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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Wednesday, only until noon, 100 wrap
pers for CSC at vaughan's.
Ladies' silk rubberized coats at one
third off the regular price at Abbott's.
Mrs. Tuckey is in Montpelier for a
short time doing hair work, switches,
pompadours and pufIs. May be seen at
Mrs. billions rooms in the Lawrence, on
Main street from to $3.50 o'clock.
Tool Sharpeners, notice: regular
meeting Of Tool Sharpeners' No. 2
Branch, Granite Cutters International
association, will be held in their hall,
Nichols block, on Wednesday evening,
July %, 1908, at o'clock. Jas. Mulch,
secretary.
You can get sanitary ice cream, little
individual card board plates and dainty
little spoons to be used at picnics, part
les, or any place where ice cream is
served, at the Vermont Fruit Store.
Get the best ice cream, all Aavors,
there, too. Wholesale and retail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
HER WORD IN DOUBT.
Burlington Court Officials Are Included
Te> Doubt Rose.

Burlington, July a1.-Rose Dupuis
was again in city court yesterday on a
charge of violating the liquor law and
her case was continued until tomorrow.
Miss Dupuis was some time since con
picted of running disorderly house on
North avenue and her case was con
tinued two weeks for sentence. There
is also a previous case hanging over
her for liquor selling. When she was
in court some days ago she promised
to- close her joint but has not as yet
fulfilled that promise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
TALK OF The TOWN

/
Half price on ladies' tailored suits at
Abbott's.
Ralph Shaw of Bethel was in Barre
Monday on business.
A daughter weighing nine pounds,
was born this morning 10 Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas McGaH Of Summer street.
IL will pay prospective shoe purchas.
ers to wait for the red-tag sale at the
Peoples Shoe Store beginning Saturday,
July 25th.
Miss Mildred Wheeler Of Taunton,
Mass, Is visiting at the home OF Miss
Nellie Stoughton on French street for a
few weeks.
II was reported at a meeting of the
Aldrieh library trustees, held last night,
that the work of construction is rapidly
nearing completion and that the build
ing will soon be ready for occupancy.
The National Life Insurance company
OF Montpelier has, through the Office of
its agents, n. h. Ballard & Co. of this
city, paid the amount OF the insurance
held by the late Charles A. Corliss to
Mrs. Corliss.
Friday night will be amateur night
at the opera house, when local amateurs
, will be given a chance to appear immcdi.
ately after the pictures are over. Prizes
will be given the best performers, to be
decided by the audience.
The Rev. Francis A. Poole returned
this afternoon to Lake Morey, Fairlee,
where he is spending his vacation, nav
ing been in town to speak at the Beth
any church centennial in Montpelier and
to ofliciate at the funeral OF James
Campbell this afternoon.
G. C. Meyer, contracting agent for
Cole Brothers circus, was in Montpelier
yesterday and engaged the Langdon
meadow for an exhibition there Monday,
August II, Bennington battle day. Tais
circus is carried on As cars and will
come from st, Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Hanan and son
Of Macomb, Illinois, are taking a pleas
ure trip through the states and Canada,
first stopping Chicago, then TO Niagara
Falls and Buffalo. From there they will
20 to Montreal; then they win come to
Barre, where they will visit at the home
of his sister, Mrs O. II. Silver, and
family, for a week or more. On their
return home they will visit in New
York. Philadelphia and Washington.
1t may be truthfully claimed for THE
Man Hunt at the Comique that its
representation of Western horsemanship
is certainly grand. The Sensational and
romantic strain and true western style
Of handling criminals, running through
this picture holds the audience from
start to finish "The Hand Of Fate" is
another good drama and "The Troubles
Of Mr.. Troubles" is a comedy worth
seeing. From the hearty applause Mr.
Bennett received to his song, When the
Evening Breeze is Signing, Home, Sweet
Home" 1t would be impossible to say
other than that he Is, as he has been,
one OF the most popular singers in
Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
THIEVES SENT TO PRISON.
Punished for Attempted Burglary at
Fair Haven.

Rutland July 21.-John Edwards
and John Shelley. who were arrested
by Deputy Sheriff John H. Policy of
lair Haven July il, while in the act
Of burglarizing the Crippen grist mill
there were sentenced to the State
Prison at Windsor yesterday afternoon
by Judge Farnsworth Edwards got
three to five years and Shelly two to
four years.
The board of alderman last night
awarded the Rutland City Electric
company the contract to install an
automatic fire whistle in this city for
$3.50. All the local plants have re-
fused to harbor the whistle and the
city has been without any alarm other
than church bell for weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
DIR. z. ARCHAMBAULT.

General diseases treated, but special atten-
ton given TO the treatment of tuberculosis OF
consumption by means of the new serum,
i3arre--Ufiiee s. Summer ST., corner West.
HonrR-7 to a. M. 2 ~ aud 10 Q p, m. Wen
stervillc-Residenc Henry Gigure, for consul
tatlon, Tuesdays to II a. m. 6ranitevile-
Residence odule Gilbert, for consultation, FRI
days to IL a. N. Tel. 407-i3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-21
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, JULY q. 1908.
Weather PredIetion.

showers tonight and Wednesday
light variable winds probably inereas-
ing
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STORM or CANARY BIRDS.
Strange innings That Happened to I
Vessel on Coast OF AcaJutIa.

From the Son Francisco Chronicle.
Il happened In the night, n according
to the yarn spun yesterday by Capt. Sand
berg Of the Panama liner City OF Para 1t
must have been a night Of terror.
The ship was midway between Aoajutia
and San Jose dc Guatemala. which Is n
latitude in which, the unusual IL the ex-
pected. The time was between and 2
O'Clock In the morning. and 1t was very
dark. suddenly an electric storm Of great
ferocity came up from q revolutionary re-
public on the starboard quarter. accom-
panied by waterspouts, 81. Elmo,e fire n a
great lock Of canary birds. Every n
knows that st. Elmo's fire and. waterspouts
are common Of the coast 81 Acajutia. but
At the first stroke the. lightning blew
out the fuse IN TIE ships dysamS and
s sy 6 ssca% Tss ss az dsss g. af E IN hrs IL on .f the
'~foretopmast and split the gilt ball at the
top Of the topmast exactly into " hem
iisphsIss: One Of IN these ss,d fen into anS The wst sT;
Second Oficer Heckert.
Third Oficer zual, who had been on
watch below; ran on aeG *. Az AL tne . psss en-
captain . , that the pessensers. thought
was bad enough and the lightning was
sen IN The eS fscs J. " Tf The sn sts stssi p s.sss gers
In the darkness that caused the indescrib-
II lasted for an hour. and In the morning,
when the storm had passed and the sun
rose, there on the decks, covering the avn
ings and almost filling the boats dashed on
the upper deck, were thousands Of dead n
dying canary birds. Capt. Sandberg says
there were thousands of them. Some
OF them had Numbered into the staterooms
in the darkness after the electric lights
were out.
So the City OF Para. came safely through
tho storm when II rained canary birds. all
save the gilt ball at the top OF the foretop-
mast, half of which was lost overheard.
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waa n reaary seen to have run across the
twelfth century writing. This was CON
One Of the most astonishing examples
OF genius deyoting itself TO- forgery va
that OF the Italian Basttanini. borp N
1850 In the midst Of abject poverty, ne nao'
properly speaking. no syhtemntc Sne ~
ton. either literary or artlstac. p ~ the
name OF Freppa employed him Tor two
francs q day to produce antiques. when
might be sold at q good profit 20 gnis
became B~astianini's life work--the pro
duction OF forgeries. a.
Ono Of his most oelebrsted yorln Y
the bust Of Savonarcla. Convinea
that here was Q real nfteenta ~
collected 1000 francs and purchased 1t
from Freppa TO prevent its sale and Ok.
portation. One critic. Dupre declasec
that he must assign it TO Miohelangeio ior
its force and TO Hobbia for the exquisite
meas Of it's treatment. regarding " az z
wonderfully beautiful work OF AT. nh
Frederick leighton. the noted Enehsn
psintsr haying recsiTed DE z pa ~ tSe head
Of his bed Il IL said that he franc.
duchess Marie OF Russia and LippaIt
seriously thought OF building . temple
to house this wonderful bit OF art. put
Notwithstanding the plaudits OF those VINO
1knew,s the bust was q fake.
Rumors having become current ina me
piece of terra Gotta was not what AZ put
ported TO be, one Of the purchase!s abrupt
ly demanded of Bastianini one a az hls
workshop whether he was the creator Oh
the bust, and he admitted that ne We:
But this was not the only great sucoess
OF Bastianini. A terra Gotta bus OF bene-
vieni. a sixteenth century poet OF fIor-
ence. waB regarded 40 q coniemporary
for ls,0o0 francs and installed in Q room
containing work Of MiohelAngelo himself.
But IL was q fake for all that.
The Louvre In Paris 10 both the largest
and finest collection OF examples Of arr
that exists anywhere In the word, n
vet this great museum of art has been
made within recent years the victim OF .
striking piece Of forgery. There was SUD
mitted TO it's inspection and approval q
wonderful example Of the goldsrnith.s art.
This was claimed to be the tiara Of Saita-
pharnes and TO have been dug up In south
ern Russia. The Louvre paid E,oo tor
the headpiece.
Henri Roohefort. the noted editor Of
L'Tntrdnsigednt, branded the headpiece
90 q forgery. 10 is possible that ne oia
not act entirely Independently. although
he p an expert IN art matters, 40 sup s
BROUGHT 20 Paris a certain M. Koukhoioy-
ski, a goldsmith of Odessa. Arrived In
Parts, he demonstrated that he. could in
deed execute work the equal OF the tiara.
The upshot Of 1t all seems 70 be that the
tiara was partly genuine, but otherwise
the work OF the accomplished NJ Kouk-
homOysh,
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changes which their food underEoes and
the effect produced thereby, 90 that " 10
literally true that one map'e meat may be
another mana poison and every man
muat learn from his own experiences what
food agrees with him and what does not.
All persons ere alike In that they must
have protein for the building and repair
for warmth and work. but diner N the
amounts and proportions required.
SScrupulous neatnees, phould always be
observed In keeping apd serving 1000,
for the sake Of health swell 81 derency'
There II death In the refrigerator some
times when 1t looks. quito Innocent, f9i
Of all places on earth cleanliness should
sft is not enough 10 scrub and soald II.
even with concentrated I've, for the CIR
PASSAGES and the minute cfovico9 OF tho
walls are not reached and the box u often
not nes-y as sweet as II looks IN the care
Of the reputed careful holisekeeper. but
the home-where the sulphur candle 70
than one where II 10 omitted; and the
refrigerator especially should DO treated
to this D bath about onoe' q week,
though In handling the burning eandle
great a r must be observed against In
hallng its fumes
"Pecuniary economy Of food p always
entirely compatible with good living
when the cook knows her businees, The
plain, substantial. standard food ma.
~terials. like the cheapest outs OF meat
and the ordinary vegetables, are a. diGes-
tible and nutritious as any OF b costlier
materials; but the trouble Ia that we en-
deavor to make our diet suit u palate
by paying high prices for the raw material
rather than by the skilful cooking and
tasteful service that are In the reach Of
all rirh mr. NOR - -.
aThe 'trimmings' Of meat which are
left with the butcher or thrown away In
the kitchen contain one-eighth OF the
material paid for. that might be saved
In a savory pot of soup, and the neck
bono Of b~eef-after all the meat has
been removed-which 10 thrown away
makes the best and strongest soup stock
In the world.
cit Is such cuts Of meat ~ loin OF hest,
rib chops Of lamb and similar. parts. In
which most Of the waste oocitrRi In feot
one-ffth Of the cost goes TO pay tor the
bone. Such cuts therefore should be
avoided by those who .wiah 10 get the
most actual nutriment for their money.
Another loss, though q lessor one,
occurs In the preparation Of fruits and
vegetables for cooking, In which process
the careless cook q easily out % deeply
In pairing them that quite q largo part
Of the edible portion 10 lost. Another
source Of waste 10 In the cooking itsek,
and boiling 10 the most abused branch
Of all. Rapid boiling should always b
avoided, for no additional heat 10 gen.
Grated by the furious ebullitionB, end much
of the aroma and nutriment Of the I'm
mersed substance is thus lost
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Such figures ought TO bring In a large
profit to the Hudson's Bay Company, but
unfortunately they have not been main
tanned, and for the last twenty years
have been decreasing.
Until 1850 the company was In q
number OF furs exported was a,Sso, 600.
but since then the trade has gradually
declined, and this number 10 now re-
duced by oue-haH at least.
The following table. taken from the
Voyage Of Capt. Robert Lade,' shows
on what terms exchanges were formerly
made with the Indians. Beaver skins
ing and selling. The Indians paid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
r,w.r Bnuara Table. m France.
PROM ne Ioadon telegraph.

~ ~ UFFHo IFFtVTHPF
AN billiards dying out and are motoring and
golf killing themi in iSst the French Treasury
returns noted $1,000 billiard tables In the country.
This year the hgurc Is only moon The Treasury
Iamcnss the fact. not from any disin tcrested love
for the grand old game but because every bill
lard table pays a heavy tax. Motoring OF course
contributes its full share to ths inland revenue
here as well 40 elsewhere, hut % far the royal
and ancient pastime. which In quite new. here.
pays nothing 10 the state. However that may
come In due course. and golf clube balls, caddies
and links may be taxed TO make up for thu
shrinkage In billiard tables.
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THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.
1t Hal Outiived All Rivals Save one IN
$40 Years.

4 Year,.
The history Of the famous Hudson's
Bay Company dates from 1870. when Q
license to trade In furs In Hudson (now
Hudson) Bay was granted 10 q COM
pany which included several men II
high rank. The, Duke OF York, the
Duke Of AIbemarle and the Earl Of
Shaftesbury were amonethem.
The capital was ca. 40. not a great
amount with which to fight the rival
companies and the intrepid individual
agents. chiefly French, whose oompeti-
ton was hard on the now enterprise.
But the conquest Of Canada helped Il o
good deal English traders learned the
the exchange Of goods-
Toward 1854 some merchants Of Mont
real combined to explore the fur country
and founded that powerful Northwest
Company. which BOON became the centre
Of the fur trade. In 17pS this new oom-
pany shipped furs to the value Of no
less than E120 900. and the existence Of
the Hudson's Bay Company was again
threatened. ajr N&I4 .,
In sConjuror's Houss' Stewart Edward
White has given us slimpses of the pio-
~turesqueiy highhanded methods of .the
company'-which nowadays has, but one
meaning. the Hudson's Bay Company.
But according to q writer In Fur News
Its early rival was no better.
1T shrank from no act, however IN
~iquitous,' says the account. .Its agents
imposed on their own employees and
speculated on the misery Of the Indians,
consequently realizing immense profits
in spite Of the competition Of new Russian
and American oompanies.'
The American Fur Company. for IN.
stance, was founded In 1909 with q capital
Of 81. 600 900 and operated west Of the
Rocky Mountains. The competition Of
all these rivals put the Hudson's Bay Com
pany, into greater danger than II ever
had been.
But In 1871 q treaty was made amaIRa-
mating the Hudson Bay and Northwest
companies under the title the Hudson's
Bay Fur Company. At present 1t has
only one rival Of Importance, the American
The Hudson's Bay Company has posts
scattered over a domain covering $500, 900
square miles. It's principal establish
ments are on James Bay and toward
the frontiers Of upper Canada, on lakes
Athabasca, Winnipeg, Met.Iye, and near
the Columbia, Mackenzie, Saskatchewan.
and Asstniboine rivers. Fort York, com-
manding the oourse Of the River N olson,
is the headquarters OF the company and
contains its principal depot.
; In 1872 1t took q lease Of all the Russian
establishments In North America at an
annual rent Of 10000. so that It Is now
working on its own account the vast
tracts OF country between the Mississippi
and the Pacific Ocean.
The following IL list OF the quantities
Of skins and furs despatched to Europe
by the Hudson's Bay Company In 1864,
which will give an exact idea Of the extent
of Its trade:
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Sea IAsn and 0ulls.

Ff0M INT LoH6OW OT0Ot, "
The sea lion displays no little sliil and
cunning In capturing gulls. When in
pursuit tho sea lion dives deeply under
water and swims some distance from
where Il disappeared; then rising eau
tiousiy, II exposes the tip Of lie nose along
the surface, at the same time giving Il d
The unwary bird near By Aiishts 70 catch
the object, while the eea lion At the came
moment settles beneath the waves and at
sss.. SSSaa p, Win ss sss issi:S,l ,sS S:vs sssssf is
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mig okl.Asm.a.


from Ne WdfonVd Herald.
See kAnsfto. q Caddo Indian. attracted cor.
siderable attention and wonder at Che Rock Isl.
and depot on Saturday as he went north on the
noon train from Binser. hls home town.
He beats the old German OF New York, Wouter
Van Tvtller, who was . feet . inches tall and q feet
inches around. This Indian Ia 5 feet . inches
tsn and feet 8 inches around. He b % years
old and weighs oeo pounds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

Harry Battan. since his return from Atlantic
City. has BEEN putting on cosmopoltsn style
and Improved his bsroer shop with q new coat
OF paint and wallpaper. A. q ph~ysioenomical
hair dresser. tonsorAl artist. Uranium mantpuIs-
tor. fsdh operator. capillary sbridror and pro-
lessor Of crtnicuitursi sbscission and cranioiori-
od thpsis Mr.. Battan hss no SUPERIOR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
woman's Courage.

] have said that the courage OF women
II often OF an exalted order. and this is
true. Once let the weaker sex face a
cnsis-I care not what that crisis may be-
once let a woman know the worst. n she
will be at her best as a sort OF corollsry
Of circumstances.
And this courage extends even to the
vicious side OF female life for I do not think
wo men ever confess to crimes. Men have
done 80 quite often. but I do not remember
TO have known or heard OF q woman doing
80. @
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All HIS Life witAsut . Hs,iday.
From M o.dc, ma, M

oeorgs Hayward. aged d. vino has just died
AZ Needhsrn Market lived nesfiy an his iifs In the
same house. He never had q days holiday and
never ssv the sea.
Hayward was formerfy In business "a A butohe,
and he was On The habit Of wearing an apron AZ
church on sundays beneath his frock coat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

But q few years ago beaver sklns be-
be changed. Bison furs are now the
medium Of trade. When an Indian pre-
sents himself at the fort the agents Of
the company give him as many pieces
Of wood as he brings skins. and he ex-
changes these pieces Of wood for manu-
featured articles on the premises. and
as the company fixes theproe OF the nrti-
realize large prohts. sA-zu.uAx.uel
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FfoH Dc WaNfR1foa Staf.
-Ieacher seyN,- acclaimed the precocious
child, that We I'VE IN the tcmperate zone-
Yea answered Col. sufven: ANA n shess
proeieiuonists keep going. i'm be worse than
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CLUB FOR opTIMgTS ONLY
Conaausd from Fire. Pags.

Of society without distinction. A special
tax was levied to pay the salaries.
This plan has been found to DO unwork-
able In practice. at all events from the
d~octors' point Of vies. As there were no
doetors' bills to fear. the worthy citizens
OF Bellinaona worked their medical men
10 death. calling them IN for the most
trivial complaints. Il became q custom
for revetlsts Staggering home ct night
to ring up the daetor and make him pre-
scribe o pick-me-up. Or else. they ar
gued. what did they pay the doctors'
tax fort
The long suffering DOCTORS patience
d now exhausted and they demand q
smaller salary. but With the right to
charge an extra fee from patients. And
until the municipality gives in the sick
must remain unattended.
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The report that Queen Wilhelmina has
suffered another disappointment 10 her
hopes Of an heir has revived the question
Of the succession to the Netherlands
throne. In some orioles the opinion has
long prevailed that In the event OF the
failure Of direct Issue, 40 now seems prob
able, ths suooeesion would be transferred
10 Prince Henry XxxIU. Of Reuss. Prince
Henry was until March last attached to
the German Embassy at Paris, and has
since been engaged at the Berlin Foreign
once. Like his father, he Is q painter
and q sculptor Of great talent. While,
however, not o few would gladly see
Prince Henry designated AZ the eventual
suoceeAor 70 the throne Of the Neither
lands, others are credited with expressing
the opinion that the Reuss lineage 10 not
sufioisntly high 20 warrant the Dutch In
Offering a Prince Of that house the royal
crown OF Holland.
Prominent Dutch statesmen have
within the last few months expressed
divergent views upon the all important
question Of the succession. Or. van
Houten, an ex-Minister. leader Of the old
Liberals. has publicly declared that
instead Of another soverskSa hs Ueuld
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A. snug little fortune OF over $4,000 10
waiting. according TO the ostses ZeiftAg
Of Btettin, for q German woman named
Priepke who left Dsrnmin, Pomerania,
many years ago for the United States
but whose present whereabouts Is not
known.
Her brother. John Priepke Of Met
sohow. near Demnin. has just died after
leading for thirty years q solitary. misery
existence. A stoneoutter BY trade with
an initial capital of cas-. he toiled noes
sanity 1t various commercial undertake
ines which prospered 90 well that at
length he posse6scd "a, 800 tn hard cash
besides 10000 IN landed property.
Priepke. 1t appears. was q queer charac-
ter whoee chief amusement was the
counting Of his money In his bedroom,
whore he Kept II under constant observa-
tton. A large sum Of money was found
hidden, Ia matohboxes. tobacco tins and
screws Of paper to q total weight Of
about haif q hundredweight. The money
hasbesn taken care Of By tho local savings
bank. eJa