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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY", DECEMBER 2V ISJ1G. E FDR FEEBLE-MINDED N'cwcst Stale Institution Mar, 22 Patients. Now IMiliciitliuifi Already ve Mure Thini Double That .Number Properly at !tr:ini1iiii Osl (tSO.lintl ..Nen ll.illillii;;ii tu the Spring. in Mtimf t Mm -Icsi W. i'iiIih w.i". i-i-R-1 ir ! at "e Il'.il'.l v'liinont .vieiiil; , i n ?in.; r . nigh: i iif on tin a 'iv t' his liniiic In Ptanklln from Piati-lon vv here he 'ii in the board fi,!' I' ec'do-Mlndod. in i th- hoard, nil mo) wil'r. the niptii of Um Plato Home t inventor Hates of thn members of t20 pilr.p for tilRlicat Mundlnu; In thin subject, tin has excelled hi the clnp sl'it tluptiKhotit hln college course mill Mow stands hi court or third In his e'nss. -Mr. HrlHinor passed tlio Jitioilcn t. timlliiitlnns two yearn ujjo but vvns thru eonslilprptl too yiuttiu. for tlio po sition by certain inembpis of tho board nil he wnrt then hut JS yours old. Ilo Ih ii mouther of tho poIIprp ib' hutliiK tciini, of tho Helta I'sl frater nity mid Is mriuiiiror of tho nnlvor felly tenuis team Tlie members of the hoard lit Mou lin..-s meeting weio Dr. Guy Potter Hellion. pipsldenl of the Pnlverslty , of Vermont iind president of the ' 'o,ml: the 111. Jtev. A. ''. .. Hall. Iilf.luiii of Vermont; Dr. .1, H. Thomas', president of Mlddlehliry College, iind I Musmi S. Stone, State eoiuinlsslntier of ! ediicntlon. The lion. .1. A. Uclioer of Montpellcr, who In seriously 111, sent n note to the neslilln officer In his own handwriting I'.pp.'oylnsr whatever action the hoard should tako, SEARCHING FOR GEBWIRK SPIES Free Press Reporter Docs a Lit tle Sleuthing in Burlington. "hi.c it. i:. vew- .!. Pred Howntlli, some is rip.ri. '1 he answer lo me sou Whs tiled In the Pulled Slates coi'lt In thlH district for Massachusetts I'rlday hy Mutes, Nav a 1 Ahholt. counsel for tlio Itov. Mr. v k In the answer Hie Itpv. Mr. wilsou I makes complete denial of thn plaintiff's I i hill Re". The case Ir letilniahle at the , Mat'Ii tcim of court. 'state how r fishing village Tiny Republic of Noli One of the Oldest and Quaintest. I'ortllictl li.v it lilas nf ttprninii llcer unit n rrrlxrl, .pMinprr .Mnii Starts tlul nnil ."ilaUrn Ile um il.nbln Ill.ciivci'lrs. DIED WHEN ALONE. Att'iirilM i net nt In i VV underfill I tin !- nf Midi-'limes-I'.v rr) lioil)- It II li-li I'.'il I'niir At no''. I'lilnillxo -tirpr.t Siiiiimer liestii'l. Hint! Shush! lie rait-ful! The Herman r.py l.s In our midst. The rpiort that Paul Koenig's tiotlvlttPH extended to Hut Hus ton led n Prre Press ippoiter tPHlcnlny lloity of .Inlin it. (iniipy I'lininl In in lliittirnnni, John '.). (laney was round dead al hln placu of lesldence, 2il Noah avinuc, about .ppii o'clock Tuesday nioinliir;. lie had prohahly hpen dead iiImiiu hour.", nccoidliif; to n (datement made (,M, nr the odde.l and ipialntci't litt'o hy tho health officer. The last time Independent stales that ever exist, d In anyone saw .mi. i.nne.i was on Monday i,,, niiie tlov Itnimhlle of Noll found. lo huy a "Pen aualu1 ed het'oie Home and malntainliiK lis h -erty for nian. eenlilihs until Napoleon v hi h w f , e at Itrandon, to look over h, lmpro einents which have hut re ditlv la en made on the htilhlliiKS. 'rhe home, of which Dr. Frederick ,T. .iissell is superintendent, and which as made possible hy Hie upproprln 'io of the last l.rnlsluturp, now has room u cue fop 17 children and there luat present lit the home. This Is Ires llnin one-half the number of ap dieatio,, I'orest Park Ririns at I'randon wore jmi chased and the bulld Iiikk hi'e been put Into proper repair nt a total port, IncliidlnK purchasu IM'loo and Iniprovpineiits, of a trifle less limn S-O.OOn. This leaves a llttlo over Sir..ll00 of the appropriation pintle by the I.esislatUle. whleli was Jfi.'.OOD. and work will he btSJii as soon as possible 111 the sprlnn on new bulld Inns on the fiirm. The latest linproveiueiit at the farm Is tin connect Int: up with a sl.-inch main lo tlie lllai;e water supply, which will take tare of anv future de mands ninde bv the home with 1111 PX t t'litiotnilli line supipIv of water. The pin-ill .i.p has also been made modern and all of Ihe leilldinns on the farm are filled Tor pel iiiaiient use ho that tlie honi' whh:h was boupcht at a low Ukuip. Miiikes a ery Kootl purchase for tl e state. I'l'ina for the new hulld'iiius .ire alreiitly under way and nil ar.hlleet will be nut nt work 011 them so that bnildliiR will probably be eotniiK 1'ierl In early spring. Those 1 hlldri 11 v, bo ale at the home are un der proner soper islon, tauKht to work inn. h 10 the same plan as that by w'lich t'.e Industrial school at Ver l.i inn s "- .Tl led on. HOME FOR A(JEI) WOIEN. CHARITY AND CORRECTION (Ml leer.. 1: Mccllim- leeled lit Ailiollrneil A 11 on 111 -Uuarlers re 1 iiaileitiiate. t iho adjm rued nieetiiiK of the hoard of trustict of the Home lev Aed W'ometi. held Monday afternoon at the home at he corner of Hank and SI. Paul streets, the following ntllcprs wcie elecied: Presi dent, V. C. lhain; iee-preslilent, Mrs. K I.lnslry; speretary, Mrs. ('. Tj. 1 Smith, treasuier, 11. T. Ilutter; auditor, V C iRlmin: executive ottmilttee, C. P. I Sinitli, A. '. Whltiin,- and A. li. Crane: boose uininilltpp. Mrs. .1. 11. 'bites, Mis, !" . Kinsley, Mrs. .1. 1 1. Wiles, Mis. IM- ward AVpIIh and Mrs. ('. I,. Smith', board of visltor-i lor two years, Mis. W. (. l.ant Mis. T A. CluniPV, Mrs. 1'. I!. Howe, Mis (i. 1 J, P.irtriilRP. Mis. ltoberi A imp, Hinl Mrs. Alary ''. Saunders. Tho I101110 was rharterpd i'l U! and had Its llrst iitiartprs In a rented house on Klnir otiei-t. In vf, the pipsrnl boildlm; on tlio 'oniPl' of St. Paul and Hank streets was purchased, bill tills is now found to be PliiiieK inadequate with aiioinmotlations for oii.y pluht Innintes. Tlie trustees ie Krpt that at thn pipsent thnp tlipy nip un able to talp erne of a hiruer ni.mbpr, but as soon is an InPrpnspil parlv income 1m lirovided for tlipy will Kindly tnkp meas ' ip. lo do -o. The r I'diealion of a pamphlet for kpii p'.il ilistri'intlon Is now under way and tills villi , ive. In addition to a statement 1 f the "nam ml condition, a complete list of the enntl Ihutors to the endowment fund s mi' it wal started. Copies of this pann hlet, which will bp K.idy for distri bution soon, can bo had by applying to the secretarv, Mr-, r. I.. Spilth of til Sproeo strcel Stale Conference In lie Held In llur llim'eii .Iniiuiir.v II mid I-. In the developnipnt of the ninny shied woik of Institutions of eliarlty ' und In the rapidly ehanfrliiK- methods mid proKi'esH of prisons 11 ml other ' correctional Institutions the need has1 Ihiir been felt of all organization which should briiif? tosethpr thosu who wpip niakhiR such wotlc tholr study or weie eiiKaKeil in curryllip; It on. Vermont Is one of 11 very few States that has not had up to this time such 11 conference, and It is felt hy many that it is lime tint this lack should be supplied. There is no part of the work of either charities or correc tion that does not need study and comparison of methods and results. Tho workers need the Inspiration and stimulus of contact with those that can speak with authority and direct effort to most effective ends. As the result of a preliminary meeting, held In Holland In October, 11 State conference bus been called to meet 111 this city .taiiunry 11 and 1J. There will be a number of speakers of prominence from other Slates as well as those who will rcpiescnt Ihe Work beinff done In this Slate. The subjects to lie discussed will be child savln or work for dependent chil dren: conservation of health, or the work of district and rural nursim;. school intrslni; anil Inspection mid the work of hospitals; tlio work of our State and county penal institutions and public and private charily A jKclieinl attendance of all persons in terested In these subjects Is expect ed. Puller particulars will be kIvoii 'liter. tjiuipy morula", when he went out inornliiK paper. He wns not to do n little slenthllip, which resulted I .Momiay nno was iusiom.ii.ii opui 111 nis Rvvepl nwnv Its prlvlleaen Is In Mime wonderful ills everles conccm-1 ,,H,nr,",ln 'y, ,""",' """'"TB 'tvi n merely ,, tl-hlK vlllnce, but It Iiik .1 band of desperate men who iiro,'-'" 011,1 ':ltf,,t ',"l'U ' 'leMlay 1110111-, ,)f lt.1Mlnders of Its foinier K. worlflni? at this nefarious business In ou- i ,, , . , ( .ami iiil'oiil.s a wonderful (jUmpsc fair city. , r""lcv wi,s with 11 visitor ,,iaeval times. Krce Press man's sleiithliiR started11" oiuinuj ..... ' ' inn 1 lieen tiouoiell w ho mum. sunn, inn illll 1 Tlie I with a iictK"l , pensaiy , the of to-da Is full atnes, of 1111 - t vv.-i, not ray he was scrioiuly 111. Ills hrolher-ln-lavv, John 1'. ltnldwln. left for! Augusta, Ha., last week and Mr. iiimeyi was llvlnff nloue at the lions". Toes- day mornliiK Mr. Iloseuheti; heard a hroivn spaniel, oivned by tlie d.ail 1111111. ', baiklliK Inside the hoiife nnd after a , time went over to see what was Iho I trouble, not havlni; .seen Mr. lianey all ' day Monday. Keaioh of the house to il vealed tlie man's body In the biitluooin, tlie cause of death probably belnn heart I disease. Health Officer Nolan, Chief of ' Police llusselt anil Dr. J. W. Courtney 1 were summoned and after the remains illiilei'takim; Dvvyer. Mr. (iiiue.v ' ase and be I is survived stabllshnienl of !' J. elass of Herman beer and obtained In a llfe-snvlm; dls prpsliled over by a ippres'iita the entente allies. No Infoiiiia- tlon . otild be obtained here since the pietzels weie made. In New Jersey and 110 her-r has been lininrteil from C.er inany sIiipp the oppidni; of the war, as any Intelligent ueucpaper man could easily tell after eonsiinilnir a flein of the Mibstltute. The allies' 1 eprespntntivc said that no Oerinan spies had leporled their presence In the city to him so the scene of action was shifted to the office of the Western Pnlon Telegraph com- 11MIIV. ,,.,, ,., ,,, .i....... liiul been viewed they were taken to th I'lilou off 1 1 e was not able to recall the receipt of any telegrams addiessed lo 1 "fleriuan Spy." nnd said that thov would not have been delivered If received as all of tlie loesseoeer inns it I e In KVmtiathv with the allied poweis. The best that I ,"'t,1 ,,C ,1,ls rll-v; A t"p- t nan.'iKcr could do In the way of te- ""lt " Ml- ""Mwln and .1110 meinbeiim; anv suspicious poisons lurk- leuelved fioni him In reply statini; that Im about the office was lo ncall a man '" ''l' nl ,,,lH ,l,n"' who i.inie In last week and utter statl.i" "lal t'111-'" A!,lll,,' "f -Mt "K'Wti that be was internum; the K, anne meet-' l.l l' "e "t funeral urianne. 1ml- s.il.i 1,.. u.,i,.,i .. v,.,,.i ,u,n..e 1 meiits. Mr. Ashley ai lived 1 iiesday eve- to his wife. After the mes.s.iKo had been "Ini; ulvell lo Ihe leliM'i'niil. ntiet al or. who 1 1''' promptly sent li over the wire, the man who wrote It refused lo believe It had lifPII sent, slnpe tin- yellow tele'Jlaill blank sill! lepnsed on an office llle. lie huiiK around the office for some tine and acted In a straiiKely iiKil ited man-' ner. It Is not doubted that h was a j (lot man spy who know the Moise code and was llstenliu; to the tnessap,es belns 1 was In the filth year of his nldes his hrothor-lu-hiw he by two nephews. John and and the funeinl wi.s held from nndertalilmi looms of Mr. Inv.ver at nine o'clock this lnoinlnK. FINE COW LOSES POISE. rr pn nfler The of a papers win k RHODES SCHOLAR CHOSEN A inlii(iiK'iil 'alls to Itaj nmiiil l fJrlsmer. Honor Mtnlcnt in I :ilprsll,i. Ipiv'iionil I,. Crlsmer or this city, a mci'iiiir of tlie senior . hu.s at the ITrtvers'f of Vonnnnt, waa Monday eleeteij Ithodes scholar from Vpiinont and will no to Holland to take up his nt'. lies at Oxford I'lilvcislty next fall The action of the committee w s in niniou". Three excellent m on w., 1 jiiiildates for the scholarship nc n t Mi (Irisiiier. They weie W. ' tiilln i t of Diirtmouth folleup, far 'oli (! Itoss of Mhhllebury CoIIprp a d Priinl. !J. Toiisley of Tuflii Col 1. Ml ihreo will he oliKlhle two 1 is f 1 rim now. Mr lirh-mer Is thr son of tlio r.ev. and Mrs. C. V. flrismer and Is 11 irrnd inito of the HiirllnKton liish school. "Wluli .1 senior at tlie high sehool ho look thico vcats- Orepk In ono, nnd lit the entrance 1 x.iiulnatioiu nt tho uulv. ' lty ho was the winner of tho STATE V. M. C. A. NOTES. State coaimlttee Is very deslious larce supply of manti'.lnis an 1 ' , or 1 veil hooks, to use in the which II Is hcKlnnhi" with the' many men who are spending the winter In the lumber camps about the State. I The committee hereby nsks for any pel I I odlcala which can be used for this pur-i j pose. AVord may be telephoned the ( I Slale eominitti e's office. tir."-M. and a team will he sent for them. ! The Slate committee lias JuM -eat an ' other chock of SH'i to the world's com mittee to be used for the work of the j V. M. C. A. at the front In the Puro- pean war. This makes a total of $1.1'0 i 'that has been sent from Vermont for1 this purpo-o slnio Inst Apill. The eom niltlcp hopes to raise at least V.O more by April 1. I Secretary Clark has just leeelved a larpo number of baskets, tea table sets, j mats, seaifs, bend chains and other I articles from Wan en Hilstol In Kill ope. These aitleles have all been made by wounded French soldiers, dur in:; their convalescence In the hospitals lit I.yuns, Kim are. With every inlUlo there is a pPisonal note about Ihe man who made it, qlvins his name, homo nd drefs, iioIph about his family, date and place of battle In which he was wound ed, and other Items. These articles are on sale at tho office of Secretary Claik. and the money received for them will be sent back to the man who made them. The prices run from ."'! rents to 3 and the commltteo In anxious to dis pose of them as soon as pocslble. Here is an opportunity to jjlvo two Cluistmas piesents in one, lo a friend and to the wounded soldier who made the article. Secretary Clark ha. Just been reap pointed special held scout commissioner for Vermont hy Hie national comniltte of the Hoy Scouts of America. James P. Taylor has' hem appointed commis sioner for this city. sent and leeelved at Hip office. Postmaster James K. Hnrke likewise was unable to remember any letters bc'iiK received at the postoffiie marked "Herman Sp.v" or "For tlie Prrsldoi t of INDOOR BASEBALL G ROJS 1.1 Centra! Vermont Ry Time Table in KfTect Sept. 12, 1015. T.l.i I.UAVi: ln'UMNT.TOX. 4:10 ,n- J'-"J' for Montial and I'hlc.iKo. 7:l" :'- !" feept Funday, for Jos. ton, Spl'iilinld and New York. Pivlbr l.ufitt parlor tar from 1 11 1 inuton. without clir.nt;", 1 1 . 1:0 itou t - j p. m. ''2') cxt'el'l johiiSbiiry und Sunday, for Pot tltllllt. 10:10 c;:t;nnt Sunday, for P.lrh. ford, Montrual and Ottawa. Sunday only, for St. Al. 10:10 " bnnn. 11:05 "' nl" ror Uostnn, KprlnK- Hold and Now York; for Now J.ondon .veol: days only. Thioush parlor cars and dlnins car3 I'Jssox Junction to noston und Now Vorh. 1"30 ' uscu',t J'"1"!'. 'or t. Johnshv.ry. I'.IO 1'' except Sunday, lor St. Al b"i", Houscij 1'olnt, Osdoni I k, r.lo'nford and Montreal, ' o for Jdontpollor and Whit r Junction. 111., daily, ror jvioniroai anu 'i. .tun. Htaudard slcnper dally, , i.d toiiriut Hli'oplne; cura Mon ii.ivs, Wednesdaya nnd Fridays li I'hlciiKo, vvlthiiitt chaniro. r. p. r.i., nu.'iday only, fur wiilto "Ivor Ju ctlon, j(j p. n-, dilly f v Yoi U. 'i'l ir. fi'om I p is'oii d Uy.-tnulicld, e i'oriiieil In 'tuns Cities lor I'oiiiilai' Winter -pui'l. Indoor baseliall v.ill li,. more popular this winter than c.cr hofore. i'.enlmrnts, clubs, nnd associations of carious sorts am tuklns up tho sport and fuimlns leagues for piny throughout tlio winter. It Is tpilto likely that the tcim "Indoor" will soon ho dropppd for soiiip moro ap inoprlato designation, slncp the pame is fiiowlns to bo more and moip of an out door pastime, the players roIok indoors only when tho weathor Is lmlemoril. In New Yoik city tho Inter-Club llatichnll I.eajrue, coinpored of Ionian from the Calumet, Knickerbocker, Kaciiunt nnd Tennis. Pnlon. Pnlverslty clubs and the Offkoir.' club of tho Twelfth Infantry, National tJtuird, play r very Saturday afternoon In lair weather 011 a small eli"!o".rJ lot 011 Fifth avenue, and on stotiey Saturdays Karnes nro contested In the Twelfth Itefilmont Armory. The name s played with a inurid, rath er soft ball, omovvhnt lnrner than a polo ball, and tho bat Is U'i feet lona mid about the diameter of n In onmsi Ic);. St 1 A j.pico nlKitil thn sie of the ordlunry j baseball diamond will suffice to necom- moilalri a team of six men, liicludliu; pitcher, catcher and flcldors. Tlie Kiuvr was horn In tho rooms of the Knriagut P.oat dub, In Chlr nRo, In 1SS", when i.ev -oral members, I" while awa.v a dull win ter afternoon, played baseball with an old boxlnp; Klovn and a broonisllek. Its Kiovvth until recently has been uradiml. For rlieer Miort, not to say fun, it may be enniniendod without qualification. thp (lermin Spy club" Some of the 1 lerks experienced couslderabl" alarm 11 few days uro when a pnicel jiosl paeka'je contained un Instrument which licked like a bomb with a time explosion at tachment nnd did In fact explode when heitiK unwiapped. aftir helm: tlnown into a pall of water, but tlio Instrument tunipil out to he a Herman alarm clock. A clue obtained at the postofflce resulted In the Free Pi ess man innr"hliiir out to the 1101 th shore vvlu'te a wireless station was repented to be opeialed by Herman 1 relnfoi cements spies, but the onlv wireless appartus that possible with could be ;oon was a small boy's kite, which had Indeed in thp top of a c lump of trops and buns thpip, with its tail llapplncr mournfully in the brppr.e. Slierilf Allen. Chief of Police Itussoll and Fulled States Deputy Miishal Thomas lteeves were also unable to throw any Unlit on the Herman soy situa tion. Tho sheriff and tlie chief of police, however, thoucht the presence of Gor man spies In the city not Improbable as a number of men pui portion to be reservists hi tlie armies of tho allied powers had been arrested for Intoxica tion, and all declared that they hail ob tained their Honor from tall dark slram;pis. who had piovlded Uiein with beer. It Is thought likely that tlie Her man secret serviep ar.'ents are taklni; this means 10 weaken the allied armies by keepIiiK their 1 eervists f 1 0111 Joining, their ranks. 1 A number of the pioinlnent citizens of HurlliiKton of Herman might Were then I interviewed nnd to a man scouted Ihe Idea of thcio bein" any Herman spies Mn 11 irllneton. All UKreed that no one 1 could know better than themselves the j fact of such sphs lieliiR here, lint put I themselves on repaid as saylni' that the I normal's In Hmiinston weio res-pectnblo, hiw-ablilhiK citizens Hut n the Flee Picss man was leaving the last house I ho noticed that the butler, vv ho had over I heard Ids Inquiry coiir ernlntr tins spies, mliinid in a very inysterioii" manner, since obviously there was nothliiK in tlie i 1 eporter'p mission to piovoke his mirth. However, the alert newspaper man at oie e riiHUKcd lilni In convetsatlon and found that he was of Herman birth and had once served in the Herman nini. nl thnuph, as he expressed It. ho hud Muco I become a. "rl.illzed" citizen of this coun try. I ho fa. t Hint the man Is a Her man is conclusive proof of ids KUlit ami a mob of citizens is now helnK raised to mote out to him the punishment which he so richly deserves. I.n llnek upon llpr TlirlllliiK' Itcspiir. When a line cow holonalnt; lo Frank Ixihler, the pioiiiinenl threi-.'icres-aiul-llbpity advocate of Patihlliip I'.ppublican territory, inadvertently tumbled into the cistern at approximately midnight the other nlclit she did not lose her presence of mind for one Instant, ns a eovv of less poise might well have done, but, seeing at a glance that shinning up the smooth eonciete sides of her prison was hardly feasible, she bawled and bawled until Mr. Kilder, an unusually sound slepppr, at last was aroused and came running lo the scene. QuicJdy realizing that one man's strength would avail little In siu li a ' i rlsls, Mr. K rider, not forgetting to1 speal; a few words of comfort and en- , coiiragement to the cow, posted off for and returned as soon as 1 strong posse of pinin- Inent neighbors, tlie chief actress mean while cleverly continuing- her bawling at fipquent intervals In older to xulde her gallant lesctier.s to the spot. Hloek and tackle were not forgotten by Walter Ilnnies, the pioinlnent exponent of of-, fleleney, and ill a nice our cow. lo the accompaniment of the creaking of the lifting device and her own redoubled bowlings, was hoisted to a toua flrina amid a salvo of lipaitfelt chiefs fiom the posse. The warmth of her reception proved too much for the already overw rought 1 nerves of our cow, and, completely losing her head, now that all danger was over, off she canteied at a speed of which' she hoi self lieretofoie had not deeme.l herself capable, block and tackle bound ing along the earth's surface or whist ling in the wind behind her flying feet. Tho fiist blush of dawn was gilding the Fast before she was caught, nnd the , weary posso underwent such a revulsion of feeling towaid her that, if she ever falls into the cistern at midnight again, ' tlio consensus of tho best opinion It that her only hope of egress will He in shinning. Ohio State Journal. A I., It A UM vvon' 1 bo very long until tho Cluistmas week is heie, The brokest time, the bnstedest, of ail the dwindling year: Sometime along In BUmmertlme wo have a skad or two That wp can spend without tegret, and Eoncrallv do; If we could bang onto that skad, and Ita'lier two or ihvre To go with It, when It ame time to tlx tho cluistmas trco We'd have enough of thlnga to fill each little heart with song-- always wo have spent It all etc Christ inns 1 nines along. Ti limping the roads In tii ie looking for trouble limit Mm to 1 .11:0 to Alonlenogl o, v, u roine v. it bin slgot of Henna, upon n fantastic plot e of fanv lanil, 11 relic of tlie Middle Age". This was the rincit-iu Hepublic of Nop, founded befolo Itonie. some sav in t ie days of Samson and Moses Dest roved bv the Cm tliaslnlaiKi in 1M7 11. c, and who knows how often by snnsciiucnt maiaudeis, there scorned no Hi, ill lo In r powers of ipcovoi'.v. This unii'iil llttlo fishing vllhme maintained list If as a Sovereign Stale for centuries, tool, a prominent part In tlie iUairc!s of (iuelpns and niilbellliips, sent douuhiy wait bus to the Crusades, eoinninndod tlio inter- est of Hinpeiors and Pages, and only suppitml ed lit last to the armies of Nn- j poieon. Pant" clainlieied hither over ter rible hills 011 hands ami knees und 10 venged himself hy ciiiislgnins Noll to his "Purgatory." Something soothing und strange distin guishes Noll from oilier fishing viliugi s on tills smiling Idguiian coast. She holds herself aloof, has her own pi o indices, bet own particularism, alino.-l her own dialect. She lememliers that, 111 old dav -, she used to make war against the neigh boring village of Spolorn.i and help Henna to fin li tile I list ii. 11 1, of S.ivoiin , Indeed, tlie man from Spotorna or S.i vonu Is almost a.s much of a foreigner 'herii a.s 1111 Kiigllsliinati or a Swede, lie will lie ihargeil mote thin Noleso for 1 his glass of wine and mes. of maciruiu. ' anil though received with perfet l cour tesy, he finds It tinned with reserve. Fv erynod v Is tieli in Hi's poor man s paradise. Durliig the ant hov v months It is not rare for the hundred and twoni boats to eain eight himdre 1 pounds in a night, or fifteen thousand pounds In a season. Through fish alone, a man earns far mole than a cleri;, besides w libit, he has no "appearances" to k"ep up Finler those happy conditions lie soon acipdies lauds anil houses, which afford a steady revenue while he sleeps or I fishes. Tho eaitli here has onlv to be scratched in order to bring forth wealth, I so lich la the soli and so ninlndant the ! water. 1 t Vou nretl never be dull nt Noli If vol only stroll down to the bear It and watch ' the nets being hauled in hy old nipn Willi ' piratical red raps ami merrv bro'vn maidens of thp glorious l.lguiian l.vpe. What miraculous draughts when thp shoals; of sanllnes or glittering an 1 liovles have ni rl veil: And what a busi ness to spread them out on great trays in tlie burning sun! 1 Tlie chief source of rr venue at Noll,' 1 nowadays, Is the summer ba'lier. A bouse that cost llttlo to build, or may even have been put up bv tho willing hands of friends In leturn for fiuits and wine, will easily fetch foitv pounds for Juy anil August, besides sonietnlng suj .stantial for llle lest of the year In deed, families will pav almost any nrl for the roughest looms during the shori, bright season. They ate Italian visitirs. for the most pat t smart . young men wlio think It necessary to change tle-I, vt'tiirp nt bast four times a dav. an I summer girls always loath 10 dam to tlie si rains of n mechanical piano As most of thu da.v Is spent in the water the bathing establishments drive a r 'ar ing trade. A pound a month Is the usual vice for a cabin: otherwise life Is cheap ?iiou:h accoidlng to our notions. For lust. 1. re, at tlie Alberifo d'Kuropa. I Was offered full board and wine galore, vlth .1 bid room and sitting-: hi m at.fi balconies on the front, all for seventy-five . 1 nis a day. From the Wide Woild Magazine. WHY JAPAN MUST EXPAND. Hill We SUPPORT FROM VESTRY. 1 nt blow It in and think wo'Il save tlio very next wo get; thai is a re'olvo we have not lived up to till yet: Otllcliils or flrv. C. C. W'tlmiii's th ii roll Wo spend a llttlo hero and thcro the i;.x.re Their Confidence l Hint. ! whll "e al"!'K' , . ,. , , To buy h llttlo happiness, a llttlo bit of Complete ponlidpnpo la ids "honor and i H)n. probity" and assurance to glvo him all, ,,'.,.,, eilri,imn. iim. .. Willi all Its Joy and cheer OK 0:55 1J r Poston and I "on, ;h s lecpln .Inn. Holt to New Yoil: v i.J WHY ONK WJND.MIIJ. STOP PHD. Fvcrylhlnif In tho dear old Ullage seemed tlio sumo to Junes ntler his ah stiieo of four .vpurs. Tlio oltl chinch, llle vlllngo iminp, the ducks on tho green, thi' old men sinoklnr; whilo their wives gossiped It vvns so trstful nftPr tlio I null nnd b'latle of Ihe city. Siuldenly he mlHseil fcontothiiig. "Wheio's Jloilgo'n windmill?" lie iisked In surprlBo. "I can only et t'Mo mill, and tiieto useil lo bo two," Tho tiatlvo gazed thoughtfully liuiiiil, ns If lo verify the statement. Then I ho said slowly: "They pulled nno down. There weren't ciioii';h wind for two of 'ni'" New Vol'; (llo'ie. Fv'e ' , b 1 j.uik. irj U'c n r ms'.'ii' 1 " tilt v urlvcin li tlie tlip asslotaiico In Its power weie pub llcly announced Simduy by tlio vestry of the Church of Our Saviour, at Hos ilndaie, Mass., In tefprriice to the Milt Illtd against tho i color, ihe Rev. Charles c. Wilson, formerly of this city, bv Ml.,s Kama K. Johnson of .Mlnneapolii' a former student nt thn Pnlverslty of Vermont, who seeks to leeover Kfi.ur) damages for alleged breach of promise to marry. The Following itillclc appeared In Pit day's Huston Journal. "Tlie estry of the ChittPli of Our Saviour, itosllndalo, will glvo their lec tor, tho F.ov. Charles C. Wilson, de fendant In a Wrt alleged bieoeli of promlfco suit, tiled by iittoine.v s for .Miss Kmirii Kiiulsa .lolinsoii of Minneapolis, Minn., In tin- Fulled States dlHtrlot coin t, all tho assistance in their power to ohliilii Ids vlndlc.itlnu, ll wa an uoiinc oil veslerday, ".Mi. Wilson orricl'itpd at tho services as usual during the tiny and no lefer eiico was niuile to tip. case other than what was printed in thn parish weekly, delivered lo til.) parishioners. Tlio fol lowing statement was printed lu tho leallet: "'Our teetor having suoi ended In (ore lug uttoineys to flic their papeis III his alleged breach of piomlso suit, your' vestry has ouusdilpicd the matter In' special henslon anil lias unanimously ' voted Its conlldeiicn in Ills honor mid probity and will glvo lilni all of iho nsslslnncn in Its power to obtain ids' v indliMiVi,, nnd havo apiiolnted thef s. i lu iiaiibn .mil th. cleil, as a t'om leiiieo l i liHti.H. this on bilia'f i.J the v. ti iiiit' I a pa Is-li. "The tculur iwurdeu of tho church Id i It Is the brokest, bustedest time of tho dwindling yenr: We havo not anything to buy the ilhbons and tho toys And. oh, wo know such hr.tps nnd heaps of little girls mid bos. .Vo doubt lt' V'.iuse our into l.s good wo mil thole beneath and buy a llttlo roa d to And spend u little hoto tlio summer sky To buy a llt'le liappines song Fur those, who trudge life's ioey when ihi.vs aro hot and long; Wo know Hint wo can get th,. thing load the Clul.-'tmaR houghs, The Mocking IIHetl "Itli things to oat, (lie dolls and rubber cows; And so wo look to Christmas morn, with conlldeiico sublime We'd liate to not he bunted eyprj year at Christmas time! Jitdd M. Lewis in Hoiii-iou Plena. Nation Plnor lliiilleiill . from l'ns!e IIiipcn of liidtn and I'ltliwi. Deeplv as We may sMupatln.e with ,!.c Chinese, v.e shoulil not hasilly iiitn'.se .n eondeinn the expaiislonisl p.diO; of J.ip.i.' In ponoldei'Ing tho iai.se- and po.-'-l. le Miills of that r.xpanslon, certain fundamen tal truths are . lien overlooked b vvute s wlio iipjirocch tho far-caMei n ii.iosl ii, i from a sent'menial iioint of view. In tlio firnt place, it must be boino In mind that tho Japanese uatlun dllTpia ludicalh fiom the typically passive oriental lan's of India and Cltin.i. It Is, in tho words of John Stuart Mill, an "active, helf-holphm'' , people, a people Inspired not only by Ideal . of Imperialism, but possessed of sluing martial instincts. When In India us china liio presenile of population upon food uii plies becomes acute, the p.ttlenl tolling millions accept death with fatalistic les Iguatlou. lty thousands and tens of thou sands, almust uncomplaining, they go t i their graves ns lo beds, ac. epilog plague, pestilence, iind famine a p.iit of llle In evitable bin den of huninnin Onlv in the southern maritime provlnt es Hie nuue vr lie Inhabitants In China Itave endeavtneil to lessen this burden b emigration. iv sieking work und wealth over-sets; lull individually and collet tlvel.v the i.i' e i lacklng In the "self-helping ' itistim 1 which solves such piohleius of cxpansio l hy warfare anil the survival of the llttest III Hie second place, It m ist he leiucie beied that Japan's vital need or whlee fronlleis. new sources of I nod siippp . and new niaikets for her ImluMiles has been In vtr.v gic.it measiiip forieil upon liei h tlio policies and example of the nglo Saxon peoples, lu self-ileleltse they havo leal noil fioni us the orgnulat Ion of ma- eliliio labor In cities; following our ex ample, they have pas-cd swlftlv front tho condition of ail ngrb ultural lo Hint of a t industrial natlt n.-.l. A. I'. Hland lit tlio .lauuurv Centiii ". . A N I ' 'TIS It ALLY SO. There Is. a story going th rounds that a certain Jut or In a ieeenl lourt cam lost Ills overcoat illiiliilf tho Hinl. Sahl juror lansacked thinugh eveiythlug lu the court loom, rici.orilllig to tlio sloiv, in uuest of Ills coal. Finally one of thn attendants noticed tho man upsuttlug tilings h, the coiirl loom und bo approaclied him. "Whtifs tlie mutter?" said the atten dant lo the Jin or. "I lost my oveicoat. teplle.l tin luior. "You'io mukllig more fus.s over n tluin some .Ptiilo tl" when thov n",. their sills,' siiltl Um atteiiiluiii ,,nil befoio Hie , ,nr ctmbl recover lilni.se' f Uic uttendanl vv.iii out of bight. A NKW HAM P. .Mrs. Motlreevy was u dinner unci on ovonllig vvlieie a lulled extdolPr wan Hip attraction. Ileliig of a nunewliat hitlguK tuiti of mind, she paid morn nitration in her dinner than to the conversation. After dinner was over slie turned to one of thn guests and asked: "What was that tlio. some old cMihucr talking about?" "Pro greslvo Patagonia," vvas the tepl.v "ltpiilly?" aslvPil Mrs. McHipevv wfllt sud iIpii Intcipsl "Vnd how do vou plnv It"" -IMllladclplila Ledger 1'lie U 1 UC. icsir.th!e .ulveltis1 pi, I. en to t.uard J. Js ) us adv sho' 1 ;ttlscd'. The W. G. Reynolds Co. Carpets Furniture Linens Even though Christmas is a time for liberal giving, one is not averse to saving, espe cially when it can be done on purchases of things as re liable and worthy as these. Kemember then, please, that from now till Christmas eve. 23 DISCOUNT lor .spot cash or net prices for extended dating, due June 1st, 1916, CAN BE HAD On Every Piece of Solid Ma hogany in the Store On Every Ladies' Desk of Whatever Wood Made And on Every Electric Lamp Linen Damask by tlie yard cut in lengths to suit each individual, has always been and is now a reliable and pleasing Christmas trift. OUR BIG LINEN STOCKS are being- called upon daily to supply this Christmas need and we assume that the values below quoted are one of the big reasons why. UNBLEACHED DAMASK in 60 and 66 inch width absolutely all pure linen, in a choice range of patterns at 50c, 65c, 69c. 85c, 30c and $1.00 yard. BLEACHED LINEN DAMASK Full 72 inches wide many of the patterns in the newer satin stripe effects, 75c, 89c. $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. $2.00 yard. BLEACHED DAMASK TABLE SETS with cloth and napkins to match many of these in the round and oval patterns so much in demand, set $6.50. $7.50, $9.00, $12.50 to $.'55.00. NAPKINS in an endless variety to match damask and separate. Rare values at .9Sc, $1.25, $1.50. $1.75, $2.25 dozen Extra fine qualities at $;.75, $5.50, $7.50 to $10.00 dozen . i , , , We are headquarters for the celebrated "Hot Point" Electrical Appliances Each piece bought and given makes some one's home life just so much happier. Chafing Dish Exactly like cut. Just the thing for a rarebit when company drops in for an evening. No bother, just push in the plug, com plete $12.00 and this handy little HOT BOTTLE complete with cord $4.50 Electric Flat Irons, each S..OO Electric Percolators, each $5.00 Electric Ovenettes, each $2.50 Select an Easy Chair for Father or Mother An extraordinary assortment can be found here and we have just the style to meet your particular needs. OAK CHAIRS AND ROCKERS with upholstered or quartered oak seats at $4.50. $5.00. $6.50 and $7.50. OAK AND FUMED OAK CHAIRS. ROCKERS AND MORRIS CHAIRS with slip cushions, upholstered in vel our, tapestry and ieather at $7.50. $9.00. $10.00. $12.00 to $25.00. Handsome Reed and Willow Chairs, Rockers With and without cretonne upholstering at $.'.50, $5.00, $7.50 to $15.00. Why Not One of These for Someone ? A BRASS BED. A WHITE SEWING MACHINE, A SILK FLOSS MATTRESS. A MAHOGANY CLOCK, A MUSIC CABINET.