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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL.

DR. ID. X. Pearsons Of Chicago has
given another $4,000 to Berea college.
Berea. Ky. He had previously given
100000.
The new principal Of the Rumford
Falls Cie) high school bears the same
name as his predecessor and. like him,
is a graduate Of Bowdoin college. He
is Herbert o. Clough OF Albany, n. II
Charles William Dabney will be inau
gurated president OF the University Of
Cincinnati on Nov. 1G. President
Roosevelt and ex-president Cleveland
have been invited dis well as number
OF college presidents.
All new schools In Switzerland have
a portion Of the ground floor appropri
ated for baths, Each class battles once
a fortnight, summer ana winter Soap
is used. and warm bath is followed
by cooler one. Sick children and
those having skin diseases are exclud.
ed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
SPORTING NOTES.

All the colleges have their football
candidates At work
Featherweight Frankie Neil is now
after lightweight fightlng honors.
Christie Mathewson has been taken
out of the box nine times this season.
A wise man is ]. Mnggsy He ehases
'em al when they're bad.
Hal b, 2.0Ils who has been owned
up In Canada for the past two years,
is now back in Ohio on the same farm
with his sire, Hal billiard, 2:04al
How easy II Is to forget. Nearly all
the turf writer's are calling Sweet Ma
rie the fastest trotting mare bred In
California, the state that produced Lou
Dillon. 1885,.
Heinie Reitz. the former Baltimore
and Washington second baseman, has
obtained new lease Of life in the
American association and is playing
gilt edge ball in the field
The Cleveland club has purchased
Third Baseman kahl, now with the
Colorado Springs team. Kahl will join
the team next season aud will be usel
as a utility infielder by the Blues.
Frank Chance and Hans Wagner ara
running neck and neck for the batting
honors in the National league. Lajols
has the rest Of the sluggers ''skidooed''
in the American league aud will ICONS
home on the Bit as they say In racing
parlance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
OUT or THE ORDINARY.

AS a grayedigger at Einsledeln, in
Switzerland, was shoYeling dirt on the
coffin Of a woman who had been buried
he heard a cry for help and, hastily
opening the coffin, found the occupant
alive.
In Brooklyn a father and mother
raised up a family consisting Of nine
daughters and one son All the chill
dren are married and have offspring
All the children OF all the daughters
are boys, and all the children OF the
son are girls.
Dr. Guermonprez, d professor OF the
medical faculty of Lille. France, is ad
vocating an international understand
ing between physicians and the author
tiles whereby the former can put an
end to the lives of patients suffering
with incurable diseases if so requested
in writing by the patients themselves
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
RESTORED
toriginall

I0riglnall
Have you no counsel2" asked the
Judge Of a prisoner about te be tried
for obtaining money fraudulently. He
was an elderly man. through whose
shabby clothes one might see evil
dences of responsibility.
Il have not your honor"
The Judge turned to young lawyer
present one who had recently been
admitted to practice, ana said
You may take this case
The prisoner and his counsel With
drew. and when they were alone tho
latter asked his client for informa-
ton.
The trouble started twenty years
ago. said tile accused man. ..My wife
was greatly troubled that we had no
child and constantly longed for one,
though it seemed to me that my in
come was too small for two, to say
nothing Of three However, circum-
stances brought US a boy, two years
Old and pretty as a picture, who had
been born Of other parents. His fa-
Their and mother, acquaintance Of
ours, died within a few days OF each
other Of pneumonia and left him abb
solutely uneared for. We took him to
our home and gave him all the atten-
ton he required, intending to bring
him up as our adopted son. He was i
bright little fellow and very affection
ate. OF course at that age he soon
forgot his father and mother. and
since we took their places he supposed
he was our own child. / was very
fond Of him. and my vile, who IDOL
lied him, spent great deal Of money
dressing him and buying pretty things
for him. He was taken sick with
scarlet fever, and we watched over
him night and day till he recovered
This, of course, meant a large doctors
bill. which neither nor my wife
would have objected to had we the
means to meet it, and even as II was
we were rejoiced because our pet
suffered nothing in consequence Of an
ailment which leaves 50 many chill
dren blighted
Zone day when the child was -four
years old lie disappeared. Some chill
dren with whom be was playing al
the time on the sidewalk said that d
man came along who took him by the
hand and led him away, promising
him that he would buy him some can
dy. We believed that he had been
kidnapped for ransom, but as no ran
som was ever demanded we We're puz-
zled. Ny wife was frantic about her
loss, and / confess / was stunned We
hired private detectives to trace him
but they failed to find him
after giving up hope, ! counted up
my Indebtedness, all Of which had
been incurred for our dear boy. and
found II more than $1,000. I wished
TO conceal the matter from my wife,
whose love for the child and her ex-
travaganee on his account had partial
" caused III carried the load secret
III for years, robbing Peter to pay
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
The Times Daily Short Story.
49, 2o20.2cSN2cxc 49, .aosnc.


taui. hoping thar my anairs woul1
take a favorable turn and l might pay
it of But as / grew older my services
became less valuable. and the debt be-
came greater on account Of the exorbi-
tant rate Of interest l was forced to
pay 1t occurred to me that If | could
get il into the hands Of one man
could handle it more easily. So | per-
suaded man to buy up the claims.
But I found myself only IN a worse
condition than before. The fellow in
duced me to sign a paper, the contents
OF which | did not read carefully. 1t
contained Misrepresentation Think
ing he could bleed me through rela-
tives (who would not turn hand to
save mel, he made a criminal charge"
The young lawyer listened to this
recital attentively and. when it was
finished, without asking for any fur
Their details, returned to the court
room and asked for a continuance Of
the case till subsequent date This
was granted, the prisoner was re-.
manded and the attorney went away
The next day the lawyer drove up In
a carriage TO the prison and presented
a paper directing the discharge Of his
client The old man, wondering, step
ped out in the light OF day. and his
counsel babe him enter the carriage
saying that he would drive him home
The newly discharged prisoner obeyed.
momentarily expecting an explanation
None came Then they drove up to a
shabby cottage and were met by an
old lady who. when the discharged
man muttered the word Free fell
into his arms and wept Then when
they We're In the house the lawyer
took the hand Of each in his and said;
Il am the boy you lost eighteen years
ago Yesterday after hearing your
story I went home. examined some
papers that have long been IN my pos
session and found. as | suspected. that
you were my foster parents | was
stolen away by relative who had
learned that had fallen heir through
an aunt to a fortune, His purpose was
through me to get possession Of my
legacy He traced me after my par
ents' death 10 you. but as he feared
you would not give me up he conclud-
ed to entice me away. He failed to
secure my fortune. but that story !
can tell you another time Here Is q
receipt for your Indebtedness my In
debtedness rather which ! have paid.
For the rest Of your lives | shall en-
deavor to take care Of yon as you took
care Of me-"
He had not finished speaking before
the old lady had wound her arms abent
him, the tears streaming from her
eyes, and at his last word the three
stood for a time silent. Then the
young man said:
Come, this Is no place for my IA
Their and mother. You shall see what
comforts have in store for you"
The care lavished upon the old cou-
pie so long as they lived was an ex-
preston Of pure gratitude. for their
benefactor had been too ycnng when
stolen to remember them when he was
restored to them.
EDNA G. WATERS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
BREEDING OF GIANTS
Russian Beauty Farm Is yeritabIe
Brobdtngnag.


Russian Beauty Farm Is a yeritabIe
Brobdtngnag.
A remarkable marriage has taken
place at Perm, IN northeast Russia, on
the estate Of wealthy distiller named
M. Reshetnikonf, says London cable
gram to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The bride and bridegroom, both Of
magnificent physique, were the 'nurs-
lingsn OF M. Reshetnikoff. who has a
beauty farm. He has for many years
attracted to his estate handsome giants
from all parts Of the province by offer
ing valuable privileges.
They are encouraged to enter mat
rimony by grants Of land, payment Of
marriage expenses and an annuity Of
S15 for every child born. Those who
refuse to marry the partners selected
are deported Deformed and sicSly
persons have been driven from the es-
tate.
Since the institution of this human
beauty farm forty model marriages
have taken place, and over 100 children
have been born, nearly all Of them be-
ing immensely superior to the average
Russian peasant children In strength
and beauty
The girls In particular are remarka
Bile for their graceful carriage and
1.-the active forms
The latest marriage was celebrated
with exceptional display owing to the
fact that the bride and bridegroom are
the first couple both of whom sprang
from unions arranged by II. Reshetni-
koff.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Rudyard Kipling IS one Of the few
writers who are able to maintain a
conversation In Chinese.
1t was one of the maxims Of the late
George Frederick Watts that the eth
zeal value and influence Of pictures art
greater than those Of sermons and lee.
lures
Richard 0utcault. creator of the
Buster Brown pictures which appear
In the New York Herald, IS member
Of a golf club, Il deacon in the Presby.
terrain church and the possessor Of an
income Of nearly $4,000 a year
Tom Mason. the humorous writer,
was born III Essex, Conn, In 1866 His
father was a well known old time sea
captain, and the younger Mason made
his first voyage when he was but nine
monks old. Mr.. Mason is now a resi-
dent of Glen Ridge. N. J.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

What the Island Empires Railway
TRIMS Are Like.


Harold Boice. writing in the septem-
Der Bookloyers' Magazine on the rail-
ways in Japan. says
The railway traveller in Japan buys
first, second or third class ticket OF,
If be wishes to 20 cheaper still. he can
get ticket emitting hssa simply to
stand on the platform Many of the
cars can be entered either from the
side or the end. The principal differ
ence between the first and second class
coaches is the color of the upholstery.
None of the cars is very clean Many
Of the third class coaches coE.d serve
without much alteration, as ordinary
pigsties. This is all the more remark
able when the incompatible cleanli-
ness Of the japanese home life. even Of
the humblest is taken into considera-
ton. An explanation of this may be
that the japanese have little regard
for the cleanliness of any place where
they keep their shoes or clogs on. The
European room, for example, which has
been established IN few Japanese
homes. is the only apartment in the
whole house that Is not kept scrupu-
iously swept, busted, oiled and bur
nished So, too, with the Japanese
inns. Those that are maintained in
native style are sweet and clean. those
that have become Europeanized are
usually Uttered with cigarette stumps,
fruit Feelings and cores and other de-
bris.
An American Pullman, with Its
crowded and unavoidable intimacles,
is a decent and polite hermitage com
pared with d packed coach iii. Japan
All sorts Of unexpected things happen.
Daring additions are performed. and
complete change Of raiment is FREE
quently effected. the constantly recur-
ring tunnels serving to screen the as
tonishing character Of these pro-
grammes.
The floor of third class coaches is an
unswept riot of the fotsam and jet
sam that usually follows in the
wake of certain kinds of human craft
the world over. A Bowery picnic
crowd, abandoned to peanuts, popcorn
and bananas, never marked more
conspicuous trail than lot Of Japa-
nese peasants en- route. Only with the
japanese 1t is all very solemn affair.
Travel seems to afford fitting oppor-
tunity to discern all kinds of personal
wreckage. All forms Of abandoned
odds and ends Of things begin to iden-
tify the itinerary from the very start.
OF course the foreign traveller who
wades through this car strewn waste
does so to gain experience. 1t Is not a
pursuit Of happiness
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Washington, Sept. "a. President
Roosevelt appeared at his desk IN the
executive offices Little work Of inn
portance was ready for presentation
10 him. as nearly all matters were clear
ed away from day to day while he was
at Oyster Bay. Few engagements
we're made by the president for he
desired the time to be left open for
visits OF officials who might desire
10 confer with him on government bust
ness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
THE JAPANESE.

And the japanese soldiers get only
As cents a month and have no prospect
Of a pension! Providence Journal
A few more such campaigns and Ja.
pan would not be bothered about sur
plus population. Detroit Free Press.
Japan Is upsetting the theory that ne
troops in the world could Withstand
the fire Of modern rides and machine
guns from fortified defensive positions
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
Frost t4urts cranberrv Crop

Sandwich, Mass, Sept a The
heavy frost Of the last thirty-six hours
has ruined large part Of the Gran,
berry crop which remained unharvest-
ed in this section Of the state About
one-third OF the crop had been housed,
mud Of that remaining out one-half to
two-thirds has been frozen The loss
amounts to thousands Of dollars. The
frost was the heaviest ever known in
this section in September
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
Death Of Professor curtiss.

London. Sept. 81 Rev. Samuel Ives
Curtiss. d. d.. professor of Old Tesla.
ment literature and Interpretation at
the Chicago Theological seminary, is
dead at St Rartholomew's hospital
from stroke Of apoplexy. He never
recovered consciousness. The body of
DR.. Curtiss was taken to the United
States on the Atlantic Transport line
steamer Minneapolis, which has left
hntn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Among the many strangely named
streets III Strassburg perhaps the most
singular il that called Where the Fox
breaches to the Ducks There are
also Water Coup street (Soupe Eaul,
Lung street Heaven street and host
of others
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Many people are killed in gathering
edelweiss on the Alps. The belief has
been that it is q rare plant that grows
only IN inaccessible or nearly inaeeess-
ibIe places near the snow line. But
writer to the London Times says it
can be grown easily in any back
yard, . cents worth OF seed being the
only necessary outfit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

The Roman soldiers in Britain, when
they first saw the Kentish hop vines
thought they had found the nearest
thing to the grape the savage north
land produced In their efforts to make
wine from hops they produced the first
beer made in England
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
APPEARING OLD
Acts as a Bar to Profitable Employ
ment.

Acts as a Bar to Profitable Employ
meBt.
You cannot afford to grow old
In these days OF strenuous competition
II IS necessary to maintain. as long as
possible ones youthful appearance
1t ID impossible to do this without re-
tanning a luxurious growth Of hair.
The presence OF Dandrufr indicates the
presence OF burrowing germ which
lives and thrives on the roots OF the
hair until It causes total badness.
Newbro's Herpicide is the only known
destroyer of this pest, and 1t IS as efrec-
live as It is delightful TO use
Herpicide makes an elegant hair Dress
ng as well as Dandrur cure
Accept no substitute-there Is none.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1ec IA
stamps for sample to The HerpIcide Co.
Detroit, Mich,
Rickert & Wells, Special Agents,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Birds are endowed With a remarka-
BILE instinct they never fail to return
home long before 1t rains Or d storm
approaches. The common sparrow
comes first From his nest he chiips
warnings to his feathered brethren 81
larger species than his own
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26
Zanzibar Apples.

OF all fruits Zanzibar apples ARE per-
haps the rarest. Dozens OF trees to
gether will only bear few, and the
time Of picking them has to be care
fully selected. They must be gathered
just a month before they ripen other
wise they will very quickly spoil
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

II was Poor Richards Almanac
which first made Franklin famous, and
it was out Of the mouth Of Poor Rich
ard that franklin spoke most effective
~ to his fellow countrymen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

In Belgium poaching Is organized to
a degree unknown in other countries
aud may almost be described as one OF
the closest and most complex trade
unions in the country
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

An Englishman who goes into bank.
ruptcy is obliged TO give up his clubs
and il in the army to resign from it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Tifia. O., Sept 24The main build
ing of the Tltin brewery was Quilted
by fire. Loss about $4,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

The race Of baronets was created by
James |, in 1911 and is found only in
Great Britain
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-26

Arctic travellers have noticed that
snow when at a very low temperature
absorbs moisture and dries garments
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-02-19

task which the British Premier had
declared would take a lifetime.
Cock Tepc. the great stronghold OF
tho Turcomans. was carried BY assault
after a months siege. The brunt OF
tho attack fell on Kouropatkln. who
commanded body OF light troops
from Turkcsian.
n was a gi~lt victory. but u sri lIed
the reputation OF both the Russian
leaders They ordered their troops 10
give no quarter 10 the Turcomnns OF
either sex, and all the horrors usual
when such orders are given we're per-
potrntod
Spectators say that even when the
Turcomans ned IN a dlsordorly mob
across the desert. men. women and
children mingled together, no mercy
was shown 10 them Artillery and
cavalry followed in their rear and
moved them down until darkness put
an end 10 the pursuit
In that few hours chase ! 900 pur
suing Russians slaughtered 5000 ~.
gitiyes. while over six thousand wero
massacred In tho fortified camp OF
Cock Tope.
"The whole country was covered
with corpsos." said samuel Gouro-
witch. who acted as Interpreter Ia tho
Russian forces. "Tho morning after
the battle they lay In rows like fresh.
~ mown hay. az they had been swept
down by the mitrallleura and artillery,
Hundreds OF women were sabred,
and ! myself saw babies bayonetcd or
slaahod 10 pieces The troops. mad
with drink and the lust Of lighting,
we're allowed TO plumber and kill Tor
thrco days nfter the assault"
This is the single great blot on Gen.
Kouropatkln's record II Is true that
he was not In supreme command, but
his Turhestan troops played the lead
Ing part In the slaughter.
he ~ n great londer Of men. The
march OF his Turkestan contingent
across the almost unknown deserts Of
Central Asia In order 10 Join Skobo'
len for the siege Of Cock Tepe. was
M nno an achievement az Lord Rob.
orts' famous march to Candahar.
"KouropatkIn." said Gen. Amen
kon. who met him az the end OF tho
march. chad been for twenty.siy days
marching over sandy aud watorless
desert. yet HIS force marched in clean
and trim. and as fresh az daisy"
Gen. Kouropatkln Is now the unchal.
lcngod head OF the war party In Rus.
sia. lie believes In pushing Ruaalan
trOopu 10 the uttcrmost ends Of Asia.
In the movements toward the Indian
frontiers. which have alarmed Eng.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-02-19

age than probably any other piasian
general.
During the siogo OF Geek Too Oh
ubchon was sent out by skobeiG one
night to reconnoiter the posion OF
the enemy He refused to tnlo any
soldiers with him. as the other ulcers
detailed Tor that duty used to b.. but
went alone disguised in Turoman
costume.
He penetrated to one OF the camp
fires OF the Turcomana. underneath
the walls OF the fortress. and sat down
and calmly ate supper with thm. Ia.
PRODUCING himself as man from on.
other branch OF The tribe whs had
been separated from HIS comradss
From the talk around tho campfire
he learned all he wanted 10 knou. and
he was about 10 retire unobtrmlyoly
when a Turcoman. who had mown
him a. Russian officer befors the
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-02-19

lana In recent years. In the absorp
ton Of Manchuria. and In the threat.
ened attacks on Coroa. his hand ia
plainly 10 be seen by any one familiar
with Russian politics.
Before becoming minister OF war,
Kouropatkin commanded the Russian
army. lilo would probably command
II again In the field In any campaign
that amounted to national emer
gency. for he Is rnuuestionably Rus.
sia's greatest general.
He is the Idol OF the army, for sko-
belief Is a name TO coniure with In the
Russian service. and he was skobe.
lens rlghthand man In four campaigns
tho Russo.Turklsh war. the Khlvan
expedition and the Khokandose and
Merv campaigns,
one OF Kouropatkln's strongest sup
/ portors to-day Is the same Gen. Amen.
koii who admired his march through
the desert to join skobelen before
Cock repe,
Gen. Annenkof made a great repu.
tatlon by building strategic railways
IN Central Asia and his was the vast
schome for a Transsiborlan line 10 the
Pacific. He first outlined that plan IN
detail during a visit TO Paris In 1891
Many socalled practical men
laughod at him them. but his ideas
have since produced the greatest rail-
road In the world. at an admitted cost
Of c55.oOOOOO, and perhaps a great
deal more.
Michael Annonkof was born In
1883. and received his first commits.
sion In the Russian army In 1868. He
Is an older veteran than Kouropatkin.
for he served 40 stan captain dur
ing the Polish insurrectlon. and rose
to the rank OF colonel az the remark
ably low age OF 2s.
Gen. Annenkoii has played leading
Part IN the lnTigucs against England
on the Indian frontier, and is credited
with having at least nifty specific
schemes for conQuering India pigeon
holod IN his desk.
Another wen known Russian sol
dior. who might be expected to play
leading part Ia time OF war Is Gen
Ohruhchon He Is the hero OF hun
bred desperate dphts IN the suooosslv,
Central Asian campaigns, and enioyl
greater reputation for personal eour