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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
Giying Medicine By Wire.

No longer will we have to take med
ieine prosaicalIy from spoon, but as
Il result Of the efforts of an eminent
French experimenter remedies viii
soon be administered at the end Of an
electric wire. So writes Darwin S.
Hatch in the Technical World Maya
zine for July. The application Of cleo
tricity TO medicine and surgery is not
recent development We all know
Of the use of the X-ray in locating
foreign bodies and malformations and
of electric cautery for their removal,
as well as the application Of the cleo
trio bath and OF static electricity, and,
finally Of the internal use Of the cleo
tric light for diagnosis. While scien.
tifc methods are gradually peryading
every branch of medicine, pharmacology
has so far to rely mainly upon ex-
peFience even this imperfect method in
many cases gives satisfactory results,
there II no doubt that more scientific
principles would permit effects to be
controlled much better, and would On
able satisfactory treatment Of cases in
which the methods So far used have
been Ineffective
The possibility CT baSlng TINS Dranen
Of medicine on strictly scientific prin-
ciples is founded on the views held by
Professor Leduc of Nantes, France, ae-
oordina to whom the effects of an kinds
Of nedieaments are mainly due to an
electrical action His researches have
shown that all the fluids Of the body,
blood, lymph. etc.. consist 0f solutions
Of salts separated BY this tissues. These
solutions are constantly diffusing
through the walls Of the tissues into
ene another This process ID called
'osmosis,H and takes place wherever
there are two solutions Of different
concentrations separated By mem
brane. In a vessel having solution Of
sugar on one side separated BY mem
braneous partition from an equal
height Of pure water on the other, the
pure water viii difTuse into the sweet
and the sweet water into the pure
water.
The remarkable plan Of aiding the &c
tual passage or helpful indictments in
To human tissues by means of electric
current is fully set forth in the article
which is well Illustrated.
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20 FROZEN TO DEATH 90
MILES FROM EQUATOR.
Remarkable Disaster to Exploring Ex-
petition of Mecklenburg
Duke.

Berlin. june Twenty men frozen
to death, only ninety miles south Of
the equator, is the remarkable disaster
that has oyertaken the exploring expedi-
ton of Duke Adolf Frederick Of Meek
leburg III the volcanic region in the ex-
treme northwestern corner OF German
East Africa.
in the crater Of Branca, one Of the
lower mountains, the party was over
taken BY a terrible snowstorm and half
of the expedition sueeumbed.
The particulars of the tragedy came
yesterday from Oar -es Salaam in a let
ter written BY E. Kirschstein, the geol-
ogist of the expedition, and printed in
the Deutsch- Oostafrikanisehe Zeitung
The report has the official Endorsement
Of Duke Adolf Friedrich, who subscribe
ed his name to it and it was written
in his behalf during his illness.
The expedition was organized to make
a study Of the largest area of active
volcanic phenomena in Africa, and the
earlier reports Of progress have been
most favorable. The report of this ter
rible reverse, which is dated March 3,
is as follows.
"On February 81, we concluded our
work on the karissimbi volcano. We
had the pleasant consciousness that our
great labor had not been in vain, for
our scientific results We're rich and i'm
portant. Our headquarters, while at
work in the higher attitudes, had been
on the edge OF the Branca crater, and We
broke camp TO return to the foot OF
the mountain
we intended to 60 TO our base camp
on the south side OF the mountain and
as detour around the crater to the
south side would take three hours, we
decided TO descend into the crater and
across It. In the crater is a shallow
swamp. which is easily forded, and into
this swamp we made our way and went
rapidly along till more than half across
to the further crater edge
Suddenly. almost out of clear sky,
severe hail storm and thick fog set
in In a few minutes the temperature
fell to the freezing point. Then fol-
lowed heavy snow storm, as fierce as
any ever saw, and should not have
thought such storm was possible in
tropical Africa If we had not met with
this terrible experience.
1T seemed to us the irony of fate that
The next morning dawned clear and beau
tiful. At the first signs Of day we were
making our way to the poor fellows who
had persisted. We did not expect to
find one Of them alive, and great was
our surprise when we saw signs Of life
in mr. Mnyampara Selim. lie is now
in a fair way to live.
"All the others twenty in number.
were dead in The sledge and the fingers
Of many Of them were clutching the mua
at the bottom Of the swamp. We can.
not describe that scene
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;rz1Sb and
Quality

appeal to the well-Iniormsd IN every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, il ID not claimed chat Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but cne Of many reasons
why il 10 the best Of personal and family
laxatives Is the fact that It clsanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which Il acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time TO time.
II acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly a. q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get It's beneficial
effects always purchase che genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only. and for sale BY all leading drug
gists.
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portioned task. There is commotion
in the yard, and two Oh the guards APP
pear, leading forward convict To a.
place where a great barrel lies on its
side. A big, authoritative man comes
forward and gives orders. The convict
is stripped. Then he is bent over the
barrel. Two negroes hold his arms
and his head. Two others hold his legs.
He begs and pleads and struggles The
negroes hold him fast. Another man
stands by with an instrument. It is
made of sole leather about three inches
wide, three feet long. and three-eighths
of an inch thick 1t has stout wooden
handle The man lifts the instrument
high in the air. He brings it down,
swish upon the naked man on the barr
rel. The man on the barrel screams
aloud with sudden agony. He does not
shout nor exclaim, he screams horrible
shril scream of unutterabIe pain.
The other man raises the instrument
aud brings it down swishl again. Again
the man ON the barrel screams. A blow
and scream: q blow and scream.
Presently it is q blow and q sob; the
man on the barrel Is crying. Again a mo-
ment, and his blood trickles down his
side; he is screaming, sobbing, crying
now and bleeding. The blows fall upon
his bruised and bloody back; he wrig-
giles and twists about; the negroes can
hardly hold down his head and his legs;
the other men stand and gaze; the gsurds
hold their rifles; and from the bluest
OF skies the soft sun Of Georgia locks
upon the frightful scene, and the sweet
spring air from the Southern woods blow
over it.
But the man has done wrong: he has
committed d fault.
Yes; from sunrise till noon he has
wheeled fifty seven loads Of fresh brick;
the regulations of this he'll on earth re-
quire that in such time he shall wheel
sixty loads. So, having thus transgresa-
ed, power and law and justices as ad
ministered in the State Of Georgia ex-
act from him this penalty until ne
screams and cries and sobs- and bIeeds.
Charles Edward RusseIy, in the June
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ties In the ffty-n ninth Congress be
exposed an effort by the STANDARD Oil
company to acquire the oil and mineral
lands in the then territory OF Oklahoma
and Indian territory. He prepared, but
was unable to secure the passage OF, an
excellent law To protect the rights at
the government, and thus of the people,
in coal and mineral lands which still
are part of the public domain. He
aided the passage Of the meat inspection
law, the pure food law, the employers
liability law, and practically all the
good legislation enacted in the fifty
ninth Congress.
In the sixtieth Congress, La Toilette
single -handedly defeated the original Al
drich currency bill He held that the
bill was intended primarily to create a
market for railroad securities which had
been corralled BIZ Rockefeller, Morgan,
Ryan and few other New York capital
lists, and at Senator La Follette's demand
the so.caIled railway bond feature" Of
the Aldrieh bill was stricken out.
A record of this character had its
natural effect in drawing upon the head
of La Toilette the bitter enmity of nine
tenths Of the members OF the Senate.
He found himself the object Of a con.
spiracy fostered by the "0ld Guard, z
the object of which was Ia "segregate"
him. The leaders Of the Senate appar.
emily agreed to speak TO him once during
the day, but otherwise to ignore his
presence as member Of that body.
This has, however, made no difference to
the Wisconsin senator, WHO has gone
on with his self-appointed task Of being
a thorn in the side Of those who he
believes represent the vested interests.
His most notable effort in this direc-
ton was during the last days of the
recent session Of Congress, when be talk
cd for Is hours and % minutes continn-
onsly. in opposition to the amalgamated
Aldrich Vreeland currency bin. He did
not kin the bill, but he succeeded in inn
pressing his personality more strongly
than ever upon the country. and inci-
dentally in accomplishing a feat in long
distance oratory. never before recorded
in the annals OF The Senate. Rules that
had not been invoked in generation had
70 be enforced by the Senate leaders to
prevent the continuation Of his fhbuster
and the indefinite postponement Of the
adjournment of Congress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13

Washington, June l2,--The things
best known about Robert NJ. La Toilette
are. That he is reformer who has fig-
ured IN Wisconsin for number OF years;
that no has been governor Of that state
and IL now member of the United
States Senate; that he lives on nuts
and vegetables instead OF meat and pota.
toes; that he does the Chatauqua circuit
prottably during the summer time; that
the railroads hate him; that members
Of the United States Senate are not fond
of him; that he makes good speech; ;
that he il opposed to the vested interests
and that all railroad men think he wears
noofs and horns.
lie has been in political life for twen-
ty-eight years, during which time he
served three consecutive terms In the
lower branch Of Congress-, and three
times as governor. He was defeated for
reelection to the House in 1890, and
that year marked the beginning Of his
remarkable struggle against the domino
tion Of railroad and other corporations
in the politics of Wisconsin.
At the end of ten years effort he
became governor Of the state. The ex.
periences Of those ten years were varied.
They included house TO house campaign
ing, many defeats, patronage brides and
even offers Of money By corporations
interested in getting him out Of their
way In one instance, II ii alleged, the
nomination for governor was stolen from
him by the purchase Of delegates. But
at length his strength with the people
became SO overwhelming that he was
nominated and elected
During his service as governor, In
Toilette was so sue assful in his lio
paganda Of reform that an honest ma
jority was secured in the legislature
and laws were enacted compelling the
Of railroads and other quasi
public corporate property and revising
the taxes Of these corporations so that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
Of the Fuel Resources Of the
Country
HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED
BY the TechnoIogic Branch Of the U. S.
Geological Survey--It Results in
Lessening the Impurities Of
the Product.

Washington, d. O., June 1s.-That
the washing Of coal win prove an inn
portant factor in saving The diminish
Ing supply Of fuel resources Of this
country has already been demonstrated
by the Technologic Branch OF the U.
). Geological Survey. 1t has been
shown conclusively that the washing
results In reduction Of the impurities,
the ash and the sulphus in such guam
titles, as to make hitherto worthless
coal Of much value To the consumer
The lessening Of these impurities, Of
course, increases the percentage Of fix.
ed carbon and volatile matter over the
amounts present In raw coal. From
these tests it il evident that millions
Of tons of coal now going to waste may
BIZ used and that other coal Of low
grade may be made much more valu-
able to the people.
The washing of the coal has also
proved splendid aid in the coking Of
coal as the impurities often render them
unfit for metallurgical purposes. 1t
was found that the washing Of certain
Goals that had not previously made good
coke SO reduced the percentage Of ash
nnd sulphur as to make this fuel avail
able for coke. "The tests which are
row being carried on at Denver, Colo
rado, by the government are part
ol the general inquiry concerning the
most economical manner Of utilizing
each type Of coal tested said Joseph
A. Holmes, chief Of the Technologic
Of the waste Of the fuel resources il
found in our methods Of consuming
coal. Andrew Carnegie stated the sit
tiation at the recent meeting Of the
governors. when he said that of all the
coal burned in the power plants Of the
country, not more than from per
cent to 10 per cent Of the potential
energy is actually used, the remaining
80 To 95 per cent being absorbed III
rendering the smaller available in ae-
tual work This condition Of affairs
il compelling the Y. S. government 10
find greater efficiency in the utilization
of the Goals and no more promising
field has been found than in the wash.
ing Of these Goals before they are
used."
The results Of the tests at the fuel
piant snow reduction IN ash Of 10 TO
~ per cent and d reduction Of sulphur
Of 10 to 50 per cent. One raw coal
containing sos per cent of sulphur had,
after washing, 2.47 per cent. The ash
IN a raw, coal containing 1885 per cent
was reduced BY washing To 2g.6T per
cent. These results indicate that
Goals which in their raw state are ut
ierly unfit for steaming purposes can
BE- made fairly good stean1ing coal by
and that Goals unsnited for
coking can be made available in the
same way.
The q. S. Geological Survey has just
Issued bulletin on the washing and
coking Of GOALS. giving the results of
along these lines. The
tests were in charge Of DR.. Richard
A. w. Belden and G. r.
Delamater.
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they have been compelled to pay more
nearly their just proportion. a primary
election law for senatorial and other
nominations was passed. a good law
was secured covering the grant of street
railway franchises to municipal corpora
tions in the state and permitting vote
Nv the people on all such important
privileges.
Having cleaned house in Lis own state,
La Toilette decided to enter q broader
field, and in 1905 he was elected 10 the
United States Senate to succeed Joseph
b. Qrarles, and took lis seat January
g. 1906,
That La Toilette would be Intellectual
as d member Of the United States Sen
ate, was the prediction freely made BY
his numerous enemies. The powerful
interests which he had antagonized in
his own state feared and resented his
presence In the United States Senate
He has disappointed his enemies, no
less than he has pleased his friends
Those who believed that he would be
content to make a noise and let it 90 at
that have found that they were mis-
taken. Others who thought that he
would render har,sef useless by ill.advised
personal attacks or undigniiied conduct
have found they were equally in error.
On the other hard, the smooth, diplo-
matte gentlemen who run the Senate
have found it impossible TO move La Fol-
lette from his regular course of action
BY soft speech, promises OF hopes Of any
kind Of reward. Neither Offices, nor ten
dered appointments on important COM
mittees, nor pleasant social relations
have been effectual in swerying La Fol-
lette from the course he had mapped
out.
Senator La Toilette has constituted
himself very important minority Of
one. In this capacity he objects to bad
legislation and uses his objections to
secure what is possible of good legisla-
ton, and the fact that the Senate does
business practically by unanimous con-
sent, has made La Follette's legislative
independence a potent factor in the law
making power.
The best speech on the administTa
tons railroad rate law was that deliv=
cred by Senator Ia Toilette. He is re-
sponsible for more amendments to thai
law as Il now stands on the books than
any single member OF the Senate His
long fight with the railroads in Wiscon-
sin had given him wonderful prepare
ton to deal with this subject intelli-
gently and forcefully President Roose-
welt acknowledged the assistance rem
dered by Ia Toilette in this fght, and
several of tho latter's amendments were
adopted By the administration before
they were presented in the Senate.
Senator la Toilette was a pioneer
in the work Of saving the public utiIi-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
An Invitation to Choose a JOB For
Roosevelt.

"A writer in the june American Mag
azine says:
The Powers of Strenuous Presi-
dent by * in the April American
Magazine is mighty interesting
"l3ut what worries us out our way
(0hio) il Rooseveit's future. won-
der whether you know how much we
talk about it. In less than 3 year this
human dynamo will be out Of job cit
the age Of fifty. Who win get him
thenwe, the people, or some private
enterprise7
why don't you let your readers
help plan Roosevelt's future for him
Some reader might make brilliant
suggestion. The letters would be in
tcresting anyway. Is there any more
interesting man than RooseyeltY
My idea is that Roosevelt ought to
Ait in the House of Representatives
If he were there he would have great
influence. II the other Congressman
refused to follow his leadership when
hc was right, We. the people, could
get at those Congressman and punish
them. At least We could do more to
compel them to respect him than we
could to compel Senators to respect
him. | should hate to see him in the
Senate. The Senate is too far removed
from the people Senators could more
safely ignore him than Representatives.
SIN making this suggestion / am
keeping in mind ks idea that Roose-
Welt must not forsake the inspiration
Of his eommonness. Of course If he
should do that the people would no
lonser follow him, no longer need him.
He could then. as some suggest, become
a college president or enter some calling
outside of public life"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
Prominent Mexican Demands
That Bodies Of Our Soldiers
BE SENT BACK HOME
Anti-foreign Wave Grows-Priests in
the Outlying District Circulate
Pamphlets Full Of Mis-
statements.

Mexico City, June l3.--Commenting
editorially on what it characterizses as
All anti-foreign wave" the Mexican
Herald, one Of the most conservative pa
pers published in the republic, deplores
the fact that such sentiment should
have gained SO widespread 4 recognition
throughout Mexico, During the past few
weeks the feeling against foreigners,
particularly against Americans, has been
most bitterly stated in the yernacular
press and in specially prepared pamph-
let's which have been distributed gratis.
Most OF these attacks come from sources
so ill-informed that they have attracted
little serious comment but the latest
attack from the pen OF an educated and
well-known writer of this capital has
awakened the establishment Oh all Ameri-
cans residing iii the republic.
The ceremony INDUCED in for num-
Der Of years past OF decorating the graves
OF those Union soldiers who fell during
the Civil war and who are buried in the
United States national cemetery, and
also decorating the graves OF those Next
can cadets who fell while calamity
defending the castle Of Chapultepec dur
ing lS47, called for the latest pamphlet
written BY Senior Manuel Malgre. After
referring scurrilousIy to everything
American, the writer denied the right
TO decorate the graves Of former Union
soldiers who lie buried here in Mexico,
and commented on the practice in the
following language:
I'VE propose a national subscription
TO exkume the remains of the Ameri-
can soldiers which repose in La Tlax-
pana and send them to Mr. Root in
return for the idols which he recently
restored to u.s.
The editorial then cites the words said
to have been recently written BY Mex
lean who has enjoyed an international
reputation and has occupied a distin-
guished and responsible position in the
Mexican government, who writes Of the
despotism natural In foreigners who
come to this country and treat the Mexi.
cans like serfs.
In some Of the outlying districts tae
priests have circulated anti American
pamphlets, which, while crowded with
absurd misstatements. the paper feels
may have q bad effect upon the masses
Fof an impressionable hut as vet some
what Ignorant common people" The
herald sums the situation in the follow
ing language:
"The printed attacks to which We
have alluded, circulated not only in this
city. but in the remotest country Dis
tricts and mining towns where some
groups Of foreigners live in communities
Isolated and around whom it is mani
testify unfair to throw an atmosphere Of
prejudice and antipatny."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13

Solving Suicide Psychology BY
Statistics.

HtatlbllCes
Few branches of sociological invcsti-
cation present greater number q spec
ulative questions than that dealing with
the inexphcable phenomena OF suicide.
Considering The constantly increasing
suicide rate throughout tae civilized
world, from the view point ofvital econ,
omy, at least. the subject IL one Of
utmost gravity
Upon what general AMI worldwide
conditions does suicide depends Are any
Of its causes remoyablei What arc the
reasons for the steady and progressive
Increase Of self-destrnction in civilized
countriesg Is suicide controlled or af-
fectei by any natural laws, and, II go,
whatW
These are some Of the problems which
George KEENAN, tries TO answer in his
article in the june McClure's. He says:
In some Of its aspects, suicide raises
psychological questions which bristie
with difficulties, pique the curiosity and
demand explanatory answers. Why Is
the rate OF suicide strictly dependent
everywhere upon season and weather.
Why lis the tendency to self-destruction
lessened by WARP What is the exr
PLANTATION of suicide in the face of inn
pending death, when there is still a fair
chance Of escape, or when the death
threatened would involve less suffering
than The act OF self destrrctioni What
is the mental state of the hundreds Of
persons who kill themselves every year
upon what would seem To be absnrdly
inadequate provocation-of the man who
commits suicide because his wife de-
clines TO get out his clean underclothes,
or the woman who takes poison because
she has received j comic yalentinei In
its religious aspect, why is the teri
dency to suicide greatest among Prot
estant Christians and least among Mo-
hammendans and Jews? In its racial
aspect, why Is the suicide rate Of Japan
eight times that Of Portugal, and the
rate Of American whites eight or ten
times that Of full-blooded American
blacksg Why do the Slavs Of Bohemia
kill themselves at the rate Of l58 per
million, while the Slavs of Russia COM
nit suicide at the rate of only 81 per
million9 Why do emigrants carry their
national suicide rates with them, and
maintain such rates, long after their en-
yironment has completely changed
These questions from the viewpoint OF
the psychologist and the soeiologist. are
full Of speculative interest
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a HavarIsn Custom.

IN Bavaria each family on Easter
Sunday brings to the, churchward ere
walnut branch. which, after being
partially burned. Els carried home 70
Be laid en- the hearth during tempests
a. protection against lightning"