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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
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staryin' One night big storm come
up-a regular cloudburst-an when
mornin' come creek that had run
mile from the Shirk farm had been
turned from Its channel and was
a-runnin' not a hundred yards from the
house. Mrs Shlrk tux on, lamentin'
that the water must run right over the
oil well and they'd never git nothin'
but water outen 1t. Tommy. who was a
cheerful feIler-them wothiess cnsses
always is--tried to console her, but
there warn't no use. So he said he'd 60
and see about 1T Perty soon be come
back and said to bis wife;
Phoebe. the creek is a-runnin' right
by the well, not over it
"sWell, then. she answered, If
you've got spark o energy left you'll
60 % work, pump out some Oh, sell Il
aud git us somethin to eat
- got better scheme n that be
said.
81 don't want "a hear none o. your
schemes. the Indignant wife answered.
i want To see some work
Wimmen hain't no brains for
schemes, said Tom. and be went away.
There was an Old water wheel on
the place. to which a former owner Of
property had dug a sluiee and had run a
saw Tommy shirk was too lazy to
10 any work himself. but be hired a
man on tick to haul the wheel to bis
we'll Then he went home and TUX
down the pump and TUX It to the well
too. He rugged the pump to the water
wheel, which was turned by the stream.
Jlst as the Oil begun to flow along
comes Mrs. Shirk. Tom was restin on
bis back, with his bat over bis eyes,
smokin' his pipe His wife. not no
tiein the pumpln and seein' Tom takin'
II easy. begun to FIRE words ut him.
Tom raised his hand without even
llftin' his hat often bis face ana pointed
OF the pump THROWN out Oil
THAT was the last time Mrs. Shlrk
ever spoke disrespeetful to her hus-
band SHE admitted that If he was
lazy he had two redeemin p'lnts luck
and ingenuity. Tom connected his well
with a pipe line that run near By, and
the oil ran merrily, shirk charging 1t
up at the market price per barrel His
well produced about twenty barrels
day, and even with oil at 50 cents
barrel he made about $40 q day. BIme-
by he sunk another well and got an
other supply Of oil about as large as the
first, The same stream and water
wheel and pump did the work, ana
Tom had only to make out bill for
$40 where before be had made out one
for $40.
Tom Shlrk still smokes his pipe IN
the sun, with his hat over his eyes, but
be usually does it on the porch Of Il
fne house he has built on the spot
where bis cabin used to be. Mrs shirk
has come to consider him prodigy Of
genius, and they all git lot D good
outen their oil wells. When they want
to go away they list let the pump go
on pumpin. It works as well at night
as In the daytime.
What means By this yarn is Glm-
me the luck and give the other Teller
the energy" MARK ANDERSON.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
Luck Versus ENERGY

Eorglnatl
This talk" said the lounger In the
country store. "about hard work beln'
III the bottom Of BIG fortunes is all
bosh, There's more fortunes started
hi savin' than hard work, more by
rascallty than By sayin' and more BY
iuek than either Did / ever tell you
about Tommy Shirk, the LATEST man
III the state9 NOT Well, I'll give Il
II you.
Tommy married Phoebe Cults and
$50. Tom had ten acres o land that
Wouldn't even grow blaekberries. lie
nuttered along tryin' To sit sonethin'
0uten It. or pretendln to, till half his
wlfes money had been eaten up, then
Phoebe said he'd have to find some
VAN of maxim a livin' Tommy was
good deal cut up by this and went
olT 10 d corner Of his land that was
0gprgrown with weeds and lay down
Ii think it over Gittin his nose right
down on the ground, be smeiled kerr
osene. At first he thought some IN
lind spilled it outen lantern. but on
diggin up the dirt with his knife he
found that oil was oozin' from below
ana the furder he went down the more
of II there was.
swell, Tom went home and told his
wife that there was oil on the prop
efty. She laughed az him, but be took
her to the spot and let her smell It.
Tom TUX his spade with him. an made
Il hole an proved to bis wife's salts
faction that the bill came from below.
She had 500 bid away ia stockin'.
and in lesssn month that money was
coin uuten the stockin' iist about as
1ast as a well was bein' sunk where
It'd Off was oozin' Mrs. shirk was
almost crazy. seen they KEEP BORN
Without geEtin' oil, but she resolved
I'D put 1t ali in an take whatever dose
was at the end, One night she handed
over the last dollar, and had not struck
Oh. She was too broken up to pay
tie money herself, so she gave 1t to
Tom, teiian him to notify the boss
digger that the funds were all gone and
not to come back no more. Tom he
started but beln' dreadful lazy laid
down to smoke his pipe He went to
sleep anil didn't wake UP till the men
had gone home, Then he went to the
tavern and spent the money. but he
didn't say nothin about It to his wife.
eThe next day, after dinner, Mrs.
Shrk was wipin the dishes and victim
EN- ag'in with her tears when the boss
come to the door and said:
Mrs. Shirk, we've got down TO
where there's OIL but it's not a-flowin'
well. 1t has to be pumped up
THE shirk family was in more tam
talIzin' position than before There
was oil at the bottom Of well, but no
means O. gettin' It up, If Tom hadn't
been SO cussed lazy be might have
done some pumpin himself Weeks
passed. and the family was nigh On to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
HINESBURG MAN
KILLS HIMSELF
David Fraser Blows Top of Head Off
With Shotgun - Sick and
Despondent.

Hinesburg, Sept. 22.-Dayid Fraser,
So years old, a retired meat dealer,
committed suicide at o'clock yester-
day afternoon at his home here.
While sitting in the parlor after din
ner he sent his wife to the barn on some
errand, went to another room, procured
shotgun and pointing it toward him.
self, fred. The top Of his head was
blown of and he died almost instantly.
Mr.. Fraser had been afflicted with SCI
we're mental trouble aud was Respondent.
For 20 years Mr. Fraser conducted q
meat business, running from Hinesburg
20 Burlington. He retired last spring
because Of i'll health.
lie Is survived BY d wife and three
children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
OIL TRUST MADE HAUL.
Melted 100000 OF More By Crude
Oil Punctuation.


Toledo, O., Sept. 22.-With every
thing to gain on a declining crude oil
market, the Standard Oil Company, ac-
eording to the estimates of Toledo ex-
perts, has realized between $4,000, 600
and S25,000,000 during the last year in
the crude oil business alone.
The advance which set In a week ago
is reaction from declining market
which sent crude oil prices down so
cents. w. J. BfcCulIagh figures that
the Standard handles $4,000 barrels Of
crude oil daily from the eastern fields
and 10000 barrels from the western.
A decline Of / cent. therefore. would
mean $1,000 daily to the Standard Oil,
while d decline OF so cents would mean
$4,000 daily for 365 days, and would
amount to S34 ,675 900. That the Stan
dard had everything To gain on the
declining prices Of refined oils did not
60 down with the decline Of the crude.
Refined oils and gasolines are no cheap
en- than they were q year ago.
On the other hand, when tile first
advance of 3 cents barrel in the price
Of crude oil was posted BIZ The STANDARD
an advance price Of * cent d gallon
n the price Of refined oils was
also posted Crude oil has advanced
only 2 cents a barrel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
DISFIGURING HUM0R
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
def--Doctor Said Lady Would
Be Disflgured for Life.
CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS

/ suffered with eczema all over my
body. MY face was covered my eye
brows came out. | had tried three
doctors, but did not get any better.
/ then went to another doctor. He
thought my face would be marked for
life, but my brother-in-law told the to
get Cuticura. washed with Cuticura
Soap, applied Cuticura Ointment, and
took Cuticura Resolvent as directed.
/ could brush the scales off my face.
like powder. Now my face is Just as
clean az It ever was Mrs. Emma
White, 64r Cherrier Place, Camden,
n. j., April rs, 'o5.n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
THEFr 10y REAcH sa.ooo. ooo.
G. Marshall Of Pittsburg VIII Make
No Effort to Obtain Bail.

Pittsburgs Sept 22.-It is now de-
elared that the embezzlements in which
Arthur g. Marshall is said to be involved
vii amount to more than So 100000.
Marshall, who is president of three
fie insurance companies, aud who was
Brought back from New York, will make
~ effort to obtain bail. In court We'd
nesday his attorneys asked that an
alnount Of bail be fixed, but an attorney
An some OF the polcyholders made q
warm appeal to the court. asserting that
tDe sum should not be less than $685.
A0O. Judge MacFarlane said he would
not make it less than $4,000, whereup-
"a Marshall's attorneys withdrew their
Request, and said they would wait for
1rial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
IS HE wITzHoFF?
Atlanta, Ca. Police Suspect Rag Pedler
Arrested.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. pa man giving
the name Of ]. Gholstein, who, the po-
lice think, may be Or. George a. WITT.
hoff, the alleged New York bigamist, is
under arrest here. The police arrested
Gholstein, believing that lie was nan
wanted in Chicago for embezzlement.
The prisoner refuses to make a state.
mnt, but denies that he is DR.. Witzhofi.
A woman, whom the police charge with
having lived here with Gholstein, has
also been arrested.
Ghoistein came here from Augusta,
Ga, about a week ago, and has been
peddling rags. There Is no local charge
AGAINST him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera.
tons made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty Of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right Of the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the
small Of the back, leucorrhna, dizzi-
ness, fiatulency, displacements Of the
womb or irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications OF an un.
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and IT not needed the trouble
viii make Roadway until the penalty
has to be paid BY q dangerous opera
ton, and lifetime of impaired useful
ness ut best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss LuellA
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. PinkhnTn.--
About two years ago was a great suf-
ferer from severe female trouble. pains and
headaches The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that had a tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation IL
wanted TO get well. / felt that this was my
death warrant, but | spent hundreds Of dol
lars for medical hefp, but the tumor kept
growing. Fortunately correspondent with
an aunt In the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia r. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors / did SO and Immediately began to
improve in health, and / was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation
just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just SO surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation Of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are Ill to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
FLEEING FROM SPAIN.

Famine Stricken Peasants on Way to
South America.
Madrid, Sept. Dispatches from tile
famine districts Of AnduIasia say that
entire trains Of emigrants are leaving
to embark for South America. Many
families are abandoning their homes and
farms. Some villages in Galieia have
been totally deserted, through despair Of
receiving tile promised relief. The steam
ship companies announce that Is steam
ers loaded with immigrants viii leave
Andaiusian ports in October. The press
il urging the government to adopt en-
ergctic measures against the wholesale
emigration to America
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
d. erfu
Ice Cream

A great success. Is sure to please You.
One package D.Zerfa Ice Cream Pow
der makes nearly two quarts delicious Ice
Cream. Everything in the package. No
heating or cooking. Quick and economical.
Just add one quart milk and freeze.
Result the sfnoothest and incest flavor
ed Ice Cream YOU ever tasted.
Try it to-day or for your Sunday dim
ter. Lemon, Vanilla, Chocolate, Straw
berry aud Unhavored, Order Of pcur
Grocer. 2 packages IS cts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
JURY TO PROBE ARSON.
Sweeping Inquiry Started in Illinois
MAY Mean Much.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. % Twenty three
arson cases, including two attempted
murders and involving fraudulent III
suranee claims amounting to many
thousands of dollars will be made the
subject of a sweeping investigation by
the grand jury, The inquiry began on
Wednesday.
One effect Of the investigation will
be Recommendation that ain arson
board be established which will keep 4
record of all fires reported to insurance
companies These greatly exceed those
reported to the fire department. An
other recommendation Will be that In
surance adjusters be requested to take
out an annual license. There are about
200 Of these adjusters, and some Of them
are believed ot be in collision with in.
cendiaries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22

To any farmer writing to G. S. Page,
Hyde Park, Vt, saying that he saw
this notice IN the Barre Daily Times,
Mfr. Page will send a free sample Of
the above ingredients, excepting the
ashes, and give the cost thereof laid
down at the farmers nearest station
The Experiment Station Bulletin we'll
says: "0n every account financial,
educational, agricultural 1T il better to
buy the crude stock and home mix ii
one uses a ton or more.n
Any farmer who will send Mr. Page
ss25 will receive, freights prepaid, q
sample eo0-pound barrel of his Ground
Bone. 1t is guaranteed to Be an abso-
lutely pure, natural Bone Meal. No
valuable ingredients have been taken
therefrom, as i the case with much Of
the bone meal now being offered to
the public.
Nearly all the large fertilizer manu-
facturers make d bone glue BY boiling
their bones and extracting the gluten
therefrom. Mr.. Pages Bone Meal L
. by.product from the manufacture Of
Pages Perfected Poultry Food, and il
the bone -four sifted out from the
graduated bone, which forms one Of
the principal ingredients Of this poul.
try Food. It il this fact that enables
Mr.. Page to furnish a pure Bone Meal
at % low price. Save your ashes and
mix with this Bone Meal and YOU will
find it worth double the cost.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
Big Shipments 81 Oranges.

San Francisco, Sept. %. According
to reports Of traffic officials Of the Atchi.
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the South.
ern Pacific, the number Of cars Of or
anges sent East during the season Just
closed, was 10000, comprising 10,49s,-
900 boxes The total value Of the ship
ments was approximately s23 ,925,000.
For the season that opens early IN
November, the railroad people estimate
there will be $4,000 cars for the Eastern
market.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
The Only Survivor

n the Hayes Arctic Expedition, Mr..
&. j. Mccormick, now d. S. Deputy
Mineral Surveyor, Bliss Station, Idaho,
says: For years have suffered from
severe pains in the hip joint and back
bone, depriving me Of all power. The
cause was Stone in the Bladder and
Hrayel in the Kidneys. After using DR..
David Keunedy's Favorite Remedy, of
Rondout, IT. T., was completely cured
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
PEACE ON OCEAN.

Russo Japan Armistice Made by Naval
Commanders.
vIadivostok, Sept. a2. The Russian
and japanese squadrons, commanded re-
spectively by Rear Admiral lessen and
Vice Admiral Kamimura, met in Koruil-
off bay Sept. 16, and the admiraIs ar
ranged the terms Of the naval armistice.
The conference, which lasted five hours,
determined on the zones in which ships
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
REFORM In RUSSIA.
Two Councillors Plan fol Allowing Pub
lie Assemblies.

ST. Petersburg, Sept 20 Tile New
York Sun correspondent saw on Mon
day q plan, drawn up by Councillors
eharitonof and Taganzetf, but not sign
lea BY the Car, which will be taken I'M
der consideration BY Count Solsky's
Reforms Commission next Saturday. 1t
probably win be published the following
Monday.
1t allows public assemblies for the
discussion Of questions that are not rev.
olutionary it the police shall have been
given three days notice Of the assembly
and have Representatives there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
Free to Farmers

In Bulletin No. 116, recently issued
BY the Vermont Agricultural Expert
ment Station, Formula No. commends
the following ingredients for fall seed
ing, without manure. The amounts
named are for one acre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY or PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham,s Advice Saves Many
From this sad and Costly Experience.

1t is a sad but
true fact that
very year
brings an in
crease ia this
numbero fopera-
tions performed
upon women In
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths Of the
patients lying
on those snow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22

Of the two nations are free TO circulate,
and regulated the question Of contra
hand
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24
DOCS ANo DISHONEST weN.
-Four Footed Animals Have Power oi
Discrimination.


Can a dog tell thief from an non.
est mani? asked a man who takes an
Interest Ia mans humble friend. "Ot
course this question. In the very ia
turc Of mans limited knowledge OF
The dogs mental processes. can be an.
wored only dcductively.
4 recall one dog In particular that
Impressed me with a very nrm belief
that he just knew intuitiyely an hon.
ast from a dishonest man Under oidi-
nary circumstances he was not at all
slow In making friends with a
stranger In fact he was inclined to
be friendly During the time that this
particular dog was under my obserya.
ton In three cases out Of nine he alb.
sOlutely refused to be at all friendly
with men he came In contact with
daily He was on friendly and even
playful terms with six OF the men.
would answer when they called. would
follow them. hunt with them and do
other things 10 indicate that he was
friendly and had confidence. Toward
three Of the men his conduct. when
not Indifferent. was sullen and resent.
ful. He would have nothing to do with
them.
rs Il not a significant fact that two
Of these men turned out 10 be eX
conyicts and that one Of them was
afterward sent TO the penltentiary for
cattle stealing. while the other six out
Of the nine grew into good. law.abld
ing citizens? This case Is not con
elusive. OF course. only mention II
because Of the fact that II is the
strangcst case that ever came under
my obscryatlon.-Ne orleans Times
Democrat
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24
u.,, bod oId Ea,hIoned J,w,Iry.

saw an old fashioned set Of
carved Neapolitan coral the other day
which was being utilized In pretty
way. The brooch was used to hold
the lace collar In place. and the ear.
rings were arranged 10 fastcn the
front OF handsome white cmbrOld.
cred waist.
Another brooch served as belt
buckle or clasp. the whole giving the
most effective finish TO a handsome
toilet. / saw another quaint ornament
the other day that was the result Of
a girls rummagc through an old box
OF her mothers. II was a most OK.
qusItc biz OF moss agate. perfect oval
In shape. set In a rim OF gold and
worn on a slender old chain as a neck.
lace. II attracted a great deal OF
attention, almost every one who saw
Il asking what II was.
II has a story, too. for years ago,
when brilliant Anna Dickinson was At
the height OF her fame and glory, she
brought II from Colorado and gave
II to her friend. who was the girls
mother She had cherished II care
fully for years, but In some way II
was mislaid. and she thought II lost
until II was found in this almost FOR
gotten box Of treasures by her daugh
ter-Boston Herald.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24
s1~~S--1n-..---
SCIENCE AND TUBERCULOSIS
Methods Fighting This Most insdious Of All Diseases
( Best Plan Is TO Keep Body In Proper Condition
Observation-Disclosures ''Vtr''Nt:

Is cIorrni % too little draft IS sup.
piled tho fuel Boz not entirely con.
vum,d. This leaves cIHders' which
are the cause Of many chronic dls
eases. and Of premature old age.
The fuel supply may be- regulated 10
the dining room. The draft is depend
cnt on the kind and amount NJ air
broathcd Cold. crisp fresh air FUR
nlshes perfect draft The blood takes
from this kind OF air.. when IL u
breathoI In. just the element needed
10 burn the food
Six breaths ~ outdoor air contain
as much Of This element oxygen as
seven broaihs OF oyerhcatcd. indoor
air. A. man broathes about eighteen
times per minute this means loss of
four thousand broaths a day by living
ln hot close indoor atmosphere.
The amount taken in depends on the
habits NJ NE. A deep breath must De
earned a few moments vigorous out
dor exercise will do 10. The nostrils
dllate. the chest hoayos. the heart
auIckons. the lungs expand, and the
frcsh air a. pumped into the body at
O. rapid rate. The draft Us open. The
cIudcrs are burning Mp. The whole
system is being cleared ~ rubbish.
Don't be- afraid Of cold l.r There's
lie aud health out OF doors
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24


When Congressman John sharp VIII
llams visits New York he never fails
70 look In at o small hndllng.wood
shop presided over by retainer In the
Williams family. lu his htest call he
found the old man unhappy.
what's the matter Iafe?" asked
Mr.. Williams
"Tse just been done out o. some
money, Marse John, ana that's mat
tab nough," replied the negro. HAD
terrible miserr In nah toof and
went to a dentist and nt hit pulled
and he changed me a dollar a whole
dollah, Why once down In Tenn see
sent To old Doe Tinker. and he
pulled two tools and buke nah Jaw
bone, and only chlhgei me 80 cents
Use been lung1pf Cbeogo Record
Her
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24
WHOLESOME RECIPES.

Tomato sauee-Ono quart strained
tomatoes. one tablespoonful nut butter,
one grated onion Mix well and boil
Ave minutes ThIckon with corn.
starch TO the consistency OF thick
cream. salt 20 taste
Cream Of Peanut soup-One cupful
ground peanuts one half teaspoonful
celery salt. one small onion cut nne;
one pint cooked tomatoes. Cook slowly
and long when done rub through a
colaudcr and add three plnts OF rich
milk or part milk and part cream.
Let come 10 a boil and serve at once.
Maearoni with Kornlet--Boil until
tender one and onc.half cups OF maca'
rnnl. broken into inch lengths, In salt
cd water. Rub one can Of hulled
sweet corn through o colauder or use
the prepared Kornlot and add 20 Il
one pint OF cream or nut cream, Heat
10 boiling and thicken with one table
/ spoonful OF -four. Mix with the cooked
macaroni, add one and one fourth tea
spooufuls OF salt, turn into a pudding
dish and brown In hot oven,
Date painties-Wash and steam FOL
about ten minutes some choice dates
Split one side, remove the seed, put
ting in lis place onefourth OF a walnu
meat. press together and roll in pow
dered sugar.