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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
The Eight Name.

AIR. August Shefpe, the popular over
seer Of the poor al Fort Madison Ia.,
says "Dr Kings New Lille Pills afe
rightly named they act more agreeably,
do moro good and make ON feel better
than any other iaxatigen Guaranteed
to cure biliousness and constipation. s5c
at Red Gross pharmacy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Mrs J Fl Giles OF Everett Pa. says
Il suffered lor many years from kidney
anti gravel trouble The pains from tine
gravel were simply awful No phyai-
clans 81 medicines al home did me ans
good finally began using DR. David
Henredys fsrorite Remedy. Of Roud
out, q r. Is few words tell the result
] am g happy and perfectly well woman
once more"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
RrcKER's 81. JoHusBuRy MARKET

Beef and Hogs Shade Better IN Price
Lambs Are Firm
81. 5ohnsburg Jan 9 Milsers are
lower. unless fancy Beef and hogs are
Q shade better Sheer and lambs very
iiTn
THE receipts at NJ. AT Rickeys masket
for the week ending January were
l'ofltry--76Gsc
Lambs 1870, 354G5aa
Hogs 50t6o
GattieaQ, 2la65c
Calves 80 30l6c
Mich Cows s2sG142.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
FrIPNos AWAIT ROOSEVELT
Expect the President to Open Their As
senbly IN October.

Manila, Jan. a.The election faf the
next assembly viii be held on July 80,
1907. The election law after the third
reading with some immaserlal ameHd .
meuts, will be passed this week
President Roosevelt aud Secretary Of
War Taft are expected Co open tile as
sembly in October next The Filipino
press is enthusiastic over the expected
visit OF tie President.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

10 RENT .Euraishea fa6m. Miles Granite
building Inquire gf Algs Collins, fsosM
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

twins, fancy l31s@14c, fair ID good ~
1giac, Wisconsin twins l2@I3c.
Eggs Fancy hennefy 321GS3 east
ern extras 29td3oa common To good 20
Qli26c, fancy western 26Eg27e choice 25c,
lair To good 220a4e, western difties I6
Galsc, refrigerator l96I2a tac
e~e-rs4-~
Note The above qutations represent
the prices received by receivers Tor
wholesale lots and are not iobbing prices,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
FOR SALE IN THE M n CATE REAL
ESTATE AGENCY

Three.fenantent house, rents Tor sas.o0 ID the
winter ara $500 III the summer Price for
quick sale lea9.a0 9A4f
IsfD-tsMesuaHt house, barn ant storehouse.
located / .tae line 1f electric railroad Rents
for 500 per m9nsh trice 81 l09.0l. 2i4tf
Fa4n Ia WflliamstoNyn. mixes from Gran
ifeYiile, contains I20 acres 28a1 runs 81 wood
Farm Will keep = or ~ COWS and taaln. Only
i5 rods from E1hu0l and cnarCh. Telephone
R ~, tfina lnclndtng egws. spnfe goanr
stock. all faF farming tools. etc,, go 590sN0.
Might take 8 cheap house Ia exchange 244tf
Farm So seres. one mile from the city line
With tools. crops stock sud team. Price only
- 500 aAtf
Fer the abeYs inquire at the f &. Cete Real
Estate Agency, Rooms Al and 81 Bolster Block,
Barre va, telephone 1857
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
NEW oUAHoc MINE FOUND.
Fishermen Of New Bedford Make Lucky
Strike,

tlNNEIIuVl y Np" btutVAU N4akt Authy
Strike.
New Bedford, Mass, Jan. aAn Inn
portant ind " rev and extensive beds
nj quahogs has Just been made between
Beacon and HlockFock oH this port The
discovery Il great boon TO many fish
efmen OF thisAicinity, who lol some
time have been forbidden by law from
dredging the old beds
The new beds lle ID forty feet Of wa
Ell aud the sbellhsh aFe reported hi great
Fl numbers than Ill the old bed III their
best days Many III the fishermen get
more than five bushels Of qaahogs a
day getting sl50 bushel for the large
and $3.50 a hushel fer the httle.neoke3
siellisb.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

WANTED Good chopper. at once, cut inm-
bef. sl9enm Bros. Washington, Wi 2EstG
WANTED One carver and letter cutler at
once. steady work. foinsnbiaH Granite Ce.,
Montpelier I23f
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Within week about I25 Italians
have arrived in Bennington from New
York TO work on the trolley road which
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Co., Is building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
FOUR LINES FOR 25 CENTS

IHN I4aEs viii publish wants. Lost and
E0nnd, For sale Jo Let eEc.~-snors advertise.
Iaents~-at the EaEG af -four ines for lwenfy-dve
eents t0r Ehe taer insertteH ana nve cenEa for
eAGn subsequent Insertion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Wedding rings were flEst used BIZ
Christians about the year $50. but the
ancient Egyptians and Romans used
them The fashion Of the plain gold
wedding ring Is Saxon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

10 kfsiST--i9W prices f3t tie winter Two
good o-ro9In tenemsnEs wiala furnaces hot AUD
ceM wafer. haths, etc. on Brock streek
siArIgum haft nQuRe at eafner Uf elaln sisd
second atfsaes. Has hati4 hglrts, etc.
hiA r00n cottage 3@st aH Berlin street.
Upstairs tepeneRtat NO III Brooklyn street.
Slx-Ea0m cottage at corner Of Washington
and liberty sfrstts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

During the year 1906. tic police de-
partment Of Bellows Fails made 154
arrests as compared with loo during
the year 1905.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Reconstrncts your whole
body, makes rich red blood.
Drives out inlpUsities that
have collected dSfing the
winter. HOLSTERS Rocky
Morntain Tea Is a family
Tonic. IS cents. Tea or
Tablets. e. A. Drown and
z. Fl. Kendrick g. Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Robert II. Ford. Of ST. AIbans, has
sent the governor his resignation ss
member of the board Of normal school
commissioners.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
Ex-Gov. IDE TO SPEAK.
viii Address Midwinter Banquet Sons
Of Revolution.

Burlington, Jan. 9.--president w j.
Van Patten Of the Vermont Society
Sons Of the American Revolution has
received from ex-Gov Henry G. Ide Of
the Philippines, who is passing the
winter III Washington, an acceptance of
an invitation to deliver an address AT
the midwinter banquet Of the society
1t ia expected thar the banquet will
be held early in February, but the date
and place have not vet been chosen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

During The past year there were 80
marriages. as births, aud As deaths in
Randolph
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
ABOUT THE STATE.
items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges

The First Regiment band, Brattlebcro
viii give q minstrel show next spring
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

TO REM, hve-r08In taaement 40 10 Maple
Grove 4 modem improvements Apply AZ lu0
fremont sHget 83etf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

FURNISHED ROO81 ND RENT Central ioe-
alton. Itritape heat. eleeffie Light baEh aA
senla iieora AZ T0anL InaGsfe as rosui 1arEssgs
Building. 1N
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

no RENT BlaeksAnitb and WOODWORKING
shop pn seminary street Inquire ~ a. ~
bateheiaer att 5s MsfghanEstl +aFfl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
FoR SALE.


FOE SALE Having decided 50 60 west, I
will sell 81 auction january IA. at 10 O'Clock an
81 ms household furniture. also four-year-
Old horse. sieigh, wagon, harness and roles!
Robert hayeEeas y sssierYtAe s. 2ut
DIRK GOODS sT0RE Esi4hiisbed s5 years.
city ,0Qa iiish grade stecg ags goods sf4039,
carpets and Ii8ase furnishings ss SOL SfufG
y iG with basement electric ligafs gas
steam heat Rent $500 Average kearfy sales
sso,o0o sales can be doubted Fine country
trade. Excellent opportunity for hustler
-Dry Goods BOX Is7.
Burlington. Yt
FOR sAI.E--A fsw cords of dry wood al
sA2s 3 cord. fhenc &it8 2a2tf
FOR sALE-- Cheap. good singer sewing
machine. luguiFe o. A. 1omssi al9et
FOR SAIL Granite l,usiness Of ,be late
Hiram ~ laird located Opposite depot 81
JobusbHry. " By reason 81 tho death d SIR
Laird. tile business isois ana large stock must
he sotd Nc tools consist "a t8g AbBenoil AZ
sargent ALL eamprese0fs, lax ie 80 kits OF
tools two Whiea5mb Bwthera polishing ma
chimes three she'd derfiAks one large GRIND
Ing -stane tnew}i one large yard derrick.
tnesTly new + tNqOldhsm snffaeeAs, with eN-
tfa tools feeeigtne tanks. hose s. pneumatic
tools, ftwp plug drills drop pipes. chains, bars
supplies. aud many othel silaN t9Dls and Is
lafcA stock of issrIF Granite. Inquire 90 the
d. y. Cata lsea ks1te AgeRey, Rooms AMI
~ hnthNtF htttha iAAtANt tt -1Dh
ron sALH--Fen Cookerels froln " Alb
hott White Plymouth Rock stock Also one
ehoat weiglls about sixfy pounds. Apply ~
NJ y shepard. 25Qtt
FOR SALE black mare. years old. Weighs
about 80 pounds, good fifiYef aud ail s0nnd.
Apply "a ". q m Craickshank. Cummings
store. wrpslergille, VI 9isp8t
FOR sAIE-sA Gienw0pd home grand range
N good condition. NAV be- seeH At Mclean d
store room, 9o1 North Main stfeet 24Ttf
wOoD FOR SAL -Isotb arg anu green. h.
o. Box ls8, Barrie We OK telephone 4is-ii RAi-
ley a Downing 2l0ti6'
FOR SALE "a two years md six months Old
colt FOR sale. sound and kind inquire ~ 4.
C0rti Wiiliamstown W. 259r
BOARDING HOUSE FOX sALE--As ex-
pect ~ lsa away, desire " SCH any boarding.
house fixtures ana business | Aaw have 80
ragalsf peaFders Atrs 0epfge AoEtGrnp, y
Granite street a3sti
FOR sALE-stone shed located on Batch.
elder meadow Apply toJ. = Clark 90 ore
al'Be sNtsu' @'0't
FOR "a .F... Frame bniidlne. founeriy assd
81 transformer halse RaiEtAn. 1onsoil-
ier aaatf
FOR SAI4E--A ol On rong street, fS Goes
front and about 100 feef Back Apply 70 ig
Hall street t1ttf
FOR ahLHf-Ntoe loose bay. botb coarse and
nne. ORDERS Ray 30 LETT a. s0weea q Lyons
store o. WitA NE at 2 Highland Avenue. u.
Charleston. lalsf
FOR SALE Ar CASSIE HARA,
Hay Delivered pr@mpry ~ ealk,
tafn- acre tarm. ktat-aAss buUdinga
VIII CHS 100 p3na ui NAY.
LOIS it8 aefes "a ofs bt,ber 0aofes, iosuit
.oustouieis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

Dr. Henry Tucker, health officer at
Brattleboro, reports that scarlet fever
il spreading III That place, there being
five eases If the disease. ne has been
unable 10 determine the origin Of tie
disease.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

t.et Our prices. b. A. Perry Real Estate
Agency Rooms 5 and O Gordon block, Barla,
Nt 2aitf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09
WANTED.


WANTED TO purchaser second .hana Mac-
Coy frame for surface cutter Harrison Graus
ite Co 249tf
ANY fNTELLIG ieNp PERSON may earn s75
to sf00 monthly catrtsnaHdng tor newspa-
paIs snrt. sfridy w4IE NJ cauy8ssimR
ExpegganKe unnecessary Send iQr pat 4ieniafH.
Press syndicate l.ockpaft, n ". 4S6tfs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

HAY A}eii VeFEd promptly An NWtks
NArta.-lul- acre farm. hltatrGAss bNiidinRN.
VIII CHS 100 I3Ha ui hay,
I.ois--iG8 aefes 10 ots AZ Ger % aofea, 70 suit
customers
Easturea4ile aorcs pasture iaaQ Wituout
buiidiugs ioid Mann tarluA
Apply a. George Cassie, hast sttesa 0r Perry
Heal Estate Agency Az
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

To RENf-Store especially desirable tor
grocery and meat business Store Is y 40
with fgem At rear about FIX ~ Large fefFie-
orator. Meuld divide store and rents part if
perry did nos care fet all Of il. Rent very low.
Enquire Of Tie y "A. Perry zeal Estate Agency,
Nnf as ana Gordon Block Bsrle NE 1877
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-09

KDR SALE.
EighEd au0se tanemeht houses Ii senemenss
Three cottage houses
One four tenement h0ase.
kighty@ hutiaing lots
ALI OF the above Geal estAle is desirable prop
erfy and Weh situated in tito heart 81 the City
~ Barre. kof further information inquire 81
JOAN IfoW Of ST. a. kAelps 37tt
For SALE AT Al BARGAIN House and
haFn en South Main Street. Especially Welt
aaRpEefl fpF IentgnE r0rms 0mneF il n0w Gs-
Geigine 1890 fur rent OF three rooms and oc-
Gnpies hBs rooms himself. House Is heated 81
furnace lighbed los eleotficiey and has mnderu
plumbing Qhis IS an especially warm house.
Good isfge lot wifA shrahbery and some fruit
frefs. " g0H aFq lo0ksug i0g 9 good acme ~ q
moderate price this Wih sui yea. Price Tor
immediate sale only $a.gp) Terms from Ss91AN
" SE.@HAg9 daNH Balance on mortgage AZ 3
b. IA. peffg Real E=tSte Agency, Rooms and 3.
1ordoa Bsaek Barre ~ 215tf
FOR sALE-eIottAge house Darn and two
berneries. Location very desirable being On
Merchant street extension. Nearly Ia acre u
81 iAnd House contains gnod-si1sd rooms.
al 81 which have been papeIed and painted.
ceilings witsRnsd anu put N tIe best qf con Z
ditign. Tie outside has also heen painted and
roof 6ainElsa cellar Bottom eementea, etc.
Jhis property will require 40 more repairing
foF d long tilne. Place Is located about u
INMATES wais from the depot spring water.
We viii seH this property Tor only sl.skl.Q9.
and on xeFg easy leIins. Ter fuh particulars
ingsire Or tie d. 4. Perry Real Estate agency,
Rooms ande. Gordon Block, Barre VI 2lbtf
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21
IN rHE CARE OF CIRCUMSTANCES

He looked as II he might have been
baseball umpire. He was battered
and bruised 20 such an extent that
his best girl would have passed him
by on the other side. The mud ciuns
to the legs Of his trousers, and his hai
was eseonced IN a cute little oni-nf
'he-way corner IN the neighhuring sub
way.
You oualt 70 be mo~c careful.
said a hssiaFder as he tried ri conceal
a smile az Tie mars appearance
CAREFUL" shouted the nufnfrnaate
man "say l's.cn ,e me a minute /
WIS crosliag Tbs stgeet An antamu
bile Was comlas 10 one tiscalnn. a
niovins van N ancihrr 4 itntley "a
from the east cab FROM iht w,.st
and these on the sldews'k was me
tailor. who had geeegnlgea me AID was
waiting 10 threw Il al over NE tuY $50
that owed him The alto threw
me afainsi The van. tie yas TOSSED ,ue
asalnst the ear The car landed me
sgains, the cab. and The cab falfly de
posted me in the arms ~ ms ia4Jur
Careful indeed"
And the crowd dispersed Judge
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21
}. G. Phelps Stokes ideas.

douhtedly throw herself into the
street
Another case, woman % years
old, who was frightened by Iioaess
at the Zoo. She was thrown into a de.
hrium. which lasted eight days. and
since then she repeats these fits Of
oelirium- She walks on all fourE.
PUSHES on people. tries to bite them
even seizes photographs Of children
and eheWs them up, and acts altogeih-
er as II she we're a lioness-
There Is a man ~ 30 with both
legs paTalyzee. who has been an in
valid for years In the middle OF the
night he rises slowly from his bed
takes bis pillow and hugs il. close,
walks out Of the room. through a
courtyard ard climbs to the top of
the house His friends have difficulty
in reaching him. for the moment he
awskes his legs become paraiyzed
again Whea awakened he does not
understand how he has reached the
houset0p and Why be. a man sick zirh
palsy. should have been carried there
Again. there is a girl. made IN with
despair AZ Der mothers death. They
lived In garrett. and for two months
before the mothers death the girl vas
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

That ansvsr Is not very clear. for
We do not know very well what sleep
Is You viii find nowhere a more
beautiful description Of the popular
idea of somnambulism than in shake
spesre's tragedy OF Macbeth Mod
ern examples are much less dramatic.
but You will let me cite a fe~ which
have cone under my observation:
There Is a young woman. % years
old. whom | win call Glib She heard
one day that her niece. Ehs lived next
door. had thrown herself out Of the
window in a fit Of dsiirium. she
rushed downstairs and was confronted
with the sigh; of the body in the
street After the FIRST shock she
seemed 70 be but little moved. IRE
pared the body for the funeral and
was quiet and cain. But from thar
time on she grew more and more
gloomy. Nearly every day now she
enters into A strange trance she
seems as II asleep and she speaks
scftIy 70 her niece, calling her By
name, Pauline She tells her that she
admiTes her courage. that her Death
was oeaurifGi one She rises. goes
TO the window. opens II and, if her
friends did Ect stop her. she xSzas u.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21
Rockefeller's $4,000, 900
Gift to Education

in the United States in 1905 she lar.
est year for which statistics are avail.
able, was approximately lac. 600 600
barrels A trifiing difference of %
cents per barrel. or about one-half
cent per gallon. on this output would
MAKE up the gift in single wear
the Standard is not so muck a nro-
Queer OF petroleum as it is a refiner
ana seller. IL buys from oil-well own.
ers most Of its raw product aud fixes
the price, which factuates considera.
Oily. Therefore so slight a reduction
as one-half cent per gallon in the
amount the Standard pays to produc.
ers would quickly sum up TO the edu
cational gift figures.
Would Pay Interest on National Debt
Some of the things that $32. GOO 900
would do In making history illustrate
strlkingly the power of individual
wealth That much money would pay
Tor the running of the governments of
denmark and Greece combined for a
year. countries that maintain royal
families that are related TO nearly all
the thrones of Europe 1t is several
millions more than the annual rev.
enue OF either Norway or Mexico. and
Tar exceeds the income OF lot of
second-rate nations. With it he could
pay the interest for a year on the ma
uonal debt of the United States. In
1886 this gift would have liQuidated
the nations entire national debt.
Even now by little more than doub.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

OF the many children and women in
Nazareth. Palestine. who have picked
~ lttle Eaglish, all have a way Of
saying of course" instead Of a simple
yes. The expression which French
people catch up az characteristic OF
the American and Englishman is al
gays oh. Yesi~ A correspondent.
who has cycied down the Rhoae val
icy. about Provence. and along the
Rivera. found him self greeted With
On yes" by the children IN the
streets Of nearly every town. And he
discovered. when his attention had
been ealled "a the point In this way.
that oh yes vas really what he
and his companions we're always say
Ing
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

50 vast a sum, certainly would no,
give It 70 pubic charity. would
regard the doing out Of $50. OOo. goo
In aims as a calamity do not an
prove Of extensive charity II accom-.
plishes no permanent results in w.
lieving poverty. without removing l,s
cause. Education alone will do that,
and this gift to higher education will
AFFECT the poor In that 1t win work
to create keener appreciation of Jus.
tice.
II is unfortunate. however, that
the suspicion should attach to this
gift for the purpose OF leading men 70
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

the truth that men who dare teach
the truth as they see II may find their
chairs In colleges vacated.
Should that money be given TO hos.
pitfalls. you ask | should say no.
would have the hospitals supported
by the state, Disease Is the result
OF conditions created by man. And
TO have the individual turn around
and give back To society part of the
money he has wrung from IL to allevi
ate the conditions he himself has ere
ated is incongruous That Is the
function of the state
Education is the only hope for the
relief of the conditions of the poor.
until man Is taught the rights of his
fellow-man and learns to respect
them. conditions will continue as they
are. Under present social conditions
gifts to education are the best way of
disposing of these vast Accommodations
of wealth
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21
How He Won.

Did you ever hear how Murdoch
and his wife metz"
No"
She had stopped In the street 10
pick up a torlornlooking cat. and Il
dug IFS claws into her fingers She
screamed and Murdoch. who happen.
ed TO be passing. rushed 10 her. put
his lips TO the wound and sucked The
poison out From that there sprang
up between them friendship which
ripened into love"
'um. Then II may be said that he
won by a scratch Chicago Record
Herald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

Re American people have had their
Pancial sense of proportion unduly
fpanded by talk of millions tossed
Rout to various institutions.
lt is worth while to look first into
enormous amount of labor requir-
to produce this sum which Mr..
ckefeller is able to give away, saws
New York World The United
Rtes census report for 1900 contains
me statistics upon oil refineries.
Standard Oil company, of which
Rockefeller is titular president
from which he made his wealth.
ms or controls nearly all the re-
prizes in the country.
What Gift Means in Labor.
ne census report says that the av-
se wages paid in oil refineries
aole-bodied men over f6 years of
IN 1899 was 1857 year. or a trife
r Slo a week. Dealing with the
tter of labor alone. in the accumu-
oh oil these thirty-two millions it
nld require the unremitting work
an army of 57,450 men giving all
wages to Mr. Rockefeller for
"hoie year at the average rate
nuatd OH men were paid to make
his gift.
NAT would be equivalent to all the
Alhgmen in Providence or Kan
0tF or Rochester turning over
wages for a year to Mr. Rookie
whole city working for him
,ha' this gift might be accumu-
ID
ne production of crude petroleum
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21

ling the amount Mr. Rockefeller could
render Norway financially free and
perhaps win the Nobel peace prize.
Mr.. Carnegie believes that books af.
ford the best education The best
books that were ever written, those
OF the kind that are found In Sir John
Lubbock's list of one hundred hest
books, can be published and sold to-
day for 25 cents each Eight of such
volumes would cost two dollars. Mr..
Rockefeller's gift would place such "A
nucleus of an education in the hands
of every child of school age In the
United States, or 1t would place them
as a library in possession of every fam
lily in the country.
1t costs about 500 year to educate
a child in the public schools of small
communities. The interest alone on
the Rockefeller donation amounts. at
five per cent, to 81 100000 a year.
That sum would give education each
year to 10000 children Ii would more
than pay the entire cost of teaching
New York City's 600, 900 children for
a year.
Turning aside from educational fig.
ures, subject on which Mr. Rookie
feHer's general education board has
all manner of statistics, there are
some essential practical things that
his thirty-two millions would do. For
example, it costs. even at present high
prices. about 5000 to build a house
in Brooklyn with all modern convent
ences and of sufficient size 10 contain
two families of FIVE persons each.
Technically these are known as two
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-03-21
xlsm Masnnlln.

My sympathy" remarked Mrs
shopperton, who had been reading \
heass magazine article. lis with the
downtrodden masses"
Mine isa', srowied her husband
why notg querled the alleged bet
Ter half OF the matrimonial OUTFIT
"Because." he answered. the,
ought to know better than 10 nil try
TO reach the barsain counter ut once
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No. sir" the boys father said. with
good deal of severity. "yon can't be
excused from school simply because
you have sore thumb I've made up
my mind that you've got TO be edu.
Gated. You cant see the good OF t..
but | can. II ! only had my life to
live over. ! tell you wouldn't miss
single chance 10 get the benefit of
schooling. It's the greatest thing in
the world. can see that now, though
| couldn't once"
Amt YOU educated, pa"
An the education ! have picked
up myself realize. though what
education Is worth TO man"
And didn't you go 10 school al allg"
Nope. ! never had"
Then I'll go. Chicago Record.
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