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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
GYMNASIUM DANCES.
Social Diversion introduced BY Mrs.
GEORGE Westinghouse.

Social Diversion introduced By Mrs.
George Westinghouse.
Gymnasium dances are expected to
supply novelty this season, says the
New York Press they have been
featured successfully in Lenox by
Mrs, George Westinghouse in her coun-
try home Erskine park. AS the name
implies, the dance IS held iii the GYM
nasum, which ID the rural homes Of
milliOnaires Is no small source OF wor-
ry to the architect. Such a room must
be substantial enough for practical use
and convenient to the sleeping apart
ments, yet 50 situated as not TO inter-
fere with the quieter life OF the family.
Il is the excellent arrangement OF tile
gymnasium as Erzine park, iii d sepa-
rate building. that makes Mrs. West
inghouse's new dance popular. She
and her husband recently gave din
ner and dance to mark the return of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Henry Delaheld
from a wedding trip All the parapher-
MALTA OF gymnastics remained III the
big hall, but American beauties were
twined about the French foils on the
walls, and great clusters Of chrysanthe-
NUNS were massed among the boxing
gloves dumb bells aud Indian clubs.
Festoons Of flowers decked the ira
pezes, horizontal bars and travelling
rings
Supper for the small party was serv-
ed on giant springboard The only
casualty occurred when one Of the
buffers assistants, with a heavy load
ed tray, tripped over medicine ball.
Mrs Spencer is TO give a similar dance
next month In the gymnasium 81 her
country house in Scarborough
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

The St Adams Messenger complains
because only 100 voters out Of 1000 at
tended st. Adams city meeting the
other evening. II that is cause for com
plant then Barre ought to be COM
planned Of Only 1e9 ont Of more than
1900 attended recent city meeting here
In this case, however, the practical unan-
unity Of the 100 voters was a clear in.
dication of the trend Of sentiment of
the whole city. Still If the result had
been otherwise, those who didn't attend
would have had only themselves to
blame.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

Publisher J. I. Aud Of the Burlington
News adds himself to the list Of aspir-
ants for tho Office Of customs collector
At the Burlington Office, making trio,
each Of whom would be most pleased
to receive the plum. The other two are
q N. Barber Of Bennington and John L.
Southwick 81 the Burlington Free Press
Publisher Aud speaks plainly when he
says, 4 seek the Office because want
it, and because | think that / have the
best claim to it, basing claim in the
usual way, on record Of party work. 2
He then goes on to tell Of his thirty
years work in Republican journalism in
Vermont. The office 81 customs eollec-
tor is appointire BY the president
through the congressional delegation Of
the state II il needless to say that the
Office salary il fat one.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
IA Cain for Political Morals.

We are not shedding tear over the
news that Minnesota Democrats have
with much Republican assistance elect.
ed their man to the governorship. The
defeat Of Dunn, whom J. ]. Hill and the
railroad interests" showed down the
throats Of the Republican state conven.
ton, is q distinct gain for the cause Of
political morals Hartford Courant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

Quincy, Mass, receives word that it
is likely to get an appropriation for a
federal building. Let's see Didn't Bar
re get some sort Of similar notification
a year ago
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

The Prohibition candidate ion presi-
dent seems to have been Swallowed up Ia
the general confusion Of the election
At any rate, be is entitled to be classed
N the @afso rams, like some Others.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
CURRENT COMMENT.
What the Press Of the State and coun
try Is Talking About.

The defeat Of Mr.. Foss as candidate
for Congress is TO be deplored He rep
resented an advanced wing Of the Re-
publican party, and his election would
have been help to the cause New
Bedford, Mass, Standard
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
nin rneI

tomobile9"
4 don't know" answered the appre-
hensiye looking man. 1T seems to
me that what am burning is money. .
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

Let sauabbling sages straightway stor
And tell as, as they'd orter.
Just why It is the present crop
OF football hair Is shorter.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
The Doctrine That Won.

But more than all else the Presi-
dents doctrine Of equality before the
law and obedience TO the law, enforced
by practical and courageous acts, ex-
plains his marvellous personal triumph.
wall Street Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
A DimcuIt jon.

No wonder the young father has
a worried, anxious way;
He's busy thinking UP bright things
For that bright babe 70 say
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
Ieat.

Life rs a iest-at least the cynics pen
Hath oft expressed this view
Sometimes you gayiy laugh at other men
Sometimes the jokes on you
Washington Star,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
RnId FeIlnrr.

''You darsi she cried An angry glow
Across her features famed.
He dared and then she whispered low:
"Yoa ought 10 be ashamed
Philadelphia Press
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

Little Clarence with the prying
mind)-Pa. what is a tradihonl
Mr.. Callipers A moss grown lie, my
on--Smart Set
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
sh-ht Keen Ia nnrk-

II didn't see you kissing the bride"
Didn't you? she was very much
afraid that some one might Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14

It is very fitting time for Republi.
can governors to issue Thanksgiving
proclamations
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
The KIND THAT runs Fast.

My watch runs too fast
"Swiss movementg
''No, Russian. Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
JINGLES AND JESTS.
A Bad business.

1.-THE proprietor is out a good deal, Is
he notg asked the visitor.
yes, he is. according to the books, =
replied the clerk. Denver News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-14
More Stirring News
From The Vaughan Store.

1t well worth coming this store Just to see the new
things Additional profit comes from the very decisive savings
the prices while everything you buy here good and reliable
SOME SPECIALS FOR A WEEK.
Misses and chldrns lined lOc
Ladies ced lined Rib for <Se
Ladies. Misses and chdeas wool Hose the best <Se
Ladies, Misses and clden wool Meus lOe ISs and Use
Ladies Golf Gloves best makes <se and SOC
Ladies Sweaters all sizes each Sl08
cHasus BOuss each LIS
Ten dozen our celebrated White Oung Flannel Night Robes
Five dozen celebrated COrei Night Robes S9e
Ladies and Childrens Handkerchief. Price and quality
defy competition
We need not mention Furs for ladies and children prices
sell them for us
Special Prices on Down Pillows.
hh Pillows Pillows only
inch Pillows Pinch Pillows 4sc
TIE VAUGHAN STORE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
The Horses of Mexico

Although at the time of the con-
quest horses were unknown in Mex
leo, that country to-day boasts of
some of the finest of the species. The
horses of Cuba that were taken to
Mexico as we'll as the horses that
went to the River Plate on a similar
errand of conquest are believed to
have been of Andalusian breed, and
Cunninghame Graham, the famous
British author and traveller, who
knows from personal experience both
Mexican and Argentine horses, holds
that we must look to Barbary for the
progenitors of the Cordobese horses.
Most horses he says, "in fact, all
breeds of horses, have six lumbar
verte5rae. A most careful observer,
the late Edward LOsson, a professor
in the Agricultural college of Santa
Catalina, near Buenos Ayres, has
noted the remarkable fact that the
horses of the Pampas have only five.
Following up his researches, he has
found that the only other breed of
horses in which similar popularity
is to be found is that of Barbary."
So Cunninghame Graham, who has
ridden the horses of the Moors in
Morocco as we'll as the horses of Mex
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

leo and the Pampas, is of the opinion
that these horses are evidently de-
scended from those of Barbary.
Of late years thousands of American
horses have been imported into Mex
ice; often thoroughbreds, and undoubt-
edly the type Of the Mexican horse of
to-day has changed somewhat through
the infusion of new blood. Some one
competent and with leisure (and it is
indispensable that he be lover of
horses) should take up this theme of
the Mexican horse and make a big
book On the subject. .ses,~ = =. =:
Anyone who has ridden the wiry
and long-enduring little Mexican horse
will not need to be told of it's good
points. Not infrequently is he wind
drinker," like the horses of the Af-
rican desert, full of speed and tireless.
Given a grassy plain of league or
more, a "caballo brioso," a horse of
mettle, the crisp air Of the tableland
morning in autumn or even in March
and man may taste one of the joys
Of paradise, for who may say that our
horses will not meet us gladly over
there in the good country where go
the noble riders and lovers of swift
steeds?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Cupid Ever at Work

Long ago the silly odium that at
tached to old-maidenship disappeared,
but even in the days when popular
notion made spinster of 40 a hope
less old maid, records show that there
was no age limit to matrimonial
hopes.
For instance, so long ago as 1774,
Miss Jane Hodgeson of Stepney, Eng
land, was welded to Henry Hutton,
of the same place, when she had
reached her 92d summer, and the
bridegroom was two years older, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer
More remarkable was the wedding
of John Jackson and Annie Bates, on
March %, 1896, the 101st birthday of
the bridegroom, who was three years
older than the bride. 1t was his
fourth marriage within two years, and
10000 persons escorted the couple to
the church.
A youth of 10, a son of Mr.. Graves,
of Balcock-on-Herts, married mis-
tress Lake, spinster, aged TO-" April
20, 1871, and in August of the same
year, at Bath, Capt. Hamilton, aged
80, married Miss Manson, blushing
bride of rank, fortune, and IS years.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

Put go knot destroyer into
rough sea-" says Sir William White,
'and the limit OF speed she can make
IS what she can bear-what the peo-
pie on her can bear"
Travelling at 30-knot speed is 60
ing at the rate of little over thirty
four miles an hour. You can travel at
that speed in railway train with
comfort-in fact, it is about the speed
of the ordinary train. But imagine
runaway horse dragging your carriage
over a rough country road at thirty
four miles an hour and you get an
idea of what it means to go. thirty
knots an hour in a torpedo boat. Good
for the digestion, maybe, but rough
on the nerves; and if anything gives
way, disaster complete and over
whelming.
The average age of-the commanders
Of the battleships in the United States
navy is about 81 years. In selecting
officers to. command torpedo boats it
is endeavored to get men of about 30
or under. Torpedo boats are the buck
ing bronchos of the sea, and it takes
a young man to ride them success
fully.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

readily understand it, said the in
Ventor. Il have given seven years
OF my life to it's study and perfection.
The time is not far distant when the
railroads not only of this country but
OF every one in the civilized world
will be compelled to adopt the electro
magnetic motor. 1t will revolution
lze speed and reduce the cost of
operation.
"Although speed of 400 or more
miles an hour sounds extravagant at
the present, it is no more fabulous
than the rate of speed attained to-day
by fast trains appeared to the invent
i've world forty or fifty years ago.
"The short line is to be constructed
chiefly for the purpose of demon
strating that under the proper condi-
tions phenomenal rate of speed may
be obtained with perfect safety. We
expect to have the best engineers in
the world here to see the initial
tests. New York World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
PROUD TO YIELD UP LIFE.
Japanese Officer Welcomed Death for
His EMPEROR


His Emperor.
A letter written by Iwajiro-Uyeno,
an officer on the Japanese cruiser To
kiwa, is published in the Toxic news
papers. He was one of the "seventy-
seven dashing party that sunk the
stone laden ships in the Port Arthur
harbor entrance. He writes before
going on the adventures: "Fortunate-
ly I was selected as one of the party
ordered to undertake a certain des-
perate work and have to leave this
ship this evening and embark on a,
steamer. have, therefore, little hope
of returning alive; indeed, ought not
to expect it, for it is just the occasion
when I should offer up my life for the
sake Of. the mperor. This is an honor
which 7 hard deserve. As@IwiH go
on duty with this resolution am pre-
pared to die at my post. So be pre-
pared to hear the worst any time
about me from my friend Muratake.
My life is not mine, for it has been Of
fered to the emperor, and now to be
distinguished with the honor of being
picked for this special work, this is in
deed a glory to me, as it will also
serve as an occasion of increasing the
honor of the family. You must not be
grieved, therefore, even when the re-
port of my death reaches you; rather
you ought to celebrate the event for
the sake of your country"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

More than half century ago a
Yorkshire belle, who had so many
suitors she could not choose among
them, told one of the most persistent
that if he would ask her so years
later she would marry him. He wait
ed loyalty and faithfully for the 50th
anniversary, and she, too, kept her
word.
A celebrated French artist, who
fell in love in his student days, was
told by the maiden that she would
never marry so long as her mother
lived. They waited half century
before they were united.
Only two years ago wealthy
maiden lady in an English county
provided a delightful sensation by
marrying the curate Of her parish
church, young man exactly 60 years
her Junior. An astonishing feature Of
this marriage was that as a girl the
aged bride had been engaged to the
curate's grandfather, and perhaps it
was the memory of this ancient ro-
nance which inspired a sentimental
regard for the youthful clergyman,
who under other conditions might
have been her own grandson.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
The Indigo Bird.

When I see,
High on the tip-top twig of tree,
Something blue by the breezes stirred,
But SO far up that the blue is blurred,
So far up no green leaf flies
'Twixt its blue and the blue of the skies,
Then I know, ere note be heard
That is naughtabut the Indigo bird.
Blue on the branch and blue in the sky
And naught between but the breezes high,
And naught so blue by the breezes stirred
AS the deep, deep blue of the Indigo bird.
When I hear
A song like a bird laugh, blithe and clear
AS though Of some airy jest he had heard
The last and the most delightful word,
A laugh as fresh in the August haze
As it was in the full-voiced April days,
Then I know that my heart is stirred
BY the laugh-like songs of the Indigo
bird.
Joy in the branch and joy in the sky,
And naught between but the breezes
high
And naught so glad on the breezes heard
AS the gay, gay note of the Inoigo bird.
-EthelWyn Wetherald, from Tangled in
Stars
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
He Needs No Sleep !.

age without sleep? These are large
questions and they ramify in many
ways when one begins to deal with
them speculatively. In the first place
much will depend upon the type and
temperament of the man. Persons
whose mental capabilities are of
low order, whose receptive powers
are limited, and who are without the
aft1atus which gives a rich poetic
color to the things of this life-per-
sons who are sluggish mentally and
temperamentally, and who feel only
when pricked and prodded by the
sharp exigencies of the struggle for
existence, the dumb, driven cattle of
the world, must needs sleep much,
whereas the men and women of a
sensitive mold, whose minds are as
fragile and responsive as the most
delicate Of photographers plates, who
catch and mold, and love the images
as they fit in variant shadings-the
men and women who mentally trace
the very finest of the nuances and
absorb much of the forces which play
upon them-such as these may do on
less sleep than persons of the dull,
unresponsive and unpoetic type. Ma.
poleon required but little sleep; but,
as a great American who was once
reminded of the fact remarked, all
men are not Napoleons. l have known
many men, we'll advanced in years,
who actually slept less than younger
and more vigorous men"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
No Relation Of His,

A thin, nervous looking man stepped
up to the pastor as the latter came
down from the pulpit.
"You have had a good, deal to say
this morning. he observed, "about a
feller that killed a man named Abel"
"Certainly," replied the pastor.
The Sin Of Cain was the subject of
my DISCOURSE"
81 wish you'd do me the favor next
Sunday" said the thin man, in some
excitement, ITO tell the folks that the
man you we're talking about this
morning amt no relation to the Kane
that keeps livery stable down by the
mill. don't want none of my friends
to think that had hand in that kill
in. That's all. Good day."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

How is it that some persons want
much sleep, some can do on little,
while there are still others who can
get along without any sleep at all?"
asked a writer in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. Nov here is a
problem, solution of which might
prove vast benefit to humankind.
| am reminded of the Importance of
the subject by case to which my
attention was recently called in New
Jersey. Albert Herpin of Trenton,
born in France, a hostler, declares
that he has not slept a wink for ten
years, and his statement, according
to the New York Herald's correspond
ent, is borne out by the physicians
who have at different times treated
him for insomnia.
"Of his case Herpin says: 4 have
been to hospitals, where they at
tempted to drug me in order to pro-
duce sleep, but l would not undergo
that sort of treatment. l have given
up the idea of sleeping for the rest
of my life; in fact, I'm so used to it
that | think no more about the mat
ter. I've heard of people going in
sane that were troubled with insom-
MIA, but l never will. I am we'll and
eat three meals day.
1T would seem from this that sleep
is not one of life's essentials. Is
sleep absolutely necessary to health
full existence? Is it possible for men
to live to the reasonable and average
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

ly to ask the conductor what's detain-
ing them.
BY July 1 Prof. Albertson plans to
have in operation the first magnetic
train the world has even seen. His
company is about to begin the con-
struction of railway between Mid
land Beach and South Beach, S. I. The
road will be one and eight-tenths
miles in length and the rolling stock
will be one little motor of the Albert
SOC patent and, at the most, three
cars. There will be no necessity for
more than a single train for, at the
lightning speed that the inventor pur-
poses sending it over the right of way,
two trains would be cumbersome
Fifteen seconds will be the schedule
time from terminal to terminal, if
Prof. Albertson realizes his hopes. He
said yesterday that he had figured it
all out and made his estimates of the
speed with the little models he has
in his workshop at Eleventh avenue
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
View TorpedoBoat Destroyer She Can Dash
P
Nearly o

relatives in the native language, but
addressed them in English, and direct
ed an interpreter to translate his
speech; and, on the other hand. re-
quired translation into English of
their conversation in Hawaiian. The
kings remarkable memory furnished
him with a considerable vocabulary of
uncommon words; alcohol seemed to
open that part of his brain where they
were stored, especially when, like the
moon, he was at the third quarter and
coming to the FULL On one occasion
the use Of the words 'hippodramatic
performance secured to him the pres
tige of a learned man."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

The boyheart! The boyheart!
The e1nbers in the crate
May paint for one the picture that will
bring the thoughts elate-
A picture of the meadowlands which reach
beside the brook
And blend into forest where there's
many leafy nook,
Where every tree that waves it's arms
and swings and sweeps and sways
Is waiting shouts and laughter from the
boytime summer days!
The boyheart! The boyheart!
Pray that you have it yet!
A-many times its tugging thrills will
leave your eyelids wet;
A-many times its sudden beats will set
your blood afame
When out Of all the other years will come
a whispered name;
A-many times you'll walk the ways you
wandered when a lad.
II God has but been -gooG to you and left
the heart you had.
The Reader.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
For Investigation of Radium.

Recognizing the great and immedi-
ate Importance of investigation of the
nature and properties of radium and
radioactive bodies, the court of the
Goldsmiths' Company of London, re-
Gently signified it's willingness to hand
over a sum of $4,000 to the Royal
Society to constitute radium re-
search fund. The council of the Royal
Society at once accepted the duty Of
administering this grant. Proposals
relating to the method of~utilizing the
fund for the assistance of scientific
investigation have at the same time
been communicated Ito the company
for It's approval. nc g. III 4 Bis .=-S.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
RUSSIAN cossAcKs At Play :
Good Reason Why They Are the
Worlds Finest Horsenen.

10o0 reason why Jney are the
Worlds Finest Horsemen.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
Russian Cossack irregular is a Euro
pean at all. He is not. He is an
Asiatic of the Asiatics, frequently liv-
ing like the IMongolians themselves
in tents of camel-hair and goat-felt
and knowing practically no other god
than the little icon or image of the
Little Father" who is, the Great
White Car.
The Cossack~isSa a horseman of ex-
traordinary excellence. His favorite
pastime is horse race of peculiar
kind, which is held on the occasion of
some small local fair.
1t is an inspirating sight to see two
or three hundred Cossacks Of the Don
mounted on their rough shaggy
ponies and setting off on the race
amid their own fierce cries and the
excited shrieks of their women. You
might think that their objective point
was some kind Of ordinary winning
post. This is not so, however, for
they are evidently making for a huge
mound of snow and ice that rises pre-
cipitOusly from the plain a mile or
two away.
This mound is obviously of artif-
cial construction, and as the excited
mass of men and flying ponies reach
it the riders throw themselves to the
ground and commence frantic ascent
of the wall-like hillock, waving the
while the little flag of imperial Rus
sia. The man who arrives at the sum-
nit first will probably get money
prize of five roubles.