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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
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elor into the butterfly married man.
1t took long while to change me. As
the years went by | let 60 more and
more my bachelor instincts and deyel-
oped those Of husband and father.
A new world was growing into exist
ence for me. For a time / did not re-
aiize how fully had become a part Of
it. and at times cast longing eyes back
to my bachelor independence. But the
day came at last when | looked upon
my bachelorhood as an undeyeloped ex
istence ID wksch the heart had no part
and my own sweet will was the current
In which / drifted aimlessly.
"Then came children to live and chill
dren to lose. Each child was Ike a
tender shoot springlng from my heart.
Those who passed from us are as dear
today as those who lived In the fam
lly, with dill its cares, its responsible
ties, its griefs. we found the only hap
piness that never died.
@And now that those Of our children
who have lived have left us to form
their own worlds we are alone to-
gether. as we were when the current
OF our lives first met and mingled
Do you suppose we never quarrel? II
you do. you are mistaken But we
know that our quarrels are part Of
our imperfect natures. and We accept
them asawe accept our other Ills. Thus
we do not magnify the evil they do,
which is in itself insignificant
aFrank," called sharp auerulons
voice from another room. are you go
ing 10 talk all dayf
what do you want, dearW
.sYou know very we'll that | have
been wanting to speak to You about
something of Importance for half an
hour
sI'll be with you in q moment. Don't
get into a stew about nothing
pressed the oid mans hand ana
Withdrew. II seemed to m that IN his
bret story and the bit Of sequel con-
taincI ii lie few wor-s | had heard
he had given me a picture cf what my
life would llkelYbe The romances /
had read Of the happy period Of young
love, the beautiful drifting together OF
two souls, gradual decline without
chatting. all seemed to me 70 be incom-
patible with our imperfect natures.
Beautiful examples there doubtless are,
but when a consciousness of my own
imperfecuons doomed up before me
had no hope that mine would be one
Of them. Going home. found my
newly welded wife and said to her:
Lucy, have just been talking with
my old friend Mr.. Merriam, and De
has said things that / expect are TRUE I
.What did he say9'
sHe said that / must gradually get
over my bachelor habits, must be-
gin to live a far different life"
II should think So
''And he says that you and l must
expect occasionally to have a little eiff
you know
Certainly we will If you continue t
act unreasonably. Dinner has beer
getting cold for an hour"
/ sighed There were parts Of til
burden that I would have to ben'
alone. SUMNER CHILDS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
Rate Legislation Is ImpOSSl-
bic AT This Time.
NOT EXTRA SESSION NOW
There Is Much Speculation in Washing
ton as to His Attitude in His
Next Message Concerning
the Matter.

Washington, Aug. Is. President
Roosevelt has concluded he cannot get
congress to pass the rate legislation adj
vocated in his last message For this
reason he has given up his plan Of call
ing an extra session. This is the au-
lucrative news that comes to Washing
ton from persons in close touch with the
President.
There is no longer any doubt that the
President has been forced step by step
from his position he took on rate legis-
lation a year ago and that he has been
compelled to acknowledge himself de-
feated, not by an official prOnouncement,
but by his determination to give up an
extra session. The President hoped
when Congress ended and the rate hear
ing closed that the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee would make a re-
rort favorable to giving the rate making
lower to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
He talked rate legislation with every
caller and urged its necessity. The SEN
ate leaders refused to give way and have
made it plain that he cannot force rate
legislation Of the drastic sort lie wants
by merely calling an extra session.
Things have gone to a point where it is
now clear to him that persistence in his
course would tear the party open and
endanger the next congress elections.
He is too acute politician to permit
this.
The question now is, how far the Pre-
Ir4s4 30 lff4 IN, Ia
next message. While he will not en-.
tirely abandon his advocacy ofsuchlegis-
lation, it is said that he will discuss the
subject mildly. His Chautauqua speech
III which he urged additional legislation
Tor the control OF corporations in inter
state commerce, is noticeably silent on
the rate-making proposition 1t i:
strong on the subject Of legislation that
would prevent determinations, and
there is reason to suppose he win fol
low similar lines in his message, giving
rate making the minimum Of attention
| I'D abuses By corporations the maximum
The President has undoubtedly beer
given to understand that the senate
COMMITTEE will report adversely on tht
plan giving the rate making power t.
the commission. He has ascertained, too
that there is no hope of getting major
| ity Of the Senate to pass rate bill such
as he wants.
| Even the Democrats are not a unit IN
favor Of d rate law. While there viii
be an effort by some of them to make
this leading issue in the next cam
paign and to stir the country mp on il
next winter, many Of the southern De-
nocrats are apathetic
They want railroad development in
the south, and for that reason would
have no interference with them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
Mrs. Catherine SchOlI Of New
York Found Dead.
HANGING BY CLOTHESLINE
Had Alteration With Her Husband the
Night Before and Told Him He
Wouldn't Reprimand Her
Again.

New York, August 15.-Mrs. Catherine
scholl, "a years old, the wife of a me-
chanic, Of 1914 Grove street, Williams
burg, committed suicide in her home
yesterday By hanging herself with
piece Of clothesIine from a transom over
her bedroom door. Her dead body was
found BY ler sister, Miss Josephine OFT,
who lives at s77 Stagg street, and who
had gone to the house on q visit.
Neighbors heard Mrs. Seholl's husband
quameling with her Sunday night and
heard her reply that she would never
let him have the opportunity again.
School was heard to say that he would
rather be separated from his wife than
have his domestic life 20 on a. it had.
He left the house earlier than usual
yesterday to 60 to work, and after he
was gone, it is thought, Mrs. Scholl made
careful preparations for her end. She
stood on o chair while adjusting the
elothesline around the transom over the
door, and then when all was ready she
kicked the chair fred under her and
strangled to death.
When Miss OFT was unable to Get
into her sisters rooms she called neigh
bors, and they related to her the quar-
rel her husband had had with her sun
day night. Miss OFT got into the room
by the fire escape and found her sister
hanging dead. She became so agitated
that she collapsed Immediately and re-
quired medical aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
SODA FOUNTAIN EXPLODED.
Joseph Mccarthy Of Burlington was
Hurt Internally.


Burlington, Aug. lis. Joseph Me-
Carthy, employed at the Colodney & Son
botthng works, was severely injured yes
terday by the explosion OF a soda foun-
tain, narrowly escaping death. Mr.. Ne
Carthy was recharging the soda foun.
tain with gas in the bottling shop in
the cellar Of Mr.. Colodney's residence on
North WinoosEd avenue, when suddenly
it exploded, throwing him a distance Of
about twenty feet, to the stairway lead
ing to the back yard, aud part Of the
fountain was thrown about twelve feet,
smashing dozens Of bottles. The other
half struck the three-foot stone wall
with such force as to break the stones
and crack the wall from top to bottom.
Had Mccarthy been struck with full
force it would have meant instant
death.
Mrs. Colodney heard the explosion
and ran quickly down stairs and found
Mccarthy hi the stairway, unconscious.
Physicians were summoned and on
their arrival was taken to the hospital
and is resting as comfortably as could
be expected He was hurt internally
labout the hips
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
A Realistic Picture

tOriginalI
Lucy and had been back from our
wedding trip but FIVE days when we
bad violent quarrel Never in my
Ilfa had been 50 shocked. SO Mortified
We had known each other ten years
with nothing more serious between Us
than few lovers spats, and now that
we were united for life we had made
the discovery that we were incom-
patible / saw in store for us a series
Of outbursts lasting through lifetime
/ FASTENED to my friend Merriam-a
singular friend for a man Of twenty
FIVE. since lie was seventy pour my
trouble in bis ear
What IS It, Bllgg" lie asked sym
pathetically
we have quarreled,' replied, al
most IN tears
We'll, he said, with smile, did
yon expect to go through life billing
and cooing?7
mo, but ! have always been used
after a quarrel with any friend to Be
the first to offer my hand and make It
att Up. would have deapised the man
WHO would refuse to meet me half
way"
The man, yes, but did you always
meet with such response from wo-
man?"
81 never had such qaarrels with
women / WAS net sufficiently init
mete with any Of them.
Ah, there's the difference A man
neear becomes as intimate with anoth-
er man as with woman Besides, a
woman is not man. Sit down, light
your pipe, and III tell you what / have
nevcy cosnide1 to any one before.
sly marriage, Ike yours. was a love
match hId had great many men
fr nCs and one man chum. The night
afeer our return from our wedding trip
took Up my hat to 40 out. Where
airs you g3ing?' asked my wife. I'm
g8ag round TO Tom Noyes Cor a few
Il .autes just to say How dyou Gog'
after my absence And you expect me
to spend the evening here alone on the
4
to take sou SO early. what win be the
result after you have begun to get tired
of mes 4 didn't suppose marriage
meant giving up my best friend But
what need to give d dialogue that LED
up to a violent quarrel2
ut was very plain 70 me that IL !
had tried to find the most unreasonable
woman in the world | could not have
better succeeded At first after our
ouarrels we made a great ado about
making up, but pretty soon we sulked
after the paroxysms, growing less and
less sulky every hour TIL tranquility
was restored At times / would apollo
glze for what bad done and occasion
allv for what had not done, but after
awhile | discovered that the best way
was to ignore the causes OF our dlficul-
ties entirely. They were all shocks re-
sulting from the efforts Of two currents
70 blend.
II did not spring from the grub bach
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
TUCKER CASE SEPT. 6.

Supreme Court win Then Hear Counsels
Exceptions.
Boston, Aug. 15.-The supreme judi
cial court will hold special sitting Sept.
6 to hear the exceptions in the case of
Charles l. Tucker Of Auburndale, con
yicted Of the murder of Mabel Page.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
c0mpIaint Againgt LIquor Lioensee.

A complaint was made to the Ben
nington liquor license commissioners a
few days ago that James J Morrissey
was selling liquor to persons whose
names had been posted.
Thursday evening the commissioners
met and Mr.. Morrissey appeared before
them and told his side Of the case. Sew.
eral Of the witnesses being ont Of town
it was finally decided to postpone the
hearing for two weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
CORDIAL INVITATION
ADDREssEDTO WORKINGeIRLs
Miss Barrows Tells How Mre. Pink.
ham's Advice Helps Working Girls

Girls who work
are particularly
susceptible to fe-
m al e disorders,
especially those
who are obliged
to stand on their
feet from morn
ing until night in
stores or facto-
ries.
Day in and day
sstxa4 H.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15
POST OFFICE ENTERED.
Burglars Got About $500 at Wilder
Sunday Night.

White River Junction, Aug. 15.-The
post Office at Wilder a village in the
town Of Hartford, was entered through
Il window Sunday night, the safe was
ingeniously blown open, and everything
in il taken. including postage stamps,
office receipts, collections for water rent,
and the private funds Of =. }. nj. Quinn
By, the postmaster. The loss IS estimated
at about S100.
1t was evidently the work of pro-
fessionals. The same Office was burglar
ICED few years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15

and she is often the bread-winner of
the family. Whether she is sick or
well, whether it rains or shines. she
must get to her place Of employment,
perform the duties exacted OF her
smile and be agreeable.
Among this class the symptoms Of
female diseases are early manifest bv
weak and aching backs. pain in the
lower limbs and lower part of the
stomach. In consequence of frequent
wetting of the feet, monthly periods
become painful and irregular, and IRE.
quently there are faint and dizzy spells.
with loss of appetite, until life is a
burden. AL of these symptoms point
to arrangement Of the female organ
ism wAich can be easily and promptly
cured by Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Miss Abby Z. Barrows, Jacksonville,
Athens Co, Ohio, tells what this great
medicine did for her. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
II feel it my duty to tell you ths good
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier have done for me- Before
| took them / was very nervous, had dun
headaches, pains IN back, and monthlies were
irregular, had been TO several doctors, and
they did me no good
Your medicine has made me wen and
strong. ] can do most any kind Of work
without complaint, and my periods are all
right.
II am in better health than ever was,
and know 1t is all due to your remedies |
recommend your advice and medicine 10 all
who suffer-
II IS to such girls that Mrs. Pink
ham holds out Q helping hand and ex-
tends a cordial Invitation to correspond
with her. Her long record of success
in treating woman's ills makes her let.
ters Of advice of untold value to every
ailing working girl, and from her wide
experience and skill she quickly points
the way to health. Her advice is free.
and all letters are held by her Ia
the strictest confidence. Address, Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Picnic on Saturday.

The Amalgamatod Association OF
Iron. Steel and Tin Workers did not
hold their picnic at Hunters Park
Labor Day rs advertised. but decided
to postpone the event until next Sat
urday, September 9th. when it will he
held in DeWitt's Park.
The same program of sports includ.
ing tug of war and dancing, which
was arranged for the picnic on Labor
Day, v i'll be pulled off at the picnic
Saturday. In addition thore Will bo
game of base ball between Locust Gal
and DAnvillc. A general invitation
to the public is extended. The picnic
il gotten up for the benefit OF the A.
A. of |. S. and T. W. who are very
seldom before tho public aud therefore
should be we'll patroniHnd.
The order, which is composed 'N
clusively of skilled workers, III Dan
willie, Is less than two years I'D, al
though it boasts of 378 members Th'
! local lodge held its first picnic II
| Hunter's Park on Labor Day, last year
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
The DYNAMO Overhauled.

New coils were inserted in the dyn-
amO at the municipal light plant yes
terday The work was done by i.
Duffick, an expert Of SanduSky, Ohio,
assisted by Borough Electrician Jones
and Engineer Jacob Byerly.
The recoiling of the dynamo is III
line with the recommendations made
by Mr.. Cheyney the expert from Phil
adelphia, who was employed to test
the plant before it was taken off the
contractors hands by the Borough.
The effect of the ovcrhaullnR should
be to improve the dynamo not only by
increasing the light, but also by re-
ducing the noise.
A great deal of work was involved,
as the dynamo had to be taken apart.
The whole process. however, was com.
pleted in about seven hours by the
three men employed. which is con7id
cred record breaking time.
The Borough light is giving very
good satisfaction. It is true one OF
more mishaps have occurred that have
shut off the light, temporarily, bu
these seem to have been in the line q
accident for which no one was direct
| ly responsible.
The grounding" which existed a
different parts of the system rs far a
practicable has been removed, and a
ne of the results the machinery run
with less wear and tear.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Robbery at rlartin Landau 5

A robbery, which for obvious rea-
sons was kept quiet for some time, was
committed in Martha Landaus os-
tablishment, Mil street, OF Friday
night.
The building occupied is to be rails
ed to conform with the new grade and
in the rear the process of remodellnp
is already under way. The thief took
advantage of this fact and had not
much difficulty in getting into the
store. An improvised door in the rear,
however, was locked, which the bur.
gIar broke open.
A variety of articles was stolen in.
cluding a quantity of choice tobacco
and cigars. Mr.. Landau estimates his
loss i'm all at some fifty dollars. Moth
ing was said about the robbery for s
few days, as the officers had hopes OF
finding a clue that would lead to thu
recovery of the goods, and arrest oI
| the burglar
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Concrete RaiIingS rluch Admired.

The concrete ratings belonging to
the new steps at the Court House
which are now approaching compile
ton. prove very ornamental pieces OF
work and are much admired 10y the
many corners and goers at the Mon
tour House, who from week TO week
watch the progress of the work. The
ratings together with the equally
ornamental newels with which they
are connected, afford a glimpse of what
the Improvement will lie like when
the whole system, steps and pavement,
are completed.
The contractors have still two weeks
in addition to the present in which to
push the work so that it may be com
pletod by the time court convenes.
Unless held up by very bad weather II
is not likely that any difficulty viii
be experienced in getting both the
| concrete steps and the pavement il
front completed by court The side.
walk along West Market street will nc
| doubt bo unfinished but that can easily
! be spared during court.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Death of rIrS. Julia Boyer.

Our citizens Tuesday morning were
named to learn of the demise OF Mrs.
Julia Ann Bowyer, one of our very
oldest residents Mrs Rowyer was
taken sick only last Saturday. People
generally did not know that she was
i'll and the news of her death was
great surprise.
Mrs. Bowyer was ninety one years
of age. Time had dealt kindly with
her, however her faculties were well
preserved and she seemed to enjoy
life. On last Saturday she was seized
with an attack of dysentery. Her CON
dition at once became critical and the
disease speedily ran its course, death
ensuing at O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing.
The deceased is the widow of John
Bowyer. who departed this life some
ten years ago, and is survived by two
sons and three daughters: James ID.
Bower of Philadelphia, w. g. Bowy.
or, Anna +. Bowyer, Mrs. NJ. G.. Gear
halt and Mrs. f. @. Derr of this city.
Mrs. Bowyer spent her entire life IL
| this Immediate locality. Before mar
riaQe she was Miss Julia Ann Deem,
the daughter of John Deem, who at al
earlier day was one of Danville's mos
prominent residents With her deati
the last survivor of the family passed
away.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
Mr.. Leniqer'S AQUARIUM

| Druggist o. M. Leniger is an am
ateur aquarist who merits more than
passing notice. He is something
more than mere buyer and seller of
gold fish and kindred species. He has
gone into the subject scientifically and
besides being a great lover of the
beautiful little fish he has stored his
mind with q vast deal of knowledge
concerning their care, their habits,
mode of living, &c. Some time ago
our druggist began to interest himself
in the subject of breeding fish and by
and by he thought he had gained
enough information to undertake the
difficult art himself, although it is a
fact that breeding is rarely ever at
tempted by persons situated rs is Mr..
! Lenlger.
Among his collection of fish are two
Paradise fsh of India. which are beauti
ful beyond description. These being
nest builders the druggist took hold of
the matter according to the informa-
tion he had gained and proceeded to
raise Paradise fish. What he did or
| how he did it are matters that need not
| be explained here. Suffice it to say
| that he was successful and the two
beautiful nest builders have been do
| ing their best all summer to prevent
/ race suicide of their kind The fish
spawned on June 18th, on July Sth,
on July 22nd and again on August 8th.
Mr.. Leniger had several things to
learn however, about the care of the
beautiful and sensitive little fish. The
fruit of the second spawning were all
killed by a match falling into the
! globe that contained them. The sec
ond crop were also killed by some
swamp water which found its way IN
to the aquarium. Four of the first
spawning survive and these, which are
now about an inch long. Mr.. Leniger
points to with especial pride. 1t Is the
fruit of the last spawn, however, that
| the druggist expects the most of.
There are some four hundred of these,
not much bigger than gnats, it is true,
but very active and healthy little fell
! lows, which will no doubt profit by
the experience that Mr.. Leniger has
gained and will grow into graceful
swimmers in all respects rs beautiful
as their parents In due time Mr..
Lenigor will occupy the unique posi-
tion of selling Paradise fish of his own
breeding.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
PLAYED Street Piano.

There are good ways and poor ways
of doing every thing, and included
among the things to which this axiom
applies is playing a street piano.
The people who happened TO be on
Mill street near Jacobs confectionery
store early Monday evening were en-
chantad by beautiful music which, up
on investigation, they found to be issu-
ing from a specimen of the despised
street piano The reason for the de-
lightful music was easily found. how
ever, in the fact that the motive pow
er was being supplied to the decrepit
machine by a young lady, Miss Emma
Dunn, of Hazleton, a guest at the
Jacobs home.
Miss Dunn, who is an amateur music
ian of exceptional ability, was entirely
displeased with the manner in which
the swarthy sons of Italy had operated
their musical vehicle, and was show
ing them the error of their musical
WaVs
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-09-07
RURAL SCHOOLS
ARE ALL OPEN

The public schools of the county are
now all open and moving along nice
ly, In several of the townships the
schools started on Monday, August
2Sth. Tie remainder opened this
week. on Monday or Tuesday, as Lab
or Day in the district happened to be
observed or not.
During a conversation with County
uperintendent O. W. Derr last even.
ing it was learned that the schools
throughout the rural districts never
opened under more auspicious cir
cumstances. The teachers without ex-
ception rank well in point Of learning
and practice in teaching. The schools
are we'll attended considering that 1t
is early in the term when the boys and
girls of the farm as a rule are kept
pretty busy at home.
Montour County has enough resident
teachers to fill her schools and a few
capable of doing acceptable work are
left over. The number of male and
female teachers are nearly equal, the
females probably being slightly in ex-
cess In the proportion of male teach
ers, it is said, Mohtour ranks higher
than most counties of the State.
Probably thirty per cent. of the
teachers employed in the county have
normal school diplomas a fair proper
tion have professional certificates,
while the remainder have merely pro
visiOnal certificates
The term in the rural districts is
seven months long and the minimum
salary under the law is thirty five dol
lars. In only two districts does the
salary exceed that of the above limit
in Washingtonville where forty dol
lars is paid, and in Mahonlng town
ship where the salary is forty and
forty five dollars per month, the latter
amount being paid only for the gram
mar school at Mechanicsviile.