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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18

An answer to an advertisement for a
school assistant capable OF teaching
the classics as far as Homer and Yer
gir makes one Of the best stories in
the dean Of Bristors book. "Odds and
Ends"
Sir" the answer ran, with refer
ence to the advertisement which were
In the Times respecting a school as-
slstant, / beg to state that should be
happy to fiji that situation, but as
most Of my friends reside in London
and not knowing how far Homer and
Yergil is from town, beg to state TINT
| should not like to engage to teach
the classics farther than Hammer
smith or Furnham Green, or, at the
very utmost distance, farther than
Brentford"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
&C. - Memen.. nelts.

ssThere IS always something new IL
wonen's belts, said Howard Cohen %
4 reporter of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
II have come here tAtilwaukeel with
samples Of 81 kinds. some Of them
new and some Of them belts that have
been In style for seasons. The stapie
belt FOR this season viii re in soft
fabrics. and ia a few days a glove belt
made Of Kid and stitched to resemble
the back Of a glove, With pearl csasns'
like q French glove VII be put oa tae
mar1et The most startling. uitra nov
q fra VIII lie Of canvas ssl& i.ned ana
marked Ia Bulgarian designs How
long these extreme fads win pc ~
style would ba di8iepit 70 forecast fof
tho holt is the portion ef womans at-
tire which usually exhibits most q her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
BRINGING HUBBARD'S BODY.
Sealing Steamer Reaches st. Johns
With Remains Of the Explorer.

Sealing Steamer Reaches ST. Johns
With Remains Of the Explorer.
St Johns, n. H., May Is. The seal
ing steamer Aurora, bringing Messrs.
Wallace and Elson with Leonidas Hub
bard's body, has arrived here. The
body, which was inclosed in a hermet-
ically sealed leaden coffin at Battle
Harbor, Labrador is in a fair state OF
preservation, though it was hauled $50
miles across a trackiess wilderness. 1t
will be sent to New York BY the steam
er Silvia. Wallace aud Elson win ac-
company IT,
Wallace. who Is a lawyer of New
York, was four months in bed and I'M
able to walk owing to frostbitten feet.
He is still weak IN the ankles and
knees, Elson, the guide, is in splendid
health, Wallace reports that DR.. Har
dy, attached to the Grand river lum-
Der mill at Hamilton inlet, Labrador,
who attended Wallace. died himself on
March q of pneumonia DR.. Hardy
was native Of Prince Edward Island.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
Mrs. SWimbIadde
IoriginaI.l

lOriginall
was once a scribbler. | am not one
now ana never wish to be again. They
say that one important part Of a liter
airy makeup is a knowledge Of human
nature; that another is d faculty for
noting real circumstances illustrative
OF common idiosyncrasies and weaving
them into literary work. That may be,
but there's a lot Of risk in it. People
love to read about their neighbors' fol-
bles, but you just let them fancy them
selves held up in the same way, and ii
the fur doesn't Ay l have no knowledge
of human nature.
Now had an inkling before com
menced to write that I'd better keep
off from actual people and actual oc-
currences. This I adhered to. ] took a
great deal OF pains to get names for
my characters that didn't belong to
any one As for actual incidents, the
only ones that came under my obserya-
ton were those pertaining to my own
wife, Mrs. Moss. AS she didn't object
] resolved 10 draw my incidents from
home
Now, one would say that such a
course would be perfectly safe. and II
there were no trouble aecruing from
my home delineations there would be
none from any other source. 1T seemed
to me that all had to 90 was to find a
name for Mrs Moss, and TO make as
surance doubly sure | determined to
find one thar would not be claimed by
any one III Il book on physiology |
found mention Of the swim bladder 81
fishes. Ii occurred TO me that II any
one had been born under the name Of
Swimbladder he or She would certainly
apply to the Legislature and have Il
changed determined to portray my
wlfes humanity under the name Of
Mrs. Swimhladder. | would pose as
Mr. Swimbladder.
Trouble began with my FIRST article
When one morning at the breakfast Ia
bic Mrs. Moss was finding fault with
her dearest friend I remarked that a
safe rule for our guidance was to first
look within ourselves to be sure that
we were not ourselves at fault She
replied that it would be impossible for
me to have said anything that more
clearly applied 10 myself. adding that
It was singular how people could never
see their own weakness and never take
their own advice It occurred to nae
that this was a nice point in human
nature, and | woYe 1t into my morn
ing's work This, my first paper on
domestic points, was accepted and was
printed the next Sunday morning in
the magazine part Of d newspaper
On Monday morning as stepped Out
on to the front steps | found my next
door neighbor with whom had nc
acquaintance, standing on his door
step. He was there waiting for me.
"Are you MossT' he asked ominously
4 am Mr.. Moss" replied, nettled
at his incivilltY
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
ANIMAL sToWAWAYs.
On ships and IN oargoes They often
Cross the Ocean.

On ships and IN Cargoes They often
Cross the ocean.
New York has for many years re.
ceived numbers Of destitute aliens Of
the animal world from the holds Of the
banana ships. The trade in bananas
is an enormous one, and many of them
come from sources at no great distance,
whence the fruit can be. brought with
0at cold storage The big clusters OF
bananas are peculiarly adapted for har-
boring stowaways.n Among these are
enumerated numbers Of small, harm
less snakes, Iizards Of various kinds,
occasionally, It il said, 4 young ignana
and large ana particularly yenomaus
spiders But real pests which survive
and increase in a new country are for
tunately rarely transported accidental
Isl The one serious instance Is the
chigo, or ejlggerr II Is said 10 have
been transported from Central America
TO the East Indies
Tie Colorado beetle has never sue
ceeded i'd making home ia England.
though NOSE eltoes Of a peculiarly Zero
eious though uonmalarial kind are said
TO have appeared in English hotels.
Several corn beetles, very destructive
type Of insect and among the greatest
enemies Of those who would like to
create an "emergency1 store of corn,
have been dumped in England with
foreign grain and have established
themselves.
Bird "stowaways' on ships are very
numerous in The narrow parts Of the
Mediterranean during the migration.
They also frequently alight on ships
when these are near the coast, being
then very much exhausted and glad To
find "a rest for the soles Of their feet Z
Golden crested wrens sometimes de.
scend In a storm on some North sea
smack On a migration night and even
alght on steamers BY day 1t was
confidently stated that a golden crested
wren was seen to fly from of the back
Of a short cared owl when the latter
came ia from the sea and alighted near
ietty on the east coast
The belief that some little birds come
as estowaways' on the backs Of larger
ones was held In reference to the Cana
da geese by the North American Indi-
ans and By the Turks Of Cyprus, who
alleged the same OF the crane and
stork. That some birds must travel
great distances on ships crossing the
Atlantic seems probable The Amer
lean bittern ana two American cuckoos
have been found in England. the first
rather frequently 1t is conjectured
that they can only have crossed the
ocean BY travelling on the masts and
yards Of ships, probably steamers, as
otherwise they must have died Of star
walton. London Spectator
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
PLTH AND POINT.

A wound in the purse is not mortal.
Don't growl- that's the brute's BUSH
ness.
Those we think are weakest are Of
ten stronger than us all
Every man has at times IN bis mind
the ideal OF what he should be, but Is
not
Don't misjudge the man with quick
temper they are the best hearts in
Christendom
Rather prefer TO provoke a smile
than to provoke a man There is no
harm done by provoking a, smile.
Don't try to escape the battle Of life,
Life is not life without conflict, and
death is not death without victory,
And the battle-ground is the man, and
the victory is the soul Schoolmaster.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
The Times Daily Short Story.
Obs 80 d ,eea0aS - ~


Wen want 70 give you my opinion
OF man who will listen to what his
neighbors say to each other and write
em up in the newspapers"
Il don't understand you, sir
Last week NY wife snubbed me by
telling me that instead Of looking for
other peoples faults I'd better take no
tice Of my own. We were sitting in
an open window and could easily be
heard from a window ia your house.
Yesterday found my wife ridieuled
in morning paper under the name Of
Mrs. Swimbladder.p
If the accusing angel who flies up
TO heavens chancery had written down
my name Martin Moss, murderer,
would not have been more astonished.
/ assured the man that I had not re-
ferred TO his family, but he laughed
me 70 seorn, only he glared and growl-
cd instead Of laughing, and remarked
that If / ever did it again he would
take it out Of my hide"
This beginning was not reassuring,
but thinking it to be a coincidence. 4
kept close to Mrs Moss and MY own
foibles. IN few weeks my wife re-
ceiyed note from one Of her best
friends saying that she did not longer
wish the acquaintance Of a woman
who had nothing better to do than to
90 tattling To her husband instances
that had occurred ID the families Of
her friends. This was another dasher,
but, as the Hoosier poet says
n chawed ON"
Within another month my wife and
began to notice that our friends were
dropping us from their Invitations, and
as time went on they did not happen
to be looking our way when we passed
them on the street NV articles were
In great demand. and 1 received invita-
tons to write for numerous period
icnls but ! found that we were very
much alone ID tile world, and my wife
began to complain that life under d
ban was not worth living. Then It oc-
CURED TO me that the commonplace in
cldents of our lives are peculiar to
those Of other families But, to repeat
the words Of the poet;
Il chawed on
The end came in this wise: AS /
emerged from my door one afternoon
l received a blow that felled me on
the steps. When / recovered my senses
looked UP and saw burly man
standing over me ready to punch me
again when | got up.
"For heavens saker' exclaimed,
who are you and what grudge have
you against meg
"Grudge? Grudge enough. I'm John
Swimbladder, the man whose wife you
have been lampoonlng In the newspa-
pers."
That ended my literary career.
finally convinced the man It was all a
mistake, but not till / mad settled his
bill of expenses from the Pacific coast,
whence lie had come to punish me for
ridiculing his wife, the total loss OF
time amounting to $500. / renounced
literature and set up farming. which
find much pleasanter than earning 2
living BY illustrating peoples foiblea.
r. A. mitchell,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
RandIts Try q Rob Nm wsaon.

Chicago May u.s. Three highway
men attempted TO rob United States
registered mail wagon near the Chicago
and Northwestern station The ac-
cidental discharge Of a revolver frus-
trated their plans and they escaped
after a street duel with the police II
was this wagon that Marx, Yandine
and Niedermeyer, the car barn bandits,
planned to rob during their brief career
as desperadoes Their plans miscar-
ried, however The police believe the
highwaymen were inspired to attempt
the daring crime by the story of the
men hanged on April q
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
gTealcinnI plnnta.

A writer in the American Journal Of
Pharmacy declares that about three
fourths of all the medicinal plants used
in the pharmaeopoeia either grow wild
Or are cultivated IN this country. OF
the remaining fo1rth, he thinks that
probably one-half could be grown IN
this country
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
q Reaemhlnnne.

What do you think Of my historic
novelg7
lit resembles some Of the most sue.
cessful works Of les kind" answered
Miss Cayenne.
In what respectg'
"In being neither novel nor historic
Washington Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
Famous Old Observatory Burned.

Albany. May Is The old Dudley OBJ
servatory in the north end Of the city
has been burned It was dilapidated
and unoceupied The old observatory
was famous for the discovery Of Wells
comet ana for other notable astronom
icsl achievements.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18

Pasteboard made Of 40 per cent peat
aber and 60 per cent wood shayings y
a standard product both IN Germany
and Sweden, being stronger, lighter
and cheaper than pasteboard made IN
the ordinary way
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18

Mr. staylate was going to call last
evening, but understood you were
out. Miss Patience The idea! wish
you had called Mir Stayiate All you
were really at home, then2 Miss Pa
thence No. Philadelphia Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18

He Was Regarded as a Competent Law
Officer and Was Allowed to Use Hi.
Discretion N the Matter Of issuing
Fraud Orders.
Washington, May IS Former Post
master General Charles Emory Smith
was called to the stand in the Tyner
Barrett conspiracy case. he was ex
amined by A. S. worthington, counse
for the defense, as to the custom il
the department Ia relation TO the issu
ance Of fraud orders. Generally speak
ing. he said, the practice was for tht
assistant attorney general to send e
the postmaster general a brief mem
Orandum of each case on which the
postmaster general would act. He said
he regarded General Tyner as the com
petent law officer Of the department
He was allowed to use his discretion
and unless it was the judgment of Gen
eral Tyner that fraud orders should is
sue no action was taken.
Mr., Smith said lie was advised b
Barrett that he intended TO leave tbs
department and that General Tynel
also had mentioned it prior to Barrett.
preparation Of the bond investment
opinion. Speaking Of the selection 81
Barrett to revise postal regulation.
and the code. Mr. Smith said Barrett
was active in the law department ant
would not have been chosen il be ha6
not been entirely competent 70 perform
these duties.
Acted Without Evidence.
On cross examination Major Con.
rad, special counsel for the govern
ment obtained emphasis to the state.
ment Of Mr. Smith that in the mat
ter Of signing fraud orders be acted
on brief memorandums and without
evidence in the cases Major Conrad
then asked the witness If he considered
the practice in accordance with law
The governments counsel quoted the
statutes to the effect that the post
master general could act upon salts
factory evidence that tile companies
were engaged IN fraudulent business.
Mr. Worthington objected TO the
question Judge Prtchard ruled the
question competent, and Mr.. Smith
stated that lie was not acting without
evidence; that evidence was obtained
by agents, and that the law officers
We're the agents OF the department in
regard 10 such cases. He explained
that be followed tie uniform practice
Of the department Major Conrad ask
ed Mr.. Smith what action would b
taken If he was satisfied that FRAUD
order should not have been issued.
III | thought the assistant attorney
general had issued a fraud order with
out cause / certainly should cancel il, 7
said the witness,
On redirect examination MIR Worth
ington brought out the fact that under
the rules defining the duties Of the
postmaster general be had authority
to give to heads Of departments power
TO act on matters coming within the
scope of their duties.
Former Postmaster General Gary
the predecessor of Mr.. Smith, testified
that during his regime the practice had
been the same as described by Mr..
Smith and that he considered that
when ) memorandum came TO him ini-
tiated By General Tyner the evidence
was satisfactory He said he had
known General Tyner for about thirty
years, and bis reputation was excel
lent. He explained that he had ap-
pointed General Tyner.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
An ExnmnIe.

Jimmy Ma, what Is an archangel?
Mother-An archangeL Jimmy, is a
man who never finds fault with his
coffee. Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18

A man Of business may talk Of phi
losophy; a man who has none may
practice it.--Pope.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-18
SMITH ON THE STAND
Former Postmaster General Called
Ia Iyner- Barrett Case.
GEN. TYNER's RESPONSIBILITY

He Was Regarded as a Competent Law
Officer and Was Allowed to Use His
Discretion IN the Matter Of Issuing
Fraud Orders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
MRS. MOHR DlSPOSStSSED.
Finally Has to Quit Her Much Mort
gagged Farm.

Mrs. Mary Mohr, who is not unknown
to fame and to one of the courts in the
city, has finally been dispossessed of
her much mortgaged farm near Stanley.
Says the Chippewa Falls Herald:
Sheriff Lon Ackley has returned
from Stanley where he went armed
with writ of assistance from Judge
Vinje to oust Mrs Mary Mohr from
the farm which she lost to Mrs. Mary
Hebert through foreclosure proceedings
July %.
When Sheriff Ackley arrived upon
the scene he found Mrs Mohr in calm
possession of the property and it tool
number of minutes for him to con.
vince her that he proposed 70 carry
out the order of the court. Mary there
upon let loose a tremendous flow of
strong words which almost overcame
Mr.. Ackley. He survived, however,
and Mrs Mohr was compelled to take
up her bag and baggage and seek
greener pastures.
Since the farm was foreclosed Mrs.
Mohr has been allowed to remain, but
lately it has been manifesG that she
proposed to make trouble and NJ p.
Walker, who had purchased the farm
from Mrs. Hebert, found it necessary
to seek assistance through legal chan
nelS ,,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Y. N. C. A. NOTES.

The Ladies' Auxiliary is serving a
supper this evening from to S o'clock.
The ladies have performed many valua-
BILE services for the association the past
year and in recognition thereof the
supper was planned that they might be
tinancially profited by it.
The physical director has organized a
fencing class
Secretary Neil Campbell departed
yesterday morning for Milwaukee,
where he goes to attend a meeting of
secretaries and physical directors OF
the state. Mr.. Murray was unable 10
attend.
Many of his friey is in Wausau viii
be pleased to learn that former secrel
tary, F d. Hopkins, is now agreeabiy
located at Pottstown, Pa. For year
past Mr.. Hopkins has been secretary
of the Bennington, Del, association.
The first of q series of illustrated
lectures on the life of Christ was given
Sunday afternoon by Sec'y Campbell
Tissot's pictures and the stereopficon
were used in Illustrations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Warm, double faced
flannels. specially de-
signed for loun gin 6
robes and bath robes,
at Hudson'S.
SHIPPING BEETS.

Messrs. John Lamont and w. r.
Chellis, appointed by the Wausau Mems
club to superintend the work of raising
a crop of sugar beets for the club this
season on the farm of l.. K Wright, in
the town of Stettin, will begin the
harvesting of the crop this week.
Both are practical farmers, so they
claim, and on the yield will greatly de-
pend their reputation in the future as
beet raisers, but it is feared the crop
will prove an Improbable one to the
club Some of the land planted was
unsuited to beet raising and the fire.
quent rains at periods during the sum-
mer worked disaster to the crop. AS
it is, though, several teams will be kept
busy for nearly week in hauling beets
to Wausau for shipment. Quite few
cars of beets have been shipped during
the past week by farmers living in the
vicinity of Wausau, who early in the
season made contracts with the
Menominee River Sugar Co.
These farmers had about fifty acres
in beets which, if>an average of twelve
tons per acre was produced, which is
a low average, will bring to the owners
the total sum of S2,700, figuring the
lowest price paid-S4 80 per ton. They
alsohave the tops left, which are good
COW feed. Had the past year been a
favorable one for this crop the exper-
iment for the farmer in this county
would have been very profitable one.
As it is many will go into beet raising
next year on heavier scale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Whether Parker is elected or Roose-
welt triumphs makes no difference with
the fact tnat Seim Bros store is the
headquarters in this city for young
mems suits and overcoats.
Martin Fogarty, who resides at ia \
Second Ave, and who for many years
served on the police force. was exam
ined Friday morning by Drs. Sauer-
herring and Rosenberg and adiudged
insaae. Mr. Fogarfy has been acting
queerly of late and IS said to have recent
brandished a revolver and threatened
his family Wednesday night he boarded
a train and went to Eland Jet, return
ing on the next train west. An hour
later he boarded another train and
went TO Rhinelander, returning next
morning. As soon as he stepped of
the train he went to the ticket window
and was negotiating for tbe purchase
of a ticket to some point N Canada
when arrested by Chief Malone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Y. M. C. A. EVENING SCHOOL.

We wish to call the attention of our
readers, especially to the young men
who are interested in getting an educa-
tion, to the splendid opportunities of
fered by our Young Mems Christian
Association during the winter months
at very normal cost, or practically
free. All that is required is to be a
member of the association, and q
tuition not exceeding $3.50 is charged,
which entities any young man to all the
privileges of the association including
baths and the gymnasium exercises,
and also admission to any of the classes
in book keeping, shorthand or the class
in the common branches including pen
manship, reading, spelling and arith-
metic. These classes meet every Mon
day and Thursday evening in the asso-
citation building, and are taught by
competent instructors Here is a splen-
did opportunity for the young men who
are kept busy during the day, working
in the factory or store, TO improve your
self along the line of education, which
in nine cases out of ten will result in
finding better employment with better
salaries. The clerk who has a knowl-
edge of bookkeeping stands a good
chance of being promoted to that posi-
ton when his employer is in need of
one, and in fact, he can make himself
useful in many different ways and will
have many advantages over him who
is not possessed of this knowledge. If
you are deficient in figures or penman-
ship or spelling you can do nothing
better than to devote a few hours each
week to study We understand that
the enrolment for the present term is
quite satisfactory, yet we feel that there
are many young men who would take
advantage of these clases if they were
brought to their notice, and we hope
none will let the opportunity go by
Any information wanted can be had by
applying TO Mr.. Neil Campbell, general
secretary of the association, or from
August F. Rapraeger, chairman of the
committee on education.