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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
The Apron.

Lawn and lace, you know the kind
I'm a foolish little apron
With blue bowknots on my pockets,
And pert strings that tie behind;
But ! wreak the deadliest havoc
That the heart of maid could wish,
When she wears me, experimenting
Rarebits in chatting dish.
Be 1t boys Of gay and twenty
Or grave widowers, two score,
BE it benedict, or even
The elusive bachelor
When they meet my ways beguiling,
Oh, | chuckle while / win!
For they all say she is somehow,
$50 intensely feminine;"
She has given up athletics;
It's no longer worth her while
To acquire tan and freekles-
Golf meant man va weary milel
I'm a foolish little apron,
But there's nothing that can vie
In mans heart with such a combine
IA that chatting dish and !.
Harper's Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
7be Times Daily Short Story.

she was reading. Lastly. IL occurred
to him that for some reason he could
not understand she might have desired
to kiss him.
These thoughts flashed one after the
other IN his mind while the train was
speeding through the tunnel lie Roy
held the two hands In his despite fran.
tie efforts to get them away tlll this
last supposltion occurred 20 him. Then
suddenly be released his grasp.
In ten or fifteen seconds more the
train shot out OF the tunnel. lie Roy
at once examined the faces OF bis fell
low passengers. The man was looking
out OF the window. with bis back turn
ed. so that his features were not wish
Bile. The gil looked trlae Clustered,
though not so much so but that lie Roy
thought be might have attributed her
appearance 20 his own Imagination.
The young woman opposite sat with
her book on her lap aud raised II the
moment the train ran out into the
light. She seemed to be breathing
quickly. bpt lie Roy was not sure but
this, too, was an appearance created
by his imagination. He turned bis
gaze from one TO the other 70 uncer-
tainty. The train rolled on; the man
continued TO look out Of the window:
the girl leaned her head back In a
cushioned corner and closed her eyes;
the young woman opposite turned page
after page. lie Roy was so interested
IN watching and studying them that
for a time be forgot TO feel for bis
poeketbook. When be did he found
that It was safe. and a glance assured
him that the bills were inside.
In perhaps ten minutes after the in
cident the train entered the outskirts
of town. The young woman opposite
glanced out of the window. shut up her
book, put Il In a satchel and prepared
to leave the car. AS she passed lie Roy
TO allght she accidentally grazed hts
knee. and she said in soft voice,
Pardon, monsieur"
After a few minutes stop the train
rolled out of the station on its way.
AS the car in which lie Roy sat passed
into the open he saw from his window
the woman driven in victoria on a
street running parallel with the track.
The driver and footman were in hand
some livery, poodle was on the front
seat, all beapealing an equipage be-
longing to one OF high station. The
young woman was leaning back Ian
guidly on the cushions as one who had
finished a tiresome journey.
II it was q case Of attempted rob-
berry, why the kiss? If the prime OBJ
lect was the kiss. who was the kisser
md whom did she kiss?
ROBINSON M'BRIDE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Bids For the Food Contracts
Are Opened
100000 POUNDS ASKED
Activity at the League Island Navy Yard
The Ships Are Beng Prepared
for the Coming Pacific
Cruise.

| Washington. D. c., Oct. 4.-Soon aftei
the determination was reached to dis
patch the battleship fleet on its Ions
cruise 10 the Pacific coast, the bureau
Of supplies and accounts Of the navy de
partment began preparing advertise
ments asking for bids for furnishing the
necessary food supplies. These adver-
tisements were sent to large dealers
throughout the country and their pro.
posals for furnishing the supplies needed
were opened at the bureau yesterday.
The amount asked for is approximately
, 100000 pounds, made up, perhaps. Of
two dozen different kinds OF articles OF
food besides quantities of fruit extracts,
eggs and table delieacies, aud are to be
delivered az the Brooklyn navy yard.
The items for which proposals were
asked included the following:
-Four hundred and seventy-hve thou
sand pounds Of timed peaches, $4,000
pounds OF timed apricots. $4,000 pounds
Of eYaporated milk, $4,000 pounds Of con-
densed milk, 250,000 pounds Of string
beans, 100000 pounds of timed peas,
similar amount of timed corn, 10000
pounds Of timed tomatoes, 100000
pounds Of rice, 100000 pounds OF spring
wheat flour, 10000 pounds of corn meal,
100000 pounds Of potatoes, 100000
pounds OF timed lard, 100000 pounds
Of fresh beef, 100000 pounds of fresh
mutton, 100000 pounds of salt pork,
100000 pounds Of timed cornbeef, 30O,-
L.. - 1. -.
various quantities OF other timed veg
etables and shredded fish, butter, glu-
cosc and fruit delicacies, mixed nuts,
etc, etc.
Only one Of the four American bid
beds for the contract Of CARRYING coal to
the feet viii get contract The three
other American bidders declined for one
reason or another, but oil of them in
their correspondence expressed their APP
probation of the generous offer Of the
president to ward them contracts at
limit Of so per cent above foreign bid
ders, The Edgar Luekenback company
of New York wrote explaining that the
firm preferred to retain its vessels in
the coastwise trade unless the navy de- |
partmenJ would agree to make time i
charter. Admiral Cowles Of the bureau /
Of equipment explained that the time
charter was impossible, as it would I!
bring the cost Of coal up to Sl3 or Sl5
a ton. The New England Coal & Coke |
company simply explained that it could /
not afford to carry the coal even at so I
per cent. above the foreign business. The |
Boston Towboat company wrote that
most of its boats were now in China !
and had not yet secured return eargoes,
and the firm could not afford to bring
them her unless time charter could be
given by the government.
AS result OF the declarations, about
o5 per cent. of the contracts win go TO
the foreign bidders. It is possible, how
ever, that some Of the American vessel
owners may get contracts later, as it
was intimated at the department that
the presidents offer might be held open
for time. The fleet will need coal at
The rate Of $4,000 to 1900 tons a month
sfter its arrival in the Pacific
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Was 1t TO Rob Him
OF Money or a Kiss?

rDriginni.l
When was a boy-I think was
conference.-the standing IN a railroad
station. a woman had never seen be-
fore surprised me by approaching me,
putting her arms about me and giving
me a kiss. Then she went away. look.
ing back at me admirlngly aud smiling
as though well satisfied both with her
self and me. confess her reason for
what she did was n mystery TO me,
and It has been something Of a mys-
terry ever since. The incident has noth-
ing to do with this story unless It may
serve for material on which to base an
opinion In similar case.
Fletcher Le Roy had been graduated
from college and was making a tour
abroad. One day he was travelling
through Switzerland in one Of those
railway coaches they have abroad
which are nothing more or less than a
string Of stagecoaches modernized and
built together. lie Roy was u hand
some fellow. with reddish curly hair,
blue eyes and exqulsitely curved lips.
which he did not cover by mustache.
In other words, he was tempting to a
woman, though to do bin justice he
was perfectly unconscious of his man
ly beauty and nothing disturbed him
more than to have it remarked upon
in bis hearing.
In the compartment with him were a
man, a girl of fourteen TO sixteen and
d young woman. The man and the girl
sat on the same side with lie Roy, the
young woman opposite. 1t suddenly
occurred to lie Roy that he might not
have funds to last him till be should
again reach point where be could get
more. After CHANGING at bis fellow
passengers to satisfy himself that he
might safely examine his funds before
them he took out his pocketbook and
counted number of new crisp notes
he had drawn in Paris. He had de-
terinined the amount and put the bills
back into his portemonnaie and the
Iportemonnaic into the left breast peck !
let of his coat when the train dashed |
into d tunnel under the Alps.
Not more than twenty seconds had |
ELAPSED after this entry when LIE Roy |
|felt hand on his right and Immediate
In another on his left breast. Some |
One who could not see him was feeling |
Ifo and out where he was. He grasped |
loth hands They were soft and small,
like woman's. In another moment |
he felt face against his cheek and a
|nair OF lips were pressed to his mouth. |
FrNere was no beard on the face. Tor
|rerhaps ten seconds those lips were
4Iued to his, then they were with
drawn. and their owner made vigor-
oias attempt to get away. Both hands
sare held Id lie Roy's grip. In vain
fsYe woman--if she were a woman
STRUGGLED only to be held the tighter
{For i time lie Roy never doubted that
what he had experienced was an at
4offssjf To rob him. Bat the kiss what
did III mean? Was the person he held
fhe yofng woman who sat opposite or
f!sa rirl beside him? She might be
ejfher The man beyond the girl might
5snxa Educated her to such methods,
Ehe being an accomplish. He was more
inclined to suspect this couple than
}hh ronng woman opposite. fer while
1o:lniIng his bills he had glanced re-
at the latter. and she had
never once taken her eyes off book
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
After Speech TO Welcoming
Louisiana Crowd
STARTS ON RIDE FOR CAMP
II Want to Have These Weeks as FREQ
as can--I Hope to Meet Bear, But
Shall Be Satisfied With Getting j..
a Good Rest"

Lake Providence. Ia, Oct. 7.-After
a safe trip from Memphis 10 Lake Provi-
dehee. where he arrived early Saturday
and addressed several thousand people
OF East Carroll Parish, President RoOse-
welt continued on his journey TO stam-
boui station, IS miles below Lake proyi-
denec. There his special train was side
tracked.
When last seen here the President was
standing on the rear platform Of tho
train waving large white handkerchief
TO the crowd, which was still standing in
drilling rain before the railroad sta
ton.
Advices from STEAMBOAT later .satur-
day announced that the Prcsileiit and
bis party bad reached their camp on tao
Tensas river, about II miles from STAN
boul, and that the President was anti
cpating with much delight the idea Of
partaking Of a portion Of two large
bucks which were killed for him near
the camp yesterday.
IL was also announced that the presi-
AfuA M1AAl Hi'hA
that early Monday he would start on his
first hunt According TO old hunters,
conditions are ideal for several days OF
bear hunting.
During a little speech at this point
President roosevelt said:
III the heads Of families are good
men the government win be good. II a
man i n good father be will make a
good public officer; but merely because
a man is thrifty and clever does not
necessarily make him trustworthy in
public life.
Il want 70 thank you because UNDER
stand you have said you are going TO
let me have my holiday all 20 myself.
'The presidency Is very busy posi-
ton and this ia one OF the few chances
have had TO get away from il and I
do want TO have these few weeks Just
as free as | can.
Il hope to meet a bear, but even II 1
don't shall be satisfied with getting a
good rest"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
WINE IN PITCHERS SERVED
AT THE CAPITAL,
Spicy Allegations In Divorce Suit Of Fed
eral Officer, Descendant Of Gen.
Scott Of War Fame.

Scott Of War Fame.
Chicago, H.. Oct. s.-Canousals az
Washington ID. CD popular resort, al
which wine was served in pitchers, until
those present were In state Of ioyou.
forgetfnlncss, hirtations, in which 9
staid married man fell before the Be.
witehing smiles Of pretty woman, and
other escapades win form part Of tho
story Of Winfield Scott. a descendant
OF Gen. Winfield Scott, Of Mexican war
fame, will tell Judge McEwen next
week when he asks a divorce from his
wife, Fla Scott
Scott IA connected with tne federal
bureau Of statistics in Washington,
but retains his residence In Chicago.
though he and his wife have resided
in the capital for eight years. His
wife Is well known in coutn side cir.
cles Among the names mentioned by
Scott il that George $. Hanniford OF
Chicago. who, during the wine supper.
is said to have carried Mrs. Scott in
his arms while che husband was AZ
home minding babies Attorneys for
1hfs eeVtt nave uied IN the superior court
the dispositions Of several witnesses
taken in Washington, who told of the
eseapades in which Mrs. Scott Is said
to have figured Mrs. Scott files a
cross-bill alleging desertion and non.
support
The trial IA expected to bring in the
names of several prominent men in 80.
ciety at the capital. The story Of the
wine supper is told in the dispositions Of
r. H. Kramer and his wife. According
to Mrs. Kramer, she and her husband,
Mr. Hanniford, Mrs. Scott and LLOYD
Brick and his wife went to a roadhouse
or Seventeenth street road. TheEe wine
was partaken OF freely, and Mrs. Scott
seated herself upon the lap Of Hanni-
ford.
"We had great many pitchers Of
wine" testified Mrs. Kramer, "and
every one except myself had little too
much. | didn't drink because was
taking care Of my husband. Mrs. Scott
and Mr., Hanniford became very friend.
W."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
DIVORCE A GREAT BLESSING,
SAYS LILLIAN RUSSELL
Actress, Who Has Twice Had Fetters
Severed, Believes Marriage Should
Not Be a Permanent
Contract.

AtNN - .
Contract.
Cincinnati, Ohio Oct. 5.-In an article
prepared for publication, Lillian Rus
sell. who has twice been married and
divorced, declares a few thoughts on
Love, Divorce, and Aiatrimony."
Il do not believe a marriage contract
should be permanent she says Tn.
der existing conditions. Il is impossible
for a woman 10 know what a man Is,
and for a man TO know what a woman
IL, until they have been married.
Divorce Is one Of the greatest bless.
ings IN the world today. II is moral
degradation for a woman and a man to
live together as man and wife after love
has passed away For the woman ! can
imagine no more terrible fate than TO
be fettercd to a man she has ceased to
love.
Divorce is a necessity. The present
condition Of affairs Is deplorable. Nine
marriages out Of ten are unhappy. | do
not wish to give the impression that
am free-thinker, and wuold not have
iuhEffhRt duuH7Hths buA the ngNttiH ah
II now is, Is faulty.
Il think the responsibility for I'M
happy marriages lies mostly with the
woman. II she did not feel she was
obliged to marry, there would be less
unhappy marriages.
There Is less excuse for the stage
woman to 60 astray than there is for
others who are less independent A
woman's financial independence is her
greatest blessing. il viii keep many a
one from saying the fatal yes when 1t
should be no
Il want TO warn girls against pro-
posals tainted with the smell of whiskey.
Such marriages are always unhappy.
Every girl and woman should have
some sort Of religion. IT may be Mo-
Buddhist, Christian Science
Just so there is a strong belief
in something, Religion helps q girl over
the rough places With it she will be
good unless she wishes to be bad"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
TEDDY's WINE JARS PASTORS.
That Champagne At St. Louis Making
Trouble.

Chicago, H., Oct. Tin popular tenn
perance discussions, '"the RooseveItian
champagne bids fair to eclipse sthe
Fairbanks cocktail At a rally of the
Young Peoples Christian Temperance
union, in the Chicago Avenue church,
better known as the Moody church, the
Rev. A. G. Dixon, the pastor, grilled the
president for indulging glass Of wine
the other day at the jefferson hotter
in St. Louis. The nations chief execu-
tive was pictured as a huge person,
who sgulped down" a glass Of cham
payne at one swallow, then turned to
his friends, showed his teeth and re-
marked:
Delighted"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
HURT IN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.
Merritt H. vantine Badly Injured al
Holyoke, Mass.

Rutland, Oct. 7.--Word was received
here yesterday Of the serious injury last
Wednesday in Holyoke, Mass, Of Mer.
rift II. Vantine, native Of Grand Isle,
and formerly superintendent here for the
John p Squire & Co. plant, and now
travelling inspector for the concern.
While in a freight elevator in the Squire
plant at Holyoke, tho gearing gave way
and the elevator fell to the bottom Of
the shaft. Mr.. Vantine suffered brok.
en- foot. dislocated elbow and other
severe injuries, He was taken to his
home in Boston. II is believed that he
has a fair chance for recovery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
A SPECIAL GRAND Jury.
Likely to Be Called to Consider Angelo
TURF Murder Case.

Rutland, Oct. lit Is probable that
a special grand jury will be called to
Rutland county court to consider the
cases OF f. D. White and William Lane,
charged with completely in the murder
Of Angelo Turzi, at Mount Holly, Sept,
n. The men were to have had hear
ing in justice court Saturday, but the
hearing was postponed to next Friday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
a Quaint Gnatnn.

The marriage customs of nations are
quaint Here is one which is decidedly
barbnrous. A Hottentot widow marry
ing again has to cnt off the joint OF a
finger, which she gives to her new
husband on their wedding day. I1ach
time she becomes a widow and mar
ries again she has to sacrifice one I'm
ger Joint.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Rnaaian Food Markets.

There are many curious things sold
in the Russian markets, and one can
buy cells and snakes and chicken legs.
Lambs feet are sold as great dainty,
and calves feet are bought for soup.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Barnabee Fatally Hurt.

New York, Oct. Henry Clay Bar
nabee. 6s, formerly Of @The Bostonians,7
was struck and seriously injured by a
Madison avenue car at Twentieth street
Saturday night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07

Only 20 per cent of the murders CON-
mitted yearly in America and Europe
are ever found out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Body Of Nine Year old Nellie
Nevlns missing
FOUND ALL BATTERED
Boy With Whom She Played Is in Gus.
tOdy-The Body Was Discovered
BY Lads in a Brush Heap
Near a Cemetery.

Camden. n. j., Oct. 7.-while play,
ing around brush heap IN the out
skirts Of Camden, near a burying gfounJ
Saturday. two boys come upon the badly
battered and partly dccomposed body Of
Nellie Nevina, tho mine. year.old daughter
Of Mrs. Frank Neyins, OF No. % South
Fourth street. who had been missing
from her home since last Thursday.
The eAiid's head had been beaten IN
with some blunt instrument, both iaws
wcrc broken, and nearly al her clothes
had been torn from her body The body
was covered with cuts and bruises, and
she had been brutally assaulted before
being murdered.
II was the mother who reported 70
the police that the child was missing.
Mother Left Her Husband.
Mrs. Nevins confessed Saturday that
abe ran away from her husband, Frank
Nevins, farmer In cayuga county,
y. v.
Soon after the discovery Of the body
the police arrested a sixteen.year.old
boy. tbs son OF Jacob Woods. farmer.
OF No. 400 Myrtle avenue, who was last
seen with the child ON Thursday.
Her mother sent the child 70 get somo
clothes from the house Of a man named
Marx.
The principal reason for the boys ar
rest, Il tat for long time before the
child disappeared, Sic had expressed a
fear Of Woody Frequently, while
Mrs. Nevins has been away from the
home woody" was asked 20 look after
Mary and two.year-old Roy, her baby
brother
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07
Child Afraid Of woody"

The child told her mother that she did
not like Woody" and that hc had not
been good 20 them whilo the parents
had been away.
Since Thursday the youth has been
under surveillance, and because Of the
contradicting stories he is said to have
told Of his whereabouts on that day,
the police decided to hold him pending
investigation.
A Ratchet and a suit Of clothes both
bearing spots which the police regard M
discriminating, were found last night at
Woods home.
The body Of the child was found BY
Harry Harrop and Roland Oakley, WAC
were searching for her. Since her dis.
on Thursday, the entire
has been aroused, and. a
searching party has been at work con.
stantly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-09
coFFURES OF MANY KINDS

plumpness and the long oval. all of
which are notifications of the perfect
oval face. Equally numerous are the
different varieties of the round face
There is the so-called perfect type of
round face-that is. neither too thin
nor too fat-the plump round face,
the broad fat face and the very round
short face Then there is the sharp
pointed face to be considered, the one
with a receding chin, and the type
possessing a very large or aquiline
nose. so that it can be plainly seen
that, while certain directions may be
followed with satisfactory results. it
is simply impossible to set down any
hard and fast rules, because so few
women have features that come up
to the standard of perfection.
For instance, a perfect type of round
face may have the hair dressed high
or low, but if the face is short and
round the high couture must be adopt
ed. The fat round face. too. should
look well with high arrangement. but
the sides must be pulled a little. OF
the result will be that the fat cheeks
appear really fatter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-09
old-Fsshioned Stone Has Come Again
Into Popularity.

Despite the fact that gsrnets are
becoming to a very few women. all
women seem to want them. and there
are dozens of calls every day for old
fashioned necklaces. These garnet
sets look mighty handsome on wom-
en- who are rather dark and possess
brilliant coloring," said a dealer in
gems recently, and added:
There are two kinds of this gar
net jewelry. One is called Bohemian
and. is made generally of fat stones.
larger as a rule than the other kind,
which we call Indian. The latter is
truly oriental. both in its richness OF
color and in design.
1T is in the Indian that you oftenest
see those clusters of star-shaped
pieces strung together into necklace
or bracelet which, when worn on a
fair white throat or arm, resemble a
river of crimson fire.
Strings of cut garnet beads about
the size of peas cost $40. and small
necklaces. those in which discs about
the size of dime and a few pendants
are used, viii bring from s25 to $50.
Only last week We put together gen.
uine old set which was out of order
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-09

or so, he drifted away. Il envy you
your enthusiasm" he said. pausing in
my doorway. Wherever am. wish
were somewhere else. Whatever
Pm doing, l wish l were doing some
thing else. Where do you get all this
Joy of the fight? What the devil are
you fighting for?"
He didn't wait for reply.
thought over my situation steadily
for several days. went down to my
country place. l looked everywhere
among all my belongings. searching,
searching, restless, impatient. At last
| knew what allied me-what the lack
was that yawned so gloomily from
everything l had once thought beauti-
full, had once found sufficient. / was
in the midst of the splendid, terraced
pansy beds my gardeners had just set
out; stopped short and slapped my
thigh. "a womanl" l exclaimed.
That's what | need. A woman-the
right sort of woman-a wife!"