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t e r t a l n e d t h e y o t i n g . f o l k s of t h e eon i ­m u n i t y a t - a c a m o u f l a g e party last Sat'-". o i r d a y . ' e v e n i n g . - , . S i n c e ithe occasIorS w a » s o near- va lent ine* day t h e r o o m s o f t h e M e t h o d i s t p a r s o n a g e were artta-t i c a l i y d e c o n i t e d wl thrhearLs o f red a n d p ink , f e s t o o n e d ori'JtSe w-ajl« and' In t h e wlndbws^rvMu'cht-ariitiMitne'nt w a s c a u s e d b y ' t h e t i p p e a r a r i ? ^ of t h e sll?.nt mtusked flgures . a s . thft- t o o l r t h c ] p l a c e s o n e b y o n e jn. .the. parlor. S o m e v e r y a m u s i n g a n d u n l 9 u e c o s t u m e ? w e r e d i s p l a y e d , t h e m o s t i n g e n i o u s p e r h a p s o f ; Which w a s Gertrude C h e r r y ' s reprteentat loni-Of t h e B o s t o n P o s t . . H e r , w h o l e , ^oBttiriie w-x-* a r i e s of advert l sem^rits . ' . cui f rom t h e P o s t a n d d e c o r a t i n g t h e c o s l u m e In f r i n g e a n d bonds. , Marlbn T h o m p s o n Wils v e r y o r i g i n a l i is 'Valehtlne—^i g r e a t d e a l of woric b e i n g put'f lnto the d e c ­o r a t i o n of m a n y . - r e d - J i ^ i s over hftr. dres s . A g r e a t m a n y o t h e r s w-ere we l l w o r t h y of n o l l c e — J u n e , ' Spring. L i b ­er ty . R e d C r o s s n u r s e . ChrLstm-is spirit , tw-o g h o s t s , a n u n . a sunbonne t girl , w h i l e a m o n g t h e g e n t l e m e n R o g e r T u n e , a s G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n , a t trac ted the m o s t a t t e n t i o n , a l t b o u g h Glen P a r k e r , a s a c l o w n , c a i n e in for h i s s h a r e of mention' . ', -•;'

T h o s e u n m a s k e d fornied a c o m m i t ­t ee tb Ru^ss u p o n thev'n iasked o n e s a n d w h i l e sor i ie o f therii w-erc eas i ly to ld , a n u m b e r . o n l y - R e v e a l e d t h e i r i d e n t i t y b y unmaskihg. i , - )

G a m e s w e r e , t h e o r d e f of the e v e n ­inK, t h e m o s t a m u s i n g iperh.aps be ing t h c d r e s s - m a k i n g clas8;'w-hich a l l t h e g e n t l e m e n , a f t e r sccuiTriK t h e i r par t n e r s b y . : m n t r h l n g l i t t l e h a n d - p a i n ted, s u n b o n n e t dolta p r o v i d e d by o n e of the C a m p F i r e Girls , w e r e - l n v l i e d l o Join, I l w a s a i l m e : o f greaO m e r r i m e n t , a s w i t h n e w s p a p e r s a n d pins, f a s h i o n b o o k s b e f o r e ."them, t h e y fa.shloned a g o w n for t h e l i j fa i r ope . T h e g ir l s w e r e Quite sat i s f ied t h a t w h a t e v e r o c ­c u p a t i o n m a y C h a n g e tjie' fu ture h o l d s m a n y poss ib i l i t i e s In the w a y o f m e n d r e s s - m a k e r s o t Pcpperfell. G len P a r k ­e r s e c u r e d thei first Wize . this g o w n p r e s e n t i n g s o j i n a n y _ 4 ^ o u I t a n d w e l l a d j u s t e d . dero"rafidiuuSiB03tiSylv<wter t h e s e c o n d , o n h i s prlnCeS-i g o w n , and B e r n a r d Sh'erw-ood. th ird , becau.se of t h e n e a t l y a d j u s t e d flounce. .

S i m p l e r e f r e s h m e n t s of ico c r e a m a n d c a k e w e r e served a n d all rei iorted a vory cnjoy . ib l e eveninK, I'rivate Dre-,v o f C a m p D e v e n s w-.is a .suosi of the e\-eninj;. T h e r e w-ere a b o u t fort> p i e s ­ent .

Overcoats OF EVERY KIND FOR MEN AND BOYS

We have a large stock of warm, handsome Overcoats suitable for this cold weather: Every man will find here something that is sure to please him. We have the Dressy Overcoat cut 42 inches lorig, and the-Heavy, Long Coat with kurge storm collars.

The quality of goods, and the making of the garment is the usual high grade which this store has always offer­ed its c\4g^ers . The prices asked are far and away below their present market value. It will pay you to buy an Overcoat now for future needs, as prices on this grade of merchandise bids fair to advance greatly before next season comes around. Think it over.

Men's Fancy Mixture Overcoats $12 .50 , $15 .00 , $18 .00 , $20.00 , $ 2 5 . 0 0

Boys' Fancy Mixture Overcoats $8.47, $10 .00 , $15 .00 , $ 1 8 . 0 0

SHEEP-LINED COATS and ULSTERS Nothing made that is so serviceable a i ^

so warm for the money. An ideal coat tor any man who is oiit in all kinds of weather. Prices are away below market values. Sheep-lined Coats:.. $ 9 . 0 0 to $18 .00 Sheep-lined Ulsters $ 1 5 . 0 0 to $35 .00

A, G, Pollard Co THE STOEE FOE THEIFTY PEOPLE

New

Cottons SPECIAL PEICES FOE THE ADVANCE SELLING—Eight in Time for February Sewing

ill ;i!l llu- tlfsirable .shades fine l U K i l i t v ; w o i ' t h 30i- ,

p e l -

v i i r d .

\ o i - y p n - t t y f a b v i c . f n r w a i s t s

Ulster Lisen Sui'taiig^54 inches -wide, plairi en, 1 0 0 Pieces Diana Nainsook—.^6 inches wide, extra

yard pieces only; special priee. a piece Silk and Cotton Foulard Patterns—.36 inches \iide:

dresses; special price per yard Percale Eemnants—Just received five eases dt' extra fine Percale, oG inehes wide

large assortment of stripes and small ti!,'iU'es. in light aud darlt; worth :iOe,; per Poplins, Auto-Oords, Beach Cloth—.' G inches wide, plain (-olors only, in all the new sh

Special price per yard

lioC

in 10-S 2 . 5 0

STORM COATS and FUR COATS Fur Coats in Dogskin, Galloway, and

Horsehide; Storm Coats in Montana Buf-fato, Astrakhan Cloth and Patrick Cloth, all wind proof and storm proof. Far Coats $25 .00 to $50 .00 Storm Coats $20 .00 to $35 .00

WINTER CAPS Every kind of Winter Caps, both in

Cloth and Fur. Also, all kinds of Yam Toques and Helmets, or Aviation Caps. Men's Warm Caps...... 5 0 ^ to .$1.50 Boys' Warm Caps 2 5 ^ to 6 5 ^ ' Men's Fur Caps $4 .00 to $ 7 . 0 0 Men's Yarn Toques.... 7 5 ^ arid $ 1 . 0 0 Boys' Yarn Toques. . G5i^ and 7 5 # Helmets, or Aviator Caps '75^ to $r.'50~ Scarfs and Toques for Women and

Girls ". $1 .00 to $ 2 . 5 0

T o w n Mot'tl i is . .Vrtirle T. Voted, o n m o U o i i of I.ouis

P . S h a t t u c k . th.-tt. t h e fire a larm sys ­teni be rt.''Cc)nstructe<l ij>' int^tdHins a comj/.'e.'i^pd air s y s t e m in. the- Foster s t roe t e n g i n e h<TU^e. a n d aI>o a uni-ver.'^al box" in the t e l e p h o n e offlce. and to d i s c o n t i n u e aM the bo.xe.-; e-^cept the f o u r 0] \ Miiin s treet , a n d tha t thf-town ra ise and apj iropr ia te t h e sum or' $2000 to pay for the b e raiHod e a c h >ear of nnd 19 l'l .

ArticU* Si. V,>:ocI that the ti -.vi*. rc-l fa>c and Quitclaini u n t o 'Hiirry K. W h i t e a l l i t s riu'ht, t i t le and .aterest if a n y in Di>trirt i^choolhouso Xn. •*.

.same: ?:oo u-li 'is. vn'.\ r.*2C

a n d the land to a u t h o i i z e .\'l t reasurer . i''< e \ d e e d or iiistruir.-into effect.

Art i c l e i*. 'Vf trn.und ooniv.iisv t r u d e Carter. >?: WilHuni H. l;e*'v.-F r a n c i s Druinni .

A r t i c l e TJ, \ ' of the vo ter s "f meotinc- a.<s

r t i p u o u s ther'"'-: ,dis.-.a W o o d w a \;ecute the n n • •!it l o car.-\ th

SWEATERS How about a good Sweater?. We have

them in plenty—all kinds and all colors. Our prices are less than present wholesale prices Jo_r_ijke_gualities. Men's Sweaters".!".."."" $1 .50 to $8 .00 Khaki Siveaters $5 .00 to $8 .00 Khaki Sleeveless Siveaters

$3 .50 to $6 .50

RUBBER FOOTWEAR . . . In spite of the scarcity of Rubber Foot­

wear we .l^ve,.aiairly good stock _tQ_meet your requirement. We carry the very best qualities to be found in the market. You will find here such makers as Gold Seal, Red Seal and Goodyear Glove

Heavy Rubber Footwear to be worn with heavy socks and also Felts and Overs are here in plenty. We have a dozen dif­ferent kinds for you to select from.

to New Opening 9 p. m.

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Rugs and Art Squares Three hundred aad more that are offered at much below their actual worth—the end of

the year's clean-up from a big rug manufacturer.

of the wor ld

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n o w a s aUva>> to suppfT"* t^-" Prates jn wh.i t a k e to pr*-ser\ s a f e t y of aur tla-4 o f the F a u p o n I'epper*-! for the dura t io of thU Vote i. r e c o r d s by thf res iduti

•fl tha t it is l!:e s ense : "f i'epiiQrel! in j innual mlvl'"i. Ihat the c i t izens f I'f . ' l 'erell in the pre.sent r.'i - . . itional cri.*is. s tand > wi'h all the ir rt-sonrces,

1 1. - id en t of t h - l.'nited :,si-"ver ac t ion he n iay (• ;: " diijnity, hor.or and f i 'untry, ar.d that the te I S t a t e s be d i sp layed •.•.'.\-n h o u s e at all t in ies

1 /.;• the w a r : that^a copy • p, teetj trpon the town town c lerk. T h e a b o v e

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Agents for LEWANDO'S Laundry and Dyehouse

Pepper^-'il will bo co;-,fror,ted :-ext M o n -1 da>' w i t h a <iiJ»-.-<tio:i t h a t far -.mnscend.'-

c-mvil .-^fl i^' e\-,-r, ir.tj L - T h o n i i ) , ^ s . t t . - t o > ;i

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•roll w i t b a su i tab le - v o t e of t'nariks w-a.s ;in:t to Mr, D e w a r e L-ift, Mte follow-inp: a p p r o -

r t h i i 'J9.00

20 Eugs, Velvet, 814^101/2 ft., in Orient.-!! designs ami colors; w 2j5 Rugs, Velvets, 9x12 ft., Oriental and floral designs and oolo.s 18 Eugs, 814XIOV2 ft., Seamless Tapestry Brussels, Oriental and floral desi-.-ti

"10"'Eup,"6-9x9'itr, Tapestry Brussels Weave, regular price $17.r)0 Mottled Axminster Eugs, 27x64 inches, fanc.v borders; regular prico $H,.')0 1V ott t»/ ATminatcr Buffs, 36x72 inches—Roman border."!; worth li S.OO, no\v

ll

?19.00 $21.00

.50, ?20 $12.88 $1.98 $3.79

36 Eugs, size 9x12 ft.. Seamless Tt^estry Weave, worth $25.00 18 Engs, size.8i4xl6y2 ft., Good Axminster Weaves; regular price $32.00 8.Eugs, 7Vix9ft., Seamless Tapestry Bnuaels, Oriental patterns and colors: 6 Engs, 6x9 It., Tt^estry Brussels Weave; regular price $12.98 27x64inch Velvet B u ^ ; Orientals and florals; regular price $2,25

• 22l^xS6 inch Door Mat siz*. Good Axminster Eugs; regular price $1.98

$20,00

$17.98 $25.00 $15.00 $10.98 $1.79 $1.49

includlnK'

A. G. Pollard Co.

s a m e t i m e s tated w a r e had expre."-.--the t o w n of l'ei»i llair. A imftninio:. Kiven by th« - me-for h is jrent'rous

U n d e r . \ r t i ( l e •' priationw w r e m W a t e r hoir ls . . . T o w n charK-''^ Hoard of H.-al:h HlKhways . . HridSTPs . . . C u l v e r t s . . S i d e w a l k s . . STI'->W p a t h s . . . . Ctuide board.-J . W.itt'rintr troui;!,-CuttinK bruvh ?'lre rtep.artni'';-'

salarl^-f* Hydrant s.-rv ir-I*oor df p.l rt m* " t

i'aharle;' . . Schoo l s , incUulii.k; In teres t Po l i c e <lepai tni'-T, OutHtandinp bill'-Moth department T r e e warden . . .

-I^^aTTBt-ftre wnrd** Stroe t llffht.'" . . C e m e t e r y commit H e a r s e u p - k e e p I n s u r a n c e Compen5>atlon in; Mothers* penfioi

f rom State an-i . . . . . . , « . S ta te Aid. Soldiers* rel ief . , , T o w n hou.te P l a y g r o u n d . . Care of town cio-k . . v . w . S e a l e r o f welKht^- nd meaa

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bonds Gravel pit n i v e r s t ree t r e p .

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.r;rl.'. d a s o r i o u s re- j k- ' . .-n p l a c e d u p . : .

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Wo publish the followine Papci>: Turner's PUWIL- .'Jplrlt, Ayor, .HtuK. XlM tinituu IxviKlouurk Thc-Pcpfierell XUarioik-AdvcrtlwY Tfao IJUIuton c; uldon The W'cbtXord Wardsman Tbe Har>'ard Hlllxldu The faurlpy Oracle Tbe TOH-nnc-nrd Toorin Tbe Brooklino t x . H.) Beaooa Tbe HoIUs (N. H.) HumcKtead

Entered as eecond-class matter at tbe ooatofQce at Ayer. Masa,

Saturday. (lebruAr)- 23. lUltJ.

-WESTFORD Center.

Mra. H. V. Hlldreth's faithful ef­flclency as leader of the local brunch

_ of the Red CYOKS IS well known «ind •we learn this week that her mother. Mrs. 'Wlillam Read, of Gnmlteville, ably supplements the work with indus­trious knittins: ,at home. Mrs. Head will bo seventy-cfKht years old in Jdarch. and has Just completed her flfty-second pair of stocklnpt: We wonder If there ore many who can ex­ceed this record.

mbert—K«Hi«y;—of- they were ln-«ach-ether'u watH»fr-tlnK>.

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Wellesley. Is spendinK the Kceoter part of this week in Westford. tho guest of

• Airs.' J. Herbert Fletcher. The second in the series of dancing

parties for the- children following;' the claJases, earlier in the season took place in the town hall on Tuesday afternoon. Hain and hard travelinK affected the 'Attendance, but a good number en­joyed the afternoon's party. , Sirs. Buckshorn. Mrs. Preacott and Miss Ruth FlaKK had the care of thc after­noon and yred. E. Meyer was thc pianist. , , '

Tho second union service look place at thc Congregational church on last Sunday with Rev. Howard A. Lincoln preachlnK the sermon and Rev. Louis >!. Buckshorn. in charge of the rest of the service. The two pastors' will al­ternate In preaching during the union eervlces. therefore Mr. Buckshorn will preach : on Sunday. ,

Mr. and Mrs. Honry M. Wright, of Quincy; ^re e.xpccted guests at H. L. Wr'Sht's for over the holiday. ,'t The home s>lii'd drill, wtth Inspec­tioii, went oft nicely at the town hall

.on Tuesday night. Thc rnen acquitted . themselves •well in the various_raanseu--

•vres for the inspectlns offlcer, Capt. .Staples, o f Bosto'n. Interested specta­tors In the gallery watched the pro­ceedings with .much interest.

John P. Wiight, who has been con-.fined to his home with sickness, is much ntore comfortable.

Mfss Bunce's many friends are g lad, to "leafn, that she 1» maWjie a goorf^ convalescence from her Illness. Dur^ •Iss her aT>sence Miss May Day is ' in charge' of the somewhat limited li­brary service. • • ,,.,J. Henry, Colburn is reported as seriously sick.

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ninck club took place Monday after­noon lit thc Congregational vestry.

45|IlOT<;^Oward ,pre:slded. opening the ii iet ing' irtth" patriotic greeting. Let­ters of appreciation were read from Mrs. Wetmore and Mlss jounce for flowers sent to th,em while sick in hos-

^ pital. Special notice of the mid-win­ter meeting of the State Federation of Women's clubs at Chelsea. Febru-

, ary. 20, was given. Mlss Howard made ' sympathetic mention of Mrs. Perkins, the-club's first secretar>-. who has so recently met with bereavement In the death of her husban'd. the late 'Wil­liam A. Perkins, at their home in Woodstock. Conn. The names of Mi.sses Alice and Madeline McDonald were accepted into membership.

In place of the annual guest night -R-hlch »>is not held this year, the -sum of Jio wa.s voted to be given to the Hed Cra..--s and $5 to the work for I-tencJi relief, Mnt. Charles D: Col-l>urn proce.Ud and clo.sed the after-noon'.s pro^-i-ani with enjoyable solos -with her (iant^hter Elinor as accom­panist.

A roll call of homo helps -was re-Kp<-.ndo.l to w-itll holpful variation and orlKinality. aftor which oamo the read­lnK of o. fottr-act drtiin.'i, -l.a.iy Windo-mero's ftin," in charge of t'ne litertlture tind lihrary o-ittension ooiiiiiiitt.-.-, Mrs, Wllllam C, Koudenbush, rliairinan. Thofee w-h.i retid tho variotis char,ictfrs were; .Mesdames H, V, H;Ull-e;'ii, H, W, Htldrttli, Lincoln, liotiilonl-usli, Weli.s. Buckshorn, Whofloi. llaitl.-tt and Sutherland and thf .Missos Howard Drew and Day,

At the ne.vt- nioftinK-, March ••., .Miss Mary G. Raich wtil i.e tho ..;,-.iker: .subject. "Humor in tirt, "

The lied .'ross circle at the Black­smith's cornel- tnet at .Mrs, HoUKhton OsKootl's home -.ll last Week Thursday, A KOod d.-al of wo: k w,i> .lO.-.mlpllshed and tl tto.-.l tiitiiiy w*-ie ;.res.*nt, . \s It was \ tlif nil:;.- s d i\ tii,.] ,ils.. the htith-day of t!t.- !:...tf—-, i •• i-.a:ii and de-lioi.o.is f,.!.... -uit.i";.- tu t'tf .:,.> wcro ~f 1 , . .1.

I-'ood ('oiifoi-ono<.. Tno Ml.ttt!''se\ oouiit\- cotif. rence on

tood slU'l'lv met a; ;he'stat.- house on Tuesday, ThLs conforenco was called by the .M.isstu-htisetts Hoar.l .if Food ,\dtiiinlstratioi: an.l the .Middlesex • 'ounty K(ii-:n Ituro.iu, 'Pl!.- original ciill w-;vs f.'i- the confereii.-.- to be held in Walthiini, but- wii» chatixed to thi; sttite house t>y better convenience of attcndiiiK, K. Howell l'r..slj.\, of Ar­llnKton. food udinlnlstrator for Mld­dlesev county, pre.slded. .\inonK the (lue.stions dtscussed were "Why we should produce more and save our food supply, the task before the United Spates for 191S." This question was ubly .d Iscussetl by Prof, Carver, of Harvurd. "IU-8Ult» ^ f the 191" cam-palKn In Middlesex county and conclu­sions u« to the future in food produc­tion—professionals and amateurs—In food preservat,ion in food conserva­tion,," This wide reaching question was opened .up and. presented to meet factsbyJohnD. Wiliard. secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Food Adminis­tration. "Food production resourc<;,5 of Middlesex county.'' This question and its twin, "Thc organization of Middle­sex county for food production." was discussed by many volunteer speakers so eager to contribute their "bit" that

Back to ye old time farming.- with modern machlneo' w-as the chorus in unison on tho question of more food in Middlesex county and a unanimous backing of the State Board of Agrl­ciilture on the bill before the legisla­ture for the right to buy farm ma­chinery—reapers, threshers and trac­tors. This looks vei-y much like rais­ing our own bread, which the United States Board of .\sriculture is urging the south and Xew England states to do. and wc may as well begin this year to take les-sons In yoking our-scU-es Into old-fashloncd' ralsinx our bretid for the one emphatic -ivord all over New England this year Is "ttrain,"

ular meetinK on 'W'ednesday aflernoon with the u.sual large number in at­tendance. The local auxiliary are now-making plans to preseiit every GraTi-iteville boy now serving In the army and navy sbme useful gift as a token from the frieiids at home.

Mrs. Mark Palmer has recently re­turned from a very enjoyable visit spent with friends in Boston.

Mrs. JuUa B. W ^ l visited relatlve.s In Charlestown this week. A nephew, John Horan-. of the navy, intends to sail.for foreign shores soon.

The heatless Mondays are still "In force here and the people are anxious­ly w-aiting for the ban to be lifted.

The rains of the early part of the week has caused much of the snow to disappear, and it is hoped that the weather will moderate enough to take the ice with it.

Fred Longley has enrolled in the United States public service reserve, department of labor. It Is expected that others of this village 'R'ill soon follow his example.

Miss Alice Harrington is confined to her home w-lth an attack of the measles.-

ter of-the Oranitevlllo Boy Scouts for thrco years and w-Jll be greatly missed. His plac- w-lll be taken bj- Clarence Dane, assistant «coutni;is;cr. The. y.jiiilK iiltiii luih been <-losely connected with tlu- ,Mothodist chui-ch in Gninltc­vllle, Where- he horvod as orKtmlst for iHMjIy six yeavf. He w-;is .ilso bugler ill Ih.- .Mass.ichusetts st..te ittiard, ' He leavos f,iv t^uinp l>e\<-ns -viith tho best V, :sh.,> .if Jt wide circ'e o-f frlotiils.

Granitevllle. . .Albert B. Ciars Is quite ill at his

home. The members of Court Granitevllle.

F. of A,, held their reKular meetin;: on la.st Thursday evening with ti good at­tendance.

Many trpm here attendod the drill and inspection of thc Westford com­pany of the stato guard that was held in the town hall on Tuesday night,

he local Red-Cross held their rcK^caf lon"sunday" and" t^n' be'observed

LITTLETON

On aceouni of s;cknofV.s a!ul iiu'lciii-eju weather the inptalkitlor. of i'fli<eii« in lho Pride of Njishobah htlge of OtUl I-adles hart l>cen~po5tponcrt iir.TlI-J'lly At the meeting: on Montlay eveninK Siistcr Stapleford and .Sj ':e Barteaux nerved. Hooverized refre.**hnients. The names of two candidates were pro­posed for udml«slon.

Worshippers .at the ConK'tKatlonal church wer* somewhat alarmed by tho volume of smoke that issued from the Turnai?o"on~Sunday~«Torntnp, trnt'thp discovery of the trauble—a loose pipe —led. to a prompt remedy. ulthouRh Deacon \V. E. Conant wa-s uliKhtly burned in, doinfi: rescue work. The auditorium in the ve. ctry v.-jm uncom­fortably smoky during the early part of the service, but. everyone was thankful that the church edifice was saved, and that condltion.5 were no worse. The presidlne minister prpved himself master of the situation. an<l instead of being disturbed he made thc circumstances servo of real iujslwtance in the masterly, presentation of his nie-''H-'^C*^. •• .,. _'. ,• . . . . . . .

A ver>* pretty birthday party at O. Kdward Prouty's on la.si Saturday is reported as having bcon frlven in hon­or of the elder of Mr, Prouty's little boys.

The selectmen have organized with Charles D. Smith a.s chairman and I«anKdon Prouty as clerk.

J. W. Dodds* son I^^chard Is >:iok with chicken-pox.'

Allan Stiles cut his hand nilher bad­ly last week and was cared for.hy Dr. J. D.'("hrlstle.' who found need of a few stitches.

James Kwinp: was one of the un­fortunate persons who fell on the ice recently. The injury received proved to be only strained muscjes instead of broken bones, as waa feared at first.

Lincoln and Washington birthdays were observed in the Krade schools with appropriate e.xercises o" each oe-caslon.

i l r s . Edith Fletcher Griffiths is at homo from Sprinprteld for her sprint-vacation. Her husband, Sergt. Lester W. Griffiths, was also at home from Camp JOevens for the Sabbath.

Sunday Jias been dosfpnated "Hati

LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK

stretch of Breeze-Swept Sand Has Been Made to Meet the De­

mand* of Every Class.

Lone Islnnd Is the siif«:v vnlvp nnd salvntlon of New York, 1; l" hnrd to

jst-cluiTE^ilie bis ciry ^'''"''' *'''' ''>•'"",?•' a'summer .without this imndreU miles of breere-Bwept sand, wliirh it cnn reach In a few minutes li,v bridge or tube or ferry, writes Nlkmti,

It Is a mntter of endless adinlnitlon w-XoDg-Island has Jaetn made t<L

meet tbe needs of N'ew Yorkers of ever>' {nste and Income. It has elio.ip beuche.K, where anyone may get a swim for a quarter,'and exclusive beaohcR where $10,000 a year Is regarded ns poverty, i It. has sport beaches full of cafes ana.nmslc, nnd quiet beaches. where old ladles knft on'sliad.v porches. It bus''millionaire suburbs from which the many are Ingeniously excluded; and mlddle<lass suburb* with their neat little: cottages, looking like ad-vertlsemehts but of paint cntnlogs stuck primly In-the middle of correct Uttle lawns; and suburbs for those who have.Jnst enough mon'ey'to get out of tcwn'.In tbe summer. Most of tbese latter are situated In the lagoon district between Bockawny bench nnd the Island proper.—Thay-stand-onstllts. In the (Shallow water. In the midst of wide green,salt meadows. They nre unpainted; ;ftr the most part, but tanned Into soft grays and purples by the sea alr^ They are alive with chil­dren and's tout flshermen with long poles decorate; all the wharves, while the narrow' channels between the houses are'full of rowboats and little launches.;; =/n>we is more picture and color In.thip'-blt of Long Islnnd thnn In all the. rest of It put together.

.•\bout Town. The ncxt nieetinp: of .MKUIII-S.-X-

North I*omona Gran;^e " will !>•. held on Frid.iv. .\liirfh 1. in Odd Fellows' h.ill. Mri.ipe -•.•.•,-,-x. Lowell,

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R i c h a r d V a r r f l e n r o orx T e x a s -Monday, of pn v e t e r a n of i h . ' .

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ForKC Village. Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Goucher held

a party' at their home on February 14 in honor of MVs, l-awrence .Simes, formerly Miss Eva Hulmes, Mllit.try decor.itions were used. a.s olive drab figured conspicuously among the guests, .\ very pleasant evening was spent by all. with a dainty luncheon served at ten o'clock. Mrs, Sime.s- •ft'as tho recipient of numerous articles of silver from her friends. Her marnage to Private l.awrcnce Simes of the Am­bulance <'orpK. C.imp Devens, took place recently.

The L.adies' Sewing circle will meet on next Wednesday afternoon .it the home of Mrs, A, H, I'omey, a: two o'clock, J

Amonp: the many pupils at t'ani-

In many chuix^hes by the discussion of the Impending national prohibitory amendment and its proposed mti.flca-tion by the la^.sach'usetts legislature. At the Baptist church the- theme will he "The prohibition m'ovemeni—the moral wonder of the twentieth cen­tury." -.\. tiew choir of young voice,s assisted In tJje morning serv-ice la.it Sunday. A committee was appointed at the C. E. meeting last Sunday even­ing to make plans for a competitive contest for tho improvement of at­tendance and Increose of membership, , Mrs, ^I. K. Caulkins has been con­flned to hcr home for a fe w days with an attack of tonsilitis.

Many at the'"ConVmon are already making plans for their "gardens next summer and ordering their seed— none too soon.

Mrs, Michael McNamara Is quite 111 and In care of Dr. Christie.

Dr. and Sirs. J. D, Christie. William Halpln and Ralph 'Wainwrlght went to the Ro>'al Arcanum turkey supper on Tuesday night and report it one of the best ever.

Dr. J. X, Murray has been appointed inspector of I'neats. • .

Among the recent chicken-pox pa­tients reported are Teddy Leahey and Elizabeth Dodds.

Mrs, Orlando Bowman has been in­disposed a few days.

Miss S.irah Priest is expected honrve from the hospital the hrst of next week,

Mrs, John .V, Kimball had an ill turn Inst week .Saturday night and at time of writing is stil! confined to her bed,

K.ilph W, Conont has returned from his long business tri]) ir. South .\p.xeT-ica.

MORE WORK FOR BUSY BEES

DISK' HARROW IS CULTIVATOR Imptetnent Hat No n i v a l i n Cutting Up

Plowed Sod Without Lifting ' "• It—li Handy Tool.

The'disk harrow Is more properly a cultivator than a harrow. It docs not.glv«: tbo-Gomblng'-ottect-'ot. dther tho Biiring tooth or the peg. Its ao-ttoa~la"better vdc,scrn)6a as a' cutting up of the soil as one would do'lt with knives. But by throwing the disk bare

Disk Harrow.'

at an angle to the draft so as to mnke thc disks cut anglewlse, a sort of light plowing or turning of the soil Is effected, which Is very advantageous for harrowing in grain which has been gnwn hrnndcwst hy hnnd.

Nowadays, however, hand broadcast­ing of grain Is not conimon enbugh to" lend value to this use of the disk* .The disk does good vork in rough land,-nnd In tlili connection meets a demand whKJi neither the peg nor the spring can as fully satisfy. The disk harrow has no rival In cntting up a plowed sod without lifting it, and, as it can be set to do practically everything nny other harrow can do, is a splendid all-around cultivating' tool.

HIGH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS

The nioscuri of ;lter.iry New Eng­land are the "^'ednesday and Safjrday editions of the Boston Ex^ening Ti-ans-cript. Of interest to those who wish t,i know that the deepest thinkers of

eron school knitting for the P.ed Cross ! our tlay are thinking and of what the niiijht be mentioned George C'rr, who { ablest w-riters are writing. They are has just finished a s.arf. His brnther, ; of peculiar interest to th" reader, t'ne Corp. Orr. is on his way to France. student, the VT.-.okworni—t-i t'nose men

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I Making Nails. I An excellent illustration of the dlf-i ference between old and new methods ; Is the ordinary common nail. For-j merly tho metal was cut Into strips and i then forged into shape with hammers.

and an expert took about one minnte and a half for each nail. Today they are mnde of steel and are lighter

: and stronger. Strips arc cut with steam shears nnd fed into automatic machines. One rnan tends three ina-

I cliine,s. dropping n nail every second.

Artificial Gomb, Patented by a Woman, Enable^ Larger Output by

the'.Honey Producers.

Undonbtiaty the most Important In­vention eveiKproduced by n womnn wns the madiine for making artificial comb foundntlon for beehives. The Idea was originated by Frances A. Dunhnm, •who_ pateiited the cdnfirl-rnnce IhTSSITfeays an exchange.''

To produce'material for comb build­ing Is for the" bee very expensive. It uses up at'Ieast ten times ns mttch of her gathered;products, ^ulk for bulk, a s : Is reqtiired for honey making. Hence the oliTions ecobomy of provid­ing her with a ready-madfe comb o f beeswax ttuned ont from a machine.

A-nother'a'dvtotage Is that aM'the^ cells of the artlflclal comb are made of "norker" si ie , so that .the eggs laid In them by the Queen bee (the mother of the hive)'produce workers only and no Idle dronesT"^ " "' ' '

The workers build up the cell walls on the "grotmd-.floor" pattern fur­nished for them, and (barring those used foir brood purposes) fill them tvlth honey. .-.Being relieved of the bother and expense of making their own comb fOTindatlon, their output of money Is pipportlonately augmented.

Rings afld Moon* ef'Satum. The most distinctive feature bf

Saturn Is his uniqne systein of rings, writes Albert D. \Yatson in Journal of the Boyal Astronomical Society of Canada. These are in the plane of Saturn's moons, with the exception of the outermost moon, which Is appar­ently retrograde In motion. The rings consist of meteors.

From the center of the planet to the circumference of its outer ring there are, first, the 38,500 miles of the radius of Saturn. From the surface of the sphere to the Inner margin of the Inner rings Is 9,000 miles. This, which is known as the crepe ring, Is 12.50O miles in width iind runs into the middle ring, which Is 17.000 miles wide. Outside the middle -ring Is a space of 1.000 miles before the outer ring. lO.CKX) -miles wide. Is reached.

Saturn has ten moons, only one of which (Titan) is larger than ours. The first four, like our own and some ot the moons of .lupitcr, have been prov­en to fum always the same surface towards their primary. . \ s no excep­tion to this rule has heen found, it is likely that it obtains in the eases of all moons.

Within Next T w o Years $1,000,000 Will Be Spent In Ha'wall In Con­

structing Highways.

Eawall Is awakening to the value of good roads. 'Within the next two years Honolulu will spend $1,000,000 in road building in the Island of Oaho. Con­crete WlU be' extensively used iai the work^as the Hawattan has l e n m e a t h e -value of permanent construction. Amcr^ lean engineers are largely responsible for the character of road building Iti the. territory and for the good streets of the d t y of Honolulu. Of the latter there are 234 miles within the city proi>er and, altogether, 474 in the coun­ty. Honolulu now bas an arrangement with the territorial govemment where-' by that d t y receives'$800,000 a year for the constniction .of, streets and $350,000 "for maintenance. There Is In the latter flgures a lesson for Texas road bnljlders who have a tendency to exhaust allroad-'fimdson-construction leaving nothing for maintenance.

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MILITARY RINGS, in Solid Gold -and Silver $1.50, I^.SO, $6V>S, $10

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.SOLID (SOLD BAR PINS, new lot-.

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REPAIRING

BOSTON WinterStreet

BOSTON PEI^S

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Silver\\?ear i Diamonds Pendants Brooches Rings. • Bracelets

Scarf Pins Cliff Links Military Wrist Watches '. ., Gentlemen's Sets of All Kinds

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2 PLEASANT ST. Bear of Fletcher Bros. Store AYB§, MASS.

HONEST WORK AT HONEST PRICES

ESTIMATE VALUE OF PASTURE

As Much a t $10 an Aere ban Be Ob< tained In a Season From Qood

Land —$5 It Average.

. Somebody wants to know.the, value per season of pasture land. A re-] m m as high a s $10 an acre can be' obtained in a season from good pas­ture land, but this Is above the aver­age. It has been sho'wn possible to produce value In dairy products and beef of $5 to $5.50 an acre in 30 days, but this - should not be counted on too confldently. A rental value of really good pasture is $5 a season if restrict-tlon is put upon the length of season, or number of cattle.

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Hon. Hfrbcrt K. t'iei,h"v is i l at hlfl homf on Onk hill, -Ns 1. I'-sijlt of this an amfntlmfni h.iil t-. '.' ..ff'Tfil •at thf rfcfnt nnnunl t..\ir, iii'-i-rinK, flf<'tln;: ''apt, Shfrman H I-'li-tflu-r as moilfrator aK a •itihsllliilf for ihf ff-tlolfnt (lak hill l-'Iftrhfr.

Corn known ns No. 191i',, r.ii-f.l fn thc Frank I". DrfW fann. lias Ii-alif.I firar ovi-r Int" ,\'o. 19I«, ,'<>i. h «as its flllolrnt TH'oilll'll^'"""'*''. All...I iltiti farmorn '.iyf In town, ami ..n|y 12 rnlsf forn. I-'ifty v faw aeo tiii'vo ivev only nhoiit fwflvf who iliil 11. raisf rorn, Thfn therf w-a.<i liltli- s.n.i al...iil "f.irnlihc Ilon't pay," N'o it has (rot to bf a nearly unanimous rh..rus. Th*-f-horUR .i« a r.orrffliyf Io 'bf 'ilonl pay" ohoru,<) is 'raise morf ^-rain,"

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,\ i f f t in j t of 111.- 1' .riif 5^rvi f | . r ; i i t Wns nflil on 'riifs.]i.\ fvenihR an.l a srn.l' .leal of w-.tik was accornti'ishf.V ,Mis .\iulrews, of til- .Ion, was i.rfs'ii* ,111.1 ,ibly nssistffi,

Plo.a.snntlj* Sun»ri.s *<l, ,.\ yfl>' plfasant surprise party wns

hfi.I last Saturday .'-.-.'nlnff At the honif of .Mrs, Marf:arft U'ilson in honor of hor j»on, Gforpf D. \\'il,«on. who i.s k-o-infr to Camp IX-VIT.S on February '2ii. Thf younp man w-a< prc.i^entfd w-llh a I heck and a yory iiractical wrist wntrh t.y E-ilmund do la ll.iyo In hfhalf of Ihe peoplo of Ih" .Mfthodlst chiirfh of fJranitevlllo, Thf s\irpri,i<e was a yi-r\ .'ompleto onf, f..r the younp man was Just half throiiirlt tho process of sha\ -Inp whon thf ^-iifsis arrlvofl, N'.-ar;\-fifty ponplo w-frf present .tn.I sponi .1 yory onjoyablf fv.'ninp with iiuisir an.l pamea, UofroshmontR worf soryo.l later by Mrs, Ooorpo •Wc.ivfr, ,Mrs, ,lo-,sfph VVall .an<I -Mr?*, Charlfs Itiplfy.

Ooorpf 'W'il.son hatt been .--coutmas-

Childish Deductions. Mary and her little brother. Rillle.

wore standing in the pnrlor of a blK hoti'I, Mucli nwed nt their hixiirlntis s\irroi:n01nR,ii, they were pnzlng nbout, whon Rilllc's pinnce fell on n picture of Mario Antoinette. Kdplng up to Mary, tio w hispered: "Svho's that' lady?" To which Mary replied In a conndontial tone: "Why. she's the line thnt owns the furniture."

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An Acre. ,\n aoro oriRlnally meant In both

l.ntin nnd AnglO'Saxon a fleld of any I sizf. .\<! n measure of land It was

lirst dl linod nndor EMward I of Eng­land as Iho nmount that a yoke of

j oxon ci.iii.i plow In a day. It was un-! dor th.- r. nn nf George I'V. that B unl-I form sii;,..inrd was given to this name

t.SOO similar.' yards.

An Immense Diamond. A !iK illnmond has been fotind In a

mino In c.riqnnlBnd 'West (SouOTAf-rloa), Tho stone Is amber colored. and wfichs fonr hundred and forty r-arat,!?—nbont a quarter-of a pound. AlthouKh this la not B record as re-cards wficht. It Is fhe iHnest that hns fvor boon found In that »cctlon Of the oountry.

World's Champion Speller. rrnf, Iinyid .Tones, the world's cham­

pion speller, retired on a well-earnod ; pension nftor schoolteachlng for 50 I years in Missouri, notes .an exchange. 1 Kor -.'.rt years the champion Issued an

annual chnllon^o to all comers to spcli apainst him. Many tried to wTosi from hiin his title, but none suc-coodi'd.

His record is T.'i.OOO words correctly spoUfd straipht off the reel at one sit-

I tine V. ithout a single mistake. Pro­fessor .Tones defeated In spellinp con-

' tests rieTirts of Universities, famous loaihrrs. scholar.s. authors, and profes-

, sional proof-fenders, and his sideboard is loiidfd -nith silver cups and other similar trophies, won all over the coun-

\ try ni tho once popular "spelling boos " Wilh him spelling Is an art,

I ,li!st ns rr.nslc or painting or scnlp-! turo is nn nrt with others. He pounces 1 on find tronsures a rare nnd dlfflcult

word IIS onporly as an enthusiast does ! on a sea roo nnd elusive butterfly.

I Wi relets Messages. j A "itiloss telegraph message can

ho confused by one who has the same ' wave ;. iipih as the transmitting sta­

tion by sondlnp out meaningless sig­nals of tho snme tvave length. A re­celvini: set must b»-tuned.to,the same wave li-npili as Its transmitting set, \vhon it Mill not take up signals.Of a dlfTerent w.iyo length.

OILING OF MUCH IMPORTANCE

Lack of Lubrication on Some of Bear^ Ings of Machine Wlll Cause Dam­

age—No Excuse for Neglect.

More damage can be done to a ma­chine In half an' hour through lack of oil or grease on some bearings than by a whole season's exposure to the weather, the specialists declare. For this sort of neglect there can be no excuse.

There are two; highly important points for a man-to consider before having his ca,r overhauled.

The first point is to assure himself that the men who are going to 'work on his car are mechanics expert enough to locate and properly repair all the parts that need at­tention.. • - -- - - — .;.-. - ,,-^„.-^. _ - .

,-- The second point is to convince himself that he can trust.the shop to give him an honest accounting of the amount bf work that was actually done on the car. .

We gladly welcome an investigation on both of these points. We have the facilities, the workmen and the busi­ness methods that will more than satisfy all who investi-: gate. ' .' '

YATES' GARAGE

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Maple Street Tel. 157-2 AYER, MASS.

CALF NEEDS GOOD STABLING Young Animal Demands Plenty of

Gocd Feed, Water and. M i l k -Variety Is Beneficial.

The fall calf demands food sta­bling; it demands plepty of good feed nnd plenty of water and milk. There must be promptness and attention, and thc calf feeder must be In sympathy with his charge and be ready to sup­ply variety whenever It can be had.

COMMONTWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probato Court.

To the heirs-at-law. next of kin and all other persons Interested In the es­tate ot CYXTHIA BLL,BN L1NCH. sometimes known as CYNTHIA E, LYNCH, late o£ Shirley In said County, deceased,

.'(Vhereas, a certain Instrument pur-portinK to be the last will and testa­ment of said deceased has been present­ed to said Court, for Probate, by ROB­ERT J. srUNN who prays that lotters testamentary may be Issued to him. the executor therein named,, without Klvlng a surety on his ofHclal bond. "

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to bc held at CambridKe In said Countv ot Middlesex, on the twenty-flfth day of Pebruary .\. IX 19U, at nine o'clock In the torcnoon. to show

'cause, if any you have, why the -same should not be pranted.

And said petitioner is hereby directed to pive public notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citntlon once In each week, for three successive weeks, In Turner's Public .Spirit," a newspaper published in ..\ver, the last publication to be one d.'iy, at least, before s.ild Court, and by mallinK postpaid, or dellverlnR a copy of this citation to all known persons in­terested in thc estate, seven days at lonst bofore said Court,

Witness, Charles J, Mclntlre, Esquire. First JudKe of said Court, this thirtieth d.iy of January In the year one thpusand nine hundred .ind elKhteen.

3t:3 F, M. BSTY, RcKlstcr,

IS RICHEST OF FERTILIZERS

Hog, Sheep and Chicken Manures Are Most Valuable Because of Concen­

trated Feed They Eat:

From a direct fertlllxlng standpoint, hog. sheep and hen manures are . the most valuable because of the largo proportion of concentrated food fed to such stocic. By thc same reasoning stall-fed cattje produce the richest dung for fertilizer.

SELECT EGQS FOR SHIPPING

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' 'l.l- Kngllsh, Channel, and Do-n Ihe other. TWs experiment 11. nlcd upon by. the liondon ii--I News In Its tt«oe for Augtist

18. 18 lit.

Water's Pzcsage Through Wood. 'Watir pn.nsi-s through real wood

when nscinillni; a tree, largely through the Inst Miisnii.! growth. With decid­uous treev thi- great demand for water comes In ihi- spring when the yonng leaves put forth. After that npward sap mnveinent is much less.

1 were In this cotjntrj -1-, In 1916. -«9,000,000

'decrease than In Au<t 1 hile we nre const.intly

.1 f o r t h e dog tho now ilecjinin;.- s,hi-p iniustrj- would bo in ,1 lloiiri.i-hi-.i rondltlon.

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Avoid Those of Thin Shells, Unusually Long or Irregular In 8hap^—

Wrap In Paper.

In selecting eggs for shipping by mall, thln-shelled and nnusually long or irregular shaped eggs shonld be o't'oldcd, Eath-egg-sijonld-be-wrapped-In suflicient paper to hold It snogly In Its own Individual compartment In the container.

Suffers In Silence. The avernge millionaire knows how

unpopular It Is to be rich, bnt he goes right along and endures the palnfnl responslblljtics of wealth, snttcrtng the acorn nnd calumny of a cruel world In silence nnd awaits his vindication beyond thc grnve—Houston P o s t

The I nlted States iKaln ^ho\n IU humanity in roleiisInK thousands ot toni of corn nnd o itn for export to rinKnd whero people ore starving An nRcnt of the w i r hoird will go with tho food to sec thit rone of It gets to Ger­man)

LOST BOOK — In accordance with Chapter , 90, Section 40 of the .Vets of 190S and amendments thereto, notice Is hereby Klven that Book N'o, :032 has been lost and application has been made for ihi> payment of the amount of de­posit represented by said book. XOr.TH -MIDDI.F.SEX SAVINGS BANK,

Ralph L, Hastings, Treasurer, Ayer. .Mass,. February 6. 191S, ,1123

I.OST BOOK—In accordance—Tvith-Chap. SPO, Sec, 40 of the Acts ot 1908 and amendments thereto, notice is here­by Kiven that Book No, 9892 has been lost and application has been made for the issu.ance of a duplicate book, NORTH MIDDLESEX SAVINGS B.-VNK,

Ralph I* HastlnKS. Treasurer. Ayer. Mass,. January 25. 1918, 3t22

Sheriff's Sale

[SOI IHOBDARD] HATS

JUddlesex, ss. Ayer, February Sth, A. D. 1918.

Taken on exec-ution and will be sold at Public Auction at my offlco on East Main Street In said Ayer, Saturday. March 16tb. A. D. 1918, at d ^ t o'clock .4. M., all the right, title and interest, not exempt by law from a t ­tachment or levy on execution, that Harrj- 1>, Parker of Fitchburg In the County of Worcester, had on the sixth day of said February, A, D, 191S, at elBht o'clock A. M., that being the time the same was seized on execution, or now has in .ind to the followinfr described Real Estate:

A certain tract of land containini; about 15% acres, mpre or less, s i t­uated in the Southwesterly part of said Townsend. bournled and described a s follows:, BeginnlnB at a wooden fence post, which was formerly called a stake and -stones, at the Southeast corner of the farm, formerly owne<I by Marshall Davis, and being the Southwest corner of land formerly of Samuel Jenkins, nnd now or late of George Wyman, and at the Northerly side of thc premises here described: thence Xorth 5B degrees 20' West a s run in thc year 1903 and by said Davis farm 415.3 feet to a stake and stones at thc Easterly end of a wall; thence South 11 degrees 10' West as run In 1^02 arid'By land ofJoTiifi arid^TETatlo Vattes. 369 feet to a stake and stones near the Easterly end of a wall; thepce South 56 degrees East as run In 1902 and by land formerly of John Adams', 305.5 feet to a stake and stones for a corner; thence .Southerly 12 rods, by said land, to a corner of tho wall; thence Easterly 65 rods by the sanie land to .1 stone post, formorly, called a stako .lnd stones; thence Northerly by land formerly ot ono Hlldroth to a stake and stones, arid sllircOn^inue Northerly by land formerly of Aaron Scales, to a stone post for a conter which Is 32 jods from the other stone post; thenco about TfTest 29 degrccfi North as formerly run, the year not being known, and by land of said Wy­man, 6B rods to tho bound first described.;

S o L D ^ l ^ ^ BY GEORGE H. BSOWK, Ayer

ALBERT A. fHuLaJimtOWN;— 23w Deputy Sheriff.

(34 'years with Frederick Whltney>

Francis J. Perry CARRIAGE and ACTOMOBIIiE:

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SKTV^ATi'^SB^^ABiTC 2S, 1918 \ PAOE THBES

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Harry: 6ollyer haa given.up hla'po«l--th>n ftt:the-Pre«Id*nt-Su8i>ende>»-Com'

pany, and has atarted to work for the Pltchburg Machine Company In Fltch-ijurg • ' - ; . -

Union sorvico of the- Cohefregatlonal ^•ni. UnIxer»aII«i.churchcB ot the Can-s;'egatlona( church on Sun'day. Morn­i n * •KorSblp.at lB.lB.'wltlu,scrmoii,by Mev D. H. Corley; subject, "The end •of the a^e." - Joint session, of Sunday school at twelve. Evening service at Aeven o'clock, with- a sermon by Rev, D H Corley. - , - . - .

The publlc.schools have closed again thla week owing to the shortage of coal

Lieonard Hooper returned home last Sunday from the military camp at Lit­tle Silver, N. J., having been trans­ferred to his formei^ place in the Sig­nal Corpe at Camp Devens,

her school duties' m Putney, Vt.. the sehoois. there having been closed for el^ht weeks on account of the short--sige of coal..

The dance given by the Girls' Sen--- i c e club imJdd'Fellowa" hall last Sar^

urday evenlrig was a pleasing social succesa. Refreshments were ser\-ed and a, goodly number of soldiers were present from Camp Devens as guests. Mlss Minnette Zuver, supervisor at the Olrls' club, had full charge', asslated by Mrs. Mary X;. Lilly and Mrs. Lilcy J. 3ferrlman. ' ,

Mr and Mrs. WlUlam Porter, of Al­meda, Cal., spent the week-end at the home of Mi-, and Mrsl John O. Conant. Mr Porter Is a brother of Mrs. .Co­nant, a native of Shirley, and a'mem­her ot the well-known flrm of Porter Bros,- largest fruit dealers In this country.,; :

Mr and Mrs.-G. L. Snow, of Shirley Center, left on Tuesday for, Fiorlda, to remain-for'a couple of months.

Roy Barto, of Lynn, spent the week­-end as the guest bf Mr. and.Mrs. Authier at the Brookslde, Mr. Barto la a former .resident .of Shirley and is now working for. the General Electric Company In Lynn.

Thomas L. Hazen ob.served the se\'-«nty-liftb anniversary of his bfrth on Monday by-hoiding an Informal recep­tion oX his home on Lancaster road from three to nix o'clock,- About fifty iielglibors and friends attended the re--ceptloh to extend best wishes and con-StatulatlonS. .Mr.-Hazen w a s assisted in receiving by hla wife'and Mlss Helen M Winslow, and the fragrance of hos­pitality reigned supreme. In his usual cheerful manner Mr. Hazen receli-ed all his gu'ests most cordially. The ush -era were the four children of Mr. and

—Mrs Franfc-Ht-Wheeler; Dtrtnty-i tfreshrhents were ser^-ed-. - The pourers were Mrs. Frank H. "Wheeler and Miss Harriet Winslow. The servers were Mtss Salome, of Colorado, assisted by Mlss Virginia Wheeler. Mr. Hazen was the recipient of flowers and gifts, Including seventy-flve pinks from Mas­ter Hazen, Junior, Virginia and Har­riet "Wheeler,

Mrs. Mary W. Hazen entertained the -Altrurian' club at her home on Thurs--day aftemoon, a laxge nuthber belhg present. The -president, Mrs. Amy C. Wheeler, opened the meeting with the allegiance to the flag and a song. Mrs. Emma Horton at the piano, Kotice was given ot a roJd-wlnter meeting of

, the State^Federatlon t o b e held at the Broadway theatre In. Chelsea on Feb-. Ttiary 20. Mrs. Martha J. Gonant;WTis chosen as-delegate to this rneeting, I'apei^" on "Th'e nation In arms!.' •n;ere given by Mrs. Siisan C. Anderson and Mrs Florence M. Ballou. The mem­bers were greatly entertained by an interesting account by Mrs.' Flower,, •wife of Capt. Casper Flower;;' of Camp Devens, who spoke on "Education in Trance." Mrs. Flower was well in formed on her subject, speaking from personal experience, having been edu­cated ,lii France. The very pleasant sathering adjourned for two weeks.

Sergt.

Corp.

Eliery .B. Royal -Ordnance Dept.. -U. 8; Army

Herbert.P. Dickson .U.'..8."> Army, Caiiip Devens

Arthur Ooodearl -PaurXohes ." U.'S. Army; lii France Paul Sheehan

ChavUfeur for Gen. WelKel. V, S. Army '•"

Robert P; Sheehan - •'., _A merlean Xrumbcr Unit. Scotland Sergt. Wilmur Brown — . rU.^S.Army.-Camp-Greene Harold H. Whittemore U, js. Navy Kenneth W. 'WTilttemore U. S, Navy Edward Thomns

U. S, Army, In France 'W'llllam St. John

France Army

Nuvy

Xewport News,

. In

V. S.

xrrs: George Ooodearl Leo Sladlgan Herman ..S. ..Thomas

48th Infantry Band Va.

Richard Crossley . Slgna'l Corps, Camp Devens

Leland Whitney Atneriean Lumber- Unlrr~Scotliind

Homer F. Richards Aviation School Delano Trott U, S, Nav>-

The principal wlll be- slad to be In­formed of any errors or omissions in the.honor roll.

The following program -was given by the Literary society on Thursday, In observance of the birthday of Oeorge Washington: Singing, "Star Spangled Banner," school; essays, "Washington, the General." Mary E, Sheehan; "Washington, the President," Susan O. Priest: extracts from Wash­ington's farewell address, Mabel Cran­dell; - singing, "American, hymn," school; debate, Resolved, "That Wash­ington "was of greater beneflt to his country than Lincoln," Marjorle Walk­er. 'Hazel E. Hardy, affirmative, and Perley; St.. John and Lloyd Small, neg­ative; singing, "America;" school.

The next meeting of the Literary society wlll be held on Friday after­noon, March 1, at 1.30. The public is cordially invited.

-One day recently Mr. Dunlap gave this- problem to the pupils: "The average uneducated laborer earns t500 a year'for forty years; the average high -school graduate earns $1000 a year for forty years. The average high -school graduate spends twelve years. 180. days each year, in school. What is the, value of a school dayT' Bverj- pupil was requested to solve the problem and many seemed much sur­prised at the answer.'

Perley St. John was absent from schoolthree days last week while tak­ing preliminary examinations for 'West Point.

; Rev. a n * Mrs. .Gcorgo, L.. I'rrrin " " " • o f ho!!

Center. Mrs. G. L. Snow spent last week In

Boston and vicinity. John Winn, who has been staying

ot the home of Sliss Millie Parker, movea: last week' Into his house on Barrage street.

Mrs. C. E. Bradford spent last week Wednesday with relatives in Fitch-"buri,

"tflss Margaret Longley. of Boston. spent last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Abbio Longley.

Robert Farrar. son of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Farrar. at the North, has been reported 111 with pneumonia,

M "W. Carey, who was ,recently xe mo\ed to tho Burbaiik hospital. Fitch­burg haa been pronounced suffering from tuberculosis. Mrs. Carey, who has also been ill. Is reported to be K=ilnlng.

The icehouses about the Center were fllled last week with ice twenty-iwo inches thick.

Among eight .students appearinir in a recital at the New England Consen--

. atory of Music, given in Recital hall last Saturday afternoon. Miss Hazel E,

, Ciimmlngs opened the program with the first. movement of Beethoven's Pathetlque sonata.

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Snow expected to start for Fiorlda Monday for a stay

- -of several weeks, but owing to tho ill­ness of their son, Ellsworth Snow, their departure wtis po.stponed until

* next Monday. Robert H. J. Holden attended thc

- annnal banquet of the Harvard chap­ter ot Alpha Sigma Phi fraternirj- held

' at the Hotel Thorndike In Boston last Saturday evening. Richard A. May of Groton was toastmaster and Mr.

, Kolden was one of the after dinner . ' speakers.

Captain Wllllam Blalr Is conflned to hla new home over the Center store

- - wKh nines brought on by old age. ' - Several from Shirley attended the

meeting of the Middlesex-Worcester Pomona-Orango-heldiin-LlttletQii-last •dfeek.

Henry F. Grout has declined a re­appointment as Janitor of the to-«*n iiall and as ->•« nobody has been found

" t o take his i)l%^. Ther© waa a small attondanco at

' ' the meeting of Shirley Grange on •Tueeday evening, A short progrttm

-" -was given, which included readings •Uy Charles E. Bradford and Mlss Hel­

en M. Bradford and songs by tho Orange. For the next meeting of the ~ auige. on Tuesday evening, March 5, the first and second degrees are scheduled.

Tho body of Mrs, Esther Holden of I i , Ayer was brought to thc Center and

placed In the receiving tomb in tho Center cemetery last Saturday after­noon.

HARVARD

,Nows Itcnvs. This Saturday evening Hnrold I.«ck-

wood will be seen in his best at tho • motion picture show In "Paradise gar­

den," a elx-act play. Coming—Feb-.-ruary 28,- "Old' homestead."

"BrotnflcM S<4K>OI.

Tho Allowing is the honor roll of Bromfleld, school:

i lEJdward Brahman V. S. Army Christopher R. Sheehan

- -'Non-comtnlssioncd officers' tr-ilnlns; school,-Camp Devens

George McMahon U. S, Army ', Earlo A. Turner - . S i g n a l Corps, Aviation Section. : , M. I. T. 'Owen"A. McNlff ^ "-.Signal Corps. School of Instruction,

Burlington Vt • P Ccdrlc "Webiter •|\ U S Armj Camp Do\ens ••Willard Houghton, L S Na\ i

BROOKLINE, N. H. 'NFivB'Ttasis;

There was a public fo'Qd demonstra­tion at the home of Mlss Ellen Saw­telle recently, at which about twenty were present.

Walter Farnsworth has rrfoved to the house on. Mllford street owned- by Mr. Bedders.

William' Shattuck has been home for a few days recently.

Mrs. Albion Stein has been il! nt h e r h o m e in . North Brookllne. Her daughter Agnes has been absent from her duties at Mllford high school in order to care for her mother.

The I.adies' Aid met recently at the home of M)rs, William Brown and tied .1 Quilt for Mrs,-E.G. Shattuck.

Grover Farwell has bpen home from Newport. R. I., on ii seven days' leave of .absence. . -

Andrew Marshall has been at home for a few days recently from Squan­tum. Mass.

TheO. T. C. have.sent a box of good things to Luther Maloy, who is sta­tioned ot Camp Devens.

Alton Chelbert Is the nnme given to the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton JenSeiL

AJvln 'Wheeler nad family, of Mll­ford,—have moved to the Plummer Lawrence place In South Brookllne.

Arthur Nye. who is living in Leom­inster, has been quite ill with t>-phoid fever.

Mlss Mary O'Connell sent the Red Cross sweater which she knit to her uncle. Eugene Lynch, who Is in the na\->-. and she has since received a letter from him extending his thanks to the members of the society. He says it is frosty work these nights standing out on deck, and all those knitted articles are much appreciated by the boys,

. Mrs. Thomas Bennett, of .\yer, is visiting her daughter, Mrs, Itichard Wright,

Peter Bouchard, of Nashua, has been a recent guest in town.

Eugene I.ynch. wh'o is serving in the navy, was a' guest of his sLstei-, >Irs. P. J. O'l'onnell on last week Wednesday,

Mrs, Williani Hu;:hes, who is livini; in Pepperell this winter, has been call­ing on friends in town thi.- week.

Herbert Hall, who -vv.-is reported very 111 two weeks aito, is or. the jtain.

Mrs, David Hobart is on the sirk list. Her niece. Mrs, CJi-ace Simpson, is caring for her.

The South Brookline Social club met this week with Mrs, l.iizie May. nard. Light refreshments were served and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent hy all. The next meeting will be held with Mrs, Kldoru,s Shattui-k.

.\rthur Nye is still in a very serious condition. His father. "George Nye, is caring for him.

Friends of Grover Farwell met at Grange hall recently and gave hint a reception. He returned to his duties In the na%-y in Newport, P., I,, last week Friday,

P.ev, Kdward Tuck, of Concord, gave a very interesting ,lecture on Lincoln at the Methodist church on Monday evening. A quartet consisting of Mrs, Minnie Holcombe. Mr, .-md Mrs. Arthur Brown and Harlan Whlt­combs sang "All. Hall Dear Columbia" ond "My country's fiag,"

Forrace Hall was a visitor in Nashua on Monday.

Mrs. Addie Tarbeil. of Pepperell. Is visiting at the home of her sister. Mrs, Walter Corey.

Peter Charait. of Proctor hill, has gone to Vnncouver. whore he will be employed In the shipyards,

Mr,'and Mrs, John Whitcomb have gone to the home of Mrs, Whitcomb's father in Gardner. .Mass, Miss Kdna Whitcomb Is attending school In .New York,

William Lathe, of I.ynn, ?.Ia.s-,,, spent Sunday with his family.

George Cady has boen o:i tho sick list.

The Ice cutting at the lake hrus been completed and the workmen have gone to Lake 'W'lnnipesaukee to fill thc houses there, Edw. Hadley h.is re­turned—to—hts—hom«—in—CantbriOge,-Mas,s.. and his house here is closed for tho remainder of the winter.

Schools closed this 'week Thursday for a four-weeks' vacation. In spite of the N-cry bad traveling during this winter term the children havo attend­ed very regularly and many of them have had to walk long distances.

The Sunbonnets met on last weck Friday with Mrs. Alpha Hall to help hcr celebrate her birthday. Only five were present. Lunch was ser\'ed and a picasant afternoon enjoyed by nil.

Lawyer Coblelgh. of'Nashua. lectur­ed at Danlel.i' acndemy building on last week Friday evening, speaking on Retl' Cross work and the war. Hc was Introduced by Mrs, U S, Powers, ch.air­man of our local Red Cl-oss society. Mrs, Pred Hall gave a report of the year's work .and remarks wcre mnde b> Rcv Ocorj.e 1/ Perrtn The speak­er was enti rtalned i t thc homo of Mlss Ellen Sawtelle

spent the week-end ut the Miss-Ellen Sawtelle.

Harlan, 'Whitcomb spent lai-t .\...,ii Friday Jn.Mtlford.

Thc funeral of the late Verr, iijr-ber was hold at his home on fov.: .. i,,i hlll on lost Sundny afternoo;; ii, ,;< survived by a widow and a it, ^ ;:,,r Alberta.

Rev. Edw. Kelly preached , ;; • lu-parable--of thu sower lui-t x.ii,,i.,. morning.

At the meeting of the Grani;.- t-u last week Wednesday evening the f -1-lowing program was Klven: s-ilr,,

i o u l s e , Parkey: ess:iy, "The f;u-n.>.-i"t place tn the world war," Kuger.e ' >;:el-ette: song, Louise Parkey and Henry B.alley; discussion. "Shall the (lock i>e ttimed-buck-one hour','" Graver K;tr-well gave u very Interesting t:ilk .m his work In Newport, K, I, During the evening slips of i).aper were i>a.s.->ed around and each person wrote a tnes-sage to the soldier boys who havf none from here, 'i'he"articles Iiv the t-jwh vvarrant will be dlst-ussed at tb,- next meeting.

LITTLETON Xoivfl Items.

Rev. Charles- A. S. E>\vlphi. of Eer-Hn, will ajfaln occupy the pulpit ul the Congreg^atlomil church on Sunday morning. _ :

Christian Endeavor subject for Sun­day evening. "The power uf the cro*>s In Asia."

The Woman's club ivill meet with Mrs. J. 31. Hartweil on Monduy after­noon. The^ progrram will be in charge of_ Mlea JuUa S. Comim. Albert F. ^Conant "wlU givo "A review, of the years." Mr. Conant has been in busi­ness fifty years and ha8 had an espe­cially good ppportunity to observe de­velopments in businoss. science, etc. H« i s abiiiidantly qualitied to present the subject, and the club may be con­gratulated in securing him for the afternoon. Mlss Bristol, of Ayer, who holds an Influential position In the Girls* Patriotic league of thlt town, will describe the activities of that or­ganization. , Music will be furnished by Mrs. Alice J. Prouty and Miss Marian Prouty.

Mrs. M. S. Glfncs. of South Acton, visited her nephew. Dr. J. D. Christie, and Mrs. Christie, recently.

Mrs. A. H. McDonald spent much time of late with her mother, who fell recently, fracturing a hip and a wrist, requiring treatment at the Som­ervllle hospital.

George H, Smith and Herbert Crane have entered the service of the Bos­ton and^ Main© railroad as passenger brakemen.-

A. Heywood Knowlton and Robert E. Bacon, his Har\-ard room-mate, are expected at Mrs.. Knowlton's over Sun­day.

Miss Florence B. Bartlett. of Green­field, was a recent guest of Littleton relatives.

Mrs.-J. H. D. Whitcorhb assisted her daughter, Mrs. Stewart, in entertaining Worcester friends at a valentine party last week.

Miss Katherlne ICJmball is at home froni library work in Williamstown during the college \-acatIon of two weeks.

Uttleton peoplo have thc promise of two car loads of coril Which niay be ready for distribution before thia week's Issue Is cfrculated.

Thomas Stephens is carefully guard­ing a bunch of keys that were found in the road not far from his shop. In qulrles have failed to place the owner.

Mrs. Fred C. HartweU spent Tues day and Wednesday at her former home In Hlllsboro. X. H., ^this week going In part to attend musical enter-tainmei)ts.

Leonard Roberts spent last Sunday with his home peoplo in Lowell.

The Massachusetts soldiers' infor­mation bureau, besides keeping their records at the state house, is to keep an extension bureau in P'rance for the benefit of the boys abroad and to keop their records more complete and up to date. Those In charge of the bureau would be very glad to have, sent them photographs of any new Improvements that have taken place in town since the departure of our bo>-s. and will en­deavor to see that they reach the boys

FVance. And in addition, they would be glad to tuke letters from the clerg>' of the various churches in town and from oflicers of the Grange or other societies giving the boys cheer­ing words of the conditions at home. There Is nothing in the world that will cheer the soldiers at the front so much as cheerfulness und helpful words from home, and to this end all ctin con­tribute. • The local committee >'>( tho soldiers' Information bureau. Mr>. Ger­trude F. Houghton, secrftury. will be ijlud to forward'let'.ers or thcy mav be sent to the bureau at tht* state house.

Mrs. Georgo Gardner has *ipent a few days this past week in [.oweli.

Mrs. G. F. AVilde is . pendi".'.; u few days, in Koston.

Mr, Peterson of Xnrwood, T^IO was touring through lowi;, broke tht- fore­finger of llis right hand whiU- crank­ing his automobile, requ'ring l>r, Christie's services.

The past week has hi^n u very busy one for Dr. Christie. IVirticulArly frequent have been his calls from ac­cidents.

Miss Kvelyn Kimball is at home from Xthol for two weeks ''f vucaiion from, school.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stewart of Worcester with a party of twenty young people uro spending the week­end of February 22 ut "The Arck" in Bast Jeffrey.

A letter received by tho town ponplc from Mrs. H. B, Priest this week tolls of Dr. Priest's .issignment at Fort Mc­Klnley at Klwil. six miles from Manila and connected with it by electrics. A collogo. u normal school, a beautiful cemeni hospital thoroughly o<iuIppod and buving uccommoJations for 300 patients uro noticeable in tills enter­prising p)are. Beforo tho ^ -. r Fort McKinle>- was the larpest of our forts. The force t orn prises a colo.". el. three majors, two capt.inis. one liout onant, besi<loH or.^- major and one lieutenant In the umbulanoe. force. Theirs was the first trar.sp'.irt that has not boon ordered to s.ii! two days before and two days after thoy reached Guam

lAPAN ISSaeS NEW CURRENCY

Fractional AmounU. In Paper Money, Rellevlnfl-m-Qreat Need, Now

In Circulation.

Two recent steps tukca liy tlie Jiip-anese government Illustrate the Ultll-cultles n'HeSflHHt upon the use uf .sub-sltliitry cola'wbosemetal vulue is com-purutlvely close' to Its mlut vulue, stutes Comnierre Reports. Announce-meat lyas matfe recently tlmt paper fractional currency would be lij.sueU to the amount of 30,000,000 yen (SH,940.-000). Early In November a portion of thlsj.ssuewns put In circulation. The new notes are exchangeable foi- regulBr bank notes and are legal teuder up to ten yen ($4.^) .

More recently the Japanese sovem--ment-has-announced-three prizes ot 1,000 yen, 500 yen and 300 yeu for the best designs submitted for a new silver 50-seii piece (24.9 cents). The new coin Is to be materially smaller than the one now in circulation.

The present SO-sen piece Is 80 per cent pure and weighs 2.7 momme (0.3255 ounce troy). The coin, there­fore, contains 0.2604 onnce of pure sil­ver and 0.005). ounce of copper. At par the money value of the colo Is 24.925 cents. This corresponds to 05.7 cents per ounce troy if the value of the cop­per Is disregarded.

For a considerable period thc excess of the bnlllon value over the mint value made It profitable to melt Jain anese subsidary coiii or ship it to China. The conntry, as a consequence became deimded of small change, and tt was and. is extreniely difficult to get money-changed except through money changers at comjparatively'hlgh rates.' It was no unnsoal thing to pay ten sen, or eyen more, to change a five-yen note; and in tliat case the buyer would receive four one-yen notes and only the fraction less than a yen in subsid­iary coin.

PROTECT YOUNG FRUIT TREES

wlthou: lisHts. •->: ruldors. bnt th*-destrc»\ ed s-""' th*-in dark I >r. (' cami) of four ri' temliuK' uii i-oiun ed. but a fow b si<lo. Mrs. Pri*' young Philippl(ii tho house. A 1 will be found ir

crount of Germnn aiders havo boon don't huvo t(* lho '••-s home is In a

1 11,-- with pIaZ7.u ex-i .: It is woll scroon-ii:s tuiil thoir way ln­st l-.;i-' a oook und a . 1...% fi.r work around •r;.'- from tho doctor thf Ayer vOlumn.

Twenty-throe nduir.<: und throo chil-Tdnm^nttrndcrf th'" n(f*iiuy Tf*^virg-me«t* ing At Mrs. \V. S. Conant's Wednesday. The work wus fn tho interest of the Rod Cross society. An appottzlng buf­fet lunch -was sorvod ut noon. Thc missionary progrum In tho .ifternoon was In charge of Mrs. A. F. Conant and MJrs. F. P. KimbaU. Devotions were led by Mrs, Thomas Stophons and Mrs. Oeorge H. Kimball. Mrs. A. F. Conant and Mrs. C. V. Flagg took loading parts, Mrs. F. S, Kimball spoke on tho apportionment and Miss P. A. Sanderson on Mr. Kndicott's house­wife's plan, for food conservation. It was reported that $41.fin was real­ized from tho town mooting' dinner.

A qiwrtot will sing at the CnngTC-gational church Sunday. An ICaster concert Is now in preparation by the church quartet.

Mrs. I-«indor of Bridgeport, Conn., tvhoRC husbind l*t at Camp Do\on8 Is *iti>ing with Mc* < Udo Crane i Xow weeks

SATIN AND VELVET Rich Materials Plentiful Despite

ThrcatenecJ Shortage.

Snow Should Be Firmly Packed to Prevent Girdling by Rabbits

anj( FieliJiice.

The one und two-ji'ur old fruit trees, should have the .snow llrmly packed around eaeh tree, grapevine, currant aud gooseberry bush. Uuless this Is i doue, the trees muy be girdled by rub-t>its above the suuw line und the fleld mice under the snow.

Much the better method Is to have each tree and bush wrapped with a strip of tarred paper from sl% lucbes l>elow the surface of the ground to 20 inches above the ground. Common brown paper may be used If the bet­ter qimllty cannot be had. It takes but a few minutes to wrap each tree.

Where the winters are severe and tbe snows deep, the teuder burk of the large fruiUng trees is often fenawed. The trunk of the tree and often the branches have the greater part of the bark compl,etely destroyed. Field mice are more destructive tlmn the rabbits, ks they work under the snow and are much more numerous.

TIME TO PRUNE RASPBERRIES

JACKIE STUCK TO HIS POST

Fireman on Watch In Engine Room of

.Torpedoed Ship Cetnmended for Oevotien to Duty.

Whea the United States ship Alcedo was torpedoed last Norember In the war zone George A. CJolUer, a second-class fireman of the navy, was on watch in tha engine room under ia structlohs as machinist's, mate. He was just at tliat time taidng up dnties that would mean, if successfully han­dled, bringing him up another step in the service. Tbe kihd of stuff he ia made of was shown when just as soon' as the torpedo struck and was fol-, lowed by an explosion he remained cool and knew exactly what to do.

Despite the fact that he was stand­ing In water "np to'his Imees. the sea having rushed in through the rent tom by the torpedo, he stopped the main engine and then deliberately raised the safety valve on the main engine by; the hand gear.

Thus, without regard to his own pe^ sonal safety, and when in the greatest danger of going down with the stdp, he stuck to'his post and performed his dnties. He lias been commended fot tills devotion to duty In a letter writ­ten by the secretary of the navy. Fire­man Collier Is a son of W. T. Collier of Morrlngsport, La.

Work Mutt Be Done at Two Seasons of Year In. Order to Accomplish

the Best Results.

Because of Its maimer of fruit bear­ing, the Wack raspberry requires care in its annual pruning; in fact, prunlug must be done ut two seasons of tbe year in order to accomplish the "best results. The young shoots as they ap­pear from the roots in the spring should be tipped or disbudded when tbey reach the height of 18 Inciies. It Is better to go over the plantations fre-.quently, making three or four trips In all, in order to tip the. canes when they sre-about the height mentioned, rather than to delay the operation tmtll some of them liave reached a height of 2 to 2% feet. The early pinching or dis­budding Induces the development of more numerous lateral branches. Shoots which have been allowed to harden and to grow to 2 or S feet In belght win form few lateral branches. it tipped when 18 inches high, a cane shonld produce four, five or six lateral branches. If allowed to attain a height of 3 feet and then cut back to 18 inch­es, it is probable tbat not m6re than two or three lateral branches will be formed; "and, since theso lateral

Hung It on a Dead Man. The constable gazed long and

thoughtfully at the hole in Mrs. Park-ington's parlor window. Then he pro­cured a notebook.

"You 'eard the crash at four o'clock?"

"Four o'clock." echoed the lady. 'Tou run to the door, but seed no­

body?" "Nobody."

After this question Sherlock conld think of no more, so he shut up his book with a snap and walked off dreaming of promotion.

A few minutes later he was back with a full-face smile that was elo­quent of triumph.

"Jobs like this 'ere don't take a smart chap long," he remarked. "You're sure it happened at four o'clock, ma'am?"

"Yes; have you caught tha cul­prits?"

"Well, not yet, ma'am," he answer­ed, "but I'm narrowla' It down, ail rlg'ht. It wasn't Bill 'Igglns, cos" 'e was killed by a motor car at 'arf past three."

Fighting In the Atr. Strikingly graphic is the account of

a flght tn the air, told In a Newfound­lander's letter home.

"Soon after we crossed the lines, which we did at 15,000 (nearly three miles high), I began to have difficulty In keeping up with tho formation. Aa a result Archie picked me out and he certainly made it hot. However, I kept along a bit behind th;; rest, and was ju.st dropping my bombs over the ob­jective when seven Huns dived down on us. In the scrap that followed I lost all trace of the re>t ot the forma­tion, so I knew my only chance lay In flying west as fast as 1 could. Just as I was getting well und' r way, a Hun came at us. It wa.s exciting. We twisted and turned, dh-d and climbed, each trying to get th" other. Finally he lett us."

Only Thing That Seems to Be Scarce in Parli, Saya Correspondent, Is

Really Hard Wearing Cloth.

We are-thrcatcned with a deflclency of dre.ss muterlul for the comlug year, but in the meantime the shop.s are well supplied with everything but renlly hard-wearing cloth, writes a I'aris eor­re.spondent of the London Times. All such things us satins, silks and velvets arctuiie wen in iihiincliinw with fnnnv variations on one theme.

Perhaps the most popular material is stamped velvet of various kinds, for coaLs, evening cloaks, trimming In­stead of fur. and even for dresse.s, waistcoats aod huts. Satin still Is the most popular material for afternoon dresses; It is generally black. Often, now, a bold embroidery design In Ivory wool or silk trims a satin tunic und gives it a lighter note and a richer touch. Indeed, embroidery of all kinds promises to come back into fashion. That those who are employed to work on It might do more useful work is an argument that dressmakers do not see; dressmaking in France, they maintain, miist l>e allowed to flourish, not as a luxury, bnt as a liatlonal in­dustry.

Boots are less liigh In the leg ttian they, were and not many are made al­together of leather. The cloth-topped boot is the one niost worn, and tbe all-siiede Is among the most fragile. Tbe buckle shoe Is wom again. at home, and the very high heel Is more often seen at* home thau In the streets,

' where It Is unbecoming ond dangerous. The national boot, wherever it has been found, is. said to be satisfactory.

Millinery is becoming. Black satin hats with no trimming are worn with neat veils. Brown panne bats and gray panne or satin are good. The small toque grows in favor; the high, heavy crown is dying out. The big picttire liat is stili in fashion, but. as a rule, a smaller hat is more practical as well as more attractive.

Everyone uses a small bag, in silk or beads or stamped velvet, with mount of tortoise shell or silver, or else a bag of shiny leather on a short strap.. This last is more of a purse than a bag'and it can.be slipped into the small muff or carried in the hand. Tbe long bag which hangs on the arm Is pretty, but not practical.

NEAT FEATHER FANCY. '

SHOULD RETAIN BEST FOWLS

Patriotic Farmera Who Desire to Do Their Bit Will Find It Wiae to

Keep Bett Layers.

Among farmers generally It Is th<» commou i)ractice to sell hens over a year old for poultry when they stop laying In the fall. Cuder the usual con­ditions this Is good policy, for as n.. rule only about half the flock lay well enough the second year to be profit­able, and the farmer who bas pulleta enough to replace all his old bens sees, no advantage in keeping any of them over.

This year, however, patriotic farm­ers who desire to do their part to In­crease the poultry and egg supplies!, will find It desirable to retain a consid^

Typical Raspberry After Pruning.

branches form the fruit-bearing wood of the succeeding season, it is very desirable that the greatest possible number of branches be secured to In­sure u heavy crop of fruit. It Is evi­dent, therefore, that summer pruning predetermines the crop for the succeed­ing year more than does any otber sin­gle cultural factor.

The second pruning, which is also Important, consists In removing thi canes which bore the last crop of fruit. This work can be done at any time af­ter the crop has been harvested, but preferably during the spring foilowing the crop.

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erable propo.>tlon of the yearling hens, making such addition to their poultry-liouse equipment as may be necessary to properly accommotlate both pnlletsi and hens. Overcrowding must bei avoided, as neither pullets nor bensi will do their best ' i

BOILED OATS FOR CHICKENS!

Very neat Is the arrangement of thlt feather fancy on the tmart prested beaver hat, all in black. It Is the fin­ishing touch for a tailored costume.

Favorable Resuita Obtained by Penn-; sylvanla Department of Agrl- {

culture—Feed Wann. ' y

Poultry experts In the Pennsylvania department of agriculture report favor?, able results from feeding boiled oats,: and. state they are the cheapest ponltry food now obtainable. Boiled oats liave' lorgely. too, superseded the sprouted oats so much exploited, a few years ago, as they are better, saler and less, fussy. j

To prepare, soak good, heavy oats 12 hours or more {In hot weather or a wa^m room a fresh lot should be soaked dally), dissolve one tablespoon-' ful of salt In each bucket of water used for this, boil two or three hoars and so gauge the amount of water nsed for soaking that at the flnlsh the water Is boiled away. Feed warm but not hot. White Leghorn pullets can have these boiled oats twice dally, eay.' at 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., and all they will eat up clean. For old hens or Iieavywelijht pullets, one feed a day is enough and not too mnch at that. lest they become too fat on this much-Ilked feed.

SYSTEM IN WATERING PLANTS

DISEASES OF PEACH TREES

Height of Women's Shoes. The British war offir.. forbId.s from

February 1. except uml r permit from director of raw niaterin: the purchase, sale, or offers to purchase or sell ^ y boots for women with uppers exceed­ing seven inches in helKlit if-of-leather or eight Inches In lielght if of any other material. Manufacturers nre now for> bidden to cnt material or nppers ex­ceeding dimensions nauied.

Dependt on the Company. As to whether one should walk alone,

or in company, nuthorities differ. For instance, Robert Louis Stevenson sold that the only way to enjoy a walk is to take It alone. On tlie other hand, Mark Twain declared that the chief enjoyment of n walk tiej. not In the walk Itself, hut In the i:il'.<ing that ac­companies It.

Brown Rot and Scab Held Fairiy Well in Check by Use of Lime-Sul­

phur S^ray.

Brown rot and scab In peaches have been fairly well held In check In Xew Jersey by the use of the self-boiled lime-sulphur spray, but the best possi­ble results have not always been ob­tained I>ecau3e the spray injured the trees in summer, .so that growers put ott the summer application. Now they hare worked out a new preparation which has given satisfaction as a sum­mer funglclrte without Injuring the trees. It Is made b.v mixing eight ponnds of flne drs sulphur wtth four pounds hydrated lime, dls.solvlng one and cme-hnlf ounces nf sround glue In three gallons of wator. then thorough­ly Incorporating the two mixtures and diluting the whole with water to make 60 gallons.

RABBIT DAM.AGE IN ORCHARD

Given Credit for More Harm Than They Are Guilty of as RuIO—-

Mlco Do Most Injury.

nnhhit.s ustmlly ilo !--s damage In orchards thnn they nre credited with. In very younc nrrhnnls or In nurseries tTioy sometimes rut ofT tho yotmig' branches and nm.v nrcnslnnally gnaw thc bark, hut M- a nile they do less damage than mice.

Xever rub fo.xi, dir. In cot'on KOO 'M Flr'. and pirtij « i«h l, x\ater

,v on a stain ••et the cloth •xt in, cle.lr

T w o ST.., Island of fee*. frc'Ti; ;

int.ilns In the ne.orly 14.000 ' oast.

Old Coffins Nnw Valutble. Il;l,-Old metal

tho light of <liiy ; a vacant lot th-ynnl In Grass Viil some speotiTs i ground hnve tie.n deal of interest. bronze affair fh: times as much fo when now ."IO ye;i

have not, seen :.y .vears adorn -".I as n Junk

Tliese grew-• out on the > '' of a great f these Is a orth sifcveral

•:"-.v,n9 It cost

System of Continuous Moistening Found to Be Better Than Drench.

Ing of Soil at Stated Intervals.

Plants should not be watered at any old time and In any old way. They may thrive In spite of your method of watering them, but why not care for your plants In the most approved way?

Luclen Daniel, a French botanist, has dl-scovered that young hothouse plants and slips of vegetables, as well as flowers, thrive far better hy a system of continuous watering than by drench­ing the soil at stated periods.

The new method depends upon the law of capillary attractions. Near each plant Is placed a jar containing water. Into which Is dipped one end of a strip of linen or cotton, whose other end lies near the plant. With this uninter­rupted supply of water, drop by drop, the plants thrived, greatly outdistanc­ing other plants, which were submit­ted to an Intermittent drenching.

CAREFUL ESTIMATE OF FEED

If Bran and Short* Are Uted Freely in Dry Math They WHl Tako

Place of Gralnt.

One Is compelled these days to make pretty careful estimates In regard to kinds of feed for chickens. It seema that bran and shorts are cheap as any-thini; on the market. If those are used freely In a dry mash with cornmeal. making the short.s the predominaat parti the mixture will largely take the place of cracked craln.s. It can be fed In solf-feeders. It Is a good mixture fnr growing chicks whether or not cracked grains are nsed, and can pre{-< Italily be kept before them all tho time.

KEEP ONLY THE BEST FOWLS

Knitting Skirts Displace Bags. Knitting skirts are robbing the

nblqultous knitting bags of some of their favor, for with a knitting skirt no one need have need of the bag. These skirts aro simple, shirred skirts with large pockets on the hips, quite ample enough to carry yarn, knitting needles and the nuincrou.s other acces­sories that usually go In the knitting bag. The broad crush glrilie that fn.s-tens at one side relievos the skirt of all posslhle severity.

Owing to High Price of Feed Poultry­man Should Cult Out and Dit-

{ pote of All Runtt.

Now that poultry feeds, like all ether feeds, are high In price, the poultry keeper should be more carefnl than ever to cull out and dispose of all runts, weak specimens and thnse which ^re In any wny deformed. While thes© are allowed In the flock, they are con­suming food and using coop anrt hou.so room which could be more profitably devnted to strong, more perfect stocJi.

KEEPING MALES IN SAME PEN

Felt and Straw Combination. Designers hnve found .*•' t such a

happj' coin!'in:;:ir>n with -;"-nw that this seasni> tiijiN i- usod in ;n;iti.v inter­esting ways. l-,-'x faces, straw-j of the Wen Chow va-ie:y, and even hti'tors' plush Is iisci fir this purpose. Hat­ters' plush nnl f"r thnt matter heaver cloth and nnp I" uver are used for fac­ings ffhd for rtr^iped crowns on soflie of the smart hats evolved so far.

Not Wise Plan to Permit Two Roo». ters With Hens—Use Them on

Alternate Days.

It Is not host to nllow two males ta the same pen together. If It becomes necessary to keep mnre than ono la the same pen. only nne should be al­lowed with the hens the same day. It Is a good plan to let one run with the hons ahd fhe other one the next (lay. The male should he kopt In a pon by himself when ho Is not with the hens.

Onions. Even now feu- people perfectly renl-

Ize the heneflcin! effect that this vegetable has on the system, nnrt It Is too often i;:iiorc(| nn account nf Its pungency of !?n\or and smell. .\ woll-bollod Spanish onion will in<lii.-e Sloop when mo-t ..ther tlihiL-s fail. and on this nccoKn" nlone It should frequontlv form :• bmln-weary mnn ncss.

:-i>ly (llcl, woninn (

for Ihc f hn i-

tropical h.

j Hat Qreat Specific Gravity. j Mercury has tho greatest speclflc I gravity of all liquids, but recently an-; othor has been discovered which Is alao , so heavy that atones of all kinds— granite, limestone, quartz, etc.. float

I In It. It Is saturated aquoouR solution I of tnng' stoporate. Its speclflc grav-: Ity Is 8A whereas thnt of ordinary rock docs not exceed 2.7. Only a few precious stones have n specific gravity. greater thnn that of this liquid, for

; which reason It Is proposed to employ I it for tho separation of such stone« I from masses of broken rock.

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T h e r o w a s a l a r g e r c o n K r e g a t l o n t h a n u s u a l a t t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h on S u n d a y m o r n i n g a m i e v e n i n g t o l is ten t o K e v . A r t h u r B u r r o w s of Bos ton . w h o I m p r e s s e s e v e r y o n e . is a w o m l t i -fu l s p e a k e r .

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A t t h e l a s t m e e t l n s of t h e W o m a n ' s c l u b M r . H l n c h m a n o f t h e G r o t o n S c h o o l g a v e a m o s t - I n t e r e s t l r t g t a l k o n " T h e e a r l y E n g l i s h t h e a t r e . ' '

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M r s . M a b e l B r a n i g a n w a s c h o s c n a s d e l e g t i t o t o a t t e n d w i t h M r s . M a r l o n T o r r e y . p r e s i d e n t of t h e W o m a n s c l u b , t h e i n l d - w l n t e r f e d e r a t i o n m e e t ­l n s w h i c h w a s h e l d i n C h e l s e a on . W e d n e s d a y . . •

A m o n g t h e n u m b e r f r o m t h i s t o w n w h ' o a t t e n d e d t h e m e e t i n g of t h e M l d -

. d l e s e x - W o r c e s t e r P o m o n a G r a n g e a t U t t l e t o n l a s t w e o k T h u r s d a y w e r e ; G e o r g e S. K n a p p . Mi-s. J . E . M e s s l n g e r .

' Ml-s. O d b e r S. F o l k l n s _ - a n d M r . a n d M r s . W a l l n c e . \ . B r o w n .

, T h e m e m b e r s of t h e W o m a n ' s c l u b e x t e n d a c o r d i a l I n v i t a t i o n t o t h e p u b ­l i c t o a t t e n d a l e c t u r e t o b e g i v e n in t h e t o w n h a l l on S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g . M a r c h 2. b y U e u t . - C o m . T h o n i a s M o t t O s b o r n e . ' T h i s l s . a n o p e n n i e e t i n g a n d i t I s h o p e d t h a t t h e r e wi l l b e a l a r g e a u d i e n c e . L leu t . -Com- . O s b o r n e w a s t o h a v e addre.s.sed G r o t o n p e o p l e In D e c e m b e r , b u t w a s u n a b l e t o do so , b e c a u s e of a s u d d e n ca l l t o W a s h i n g ­t o n , D . C.

T h e r e w a s a p l e a s a n t s a t h e r i n g of f o r m e r G r o t o n r e s i d e n t s In W a k e f i e l d l a s t w e e k F r i d a y a t t h e h o m e of Mr . a n d M r s . G e o r g e P . C a r y . T h e g u e s t *

^ . p r e s e n t w e r e M r . a n d M r s . A l b e r t \V. H a r t f of N e w p o r t . X . H . . M r s . E l i z a ­b e t h T o t t e n a n d MLss C a r o l i n e H a r t t

. o f R e a d i n g . T h e 'Sv'l ' l lng W o r k e r . s . .-i c l u h w h i c h

w a s o r K a n l z e d Ids t O c t o b e r a m o l i g s t t h e w o r k i n g p e o p l e of t h e (Srttlon S c h o o l d i s t r i c t , w i t h Mfss J o s l e G a l n e y a s p r e s i d e n t , a n d M r s . P.osc D.ivis a s s e c r e t a r y , h a v e b e e n r u n n i n g weekUv w h i s t p a r t i e s , t h e r e t u r n s t o p r o c i i t c c o m f o r t s fo r t h c s o l d i e r s . T h e c l u b ha-s I l n l shed i ts w i n t e r ' s - w o r k , e a c h o n e d o i n g h e r s h a r e w i l l l n s l y a n d c h e e r f u l l y w i t h a s p i r i t t h a t m a n i f e s t s S U e l t In t h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t : the

• c l u b h a s s e n t o u t 40 . s w e a t e r s . 26 p a i r s of s o c k s . 16 h e l m e t s , 16 p a i r s o t w r l s -t e r s 6 s c a r f s a n d 6 b o x e s t o t h e h o m o b o y s In F r a n c e , c o n t a i n } ; t o b a c c o , CIK-a r e t t e s , c a n d y a n d o t h e r c o m f o r t s .

s ' l iss A n n i e M. J e w e t t a n d t i e o r g . ; 1.. X u t t i n g of I . e o m l n s t e r . w e r e u n i t t d in m!ir r l . i i ;e on T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n . I- (;b-r u a - v 1-! :<t t w o o ' c l o c k b y Hev . Kd­w a r t i r . ' l-i:vvv. of W o r c e s t e r . -Ml-ss J e w i - t t ha... I'-.-n e m p l o y e d in t h e i e l e -Tihonn o t l ic - i 1 t h i i t o w n f o r t h e p a s t t e n v e a r s . -Mr. .N'ut t ing h a s a pos i ­t i o n "wi lh th" W. . \ . F u l l e r l . umln- r CompHi iy . ••i !.• o:ni : i>:er .

.Mrs E li«-\t--i H o w e h a s h e e n c o n ­n n e d ' t o t h e -o.,,,-" « . ; : . '. - e v e r e co ld f o r s e v e r a l w c - k s ..xd :::xd"V t h e d o c ­t o r ' s c.'ire.

I t i s r u m o r - . i t h a t Kl-a:-k W Is h a s b o u g h t a p l a c e xn Calif-.i-ar.: ar.i! h . s Groton residence is f-u- .- le-. ^

L i e u t , a u d .Mr.-. CoU a u d tw,- >- -lUR Irul ies f r o m T . - u u e s s e e a l-e ro'.xx,,': - at t h e G r o t o u Ti-a I 'ot .

.Mr l;oi.'(-r.-. a u . . Id- t in i i - f r ieud -.!-W a l t e r F l o y d w h e n h.-. liv.-d in W a i -t h a n i w h o u o w i-e^^ides in .1 h i l a d e . -

AJIco Vludora < ' h a p m o n w r i t e s f r o m m . I ' c t e r ' s b u r p . Kla . . t h a t !t Is SS in t h p s h a d e ; s t r a w b e r r i e s a r e l i ne a n d l u s c i o u s ; i nock luK b l r t l s a r e In e v e r y t r e e , a n d t h a t »;rapt-frult a n d o lar .Kes a r e a b u n d a n t .

S. W a n - e n Sturt- i . - h a s b e e n a p p o i n t ­ed c h a i n n a n uf t h e c u m t n i t l e e on food pi-udui- t lon a n d coi i se ( |ue i ) i ly m s u c ­ceed .Mr. H i n c h n i a n , w h o Is n o w c h a i r ­m a n of t h e c o m m i t t e e on p u b l i c .<.ifety. i n q u i r i e s fo r I n f o n n a t i o n in i-eKUid l o t h e I m p o r t a n t w o r k of f""d pro<luc-t l on s h o u l d b c m a d e to .Mr. .«tui-BlM. T h e w o r k of p r o d u c t i o n th i s y e a r wll l be m o r e u r K e n l t h a n It w a s las t y e a r . -PlKHTXholiKl - i iow^-bo-maJc ajld. p repa- . . r a t i o n s s h o u l d be u n d e r w a y for t h e c o m l n n sp r lnK.

.Mrs. M y r o n Swallow- w e n t to N a s h u a on M o n d a y t o s e e hei- son . G u y S w a l ­l o w w h o w a s s ick w i t h la ryn^- l t l s . H e c a m e h o m e w i l h h c r a n d Is r e p o r t e d m u c h b e t t e r .

O n T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n t h e f o l l o w ­i n g T i r o F m m , |.i-<-i»«red-lo-i-<inder t r l h ^ u t e l ind to ex to l t h e m e m o r y of ^ \ a s h -Ing ton . w a s g i v e n a t t h e h i g h s c h o o l : S lnKing. s c h o o l : " W a s h i n g t o n ' s b l r t h ­d a v " .Myron B r e c k e n r l d g e ; " C r o w n o u r W a s h i n g t o n . " S t e l l a S a r g e n t ; " W a s h i n g t o n In t h e H a l l of K a m c . B e r t h a I ' a t t e r s o n ; " C o i n m e m o i - . i t l o n o d e . " K v e l y n S . i w t e l l e ; " T h e m e m o r y o t W a s h i n g t o n . " K o b e r t B a t e s ; " O d e t o W a s h i n g t o n . " C h a r l o t t e S i b l e y : s i n g i n g , s c h o o l ; " T r i b u t e to W a s h i n g ­t o n , " H a r n - D a v i s ; " W o s h l n g t o n s s t a tu i e , " C a t h e r i n e ' M a r s h a l l I n g t o n In h i s t o r y . " J o s e p h

S q u u i m a c u o k E n g i n e y e a r .

A r t . i;;. Hy r e q u e s t . T o v<.to t o m a k e t h e pi-k-e of l i g h t i n g b r u s h t i r e s i s c"enVK lier h'our.'"T"hc s a m e a s I s - n o w pa id fo r w o r k on t h e h i g h w a y s .

. \ r t . It;. By r e q u e s t . • T o ral.sc a n d appi- .>l i i la te .1 s u m of i n o n e y suff lc ient Io T-epaIr t h e E c l i p s e h a n d e n g i n e .

Ar t . M . T o r a U e a n d o p p r o p r l a t e a s u m of m o n e y for t h e p u r p o s e of p r o c u r i n g ' a s e r v i c e t l a g f o r u s e a t .Memoria l h a l l , s h o w i n g t h e n u m b e r of m e n of t h e t o w n in .service in t h e w-ar.

A r t . 10. T o v o t e t o i n s t r u c t t h e - e -l e c t m e n t o c a u s e s i g n s t o b e p l u c e d a t c a c h o r t h e s e v e r a l b r idges—in tti-n-n i ^ j i y r c q u e s t e d ~ t h a t e^•er^; IndicatUiK t h e w e i g h t of l o a d s w h i c h m a y s a f e l y i )ass ov(?r t h e m a n d a p j i r o ­p r i a t e m o n e y t h e r e f o r .

A r t ! 1!). T o v o t e t o i n s t r u c t t h e b o a r d of as-se.ssors t o a b a t e t h e t a x fo r

Groagc. -The, regular meetlnK of tho GnuiKC

held on Tuesday evtuluK was well at­tended regardless of the s.v. re weain er conditions:—Suwit-r w-.. sc-\-en and at eight o'clock meeting, opened follow.--: •rt-ork. A"commlttee wa-attend to. the detail woi k onstration school to be ! day and Wednesday "f u K, P. Abbott, Emily E- " HeiVry Waters". This si h llnanced solely by. voluuta tlons and Is to bc free ti About $46 is Btlll needed Bchool what l.s desired a:

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m i n s t r e l s h o w n e x t T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g a t T.^i; o ' c l o c k i n t h e t o w n h a l l of . ^ve r . T h i s e n t e r t . i i n m e n t Is u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s bf t h e S p e c i a l A i d .society a n d U b e i n g g i v e n f o r t h e bene f l t of t h e G l r l ' S c o u t s . T i c k e t s a r e on s a l e a t 25c . a n d flSc. fo r r e s e r v e d . sea ts a t t h e G i r l s ' C l u b H o u s e , t h e l a l t e r m a y b e e x c h a n g e d fo r r e s e r v e d s c a t t i c k ­e t s on T u e s d a y a n d W e d n e s d a y h e ­t w e e n t w o a n d f o u r o ' c l o c k a t Geo , S. P o u l i u s ' . Ma in s t r e e t .

Aver is e v i d e n t l y fond of m i n s t r e l U i o w s . jud- . inK f r o m t h e over l l . .w

; t h e las t orte a n d t h i s -Vmbll-,,. p i - r f - . rn i ance i>romises t o be m u c i i fun .

Lowell made a sad blunder, perhaps,

when In his etithnslasm, he -wrote tl«at

"still at thejirophets' feet the nations

sit." Jt Is the .'soothsayer, not the

prophet, wbo Is' beard nowadays, the

diviner, n o t t h e divine, says tfie.Book-

man. 'We get bnr Ideas too often from

the old mythology and Its -warring de l '

ties, and as we haye-no power to emu­

late them In heaven -we tmnsfer their

atmosphere and attitude to earth.

Shall It not be our conntry's mission

to do its share.ln solving the problem?

Shall Its Inventiveness and spirit of

enterprise be confined to mechanics

and trade and not advanced to -the no­

bler realm of ethics that shall- make

democracy safe.for Itself as-the near­

est dnty? Uplversal training mtist not

end- with the manual of arms. Our

yonng people-are to be tanght as well

certain old-time principles for ihSL art

of life as essentials In conrses of study.'

Obedience, reverence, self-control, self-

knowledge, the pbwer of character, the

positive qualities that make for true

living, are no less vital objects bf in­

stmction. These determine our coun­

try's future to a greater degree- than

the size of onr cities, tbe nnmber of

onr mines nnd mills, our financial

strength or territorial -growth.

Geo. B. Turner & Son Seven Passengrer ^

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The real Kussia Is patriotic. It longs

for the return of law and order. It

watches -with bewilderment the present

frenzy of the towns, says London Daily

Mnll. Before long It will assert itself

and wlll find or fashion the weapons

for enforcing its wlll. Not all the army

by any means has beeii ruined by the

Soviet. The artillery, the Cossacks,

and the cavalry have remained loyal

to their conntry and to their offlcers

and to their traditions thronghont. A

terrible winter of privation and

tumolt and suffering lies ahead of Rus­

sia, and the agony will be short-lived In

proportion to Its Intensity. The forces

that make for reason and national

health are gathering strength, and the

very vlclousness of the new govern­

ment wlll tend to work Its own cure.

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A'^ t h e n i e e t l n a of t h e C . r . ­ai .Men's c i n h ias t rt-.iri.i.iy I ' . a y m o n d Klak 'ney p a v e a sp'. d r e s s on " T h e ey . . Iu t lon --:' t i o n a l i s m . - ' H e w-as Kiv.-n xx a t l e r . t i . m t h r o u - h o i i t h i s S u i i p e r W.-IS s.-i-ve.! .it s.-v-w-ith c o h l h a m . r. iUs. c..:'f.'t-. ' an . l chees . - . It w . t s \.---<-i -

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t y -.vill ..lay af-c l iu rc i i 1 1M' t a k - 1 • to t h e I

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.Mr!> <ir:ic<-M r s . -i. -1- I ' l i c - " visitors ,-it the h-. .1, K. Ai lnnis .

S o m e interes- . ; ; p l e a n e d fr .-m t h e la tes t I - n l t e d .'ttai.-s I x-p.-irtnien t a r e . Kew p e o p l e m a y t h e r e a r e five h e a d of <; t e n p e o p l e in t h e c o n n t r y a h e o d f. H i r e r !^tat s e e m Hhow

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ik h i l l . . nt . - r ' . i i . - i I i i iofs of th"- H.-si, Me e x p e c t s t.. -.l. '

r t h o s e a s o n a b o u t

j u s l a s m t e r e - t i n e . S.> H a r v a r d will h a v e a n opp . . ; t u n i t y t o s e e M a r y P i c k ­fo rd on .March 14. a n d n<.t . in ly p i c ­t u r e s -f-illt s i n t i n t ; by t h e C.irl Sco- j t s a n d caiidN. re;il c a n d y , l o o . a n d a .«cniit i->-eh .N'o m a t t e r w h a t t h e w-eath­er . e v e r v o n e h .ves t o s e e the. ..!d fav-..:-ite. .\I-ir;. I ' i c k f o r d .

( i r o t o n l . as t i'.oxxx i.xxx no t l e a s t . Ke.- | i t h e

free, for y.ia w-ill w a n t c o n c e r t t o bi- ir iven ..li \ nativ. . ' t t t l cn t a n d in

-Jn he;ii- «-hrit th . - loca l t s c a n <lo i;i t h e w a y of s in ; ; - j

ir ,- . Till \ will siuR- a t l.-.lst six s . .n ; ;s : -.'- . •: -a.- -,v..rd.s a r e w r i t t e n by Uir l S. ..i;-,^ ,;r.,l lilt" m u s i c for o n e of t h e m . 1 !•;.--.•;•,• ^i;.r.-h 4 for t h i s m u s i c a l f - ; , s ; . ;i ,1 ip.Ip t h e G i l l S c o u t s .if y o u r

I t e c . - t : : .1 s h i p m e n t of a.OOn.Ofifi Ji.-.in.ls ..:' . \ m e r l c a n f r o z e n t ish . t h e hir i re- t r; .r ; i> of t h e k i n d e v e r e x p . i r t -e-l an- i .1. .--.med t o r t h e Kng-.-sh t r o o p s ia t h e t r - r . - ' l f - s . left Bo.ston. It is e s -tini.iti-.l th.lt t'nis amount .-if tish \ -..uld s.-r-,.- iast ill.l.ut three meals t.i ihc f-r..-s .11 I':.mce.

•Youthful Mothers, , Potiie of the world's notables have

I h, r.-l of rnrcnt.s well over thirty yenrs of iit;e. Conversely S-'rent num­bers of thein w-erc born of youthful mo'h.r:. Abraham Lincoln's mother was ,,niy twenty-five at the time of ll

ll . .

The

The airplane has -wronght so many

wonders that now great things hy its

powerful aid are soberly hoped for.

The hnge preparations for airplane

warfare making by the United States

are amply justlfled. The airplane Is

an AmcricRn Invention, and while there

Is nothing to prevent other nations uti­

lizing It to what extent they cnn, It cer-

tlnly Is the propcr thing for Ameri­

cans to "go them one better," and dem-

I onstrate that this country Is not a

; slacker when competition Is in prog-

i ress among the nations to do the most

1 that can he done In war by means of

i the highway In the air.

V -rniSTWORTHV P . I R T V would c a r e for s m a l l p l a c e o r t a r m (30 a c r e s or m o r e ) for t h e u s e of or- low r e n t . Addre-ss - B , " BOX .-.O. A y e r . Mass . 3t24

Ab.solutcly confident of the armies

driving the German hordes from their

soil, snys New York Herald, the' peo­

ple of France are now beginning the

gigantic task of restoration and are

nlso preparing to meet the exigencies

by which they will he confronted when

peace Is declared. Xow thnt the re­

habilitation has been outlined It hns

been discovered that nne of the great­

est social problems the conntry will

have to denl with ntter the war is the

Industrial status of women.

F O R S.\I.E—^The r e s i d e n c e of t h e l a t e B a r o n .Stow- I f a s e r a t l - i t t l e t o n i :om-nion. Mass . . c o n s l s t i n K of a tw-o-s to ry tin.l ha l f h o u s e w-ith e l l . s t a b l e a n d ItirKe c a r r i a g e h o u s e a n d n e a r i y a n a c r e of l;in<I- f.vo m i n u t e s - w a l k f rom s l o r e . p o s t o m c e a n d c h u r c h . P r i c e »3000. .ad­d r e s s . MRS. H. S. BU\N"CH.\R1>. K x e c u -t r i x . Itit: I ' e a r l .S t reet . G a r d n e r , ^^lass, Te iepho t i e . l i a r d n e r 41&-X. ul22

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lirth. N'apoieon thc Great was of pai'''"t^ twenty-three and nine; years of age. respectively.

The first numher drawn for Ha­

waii's selective sorvice included two

.Americans, two Japanese, one Fili­

pino and one Portuguese. Truly, this

is a great country, especially In its

FOE SALE . \ nice ten-room House and Barn

on the hill: steam heal; nne location. They nre not too plenty at this time, and If you are Intendins to get a home call and see me. 1-ltt

THO>r.\S F. SirLl iIN

Room 3 Bank BlUg. .-Vyer, Mass.

mother , ; .-reatest

f Pasteur, undoubtedly the ] „|,|,ity JQ evolve patriotism from Its

, - h i XXXXIX'

i n K

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iteiiius France has yet pro-iluccl. was under thirty, as were the mothers ot Herbert Spencer. Xllchael Itirradiiy nnd John Stuart Mill.

capacity as a melting pot.

IV*GLASSES 1 \ THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS

\ n o r , l a . - o m f o r t w h i c h l.s ' > P P « < ' " ' | ^ 1 iiv t h o s o W h o i v i u i t n o a r o r f a r '»l^l"n

r p a l r of c l a s s e s ^ T h c y k e e p v o u r e v c i v o . m c i n l o o k s .-w w e l l a s In ,.L.ruh CSS N o l i n e , s c a n t o r I . m f u l n e s s

to b l u r t h e v i s i o n

l u m p

Two thousand Rcd Cross nurses

have been sent abroad and a number

enrolled estimated to be sufflcient for

He Who Toils. j j,n ^rmv of 1.500.000 mon. No one

rage man docs not love work , ^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^ women of the conn­

try nre not doing their bit.

T h e tor its own sake. This Is a truism. urul 11 truism rather mildly worded. muses an exchange. And yet we nre

lU f . i r

I r.osiun. and I l.ei-n .-ecent !

Sir. .mil .Mrs, !

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it h e l p s c e n t s a a p a i r .

t h r i l l i n g

an b e „f t h e

of . \ j ; r ic i i l -rea l izc t h a t

t th- t.. e v e r y t h a t IS, ha l f

e v e r y t i e r s o n , A i n a n u f a c -i t h a t w h i l e t h i s l iav not

p a r t i c u l a r l y th r i l l l n i r , w-hv s t e a k ? a r e tlftv

i . o u n d a n d s h o e s five d' lHai w h i c h a r e p r i c e s su l l l c i eu t jy fnr t h e a v e r a c e m o r t a l show- t h a t t h i r t y y e a r s a e o . W H O c a t t l e s t e o k a n d s h o e s w e r e i<: h a l f t h e p r i c e s t h a t t h e y a r e t

T h e r o w-III h e a d.ineini,- j i a i ty t h e t o w n h a l l on T h u r . s d a v ^ a f ^ e r n -F e h r u a r y 28 . f r o m :t t o t h e O l r l s ' D a n c l n K c l u b .

M r s J o h n l i w r e n c e h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d .as c h a l r m . a n of t h e c o m m i t t e i o n c o - o r d i n a t i o n of a i d s o c i e t i e s .

T h e

.d. l

.30, Klve-i by

l i . M i i W i u - n i u t .

i i le, warr.iMt ', .-.-tiller t l . be ..:, .Mondn>-. .M; a r t i c l e s . Is ttt; 1.

i . les t h e u s u a l . i r t i c l e s t h e r e ' lot f u n d s f..r c a c c e p t f r o m JLIO In t r u s t D a n i e l Uix . j r f r o m Sf.O t o !.. h a l t of H a n s

• t h e a n n u a l i.l in M e m . i i ' I -;i I. conslstinc than last year

,: lecular tow-n m ar- four perpctuil -

c e m e t e r j - a s fo l lows i - h a r l e s Dix- t h e s u m for c a r e of lol know.-,

l.lt. a h d t h e Ine-' used fnr c a r e ..f » I-. W t i t s o n l o t . t.l

i-ept f r o m t h e e s t a t e of J a m e s A I on t h e s u m of MOO In t r u s t f" r c a r e of h n k n o w n aa ^Jtmeti l o t : t o a c c e p t u n d e r t h e will B l l a H . .- \mes t h e s u m of s;> t o b e u s e d for t h e c a r e of 1 a s E l l a II . A m e s In t h e W e s t c e m e t e r v ; to a c c e p t f r o m t of S a r n h K. HodKO t h e s u m < t r u s t t o b e use , ! fo r t h e c a r e K i d d e r l o l m W e s t c e m e t e r y .

S j i ec ia l a r t i c l e s In t h e . - .va r rap t e l u d e t h e f o l l o w i n s :

Ar - 2 H y r e q u e s t . T o vf.te i.. c r e a s e t h e s a l a r y of e a c h m e m b e r

r.r-t i 1-1;

• r o ,

.'thy K. West, who has i.eer,

" has^''acce'pied"'";f "posi'til'.n ; convinced tlmt re'al'lazlness. real dls-sines.i house in Worcester. '. incliiitition to bodily or mental effort.

her duties on Monda>. ; |j. ^^^ ^j ,j,e rarest things In the Mrs.-Mncnuley-b»v» return- | .f ^ , (.y|,.p^.jj(.j^-gy^.un<iueetlon8bly

„"'""li:'"''';.T?^„'i';,mhs ''and Known to the medical profession and Ung the cold Ttionths. and .^ ^ ^ p,,,,,^^^^^ nuthorltlcs., but when

the cause t not hookworm or anaemia,

It Is usually a too enthusiastic tHei^

momcter.

A II 0 o t

I l i v . . .f M r n t n ; k i ; . . ^ ^

T. IW l-lsei-• h e . - - . .

of K.t

ed their farm home over-r.are hlll pond.

- Winslow B. •West pave ri iiaity to a . few of his school

--1 last .Saturday. The dlning-h.-re refresWnents were se.rv-

lecoratcd with thc national \ birthday- cake, with Ice

.nev cookies and candy lent , iit'r.actlon to the young peo-ss Josephine Bakor a.ssWIed

I. s, wfth : story-telllng. and • .r the entertainment of the

.MTshlp favors were glt-en .1 Those present were Kme-

anks Pauline Lundstrom. 1'(-leaves. Genevieve .Mead.

.ave.-!. Andl 'OW H.aske l l . K e n -i WlnslOW-^Wcst,,

. 1 Mrs. Asa -^Valker of Oak

.. entcrtalnlAK their ''-'"^hteT. ,,I,no WalkV. ''•°"' I-raming-ir this -we^X-end.

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New. AdTCXtlscjncnfs.

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D O K . n ia le . Mnln S t r e e t ,

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•ith & Wennon .3C nevolvcr; •ffecn Remount Station and

,rn to:Supply- Co.. .104th In-:. DeVenn. U*

Austria may declare war on thc

United Stntes, It Is said. In conse-

qnence of our nld'to Italy. It wIU be

but tl poor blnfl"Wli€n-Anstrla.-hna..to.

send out S O S calls to keep herself

from being swamped by the Italian

drive.

F. H. GATHERCOLE , R I . X 5 I S T K R I : T ) O P T O M E T R I S T

» ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ W U A Y E R . M A S S .

r o M M O N W K A l . T H O F MAS-S.VCm:-

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?v?s?b?s '"T!-51« l'a r;f ^ f e . U . ' " a %"^?t.aVn°Tn's^eru''m^P 1?ur . n o r t l n c t o be t h e la-st w l l l a n d t c « t a -P^ '^ i !?4< ' .^„ ld d . c e a « e 4 . . h a a b.ecri_p.re-

TTn^rd to sa id C o u r t , f o r Proba te ,^ -by P E R U R Y J R I ^ V K E -who p r a y s t h a t IcTtor i ' t e « t < i m e n t a r y mt iy be l M ' ' « d t o h im? t h e e x e c u t o r t h e r e l i j n a m e d , w l t h -S u i K t v l n B a s u r e t y o n . h s official b o n d

\ R M V Ml

KOH S M . K — C p r l K h t L u d w i K P i a n o . v a e , . , v o . I n q u i r e a t S A L V A T I O N

r. S h i r l e y R o a d . i f

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POB. S .* I -B—Three i-,x" o u t o f h i i rd w o r k . K.MtM. H a r v . i r d . "Mass. \ y . t 6«-? .

Why Men Staflnate. Most men, through set habits and

lack of the practice called adaptabil­ity, nihility, skill, and quick percep­tions, arc like flics nnd roosqnitoes. That Is to say, they seldom go njore thnn a few hundred ynrds from their homes or occupations. They do not cast oft. the anchors of their lifelong and hereditary anchorage. The Jn-eqnalltles are In them, not In the oj)-iKirtiinlties.

that -we keep everything for the convenienco end comfort of thc smoker. Not only the choicest line of Cigars, Ggar-ettes and Tobacco, but

Briar Wood Fipei MeerKbamn Pipes

Com Cob Pipes T.D. Clay ftpo^

Pipe CUinen Match B<«ns

Cigar HoUers . C>g*rett« HoUers

• ^ou ArS hereby cited to appear-at a Probate Court, to bc held at Cambridge i\, salil County of Middlesex, on the ' tSur'th d a V o ? M.arch A . D . " > « . » « " « • o ' c lock In t h c f o r e n o o n , ^ t o « l » w cau»e^ If a n v y o u h a v e , w h y t h e , «»mo s h o u i a

" " A n d ' s a l d ' ^ p o m i o n c r 1 , h e r e b y d l r « t e d t o Blve p u b l i c n o t i c e ' h e r e o f , b y PUb-l l . h l n « t h i s c i t a t i o n o n c e In e a c h week_, fo r t h r e e BUCCCBSIVO W « « * J . ' " „ ^ l . n e r ' s P u b l i c S p i r i t , a n e w s p a p e r P « n -" i shed in A y e r r t h e l a s t P)j'>'i5S*'i'o"urt b e ono d a y , a t l e a s t , b e f o r e ^ s a l d C o u r t ,

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"Onr ClganTillB-JcBprlcrpeTs-fect conditloaahd this Is what

f the pirticular, critical CT^oket requires. W e handle all the popular brands of Cigars, In-doding the various "National" brands which have proved thetnielves so deservedly pop­ular. '.'',."••',

tfnutbevtr Yoor axar Yaste We Caa. Suit H Exactly.

WILLIAM BROWN DstraduT

Mida Street Aftn, Hut.

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•' oyB- pOtiiiA^i 'jon> mifxn CENTS "y • :,'rBBi'XBAR:pf j^^VfAsixCB-,;._

-fusoBos. jo^.k'jnciiiaiiii.. MiUber. SabscVlbsrs ari> urssd to keep thslr

•ubscrlptlons paid in advance. •

'^Pbs'datly labors ot tbe Bee, Awake ray soul to Industry; t^ba can observe the eareti^l Ast, -And not provide for future wantT*

Saturday, Fcbrunry ^ , 1018.

AYER Jiems ItuiuH. — —• :—

James P; JfcMahon and Kobert F. McBrlde, of the-navy, were In town on' a. shbrt furlough the past week.

Stipt. lycster 'Whitcomb ot the Ayer Blectrlc Light Company announced on' -Wednesday morning that the' company has plenty of power now for all. .The thawof the past week so Increaseilthe water supply of the Conneotlcut River Company,' from which the local com­pany receives Its electric power, that ttiertf l8-no longer need for curtailment In'the service. Some weeks ago the company, through, the national fuel committee asked the publio to use less electricity In order to save the coal eupply. -With the abundance, of water now there la no coal required for-pow-er tmd. a s a result there will be electric power In plenty -for the coming months. . - •

The work of the district attorney's office' for. Middlesex county for the March term wlll be greatly Increased, owing to the usslgnment for trial of three murder cases, liamely, the Par-bam, tPellegrlpl and Kazapas cases. These offences have all taken" place during the last six weeks; and it Is the

' Intention' «f -the district- attorney-^o.-dispose of them as soon as possible. To that end, they have been-assignerf for trial during the March sitting, wWch will begin a week earlier than tssual,- namely, March- 4. The klilin'g with which Kazanas is charged took

fot*-not havlnir" hl»talr, l lBht, one of the kerosene variety,''lighted as' It shduld-have;been. 'Just, went out of­flcer.- said thii. driver'of'the ma'chlne; a-'smart'--appearing- chap on l i is -way to Boston. 'Did it?' parried the pa­trolman a's he ran for the buck of the machine. Patting the tall light with his hand-, he obnerv-ed, "Mister, that llght^ not been lighted for an hour. If it hud been it would havo been warm." Several citizens mnlleil ns jhe autolst 'finiilly adrnltted that he had not lighted the lamp at all."

Harbinger lodge. K. of P.. celebrated Pythian anniversary night on Monday eVenlng, The meeting w.is craeed by

place lnTx)well. The other two csises low correspondents good-bye Wedpes.

the presence of two rejiresentatives of the grand lodge ol Maine: Clarence Webber, g.v.c.. of Kennebunkport. .and John' l i . i laxwell 'of Llvermore Falls, supreme representative. Kollowing a short business session at seven p. m..-thcre. was tt fine entertainment and speaking by the grand lodge otiicers and Harlain .P. Knight, p . g . c of Mas-ISrcHusatts: Churles W. L". l-'orce. a prominent member of Harbinger lodge, also gave a talk on his recent Southern trip. The Maine offlclals came In the afternoon and were taken on a tour of Camp Deyens by automobile by a committee of HaVbinger lodge.- . \ buf­fet lunch was serv-ed. followed by cards, and dancing, 'Mrs. Walter C. Winslow furnishing piano accompaniment for the latter pastime. The committee In charge of the entertainment was com­posed of Frank B. Harmon. George B. Mlllaon,. Levi B. Tuttle and Walter C. Winslow. '- ,

The music study cl.iss of the Wom­an's ciub wlll meet with ilrs. Perkins pn Tuesday,-afternoon. February'26.* at 2.30 o'clock;

Bert Fo^d. the well known Boston Amerlctin-corresporident, who hai* been covering Camp Devens for his pa'per since the arrival of the first draft^rc-Cruits last Septeinber, has .been as­signed, to the. position of war corre­spondent somewhere In Frajice .for the Amei-lcan. Mr. Ford bccireihis le l -

The.experlmsnt with J«lte photogrjti phy which was scheduled^or last Sun­day was Indefinitely postpon4ii.

R t liev. Patrick J. Haye.». n-jxiiary bishop-of the N'ew York dloeexe. and chaplain-general of all cath..lie .iririy and na\T chaplolns of th.- l-nlied States forcei-, visited tho (unip last week to contor with the Ciitheiii- chap­lains of this division. . After the con­ference he sold that Cam,') Uevens un-.doubtediy- ranked .-ut one of ihe.-beiil In the country In -facilities for reliKlous benefits for thc soldiers ami in the number of chaplains asslKiieil to duty. Ke also commented on the excellent condition of the camp as a whole,

been Unofilclal opinions have been ex­pressed that the final flfteen i»ercent of the first draft quota, while recruited and Inducted into -service here, wlll not beconio members of the "Cth divl sion. It Is thought that they will be sent south, probably to Camp Wads­worth, Spartansburg, N. C.

John J. Curley, of Boston, a mem

th'ey' were'-placed- In the- rceclvin)! t o m b . • ' •

Mrs. Holden, who-died on Thurs­day evenlpg, February 14, nt the home -Jf hei^-«on, ..Edward J. Holden. had nearly reached her ninety-tlrst birth­day when death came. .She was the daughter of Oliver and Ksiliei Kemp (Page) Jenkins and was i.ui-n .,n ..Ma> 28. 1827, at.the As<i Jenkins pUei-, re'-cently the home of John H. .vtieknev in -Shirley Center. She niarried the lat6~ Seth "R.'Holden on .Jmuiary 1. 1852. After their marrlaite Jlr. and Mrs. Holden went to live In Uu cot­tage on Parker road, jShirley i.-rier, which .was their home for nixty >t-.ir,-,

—li f ter ths death—of_ her husba:;.; ii-. 1912 Mrs. Holden came to Ayer t'i make her home w-ilh her son. u ;ili whom she lived until her death.

The deceased is «urvivrd by tv.o sons. Edward J., of Ayer, and Herb, it E. Holden, of Leominster.

/iA'ACf^PICKPrODO y//.r5tella Mans*

AN AOTCOAfr.PlCTCIRe

ber of~the Headciuarters I'ompany,-301st Infantry, convicted by court martial of desertion, was sentenced on last Saturday to^.tbreo.years' imprls-Qnment at Fo'rt 'Jay', Governor's Island, N". "i. Curley's offence He In

are from.; the town of Winchester. A special' venire of elghts--five Jurors from' SUddlesex county will be sum­moned, ior . tho week of March 4.

The following rhetOrlcals were.giv-«n at the high school on Wednes­day: .'"Thb coiirtln',"-. Edhtt Mosher; ' Where's a boy a'golii'?" Frank Har-moii; "Little blue overalls," MUdred Pillman: "L'nuvoi," Lester Kobbins: "The brick on the trail,!' Avis Chand­ler; " T h e soldier's reprieve." MauS Briggs:' "The knitter." Dorothy Car­man; "Kity did," Etta Green; "The i-evolutlbnary, rising,!' George Sander­eon; "The proposal." Mildred Mc­Guane:. "THo optimist." Nora Guthrie;

•-' Icarus;".7-'Clarence'• Nixon;- " T h e m Piper'young-uns." Helen Stone; "The minister's henhouse."- Mary Halleran;

Gentian." Lillian Bolseau; "The race," Gerald Ryan.

At the meeting of the" Grange on •Wednesday evening, February 27,- In Hardy's -hail, Alfred H. Wardle will „"ive his ' famous lecture; "Cape Cod stories";• also, aomeot his experiences in 'v.. SI . C. A , work amk>ng. the boys in camp. This lecture will be open to the public! and members .tre re­quested to be present and bring their friends. •

Married on February 9. by Rev. F. B. Crandall. Private William H. Park­er. 303rd F. A., and Edna M. Wrisht. of Auburn, -Me.

Christian Science services Sunday. February .24. In Turner's block, corner of Main and •yV'aShington . streets, at 10.30 a. m. Siibject. " iUnd ." 'Wed­nesday evening testimonj-* meeting at 7.30 p. m. The reading room in-the same building Is open from nine a; m. to nine p. m., except Wednesday, when It closes a i six p. m. It Is also open Suftdays and holidays frdm one to nine p. m. A writing room for soldiers has been af-ranged by the Camp Welfare cominittee of tho state in connection with the Christian Science reading room'. This Is open dally from nine a. m_ to nine p. m.

Mary Pickford plays two parts tn Stella Marls." the picture to be ex­

hibited at Page hall theatre on Mon­day afternoon and evening—one deli­cate and dainty, and the other, as Unity Biake. uncouth and unlovely, btit carrying with it a tremendous imount of ptithos. In several scenes, Unity Blake, Mary Pickford cause.-i the feminine audience to reach for its handkerchiefs and enjoy a good cry. Matinee as usual, at two o'clock, with •ihow.s In the evening at six and eight o'clock. The program for the other pictures shown during the week will be up to ..the usual good 'standard. On Washington's birthday, w-llh mati­nee at two o'clock, and evening shows -vt six and eight o'clock. Dustin Farnum wlll be seen in a seven part picture, The spy."

.Special communications of Caleb Biitler lodge of Masons will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings of next week, at each of which the Entered Apprentice and Fcllow Craft degrees will be worked at six o'clock sharp.

A special convocation of Bancroft Hoyal Arch chapter of Masons will be held on Tuesday evening, Fobruary 2C. at seven o'clock. Work—Past Master

.and Most Excellent Master degree---. M.any people have been led to be­

lieve by the announcement that thc time for filing the federal government returns had been extended to .^prll first that this extension applied al.«o to the returns to the state Income xix department. Such, however, is net tho fact. March flrst Is the last day for filing the state returns anrt uixpay-ers not flllng on or before that .lale .ire subject to severe, penalties.

In this edition an article appear," on federal income tax. Thla matter was put Into type before tho government granted- an extension of time to every­body who Is obliged to fllo these re­turns. April 1 is now the final day for filing federal returns, and our read­ers are so advised by Collector .\ralley. However, writes Collector Malley. re­turns should bc flled at once hy every person who cah attend, to the matter now.

Two heavily loaded coal cars on the ca.st bound freight train No. 2671 Jumped the tmck near ScuUey-s cro!<s-Ing at about ten o'clock. Thursday forenoon. Although the damage wos In-slsnlficant the derallmeh't caused a great-deal of Inconvenience and del.ay to traffle. The three railroad cro.ss-Ings leading to .the camp were block­ed, as well as both, main line tracks. At 1.15 in the afternoon oniy the we.st bound track was open., all traflle go­ing over that track. Thc crossings wcre .all open after the steam derrick

• and wrecking crew from Fitchburg ar-rived. Travel over the West Main and Shirley street eroiisings.and Sculley's

• crossing was diverted through Har-' vard and Shirley. A brako beam which dropped on thc track is given as the cause of the derailment. No one was injured. ^ _

. At the Baptist oIfufcfi*'the pastor, Rcv,. J. W. Thomas, wlll proach on Sunday morning at 10.45 on "The pnt-

- tern." Tho ordinance of baptism wlll bo administered. Sunday schoo'l at twelve.. Song service at 6.30 in the evening, with preaching at 6.45 by Mr. Wardle. -who will take for - his sub-

- Joct, "The made-over man." B. Y. p. U. Tuesday evening at t.30. Mid­week prayer meeting on Thursday

- evening at 7.SO. , , Married In Ayer, at the White Rib­

bon House, Fobruary 16, by Rov. J. W. Thomas, Henry L. Pattce, a sol­dier, of Btislon, Me., and Blnnche D. Long, of Mars Hill,-Me.

The following clipping Is taken from the Boston Post of fehruary 16: "Lots ot people poke fun at police in small towns, but in Ayer Junction recently I-observed a; display, of alertness and quick thinking that tvould put many

-1 a big city 'copper' to shame. Patrol­man T J Plrone held up an autoUt

Bay hlght and Jett for Boston to make l5reparation8 for assuming his new du­ties. He expects to sail for France very soon. Mr, Ford in leaving town had a good word to say for Ayer and its people among whom he made many friends. In Justice to him it may be said that his articles on the to-vn have always been very fair m great contrast to reports ot some ottier correspond­ents.

Mls..=e.<; Alice and Nellie Galvin at­tended the funeral of.their niece. Mlss Lilliiih Marie Galvin. daughter of the late John J. Galvin and Catherine Gal­vin at Cambridge'on Thursday.

The High tide-ln.the Subway has sub­sided somewhat in the past few days. It w.as nece.ssarj- to build a plank walk through the underground passage to enable people to travel through It. No one seems to know where the water comes from. The supposition, however. Is that a broken' main water pipe Is at the bottom of the trouble. The ex­tremely cold weather during the win­ter h.as caused the clay bed on which the floor and.walls rest to hetive. rais­ing tho center of the lloor and making a large crack the whole dLstance be­tween the two ends of the structure. Tnless this matter Is attended to It Is feared that serious results may follow.

- I.ieut. WaUer Amacher and wife.-who have been stopping at Mrs. Mary J. Siibmohs, Page street, since last Septeinber. received orders this week to leave lor Fort Ethan .\llen. Wln-ooskl. Vt.. and they departed tor that place last Monday.

The next meeting ot the W. i". T. V. will be held at the home ot Mr.s. Mar>-Carkln. East Main street, Friday atter­noon. March 1, at 2.30 o'clock. Sub­ject for entertainment. "Work among railroad men." under the direction of Mrs. Ida Preble.

The local fuel committee have re­ceived word that stores may again be opened on Monday.s. but the operring and closing hour.s will remain the same.

t'niim .Ser\-Ices. The First Unitarian I'arish rhurch.

The Federated Church. Sl. .Andrews-Church. Federation House. West Main and Meoh.anlo streets. At 10.43, morn­ing service. Music: anthem. -'Chris­tian, the morn breaks sweetly .j'er thee." Shelley; response. "Heaven life." Phellev: offertory duet, "in tlit* cross of Christ I glorj-," Gelbel. Mrs. Beck­ford and Mlss Clark. Harold True Shattuck. organist. Preacher. Rev. Rol­lln S. Tuttle. -At 7.30. evening serviee. Music by the ciuarlel choir of the l-'irst Baptist church ot Fitchburs. P.ev. J. W. Thomas offlciatc.s. Preacher. Rev. Wi!li.am D. Goble, minister. First itap­tist church. Fitchburg.

Miii-strel Show. .K minstrel show will be piven in the

t o w n ha l l o n T h u r . s d a y evollinjr. F e b r u ­a r y :t8. by t h e 301s t .Anil iulai ioe C.o.. u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s 'if t h e .^. . \ . S. . \ . H. fo r t h e b e n e t i t of t h e A y e r t t i r l S o u t s ^ . T h e . p r o g r a m eo i iu t i e i i ee s a t 7.-i-l p ron i j i t a n d t i c k e t s e a n '.»- s e c u r e d f r o m t h e Gi r l S c o u t s a n d t h e .' . .^. S. . \ . I", o n i m i t t e e . .Seats m a y lie i e - e i v e d by exchanKin.=: t i c k e t s a t r.. ' . i ' .nis- f r u i t s t o l e oti T u e s d a y .in.l \Ve.l:'-.-i^.Ui>- t'l' tw., ' l i l l f o u r o ' c l ock .

T h e f o l l o w i n g is t h e p r - p t a m : OV'-rtur.:. ' -When t h e Y;i;iks .-.nil.-

i iKirchIng h o m e " (ipeiiim.-- c h o r u s , - - l i ix ie . ' —t.oxx'r:.

l ean ir.il.- --.Mason Hixon ;in.---Fo j - IheM-'s Kvy i i t ill yom- di-.-aniy

.-ves.-- i '- t. ( ' a r i i -n t ' - i -.- I don-t w a n t to K'-t w,.!!,'- I 'v l , M.acKie •-.-•we-t Kii ia lhia mv ^-al.-- I 'vt , i -ha iu! Ier - l . i b e r t v be l l , " I 'v i , .<;i • i l ld Krln,- ' ' -Soniewher.^ in Kra

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1- H r o n s -The " 1 - 111.-, I'.lai KO f i t i l

B a s s soio. I 'vt '-.Some .Sun.lay ni.irninir,-" Tv t , -'F-l-om he-.-e to Sli;in;;lifii— I'vt F i n a l e , -.si.u- S i i a n g l c l Hanii.-r '

I n t e r l o o u t o r . .SKI. l l r a h a n i : .-M a c k i e . Hla i r ; p r e m i e r end iii.-ii I.T. M a r t i n : s o l o i s t s . Kinse l l ; t , .-.irp.-i l . 'r . t'oul»-t. . landr.- . Haiil.-r. lliY.ns-.r c i rc le , <-oty. l . u n d e r g a n , Thateti.-i-. I ' '•\ ey. Tr.TiK-is Milb-r . H e w i t t . Kevr . I i . i rb I .r ise- . l l , i t l e n d ' - n i i n c .Sch.;::/. Sni i l l i .

.Se.'iie a t t h e Sarat.iK.a rae-- t - ; . r k s .

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the fact th.1t ho was absent without leave from December 8 to January 14.

The order forbidding any soldier from . visiting Lowell except thoso whose homes nre in that city has caused great excitement there. The Lowell committee on public safety calls every law-abiding citizen to stand by dnd see to It that not oniy this rule Is recinded a s soon as possible, but that the offenders of the ptust a'nd the future be given the stiffest kind of correctional treatment. At the execu­tive meeting at city hall. Ix)well. .last Sunday afternoon the whole matter wa's carefully discussed and Mayor P. D. Thompson described his visit -to General Hodges, the camp command­er, last Saturday as well as outlined some prlvato exp«tt«»c«B. In trying t a secure tho arrest of bootleggers, whose actions In procuitog ll4uor for sol­diers Is the sal^ cause of the' ban be­ing, placed upon that city. Plans are already under way by the leading citi­zens of Ixiwell to do away with, this clas.s of offenders .so that Lowell may again be open to the soldiers.

Brigadier General J. B. McDonald, o; the Inspectoi^ general's offlce in Washington, left for Camp Upton, N. Y.. Monday, after making a thorough inspection of the camp. He expressed hlmselt as very well satisfied with all conditions at thc camp.

The scheduled review ot the men of the entire 76th division which was set for Monday was postponed shortly before the time .set for the review. No reason \\-as asslgIied__ifr_om official sources.

One of the most interesting court martial cases ever held at the camp was opened on Monday. Private John Sanjean. a -ft-ell-know-n Cambridge lawyer, author and lecturer, o mem­ber of Company E of the 301st In­fantry-, attached to the Headquarters Company, was on trial on three counts, feigning illness, refusing to obey or­ders and asstiult on a non-commi.s.slon-ed oflicer. .Sanjean Is represented by civilian counsel. John W. Rorke. a Boston lawyer. The defen.se Is nien-tnf defect in the defendant,

James K, H.ackett, the famous ac-toi . who \-as recently' appoinie<l di­rector-general in all activities in tlra-matlc and musical fields, arrived at the cjimp on JMonday to begin his work.

Private;'Georgo Simmons, of' Whit­man, a rnember b f . t h e mobile ord­nance detachment, died of- pneumonia at the base hospital on Monday morn­ing.

According to orders issued on Tues­day by .Major General Hodges seventy-seven ofhcers are relieved trom t'neir present :issignments and are "at­tached" to their commands. . \ t the same time 119 other offlcers are giv­en permanent as.slgnments. An as­signment ot an ofllcer means that the officer Is regularly appointed to the company pending assignment. The a-ssigncd offlcers. it is believed, will be the ones to go to France with the tirst flghting section of the division. Some of thc otllcers attached are away trom camp attending special schools or do­ing iinportant special work In the can­tonment, while a number have beer relieved because they have been chos­en tor the cavalry- camp at Fort Ethan Allen. Winooski, Vt. The ILst of those attached includes 20 captains. ^ tirst lieutenants and ii2 second lieutenaht^.

The cost of feeding the 7t;th alvision is increasing, l l now costs Uncle Sam ju.st 40.62 cents per day to feed each soldier at thc c.anip. . When the flrst recruits came last September the cost pel- man per day w-as 38.75 cents.

Jordan. Marsh & Company, ot Bos­ton, have sent 150 stnileage books to Ihe camp tor distribution among the b o y s .

I ' a s s e s o v e r W a s h i n g t o n - s b i r t h d a y w-ni b e i:00(l n n l l l t h i s w e e k . S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of t h e o t l l ce r s ' t i - a in ing s<-ho.il. w h e : » it is s a i d t h a t t h e i>.asses wi l l be g o o d -Jntil S u n d a y ni^-bt. .

T h e K n i s h t s of i ' o l ; :m l . i i s a i . - t.:. ! h a v e a b ip v ia t r io l i r (-.''..-br-itiuti ;it t h e • c a m p on \Va>hilifr ton-s b i r t h d a y . T h e : s i . e a k e r of t h e iloy wil l i i - J . K. B u r k e , j sLl]iervis..i- ..f s cho . . I s ..;- I b . s t . i n .

I . ieut . W: i ! t e r I-iickf . rd ; nf W a t e r ­v i l le , .Me., ot' t h e ::0:ird F i e l d . \ r t : I l e r y . I is t l ie i n s l n i c K . r of J u - j i t s u , t h e n o t e d 1 J a p a n e s e . i t h l e t i c a i l , :it t h e c a m p . \

T h e t o t a l a m . . u r . t .-f w: i r r i s k i n - | s u r a n c e t . iken ..iit by t h e n a t i o n a l ' a r m v .-snl.liers a t f a m ; ) U e v e n s i n K . u n t s t.l S-4>;,MS.OOO. It '.vas ex­pla in . -d t h a t t h e s l l . i w i n c w o ' i l d h a v " b.-en e\-,'n s r e a t e f if s- m a n y m.^n h;i.l n..t b e e n t i a r . s f e r r e i l t*. o t h e r d i v i s i o n s . (If those who remain ils i>er.^ein bave t;ii<.ll out liisui-anet.. The total p.jlicies takon ..ut number 2-1.>•-•.-". aiKl the av.-r--.,--." .riio.iiu is SS410, Thirt.en of the tlftv units have attain.-.1 .Mi overage of libi i.ercent insured. Tho iit.t SlO.dUO

W. C. T. tJ. Convention. . A. gnnil .sl-.iC<l gathering .allendud the convention of the Worce.^ter County North W. C. T. U,. which wius held al the White Ribbon House. Kiisi .Main street,nOn lost week Wednesday, with a prbgram given as follows: .Morning —Devotions; —reports, secretary and treasurer; grcetlngK, .Mrs. Aha V. Hol­lls; business we.sslon: "What is my union doing for ratlfleation and mem­ber.ship." president of each union: "A. house mother's opportunities," Mr.s. Sydna Eldridge. Afternoon—Execu­tive meeting; song service; prayer; re­port ot executive committee; business session: address. "Work of the Y. M. C A. and the duty of Christianity to the soldiers," Mr. Harvey, from ("amp Devens; "How can we help the White Ribbon Home." Miss Caroline M. Cas­well of the Willard Settlement, Bos­ton; introductions; song. "When the boys come home." ladle's' quartet: "Sidelights on the national conven­tion," Mrs. Nellie M. Hutchln,son and Mrs. Clara A. Webber, ot Leominster; "What next?" s>-mposium tor all.

MONDAY, F E B E U A E Y 2 5

A Letter fPom the Philippines. - The following letter was recelveit trom-Dr. Prie.«t who has recently been assigned to the Philippine Islands, and who has taken his family with him to Vwe there. The letter Is dated Fort Wiiiiam McKinley, Rlzal, I', 1.. Jan­uary 13;

We certainly had a fine trip. We went to San Francisco by the southern route, stopping over , at Washington and Los Angeles. We had two days in 'Frisco and sailed on Transport Sheri­dan. December 5. December 12 and 13 wo spent at Honolulu, We took an eighty-mile auto trip around the Island, which took iis through some flne mountain scener>- and along the seashore. W e passed through acres and acres^ of pineapple iilaiiiations and sugar cane besides seeing cocoa-nuts, b.-manas. olives, dates and rice.

From Honolulu -to Guam w-as a journey ot thirteen days without sight of land. . \ t Guam we anchored about three miles trom the landing; as the h.arbor Is very shallow. We anchored near where the Germans blew up the C,-).rmoran rather than have It cap-lured. The island, itself is most typ­ical of the tropics. The houses were of only one room, built generally on j posts with hens nnd thc tamlly pig' umlet-neath. The native transporiatioii I w-as ,'. two wheeled cart dra-n-n by -a caribou. Cocoanuts grew- w-Ud and w-ere as thick, as .acorns are -with uti. We .stayed there three days, tor w-e had .'- lot of freight to unload. '. '

We finally .arrived in Manila Friday afternoon, Januarv 4. being a month since -.vo loft -Frisco. Manila is a large city, nearly «00,000, and w-as very interesting to me. The oldest part of the. city is surrounded by a mosslve storie wall lyhirh must be 20 feet high and 40 feet w-ido at the base. There were n. lot of old Spanish build­ings mingied in w-ith the more mod­ern American buildings. There seem­ed 10 be about equal nimber of w-hite people. Filipinos and Chinese, with some Japanet^ mixed fn. The caribou cart Is tnrm—n-tore cofnmon than in Guam; They h.ave stroet cars and au­tomobiles, but the ch.arlcterislic'meth­od of transportation is the two wheel-e;i ,'galesa.-' .Iraw-n by a small Fili­pino ;jony and driven b.v the owner of the rig, w-ho-e livery- consists largely of a shirt with the tails haniiini; out.

1 ^oon t<iund-out-that I w-as ;is.<igr.-ed to Fort .McH-Cinley. For iinarters we h:.ve xi ho'jse .:.t four large room.s. besides -Kitchen. l>ath -and servant.-.' fiu-irters. Kveryone here has a lot of

i ser-.-ants. -VV,. have a dandy Chine.- o COO'K an.. Filipino house boy.

Th.. ho^r-it.-.I :it the post h;is ab. .t .- 00 be.is. th-.ntrh it Is not full now. Mefore the -.v;tr McKinley wa,-- th-

, l,irt,e,-=t post ...f the United .States. .My i fir--, i.ss.-nn-ent is taking oharge -.i j the ey*'. ear. r...-e and throat dep.rt-

mer.t. if 1 .-t:iy b.ere long I shall cer­tainly ;:et go..-..l experience in ail hrar.eh,-. <.t ni"dicine and siii-ger>-.

.s, , far it ;. .ks as if w-e slliiuld like niiicr. How-ever. it is :i: ' win:.:' now (that is i: -A-'-.',K .X- 'Xx. at niith: 1 W'i-.-n .• .-,:rnni.r it may I..- ;i ;:f-

Mary Pickford W I L L BE SEEN AT 'M

Page Hall Theatre, Ayer • LN ONE OK IIER BESfT PICTURE.S

" STBL^L>A MARIS" Paying a dual r . ] . . Vt.WVi P ICKFORD will he secii in a new -\rl(-i-aft pieture at Pago Hall

Tlicali-e on Monday afternoon and eveninjr. Miss Pickford pla.vs the titlo role of "S te l l a Maris. '" in a filiii vi.'1-sion of "Williiiti! .J. Locke'.s celebriited novel, and also interprets tlu' i)art of [ 'nity Blake, an un­couth i.-liaractcr wh.) is inti-oduoed as an inmati? of an orphan asylum. As Stella Maris, a paralyt ic heiress, siu'i-oniidcd t.y every luxury wealth ean (-onimand, tind protected from •even the slightest knowledge of woi-ldly things, the e'oniparison with Unity Blake.prcsv-uts a s tar t l ing contrast. Later , when .Stella Maris .'ias her health restored and learns of the povvi-ty. misery and crime existing in the world which her imagination had pictured- as idyllic it proves so .sti-oiig a .shock tha t her life is threatened.

Througli an amazing chain of eircuinstauces the- tv,-..i girls—the Ugly Duckling and the delicate and lieautifu! Stella .Maris—love the same jnau, and. then .-oihesa .stipi-<;ine sacrifice, the giving of Unity Blake 's life for th.- man she loves and for Steiia .V'aris. The portrayal of two characters so vastly did'erent by Mary t'i'.-kford will proliably stand as a wonderful, ai.-hievenii-nt in serecn art .

SPECIAL SHOWS ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY "WITH MATINEE AT 2 O'CLOCK SHARP

U^TIL FURTHER NOTICE M.ATINEES ON MOND.AYS WILL ST.ART AT TWO O'CLOCK

MATINEE EVERY DAY AT 3 O'CLOCK Saturdays and "Holidays at 2 o'cloclc

TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY EVENING—-6 and 8 o'clock

COMINCS—Monday, March - t—GERALDINE FARRAR in " D E V I L S T O N E "

Union Cash Market Ayer , M a s s .

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Conscience. A very stronp feeling makes to It­

self a conscience nt Its oivn—has Iti* own piety ; .htn ns much as the (eellni; ot the son towards the mother, -which will sniiK-times survive amid the worst fumes of depravity.—Exchange.

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(-.TJlip \ f i t e s . T h e first i n c r e m e n t of t l ie l inal tif-

teen percent of the tirst .li.ifi .|nota wil! he^in to come this Sittnr.lay an.l wlll continue to arrive until Kebruary 2S. when the full nuinl.ei' of the I;ist quota of Olil.i will have reache.l here. "The new recruits will come fr.ini New •i'ork and all of the N'ew Knirland states, except Vermont, The reason why Vermont is exempt is due t.i the fact thai the voluntary enllstiiients from that state have equalled Its .|uota for the last conllnfirent.. It ' Itelnp: a drtxft roR-ulatlon that when a shale furnl. -he.s a sufflclont number of men cither by draft or voluntary enllst-ment.s no more men are required for

'paid hy the m.ver I t - ..f t h e m e n tier.- w . i s t u r n - . .. Ih . ' f an i j ly ..f t h e l a t e (-a).t

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,\. '.- S I .u rday t h e tir--: l i . l f of :1-..-\ . v V ,|-K i |u. . ta of .".'.oo i-- ' l u e t l a r -i 'l\ . . iinii th . ' r e m a i n d e r . .n M o n d a y , .\11 XXX",X xxx t h e ( .Ulcers ' t ra in lnf i : s c h o o l .ir. ' t'l h . n . ' fi.lir d a y s ' Vi ica t ion fr..;ii

• .^ht to J?iin(lay ni«ht. .•1..W.1 vl-iited the camp on

.1 .•n,i..yed the drllllnK of the -... -rt .-I-e ninkliiK tin.al pi-ejia-!- :li.- itrand review w-hlch ill..- place oil .Monday morn-

Depcnd on Her. Mistress (to eeok)—"I hnve some

friends comitii: to dinner today. Mary. 10 1 want yen to do your very best." Coo)!—"Yotl cnn depend upon me. mum: I've p. t some friends of me own comin' 1"

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CORSET D E P A R T M E N T

We have jus t reeeived the new Spring Models in the IJ. & G.. Royal Worcester and Her Jrii.j.-sty ('orsefs at the follow-ing pri.-es; R. & G. $1, Sl.25, $1.50, 52, $2.50 Royal Worcester $1, S1.50, $2, $2.50 Her Majesty $1, $1.25, $1.50 Pink Models $1, §1.50, $2.50

BRASSIERES

H.-itiiburf; Trimmed and Plain .Models; als.i Taildi'od Models

SOc. and 59c.

H.H.Proctor Test of a Good Husband.

Our position is Mmply this; Thnt no mnn is a po.-d ;'ishand who doesn't notico when h mes home that the .^iltinp-rooin . iirtn'ns hnve hoen moved to the dinir.t--roo;:i.—Dnllns Ncw-s,

Thii i ' s . la^ .\ hire.-

Su i i day al s . i l . l iers " r a t i o n s f. w a s set t.. in'.:.

i h " aaot - i_Th« nun^er_of moi ^ -driving .1 oiRht wlihout_vroper..llRhta, ing from^nrcr slafcsTiavc Keen Kret.1- rr^st week -Thursday mornlns ns 1 ly reduced for tho nbove renson. The quotas .sent by thc states .are Xfiuisa-chusetta 2082. fCcw Hampshire 7. Maine'21, New York 3608; Connecti­cut 1100 and Rhode Island 97. Of theso It l« stated that thc men from Maine and-Ncw Hampshire will bc as-sfsned to the Coast Artillery. To the new third tralrlns resiment of Knpl--ncers 800 of tho men ot thc ncvi- draft wlll bc asslsned.

-The reports ot tho bis trench mortar guns could bo very distinctly hoard about town on Tuesday. When the roports were first heiird many thought thero w-as a bis explosion other than that caused by krmir guns. Thc true causo was however soon learned.

A second burglary'In thc 301st In­fantry was discovered last- Sunday, whon rnembers of Company G ot that regiment found that durlns the nlsht someone had relieved them ot a con­siderable amount ot money

DLstrlc't ("omi. Williani F. Walsh.

driver, paid Hoston jitney

ne of five dollars for

E. ^"rcd David, of Dracut, -was (ound SUilty of violation of the mllk law In Westford. .and wan flned fltty dollars. David Is foreman for K. W. Schofield. of Dr.acut. at the lattcr'.g tarm In Westford. .

"Wilii.am T. Austin nnd Everett C. Wltchl. local Jitney drivers, paid nnes of five dollars cach on Tuesday morn­ing tor not having propcr llshts on their machines during the night s c i ­son.

Obltimry. Thc funeral of .Mrs, Rsther A. Hol­

den took place last S.aturdfty atternoon at onc o'cloclc from tho hom« ot hcr son. Edward J. Holden, Columbia street. The services,' which -were pri vato, wcro conducted 'oy Rev. Frank B. Crandall, minister ot tho Unitarian church. Tho remains were taken to tho Shirley Center cemetery, where

Sand in the Lantern. If .Inpnnese hiiiierna have n littlo

snnd put io the l-.ttom there will be small dnnt-er of t! . lr catching flre, ns the snnd gives w.-ipht and holds the candle firm.

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Instinct. Mrs, Vnn Spcederly (gazing at her

crying Infant)—I wonder what alls it? If It wns nn nutomoblle I co'nW tell la a minute, hnt bnhies ore SO different

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A Matter of UndertUndlng. The fellow who doesn't tmderstand

Yiow the other fello-w sticceeds prob­nhly can't understand Ids o'wn lack ot success.—Exchange.

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The maxim runs: •Tnt yonr best foot forwa-rd"—bnt snpjiDse you are 'being treated by a cIiIx«iK>dlst}

Surest Indep'endence. There Is DO independence that can

be stire but a dependence npon one's self.

Aceiil.s f.ir M >IIi OI.KOM^VRGARI.Ni: Tho finest an.l best snl)stltutc for Bnt­

ter. fan 1' "sol on tho taUo l , \ l ! l ) coMrOTOIT)

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Kin-ST QVMIIV WK-STEUN BKKF sirloin -leaks ."JSc. lb.

P. Donlon & Co. Mend's ni.s-k ATfEK,:MASS.

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Groceries

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We havo l.%,000 of thc Tory iKst cards thnt have been prxxluccyl. Wc had authority from Washlnston for lho work nnd our Mr. BOTCrly wtut with tho artist to ndcct the subjects when tho orislna] nctrntlvos were nuLdo

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A well executed plan on tl).- part ot the young..people of the -Methodist church succeeded in rHlIrprl ln;; their Iiastor. Rev, Walter Van KlrK. la.st Saturday evening; at the home *if Mr. and ilra. T. Turnei Cloodwlii, where hc 18 entertained week-enils. One of tho stewards of the church. Oeorne I., Hihtman. hud been Invited to tuke tea •with his pastor, after-ivhich tn the t iirb' evt.nlti^r 11 knock inoumleil at the dol r and about twenty-live of the joun^r folks entered, when thc first lii-tltn.Ulon of uny plan wus made ap-^Kfcr«ut-to -thc. mirprised pastnr ^V no-. clul evenlns of pleiusantry followed \>lth music und the servins of refreah-mtnts. Mr. "Van Kirk Is a native o£ Ohio und at present Is a student at Boston university. Hc became pa.-tor ot the Methodist church lust Octoi.ei-. fcince which time hc hus (jreutl.v en­deared himself to the members of his

tlon and was fpr a number of years a iineniber of the .-ichool b.iard.

<->n in-ptember U. 1!S.S6. .Mr. liarl.er wa.-. Mlt.rrle<l t o Ml.-e. A b b i e . \ . .-Sever­a n c e , of Towii.-..-iid h l l l . a n d t h e i r uiil.iii wa.- a h.ipl>%- o n e . T h e y w e r e l.U.*.se.l .w-;th o n e .iaii;;lit<-i. .Ml.,-i ta D a w b e r . .Mr^ I t a i b - i - ha.- ii.ile.-.! l . e . n lo>a; li.-!i.liieet t o h.-r il',i.-liainl a m i itle.lt I.-., .-.-lli;; 111 l.ls d e e l l l l i u - .M'al a n d l o u . ' t r i e r wl t l l h . ' r ( l . t - i i ihter , tli h a w 1110-' ) . . - \ : I ' .KI \ (-ai'-eil t o r t l i . -I V.-'-...'..' i'..'j:l..aii..i ;uid fatliei- .Mi. It-.ti' I;\.-.; .. . ju i . ' l . i:nasi.aillllli- ' ' i ' TO^\'rt nt^ hjs-nntT»-itri-a-ei»'*pei-a m i eariln,- for t h e .h..iiie 1.1:11:. W.IS ( l l l i^f l l t xx: b u s i n e s s , fai t i i f i i i 11' (li.-ih.u-.;,- l-r . l u t y a k t iu! . . . i^ i ) >t?TtT:it -.-x ni.-lTtner uni t a ' r . - - r r r l * - " v t l 4 ^

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M V-. e i r . t . e r s ot­it h i s v..ie wil l lie iiils.-.-il t i l .

I d i a i i K e a . f i . . ' : l . l . -hi | I h . ' w a s a he l l . fu l a lul f a i t l l t u

l,e. f..i- ir.ar.v .ve.trs. fhe deei.est synipathy of frienda

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.a .ii'l la ill their .-ail Uereavement. church and t h e younK people, and ha-j ,|^ij,|i!„,r^ i„ u.vtended to -Mrs-. Barber also gained- many friends In town by -hla senlal, christian iici-soiiallty.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sawin and -Mr.s. Jos le 'Sawln Greenwood, of Holden, ttnd Mlss Gertrude -ft'ells, of Mal.len, came^^^a^^cnd the funeral of .Mr. Kar. ber and remained as quests In the home for a few days.

— o n last week Thursday evening .Mis-Flora Stewart, daushter of -Mr. inil Mrs. W. John Stewart, gave a valentine party at her home.. Klf teen youns people wero present und enjoyed pleasant evening with music from the -Victrola and games suitable for the oc<;asion, which included a hunt for

.tfrdden hearts. Gcortte Mtitson winnniK the prize of a box of cundy. Dainty retreshmcnts. Includlns heart cookies, -were served, by the hostess and a so­cial time enjoyed.

There Is soon to be u drlvo In Towns-endXor the purchasing of thc United States ETOVcrnment war savlnK stamps by the pubiic, and a house to house canvtus will bo made. The toilowlnK committee trom the Center are. to have tho matter In charse: .Postmaster John Dobson, Supt. Herman Kitigrht and George L. Whitcomb. .Notices will also be given out at the moetlngs of the various organizations and clubs In town- relative to this war soylns plan. Your country- needs every'penny which overy man. -woman and child can save and lend In order to teed, clothe, arm and equip the soldiers and saUors of America. " A country worth fightins Tor Is a country worth saving' for." U k e Uberty bonds these "little baby bonds" havo behind them the entire resources ot the-government and the -people of the United States. The ap-jKirtlohiitent for Tpwnsend in the pur­chase of these stamps is J35,000.

Mrs. Ruth Weston was recently pleasantly surprised by a visit from her- grandson. Robert Lawton. w-ith -wife and two children, of lieomlnster. Mr. Lawton is a member of the mount­ed police stationed-at Camp Devens,

Mlss Viola Mlsner. of FUchburg, spent the Monday holiday ln'<ow-n.

The Townsend Monday club wus en­tertained Monday . atternoon at the home of the prosraent, Mrs. Charles Ross. MISS Emma(s>«lthwlcl<. teacher of music in the §chool«r -tt'as thc speak­er of the atternoon. Her subject, "Folk music of Europe." w-as Intense­ly Interesting. A pleasing variation during her talk was the singing by

•"MrsTRoSbt ' the" different folk songs ot tho several countries. In closing some ot the folk songs ot our own country were given. Including planta­tion melodies and our national favor­ites. Miss Southwick also rendered two fine piano solos. A social hour followed with the serv-ing of refresh­ments by the hostess.

lyester. Spoftord. who has been at work in Ftamlngham this winter, has enlisted In the service and has gone to Fort Slocum, N. Y„ where he is to train In tho heavy artillery.

Mlss-Nellie AWeston is visitins with friends in Boston and vicinity, and Mrs. Mary Blood is taking care ot her mother in her absence.

The February' meeting of the Birth­day club on Tuesday atternoon -ft-as held at the home of the president. Mrs Irv-lng Seaver. Considering the bad traveling there -n-as a good attendance, twenty-three members being present. The afternoon entertainment consisted of a loughablo play entitled "PacklnK the missionary barrel," thc following members takins the parts costumed in colonial style: Mrs. Irvms Seaver. Mrs, Annie Bliss, Mrs. r.'.mxi Gates. Mrs. l .mjna Clarke, Mrs. I-'.iniiie Meade. Mrs. Emma Spencer. Mrs. Kmma 1 ancev, -Mr.s. Emms. Peavev. Miss Swlmiii and Mi-.s. Flora -\tw.i...l ing the social hour refreshiuei. served by tlie hosie.s.Hes. Mrs. . \er, Mrs. Grace Wriuht an Seaver.

The hoard ot reei.-trars wiil n-.eet -.: the selectnien-s room on Satur.la.-. I'ebruary 23. from twelve al noon i. ten in the evenins for the i.urpo.se o reglsterins lho.se desirous of takin ptxrt In the town meeting of -March x

Bdgar Wilson and family, wh,. ha^ been Uvlng on the Turnpike road ;. the Center. h.ave moved this w.-ek t the home ot hLs father, son. Bayborry hill.

W(-i-t. •\\'. .\. ttoutw-ell. chairman i.f the

war-savins committee for 'Xowhsend. h.is appointed for'the other members of the committee Rev. Joseph McKean, carl B, Willard und Mrs, K, J. l.ees, ,,f tv.-st Townsendt Ceorse Whilcomb,

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I'ostmaster Dobson, Supt, Herman tJT Knight, Towhsend Center, and c . A, ,!03.<elyn und Mrs. J. H. Hennett for the Harbor. This committee held a meeting nt the Townsend bank on last week Thursday -atternoon to discuss plans for a 1 bis drive to' raise the amount apportioned to Townsend. JJi.OOO. and in order to stimiilate public Interest this important matter is to be bronght before the sehoois, churches and various or=:anl?.atlons in town and later a house-lo-houso can­v.ass wlll be carried on by sub-com­mittees, and every-:effort w i l lbe made to show the people that by this method of Investment. In layins by a sum. however small, reguluily, they are not only saving for themselves but doing their bit to help the government.

Mrs, Williani W. Webster Is caring far an Invalid in Xew Ipswich, X. H.

William M. l.aw-rence, w-ho is spend­ing thc winter with his sister. Mrs, Ernest Phillips, in the south, is visit­ing In Tampa. Fla,, this week.

Mrs. Ale-\ander Reed is attending to the w-ork at the library reading-room Saturday afternoon and evening,

Mrs. Benjamin Seaborn and Mrs, Jennie Flagg, of Ayer; Private Roy Kadd.v. of Camp Devens, and Mrs. Re­becca Kaddy. from the Center, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Hamil­ton. Stevens' hill, last week Friday.

i lrs . George Pow-ers. from Middle­bury. a tormer resident here. Is visit­ing her sister. Mrs. Nellie Xewell.

Mrs. Mary Forsythe. who Intended returning to her homo In Xeirton on Monday. 1» detained at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Mae' Stetson.

Mr. and Mrs, George WUson and children, w-ho have .spent the w i n t e r at the Albert Wilson farm on Bayberry Hill, <*re returning to the CJenter, and Mn and i lrs , Edgar Wilson and fam-ily, trom the Center, are taking their place on the hlll.

Word has been received here that Miss Myrtle Hobart. daughter of Mrs. Mary Robblns. has accepted a posi­tion .-IS assistant In the McLean asylum in Waverley-. *

Mr, and Mrs, Walter Sprague, of Cabot. N'. .T.. have been recent guests of -Mlss Emily Cutting.

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cook, who have spent the winter w-ith relatives in Utlca. N. Y., havc returned to their homc here.

Mrs. Clara Hicks is visiting her sis­ter, Mrs. -W. C. Winchester, at Squan­nicook Inn,

1 The l.adiCvs- Study club will meet on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs, George Adams and the topic of the afternoon w i l l -bo-"Engiand—old- and new." in charge of .Miss Emma Adams and Mrs. R. 3. Ely.

At the evenins meeting last Sunday at the BaptUt church the audience en-Joyed an address In the Interest of the -i'. M, C A. -«-ork among thc soldiers bv Dr, E, .K. Wheeler, of Atlanta, Ga., who Is about to sail for trance for a vear's service. In that line of work. He came here Sunday aflernoon from Xew York to bid farewell to his moth­er, Mrs. Wheeler, and his sister, Mrs. Joseph McKean, and spent the day •with them al the liaptist parson.age. He proved to be a dellshtful speaker and also a. plea.sins singer, rendering a solo during the evening seivice. He hns the best w-ishes of all far success in his oho-sen Held of w-ork.

! .Miss Belle l.overins, w-ho .studies in ! Kitchburg, is quite 111 at the home of ; her- parents, Mr. aitd -Mrs, (iscar l.ev-

ermir. with the Liberty measles. ' t'harles Uonle.v, clerk -at I. I'. Sher-'w.:-.-s store, is quite il! at hi.- h.une l-.s::!: a severe attack of the sriptie. i F r a : k H a m i l t o n . of W o r c e s t e r . | s - , . - n l t h e w e e k - e n d w i t h h i - m . . t h e r ,

. \ a t r u s t i i s Stever ,>. ..f S te \ - ens '

QtNSENG MARKET IN CHINA — . ^

Depression In Business Reported Past Year, Sale of the Root Being

Much Below Normal.

The mnrket for ginseng lu Hong-Isong and tho (Jhlua UelU KcneruUy is dejiressed. and dealers look for lit­tle reviviil In the trade until well to­ward Chinese N'ew Yeur. tJsuull.v there is a (HUekentng tn the trade -ns-cool weather comes on. but so fur tlie past year, and in spite of the high ex-I'hnpKO value of* stiver whlchought-to stimulate the trade, the sale ot the root has been much below normal, says Consul General George E. 'An­derson, Honglsong. Arrivals have heen below- normal and the demand has not kept pace with the siipply. An auc­tion of a. lot of American root on con­signment recently brought fair prices. Two-days later a similar lot of QU good if not better root sold for Uttle more than halt tho price brought by the flrst lot, and private sales made later were on a still lower level. Uncertain po­litical conditions In the Interior ot Chlna-arerglven-as the chief reason for the present ^lump In demand, but uncertain fliiianelal conditions due to the export'.of silver and copper coin­age from th$ provinces as w-ell as the existence of plraty.and other disorders In some districts have also had ma­terial Influence.

Sales have been Irregular and the market may Improve at any time. The root on hnnd of course wlU get the beneflt of the improvement, while that held In the United States will probably arrive too late to secure full returns. The ginseng business and. all similar lines of trade In China are In an un­certain state and' Uttle reliance can be placed tipon the continuance of any condltloiis.

WHAT MAKES YELLOW BUTTER

FEED FROM FISH AND OFFAL

Material Produced in Form of Meal Be­lieved Valuable for - Both

Swine and Cattle.

ACT OF RIPENING OF FRUIT

bon Be Suspended Fruit Dies or Will Dry Wp.

(Copyrluht, 1S17, by.the McClure New*pi»-^ B Syndicate.) • .

She had bad two manuscripts re­turned that'morning from magazine

Reah-aenrcc aiid-i-Naturo of Natural—stn,„;jp„Kman of THrSwmgTJfrCaTg -eairgr8,and'just a moment before she Color Found by Dairy Department -

of Missouri College.

Everybody likes yellow mllk ami but­ter, but sometiiiies the color is ubseut. Tills, absence: is especially noticeable ta butter, .Chemists lavestlguted tin-cause of tbls variation In color as lou;: ago as 1830, but It remained for tbe dairy department of the University ot Ulssou'rl "college of. agriculture to de-termlne »h"o roi^l «n^;,-..n ^nd niiHire of the natural color of dairy products. Three years of Investigation not ouly .showed the cadse of the- natural color but made clear the nature and source of the yellow (iolor "that Is found In the body fat x f . rattle..- The color In .-the tallow Is exactly tbe same as that found In butter.-, Cows that give yel­low butt(!r havek jellow- body fut, while those which give a whiter biitter have whiter body f a t ; . -

The coloring matter In both cases Is carotin, so-called since It was flrst found In carrots. ' The yellow (Wlor in milk and butt^f j s not made by the an-rtnai but comes from the feed. .This coloring snbstancQ is fonnd in all green leaves, which accoiiots for jlhe yellow butter Insummeri- By continued feed­ing of feeds-; free froih coloring matter It w-aspbsslble, in tiio experiments con­ducted by the Missouri college of agri­culture, to obtain -white butter from a Jersey cow. As/ a result of the work a list of feeds that will give yellow but­ter and those thiat will not Is available.

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ABORTION OliiES GREAT HARM

A factory has been started at Tmnl-den, at the entrance to the North sea Canal, for transmuting tbe leasi: de­sirable flsh and flsh offal Into a sat­isfactory iood for swine, writes Con­sul Frank W. Mahln, Amsterdam, Netherlands.' - This Is considered of double Importance—It feeds the swine and also frees artlcies (maize, for ex­ample) nsnally fed to swine, for other purposes, eyen for human food.

Spoiled flsh have, been fed to swine, bnt with bad effect on the taste ot the pork. The new factory. It Is stated, makes a "vlsdimeel" (literally, flsh meal) from the material It nses, which produirt, analysis shows, contains 55 per cent albumen and 12 per cent fat, and also realizes B^ oil that after suitable pnriflcationV conld be used in cotopetltlon. with cod-Uver oil, or In any case conld be very useful as an In­dustrial oil.

It Is suggested that besides feed­ing swine ^vlth this new product i t be tried with cattle, a s a possible aid In the serious sltnatlon which now ex­ists m regard to feeding Uve stock.

T h e ' new factory Is considered of great Importance In scientlflc circles, and hope Is expressed that the govern­ment as well as the geheralTrabltc--wIU give It earnest support as a mat­ter of national (Kjncem.

Disease Disappears Automatically PnS-vided No New Susceptible Ani­

mals Are Added.

Fruits do not a c t o n the n l r In the same mh'nner as do leaves. Fruits at every stage of their growth, both In light and darkness, suffer ,o loss of carbon whi le leases absorb carbon. The loss of cart>on by fruits Is essen­tial tojthelr,.i;lpenlngt_fprjshould. the function Of tiirowlos att carbon be auspooded (aa dcmonstcated by expert mcnt) thQ rii>enlng stops and the fml t dies or w-lll dry tip on the tree..- Fruits which are enclosed In shells ripen, however, as the membranes-which foriA the husks are permenbleto the air. the atmo^?her«-^:Ithln-tiie rfieU-furnishing the same qualities of oxy­gen and nitrogen as the air we breathe. When fruits are'sepairated from the tree and placed in atmosphere depriv­ed of oxygen tbey will not ripfen, bnt the power of ripening Is only suspend­ed and may be Inducted to net by plac­ing the fruit In an atmosphere^ capable of taking carbon .from,'It; but If left too long In the deoxygeiiated situation It will lose th^ power of ripening, even though it preserves-the-same external appearance.

'X, •RsaistsaaaBor OSTOUBBKOK

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(By H. a NEVltJS, -Colorado Agricul­tural College,^^ort Collins, Colo.)

Contagloa^'-ajjortlon does much damage In s()nie herds. It has been found that "Infected cows do not coa-tlnue to abort-;' 'When It first breaks, out In the herd; a: considerable number usually throw their calves. During the second year: the abortions will be less, and the thlixl year the cases will be few. In this way the disease dis­appears automatliially, provided that no new susceptible animals are added to the herd. Disposing of the cows that hnve aborted and baying new ones usually results ;lh prolonging, the dis­ease In the herd. iO;he contagious abor­tion germs arer-often spread by the bull, so great care need be exercised In pnrchasing.a sire to make sure that he Is free from the contagion and f lso not to allow him to serve cows that, .nre affected. ,

GOOD JUDGEl^OF DAIRY COW

PREVENTJNG SCAUP IS EASY

Occasional Renewal'of Air of Storag* Room Is Recommended by Departp

ment of Agricultiire.

Apple scald of green and'ripe fml t In storage can be entirely and easily prevented by an occasional renewal o'f the air of the storage room, nccordlng to the United States iJepartfflent of ag-rlcnlture. Appies-are living organ­isms which breathe and, l ike other Hy­ing things, hnve ventilation re<inlr©-ments which. If not met, lead'to empth-ering. Accumtilatlons of carbon diox­ide (carbonic a d d gas) produced by the apples In storage, the lack of air movement In the storage room, and the depositing of molstnre on the fml t are all declared to \>e factors that may play a part In the production of scald. Experiments indicate that high hu­midities may be maintained In storage wlthont the development of scald, and prove conclusively that an occasloiml renewal of the air of the storage room wlll (Mmpletely prevent the dlseaae. Scalded fmlt Is more mealy and poorer In flavor than unscaldeiL Scald, In addltloi^ to' rendering the fml t tm-slghtly and reducing .Its market value, renders the "aplples'eJttremBly suscepti­ble to certain storage rots.

Training Enablei Farmer to Make Few Mistakes In 9wylhg Stocic and

Building Up Herd.

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Smelt Fishing In New Brunswick. The smelt flshlng season recently

opened on tho Northnmberiand strait shores of New Brunswick. Ketums show that In the Mlramlchl district, at and near Chatham, both quality and quantity ot flsh have been disappoint­ing. The flshermen there are receiving about ten cents a pound, while at Bex-ton and Richlbucto. in Kent county, it is reported they have received as much as 15 cents; the average price Is not above 12 cents.

In the recently proclaimed embargo on the export from the Dominion of certain food p»oduct3, fresh frozen flsh is included, but w-hen destined for the United States shipments in fair aver­age quantities are permitted to go for­ward under Indorsement by collectors of cistoms at ports of exit.

Tie export of smelts from the Monc­ton consular district during the 1916-17 seasm. as shown hy consular invoices certlfled. was 957,989 pounds, valued at .${'5.80.').

I Jack's Friend In Need. I The naval class was under signal

Instruction. Most ot them had Just come back from leave, and, as a re­sult, to some of the boys In hlue the Instructor's voice seemed very far awnr Indeed.

"A ship In distress," he was saying, through the room spaces, "has several methods by means ot which she can make known her condition to other ves­sels or homo stations. Name one, Blnks'."

"The international code signal 'N, C ' "

; time. •'Itlchi " said ths Instrnctor. "Jenks,

namo another." .Tenks started out of a dream. "Kh?" he ejacultiteil. "What would you do If you were

Successful dairymen are nearly al­ways good judges of dairy stock. Training In Judging cattle enables one, flrst, to make few mistakes In buying stock; second, to get better prices for

CHAIN BRACE ON APPLE TREE There Should Bo a Swivel So That

Screws May B« Tightened to Hold Umb Firmly.

A big fml t crop to likely" t o mean a good many Injured trees irom Umbs breaklBg and splitting oft tmder the load of frllL Propped-up Umbs are

Hlgh-Produelng Guernsey.

animals he has to sell; and. third, to breed morc skillfully, thus building up a profltable herd In the shortest pos­slhle time.

JudRlng receives such prominence at shows and fairs that the casual observer sometimes carries away the Idea that it is a fleld for experts rather than for flip practical farmer. This Is au incorrect conclusion. Practically everyone who handles dairy cattle Is benefited by studying the art of Judg­ing cattle.

WATER NECESSARY FOR COWS

Often Profitable to Use Tank Heat-eri With Dairy Cattle to Keep

Up Qood Mllk Flow.

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„..«.,..-. V. —^—- - . the dniry cow must take In plenty ot replied Blnks, waking up Just in water if she is to keep up her milk

flow. It will otten pay to use tank heaters with the dairy cattle where It would not pay tn use them In the fat­tening- pens, dne to the limiting in­fluence which the amount of water taken has upon the amount of tat produced. repeated the sig&al tn-

lumbled Jenks, "pawn my

the mie in many yonng orchard aronnd picking time. 'Where a big tree Is heavily burdened It Is possible to keep It from splitting by the time-hon­ored device of using lag screws and a chain or the screws and a couple of rods -with a tnrabuckle. The chain wlll work Just as waU, however. There should be a swivel In the chain,, corre­sponding to the tumbuckle, so that the screws may be tightened up and the weakened limb held flrmly. The de­vice may be left in place and will be of permanent valne.

WATCH CLOSE FOR CUNGERS

Dried-Up, Diseased FrulU That Stick to Branches Carry Disease Over

Until Spring.

It Is not enonsJh to destJiy aU of the Insect-ladeti and fnngonB-aiseaae-inT fested frtUt that drops before or during fml t harvest by feeding same to the hogs, sheep, or other stock. There are quite often dried-up, diseased frolts that cling to the branches, for weeks after liarvest-time, which carry the spores (germs) of disease over nntU spring and then scatter them bw""** cast by wind. Insects, and bIrd8.--Tllere Is Jnst as much In preventing; trouble as curing I t

PREVENT PEACH LEAF GURU

New I'".nglaml stork ar aplrit of patriotlsn- ii and when the war o c.atno he cnlisteil

l!e atteniled the .li> t h c h l l l a n d t h e •!-..« at the Center. I.at-f .aw-re l lee ;ic. ' i i lemy ,:-i n c a g o n d , p r a e l l ' ^ a ! b e i n g a n a t t e n t i v e r -n b s e r v c r b e g a t b e r - ' l e d g e of m e n a n d affa retained his interest ii

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BEECHAM'S PILLS

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ra^d Rates In Norway. : 111 Attache Erwln W. 11 r-ports from Copenhagen. . I hit freight ond passenger IV.- iM<en increased from time ;;i Norway since the war be-

-i nrt"n nle'r^l! «""• """""dine n o w l n aU-tO-80 per , . thcr ndv.in- cent for first clnss passengers, 60 per l.l; .ii)HN'.<(iN ! cent f'.r third class passengers, and

I 100 per . . nl for all freights ercept foods an.l fertilizers.

BEHER TO RAISE PUREBREDS

Harsh Parallel. "nemPTnlier w h e n w e w e r e k i d s ' R<^

memi.er >..u liked to play.with rae bet­ter thii-1 «itii anybody'fIse?" The mllllnnn r.- wns not effusive. "We hnve (|-i..r -nstes wtien we'rc young.'

"I remeniber 1 used to "ith toads."—Louisville

he obs. like I,. Cniiri.-r • n . i ! .

Exeellent Prices ObUlned by Cornell College of Agriculture for Hol­

stein Bull*.

Docs it pay tn rnlse purebred stock? The colleee of .igrlcnltnrc at Cornell recently sold nt auction one Holstein bull for Sl.r^io nnd- thrceof hls-broth-crs for n total .if $1,200. The bull who sired these four yotjngstcrs cost only $1,200.

A.fter ox: n i p a t i n \ b u r n e v e n

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heiaus or.ancicnt teir.s -rship oh.'ihe isl'ind of

Definition of a Gentleman. A mnn th.it Is clean inside nnd out,

who neither Inoi^ np to tho rich nor down on the pn..r: who can lose with­out sqiienlinc. mul can win without brngslnc: who is considerate of wom­en, children nnd .ild people; who Is too brave to He. io„ generous to cheat, nnd lets other people h a \ c theirs — Exchange.

Best Plan Is to Spray Trees While In Dormant Condition—Use Boiled

Lime-Sulphur.

had failed to get a seat for the farce she wanted to see. — N o t a seat in ttig-1ionse;^theri>og office, man informed hei*.

Nina was disappointed. She glanced through the casts of characters of sev­eral tlieatet^ as she passed them to see i f she could flnd out whether there was anyUilng else worth spending a .doUac-On... . ,._ .

"Oh!"; she ejaculated softly. "I won-dtir If this Is the Mr; CUiiL I erouucd on the Lymric w i t h r She was glancing through the cast of characters for "A Night and a Day" pasted in front of the Triangle theater and no­ticed tho name A. G. Clark. "I'm sure he must be Galvin Clark.- Isn't that lucky? 1 shall write and ask him to tea In the studio."

Meanwhile Nina purchased a seat for the Saturday matihee^and felt slightly less discouraged.

•When she retumed to her studio Nlnn.wrote a short note to Mr. Clark; asking him to tea for the foUowliig Sunday.-

She waited impatiently for matinee time oil Satnrday.

When A. G. Clark made his appear-,ance Nina gasped. It was not the Galvin Clark.whbm.she knew, but one coinpelllngly dl'Seriant. .

"Oh! And f v e invited hlin to tea. Isn't that perfectly a-wfnl?"

Now while Nina realized that she had plenty of time to send a message to this Mr. Clark before Snnday mom-t ig , she recognized no terrible sin Ini not doing so. _

On Sunday aftemoon Nina dressed a trifle more becomingly than she knew she would have to for Galvin Clark.

Her heart fluttered a trifle desper­ately when she knew A. O. Clark had dropped the copper knocker On her door. If Nina was embarrassed with her guilty conscience, she did not show I t •

The good-looking young actor did, however, glance a bit nervously Into Nina's brown eyes when she opened the door.

Her start of surprise was well as­

sumed. ., „ "Oh-h!" she bluffed naturally, "you

are not MX Mr. Clark. I am so sorry," she said; and cast a wonderflil glance Into the actor's eyes.

"I'in sorry, too—very sory," laughed A. G. Clark. "I—I Just came up to teU ybu that Tm not TOUR Mr. Clark " he added, by way of prolonging the Interview. He remained standing near the door, hoping, however, that he would not have to go right away.

"I have the kettle bolUng and Eng­lish crompets—all ready for tea," Nina said boldly while inwardly she quaked at her owh temerity, "and no one to eat -them," With that she sent an-?ther glance into Mr. Clark's eyes..

"If that's an invitaUon." laugheil Clark, "I accept happUy. I h a v e b e e n aesperately lonesome for someone Just like you." H e colored as he realized now flattering his speech seemed. "I mean." he added quickly, "that we a(> ;ors don't often meet homey girls. He had put down his hat and walking, jtlck and Nina motioned him to a cozy, ieat beside her Uttle tea wagon.

•You know." she said with brilliant '(Jior flaming Into her cheeks, "that I •ound out in plenty of time to have et you know that you were not MT «r. Clark. I—I saw the farce yester-Jay and could have sent a message."

"I say." he laughed, "you're a little jlt ot 'all right,' as the Britons say. Most girls would have bluffed this 'hlng out." He held out a friendly iand, and Nina put her own In It.

"And most men wotild have bluffed It out, too. Tou could so easily have •thought you had met me' and all that old game." she told him.

While consuming tea and toasted crumpets, the young actor and Nina found much In common to Interest them. She even told him of her dis­couragement regarding some ot her stories. . _ .

"Later they seemed to lack pep, she said, and a worried Uttle line slanted between the brown eyes.

It you let me look them over, he suggested, "perhaps I can dust the pepper pot ov-er them. Many times two minds work better_^than one on certain types of stories."

•When flnaUy the moment of parting came and Oark had Nina's promise to Join hlra Wednesday for lunch Nina said laughingly bnt with a tremor in ber voice. "Though you are not MT Mr. Clark—I am very glad you came. And while he still held her baud and would have Uked to make the re­tort that his heart suggested he re; fralned and said Instead:

"Tou couldn't be as glad as I am Tr you .tried. And we're going to work up those stories and get checks tro™jL^ all the editors and after that weTr)-| | write sketches—I have heaps of Ideas and need Just you to help me."

Nina blushed warmly. Ho waa ap­parently going to be HER Mr. Clark soo.ner or later.

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which the5r would be pleas­ed to have intending pur­chasers inspect and obtain priees. —

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Ayerr Mass.

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' In '.tcetAiei t o SsTestmeotr Room S ; - Bank Bldg Ayer

ELIZABETH FATTEB80N BCAKNEIiLO OOSMSnXOIAN

SBAMPOOJICO, FACIAIi aa* SOAJLT >IASSil.<IB; KANICVBINO

Crcuma, JjatloaM, Voirttia, PerftuMa Balr Nets aad Plaa, B t c , oa Haa<

Aseat tor Tka Ceatnry Coracta aad SpeelaltlM. S Pleasaat Street, Arm, Mass. Tel.'108-4. l y» i

WAEEEN A. -WINSLOW (Successor to Augustus Iiovejoy)

Fire Insurance Agent Farms, Dwellings, Fumitore and Mer.

cantUe IVoperty 'Written tn _ Strong Companies

.Waahlngfaih Street AYEB, MASS.

LANCIDON FBOUTT (Siioqesior to Charles F. Fl>4rr>

Insnranoe Agent «ad Broker TeL 10 U n X i B I O N ' , MAfiS.

>m«t

E. D. STONE " Fire Insurance Agent

AutomobUe and Oordwood Insttrano*

Esther A. Stone, Typewriting

Page'a Mock Ayer, Maaa.

PiaJio l^Huiiftg •WILMOT B. CLEAVES

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Asent for Holton Band Instruments Pianos For SaJe and Bent l y l S *

n^ .Bti5ir\e5S»^d Social

eardShowitjj

Willingly romished

s o Engraved Cards In Script, f U S

Ptiblic Spirit Office, Ayer

The method almost nnlversally in use ns a means of preventinjc peach leaf curl is that of spraying the trees while In the dormant condition. A number ot sprays so applied will give almost perfect controlr-bnt- the-one commonly uaed Is boiled linie-sulphnr, as It Is nlso effective In controlling the Sno Jose scale.

Amsterdam Largest City. Amsterdam is still the largest city

In Hollnnd by over 100,000 inhabi­tants. Its population being (528,-103 at the beginning of January, 1917, an in­crease of about 12,000, or 2 per cent,

•WrlngTOlC," This was-nbove-the-av-erage annual increase ot preceding years, on accoont of war conditions, It Is presumed.

. Don't Sean Right, Some Way. "This law is a queer business." '"How

so?" "They swear a man to tell tho troth." " W h a t then?" "And evety time he shows sighs ot doing it. some lawyer objects."—Louisville Conrler-J'onmnl.

The .'wcragc.man prave up the Idea ot ever becoming rich lonir apo. All ho Hopes for now is to l)o able to write a check for ilO with absolute confi­dence that it will KO through ail right, c \en it he has made a mistake or two in thc subtrictlons on previous stubs

Habsbura or Hapsburg? Hnbsb'urg, as It Is spelled in the or-

tginal Qerman, the name being derived from th.e castle of flabsburg.'^or Hab-icbtsburg (Hawk's Castle), on thebank of tbe 'ABn In the Swiss Canton ot Aargau.- In this way tt Is also spelled in the Encyclopaedia Britannlca. bnt In this country It Is genernlly spelled with a '-p."

The largest continuously-active vol-c i n o In tho world is situated on the island of Haw-iIL

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'SArCV^'Ri>Ait^''r'ZhB;VJAILY 23 , 1916

RATHSKELLER

• F O P P rOTP. HQUSR.PT.AT^TS,'.

F o r Sale at Greenhojiises and Grocers GEiPBGE E. FEIiCH . Ayer, Mass-

SfilRLEY GASH MARKET ALWATS ON. HAND '»nTH ' • FRBBH SUPPLT OF

PORK VEAL

--.-:-•--- LAMB SMOKED, FJCEbED and OAmfED

- KEATS. .

At Yonr Soar fat A^er JBivery Tueaday •nC'Satniiay '

E)vtV7'.JDvy .'is. Sliltley

FRESH FISH FBDDATS

^VEGEZABIiES IN XHEOt SEAS«M

' CBAKLEa'A. McCARTHT, Prppr"

FOOD PMfltS l i t E O

Food Administration Has' Fui; Power To Enforce-Sayf Endicott.

• Explains License Systen,. •*rh^ licensing system ot thc United

States Food Administration is a ll tgeucy for^hfbTSf^he prdf^

its of food dealers and thereby giv­ing the cost of production to the pro-' ducers and requiring no more than

.t-JWcossary-Jneretse-fronr-the-c Bumera," said Hei'.rv B. Bndlcott, Pood-Administrator of Massachusetts. ''It:..>j8or.en«bles us to'entorce pro­cesses and iiracUces in the manufac

CITTPXCWERS, PLANTS, PlX>itAL '/ DBSIONS, ETC. HARDY

ORNA.MENTAL: TREES, (" S H R U B S A N D ' ,- V I N E S

H. Huebner Fforist

Groton,

Greenhousee near Oroton School

PBiWlK T. SWEET, 0 . B . Snrireying Batter Boards Civil Engineering

OfBce -with- HERBERT' J.' 'WEBB

ISain Street Ayer, Mass.

LAKGE JJtSE OP

Papers

Plain and DecoratecT Crepe R»pcr

Folds

Plain and Decorated Xapkins

Deeorated Table Coverg

Crepe Paper FcstoocM

Place CanLs and ScoXs

Ayer Variety Store

MOTHERS

Don't neglect your children's teeth-— watch for. tho, Blx-yca.r molar; which ertipta between the fltth -ana seventh year. This tooth belongs to tho socond or permattent set, an<a Is the most Im portant tooth-in-the mouth. It i s tho keystonio to tho dental arch. See ua aibout your children's teeth.

ture nnd distribution ot tood products whlch.aave food and transportation and'labor. - ' " N o w t h e lllcense system, by two fmidamental ruler which are binding.' on all licensees^ defeats speculation and proflteering. The first rule is that no ::censcd dealer may have In bis possession, either on bis own premises qr'by contract, a greater supply than, ho will ordinarily uso in sixty days. In the case of whe?.t prod-acts the limit is a thirty days' supply. A few exceptions are made for seasonable commc-.itles, but always the burden ot proof l ies on the personhold-; Ing the larger supply to be able to show the Pood Administration that his' holdings aro in thc public interest.

"The second ftmdamental rule is that no licensed dealer '.s allowed to make a larger'rate, ct p:}fit than he was accustomed te make on an even market in the yeart 1911-12-13 be­fore the war. 'We get reports of stocks held by practically all dealers of the state and are able to compare' them with stocko they were In. the habit ot holding previous years .•We have lull authority to put unf.no sup­plies on the market at reasonable prices.'In the second place, there Is nb longer tny lnducc;r.ent to hold tor a rise in the market because, , even though tbe market gees up, the li­censee has to sell, at only his' pre­war proflt over his own actual cost; hc Is not allowed to take advantage ot a rise in the market.

"While we do not flx prices, there­fore, we do most decidedly control prices by Controlling the proPts. The value ot such control has been abund­antly shown In the course ot prices of sugar, flour, canned goods. In the last few mpnths if the Food AdmlnlBtra­tlon bad not limited the profits of sugar dealers to cost plus their pre­war average. there Is no doubt but that sugar would have gone at retail to 30c Ol- 50c. a pound; n o u r last spring went sky-rocketing up to $1B or tie a barrel, yet the farmer re­ceived on ajt average ot about ?1.60 for his igfeat. This year, with the farmer getting over %2, the consumer pays about $12 or $13 a barrel for flour.

"We are sometimes asked whether w e can do anything -with retailers whose bnsinass is too small to be ll­'censed. T h e tact is that the geperal food control statute, gives us practl-call: the same pcrers over the li­censed and unlicensed dealers, ex­cept that we do not have the power to revoke their licenses for doing busi­ness, bnt we can do something Just abont as tmpleasant with them, and that is, forbid the wholesalers who are all licensed from selling to the retailer. We are- also determining aa fast as wo can retail prices on the more Important foods which are fair for Massachusetts dealers and pub­lish them in the papers. We believe that this will be very effective in holding the retailort to reasonable levels.

"As might be expected, we have had a goodly number ot complaints al­leging 'Violation of license ru'es, but I am glad to say that most ot them fall down when It comes to proof."

In brie/ the following, who for the most part have not been required to be licensed hitherto, are included in the new Proclamation, with excep­tions as noted below.

(1) Importers and manufacturers of and dealers in feeds tor livestock and poultry ot practically all l<inds, in­cluding baled hay, commercial mixed feeds,, grain, beans, etc.

(2) Manufacturers ot r dealers in malt mado from b,<irley or othsr grains.

(3) Manufacturers of or dealers in peanuts.

(4) All salt water J.shermen, whether fishing independently or on shares.

(5) Canner.«i ot vegetables and sardines. 500 cases a year.

(G) Manufacturers of tomato soup or catsup, or other tomato products, who are not alreadj- licensed.

(7) Manufacturers of alimentary paste.

(8) All millers ot w.heat or r; e. or manufacturers ot any products de­rived from those cereals.

Rstallers whose gross sales of food commtjditi'e aro not more tban $100,-W T a yeax. are.'h'ow'everT'as T>efori7

MUlCfl 1 UST DAY FORFEDEiUL RHURNS

Penajties for Income Dodgers Are SevereV Get Your Return In. If You Are Liable.

- ^ !• " 1 8 . is the final dav al­lowed under the Federal Income Tax law for t h e ^ I n g ^ o t Federal Income T a i r e t u r a s . Persons who are re-qulred tu^flle-TetUrns7~unaer the pro­visions of law, and who tali to get their rettfms In on time are subject to severe penalties, a s follows:

T^rmaUnf; fglBft ftr frnudul«nt-re-

Dr. C. A. Fox, Dentist • a t r r Bl<Mr. T«L C«a.

FBANK S. BENimTT Suocessor to ARTBUR FENNKR

Imrtbrkaoe A c e a t .and Broker

' ICain street Tnne*'* Bide.

ATER, MASS.

not to be licensed, even though they handle any ot tbe above mentioned products .Farmers are also exenrpted as to the products of their o-wn or leased land.

By more recent proclamations, bak­ers, restamrants, clubs, hotels or oth­er persons manufacturing bakery prodncts tor sale, who nae three or more barrels of flour a month, ara re -qulr 5<l-to-b»-liceniiett-by- F6br'4;~ AB' importers and distributors of green colTee are ^Iso required to be licensed by Feb. 4. Any persons affected by

p a l p h H : Wylie DENTIST s

Iterry Bld^. AYER MASS.

Teleybeise Cenneetton -- Sm4i

r t t M to a t T M to t iMI I

turn, not exceeding $2,000 or not ex­ceeding one year's timprisonmenl, or boUi, in the discretion of the court, j a d in addlUon, lOO per cent, of the tax evaded.

• For falling to make return on i , »^'.''°' ' " ' ""»° »20 nor more than $1,000, and. m addlUon, 50 per c e n t of tbe amount of tax due. ^If , on account of illness or absence from home you are unable fo render your return within the Ume pre­scribed by law you may obtain an ex-tensiot^ of Uilrty days If a reauest therefor Is filed -wiUi the Collector of yom-'DIstrict-before the due date of the return. In this request you must state- the reason why the return cannot be filed within the Ume pre­scribed by law. :•

CoUectors of Internal Revenue aro not authorized to grant extensions of more than thirty, d a y s / b n t the'Com­missioner Of Internal Revenue has authority to grant a reasonable ex­tension beyoiid thirty days In merito­rious cases.' It you desire an exten­sion ot more than thirty days your request should be addressed to the Commissioner and should contain a detailed statement'covering the rea­sons w h l c h m a k e it Impossible tor yon to file.your retufti on or before March 1. . . . .

The Internal Revenue men are now compIeUng their tour of Massachu­setts, during which, they were in touch' with the people of every city and town. If you failed to get in touch -with the deputy which visited your secUon, It is not too late to get advice. Consult yonr postmaster as to where the nearest Deputy Is now. Cet your blank form, study the direc­tions and the requirements as shown thereon, and make your return with­out fall It your income was sulB-clent to come -within the bounds named In the law.

It is pointed out by Collectbr Mal­ley that it Is ful ly as' impoHant that the_ j)eople. comply with the ' Federal laws as fully as they are complying •with tho drafts of men and the txm-servation of foods and fuel. "The -war must be paid for," says Collector Malley. "Congress has as much right'to conscr ipt» Jtist portion of in­come as It has to conscript onr boys. The tax for 1917 is 'designed to reach moderate' as well as large incomes, so that a l l persons who are in finan­cial posiUon to bear a portion of the lioa^yy. Goy emment exj>enses can be assessed in proportion to their ability t o pay. .

"T'he man wbo is barely making a living or barely supporting a family Is not aflfected by tho 1917 law. But the man who Is able to bear a sharo. of the burden has been reached by the new law and he should accept his responsibility in the same patrioUc spirit that our young men have shown In offAing themselves for the great purpose of the oountry In making the world safe for i>eople ot all kinds to live and to govern themselves."

This tax is one which recognizes women as on an equal beals with men. The unmarried woman, or the married woman -with a salary, mnst make tax return Just the same as any man. Only the woman supporUag her mother or other members ot her family may take out $2,000 exemp­tion.

Under the law, the head ot the family Is the one whose earning power contributes to the tomllrs support.

Similarly, a widow with small children to support, can tako out $2,000 exempUon, and $200 addiUonal exemption for each ot her children under 18. Thus It Is intended that the law shall work no hardship to women having to struggle to get along. But cach must file return if her Income Is $1,000.

A man whose wife dies, and who Is left with small chlidren to sup­port upon a moderate income, may also take full exempOon under tho new tax law, and also claim $200 exemption for each ot his children under 18.

The widower, under thc law. Is a single man. and must make tax-re­turn accordingly. Married men need not file returns unless they are earn­ing $2,000 or more.

"This Is as much a national obli­gation as the reporUng for duty of a man drafted for service with the col­ors." says John F. Malley, Collector of Internal RcVeirae;—"^Atcit standsTT

PAOE SEVEW i

RANKS WITIf SEBBE Jersey Cloth Staple Fabric for

One-Piece Dresses.

WITHIN 120 DAYS lLriir»U«rA OF ENLISTMENT W K " " ™

REST FORAGER

If There la Any Scratching in Sight, .Whether tJarfaaae Heap or Garden,

. Bird Will Find I t

The-Leghorn, while It Is a breed o f . great merit, should not be con­fused as the right breed for every roan aiid every, place. Put the Leg­horn In its proper environment and there i s no fowl that win surpass i t On the contrary, i f subjected to con-diUons that are not suitable for it, it will be an endless source of trouble and disappointment Leghorns are am­bitious fowls, tireless foragers. It there i s any scratching in sight, whether It be a garbage heap, truck garden, colil fraine, mnniirc'plle or rose bed, the I«ghoiTi will malte strenuous ettorts to

Stands Much Wear and Tear and Lends Itself to Either Straight

- Lines or Draperiei. -

Wool Jersey cloth now ranits with Sfrt;e ns a Muplc fiil.ric for the dcvi-l-opiiifnt ,nf_-ouc--pluc<i—ilr«w<M*,—'I'liiH material has not been on the inarlict many seusonK. hut It has so much to commcnd.it that i ls permuueut popu­larity, seems as.surod. As material for

Soldiers Must insure Inside Four Months

a dpcoa for hard >veai-"-ihut Is. fur business or traveling—wool Jersey cloth hardly has an equal. It stands a great deal ot wear and tear und freshening up, nnd to a business wom­an that is certainly a strong point.

Then jersey, like ser^e, seems to lend Itself to either straight Hues or draperies.

The frock sketched Is made of wool Jersey cloth, and has the surplice type ot bodice which Is becoming to most flgures. A straight line front is fea­tured, although this is broken at the

l'nder an ac to f Consrc.-s apiirovcd • Oct. C, 1917, members of the military j torces of the United States, in addi- j SOME COMMON LADY B E E T L E S tion to Olher iirivileges, are given the right to lake out Insurance with the

White Leghorn Cockerel.

get Into i t Therefore' the person who would keep a garden tor flowers or vegetables; had better see to It that his henyard i s securely Inclosed with wire nctUng if he expects to raise Leg-boms.

If the runs are large enough. Leg­horns can be conflned within a seven-foot fence- Yet once they develop the habit, of "yard-breaking" they will cl&r this -wlthlease, for they make a practice of half flying and haif climb­ing np the netting.

MAKE HENS WORK FOR LIVING

government. This act is being admin­istered by the secretary ot the treas­ury, through thc Bureau of War Risk Insurance of tlie Treasury Depart­ment.

Uelatlvcs should Interest their .sol­dier t)0>-s in Ihis Insurance aud see that he lakes it within i'M du.vs ot his eullsiment.

Bugs Are Among Best Friends of Plane Srower-as-TKey Feed Upon Varir

ous Noxious Insects. j

rsy W. E. BRITTON. Connecticut Statej Entooioio^t.) t

The beetled commonly known as lady beetles, "lady birds" "lady bugn" or pinnt-louse beetles are among the best triends of the farmer or plant grower, because they feed in both larVal and adult stages upon plant lice, scale In-

Surplice Frock of Jersey Cloth.

waist by the surplice-secUon, which extends Into sash ends that t i e at the center ot the back. The back of the dress runs In one pleoe to a point well below the waistline, where the skirt is gathered on, with fullness let In to form a moderate side flare. The dress fastens in the center front, fastening being concealed by the surplice bodice.

To Prevent Fowls From Becoming Too Fat It Is Qood Plan to Make

Them Scratch for Food.

To prevent the hens from becoming tat while consuming enough food for their support and-^for pt^ductlon they must be made to work tor the larger share tit the food received by scratch­ing In litter; if this^ falls to accom­plish the desired result then the food Is not balanced. Too mnch grain may be allowed, and the remedy Is to reduce the proportion of grain and give more egg-producing food. The hens should i }5. straight and gathered to the bodice, not be overfed at any one meal. Give a moderate allowance in the morning of mixed grain; then let them out on grass or rye pasture. The allowance of green food, such as tmbbage, turnip tops and roots. Is not because ot tbe nutritious material contained In such foods, ns they really are of little value, but they perform excellent service from a dietary standpoint

This dress would be very eftectlve developed In tan or beige color, with I ct training camps authorized by law) collar of green, pnrple or red broad- | (3; Members of the army nurse

This article Is designed to explain j sects and the small larva and eggs od as clearly- and briefly as possible some j "tlier and Inrger noxious Insects. Wlthl of the essentia! facts that should Do | the exception of one species, Epl-| known by the men and women «ho are applying for war insurance. The questions and answers are based on inquiries that have come to the Treas ur.v from soldiers and sailors.

The necessity of prompt action ^ith regard to this insurance can not be emphasized too strongly. Persons -nho wer.; in the service on or before Oct 15. 191". can not apply for the In surance after Feb. 12. 1918. Those who Joined the service after Oct. 13 191-7. have 120 days thereafter m which to apply.

What It IS. Q. By whom is this insurance of

tered? A. By the United States govern­

ment, as authorized in an act of Con­gress tor that purpose approved Oct. 6, 1917.

Q. •What security Is hack of this contract ot insurance?

-V. The United States government. Q. Is it the only protection fur­

nished by the govemment to ils sol-•Clers and sailors?

A. No. The government has pro­vided, in addition, campensation tor deatL or .njuries or disease suff-red in line ot duty.

Insured—Beneficiaries. Q. Who can be insured? A. When engaged in ac.ive servico

tinder the war department or navy de­partment, any of the following can be insured:

(1) Commissioned officers. (2) Enlisted men (meaning a per­

son, male or female, . enlijted, en­rolled, or drafted into "active strvlce In the military or naval forces ot the trnited States, including non-commis­sioned and petty offlccrs and members

cloth. Many surplice bodices are shown In

wool Jersey. One model recently noted has the bodice reaching exactly to the normal walsOIne and fitting rather smoothly In the back. The front Is cut In conventional surplice style, with ends that loop at the back. The skirt

SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS

Nimea That Signify Nothing. Beally, what i s in a name? Irish stew

is little known in Ireland; Roman can­dles did not originate in Rome; what Is known In baseball parlance as a "Tex­as Xeagaer'.' happens in as many games played' outside of the Texas leagne aa those played In i t ; thc Irish daisy is (n MalltT a dandelion; . Netherlanders don't make it a cnstom to pay for their own refreshments while eating and drlnkinr 'with, friends, and thereby make constant what is known as a "Ihrtdi Treat" And so on, for In­finite egtamplcs.

Is much a matter ot the man or wo­man's own conscience. It Is for him or tor her to determine Jnst how far he Is liable to the tax. He must flgure his own income, and If it reaches the flgures named in tho law, mnst make faithful report upon i to the proper anthority.

"Thia tax Is distinctly a war meas­ure, and will be In effect during; the •war ,— i

~Thl8 Is a people's tax—it reachee right down tnto the poekets o f . t h e •mall wage-earner; it makes him s partner In 'the Job of winninc the war."

Pennsylvania Department ot Agricul­ture Urges Poultry Keepers to

Save Laying Pullets.

Early hatched pullets. In tact, pul­lets of any ago. arc scarcer than c.jier this fail, and in vlow of this fact the Penn.eylvBnla depnrtment of asrlcul­ture is trying to aid poultry keepers meet the dcflcicncy hy urglns the sav­ing of all the pood, old hens for this next year's laying.

The bc.<;t hens arc those still in old plumoge. still with rod comb.s and still laying. All such hens are extra good hens and (should hc marked and used OS breeding stock ncxt spring.

The dress is collariess, sleeves and neck opening, as well as surplice sash ends, being piped with broadcloth In contrasting color.

VEIL DESIGNS ARE VARIED

corps (female) and member.s ot the navy nurse corps (female).

Q. Who can be named as beneflci-arj-? ~

A. Any one or more of the following may be named: Wife, husband, child, grandchild, brother, sister, adopted brother, adopted sister, stepbrother, stepsister, parent grandparent, or step-parent ot the Insured, and parent, grandparent, or step-parent of the In-

j sured's wife or bflsband.

I Can Insure -120 Days After Enlist-I ment. I Q. How much can I take?

A. Any amount from $1,000 to $10,-i 000 (in multiples ot $500). I Q. For how long will the privilege

ot taking insurance last? A. For only 120 days after enlist­

ment or entry into active s-Tvice un­less you were in the service on Oct-15. 1917. in which event you may ap­ply at any time within 120 day.=! from thaf (late. The last day ot which 120 days is Feb. 12. 1918.

A, Beetle; b, Larva; e, Pupa; d, Bloa-som End of. Seale-lnfected. Pear, Showing Beetles and Their Larva Feeding Upon the Scales.

lachna borealls Fabr., known as the squash lady beetle, all lady beeties oc-. curring in Connecticut are carnivorous and predatorj-. feeding on the smaller Insects mnny of which are pests of cul­tivated plants. Hence we call thetn beneficial. Dr. S. A. Forbes exam­ined the stomach contents of S9 speci­mens, and found that one-fourth of their food was composed of plaint l ice; though they ate some vegetable food such as pollen and si>ores of fungi, a greater i)ortIon of their food consisted of insects. . ; _ j .

Though many persons are more o t less familiar with lady beeties. some are not acqtiainted with their habits or life histories, and do no t therefore^ recognize them as friends.

Some So Elaborated With Outline or ,Tracery Embroideries That They

Resemble Lace.

While the scroll veil is very popu­lar, It hns a rival in the dotted veil. The latter may show the dot in heavy chenille spots, velvet pastciles or ia embroideries of silk, lt.s chief allure­ment lies in its novelty.

Nearly all the new veils huve ge<-metrical or irregular tnoshes. many (T them so clabonited Willi outline tr tracery emhroidcries tis to rcsernhb luce. Dark hrown, tiuipe and j:ray ar> ,, favored coioriJ. sometimes overwrouglt : "'•"•'''' ^^ your.-elf or scm^ one for with white or l.Uic'^ ciiil.roideries. ^ >•"". To avoid lapse it is recomimnded

The veil shnpos .-ire almost as varicl ; "''^' deduction from pay be .r.i;'.:or-

CROPS TO GROW IN ORCHARD

Ideal Method Is Not to Grow Any Cul­tivated Crop Between Tree*—

Some Can Be Grown.

The Ideal method of handling the young orchard Is not to grow any cul­tivated crops between the trees at all. This win allow them to be cultivated both ways all during summer, which is very desirable. Carefully doiie, however, some ot the hoed crops, Uke potatoes, strawberries, cabbage, etc., can be grown without Injuring the trees to any great extent These crops more than pay for the expense of cultivat­ing the trees. Not more thttn three rows shouWlje placed between two peach rows. When the trees begin to bear f m l t these crops should be left olT entirely, except possibly two or three rows of peas between the peach rows.

In no case should the trees be sttmtj ed or neglected in any way by growingj crops in the orchard. Such crops nsl cf.rn and grain should be left off en- tiri'ly us they draw heavily on the soli nnd rob the trees of both fn.id andi luoisture.

Q. How can my premium.^ be paid? , CULTIVATE ALL FRUIT TREESi .•\. By deduction from your pay. by '

deduction from any depo.«it -t,-;-.h 'he government, or paid dii-ect to the

SUPPLY EGG-SHELL MATERIAL;

as the colors and patterns. Some art-square, others circi;:;.r, ami there are those that are (.t.!..!.;:. indeed, a good deal of pains has I.e. n taken to shape the veil so tha; it -. i;; hav,^ an artistic relation to the hat \>i;h whicb it will he ultimateiy wirn.

ized.

To Retain Frcshnest, The cnro of the s];;n •.•; perhaps the

most imprrativ.. task in keeping np one's appea ran. e. The ..niy way to re-

When hens are fed and handled for I *•'''" freshness and str. ngth. especially heavy egg prodnctlon. nnd egg-.shell when it is heinr taxe.! by daily work

Where Not Furnished in Sufficient | Quantities There Will Surely Bo ,

Less Eggs Laid. i

material is not furnished In suflicient quantity, there villi he fewer eggs laid, and those laid will he too thin-shelled to market safely. The price of one

_cgg will-now supply a good layer for a year.

If Fowl Is In Good Health It Will Be Bright Red and Firm In

Texture.

The comh Is a good indicator of the health of a fowl. If the fowl is in

.KOod condition thc comb wllLhe.bright red, and flrm In texture. 'Wheifc'thc comb becomes pale and s o f t or t u p s dark or pnrple. something is seriously wrong, and fhe sooner the matter Is looked Into the better.

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What Canals May AooompllsK. It Is possible that by the tonstme-

Uon of canals wc may yet see the day when there will be great fleets away np In the cotintry where once npon • time the highland clans held nwtij, where Rob Roy Macgregor raided (or cattle and fonght with the Clan Mae-farlane, and where there Is still the glamor that w a s thrown over it hy tbe genius of Sir Walter S c o t t If so, it wlll be one of the moat remarkable transformations in the history of any country.

COMB IS A GOOD INDICATOR

Jutt PICS It On.

InqniRltlvo people aro the funnels of convcraritlon; they do not take Ih any­thing for their own use, bnt merely to pass It to another.—Steele, ( ',

Easy Thing to Decide; Any man mny knnw whether he ts

•wise or foolish. If he Is wige h e can leam something even from'.a fool. It he Is a-fool he won't learri even from a wise man.

is hy careful ii..urishinent and rest. Many persons .Irink too much coffee. ] <iition

i The Plan of Irvsurance. Q- •\Vi,at forni of insurance ix- it?

' A. .\r.n-.ial renewable -erm insur-j ance for the p.riod of th.- war. rh.inpe I to the usual form.s of insurance on

some otlicr t.hti may be made within five years aftr:- :h.> rlo.s.> of i... war.

. Q. C'an I earn- my inMiranec after I the -i-ar? I -A - fs . in 'ts pre-en: forn-. for a I penod of rn- y.ars. hi- wiMiin siieh ; flve years y..ii nii.si . tnince it ;o an-j other frrni -^iurh .an e lione -nith-; out recanl -o ycir th. n phvMoal con-

While 'Voung They Should Be Giveni as Much Attention as Any Other

Crop on the Farm. l

Iruit trees respond as readily andi if.tinltely lo cultivation as do garden! v.'getabies and grain cr.ips. and. while. young, they should he cultivated witlii as much care as any otlnT crop. Ex-p.riinents by agricultural seh.ntists; bav.. shown that fruits breathe, nnit :li;,i .'..1(1 ^t<.rage delays their ripening, ly .-ausing tlieni to breathe more slow­ly than when warm. If an orchard Is: L-iven as much care ns grain and .ither iTops—if it be ctirefully pruned and ••Iirayed nnd the gronnd properly cul­tivated, espi'cially the first year, there will he nn disapp..intment ns t.i yield. both In quantity and quality.

(Vspeclnlly those wi,,, work hard men­tally nnd fe(.| th.- n c d of a "bolstering up" to contlnui. th. .r labor. Milk and food nre giywt-^iTXJtutes. nnd n little nourlshntout taken lOien nne is tired will ftllny fniigue just n^ surely as cof­feo seems to do.

be ref^nii.il 'fl.' fhancf-

Colors White Shoes. , To mnke your whiti' kid shoes like i

new thnt are past . I..:ining, get a ten- j automaii

Not Afisign.'^ble. Q. I'an p.'..pie to •»liom f .

rolloi I MK !i ,;..t,',. (,ijt .. snce

A. N'o ri.i.-- insnranr. , attachetl .is'-i .T.. d. or o-i • : by crerii'f-r^

Q. rvit- 'I'.' CioverniiT irance?

'1

money in.Mit-

n not he '1--*' taken

provide

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cent pncknge of ilr.ss dye. take one-fourth ot the package, put In an old teacup, potu- hoiiing water over the shocs nnd hrush In tive with Wmmoh vegetable hnish. Che them two coats. Tou cnn make thetn nny shade to match yonr suit. A waterproof coat may hc given by procuring a cleaiiing paste the shade of the shoe.

Why. of Course. For the flrst tin..- Huddy saw bouil­

lon cups nnd lie uonderod why they had two hnndJes , n. His little pal said, "Huh. dot.- 'OU know? tVhen yon break off on.- f.nrdle yon can nse the other."

Roomy. "t had R wash :.' tfie S^nllors'. home

and let my clntb.'< dry on me. They were filled up -<!:>' nnother ship's crew "—Hnllfax- S'iir\ivor In New Tork Bvcnlng Sun. _

A. Te*.. f. - 'fiosp ^.|]o Tlia' ;.e total­ly and p. I'llmently (lisat.ie.i or ivho may die '.vi't-out having api.lierl hefore I-Vh, If?. •""•. -he goTcrr-nent has provided .xo .r:,nce In am. u; ' of $2.1 per mon'h ;:u.-it.lc to a wif. during her widow flood, child, or \ ..lowed mother.

SOME SPRAYING 'DON'TS.' "

I'nn't forget to sprny, Ilon't sprny Jnst- fnr the sake

f doing soniething! At best spraying Is only precnullnnnry and must be npplled in ndvnnce ..f the expected nttnck of pests.

Dnn't neglect the fertility of the soil. Plants must "oat" to live.

Don't expect tho plnnts nnd trees to take care ot thcmselvtst; cultivate, prune nnd spray.

Trees and plants arc enslly grown, nnd will make life brighter. ^

Tragedy of Childhood. Nothing Is more despu-ahle than to

deceive a child In any wny. Their pins- I tic young minds receive and bold Im­pressions thnt we can uevt.r eradioato. I

Losses In Battle. Tn the cnmpnign in Itniy In ISTiO

rifles were used on hoth sides, nnd tho proportion of cn.sunltles to comhRtant,<i

try we ever so hard. In spite of nil wna at Mngentn nml Rolferino one-thc grownups c:,n say fhe little nnes I eleventh. In the Frnnco-Pnisslan wnr, never teel the sam.' love nnd resi.ect ' when hoth .sides wcre armed with for those who have deceived them. brecch-loBdlng riiles. the average pro-Even careless finimnklng mny leave the scar which nothing cnn quito eradi­cate. Do not break a proml.se to a Child, nnd do not Ile to It. even In fun. for the grcnt trngedy of childhood ts to lose faith.

portion of killcKl nnd wounded at Worth. Splcheren. Mnrs-Ie-Tour. Grave-lotto, nnd Sedan was one-ninth, tba heaviest loss being nt Mnrs-le-Tonr, . where It was one-sixth, nnd the small-

J est at Sedan, where it was one-twelfth.

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r TAQE E i o a i SATURDAY, . FJE BEU ABY i s , 1.9 t l . " - ^ ; ..:•,• ^^•r---::'.y^.^^-t:-:-:'-::--^^>i'-..^:' - : - - - • . ; VV:-?-

ONK DOIiIiAR AND FIFTT CENTS P E B X E A l l IN ADVANOB

T^ls P a p e r W . A. D r u m m e r . . . E d w a r d I.. I lark laa U r o c k c l m a n Uroa a, p . T a l u t e r C o a a n t A Co O. W . I l U a r e l b C. R. P. Co

U Sold b r . . . . Lfaat Pepp«r«1I

Pantonlce, Shir ley Shlr ler GrotOD

.LItllclon CommoD .Tovruaeuil

. .Mala Street. Ayer

Ch.anse ot Addresa -Subscribers—wishing-<h«—posiotni-B

address ol the paper chanaed. must •end us both the old and new address and also the name o£ the paper they

"receive.- ' _ ! _ _ .SaturiUiy. I'ebrtnu-y SarTilTfr

PEPPERELL

Now) Itoms.

THE F.\TE OF SERBIA. Serbia Is a rulnetl nation. Accord­

ing to a Geneva newspaper, one-quar­ter ot the poiiulatlon of :t.00O.O(X1 which It had In 1014 is dead, either killed In the war or victims of dis,.a.ic or priva­tion. The survivors are pornmneiitly weukened. There Is no way for the allied or'neutral uallou.s lo .send into Serida enouxh fooil to sustain the peo­ple, and thc Gennans do not care whut becomes of tliem. For Serhiii. -.vitii her Slavic _L'Prflsltloji to 'Ti'Uton control^ has stood In the way ot the I'au-Ger-niiin riltin for many years. It was on the' cards that Ihe country must ije HbonsbedTTO-thTttGertiWDj^-wouUlhave an easy path to Constantinople and heyond. There seems but one remedy for this situation, one plan by which n,e sinvs of the Balkan district can

PLANE EVERY «V4 MIN0TE8. Somewhere In America there has

boeu erected a one story building de-voii-d to the construction of nlridunes. which, so fur as we-know. Is the great­est stnieture of Its kind in existence, the Scieiitltlt^ American states. It reuclie- !K» feet In one direction Und l,3tX) feet or suy. u quarter of a mile. In the other direction, and the whole of this uroa Is covered by a single roof und constitutes, except for a tire parti­tion wall, a single shop. The la.vout 17tThel)lirht tipon thls^vasntow-^pace

lias been so ttrrunged that the raw ma-Uerlals.- in the shape-of sawn spruce.

hrnught lierf nijUnly from thj^forests

Preeei^lng Flower*. . A method; o f preserving tbe naW-

ral colors of fljowers consists In dust­ing salicylic acid on the plants ns they lie In thft'presi and removing it with a brush when the Uowers are <iulte dry. Ked colors In particular are well preserved b y l ^ I s agent. Anntler meth­od of applying, the same jin-'.-rviitlve Is to use a solution ot om- part of sa l icy l ic ' In ' f fnrteen of »h'"ii"l by means, of blotting-paper or ...iton-wool soaked Inllt nnd placed al...veund b^low the flow'ers. Powdered b.iraclc acld-y lelds-neaily-as-good jcesu 1 ts.

. >Moi .Water DrlnWns, A h t ^ c h . cleansing treatmeot u

often, idife as important as a rest for the organ, saya Wm. Eastman iii Phy­sical- Cnitnre.'-T^e-best'ordlnaiy < nieth­od of-stotnaeh cleaiislnj[--I» the. drink­ing of a ^ n s l d e r a b l e timount of hot water." Not too h o t Just hot enongh SI) thnt y6u can drink it ^vith'talr ra­pidity aiid tako a considerable'amount lnto-the-:stbmach"1n- a-short-tim"e.- If you will Vlrink a cup of hot water ev­ery five minutes until .two quarts or more have been. consumed, the result wlil be onfalUng.''

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of Oregon, enter the building at one end. und the finished planes leave It at the other end—tbe.tnnt.erlul moving from stage to stage and from machine

CoId,-Pry Air Healthful. Cold, dry air-Is generally considered

healthful and stimulating by nreOlrut authorities... Metabolic processes are active, and if the body is properly pro­tected agalnst'SXcesslve heat loss, sen-

•Ions of well-being nre dominant. to machine as the WoHS prufeeds. Nuw. it the supply ot motors keeps the pace with the output ot planes, when the factory Is being run t o Its full capac­ity, this will mean tbat a complete iilrplane could be wheeled out of the factory atid take flight In the air. ev- j accustomed to heat, ery nine and a half minutes of an eight-hour day. In this building is enough lumber to lay a plank one Inch thick and twelve Inches wide from Boston tb a point 200 miles west of Omaha, Neb. Furthermore, the brick employed In. this one story building would be sufficient • "build a wall 12 Inches thick entirely around the Wool-worth building up to a height of 800 feet.

'Soap Berry Tree. • /_ The Jaboncello or'ibaiT berry tree

-grows lu thu huiulJ'purls of western-Gcuador; It attains .a height of about atty feet and has wlde-'spreadlng branchos-and-ipimease-quantities.of fruit of the size and shape, of' che'rries.

PEATURING CHOIOE SPRING IAMB

The nenrly transpartht 'JellOWlflfi a « n and pulp surrounding the round bla'ck seeds are so saponaceous as to be used Instead^f'Boap b'yroatiy-people ot Ecuador, belhg equivalent to more than flifty times their weight Of that material.

Iil-GS <)F VICK tMlK 'Mi; Ih. ROA3TS Ot^ 1.AMD 3.(K-.-32c. lb. BEST I.AMB CHOP.S 35c. lb. I ^ I B F P B STEVT 20c. lb., R i l - I X l ' D -viiTTO.V TAI;IX)\V. ifC It In-stcad of'Card or Cooking OU

'- —_-.- .——SOc.. lb.' ^ -ivlu.-n~t-oolrtns rrcsh O.X Talk I'-n>h WlP-' *V^t ' F^^^ Hohcy Comb Trij« Pot RoastH ot Beef- 20c.;-^22t;., 24<-., 20^,, 28c. lb.

Klb Boa-stA. 32(?., 36c. lb.

w e . h a v e Uio nicest, « .c . .u^t '«-»^:^^'^f^'^'^^.'^'iS;^ . ' i ' j " , ' ^ ' ' " - - ^ In the State—Just look ir o»er -Oc., a-<.., .£••«., -of. lo.

a _ X p U » of P q r k J T o m ' J , y a l f I ^ i n s 2 » ^ , 2 9 c . , ^ b .

• ^ b Pork 81.ouide^f.^pi'f-^>-««'n " " ^ ^'^^'-^ . ''' ; * ^ ^ . iwl . nmdo in our nim rHfnhllnllTTlfnt "i N ">> Beef bUUiUllSt', Willi -f/c \t.i «.s oo 11

Hambm-g, frosh gromid. from fr«.h killed b e e f . . . . . . . 20c., 22c, lb. To introdnco our B E E F .SACSAGE and HA.MBURG STE.AK wo

, u a k l a ^ K p S " of 37C. for one pound Beef-Sausage. <ma onc pomal Best iliunbuTK; 4:c. value for -S'O.

VSr. DRIED BEEI- IX PLACE OF VAM WTIENEVEB VOC C.\-N

SUced Dried Boef, largo thbi HIICCM 10C. lb. ; • Sliced Dried Beof for frloaseo or »-ith oggs SOc Ib.

SMOKED SHOrLDERS. 5 to 7 pounds each. :„ 27c. lb. WHOLE HA.MS 28C. lb. ' BEST TUB BUTTER S S c lb. Best Compound I.ard 270. lb. Extra H i » i > Cream !Mc. pint FRESH WATER FISH received every- week—Whlteflsh, Uifce Tront,

Pont and Pickerel OYSTERS-received fresh; daUy: la*go«*<«"=^- ' •" ***'- '''^*

Waterproof Containers, pii^t or quart Btzes, 2c. each Smoked HaUbnt. Salmon, Herring,-Whltefl^

Bulk O m x s 8 0 c quart ' Bulk Stalled OUves 43c quart ETOporated Apricots; 230. value, 19c. lb. EvapwWcd Poaches 17c. lb. Fitchburg aiarket Special Coffee, 3 8 c value, a Java Blend 83o. lb. WUlfe House Coffee 35c. 1 lb. can Ceylon Tea -SSc lb. .V. B. C. S. S. Bnttw Crackers 18c. pkg. Gi^enrod Sandwlt* 28c. lb.

Doris 30c. lb. Tokens 2 5 c lb.

Bakery- Department—Cream Donghnuts, coAra large, S c eacto^ 0 for 2.-50. Coffee Rolls 18e- doz. Raisin BrowTi Brood 12c , 20e. loaf

Fancy Head Lettuce Ntrtlvo Celery Mushrooms Parsley • Natlvo Onlcuis. 10 lbs. 35c '

NOTICE—Thts market wiU bo open until 9.30 Thursday nlgl>t. Closed aU day Friday,: WttshingionV Birthday

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R e v . J . B . L e w i s -ivill l i reac l l a t l l ie Jinlon service of thc Unitarian and Congregational churches on Sunday TOOrnlnir. Sunday schools of i.<.th churches wlll be held at noon. At o.JO the Forward club will meet in the la­dles' parlor. On Tuesday eveninK the i>rayer meetinB will be held ut thc f>ar>ionaEe.

A no-llcense rally will be held lii_the town hall on Sunday eveninK at i..iu. Everybody Is invited. This mei-tliiK is

•not in the Interest ot any camlidate. party or creed, but it is to consider the

•fcest interests ot our town. M'e have "been fortunate In securlnK l.leut._ Col. E K.-Masaee. JudKe advocate at Camp Devens. and Chaplain Reynolds of the 303rd regiment as speakers, and sev­eral ot our prominent citizens may also have a part. The Boy Scouts, Camp Flre Girls and Girl Scouts are Invited to attend In uniform and will assist In thc singing. An orchestra will tot present. '-'••Word has beoh received that Uev. R. W. Drawbridge stayed on the hoat while It was beine repaired and then -wont back to New Orleans and then started on the return home, arriving in Belmont the last ot the weck. rhe •voi'ttge. with Its hardships, htus im­iproved Mr. Drawbridge'H general liealth.

The chUdren of M'r. Brown, superin­tendent of the Keyes farm, are having IJl>erty measles.

The shoo ehop thftt has been run­ning here.haa closed and one » ' ' h o s e interested haa gone to Haverhill. It is reported that ' tho power has been sold. Mr: Bailey has returned to Bos-tOBU'.

'The-W C T. U. held a. meeting with Mrs. Pond 'on Main street, last week IPriday afternoon. In spite of the abominable walklhg there were mem-*ers enough present to prose'cute the unflnished business and plan -•"• work.

'' Mrs Robert Gay has been suffcrinB •with the severe colds, hut Is much bet­ter. ,

•Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Beers went •Monday to attend a joint meeting ot t h e "Home and Foreign Missions in Worcester. The missions have united and are going to make a big campaign for ^80.000,000 to bc used in different flelds, where there is dire'need.

On Friday. February 15; a son was —l3om-to-Mr.-and Mpi..-Rodman..BI«ke.

in a private hospital In .Vashua. . \ . H. Oliver Thayer came to town over

Sunday to see his sister. SIIss Anna Thayer. '

Mlss Beatrice Keith, of Hollls street, Ja ill with Liberty measles. • Loiils Klelnberg went to Boston on

Monday to work In Walton's shoe fac­tory. .,mtk,mmm^ii

Harry Grant, night superintendent of the gun-cotton rooms, has taken a ?oom with Mrs. Linville Shattuck, Pleasant street. ' Mlss Crystal Phelps, ot Athol. is at the Methodist parsonage.

Dr. Klttredge. of N.ishua, X. H-. on Monday, at the home ot Rev. I>. K-Child. removed • the tonsils ami adenoids from the throat of little Rob­ert Child, who is just, convalescing trom scarlet fever. ' The pre.Heut high cost of K^'n is cutting off the pork supply. \ \ illi--r-errv havinK iwenty-ninc piKS to slaUKhter na Tue.sd.iy.

Rev I' K Stratt.,n. a former pastor of the Methodist church, has just re-sisned hlK pastorate ..f the (-hester dis­trict because of jioer healtli.

The Woman's e'.ill. ni.t "".Tue-sday in Saunders' banquet hall 1 h.j ..<lush was ankle deep but th.a .li.l n..t ...-ter d good sized audience tr..in a!i.i"'n'-' Miss GeorKia Shafer. rea,I.T. tr.Mi the lx!land I'nwers Sih.'.'l. l..>s!..r.. —"i {wo"iCts from -nld l - ' ^ - n . ^ which were most fasciilatlnK. oth.T . i. <-

of poetry an.l pairanism «-•«' Two weeks tr.,1.1 date the ine.'t-

bc held in Uie t.'Wii liall -day." .-V (lelii;litfiil "

lie saved ttom Teuton domlnutlon nnd Intrigue—the establishment, under the protection of the allies, of a Slavic state In accordance with plans nlready outlined by Serb statesmen; a stnte that wlll Include Serbia. Montenegro. CroaUa, Slavonin and part of Istria, with a population of about 10,000,000, able to hold It? own against Bulgaria, or Austria, or any single country that might try to break It up, says Detroit News . The Slavs of southeastern Eu­rope seem tb understand the necessity -for union and to be ready for it. Un­less they cnn combine they are at the mercy bf the Prussian program.

Thenv-is little Moct physiologic evi dence bearing on this condition. Phy­sicians have ahown that respiratory Jn-tection~of rnbWts with bacillus bovl-septlcus (snuffles) Is favored by chill­ing the animals after they have been

W e have fed the sea for a "thousand years," but never as we are forced to feed it today; it has become in thc last 38 months a place of qnlet sepul­ture for tens of thousands of our fel­low countrymen, their graves un­marked except by the flowers ot mem­ory. Where Is the romance of the sea which lured our seamen, as boys or youths, away from the comfort and se­cnrity of home? The great adventure has become the great tragedy of mari­time history, says London Dally Tete-gruph. Komance hns been overiald by reaUtles of crime and cruelty, which are, happily, .fresh in "human experi­ence. The naval bluejacket thought to flght In the open an honorable foe. both sides using legitimate weapons ot war. In accordance with the Immemo­rial restraints; Instead he Is confront­ed by men who have forgotteti the meaning of honor In word and deed, and take pride In striking felon's blows. "Hnmanlty after action," was Nelson's, motto; liihumanlty before, during and after action Is the cry ofj the Germans.

' Uncle Sam Is now making further demands of the farmers, with a view to next year's returns. He Is urging that they Increase their production of live stock, especially of cattle, and hogs. The reason Is that several of our principal allies have almost ceased to p.roduce on these Unes, In GrSat Britain, France, Italy and Belgium there are now 33,000,000 fewer head of cattle, sheep and hogs than at the heglnnlhg of the war. Meanwhile the decrease in all other countries hns amounted to more than 92.000,000Jieml —a total shrinkage In meat animals alone of 115,000,000 head. So the tarmer must nat weary In well-doing, but must continue In 1918 the plnce he set for himself In 1917, says St. Joseph (Mo") News-Press. And mean­while the housekeeper can greotly help by so planntati her meals as to scn.-e more of the foods not suited to export, and less o f . t h e foods that could be sent abroad.

Early Day Buttons. The ancients lacked buttons—one

wonders, indeed,' how they got along without them^-bnt evidently they pos­sessed s t u d s . o t i n o d e m pattern, such as those -with' which we fasten our cuffs and cOUara. And, in truth, ihey did even, have a'kind of button (though not sewn*on),'which fastened garments with a pin and hook exactly In the way our brooches and clasp pins oper­ate—Exchange,' : .

Etiquette. There Is an ancient saying that "One

should never speak of a rope to a man whose father was handed," and there Is a great deal. Iniplled In those few words. In elteict. Is meaiit that 8ubje<^'; ot convcrsatloti^should be carefully In­troduced where : persons present are not known to a certain extent; that IS, that nothing niitoward .has .happened, publicly, a t ' least, that wonld' make any unusual subject 'apply too openly to anyone, especially. 7

Prefer Irre^iJIar Lines. The straight line is an abomina­

tion to the Chinese. They endeavor to avoid It i i : i h e l r streets and bqlld-Ings, atid haW banished It completely where country, field paths are con-cemed. They wlU always substitute a curve wfierever. possible or they wlll torture I f with a zigzag. To the Chinese mlnid^the straight line to sug­gestive . of death and demons. •_

'".itV'' ,,' ' • '*i*S-TJ»e.'Busy Q a « . . _ .

in almost every particular the mod^ e m Gaza i s an Egyptian rather than a Syrian town. It i s f i l l of rich vege­tation, and Its-many glistening mina­rets show np igainst the duU green or Innumerable oUve trees. Gaza to sHU as of o H 4 place, of trade, of earned and caravans, and i ts bazaars are lond with trafflo and filled with merchan­dise, ..'•

A.Huge Shadow. -Shadovra, naturally enotigh are of

various sizes, and one can'.Imagine that mountains throw very large shad­ows indeed. It to said that the peak of Teneritte, on the largest of the Canary islands, throws sndh- a hnge shadow that It stretches as far: a s 60 inlies across the water, partly-o^rer-lapping some of the oth.?r Ulandai—_ Christian Science Monitor. .__ j

, ______ - . • l i ? | 'Made a Hit. - ' '.

A stenographer has devised si n o y d ?fay of making a hit •with her employ­er, displaying genius that promises •great success for her In the business world. When the boss dictates a let­ter containing a word she does not know how to spelt she does not make the usnal guess at I t She looka it np In the dictionary.—Kansas City Star.

I'XITED STATES FOOD ADJIDOSTRATIOJf, Uccnse No. 0 , 2 3 , 8 3 3

B R O C K K I ^ M A N B R O S . FirCHBtTBG MARKET

Telephone 2080 FITCHBUKG, MASS. 120 w«fn Street

If a soldier or sailor Is Injured In such a way that he cannot resume the occupation or trade » which he was engaged before he entered the service, the government of the United' States, at i ts own expense, will re-educate that man to some form of occupation for which he will be capable and which WlU enable him to spend the remain­der of his Ufe In nsetul.work, helpful to himself and contributing to his own happiness. If the govemment re-edu­cates a disabled man to a new occupa­tion, and he earns money, no matter how much, because ot his new occupa­tion and because ot his own effort, the government will continue to pay him the full amount he Is entitled to for his disability. All that he earns belongs to him In addition to what the govern-ment pays him.

More trouble in the enemy naval forces is reported. It is a curious thing

4hat, (Uscontent in a miUtary tiation

Cleanlna Tea Kettle. To make t ea kettles wear twice as

long gatiieir a handful of pebbles (size ot a walSut); wash nlcely-and-pnt-m teu kettle. The rolling aronnd of peb­bles keeps t h i crust that forms loose, and It easily shades out from time to time, thus sa-^lhg tke wear of the ket­tle. ", •'

' •When Hannibal's army wns en­camped In front^bntome the citizens of the Etemal City held an auction— the earliest sale of real estate by that method on record—and showed patri­otic confidence In th« futnre of their country by blddlng'hlgh prices for the ground occupied by the Carthagenlan cohorts. The same undaunted spirit prevails In France today. Absolutely confldent of driving the Germans from their soil, the people of that indomita--ble nation are now beginning the gi­gantic task of restoring tbe wrecks ^^^^^ made by war and preparing for the gj.,ya„a distress only rendered her various exigencies by which they will ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^ object of admiration, be confronted when peace Is declared. The old proverb, "In time of peace pre­pare for war," Is reversed, and the French, In time of war are preparing for peace.

Qiieen of Hearts. . The name)'Queen of Hearts, was

given m theViow. countries to Ellxa-beth, datjgtter of James I 8 o ^ ° e unforanate qneen of Bohemia. ;When her fortune w'as at Uie lowest ebb she

lost her dignity of spirit, and

Feed Two Oceans. 'While making measurements of river

How In the upper Mississippi river baa-Ins -and m-the Hudson -Bay recently.. the United States geological survey, discovered that, some of the rivers un­der Investigation empty Into, the ArcHC' ocean dnring certain seasons and Into the AHantic'ocean at. other, times.— Popular Sdeiice Monthly.

" There was a time when a good young man was regarded as more or less of a mollycoddle. How the viewpoint has changed Is emphasized by the faot that

« '., fl„f in tht. n n w The tlie wur fund ot the Y. M. C. A., whose f r ^ n - r " r l a t r : ^ ^ J " I - - m the urmy andnavy-U avowed.

Must Find Trouble. There are some people in this worid

who would not be just sure they were living if they couldn't scrape together

- Useful Palm. In the lowlands of the - delta pf the

OrinoOo river the natives-build hnts suspended between trunks of MauriUa-flexuosa, a palm. They also eat Its traits. Its farinaceous pith, i ts sac-chjirine juice, and- use the flbers of Its leaf stems for making ropes, ham­mocks, etc.

Tablets of Stone. The library of the School of the.-

Sons of the Empire, an,ancient Chi-] nese university which. It Is said, was

? , r ^ r J ^ X r S ^ ; = i n : - e x . s t e n c e - a tiiousaud years before

o n e wel l l e c o i r i n i e m l . wi l l

tions given

>ing will children's .is in hand ture of the entertainnien Merrle Players. The n i c ini. to the ijuhlic with an ailini.-.>i..n i.. people over twelve year.«.

Mr« (I M .Vash went on \\ eiliies..!!, ,0 Chelsea as ,U'l.'--ate f..rt)ie^W"n.an , 'ub at a I'-edeiai;"" meeting.

Tr, the ,leU«htn; the child ,-en or th j,ec'.n.l'and thir.i '-i..--^ •''"'"' •">'- <''> of \V<.rc. 'Sl('r. ih . ' i t h e n i un T\ies.l . i>

. e n f o r c e . 1 al>s..nr<- f h e r l e f t a r m .

T h e pu i i i l s ..f til ' . he i r niajoi- ..N.iir,^ a-.d T u e s d a y .

T h e f au i i l v ..r l''i-e.! "• '••^^^'•^ ''-,.,.iv,'.l W.11-.1 .Wl last w.-ek I h u r s . l . i s i h T .Mrs. \Vins l . .w r a r k e r . ii..w w i . h „ e r . ' l auaht^T in 1 . . m e n l . n r . . . w a s i i u -

- fi.elii.-: n icely. 1 i .w's a s s i s t a n t L-nar . l ian

C. in ip I ' l r e Cir ls- . .Mrs.

:....i.'h.'r .f 11 ill-;

t e i . -t h e

.pen

. i r e e t e d r e r a n

Iy to preserve and extend moral and religious Influences and standards, will amount, after a week's campaign, to over $50,000,000, and that other great religious bodies are working success-

this, the mutinies on the Black sea warships heing the flrst serious fore­runners of successful revolutionary movements. 'VVhy this should he true is not clear. But ppssibiy it is due to j _ „ , • , . „ , ,

f L that a w.;rship is a separate | fully for the same moral <^^^-- -^^^ tfnd that once a crew is organ- another emphasis Is laid upon this Im-

which they might feel Irritated.—St Paul Pioneer Press.

. — 'OSi

With the Sages. -A hero Is he who taking both repu­

tation and Ute In.hto hands, wIU with, perfect urbanity, dare the gibbet and the mob. hy the absolute truth of his speech and rectitude ot his behavior. —Emerson.

Christian era, comprUes 182 tablets ot stone, whereon are carved all the "13 classics," the essence of (3hlnese cnltcre.

LUNENBURC

Newts Items. . The Woman's ciub observed gentle­

men's night on Monday evening and presented a very interesting program. There were plantation. songs by a quartet composed ot •R-arr.en Barter, •Misses Annie M. Cameron. F r a n c ^ Harley and Carl R. Harrington, with Mrs. C. T. Woods at the piano. Tho main featu're ot the evening was_a most Interesting address upon 'The negro" by Rcv. George C. Gibson, ot Newton, who w-as born and brought, up in Georgia, and who has always been associated with colored people. He told ot mony of their charocterLsUcs; thcir superstitions, etc., ond sang some of their songs, perfectly Imitating t h e i r dUilect. At the close ot the lecture he showed, many pictures. Retresh-ments were served.

The .annual town meeting Will be held on Monduy; March 4. The select-mcn have issued the warrant, whioh contains twenty-nine .irticles. It sum­mons the voters to appear a: the town hall at 5.SO in the moming, and says the polls wiil be open for the election Of otncers at 5.45 and may close at one o'clock in the afternoon. It la quite likelv that after the reading ot the »T,rrant some of tlw articles re­lating to business of the town may be postponed until a later hour.

the unit; ized for trouble, it can pretty well pur- portant fact by the .general^ outburst

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pn.v l l iK a m i .Mrs. J . I!. 1

.,f th( . I-iUKll VV. H. I ' . f . ' rs . KO.,rd,x,xx ^ mi l . l l i an a n . l I t aWia tass r - t ; ' ii Mis s C l a r e \V. 1.ins,'..It. ax:,, ., M. i ine c a m p , a t t . ' i i . le . l . 1 . . an.s ' <is.s..<iatii.ii in Avei I ' - * T h e a.ssocia t i ' .n t h e p u r i i o s . . I.f o<-w o r k of t h e ( - ami c a n t o n m e n t t i s b e i n g dciiu in .s.. . . r g a n i ' . i a - t s t r e i i a t h ..f p u r l " e x i i c c l . .1. ( l i r l s ai e n t e r i n g ' i n ! " s p e t i for t h e I'Onii"' •!" ' hav . . r e a i h . . . i h i t i i e a r t v r .>."p. ' r . i i> ' r r i 'S i . i . ' n t Wils. .I • . .ver t i l . ' t . 'P ••

On .M..11.iny. il. c e s t l ' I . w . r I lo i i i all .

Effect of Odors. eupur- pun - - =- , It is stated tiiat strong Perfumes

e,v.-M.nire'il Sun of imHcniition and indignant denials ot ,,„ve a power to Intoslcate and oe-F::rth::.=it" : arr 'u ; ::.o - - ^ - - - - ; ; s : ^ - -- . - IT-^ZX r = a post on the Kiel fleet would he about ! morality of the men la the c.imps. lah^rn^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^

ns temptlnK a p'osltion »^ <''='*" *"' '' ' i ,„ ' _ ^ iu the armed forces of Germany. There The failure ot thc potato crop in ; is a minimum ot danger t.nd a ma.i- J - - - - - - ^ . - - ^ ^ ^ | . . , , , J . ^ s i ' : n ' ; ( : r c ^ m r ? - a n d free-mum of leisure. , I-""" P " " " " ' L T , ; „ „ , , „ mr dom tliouchttuiness without tyranny.

a.eur ^^^^^^'^'ZtivZVe 'v.ar X- A t o o " l n t l o u s hostess can be as poor crops. Many ot the vsar gar ^ „ o^erzealous friend." .ieus" failed for the satne reasonJ^ Rr. aj ap^^^^_ i'nmine stalks In France and Italy, in ; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _ _ _ .,^ every Innd ot the allies, except Eng­land. The worid feels the need tor the deliberate mobilization o t Ameriean tarms and gardens.

Mushroom Is Old. . The antiquity of the mushroom's

establishment In history may be read both In the Bible and the treaties ot the Talmud. The manna that saved the Israelites has been Identified as a mushroom ot commerce, growing In Its natural wild condition.

Dcatlus. •On last week Friday morning this

r ;h.' I'f.nne U>; ,11.1

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.t S a l n r . l : . v I ,;,s l.e.-n f . irn. . ' . l f.'i' . e t t e r iM'LranI7.ini,' t l i . '

|-ii ' , . C i r l s of t h e \ w. . i i . lerf i i l w . i r k

bv t h e I ' a n i p ' - ' i ' ' ' ' ' ' •"•"' ps a g i - e a t ' i -

1.-salts lu-e h,. w.ir l . l a t e i.,.-U p l . in i ie . l ^ t h e r e s , I l t s

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,.1 t.. h e a r , , . ' , of t h . ' n i i s s i o n a r v i.iLiii \vor'.<

|.-i',>»k M . . ..r, t i l l ' f o r e i g n I ' . s l i iT. w h o h a s

J u s t r c t u r n e i l n . . . . . I m l a . . D.

J ^ ^ ^ - n ^ D ^ ^ m ^ o r m e r i v . . . s t r i c t p"?rTn'-tendent of W o r c ' S , e r i l i^t. l e , h l i . n o w In c h a r g e of t h e • ' - " ; - " ; , ; \ " 7 In t h e l i o m e mi.sslon tl e l d s . . " . 1 H e l m s of t h e M o r g a n .Memoii . i l fo r t h e h n m e Held. U i s h " !

-resident bishop, then save '" • " ' ' „ . ' ^ covering lH>th lields. J '"; . ' ' . '" "„•.';•: for $80,000,000 to he raise.l ,n .be n v flve years In order f a.'c.mm .daf' l.e ^ o w t h Of the work, an I'l ^ m.l a un-?o be given cach boanl Mi s M Mr Hole. liev. and Mt were present fr.mi I "•:

At t h e M e t h o d i s t c h u r c b on S..n.l-i\_ mi^rnlt^.- t h e t h e m , - "^ < ' ^ ^ ^ " - - : " : ,•; he " A w o r l d - w i d e w s i . m ' " • ; ; • . C . „ / h - ' T h e r e will he m- ev< n i s

Some parts of the country hnve been indulging in an electric licht Jag, and Admlnlslrator Garfield's cnnservation order wili havp the wholesome effect ot inducing tbem to sober up. There is such a thing as overdoing even in nr- | tlflclal lighting, and downtown sections ot mnny enterprising Amerlcnn cities had nrrlved nt n stage of super-inten- , sity of nocturnal lllumlnntinn whicti reminded philosophical observers of Emerson's protest ugalnst the abuse of the superlative.

The government will take from Ih'' hmisewlfe her canned goods, nnd sol­diers are helng charged fiir the sweat­ers that women give. Such are the InL-eiilous lies thnt German propnu-anda scatters brondcnst. What slimy less serpents we shelter I

These nre the days when extra . ,-ar.' must be taken to prevent flre. i iCspeclallv is that useful bot also | danjerous little article, the match, to j la- used with a never-relaxing vlgi-1 lan.-.', for a goodly percentage of ioss'.s and lives are to be laid to the tieKiieenie with which It Is habitually hamlled.

Combination Is Oood. "We must." says Roger Babson,

"have the courage to put merit before wealth." But don't despise the two when combined.—Boston Advertiser.

comn-.uni-.y was greatly startled when the news came dver the wires from Billerica that -Mrs. Emma C. P.irKer, wife of Henry A. Parkor. was a. vic­tim of pneumonia and had passed into, thc great bevond during the night. It came as a shock to her many friends in town, who thought there must be some mistake—that it could not be our nwn dear friend and neighbor— but It proved all too true, and arrange­ments were inade for the funeral to be held in the homc at Billerica at nonn on Sunday, and then come to I,uncnl)urg.. where a service would be held at tho home ot Mr. and Mrs. (.. E Brown upon arrival. .This program was cirrled out succes.sfully. the tam­ily and friends trom BillcHca coming bv aut.-. and the body by auto hearse.' Rev ll A. Whiston. pastor ot the Congregational church, conducted, the service Mrs. Whiston and Mlss

What Friendship Is. : l'L<'r,a^ne Ha>-ward sang "Does Jesus Friendship Is the transflguraUoii^ | "^^.^^^^ ^ ^ j , ^ ^ „.„s nned with friends

their babies when in passing the shop they heard groans, indicating that someone was in great distress They ran to the shop and iipon opening the door found Mr. Tyler b i n g in the cel­lar." whero-hE- had • fallen. They- a t — once sumnioned help.and Wllllam and Richard D. Harley and Karl Good­rich o i m e to the rescue and tenderiy litted Mr. Tyler and carried him to his home only a short distance away.

Dr. C. E. Woods was called and he at once saw t'hat the case was a seri­ous one and ordered his removal to the' Burbank hospital. There nn X -ray w-as taken, showing that eight rlbi on the right side were broken and the lung .punctured, by the broken-bones,i andthero were^ othet internal Injuries, all- of which combined to cause h is death at one o'clock on Sunday morti­ing. .„

MT. Tyler w-as horn -it Cranston. K I., on May 26. 1S50. His parents mov­ed to I^unenburg when he was quite young and he has passed nearlj all hia lite here. Hc had been a useful man. handy and faithful in whatever work he found'to^o—teaming, driv­ing coach, working oh the farm for the late Daniel Piitnam tor thirteen vears, ih the store ot Warren Lewis '& Co., and F. H. BoutweU. and of late years doing carpenter work tor S.- H. Francis and the Harley Brothers, o. part of which was laying some ot the doors la the Rltter Memorial Ubrary. ahd which were remarkably well done.

The deceased ieav-es a w-idow; one son. Willie F. Tyler; two (laughters. itr-o. William 'M. Hai:lcy, land Mip. George D. Harper, and tour grand­children, ot Lunenburg; three slstera and three brothers.

The tuneral w.-us held at his late home on Tuesday atternoon. Rev. L. A. Whiston conducting thc .service, and Interment will be in the North ceme­terv when spring -opens. Thcro wore manv beautitul flowers trom relatives and friends, among which were mapy sprays and set pieces.

When Nerve Is Necessary. - "One of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence." "That took courage." "I think so." "Tm? enough, but you ought to serf the lease I,signed this year."

service; the creation ot a new inottve'; redeeming life from Its dradgery, and sending the pulse-beat of Joy Into the most trivial task.—Donald Sage Mack­ay.

soul-

New l--.ni::;. 11,.. C.-l.'1'l .1

v e n t e n n i a l I.t .Meth. ' . list w o r k . T h e s p e j k i ' l s f .- 1-w e r e f!. Kal ' i T a v l n r nnd .Vorth. bnth serretiiri board; also. Kred I.,

returneii from ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^,

. k e

S IP of the people who always pay : , aO, ,in.l huy where they can got things i .ii..;ii...st Instead ot trading at one 1 st..re have had trouble In getting su-

Moblllze all th, idle books nnd fre.sh , ttar lately. And yet that's what every-crnph records, games lio.ly oucht to do. maeazlnes, phono:

and other forms nf entc^alnment nnd instruction. When they are BrobUIwrt send tiiem to the cantonment, where they can do their bit for the soldier

boys.

on.' advflntnBtmbout-eBiisttog m Uie nn-.v is that a feUow genertilly has a il.i.n place to sleep and three square

nil als n day.

Bravery. People glorify all sorts of bravery

except the bravery they might show on liehnlf of their nearest neighbors. —George Ellot.

SJUt Fat In Nuts.

The fattest form of food Is nnts; almonds contain more than half tiieir weiKht in easily digestible fat.

' I I

Not the Best Way. One wnv to be Up with the lark Is

to keep the lark np aU nlght.-Boston Transcript ..-.r'. -.

Work and Play. The bodv requires ft' holiday, bnt the

mind should be always at work;

Chance for a Genius. Inventor—"Do you want to btiy my

newly patented bullet-proof vestr* Financier—"No; but I'd be Interested In a soup-proof vest."—Puck.

— ,-^tt

His System. Van Speederiey—rd like yon to

meet my wife, old top. I think that a bold, dashing fellow Uke you could get hcr away from me.

Wealth of Love. We are most of us very lonely In

this world; you'^who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God. —Thackeray.

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Mis W

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^e'rvTcefas Th" c'hureh vvlll .inin ^^iXs m e e t i n g for . . - l i c e n s e a town hall.

Other Pep;icrf--; matter on P->P

K n t h c

t h e

Rebeccaite*. In 184.'? a hnnd ot Wel.sh rioters

made war upon the toll-gates nlong , the highways of a large •J'f';;'' *-, ^ ^ ;; i captain of the rioters nnd his gunrd disguised themselves In female nttlre. "nd they were called Itebeocnites. This nnme arose from a gross perversion of a text of Scripture: And-they hlessed Hebekah. and snid unto her . . . let thy seed possess thc gnte of those who hate Uicm."-Gen-csls 24:60.

Mort Expenalva Wood. The raost cxpenslTe '^''o^ '", Y"^

w.,rld is said to be the borw-ood Im­por-e.t from TnrVey for the use of en.-ravers. The cost ranges from 4 to in cents n square. Inch *«[, <hc best >.-r. .:..--Prooklyn Standrtrd-Unlon.

-\v.

Her Ideal. h.ard a yonng woman say yes-

1. - la . that her Idchl man Is onc who is Mii.ir enongh,*6 make """'^5' «"^ f ...l-li .nough i o ' s p e n d It . -Boston Tr.inscr pf. -" - ,

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A Satisfactory Way. . "We nsk Providence for so many

fhlncs " says a BlUvUle philosopher, "It miglit he n . lood Idea to bunch 'em^ —for Instance: 'Send aU you've got. and we'll do the selecting^'"—Atiantn Conftitiitlnn.

Knovrt-No-l 'Wherever the tree of beneficence

takes root. It sends forth branches be­yond the sky.—Saaill.

d neighbors who testified their iove tor her bv beautiful floral otferings. of which "there were a great many. On account ot the heavy drifted snow the committal service was held at the house, and the body placed In the re­ceiving tomb, temporarily, atter which it will he burled in thc family lot in thc North cemetery-.

MV. and Mrs. Henry A. Parker camo to I.unenhurg sever.T.1 years ag<). bought a pretty home where they lived beloved by their neighbors. They both united with the Congrogational church and the Grange. About two years ago Mr. Parker accepted a position in Bil­lerica and atter a time moved his fariilly there, renting their home here Mr.s Parker frequently came to Lu- , nenburg nnd the lastitime she was-in town, January 4. she" sang at the fu-fforal of an old neighbor. Mrs. Luclna !'eabod%. Sho w-as a beautiful Singer; a. member cf thc church choir, where

i she often sang a solo, onc of which was "In the secret of his.presence." Mrs I'eabody loved to hear her aing and it wa-s in response to a. request made by.her some time ago that Mrs. Parker "sang at hcr tuneral. Little did any one think th.at her sweet voice was so soon to bc forever hushed on oarth. and that she would .Join the -immortal.cholrj3etore;.the_grcat_white^ throne In heaven.

.\ Finnish speaking man dropped dead upon tho icc at Whalom on Tues­day atternoon. Ho had worked all the forenoon, then ate his dinner, smoked his pipe and resumed his tcc-cuttlng at one o'clock. Others working 'with him said fhey saw him drop suddenly. They carried hlra to Sunnyside farm, where the foreman. F. J. Merry, as­sisted in try-ing- to revive him. Dr. F. M. McM'urray. who was called, made a quick trip to the place, but the m'an w.is beyond medical aid. Nothing Is known ot thc man except that he went to work tor Qeorge E. Freeman la.st week Friday. H e said he had no rela­tives in this country. There, w.os a l-o-cclpt in his pocket made out to Antl •Wirki.

SpeaWttfl and Thinking. Mrs. i v c k - ^ ' l nlways think twice

before I spoak once." Peck—"Exactiy, my dear—bnt then yon are such a quick thinker,?

For Beating RuQ*-If yon have a carpet or rug to beat,

don't hang i t np double on tho clothes line where the dnst from oiie side Is Jnst'ponnded Into the other side. Thero. Is a mnch easier and quicker niethod. If yon h a w an old bed spring, still on its framoy lay tho carpet on It, single, thickness. Yon will find that the dust doesn't fly so much, and yon can get the dust ont much quicker hnd easier than when it is beaten on tho clothes line.

Hardly had the community recover­ed from the startling sensation experij encod by thc news of the death of Mrs. Porker, when on Saturday after­noon It became known that George F. Tylor. a long-time, respected resident of Lunenburg, had met.'with a se^-ero accident tmd had been cajrlcd to. the Burbank hospital. _ . . " . , • . . About a month ago-Thomaa. Arcm-,

bald sold his blacksmith ahoii to Ebon H. Mcad. who was having it renomteaj and the Interior torn out. M c p a w o n f to chonging it Into a PUhUc Boragci Mr. Tyler was engaged in- th is work. Ono floor had been rejnovcd and no w-as..-It work overhead when In'sonae way he tell to the cellor or baseirtcnt below, a distance of about fifteen feet, Btrllkng on onc of tho old <l(>or Joists, Mrs. William M. Harley^ his daughter, and Mrs J T ' P o n c U were out ,with

lA.'.

BOXBOROUGH

Cliurcli Notes. , Sunday services—Morning w-orship at eleven o'clock; preacher. Rev. G. M. Missirian. the minister; subject, "Our church and tho boys at the front." Sunday school at'12.16. C. E. meeting and evening service at sev­en o'clock.

A social was held In the vestry last week Fridoy evening tmder the aus­pices ot the Ladles' circle.. Paul VieU. a son ot the former pastor hero, gavo a very Interesting talk on "Somo.ex­periences With Dr. GrenteU'S' unit at I.«brador." Margaret Downes i«nd Maria Steele rendered solos, and Ruth Hngcr played a selection on the piano. Refreshments were serv-ed and several games were enjoyed by all who were present. The committee in charge of the .evenlng.was composed of Mrs. O. •rt"-. Burroughs and Mrs. C. ,H. Rich­ardson.

On Sunday morning a apeclal col-TeSJlIBir-wlll-br-taken-for-the-Ndtlonal' Service Commission, to be -used direct­ly for- the religious welfare of our soldiers and sailors. Please come and help. • '

••• - Vaw AOnettlBeaimitA.

FOB SAUt—'Baildlflgand lot on West! .Main Street,, three minutes' walk from. Depot eooare, Ayer. Bulldins 32x7S feet, eoltalile for .store or business pm'-

Eosea. Price right for cakh. Imiulre of [.. J. WESBB. oppoilto Depot; Sqaare,

Av^r.' Maas. ' -- : ' '

i'Poultry Wanted;, Xow Paying 3 3 c to 2Sc. and npwaida '

for Good Ponltry liCavc Orders by tdcpiiontng FcfmercII':

61-2, or telephone Ixiwell 5S8&iM','; DAVID SAPERSTAN 20

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