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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

In casting his role in the ranks of
the prophets, the editor of the Burling-
ton Clipper takes an unqualified plunge
and says that Bryan viii be ell cted,
The general sentiment of his fellow cdi-
tors is such that "Elpie' is a prophet
without honor in his own state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

Garments this season present
a wider range OF styles and fab
RIGS than ever before. -Clotnier
and Furnisher
To appreciate this fact, come
and see our fall showing
Extreme fashions for young
men.
Special models for men not so
young, and conventional ideas
for the conservative.
This week we make a point
of $40 Suits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

The first anniversary of the panic is
near at hand. TO properly celebrate,
everybody ought to make bonfire OF
their doubts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

which lies ahead ought TO see even fur
Their steps toward making base ball wor-
thy OF the title of the great national
game OF the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

To.day's clcAdiness must be the of
shoot OF the gloom in New York City,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

Hear the Tiger and the Cub growl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

Hale r. Darling of Chelsea mas ac-
cepted the position OF clerk OF the COM
mittee on the revision OF bills. which
edits the bills before they 90 into the
legislative mill This is a very respon-
sible position. and no man is better fitted
for it than Attorney Darling. he is thor.
oughly conversant with legislative al
fairs, having been member OF the
House during the sessions OF 1904 and
1908. and having also been a member
Of the commission that prepared the
public statutes and one OF the editing
board
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09

Gov George RI prouty yesterday af.
ternoon announced his staff appoint
ments. Surgeon general DR.. d. c. Noble
of Middlebury; chief of staff with the
rank Of colonel, Charles r. Nelson of
Derby Line; aides with the rank Of
colonel r r. Paddock Of Saxtons River,
w NJ Hatch of STAFFORD. W, d, Nut
ting Of Brandon; inspector Of rifle prac-
tice with the rank Of colonel, Edward
Z Woodbury. Of Burlington.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
Nrw.yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY. FEBRUARY s. 1908

encouraging. 1t was agreed that there was no
reason to expect that large contracts "ouio DC
secured by reduction In quotations, "he'e"s
lower prices would necesstate smaller eosts VI
production, especially wages The repor, OF Tue
Steel Corporation used to prove almost any
thing from the most pessimistic 10 the orisn'e'' -
While II is true that earnings In December zen
below any monthly record in almost 1our year D
and continuance of those figures IN i'os
would be most deplorable, 1t should De ho'eo
that much Of the decrease I'm December was o"e
to lack Of confidence in the ability OF purchasers
to meet their obligations. Hence actuai SNIP
ments were very small, but In many instances
the steel was made and has since oeen iof-
warded Consequently it is almost certain 'ha'
earnings in January will show an increase over
the preceding month. and of late the MUS nave
received more business, particularly III "ne
products tin plates and structural steel Inc
situation in other leading branches of manu-
facture is much the same in iron and steel
A large percentage of machinery was idle wheh
the year opened, but each week OF January
brought little Improvement
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
UTSTIFIED SPELLIN G.

Only short time ago the Simplitied Spelling
Board reported to have decided that 1t
would remodel the English language gradually.
so that none save the most tightly stuck in-the-
rut would resist the gentle. even pressure of
phonetic reform. But. alas. the board now ap-
pears to be going the way of other revolution
lists who find large, unwilling public thwaft.
ing their ideals; 1t is chang under the restraint
of popular opinion. and. consumed with the de-
sire 10 see great strides taken toward perfect
orthography, resorts to bomb throwing and ter
rorism generally Its second list OF revised
words has just appeared, and among the sew
enty-five novelties which it hurlS at the head
of the innocent public there are several Internal
machines expressly calculated TO blast out u
deep chasm between English literature ana
English dictionaries The chief purpose of pho
netic spelling being to assist the feeble minded
and the ignorant we should like to regard the
movement as charitable one kindred TO the
war against the sweating system. and as such
beyond the reach Of criticism, according TO lit
erary canons Nevertheless, here as in other
notable instances, gross cruelties are committed
in the name of mercy.
AXE which dsplaces ache, is truly pain
ful as perhaps an ache should be- 1t reduces
DR. Aked TO Il past participle thus doing grave
Injustice TO the distinguished pastor and his
native tongue at blow. The simp!ifiers di-
vide New York City into 'boroS' which are de-
cidedly unphonetic boroughs but who could ex-
pect that simplified spelling would be absO-
lutely consistent in its strivings toward ideal
Dloneticsms: Is not the most highly simplitied
stvle of spelling that which is complicated and
restrained by no rules? We should Ike TO
know who "egd" the board on to transform an
egg into an .'eg" Doubtless -'eg' with only
one g will smell sweet, ceferis pdf1bns.
but as a bilteral it seems TO have lost one OF
its three component parts yolk. white or she'll
Many persons may approve heartily of the
change from debt 10 ''det for in these hard
times il is a kindly act the part Of a richly
endowed board to reduce the debt of all Eng
lish spelling people. This benevolent deed it
IS probably hoped. will soon make English the
universal language and rob 'foren of all mean-
ing Until that day comes. however. "foren
Will remain happy substitute for foreign
expressing in its alien spelling the meaning Of
the word The rude shock caused by the dis
placement Of limb" by lin, numb by
mum and tongue by "tunS is partly alb
sorhed by the thought that in changing ghost
To COST the board has robbed Sp0okS of all
their terror "gost'' is ne more awesome than
goSling Thus does reason triumph over SUI
perstiIion As we contemplate the seventy-fve
reyisonS in con junction with the announce
ment that twenty thousand tand) odd writer's
of English have sworn feaity 10 the boards
mystifed spelling fear and horror are diluted
with curious Speculations over the possibility
of witnessing in the near future confusion Of
pens more disastrous than the mythical confu-
sion of tongues.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
THE COST or THE cAN4T

Much comment is current upon the increased
estimates of the cost OF the Panama Canal
the major part Of which appears to be more
hasty than judicious. II is quite rrue that the
estimates have increased though they vary
considerably and none of hem is bv any means
POSITIVE 1t * safe 10 assume that the canal
Viii cost more than supposed at the time
of our purchase of il. But that will not he sur
prising- Indeed. from almost any point of view
II would BE surprising if such were not the
ease 1t is seldom that any great work. pub
JIG or private. is completed at a cost not ax-
"eedlng the original estimate. IL would be lit
lie short of miraculous were that 10 be accom-
plished in the case Of work in which there
was from the beginning large a margin of
unavoidable uncertainty.
There are various specific reasons for the in
crease OF cost. One is found in changes of
plans These changes were found 10 be de
slrable as the work proceeded. and the making
of them involved the abandonment of some
work which had already been done and The in
curing of unexpected expenses 1t would be
absurd 10 say that the desirability of such
changes should have been perceived in ad-
vance when in the very nature Of the case ii
could not be. and IL would be worse than alb
surd 10 say that changes. however desirable or
essential they might be. ought not 10 be made
lest the original estimates of cost be exceeded
Ii would be simply criminal to construct such
work rs this canal in any other than the best
way
here have also been imposed upon the canal
commission greater OUTLAWS than were contem-
plated al first through the increase in the cost
or iabor and supplies. Some Of this; iucrease
hns been part Of the general rise in prices
in the last five years, Willie some of il has been
srtihciaIly imposed by the refusal of Congress
I" sanction the purchase of supplies IA the most
economical market We remarked at the tine
when Secretary Taffs proposal 10 buy in the
least expensive market was opposed bv Con
gress that the policy of restriction 10 certain
markets regardless Of prices, would inevitably
result In a considerable increase in the cost
- tie canal. For that increase the canal COM
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
TIE SEGREGATION PLAN FOR BOYS.

/ This is an experimental age. There is moth
ing too seemingly impracicable 10 get its day
in court with opportunity 10 demonstrate
whether or not it is deserving of serious con-
sideration. And necessity being the parent of
( invention It is likewise the immediate ancestor
of the experiment which precedes the invention.
Some time ago fat dweller in Manhattan dis
covered. rs some of his predecessors had already
discovered that for various reasons it not
expedient TO bring up large family in fiat
As a consequence not caring TO give up the
family he relinauished the fat and moved to
Berkeley Heights. y. j., where. after living for
some time in a tent. he erected house suited to
his needs. without, however. running afoul of
the building inspector. as did the BroOkIynite
who sought 10 escape the iniquitous landlord by
building in odd moments, house after plan
that was all his own.
The public did not become Interested in the
Berkeley Heights man until. after making the
startling discovery that boys would bring in
mud leave the door open and break M furni-
ture he determined that either himself and his
wife or the boys would have to be segregated,
and proceeded 10 erect in his back yard a bun
galow. where they might work out their
salvation 20 without it, as The case might be.
IL is understood that the furniture placed III the
new hUIiSe was not of delicate design and that
the quantity Of IL limited as the eXigeI-
cies of the case would admit. The boys
told fell in with the plan enthusiastically as
the parents but some Of the neighb0rs and the
critical public fled protests. the former for
purely personal reasons. fearful of the cOnse-
Quences Of establishing 4 wild Indian camp
thereabouts and the latter because the public
always loves to assist others in solving their
problems and ii assumed that here was a prop0-
sition which must result disastrouslv for the
Young people feeling that constant contact with
civilization was necessary In order 10 prevent
reversion TO barbarsm.
After fair trial. extending over several
months the originator OF the idea now declares
II TO be success. Tolstoy's doctrine of non-inteI
ference has been the keynote of the arrange
ment and the father has permitted the boys TO
manage their own affairs condition that they
permit him 10 conduct his. Put on their mettle
So to speak he announces that the occupants of
the bungalow have not Only taken their respon-
sibiiites seriously but have become industrious
and economical and the older ones have Il much
better conception of the duties ana possibilities
or life than they would have had if they had
been trained Ia the orthodox manner
One swallow doesn't make a summer and one
successful experiment does not necessarily de-
nlonstrate the truth Of a questionable proposition
There is possibility, too, that the parent has
allowed his judgment to be roseateIy colored by
his hopes but as the neighbors haven't risen In
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
REALTY TITLE REFORMS.

The commission appointed to investigate the
present system Of real estate title registration
and report a measure for reforming it has just
submitted bill intended to clarity and simplify
existing methods and to make transfers Of title
as they should be. safe, easy and inexpensive
We think there will be little dissent from the
commissions conclusion that the title system
which we have Inherited is 0utworn cumber
some and fast tending to break down of its own
weight. 1t involves delays. uncertainties and
excessive expense and makes the passing of
real property from one owner to another dill
tcult and embarrassing, when ii is clearly to the
interest of the community that all transfers
in good faith should be facilitated and made
absolutely secure. Every person interested IN
the ale or purchase Of real estate-eXcept per
haps The mddemen who profit by the erection
of obstacles and the heaping up of charges
will agree with the commission that the mui-
duplication of records, the complication OF titles.
"the repeated expense of denominations and the
delays incident thereto should be avoided II
"any feasible method of doing SO can be de-
'yiSed"
The chief purpose Of the bill reported is to fix
the responsibility for a prina fdcie guarantee
of title on the state. which has gradually di-
vested itself of this duty and compelled the in
dividual to resort to outside assistance in
searching and proving his title. An additional
tax has been laid real estate by TINS
neglect, and private corporal tons make pronts
by performing a service which the state itself
ought to offer But still greater vice of the
present system is that 1t leaves titles indefinitely
open to challenge and fails to extnguish talnts
which have persisted for generations without ii
chance to be examined or cured The new plan
provides for registration of title by judicial
process with notice TO all hostile interests to
present counter claims, and with the privilege
of making q subsequent contest on the ground
of fraud 1t assigns to the courts the duty OF
reviewing and settling disputed claims. thus
acknowledging the obligation Of the state to
supervise ntelligently all transactions In real
property. on which the chief burdens OF taxa
ton fall and 10 which the state owes an especial
guardianship and protection.
In ruder times when there was much CON
fusion in records and little publicity, there would
under the plan now proposed have been a good
deal Of danger of fraudulent registration ana the
extinction of genuir~ but not promptly asserted
claims But we have advanced far enough TO
modify the ancient system. since nowadays
information is more widespread and the courts
can be depended upon more confidently to dis
cover and nullify frauduenty obtained owner
ships Ii is true economy TO try TO lessen the
cost of holding and transferring real estate ana
10 remove all legal obstacles 10 quick delivery
and tranquil possession
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03

I a sanctuary? Poets are said to speak the
things that lnger in the subconsclous regions
OF the uninspired citizens mind; ana mere we
seem to have a proof Of this hypothesis. May
not the relatively small Sabbath attendance at
churches above ground be explained by the
fact that the masses in their sublminal cogi-
tations have been constituting their visits 10
the subway as pilgrmages to a holy OF holies!
BE this as 1t may we feel sure however, that
the poets next thought does not voice SUM
herring public sentiment. He says:
Here found fame where thunder fills
Loud caverns, tremulous; and these
Atone me for my reverend hliis
And mOOnlit sences-
The consensus Of opinion among New York
ers is unequivocay opposed TO this view we
have yet to meet citizen face to face who can
say. without twitch of facial muscles, that the
subway is a lust as gOOd-as' substitute for
moonlight night in the country. Certain pecui-
iarities of atmosphere. due to superheated iu
bricating oil and the number and kind or one 6
fellow passengers, certain 1ntrusiveness OIL
the human element destroying solitude, the
mother Of contemplation. and certain lack
of suggestive detail in the landscape get pc
tween the prOsy minded and the subterraneah
beauties OWNED by the yrist. The simple
Man with the Bundles. far from suspectlns fne
high religious and artistic merits Of the tunnel
crudely compares it with one Of the circles
pointed out in Dantes Guide Through the Re
cions of Abandoned Hope, where spirits discon-
sOlate are borne for aye on fetid winds fhat let
no rest
In this difference of opinion betwixt ordihar!
and extraordinary citizens find disclosed the
poets superiority and its causes. The ordlhary
citizen is fettered to facts the poet IS Tree
This contrast appears again in the lines:
Death rides with me, on either hand,
In nv communion hour.
Mortality statistics Of the subway prove con
clusiyeIy that Death is not allowed TO pass the
ticket choppers: the millions who daily Journey
under ground know this and cannot work up
a aualm over subway hazards even Tor iltefa-
lures sweet sake. Clearly, the poet who hnds
his "only respite Of the day in TINS wild rue
with God gets more fun out of life than does
the slave TO statistics. Nevertheless. so long as
bread must be bought with nickels. it is well
that poets are few. For if everybody thought
the subway a scenic railway its tarlf1s Wouid
he regulated by the curb spectators VINO no"
corner the best tickets Of Broadway amuse-
ment enterprises.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
AntusementS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s:15-The Girl OF the Golden
aIF5aMI.r,
AsTOR-S. .15-Irene wycherley.
BEIAsCo-s:I5-The Warrens of virginia
FIJOI--s-co-The Comet
S-2-i5-S:l5-CoGntess Du Saifs-
RROADNAY-s:l5-A Waltz Dream
-s-lS-FEnabashi
,,CIONIAr-2-s-Naudeyille
cRITERIoN-s.l5-Miss Hook OF HoAaho-
f-fsT-N MTSEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRES -a-The Testers.
,;ARRICK-s:I5-Fifty Mics from Boston
Hochzeit
COT TlfsM-S-s-Nauceviiie
II aCEETT-s: :30-The Witching Hour
IaNwr-RsTFIN-S-2- N s.15-Nsuoevine -.
uf-p Am esoTARE-s:I5-The Gin BEHIND the SoHnsel
EIPPoDRoME- OF Port Arthur 1he fou'
seasons and wnte4 Carnival
fSy-pSON-S-3o-Her Sister
5S>eYC'E FR ER-S:1s-The Talk OF New iUiA
IJRFRTY-s:eo-Polly Of the Circus e,o r.. --,i..
TyfF-I-si-S-Burton Holmes Lectufe-o'SV--"e AN'N-
rSElC-s-Iori DundrsarE-
MayFSTIC-s-I5-In Bandanna : Land.
MaSHaTTaN OPERA HoISE-s-lha ,, !,
MFTEOpoI,JTAN OPERA HoCSE-s94o-iristan "hc
Sr-zT TsMsTFRDAM-s:I5-The Merry WIDOW
Nr--y ,~TRrT.F -S-1S-Lonescme Town
NEW WORKS: :2o-The Soul kiss
Sar-ay-s. .5o-Tweuty Days IN the Sfsde
-15-A Grand Army Man
VI 2e-a knight for DAY
v-TRFR-S MT-SIC EALI<-s:l5-Buresque OF Inc siei'S
Widow.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
THE 81 BIFil POET.

The poets eye, in fine frenzy rolling does
not have "a chance to spring from earth 10
heaven when the poet lives in New York City.
where daily tasks compel him TO roll. in frenzy
less refined down to work and home again on
ii subway express. And yet poetry. like muir
der, will out; rhapsodists will fnd new
themes in the midst of the most prOsaic com
merciallZed environment. For poetry il not Il
philosophy, but temperament, rs we see
proved In IA recent effusion by metropolitan
Wrist who has set to verse the unsuspected
glories of ride on subway express. In this
pleasing and original effort many important
points concerning the psychology Of versifyng
are unintentlOnally brought TO the fore while
simultaneously Il valuable lesson is taught 10
the sordd millions who see In bricks and stones
only bricks and stones fand sometimes graft.
How grossly ignorant the average New
Yorker is of the artistic possibilities of the
most commonplace objects in his surroundings
can be appreciated only after reading the poets
description of a subway ride from let us say.
brooklyn Bridge to Washington Heights dur
ing rush hour. 1t is averre1 that:
/ who have lost the stars. the sod.
For chilling pave and cheerless light,
Have made my meeting place with God
a new and neither Might
Here find sharply expressed the world
wide difference between poets and the prole-
tariat How many subway travellers have
ever regarded Msnhattan's great mole hole as
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
PROTECTING THE ELDER DUCK.

From The Kennebec Journal
At present there is but one breeding place of the
cider duck in the United States: that is Old Man
island, situated in the town Cutler. i'm Maine
IL is one and one-haf miles Cross
Island Hfesaving station. and leased by the
state with the understanding that was to be
used for the protection prOpaga ton and
ton of all Wild b rds. Captain Frederick Small
who is connected with the lifes.tVing Station has
also beer appointed warden look after these
birds The state. through the efforts OF the .udu-
bon Society, which is advocating their cause N
trying to preserve three species OF wild fowl the
elder duck, the putin and the laughing gull from
DETERMINATION III Maine Their eggs large
very pslatabIe ana highly priced by nshermen for
food Those interested are asking the co-operatIon
of guuners and fishermen to preserve the birds
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
WHEN A BIG ID" IS SAFE

Kittanning CPenn) dispatch 80 The Fhi''
Record. ,od
The word damn when apPGeu 70 ,gis,tiss
liar. not a Word. DIT - a.. -'ss.sss1sh. -
claimed Burgess H. }. HAYS. OF ms ,s,ss 49, :
he hailed before Justice o. the ie
Miller. -. tssv
Burgess Hays had been charged py 80 -, Ch1rca
IL BOushtOn.' pastor of the First Nethoe,rb RE ar
with having called the batter "a litis VIZ"
tective. the main street - IlstRs
burgess Hays admitted the Cnatse, f,F thrs,
'CathS." - ,sv ny
Burgess HAYS scid he vas entltien 70 .5si VI
81 cents. the word damn. wnen go
liar" could not be clas,sd a. profanity
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
A MILLIONAIRE CLERGYMAN
,nDOu EXnrrSs

From The LondOn Express.
One OF the richest ciergymen in England died
Guildford yesterday In the person OF TN, Rey
Francis Paynter. who had been rector of Stoks
-Guildfo:d Tor thirty -four years
He owned much property in the neigh bor hood Of
Regent street and Piccadilly and his lucoma wa q
reDuted be between s1o0ou and $50 oOo a vear
Mr.. Paynter was a great benefactor TO Guild
ford. He built three churches. y we'll as many
missions and founded coffee tavern In further
ance Of the temperance crusade. in which he was
keenly interested.
He had travelled all over the world In the cause
Of mission work. He established a college i'm India
and supported number Of missionaries al his own
expense
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
The Bryan Berry ticket launched at the DEM
ocratic love feast in Philadelphia last SATURDAY
might better have been Bury-Bryan TICKET

Representative Slayden. of Texas is reported
as quoting in approval Of the Presidents mes
sage, the classic couplet.
A man who takes what isn't hisn
Ought bust and go TO prison.
In the interest of literary accuracy we beg leave
to suggest once more the destrabiJfty OF always
verifying quotations. Had the gifted but I'M
pulsfve Texan consulted anthology he
would have perceived that the lines run thus:
Him what hooks what isn't his
When he's cotched III go 10 prison.
The authorized version. 1t will be observed IS
not only more mellifiuous and more perfect III
rhythm but also more positive in sentiment. ex-
pressing with confidence not merely pious
opinion or even an earnest desire. but something
which is-or should bean inevitable, universal
and eternal fact
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
mission and engineers are assuredly not re-

mfSSf0n engfntefS
sponsible.
The major part of whatever increase there
may be in its final cost will, however, Indicate
corresponding increase in the efficiency, Sc
curity and general value OF the canal. 1t will
be n costlier canal than we expected, but it
will also be a better canal. Also, 1t is going TO
be completed much sooner than was expected.
which will mean some financial gain, as well
as other advantages, for we shall not have 10
wait as long as was at first thought for returns
unon the investment.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-03
M OuFFiEUC'S FAREWELL

The Rev. Or Howard Dufhed. pastor % -. - v,-
First Presbyterian church who VIII stu -.,.,sa
rope on the Arabic Thursday n'Ii'iI-7' -, SD
at YESTERDAY mornings ; service. Dr puineU ,--,-
tn, d',rins mis- ahs.nce the pulpit would De 0s
nis, nv well known ministers. tine Rev pr f''''''
n. Stebhins preaching duriug February