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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
Middle Age
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


(orlginail
lam a bachelor OF forty. an &C,
whre man must expect young girl
u onslder him a Mefhuselah. Las
sumner I went to a resort where ther.
wee many boys and maIdens. the lat
fer III OF an age that forbade my offer
Ing them any pttention. The young
Etes danced. played tennis and wenl
on Itraw rldes together while sat on
tbs hotel piazza and smoked I would
haze given much II one Of the girls
hnt treated me as she did her boy
corpanions.
There was one girl who especially
strsck my fancy. She was OF VIII
losy figure that showed to especial adj
vantage In a tennis suit. used 10
feast my eyes on her when she was
or the court and listen to her mu.
sical call OF 'gThirty-hfF' "Vantagel"
~. ee!s ard tho other counts In tho
BIZ wished she would cali shorty
Ef and give me Just bit OF a
Ina Indeed, she seemed uncon-
dahat was watching the game.
Du botning strolIed UP a noun
d u back 81 the hotel and. turn
& lump Of bushes. came upon a
mns house. There sat the young
II IGmired, reading. Hearing my
b. ! looked up, and her face half
bic 10 smile, which was sudden
cheed.
u tight you we're some one else"
SCI Don't 20 away IL you were
ninto en3ey the view here. You
ednlnind me. There's room for a
zen.
AR wouldn't drive you out for
Z wa. On the contrary. should
cato stay here alone. It's lonely
Ougbr me at this place, anyway"
Wh0u't you naingle with the peo-
ei ali get acquainted right OIL.
here's Formally. Everybody speaks
eyebdy."
"Thehnger set seem sociable: but,
bu Sc don't belong to the younger
Ia"
"Deale, how antiquated you talk!'
AT trate, you are the first OF the
oung Die Who has spoken word
me, I doubt If you would have
lone sd you not mistaken me FOR
another
"poni there. TRAINED last night,
nd that is wet"
M There's no dry place except pc
ade held as she glanced down at
then te. resuming the smile with
hich sad received me, sat down
ID closeher that her white skirts
brushed inst my trousers. IT was
lie q diof nectar to one dying OF
a. thirst dda not hesitate to keep
tx face ed toward mine, her eyes
psrA iinw parted red lips display
d two tof white teeth. Why had
been &asfferent to such blessings
hen gster? Doubtless many
the Nd we're fiitting from one
musen another would grudse
peing 81 II such place and glad
q get . lit III wished | could SIT
here IA
DO gof?o she asked
Eyes.
uO0a! bou will be on tne ~ anAs
tomorrow ang for the match
"certai sut doubt II shall
play my sticks with me-.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
CON. S. S. co. PROGRAMMED.
Charles w. Morse Loses Control of the
Companies.

New York, Oct. go. Charles w. Morse
lost control Of the Consolidated Steam
ship company yesterday when Calvin
Austin Of Boston, president Of the Con-
solidated Steamship company, was sue
coed by G. NJ Englis.
Before Mr.. Austin became the head Of
the Consolidated company, he was vice.
president and general manager Of the
Eastern Steamship company, with head
quarters at Boston.
Mr.. Austin has always been looked
anon az one of Mr.. Morse's liautenants.
Zach concern will III future have its
own cashier and win handle its own
funds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
EAST BARRE.

Am prepared to carry merchandise and
other articles between Barre and East
Barre at reasonable rates. Leave orders
at Gillander's stable in East Barre, tele-
phone 1928, and John Tierney, 3O3 North
Main street, Barre. Patsy Russo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
THIEVES SNATCH MONEY.
$4,000 stolen from sub-Treasury as the
Bank Teller Looks On.

philadelphia. Pa. Oct. 26.--Two men
walked into the sub-treasury here early
Yesterday. grabbed $4,000 that was being
paid out to national bank teller and
ran from the building.
+ Clerks and others gave chase and the
two men were 50 holly pursued that
they threw the money under street
Roth men we're captured. One Of them
oy.r;sd revolver. At the police sta
fion the men gave their names as G. D.
psies and Charles Matthias Of New York..
The money was in notes and was all
recovered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
LlncoIn's Wonderful Power of Persua
sion.

1hMCVknS WundtAAuk 1VWeA VI ESlhud-
sion.
In the November American Magazine
Ida N. Tarbeli reveals the genius Of
ABRAHAM Lincoln in remarkable story
entitled Back There in '5Sn It Is an
account Of the Lincoln Douglas debates
as given bv billy Brown. a Springfield
druggist who knew Lincoln intimately.
I'm the course Of the story, which Il
the second in new series by Miss Tar
bell. Billy" Brown gives the following
account Of Mncoln's speech at Bloom
ington;
Good Lord" l never see anything
like Il In ten minutes he was about
eight feet tall; his face was white, his
eyes was blazin' fire, and he was thun-
derin, Kansas shall be freel' Ballots,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26

No ether medicine FOR womsn's Ills has any
such professional endorsement as Or. plerces
FavoFite Prescription has received. In the un-
qualified accommodation OF each OF its
several ingredients isy scores Of leading Enncl-
cal ricn Of eli the schools OF practice. Is
such an endorsement not worthy Of your
consideration
n y 4 4 +
A booklet Of Ingredients. with numerous
nuthorative professional endorsements IS tho
leading medical authorities OF this country
viii be mailed fses 20 any one sending name
and address with request for same. Address
d.. L VI Pierce. Buffalo, \. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26

Death Is not universal accompani.
ment Of life. In the lower organisms
death does not occur as natural and
necessary result Of life, Death with
them ii purely the result Of an accident
some eSternai cause. Natural death ii
q thing which has been acquired in the
process of evolution. Why should it
have been acquiredi You will, / think,
readily answer this question If yon hold
that the views which have been bring
ing before you have been well defended,
by saying that it is due to differentia-
tion, that when the cells acquire the adj
iitional faculty Of passing beyond the
simple stage to the more complicated
organization, they lose something of
their vitality, something Of their power
of growth, something Of their possibili-
ties Of perpetuation; and, as the organi-
cation in the process of evolution be-
comes higher and higher, this necessity
for change becomes more and more im-
perative. But 1t involves the end. Diff
Formulation leads up, as its inevitable
conclusion. to death Death is the price
we are obliged to pay for our ofganiza.
tion, for the differentiation which exists
in MS Professor Charles s. Minot in
The Popular Science Monthly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
Eses1Ar1rzASsAS1Arsarz ArzerzArzAr1ArN
! MAGAZINE REVIEW.


when ! was very young GIRL" said
Miss Louise Closer, the actress, Il had
wild desire to 60 upon thu stage, 80
left school in Boston, came to New
York, and went to Charles Frohman's
Office on Broadway.
Il Mr.. Frohman inf / asked Of the
Office boy.
No, he il not was the reply.
Well, thought, I'll wait until he
comes
The boy became absorbed in the book
he was reading and apparently was
quite unconscious Of my presence.
Fifteen minutes passed; half hour
passed, and grew weary Of waiting.
But | thought OF the long distance I
had come, and at the same time recalled
an old axiom l had once learned: Re
ward comes through constancy of pln-
pose repeated this again and again,
until an hour and a half slowly dragged
itself out. Finally, | could endure the
waiting no longer. With as much eour-
age as i could command / addressed the
office boy second time.
Will you kindly tell me when Mr..
Frohman will be ing
"Tn six weeks answered the boy.
Hes gone to Europe
"a few seasons ago" concluded Miss
Closer, when ! was member Of Ar
mold Days Candida company, / one
day related to him my first experience
when calling upon manager When
I finished telling the story, Mr.. DAILY
said;
How long ago was thatY
Twelve years ago. replied.
Twelve years ago, unused Mr.. DAILY.
Yes, / remember, was that Office boy.
From Success Magazine"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26
10 Y0u ThsDk
FaT Yourself r

Or. Do yoN epeH s6ils, nals1sh IKE q yoyng
pird aAQ Gnlp dpTb WHaSeTer food or medi-
zine NAH ne ofTsged ydp
~ N y " A
IRsNsfRF0an i3IsllIgent thinking woman.
In need etNEellef freba Neakness, nervousness.
pain and sIfsEeAsns, then ii means much to
yon that tAeras ase tried and trna .honnas
psdlcine- az -HasE S--6 Lon sold BY
druggists FIX tbs sllEa II islaIasnY liz
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-26

" y ~ Il
The mslsors d pr Fiegca's Favcrite Pre-
scription, for TIE cure Ok Nhak. nervous, rum
down. ovcr-werscd. dcbllltated. pain-rackcd
/ women. knowing this medicine 10 be made up
Of ingredients, every one Of which has the
strongest possible iaS0gserpeat Of the leading
and standard autnpMtios of the several
schools Of practice, sfe perfectly willing. and
in fact, are only TOO Glad To print, as they do
theformuIa. Of list 81 Ingredients, Of which
1t il composed. ~ plGta English, on every
bottle-wraBDer.
N n N ~ n
The formula Of Dr. Plerce,s Favorite Pre-
sc4ption will bear the most critical cxamina-
ton Of medical experts, for IL contains no
aleohol, narcotics, harr1ful, or habit-formlng
drngs. and no agent cnters into 1t that IS not
highly recommended BY the most advanced
and leading medical teachers and author
tiles of their several schools Of practice.
These authorities recommend the INGREDIENTS
OF Df. Piefce' s ItvQTtle pIesc rlptiop for the
cure OF exaclly fhe Sc TIE a lalsn for yhlch
Ihis woFId-fafiss1 nlfdlc Ib9 IL advised.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-09-28

walking shoes with which he hopes
to cross the English channel some
time during the present summer. Each
shoe consists of beechwood box four
feet in length, Is inches in depth, and
one foot in width. In order that the
shoes may skim easily over the sur
face, i've planes are secured to the
bottom of each shoe. The shoes are
fastened to the foot by means Of
clamps such as those used on roller
skates, the foot being inserted through
a hole in the top of the shoe, and the
ordinary leather boot being clamped
in place. A covering of rubber around
the opening protects the wearer of the
shoe from splashing of water. The
shoes weigh five pounds each.
Mr.. Oldheld has just completed a
trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans,
which consumed Al days, "a more than
the time in which he expected to full
fill the task. In the photographs here
presented. Mr.. Oldfield is pictured in
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-09-28
WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL TIMES.
In Many Ways They Had Easier Lives
Than Their Descendants.

The women of the sixteenth century
and earlier times had easier lives than
those Of our generation. To be sure
there are q hundred labor saving de-
vices to-day which we're unknown to
them. But In at least two important
respects they had the advantage over
their descendants. They waged NO
conflict against dirt such as we carry
on from morning till night The 2.is-
abethan had no prejudice against gar
bage in his front yard, vermin in his
bedroom. decaying rushes on the floor
of his banquet hall. or soiled lace In
his sleeves. The strength Of arm and
spirit which now goes to keeping clean
was lest to the medieval lady for other
tasks. Moreover, although her cloth
ing was gorgeous-rich with embroid-
cry and lace. and heavy with jewels
it was not subject to rapid changes Of
fashion. The cut of sleeve or the
hang of q skirt was settled for Eve
years rather than Ave months. Life
was then free from the. modern terror
of looking like last years rag bag."
Youths Companion.
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THE LOAD OF THE LAZY.


One of the neighborhood loafers Sat
comfortably smoking his foul pipe, ac-
cording to his daily custom, In the pre-
scription room of q drug store. He
was soliloquizing aloud to the clerk.
Here is a sample of his sound. con-
tented philosophy: "Tll tell you WHAT
A man il mighty miserable II he amt
got nothin' to do. when he amt work.
in at somethin'. know tive tried
both ways an l find that there amt
nothin' that makes a man more miser-
able than dom nothin'. But, you
know, there's two kinds OF work; one
of them IL where teller goes to work
at six in the mornin' an works with
his hands till six at night. The other
is where feller sits around an thinks-
I amt never happy unless I'm work
in, but don't believe In that first
kind Of work. l believe In thinkin' an
day long. an that's harder than the
other kind. can tell you--you just
try it II you don't believe me; q man
Is mighty miserable when he ain'u
workin'."
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of the simplest slope indicatorS re-
Gently invented in France has q YER
teal tube fixed on the front of .
graduated scale like a thermometer,
and containing column Of liquid,
which is so adjusted as to stand at
zero, in the middle Of the tube, when
the road Is level. and to indicate either
an upward or downward slope by its
rise or fall along the scale. The
liquid in the tube Is connected with a
reservoir placed behind the scale,
and rises or falls as the automobile
:ascends or descends a slope, showing
both the fact and the degree of In
.clination.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-09-28
ALL RELIGIONS IN LONDON.
FaIthist Community Latest Addition
70 Its Queer sects.

The Faithist community which has
established a modest footing in Bal
ham, and whose comprehensive gospel
ranges from the creation Of man to
the ''glory and labors of the gods and
goddesses of the Etherian heavens" 10
the latest addition to the long list OF
London's religious sects. which are
now almost as many as the days OF
the year. In London the Chinaman
burns his incense stick in more than
one joss-house in the east end. the Ma
hometan has his mosque, the Malayan
his temple, near st. Georges street
east; the Parsees worship the sun IN
Bloomsbury, the Mormons have q mis-
sion in Islington. and in many parts
of the metropolis the Buddhists and
Ancestor Worshipers perform their
strange rites. OF Christian sects In
London there are at least 300. includ-
ing the Cokelers, the disciples Of VIII
liam Sirgood, the Walworth shoe
maker: the Peculiar People. who pre-
fer prayer to physicians; the Sande-
manians. the followers of Joanna
Southcott. the prophetic serving
maid: the Shakers and the Seventh
Day Baptists.
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y. Down the track she glided,
giggling, and halted by the old
fashioned, unlocked hand SWITCH.
"Hushw warned Annie, softly.
aIt's only old Biddy, She is wan
dering on to the yards to look for
the engineer who ran over Pat.
Every night she hunts for him. 1t
amuses her. Biddy never touches
the switch. What an awful laugh.
Be careful. Here come two men"
Yes, and Abner recognized the
worthy pair. So did the girl. They
were the discarded admirers whose
orbs had once been ornamented by
her muscular lover. She heard ABB
ner's teeth CRATE; and drew him
down. If those fellows should find
them, and the rusty bar outside the
tool house, ahl no. they wouldn't ;
they were fattering old Biddy.
Its the good wife you are, Bid
dy. Your murderin' engineer Is
late this evenin. But You'll get
him. Out he'll pitch onto his head,
an then-el1w
The crazy one snarled, suddenly
fierce.
"Ahl he kilt me man. I've
swore to choke him. Years ago
years ago an yit like yestiddy. He's
a-comin' an I'm a-waitin' fr tn
villun."
''Then pull the handle as we told
We. Hard, yer know. Wait till
we're out O. sight. Along comes
the engine. Think of poor Pat an
yank her silly"
can I did. Twice afore. AM
run, hearin' steps," querulously.
"You was too early. A fellel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-09-28
SSlili|E{iEES;EaaIi9!!I(.
HANDY BOOT CLEANER.
Up-to-Date Continuance for Removing
Mud from SoIes of Shoes.

One Of the most interesting Of re-
cent inventions is boot cleaner which
IL designed to take the place of the
old-fashioned shoe scrapers, usually
placed alongside of the steps.
As shown In the illustration, 1t con-
-sists of a metal casing constructed to
support two brushes. The latter are
.journaled in open bearings at each
end, there being but little open space
between the brushes and the casing.
The front and back upper edges OF the
casing are sharpened to provide
.scrapers for removing mud.
AS the foot is forced against the
brushes. explains the Detroit Free
Press, the latter revolve. removing
the dirt from the shoes and forcing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-09-28
A USEFUL NEW METAL.
Makes the Production Of Hydrogen an
Easy Matter.

Chemical substances known hither-
to only as scientific curiosities are dali
ly being put to uses sufficiently valua-
BILE to warrant their preparation In
commercial quantities. In this sense
the metal calcium is new" for. al
though long registered among the
elements, its uses in the arts have
only recently been discovered. A re-
cent article by ]. Escard In LEclai-
rage Electrique says:
''This curious metal, light, combus,.
tible, silver-colered, and forming ordi-
nary lime by oxidation, is now obtained
by divers chemical processes, common
ly electrolysis of its melted salts.
Moissan, on the one hand, and Mes
srs. Gin and Leleux on the other, have
also prepared metallic calcium from
the CALCIUM carbid that is used to
make acetylene gas. The high tenn
perature of the electric furnace, which
is utilized to make the carbid by syn
thesis, may also dissociate this COM
pound; the carbon alone remains in
the crucible, while the calcium distils
on and is condensed.
Calcium, either pure or in combina-
tion, is certainly destined to brilliant
future. More tractable than sodium
and less violent in its reactions. 1t
would appear to be specifically adapt
ed to applications in metallurgy that
require the use of reducing substances
| to purify molten metals at the moment
of casting.
As found in commerce, this metal
is sold in the form Of small bars con-
sisting of 9S per cent. pure calcium.
It's mean density is LIZ; that is it is
almost twice as light as aluminium. II
alters slowly in dry air, but very rap
| idly in moisture. 1t burns with very
bright white flame. It's hardness Is
greater than that of sodium, lead, OF
tin, and is comparable to that of AID
minum, though slightly less than that
of zinc or magnesium
Calcium hybrid was shown to the
academy last year by George Jau
bert, under the name of hydrolith Thy
QrOSen-StOneJ. OuQer TIC az
ton of water at ordinary tempera
lures, the hybrid decomposes like cal
cium carbid, giving OF, not acetylene
but hydrogen.
ITO make the new product indus
trially, metallic calcium is heated II
horizontal retorts, kept at high tenn
perature, in which a current of case
Gus hydrogen circulates; after sons
hours all the calcium is changed int
| hybrid. The hydrolith then appear
as irregular, porous, white or gra,
| fragments, of considerable hardness
insoluble in ordinary solvents, but in
stantly decomposed by cold water.
contains 80 per cent. of the pure com
pound; In these conditions kilogran
| q is pounds) of hydrolith gives on
cubic meter of pure hydrogen. Tn
Importance OF the new product for tn
preparation of gas In aeronautics ha
been noted; the process has alread
been utilized in the imitation OF ta
lloouss"
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norance or for mercenAry reasons arS
opposing the sale of all household
remedies, scAy r. Il not equally neces-
scry for patients to knoso the coSspo-
sition of the remedy prescribed BY
physicjans Does any sane person be-
ieve that the opium In . physicians
prescription is less potent or less hke-
" to create drug habit than the OPT
um In q proprietary medicine! AZ Q
matter of fact. more opium-oddfcts
and cocasn-f ends hdve been made
through the criminal cdrelessness Of
i0noromt pAysicions than By any Other
nedns
Unquestionably, there are . number
Of proprietary remedies on the market
the sales OF which should be prohibit
ed, and no doubt they VIII be when
the requirements of the Food ana
Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many
are frauds. pure and simple. and some
are decidedly harmful OF the aver
age proprietary remedy, however, IL
may truthfully be said that It n dis
tinctly better than the average physi-
clans prescription: for not only IL its
composition less secret, but It Il pre-
pared for the proprietor by reputable
manufacturing pharmacists in magnin-
Gently equipped laboratories and I'M
der the supervision and advice Of able
chemists, competent physicians ana
skillful pharmacists. 1t should net =
considered strange. therefore. that 80
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
edies rather than trust those OF their
own devising.
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fixed it. To-night's the time set for
ketchin' the bloody scamps. Lord!
Peg it, Calel She's comm"
The old creatures claws were
trembling ON the iron. Every fiber
in her gaunt body quiyered with
eagerness. A swift rumble grew on
the silence.
One man laughed hoarsely. start
ing to run.
'sHere's to Alb! He'll never mar
~ Annie Tuckett."
Nor you, neither" grunted tie
other. s1ll-Great God! Who's
that"
A wiry form had writhed front
the bushes. A strong fist swept up
the crowbar intended for rail-forc-
ing to further the revengeful work
and make disaster certain Another
twitched the demented bag away
from her clutch. She screeched anu
fed, screaming.
Abner Bills struck at the nearest
miscreant. He rolled into the ditch.
His companion dashed to one side,
disappearing in the brush. A girl
shrieked a warning to jump. Bills
leaped from the ties, landing on his
victim. 4 The mail train sped by.
The yard men we're talking it
over, afterwards.
81 had to laugh" said one.
oLong comes Alb in the moonlight,
draggin' Gale Mudley an a sad
sight was Gale with a busted shout
| der an black with muck. By Fem
marches Annie Ticket, her curly
| hair all down her back, an white as
| a spook an a hundred feet behind,
prancin' an squallin' come old Bid.
dy, grass-hopperin' the ties, clean
| witless."
"The 'sylum for her." observed 9
switchman. ssThe bars for Gale, 6
decent switch at Laurel Pond
they're a-huntin' for Tim Dady, an
:! Pm invited to Abs weddin' nex1
: month. Be your
} @Surer' came an approving
chorus.
T'm mighty glad Abs on his jol
agin," remarked the first speaker
ssGood-natered Teller as / want d
: know. The idea of any one imagin
/ in he'd tamper with switch. iva
outrageous. You ought to see tn
way he looked at little Annie. Tall
about lovin' eyes. Wal! l s'pos
: they thought twas all off afore the
strolled up in the moonlight
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Laura Simmons tells in an article
why good New Englanders should
stick to pie. and calls attention to the
fact that Emerson ate It three times
a day. and says that pie is the ladder
by which New England has climbed
to its place Of proud eminence. She
questions whether any sensible per-
son was ever known to forage at the
midnight hour for predigested cereals
or the innocuous prune. She does not
believe that many New England ances-
tors died of apoplexy, due to pie. but
counsels all to go on pie-eating. despite
the fact that the fat has gone forth
that it Is vulgar to eat PIE.
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CULTIVATION OF sAcILLI.
Wortroom Where Prof. 6ehring Car
ries on Scientific investigations.

Hundreds of scientists are engaged
in the work Of searching for the at
present unknown germ which will kill
some other deadly germ. Only the few
privileged favorites ever see the Sc
.cret workroom where the cultivation
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lance to automo-
bilists, because it
affords an explain
alton of the vary
ing action of the
motor. and a
means of quickly
a d jul ii n 6 the
mechanism. One