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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
STORY OF A
BLOCK HOUSE
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When the Union troops were maneu.
vering In the southwest they were
obliged TO protect long lines of rail-
rond over which they received their
supplies. The vulnerable points were
the bridges, near which the bluecoats
built blocShouses similar to those used
by our ancestors to defend themselves
against Indians.
One afternoon force Of Confederate
cavalry attacked one Of these posts
The blockhouse was built on the riy-
er bank at the north entrance of the
bridge, the rear being protected by the
river, running some forty feet below.
A single company commanded by a
captain constituted the bridge guard
From bis loopholes he surveyed the
Confederates, who. dismounted, were
advancing in line Of battle, and his
heart sank within him at seeing a
force three times that Of his own.
Fortunately they had no artillery, while
the Union troops had two small how
Tiers.
Time and again the soutberners as
sauIted, and every time they were
driven of. But at last the defenders.
who had been for week begging for
new supply of ammunition, saw that
within few hours what powder and
ball they had would be exhausted.
There was boy in the command who
had run away from home and enlisted
at the age Of fifteen. He was fond OF
the water and his captain had noticed
him often rowing a skin he had pressed
into his OWE service. Taking the boy
to back opening, the captain said to
him:
Go to your skiff; pull down the river
to whore 1t is crossed by the bridge
next below. There you will find three
companies. You must row around the
bend, but re-enforcements can cut
across and reach us within half an
hour. Tell the commanding officer to
come at once or we will lose the
BRIDGE
But will not the enemy see me and
plth Ilft Oh
You can hug this shore till you get
down to the bend, when you must pull
across to the point on the other bank.
For FIVE minutes you viii be exposed
to their fire, and there are nine chances
in ten that they will hit you"
II see
Catching up rope. the captain low
cred the boy to a point some ten feet
below, where he struck steep path
leading down to the waters edge.
The captain saw him get into bis boat
but lost him at once under the over
hanging trees Then lie waited breath
lessly till the skiff shot out from the
banks protection to make the turn in
the river Scarcely had the boy ap-
peared than bits of spray broke all
about him, bullet taps ON the water.
Hes halfway overw exclaimed tho
captain. talking TO himself so loud thar
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
The Times Daily Short Story.
n ia "a Observation-Disclosures SssssasssS,

ne could be heard above tile cracking
Of rifles, But they're getting his
range Heavens! He's hit No; only
scratched He's at ii again. Good
Lordl There goes an oar. He's lost,
He can't pull with one oar. And the
arm has been hit He's binding it up
with his handkerchief BY thunder,
he's padding! Some Of the shots are
beginning to fall short. Hit again.
Its all UP with him. No; he's on his
knees again padding for dear life.
Twenty more strokes, and he'll be be-
hind the point There he goes. Hur-
rah!'
Then the captain ran to the front OF
the blockhouse to see a long brown,
dusty looking line advancing for an.
other attack.
Give it to EN-, boys he said. IF
we can keep 'em of for an hour the
bridge II be saved, and wen escape d
southern prison.
The attack was repused, but when
the next one was made the Unionists
saw something that made their blood
run cold. A single man appeared roll
ing a bale OF hay. 1t was to set on
fire and burn the blockhouse He was
partially protected by his bale and diff
ticult to reach with a bullet. Directly
behind him was another man rolling
another bale. Then third and a
fourth--indeed, a long llne-each man
rolling his bale. The Union sharpshoot.
ers picked Off the first man and the
second The third pushed on. The
fourth fell. The fifth fell, The sixth
seemed to bear charmed life and with
the third was getting dangerously near
the blockhouse. The hay rollers came
so fast that. though more than three
quarters of them were put out Of the
race, a number were now within TWEEN
ty yards, and one man had come so
near that no rife could reach him. He
was cutting the ropes that held the hay
together Then a comrade left his own
bale and Joined him.
The captain strained his eyes across
the bridge and saw the head of q coll
umn OF bluecoats coming on trot.
Water he shouted. Some of you
men go down to the river In the rear
and get water in your canteens! There
was little else for the purpose.l II we
ran keep the flames of for few min
utes wen save the fort"
But there was no ueed OF water. The
Confederates. seeing the advancing
troops. who were by this time near the
opposite banks, Withdrew their FIRE
bugs All mounted and dashed away,
followed by yolley from the advanc.
ing infantry.
The boy who had saved the bridge
led the rescue party. He was carried
Or the shoulders Of his comrades They
placed him on a cot. where 4 surgeon
dressed bis wound. His captain en-
braced him and the next day sent an
account Of his work 10 the general
commanding the district Word came
to send the boy to headquarters. and
when he reached there he found a com.
mission awaiting him. When he left
the service two or three years later he
was a lieutenant colonel
FRANK p. CHENEY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
BOHEMIAN PROVERBS.
Do the hard things nrst.

DO the hard things first
It's hard to work. but harder to want
The heart that loves must be prepar-
ed to suffer.
The world doesn't owe you a living.
1t was here first.
Money isn't everything. but 1t often
makes a good imitation
The seven ages Of man Baby, While,
Will, william, Billie, Bill. old Bill
Some people imagine that cunning
and wisdom are synonymous, but Gun
ming is as plentiful as wisdom is scarce.
It is a shock to the man who thinks
be is world famous to discover that
there are people In the next block who
never heard OF him. Paul Vincent in
Bohemian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
Expect No Strike.

Cleveland, Oct, a5.-Local Brotherhood
OF Railroad Trainmen officials being ask
cd whether, upon refusal Of the switch
mems demand. strike would follow.
would not commit themselves beyond
saving that radical action was always a
last resort Of the brotherhood and they
were confident an anicable settlement
would bc reached. In the event Of d
strike, it was stated that every man
back Of the engine would be affected,
which means that conductors, baggage
men and yard men would be drawn into
the movement, besides switchmen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
MEN AND THEIR EYES.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti had gray blue
eyes
Won Moltke the soldier. had bright
blue eyes.
Julius Caesar had black eyes Of great
brIllancy
Darwln's gray eyes looked out from
under heavy oyerhanging brows.
Robert Louis Stevenson had brown
eyes, humorous and very expressive.
FL the younger Pitt tue sole evidence
Of genius my in bis brown eyes which
glowed like live Goals.
Charles Lamb had very gltterlng
eyes Of two colors, gray and hazel,
with red spots ON the iris.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
"A Hair
|L)ressinq
GERMAN GLEANINes.

In Germany more than 500 out Of
very thousand women reach the age
4 fifty years. while only 413 men live
h long
livery month about 3,700 articles are
nft In the Berlin street cars BY their
<ners, about GOO Of them being won.
fs purses.
4<xperiments made IN Germany show
III butter keeps best If mixed with
10 per cent OF salt. II the percent
@o Of salt is over 8. the result is less
{I6factory.
hc empress of Germany has contrib
ma d large sum Of money to aid In
formation Of an institution TO be
noted to the saving Of infant life.
mortality OF Infants IN Germany
ox surpassed in Europe only by that
xU&frla and Russia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

The titmouse IS no mouse. but bird.
A lobster fourteen inches long win
lay 10000 eggs
Sparrovs have 50 much curiosity that
they win gaze in mirrors by the hour
IL not disturbed
The eye Of m insect contains from
90 to 10000 small eyes It is really
composed Of eyes.
TIE Colorado fox runs faster than
any other living animal and the Chez
tnh or hunting leopard. holds second
place
No lanh animal is known to have
natmai 7nous flesh. There are,
howe l fish whose flesh 10
deadly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25

The shoes worn By the natives in
China nre made with leather or cotton
cloth soles. above which is layer Of
rags or paper Of feathers. with cotton
cloth next @ the foot The uppers are
made OF cotton sheetings or shlrtings.
I;nllans. satins or velvets, dyed either
black or blue. Such shoes cost from Is
cents to 20 cents pair, in gold.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25

Tic Printers Bible Il SO called be.
cause It contains curious typograph
ical error IN Psalm cxix, 1Gi which Il
made 70 read, Printers have perseeut
ed me without causc.' instead OF
'prnces.n 80.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25

One OF Miiton's biographers says that
nearly twenty years elapsed between
the sketching ont Of the plan OF Para
else Lost and the completion OF that
work The actual labor OF composition
was condensed into three years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
FORECAST or THE MODE.
a Quaint Japanese GirdIe Crossed
over Redingote n Modish style.

WV NtWIHHUtt y HUUfNH AFFtU.
For the woman who is addicted 10
eccentricities In dress there Il the
4mousmee" ceinture. This girdle is d
broad ribbon carried high up about
the figure and tied in the back in a
wide outspreading bow in real Jap
fashion
There is a strong leaning toward
crossed styles In bodicess and the cross
ed over redngote Is novelty worth
noting There is only suspicion of
fullness IN the body. All the folds be-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
rirst Atlantic stcamer.

first steamer to make a voyage
s the Atlantic ocean was the sa-
ID. OF $50 tons and 100 feet In
s She smiled from Savannah on
e. 1919, and arrived at Liverpool
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25

II you wish high-class hair DRESSING We are sure
Ayers Hair Vigor, new improved formula, will
greatly please you. II keeps the hair soft and
smooth, makes it look rich and luxuriant, prevents
splitting at the ends. And II keeps the scalp en-
trcly free from dandruT. Stops falling hair, also.
Rss s5 NOT sssS ss change ioas Sss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
LcatI.cr Reltlnr.

a leather belt for driving machinery
viii last thirty years II cared for The
largest ever made was $50 feet long, 3
feet wide and weighed Just a ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25

or an wild animals the zebra would
be most useful 10 man II domestlcated.
1T y not liable to horse fever or tsetse
hy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
FRlBBLEs or FASHION.

Women Are Color Mad This season.
snuTboxes For Bonbonniere=.
"Coloritis' is the name of the latest
disease to which woman is victim,
and, TO put il mildly. she is color mad
This fall Violent blues aud puppies
and brilliant orange are In evidence on
every side. The fad extends TO gloves
Pale grays and fawns are considered
Insignificant Already there Is de-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-04

ing mi6dle-age, had been tramping
round and round without interesting
the buyers. Now at last there haS
been some small bid for her.
1t had been accompanied by the
usual queries that all buyers make.
There had been no hesitation about
reply, but at the very last moment,
when the sale was completed, the
woman raised her voj~e and cried
aloud that she was of the true faith
and had been stolen.
Instantly there was an outcry, and
the concern of the auctioneer was
very genuine, indeed. II the woman's
protest was correct, and she would
hardly have made it otherwise, here
was scandal of some dimensions,
fo- 1t is no small matter, even in Mo.
rocco, to sell free Moslem woman
into slavery.
After her story had been heard
the sale cf the woman was held to be
ALI. Notice was sent to her
cvner, and by the time this little
matter was settled the muezzin was
calling from the nearest minaret tAat
the hou. of evening prayer had come.
Wide World Magazine
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-04
WORTH REMEMBERING

There are almost II not quite as
many people in South America who
speak Portuguese as there are whd
speak Spanish.
According to Consul II. p. Dill.
Port Hope, Ontario, is Offering OK.
emption from taxation to companiea
opening works within its limits.
In Algeria three or more wives
live in the same hut. The older
wives do the work, while the younger
ones wait on the master of the
house.
Increased cost OF wire netting is
proving a heavy burden on Austria
lian farmers. In Victoria the price
per ton has raised from s105 to
s2S7.
A fast penman will write at the
rate of 80 words minute, which
means that In an hours steady writ
ipg he has drawn his pen space OF
500 yards.
The nitrate shipments of Chill,
which in 1901 aggregated 27,3s5. 22S
Quintais (quintal, 220.46 pounds)
Will this year reach total of 49,:
000, 900 quintals, according to an es.
innate OF President Riesco, OF Chill
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Animals As JcweI Models.

In London the fad for wearing
representations of animals for per-
sonal adornment is cultivated by a
sufficient number of women to make
an impression on the displays IN shop
windows and showcases. Bracelets
that clasp with carved heads Of sheep
oxen, goats, dogs and even snakes
are frequently to be seen.
A Bond Street ieweler was recent
ly commissioned to make a necklace
of decidedly original design for a
well-known society woman II is
to be made of fine gold links from
which depend the heads of her favor
ite pets carved in gold There are
three dogs, two cats, pony's and
n parrots head. The clasp is copy
of a pet lizard, executed in gold,
with jeweled eyes.
Following the same freakish fash
ion there are two London women
who, contrary to the general ten
dency of their sex, invariably wear
small white mice fixed on the lapels
of their coats. These mice, which
are most lifelike, are made of plas
ter, and sharp hooks are attached
to their feet to hold them in posi-
ton
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Lazy People Feel Heat.

According 10 Professoc Morrison,
OF the University OF Chicago, summer
is not the logical season for taking
vacations. AS shown by the action
of certain animals in alternating,
winter is the natural time for resting
and recuperating from ones labors.
The summer heat is most enervat.
ing to the idlers, the loafers, those
who have nothing to keep their minds
and bodies busy. AS proof of this,
do we not feel the heat more acutely
on Sunday than on any other day? A
seventy-five degree temperature on
Sunday causes more suffering than
one of eighty-five degrees on Monday.
The man or woman who keeps busy
on hot day would never notice the
heat, nine times out of ten, were II
not for the remarks of others who
have nothing to do but think and
talk about the weather. Pittsburg
Times.
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Live Stock.

New York. - BEEVES - Dressed
beef slow at 6 u to 9Ib cents per
pound for native sides; Texas beef C
to Z cents.
CALVES-Veals about steady; al
most no demand for grassers, quota
BILE at $50 to 800 to butchers; veals,
$50 to SIS. Dressed calves quiet.
City dressed veals, 8 to 1874 cents
per pound; country dressed, to 12
cents.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Sheep
steady; lambs dull and unchanged.
Sheep, 3.75 to 5.00 lambs, good TO
prime, 7,00Q7.50; one car, 7.75;
culls, 4.50 Canada lambs. 7.5O.
HOGS - Market slow and easier.
State and Pennsylvania hogs, ESQ to
100. Choice lightweight exceed
quotations.
Chicago. CATTLE Market
steady. Common to price steers,
4.00@6.95; cows, 2.70dD4,75; heif-
ers, 2,60Q5.35 bulls, 2.4O04.5O;
calves, 800 a 500; stockers and
feeders, 1900 4.45.
SHEEP-Best steady: others slow.
Sheep, 4.50@5.75; yearlings, $50
a 6.25; lambs, 6.00@7.75.
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A Square De.l

Is assured you when you buy DR.. Plerce's
family medicncs-for all the ingredi-
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath us being complete
and correct You know just what you are
paying for and that the Ingredients are
gathered from Natures laboratory, being
selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in
American fores tsas while potent TO Gu.
are perfectly harmless even to the most
delicate womes tfchildTenA Not d,oy
nL-alcahol enlcS into their cQplQoSiiIll
4 m4cR-eeller- Agcll rs 0 nssd both IQr "a:
M4G1nY Bna ~ RTs7fLylIg
reHned glycerlne. This agent possesses
intrinsic mediclnIl properties of its own.
being q most valuable antiseptic and anti
ferment. nutritlve and soothing dcinul-
cent.
Glycerine plays an important part in
DIR. Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery in
the cure OF indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heartburn, foul breath coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawlng feeling I'm stOm-
ach. biiOusncss and kindred dorange-
ments Of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the "Goldcn Medical Discovery
is a specific for all diseases OF the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether OF the
nasal passages or Of the stomach. bowels
or pelvic organs. Even In its decorative
stages it will yield TO this sovereign REM
edy II It's use be pcrscvcrcd in. la Chronic
Catarrh of the Nasal passages. il Is well,
while taking the Golden Medical Dis
covery for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
OF treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron-
chial, throat and lung affections. except con-
sumption In its advanced stages, the Golden
Medical Discovery" Is most efficient rem
edy. especially I'm those obstinate hang-on
coughs caused by irritation and congestion OF
the bronchial mucous membranes The Dis
covory " is not 30 good for acute coughs arls-
ing from sudden colds nor must 1t be ex-
pected TO cure consumption in its advanced
stages-no medicine will do that-but for all
the obstinate, chronic coughs. which. IL neg
lected. or badly treated. lead mp to consump-
tion, 1t is the best medicine that can DO taken.
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Knowing the Tides.

Droves Of porkers feed along the
Bay of Fundy beaches where the
water rises to a height of thirty-five
or forty feet with swiftness that is
overwhelming. You viii see whole
regiment roofing busily for clans,
and every once in whils veteran
will place his ear close to the ground
in the attitude of listening II every
thing is sa.,sfactory re Will give a
grunt and resume his roofing. BY
and by one cunning ole fellow, after
iistenir a moment, will give snort.
the well-known hog--ote of alarm,
and tt 7hol1 regiment will scamper
as II possessed of million devils far
out Of the reach of the tide. New
York Pr RS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-04

Three young women proved them
selves heroines when two men were
seriously hurt in trolley collision.
While crowd of panic-stricken men
and women crushed around the brave
trio they tore up their skirts to ban
dage the wounds Of the injured. The
crash occurred at Adams and High
Streets, and four persons We're in
jured when two cars smashed to-
gether during the rush hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-04

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her periods she is exceed
ingly respondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor says Cheer up: you
have dyspepsia; you will be all right
soon"
But she doesn't get "all right" and
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what il did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 l2th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late GEN
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
:" ! cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for mo. l suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, and 1t not only cured my female
arrangement, but IL has restored me 70 perfect
health and strength The buoyancy of my
younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with despondency. as did be-
fore l consider Lydia Il. Pinkham's VeRe-
table Compound boon 10 sick and suffering
women
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for advice,
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RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum From
Personal Test.

NO one is better able to realize
the injurious action of caffeine-the
drug in coffee-on the heart, than the
doctor.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
iull conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
Tor many OF his patients because he
was benefited by it. He says:
Il wish to add my testimony in re-
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. have had functional OF
nervous heart trouble for over Is
years, and parteo of the time was un-
able to attend to my business.
II was moderate user Of coffee
and did not think drinking It hurt
me. But ON stopping 1t and using
Postum instead, my heart has got all
right. and / ascribe II to the change
from coffee to Postum.
II am prescribing IL now in cases
OF sickness, especially when coffee
does aot agree, or affects the heart,
nerves or stomach.
When made right 1t has much
better flavor than coffee, and is a
vital sustainer of the system. l shall
continue to recommend 1t to our peo-
pie, and have my own case to refer
to-" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little
book. "The Road to wellville," in
pkgs. There's reason
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

New York;. G. Dun's weekly
review of trade says:
Unseasonably high temperature in
some sections of the country retard-
ed distribution of Fall goods, but
with the assistance of special sales
reduced stocks of Summer merchan-
disc to most satisfactory position.
High rates for money have delayed
mercantile collections somewhat, and
there Is still complaint regarding the
scarcity of labor, but confidence in
the future remains unshaken. Pre-
parations for Winter and Spring
keeps machinery well employed.
large crops are being secured and
building operations are very heavy.
The volume of domestic trade is
beyond all records, and foreign COM
merce exhibited some striking com
parisons. Total merchandise exports
in August were valued at about s12,-
100000 more than the same month
in any previous year, and imports
rose $1O,000,000 above the preced-
Ing record for August
Textile conditions have not mater
tally altered, the mills operating
large percentage of machinery with
out having much new forward busi-
ness.
Bradstreet's says:
Wheat, including flour exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week aggregated 4,677,522
bushels, against 4.953.216 last week.
2,17S,42S this week last year, S64.-
373 in 1904 and 4,470,S52 in 1901.
Corn exports for the week are
545,751 against 9S5,39 last week.
1,272,495 a year ago and 657.399 in
1904.