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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
FOLLY or TAKING A DARE.

Those people who in their younger
days have taken part in the game of
follow the leader. appreciate the spirit
which prompted two children, boy
and girl, to skate to their death at
Laeonia, n. H., last Saturday. 1t is
an amusement which can be carried to
such unwarranted extent that it threat
ems limb aud life, and, indeed, oftentimes
untoward results follow. One member
Of d party Of children, more daring or
more foolhardy than the others, com
missions himself the leader and then
goes through series Of movements and
experiences, calling upon the Others to
follow. The spirit of daring
prompts the leader to pass through al
severe a risk as possible and still es-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
Wicked. wicked Friscol

sYes, I'm from San Francisco, said
Charles i. Francis at the Hotel Rennert
this morning, and it's comfort To get
East once III while. MY people are ali
from this neck of the woods that i'll.
father came from Maryland. Ny
mothers home Ii In Vermont They
both went West i'll 40, and So really 1t
isn't my fault that ! was born on the
Pacific coast instead of on the Atlantic.
@Yon speak as though you wern't
altogether proud Of your native heather.
- there any truth in the report that
Frisco ii one degree worse than ChicagoYR
Well, bio said, laughing, its not
quite Us bad ali that, but really out
there the morality, III spots il too often
plated rather than solid. You see the
people live d pretty free sort oil life;
there's lot oil money and plenty of
ways to spend it. Pennies are almost
az rare as Columbian postage stamps,
and | suppose this plethora of cash ii
In large way responsible for many in
discretiofls on the part of the people
there. don't mean to knock the old
town, but sometimes | get to wishing
that conditions were little different,
for there are possibilities In store for
chat town In the future, but 1T needs d
wave VI reform IN politics and III other
ways before anything like an ideal state
of affairs can exist there. You zee, in
the East here you grew up slowly and
aoundiy, ont there we didn't have time
to grow slowly after we got started,
and now we need to overhaul ourselves
before We are In d position to face the
millennium Baltimore News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

The hazard connected with working IN
steel mills II shown by the reports
of mortality IN pittsburg. During The
last year ii the iron and steel mills
and blast furnaces, 5000 persons were
killed and injured. In other mills, shops
and factories, 1000 more were killed
or MANNED. Besides these two causesi
The coal mines claimed 400 and the rail
roads $500. The grand total Of those
killed or seriously injured about Pitts
burg III one years time i 1900. And
still there ore thousands of less serious
cases which are not reported. The very
large mortality has led one mill owner
to look into the causes Here il where
Carnegie might lay out 4 little sum of
money to good advantage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
ADMITS MURDER.
Deathbed Confession About Mysterious
Maine Crime.

Deathbed Confession About Mysterious
Maine Crime.
Augusta, Me-, Jan. to. The brutal
murder Al Augustus Sawyer All aged
Monmouth farmer, III the summer of
1898, has been cleared Up By the death
bed confession of Lewis Lane Id d Calf
fornia town. Sawyer met Ellis death in
d brutal manner by being struck over
the head as be was caring for his stock
in the barn, shortly after dusk. Robbery
was supposed to have been the motive
as the aged farnler was known to ali
ways carry large amount o. money
in his possession.
The murder was investigated by the
grand jury when the Hon. +. +. earle.
ton of Winthrop, now chairman Oh tic
state fish and game commission, was
county attorney, and, although the an
ger OF suspicion pointed in i certain
direction, the members nf tho panel did
not think that the evidence was suifi-
cient to warrant the finding OF true
bill against any person.
In 1895, while the Hon. George VT.
Heseiton Of Gardiner WAS the county
attorney, Edgar and William Thomp-
son of Monmouth, two brothers and re-
latiyes Of the dead man, were arrested,
charged with the crime After lengthy
hearing the court refused to hold the
men for the grand jury and they were
discharged.
Word of Lanes confession was dis
closed in letter which was received BY
A. a. Sawyer Of Monmouth, 4 nephew
Of the late Augustus Sawyer, from
Lanes wife, but no details were given
Lane was about 90 years Of age. He
left Monmouth three years ago and went
to California for his health, being af-
fected with tuberculosis. He had two
sons and one daughter. His name, al
well as that Of one oil his sons, was
mentioned In connection with the muir
der at the time.
A. A. Sawyer Of Monmouth, nephew
Of the dead man, denies that tie ever
received letter bearing ON the mat
ter, and Mrs. Lane, wife 81 the man
Who is alleged 70 have made the comics.
sion, denies that she ever wrote the
letter. Mrs. Lane was located 1T Sal
battus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
Creeks, Medicine Man.

The medicine man Of the Creeks will
not eat anything scorehed III cooking;
III treating i gun oil arrow shot wound
hi, ~ we'll as the patient, will fast four
days, only drinking little Cruel
He will not allow woman To look at
liis patient until he Is well Oh dead. III
his patient died the medicine man takes
a lot iii medicine himself IN order To
cleanse himself from the fumes or oior
of The dead. The pail bearers, as we
might cali those assisting in the bur
ial, also take the same cleansing pro-
cess
And again, when an Indian committed
murder, even in self-defence, he went to
the medicine man and took the cleans
ing remedy, claiming the remedy APP
peased the crime and the trouble to his
mind. The medicine man has horror
of women, keeping out Of their company
rs much as possible. AIT the fall Of
each moon it was the custom oil the
bucks 70 drink medicine made by the
medicine man to cleanse eheir systems.
III camp the Indian killed nothing which
was not eatable.- Indian journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
WORTH TRYING.

a word unto you chaps that to the top.
most heights would climb;
It's not IN one grand bound we leap to
attitudes sublime.
We do our climbing step by step, to
rise TO heights afar.
just try 70 be the fellow that your
sweetheart thinks You are.
lis well, of course. for everyone to
strive and TO aspire,
But few oil us may lead or set the
world on fire,
So if you fail 10 hitch your cart unto
the brightest star,
Twill be enough I'd be the chap your
sweetheart thinks you are.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

The miraculous escape from serious
injury oil dozen speeiments Of Young
America was witnessed by several Rufs
land people III that city Friday Two
parties of boys were coasting on steep
strets which cross each other. THE
roads were very icy and the traverses
on which the boys were sliding hnd gain-
ed great Roadway. AZ the corner where
the streets GROSS the aleds came ID.
asther with terrible force. Tho young
aters wera thrown IN every direction,
but they an escaped serious Injury, how,
nobody who saw the accident could tell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

Purcell. the most extraordinary mf
sical genius that England ever produc-
ell. died DIT the age Of thirty-seyen from
d cold contracted by being locked out
OF the house by bis termagant wife.
He was popularity said to be the band
soonest man in London.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
Had seen Enough.

a Coneordia lrishnan had trouble
with his eye and consulted doctor,
says Conner Davies. The doctor told
him to take his choice; that he must
stop drinking on 30 blind. The Irishman
turned the proposition over ID his mind
awhile, and said: sSNin, I'm siyinty-
two years old now. | belaiye how
seen Everything worth seem Kansas
City Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
COLT RESENTED TEASING.
And He Kicked His Tormentor Into d
State Of Bruises.

Winooski, Jan. Charles Miller, the
eleyen-year.old son of- Mr. and Mrs. Hen.
rig Miller, who reside some distance be-
yond the fort, was badly kicked by a
horse at the Parizo slaughter house on
Sunday. Young Miller had been feeding
the colt apples and teased him. This
the colt resented BY kicking him, knock
ing him down and continuing the kicking
until driven away. The boy's injuries,
which consisted 81 a broken collar bone.
d dislocated shoulder blade and bad
cut on the head, were attended bv DR..
al 4. Arkley of Essex Junction. The
injury On The head required about TWEEN.
ty.liYc stitches to close.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
Saving Himself.

jerks Why oh earth did you laugh
30 heartily at that ancient Jest Of Dor
em'sY
Wise--ln self defense
JenksIn self-defenseg
Wise Yes; ii hadn't laughed 40
he would have repeated the thing, think
ing ! hadn't seen the point. Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
what They Wanted.

"The recent victory oil lack O'Brien
over Bob Fitzsimmons in the prizering
recalled to my mind the days when a
club, of which / was d member conduct
ea series of what we termed isparring
contests Saturday evenings remarked
Washingtonian whose name a few
years ago was familiar to everybody
heTeabouts as one Of the leading anna.
teur athletes oil THE national capital
eOn ons occasion Ye secured referee
who was we'll known as an expert In
the gentle art of braising and who was
correspondingIy tough. Before the lat
Ter fact dawned upon rs, however, we
had requested the referee to make ain
announcement to the effect that the
club desired only up-to.datc young men,
well versed in the noble art of self -de-
fence, to make application 10 be taken
on for the fstic exhibitions al the club.
After the preliminaries, this is the way
tho referee worfled the announcement:
"'Wot dey wants here il not has
beens and goin' ter.be's, but is'ses,
seer Nv Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
JINGLES AND JESTS.


Goodart---Gonceited OH, m don't
knowl I've oten heard him say that
be has the greatest respect for the
man who knows more than lie does,
and
Wise Yes, but how often have you
heard him admit that there is such a
man Philadelphia Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
OUR JANUARY SALE
A Fascinating Reality.

said that from advertising would January Sale
but proved be fascinating reality She
conner anyone familiar with the tactics Of this would have
been surprised for as We week Of advertising
tlk make good claim.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
SIX DAYS MORE
tall, W. make GOOD every Sam.

Of this makdown this Original
all goods bur Coats Fu Waists Velvet and Silk
suppose the who always has plenty
saving this sale Offers bur her who
carefully and dollars should plan be
has the low been made staple necessities rather than
In other words the working friend well
others.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

Base ball will be hard 10 down in
Barre, after the whetted appetites Of
the past two years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

A pretty West Philadelphia girl has
designed way to prevent the young
men she knows from having cold feet
speaking entirely literally, for, so far
az she il concerned, there is never any
falling off in the enthusiasm Of her gal
Iants. Several Of the young men afore.
said live in bachelor quarters, but, de-
spite the ordinary luxuries Of their sur
soundings, they frequently have occasion
to suffer from a chilliness III the atmos-
pierre Of their sleeping apartments when
desiring to smoke OF sleep In wintry
weather. Being sympathetieaily in
elined, the young woman lent patient
ear to their plants of cold and one day
was seized with an idea. She was rum
maging through some Of her grand.
mothers eurios and came across some
knitted wersted anklets. Why not put
feet 10 some OF theseg she thought,
elongate them a little, and thus give
the boys warm feet, no matter whether
the steam radiator feels in good humor
on not. Being nimble fingered, within
a very few days she had manufactured
thre Of four pairs OF the anti-cold feet
instruments, which look like worsted
boots, and now the young men say no
home ii complete without them.--phila.
delphia Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

DIR. D. G. senton Of Rutland has re-
ceived b patent on his composition for
Welding aluminium. Dr. Senton and f.
10. Evans Of New York contemplate oper-
ating a factory for the manufacture of
this composition. Several offers to buy
the patent have been received, however,
and they may dispense Of the process.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

Willard G. Smith, who during an abb
senee Of so years from this. his native
place, has repaired and adjusted sewing
machines 81 all kinds in factories, for
all branches Of manufacturing in CEN
trail New York, and over 700 machines
in Burlington, VT, since his return, will
repair machines at your homes, in Barre
and vicinity, making an old machine run
like a new one--or no pay. Address or
leave word at No. 80 Averil street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
singers. Comedians. Musicians.
An OHIO OF All star Acts.

Mr., j. r. LUCIER, Blind Cornet Solo
ist, assisted by his sister, Rose Lucier.
MARION, the Manipulation.
AL DERBY, Bag Puncher
AiAND. the Man Of Great Strength.
IAFARR & PALMER, Cirotesque
Comedians.
MASTER JOHNNY LAMBERT. the
Marvellous p.year-old Boy Tenor Singer.
-FOUR LtJCIER.S, Musical Artists.
JACOBS n SARDEI4L, European Bar
rel Jumpers, late of RingI'ngs' Circus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

Superb Military Band. Grand Solo
Orchestra headed By MIR. J. r. Lueler,
the noted blind eornet soloist. Elegant
Stage Settings. New and Gorgeous
Cnsfurnes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
Street Parade at Noon, Concert, 7.3O

PRICES, 25c, 35c and SOC.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16

8 IL Der cent interest on say
ings. New accounts Invited
j. HENRY JACKSON, President.
i. 6. ROWLAND, Treasurer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14

WHO are JOuf" she whispered.
strain. IIa, Listen to that The bat
tering ram of ocean applied to a thin
shaft of stone. Surely 1t must be
pounded into fragments.
Said one with indefinite below amid
the black turmoil II can't stand this,
mates"
up aloft for mew cried another
Lets die with our eyes open, any
how" chimed in third.
But light flashed In the rolling orbs
Of the man who was already on the
stairs. Astounded, he drew back.
Constance stood In their midst, mere
girl. radiant. smilingly uncorcerned,
addressing them In calm words broken
only by the fitful noises.
Sorry your quarters-sO very un-
pleasant. Only last a-couple of hours.
Twenty five years-far worse gales.
Want any more cocoaT
THANK you kindly, miss, we're quite
comfortable" This from the man who
wished to die with his eyes open.
please, miss, may we smoker" said
he who couldn't stand 1t.
Constance hesitated. Blithely uncon-
scious that a Whit Of mutiny had
swept through the storm tossed fold,
she pondered the problem. She saw no
harm In 1t.
EYES," she said. "SmOke by all
means. 1 will ask my father, and If 1t
should be dangerous I will come back
and let you know. In few hours 1t
will be daylight and II the sea falls he
will come and open the door,"
BY sheer inspiration she had uttered
the formula destined to annihilate the
Inecromantic buster Of the hammering
waves. Open the door! So this pom
dcrous racket was O mere tidal trick.
a bOgy, which each passing minute
would expose more thoroughly.
| "All right, miss, an Gawd bless YER"
| growled one who had not spoken hith-
erto. There was q chorus Of approval.
| Constance gave a little gulp. The cul-
tured and delicate lady lying In the
bunk above had not spoken SO.
| Indeed" she gasped. God has
blessed some of US this night"
| Then she fed, further utterance fall
| ing her.
fro BE Continued
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14
CHAPTER VII-COntinued.

Chapter VII-Continued.
What is it, dad!" she asked as her
father came to her.
1.-THE end Of the ship" he said. 1.-THE
captain has gone with her."
"Oh, dear, why wasn't he saved"
IL think he refused to desert his ship.
His heart was broken, expect. Now,
Connie, duty first"
Indeed, she required no telling. As
each Of the shipwrecked men entered
the lantern she handed him q glass of
spirits, asked If he were injured and
told him exactly how many flights Of
stairs he had to descend. But cocoa
and biscuits would be brought soon.
she explained. Greatly amazed, but
speeches. for the most part, the men
obeyed her directions.
One Of the last to claim her attention
was the young American, Mr.. Pyne.
Her face lit up pleasurably when she
saw him.
II was wondering what had become
Of you," she said. my sister has ask
ed me several times II you had arrived,
and imagined that l must have miss
I'd you by some chance"
Now, all this was Greek to him, or
nearly so. Indeed, had it been intel
ligible Greek, he might have guessed
its purport more easily.
Holding the glass in his hand, he
booked at her in frank, open eyed won
der. To be hailed so gleefully by
good looking girl whom he had never
to his knowledge set eyes on was
somewhat Of q mystery, and the puzzle
was made all the more difficult by the
fact that she had discarded the wealth
Or proof accouterments needed when
she first ventured forth on the gallery.
I'm real glad you're pleased My
name Is Charles A. Pyne," he said
slowly.
It was Constance's turn to be bewil-
dered. Then the exact situation dawn
Cd on her.
"HOw stupid Of me-" she cried. "Of
course you don't recognize me again.
Ny sister and I happen to be alone
with my father on the rock tonight
We were with him on the balcony
when you acted SO bravely. You see,
the light shone clear on your face"
"I'm glad it's shining on yours now"
he said.
you must 60 two floors below this"
said she severely. II will bring you
some cocoa and biscuit as quickly as
possible"
II am not a bit tired" he comment
cd, still looking at her.
THAT is more than I can say" she
answered, but I am so delighted that
we managed to save so many poor PEG.
pie"
"How manyT
Seventy eight But l dare not ask
you how many are lost 1t would make
me cry, and have no time for tears.
Will you really help to carry q trayY
Just try me-"
At the top Of the stairs Constance
called to her father:
Anything you want, dadT
Eyes, dear. Find out the chief officer
and send him to me- He can eat and
drink here while we talk"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14
7 II E Louis; ST. Tracy rae: J.;
PILLAR Of r. f.: o.
- Morning" |
J.. |
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTEFS
CHAPTER AT daybreak an assistant keeper
of the lighthouse pacing the gallery, discovers
III the distance ship in distress. stephen
ship he comes in contact with a shark, fights
and kills ii and goes aboard. He finds the body
of dead man and strange bundle beneath the
sail. Jones. the lighthouse keeper, lowers a
basket aud hauls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up 1.-THE bundle contains live baby.
of which Jones assumes the care. On part of
the child's clothing are the initials r.
The little one il placed in care OF the nurse VINO
has charge of stephen Brands child In rem
zance. They call the child Enid Treviillon. III
Eighteen years later Constance Brand daush
ter II stephen Brand. and her adopted sister
Enid TrevIllion. 20 10 The lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Fen Pollard. IN u sailboat named
DAISY. They are caught IN storm. during
which hey hear the signal for help coming IRON
the rork. They reach the lighthouse in safety
and find that two of the men. Jackson and Bates,
have bee hurt Brand sends the men back with
len. IV-Jackson and Bates are lowered into
the boat and Pollard starts for PenZance. The
Daisy if met by Lieutenant stanhope, who Is
deyOtedly in love with Enid He has started
out for the light house in answer to the signal
for help On meeting the Daisy he turns back
TO assist with the injured men. E-From u
lighthouse window Enid spies boat approach
ing the rock. 1t is the Lapwine. owned by a
man named IswtOn. Brand discovers that it IL
sailed by StsnhOpe. He signals for them not to
land and stanhOpe returns to Penzance. The
girls spend the night at the rock. FI-During
Sic night q furious storm renders eleep impos-
sIble. Al dawn from the lighthouse gallery
Brand makes gu; a ship in great distress VII
Charles A. Pyne, young man on board, throws
= rope from the foremost to Brand, and by
means of pulley seventy eight people are saved
before the ship sinks.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14

III stairs are very Steep" said
Constance, swinging the lam
~ tern close to her companions
feet as they climbed down the topmost
flight.
If I fall" he assured her, you will
be the chief sufferer"
"All the more reason why you should
not fall. Wait here moment. I must
have look at the hospital"
The visiting officers room, which also
served the purposes Of a library and
recreation room in normal times, now
held fourteen injured persons, includ-
ing two women, one Of them a stew
ardess. and a little girl.
Most of the sufferers had received
their wounds either in the saloon or by
collision with the cornice of the light
house. The worst accident was a bro
ken arm, the most alarming q case Of
cerebral conclusion. Other injuries
consisted for the most part Of cuts and
bruises.
Unfortunately. when the ship struck,
the surgeon had gone aft to attend to
an engineer whose hand was crushed
As the result Of some frantic lurch
caused by the hurricane. Hence the
doctor was lost with the first batch of
victims. Enid discovered that among
the few steerage passengers saved was
q man who had gained some expert
ence in a field hospital during the cam
paign in Cuba. Aided by the plain d.
rections supplied with the medicine
chest Of the lighthouse, the ex-hospital
orderly had done wonders already.
"All want. MISS" he explained in
answer to Constance's question. -fs
some water and some linen for band
ages. The lint outfit in the chest is not
half sufficient"
She vanished, to return quickly with
q sheet and pair Of scissors.
"Now," she said to Mr.. Pyne, If you
come with me l will send you back
with pail Of water"
She took him to the kitchen, where
Enid, aided by sailor, pressed into
service, was dispensing cocoa and bis
cults. Pyne, who remained in the
stairway, went of with the water and
Constance's lantern. The interior of
the lighthouse was utterly dark. To
move without light and with no prior
knowledge of its internal arrangements
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14

which flinched from no assault be-
wildered them. 1t was impossible to
believe that It could withstand the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14
CHAPTER VIII.

'1~ LEASE be careful. These
III stairs are very Steep" said
Constance, swinging the lam
form cloco m hor ooun mo pfopsC
The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1906-03-17

The government has granted
company the right to use 5000
acres of public land near Duran
go, Colorado, to experiment with
rubber weed for a period of ten
years.
a federation of seven religious
denominations is expected to re =
suit from a conference begun i'm
Charlotte, n. c., Wednesday.
They are nearly all branches of
the Presbyterian church.
The national conference of the
United Mine Workers of America
met III Indianapolis Thursday
morning. This conference is ex-
pected to determine whether there
shall be general strike called
for April /.
Chicago has won a remarkable
victory in the United States SUI
preme court in the cases against
the street railways. The court
decided that mauv of the compa-
nieS are existing without a fran
chise. This decision puts the con-
troll of the railways absolutely in
the hands of the city and leads
the way to municipal ownership,
which was the issue on which
Mayor Dunno was elected.