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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
GROWTH OF CIGARETTE HABIT.


Twenty-Five billion cigarettes smoked
in 1916 compared to four and a half
billion in 1895, Such Is the record that
confronts the startled reformer What
is the explanation of this truly pho.
uomena increase? Probably the liberal
advertising policy and the use of pre-
mium certificates is n large-sized factor.
But however We analyze it the smoking
population appears to have acquired a
decided taste for cigarettes and to be
gratifying its taste freely. Curlously
enough the little cigar" shows the
smallest sales in a decade. Some con-
sumers. probably, have transferred their
preference from these TO cigarettes but
presumably Il greater number who smok-
ed the little cigar" for economys sake
have been led by prosperity to buy FULL
sized cigars in their place
/ In a general way, too. the tobacco bust.
ness appears to flourish as a result Of
! easy money. If, as tradition has II, a
man smokes to drive away the blues.
| he smokes even more, We must infer,
when his conditions are conducive to
comfort and satisfaction We do not
know how much basis there is for the
assertion that this increased use Of nico-
| tine is due to the sherman law. invoked
| for the dissolution of the tobacco trust
on the ground that competition has re-.
suited in big sales. But whether the
| combination is actually dissolved or not
| the companies have applied vigorous
! publicity policy in advancing their busi-
ness, and this has brought returns that
must impress every observer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
SEVEN REASONS FOR MORE SHEEP.

II has never been disputed that sheep
are of great value on the farm. Some men
who have had years of practical expert
ence with sheep and have raised tiock
in connection with other classes OF live
stock. declare that they have derived tho
largest and easiest income from sheep.
From the standpoint Of profit they con-
slider: First, he small sum of money re-
Quired for the establishment of flock;
second, the small expense incurred in
building suitable shelter for sheep: third,
the little care sheep require in the sum.
mer. during the farmers busiest time;
fourth, the determination of weeds on the
farm by the sheep; fifth, the enrichment
of the soil on which the sheep Craze by
/ the even distribution of their manure.
which is of much value to the land. sixth,
/ that with present prices Of wool a breed.
! ing eve ought To pay for more than her
! keep and that her lamb or lambs are their
net profit; and seventh. that since the de-
mand for them is ever growing stronger,
mutton and wool are constantly inCreas-
/ ing in valUe.-Wisconsn Bulletin o63.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
TIE WASTE IN PAPER.


GFrom Girard's Topics Of the Town in
Philadelphia Public Ledgcr)
| heard William SinCerly, who owned
a mill, say that 1t required only 20 hours
to convert a standing tree into printed
copy of Il newspaper,
They have shortened the time since
then but the trick is to get the trees
with which to make the paper a tree
should not be less than 20 years old.
Young fiber is not so good
Thousands of acres of trees are cut
every year to produce the worlds paper.
! know of no other commodity Of equal
worth which is wasted so shamelessly.
Philadelphia newspapers have been
printing at least 5000 more copies every
week day than they have sold. News
dealers and newsboys ordered that many
extra copies, all of which were return
ed and 50 became a sheer loss to the
publisher.
Together the five morning and three
evening newspapers in Philadelphia sell
more than $4,000 copies every week
day.
Those figures will give you an idea of
the saving which will come with the re-
duction in size which the publishers
! nave now agreed upon.
We're each paper to print an average
| of ono page less each day an economy
of 10000 pages would result. Add TO
that the sensible policy of cutting off en-
tirely the unsoid copies and the result
will help immensely to relieve the paper
famine.
Maybe YOU have forgotten what vii.
liam L. Elkins told Joseph 3. Mccall
company: GIVE the public something
for nothing and you will have to give a
hell If a lot of it,"
That is exactly how II has been with
the free return Of unsold newspapers.
What other manufacturers are so free
with their output? Fancy steel mil
regularly throwing away ten per cent
of its finished steel.
What shoe factory would permit
store to turn back a tenth of its pur
Chases, provided every shoe so returned
would have to be thrown upon the sCral
heap?
\ returned newspaper is worthless t.
the owner A returned magazine has ~
value to the publisher, No other articl
which costs an equal sum to produc
sells for so small a price as the news
. paper.
To-day Robinson Crusoe and his maj
Friday could have a paper for the cos
of daily cigarette,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
THE OMNISCIENT OPERATOR
why the Telegraph Man Has "A Rail-
road Presidency Forced Upon Him.
(From the New y,

why do telegraph operators become
railroad presidents? The question forces
itself upon the mind through the reitera-
ton of facts AS often as we read that
the winds vii be moderate and southerly,
and that Villa is dead. Just so often
do We read that the new head of the
so and railroad began his business
career a sender of Morse messages,
Bernet of the Nickel Plate. Calvin of
the Union Pacific Levy of the Western
Pacific, these are three of this summer S
crop of presidents who went, as a rail
road poet might say, from the sOunder
10 the sceptre The list of DISTINGUISHED
railroad presidents of these and older
DAYS is full of operators Van Horne OF
| the Canadian Pacific, Hughitt of the
Northwestern, Newman and Brown of
| the New York Central McCrea of the
| PENNSYLVANIA. Hayes Of the Grand Trunk
| futile and Todd of certain New England
| lines,
THE FULLY ROUNDED LIFE
How telegraph operators become rail-
road presidents would he easy to tell.
Your operator hears everything, knows
everything, does everything. lie is
| aware how far a division superintendent
may go in spirited debate by wire, with
the general manager. He comes to know
upon what days the chief dispatcher is
! afflicted with tantrulns. lie flags the
night express on the brink of the wash
out supplies the jolly brakeman from
his own paper of fine-cut, chops Mrs
| Jones telegram to ten words, fills the
station stove. figures trans Mississippi
freight rates sells excursion tickets anC
has an eye for the ladies' on sunday
afternoons, between the 2:i6 and 5;5S, h'
plays first base on the town nine. Thu:
he acquires rounded life, with the wis
dom of near and far Presently the boss
of the division takes him into his owl
office and his doom is written. Nothint
but the sCythe or the bottle can proven
him from becoming president of the road
DOOM OF TRANsMoGRIFlCATloN
Why he let's himself be hurried oi
down the path puzzles MS He wears bot
ter clothes as he goes on, but is oblige,
to pinch the fine-cut surreptitiously III
Joins a country club. his old place II
baseball is lost to him. The brakeman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
THE CROP REPORT.

The fve-year average wheat crop q
this country is i95 10000 bushels.
This crop has been made for 1915, and
the final yield is 455, 900 90 bushels.
Spring wheat Is still in the open. and
the governments forecast (based on Aug.
ust LIST condition. which was 63.4-havfne
dropped % points since July 1sO. pub
lished this week, is 100000 bushels.
The fve-year average has been 232, 900
bushels
So that the outlook for all wheat this
year is comparatively meagre-s54, 900, coo
bushels against slightly over 1000, 900
bushels last year.
The indicated yield for corn, 2,777, cooOD
bushels, is only n little over the fve-year
average. which is 1892, 10000 bushels
Last years actual crop was 3,o55, 10000
bushels.
The oats crop. not as huge as last year.
is still large.
( The demand for wheat this year will be
large. because the worlds crop. except in
Australia, is also comparatively small.
The farmers will benefit on what they
have by higher prices at the start instead
of later, and by reason of large profits
last year will not he forced to sell. With
SO many other 'hings propitious, the Uni
ted states is well prepared to stand the
effects of the shorter crops this year.
| AS for wheat. a Washington dispatch
says that the department of agriculture
calculates that $40 10000 bushels Of wheat
will cover home consumption this year,
leaving 100000 bushels available for ex-
! port. Further, that last years carry-
over was unusually !arge-lG0.UO, bush
elS-whiCh is 100000 bushels more than
the average carry-over Of the last five
years. This with the "a 10000 makes lO9 .
"N,"' bushels for export
on the theory that high prices for -four
induce household economy. the depart
ment thinks the home consumption may
be cut down and leave as much as loo, OO0 .
rH bushels for export.
One hundred and twenty-five million
, bushels is the average for export in peace-
full times The first year Of the war wa
exported 1872 10000 bushels. and last year
100000 bushels. 1t is expected thai the
demand this year will be heavy on ac-
count of the worlds shorter crop But
there are the Dardanelles and the posi-
bility of Russias millions Of bushels
, And some traders think that the crou
damage has been discounted in the price,
= for the present.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

To the generosity Of the people OF
Vermont through its representatives in
Montpelier, to few warm hearted
friends who have literally supplement-
ed the States gifts and to the genius
untiring care and interest and to the
strong moral support of Judge Weeks
and his board are due the added privi-
leges and opportunities which have
come to these boys and girls.
Reference to their reports will show
that the three Massachusetts, indus
trial schools averaged about 5000 per
capita maintenance cost during their
last fiscal year; that the Maine and
New Hampshire schools maintenance
cost was about the same; that the
New York State Industrial school near
Rochester, N. Y, with a population of
about 500 had a per capita cost of $2o7
Figures just in from the state pur-
chasing agents office show that the
per capita maintenance cost of the
Vermont Industrial school during the
year 1915 and 1916 was s192.50.
J. n. BARSS, Supt.
Vergennes, August Z.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

and these animals are often captured In
daylight by the red-tailed and Swanson s
hawk as they thrust dirt up from their
underground runs. The great blue heron
also kills numbers Of the gophers. stun
ing them with one blow of it's bill as
they appear upon the surface.
Practically all hawks and owls feed
upon the various rats and mice common
throughout Texas. The short tailed
meadow mice in fact. furnish large
part of the food of the long and short
cared owls, the barn owls. and the
marsh. Swainson's, and red-tailed hawks.
House mice and gray rats also are eaten
commonly by these birds. and tn, cot
ton rat is the prey of the short cared
owl and red-tailed nawk.
To assist in the destruction Of such
noXous rodents as mice, ground ,Quir-
rcls, and pocket Eophers, the government,
specialists recommend a number OF
poisions. In their Use, however It is
pointed out every precauton must be
taken to keep the poison out of the reach
OF children and domestic animals.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
NOT FIT TO EAT

The dean of a Western university was
told by the students that the cook al
the dining hall was turning out food
mot fit to eat" The dean summoned
the delinquent loctured him on his short
comnSs and threatened him with dis
missal unless conditions were bettered.
Sir said the cook, you oughtnt to
place so much Importance on what the
young men tell YOU about my meals
They come to me in Just the same way
about your lectures. "-HarpeTs Maga-
zine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
EVIDENT.

A native of Georgia. of a sort usually
called Crackers" was suffering from
inflamed eyes. lie consulted horse
doctor for treatment. The veterinarian
gave him some of the salve that he used
on animals The man lost his eycsiGht,
lie then brought suit I'm court to re-
cover damages. The Judge. after weigh
ing the evidence in the case, said
There Is no damage to be recovered
The man would never have gone to a
veterinarian If he had not been an ass. -
Now York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
ANERICA-THE HOPELAND.

America, America,
My hearts supreme delight,
The land of sacred freedom
Unscathed by ruthless might
America, America,
God shield Thee from all blight
America, America,
My hearts exulting song.
The land of hopeful pilgrims,
AS they from far lands throng.
America, America.
God save Thee from all wrong
America. America!
NV hearts Astounding praise!
The land Of golden harvests
Along thy shining ways.
America America,
God bless Thee all thy days!
America! America,
My hearts unfettered glee,
The land Of happy households
From sea to throbhing sea
America America
God keep me true to Thee
America America,
My hearts intense desire
DO Thou the pilgrims hope-iand
To all good things aspire,
America America
God guard thine altar fire,
Milton Newberry Frantz, Norristowr
Penn,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
WHITE CORNISH.

Indians. OF late, however, breeders are
endeavornc to emphasize and increase
their utility value and forget as far as
possible their Game origin, and concert
ed effort is being made to have the fowls
known rs Cornish fowls.
Considerable White Aseel and White
Malay blood entered into the COMPOST
ton Of the White Cornish, and in Amer
lea White George Game blood was Used.
also White WNandottes Both these cross
es almost wiped out the true Cornish
characteristics.
The White Cornish is recovering from
the effects of this niudiCious work Fan
ciers have been striving for 10 yearc 10
recover the massive frames, widespread
short. thick legs and heavy skulls of the
true Cornish, and for the past two OF
three seasons magnificent specimens have
been exhibited.
When full grown these fowls weigh from
J eirht to nine pounds for males ami sly
10 seven pounds for females They make
excellent table poultry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
A SEASON OF TORTURE FOR SOME

Hay fever causes untold misery to thou
sands. Asthma, too. counts its suffer-
ers by the hundreds. Foley's Honey and
Tar soothes that raw, rasping feeling In
the throat relieves hoarseness and
Wheeling, makes breathing easier, heals
inflammation, permits refreshing Stun
Der. Contains no opiates.-Medicai han
J. w. OSulivan, 30 Church street AdV
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
WHEN VISITING STRANGE PLACES

1t is we'll to be prepared with relia =
Bile cathartc. Salts and castor oil cannot
be taken by many. Foley Cathartic Tab
let's are wholesome and cleansing, act
surely but gently, without gripping, pain
or nausea Relieve sick headache bilious
ness, bloating. sour stomach. bad breath
Fine for torpid liver.-Medical Hall, j. W.
O'Sullivan. 80 Church street. Adv
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
A GOOD THING FOR CHILDREN,

Foley's Honey and Tar is particularly
good cold cough and Group medicine for
children because it aims no opiates
or habit-forming drugs. The little
colds" OF summer as we'll as the long
standing, deep seated coughs. that hang
on for months are banished by its usA
The first dose brings relief and comfort
Medical Hall. ]. w. OSulivan. %
Church street Adv.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
NERVOUS APPREHENSION

"rhev are not going to cut me up II
GO to the hospital, are they
"Of course noto, when you're going
lust for rest What makes you think
they are"
because when I called up the hospital
a voice said Operator. baltimore
Anoarican-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

best grains for poultry, and more suitable
for general feeding than Indian corn, and
is not so fattening.
ENGLAND'S BEST LIKED GRAIN.
Barley is an excellent feed, but fowls
do not take so readily to It. Its feeding
value is nearly the equal of wheat. But
as it contains little more fiber. 1t is less
palatable. The hull seems to he the fowls
main objection. Barley contains a little
more bone and muscle forming food than
wheat AS a growing food it's value is
intermediate with oats and peas. 1t con
tains more protein than either corn or
buckwheat, and a little less than oats or
wheat Barley, however, contains more
of the carbohydrates than oats, buck
wheat or peas, and is considered one of
the richest and best of poultry grains.
After fowls once become acquainted with
barley they relish it highly. Barley. ac-
cordng to an English analysis, contains
very small quantity of fat or oil. has Is
per cent of flesh forming properties, 81 -
per cent Of manufacturing, and four per
cent. of bone-makinG substances. 1t is,
therefore, one of the most suitable grains
for growing stock and for egg produc-
ton.
| Compared with other grains, huckwhcat
/ is not rich poultry food. 1t contains
less carbohydrates and less protein than
any of the grains popular with poultry
men, and containing only about the same
amount of mineral matter as corn. rye or
wheat. The shuck which envelopes the
kernel is very tough and worthless as a
food. Largely fed it produces white flesh
and light -colored yolks Buckwheat is a
fattening food and in carbohydrates may
he cassed between oats and wheat,
NOTES WE'LL WORTH REMEMBER
ING.
\ feed containing much in excess of
five to six per cent. ash, is not worth buy
ing.
A feed that has noticeable quantities
of grain hulls, hay or weed seeds is not
economical food.
a feed that contains less than 10 pei
cent of protein should not he purchased
In protein We have nourishinG matter
that supplies material for bone, muscle
blood, feathers and eggs.
In carbohydrates technically nitrogen
free eXtraCtD We have the princlpa
sources of heat and energy.
There is a greater amount of albumeT
in wheat than in any other grain, an'
. therefore II must he the foundation of al
Reproducing ration.
Glover is equal to barley, and nearl!
as high as wheat, in nutritive ratio.
I.inseed meal is very rich in albumen.
Mllet seed ranks high as fesh-form
ing substance.
There is more nutriment In white oat
than in black.
Fats enter largely into the composition
of the egg, and furnish reserve fore
of heat and energy.
There are more phosphates and nitro
gen in popcorn than in Indian corn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
Few Notes Worth Re-
membering on tn e
Analysis of Grains
and Their By-prod-
ucts.
Foods That Are Prop
erly Balanced Insure
Economy and Profit.
BY MICHAEL X. BOYER.
Poultry Editor OF the Farm Journal.

There is science in feeding. Some feeds
;rnish moro heat and fat than others.
nd some are best adapted TO growing
FATHERS. bone and eggs. No grain should
g fed exclusively. When ration Is well
alanced the object is more readily OBJ
aimed and the fowls keep in the best of
ealth.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

After somebody has told us why the spir-
1t Of mortal should he proud perhaps the
tailors will tell us why they put buttons
on mems coat sleeves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

There's a simpler explanation why girls
kiss soldiers than the one given by Dr.
Max Baff, psychologist of Clark College.
It is because soldiers are men,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

The notion that love is blind may have
originated with the youngster whose cir
married the other fellow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

Were the hot weather to continue in
definitely we believe we should come to
dislike even the person who agrees with
us.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

one woman Quit taking the Ohio State
journal because she didn't like the para
graphs. Thus proving that paragraphs
are read
Toledo Blade.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24
SHARP CUTS.

Il am Yesterday says DR.. Frank
Crane. Let him. We would rather be
Payday, and have everybody pleased to
see us.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-24

To avoid exertion in hot weather is i'm
possible. For instance. one must hand
the conductor ones fare.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-19
FATHER AND SOW
BANQUET TUESDAY
Annual Affair to BE Held
at Presbyterian Church
March 81.

ON Tuesday. March 81, a father
and son banquet" will be held in the
Presbyterian church. This Is an an
nual affair. The first one of its kind
I'm Tulsa was under the direction of
\. '. BourQue, former oil reporter
for The World. Last year Il large
number of fathers and their sons
turned out both taking part in the
program; much of the arrangements
and the program was handled by the
boys themselves.
This. the third annual banquet. is
under the direction Of the boys
council of the Presbyterian Sunday
schools of the First church and the
Bullottc Mission church. A big din
rer is promised and the RiVerView
orchestra will furnish part of the
music. The price per plate has been
made very low so that no one will
hc unable to attend for reason of the
price.
The father and son movement orig
mated in Cleveland, Ohio. 1t was
under the direction of the Y, NJ. G. a.
and the mayor at that time. and who
is now in President Wilson's cabinet,
the Hon. Newton Baker. In many
cities throughout the United States
this ~ a municipal affair.
The object is To get The father and
the son better acquainted with each
other. and when the father knows
his boy better many of the boy prob
lens will be settled.
The speakers and their subjects
follow: sunday Schools in lIol-
school Man of Tomorrow"-S Seth
Hughes G. II. Fenstermacher of the
V. NJ. c. a, will also be on the pro-
gram