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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
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William Jack Writes On
Library Matter
URGES ACTION BY THE CITY
Tells What an Advantage 1t Would Be
to the Granite Industry and
the Prosperity Of
Barre.
URGES ACTION BY THE CITY

M. Editor: ! again seek The prisir
lege 81 your columns to say another
word On the library question. The stu
alton heing briefly as stated below,
The late Leonard Aidrich bequeathed
bis fortune. which today amounts 70
between S70000 and $4,000, 70 the
building, equipping and maintaining 4
free public library in our midst. Ihr
fortune was left in the hands OF a
board Of trustees named in Mr.. Aldrich's
will These trustees are under pre-
scribcd conditions as far a. the DISPOSE
tion of the trust IN concerned. and when
the institution il equipped and 10 opera
ton they will hase 40 more advantage
Or benefit from the library than will
each and every one Of us citizens. They
are. however. instructed when the build.
Ing fund amounts TO 4 certain sum 10
proceed with the erection Of the Library,
and as they now have At their die
pesai the sum II 5000, they have had
i set Of plans prepared, the estimated
cost Of which would Be within their
means, should they erect brick buiid-
ing, trimmed with granite.
They have been approached by com.
mitsee from the Granite Manufacturers
Association. with request that the
building he constructed Of Barre granite
The Town oil Barre has also voted So
900 towards the cost af the building
ii it be constructed of Barre granite
This desire has bern quite general
throughout the city Two individuals
have offered $500 each on the same con.
lition as the Town Of Barre. To sc'
euinrlish this end the trustees have noN
had three sets Of PLANS prepared, ths
interiors in each care being the same
but III spite Of all this there II stil
deficiency III $4,000 to accomplish
the desired purpose. TO raise this sun
meeting was called to see il the city
would vote this amount, the result q
which it j. unnecessary 10 repeat here.
As citizen ! have felt Ali along
that il the people had the matter pre-
scented 10 them IN business-like man
ner and weighed il carefully. they might
feel entirely different. IL is true that
many of ne feci pretty near bankruptcy
on our animal appearance before tn
assessors. but on the other hand do no
oar four banks boast Of deposits run
ming up into millions of dellarsg i
! Is also true that we have already voted
fine building lot to place this ihrar,
on. but would not East Barre. Souti
Barre, traniteyille or Nehsteryille al
stand willing to buy and donate th'
most expensive lot in their midst undc
similar conditions, had they but thu
chances How could we do Less
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
The BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1905.
IN coNTRAcr nor pIYIDENps.

Many investments give dividends
Which contract. life annuliies carry
fixed and definite rates ~ interest, nc
re,inction, no lcfanlt. A contract tos
dividends. Also our Investment insur-
amer Contracts. 50 called because the.
insure and invest 5Tth year, ,lcini
business ii Az states:
The National Lille insurance company
of Vermont Jlnutual). Organized In
1850 S. S. ballard, General Agent
N. B. Ballard. Local Agent. Rooms
and 8. Miles Block, Barre, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
Postmaster Robbed.

G. w. Fouts, postmaster at River
ton. L.. nearly loaf his life and was
robbed Of all comfort. according to his
letter. which says For twenty years
/ had chronic liver complaint, which
led to such severe case d iaIndice
that even my finger nails turned vel
low, when my doctor prescribed Electric
Bitters, which cured nae and hare kept
me well for eleven years" Sure cure
for biliousness, neuralgia, weakness and
all stomach, liver. kidney and bladder
arrangements. A wonderful tonic. Al
the Red Cross Pharmacy. so cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
Do We Appreciate the cifta

Do we as citizens appreciate tho gift
By the late Mr.. Aldriehs Il deserves
more than passing notice. The s45..
600 building fund now at the disposal
Of the trustees is only part Of the
gift. He also gave the National Bank
building, the adjoining store in the rear,
as we'll rs a valuable tract Of land near
the qtarries, the incomes from which
are to be devoted to the maintenance OF
the library. and at the expiration OF a
life interest in the valuable farm be-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
CIRCULATING LIBRARY

Payment Of ten cents entities borrow
eF to a book for ten days Beyond
ter days, costs one cent day. The
fifteenth borrower of any book given
thc book free. Record Of borrowing
la3owI only % our librarian The lat
est populnr Books Of the day Books
PEOPLE ale reading and talking about
md best Standard Fiction and History
included IN This Library. II is the most
popular Of al Circulating Library plans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-01
GRANrTEvlLIE.

The ragnlar business meeting Of the
ladies' Aid society will be held with
Mrs. Waiter Paine Wednesday afternoon
al 30. All the members are requested
to be present TO transact business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Legends OF Old Newgate.

The number of persons confined in
the caverns at one time occasionally,
exceeded 100, and not few noted con-
victs served terms of imprisonment
there. Many are the legends that
cluster about the crumbling walls, and
every turn in the underground passages
suggests some story Of one or another
of the convicts who have been confined
in their dark recesses. AS he leads the
way from point to point the guide de-
lights to recall these tales, and before
you leave the place you feel that you
have added to your circle of acquaint-
ances number of more than doubtful
clara cters. Among them are the negro
Jake; Dublin, the Incorrigible; Henry
Wooster, the daring Tory; "Priest
Parker and "Old Guinea" with many
others of less note-New England
Magazine,
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.>F0R ! TIE!
ENNZSZME
@1;;!ssssss
VIW
60

Iced Currants-Heat II white OF
two eggs until light, but not stiff
Add one-quarter cup of water and
beat together. Dip large currants,
one bunch at a time, int the egg and
water, drain for minute, then roll
in powdered sugar. Let the bunches
lie on paper until dry.
Hard Gingerbread-Hal cupful
of sugar, half cupful Of molasses,
half a cupful of hot water, heaping
teaspoonful Of ginger. one heapinG
teaspoonful of body, two tablespoon.
fuls of shortening. Flour enough to
make it stiff. Don't roll, but put in a
shallow tin with the hand.
Steam Peach Pudding-Add two
xaspoonfu!s of baking powder and
a half-teaspoonfu of salt to two cup.
fuls of flour; sift twice and add
enough milk to make a thick batter
Beat thoroughly and rut teaspoon
full of butter in each of six buttered
CUPS; add a thick layer of thlnly
:liced, sweetened peaches; fill the
CUPS with batter, set in O steamer
over boiling water for half an hour;
serve hot with peach syrup.
Braised Cucum5ers-Take as many
cucumbers as are required, peel them
and cut into tWo-inch lengths. Cover
the bottom of saucepan with few
slices of fat bacon. Put in the pieces
of cucumber, with a sliced carrot and
onion, a Glove, a teaspoonful of
chopped parsley and half teaspoon
full of sweet herbs for each large Gu
cumber, with plpperand salt to taste.
Cover the cucumbers with other
slices of fat bacon and fill the sauce
pan with Sufficient stock to cover the
whole Stew it gently for one hour
and serve it as an entree as an ac-
comma MIN ant n T~nttnn or lamb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Why 1t Doesn't Save.

Do you find your gas-stove a real
economizer? If not, may not these
be some of the reasons:
Lighting burners before ready to
use them.
Baking but one thing at time.
Heating water or cooking in un-
covered vessels.
Placing small vessels upon large
burners.
Using large burners when a small
one would do.
Not turning out the fame before
removing food.
Not lowering thee fame when
food is already boiling.
Heating tlatirons with nothing
over them.
And would it not be worth while
to make use Of these suggestions?
For the gas-stove can be, and should
be, an economizer:
Matches are cheaper than gas.
Learn to read the metre-a simple
little clock.
Soak dried foods before cooking
them.
Heat water in the oven after the
baking Is over.
When baking biscuits broil beef
steak below the same blaze. Both
require quick heat, ard both done
at the same moment.
Try the experts rule of putting
loaf cake into an almost cold oven
and baking with only one burner.
Use a steam-cooker if possible, as
a whole dinner, from roast to pud-
ding, may be perfectly cooked in 1t
upon a simmering burner in three
hours.-P Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Oldest Fixed Date 4241 B. G.

Professor James II. Breasted, the
Egyptologist Of the University of Chi
cago, announced in an article in the
Biblical World, that the Oldest fixed
date in history is 4241 B. c. In thai
year, he says, the calendar was es'
tablished, the year beginning on Whai
would now be July 10. Consequently
the calendar now in use is 6147 years
old. The professor arrived at these
conclusions during his long explor'
alton trip to the Nile valley, when ne
compared the astronomical dates II
the old and middle Kingdoms o!
Egypt. Professor Breasted recently
returned from Egypt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Temperance Notes.

England has s91 100000 invested
in breweries in this country.
Wisconsin has sos towns, villages
and cities without licenses, and sly
in which bar-rooms are permitted.
Mr.. Cough said of moderate drink
ing that Every drunkard becomes
so trying TO he a moderate drinker
and falling
According TO the census of 1901
there were 27,707 barmaids IN
England and Wales. OF that number.
1882 were in London.
West Virginia has Local Option in
force in about two-thirds OF the
State.
The movement toward the eight.
hour day seems to he gaining ground
in Scotland, especially in one dlrec'
ton. Many business firm are adVo'
eating late opening in the saloons
not earlier than ten o'clock in the
unorning-and early closing.
The police of Paris regularly visit
the places where liquor are sold, to
have the spirits chemically examined.
The specimens are sent to city Ia
Loratory. and, if they are found to
be adulterated. the entire stock ls
seized and emptied into a sewer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
The Kitchen Sink.

The ideal sink is of porcelain with
rolled edge, round corners, porcelain
back and open plumbing without
crack or crevice for dirt or the ever
ready water bug. He is ready still,
but he must live in the open and not
lie concealed. A white enamel sink
is almost as good as the porcelain and
much less expensive. Soapstone and
slate are very good, and so, too, is
the copper-lined sink. The great
danger in the porcelain and enameled
sinks is the breaking of delicate
china and glass. The copper lining
is much the best for that. The
wooden drain boards tipping slightly
toward the sink are a great conven-
ience. Frequently rubber mats with
toughened surfaces are placed on
these to keep the dishes from slip
ping. There are, besides, wire and
nickel-plated dish-drainers, which
will keep the plates separated one
from another while draining.-Har-
per'S BaZar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
CHAPTER VII.
THE ATTACK.

Just where we halted ran q little
stream of water.
I looked at it, and an idea struck me.
Probably there would be no water on
the koppie.
I suggested this to our captain, and
acting on the hint lie directed all the
men to drin..s what they could, and also
to fill the seven or eight cooking pots
which we had With us with water.
Then came the crucial moment.
How were we to get possession of the
koppie.
When our captain asked me, l said
that thought we had better march up
and take it. and this accordingly we
went OH to do.
When we came to the narrow gate
way we were, as I expeced. stopped
by two soldiers who were on guard
there and asked our business.
The captain answered that we had
changed our mind and would follow on
to Wambe's kraal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Rural Delivery in Aid of Temperance.

ItUf6l DcliVcfy ih Aio VI 1ShiPeAe
Mr. James L. Sphinx, one of the
best known travelling men of the
Northwest, has just returned from
a long trip through the country dis
tricts of Minneapolis and reports the
success of free rural delivery OF let
ters along a line that can hardly
have been anticipated by those in
strumental in establishing the sys-
tenn.
In one of the towns where MI.
Sphinx sold goods he overheard a
saloon-keeper discussing rural de-
livery and advancing arguments why
the plan should be done away with.
The main poinI he made was that IL
ruined business.
"Why," said Mr.. Saloon-keeper,
when men came into town every
day for their mail they were sure
to drop into my place while they
were waiting; everybody treated
everybody else, and it made trade
lively. Now the farmers come INTO
town but two or three times a week
and more often but once, and the
worst of it is they don't happen TO
come In together for they only come
in for groceries or some other sup
plies, and no two mems supplies are
apt to give out at exactly the same
time. This, you see, does away with
the matter of treating and reduces
trade tremendously. It's running
business, tell you
Mr.. Sphinx took pains to inquire
NJ the business men he traded with
as TO the correctness of the saloon
keepers judgment, finding that it
was generally conceded that rural
delivery had materially affected 'tne
liquor traffic in the small towns anu
gives promise of being a mos'
effective means of increasing tem-
perance among the farmers.-Mln-
neapolis Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Ek2G6
1UkdGY'
RreAkRH ;
3R'I2uob1o' s.
THIS TO WIN.

Who swings with every wind that blow1i
Or changes with each changing tide, ~
Into the harbor of success -.
His craft will never guide.
Through storm or shine, 'gainst wind an
wave,
With never-lagging courage he
Must steer his vessel ever on,
Straight over LIES rough sea.
To breast the storm, the winds defeat. !.
The waves o'ercome-this is to win. y
Who labors thus will hear at last
The summons: Enter in"
Arthur j. Burdick, in Los Angeles
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
A Homc-Inyented Clothes-O Closet.

AS my sleeping room had no
clothes closet, I obtained board
twelve inches wide and four feet
long. This was fastened securely to
the wall by means of brackets, just
high enough for me to reach conven-
iently. Into the board screwed
about two dozen hooks-the kind
made to fasten into the under side
of shelves. This made ample room
for the clothes that were needed
most, and has an advantage over
hooks put up against the wall, in
that the clothes do not crush nearly
so badly. Some pretty curtains
reaching from the shelf to the floor
were used to drape the closet.-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
jSREA HOUSEHOLD. D.AXsQ L
g'}HES2E sATTERS TN@
~QS2okn gas so ~
For Washing Silk.

An old recipe for washing silk OF
any kind or color is as follows: Put
the silk, one piece at time, into a
basin containing alcohol, soft soap
and common black molasses, in equal
parts. Work the silk up and down
in this mixture, avoiding creasing the
silk if any rubbing has to be done.
When clean, hold the silk in one
hand, and after drawing the liquid
into the basin with the other, lay in
clear, cold water. Rinse in this and
keep changing the water until it is
clear. Do not wiring the silk at any
time during the process. Hang, drip
ping, on the line, until partially
dried, then press on the wrong side.
Good Housekeeping.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
The Civilization OF Africa.

The combination of landowners sur
rounding Donya Sabok, spot which
the lion, rhino, buffalo, giraffe and
eland seem to have adopted as home
of shelter and safety, have resolved
to protect, in a degree, a preservation
Of their rights and the animals as well.
The game of the country at present
plays a big part in the assets OF our
infant colony, and it is the duty of
both officials and settlers to see that
laws regarding shooting and trapping
of wild animals are rigidly enforced.-
From the Nairobi British East AfrlcW
Globe Trotter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
A Gentle Call.

Sometimes the Christian life be-
gins verys.simply, especially, with the
young. Among those who have been
under good influences in the home,
the Church, the ~Sabbath=school and
have been living sweet and gentle
lives, free from grosser forms of evil,
it is unreasonable to expect any vio-
lent experience" or marked change
in the outward manner Of living.
Failing to recognize this fact,
many parents continue to wrestle'
with the Lord in prayer for the con-
version of their children long after
the change has really taken place;i
while the children and young people
themselves, on account of the same
mistaken impression, continue long
in strong efforts and deep, rnsatts-
fled longings to become Christians
after God has indeed accepted them
and they are actually living devoted.
ly in His service.
It is well for us all to recognize
how simply and quietly the Christian
life sometimes begins. .H
A thoughtful girl of sixteen years,
living in the country ut a distance
from the, church. which made at
tendance irregular, read, on, a Sum
day, the memoir of a Christian wom-
an. -On closing the volume, she said
to herself, THAT was a beautiful
life" And after little thought,
she added, And 7 should like to live
such a life" A few minutes later.
she knelt down and said, Lord, 7
will try from this time"
The decision was made. She went
on steadily, and Is still useful and
influential Christian woman, hon
ored and beloved, and widely known
for her beautiful and devout charac-
ter.-G. B. F. Hallock, D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
The Measuring-Rod.

Let us measure our duty in giving.
What shall be the measuring-rod?
/. Your capacity. "She hath done
what she could" -
2. Opportunity. "As we have
therefore opportunity, let us do good,
unto all men, -. .~
g.. Your convictions. THAT SER,
want which knew his Lords will and
prepared not himself, neither did ac-
cording to His will, shall be beaten
with many stripes" -,
4. The necessities Of others. IL
q brother or a sister be naked or des-
titute of daily food" etc. p
5. The providence of God Let
every man lay by him in store as God
hather prospered him."
6.,Symmetry of character. Abound
in this grace also"
7. Your own happiness. 1T Is
more blessed to give than to receive"
8. Gods glory. Honor God with
your substance. ."-Watchman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Beware of Pride.

Let US beware Of pride. Some are
proud of their lace, others, OF their
race, others of place, others Of their
face, others of grace. I have met
people who were proud of their hui
mility; and I rather think I was
proud once of a sermon on the
"Grace of Lowliness. Nothing shows
more truly when a nature is out or
uniun with Christ than the obtrusion
of the self-life and the boast OF vain
glory.
For such a state of mind chastise-
ment is inevitable, and who would
not rather trust himself to God than
man? David knew that GODS mer-
cies were many and tender, and cast
himself into His hands. Why do we
dread God so much as not to trust
Him with our lives, that He may DO
according to His good pleasure?-F.
B. Meyer, in London Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
India. China Railroad Urged.

The commissioner of commerce of
Burmah strongly urges the building
of a railroad into western China, as
the present pack-animal transport
collapses four months annually, ow-
ing to the rains. The commissioner
adds that India's future land trade in
China is doomed to stagnation until
the railroad is constructed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
A Test of God.

There is an old legend OF an en-,
..hanted cup filed with poison and puE
treacherously into kings hand. Hs
signed the sign of the cross, ana
named the name Of God over 1t, and
II shiyered in his grasp. Do you take
this name Of the Lord as tests
Name Him over many cup whicn
you are eager to drink Of, the glitter.
ing fragments will lie at your test
and the poison be spilled on ing
ground. What you cannot lift peiote
His pure eyes, and think OF Hin
while you enjoy, is not for you'-Af
exander Maclaren, D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Christ's Claim.

God will have every common man
who has known Christ, to come 10 q
decision about Him. This is Wnas
Christ came into the world for. anu
we to whom He has been presented all
our lives, can, least Of all, hope 70
ESCAPE. The claims Of Christ on ing
world are not going to be settled Dy
our authorities. His last appeal u
not to the VISIONS or the powers o.
the world, but to the common huma9
heart, with all its prejudice and pas
sion; it is to you and to me.-Georse
Adam Smith.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Day and Night Bank.

The directors of the Third National
Bank of Baltimore have decided tc
keep the bank open twenty-four
hours every business day in the year.
This is said to be the first all night
national bank in the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

Old Tom Corwin, as he was famil-
iarly known, Governor of Ohio, United
States Senator and Secretary OF the
Treasury in Fillmore's Cabinet, used to
say: "Be solemn-all the monuments
are raised to solemn asses"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Eirst Result of self.Irnprovemcnt.

Every real and searching effort al
self-ir,provement is OF itself lesson
of profound humility. For we can,
not move step without learning ana
feeling the waywardness, the weak
ness, the vacillation OF ourmoVcments
or without desiring to be set upon
the Rock that is higher than cur
selyes.-W. E. Gladstone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
The Greatest.

He that is least in Tho Kingdom OF
Heaven is s eater than he that
greatest outsidc.-Jossph Parker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

1t isn't woman's rights that some
women are constantly clamoring for;
it's all the rights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Surprising Harvest in Hungary. I

The crop report of the Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture estimates
that this years harvest will exceed
those of the last twenty-five years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Occupants Own Farms,

Nearly sixty per cent. of the farms
IN the United States belong to theit
occupants. i