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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

done, the world can have peace?
Publicity will in itself sift out un-
worthy motives and unreasonable de-
mands. When the world knows what
each nation demands as a condition
precedent TO the peace. the respOn-
sibility can be located and moral
pressure can be brought to bear in
favor of a peace that will rest upon
reason and give promise of perma-
hence.
''1'O deny the possibility of an era
of peace, based upon love and broth
erhOOd, is TO challenge Christian civ
ilization-a return to sava gery-to
deny the coming Of that era is mex
cusab BILE"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
STRENGTH SHOWN
IN INDUSTRIALS
Popular Speculation Indus
tries Left at the Port
at Opening.

NEW YORK. Dec. 6. - Pro-
nounced strength was shown in in
dustrials on the stock market in the
ely dealings today. but the popu-
lar speculative industries were left
at the post. Erie declined a 10
1874. and steel common gained only
y TO S67s. General Motors rose
171z points TO $40 on few trans
actions. and upturns ranging from
one TO more than two points were
made in a number OF specialties.
Norfolk and Western was the strong
est Of the railway issues. rising rs
TO 1909.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
GUGGENHEIMS TO
ERECT HOSPITAL
Private Institution to be Built a.
Memorial i'm New
York.

NEW YORK, Dec. ga private
hospital given by the sons of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Guggen-
helm as a memorial to their par
ents will soon be erected on ground
belonging to Mount Sinai hospital in
Fifth av., between 99th and Tooth
SITS, according 10 announcement Of
the board of directors Sunday night.
The new building which Will accom-
modate 100, will be the 10th of the
Mount Sinai group.
1t was also announced that five
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

CHICAGO PRODUCE.

IUTIAfU- Dec. U--BT IIEN = re
ceipts. 5S9J tubs. creamery extras.
32iac; extra frsts. 32M33c: hrsts. 266l
30c; packing stock. 19d zoe.
EGGS-Receipts. 1922 cases. Current
receipts 206i 29c: ordinary firstS. 27W
2Sc; hrSts. 29N3Oc; extras. 3jM3Gc (;
cecks. 1jM 1Sc: dirties. 16d Zoe.
CHEESE Twins. new. 1890: dairies
11Nc; young Americas. 17lzc; lOnghOrns
IKE: brick. 17l4c.
LIVE POULTRY Turkeys. la tjc (;
chickens. ga 12c: springers. 13c; BOOSTERS,
BIC: geese. 10Rd12c: ducks. 11MM12 c
POTATOES Receipts. 80 ears; Min
nesotas and Wisconsin. GSM7Jc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.

EAST BUFFALO. y. Y. Dec. g.
CATTLE Receipts 1900 head Market
slow. Prime steers. SS.75M9.25 shipping
0N2J; hefers Sj.J0M7.7j: COWS. $4,000
$50; bulls, $1,000 100; milch cows and
sprin gers. S3Od 500.
CALVES Receipts. 900 head Market
active. Gull 20 choice. 81 00d11.OO
SHEEP AND LAMB Receipts. 10000
head. Market active. Choice lambs.
S9.OOd93j: Gull TO fair. S6OOdS.75. yeaT-
lings. 5000 10: sheep. S3OOM62J.
HOGS Receipts 5000 Workers. SG.2J
dGJ5; pigs. sj4OGj.JO: mixed. SGj0d
geo; heavy. SGG0M6.75; rOughs. 5000
5.GO stays, S4JOGj.OO.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
ROBES AND BLANKETS FOR
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

We contracted for our buggy and
auto robes, street and stable blan-
kets year ago before prices were
advanced. You are fortunate that
We did this. as il enables you To-
make a considerable saving on any
thing you may need in this line. IL
you get in before our stock 10 eX-
hausted there is nothing better for
"A Christmas Gift Studebaker Re
pository. Adyt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
CRUISER ARRIVES

WASHINGTON. Dec. st was
learned Sunday night that the
cruiser Des Moines and the fuel
ship Caesar have been assigned to
the eastern Mediterranean TO look
after the interests of Americans and
refugees, has arrived at Alexandria,
Egypt and the Des Moines has taken
other refugees from Beirut 10 points
in Greece, Cyprus and Crete. Both
vessels have taken Italian refugees
out Of the Asia Minor section.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
TOLEDO GRAIN

TOLEDO, o.. Dec. 6-CLOSE
WIIEAT-Cash and Dec. S12j3 May,
S12ga.
CORN-Cash. old. Zoe; new. tic. Dec.
79TSc; May. 73Tsc.
OATS Cash and Dec. &c; May. 49c.
RYE No . 92hc
CLOVER SEED Prime cash and Dec.
SlZ.5J. Feb, S12j7iA; March. S124O.
ALSIkI-P Prime cash and Dec. S1035
Feb, S1O5J: March. S106j.
TIMOTHY Prime. cash and Dec,
$3.50; Feb, S3.S7ia: March. $3.50
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
PITTsBURGH LIVF >ToCK

III lNbl kFH, Pa. Dec CATTI. T.
supply. ll5 carloads Market dull
holce. SN,hu $40, prime. * g1FI~ 20.
Eneu- $3.50 40. tiIy butchers S-IoN
500; fair. SiJ00100. common. 5000
sos. common to good fat bulls. : .OOm
100; common o. good lat COWS. - -Irr
600 heiferS - l0I7OO. fresh cow. and
Springer N5fuN>5. veal calves Sl0 50Gf
100. heavy lnt shin calves S6OoFIS 5.l
SHEET AND LAMBS supply. - dou-
Die decks. Market strong. Prime weth-
ers, <o.uoHol5, good mixed. S5.6nff5 90,
falr mixed, S5.00dJ.5js eaLs and COM
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. Dec. H. Call money on
the door of the New York Stock EX-
change today ruled NJ 1A per cent ;
high, per cent; low Ia per cent.
Time money was easier.
Rates were: 60 days. 2ih per cent (;
others pa per cent.
The market for Prime Mercantile
Paper was unchanged Call money in
London today was 4GA per cent
Sterling Exchange was strong with
business I'm Bankers Bills at S4T034 for
demand; S4G6h for GOday bills and
S4Gi4 for 90-day bills.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
TREASURY MOVED.

BERLIN (via LondOn), Dec. g.
The Lokal Anzeiger learns that the
Montenegro treasury has been re-
moved 10 Italy as a consequence Of
the attack on Montenegrin borders
By Austrian forces.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
CHICAGO CAsH GRAIN-

WHEAT-No. 3 red. S1.20Is: No. 3
hard winter SiO7dl11. No. / northern
spring, S1.17IamL19; No. northern
spring. Sl13& MLl6; No. spring. Sl0S
M111h.
COMM. mixed T2d72i4c No.
? white, GSi &C.. No. yellow. G1d - nc T;
No. mixed. GGN r,c: No. white, 6Ga, g /:
No. 9 yellow. new GTNGSc: No. 4 mixed.
63l4MG jc; No. 4 yellow, G4mGTc
OATS-No. white i1d4 2c. No. 4
white. GA i02ic: standard. 43laGH14c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
PROVISIONS.

Corrected Daily by 4. W. Mueller, ZIG r.
jefferson BlVd)
FRUlT-Orauges per case. 5000 sell
ing nc 40 10 Coo per dOz. Lemons, $3.50
per case; selling at 80 To 40c per dOz.
Bananas, per bunch, $1T5; selling at Sc
20 2jc per dOZ.
NEGETABLES-N New cabbage. paying
zoe doz.; selling at 20 10 &c head. New
potatoes, selling az 15c peck, and 50c Lu.
BUTTER -EGGS-COuntry butter, pay
ing % 20 2Sc; selling at - 10 see; Cream
cry butter paying 32c; selling 37c. Eggs.
strictly fresh, paying 33doz.: selling 40c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
INDIANAPOLIS LIVE sTOCK.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. q HOGS
= Receipts. 1880. AI-r1ses. DC lower.
Best hogs. So 30. heavies. S64OMG 20 (.
pigs Sl0Odj.J0; bulk Of sales S640d
GGO
Receipts. 500. Market dull
and lower. Choice heavy steers. 5000
$50. light steers. SjJOM9OO: heifers.
81 500; 500. cows 81 500 60: bulls. 81 -
ats. calves. S4OOT950
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 100.
Market steady Prime sheep. S2.OOdj.J0;
lambs SJOON9OO.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

tNIuN NIUIk Yards. H. Dee. 6 =
HOGS Receipts I5OOD. Market 15..
lower Mixed and butchers. - golT6 20 .
good heavy SGtON6 ~. rough heavy.
S6.u0dO.25. light S560n6G1. pirS 81 y
Q5.50, bulk. SIS 10MBG.
CATTLE Receipts 81 600 Market
cows and heifers. SG95fIS 10 Texans
-. 5oaf $50: calves SSJONIOuO
SHEEP Receipts .4UOu Market 10.
lower Native and western. S3.2JI63J:
lambs. S61Ja9O0
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
BRYAN CALLS ON
WILSON TO ACT
Believes President With Other
NeutraIS Can Secure
Peace Terms.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. Pres't
Wilson is called upon TO make an inn
mediate effort to bring about peace
i'm Europe in a statement issued Sun
day night by Former Secy of State
William Jennings Bryan. An imme-
diate offer of mediation the former
secretary says. is demanded ION the
ground Of humanity"
The Bryan statement follows the
former secretary's trip to New York
where he bade an encouraging God
speed" 10 the unofficial peace ENJOYS
on their way to Europe with Henry
Ford. II comes on the eve of the
bling of congress and Mr.. Bry-
an expresses the hope that the ma
tional legislature will at once assure
the president of its support in any
efforts he may make toward peace.
Hopes Congress Will Act.
Mr. Bryans statement in part, fol-
lows:
II hope that congress will at once
assure the president Of it's readiness
TO support him in any effort which
he may see fit to make TO hasten
the restoration of peace in Europe.
He offered mediation at the begin
ming of the war, but that was six
teen months ago. Since that time
more than two million men have
been killed more than five million
have been wounded and more than
twenty billions Of dollars have been
expended
'In horrible detail and extent of
suffering tn war has surpassed any
thing known in history An offer of
mediation is not only amply justified
on the ground Of humanity. but it is
demanded. If. however. other rea-
sons are desired they can be found
in our obligation 70 the other neu-
tral nations.
Sees Saving I'm Taxes.
Our nation not only shares the
sufferings of other neutral nations.
but the war is being used as a reason
for demanding a change in our nat
tional policy which lowers our ideals
and puts US into a mad rivalry with
Europe in the increase of military
and naval expenditures. To be the
means Of bringing the war to an end
would not only add TO our moral in
fluence but il might save the cOun-
try a billion or more in taxes and il
also would put an end TO the man
ufactured scares which are being
used To brighten the public. The
other neutral nations wait on US.
There is abundant reason 70
believe that the president either
alone or in conjunction with execu-
tives OF other neutral nations can Sc
cure from the nations at war state
ment OF the terms upon which peace
is possible. and such a statement
would be the beginning of an ex-
change OF views which would lead 10
a treaty. The terms must be an
nOunced sometime. Why not now q?
To ask for a statement of those
terms is merely TO ask the belligerent
nations 10 say for what they are
fighting. Each OF the governments
at war certainly knows what il is
that 1t demands-otherwis IL could
not Justify continuation OF the
slaughter. And IL the belligerent ma
tons know for what they are fight
ing. why not tell the world?
Would Ask the Reason.
Here is a question which the neu-
tral nations certainly have a right to
ask: What are you fighting about +?
In other words. that is It that, being
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
South Bend Markets
POULTRY AND MEATS.
Corrected Daily by Jimmie's Market, 4:
W. Jefferson Blvd

SPRINGERS- Paying BE; selling 25c.
NEAL-Paying 14c; selling 15d3Oc
BEEF-Roast. DC; boiling 12c; porter
house. soc TO 4Oc; sirloin, J0c
HAM-Selling 2Oc.
LARD-Selling 1Gc.
OLD CHICBENS-Paying 12c; selling
$50
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
MARKET QUOTATIONS

mon. S2.JGG400. lambs. GOOG9f0.
HOGS-Receipts. 100 double decks.
Market lower. Prime heavy hogs. $500
dC.6j. mediums. S4-j0d6J0: heavy York
ers. S6.4JN6J0. light Workers $3.50
600; pigs. 5000 80: rOughs s. 500
30, stays, SiJ0Qj9O; heavy mixed.
SGJOMG5j
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

other buildings 10 be paid for by the
Guggenheims viii be built later and
more than S250.O00 will be given by
them TO the building fund.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

500 pieces hand-painted china APP
propriate for Xmas gifts by Clara
Echafer. at Gas Office. Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
TAIIoM AND HIDES

Corrected Daily by =. W. Lippman. slO
-. Main ST.
TALLOW Rough, p 20 Sc; rendered.
No I. A. % &c. No. .. % 20 &C.
HIDES-Green, No. 1. 1Oc 10 1jc; calf
skin. lOc 90 16c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
HAY. STRAW AND FEED.

Corrected Daily by the Wesley Miller
Flour and Feed Co. 42O =. Michigan ST.
HAN-Payiug Sl1.0O 10 $500; selling
az $1,000 TO $500 a ton
STRAW Paying So to 81; selling at
S. and zoe bale
CORN Paying zoe per bu. selling at
So % SO per hu.
NEW CORN Paying JOc per bu.: sell
ing at Coo 10 Coo per bu
OATS Paying Doc per bu.. selling at
49, to Zoe per bu.
CLOVER SEED-Selling NJ So per bu.
TIMOTHY SE1D-Selling AZ 81 per
bu.
ALSIHE CLOVER Selling nj ST..
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
LIVE STOCK.
Correct, A Daily by Major Bros

:. Logan ST.
HEAN' II STEERS-Fair 20 good
g. 90 q &C., lime. 81 20 Tiac
HOG LIN sos 10 S67j.
LAMBS-LivS, 6Iac 10 &c; ressed, 13c
TO 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

Washington from practically every
state working for the proposed
amendment.
Mrs. Wiley is the mother Of two
beautiful children. Harvey w
Wiley, jr., a baby in arms. and John
Preston Wiley She is Of a domestic
nature and loves everything connect
ed with her home, but in spite Of
all these duties she is an enthusiast
in the suffrage cause and is a po-
tent factor in suffrage councils.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. - Mrs.
Harvey W Wiley. wife Of the gov
ernments former chief chemist. will
take an active part in the effort to
be made by suffragists at Washing
ton TO induce congress to submit TO
the -ariOus states a constitutional
amendment giving women the bal
lot.
Mrs Wiley, on Dec. Il, will give
a large reception at her home for
the women ENJOYS who Will 10 in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

Corrected Oily by KnOblOck and Ginz
Hydraulic Ay.)
WHEAT Paying SlOS per IN.
OATS-Payiug 3Jc per bu.. selling 4Jc
per On.
Ne WCORN-Payiug zoe
CORN-Paying zoe per bu.; selling soc
per bu.
Multiplying Sjc per bu.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06
NEW YORK. STOCKS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 8. - Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-06

Here is a question which the neu-
tral nations certainly have a right TO
ask: What are you fighting about?
In other words. that is II that, being
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
Early Flowers.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought would write and tell you and the Wide Awakes about the different flowers have found. I like flowers and am glad to see them again.
 The first found were the hepaticas They were blue and white.
 Tne second ones were the naayfow- CTS. I guess everyone knows the story of the Mayfower. They smell very sweet and I like the pink ones best We always pick lot of these every year to send our friends in the city who are less fortunate.
 Next came the violets, marsh mari gold and the dear little cinqfoil
 There are two kinds of blue and vel low violets and white ones. like Vio- lets, and my sister and I set out a lot in front of our schoolhouse. I am also going to plant some seeds there. The cinqfoil and marsh marigoId are vel low.
 The white shad blossoms came out a few days ago. The dandelions are out, too.
 Everyone is planting gardens. l wonder if any of the Wide-Awakes are going to have gardens of their own to take care of? I am, and l think I will have some chickens, too. I have some flower seeds planted in a box and I am looking forward to the time when they peep out of the earth.
 I am glad spring is here, and guess the Wide-Awakes are. too. It is so nice to see everything looking fresh and green again.
 MARY A. BURRII1L, Age 12.
 Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
My Pet Doo,

Dear Uncle Jed: I have a small dog which was given to me on my last birthday.
 He is light brown, with a little white on his tail.
 I named him Shep because he is a shepherd dog.
 I feed him before I go to school, and when I come home.
 He will be year old June 4th, and he is about two and a half feet in height.
 Whenever I go to school, or to see my playmate, he will follow me
 When it is time for us to come home he comes to meet me and jumps on me because he is so pleased.
 When anyone comes to my house he will run on the road and bark, then he runs near the door and don't let them in until go out and call him in.
 When I go for the cows he goes with me. He drives them out of the pasture. Then he drives them into the barn; and when I go into the barn to put the cows in their places he lies near the barn until I come out. Then he follows me.
 When I go into the house he lies down on the step near the door.
 ANNIE RTBI2N, Age 13.
 Mansfield Center
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06

bers and wahted the pupils of her school to become members, too, and they would get buttons to wear
 So we all signed the pledge pronis- ing to aid the birds in every way we could, by building bird houses, provid- ing baths for them, feeding them and protecting them from cats, squirrels, snakes, and other numerous enemies. When I told papa about it he said he would make a house, too, and he made a little cottage, with five rooms and porch on every side of the house, and painted it red. Then he put it up near the house on a cedar pole.
 I have fed the birds a few times and put out water for them in hollow rock. I have seen quite a few birds lately, and among them were the well known birds, the robin, bluebird and cheerful little song sparrow.
 We each have a bird pin, with a pie ture of the Liberty Bell and above it a swallow. Our motto is Protect our feathered friends"
 I like best of all to go out early in the morning and hear the birds sing ing their sweetest songs. It has been good thing for me, for I feel much more acquainted with the birds than ever before.
 hope other Wide-Awakes have join ed bird clubs and will do all they can to make the birds happy.
 ALAIRA E. KRAMER, Age 1s.
 Colchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
General Grant,

Dear Uncle Jed: Ninety three years ago on the 27th of April Ulysses Simp- son Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio.
 He went to a little village school and helped his father on the farm.
 When IT years of age he was ap- pointed a cadet at West Point on the Hudson river.
 He was very bright in mathematics and was fond of athletics and outdoor games. He was noted as the best horseman in his class, which was of muck use to him in later days.
 After his graduation he went to St. Louis on barracks duty.
 In 1S45 the Mexican war broke out and Grant with a regiment went to Mexico.
 A few years later the Civil war broke out. Grant stood on the northern side because he believed the northerners were in the right. He capturd Forts Henry and Donaldson.
 When General Buckner asked for terms, Grant replied:
 There are no terms-only uncondi- tional surrender!" and for that reason he was afterward called ''Uncondition- al Surrender Grant"
 After that he won the battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg.
 After the battle of Chattanooga, Grant was made lieutenant general of the union forces.
 He was elected president twice. and served hts country from 1869 till 12zz-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

by sight and the birds and the flow CTS and the grasses; and also to know the order in which they come and go each year.
 The more you find out about such things the more complete is life for you-the more interest you will take in it and the more pleasure get out of 1t.
 Knowledge is a check to fear and a guide to pleasure and to power. The more any of us know, the more we can do and the more useful we shall become.
 The fields and the heavens are an open book to those who know what is to be known about them, and are to be read and admired, and the joy of such knowledge can never end. Those who get the habit of going out to find out usually learn something new on every walk and never feel Ione- ly, for even the rocks and the iedges, as well as every live thing, reveal things to them. It is fact, too. that the more you know of the things God has made the more you seem to know about Him, and instead of seeming to be far away, He seems to be ever present in His works.
 Those who walk out to find out are students and they are likely to be stu dents for all their lives because in study they find pleasure.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
POETRY.
A Plea for the Birds.

"A Plea for the Birds. Don't kill the little birds that sing on bush and tree Nl through the summer days their sweetest melody. ont shoot the little birds; the earth is Gods estate. Id He provideth food for small as well as great ont kill the little birds, whose plumage wings the air, Those trill at early morn makes music everywhere. What though the cherries fall, half eaten from the stem Ind berries disappear in garden, field and glen. III. like the widows cruet, there's always plenty left. Jw sad a world were this of little birds bereft. ink of the good they do in all the orchards round. 5o hurtful insects thrive where rob- ins most abound. Don't kill the little birds that sing on bush and tree All through the summer days their sweetest melody. this great world of ours, if we can trust His word, lere's food enough for all. Don't kill a single bird.
 -CathoIic TranScript
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
A Day Trout Fishing.

4 few days ago, I was sitting out side and reading a book, when I saw Bonnie, man who lives in our house going fishing. I put down my book and ran to him. I asked him to take me with him and was drily an- swered, T don't care" First we went to big pile of dirt near the river to dig worms. He kept on digging for a long time (to me it seemed whole day, so impatient was
 to go hshing). He at last got ten worms.
 We started to the river, which was a short distance away. It was quite slippery and I nearly slipped into the water once I hate to see worms tortured and when he put the worm on the hook I would turn away not to see it. He was fishing for quite a long time unsuccessfully, while I sat watching him. said, @Bennie. you're un1ueky. Let s see If can catch fish, had to plead a long time before I persuaded him to give me the fishing
 pole.
 He let me have the pole and I sat
 down on the rock for I don't know
 how long, when all of a sudden I felt jerk on the line. It was so sud- den that it almost pulled me in the
 water.
 I picked up the line and Bennie
 took off the trout from the hook and put i na bag.
 I went home proudly carrying the bag, for this was the first fish that had caught. SARAH BECKER, Age 12 Frftchyille
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-06
The Deserted Farm tIouse.

It was a large, low buolding in a very dflapidated condition. It was fast going to ruin. Many years ago it had been painted, but now the paint had all peeled off except in few places. The boards of the house were the roof were old and musty looking. The large red brick. old fashioned chimney was ready to tumble over. There were small, dirty windows, some of which were broken. There had been blinds on the windows, but now most of them had fallen off
 During the time the house was in habited there had been a lawn in front of the house, but now the gr- $ was grown to the height of one foot and the shrubs which had been planted on different parts of the lawn looked like wild bushes one sees when walking through the woods in spring. There were two or three shade trees planted on the lawn, but new they look as if they had not been cared for for twelve or fifteen years.
 In the back yard there was an old fashioned bucket we'll. The bucket was made of wood and was fast de- caying. As one looked down the well, where pure, sparkling water had once been there were now water containing frogs and lizards
 There also was an old, dead tree with spreading branches which, suppose. had been used to hang milk can son.
 The whole yard was surrounded by an old. tumb1ed down stone wall, and as one gazed on the old, deserted haunted house, as some called it. il gave one a feeling of loneliness.
 FLossIE MEYER. Age 1s. Taftville