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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
MAKE WAY FOR SPRING

, to be the proper time to form your
habits, and to make your plans for the
years work.
So much depends on the beginning
ON the planting time---and the
planting time is now. Loosen the soil
of your new years resolutions and see
whether they have taken root. Watch
them carefully, and be sure that they
arc planted where they will get plenty
of sunshine. for without light and
warmth and love they viii not thrive.
A pupil was chatting with his
teacher about right living" and in
the course of their conversation he
asked, What are the most important
habits that child should plant in
his heart?" Without hesitation the
wise man said, "Punctuality, accuracy.
steadiness and dispatch; for without
the first time is wasted, without the
second mistakes hurtful to ones own
credit may be committed. without the
third nothing can be well done. and
without the fourth opportunities of
great advantage and of the highest
importance are lost"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

~ the disappearing crows. VINO were
AFRAID, when there was nothing to be
AFRAID of! Just then came II thunder
ing bang.--bang! from behind the
zigaag fence!
lie caught fleeing glimpse of
dritcng smolie---and the very corn
Sprout he was in the act Of pulling up.
was torn out of the ground by some
thIng that sized through the air, and
1t wasn't bee, either. lis two mid
die tai feathers---the long ones that
he was so proud of, dropped 10 the
ground. shattered and torn.
Ihat there was something TO be
AFRAID of. and the old crows did have
4 niue sense after all, were some of
me thoughts that passed through his
NINA, as he pounded the air with his
WINGS Ill futile effort to fly faster
man Nature ever intended n crow
should. Teaching the home pines. out
OF breath. and out of humor--abou'
nc i1rst crow he encountered was his
S'S'er-'he one he sat on that day his
mo'her dropped him back in the nest.
She SqauWIed out, loud enough for
everybody to hear: Why! Inkspot.
" nat nave YOU been doing with your
taliI The two long middle feathers
are missing!
tie snarled back, in way he had
when talking with the family, that it
iookcd to him like anybody with half
sense would know that was the latest
fad in tails, in up-to-datc Crowdom.
Next morning he concluded he
would not bother with corn any more,
so he put in the day hunting bird
nests. a b1ncl- thorn I,icI, bo Found
a thrush's nest, with five small speck-
led eggs. These he greedily devouretl.
Next. he ravased the home OF a tmid
Pewee, of four pink little baby birds
SO quickly was the deed ccomplishcd
that the tiny babies went sliding down
his big throat. with mouths still omen.
wondering what kind OF n way that
was their mother had for feeding Pc
wee youngsters, one day it occurred
TO Inkspot that n right young. fuzzy
little chicken, tender, yellow legs. or
a big plymouth Rock egg, chock full
of white and yellow goodness, would
be u pleasant change in his bill Of
fare. SO he betook himself to the oak
grove back of n neighboring barn
yard and silently waited his chance
He saw something that made his
mouth water: In corner of the
fence were two big White eggs. right
out in the open. with no old fiIssy hens
in sight. Making sure the coast was
clear, he flew down and investigat ed
y curious. coop-loolIing continuance
was tilted up. one end resting on an
upright stick: one OF the eggs was
tied TO another stick. Funny thing.
TO him, that they vent TO all this
trouble when he would just n $ leave
have his eggs plain, without al! these
.iXinRs.
There was nothing slow or pokey
about lnkspot. so he strobe right mn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

they had picking them from the
smaller tree. But although the chill
"reh used to come to the cherry tree
the most, it was not happy for it saw
the oak, which it loved dearly. leaning
farther and farther away from it
every day and although the cherry
Tree leaned the same way It never
grew any nearer. And so the little
CHERRY tree was sad.
one day it saw through the leaves
some plum trees on the other side of
the oak. 1T must be that the oak
thinks more OF the plum trees than
it does of me-" it told the gardener.
Wont YOU fix 1t so that some plums
VIII grow on me? | would be happy
II l only had one plum" it said. So
the kind hearted gardener took some
wood from the plum trees and fast
ened 1t to tho cherry tree with wax
and the next year it had plums as well
as cherries.
still the oak tree leaned farther
away
Then one day the little cherry tree
heard the oak ask the gardener If he
would make roses grow on its
branches. The gardener said he could
not and the little cherry tree was sad,
Tor 1t thought the oak wanted to be
pretty for the plum trees.
Il can stand IT no longer" cried
mo cherry tree. II think | will die"
but the gardener who came past only
ouShed nj the little tree for It's fool
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
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der, and stuck his bill in the egg. Just
then something II appen d that
changed the whole course of his life,
The curious Coop-likc concern fell
when he touched the egg, and there he
was, caught In one of tho very traps
his mother used to warn him against!
And, he remembered how lie used to
aw-caw--and laugh at her fears.
While he was calling himself all kinds
of crow names for being such a heed
less fool--a boy came running TO the
trap. 1nkspot nearly had n fit, he was
50 frightened. lie had. never, in all
his life, been so near 10 one of these
horrid humans, liut, instead Of kill
ing him, the boy carried him to the
house and put him IN an Old hooking
bird cage that hung on the back porch
From now on he had more than he
could cGt---but his heart was over over
in the pine grove whore the crow col
ony changed home in long black lines
TO roost when the afterglow of the
sunset gave u splash of red TO the bark
on the western sides of tho tree
trunks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
About Peanuts
MHeN

AMI T. had been TO The circus, and
had soen tho elephants and the
monkeys, and the horses with
~ bareback riders, and lots of little
,.,clS dogs and ponies. or course his
father had bought him n bag of pea
nuts, oil warm and snappy, and oh!
50 good! Hut Jamie was 80 busy
watching things that he forgot 10 eat
his peanuts. so OF course lie had a
whole lot left.
He was homo now with mother,
talking over the wonders Of the night
before, and enjoying the rest OF his
peanuts. When they had talked and
laughed about everything. from the
trained seals to The funny clowns,
Jamie looked into the peanut bag,
which was almost empty now. and
said. thoughtfully. "Peaputs. Now.
mother. I'd like to know where these
peanuts come from"
So his mother said, peanuts, Jamie,
grow in warm countries"
Like cocoa" Jamie asked. rem en-
bering the story about Cocoa.
"They do not have to have as warm
q place to grow as cocoa trees. Pea
nuts grow in the warm parts OF this
ana other countries. where Il does not
got very cold at any time. for the
plants are tender. and Jack Frost nips
hem very easily"
10 they grow on trees, like wal
nuts?" Jamie asked.
mo. they grow in the ground, like
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

tell mo. what they do after the pea
nuts are dried in the field? Aren't
they dirty"
Yes" mother replied. THE pea
nuts are picked of. the vines--sone-
times women and children do it, and
sometimes it is done by machinery.
Then tho dirt Is all knocked off by a
big machine, and the peanuts are
packed in l00-pOund bags and shipped
to the market. But they are raw, you
know. The peanut men have roasters
to roast the peanuts ill.,"
''Oh, yes" Jamie cried. II have
seen them lots of times. Let me so
on with the story" he begged.
"All right smiled mother.
Well. the peanut man roasts the
peanuts and puts them into nice paper
bags. and little boys and girls smell
how good they are and ask their ia
theirs or mothers for a nickel, and
they buy the little bags of hot, roasted
peanuts. and eat them right up"
Jamie clapped his hands. THAT
story was almost as good as the cir
GUS" he declared.
ooh. I'd like to see a field of pea
nuts" Jamie cried.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
9OURPUZZLE
A!zCoRn ILL
rIvE.LETTER DELETONs.

delete a letter from a musical
instrument and leave II part of n
feather; 2--Delete letter from an al
10y and find a fish: 3--Delete g. letter
from a small animal and find to think
deeply; 4---Delete letter from boys
ilanc and find brushes.
A FLORAL ACROSTIC.
My first is white flower spelt with
: letters.
NV second Is flower Of many col
ors spelt with letters.
My third is n modest flower spelt
with letters.
Ny fourth IS Chinese flower spelt
with 4 letters.
My fifth is yellow flower spet with
Q letters.
The first letters OF each OF these
Covers spell! the name of Biblical
King.
AnSDers.
FfV E-LETTER TIONS:
Fiuts--Flue; BrasS--boss;; Mouse
0suse; JdnleS--jdntS.
FLORAL ACROSTIC: Daisy, Astcr
Violet, Iris, DaEdeHon, Dorid
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

growing and groWing.
GLOW long does It take for them to
get ripe Jamie asked.
Not very long. From the time the
peanut seed is planted until they are
ready TO harvest takes only a few
months Then, before 1t gets cold, the
peanuts are plowed up out of the
ground and in u few hours are stacked
up in the fields in big pilcs---somo-
thing like shocks of whcat--and al
lowed to dry"
"Oh, Ia like to sec field OF pea
nuts" jamie cried. "Wouldn't it be
nice?"
Il forgot to tell YOU that if the pea
nuts are grown in light-colored soil
they will be light, and if they are
grown in dark soil the shells will
be dark"
"Oh, how funny" Jamie said. look
ing at one of his nuts. 81 guess these
were grown in lisht.colored soil. then,
for they are light
Yes" mother continued, "tho light
colored peanuts bring the best prices"
"But. mother. why do you call them
peanuts?' asked jamie.
"iecause they resemble Il pea in
several ways Jamie. Some people,
over The seas in Europe. call them
ground nuts or earth nuts"
because they grow III the ground"
Jamie announced.
Yes. but We call them peanuts be-
cause the plants look something like
n pea vine, and because the nut itself
is shaped something like q pea. but
mostly because the nut contains Il
good many OF the things that a pea
does. Some people feed them to hogs
TO fatten them, and they make fine
food, too"
Those are lucky hogs" Jamie said
nlunching Il nice brown peanut. "But
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
WALKING STICKS.

TYRALI<ING sticks have been used
AE by men from Bible times down
wv to the present age. These have
come IN all varieties from the plain
staff 70 TIE gold and silver mounted
ones according to the fancics and GUS
toms of the age.
When. II 1900, footmeN attending
gentlemen Wcrc forbidden to carry
swords, these dangerous weapons We're
usually replaced by u staff with q large
silver handle. This was called a Por-
ters staff. Some thirty years later gen.
tlemcn began to discard their swords
and to carry large oak sticks with
thick knobs whercon were carved ugly
faces. Before long Il competition
arose between long and short walking
sticks. \ writer of that time de-
scribes the long ones as "leapins
poles" while others preferred yard
Of vanished cane. This latter is still
in vogue, ornamcntcd TO suit the taste
OF the Wearcr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
At
The Table

II SN'T this room a little cold 20
asked the Oil. II feel little con-
. gealed."
Il don't think So" said the Red
Pepper. I'm hot"
"Heigho." sighed the Napkin.
What's the NATTER" asked the
Fork.
I'm wondering whether I'll ever
grow big enough to be a tablecloth."
You are very impudent," said the
Big Spoon to the Little Spoon.
We'll, l can't help It." said the Lit
tie Spoon; Jack used me when eating
his cranberry sauce last night. and
I'm naturally saucey"
II think it's real meant" sobbed
the Dessert Spoon. Here they're go
ing to have rice pudding for dinner
tonight. and I've got to go upstairs to
give Jack his cod-liver oil. Ugh"
II was very much disappointed al
dinner last night" said tho Table
cloth. II simply love currant jelly.
and nobody spilled bit of it on me-"
Come eat Il piece OF pie with me-"
said the Knife 70 the Soup-ladle.
mo, thanks" said the Soup-ladle.
II may be in the soup, but never eat
pie with knife"
Let's go to sea-" said the Spoon to
the Salt. You are an old salt"
That's so. But what'H we so in?"
asked the Salt.
Tho gravy-boat." said the Spoon.
II hate soup" said the Soup-tureen.
And I hate toast" said the Toast
rack.
well, let's swap trades" said the
Tureen, You hold the soup and II
hold the toast"
I'D look well trying TO hold a quart
of soup. wouldn't II" sneered the
Toast-rack.
Il believe I've got u chill" said the
Salt.
well, who wouldn't, living in cell
lar all the time" jeercd the Olive
fork.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

found her under snowdrift deep;
l caught her out of the arm OF sleep,
The fair little stranger---Spring.'
Are not these lines beautiful? The
comparisons are perfect. The Year
in its youth and vigor; the Spring
little baby stranger, awakening from
under a snowdrift. como to claim it's
place in the world.
Who would not make way for the
Spring. For who does not love this
season. with its buds and flowers and
birds? Sad, indeed, must be that heart
which does not echo the notes of the
warblers or reflect the glories of the
spring beauties.
! have often thought that the new
year should begin at Easter instead OF
in January. for Easter means Spring
ing into life" and all the earth is new
and young and happy, II seems to me
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20
SOMETIMES.

XX7HE.N nickels don't com,
w plentiful
And papa seems to frown,
And people say that times are hard
Most all about the town.
It's then that | get wishing so
That | was born a queen
With diamond buckles on my shoes
The finest ever seen.
But queens are never really gay
In fact I'm sure they cry.
And so kiss my mother quick
So glad that I'm just I!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

fcrent trees. but the fruits must be
very much alike. / cannot make roses
grow on an oak tree no matter how
ha I'd I try. one of the things / surely
cannot do is to make the wind blow
anywhere but where il wants to blow.
But YOU can grow and. bye and bye,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

ishness. Don't you see that the wind,
on account OF the ocean, always blows
ono way hcro?" he asked.
Il never thought Of that" said the
little cherry tree.
We'll. it docs" he explained. "And
that makes the oak and the plum
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

trees ana even yourself lean as you
do. That always happens where the
wind blows one way.
Il wanted to try and please You by
making plums grow on your branches.
can make some fruits grow on diff
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

ST how they came to be planted
there nobody knew, but the great
oak and the cherry tree stood
side by side and the little chill
ron used to sit in the shade and make
tile cups out Of the acorns. And
hen the cherries were ripe, what fun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

u was young crow only about
eleven months old, but he
thought he knew it all. lie wore
% suit of black. with 81 wonder
al violet reflection, when he stood in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

the sun.
Inkspot was just about rs big as
mother. For Il while, after he left the
nome nest up in the dark top of the
pines, he and his brothers and sisters
kept pretty we'll together. And. they
snuggled up side by side, at night as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

A AXE way. make way." cried
the lordly Year.
For me and the prize l
y = bring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

your leaves VIII touch the oak and
you will be very happy again" Then
YOU don't think l will die or lover
sighed the little cherry tree.
Il never knew Of tree that did"
laughed the gardener.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

TT HERE bat. being released instead
l who. real acrobat Imagine, again in a tnce.
Would through the He caught by another weases
day in the own b,other
Where he hung by his looking Who sad Im tho foe 10 I'll
down al his nose $50 ~ " " 49,
With that astg 10 M i, . , 49, -,,.
NNN'"'e' VIC" "e0'e' "'' @'N"''a
A times he would doze he hung as meas'cs)'
" " WIS., Now the bat had his wits n available
On night going for his flying DIS, :,
about, |>ho 'ePNeo "N"ou' oa'"e d"
He to retu under easel; -, eye'
49, ,,. slo ~ H.. ,J Il than
know. ,vn or eouse'
He quietly caught by weasel WV whoever knew moues ny
No for thought ill he found wi" wings not VIII" N' escape
himself caught. "o" inc ha"k'
N. L,, a b. La =, According rules pedagogc
WV e"S. '''N' liz esseN " Again he escaped by his logic
Said the weasel Il kill every bird"
I'm bird but and live We're not OF perhaps when
in house.
Every dav will give YOU nv OF this acrobat bat
word: That whatever he claims to be. he
l have wings. said the Bat. TO aimed to be,
from the cat He certainly diplomatic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

Salt.
We'll, who wouldn't living in eel
lar all the time" jeercd the Olive
fork.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

SN'T this room a little cold"
asked the Oil. II feel a little con-
gealed."
Il don't think So" said the Red
Pepper. I'm hot"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-20

Let's go to sea-" said the Spoon to
the Salt. You are an old salt"
That's so. But what"l we so in?"
asked the Salt.
The gravy-boat." said the Spoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
COPELIN DEFENDS
SELF AND SHARPLY
RAPS HIS CRITICS
Tired of Insinuations That He
Stole From City," He
Declares
SHOWS FLAWS IN AUDIT
Gorgas Corroborates Ex-treas-
urer; "Will> Demand Explana-
ton" When He Returns
SHOWS FLAWS IN AUDIT

In letter to Commissioner of
Finance and Accounts William L. Cor
gas, made public to-day, Captain owen
Nj. Copelin, former City Treasurer.
who is in Texas with the Eighth In
fantry. makes his first public utter
ances on the auditing of his accounts
by the Pittsburgh Audit Company.
EA-Treasurer Copelin sharply re-
Dukes those who insinuated that he was
stealing from the city" and declares
when he returns to Harrisburg he will
insist upon explanations. He tells
Commissioner Gorgas that he offers
Office.
Copelin explains that he wrote the
letter as the result of newspaper stories
printed on the day of the Council meet
ing when City Commissioner Harry F.
Bowman, sponsor of the audit ordi-
nance, obtained the Councils order
authorizing the audit company to
make a supplemental report dealing
with special details of the general
audit report.
When Commissioner Gorgas made
public Copelin's letter to-day he said
he must confirm and attest to Cope
Inns explanations of the so-called am
biguities in the auditors report.
Copelin explains that the city dur
ing his regime received interest money
Continued on Page 71
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
Secret Mail Service to
Germany Is Uncovered

New York, Aug. Discharged with
smuggling jewels valued at $4,000,
Fred Uffelman, landing baggage agent
of the Norwegian american Steam
ship line, and Hans Edward Thomp-
son, another employe. were arraigned
here yesterday Department of Jus
tice agents are investigating an addi-
tional charge that the men have been
the principals in an underground"
system of mail communication be-
tween the United States and Germany.
According to testimony at the hear
ing before Special. Deputy Surveyor
of the Port Smyth large quantities of
mail were safely dispatched through
the underground" route from the
branch of the Deutsche Bank of Ber-
lin to Copenhagen and thence to Ger
many. Mail from Germany was re-
ceived. in the same way. Hugo
Schmidt, a representative of the
Deutsche Bank, admitted that WUffel-
man had acted as special mali mes
senger and that he had paid him 800.
The alleged conspirators are said to
number a dozen. The arrest of six
others, one a woman, is expected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
KIPONA TO BE
CLOSE TO SHORE
Line of Floats to Be Anchored
so Feet Within Second Pier;
Many Entries

large entry list was reported and
many details of the Kipona, the big
Labor Day water carnival, worked out
at a meeting os the executive COM
mittee last evening. The most impor-
tant decision reached was that to es-
tablish the line of decorated floats at
the nearest point to the shore, allow
ing just sufficient space to permit the
parking of canoes and other small
craft between the floats and the rope
that will mark off the course.
The course where the aquatic events
will be held will run along the river
steps on a line drawn from the first
pier of the Walnut street bridge,
parallel with the shore in either, direc-
ton This will prevent .thea.mix-up
caused last year by boats which con-
stantly interfered with the view OF
spectators from the bank. who will
have front row seats this year. And
the arrangements of floats will be
such that they can be seen even to
TContinued on Page II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
$l,19O,OOO LOAN
WILL NOT BOOST
SCHOOL TAXRATE
Voters Will Be Asked to APP
prove Plan For Bettering Con-
ditions in November
ADOPT JUNIOR SYSTEM
To Build Big Building For Girls
Only and Enlarge Tech
For Boys
ADOPT JUNIOR SYSTEM

The proposed expenditure of ST.
10000 to provide adequate high
school facilities in the city as recon-
mended yesterday afternoon in the
report of DR.. F. E. Downes and Presi-
dent A. Carson Stamm. of the city
school board. to the high school com
mittee. will not mean an increase in
the present school take rate. in the
opinion of city school officials.
The report ws based on the survey
OF the school situation made by DR..
James Fl. Van Sickle, of Springfield,
Mass. The Van Sickle report on the
high school situation. recommending
the erection of a new junior high
school on Allison Hill, remodeling the
Central high school, enlarging the
technical high school, and the Camp
curtin grade school for junior high
school use, and the building of a new
high school for girls only, was adopt
ed by the high school committee of
CONTINUED on Para II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
Said Zeppelins Will Try
to Burn Down London

New York, Aug. ga staff cor
respondent of The World, who was
in Germany last January, was told
this by an officer, wearer of the
Iron Cross, with whom he became
friendly:
Along about September you'll see
quite a few raids by Zeppelins. They
may do considerable damage, but
they'll only be forerunners for what
is to come.
IF England persists in trying to
starve Germanys noncombatant popu-
lation, we're going to send over a
fleet of eighty or a hundred Zeppelins
with incendiary bombs and burn Lon
don to the ground"