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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

A woman had written a play IA
twenty-four hours.
Vow. she mused. IF I can find a
manager who can keep It on the stage
that long genius isn't dead yet"-Phll-
adelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

Send this Advertisement. together with name az
PAPER N which Il appears. your address and four
cents 10 eever pnssass and We siH send you ;
Complete HANDY Alas ofthe WOTidt ; g
SCOTT & BOVINE 4es Pearl Street New Yogs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24
D1sHoNoRABLY DISCHARGED.
Put Out of Service For Eating Green
Apples.

New York, Oct. 24-Because be ate
green apples after repeated instructions
from his superior officer not to do so,
Private Bernard Leister of Battery d.
Third Field Artillery. L. S. A.. has
been dishonorably discharged from the
service and sentenced to forfeit all pay
end allowances due him and to be con.
fined at hard labor for six months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24
TURKEY MILITANT.
She Buys q ShiplOad of War Stores in
France.

Paris, oct. PA shipload Of artillery
explosives for Turkey, valued at nearly
81 .Utse 200, Is being embarked at Mar
settles fer Salonica-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24
SCOTS Emulsion

clothes the nerves and
muscles with warm fat, fills
the veins with rich blood.
It makes children rugged
and hardy and fearless of
the cold. 1t fills the whole
body with warmth and life
and energy.
Thin people sometimes
gain a pound a day while
taking it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

The cruiser Fiermosca is at present at
New York, having arrived here Saturday
night from Bridgeport, where she took
part in the Columbus day celebration.
1t was expected that the cruiser would
20 to the West Indies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

Naples, Oct 24.-The Duke of the
Abruzzi arrived here Thursday. He drove
to the roy,l palace at Capodimonte,
where he had conference with his broth
er, the Duke of Aosia.
The discussion between the two is said
to have been very animated, as the Duke
of Aosia has always held that the men,
bers of the royal family should marry
within their rank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24
BY the Governor:

BY the Governor:
AARON H. CIRCUIT,
Secretary Of Civil ana Military Affairs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

Turin, Oct. 24.-The Duke of the
Abruzzi arrived here yesterday. He
called upon his brother, the Count of
Turin, and later upon Queen Margher-
tia.
There is reason to believe that the
date of the dukes departure for the
United States has not yet been fixed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24

WHEREAS to-day Assembly
Vermont approved
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
.. EANT TO GIVE WILLIE A rir
Sut the Lady ef the House sr,cnde5
His Fathers instruction.

MY son. said the head of the fam.
lily after he had read all the sportin,;
news. here is q good thing for you to
remember. give it to you out Of the
store OF my experience Had l under,
stood 1t at your years it would have
saved me good many mistakes:
Always notice the way your friends;
laugh. BY their laugh you may know
their character.
The laughter CO human beings is
based on the vowels If q man laughs
IN A-the open tone of 4 which is al
then he is frank and honest. 4 little
1ond OF noise and excitement, perhaps,
and perhaps of somewhat tickle dis.
position; but at any rate honest Yea
can trust him, son.
Those who laugh in E-pro1ouacsd
ay-are melancholy. Those who laugh
in pronounced ee-are gleaful. CGi!.
dren most often use that tone. as 10
the simple, the obliging, the afecti>a.
ate, the tilrid and the undecided FOLKS
When your mother asks ne il an
going to the club again and l laugh
using the ee sound, it is not because
l am timid, but because l an u.ia-
cided. 1t is we'll to make 4 note CT
these things
Those who laugh roundly in o ere
generous and inclined to be OF dar-
Ing nature, the former OF which is Il
good thing. son, and the latter ve~y
bad for little boys.
Never trust 4 man who laughs in
U. He's scamp. The gas man laughs
In U. Yes, indeed. after you srow up
you will notice these things"
Yes, Willie" said the lady of tie
house from the other side Of the
table, remember what your father
says, because tomorrow night he win
want you to repeat it to company and
say he told you. But for your own in
struction l will tell you an easier way
to pick out nice people than that some
what complicated method mentioned
by your dad
Notice the thing that makes men
or women laugh Never mind how
they laugh or in what vowel sound
they do it. Find out the thing that
creates the laughter
IF it is really funny thing they are
all right. If 1t is some predicament
that some one else is in or some idea
that is not kindly or gentle then they
are not all right. And, Willie, it is
about time you went to bed now
mo woman ever did have a sense of
humor," remarked the head Of the
family of the family as he went out
and silently closed the door after him.
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Automatic Money Assorter.

A machine has just been invented in
Prague for asserting coins. The in
Wentor claims that it will assert metal
coins which have been thrown togeth-
er, regardless Of their denominations,
placing each denomination in a sepa,
rate basket. The various coins are
thrown Unfortunately into a funnel
at the top of the machine, and from
the funnel they slide downward, alight-
ing on spiral track. This track has
a protecting edge or raised border con-
tanning Sits corresponding to the vari-
Gus sizes of the coins. AS the coins
of various denominations glide down
ward on to the track through some pc
culiar mechanism of the machine they
pass through the Sits corresponding
to their various sizes, entering their
respective baskets at tie bottom of
the machine. 1t is said that several
firms handling large amounts of coin
daily have tried the machine with sat
isfactory results.
The same principle is not unknown
in Florida and California, where it is
adopted for sizing oranGes.-Harper s
Weekly.
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observer, as high aIoft as pcss;bis.
handling no mechanism except a pair
of binoculars and telephone. in teIe-
phon1ng down to the communication
room information as to the effect of
each shot, until all the gun pointers in
the turretS had gotten on to the target
and had set their range finders at the
correct sight-bar> range? After that
he could come down-probably
Experiments with Crinoline Nets.
The experiments to determine the
possible usefulness of crinoline nets
against torpedo-boat attacks have not
yet been undertaken. 1t is difficult to
see how these can fail to harm the IN
derwater section of the monitor, but
assurance is given that they will be
conducted in such way as not to in
Jure the hull. The test which involved
the turret and its mechanism in
fiicted no great injury, owing to the
reduced charges which were used in
the Pinch guns of the monitor which
did the firing. In fact, complains one
critic: What is called in some quar-
tiers the shooting up of the monitor
Florida appears to have been a ginger
ly graduated experiment to prove that
her turret armament was sheil-proof
and her system of fire control invul-
nerable"
This was vastly different from the
ordeal to which the British Hero was
subjected. One witness of the expert
ment says: The first six shots were
all misses, and although sparks began
to fly from the Hero as soon as the
range was found, the shooting was by
no means up to the level of battle
practice, Notwithstanding that the
weather conditions were absolutely
perfect-a calm, clear day, with the
sun behind the firing ships. Very soon
the Hero was in the middle of dense
cloud of smoke, through which, now
and again, flashed great tongues Of
fire, as shell after shell struck the
helpless old warrior. 1t was soon over
however, and save for a slight list to
port there was nothing to show, at a
distance, the ordeal through which she
had passed. The funnel and mast
both stood, and very little smoke is
sued from the interior, but a closer in
spection revealed the full extent Of
the damage. The upper deck had been
blown up by the explosion of heavy
shell underneath it, after the coming
tower had been penetrated, and one
of the lay figures had daylight through
his chest. Altogether 20 hits had
been scored out of $50 rounds"
The United Service Gazette in it's
comment said that here was a ship
fitted with fire-control apparatus
whose maintenance is absolutely es-
sential during battle, and here were
ships which hit their target once In
every four rounds; and the whole fire
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Trufb and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, It Is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
On which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
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FTE6TTWG T0P5 U5W 1903

the target in battle than at target prac-
tice, because at target practice she'll
striking the canvas of a target-say
5000 yards away-cannot as rule be
seen; while a she'll exploding against
the side of a ship gives out brilliant
flame.
"Shells that do not explode cannot
usually be seen; but it may be sug-
gested here that, in the case OF armor-
piercing shell, it might not be difficult
to At a sort of dummy fuse in the nose
of the shell which would explode upon
impact and give out flame. Such a
continuance, II found practicable,
would assist very much in fire con-
troll; because, after all, we are very
much more interested in the shots that
hit than in the shots that miss. Fur
thermore, among the shots that miss,
the only ones of which we can take
account are the shots that go short;
and the amount by which they go
short is very difficult to estimate,
whereas the shots that hit are abso-
lutely located. Furthermore, If we
count the shots that hit, this does
not prevent us from counting the shots
that go short; which gives US, by an
easy method, the number Of shots that
go over The adoption of device
therefore, showing us positively when
shot hits, would be means OF get
ting all the data needed for correcting
| the range finders and getting the sight
bar ranges
Asserting that there is no perfect
range finder, this officer asks what
would there be impracticable, in the
early stages Of the battle. in having an
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when battle is soon to be joined. In
his admirable essay on Courage and
Prudence" published by the Naval in
stitute, Capt. B. A. Ffske says that
"whatever method of observation from
aloft be employed, it is evident that,
even supposing the shots to group as
well as at target practice, the work of
the observers aloft will be of the most
delicate kind. 1t is difficult to realize
any job that could be given to mortal
man, not excluding that of the admiral
or captain, requiring such absolute
presence of mind, and such persistent
concentration, as that needed Of every
member of the fire-control party.
ANY member of a guns crew, in
fact anybody else in the ship, can get
some relief by physical exertion of
some sort; or, if he be a gun pointer,
can press his button and feel his gun
fire. But every member of the party
aloft must do nothing but use his
brains, with a little assistance from
his eyes. The most perfect self-for.
getfulness will be required of every.
OAS. NV O1O NC CI (Cu ny dI1y
accidents happening to his own ship
or by anything going on in the pano-
rama before him; and such things as
shrapnel and high explosive shells
bursting near by, and the foremost
going overheard, he must utterly is.
nore."
How New System Works.
Capt Ffske is widely known as the
inventor of the range finder which
bears his name. The present system
is one by which a group of observers
stationed aloft note the relation of the
splash of the shot to the water line OF
the target and endeavor to correct
any errors in sighting. They watch
the fall of the shots through powerful
glasses, and according to the place
where the shot strikes a change in
range is ordered to the gunners, until
the shots hit the target. Usually the
third shot gives the right range.
Two important differences between
target practice and battle are noted by
Capt. Fiske: One is that the sea at
target practice is always smooth; the
other that the target does not hit
back. at may be pointed out in OBJ
lection" he says, that target practice
must be held in smooth water, because
competition among the gun pointers
is essential to success, and competi.
ton can be had only when the condi.
lions are identically the same for all
which is Only when the watar ic
smooth. 1t may be objected also that
it would be impracticable at target
practice to have target that would
hit back in the way the enemy would
in action"
Should See Effect of Fire.
This authority maintains, however
that it should be easier to get on to
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DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SHOE HORN.
But What Does Mere Man Know About
Mysteries of Feminine Toilet.

Hugh Jennings and his Detroit
Tigers were entertained at dinner
in New York last month, and in the
course of his address of acknowledg-
ment Mr.. Jennings said:
"Our enemy's modification brings
back Cornell to me. The Cornell team
played at the seashore one June, and
after the game we took a bath.
There was lady in a nearby bath
house, and she had little dog with
her. After a bit the dog came running
out of her bathhouse with bunch Of
curly golden hair in it's mouth. It tore
up and down the lorg aisle worrying
that glittering bunch of curls, shaking
1t and growing at it as if it had been
a cat. A funny sight to see.
There was, naturally, a good deal
of laughter. Then the lady was heard
calling the attendant in a distressed
voice.
"'Oh,' she called, would you please
fetch my little dog back to me? He
has run of with something of mine,
and I can't get my shoes on without
it.
''The attendant was one OF those
fresh chaps. He yelled back at the
lady very loud:
"'Yes'm, yer little dogs out here, all
right, havin' spree with somethin' or
other; but from the look of it !
wouldn't say it was a shoe horn"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
naval EXPERTS ALL
FOR SKELETON MASTS
New Mast, Simply a
Spiral Mesh of Steel,
Remained Standing on
Monitor Florida AL
though Cut in Many
Places by Shells.

The need of some new method indi-
Gated by that battle was accentuated
and made urgent by the test to which
the Hero was subjected. Some of our
own very alert and progressive navy
officers at once set about solving the
problem. The result was the test to
which the monitor Florida was sub
jected a few days ago. The Arkansas,
a sister ship, was selected to do the
firing.
The Florida is one of the new type
Of single-turret monitors. For the
purposes of the test she was lowed to
the Thimble Light Shoal, off Old Point
Comfort, and anchored about midway
between Cape Charles and Cape Hen
ry. The Arkansas took a position
about $50 yards westward, so that the
shots, after passing through the Flor
ida's military mast, would fall into the
open sea. The shots were fired at a
range of about $50 yards with a re-
duced charge. so that the effect was
practically the same as a range of
5000 yards with a full charge of
powder.
The mast is described as a mesh of
steel, So feet in height, and carried
near the stern of the monitor. 1t was
built upon double spiral principle,
each set of spiral columns running in
an opposite direction. At the top was
a platform upon which were two dunn
mics weighted and wired for record
ing the shock Of the projectile. The
steel rods which form the mast are
two inches in diameter at the base,
narrowing at the top. The experts
who had designed it had employed all
of their mechanical skill to construct
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was found that the ordinary cylindri-
cal steel mast with which all battle
ships are now fitted is wholly untitled
for this purpose. The Hero, an obso-
lete battleship of the second class, was
selected for the experiment A COM
plete system of fire control was in
stalled in the old warrior, and then
the vessel was anchored over a shoal
and attacked by the guns of the mod
ern first-ciass battleships Hibernia and
Dominion.
Although the deductions Of the ad-
miralty officials have been withheld,
u writer for service journal (The
Navy has ascertained that the effect
OF the gun fire upon every part of the
ftre-control system, located above the
protective deck. was disastrous. A
six-inch she'll burst in the improvised
fire control top on the mast and car
ried away the range-fnding station in
the very beginning Of the simulated
combat. Most significant and impor-
tant of all, splinter of shell-not a
direct hit-went through the mast. and
although the mast stood, every one of
its fire-control wires was severed.
Thus was the most important problem
solved in the first two minutes.
Changed Conditions in Shooting.
Then was asked the question
whether the modern system of fire con-
troll. with its most important installa-
ton in cylindrical steel mast and its
observatory placed at high elevation
upon that mast, could withstand for
any length OF time the fire of a
notwithstanding foe. 1t was realized
at. once that it could not-that with
the increased range and deadly pre-
cision of modern high-powered guns
not only masts but smokestacks and
other super-deck attachments are more
than likely to be shot away at the
very beginning Of the battle.
This brought naval administrations
face to face with new conditions. The
need Of. some method of carryine
range finders high in air had beer
noted in the battle of the Tsushfmf
straits. where the, initial advantage
had been gained by the Japanese. whC
had concentrated their fire upon the
Souvaroff, Rojestvensky's flagship. Ac
cording to Semenoff, a Russian nava
observer on boaro the flagship, thu
mast of that vessel was shot away al
most at the beginning OF the action
This not only interrupted all furthe
efforts on the part Of that vessel t.
getthe range of her antagonists from
her lighting tops, but it also inter
fered with the display of signals.
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d framework that. would still remain
erect though pierced by many shot.
Strength and LIghtness Needed.
1t was necessary to reconcile two
conditions. The steel skeleton must
be of great strength, and yet its parts
must be so light that the impact of a
shell cutting through the latticelike
frame would not receive enough resist
ance to explode it. Modern shells,
particularly those Of the smaller cali
Der, are fitted with a percussion fuse
SO sensitive that the resistance offered
by the crest Of very small wave is
sufficient to explode it. And one of
these bursting in the framework would
be more than likely to tear the struc-
ture to pieces and bring it Gripping to
the deck, observers, range finders and
ALL
The mast was subjected to a thor
ough test and emerged successfully.
The first shot, a four-inch proiectile,
cut one OF the steel rods. The second
cut several more rods, but did not in.
Jure its stability. A twelve-inch pro-
1ectile likewise did very little damage.
When five shots had. been fired at the
mast Lieut. Richard D. White and
Lieut.. Commander George Bradshaw,
assistant inspector of the target prac.
tice, climbed to the platform at the
top of the mast and shook it with all
their strength, but still the mast stood
firm.
Goodness and Nerve Required.
II any post ever requires GOODNESS
and iron nerve. one would think that
1t would be required by the men who
take station in one Of these structures
when an enemy has been sighted and
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Historical Find at Yale,

After lying hidden in small closet
at the Yale Divinity school for years.
an interesting lot of manuscript ser
mons of Presidents Daggett and Clapp
of Yale, delivered between 1741 and
1850, have been brought to light.
While the small closet which is part
Of the bookroom at the school was be-
ing cleaned out recently. cardboard
box was discovered, and in it num-
Der of old books, papers. apd packages
were found. The sermons have grown
brown with age, and the ink has faded.
but they are easily decipherable. The
sermons, with the books and other
papers, win be placed in the universe
ty library.
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A Freak Rose Bush.

w. R. Wilson, the president of tbs
Huntingdon (PaD borough council
has an oddly at his home on Mifliu
street in the form Of perfectly white
rose blooming on a rose bush which
has borne only red roses and on which
all the other flowers now blooming
are red.
The rose is a climbing rambler, ana
about eight feet from the ground us
the side of the house the one perfect.
ly white rose has grown. standing out
prominently among the red ones sur.
rounding it.
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disordered and my head ached to dis.
traction. was in bad condition. but
medicines failed to help. lost ground
daily until began with Doan's Kidney
Pills. They helped me at once and
soon made me strong and WELL"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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MAB sums are annually expended
MBg in target practice by the
navy Of this nation. The
ultimate end sought for in
this sedulous training and
costly expenditure is the acquiring of
en- ability 70 hit the enemy first, to hit
rapidly, and to hit hard.
II is now realized that the sea fights
of the future will open at extremely
long ranges. say FIVE or six miles.
The fleet that first gets the range"
says Rear Admiral Evans in a recent
interview, land is best handled after
the range is obtained. will undoubted-
~ do such damage in the first ten min
utes as practically to disable the op-
posing feet"
All other things being equal, the in
itial advantage would therefore an
pear to be the deciding one. The gain
Ing of this advantage is now almost
wholly dependent upon the observers
stationed in the tops, the clear-eyed.
cool-headed men who from their point
OF vantage determine the range, and
by the various systems of fire control
communicate it to the men behind the
guns. With these salient points in
mind, the reader can clearly compre-
bend the vast importance of an. OBJ
serving station sufficiently elevated
for the range finders to execute their
mission with precision and CELEBRITY,
more important still, a station that
can remain longest erect under the
stress Of battle.
oId-Styie Mast Obsolete.
In a recent notable test which was
conducted by the British admiralty. it
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15

Corporation Commission to Mset.-
Beginning on July IA, the Oklahoma
corporation commission will hold
regular term of hearings. Ninety cases
are on the docket for the term.
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Clean Boiler.

The wash boiler and wringer can be
easily cleaned by rubbing with cloth
dampened with kerosene. This is
easily done and it removes all the dirt
which cannot be entirely removed with
water.