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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
IN COSTA RIGA.
Cartago--vegetabIes-How to Make
Black Coffee.

At an elevation of 5000 feet, Carriage,
once the capital of the country, is reach
ed. There the tourist finds excellent
SHOPS. well stock with both American
and French goods. The houses are near
~ all only one story, with the patio in
the center. The streets are paved, but
there is no sewerage or side CUTTERS, and
the water runs through the center of
the streets. There are no alleys or exits
from the rear, and the front door is used
for all purposes. Frequently man will
lead his horse in and out by the entrance
used by the family Buzzards are the
scavengers of the country, and as the
penalty for killing one is heavy fine,
they are quite tame The old cemetery,
with its oven vaults, is especially in
terestng.
Costa Rican vegetables are grown the
year round. and the tables of the Pana-
ma canal employees are supplied from
there. Six or eight fresh vegetables are
found on the tables Of the residents ev-
cry day in the year. Although tropi-
cal country, the mountain air of the
interior is braeing and this, in meas
ure accounts for the comparative indus
try of the tiller of the soil. Next to
bananas coffee plays the most prominent
part in the exports of the country, The
Costa Rican is a large consumer of this
beverage. The coffee served tasted so
different from ours that asked young
matron at San Jose for her recipe. Use
sufficient coffee" she said, mot less than
two ounces to pint Of water. Warm
your coffee pot, put the coffee into it,
boil the water and pour the boiling water
on the coffee and the thing is done. II
the coffee itself is boiled the aroma is
dissipated and the beverage spoiled.
Just let it come to boil" Then she
added: you Americans have your eof
fee too weak. Make it strong and use
three -fourths milk if necessary; that is
better than to use half milk and half
coffee. "-Leslie's Weekly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
A Fakir Who Buried Himself and Was
Dug Up-Exceedingly Dead.

This being the time Of year when ia
kris are busy "burying people alive at
country fairs and city resorts, the fol-
lowing comments by DIR. Woods Hutch
inson in the October American Maya
zine are Of unusual interest.
"Some of the trance-like conditions
into which individuals fall and lie for
DAYS or weeks have been studied and
have been found to be frauds. The sub
ieets' are surreptieiously supplied with
food and drink by their attendants or
family. The same is true of the alleged
power possessed by Hindu fakirs and es-
cetics of all ages. of going into states
of trance in which they will allow them
selves to be buried alive and dug up
again and revived after Several months
have elapsed. In one instance on record
an individual of this class allowed him.
self to be buried alive and his grave
watched by a guard of English soldiers,
and was dug up at the end of the
time, exceedingly dead. In another, the
English officer in charge became alarmed
on the third day, and had the fakir res
directed when he was found still alive.
A reed or bamboo at one corner Of the
grave to supply air would explain all
these cases. The whole subject ID in
volyed in such an atmosphere of mys-
terry and fakery' that it is impossible
to attach serious weight to the claims
made.
Most of these claims, both Occiasntal
and Oriental, to the power Of existing
for indefinite periods in this trance like
sleep seem to rest simply upon the well
known power possessed by many weak
minded individuals, of throwing them
selves by auto-suggestion intoa hypnotic
sleep. In this condition, or awake, life
can, of course, be easily supported for
many { ), or even weeks, without food
as has been often illustrated by the feats
of professional fasters who easily reach
forty and even sixty days. It Is, how
ever, significant fact that none of these
sleeps can be carried on in a hospital
where the patient is under observation
of competent and unsympathetic nurses.
For. although food can be done witnout,
water cannot, and these sleepers will in
variably be found resorting to the water
bottle and responding to the calls of
nature within twenty four hours. In
their own ZONES, where they can help
themselves suSgeptitiously to the water
on the washstana, they may keep up the
farce for weeks without detection. All
'sleepers' Investigated by physicians are
found to take water regularly, and often
food, and are usually cases of hysteria
or mild insanity"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
GREAT SCHOLARS AMONG BLIND.
In All Countries and Ages, Blind Men
Have Been Among the Leaders in
Science and Letters,

In intellectual pursuits, blind men have
attained distinction. Nicholas Saunder-
son. blind from childhood, was professor
Of mathematics at the university of
Cambridge in the first part of the eigh-
teenth century. He lectured on optics
and the theory of vision! Henry Faw-
cett, blind at twenty-one, became pro-
fessor of political economy at Cambridge
university, was member OF Parliament
for twenty years, and, as postmaster
general in Gladstones government, intro
duced the parcels post. A blind man,
Professor f. d. Campbell, holds the chair
Of chemistry at Ann Arbor. Professor
Edward Crowell, who has taught Latin
at Amherst for fifty years, has been
blind for twenty years, Prescott, the
American historian. was nearly blind.
All the world has heard of the eloquence
OF the Hon. r p. Gore, the blind senator
for Oklahoma. General Brayton. the
blind boss of Rhode Island, lacks physical
sight and perhaps some other kinds of
vision. Chris Buckley, the blind boss of
San Francisco, prospered for years on
his discerning sense Of touch" lAnd
speaking of San Francisco. the Japanese
give lHclF uiiiu pta6tlNdl HVifVfoia
in massage.l DIR. Campbell, an American
blind man.-who, by the way, has climb
ed Mont Blanc, lis head Of the Royal
Normal College for the Blind in England.
Homer Milton, and Helen Keller are
three wise ones whose paths through tae
dark have been lighted by the stars of
poetry.
Blind men Of genius and power stand
out as exceptions, not in the kind Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Russians Pigeonholed Reports of Japan's
Fighting Strength.

Before the war with Japan, Russia
sont officers 20 investigate Japan's Sight
ing strength, but refused to credit their
reports, saws Gen kuropatkin in the
October McClure's He continues:
In 1903. Colonel Adabash, who had
lust visited Japan, gave to General Zhi-
insk1. Of our general staff, very impor
tant information with regard to new re.
arves which the Japanese were organic
ing for service in case of war lnasmuch,
however. as this information die not
agree at all with that previously fur
rished by Colonel Nannofski, Genera,
%hilinski did not give it credence. A
few months later Captain Rusnie, very
talented officer who was acting as naval
observer in Japan, made a similar report
upon Japanese reserves to his superiors,
and extracts from it were furnished to
General Sakharoff, chief of staff for the
army. Although the information con-
tanned in this report ultimately proved
to be perfectly true, the report was pr
geon-h oed, simply because Generals
Zhilinski and Sakhorof did not believe
it; and in our compendium Of data with
regard to the military strength Of Japan
in 1904, no reference whatever was
made to additional reserve forces. Ac-
cording to the figures of our general
staff, Therefore, the total number of avail
able men in the standing army, the ter
ritorial army, and the regular reserve of
Japan, was a little more than 100000.
Recently published official reports OF
General Kipke, chief medical inspector of
the Japanese army, show that the loss of
the Japanese in killed and wounded, in
the course of the war, was as follows;
Killed ....,............. Al, 1897
Wounded .,..............,....l73,425
Total ............. 220,Sl2
Their loss in killed, wounded and sick
was 554sS5--a number considerably
greater than the whole force which, ac-
cording to the figures Of our general
staff. they could put into the field"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15

| MAGAZINE REVIEW.
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A Domestic Use for Sunshine.

A simple method for utilizing sunshine
for domestic purposes has been adopted
quite extensively in southern California,
where many dwellings are provided with
roof tanks to contain water, which is
heated by the suns, rays. Such tank
ordinarily holds seventy gallons, and
takes the place Of boiler in the kitchen,
supplying the bath, laundry and the sta
tionary wash-stands, as well as the sinks.
The receptacle is set into the roof in
such way as TO slant at an angle Of
thirty degrees, facing south. 1t some
what resembles skylight in appearance.
Once installed, il demands no attention
and involves no expense, inasmuch as
there is no machinery connected with it
to get out OF order II never wears out,
and its operation costs nothing.
urban Life for October.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Pegasus at The Pillow.

At the close of grand ball cele-
brated actor of the court theatre in
Berlin stands in the passage waiting
for friends. A beautiful and fashion
ably dressed lady approaches him and
says: BEG pardon, have l the honor to
see before me our famous Herr Donner-
stimme, whose powerful and sonorous
voice | had the pleasure of admiring
last night in Macbeth? Might / ask
You to do me little favor? / am
quite at your service, madam. Then
viii you be good enough to call out in
the street in your loudest tones for the
carriage of Baroness Swartz --Tit-Bits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
TO USE BILL OF LADING.
The Railroads Send Notice to The
Shippers.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Announcemen was
made Yesterday that all of the 416
railroads in official classification terri
tory have arranged to address notices
to shippers to the effect that on and af-
ter Nov. shippers using the new uni-
form bill of lading prescribed by the in
terstate commerce commission will be
charged the regular rates provided in
the official classification. If a shipper
shall elect not to accept the conditions
ef the new bill of lading the property
will be transported at carriers liabili-
ty, limited only as provided by law,
and the charge will be ten per cent,
higher than the regular rate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
ROOSEVELT CANNOT ACCEPT.
He Says He Is Unable to Visit Aus
tralia.

Melbourne. Oct 15.-Premier Deakin
yesterday presented to the House Of
Representatives the answer received
from President Roosevelt in reply to
Australia's invitation to visit the
commonwealth on mis- return journey
from Africa. Mr.. Roosevelt expresses
his appreciation of the courteous invi-
tation, but he regrets that he will be
unable to visit Australia on his way
back from his hunting expedition. In
conclusion the president says he hopes
1t some future time to be able to come
TO "the giant young commonwealth of
the Southern seas whose success is Of
the greatest importance to the civilized
world"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
ANTI-TUBERcuLAR SERUM.
Ten Out of Eleven Patients Said to Have
Been Cured by It's Use.

Paris, Oct. l5.--Professor Lannyelon.
gueof the university of Paris has dis.
covered an anti-tubercuIar serum, which
is said to be the most eflicacious remedy
Of the kind ever used OF eleven phthis.
ical patients iRoculated with the new
serum, ten have either been cured or
have shown Improvement Further ex.
periments are expected to show even
better results.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
PERSIANS
THREATEN
Europeans in City OF Tabriz
in Danger
THE REBEL COMMANDER
Unable to Restrain Followers--They
Have Already Begun to Pillage--Fear
of a General Massacre of All
Foreign Residents.
THE REBEL COMMANDER

st. Petersburg, Oct. l5.--The cores
pondent of the Novoe vremya at Tabriz
Persia, says in dispatch published yes.
terday that the situation of the foreign
residents OF Tabriz is critical The ma
tionalist DICTIONARIES threaten general
massacre and TO pillage the city. Al
ready they have sacked the houses OF a
number of rich merchants known to be
monarchists. Satar Kahn admits his
inability TO restrain his followers. Ain,
Ed Dowleh, the government commander,
has evacuated the camp in front of Tab.
riz and retired.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
AMERICANS TO MEET MIKADo.
Commissioners to the Toxic Exposition
Are Highly Honored.

Toxic, Oct. l5--rhe American commits.
sioners to the Japanese national exposi.
ton, with the ladies OF the party, will
be presented to fhe emperor and empress
next Friday. and ON Saturday they will
be the dinner guests of Baron Mumm Won
Schwartzenstein. the German ambassa.
dor. With this dinner the official capac.
ity of the commissioners will end. Dur.
ing the visit OF the American fleet, the
commissioners win visit places in the
interior OF Japan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
PEACE DELEGATE
WEEDS A TEACHER
Russian Commerce Minister, Well Known
in America, Was Married Yes
terday.

st. Petersburg, Oct l5.--Ivan Shipoff,
Russian minister of commerce, was mar
ried yesterday to Mile. Kropotovi, the
daughter Of noble Russian family.
NJ. Shipof was delegate to the Ports
mouth peace conference, and is well
known in the United States.
Mile. Kropotovi is teacher in one
Of the imperial schools for girls in st.
Her family is not wealthy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
SETTLER, ALBERTA, AFIRE.
Loss of $25o,ooo to The American Set
Element

Winnipeg. Man, Oct. ia large sec
ton of the town OF Settler, Alberta,
was burned yesterday, including five
post office. One man lost his life. Loss
S25O000. There was neayy wind,
which made the efforts Of the iiremen
practically futile. Settler was one OF
Che American settlements in western
Canada Practically everyone in the
town was from the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
BRAZIL HoNoRS DIR. cHARcor.
Leader of the French Antarctic Expedi
ton Well Treated.

Rio Janeiro, Oct. l5.-The Geographic
cal Society OF Rio Janeiro mas elected
DR. Charcot, the leader Of the Antarctic
expedition, which arrived here Tuesday
on the Porquoi Pas. an honorary member.
The minister OF marine visited the Por-
quot Pas yesterday and the French col
ony viii lock over the steamer on Satur.
day. The Brazilian government has Of
fered TO supply Dr. Charcot with all
necessaries for bis expedition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15

thing they have done, but only in the
degree of their success. They prove that
the brain and the skillfully managed
hand are the instruments of human
achievement They force the seeing per-
soon to observe himself and discover that
he does not depend, or need not depend,
so much on his sight as the arrogance of
the eye leads him to believe.--John Macy
in the October Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
cRETANs ACT.
Provisional Government Created Pend
ing Move BY Greece.

Ganea, Crete, Oct. 15.--The Chamber
of Deputies yesterday appointed COM
mittee to act in an executive capacity
with power to govern the island proyi-
sionally in the name of the King Of
Greece and in conformity with Greek
laws.
The committees power is to lapse as
soon as the Greek government snail
take over the administration of the is.
land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Pope Gets $4,000 from Philadelphia.

Rome, Oct. Is. Mgr. Kennedy, rector
of tae American college, Tuesday pre-.
sented to the pope $4,000 this amount
representing Petr's pence from the arch
diocese of Philadelphia The pope was
greatly pleased with this generous offer
ing and said that he would write a
personal letter Of thanks to Archbishop
Ryan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Fallieres RECEIVES Senator Aldrich.

Paris, Oct. l5,--President Fallieres on
Tuesday received in special audience Sem
ator Nelson w. Aldrich Of Rhode Island
who is here studying the French financial
institutions. The American ambassador
Henry White, presented Senator Aldrich
to the president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
AGAINST OUR SLAUGHTER-HoUsEs
French Senate Committee to Confer with
the Government.

Paris, Oct. l5--The agricultural group
in the French Senate. which is agitating
against the establishment Of American
slaughtering houses at Havrc and Bor-
deaux, has appointed committee to
confer with the government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Abruzzi to Marry Miss Elkins Soon.

London. Oct. l5.-The Daily Tele.
graphs Rome correspondent says that
he is able to state on the highest au-
thority that the wedding of the Duke
of the Abru2zi and Miss Elkins will GER
tainly occur very soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female Ills,
and has positively cured thouoands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, baekache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it2
Mrs. PinlSham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
Near at Hand.

Instructor-Mr. Smith, kindly name
the bones of the skull.
Student Smith--Well, sir, I've got
them all in my head, but / can't think
of their names just now.--Bohemian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
SCOTS Emulsion

Your doctor will tell you so.
Nothing helps these thin, pale
children like SCOTS Emulsion.
1t contains the very element of
fat they need. II supplies them
with a perfect and quickly
digested nourishment. 1t brings
dimples and rounded limbs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15

Send this advertisement. together with name OF
paper In which II appears your address and four
cents to cover postase. and we viii send you
Complete Handy Atlas Of the World" :; ::
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl Street New York
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15

IAUA V, IltHIy, OF NUITISVUWII, vi
writes TO Mrs. Pinkham:
:" L suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance l had, and !
dreaded II almost ms much as death.
Zone day read how other women
had been cured by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and | decided to
try it. Before had taken the first
bottle / was better, and now am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-15
ADimple Maker

Find a child with dimpIes and
chubby arms and legs and you
find a healthy child. Find one
with drawn face and poor, thin
body and you see one that needs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-21
NEW OFFICERS NAMED.
Utah Press Association Discusses At
fairs Concerning Craft.

The Utah Press association held the
election of officers yesterday in the
rooms of the salt Lake Press club
There We're two sessions, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon. Sub
seription and advertising rates were the
main subjects OF discussion. The Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year are:
5. L. Radon, Park City Record, presi-
dent: II. C. Hicks, Provo Enquirer, first
vice president; Fred Turner, Logan Re
publican, second vice president; A. II.
SchuIthesS, Beobachter, Salt Lake, third
vice president; c. Y. Anderson, indie
pendent. Salt Lake, secretary; /. II.
Gray. Salt Lake, treasurer; Fred Turn
er, Logan Republican, the representa-
tive to the national convention; d. P.
Felt. Davis County Argus. alternate;
Bryant Young, Salt Lake. Charles Eng
land and Farley =. Jensen, historians
There were present: James Kirk
ham, Lehi Banner: !. e Diehl, Mann
moth Record; D. p. Felt. Davis County
Argus: s. L. Radon. Park Record;
John F. Burt, Juvenile Instructor; L.
H. Dahlquist, Utah Poster; James T.
Jakeman, MeTcur Miner; L. II. Gray,
Salt Lake; W. c. Hicks, Provo
Enquirer; William Buys, Wasatch
Wave; Fred Turner, Logan Republican;
Frank Conner, Stockton Sentinel; w. l.
Elswick, Milford Times; Miss Ann NJ
Cannon, Young W0man's Journal; Ar
mold II. Schulthess, BeObachter, Salt
Lake. and A. F. Philips, Salt Lake
Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-21
IDAHO ASSESSORS MEET.
Discussion of the Valuation of Rail-
ways Consumed the Time.

Boise, Ida, Jan. 20.-The assessors Of
the state met in annual convention to-
day with all but two answering roll
call These two were those from Cas-
tro and Bear Lake counties. They are
expected to be present in the morning.
Assessor Smith of ShOshOne county
was chosen chairman, and Shepherd Of
Ada secretary. Members Of the state
board of equalization were present at
the afternoon session, and there was
some interesting discussion of taxation
problems. during which the trouble
some question of railway valuation for
purposes of taxation came u2 for an
airing, The subject was opened up by
Mcmillan of Twin Falls. He called at
tention to the fact that the law makes
II obligatory upon assessors to assess
all property at it's fun cash value, but
in reality most of II is assessed at only
from one-third to One-half Of its value
he said he assessed in Twin Falls
county at 30 per cent. and the state
hoard cut it down one-third. Governor
Gooding said he favored increasing all
assessments, irrespective of class, p
per cent and he favored higher assess
ments of railways. Auditor Bragaw
doubted the wisdom of rapidly inereas=
ing railway valuations. After appoint
ment OF committees. adjournment was
taken for the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-21

and with the cabalistic writing, which
is said 10 have shown that the plotters
designed to plant submarine mines of
Esclava island, at the naTroWest points
I'm the Straits of Magellan, using the
island as their base of operations.
The existence of the island at this
point in the straits. where the current
runs almost ten miles an hour, was
duly verified How the explosives
were 20 reach this island from Rio
Janeiro is not disclosed There were
many other details unearthed in the
course of the inquiry set on foot.
The parties responsible for the story
did not neglect to make most of the
japanese scare" which has affected
Paris of late
Vague references were made to Japa-
nese names which were said to be fig
uring in the affair These fantastic
details were received with incredulity
in most quarters, but as stated, the
precautionary step was taken TO ac-
quaint the authorities at Washington
and Rio Janeiro Of the general charac-
ter of the story. This has brought
about much cabling. during which the
Brazilian authorities have advised with
a view to their taking any precautiOn-
airy steps deemed desirable. 1t is this
precaution, doubtless, which. led the
Rio Janeiro police to take action as to
supposed anarchists" although the
anarchist phase appears to have been
overlooked by the ingenious persons
responsible for the story here.