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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
VARIOUS ITEMS.


Some bee hunters simply nut out a
bit Of honeycomb, or even trickles of
honey on a clean chip, never resorting To
the psingeney of seorched wax. And
these are apt to mark their bees with
sprinkies Of hour in order to trace their
fight. Whatever the bait, it is set on
La stump, or stone, or fallen tree. in
some open glade of deep woods. AS Ger
family as the woods hold even one bee
tree, there will soon be dozen bees
sucking with all their might. The bee
hunter, stock still, watches them narrow
Nv, aiming always to sprinkle those that
come first, since he knows that they are
from the nearest swarm. Commonly he
follows the earliest bee at its first rise.
III he loses it, he goes bark for another.
He may wait and see half dozen take
flight from their lines, making up his
mind as TO the bee trees probable di-
rection. If all Of them take one course
he has plain sailing--it is only a mat
ter of following that course, keeping his
eyes and ears the while very wide open.
AZ there are cross flights, bees scattering
lin all directions, the thing to do is to
follow the best marked line home, fl
possible in the wake OF laden bee, and
but out fresh bait for the others upon
another day. Following laden bee il
not so easy. The spiral rise is confusing
but 4 master bee hunter Is apt to be
hawk-eyed. He watches the black
mounting specl until it strikes line, then
runs along fits line, knowing well il will
80 straight to within few feet Of the
hive. AT the home portal there may be
slight syyerve, even q lighting upon
twigs or the trunk itself, before crawl
ing home. The entrance may be knot
hole, or an innocent looking crack or
seam. Whatever it is, 1t is apt to show
d faint yellow brown stain, got from
the passing in and out Of so many bees
wax and honey laden. Country Gslsn-
dar
An amazing evidence Of the inertia
and utter obsoIeteness Of everything con-
necfed with the Spanish navy has just
been brought to light in connection with
the recent wreck Of the Spanish warship
Cardinal Cisneros, off its own coasts.
Inquiry has established the fact that
the photographic. charts OF the Spanish
territorial waters in use in the Spanish
navy have never been revised since be-
tween 1924 and 1880, and that the rock
on which the warship struck was not
marked upon them, though il is on Brit
ish charts and is well known to local
fishermen, A new survey has now been
ordered. London Globe.
The schooner Rose Otto, OF the Miami
Fish Company, came in this morning
with 10,O00 pounds of maekerel. The
Florida Fish and Produce Company re-
epiVnd n non nnatnds veatardav affar-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

made of native roots--Na ture's own
restorafives, compounded after form
ula concerning which there can be no
question, by skilled chemists and BY
thoroughly scientific processes. Doctor
Pierce Is perfectly willing to let every
one know that his vFAvoRITE Pre-
scRfPTIoN" contains Blue Cohosh root.
LadyB Slipper root, Unicorn root, Black
Cohosh root and Golden Seal root.
Every doctor knows that such q pre-
scription is beneficial in the diseases
of women and when properly COM
pounded is certain to effect cure In
Every bottle Of the eFAvoRrTE PR.
scRIPTIoN. which leaves DR.. Pierce's
immense laboratories in Buffalo, N. Y,
has plainly printed upon its wrapper
all the ingredients OF which il il COM
posed. Thus DR.. Pierce proves to the
world his own confidence in the REM
edy which for forty years has borne
his name and which is known all
through the United States and Canada,
England, Australia, and Ia parts OF
South America, Africa and Asia, ~ q
sovereign cure for those diseases which,
unchecked, make our women old be-
IUIt IIlEtI tlfQH@
II will ba not;cod tbat. thar. i. -
alcohol IN the wFAvopiTr Pprsrp1r-
TIoN-p DR.. Pierce never believed In
using alcohol in the preparation of bis
famous household remedies. For 1t, he
substitutes Chemically pure cIvcarine.
which has wonderful nronertiea lar ~.
tracing the medicinal principles OF
roots and preseryinr them AZ thsir fnll
strength. without any deIeterious effect
whatever.
In favor OF DR.. Pierce's medicines
Is the frank. confidinc. omen. honest
statement 81 their mi composition
giving every Ingredient in plain En-.
Glssh' without fear Of successful criti-
cism and with Confidence that the
good sense OF the afflicted will lead
them TO appreciate this honorable man
ner Of confding to them what they are
taking into their stomacbs when max
ing use OF these medicines.
DR.. Pierce feels that be can afford to
take the afflicted into his full conf
dence and lay all the ingredients Of
his medicines freely before them be-
cause these ingredients are such a
are endorsed and most strongly praised
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
The BARRE DAILY TINES
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1905.
RECOGNIZED AND INTRODUCED.

When the history of achievements OF
American life insurance is properly writ
ten, it must credit the National" with
having recognized and introduced the
great and important principle Of convert
ing insurance from the endowment to the
life form, thus making it possible for
the company to select men as for life
plans but on the endowment form, and
thereafter enabling the insured to use
his protection according to the form of
greatest availability for him. This adj
vance in life underwriting vastly i'm
proves the investment features of in
suranee. seth year, doing business in
AZ states.
The National Life Insurance Company
of Vermont (mutuaD. Organized in 1850.
s. S. Ballard, General Agent. N. B.
Ballard, Local Agent, Rooms and g.,
Miles Block, Barre, VT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

that he did So the Frenchmen hauled
him aboard and sailed into the harbor
70 their ships, landing him on Sorenson
wharf. where captain Of police took
him In charge and led him to the police
station, d willing prisoner on land, but
not at sea.
His ship arrived in Honolulu October
5, and almost Immediately he tried to
desert, but was roped in by the United
States Marshal and taken before United
States Commissioner Mailing, who sent
him To the reef. About q week ago he
was delivered to his captain on orders
Of the British authorities and taken back
aboard ship. As the time OF departure
approached the captain, fearing he would
again desert, put him in The brig on a
bread and water diet. Just how he got
out of the brig or who broke his man
acles is not known. In order to show
cause for sane man to take the risks
he did ii must be fearful tale he has
to tell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
Real Gentleman


She was fair, fat and 10, and when
she heard a suspicious noise emanating
from the dining room in the wee small.
hours she picked up curtain pole brave
" started lown to investigate. BY the
tIiekering light Of the candle she dis
covered an intruder in an evening suit
and silk hat
Il am gentleman burglar" replied
the stranger. bowling low.
Gentleman, did you sayi Why, no
gentleman would enter house with the
intention ef robbing poor defenseless
wife,
Wifels n All, lady, you look SO young
and pretty thought you must be the
youngest daughter
Flattery won. She went back upstairs
without calling the police and the next
day she told the neighbors what a nice
gentleman" had robbed the otsse.-Chi-
cago News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
KING OF CARIBBEAN ISLAND.
Baltimore Man Rules Over 0rchilla and
Its 80 Inhabitants.

| Capt. G. G. Rivers is now absolute
ruler OF the island Of 0rchilia in the
Caribbean sea. He threw out his lines
and made fast there twelve years AGO
and viii probably make it his harbor
the remainder of his life-this though
he is the only white man on the island
and though he has seen the members
OF his family, who live at 2103 Cough
street, only twice in fifteen years.
Capt. Rivers is king and cabinet com
6ined, and not one Of the thirty West
indian negroes under his sway dares
question his rule, but when he leaves
Orenilia he leaves his royalty behind. !.
The captain is not comic opera king.
lie doesn't wear birds of paradise plumes
when he's on the throne, but down
there in that lonely little spot, with
the blue Caribbean about him and the
tropical nights above, he superintends
the gathering of guano from the coral
reefs, which the sea is eternally UNI
covering: Boston capitalists first bought
the product Of 0rehilIa. They secured
Capt. Rivers services fifteen Years ago.
The island is now owned by company
Of Baltimore. Other islands are to be
acquired by the company, and the cap
tain is here looking for a viceroy to
aid him in the management of his king
dom.
Do the cares Of royalty wear heavily
upon himf No; he simply sees that
tie licn get out at their work at sun
rise--there are no women on the island
and that they keep at it until sun
down, save for two hour rest at noon.
Need an army or courts of Justice
The captain smiles. No; of course. there
are times when discipline must BE en-
forced, but then man knows how to
do that. The captain had not had
twenty years Of seafarfng life for moth
ing before he took the charge of the
island.
MY greatest difficulty said he, ais
the fact that the men will get drunk.
How do they get itg Easy enough. Or
chilla is surrounded by number of
smaller islands In the seasons when
the birds are there, there are men hunt |
ing their eggs. They always carry rum.
Suddenly You find your crew drunk on
you, and YOU know that somewhere
out on the keys are the egg hunters.
What amusements have theyf Sleep.
When they've been working from sun. |
rise TO sunset they want that.
Uf course, you can't keep the men
from their women and children all the
time. They come from Bonaire, ID the
Dutch West Indies, and once every six
months ] take the old crew in the foot |
steps OF the father and grandson in the |
footsteps Of the son. They are a quiet.
easy lot
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

Burdock Blood Bitters gives a man q
clear head. an active brain, strong,
vigorous body makes him fit for the
battle Of life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

Ten thousand demons gnawing away
at ones vitals couldn't be much worse
than the fortunes OF itching piles. Yet
there's cure. Doan's Ointment never
fails.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

Group instantly relieved. DIR. Thorn
as Electric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails. At any drug store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
The Ideai

Fargo woman rang up the police sta
ton and asked, in d voice OF anxiety l:
as my husband there he was drinking
d trifle yesterday and he hasn't been seen
since was afraid that you might have
locked him up
sNo, he isn't here, am sorry to say"
replied the courteous policeman and he
Is still wondering what on earth she got
SO mad about Minneapolis Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
STUDIED TOO HARD.
Springfield High School Junior Hanged
Himself.

Springfield, Dee 2.-Jacob Finde, d
school boy, committed suicide yesterday
by hanging, at the home Of S. 2 Pres
ton, where he resided and worked his
way through school, He was a member
Of the JUNO class of Springfield high
school and it Is thought that too close
application to study had made him mem
tally deranged- He was 4 good student.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
A Fearful Fate.

1t il 4 fearful fate to have to endure
the terrible torture of piles. Il can
truthfully say" writes Harry Colson
Of Masonville, Ia, shat for blind, bleed
ing and itching piles, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve is the best cure made" Also best
for cuts, burns and injuries. 25c at
Parlor Drug Store and Red Cross Phar-
macy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
HuTLEp coRN ANp HoMINg.

am still here With Hulied Corn, Mush and
Hominy. Also Butter and Eggs W Terms cash
o. B. Ffheld. ie0 Hill street. LbEtf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
Magazine Library :!

Come in and take out months sub
scription in our Magazine Library. You
can read the first thirteen for 20 cents
per month and the entire list of %
for 80 cents per month. A fine chance
tc read the leading Magazines at
small cost.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04

DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup seems
especially adapted to the needs Of the
children. Pleasant to take; soothing in
it's influence. It Is the remedy of all
remedies for every form Of throat and
lung disease.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
SANDY WELCOMES Nav YEAR,s

! The hrawest bonniest o your race,
An bein' as We are Draw,
Moo that we've seen We face to face,
You're welcome, Naethin' iva.
The NIGHT is m.rk wi rain an sleet,
The knocks just chappit twal
! Come ben, come hen! for We to greet
N here we're gathered all
There, L the ingle sit. mysel
Will by ye seat me doun;
The toddy's steamin' hot, an BELL
Herself will haund it roun.
Ma, ma! It's no bit o. FUSS
Nae fuss or toll ava,
Gin yen but gle the news tae us,
That's comm, Naethin' Twa.
Yes, Gallant. Dour eneuch, indeed
The outlook seems to be:
Our Britain comon sense maun heed
Ere lang, or suffer dree.
True, true! Aud Scotia kens nae fear
She's loyal, an she's leal
But these fell taXes-eyery yeai,
They pinch waur than the dell.
Yes, mon, you're RIGHT! This cruel
war
Och. wad that it were DER!
An what's 1t that we're fichtin for?
A bauble! naethin' more.
Peace! aid We say? My freen, your
loot,
Just pit ii Until mine!
We MIGHT, lang syne, haze had it if
o. pride we did but tine.
Guild news, indeed! The kintry moo
viii ken blest relief;
But those twa ithers, shattered,-who
Can tell their dool an grief?
My certes! when the killed lads
Come pipin hame again,
Their sweetheirts, an their danes an
dad
For JOY, hoo they'll be faini
An those wha sleep below the yelit,
l ken their peace 3 SCUM:
But wha can tell the pain l felt
Each time lad went doun?
Ay, smells the NIGHT! the ingle neuk,
An this wee drappie OF.
WI you. ma freen, fu' as beuF
o. things I'd like TO quote
Maks a the days that lie before,
An this brief hour, to SEEM
The whole wi gloss a covered DER,
Too BRIGHT, cen for 1ream
But, just anither wee bit glass;
You've naethin' ta'en ave
An moo, whate'er We bring to pass,
Here's tae ya Naethin' Twa
Moses Teggart.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
The New Years Promises.

The years are ushered in one by one,
and they go out again, each in sue
cession, in obedience TO laws the inter
probation of which We ill.understand,
although sayants write with assumed
sageness concerning the reign of or
der in the universe AMI the forces
back of these potencies. OF one
and that in that back of written his
tory, back of all the evidences of the
alleged everlasting hills" and the
rocks that form the base of earth's
strength-back of universal terrestrial
flame and gases, and far and away In
to the endless sea of star-dust, time
was, just as time is. So in all these
cons there have been revolutions OF
planets and satellites and suns, which
give In their order the periods that
are termed seasons and years It is
as easy to comprehend the beginning
as the end of things. for ahead of us
is the impenetrable and back of us
the illimirable. Still men go on
counting the coming and the going
of the years, touched with the chasIen-
ed hand of regret at the dying of the
cd and stirred To gladness at the
birth of the new year. The without
beginning and without end" so far as
the comprehension of man can grasp,
might suggest that the times and the
seasons all count for nothing, save as
they point the very grave moral that
humanity, at least, ages and that each
recurring date brings the living nearer
by so much TO the shadows OF the val
ley. entering which no man may re-
trace his steps.
The dawn of the new year. however,
suggests. and in some way imam seems
unable TO efface the memory, with
the matin prayer OF the new there
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27

see what have been buying
And the two, woman-like, fell upon
The parcels of drapery. Then they
made their arrangements. Mrs.
Wetherell was TO go down with Leola
and Mr.. Ford on the morrow, for
LeOla would hear of no delay, an@
Mrs Tibet was to follow.
What wonderful things money can
accomplish said Leola, to herself, as
she stood at the window and looked
dreamily out at the r0w of dusty gray
houses opposite. Yesterday poor and
alone, today with money and friends
oh" and she passed her hand over her
eyes, lit is all dream!"
Next morning all Paradise-row was
thrown into a delirum of excitement,
by the appearance of a traveIng car
riage drawn by pair of strong bays,
that dashed down the street and pulled
up at Mrs. Tibbett's.
Then came Leola, no longer in her
dress of shabby black, but in a travel
ing costume of admirable taste and
style, and amid the mingled tears and
smiles of Mrs. Tibet and the chill
dren. she was whirled away from the
old life to the new one, which, like a
sunlit panorama, had begun to unfold
before her.
To be Continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
Men TWO Miles High.

IF the stars and planets are inhab-
ited," said an astronomer, sit is nat
ural to suppose that in size their in
habitants bear the same relation to
them that we bear to the earth.
What l mean is that, if man is one
ten-millionth of the earth's weight,
Marian is one ten-millionth of Mars
weight, and so on.
Let us work this out.
IAN inhabitant of Jupiter, accord
ing to our ratio, must then weigh L.
$50 pounds. He is so feet in height
His chest measures 50 feet Jupiter,
you see, is over ten times the size of
the earth.
1.-The sun is 100 times the size of
the earth. A sun man, then, would
be 600 feet high. He would weigh
1850 pounds. His chest measure
would be $50 feet His front teeth
would be 4 feet long.
Sirius is the largest of the fixed
stars. Sirius the great central sun.
1t is 1900 tines larger than the
earth. Thr~ a Sirian would be
mile and q alf high. He would
weigh 2500o. pounds. His front
teeth would be So feet long His nos
trils would each be so feet in diamet-
er. His eye would measure 100 feet
lengthwise and 20 feet up and down.
A hair from his head would be thick
enough and strong enough to make a
crutch for you or me-"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
New years customs IN Wales.

One of the most universal of all
New Years customs among the Welsh
people, and one around which there
cluster more popular superstitions
that are to be found associated with
any other, is that of having a bonfire
lighted by each household at night
fall on new years eve. This was
done by both the Celtic and Germanic
nations many centuries ago, and the
quaint ideas and superstitions which
the Welsh peasantry associate with
the custom are derived from those
peoples and have lost nothing in the
ages that have elapsed since it was
first practiced.
The Welsh invest the fires which
they light on new years eve with a
peculiarly sacred character. They
intend these fires both to light the
spirit of the old year on its passage
and to greet with cheerful welcome
the coming OF the new. In proportion
as these fires are large and bright or
small and dull as they are kindled
readily or with difficulty and as they
burn slowly or brisllly, so, it is said.
will be the happiness or unhappiness,
the good or i'll fortune, Of the house
hold to which the fire belongs. Should
a new years eve fire die out from any
cause before the hour of midnight it
death and disaster.-New York World.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27

should the vesper plants of the old,
blending to produce a petition for
absolution from the sins that were and
deliverance from the temptations that
may be. And not the shades of the
cleaning only of the just dead year
troop up before the mental vision, but
all the deeds, the scenes and the in
cidents Of the long day that formed
that year. The might-have-h eens
come up with their painful suggestive
ness, aggravating the shame that
arises over the has-beens, each serv-
ing as a scourge to mar the back and
the visage of all those whose con-
sciences are quickened to discern
ment between what is good and what
is evil.
Still, after all. man finds lis solace
in the happy song Of the bird of hope,
which, despite the storm that RACES,
perches in the windows of the heart
and gives forth notes of promise of
good things to be. In the pledge of
redeeming the days to come men find
forgiveness for the evil they have done
and the blunders they have made
Bless God for the bird-hope-an for
the songs it sings to all troubled
spirits, whether at the dawn of the
new year or at any period of their
sorrowing.
All. would that the good resolves of
the new year day might be as lasting
as the entire year and all the years
that form the sum OF each individual
life. The comfort that is found in a
promise one makes to himself to turn
over new lear is temptation 20
hasty purposing, and, also, but too
frequently, to just as quick recession
from the high ground that has been
climbed. No year can be free from
the storm that fells the oak or the pes
thence that stalks at MONDAY, or the
shadows that darken the soul of man.
lie is wise who learns well the lesayn
from the past year to avoid the pit
falls that surely lie in the path that is
ahead of him and who takes courage
in the fact that, if he Wills it so, as his
days may demand SO shall his strength
ever be.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
cHAPTER LII.

Rich, rich, l am very rich,
This is what Leola kept repeating
all that same evening, and the words
seemed To ring like the echo of a
song in her ears. It was difficult to
real:ze-Gificult 10 realize, although
she had the pile of sovereigns and
bank-notes-that is. some of them
which Mr.. Ford had leu She had not
realized it when he called the next
morning by appointment. TO receive
her instructions, as he termed it.
Fancy she the almost penniless and
certainly starving girl of a few hours
ago being great enough to have in
struetions for a lawyer,
1t was difficult 70 realize, and at
first the old gentleman's voice sounded
like one in dream when he went on
10 ask her what she intended to do.
And the-the Abbey" sail Leola.
with a little blush-''is that all shut
up"
NO, by no means, he replied. It
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-27
ELEcTRlclTvs INFLUENCE.

Lecoa, the detective, touched an
ivory button, and the great first floor
of the mansion was flooded with light.
In a corner of the buffers pantry
crouched the burglar, the big black
bag at his side heavy with family
plate.
Nothing has done more to do away
with burglary" said Lecoq, on the way
to the station, than the electric light,
with it's switchboard buttons that
illuminate instantly every corner
every creviee. do not hesitate to
say that the electric light has driven
so per cent of our burglars out OF
business, while the remaining 70
per cent have had to learn their
trade all over again.
'The whole art of burglary was
based, in the past, on darkness, a
helpless darkness as regards the vic
tim. There was one feat-a peculiar
way of crouching, striking a match
above ones head and tossing it to
left and right-that took weeks to
learn; it was valuable because it
showed the burglar what he wanted to
see, while it misled the victim, who
might be armed, as to the burglars
locatior-wel, this trick is now
worthless. for the victim, instead of
covering in the black darkness at the
burglars mercy, now reaches softly
over, touches a button at his bedside,
and up flashes the light.
Eyes, electric lights, I guess have
done more in the last decade TO do
away with burglary than all our
churches hav. done in the last 1900
years"