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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-10-07
Countries viii Enforce Rights.

Countries VIII Enforce Rights.
Special to the Herald.
London, Oct England, France,
Russia and Italy are preparing to en-
force their demand for an internation-
al conference to consider the Balkan
situation. Germany is opposed to the
program, however, and this may cause
a serious diplomatic rupture. At any
rate the situation is critical. 1t is re
ported that Crete is preparing to de-
clare independence from Turkey and
join with Greece.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-10-07

OTHERS NOT CONCERNED
Francis Joseph Protests Against the
International Conference, and
Issues Statement.
Specisa to the Herald.

SpecisA to the Herald.
Vienna, Oct. Following the an
nexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
the foreign office issued a statement
saying that neither the annexation
nor Bulgaria's declaration of indie.
pendence was any concern of the other
powers. The statement is intended to
head off an international conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
DOCTOR FAvoRs AN
ENDLESS LEAP YEAR
Let Women, Woo Their Mates and So
cisty win Be Regenerated.

Chicago. Jan. 3-~lf every wear we're
leap year and women could be brought
to avail themselves Of he time-honored
privilege Of proposing 70 the men Of
their choice instead Of waiting for men
to propose to them. we should he far
along the road toward a regenerate so.
ciety.H says DR. Denslow Lewis. presi
dent Of the Medico.Legal society Of
America
There is no doubt that the selection
Of a husband should really rest with
the woman said Dir. Lewis In The
animal world II is invariably the female
that chooses her mate.
Only in the human race it the right
Of selection arbitrarily given TO the
male. Taking the divorce records Of the
country for the last II monihs as a
guide. we can hardly believe that he has
made a brilliant success of DE-.
Left 10 herself and with no ham
pefing conventions to interfere. woman
would be a most discriminating ehooser.
With al sorts Of men 10 select from. She
would he in no sort Of hurry to mate
with the first little man that popped
the question
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
MOB OF JAPANESE
FATALLY STAB FIREMAN.
Three White Men at Vancouver Slashed
With Long Knives After the
Accidental Breaking of
Window.

Vancouver, B. G., Jan 3.--Three city
fremen, Frost, Anderson and Macdonald.
were set upon by a mob Of armed Jap
anese at the corner Of Powell street and
Gore avenue, two blocks from the police
station. The men were clothed in uni
forms with brass buttons.
BY accident Frost fell against the
window OF Japanese store and smash
Cd the plate glass. In an instant the
japanese proprietor rushed out and
many Of his countrymen joined in tho
fight, for it was in the center Of the
japanese district. The fremen were
athletic Young men, but they were over
power after a fight, when the flesh Of
heir faces had been torn by the razor
ike knives which the 0rientals carried.
Frost was mortally hurt, with his
neck cut open for four inches long, and
TWO inches deep alongside the jugilar
vein The men were frightfnlly mangled
about the arms and breasts.
Macdonald and Anderson were still
fighting over the body Of Frost when
police arrived. -Four Japanese were ar
rested and the firemen were taken to the
hospital.
The japanese fought like demons and
the knives carried were foot long.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03

ers will not drop as they have done this
summer. but win stand up on hats In
an aggressive style.
The latest thing in jumpers is made
Of mems large linen handkerchiefs Of
fine quality. Only two are necessary.
A corner is first cut from each, to be
embroidered just above the hem and
gathered into sleeve caps. The points
opposite the cutoff corners are placed
under the chin and 10 the middle of the
back respectively. and the short seams
under the arms are fitted, The shoul-
der caps are next fitted in, belt added
at the waist and the two points at the
back and front turned down oveE the
Jumper as the shoulder caps fall over
the sleeves.
Purple Is the tone most favored at
present in Paris and combined with
black is being used in such quantities
that the ateliers Of the smart modistes
are said to have assumed a funereal
air
The princess gown seen in the cut is
built along very attractive lines. i is
of black aud white checked wolfe and
trimmed with black and white striped
silk cut bias and piped with black.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
GOWN GOSsIP.

Velvet for gowns. wraps and all de-
partments Of the wardrobe viii play an
important part in the world Of dress.
One Of the distinct fads is the intro
duction Of cloth sleeves into the velvet
gown and, vice versa, the velvet
sleeves into a gown Of cloth.
The Japanese style has practically
given way TO Russian aud Greeian
styles, and in about almost every gar
ment whatever its purpose, there is
suggestion Of the classic.
Plain and fancy waistcoats as well
as black satin embroidered coliarless
vests viii be worn In conjunction With
the embroidered linen habit front that
was the fashion some twenty-five years
ago.
Many OF the French designers are
putting out beautiful creations in which
the tunlc and paanler effects are join
ed to the waist. which Of course presup-
poses q suggestion more or less pro
nounced Of the empire.-New York
Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
aMr. pooleyD on Congress.

In the January American Magazine
Mr. Dooley," writing on Congress,
pokes fun at the government for put
hing up-a SEQ room building in Washing
ton for the use Of members. He says;
4 see be TIL pa.apers that TIL gov
ernment mas put up sumehuse palace
TT tn comfort " tn nations lawgiy-
ers, as Hogan calls thin. It's a man
sion where they viii have all tn COM
fort " home an NANNY that are not
fome- like, but betther Ivry Con-
gressman viii have room to himself,
decorated in mahogany. inlaid with
pearls, where he can put mis- feet on an
ebony desk an throw his peanut shells
an apple cores into myriad Iapus lazuly
cuspydors. Admin each room there will
be bath, when a Congressman can
take or leave, as tn mood seizes him. Be-
side each tub there win be specific IN
sthruotions, prepared be thrained gov
eminent experts, FIR tn use ~ tn bath
in case IN necessity. Insert plug firmly
IN bottom " tub; turn faucet at rigat
congressman are respectfully requested
to remove shoes before entherlng An
80 on. Downstairs there viii be u
Turkish bath. where Congressman can
be invieorated afther settin' up all nigat
di-caskin' tn river an hafbor bin with
III head waiter. On tn desk il each
member. tn pa-aper says there viii BE-
3 tillyantyscope. eonthrivance be which
when IL mimber is preVinted be work
or fatigue firm attendin' tn session be
can hear what's goin' on in "a house,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
THREATENS 10 REVOKE
THE FRANCHISE
New York Board After New York &
New Haven for Stopping Work
on New Line.

New York, Jan. 3-The board Of esti-
mate has practically threatened 70 re-
woke the franchises granted To the New
York & Port Chester and the New York,
Westchester q Boston railroad compa.
MES for building Of an electric railway
system between this city and Connccti-
cut unless some satisfactory explanation
is given BY the New York g. New Haven
for the stopping Of all work on the new
line for over q year past
According 70 4 statement BIS Chief En-
gineer Nelson r. Lewis Of the board OF
estimate, the New Haven company owns
the controlling interest III both eompa
Mics, and acquired Il for the purpose If
preventing competition in the territory
it covers between Harlem and the Cor
neeticut borders.
Tue board Of estimate some time ago
adopted resolution giving the company
unit Jan, ! to comply with the comdi
tions Of the franchise.
President NIellen Of the New Haven
road telephoned TO Mr. Lewis that the
companys reply to the boards resoIu-
tion had ben mailed too late for delivery
within this time stipulated. but that IT
should have reached the mayor yester-
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
COLONEL A HORSE
COULDN'T CARRY
Marshalls $50 Pounds Too Much for ANY
Saddle.

Washington, ID, G., Jan, 81. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft will de-
vote considerable time to the considera-
ton d the question Of what course shall
81 taken regarding army officers who
failed to make good" IN the recent
horseback riding test prescribed BY spe-
cial order Of the president. II Is known
that several engineer officers in charge
Of river and haflof aud other public
works necessarily will be placed on the
retired list should the report Of che rid
ing board be followed
Among this number i Colonel Mar
shall. in charge Of the Ambrose channel
improvement III New York, who failed
to ride because no horse could be found
heavy enough to carry him Col. Mar
shall weighs $50 pounds, and the advice
of army physicians was that ii he
mounted q horse it probably would fall
and result in the injury Of the officer
The selection OF persons to I'LL the two
vacancies On the Philippine commission
viii be another subject for eoIIsidera-
ton at The conference, as well as the
promotion Of an army officer to the rank
Of brigadier- general. to FIJI the vacancy
caused bv the retirement Of Brigadier
General Charles f. Smith of the ordi
nance department, Many other minor
matters connected with the administra-
ton Of the war department also will be
taken up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
THE SCRAP BOOK


Mrs Russell Sage VIII shortly estab'
fish d branch Of the Young Mems Chris
tian agrociation at Sag Harbor, n. Y.
Governor Folk Of Missouri has APP
pointed woman. Miss Adelaide ].
Thompson Of jefferson City. member
Of the state library commission.
Hon. Mrs. De We're Percy, daughter
inlaw Of the Earl OF Limerick, Las pat
ented a safety purse and manages all
the business connected with its manu-
facture.
Lady McKenna, widow Of SIR Joseph
McKenna, left the bulk of her fortune
Of $4,000 to societies for the care Of
horses and dogs. For the maintenance
Of Rorey and Ruffies, her two dogs, she
left annuities Of $500 each.
In her collection Of rare and valuable
old china Miss Margaret Wilson OF Au-
burn, Me-, has one mustard pot and
spoon that came over in the Mayfiow-
en- The ware is known as Lustre and
is very fine. It's history since 1920 is a
matter Of record.
For the first time in the history of
Rhode Island a woman has applied for
and been granted by the BARRIERS com
mission the right to work as an APP
prentice In the ranks Of the knights of
the razor. The young woman is Miss
Maize A. Niles Of Providence.
Even women Of the aristocracy are
not alaage trade, the Duchess of Suth-
erIand upon one occasion. when she
visited Russia, having packed her
trunk with samples Of highland tweed.
with which she used to drum up trade,
from which she has been called the
drummer duchess"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL.

Germany and Austria have between
them $50 schools wholly devoted to
teaching cooking.
Rev. William N. Rice, who viii be
acting president Of Wesleyan uniyeF-
sity during President Raymond's year
OF absence, is Seney professor of geolo-
gy and one OF the oldest members OF
the faculty.
Professor William North Rice Of the
department Of geology at Wesleyan
university has been appointed acting
president OF the institution by the
committee named at the last COM
mencement TO select some one for that
Office.
The trustees OF the College Of the
City OF New York are said to look with
favor on the suggestion that night
college be added to the present work
Of the institution for the assistance Of
those young men and women who can
not afford attendance at the regular
college.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
CHAMPS ELYsEEs.
Paris Has the Most Light Hearted
Street In the World.

Paris Has the Most Light Hearted
Street In the World.
From the Avenue des Champs Ely.
sees to the Boulevard des Capuchins in
Paris Is but a step. but there the tune
IS even merrier. It Is place of noises,
blare, glare. the perfume Of women,
the raucous honk-honk Of automobile
horns. BY day the street Of costly
shops. by night the promenade in chief
Of his most Satanic majesty. 1t is az
its best-or worst--in February, DUR
ing Mi Careme, when the air is thick
with confetti and the denizens OF the
boulevards are beside themselves. No
use then to sit at one Of the little ta-
bles on the sidewalk, thinking to sip
your book while you enjoy the swiftly
changing panorama Of the festival In
moment you would End the book
porrldge OF confetti; your hat jammed
over your ears; the chair jerked from
under you and your erstwhile happy
self fat on your back. It is marvellous,
the penetrating quality of Confetti I
have shaken It out Of my innermost
pockets: out Of my shoes I have even
found it in my socks and hobnobbing
with the francs in my purse. It fits
everywhere ana when MI Careme is
over the streets are thick with It.
multicolored snow. You buy it at so
many sous the package from vendors
on the boulevards. until the desire for
more Of it becomes an obsession.-Au-
brey Lanston in Bohemian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
Rheumatism Cannot Be Cured
Unless UTlc-O Is Used.
Sudden Deaths, Heart Failure and Par
alysis Are Caused by Poisonous
Ugic and Rheumatic Acids.

The rheumatic person is skeptical re-
garding the claims Of almost any remedy
advertised as cure for rheumatism
and one can scarcely blame him for being
SO. All the plasters and liniments com
bined never actually cured case OF
rheumatism. They may relieve it in one
quarter but il is sure to. break out
somewhere else. The only true way to
cure rheumatism is to drive it from the
system, for as long as the uric and rheu-
matte acid remains in the blood, one Is
never entirely free from the trouble.
This Is where the value Of Uric-O as a
permanent cure for rheumatism comes
in. Il seeks out the rheumatic poison in
the blood, muscles and kidneys, renders
IL inert and harmless and drives it ont
OF the system. That is why Urie-O is
such an admirable and effective cure for
rheumatism
The chief reason that Uric-O is such a
wonderful cure for rheumatism il that
it Is designed and prepared to cure rheu-
matism and rheumatism only. II is
composed of perfect anfidotes for the
rheumatic acid poison in the system.
That Is the secret of its wonderful sue
cess Rheumatism simply cannot exist
in a persons system If Uric-O is used
Uric-O Is sold BY druggists at 75c and
sl.00 the bottle, but If you still feel skep-
tical about its efficacy you can test It
free Of charge by cutting out this adj
vertisement and sending same, together
with your name and address, also the
name Of your druggist, to The Smith
Drug company, l66 Smith building, SYRIA
cuse, n. n. and they win send you O
sample bottle free, TO persons who
write and say they have never used
Uric-O, and want to test II thoroughly,
and will agree to take It systematically
according to directions. they frequently
give q regular 75c bottle
Urie-0 is sold and personally recon.
mended in Barre by the Red Cross phar
macy, OF Rickert & Wells.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
Observation-Disclosures
Doctor Hale on Woman's Work.

In his Monthly Talk in the Woman's
Home Companion DR.. Edward Everett
Hale says:
viii you please to remember that the
bottom rock Of American success is the
habit of determination that every place,
village, town. neignborhood, or whatever
you call it, shall have home rule II
and Mr.. Goodchild want to have a road
and bridge which shall 20 back TO the
rnododendrou swamp, we build the road
and we build the bridge with such help
as we can get from Mrs Tucker OF from
Mr.. Chanplin, and We do not write to a
sub-prefect who writes Ia d project VINO
writes to an assistant Commandant who
writes TO another Commandment VINO
writes to an Intendent who writes 10 q
secretary OF engineers who sends word
TO us from the seat of government
whether We may build the bridge and
now we may build IL Lift where You
stand expresses the foundation principle,
the silbsoil the hard pan, the bed rock
Of American life.
Now, a very queer thing has develop
ej in evolution 81 this principle. II has
proved that where the men Of the coun
try have been too busy, Or have thought
they were, to attend to their own affairs,
the women have been able to attend to
them better than the men do
Take this business which | nave re-
fered to, Of neighborhood library,
feeding region Of not more than four
Or five thousand people The affairs Of
that library, ii they are well conducted,
are conducted BY women Of the ne,2hbor-
hood They know What Their children
want, they know what their husbands
need And ii i very fortunate for the
neighhorhood and the library that they
can harness the horses and can drive
themselves to the meetings Of trustees
and select the books and tell Miss Doreas
how many she may buy"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03
The GHOST Of THE
ROUNDHOUSE,
Fs.fl'ss.!ssis a'*ss. ~. +

copyright, 1901 by G. H. Sutoliffe.l
The conductor and engineer of 1
train may not even be acquaintance
and yet all goes well. The conductor
may take out three or four different
engineers In week, and yet no trou
Bile arises. It is different when you
come to the cab. The engineer must
have his own fireman.
For three years Engineer Simpson
and Fireman Davis had occupied a
cab together on the run of the noun.
tain division. At Butler the engineer
had family and home, and the fire.
man boarded with him. They were
not related In any way, and yet the
two looked 50 much alike that railroad
men nicknamed them the twins. In
every two men thrown together one is
the stronger In this case it was the
engineer. He intuitiyely led the way
in all things. and his fireman followed.
Brothers could not have been greater
chums. Davis might have had an en-
CINE In front Of freight train after a
couple of years. as he had thoroughly
mastered the mechanism of the steam
monster. but he would not take 1t. He
preferred the subordinate position for
two reasons. First, it kept him beside
his friend. and. second. Simpson had
whispered to him one day:
Jim, don't try it. You haven't got
the nerve. If a pinch came you'd lose
your head and bring about some awful
disaster I'm not saying that you
wouldn't stand up to your work in a
row with any man. but keep clear of
the throttle. I've watched you, and
tell you that a dark night, a heavy
train and down grade makes you
tremble like a girl. while poke my
head out of the window and whistle
defiance to danger"
That's 1t. | can't get over being
scared replied Jim. when it's thir-
ty-fiye an hour and moonlight night
can whistle. too. but the darkness
and the speed to make up lost time
take it all out OF me. When we were
six minutes behind in making the sid
Ing at Grand Bluff the other night
md found the express booming down
upon us, | prayed to God and jumped
the cab. You haven't said word to
me about it. and I'm hoping you never
will. 1t was the fear. Tom such fear
as / never have outside the cab and
the fear that l never can control.
Keep me ON with you. want no en-
CINE for myself"
Tom and Jim had been pards for
nearly four years. when there came an
accident that killed the engineer and
so injured the fireman that he lost an
arm. The engineer was buried and
forgotten by all but few, and the
cripple was given place In the rail-
road roundhouse as night Waterman.
He had held the place only single
month when strange reports began to
be circulated. He had seen the ghost
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-03

Of his dead engineer in the cab or his
old engine as she stood over the Gin
der pit. He saw again and again and
whispered the news with white lips
and then he was called to the office Of
i the master mechanic. and the official
asked him In blunt, unfeeling way:
Sim. do you think put you down
in the roundhouse to make fool Of
yoursefY
''No, sir"
"Then don't see Tom Simpsons
ghost again II you do, shall think
you have taken to drink
/ "And nothing but water ever passes
my lips"
"But this ghost business is all non
sense am surprised that sensible
man like you would tell such yarn.
"ir. White" said Jim, as he moved
a step nearer and dropped his voice to
a whisper, the ghost comes two or
three times a week and sits In the cab
Of old $50 and looks at me, and that's
Gods truth, but from now on I'll say
nothing about It. Why shouldn't 1t
conner Tom was the best friend a
man ever had"
It was month after his interview
with his boss that the ghost came
earlier than usual one night. It was
a night Of darkness and storm--a night
to try the nerves of every engineer
due to go out or come in. The watch
man had gone his rounds. and old 900
was kissing over the cindef pit after
q long run when the ghost appeared in
the cab and said:
"Jim, it's bad night outside"
"It is that Tom" was the reply.
Il told you once that | doubted your
nerve. Perhaps was wrong"
mo, pard. You hi the truth"
Il wouldn't do you wrong for the
world, Jim. | want to see you at the
throttle and outside on such night
as this That viii test your nerve. 1t
may be that the accident has made
change Take her out and see"
"And why notl" asked the watch
man of himself. "The old feeling has
gone, and perhaps it won't come back.
If it don't could run an engine with
the arm that's left me. Thankee. Tom
iii try it,
He climbed into the cab and man
aged to shovel enough coal into the
fire box to run the steam up again.
Then he turned the table and threw
open the doors and switched the en-
CINE on to the main track. 1t was
bowling night or he would have been
seen and stopped AS it was he turned
the switch back, climbed into the cab
and opened the throttle and sped away.
Ten miles down the road, with the
900 going at a speed Of a mile min
ute aud the one armed man In the cab
shouting for joy because the fright
had left him forever. there was head-
on collision with freight train and
three men were killed.
$50 th e was ghost in the round
houseY" unused the master mechanic
as he looked down upon the mangled
form of the dead Waterman when ii
was brought home. Eyes, there wa
ghost there. but it was his own anu
led him to his DEATH" Nj. QUAD.