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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
Tbe Times Daily Short Story.


yancing toward her, he slipped his
arm around her waist and, raising her
face, put his lips TO hers. He had in
tended to give her seant measure, but
somehow when his lips had got into
position he lost power to take them
away. The consequence was that the
clock on the mnntel licked many sec
onds before the kiss was finished.
Then Sonia said;
Now l will 60 Ivan"
Ivan followed her to the door and as
she was about to depart said;
a kiss is a little thing to pay you
for giving me up, very little thing
If you wish / win give you another"
mo, Ivan; you have paid in full. 1
will not take another"
She stood with her hand resting on
the doorknob. Ivan very near her
'If you will give me back the one !
have given" he said, Il will send the
COW to your mother in exchange"
"That's fair bargain" she replied.
Again Ivan slipped his arm about
her waist, raised her face and took a
long kiss
She opened the door and was going
out when he called her back.
Come to the hearth" he said. land
warm yourself before going out into
the cold"
Again she stood by the hre, and Ivan
said:
'For another kiss will send horse
to your father"
Il think perhaps father might use
another horse"
This Tins the kiss was longer than
any Of the others. When it was I'm
ished Sonia asked:
why did you bring me back to the
hearth? / was not cold"
my horse is very valuable. I wish
ed to be within hearing of the clock to
count it's beats and be sure / was get
ting good measure"
Would you like your horse and COW
backg"
How could l get them|
She looked down into the fame
"0h, yes; | will buy each back for q
kiss
Il do not mean that"
what do you meanP
"You may have them back II you
will marry me"
Ivan repurchased his horse and his
cow by giving himself for them. For
tunately for him, be did not get
shrew, but an excellent wife.
II. A. mitchell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

on above the knees which is trimmed
with groups Of tuclSs or alternating
rows Of tucks and inset lace
Plque Is again smart summer fabric
for tailored gowns A particularly
smart model has a box plated skirt
and box plated blouse cut low at the
neck and without sleeves. This waist
IS worn with lingerie blouse, Fall
ing sleeves, drooping hat brims and a
less defined waist line are some Of the
prevailing styles In early fashions
Skirts seem to be Of two kinds one
most heavily loaded with trimming and
the other d long plain clingirg skirt
almost devoid 81 trimming unless it be
at the hem These are az course both
skirts ot a dressy nature
The illustration shows a smart little
dress Of pongee in a new plaid effect.
with green lines on the natural pongee
background The waist is IN the Ia
vorite Jumper style, With a guimpe Of
cream coiored lace. The skirt Is plat.
cd in groups. JUDO CHoLLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
DONNA NEARLY COMPLETE.
And 4ss Of 524 Members Hove Been
Selected.

St. etersburg, Feb. 81 Four hundred
and sixty.three Of the 5s4 members Of
Parliament have now been selected. The
party Of the Left predominates- The
city Of Mini. Noygorod has elected a
member Of the Group Of Toll, Or. Dol
g1polofI, who IS an exile as the result Of
the part which he took in spreading the
oelal-revolutionaTy propaganda
The Social Democrats and Social Re
volutionists arc comforting on the sub
ret Of the tactics which they are TO
follow in Parliament. The general inn
preston is that they are opposed to
any measures likely to precipitate
another dissolution Of Parliament The
sIovo today publishes interviews with
prominent members Of thn Constitutions
IL Democratic party who are quoted as
declaring that Parliament must first
make a stand against revolution The
leaders arc opposed to a general attempt
to solve the agrarian problem during
the sessions Of the coming Parliament.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

as correspondents. The trial win dis
close crimes Of various kinds, including
robberies and perhaps attempted assas-
sination'
Miss Wood Is herself an attorney,
and it Il probable that she has taken
an active part In the preparation Of
her own legal papers She attracted a
great amount Of newspaper notice about
the time Of Senator Platt's marriage to
Mrs. Lillian r. ganeway, in October,
1908. Miss Wood, who was then en-
ployed in the postoffiee department III
Washington, insisted that she had been
given reason 10 believe she would be-
come Mrs. Platt, and. in revenge, an
nouneed that she would publish Sena-
tor Platt's letters 10 her under the title
of 'I.oyc Letters of Boss"
Frank Plat, son Of the senator, had
an opportunity To see the love letters
before they were given to the public.
As result there was a compromise and
they were not published.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
ACCUSE SIOESSEL
OF COW ARDICE
Secret Report Of The Defence Of Port
Arthur Has Been Made Public.

81. Petersburg, Feb Ara copy Of
the seeert report On the defence II Port
Arthur, which is tie basis Of the in
Gietment on which Lieutenant General
Stoessel, Lieutenant General Fock who
commanded tie Fourth East Siberian
Division at Port Arthur, and Major
General Reiss, chief of staff of General
Stoessel, are standing trial for their
lives before the supreme conrtmaTtial,
Las been made public 1t Il Of the
greatest interest as explaining the de-
eision To try these three officers and
role prose-qui the other defenders of
Port Arthur. The report which was
! ritten by Lieutenant General Smir.
nod, the actual commander Of the fort
Ttss, Stoessel being commander Of the
Kwantung Peninsula, is sensational in
the extreme and categorically accuses
Stoessel Of cowaFdice and incapaeity
end finally Of the deliberate treason
able Fastening IF the surrender to save
his own life aud Ii defiance OF the de-
cisions Of two successive councils Of
war. The report is biased in the ex.
tTeme, breathes the most bitter per
snnal enmity and shows that the high
officers Of the Port Arthur garrison the
darkest days of the siege were almost
at each others throats. Only the late
MAJOR General Kondratenko, command.
e. of The Seventh East Siberian Rifles,
had the confidence Of both sides.
The report explains the references
made in General Kmoptkin's report Of
General Stoessel's decentralization Of the
garrison The Indictment is summed
M in the conclusion OF General smirn-
on as follows;
"a series Of objectionable blunders
outside the fortress due to the ienor
ance and lack Of military capacity and
martial proves Of Generals Stoessel
and Frock brought abont the invest
ment Of the fortress several months
earlier than necessary and after the in
ycstmeut a desire for undersigned glory
moved Stoessel TO interfere in the de.
fence with unfortunate results Fin
ally, at the last period Of the siege,
Stoesse usurped my authority Ni.h the
assistance Of Generals Frock ard Reiss
and committed treason ia srrrendering
suddenly AMI prematureiy ] regard our
defeat at Mukden as a direct result Of
tits treason
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
hi Aid tha roiIlna Infants.

And now conservative Missouri has
found that it has to wrestle with the
child labor problem. There is state
law which when framed was thought
to be sufficient TO prevent the great
evil OF child labor Recently, however,
investigation has shown that the law
was either not enforced or was made
quate. State Factory Inspector Hitler
win have introduced in the Legislature
this winter more carefully drawn
and drastic bill.
According to the inspector, there are
now toiling IN the big factories of st.
Louis for a mere pittanco thousands
Of little children whose opportunities
for education and advancement have
been forever sacrificed to the remorse
less god Of gain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
1919 prrsa-Bs7f. sfa5.

wreaths being composed OF gold ber-
ries and leaves, with a veil Of gold or
silver gauze floating behind Another
pretty fancy is the wreath OF forget
menots and tiny button roses tied ut
the side with true lovers knot or how
OK velvet
II anything the spring cloths are
more supple than ever. and in making
them So the manufacturers have sue
ceeded without lessening their quality
or tint AS for the colors. the shades
are more varied than ever. and the ma
ture schemes are followed most faith
fully
The shirt waist dress ia the picture
il OF linen in coarse canvas weave
that Is peculiarly effective aud is 90
ing to be very smart next summer The
yoke is the new feature.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
FRIBBLEs or FASHION.
skirt Models That Viii BE Popular
The Garter saehet.

skirt Models That viii BE Popular.
The Garter sachet.
There are number OF new models
in separate Skirts for spring. which In
dicate the continued vogue Of sepa-
safe skirts and waists. The plated
skirt is most prominent, with numer-
Gus graceful variations. smooth ft
over the hips seems TO be the most inn
portant point about all these skirts.
Knife plated models made OF two tone
striped gray wool in dark eoloring are
very smart. The plaits are stitched Eat
the depth OF the hips, then well pressed
TO retain the shape >and finished
around the bottom with a wide, neatly
turned hem.
Dainty women are putting delicately
perfumed snchets In their corsets UNI
der the bust laces. Garter scent bags
which 81 comieally each side Of the
garter top are a French freak
In bridesmaids attire wells and en-
pire wreaths have superseded hats, the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

Unquestionably preparation o r
healthy maternity is accomplished by
Lydia Il. Pinkhams Vegetable Conn
pound more successfully than by any
other medicine, because it gives tone
and strength to the entire feminine
organism and renders 1t perfectly
normal.
A woman in good physical condition
transmits TO her children the bless
ings of good constitution. Read
what Lydia H. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Sullivan, $50
Z! 9TH Street, Fiatbush, M x,
What blessing Lydia z. Pinkhanl $
Vegetable Compound il to motherhood. I
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eplendid condition Of our health That | am
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Is entirely due to your excellent remedy
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] took IL for five months before baby came
and it brought me an easy confinement and
kept me strong, whereas ! was weak and in
perfectly miserable health oh tho time when
my first three children were born
Mrs. Geo. Walters Of Woodlawn,
H., also writes:
II feel ii my duty 10 tell of the good Lydia
4. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound has
done me and to recommend it to all expec-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
Horrible Brutality on the
Part Of Mob
JEW BATTING CONTINUES
Five Persons Killed Outright and Scores
Injured, Some So Badly That
They Will Eventually
Die.

Bucharest, Feb. "a. Details Of the
anti.Jewish riots reaching here yester-
day from Kishineff tell Of horrible bru-
tally on the part Of the mob, which has
carried on . reign Of terror in that city.
The leaders Of the jew batting had
arrived at Kishineff from Odessa, ana
after stirring up the riot forced an en-
trance TO synsgogues, where they de-
stroyed costly fittings and attacked the
worshippers, beating ana stabbing the
men and causing terror among the wo-
men.
Five persons were killed outright and
scores We're injured, many SO badly that
ther will die. Following the disorders
in the synagogies there was a looting
of the Jewish shops and street disorders
which caused hundreds Of families to flee
to Roumania.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
ECZEMA GERM DISCOVERED
Or. Dennis, Well Known Specialist, Elk
plains Discovery in Official Report.

DR.. Dennis, Well Known Specialist, Elk
plains Discovery in ofHcial Report.
In a paper read before the National
Medical society IN Chicago, Dr. y. D.
Dennis explained his experiments which
led up to the discovery OF the eczema
germ.
This discovery has settled the long
disputed questions that skin diseases are
due not to condition Of the blood,
but to disease of the skin itself DR..
Dennis explained that cures could be eff
fected only by curing the skin through
the skin. The majority Of skin suffer
ers, be said, were entirely healthy in
all other respects, showing no pathology
cal symptoms.
by applying certain harmless vegeta-
bic ingredients direct to the injured skin
the doctor explained how the diseased
condition could be relieved instantly,
taking away The terrible itch ami Lead
ing to an early cure.
The reading Of the paper was fobwed
by general discussion in which a mum
Der of Chicago's most eminent physicians
participated IN reply TO several ques-
tions, Dr. Dennis defended his course in
having permitted the D. D. D. Co. of
Chicago To put out his prescription in
original bottles to be sold at 81 bot
tie, instead Of stating his formula only
to brother physicians, who could then
prescribe the remedy. DR.. Dennis said
there were thousands of sufferers from
skin diseases who could not or would
not pay the regular fees for being I'M
der the care Of a physician, so that the
same results could be accomplished by
selling ID. u. ID Prescription" in orig
inal bottles through the druggists. He
declared that he did not consider his
remedy patent medicine in the ordi-
nary sense of tile word, which was eyi-
denced BY the fact that while some bro
ther physicians had apparently grown
Jealous Of him, others were freely direct
ing their patients to use p. D. p. Pre-
scription for eczema and similar dis
eases.
After DIR. Dennis had concluded, Dr..
A. b Hartley Of Albany, N. Al, read a
paper ON tubercnlar infections
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
A Russian Courtship
fOriginai.1

lOriglnal,l
Ivan Shouvalief, a small Russian
farmer, was one morning hoeing in his
little patch of ground when he saw
Sonia Nichaelovitch come in at the
gate and so to his house. Ivan knew
very well what she was going there
for, In Russia among certain classes
1t is customary for the. girls to do the
courting. A girl who wishes a man
for a husband goes to his house and
begs him TO marry her. If he doesn't
want her and turns her out, her rela-
tiYes win take revenge upon him for
what is considered an insult. Ivan was
a bachelor and knew that Sonia was
coming to ask him to marry her. She
saw him working in his field, but pre-
tended that she did not Her object
was to get into the house, knowing
that once there she would have every
advantage. Going to the door, she
knocked and, receiving no response,
opened 1t and went in.
Ivan leaned on his hoe handle and
scratched his head He believed all the
ills that fall upon men come from wo.
men. He had had nm uncle whose wife
was n shrew and had seen his uncle
under the lash of her tongue. Conse-
quently he had not only resolved that
he would never marry, but lived in
dread lest some woman should get him
III spite Of his resolve. And now one
had effected an entrance into his eta
del, and he saw defeat staring him In
the face
With a sigh he went to the house.
There stood Sonia by the hearth, on
which she had thrown some fresh
wood. She looked up with an embar-
rassed smile, color oyerspreading her
face.
what do you wish, soniaT Ivan
asked.
Il wish to be your wife, Ivan"
DO you not know that / have re-
solved never to marry"
Eyes; / have heard that"
'erhen why do you come here?'
To this question the girl made no
reply.
There are better men than want
you. Some OF them have ton times the
land have, with many cattle besides. ("
"And there are better girls than l
want you, girls with much more dowry
than mine"
"Then why not both choose for our
aelves?"
n have chosen"
Ivan stood n picture Of irresolution.
he was like one drawn into vortex
without power to resist On the one
hand was the girl. the freight tingelng
er face. pair Of neat ankles protrud-
~ below her short skirt On the other
hand was his shrewish aunt whom he
onld never bnnish from his remem-
brancev
Suppose" he said presently chat
#make your mother present Of my
hest cow
HShe does not wish q COW"
"And horse FOR your father"
sHe has already an the stock he can
uee"
rs there nothing can give to gain
Immunity"
sonia mused awhile before replying
hcn ahc looked down into the FIRE and
said softly
eyes ivan; there IS one thing Give
me that, ard WIN DEPART
aWhat IL itg' asked Ivan.
"a kiss"
con. that Ii easily giXen@ And ad-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
HARVARD Is
STILL IN GAME
Will Not Abandon Game Of
Foot Ball
SAYS PRESIDENT ELIOT
He Declares That the Game Has Been
Changed, and That II Is There
fore Satisfactory to
Him.
SAYS PRESIDENT ELIOT

Boston, Feb ~ -Football win be
played at Harvard university next fall
according to statements made by Presi.
dent Charles w. Eliot which were made
public yesterday.
Il had been generally supposed that
President Eliot was opposed to football
and the recommendations Of the special
investigating committee which was APP
pointed some time ago to make q report
on the general sabjeet Of athletics has
been awaited with some concern by the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
at is FALSE is PLATT'S
REPLY TO MISS WOOD
Admits His Divorce Suit, But Denies
Every Allegation Made.

Washington, Feb, 27.--Wben Senator
Thomas G. Platt was questioned yester-
day concerning the reported fling Of an
action against him FOR divorce by Miss
Mae Catherine Wood his old-time
rtmesis- in the New York supreme
court, he said;
1T Is true that suit Of divorce has
been fled. For the present | do not care
to discuss the case In the newspapers.
deny her allegations in every particular
Trey are as false as false can be-
Miss Wood has long been threatening
to sue Mr. Plat for divorce claiming
To have abundant evidence that she and
the aged New York senator were mar
ried.
II is understood that Miss Wood pro-
ftsses to have IN her possession one OF
more letters from the senator which up
hold her contention OF marriage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
nrlttnnr marrlnrs custo,n

In Brittany there is said to prevail a
curious marriage custom. On certain
fete days the young ladies appear Ia
red pettieoats, with white or yellow
borders around them The number OF
borders denotes the portion the father
is willing 10 give his daughter. Each
white band denotes silver-l00 francs
per annum; each yellow band repre-
sents gold-1.000 francs a year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
ALIVE in A ToMB7
4Ae Strange Case Of Young Russian
Woman.

Rome, Feb. 27.-The story Of weird
vigil Is told by correspondent who
writes from San Reno In a vault OF
a church there, he says, watch
is kept night and day over the body Of
young Russian woman which is re-
posing in a coffin.
The woman, who was married, was
eonsumptive. a fortnight ago her
death was duly certified to and her body
was removed to the place where it now
Is.
Eleven days later the womsn's rela-
tives arrived from Russia and the coffin
was opened The body was found to
show no signs of death, The skin was
soft and retained the tints Of life and
the lips were crimson The eyes were
vide opened and conveyed an uncanny
impression that they saw. Doctors were
hastily summoned, but were unable to
account for the strange condition of the
body. 1t is being watched in case ami
nation should return.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
Mae Wood Gets After U. S.
Senator
WILL CAUSE SENASTION
Says She Has Named 10 Women as Co.
respondents and Announces That
Trial Will Disclose Many
Crimes.

New York. Feb. 27.-suit has been
brought in the supreme court Of this
city by Miss Mae Catherine Wood
against United States Senator Thomas
G. Platt, and there is every likelihood
that II will create sensation when it
comes to trial.
Miss Wood, who Is at Colon, Mich,
is quoted as saving:
n instituted divorce proceedings on
December "a last in New York against
Senator Platt through my attorney, Mr..
I0'Flaherty | have named 10 women
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
The "COPPER"

1t is not uncommon to fnd the cpl
thet "dopperD applied TO Boer, as If
the terms were synonymous. The name
"dopper" is really derived from the
Dutch word for an extingulsher, and
It is properly applied only to the mem
bers OF religious sect which is de-
sirous OF extingulshing all theological
opinions OF later date than the IA.
nous synod Of bort
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
CONFESSED HE POISONED
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
Husband Arrested After Shamming Ill
infatuated With Another.

Denver, Coll Feb 27-Beniamin q,
Wright, solicitor for the international
Correspondents school Of Scranton, Pa
il in jail on charge Of murder, having
confessed to the chief Of police Monday
right that he poisoned his wife and
daughter, who were found dead Monday
ii their homo in this city. Inflammation
for Stella Good, on whose account the
police say Wright had neglected his
family. Il supposed to have been the
motive fer the crime, According to the
statements Of hospital physicians,
Wright had taken no poison, and was
slalnming Monday when he seemed to
Ne unconscious. He has not disclosed
the nature of the poison given his wife
and child Following Wright's con.
fession, Stella Good was arrested at
Colorado Springs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

The custom OF inscribing upon tomb
stones was IN vogue among the Greeks
aud Romans The Greeks only did this,
however, I'll the case Of their illustri-
GUS men. but when Roman died he
was duly buried near highway aud
on his tombstone was carved q suIta-
bic Inscription, which Ia the majority
Of cases began with "sta, viator" stop.
traveller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
nonrI ON the Unmarried.

The north Frlslans are very unmer.
ciful to people who don't marry. One Of
their legends says that after death old
maids are doomed to cut stars out OF
the sun when It has sunk below the
horizon. and the ghosts Of the old bach
elors must blow them up in the east,
running. like lampllghters, all night up
and down q ladder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
lmportant Labor peolsIon.

Judge Gaskill OF the superior court
Of Boston recently gave one OF the
most important labor decisions ever
heard ia Massachusetts, It was that a
labor union has right to fine any
member who does not accede to the de-
mand OF the union and quit work in an
establishment where a strike has been
ordered by the union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
MR.. WHITE GIVEN FAREWELL
AUDIENCE WITH ITALY's KING
Presents Letters Of Recall Previous 70
Departure for Paris Post.

Rome, Feb ~ King Victor Emman-
mel yesterday received in private andi-
ence the American ambassador, Henry
White, who presented his letters Of re-
cali, previous to his departure for Paris,
wher he succeeds Robert s. Mccormick
as. ambassador to France.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

Demerara, III British Guiana, was at
one time a regular pest hole. ZOO OF the
Royal artillery having died there in
one season But, owing to irrigation
drainage and all the latest sanitary i'm.
proyements, as the advertising gag
has it, Demerara is now health re
sort.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

In some of the CITIES Of Europe the
cost Of putting out fire is made
charge upon the property OF The person
Tor whose benefit the fire department
Is called out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27

The neatest town in the world is
Brock, In Holland. SO tidy are the in
habitants that they viii not allow
horses in the street. II contains a pop
uiation Of 200. and the chief industry
is the making OF Edam cheese.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-27
Pope LOSES HOPE.
Expects No Immediate End to the Strug-
Gle in France.

Rome, Feb. 27.-It i said IN CathoIi,
circles that the pope has declared to thS
French episcopacy that il must not hope
for anything more from providence Al
ter some years OF trial the church will
triumph in tine present struggle, AZ she
always has trinmphed in secular strug-
giles in the past