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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
RporHER FRANCIS, rEsrIMoNY.

Brother Francis Of ST. Philips Home
for Industrious Boys, New York City,
SAYS II consider Father Johns Medi-
cine the best for bronchial troubles, it
being the only remedy to give me per-
manent relief
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
JAPANESE PRIZES.
Two British Ships Laden With Coal
Captured.

Toxic, Feb. 81. A Japanese warship
yesterday captured the British steam
ships Silyiana and Powderham, both
bound for Yladiyostok with Cardiff coal.
Their caTgoes aggregated 10000 tons.
Washington, Feb. 21.-Consul Harris,
at Nagasaki, Japan, has reported to
the state department that the American
steamship Tacoma has not been captured
BY the Japanese, as was reported some
time ago
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
colds Lead q Pneumonia.

Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world wide
Cold and Grip remedy, removes the cause.
Call for the full name and look for sigma
ure of Il. w. Grove. 25c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
GRIPENBERG WAITING.
censured by the Gar, Who withholds
His Decision.

Paris, Feb. 2f.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Petit Parisien says
that when the Car received Gen. Grip
enherg OH Friday at SzaThoe- Selo, he
eensured him severely and ordered him
to return to st. Petersburg, and there
await his decision, which would be com
municated TO him in four days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
70 Cure a Cold in One nau

Take Bromo Laxative Quinine Tablets.
ALI druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. q. WI Groves signature
il on each box. 25 cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
GRAND DUKES FEARFUL.
Ask the Gear to Take Measures to Pro-
tect Them.

Paris, Feb. 2iA despatch from st.
Petersburg TO the Aurore says that a
meeting Of the members Of the Russian
imperial family was held last Saturday,
and il was decided to ask the Gar to
take proper measures for their effective
protection. All pronounced violently
against making any concessions TO the
reformers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
SIX DEAD IN IOWA WRECK.

Rock Island Train IN Crash Near
Wiota.
Des Moines, Ia., Feb 21.Six persons
were killed in wreck on the Rock
Island Railway a mile and half west
Of Wiota, la, yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
III
FOrthe Baby
7s!I|sTsN

The adjustability Of Mellin's Food IS
one Of its good points. Mellin's Food
can be adjusted and is suitable to the
needs Of the youngest infant as well
as children of the more advanced
age. II only takes minute TO pre-
pare il as there is no cooking nee
essary. Send for a free sample.
EeliIn's Food is the ONLY rnfantss
F0od, which received fhe Grand Prize.
the highest award 0fthe Louisiana Pure
chase Exposition, Sc. Louis, 1904. Htsha
ef than . sold medal.
MELLIN'S FOOD CO, BOSTON, MASS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-21
TWO KILLED; OTHERS NAY DIE
Boiler at Mine in An Ohio Town Ex-
plodes.

Wheeling, ". Va, Feb 20. BY the
explosion Of a a5-horse power boiler at
the Providence mine, near ST. Clairs-
vile, ", today, two men were killed
and three Others are said to be fatally
hurt, The engine house was wrecked.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
TWELVE CENT COTTON.

growers well organized have determined to make
the Wall spectators pay cents for cotton be
squeezed The seasons crop estimated at 100000
bales The foreign demand heavy the old nearly
hsted and looks though the growers it, provided they
hold long enough While everybody will rejoice see
the producer get what coming him. must not be forgotten
that when he holds beyond the marketable his he be-
comes himself specuator in prices
another standpoint holding the of the market
for increases the energy of such cotton manufacturing
England and Germany developing cotton raising
release them from dependence American
England has been making great eXerons in Egypt
and India produce and possible that fields
be found the Congo basin and other parts of Africa So far
physical conditions best adapted the production of But
the growers may well that the lands be
switched other forms of production.
This but be doubted that other will be
found profitable Formerly supposed that Louisiana the
first of the South that exploited agriculture, could only
produce indigo the French planters found that profitable
CROP until disease beset the indigo and its
production became impossible and Louisiana switched
cane which she has remained the principal American producer
But dege the fight between the planters and the
Spectators will be watched with keen and the sympathy
the betting, will be the side of the planters
generally remembered but that California
has been have good cotton lands those of the Gull
The fiber grown quite extensively Kern
County the mills in Oakland found be fine prod
good staple gloss capable of being worked into
good fabric any grown anywhere.
1t impossible that may yet large cotton produc
ton the Joaquin Valley and profitable hemp ramie
ing Sacramento Valley tendency
variety of all eggs basket less than
have been doing and clothing and fiber every greater
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
CAUSES OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

EITHER improving nor retrogradn the questionable con-
regard railroad accidents as SHOWN
bv the latest bulletin by the Interstate Commerce
covering the reports for the first three onts ol
his wear If we ask whether congratulate ourselves upon thus
lies of whole year have resulted in our oelg more
and clever in avoiding those railroad which the
United States immensely frequent than Great Britain there
IS nothing in the bulletin accidents that makes reply
tables of fatalities injuries and destruction OF
different the
shows collisions and derail-
nts for three months were 3Io8 per month The
injured OF the worst of these accidents are IN nc
- e {s I the railroad management but resulted
which probably could not have been
foeseen by their supeTors except IN calculation on general aver
ages which could estimate the percentage Of derelctons but could
not particular individuals who going to fail
The report then, mainly useful study OF personai-
oresthr habits of mind which msad them so as to
grievous little consideration of the OF
would be only warning to employees who are
with the OF human lives besides their own but
the minds of all workers to be securely
careful their tasks.
Most of these personal been often pom
cnne but the which may most need comment that VIII
in the memory is the peculiar trick OF the mind IN
getting impression imagining has got IMPRESSION when
there IS no real reason or excuse 1o tns impression IN W
collision the OF the disaster had got an
impression his mind that the meeting order specified another
station five miles beyond the place where the codng meeting took
place.
could explain himself 1t allowed to ntrude into
his head The result of that baseless impress
injured and $4,000 damages 1t is
plain from this that the attention involving large responsibility re-
ques double mental effort of only needing the impressions
which are to act but OF remembering back to the authority
for the impression This may not be always possible but like
other habits OF mind is probably susceptible to improvement by
cultivation.
In many instances might be practical rule OF thought and
recollection failed distinguish clearly what the
authority of the impression seek promptly for some bet
for action than vague impression OF unreveaed par
The most gratifying report only
the accidents caused by drunkenness AS long will stay
intelligence reign the other defects OF personality
likely be mastered and the country certainly improving
the ntence that its workers must not get under the influence OF
liquor
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
THE SMART SET
By Sally Sharp

Pearl Sabin and Captain A. w Bjornsted
OF the many early fall weddings this will
be one of the most important and prob
ably brilliant, although the full details
are not yet arranged Military formula
will lend it's glow to the ceremony, and
no doubt a train of beautiful bridesmaids
will add their luster, led by Miss Irene
Sahin as maid of honor. Miss Sabin is
still sotourning at the Sabin country
home at Mountain View.
Captain and Mrs. Robert Franklin
Mcmillan have been guests for several
days at a house party given py Mrs
silas Palmer at her summer nome at
Menlo Park.
Secretary Victor H. Metcalf was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Prather
on recent automobile run to Monte
rey.
Miss Ada Lewis. who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas n vii
Iiams at their country place on the
McCloud. left last Monday for the East
with Miss Blanche Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Denman are at
home after several weeks spent at
Lake Tahoe.
Mrs r. ?. Schwerin viii spend the rest
of the summer at her Burlingame home,
having just returned from month )
visit to Portland
Mr.. and Mrs A. A. Watkins Of Sausa-
Tito are planning to spend the winter IN
San Francisco and are looking for a
house Miss Mabel Watkins will be very
heartily welcomed, for she has spent
most of her time in travel ever since
making her debut.
Mrs. Dixwen Hewitt is a guest at the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
B. Collier at Clear Lake.
Mrs Squire Varrick Mooney is at home
after a summer spent at Monterey.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

This will be day of brides. Three
will plight their troths.
At noon the nuptial vows will DC
snoken by Miss Mabel Handy and Al
bert Mau in Trinity Chapel, the Rev
Mr. HuIme reading. The ceremony will
he very quiet and the bride will wear
her going-away gown. Miss Iherese
Thompson will be maid of honor. wear
ing a simple street suit of white, while
the groom will be attended by his
brother. Arthur H. c. Mau.
At $50 the marriage service Will pc
performed between Miss May Belle
Greenebau and Herbert Fleishhacker.
This will be a home wedding, to which
are hidden $50 guests. Miss Helen
Neustedt and Joseph Greenebaum are
to be the attendants.
Across the continent, wedding bells
will ring for Miss Ethyl Gray and Dr.
David James Graham of Scotland, the
ceremony to take place in the Waldorf
Astoria.
Mr. and Mrs John Jacob Apple ella
McCloskey) will be the guests of honor
this evening at a dinner given by
Lieutenant and Mrs. Bidwill at their
Sacramento street home.
The Holluschuckie Club gave a dinner
last evening in the clubrooms on Sutter
street. Several young matrons and maids
of the smart set were guests at the ar
fair. the club being composed Of the lead
ing benedicts and bachelors of society.
Mrs. Frederic Spencer Palmer was
hostess at an informal bridge party a
few days ago, three tables being occu-
pied by very enthusiastic players, who
spent a delightful afternoon.
Miss Beatrice Kidder will be married
to Howard Ridgley Ward of New York
City on September 20, the ceremony TO
take place in Grass Valley at the home
of the brides mother.
October will see the marriage of Miss
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
SOME HINTS TO NAVY DEPARTMENT
Disaster Like That on Bennington Could Not Have
Occurred on Any Merchant Steamer.

go; consequently the competent crltlcs
have been puZZling their brains to COM
prehend the cause
1t seems possible that through careless
ness a sudden force from other boilers
was turned into this weak one, thus caus-
ing the disaster. but this should not have
been the ease with skilled men in charge,
Furnaces usually become wasted in the
line of the fire bars, or, to use a common
phrase, between the line of the heat and
the cooler line of the ash pit. That is
generally the place where the first weak
ness sets in 1t is also possible that the
boilers may not have been as clean as
they might be, and 9hortness OF water
might likewise have occurred Whatever
may have been the cause, however, is
practically immaterial now
Secretary BOnaDarte will find that in
merchant steamers engines and boilers
are continuously and repeatedly inspected
by the surveyors to LlOyd's and kindred
institutions IN order to maintain their
class whereas the navy is law unto
itself in regard to inspection. 1t will also
be found that the merchant services
which are most efficiently managed are
likewise most economically managed, both
in regard to machinery and men; the
regular limited staff of the engine-roOm
consequently know every smallest part
of their machinery, and there is no dan
ger of too many cooks spelling the
broth as there is with large crew in
a warship. Indeed, so excellent has the
policy been found of carrying a minimum
of an efficient crew in a steamer, that
it may be well worthy of consideration
whether it might not be advisable to
adopt in the navy somewhat the system
of a merchant line, having a permanent
minimum force for each ship, the men
of which shall be entrusted absolutely
u-ith tho care maintenance and ODerati
of the vessel, and not to be interfered
with by the members of any auxiliary
force carried for fighting purposes. Until
some such thorough reforms are effected
we cannot be said to possess a satis-
factory and reliable navy.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
WORST OF TROUBLES.

HAVE had my share of troubles
l AS I've marched adown the line,
And I've worried much about them,
For / couldn't help repine.
The troubles great, the troubles small,
The ones of medium size
Whene'er / thought about them all
l wiped my weeping eyes.
But the trouble of all troubles
OF the dreary host I've met here,
Was the cruel, cruel trouble
The one that didn't get here.
Most other folks are much like me,
Or so l dare opine;
Their troubles and their worries
Meet them in a dreary line;
They take their troubles TO their beds,
And WOO and pet them there,
While they're frequently remarking
"They are very hard to bear!
But still with them, as tbs with me
One trouble brings regrets here
Beyond all others that we meet
The one that never gets here.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

~HE deplorable disaster on the United
States Warship Bennington could not
have occurred on any merchant
steamer; it would not have occurred
had the navy system in regard 10 the
care and operation of ships machinery
been half as good as that which OBTAINS
in any merchant service; it would not
have been conceivable had a similar sys-
tenn in regard TO engineers in charge on
naval ships been in force as is maintained
in every merchant line. 1t may be furth-
er remarked that had the condition or the
Bennington's boilers, as reported, been
known to exist on any merchant steamer
no crew could have been got TO stay on
board of her. says the American Syren
and Shipping.
1t is certainly extraordinary that
Government which imposes all sorts of
stringent inspection requirements upon
merchant vessels does not in its depart
ment of the navy exact similar efficiency
One not infrequently hears of a merchant
steamer putting back to port when a day
or so out because some flaw has been
discovered in the engines or machinery
and repairs have become necessary TO
insure safety, but one never hears in
this generation of a boiler explosion.
One often finds in ocean steamers boil
ers that are sixteen, eighteen or twenty
years old and still in active service, but
one never hears of boilers in active sea
service with reduced pressure because
they were unfit 10 stand the strain, as
was the case in the Bennington. mer-
chant steamships boilers are required
to be competent to do the work for which
they We're designed they must do it, or
the ship cannot perform her service, so
when. necessary new boilers are installed.
So inconceivable was the occurrence on
the Bennington to practical marine engi-
neers and official inspectors in this city
that they at first refused to believe it,
imag ginning that magazine of ammuni-
tion had more likely exploded. An ex-
planation that the safety valve might
have stuck seems almost incredible in
these days. though possible generation
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
OCCIDENTAL
ACCIDENTALS
By A. J. Waterhouse

7 UMAN natures human nature. and
r. it's queer,
/ Which is easy, quite. of demon
stration here.
SO III cite a case or two,
Just TO prove the fact to you,
Though ! will not change your habits,
never fear.
He dropped little nickel in the slot,
And its rattle as it fell was what he
got,
That and fun:
SO he dropped some ten or twenty,
Having fun. of course, in plenty,
But cigars to bring content, he
Hadn't one
he thought ned lost a nickel (tnere
You areD
So he loudly yelled, Conductor. stop
the carr
(Wouldn't you?)
Then he hunted on the ground,
In his perspiration drowned,
While a crowd assembled round
We all do.
He gave little dinner to friend.
And it cost him thirty dueats in the
end;
Yes it did.
But he didn't mind the cash.
Said he'd made a stunning mash
Were you he would conscience lash?
Heaven forbid
He meant to give a quarter to the
Lord,
Which he hoped the blessed angel
would record
(There you are)
But he dropped a gold piece then.
Saw too late it was ten.
And he never smiled again
Don't it lar?
Human natures human nature, so I
guess,
And its kinks are far from easy to ex-
press,
And if you the fact deny,
Well, it's UP to you, for L
Whatsoever the allegation confess.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

THE United States battleship
Kansas, to be launched al the
L yards of the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company, Camden, on the 18th,
will be the largest battleship that has
ever glided into the Delaware and will
be christened by Miss Anna Hoch,
daughter of Governor Hoch of Kansas.
Miss Hoch is looked upon by the poll
ticians of her State as one of the
strongest gubernatorial Influences, says
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

the Philadelphia Inquirer Although
she is only just past her majority sne
is close to her father in all OF his ad-
ministrative duties and it is said that
he consults her almost daily. The po-
litical leaders in Kansas have not been
slow in making the discovery that Gov
ernor Hoeh is a great respecter of his
daughters opinion, and many OF them
are wont to carry their woes to her
first and beg her to intercede for them
with the Governor.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

M ANY a man is in the penitentiary to-
IYl day. my boy, who-well. probably
he deserves to be there. but it is
impossible to avoid lurking feeling that
his parents ought to be in his place.
When people permit their children to
grow up about as they will, with the
street corners for their principal school
and vice as their educator. the law may
not recognize their grim responsibility for
whatever may result, but 1t is theirs.
nevertheless. The gallows trap has
swung for many a man whose father or
mother, or both, should have stood by his
side.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
OH, WHAT A DIFFERENCEi

L. Bigger drops Oh rye,
Little crowd of fellows
To help the moments fly;
Little nights of pleasure.
Little songs you bawl;
But. oh. your head next morningi
1t isnf near so small.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Teacher-Now, Tommy, if l give you
five apples and you eat two how many
will you have left?'
Tommy (aged 6)-Ffve,
Teacher-..o; if you eat two you
would have only three left, wouldn' t
you?
Tommy-No, ma am; I'd have five
three outside and two inside.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 80 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
THE LISTENER.

WE all know various people
w Whom we like. or more or less,
For divers pleasant attributes.
Say, grace, or helpfulness:
But the one we like the best of all
To meet or have about
Is he who listens to our blow
And doesn't breathe a doubt.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
:. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

II know what the minister meant when
he spoke of our 'childrens children. "
What, dear?" asked her mother.
Dolls" answered Florence.-Phila-
delphia Record
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Townsend's California Glace Fruits, in
artistic fire. etched boxes. New store now
open, 767 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Tommy" said the young man to his
prospective brotherin-l aged D,
will you be sorry when 1 marry your
sister,"
Yes" answered the little fellow;
I'll be sorry for you"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
!I. the fellow naor2"

Poor! That is no name for 1t! Why,
he Is so desperately poverty stricken
that he doesn't even venture to say
word against John D. Rockefeller"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
Does James lambs drink to exces

sDoes James Jambs drink 70 excess!
"Well, I shouldn't want to say that
exactly. Binks told the fellows up at the
club that he had seen him sober several
times recently"
.'Oh, well, probably Jambs is all right"
"Y-e-es; but Binks was expelled from
the club for willfully malgning his repu-
tation."
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Anxious Inquirer-Do you think 1t pos
sible, Mr. Lawson. that any good could
come out of Frenzied Finance?
Mr.. Lawson of on-Well-er-mod-
esty. you know-but I-ah-I sort of came
out of it myself
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
THE PRESS OF THE NATION.

America increased within
Wood
of
Ne
In Baltimore fined
his Now
Southern chvaly
raule-Ceveand Leader
General Moody the beef
until paying
terhou for chuck seak--Washington
shipping best
subsidy treasury-Roch-
ester Herald
Any properly be-
who looking for
MacBride that Maud Come
him coroboive evidencChicago
Roosevelt stood higher than when he
child touch his ace-Chicago Post
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09
THE FoRCE OF HART.

y
to carry the lately released soul to
the Highest Court of Appeals.
The lately released soul stood in
the automobile for a scant moment,
and then suddenly and wildly made a
conVulsive grasp at the empty space
above its ethereal head.
"Here!" the great chauffeur cried.
What are you doing?'
The soul looked vaguely about it,,
grasped the situation and gasped, 4
I-er-well-excuse me-"
The soul stood quietly for a very
brief period; then dazed expression
stole over its phantom countenanee,
and it again madly clutched at the
ether above 1t.
Say. stop that, can't you?" the
vous What are you trying to do, any
way?"
'I-I-well to state the fact, 1 have
been in the habit of riding home from
the office on a street car, and 1 can't t
get over the feeling that l ought to
grab a strap"
The great chauffeur smiled plying
". Well, do the best you can he
said. Nobody has to hang to straps
on this side of the river"
The lately released soul sighed, but
the sigh was one of ineffable content.
Drive on it said; drive on where
you will. Wherever you take me it is
evident that there will be at least one
heavenly characteristic connected with
it,
AS they rode on the soul was smiling
blithely.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

A you say, Ezekiel, energy and skill
n are winning cards in the big game
we play down here. Still, l trust
that 1 will not blight your faith in the
least when 1 call your attention TO the
fact that the man who broke the bank
displayed much energy, and even more
skill-yet he is reposing in a peniten-
tiary at the present time. Possibly it
depends more or less on how the en-
ergy and skill are directed, does it not?
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Ethers mother was very i'll, and, call
ing the little miss to her bedside. she
said: Ethel, what would you do if
should die?'
oh" answered Ethel. Il s'pose I'd
have to spank myself"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Mamma" said small Elmer, I've
been a good boy to day, haven't I?''
Yes, dear" replied his mother, "and
I'm very proud of you
We'll. then" continued Elmer, II
guess it amt no use for me to bother
about saying my prayers tonight,
is it?"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

shipping lost last which
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Mamma" said little Florence, who
had accompanied her mother to church,
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Any forune-eler properly approached will M.
ware who looking for bunde-Washng
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Attorney General Moody the beef magnates
sumed innocent until proved guilty will have keep
terhouse prices FOR chuck steak-Washington Star
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

Major MacBride that Maud Come is insane He
fact she married him corroboatye evdeneeChcag
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-09

higher than
crippled child his face-Chicago Post