irritated
nose. He did his worst
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
CHAPTER XVII.
Little Gentleman

|" rod pursued his homeward
H way; no great distance, but
long enough for several one
sided conflicts with malign insulters
made of thin air. You better not call
me that!' he muttered "You just try
it, and you'll get what other people
got when they tried it. You better
not ack fresh with me- Oh, you will,
will you?" He delivered a vicious
kick full upon the shins Of an iron
fence post, which suffered little,
though Penrod instantly regretted his
indiscretion. "Oof!' he grunted. hop
ping, and went on after bestowing a
look Of awful hostility upon the fence
post. Il guess you'll know better next
time," he said in parting to this an
tagonist. You just let me catch you
around here again and PIP His
voice sank to inarticulate but ominous
murmurings. He was in a dangerous
mood.
Nearing home, however, his belliger-
ent spirit was diverted to happier in
terests by the discovery that some
workmen had left a caldron Of tar in
the cross street close by his fathers
stable. He tested it, but found it in
edible; also as substitute for profess
sional chewing gum it was unsatisfac-
tory, being insufficiently boiled down
and too thin, though Of a pleasant,
lukewarm temperature. But it had an
excess Of one quality-it was sticky.
It was the stickiest tar Penrod had
ever used for any purposes whatsoever.
and nothing upon which he wiped his
hands served to rid them of it, neither
his polka dotted shirtwaist nor his
knickerbockers; neither the fence nor
even Duke, who came unthinkingly
wagging out to greet him and retired
wiser.
Nevertheless tar Is tar. Much can
be done with it, no matter what it's
condition. So Penrod fingered by the
caldron, though from a neighboring
yard could be heard the voices Of COM
rades, including that of Sam Williams.
On the ground about the caldron were
scattered chips and sticks and bits Of
wood to the number Of a great multi
tude. Penrod mixed quantities Of this
refuse into the tar and interested him.
self in seeing how much Of it he could
keep moving in slow swirls upon the
ebon surface.
To be continued.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
why? what'd you do to 'emY'

why? What'd you do to 'emY
Its all right what I'd do. l bet
they wouldn't want to call me that
again long as they Hvedv'
"What'd you do if it was a little
girl? You wouldn't hit her, would
your
"WeH, I'd Ouchr'
"You wouldn't hit a little girl, would
you" the barber persisted, gathering
into his powerful fingers a mop Of hair
from the top Of Penrod's head and
pulling that suffering head into an un-
natural position. Doesn't the Bible
say it amt never right to hit the weak
sex?'
COW! Say, look outv'
$50 you'd go and punch pore, weak,
little girl, would you? said the barber
reprovingly.
"Well, who said I'd hit herr" de-
manded the chivalrous Penrod. 81 bet
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
SPEED OF BULLETS.
| Ingenious Method For Measuring 1t
Used by the Experts.

Ingenious Method For Measuring Ii
Used by the Experts.
The method used by experts to as
certain the velocity of a projectile or
bullet at the moment it leaves the muZ-
zle of the weapon is as follows:
There is drumlike cylinder Of fixed
diameter and of sufficiently stiff pa
per to stand being rapidly revolved on
a spindle. AS the cylinder is of small
circumference it is necessary that the
speed approach 1000 revolutions
minute. These revolutions are pro-
duced by electric power, and the count
is made by an exact mechanical regis
ter
The gun is placed securely at the re-
quired distance from the drum and is
sighted directly at the center of the cyl
inder, which is spinning at so many
rods-even miles-a minute, as it's cir
conference determines. With the
drums speed adjusted, an electric cur
rent discharges the weapon, the bullet
striking the center Of the drum as
measured from top to bottom.
1t must be borne in mind that with
the drum stationary the bullet would
pass directly through it on a line of it's
diameter, coming out on the other side,
with scarcely ''shade of impeachment"
With the drums periphery whirling at
the rate of 1000 revolutions a minute
and its diameter only a fraction more
than foot, this would mean a rate of
1000 yards in sixty seconds. Thus in
the fraction Of second necessary for
the bullet to enter one side Of the paper
drum, cross it and pass out at the other
side the opposite side of the drum
would show considerable deviation
from an exact diameter Of line Of pas
sage.
1t is this space Of detection, shown,
inside the farther rim of the drum. that
is used for computing the velocity of
the missile. The speed of the cylinder
may be computed to the -thousandth
part of second if necessary, and the
lineal distance run in that time may be
charted in perpendicular lines on the
inner side Of the paper. At whatever
line the bullet penetrates outward it
registers it's time in crossing the diam
eter of the cylinder. If it has required
the ten-thousandth part of q second for
the bullet to proceed one foot from it's
muzzle, velocity in yards or miles may,
be computed by nybody.-Pearsons
Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
He Wanted the Job.

When Morris was seven years old
his mother was one day reading to
him about the kings Of England. Af.
ter she had closed the book he re
NAMED silent and thoughtful for some
minutes, then asked, Mother, do they
have kings in this country?' No,
dear, don't you remember l told you
we have a president here's" Another
silence and then very earnestly and
gravely the little fellow said, I'm sor-
ry about that, mother, for was just
thinking I would like to be it."-Chris-
tian Register.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
Wednesday, August I8
NEW SPEED BARNS.

American Trotting Association Rules
to govern. Five to enter, three to start.
Stall rent free to horses entering in the
races. First bedding free. Hay and
straw on the grounds at cost. Entries
for races close August 10, 1915, and
should be addressed to T. M. Priestley,
Superintendent of Speed, Mineral Point,
Wisconsin.
$50 premium will be paid to horse
trotting or pacing the fastest mile dur
ing the 1915 Meeting, provided the
track record of 2:114 is broken. Will
race under the point system.
T. M. PREsTLEY, Supt. of Speed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
CHAPTER XVI.
CoIored Troops In Action.

CoIored Troops In Action.
TOW neat and pure is the task
~ of the chronicler who has the
Fl tale to tell of good rousing
fight" between boys or men
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
SHE WEARS GLOVES NOW.
w. C. T. U. Mortgage Is Cleared, and
Woman Is Happy.

Pasadena.-For the first time in
twenty-five years Mrs. Fl. +. Anderson
of Burbank put ON few days ago a
pair of kid gloves. Mrs. Anderson, who
is delegate to the convention Of the
Southern California Woman's Christian
Temperance union. had resolved that
she would wear no gloves until a mort
gage on the Los Angeles w. G. Il. q.
temple was paid.
The debt, which originally amounted
to $4,000, was cleared by funds made
available from legacy Of $4,000 left
by Samuel Little.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
Continued

at this bidding, Rupe approached,
while Sam, still protesting, moved to
the threshold of the outer door, but
Penrod seized him by the shoulders
and swung him indoors with shout.
Little baby wants to run home to
its mom-muh! Here be is, RUPEE"
Thereupon was Penrods treachery
to an old comrade properly rewarded.
for as the two struggled. Rupe caught
each by the back Of the neck, stimuli
taneously, and, with creditable impair
TALLY, forced both boys to their knees.
Lick dirt!' he commanded, forcing
them still forward. until their faces
were close to the stable floor.
At this moment he received a real
surprise. With loud whack some
thing struck the back Of his head,
and, turning, he beheld Verman in the
act Of lifting a piece Of lath to strike
again
EN- moys omer" said verman, the
giant killer
HE tongue tie'," Herman explained
He say, let 'em boys alone"
Rupe addressed his host briefly:
'Chase them nlgs out O. herew
Don call me mig" said Herman.
II mine my own biznuss. You let 'em
boys alone"
Rupe strobe across the still PROSTATE
Sam, stepped upon Penrod and, equip
ping his countenance with the terrify-
ing scowl and protruded jaw, lowered
his head to the level of Herman's.
mig, you'll be lucky if you leave
here alive!" And he leaned forward
till his nose was within less chan an
inch of Herman's nose.
1t could be felt that something awful
was about to happen, and Penrod as
he rose from the floor suffered al un-
expected twinge of apprehension and
remorse. He hoped that Rupe wouldn't
really hurt Herman. A sudden dislike
of Rupe and RUPEES ways rose within
him as he looked at the big boy over
whelming the little darkey with that
ferocious scowl. Penrod all at once
felt sorry about something indefina-
BILE, and with equal vagueness he felt
foolish. Come on, RUPEE" he suggest
ed feebly. Let Herman go. and let's
us make our billies out of the rake
handle"
The rake handle, however. was not
available if Rupe had inclined to favor
the suggestion. Verman had discarded
his lath for the rake, which he was at
this moment lifting in the air.
you ole black Niger" the fat faced
boy said venomously to Herman. 'T'm
a-goin' to-
But he had allowed his nose to re-
main too long near Herman's. Pen
rods familiar nose had been as close
with only ticklish spinal effect upon
the not very remote descendant of Kon-
go man eaters. The result produced
by the glare of RUPEES unfamiliar eyes
and by the dreadfully suggestive prox.
unity Of RUPEES unfamiliar nose was
altogether different Herman's and
Verman's Bangala great-grandfather
never considered people CT their own
jungle neighborhood proper material
for meal, but they looked upon stran-
gers, especially truculent strangers, as
distinctly edible.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22

turned Penrod Truculently.
I'd fix her, though, all right. She'd
seew
"You wouldn't call her names, would
you"
"No, wouldn't! What hurt is it to
call anybody names"
"Is that sov' exclaimed the barber.
''Then you was intending what heard
you hollering at Fishers grocery de-
livery wagon driver fer a favor the
other day when l was goin' by your
house, was you? I reckon l better tell
him, because he says to me Afterwards
if he ever lays eyes on you when you
amt in your own yard he's goin' to do
a whole lot O things you amt goin'
to like! Yessir, that's what he says
to me!'
HE better catch me first, l guess,
before he talks so much"
WELL" resumed the barber, that
amt sayin' what you'd do if young
lady ever walked up and called you a
little gentleman. l want to hear what
you'd do to her. l guess 1 know,
though, come to think of it."
'Whatw demanded Penrod.
You'd sick that pore ole dog Of
yours on her cat if she had one, ex-
pect," guessed the barber derisively.
mo, would notv
well, what would you do?"
I'D do enough. Don't worry about
thatv'
"Well, suppose it was a boy, then.
What'd you do If boy come up to
you and says, Hello, little gentle
man?"
He'd be lucky" said Penrod, with
sinister frown eff he got home alive"
Suppose it was boy twice your
size?"
Gust let him try" said Penrod omi-
nously. "You just let him try. He'd
never see daylight again; that's ally'
The barber dug ten active fingers
into the helpless scalp before him and
did his best to displace it, while the
anguished Penrod, becoming instantly
a seething crucible of emotion, misdi-
rected his natural resentment into mad
dened brooding upon what he would
do to a boy "twice his size" who should
dare to call him little gentleman"
The barber shook him as his father
had never shaken him; the barber buff
feted him, rocked him frantically to
and fro; the barber seemed to be try
ing to wiring his neck, and Penrod saw
himself in staggering z1gzag pictures,
destroying large, screaming, fragmen-
tary boys who had insulted him.
The torture stopped suddenly, and
clinched, weeping eyes began to see
again, while the barber applied cooling
lotions which made Penrod smell like
a colored housemaid's ideal
"Now what" asked the barber, comb
ing the reeking locks gently, what
would it make you so mad fer to have
somebody call you little gentleman?
It's kind Of compliment, as it were,
you might say. What would you want
to hit anybody fer that fer?"
To the mind of Penrod this question
was without meaning or reasonable
ness. 1t was within neither his power
nor his desire to analyZe the process
by which the phrase had become Of
fensive to him and was now rapidly
assuming the proportions of an out
rage. He knew only that his gorge
rose at the thought of it.
"You just let 'em try it!' he said
threateningly as he slid down from
the CHAIR And as he went out OF the
door, after further conversation on the
same subject. he called back those
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22

Penrod and Sam heard Kupe sudden
ly squawk and below. saw him writhe
and twist and fling out his arms like
fails. though without removing his
face from its juxtaposition. Indeed.
for moment the two heads seemed
even closer.
Then they separated. and the battle
was on!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
Checking Up
Advertising

No firm thinks of buying gross OF
lead pencils without having clerk
check up to see that II dozen lead
pencils have been received and IL
dozen lead pencils of ordinary quail
ty cost about 50; but that same firm
may spend 100000 in advertising and
never actually know whether it re-
ceived the circulation it bargained
for or not, because it does not have
it checked up or verified by reliable
auditing concern.
There is another point about lead pencil
buying and advertising buying that de-
serves equal attention, and that is prob
ably Just g much neglected. Assuming
that the buyer gets as much as he pays
for it? Lead pencils that break as fast
as they are sharpened would be dear at
dollar a gross; advertising that doesn't
reach the right people and induce them
to buy costs too much at next to nothing
per thousand of circulation.
The Iowa County Democrat circulation
will not only bear the closest investiga-
ton as to quantity, but it will surpass
reasonable expectation as to productive
capacity. Iowa County Democrat al
vertising pull is always worth more than
it costs. You needn't take our say 80
fer this-consult the seasoned adV7r-
tisers, who know.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22

Short But Important Waterway.
The Bosporus, which leads to the
Black sea, and the entrance to which
Constantinople and Scutari command,
is about seventeen miles long, with q
breadth of from little more than a
third of mile to two miles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-13

of repairs and equipment for "our
school," in fact, in every aspect of the
school life.
In Indianapolis pupil participation
in the government Of the school leads
naturally into pupil participation in
the larger civic life of the community
OF which the school itself is a part.
Maintaining order on the playground
naturally extends to maintaining or
der ON the street in the vicinity of
the school II is common for commit
tees OF older boys to look after the
safety of younger children in crossing
streets near the school. Solicitude for
the cleanliness and beauty of school
grounds develops equal solicitude for
the cleanliness and beauty of adjoin-
ing streets, alleys, and vacant lots.
Scnool gardening quickly stimulates
home gardening. and whole neighbor-
hoods have been transformed through
the influence of the schools.
Whether the children who are now
undergoing this training for citizen
ship viii in reality be efficient citi-
zens 10 or 20 years hence cannot be
foretold. according to Mr. Dunn. But
he adds. There is apparently ample
evidence that they are better citizens
now; and, moreover, that the present
civic life of the city is appreciably al
fected by 1t. Where immediate re
suits are SO apparent and so far-reach-
ing. the effect upon future citizenship
should certainly be appreciable.'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-13
EVERY CHILD A CITIZEN.

How one community trains its chill
dren for the responsibilities of citizen
ship is described In bulletin just is
sued by the u. S. bureau of education
on "Civic Education in Elementary
Schools as Illustrated in Indianapolis. :"
'srhe practice in the Indianapolis
schools" says Arthur w. Dunn, au-
thor of the bulletin, sis to help the
pupil to understand the nature of his
own community life, his dependence
upon it. and his responsibility for it;
to develop right attitude toward gov
eminent as the means by which all
members of the community may CO.
operate for the common interest: and
to cultivate habits OF right action as
a member of the community
The bulletin emphasizes the fact
that "ciyics is mo- taught as separ-
ate subject until the eighth grade, but
that civic education is a phase of all
the work of the school. The aim
seems to be to make of education, not
a process of instruction in a variety
OF subjects, but a process of growth,
during which the various relations of
life are unfolded."
Incidentally it is pointed out that
there is no subject of ethics or
moral education in the Indianapolis
schools, but the direct moral training
afforded by the course here outlined
is peculiarly yirile. So, also, while
there is no attempt to give direct yo-
cation training in the strict sense of
this term, nor even any organized
form OF vocational guidance, never.
theless the fact is always taken into
account that the citizen must be a
worker and the worker a citizen"
instruction through the course OF
study bfhotever, only a part of the
training for citizenship given in these
schools. ~An understanding of com.
mnnity life and of government. de.
clares Mr.. Dunn. is fruitless without
the cultivation of qualities and habits
of good citizenship. Instruction and
training must go hand in hand. The
latter is largely a matter OF practice
Pupil participation in school manage
ment lie very real thing in Indianap-
oils. and in some schools- 1t is carried
to high degree of effectiveness. II
manifests itself in the method of pre-
pairing and conducting recitations; III
the care Of school property; in pro
tecting the rights Of younger children;
n maintaining tho sanitary conditions
nf the building and grounds: in beau
tliying school grounds; In the making
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-13
UNCLE SAM SIGNS" EDISON.

The standing of Uncle Sans team
in the naval league is due to aviate TO-
ward the head OF the list. He has
signed" a star as a performer on his
preparedness" staff The said star Is
no other than Thomas A. Edison, the
electrical wizard.
Announcement has been made that
Mr.. Edison will be at the head of cipil-
ian board which will act in an adyis-
ory capacity to the new bureau of in
vention and development of the navy
department. 1t is difficult to exagger-
are the significance of this addition to
the naval forces" of the United
States. 1t might not be too strong
to say Edison is more than a dread
naught with several subs" thrown in
for good measure
The fact is that Edison is whole
fleet within himself The genius
which he has applied to inventions
which have revolutionized the world
Of industry will now be available for
the improvement of our navy. Modern
fighting is as mucn a matter Of me-
chanical efficiency as 1t is men and
number OF engines of destruction. TIC
the mechanical and inventive genius
OF the Germans must be credited q
large part of effectiveness Of thelr
fighting machine.
In recent interview Mr.. Edison de
clared that he is a man of peace, be
ing strongly opposed to militarism
but he foresees the possibility thai
America may have to fight and he be
lieves that we should be prepared for
any contingency. With patriotic OBJ
ject in view he accepts the important
position that has been tendered e
him and there is no question that he
will render service of incalculablt
value to the nation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-13
THoUGHTLEss

Envy is the droppings from the en-.
gine OF success.
Some men go to church Just to get
away from home.
We admire good talker who knows
when to shut up.
A girl reads a love letter over and
over until she gets another.
A woman's idea OF mean husband
Is one who refuses to talk back.
II you ask woman for a reason.
give her time to make one up.
Frequently when girl preserves
mans letter 1t gets him in a pickle.
When fame does come to the aver
age man It ronsts on his Tombstone