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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20
FELL OVER
CIPTC T..
Miraculous Escape IF a Voon9
RugFian Lady IN
The Alps.

A narrow escape from death on the
mountains was the recent experience
Of a young Russian lady Mile. sarni-
koff
She was staying at Chenex, in
Switzerland, and a few days ago start
cd Off alone to attempt the ascent Of
the sallauscex, one Of the steep Alpine
peaks close by
She had neither alpenstoek nor nailed
boots and after attaining a considera-
bic height found to her dismay that
she could neither advance nor descend
For hours she chung to narrow ledge
Of rock a few inches wide until at last
helpless with fatigue and vertigo, her
grasp weakened and she fell.
BY miracle her dress caught on
some sharp rocks a short distance be-
low, and when she recovered conscious
ness she managed to wedge her body
into a comparatively safe position,
Here she remained exposed to a furi-
GUS storm, shouting for help. Late al
night a search party, attracted by her
cries, was able to rescue her and carry
her half frozen and almost dead with
terror, to shelter.
The conduct Of the seven German
students from the Geneva university
whose recent adventures on Moni
Blanc nearly cost them their lives has
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20
The Tines Daily Short Story.


With bowed head Forbes left Ter
perhaps more depressed than when his
doctor had told him he must soon de
He wandered about aimlessly for
few days; then, throwing OF tempo
rarily the disagreeable feeling conse.
quent upon his rejection, he sought
Mildred st. Clair and told Der Of his
Doctors two announcements,
Mildred he added had J sought
you when | was we'll and possessed d
fortune ! would have asked you to-.
share It with me- As It is | caunot
think Of proposing that you should
share my beggarly income"
Il confess replied the girl. that
had you asked me before the squan
derlng Of your fortune ! would have
accepted you, though greater fortunes
have been offered me. ~ it is, | must
agree with you that your income
would not support me except il COM
parative poverty for which | have no
taste
Forbes left her with a sigh Tie one
had declined him because he had no
principle, the other because &c had
spent his fortune, He did not know
which reason pricked Elm most but in
his heart he could not but respect the
reasons given by Margaret. "And
now, he said, cas- a last resort 1 will
20 to Agnes. Surely she viii have no
scruples, and the remaining $4,000
will be a great temptation 70 her.
Tony" she said. after be had am
nounced that the doctor had erred, that
his life was before lin and that he
still had money in bank YOU are a
good fellow Hou have treated me
white You have spent iot Of mon
ey on me. and now you propose to get
rid of the rest Of your fortune in the
same way I'm going to surprise you
by refusing 70 take any luore Of 1t.
For you there is still q future; for me
there is none.n Tears started to her
eyes. 'sIy advice to You is, Settle
down to lead steady life. and let the
rest of Us take care Of ourselves. 1t
viii be some time before I'm old and
decrepit. meanwhile I'll get along
Forbes went away protesting that
she was the only friend left him and
that she should continue 50. When,
the next day. he went to see her again
he found that she had moved without
leaving any address.
Five yeass passed. One day An
thony Forbes called upon his physician
and said TO him:
doctor. desire to thank you for
the able manner fl which you handled
my case when it was supposed | had
a malignant tumor. The growth, what
/ ever II was. has disappeared. Il was
not that from which | suffered, but
| general worfhlessness. Soon after you
t pronounced me sound sent to wors
and have succeeded in building Up q
good business. / have recently mar
ried Miss Margaret Walton who was
your principal assistant in handling
my disease Good morning, doctor"
Forbes handed the physician an en-
velope containing a substantial check
for additional fee,
EDWIN @. HARMED.
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A WRONG DIAGNOSIS

Iorlg,aaLl
Anthony Fcgbes found himself ut
twenty-three tired Of life. Possessing
an income OF $4,000 4 year, quite
enough to crafty all his wishes, there
was nothing for him to accomplish.
When therefore medical specialist
told him that a certain lump lie had
discovered ON his person too near a
vital part to be removed was Of a ma
lignant nature and would XIII him
within period Of from a few months
to a few years, the only horror attend
ing the announcement was the suffer
ing involved. However. since there
was as yet no pain, the young man de-
termined TO turn everything he had
into cash and get all the enjoyment
there was in it. This would serve q
double purpose Of giving him pleasure
and diverting his mind.
Forbes believed that the greatest ems
joyment Is to De derived from associa-
ton with the opposite sex. lie had no
mind 10 conhne himself TO any one
woman De chose three The first was
Agnes Tweed. one Of those girls who
ia Paris 50 by the name Of grisette;
the second Was Mildred ST. Clair, So
ciety belle; the third. Margaret Wal
ton, tie daughter Of a clergyman
whose income was but $500 year
Forbes spent an average of $4,000 a
month for eight months; then, finding
that his tumor was growing less, he
consulted bis physician, who told him
that he had been mistaken Ia its ma
lignant character. lit was a harmless
growth and was being absorbed. The
young man found himself with life be-
fore him ana a fortune reduced from
100000 to $4,000, out q which an In
come could be derived for bare sup
port. lie resolved to announce the
fact to his feminine associates, begin
ming with the clergymans daughter.
Margaret" he said, eight months
ago / was told by my physician that
must die within short period !
turned ms fortune into cash and have
been spending it freely ever since, en-
joying a great deal OF It In your com
psny. Now the doctor tells me that
be was mistaken In the character 81
my disease and have nothing TO fear
Some $4,000 Of my fortune Is left
Just enough for a bare living VIII
you share 1t with me as my wife"
Margaret thought for some time be
fore replying
Il could not think % passing my
life" she said, with man who has
no ambition. no principles, no sympa.
thy for a world in which 50 much i
needed. Had sou on your doctors first
announcement given your fortune {
the poor. reserying only enough &
carry you through the short period yor
expected to live and now without
cent made me this proposition, resolved
to make a career for yourself, | NIGH
have said Yes As It Is, my answer
Is No"
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FAMOUS FoHTER.
General ueyss6oa. tshe itas Jast
Redrea Prom the fsasfne corps.

General Eiers45od. Nfha Aas faSt
Retired Prom the MARINE corps
Major General EAatie Haywood.
NL6 has JUST retired n 1ae conn
msaa of the United States marine
corps. has the remarkable record q
nearly forty-siz years q active service
in che corps a service which De4an
when De was eighteen years q age
General Haywood Is muFe @
Maine. was commissioned q second
lieutenant Of marines in April 1898
and saw q lot Of hard service iu tle
civu war During The memorable sea
aeht Ia Hampton Roads 81 vas on
board the Cumberland when limit slip
was sunk bv tile Confederate ram
Merrinlac on March 8. 1852. aud went
down with her flag flying. AS captain
of the after deck gun division he tire3
the Iasf gun IN the fght as the cumbeq-
land sank. He sawed himself IS jump
ing overheard and was hauled into 2
boat bv one Of the magazine boys For
his eananfry on this occasion ne WAS
breyetted major and was honorahly
mentioned "a dispatches
Later in the war General Haywood
was senior officer Of The marine guard
on board Farragut's flagship Hartford
and during the battle Of Mobile pay
was il. command &c the 8 inch battery
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Captain G. z. Nathorst, chief Of con
stabulary in Ilepanto- Bontoc, IN re-
port to the war department tells the
methods Of warfare practiced by the
Philippine head hunters.
Captain Nathorst headed an expedi-
ton ia search Of Eve Igorote criminals.
The way led through dense forests, and
as they approached Barlig they encoun-
tered thousands Of sharpened bamboo
sticks which the savages had stuck III
The ground at an angle Of forty-fiye de-
grees. The sticks were thickest where
the trails were down hill They were
hidden in the thick grass, and the feei
and legs Of the officers were badly lac
Grated.
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MAJOR GENERAL CHARTS HHYwoop.
on the Hartford. He was breyetted
lieutenant colonel for his part fl that
battle
Major General Haywood succeeded 20
the command Of the marine corps ID
1891, with the title of colonel COM
mandant, and four years ago became a
brigadier general under the provisions
Of the personnel law. The good work
of the marines during the Spanish war
is still fresh in the public mind and
needs no retelling Ia scores 81 ways
lie has improved the service corps and
has always striven to elevate the stand
ard OF It's officers and men. Last year
he was commissioned major general
by special act Of congress. General
Haywood has been succeeded ia COM
mand of the marine corps by Brigadier
General George IT. Elliott
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despite the efforts of experts there Is
no abatement fl the rayages. III fact,
the boil weevil is principally respon-
sible for this years shortage Of crop.
Tile boil weeyil is q common beetle
about a quarter of an inch long aud
came into this country about decade
ago from Mexico. 1t begins its destruc'
tive work when the cotton flower IS II
bloom, entering the flower 70 extract
the sweet pollen, and while there It
lays its eggs. The eggs develop into
Larvae in d few days, and then the reai
destruction begins. The bob weeyil
passes through many metamofphoses
and after attaining tue pupa stage eats
its way out Of the bulb Of the cotton
plant which has withered away from
fhe effects OF the weeyil's rayages.
After having passed out from the
bulb it flies to another and continues
rs depredations. Finally # fails Ii the
ground. where It burrows in deep
hole ana turns into the cocoon. from
which emerges the full grown beetle
in the spring.
Many attempts have been made TO
exterminate it, but the lack of knowl-
edge Of the life of the insect aud Of its
natural enemies has been a serious
drawback TO such an end
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"When reached the alley there
were The four boys, shooting r.ght aud
left a few Of the town folks had
Joined in tie hunt and things were
getting down to dne points I found
myself inst twenty PAGES from tie
Daltous. with a team 81 horses in be-
tween us.
every time the horses threw up
their heads j could see the Daltous and
fire Then they would fire and BIT the
horses. got two more Of them there,
and the rest Of our people got the rest.
That's all there was TO IT,
we found their pockets full Of mon
ey. and they had dropped q couple Of
sacks in their fight, So the banks lost
nothing
sThey had FIVE OF the finest horses
in the state waiting for them and five
more twenty-five miles out If they
had left that alley alive it would have
been goodby to cur cash We haven't
been bothered with robbers since that
little AFFAIR"
The handsome diamond medal Of
which Mr.. Kloehr IS the proud posses
sor and seldom the wearer was given
him by Lyman J. Gage and a number
Of Chicago bankers. II bears the in
seription. following bis full name:
The emergency arose. The man
appeared. Presented by friends In Chi
cago who admire men Of courage when
displayed in defense of social order"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20
AN EXPENSIVE LITTLE BUG.
how the Bon weevil Is Ravnging
The Cotton CROP

How the Boil weevil Is Mavnging
the Cotton Crop.
Unless some means are discovered to
successfully combat the boll weevil
which has become 50 great q pest that
the state Of Texas has offered $4,000
as reward TO any one who finds q
remedy. the cotton industry will BE-
seriously menaced In the future.
Until about ten years ago Gotten
planters had only to contend against
the cotton worm or caterpillar which
was bad enough but since the advent
of the boil weevil It's rayages have put
the efforts Of the worm completely in
the shade. Figs. /, ?, and Z show
the bollworm IN various stages Of de-
yelopment.
The damage to the cotton crop of
Texas alone by the boil weevil this
year Is estimated at S300o90o and
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preston already made. The all1ali
sands have burned their reflection into
his skin until its ruddy glow is one Of
his marked characteristics. or medium
height and unassuming manner, he IS
the last person in the world to be pic
tured standing in the center Of town
picking Off his men one by one as they
fought their way from the looted banks
to their waiting horses. That the
horses were never reached and $4,000
in greenbacks rescued was due to the
steady arm and true eye OF Mr. Kloehr.
IN speaking of his famous exploit
Mr. IIloehr avoided the word XIII"
He simply got his man
THE morning that tile Dalton gang
swooped down on CoffeyyiIle," said
Mr.. Kloehr, Il was asleep on a cot in
my livery stable, having put in a hard
nights work. The first thing | knew
of the trouble Hass Reid rushed in
and yelled: John, get your Winches-
ter. They're robbing the banks
Il had a few dollars IN those banks
myself, and lost no time in pulling
myself together. l didn't have the
faintest idea that it was the Dalton
boys, for only the day before they had
been reported in California. When
look down my winchester l found it
wasn't working well, SO | slipped out
Of the back door and into hardware
store. where I knew I could lay my
hands on one.
Leaving the store By the back door,
/ skirted the buildings and reached
the square on which faced the two
! banks that were being raided, the First
National and the Condor. Bob and
Emmett Dalton, one nineteen and the
other twenty-five. as handsome pair
as you ever laid your eyes on, were in
the First National, while Grant Dali
ton, Jack Evans and Dick Broadwell
were cleaning up the tills Of the Con
don.
"Broadwen suddenly remembered the
location Of the hardware store and
stationed himself in the front window
Of the bank and began picking off the
I citizens who were making play to
enter the store and secure arms. /
thought it was about time to land him,
and just as lie was throwing his rifle
to his shoulder / got him under the
arm. Firing at distance Of about
fifty yards, / had to make slight al
lowanee for the plate glass window be-
4 hind which he was standing
"Broadwell staggered q moment aud
! then ran out of the bank AS he passed
ia the open he called to me not to
shoot. l saw he was bit pretty hard
end turned my attention to the others
They picked Broadwell up dead about
! three-quarters Of mile out Of town
| He was the only one that reached his
/ horse.
FINDING they were in for fight
! the boys came to the front doors of the
bank ana dropped two Of our men
They then dashed to the rear doors
and made dash for their horses
which had been left in the alley.
would have got another one Of them
in the square, but my sisters, who were
clinging to me, fntcrfered with my aim
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FARMING FOR CHILDREN.
New Departure In Public school Ed
ucation In Missouri.


New Departure In Public school Ed
ucation In Missouri.
Nearly 5000 school children in Mis-
souri, are receiving instruction this
year I'd the primary courses Of agricui-
ture says a Columbia special dispatch
70 the st. Louis Republic More than
100 teachers who attended the Mis-
souri, university last summer and took
the course in agriculture and hortieul-
ture are giving instruction IN those
branches IN the public schools this year
with excellent results.
In tie teaching Of these branches TO
public school students special attention
is paid 70 beautifying the school
grounds and the yards and lawns Of
the children's homes, The school yard
is planted in flowers, trees and shrubs
and under the direction Of the taacher
is cultivated by the students. The
teachers find that the students take
great interest in the work, and they en-
counter very little difficulty in contin-
uing the-course.
It has been the aim Of the Missouri
university to encourage the teaching
of agriculture in the public schools
and the efforts of The university arc
now achieving results By next year
agriculture and horticulture probably
will be taught in a majority Of tht
public schools Of the state
a series Of bulletins is IN course d
preparation which win be sent out t.
the teachers TO be used as text books
In the public schools
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AK anSor s
MERGE
Hot0 he DaffOn OuflatO
Gang Was 6g1iped our
In a sSfreef Ffgbf.
co0fneSS Of John Kfoebr. Wbo
Laid Sbree Of The Robbers
LosO--A Thrilling Explode
Of me Lar Decade

John ]. Kioehr Of Cofleyyille, Kans
slayer Of the Dalton boys, while in st.
Louis recently told to a party Of friends
his own story Of the stirring street bat
tie which On the morning Of Aug 5,
1892, resulted in the death Of five of
the most daring outlaws who ever shot
Up town.
When Mr.. Kloehr says he is from
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20

THE woMAx's DRESS CAUGHT ON THE
ROCKS.
incurred severe censure from the Swiss
press as well as from all classes Of
Alpinists.
1t appears that the whole expedition
was discreditable in the extreme The
leader was a young man who, having
made an ascent Of Mont Blanc last sea
son, persuaded the others that If they
would pay him e each he would lead
them easily and safely TO the summit
Instead Of proper provisions bottles
of absinth and other spirits were
taken. The students are reported to
have broken open and damaged various
mountain shelters at which they stop
ped en- route and to have abstracted fit
tings and other articles.
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49, nnnr al nentll.

According to a Paris physician. the
maximum hour Of death Is from 5 to 9
a. N. and the minimum from 3 to II
a. IN. In the first case the mortality IS
40 per cent greater than the average
and In the latter 61a per cent less,
From 10 d. n. to =. m, in the day the
mortality IS not high the most fatal
hours being from TO G IN the morning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20

One thing Is certain, fashion has set
her heart on short dresses, and short
dresses viii be worn By wise women
this winter. says the London Graphic
very short for walking. shooting or
golf. Of a moderate length for urban
wear
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20
NnreI nniI,rnr rnst.

French drivers and tiremen and even
French fuel will be imported for the
trial in England Of the DeGlehn giant
locomotive engine which is being built
IN France for the Great Western rail-
way.
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tOuch.
INITIATION soNa or THE CAPITALISTS
Our mission is to have ia trust
The skulls of men of our kind
Their bodies may decay and rust;
Their skulls with US place viii ind,
That they may prove in ages hence
They have not lived for priest and pail.
Which shows they had enough Of sense
10 gain a niche in our skull halt
The basis Of this brotherhood
In number thirteen IS expressedi
Each one ~ compensation should
Consign hts skull 20 ug addressed
And add 70 1t each year one head
From friends. who may with us concede
That we may claim, when they are dead
Their skulls, hy their own viii and deed.
FIJI out this blank, your name and seal,
And in oar honor do conlde
That when YOU soon take your last meal
Your skull we shall claim on our side.
AT present the headquarters Of the
society are Ia the luxuriously fur
nished schroet home a fund il being
amassed BIT voluntary contributions
from members for the purpose OF erect
ing a home for the order which SHAH
be known AS Skull hall. where will re-
pose the headpieces Of thousands q
rellct members, among which the ON
GERS may dine upon each recurring an
1iyersary,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
Orioin of a Word,

How do you pronounce v-a-u-d-e
cj-ll-e?" asked the project of the
purist. "Vowdville," was the instant
reply, followed by the question, How
do you?" Vaudeville" frankly con
fessed the project. But l suspected
l was wrong. That is the reason
asked you. | take it the word Is
French?" Eyes, and 1t comes from the
name vau-de-vue-a river in Norman
dy. In that town during the fifteenth
century lived oliver Basselin, q
French poet, who wrote variety OF
matter in prose and verse. And now
after 600 years, every variety per
former calls his act vaudeville turn
The study of the origin Of words is In
teresting," concluded the purist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
Thinks All Are Too Well Paid.

Among officehGlders in Washington
Comptroller Tr4cewell of the treasury
is regarded Is a most extraordinary
person. Mr. Tracewell's salary is S..
SOC, and he thinks he is overpaid.
Worse than entertaining such heter-
odox opinion, however, is the fact that
he has not hesitated to give express
sion thereto. During the recent ses.
sion of congress he was giving q sub
committee some information regard
ing his Office. The chairman compli-
mented him by saying: you are the
first man government officer who has
appeared before us who did not ask
for an increase of salary" Tracewell
replied bluntly: I'm getting blank
sight too much now" In private con-
versation later he said: Considering
the hours of their labor and their re-
sponsibilitiAs government employees
are paid more than any other class Of
men in the world" All of which is
regarded in bureaucratic circles as
little short of revolutionary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17
She's Pretty, but He's Strong.

Jenkins owns a house in BNx%xlyn
suburb. 1t is now for salo, and his
tenant, or, rather, his tenants pretty
wife, has had number Of callers who
wanted to look Over the property, says
the New York eress. The other day
Jenkins rscSaved letter of complaint
from biz tenant, Of which this is a
cor:
Dear Sir-I have a complaint to
make about the man who come out
here to look at your house. Most Of
them think it necessary to tell my
wife how pretty she is while they are
looking over the property. l want to
warn you that some of these days I
am going to take day off from my
work and then II any of those men
want to tell my wife that she is pref
ty l will be around to show them her
husband is pretty strong"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-04-17

company's machinery was still service
able, Mr.. Noble replied that excellent
care had been taken OF It; at least, he
always found fresh paint on it. AT
best, however, it would be of little
value. American machinery twenty
years old is almost worthless to-day
so radical have been the improve
ments.
Does any one stu cling to the idea
Of canal without Iocks?" was asked
There must be locks to provide for
the twenty-foot range of tide at Pa.
nama," said the commissioner, "but II
Is possible to construct canal with.
out any other locks. Such a canal
would unqmestionably be great bene'
fit to shipping, but its cost would be
enormous and 1t would take twice as
long to build"
Mr.. Noble is firm believer in the
commercial future Of canals. Refer.
ring to the report Of the 800" canal
for the year, which he had just receiv-
ed, he remarked that the United
States is paid back every year in the
increase Of trade the amount origi.
nally invested in this canal.
81 do not agree" he said, with the
Australian postmaster-general in say.