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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-19
A. A. SMITH
& BRO.
YOUR FALL SHOES

Have you purchased them
YETI If not, it's high time
you did, for from now on
you II need a little heavier,
stouter, more wearable
shoe than in summer. If
you We got four or FIVE dol
lars to spare for shoes, and
don't care what sort of
shoes you get, so long as
they're fve-dollar shoes,
why there's lots of other
places to get them besides
here. But-and here's the
point-if you want a good
substantial, comfortable,
stylish pair of shoes and
want to pay just as little for
them as you can, and still
be sure Of getting these
qualities, come here and
we'll guarantee to satisfy
you.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-19
Underwear That Wears

All qualities, grades and
prices you'll find here.
But, as with everything
else, you'll find only one
low thing about them and
that is price. Does that
fact mean anything to you?
1t does TO lots Of people.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
The Diagnosis.

In his notes OF a trip to the Pacific
region Ed. Howe tells of an old man
who came into the smoking room OF
the car, sat down beside him, and
said abruptly: 81 have been to see a
noted doctor in Frisco. The doctor
looked at me and said, DO you want
me to tell you the truth? said /
certainly did. We'll, then, the doc
tor continued, you're old; that's all
that ails you"
"The old man pulled away at his
cigar, somewhat feebly, | thought"
a y Howe, land seemed buried in
reverie. I looked at him more close
ly and saw he vas wan and pale, and
older than I had first thought.
Wasn't that pretty cold,' he con-
tinued, after a time. I knew 1 was
getting old, but the doctor vas bru-
tai. I suppose he is the greatest nerve
specialist in the country today, but
he's brutal (He was looking out of
the window There's another blank
ed graveyard! 1t seems to me have
not seer anything else since l left
home
Then the old gentleman arose and
hobbled out of the smoking ROOM
Kansas City Journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

Radium continues to occupy the In
terest of scientific men. The extraor-
binary phenomenon it presents of a
tremendous evolution of radiant en-
ergy, going on perpetually without
combustion, without chemical change
Of any kind, without alteration of
molecular structure, and without ap-
preciable loss Of weight-for the loss
Of weight is estimated at only one
gram per square inch Of surface In ten
million years-is an apparent violation
Of the law of conservation of energy,
and bids fair to revOlutiOnize some
long-accepted ideas of matter and
force. A vast amount Of experimental
ton has already been conducted with
radium and others Of the radioactive
group Of metals-polonium, actinium,
uranium and thorium-and much spec
ulation and some interesting hypoth-
eses have been evolved. From these.
1t is believed, a great deal will be
learned about the constitution of mat
ter and the correlation of the vital and
physical forces, more, in all probable
ity, than from any substances which
have ever been discovered before.
Radium bromide is the strongest "a.
dunn salt yet produced, and there is
little of it in existence, the amount
having been estimated at four grams.
All radium Of higher activity than 1000
has until recently been retained for
the experiments of Professor and
Madame Curie and their associates.
but information has now been received
from Director Boulay Of the Societe
Centrale that they expect shortly to
put upon the market a preparation Of
radium, chemically pure. or nearly so.
at a cost of $4,000 per gram.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
To which this reply was sent:


A Montmartre tradesman delayed
railway traffic for twenty minutes at
a suburban station yesterday, because
the officials would not add a smoking
carriage to ME train on which he was
about to returN to Paris.
The ~occupanfS OF a non-smoking COM
partment objected to the bridesmaids
cigar. so the trafesman. still putting
his cigar, lay down. on the line in front
of the engine.
He announced thai he would remain
there until he had finished smoking.
Various officials we're summoned to ar
que with him, and finally, when the
train had been delayed twenty minutes
and the irate passengers demanded
that II proceed regardless Of the
tradesman, the latter Twas forcibly re-
moved and arested.-Haris Dispatch in
London Express.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be-
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the .We%ll-lnformed-
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co, only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.


All paths, all haunts of men are full
of God.-Aratus.
One wise counsel is better than the
strength Of many.-Euripides.
A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.-Marcus Aurelius.
There are abysses that love can not
cross, but it can bury itself in them
Balzac.
How ill to please is a man in dis
tress and annoyed by everything
Amphis.
The sower of the seed is the author
Of the whole harvest of mischief
Demosthenes.
No one can end with being superior
who will not begin with being inferior.
Home Notes.
Man understands woman theoretic-
ally. Woman understands man instinc-
tively.-Home Notes.
In consequence of gold there are no
brothers, and, no parents. but wars
arise from it-Anacreon.
Il love everything that's old-old
friends, old times, old manners, old
books, old wine."-Oliver Goldsmith.
The test of political institutions is
the condition of the country whose
fortunes they regulate.-Lord Beacons-
field.
Il jes' do the best l ken where the
good Lord put me at, an it looks like 1
got a happy feelin' in mt most all the
time.'-Mrs. Wigs, in Lovey Mary.
Every right action and true thought
sets the seal Of it's beauty on person
and face; every wrong action and
foul thought it's seal of distortion
John Ruskin.
There are compensations; and no
outward changes of condition in life
can keep the nightingale Of its eter-
nal meaning from singing in all sorts
of different mems hearts.-Wlniam
James.
Adversely Is like the period of the
former and of the latter rain-cold.
comfortless, u%nfriendly to man and to
animal; yet from that season have
their birth the flower and the fruit
Sir Walter Scott.
Religion, in one sense, is a life of
self denial; but self denial does not
belong to religion as characteristic Of
1t, it belongs to human life. The low
er nature must always be denied when
we are trying to rise to a higher
sphere.-H. w. Beecher.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
The yiliar. Fatsiast.

when you come to talking about
sanger.' said Mr.. Holt, the Bushby
cobbler, 'it's a-lurking for you on every
side" The customer who was wait
ing for her shoe to be finished smiled
and made ready to listen.
Yes, sir-ma'am, l should say
that's the long and short of it," said
Mr.. Holt. "Stay at home from travel
ing and you won't be drowned nor coli
lided into, maybe, but your house may
catch a-1re whilst you're asleep an
you perish amongst the flames, or yet
you may fall down your cellar stairs
and break your collar-bone.
And the same way 'tisn't well to
select and decide what's most likely to
carry you off. Now there was Annabel
Spears. She had a dread O. thunder
tempests and went ahead O. reason;
she certainly did. Said she knew she
was doomed and destined to be struck.
Every new preventive o. lightning she
heard of. she'd have a hack at it.
blouse was peppered with lightning
rods, and when a tempest came up
she'd close every door and window, go
to a dark room in the middle O. her
house, put rubber boots on her feet.
an lie down betwixt two feather beds
on n four-poster that she'd had some
kind O. glass casters put to-. There she
was, insulated complete, as you might
say. and look what happened.
zone day what she took to be a thun-
der tempest proved to be a kind of
hurricane. Annabel's roof was partly
tore off, an most o the bricks from
old Square Lathrop's chimney, SEEM
ingly, came right down on top Of her,
lying betwixt those two feather beds.
Some said she could have wriggled out
If it hadn't been for those rubber boots
hampering her so, but I don't know.
The ways O. Providence are beyond my
Judging.
There, I guess that shoen wear We
for another couple O. years!'-Youth's
Companion,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
CAME FROM EUROPE.
That Familiar Little Plant, the Dam
deIion, is Not a Native. ,

That Familiar Little Plant, the Dam
deIion, is Not a Native.
Perhaps none of our plants is more
sommon or more familiar than the
%dandelion, and certainly none is more
wonderful, says a contributor to Har-
per's Magazine. First of all, it is not
a native, but was introduced from
Europe, whence have come many of
our worst weeds, fitted by centuries.
of struggle in cultivated field to over
come the native plants of a continent
where cultivation had previously been
practically unknown and where ma
tives had had no opportunity to adapt
ing themselves to the conditions or
civilized agriculture.
One of the dandelion's strongest
points is the ability to obtain nourish-
ment under strong competition and in
unfavorable situations. A deep, strong,
perennial taproot draws all available
n%ourishment and moisture from sur
face and subsoil, stores no~urnishment
during the winter, and enables the
plant to start far and away ahead
Of most Of it's competitors. The dam
delion blossom is one of the first to
appear in the fields and parks Of New
York City. This same taproot is ex-
ceedingly bitter. which very likely pro-
tects it from destruction by moles
and other animals. At least LIDO not
remember having e a root that had
been disturbed by animals of any
kind.
But only a small portion of its food
comes from the soil. Air and sun
shine are just al necessary, for the
air is food and the sunshine is diges-
ton for our vegetable neighbors. Note
the shape of the leaves; narrow at
base and widening to the outer end,
they form a dense rosette that not
only gets for the dandelion all the
air and sunshine coming it's way, but
smothers all but the most sturdy COM
petitors. Here lies the secret OF the
dandelion's presence in lawns and
walks and open waste places. In lawns
the grass Is kept low, so that 1t can-
not overtop and shade the d~andelion,
while its own leaves lie so low and
close that they are little hurt by the
mower and can smother the grass I'M
derneath.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
AN AUTO FIRE ENGINE.
With Which the Milan Fire Brigade
Is Experimenting.

With Which the Milan Fire Brigade
Is Experimenting.
The Milan fire brigade has also ex-
perimented recently with a steam au-
tomobile pumping engine bought re-
Gently from a firm in Saxony. The
chassis, a U-shaped frame, resting on
springs attached to the axles, carries
the boiler, the motor, and the mech
anisms for the propulsion of the car
and for the pump. The rear wheels
of the engine have a diameter of 8 feet.
The front wheels have solid India
rubber tires, while the large wheels
have double solid tires.
A special friction differential appara-
tus allows one wheel to go forward and
the other to work backward, to be
guided in places where the streets
have sharp curves. The motor propul-
sion of both the pump and the car has
two cylinders. with the so-called
Stephenson disposition. The pump is
a two-cylinder machine. The fuel ear
be either. coal or petroleum; but pet
roleum is found much more convent
ent, as the stoker only turns the tap
on and the flame is Immediately work
ing.
Five firemen and a stoker can be &C
comrhodated On the car, which, so lad
en-, can run as a mean speed Of is IL
miles per hour, although on a smooth
road and. with no obstacles in the way
of other traffic it has run easily at the
rate Of % miles. Experiments have
shown that the car can deliver $50
quarts of water per minute at a sufi-
cient height. The machine, when run
ming, requires. 80 horsepower, and the
pump Is horsepower.-Harper's Week
Iv
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
sale Of Dickens, birthplace.

The house In which Charles Dickens
was born, 393 Commercial road, Ports
mouth, was sold by auction at Ports
mouth the other day and realized
21.125. There were only two bidders
the mayor, Sir W. T. Dupree, who
was acting on behalf Of the town, and
a competitor. whose name was not
disclosed. The bidding started at
$500 and In less than two minutes
had advanced by $500 bids to $500.
Then the competition rose by $3.50 to
$4,250. At this point Mr.. J. Clark, who
was the ~auctioneer, consented to
take twenty-five pounds advances and
in less than a quarter OF an hour
from the opening of the sale the bid
ding reached $5,625, at which price
mayor. Mr. F. G. Kitton, represent.
ing the Boz Club and the Dickens
fellowship, congratulated the mayor
on his purchase of the house for the
town and promised the assistance OF
the society he represented in convert
ing the place into an interesting Dick
ems museum. The auctioneer men
toned that half a million strangers
visited Portsmouth every year, and
IL a tenth of these visited the house
and paid ~sixpence each the purchase
money would be reimbursed in the
first year. The mayor replied. that
the town had paid more for the house
than its intrinsic value, but he defend
ed its conduct that it could not afford
to allow such an opportunity to es.
cape.-London Times.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
The World of Sport.

The Fizer stable continues to Le
the sensation of the racing season.
Yale's weakness in punting was 40.
parent in the game with Holy Cross
The Brooklyn Yacht Club has
offered a trophy for an international
race.
Herman Radtke. Jockey. has &C.
cepted an engagement to ride In
Russia.
1t has been figured out that the
racehorses owned by Harry PAYNE
Whitney and trained by John w,
Rogers won a total Of $135,O38 in
stakes and purses this year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
Seventy-one Hunters Killed
During Season of 100.

Chicago. - Seventy-one persons
were killed-most of them by care
demonstrating the hunting season
of 1907. This is slightly below the
record for 1906.
The number of injured in 1907,
however, is in excess of that of the
season before. e~ighty-one hunters
having been hurt in 1907, compared
with only seventy during 1906.
In Wisconsin, Michigan and Min
nesota fifty persons lost their lives In
1907.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
SICKIY LOT.

George" said the little girl to her
brother as she looked up from the pa
per she was reading. "it says here
that another octogenarian is dead.
What Is an octogenarian"
"Well, I don't know what they are.
but they must be sickly creatures.
You never hear Of them bat they arc
dying."-Youth.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
The Field Of Labor.

Bridge builders In San Francisco
are paid IS a day.
A roofers' union was recently or
ganized In Lynn. Mass.
Brickmakers in New South Wales
earn about $40 q week.
Furniture making In Canada gives
employment to over 5000 people.
Ten women in the United States
earn their living in the capacity OF
baggagemen.
Among the organized women work
ers In Germany. 1872 belong to the
metal trades. ~
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
20 Lives Lost in the Alps
and $50 Other Mishaps in 1907.

London.-Oficial statistics just is
sued supply the death rate in 1907
due to misadventure in the italian,
Swiss and Austrian Alps. The num-
Der of lives lost was seventy-five, the
majority being Swiss and Germans.
Next came the British and after them
the Italians. There were $50 serious
accidents.
{, The chief cause Of the fatality was
fool-hardiness, which is becoming
more prevalent every year. in at
tempting ascents without a guide.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa-
ton Necessary-Believes Her
life Saved by Cuticura.
"I have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years fora bad case of eczema
ION my leg. They did their best, but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off, At this time
my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like a piece of raw flesh. and I had to
walk on crutches. / bought a set Of Cuti-
cura Remedies. After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down, and In two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor was surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patients. have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the. Cuticura Rem
edies l might have lost my life. Mrs. ]. B.
Remand, 21 Montana st., Montreal, QUE,
Feb. 20, 1907"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ga.

: LUCAS COUNTY
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he n
senior partner OF the firm of FL. CHENEY b
Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.,
tSS8. A. w. GLEASON,
(srAr.) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. r. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, u.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. vas completely worn out
and discouraged when | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. have been
feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
The Joke Was on Her.

A woman member of the bar in New
York gives to our correspondent the
following correspondence with the res
ervation that no names shall be quot
ed:
Il am one of the few women" she
says, who can see a joke, even II
aimed at myself. l do not feel that In
this case l came off first best"
The first letter was from a man law
yer and was as follows:
Dear Miss Blank-We agree to the
compromise as proposed in your favor
of this date. Not because your client
has a just right to such settlement,
but from the fact that we do not care
to open a contest with a woman law
yer"
TO which this reply was sent:
Gentlemen note yours agreeing
to a settlement, although l cannot
congratulate you on your gallantry in
begging the question. Like the origi-
nal Adam, you seem inclined to hide
behind a woman's p%etticoat."
And the following letter closed the
correspondence.
Dear Miss Blank-If you will turn
to the early pages OF Genesis you will
discover that Eve did not wear a
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
Helping /. Fellow Out.

Clerk-"I am to be married shortly.
Couldn't you manage to increase my
salary a littleT
Employer-"Couldn't really. But I'll
tell you what I'll do for. you. my boy.
I'll shorten your hours during the
first three months, so that you can
spend your evenings at home, and after
that I'll lengthen them again, so that
you will have an excuse to get away"
-Tit-Bitg,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

for five months In .
hospital was dis
charged as incura-
BILE. and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed. I had smother
ing spells and some
times fell urcou-
scious. l got so 1
couldn't Use my
arms. my eyesighs
was impaired and
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
Some of the New Records Made During the Year

seconds
Swimming record for 100 yards, by Charles Daniels, SIS 25 seconds.
Horse running record, mile and an eighth, by Charles Edward, at
Brighton Beach, 150 35. $500 -a H-
Shooting record, by Captain Hardy, who broke l., 066 flying targets.
Homing pigeon makes average speed of 1912 yards pei minute for
600 mile. ms a- yH4. 4HE 81 ..At !"
Thompsons Colts bowling team tive men) rolled a 2S53 score for
three games. 4.4aM a8
Ralph Rose, John Flanagan. Martin Sheridan, George Bonhag and
Melvin Sheppard all broke athletic records.
Fastest time o n snow shoes, AIM. EOS.
Longest ski jump. ia feet. 80
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
HE KNEW RIGHT OFF.

"Ah," sighed the wretched MI.
Newpop. "wha. can be more wearing
on the nerves than a baby that cries
all night long?"
Twins" answered the man who had
been through it.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

Trinity Sunday, Juna IA.
Corpus Christi, June IS.
Thanksgiving Day, on fourth or last
Thursday in November, as Presi-
dent may appoint.
First Sunday in Advent, November
20.
Sundays after Trinity are % this
year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
PRESENCE OF MIND.

She-You're SO bashful, Mr.. Callow'
| really believe that If you ever marry
the lady will have to propose.
He-W-wells but l might have-er
nerve enough to decline.--Pnck.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
THE SEASONS.
Washington Mean Time.
EcLIPsEs FOR THE YEAR 1908.

There will be three echpses II the Sun this year and one Luna Apuse
invisible in America, visible N the Pacific Ocean.
H. The second will b 70 a annular or ringfOrm eclipse Of the Sun o n
the 2Sth of June, visible, in part in the United States The eclipse will
D. annular n Tampa, Florida, and o n the Bermuda Islands. The begin
ming will be at 9 o'clock 81 minutes in the forenoon; the end at IL o'clock
Al minutes at noon. washington tfme)
III: The third is an eclipse Of the Sun on the 22d and 23d of Decem-
eastern par Of South America. "t
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
FOR THE toilet
HIS

"Well," said the college president
II guess we'll have to add anotner
man to the faculty"
where is the vacancy"
"Why, we need an official surgeon
for the football team."-Chicago Post.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

An International Congress- on Inter
nal Navigation will be held at Milan,
Italy. in 1905. :" .
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of 0vveoo
Gum and Mullen Is Natures great rcsne-
dy-cures Coughs, Colds. Groups and Coz
sGmption. and all throat and lung troubles.
At druggists. Csc. Soc. MI cleo per bottle.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
MORE PRACTICAL.

"I would give the world to make
you happy" said the romantic young
man.
Never mind about the world" said
the level-headed lass: "jrst you make
sure OF twenty-five dollars a week
with reasonable prospects of promo
iion.*
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02

Septuagesima Sunday, February l6.
S~exagesima Sunday, February %.
Quinquagesima Sunday, March /.
Shrove Tuesday, March 8.
Ash Wednesday, or first day of Lent,
March 4.
Quadragesima Sunday, March s.
Mid Lent, March 25.
Palm Sunday, April ~.
Maundy Thursday, April 16.
Good Friday, April II.
Easter Sunday, April 10. &
Low Sunday, April rs.
Rogation Sunday, May 81.
Ascension Day, May %.
Whit Sunday, June z.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1908-01-02
ar THE

He-What delicacy! What mar
mony. 1t is divine! d
She-I am so glad you like 1t.
think it exquisite.
He-I could listen to it forever!
she-Why, what are you referring
to?
He-That symphony which was just
rendered, of course.
She-Oh, l thought you meant that
beautiful gown in front OF us.-Ths
Master-Singer