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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
Pointed Paragraphs.

Few men can look themselves over
and give their faults fair hearing
Being willing is al right. but Il
doesn't amount 70 much unless it is
backed up By doing something.
The family skeleton never appears
to worse advantage than when aired
b. members Of the family before stran.
gers.
You cant cash YOUR neighbours sue
cess. and II i has a legitimate founda-
ton you can't damage it by knocking.
--Atchison Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

Consumption had me in is grasp; and
! had almost reached the jumping Oh
place when | was advised to try DR..
Kings New Discovery. aud / want To
say right now i savel ms Iiie Improve
ment began with the first bottle. and
after taking one dozen bottles / was
= we'll and Aappy man again SAYS
George Moore Of fsrlnesland n. G. Al
q ranlesly for oon.hs and colds and heal
er Of weak sore longs ana faf prevent
ing pneumonia. New Discovery II su.
preme 5Qo and Si0l al the Red Cross
pharmacy Trial bottle frps
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
State Lines.

The population Of okiahoma is I.4l4..
IT and Is rapidly Increasing
The standing pine % the three old
pine Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minuesofa-nrohably does not exceed
s0.O0000oooo feet
one hundred aud 6fty-six Vermont
ers are holainS deva government jobs
a. Washington. aaa they reduce the
treasury surplus 81 S1l3.4ls a year
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 50-cent bottle
OF Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar II
1t fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 2S-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory pr money refunded.
Red Cross Pharmacy, E. A. Drown,
CHI. Kendrick e. Co, d. F. Davis.
George L. Edison, j. A. Macarthur,
w. II. Miles q Co., McAllister Bros,
D. c. Howard, j. A. Cumming,
j. w. Parmenter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
oratory

"what am oratory Brudder Jack.
sonfr
"Brudder Simmins, I viii elncidate.
II you says black am white. dat am
foolish, but L you says black am white
an heIlers ike bull an pounds on
table wiz bofe fists dat am oratory,
an some people viii believe you.r--
Atlanta Constitution.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ), 1908.
Fathers Carried on Margin.

A life insurance premium is a margin
which secures the sum family can save
if father lives and does save; which they
lose il he dies or does not save. 59th
year. National Life Insurance company,
Montpelier, Vt. (mutual).
5. s. Ballard, general agent, Mont
pelier; n. B. Ballard, local agent, Barre,
VI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

Heavy. impure blood makes muddy.
pimply complexion, headaches, nausea.
indigestion. Thin blood makes YOU
weak. pale. sickly Bmdock Blood Bit
tiers makes the blood rich, rcd, pure
restores perfect health.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
Notice.

Commencing Tuesday, February
4, 1908, I shall give cash coupons
with every cash purchase Of Sc OF
over, redecmable in goods at my store
have also made arrangements where
by | can give all my credit customers
a nice premium for prompt payment,
full announcements of which will be
made later Come in and let US tell
you about il.
J. R. OSBORNE, East Barre, VI
Successor to r. j. woodward.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
a Juvsnils wrioole.

Mother ian invalid Elmer. what
did you do with the orange Mrs Neigh
bors gave you to give to me yester-
day. Small Elmer-It was TOO sour
for you. mamma. so / put some sugar
on it and are II myself.-Chleago News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

Lead pencils. which really eontain
graphite OF piumhsgo, derive their
name from the use Of lead plummets
Tor ruling faint lines oa paper before
the discovery Of the Cumberland
graphite mines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
eRAN1rEv1LLE.

F. H. Martins cart win nave nice
fresh oysters Saturday.
The train from the Hill on Saturday
night will be held until after the per-
Torrance at the opera house BY the Fen.
berg stock company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

For q mild, easy action Of the bowels.
single dose OF Doan's Regnlets Is
enough. TreatmeHt cures habitual con-
sfipation. 25c box. Ask your drug
eist fu them
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

stops itching instantly. Cures piles,
eczema. salt rheum, letter. itch, hives,
herpes. scabies-Doan's Ointment. At
any drug store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03
EAST BARRE.

There viii be a box social and whist
party held in Foresters' hall, East
Barre, February 4. Every one please
bring box. c. D. F. Of A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

eDE. Thsnas' Eclectric OIL is the best
remedy for that often fatal disease
Group. Has been used with success 10
oar family for eight years, Mrs. l.
W-hitaacre, Buffalo, n. y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-03

SIX IS considered unelean b. the
Mohammelsns because it j p.odeeed
~ worm.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
A neoislon on Forestrv-

The judiciary Committee OF the House.
famed for its skill In burying proposed
legislation, and also for its legal preten-
sions, on account of which Senator Bev-
eridge has aptly dubbed it the little Su-
preme Court" has dug a grave for the
bills to establish forest preserves in the
Southern Appalachians and in the White
Mountains by handing down a decision
that these measures are unconstitutional.
The able judges on the committee, or a
majority OF them. for its decisions are
not necessarily unanimous. have conclud-
cd that Il is unconstitutional for the Fed
eral government to acquire lands for for
estry purposes within the boundaries of
a State, but that 1t may do SO If the
lands are required for the purpose of
aiding navigation In other words, a di-
rect relation must be established between
forestry and the maintenance Of nav
igable waterways. If the ingenuity of
our constitutional lawyers be not unequal
to the task Of framing a bill that win
establish this relation. perhaps the House
may be permitted 10 grant the requests
or those southern and New England
States interested in the forestry projects
now before the Judiciary Committee.
We should have preferred the ordinary
course Of submitting the legal points in
volved to the Supreme Court of the
United States after the legislation had
been passed. A committee which has
gained The reputation of being a mere
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
WHY THEY OPPOSE IT.
NfcCau Bill threatens Source of Rr.
publican Campaign Fund.

utIAll BlAl threatens source Oh hGs
publican Campaign Fund.
From the Philadelphia Bec7rd
The publication OF what a candidate cx-
pends or what is expended for him after
his election or defeat is Of small practical
consequence. Had the Republican Ma
tional Committee been compelled 10 pub
lish all the contributions of the trusts
and corporations to the campaign fund
before the election in 1904 the country
would have been amazed at the enormous
expenditure Il may be anticipated that
the tariff-nourished trusts. in their dread
of Democratic success VIII be as lavish
in their contributions this year as they
were in 1904, unless they are exposed in
advance by law and thus restrained from
making dishonest use Of the money Of
their stockholders 10 corrupt the elections
of the people This is the reason why
the trusts with their stand-Pat cham
pions In Congress. win not permit the
passage Of the Mccall bin this session if
they can help it-and they think that they
can.
Should the Democrats elect a majority
10 the next Congress the tariff viii be
revised. and especially in those schedules
which enabled the steel trust, the lumber
trust. the sugar trust. the paper trust
and their cOngeuers TO exploit the Ameri-
can people. In this situation it will be
interesting TO observe the methods Of
Speaker Cannon. Chairman Payne. and
their stand-pat colleague. Representative
Dalzen for preventing favorable consid-
Grafton of the Mccall bill
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
POLITICAL CHIT-CHAT

The Gotham Gazette is supporting
Taft-this week.
Gus J. Karger continues 10 put
out some mighty fine campaign ma
terial for Mr. Taft
The Fairbanks tariff revision
slogan has given decided impetus
to the Indianian's boom.
Passapatana. Va. has taken a
firm stand against the Roosevelt
second-elective term movement.
Mr. Yorys. Of Columbus. Ohio.
came to Washington this week for a
conference with his chief MIR. Hitch
cock.
Frank P. Morgan is over in New
York sitting up nights with the re
mains Of the Lewis StuyTesant
Chsnler boom.
Hon. BTainard II. Warner and
Hon. D. W. Baker VIII jointly
stump the Sixth Maryland district
for Col PeaFTe,
Sidney Bieber makes no secret Of
the fact that he has a ''le2d-pips
cinch' for a place on the Repub-
lican National Committee.
The Hon. Cotter Bride has con-
sented 10 90 as a Bryan delegate-at-
large from the District Of Columbia
to the Denver convention.
Hon. O'Digman Swat. Of Science
tady y. Y, lunched with Mr.. L.
White Busbey and Hon. James Is.
Reynolds at the Capitol yesterday.
Hon. c. c. Carlin priyately as
slues The Stick that there is not a
word Of truth IN the report that he
is backing the Woodrow Wilson
Presidential boom.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
Chapter by SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.

Il had been three days since the
adventure Of the Red Morocco Bag.
and already the humdrum daily
life Of the metropolis was wearing
on my soul. Dick MeAIlister had ac-
costed me and asked me to join him
in an attempt 20 beat faro game.
but although the $500 OF S9.000 in
my pocket-sll that was left Of my
grand coup-bsrned a hole In my
pocket, I did not crave such paltry
excitement as gambling.
When a man voluntarily. as
have. becomes an Ishmael and.
having a convenient conscience. can
find no distinction between slillfui
burglary. safe allowing. hold-Up work.
OF confidence games and tie bigger
stealing they do down in Wall
street, he soon learns that there Is
no game quite so fascinating as the
game OF Wit against wit. with ad
venture waiting 10 be WOn. If n5t
fcrtuues: and a prison or, perhaps.
a midnight bullet as q penalty 10
the loser.
] had never lost yet. But did
not deceive myself. Ny tims was
sure 10 come. Under my self-ap
pointed letters OF mauqae ana Il.
pTisal I had cruised the Great
White Way until nay name was a
terror to the police. and yet. here
] stood. at the corner Cf Broadway
and FoTty-fOUTth street. on tie
evening OF April ., ls9s, With
pl,sty Of money in my pocket. and
aching. simply aching. for some ad-
venture to come along that might
make life less duh AID stupid and
help me 10 foTgetl
! was idly watching. and with
some amusement. a taxicab which
was endeaToging to cut across the
street. in spite Of the protests OF
the patrolman. toward the corner
on which / stood. The chauffeur
was adroit and diplomatic, and at
last. cutting under the very nose OF
hanson taking a party 10 the
theaier. he got clear way. and
spinning up the curb, stopped i'm
mediately IN front Of me.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
Mr.. TAFT AND HIS OFFICE.
War Department Business Has Suf-
feFed from His Absence,

/ War Department Business Has Suf-
feFed from His Absence,
/ From the Army and Navy Register
A member Of the Cabinet need not re-
/ sign his position at the head Of an execu-
tive department, be he ever so probable
a Presidential possibility. Continuance in
such IA Office. however must not be AT
the sacrifice Of public interest. Mr.. Taft
would make one Of the best Secretaries
Of War If he stayed IN Washington and
attended to the administration Of affairs
of the army. Those are duties which re-
quiTe pretty constant attention. especially
during a session Of Congress. and there is
no reason 10 doubt that Mr. Taft would
be equal in full measure to the demand
If he had not been sent TO such places
as the Philippines, Cuba. and Panama
and permitted to conduct an electoneer-
ing campaign all over the country during
the past year or two. His duties have
been discharged by those who do not get
the credit. while they have something
more than the mere responsibilities. OF
the executive function-and those re-
sponsibilities are not lessened, it will be
appreciated. by the fact that all executive
acts by his substitutes must take into
discreet account the effect upon Mr.
Taft's preliminary candidacy.
The War Department has suffered ard
the army has been neglected as a result
Of Mr.. Taft's frequent and sometimes
prolonged absences. The necessary short
periods Of his stays IN Washington have
served to delay action on important
questions or put the burden with all the
liability Of blunder and blame. upon
others. Mr.. Taft's candidacy has now
attained those proportions which require
much of his personal attention, evidently.
and his vital interest in the larger and
more absorbing task Of political cam
paignlng has visibly impregnated War
Department affairs with that species Of
ingenious evasion and aniable procrasti-
nation which comes Of a safe" admin
istration.
Under such untOward circumstances it
were better for the War Department and
the army to have a Secretary of War
who is not SO completely occupied with
his own affairs, or obtain from the pres
ent incumbent that service for which he
is paid b. the government and which no
one doubts he Is able TO render The
President has announced tlat officehOld-
eTs shall not be active in politics. and il
is a poor rule which does not apply to q
member OF the Cabinet. who should
either resign and follow his own inclina-
ton with added dignity TO that pursuit
or remain in service and be the official in
something more than the mere titular
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
SECRECY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

From the Baltimore American.
The great evil IN American govern
mental affairs says President Eliot. Of
Harvard University, from Washington
down to the small cities and towns. is
secrecy. It characteTizes the determining
action in ali formal action. The trouble
lies in the fact that while there may
be a semblance Of publicity. the real de-
termination is made out Of sight" This
exactly and poiRtedly characterizes the
situation. Even men OF known integrity
whose motives are above suspicion. per-
sist in upholding secret determination
and star-chamber sessions In public mat
ters; 10 men Of another stamp the prac-
tice gives the widest opportunities for
corruption. How these opportunities are
utilized the Investigations, which are a
feature Of up-to-date life. abundantly tes-
tify.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
Speaker Cannon and the Newspaper.

y
The immense and irresponsible power
of the Speaker Of the House has never
been more signally illustrated than By
his attitude toward the proposition for a
removal Of the duties on wood pulp and
print paper. Nearly every important
daily newspaper in the country is favor
able TO this proposition. The American
Newspaper Publishers Association has
declared for it, and now the papers COM
posing the Associated Press have asked
for legislative relief from the oppression
Of the paper trust. All this has had no
effect upon the Speaker and his coll
leagues but TO spur them TO the adoption
of a resolution Of inquiry that simply
means that nothing will be done until
after election" Yet when the newspa-
pers presented their case 10 President
Roosevelt, he felt at once the desirabllity
of action, and so recommended in two
messages the legislation asked for. The
pressure of sentiment to which the
President yielded, the Speaker is able to
withstand. His courage is admirable.
While in full sympathy with the pub
fishers in seeking relief. we are bound
to say that their position would be more
tenable if they were urging tariff re-
form in other directions as we'll
The newspapers. though mainly actu-
eted by legitimate self-interest in press
ing for removal Of tarif duties on a
product largely consumed by them. have
done public service in showing how a
high protective tariff. improperly inn
posed, operated TO encourage the forma-
tiOn of great combinations of wealth and
to uphold them in engrossing and fore
stalling the market for their output. In
addition, the agitation against the paper
trust has served to bring out in bold
relief the tremendous hold which the
trusts have, through the tariff, upon the
Republican party and its leaders in Con-
gress. And lastly, it has vividly brought
home the autocratic authority of the
Speaker. one word from whom. nay. a
mere nod OF recognition. would secure
the passage of a free pulp and paper bill
in the House. Get the Speaker to recog-
nize me or somebody else to make the
motion" says John Sharp Williams, and
it will pass" That is all But unless the
Speaker wills, the House cannot even
vote on a measure which a majority Of
its members favor. The Roosevelt big
stick is a mere toothpiek by the side Of
the piece Of timber welded by the
Speaker.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25

attended college, graduating from But
ler College. indianapolis, at the age OF
twenty-five.
His fame as a school-teacher Travelled
over the borders Of his native State. and
the last year of his teaching found him
In Fairbury, Nebr.. as superintendent OF
public schools. He suited the people but
he declined a reelection, preferring tc
take his chances at law, was admitted
10 the bar and began practice at once
Mr. Hinshaw has he'd municipal anC
county Offices but his desire for national
honors has not always been successful
lie was nominated for Congress in 1885
the Fusionists beating him cut In the
election.
lie was candidate for United States
Senator in 1901. and again Dame Fortune
looked upon him with disfsvor. and
there was nothing doing. Things changed
for the better, and the never -say-die
spirit Of Hinshaw asserted itself when
he was nominated for Congress the sec
ond time Il was for the Fifty-eighth
Congress He won. and his determine.
ton has been rewarded each succeed
ing Congress.
Representative Hinshaw has three com
mittees, Indian Affairs, Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, and Patents. To the work
or each committee he gives that same
determined effort that manifested itself
In his early career
Ell Hughes, the special guardian of the
statues in statuary Hall, was laboriously
dusting OF the marble ngures with a long
feather duster. An habitue Of the Capitol
was passing and noticing the dusting of
process said, "1yhat are you doing. Eli.
giving them a shampoo?"
Vas sur. said Eli Il do this regu-
larly every day; have just finished brush
ing down and sprucing up Frances E.
Willard.
The bright waists Of the women in the
gallery were not the only harbingers OF
spring in the Senate yesterday There
were several on the floor. which bright
ened the usual somber look Of the Sen
ate. Senator Jonathan Bourne the sec
ond elective termer. was immaculate in his
gray suit and necktie The other. gravs
were Senators Sutherland. Taylor, Money.
and. of course. JEFF Davis was decked OUT
In his gray tOgs and everlasting smile
In the House there were some members
arrayed ia new spring suits. those who
could afford them. and had the time 20
make the purchase. The Hon. Champ
Clark is wearing a mate TO Ollie James
bright red tie.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25

tool of the Speaker cannot be regarded as
trustworthy en- points of law, and its
decisions can hardly have greater weight
than those responsible for them. Besides.
the actual Supreme Court eontrived TO
.~aeh an opinion, not without some diff
Guilty. that the United States could ac-
quire and govern territory located on the
other side of the globe, so that the court
might conceivably have found no consti-
tutional objection TO tie acquisition by
the Federal government Of lands within
the boundaries Of a State. Il is a eurious
inhibition on Federal power that it Is
equal 70 acquiring colonies, but not to
the establishment of forest reserves
within its own dominion, But the lit
tie Supreme Court has spoken. and that
settles the question, for the present
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
PERSONALITIES.

William II. Moses was out golfng
Tuesday.
Cuno II. Rudolph week-ended at
Cape May.
John S. ShTiVer trolleyed over TO
Annapolis Wednesday.
Dick Lindsay win summer in Chi
cago, Denver, aud Kansas City.
Frank e. Carpenter is curtaling
his avoHdup0is by horseback riding.
Hon. Thetus W. Sims and Hon.
" Loeb, IT,, are devoted friends.
Our friend. George ". Rouzer. Of
Newark. \. j., is hsudshaking in
btr midst.
]. Cantillon entertained a number
Of our best citizens at Seventh
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25

famous by the Peer.
less Leader and the
COmmOner. But this
Hinshaw is a Re-
publican and is not
q native Nebraskan.
He was born In
Indiana, where he
lived on a farm un-
til he was sixteen
years Of age. He
began te d c h j n Z
school at an early
age. and for Ten
years his neighbors
permitted him tC
continue in [ h a I
line. He was made
out of the right
stuff, however, and
while teaching he
from time 10 time.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
PEACE USES FOR WAR SHIPS.

From the Buffalo ExTr5ss
The French and British fleets viii now
be used, Ike the American fleet. to show
friendship When President FallIeres
visits England next month. the whole
channel squadron Of France will so with
him, and the British home fleet will be
assembled TO welcome IT, Altogether
there VIII he sixty war ships, not count
ing the torpedo boats. Whether or not
these war ships help 10 make the peace
that now exists between the two coun-
tries. their assen1blage at least helps a
realization and enjoyment Of the fact Of
peace.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: If you see il in The Big
Stick. Il ism Z necesssrily 50.
CREDIT TO WHOM IT is DUE

The Tribune. in its current issue.
shows appreciation Of a good thing
and manifests a neighboTly spirit to-
ward The Big Stick by reproducing
from our last number the timely
poem. Then Station Cars" Edi-
torially the lines are complimented
as "fuil Of strength and poetic
merit" Unfortunately. by an mad
Verterce. no doubt. the Tribune
omitted the name Of the author-J.
C. Hooe, the well known Smokers
Gap poet, whose contributions have
been one Of the features Of these
columns for several years.