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The Washington times., 1915-12-10
War Oddities.

PARIS, Dec. 1O.-Probably the worlds
family war-record Is held by Bernard
Guichard, laborer Of Saone ct Loire De-
partment, whose seventeen sons are
fighting and whose eighteenth will be
soon.
LONDON, Dec. l0.--Three cigars, pre-
sented to the captain of the White Star
Liner Teutonic by Klng Edward, the
Duke Of Edinburgh, and the Kaiser, sold
for $40 for the Red Cross at Henley.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

gifts and foreign copyrights were re-
duced, Ead purchases fell far below the
aver.se Of recent years.
The number of books added to the Ii
b'ary. however, was large. being 1864.
bringing the total Of volumes and PAM
phlets TO 2.369, ,sI3. In addition, there are
in the library 147.55S maps and charts,
f21.NS volumes and pieces Of music, and
3SE, III prints.
Many Inquiries Received.
Another effect Of the war to which at
tention is called was the number OF
inquiries relating to the subject which
the library staff Was called upon to
answer. Among the more prominent
questions of this nature were: Exporta-
ton Of munitions, the military and ma
val expenditures of various countries
dncluding the United States) during the
past quarter century; tho transfer Of
flag; contrabrand: expectation and des-
tinatior of copper; protest; suppression
of liquor traffic; the London confer
ence: neutrality,
The discussion Of the seamen,s bill
falledefor consultations upon the wa Ees
or seamen in foreign countries; and that
on the ship purchase bill for the legisla-
ton of foreign countries in aid of or
SShbAOA VI q lto-
rine.
An Aid To Congress.
Mr.. Putnam calls particular attention
to the first years activities OF the new
legislative reference division, created
last year to collect data bearing on
prospective legislation, for the use OF
Congress, the committees and individ-
ual members. Among the subjects upon
which material was collected in this
connection were conservation, the mer-
chant marine, the government Of the
Philippines, immigration, convict-made
goods, railroad securities, Federal aid
In road-making, labor safety. publicity
in campaign contributions and the bud
get system OF foreign countries.
Among the more notable accessions to
the Library during the year was a be-
quest of rare books, pamphlets and
manuscript maps from Henry HarrissO.
Included in the collection is Champlain's
original manuscript map Of Canada,
1907, on parchment
Mrs. John Boyd Thatcher deposited
the collection of nearly 1900 autograph
documents of the sovereigns OF Europe
gathered by the late John Boyd Thatch-
er; Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper gave the
papers of Edward Lee Plumb, formerly
secretary of the American legation in
Mexico, and Thomas Mason deposited
the papers of his ancestor, George
Mason OF Gunston Hall.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

The choirs of the various churches in
this suburb this week began reheargals
for Christmas music. D. c. Smithson
is in charge at the NJ, e. Church; Will
liam Seantlebury. at Emmanuel Church;
Il. w. Davis, At the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church: Mrs. II. e. Cous-
ins. at the Anacostia Baptist, and Miss
AddIe Wathan. at st. Teresa's.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

Special services are being conducted
in the. Randle Highlands Baptist
Church by the Rev. +. H. Ramsay.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

Specialists in Catarrh troubles agree
that It is an infection of the blood.
Once you get your blood free from I'm
purities-cleansed OF the Catarrhal
poisons--you will be relieved Of Catarrh,
the dripping in the, throat. hawking and
splitting, raw sores In the nostrils. and
the disagreeable breath. Don't suffer
with .Catarrh--it is not necessary. Write
the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. for
free expert medical advice, and take
s. s. 8. at once.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Library Building Feels
Effect of Great War
to Congressional Decreased IL Per Cent
During Past Year, Says Report of Herbert Put
international Exchanges Re-
duced By Struggle.

Even upon the peaceful pursuit of Ii
brsry building the European war re-
fleets its effect. In his annual report,
issued today, Herbert Putnam. Lii
brarian of Congress. shows that during
the past year accessions to the Congress
slonal Library decreased u per cent.
and attributes the cause to the war;
Because of the war, he saws. interna-
tional exchanges decreased, private
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Rooster Pecks 500 Stone
From Judges Shirt Front

NEW LONDON. Conn, Dec. 1O.--one
of six prize roosters pecked a 500 dia-
mon from the shirt front of Lloyd Hollen-
beck, poultry Judge. He can't identify
the thief. and together the roosters are
worth more than the stone.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10

The December meeting Of the womens
Home Missionary Society OF the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church was held
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. s. Sow
erbutts in charge. Mrs. Charles z. En-
twisle and Mrs. r. B. Anderson present
ed papers dealing with a missionary
subject
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
ANACOSTIA.

The annual visitation Of the officers
Of the Grand Lodge Of odd Fellows Of
the District to Salem Lodge. No. %.
took place last evening.
The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Woman Burglar Makes
Haul of Eight Dollars

Mrs. Lee Burriss. Of 419 Third street
northwest. surprised a colored woman
ransaclSing the second floor OF tho Bur-
risS home early today. The intruder
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

NJ r Welborn of Abilene Is visit
Iug relatives Zoo the city Hc notes %
vast improvement loo Snyder during
the past six years
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

w. D. Huffman. OF Dermott saw
tho show crowd here Tuesday and
W ~ Csruthers wanted TO buy the
big harnossed elephant.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

Mrs Kate Nelson and her little hoy
3 visiting relatives in Eastern OK
bona
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

A good organ az bargain, 81
str A. y. MORRIS.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

wall Paper. Wall Paper at War.
rem brothers
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

We buy call. or.hlns, or repair
&c. 4. = Morris.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

Don't forget Townsend, Oldham &
|. handles Folger's Golden sun COT
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-29

O. You can't own .no town DON'T
dIs0wn 81.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Why Monkeys, Coats Are Bed.

Have you ever wondered why nearly
all the monkeys which accompany the
foreign organ boys should be dressed
in a red coat, with a sort of jockey
cap?
The explanation is very simple.
This costume is no fancy one, but is
an almost exact copy of the winter
dress worn by the organ boys fathers
in the distant valley of Piedmont,
where the peasants usually wear a red
coat, rudely cut, with very stiff little
tails, and knickerbockers and jockey
cap of the same color.
These clothes are spun and woven
by the peasants, and dyed red with
the madden which grows in the val
leys. The long roots are boiled, then
mixed with alum and tartar, and the
result is red dye, which, though not
very bright, does not fade. The
monkeys coats are made of the bits
which are left over when the peas
ants coat is cut out.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Protection From Earthnuakes.

The problem of protecting against
earthquakes in Italy is discussed in a
recent memoir by Prof. G. Agamen-
none, who points out that disasters
from this cause are mainly due to
faulty construction and bad location
of buildings. 1t appears that after
the greater earthquakes of recent
times the authorities have formulated
rules to insure proper reconstruction,
but these have been disregarded on
account of the expense entailed and
because the danger of another earth
quake seemed remote. The author
thinks the Italian government should
establish a special ministry to control
and systematic the work of mitigat-
ing the results of earthquakes, vol
canic eruptions, flood and other anal
ogous disasters, and should provide
state insurance against the losses due
to these agencies.-Scientific Ameri-
can.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
New System of Sterilization.

Nice, France, has recently adopted
a new system of sterilization for it's
drinking water. The water is steril-
lied by the use of ozone, which is pro-
duced in an ozone generator. The
generator consists of copper plates be-
tween which are glass sheets, and the
air between the plates is decomposed
by a silent discharge at $4,000 volts
pressure. The decomposed air is
drawn by suction fans through a puri-
fer which eliminates the Initrogenous
compounds, and therefore the ozone is
conducted to chamber into which
the water flows. The water passes
through layer of gravel on a wire
netting, and falls into the chamber in
the form Of a heavy rain. The ozone
absorbed by the water is thereafter
extracted by having the water fall on
stone steps, The water is then abso-
lutely free of germs. There are two
plants at Nice, one with an output of
40 gallons per second, and the other
with an output of so gallons.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Activities of Women.

Club women of Oklahoma City have
organized a company to build cotton
mill.
Montgomery, Ala, has woman bar
Der who makes specially of bobbing
children's hair.
About 36,000,000 babies are born
each year, or at the rate of about sew
enty minute.
Two thirds of the woman workers in
the Tokyo factories receive less than
sixteen cents day.
Nine. Koudachef, well known as an
explorer, has been attached to the Rus
sian scout service. She rides the same
horse upon which she made her ia
nous trip from Vladivostok to Petro-
grad.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell has decided back
to the government her Nebraska farm,
valued at $4,000, which she obtained
through a method now recognized by
her as irregular and dishonest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
REPLACE OLD STEPS
Those Of Capitol at Washington
Reconstructed.
Have Eeen In Service More Than
Eighty Years, and Effects OF Time
Were Very Plainly Visible to
Capitol Visitors.


Weathered and worn by more than
eighty years of service, the wide stone
steps leading to the east entrance of
the capitol at Washington are to be
replaced. The wear on the steps,
caused by hundreds of thousands OF
persons climbing them, has been SO
great that they have become not only
unsightly, but also dangerous in their
present Clipped and battered condi-
ton. 1t is at the bottom of this flight
of steps that the president takes the
oath of office every four years. When
they were set in place in 1890, the
senate and house wings had not yet
been erected, and the old wooden dome
was still part of the structure. For
beginning the present Improvement
congress appropriated $4,000 but it
is expected that at least $4,000 addi-
tional will be necessary to complete it.
1t is interesting to note that when
the District of Columbia was origin
ally laid out, it was the belief that
the ultimate growth would be to the
southeast 1t was because of this that
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10

homework or attend to my bapy was
soweak. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did me world of good, and
now am strong and healthy, can do my
work and tend my baby. l advise all
suffering women to take it and get
well as | did. Mrs. FANNIE COOPER,
RED, Bridgeton, Nj.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no. narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
aId remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health Of thousands of women
WHO have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tunors, irregularities, etc.
IF you want special advice
write TO Lydia IL. PinIzhaTn Med
iaine Co., (cOn1idential) Lynn,
lass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by woman
G3lI held in strict confidence.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
STOWE

Frank Pike has gone to Montpelier,
where he has employment.
Mrs. II. Ii. Tucker, who has been i'll
this winter, is gaining slowly.
W. j. Chaffee of Enosburg was a re-
cent guest of his son, r. l.. Chaffee.
o. E. Styles residence has been con-
nected by telephone, the number be.
ing IA.
The vital statistics for Stowe for 1914
were as follows: Births 81, marriages
81, deaths 81.
Mrs. Herbert Cleveland, who is slowly
recovering from an illness, is able to sit
up part of the time.
Mrs. Lillian Chase of Fletcher and son,
Harold Chase, of Joffersonvile spent last
week Tuesday night in Stowe.
o. F. Gerry, who has been in poor
health all winter from complication of
diseases, is now confined to his bed.
Mrs. Flora Cushman and sister, Miss
Laura Thomas, have gone to Waterbury
Tor an indefinite stay with their cousin,
A dancing party at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Brink in the Miller
neighborhood was attended by 40. Sup
per was served.
There was an oyster supper Saturday
evening at the home of Mrs. Phoebe Adj
ans on Edison Hill for the benefit of the
West Branch Meeting House Association.
Mrs. Charles Obin has whitespine Gu
cumber, Is inches long, weighing 1-2
pounds, that she raised from seed last
summer, that is as fresh now as when
taken from the vines.
A pleasing program carried out at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Mcmahon on
Tuesday evening of last week included
violin solos by Donald McMahon, accom-
panied on the piano by his sister, Miss
Ruth Mcmahon; vocal solos by Miss Nc
M ahon and Mrs. K. K. Bamforth; piano
solos by little Miss Hazel Gibbs. Miss
Kathrine Smalley, Ralph Crane, Doug
lass Barrows Miss Dorothy Barrows:
clarinet solo by 5. NJ. Boardman; violin
duet by Mr.. Mcmahon and Miss Hide
gard Smalley; readings by Mrs. Mary A.
Jenney, Mrs. G. F. Eddy, Miss Rebecca
Burt and Mrs. Lillian Chase.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Gems Tn Verse
THANKSGIVING DAY.


TNoR all the gracious gifts in harvest
+ in . &. ;@4.. material who's. -.oa'y
/ richly prize.
For mans abundant wealth that lies in
sight
And for the sense of power and of might
With which to meet foe and fight the
fight
My thanks arise
But for the richer gifts of love and peace
That bring the soul sense of sweet re-
lease
From pressing care,
For merces shown, for greater growth OF
soul,
For light when clouds of deadly dark up
To point the way to some more lofty goal
And lead US there:
For broader human sympathy, for tears
Of brotherhood to ease anothers fears
And cheer his way.
For seeing eyes and shoulders fit to bear
The burdens of our fellows in despair,
And right good will to help them in their
care
When times are gray;
For men of hearts and souls inclined
To honor Of loWlier, meeker kind,
With grace endued;
Who seek all dire injustices to mend,
To guide the hopeless to some hopeful
end
Not this alone. but all my days | spend
In gratitude!
Golfers Weekly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Estate of Mary J. Dwinell
State of Vermont-Dlstrict Of Lamoille, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid

State of Vermont-DIstrct of Lamoille, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
aforesaid;-
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
Estate of Mary J. Dwinell, late of Hyde Park
in said District, deceased, Greeting -
WHEREAS, application hath teen made to this
Court in writing by the Executor OF said estate,
praying for license and authority sell all of real
estate of said deceased, to wit.;-Farm OF about S
acres, representing to said Court that it would be
beneficial to the heirs and all persons interested in
the estate OF said deceased, to sell said real es
tate and convert the same into money.
And bringing into Court the consent and appro-
baton in writing, of all the heirs said estate
siding in this State and setting forth the situation
OF the real estate.
WHEREUPoN, the said Court appointed and
assigned the
23d day of February 1918,
At the Probate Office in Hyde Park, NJ said Dis
trict to hear aud decide upon said application and
petition, and ordered public notice thereof to be
given to all persons interested therein by publish
ing said order, together with the time and place OF
hearing, three weeks successfully in the News and
Citizen, a newspaper which circuE.tes m the neigh
boriood of those persons interested IN said estate
all of which publications shall be previous to the
day assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place assigned
then and there in SAID Court to make your objec
tons to the granting OF such license, you see
cause
Given under my hand at Hyde Park, in said
District, this and day OF February, 1918.
IS MOVES G. WOOD, Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
MAKE WORK EASIER
Morrisville People Are Pleased
to Learn How t Has
Been Done

It's pretty hard to attend TO duties
With constantly aching back:
With annoying urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made
work easier.
So thousands have gratefully testi-
fed.
They're for bad backs.
They're for weak kidneys.
Morrisville people gratefully rec
ommend Doan's.
G. E. Tiff, Elmore street, Morrisville,
says: 'Doan's Kidney Pills have been
of more benefit to me than any other
medicine l have ever used for my kid
neys. l have taken them during the past
two years for weakness and lameness in
my back and they have helped me won.
derfully. My work obliges me to do
much heavy lifting and my kidneys were
affected in that way. Three boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me and re-
stored my kidneys to their proper work
ing order"
Price 80 cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs.
Tiff had. Foster Milburn Co, Propri-
etors, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Estate of Oscar NJ. Boutwell,
STATE OF vERMoNT-Distrct of Lamoille IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
e =.

The Honorable Probate Court for the
Dis riot of Iamoille.
To all persons Interested in the Estate Of OSCAR
NJ. BOUTWELL,, late of Elmore, in said Dis.
trCt deceased GREETING:
At Probate Court, holden at HYDE Park, with
in and for said district, on the 25th day of Jan.,
1876 an instrument purporting to be the last Viii
and Testament of Oscar NJ. Boutwell,, late of
Elrnore, in said District, deceased was presented
to the Court aforesaid for Probate.
And 1t is ordered by said Court that the 23rd
day of February 1915 at the Probate Office, in said
Hyde Park, be assigned for proving said instru
ment and that notice thereof be given to all per-
sons concerned by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in the News and Citizen,
newspaper circulating in that vicinity, in said Dis
trict. previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court, at the time and place aforesaid,
and contest the probate of said Will, If You have
cause
Given under my hand at Hyde Park, IN said
District, this 25th day Of January, 1915.
II MOVES u. WOO Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
BE THANK
DE thankful for the sunlight,
II MI, L. Il L.

DE thankful for the sunlight,
~ The springtime, birds and ilow-
ers;
The ripping of the streamlet.
The rush Of copious showers.
The night that brings you peaceful
rest;
The morn, new hope and zeal:
The quIetude of twilight
And the church BELLS silvery peal.
DE thankful for a truthful tongue
- And honest hands of toll,
A heart that beats for others grief
And office cannot spoil
For ears well tuned to sorrows call
And feet in mercy shod.
For gold behind the rifted cloud
And back of that your God.
DE thankful for Il voice to sing
- And laugh and talk and pray
When trouble seems To haunt you
And friends are far away.
When dreams like bubbles leave
you
And go soaring to the sky
Just keep on being thankful
That there's yet another try.
Martha /. Opie.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
EIasphemY.

Walter Damrosch said the other
day in New York:
"Kreisler, the Austrian violinist,
has been wounded in the arm. and
it may be that he'll never play again.
To use Kreisler as a stop for bull
lets seems to me blasphemy to the
art of music-a worse blasphemy than
the English countess used toward
Paderewski.
AT great English country house
a countess said to Paderewski one
rainy afternoon:
"'Oh. Mr.. Paderewski, you play,
don't you?
Ives, madam, the master re-
piled
Then said the countess, would
you mind turning my daughters
music? New York Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Estate of Andrew B. Gotta
COMMISSIONER NOTICE.

COMMISSION EBs' NOIICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed b.
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Lamoie, Commissioners, TO receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate of ANDREW Il. Gotta,
late OF Stowe, in said district, deceased and ali
claims exhibited m Offset thereto. hereby give
notice that we win meet for the purposes afore-
said at the dwelling house of Frank A. Strong, in
the town Of Stowe, IN said District, on she 18th
day OF February and 22nd day Of July next, from
| O'Clock p. m. until O'clocs p. m, on each OF
aid days, and that six months IRON the 23d day
OF January, A. ID. 1918, is the time limited by
said Court for saio creditors to present their
claim 10 US for examination and allowance.
Dated Al Stowe, mis- 22nd day Of January,
A. ID. 1875. FRANK A. STRONG,
JUSTIN Z. RUSS,
Is Commissioners.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
What They Escaped.

Mamma, do you think it is true, as
papa says, that teachers do not have
to work as hard now as they did
when he went to SCHOOL,"
Il expect it is"
What do you suppose the reason
is?"
THE teachers of today do not have
to teach your father"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
FOR TIE LIVING.


TF you like a brother here
Tell him So
If you hold his friendship dear
Let him know.
All the roses that you spread
On his bier when he is dead
Are not worth one kind word said
Years ago
You can help a brother now
If you will
Smooth the burrows from his brow.
You can kill
The despair that's in his heart
With a word and ease the smart
So why stand you now apart.
Keeping still?
You can help a brother when
He is here.
He would hold your praises then
Very dear
But absurdly you stay
And withhold what you could say
That would cheer him on his way
For his bier
What, 1 wonder, if the dead
Saw and heard
What is done and what is said
Afterward
Would they utter in reply2
Would they smile and ask us why
When the time to help was nigh
No one stirred?
Keep your roses for the living"
They would say.
Waste no time in praises giving
Us today.
Strew some living brothers way so.
II you like another say so.
For the thing that now you praise so
Is but clay"
e A Guest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
GETTING Into Trouble.

The sultan was Slightly peeved.
HE is a venerable man, this mis-
sionary," explained the grand vizier,
"but he teaches that all should pay
their debts, from the highest to the
lowest"
by the beard of the prophet"
Numbered the sultan, "he is too gosh
burned personal"
Whereupon the Sublime Porte abro-
gated all scraps of paper, formerly
known as treaties.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-02-10
Ready for Him Both Wavs.

Tailor-This bill has been running
for a long time. I'll have to begin
charging you interest.
Owens-It's against my principle to
pay interest on my bills.
Tailor-Well, pay the principal
then.
Owens-No; it's against my inter-
est to pay the principal.