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16 THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914. VERMONT NOTES. lilt; llrnnllr Peilrslnl floes to OrlTN lmrK In Monlpcllcr. Ono of tho largest monumental Jobs jomplotod In Montpollor In roocnt ycara has boon loaded on two Ant Jars and Is ready for Immcdlato ship ment. Tho National Granite company tho firm which cut tho pedostal for Ilia bronze monument of General .Vadsworth to bo plnced In tho ceme tery at Gettysburg Pa. Thoro aro 10 plocea of the monument, thero being !our bases, three on top of tho bot tom baso, tho dyo and tho cap. Tho hnttnm base Is divided Into four dif ferent pieces and the second base Is I mado of two pieces. Tho fourth bnso Is circular In shape. Work was com menced May 25 and It was completed the first of this week. publicity hook issued. "Vermont, tho Land ot the Oroen Mountains." tin attractive hooks de scribing; tho scenery of tho State and its advantages as a summer ptay jrround, has been Issued by tho Ver mont bureau of publicity, It bolnf? nlmllar to tho ono Issued Inst year, Ten thousand copies have been mado up and a groat mnny of them sent ilUt. INNOVATION HACKS PLANNED. An Interstate race, patterned after tho old county race, so popular with those attending the Rutland fair for tho Inst years, has been arranged by ( medicine over since I was so wonder tho officials and It will be run on ful)y benefitted by it and I hope this Tuesday of fair week. The purses ( ,ctter wil, be the meang of 8avin BOmo amount to S3u0. with but a small en- other woman from BU(rcring... try lt,p' ' Mrs. Martha Seavey, Box 1144, VERMONT brevities. Unionvillo, Missouri. Mark Burke, charged with obtain- The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's iiik monoy under false pretenses, was sentenced Friday In Montpeiier to i throo months In Wnshlntfton county i Jail. Ho took an appeal to county court, but was committed to Jail as lie wns nnoliln tn furnish lm 1 nf ?On AITVnitTISKn t,r.TTRHS. List of unclaimed letters In the Bur lington postofflco for the week ending July 1?, 1914: WOMEN'S til ST. Mrs. Lora L. Akers (2), Miss Marv Heaullou, Mrs. Allen Brady, Miss Jessie P. Bolton, Miss Bee Carray, Miss Helen Campbell. Mrs. F. II. Cnude, Mrs. Ber nard Demnry, Miss Elalna Graves, Mrs D. E. Hayes. Lillian Johnston, Miss BUI Kropf, Mrs. Goorginna Kendall, Mr. Kara Wells Lawrence, Mrs. C. L. Mason. Miss Elva Mornn, Miss Theresa Mitchell, Mrs. Vina McOowan, Mrs. A. McQuillan, Dorothy McLean, Eva Maynnrd, Man' A. Pennock, Lena Ryan, Mrs. Grace L. Bobbins, Mrs. E. W. Ron roe, Miss Mary Jean Simpson, Mrs. II. N. Thompson, Miss Hattlo Vosburg. Mrs. Eva White, Gladys Welch. Mrs. L. T. Wioodruff. MEN'S LIST. Bernard Conlls Portrait Co.. C. E. Ba ron, Adhemas Boullane, Francis 9 Boyer, Llspenard Bluckor, A. D. Condreu, A. Champaln (2), Mr. Clarke, Romeo Fogg, R. E. Gorton, Fred Hurley, J. J. ICrans, Samuel La Frame, Oscar Lavene, Adel bert Lake, M. H. Inmoureau, Arthur La flame. M. Myers, H. E. Mousette, E. A. Preston. Edward L. Rice (2), George H. Soule, Albert Smith, M. G. Sleeze, J. E. Simpson, Raymond Scott, H. H. Shelters. Frank Thompson, Bradley Thomas, Fred Upchess, J. E. Van Wagner, J. J. Vivian, Prof. I j. W. Williams. O. A. Yarbrough. WINOOSKI LIST. Mrs. Clara Blgue, Mrs. Jessie Shappv, Etta Wilson. PERILS OF PERSISTENCE. She You know very well that you had to ask me three times before I would consent to be your wife. He Yes. I know, and that only goes to show that It Is sometimes possible to be too persistent. VARICOSE VEINS,baEt.OSi ire promptly relieved with Inexpensive homo treatment. It absolutely removes the pain, stvelltm?. tiredness a-d rJlsra.so. 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So Populi - Electricity and Tho World's Advance 2.0) Practical Dairyman (New York) 1,75 Poultry Husbandry 1.2 Rovlew of Reviews 3,00 Rural New Yorker 2.05 Scientific American , 8.75 icribner's 3.75 at. Nicholas 3. CO Table Talk 1.95 Woman's Home Companion 2.20 World's Work , 2.7S Wo furnish no publication except In connoctlon with u subscription to tho FREE PRESS. Our clubbing lit-1 Includes all papers and magazines published. Only those) most frequently asked for are printed In our list, but others may bo had on appli cation. Subscribers may have more than on paper from this clubbing list. Always aend a stamp for reply when asking about this as we do this work at no profit Je-axcommodato our subscriber. THOUGHT SHE COULD NOT LIVE Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Unionvillo, Mo. "I suffered from a femalo trouble and I got so weak that I could hardly walk across tho floor with out holding on to something. I had nervous spells and my fingers would cramp and my f nco would draw, and I could not speak, nor sleep to do any good, had no appetite, and everyone thought I would not live. Some ono advised mo to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I had taken so much medicine and my doctor said he could do mo no good so I told my husband he might get mo a bottle and I would try it. By tho time I had taken it I felt better. I continued its use, and now I am well and strong. "I have always recommended your Vegetable Compound have thousands of such letters as that above they tell the truth, else thev could not have been obtained for lovo or monev. Thin mod- jclno is no stranger - it has stood tho . . test ior years. If thcro are any complications yon do not understand write to Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter Trill be opened, read and answered by a woman and ncia in strict commence. THIMIJAD'S GREAT ASPHALT LAKEL The proverb about tho folly of building on sand might be rewritten to Include tho vicinity of the Trinidad asphalt lake. This remarkable body of pitch is perhaps the nearest thing to tho "goose which laid the golden egg" that has over been found, for It has tho obliging faculty of replacing durlwr the night the asphalt which hns been dug from Its surface during the day. That the replenishment "comes from somewhere" was graphically Illustrated a short time ago. when a house located near the edge of the lake began settling on ono side, not to stop until the digging of pitch In that vicinity ceas ed. The pitch Is dug laboriously from the lake by negroes, using pick and shovel, nnd Is carried on an overhead tramway directly to the waiting ships. The Inven tion of an electrical cutter for the pitch Is expected greatly to facilitate and cheapen tho handling of It, says tho Wide World. The lake Is owned by an Am erican company, which also operates In Venezuela. MICA PRODUCTION LARGE. Mica is found In crystals ranging from small ones to thosu several fcot across. Crystals two feet In diameter are not un common. The value of tho mica produc-M In the United States in 1913 was J436.0CT. North Carolina contributing $267,913. The total value of the output In 191.1 was $101, 164 greater than In 1912 and was tho larg est ever reported. The production of sheet mica ns reported to the United Stat?? geological survey amounted to 1,170.677 pounds, valued nt 1353,517, compared with S15,4;3 pounds, valued at a?,?23 In 1912. The production of scrap mica In 1913 mounted to 6,822 tons, valued at t'2.5U, omparcd with 2,226 tons, vnlued nt $19 07:5, In 1912. ODD ADS ANT) ITEMS. Ad In Wisconsin paper: "Our aunt polton drives aunts out of the house, 10 cents a package." In a farm paper: "For exchange, thi works of Bacon for a good receipt for hog cholera." In the Oklahoma Pointer: "Wanted -Five-foot bathtub: also a few loads rf dirt for filling." From the Obar Progress: 'Watermel ons are getting so plenty around Obar that fnrmers nrn giving them to hogs. Wo hnd several this week." The Sheboygan Telegram: "A bantam roostor owned by Adolph Sweger took tho place of a recalcitrant mate on three eggs and hatched them." Votes for roosters! Received by a clergyman: "This Is to give you notls that I and Miss Jemima Brearly Is coming to your church on Saturday afternoon next to undergo tho operation of matrimony at your hands Please bo prompt as the cab Is hired by the hour." Boston Transcript. MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMAN. Ill Egypt soiim old customs are preva lent regarding women which could scnrcely be morn destructive of thosa qualities that lead to progress or more certain to bring a race to a standstill, says an exchango. As a rule thcro is no family llfo among thn masses, and super stitions of the grossest kind aro enter tained. Tho wives aro not permitted n eat at the same table with their hus bands, nnd occupy a pitiful position as chattels bought and paid for, being In constant dread of tho disgrace of dlvorct, which may be arbitrarily Imposed, SUCH IS FAME. (From tho Official Postal Guide.) Changes in poBt offices: Established: Woodrow, Col.; Woodrow, Utah, Woodrow, Neb,; Woodrow, N. C; Woodrow, N. M. ; Woodrow, Fla.; Wood row, Ore.; Woodrow, Mont.; Woodrow, Tox, Discontinued : Tnft, N, C ; Taft, N. I).: Ilrynn, N. M.; Theodore, Ky.j Tariffvllle, Teun. PERFECT CATHARTIC, Thoro Is suro and wholesome action in every dose of Foley Cathartic Tab lots. They cleanse with nover a Bripe or pnln. Chronic ensus of conatlpntlon find them Invaluable. Stout people aro relieved of that bloated, congested feeling-, so uncomfortable especially In hot weather. They keep your liver busy. J. W, O'Sulllvan. (Adv.) A HARD HUMP COMING. Her Dad Does that young man you've been keeping company with Intend to get married or to remain slngln? Daughter I think he's on tho fence, pupn. Dad Then throw him over, Boston Transcript, If ho Is thinking of buying real estata, he is reading thn real estate "ads" In thU i paper every day. v OVER A UILLION OF BRICK. Htiilsnn lllver Region n Orent llrlck Outer. Tho Hudson river region produced 1, 025,30S,ono bricks In 1913. valued at 15,(06,' 061, according to a statement by Jeffer son Mlddleton, of tho United States gco loglenl survoy. Largo as these figure arc, they show a decrease ot :07,"!),000 brlelis and $1,497,116 In value compared with 1912. New York city Is tho leading market for common brick In tho United State, hundreds of millions of brick being used there annually. The princlpnl source of tl.ls Mupply Is the Hudson river region, extending from Now York to Cohoes on both sides of tho river. Bcrgm county, N. J., hns also contributed largely to this market, ond within the Inst two years the Rarltan river region, located In Mid dlesex county, N, J., has sont the larger portion of Its output of common brick to the New York market. Conne'llcut also Is at tlmc a factor In tho New York brick market. The water transportation enjoyed by tho Hudson river yards and those located In tho Hackensack and Rarltan districts, however, gives them a great advantage, and It Is only when pilees are high-say above $7 a thousand that Connecticut brick enn profitably en ter New York city market. As prices wero unusually low in 1913, few if any Connecticut brick were shipped to New York during that year. The princlpnl use of the brick made In the Hudson river region Is and prob ably always will he In the building In dustry of Now York. Notwithstanding the fact that tho expenditures for build ing operations in New York city decreas ed about 35 per cent. In 1913 compared with 1912, the number of brick marketed decreased less thnn half as much, thus showing that the use of brick In build ing Is expanding and that they are also sed more extensively thnn ever before for other purposes, such as sewers .,, " , npparpnt,v h l""iMi i" nppnrcniu n nnd subways. The "back to brick" cam- avlng its effect, not only on the demand for common brick, 1,111 R-'" tnnt fnr ,!lr niRher giades (,c building brick and other clay prod- ct. such ns hor.ow building brick, tilo, and terra cotta. The average price obtained for the bricks In 1913 was $5.50 a thousand. THERE IS HHAMXr. IN POI.KY KID NKY I'll.l.S. You need a mighty good medlelno if once your kidneys are exhausted by neglect nni overwork, and you have got It In Foley Kidney Pills. Their action Is prompt, healing and tonic. Sound health and sound kidneys follow their use. Try them. J. W. O'Sulllvan. (Adv.) ASBESTOS, THE UNIQUE MINERAL. Ncvly Developed DepoMt In Arlronn Snld tn tie of HIkIi Grnde. Ashestos Is one of the great surprises in the mineral kingdom. On account ot Its finely fibrous, flexible, incombustible character It I spun Into yarn and woven Into c'oth for the c'othlng of firemen and foundry men who are exposed to heat that would burn ordinary clothing. It Is extensively used for theater cur tains and has paved many audiences from the horrors of conflagration. A re port by J. S. Dlller. of the United States geological survey, on the produc tion of asbestos in 1913, now In press, shows that while the United States pro duces little raw asbestos, It Is the lar gest producer of objects manufactured from asbestos. Canada Is the heaviest producer of raw asbestos, and more than half the world's supply Is brought Into the United States from Canada and man ufactured Into various commercla' prod ucts. In 1913 tile United States produced 1.100 short tons. There were two producers 'n Georgia, both furnishing asbestos of tho omnhlbole type, and ono In Arizona Is just beginning to produce chrysotlle. The difference between the two types Is merely In chemical composition. A notable event of the year fn the as bestos Industry of the United States hns been the opening of this new locality In Arizona, about 30 miles northeast of Globe, for the hlgh-grnde chrysotlle such ns occurs tn the depths of the Grand Cnnyon. In occurrence, origin, quality, and quantity this deposit Is essentially the same as that of the Grand Canvnn district, hut It Is much more accessible, being In n canyon about MO feet deep and within 30 miles by trail nnd wagon road from the railway. It Is associated with limestone and In this respect is strongly contrasted with tho asbestos of Canada, which I found In serpentine rock, de rived from peridotlte. The remarknblo fiber from Arizona when twisted to a yarn 0.01 of an Inch In thickness will support an avrige weight of 15Vj pounds. In content of Iron Is decidedly lower than thai of the Canadian fiber, and for that rrason It is better for Insulating purposes. The survey report on asbestn conta'ns a map and section of the Arizona deposit. Cop ies may bo obtained free on application to the director of the go (logical survey, Washington, D. C. IMIOSPEIUTV WITHOUT INCOME. (From tho WnshlnKton Herald.) Tho Kansas boosters announce a $100, 000,000 wheat crop and predict that In 1918 every family In the State will own an au tomobile. They have one auto to every eight families now nnd at the present rate of Increase there will bo no Jayhawker family without a devil wagon In the next four years. The whole country will rejoice In the prosperity of Kansas and hope that this prosperity will appear tn the Income tax collections soon. The people of Kansas, like those of some of the Southern States, have insisted on having a federal Income tax, and some of them have been suspi cious thnt tho people In the East would not make complete returns. But New York has come forward with the payment of $r',r23,OuO or a llttlo less than one-half the total Incomo tax col lected. Illinois hns paid more than $2,000, 000. Massachusetts more than $1,500,000, Pennsylvania inoro thnn $3,ono,ooo, Michi gan, $1,012,000; Ohio, $914,000; Oregon, $909. 000; New Jersey, tTlCtVO; Connecticut nnd Rhodu Island, $733,000; Missouri. $CT,7,0i; Texas, $3(1! ,() ; Minnesota, $172,0"O' Vir ginia, $102,000; Louisiana, $159,000; Marv lund, Delaware and the District of Col umbia, $W,ooo; California. $vss,U), nnd Kansas, Jl9.swi.it. Nebraska, Colorado, III ah, Montana and till the Western States, with the exception of North and South Dakota, New Mexico, and Arizona, contributed more Income tax than did the great Stnte of Kansas, with Its $100,000,000 wheat crop and uuto moblles for every family In prospect, It Is true that North Carolina, the home of tho chairman of the Senate tlnanoo commit tee, dropped below Kansas, with only $16, 0O0, but North Carolina hns not bonsted of a great wheat crop nnd automobiles for everybody. Th people at whom tho Income tax was leveled seem to have been fairly honest In m,klng returns, and If there is to be Igp Inquisition,, to locate t&e iaaime have not contributed, it ought to bo wher they ndvertlso their wealth but do not allow the revenue cotlector to locate the Incomes Hint are to supply nutomohllc.-i to every family Irt tho Stnto in tho next four years. But perhaps Kansas will make a better showing In the Income tax collections In 1918, or oven this year when the 10n.0OO,000 wheat crop la sold. CHRONOLOGY OK HUEKTA'S IIUM3 IN WARRING MUX I CO. February 18, 1913 President Francisco I. Mndero arrested. Assassinated two hours later. Huerta proclaimed provi sional president. Fobruary 19, 1913 General Vcnustlano Carranza proclnlms himself constitutional president of the republic, In following weeks President Wilson brings pressure to bear to forco Huorta's eviction. October 26, 1913 Huerta calls general election and Is re-elected. Novembor 3, 1913 President WIIboii. through Charge d'Affnires O'Shaugh nessy, demands Huerta's resignation. Aprlt 10, 1914 Party of American ma rines landed at Tamplco Insulted and Jailed by Mexicans. April 21, 1914 Huerta refusing to salute American ling, American battleships sent to Vera Cruz nnd land forces. Sev enteen American rallorfl killed. April, 1914 Torreon and Monterey cap tured by Villa after stubborn battles. April, 1914-John Ltnd quits Vera Cruz. Mny 2, 1914 Charge O'Shaughnessy giv en passports by Huerta. May 7, 1914 Mazatlan surrenders to reb el forces. Mo' 10, 1911 Tnmplco falls to General Villa's forces. May 21. 1914 Paltlllo and Puobla evac uated by Huerta. May 21, 1914 A. B. C. conference goes to Niagara Falls. Juno 23, 1914 Zacatccns captured by Villa. All during June many reports and de nials ot breaks between Cnrranza and Villa. July 2. 1914 A. B. C. mediators adjourn. Urge selection of government satisfac tory to both factions, which meant tho elimination of Huerta. July 35. 1914 Huerta resigns as provi sional president. LETTING THE PEOPLE RULE. (From the New York Times.) The direct primary law was passed with the Intention of doing away with machine control and letting the people rule. As far I ns We have gone In making preparations for the first direct primary. Its effect has been exactly the reverse. It has taken awny from the people nil power to direct the framing of issues, and It Is evident already that It has made easier the ma chine domination of nominations. Platforms wore formerly made by dele gates In the naming of whom the people had nt least some share. Enrolled vo ters elected delegates to State conventions, and these delegates appointed a resolu tions committee, which drew up the plat form. If their work was unsatisfactory it could be amended by thn convention as a whole. This year the republican plat form Is to bo made by a committee of twenty-five, to be appointed by Senator Root. The rank and file not only did not place Senator Root In this position, but never had a chance to do eo. It has nothing to say about the membership In tho committee he is to appoint, and has no wny of deciding whether it approves or disapproves the platform which his appointees will draw up. The Democratic platform is to be draft- jcd not by the delegates of tho people tho people nave no delegates nut oy a com mittee appointed by Chnlrman Osborn. Thn people did not vote to Invest Chair man Osborn with this power; they wero not consulted, and could not bo under thn primary law. This committee is to re port to a conference, the members of which will also be selected by Chairman Osborn. The people did not oven voto to put Chnlrman Osborn In the placo which enables him to make these appoint ments. The platform may represent tho Ideas of tho people or may not; they havo no opportunity to say anything on tho subject. They con go to the polls in Nov ember and choose between tho two plat forms. But they had the same right un der the old system, with the difference that under that system they had some thing, whether little or much, to say about tho making of those platforms. In making the nominations they will certainly havn a voice, but tho Idea that the new system will lesson the chance of machine control Is already seen to bo erroneous. It will strengthen that chanco. The machlno will vote solidly nt tho primaries for the candidates chosen for It. Tho antl-machlne men have no way of selecting a ticket with which to oppose this hack-stairs slato. and will fritter away their votes among several candidates. Either thnt, or they will dis regard the spirit of tho primary law and put In the field a ticket arbitrarily cho sen by some of their number at some con ference of self-appointed leaders. If they do that, It will certainly ho a more oligarchic and non-representntlve way of choosing candidates than ever was adopt ed under the old system. Thero Is talk of a mass convention to select candidates. A mass convention would be entirely un representative. No hall in the State could accommodate all Its democrats, and the men nearest to tho city In which tho convention was held would outnumber all the rest. The Democrats In New York city out number the country' Democrats. Under tho primary system they can, If they Beo fit, name a ticket on which every can didate ahall bo a New York city man. That would mean the nomination of an nil Tammany ticket ticket, with no favors to " the up-State." Mr. Murphy will doubtless soo to It that "tho up-State" shall bo represented on tho ticket, be cause It is good politics, but ho has tho Democrats of that region at his mercy. From any angle, the direct primary law has decreased tho power of the people and Increase! that of the machine. ROLL ON THOU DARK DEEP. A few years ago In n small log ttchool house in one of our Southern States an entertnlnment was being given at tho close of tho three months school term, Many of tho patrons of the school wero present to sen how their children would acquit themselves. All the children hnd given a recitation wive one large over grown boy who had been pluced nt thn end of tho progrom for reasons obvious to the teacher. Ho had spent tho great er part of two weeks preparing his recita tion. When his turn canm ho marched boldly to tho front and in a manner which would have been a medlt to a present day political speaker began: "Roll on thou dark nnd deep blun ocean, roll" hern hn come to n sudden pause unable to proceed further. After 11 mpmont's hesitation during which his faco took on t-everal different colors ho got this out: "Roll on, blame you, roll on," Then he eat down amldd tho surprised glances of hts friends and classmates. National Mnnfhjy, FAKE DIRECTORY SCHEMES The Crook Who Invented n Method Thnt Enriched Him Hun Enrih. (Printers Ink.) Tho originator of the Ingenious schemes to mulct the advertising public wns ono Stanley Francis, an Englishman, orlgln ally from London, who camo to this country by tho way of Austrnlla. Shortly after his arrival In San Fran cisco he published a small directory In that city known ns tho "Business Re gister." Ho then camo to Chicago nnd produced ono issue of a similar pub.l cation for tho city of Chicago. Legitimate profits, howovcr, woro tco slow for him. His first scheme for ob taining moro thnn his duo wns to collect on tho snmo contract as often as pos sible, anywhere from twice to flvo or six times. Should his victim discover the fraud ho would explain It by a mis take In bookkeeping or a dishonest col lector. By thl method, however, ho could only stent small amounts, nnd In addition to this It was necessary for htm to actually publish a hook at least oc casionally, which to him was thought to bo a waste of money. Ho then evolved a scheme which with some variations has been followed by all fraud directory advertising men ever since. Ho first printed n few copies of a business directory' containing tho names of tho prominent firms In several of tho larger cities. He then put out solicitors soliciting patronage for this publication, and obtained a number of contracts for small amounts, generally $2.00 for print ing tho namo in caps. When tho orders wero presented for collection tho adver tiser when paying his bill was also asked to sign a so-called "Has Paid." The "Hns Paid" was a printed form which read as follows: THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That , the undersigned havo this day PAID for advertising ordered Inserted In the Dept. of your head ings amounting to the sum of$ DOLLARS as per contrnct shown pay able after publication. O. K. ame Collector Per O. K. Per Manager ess The amount paid was written in care lessly In pencil, nnd tho namo of tho directory Instead of being printed wa also written In a like mnnner. If the advertiser would Inquire why he should sign such a paper when he wns paying his money the collector would explain to him ho was giving up tho original contract, and he wished this cer tificate to send In with his collections to tho main office which wai always conveniently situated In a city other than tho onn In which he was collected. This document was so carefully worded that by cutting off tho end it changed It from a certificate of having paid Into nn order for advertising, nnd a promise to pay more money. The nmount originally paid and the name of the directory being written in pencil wns easily erased nnd raised to such an amount as they thought the Intended victim would stand, anywhere from $50 to J500. The cover wns then torn off the old directory, a new cover put on with a new title page, and a full page advertisement set up for the Intended victim and tipped In the book, the edges being sand-pnpered so It would not show It was not a part of tho original work. The contract was then dated back a few months and was then ready for collection. Most victims would look at the signa ture, see It was genuine, nnd pay tho tho bill without any great amount of In vestigation, with the Idea In mind that they probably Investigated before they went into It. Even those who protested they hnd never given such nn order were easily convinced that they must havo done fo as the signature was genuine, and thes- would end up by paying tho contract. When this payment was mado another no-called "Has Paid" was signed, and thl was treated In the same manner the amount changed, tho name of tho publication changed In the contrnct, and the old book doing service under a new title Within a few months, and some times within a few weeks, the new con trnct was presented for payment, nnd tho 'ndless chain started to work. Rome few firms would refuse to sign the "Has Paid" or would sign careless ly with pencil and Initials so It was not safe to use the signature. They, how ever, had other methods of securing what they wanted. One wns a blank form nuking for directory Information. At tho bottom there would be quite a wide spaco left abovn the lines for the signature. When these blanks were returned filled out with tho signature they would simp ly cut off the Information portion and print in nn advertising contract over tho signature. Another method would bo when making collections to ask the advertiser if hn did not wish to buy a copy of the directory. Ho would ask the price and they would generally put It high, $15 or $20, nnd tho ndvertlser would refuse. Then would then say Inasmuch as he had been a pretty good ndvertlser if ho would pay the expressage they would fiend one free of charge, being anxtnus to get a largo circulation. The ndvertlser would then sign a blank on which would read that he promised to pay 26c or K"c expressago on tho book when sent to htm. This was printed In lines far apart, so by cutting off the top line and printing In two other lines they again made nn advertis ing contrnct. They occasionally even resorted to thn tracing of signatures, using a box with Incandescent light and ground clnss top. This method however, wns very dan gerous ns experts by the use of magni fying glass could very- easllly distinguish It from an original signature, nnd after ono man was sunt to the penitentiary this method was nbandoned entirely. ORIGINATOR INDICTED. Whllo Stanley Francis- was the ori ginator of this scheme he of necessity had to employ a number of sharp men as, collectors. Those men undoubtedly were In tho beginning Innocent of thn kind of paper they were collecting on. It, however, did not take them a great whllo to fall to the game, and Instead of making collections on n 10 per cent basis nnd turning In the 90 per cent, they kept thn P0 per cent., nnd only turn-e-d In the 10 per cent,, or nt the earliest opportunity stnln n tset of sheets from Francis nnd started out to work for themselves. In this wny started suveral coteries of men who havo worked these methods throughout the country. Stanley Francis himself wns Indicted In Chicago, Ho Jumped the State, and afterwards sent word to the writer If he would allow him to come back and settle up his af fairs ho would never again have anything to do with fraudulent advertising busi ness, for as ho expressed It, there wns no longer any money in It for him. He was never allowed to come back, and as far a weknow ho got out and kept out of the business, He afterwards became nationally no torious fu the httiJii. tu up-called Announcements and Invitations require the finest grade of paper, appropriate type faces and careful workmanship. You will get a SATISFACTORY combination of these three at the FREE PRESS PRINTING CO. BURLINGTON Story Cotton Company, of Philadelphia. He had offices In almost every other large city In the country, and he work ed a gigantic fraud which was suppos ed to have amassed for Francis a for tune anywhere from one to three mil lion dollars. His Philadelphia office was raided, he wns arrested and sent to tho penitentiary. IMMENSE SUMS COLLECTED. Tho several gangs who started In this manner havo collected an Immense toll from the American business men. Tho association In these Investigations found ono wholesale grocery firm In Pittsburgh which paid over $l,30o In less than three months. The writer In his Investigations In St. Louis found one of tho big bnnks there thnt had pnld several thousand dollars in hs than six months. Tho method used was very ingenious. They would collect one day from the cashier, secure his signature to a "Hts Paid." After doctoring the "Has Paid" within a few days would call on tho bank, but this tlmn wait until the cashier was out of the bank, and col lect from the president, securing his sig nature, to the "Has Paid." They would then collect thn president's signature from the cashier, etc. In fact, the bank did not discover anything was wrong until the writer showed It how It had been victimized. In a raid made on one of tho of'lces In Chicago by the United States Assis tant Attorney from Brooklyn collection slips were discovered which showed that nn amount of over $W,0") had been col lected In less than nine months. The ag gregate collections of these different groups ran Into the hundreds of thou sands of dollars. This will give you an Idea of tb methods nnd magnitude of the operations of thse people. Within the last two or three years, however, all of the men who were serving penitentiary terms have either finished their sentences or been pardoned and within the last few months they have commenced to operate again. Either tho old offenders have again gone back Into the business or others have started Into the game. It is almost Impossible to stamp out this system. Not only Is It hard to secure help from the victims, but In a good many rases It Is hard to arouse the ac tivities of the public servants. The easiest was to blot out this sys tem is to make It unprofitable. This can bo done by education. What wo havo to suggest Is that the Associated Ad Clubs undertake this plan n education. aUICK ,TnAWIinHIlY CROP had PIIOM POTTED IM.AXTH. The objection that many amateurs ralso against the strawberry as a home pro duced fruit is that no berries can be be cured the first season after tho plants aro transplanted In the spring. This Is practically true, for very few berries can be secured even under the best of condi tions. It does not seem to be generally known, however, that by the use of pot grown plants trnnsplantc-d to permanent quarters in August or September, a good crop can be counted upon the following summer. Yet such Is the case; oven a good crop can he secured In this way. Not only so, but the plants may be al lowed to remain for another season with fully ns much certainty of getting a good crop the second year after planting. This Is usually not the case with spring-set plants, because the beds, unless verv carefully tended, are almost sure to be come choked with weeds or small straw berry plants before that time. GROW PLANTS AT HOME. The best way to secure pot-grown plants Is to grow them at home. Wher-3 a bed is already on the place this ts ,1 simple matter. Where It Is necessary, however, to purchase, plants may bo se cured at about $3 a hundri'd for the or dinary standard varieties. The method of growing these plants ts very simple. Shortly after the fruit has matured the plants begin to send our runners. These are Jointed stems which will produce new plants at every Joint provided the Joint becomes stationary upon the ground and also provided that the soil Is moist enough for the little plant to tako root. In the production of pot-grown plants advantnge Is taken of this habit of repro duction. GOOD LOAM IN POTS. Flower pots, three or four Inches in diameter, aro tilled with good garden loam and sunk full depth In the soli of the strawberry bed. The runners are then placed so that the first Joint rests nbove the center of these pots of soil, A little earth or a pebble Is placed on the runner to prevent thn wind from whip ping the little plant about. In a week or so tho plant will havo taken root and perhaps In another week thn runner may be severed between the parent plant and the little one. It is a good plan to make the cut with a pair of scissors close to the small plant. Many growers tmnk it best not to ure any b.it the first plant on the runner. Two, three or even more If you appreciate fine stationery you will surely be in terested in the results obtained from the use of CERO TYPE plates. Wo have reserved a bunch of specimen letter headings for your inspection which we will bo pleased to place in your hands if you say the word. May we do so? Our 'phone is 241, and our address the PRINTERS, BINDERS and STATIONERS fivdint(m?0mmuit VERMONT may bo produced, but they claim that these plants aro biter than tho? nearest the parent r'nnt. Hi w-vcr th:s may be, It Is an advantage to select the first plants because these can bo developc 1 Into stionger specimens than those that necessarily tako root later in the season Ordinarily tho plants so root- 1 may 10 allowed to remain In the pots where th" -' have been placed In the straw icrry be 1. Under general seasonal conditions tb y nil) produce fairly well di-velo-n 1 plati'rt by the time that the Iranspl mt.ng suou 1 lie done. For best results, hnv.ter. t is a good plan to lift the puts ard pljnT ' thetn In sell In a cold frame. Th rr th" an be watered, fertilized, Wi , ded an t otherwise eaied for more perfi i'tly thui 1 if they vere In the strawberry bed. Thai stronger plants can be secured for trans planting. Another advantage of t.ils plan Is that the old bed may be plowed or dnn for some other crop tn replace It. Th i Is a distinct advantage where tho area in the gardi n Is limited. MODE OF TRANSPLANTING. When transpHntlng time arrives, thi nnw bed thould be either plowed or d'lj and the soil madi ns tine ps possl -le with tho steel gat den i.ie. Than the position of the rows shnul 1 be measure 1 oft by means of the g.vdnn line ;,nd tbe plant!! set at interval? in the rows of about 15 I") l.S inches apart. The rows h'-uld be prer orably 30 Inches or 3 feet 'pvt 1 1 a si the plants will spread a gun I d-.ii and form matted rows is to 24 Inches a mss. Prior to transplanting th" bed shuu.l ba enriched with well decayed 11 ltural f r tllizcr from the stable, with ground bone, superphosphnte and muriate n' p itasn The easiest wav to get plants out ot the pots Is to turn them tr ,-d''c down with the plant between the 11 st and see. ond lingers, against which tl - 1 w 'I rest when the pot Is Inverted nnd t- edge struck vertically downwarl ara' t the edge of a bench or similar sfati n.iry object. Such a motion will 1- ive !-! plant with the ball of earth In one vail while the other hand holds the etrnv pr The ball of earth should not be p a, e 1 deeper than tho level of the surro indln ? soil. The soil of the garden should bo firmed well around the plants hut without breaking the balls of earth taken from the pots. At least six hours before tho transplanting Is to occur the plants should be thoroughly watered so the sol! In the pots will be moist. After tbe ground has frozen enough t permit a wheelbarrow to bo run ovor it without breaking through, a mulch, pre ferably of marsh hay or lawn clippings should be spread over the plants and be tween the rows to the depth of three o four Inches. WHY FOREIGN? Apropos of foreign honesty Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler tells this story. "On a foreign railroad a cimmuter had a row with the conductor. At the end ot the row the commuter turned to a friend nnd said: " 'Well, the P. D. R. will never see an other cent nf my money after this ' "Tho conductor, who -was dcnartlng, looked ba-'k and snarled: " 'What'll you do" Walk?' " 'Oh. no,' said tbe commuter, 'I sp buying tick-ts and pay my fare to you.' " Philadelphia Ledger. You Can Have the Benefit of our age and experi ence If you see fit to al low us to guide you ln surancewlso. Wo offer our counsel and advice ns to the better wav Id Insure. May we servo you? The T, S, Peck Ins, Agency INSURANCE MILEAGES ICS College Str-et 153 tatab. 1S00. 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