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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
A COLLEGE SWAN.
Intelligent English Bird Found Strangled
in Pond.

The opening Of the term at Emmanuel
college. Cambridge England has been
dimmed BY d fatal accident which has
overtaken one Of the most valued pos
sessions Of the college, the male bird Of
the pair Of swans which for many years
Of constantly succeeding undergraduates
have sailed the waters Of the Paddock
pond. It had been found with ia neck
caught in the fence Of wire netting,
which surrounds the pond strangled
while attempting to eat the grass on
the other side. The body now lies in
the gardeners Toulouse, and a strong
feeling exists in the college that the
bursar should have it stuffed.
Emmanuel is famous among Cambridge
colleges for It's water fowl. which BY con
stant association with undergraduates
passing the pond on their way to the
hotel are occasionally led into dissi.
pated courses.
Some time ago certain Emmanuel men
took to scattering bread crumbs on the
lown surrounding the pond. The I'M,
sophisticated college ducks. mistaiying
this action for one Of pure beneYolenee,
used 10 receive them thankfully When
they had come I'd look for them as Il
matter Of course their beneiactors one
day soaked the bread crumbs in brandy
The unfortunate birds quickly ate theme
selves into an advanced state Of intoxi-
cation. and the dean Of the col
lege, who happened to pass at the time
was scandalzed to see six ducks reeling
back in their pond with staggering
waddle which left no doubt as to their
condition
The deceased swan, although the par
emit and even grandparent Of many
swans at other colleges, was frequently
compelled to participate Ii college rags,
its usual function being to lie, Sc
curely trussed. in mans bed, with a
view to pecsing him as he got in. The
intelligent bird is stated to have come in
course of time to take noticeable de-
light in these disorderly proceedings,
London Daily Mail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
Gas Explosion in Mine Causes
Wild Scene
FOUR BODIES RECOVERED
Mine Surveyor and Party Of Helpers Arc
Thought to Have Ignited Gases in
worked-out Room Of Shaft,
with Fatal Results.

Herrin, ILL.,, Dec, "a Seven men are
known 10 have been instantly killed il
mine A Of the Chicago & CarteryilIe Coal
company near here yesterday by a gas
explosion, which is believed to have been
caused BY Mine Surveyor Pierce and bis
party Of helpers walking into a worked
out room in the mine and igniting the
gas IN II BY the lamps which they car
RED
There was a wild scene when the news
WAS spread that an explosion had oc-
CURED wives and relatives Of the 300
men and boys employed ia the mine max
ing a wild rush to the mine mouth, and
they could not be driven away until
their relatives, who survived were
brought to the top -Four bodies have
been recovered,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
MAGAZINE REVIEW


King Hunger Makes Beasts Of Us All.
Unfeeling nature says to all creatures,
II you would live on This earth, Won must
either fight run or hide; and II is in
obedience to this last injunction that all
shells are constructed These are not
notes Of peace, for peace Is unknown
where King Hunger's mandates must be
obeyed. else he will inHiet untold torture.
For thirst there is lfeless water III
abundance. but only what is OF has been
living win make food ! heard naval
Officer describe how he learned really to
sympathize with the ravening wolf.
when, in Greenland. he and his dors
were nearly famished until they and he
savagely rushed together at the stil
standing musk OK which he had shot.
Small thought Then did he have Of how
a gentleman should take his meal.--Dr.
William Hanna Thompson III December
Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
CITY MAY REGULATE BREAD.
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Buyers
May Specify Size and Weight.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec "a The Illinois
supreme court has declared that a city
council has the right to pass an ordi-
nance specifying the size and weight Of
loaf 81 bread and the conditions under
which Il must be made. and that the
baker should provide scales 10 GUS
toner may inform himself Of the weight
Of the loaf The decision was an appeal
from Chicago, where city ordinance was
declared invalid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
Fault Finding.

The aeroplaEe is like bird,
And yet it fingers Incomplete.
1t has no song with pleasure heard
And is BY far too tough to eat
-Washinaton Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24

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scalp. Guaranteed absolutely pure.
cuticura Remedies are sold throuehopt tie world.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
Not Anty Drudse's Kind Of Economy.

Mrs. Fr1gat-4Look at this box Of laundry soap, Anty
Drudge Buying much, got it cheap. Isn't that
Economy"
Antg Drudge-' Economy nothing. You've bought your
self lot of hard work if you that SOAP FesNaptha
saves hard work. does away with boiling and makes
the clothes cleaner. Economy? Well guess not
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24

ment, most soothing
Of emollients, pro-
serve, purify an q
beautify the skin,
scalp. hair and hands
Of Infants and chill
dren and assisted by
mild doses Of Cuti-
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most speedy, CRATE
full and comforting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24

The "Goden ksedc Discover medicine secret
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24
For Baby's Bath
cuticura Soap has Become the
Mothers Fayorite.

Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and
gentle anointings with Cuticura ONT !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-24

Don't throw away the wrapper when
you buy cake Of Fels-Naptha soap. Pin
it up in your kitchen or laundry where
you can read plainly the directions printed
on the back. They're the whole secret of
the easy Fels-Naptha way Of washing the
modern way.
It's Just as important to follow direc-
tons in washing with Fels-Naptha as it is
in taking medicine. Used the Fels-Naptha
way, Fels-Naptha soap will save you time,
trouble, hard work, fuel and money.
Look for the red and green wrapper at
your grocer's.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
LITTLE MONEY FOR INVENTORS.
British Admiralty NiggardIy in Its Re-
wards to Clever Workmen.

The lords of the British admiralty
issued circular to the officials of the
various naval dockyards some time
ago in which system Of payment for
suggestions made by the workmen EN-
ployed in all departments was intro
duced. This, It was hoped, would en-
courage the men, but the scheme is
now practically defunct owing to the
extraordinary parsimony Of the admir-
atty officials.
The workmen manifested keenness
in applying their minds to mechanical
appliances for saving labor and cost,
but after waiting for months received
a few paltry dollars as their rewards.
Some Of the inventions are valuable
and will save the country large sums of
money, but in no case has any man
received more than $25 for his ingenu-
ity. The men complain that they have
spent their spare time in patient study
to receive in return grants which are
ridiculous.
AS an instance OF the admiralty's
niggardliness one man submitted an
invention which enables diver in DIFF
ficulties under water to attach another
afr pipe and cut the pipe which is en-
tangled in wreckage. Until this in
genious device was submitted such
thing was thought impossible. The ad-
miralty officials adopted the idea and
awarded the clever inventor the sum
Of SIS.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
WANTED TO sEE HOW n WAS
Youngsters ldea Was to Emulate Fest
Of the Chickens.

Helen and Roger were staying with
their grandparents. Although ths5
were not exactly city children. yes
there were enough new sights and
sounds here to keep them busy asking
questions and trying to ind out for
themselves.
The hens fascinated them good
deal.
At night they would peep into the
henhouse and watch the row Of cud-
dled-up chickens balanced on the roost-
ing poles.
Aren't they funny" said Roger,
who was the younger of the two.
They look as If their heads had been
pushed down into their bodies"
II know It," said Helen. But see
their feet curled round the pole so
tightly. I should think 1t would keep
them awake, holding on SO hard"
When Helen asked her father how 1t
was the hens did not get tired out
holding SO tightly to the poles, he
said: why, they do not have to hold
on. When they sit down their claws
shut up by themselves, and they can't
fall off If they want to, without first
standing up"
How FUNNY" exclaimed Roger.
Next time you see chicken walk
Ing" continued their father, lust no.
tice that when she steps high, her
claws close together the same way
they do when she sits down. If you
were like that you could perch on the
back of chair all night"
MY" said Roger, as they reached
the house. Let me sit up and try
it!"-Youth's Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
NOT ENTIRELY TO HIS LIKING.
Guides Objection to Bear Too Much
Alive for Comfort.

Miss Geraldine Farrar, at luncheon
in her honor in Philadelphia, marveled
at the American hotel managers dis.
like Of the dog.
mo one objects to nice little dog
abroad" she said, "but over here they
fear dog as much as Pete Wilson
feared
But that is story, a bear story,
and must begin at the beginning.
"A party Of fasteners went bear
hunting in California. Pete Wilson
led the party, and day and night he
boosted Of his skill as bear killer.
They got no bear on the hunt, and
Pete grieved terribly.
"'This is good enough grub he
would say, as he pitched into a cold
can Of preserved meat, but the finest
meal in the world, in my opinion, is a
bear steak, grilled to turn over log
fire.
Gimme bear, Pete growled one
day. Gimme a good bear brile. I'm
gettin' sick of this canned stuff
Look QUIT cried a neighbor.
There's a bear right behind you,
mani
Pete gave one look. It was a bear,
sure enough. He turned very pale, and
bounded off into the woods.
1--WE thought you liked bear?' they
said sarcastically to him on his return
So l do said Pete, but that Teller
wasn't well enough done"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Not for Them.

William Hanley, a well-known Du.
luth cruiser and timberman, tells a
good story of Indians and the impor.
lance Of personal publicity in a red
skin. Hanley was in charge Of a big
drive on the st. Croix river. and in the
vicinity of Taylors falls big jam &C.
Cured Among the drivers we're half
a dozen Indians. They were good men
on the river and held up their end
with the white men. One day while
inspecting the jam Hanley passed the
six Indians. In a spirit of good ma
ture he hailed the Indians and said:
Break that jam, boys, and I'll put
your names in the paper"
"Ugh!" responded one after pause.
"Six Indians dead in paper, but we no
see It."
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
FIELD or HONOR COMMISSION.
Practices Seem Absurd Te-Day, But
Had Their Place In History.

Perhaps wit IL stimulated by .
slight arrangement Of the nerves. and
good things said on the ield Of battle
are sometimes recorded. When Bully
Egan" fought Curran with pistols tho
bulky Egan complained that his oppo-
nent was as thin a. q blade Of grass.
Let my size be chalked out upon
your body" said Curran, land any hits
outside Of the line shall not count"
It was not good form, however, to
make q parade Of magnanimity, and
the coxcombical practice OF firing in
the air or dumb shooting" or Chill
dren's play" was strictly prohibited by
the rules, Of which SO were drawn up
by representatives Of the five most
eminent counties-Galway, Tipperary,
Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon-in 1777.
They met at the summer assizes at
Clonmel and seem to have done their
work very gravely and honestly, In.
GLIDING special rule for Simple, un-
premeditated encounters with the
small sword" There is large ele-
ment Of absurdity about 1t all, no
doubt, but even dueling has had its
place as rough, inefficient test OF
manhood.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
OPTICAL COUNTY and CITY PAPER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1909
naiIowslls Harp Orchestra Here March 8.

The music loving people Of this city
will have an opportunity on the night Of
March OF hearing the Halowell's
Famous Harp Orchestr', Of Chicago al
Gluck's Opera House. This entertain
ment will be given under the auspices Of
the Dodge City Lyoeum Lecture Associa-
ton as a special number and is sure to be
very largely attended OH account of the
reputation Of the musical combination
presented and the special concession
which will be made to the season ticket
holders Of the lecture course.
This company Is made up of solo
artists who render descriptive pieces In a
charming manner. who interpret classical
music with wonderful power aud beauty
and who put new meaning and life in
the old folk song that will ways live IN
our hearts, You cannot afford to miss
hearing them. A report In the Marion
Headlight says Of them: "Hall0well's
Harp Orchestra gave one Of the fines,
musical entertainments at the Auditorium
Monday night that has ever been hearo
in our city. 1t was real music, rich 10
tone, exqulsitely expressed. Those who
heard 1t were more than pleased"
Seats will be Oh sale at P. II. YOung's
store on March s at 8 %. Reserved
seats 30 cents. II you bring your season
ticket along when you reserve your ser
1t will cost you but 70 cents. The.e
prices ought to fill the opera house
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
ATTENTION A MOMENT, SMOKERS
More or Less Authentic Facts Are Put
Forward In This Story.

The users of tobacco, 1t would ap-
pear, are subject to undreamed-of dan.
gers A French medical journal tells
an interesting tale Of man who while
smoking a pipe had serious fall.
Some time later a curious swelling
appeared on his tongue, and this, after
efforts had been vainly made to re-
duce it by common methods, was
found to contain fragment Of the
pipe that had been driven into 1t at the
time of the fall. In another case an
ulcer on the soft palate of patient
persisted for three years before 1t was
investigated and found to contain a
piece of cigar holder How this lat
ter got there we are not informed, but
1t appears certain that II these persons
had not been users Of tobacco they
would have escaped much discomfort.
A word to the wise is sufficient!-Ex.
change.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
American Democracy.

Privy Councillor Zuntz, on his re-
turn to Berlin, after three-months
visit to the United States, delivered a
lecture before the students of the In.
dustrial high school of that city, in
which he had much to say in praise OF
American students and of the college
system under which they were trained.
Our students" he said can help
themselves financially only by teach.
ing. The American student has the
advantage In thiso respect, because
without losing caste or dignity, he can
break stone, act as a waiter or porter,
or do work at any trade. 1t is not an
infrequent occurrence that young
man acts as waiter at a gathering OF
people where he is received as an
equal as soon as his mental duties
have been performed"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Woodsman's Fight with Wolves.

Armed only with an ak, Joseph
Frost of Kenroa had a terrible expert.
ence with two timber wolves recently
near Garwood. He was returning from
the bush, where he had been cutting
wood, when two large wolves sprang
at him. Using his ak freely, he man.
aged to keep the animals at bay q
few minutes, but when the battle
seemed hopeless q Canadian Pacific
railroad freight train passed and the
animals ran into the bush. Torn
clothes and q bloody az showed the
severe experience he had been
through. Owing to . scarcity of rsb.
bits the wolves this winter are vsry
bold and appear more numerous than
for several years past.-winnipeg Coz.
OF st. Paul Dispatch.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
WESLEY CALLED 4 -vAoAsoNp.
Irish Grand Jury Dealt Hardly with
Founder Of Msthedlsm.

The Irish Year Book for 1908, Just
issued at Dublin. contains . bit Of
history concerning John and Charles
Wesley that Is not generally known to
Methodism. This account notes that
John Wesley arrived in Dublin on .
Sunday In August, 1747. He had been
preceded by lay preacher earlier In
the same year, who had gathered a
society numbering almost 300. These
Wesley describes as strong In faith"
OF the Irish he writes, 80 civil a
people in general I never saw either
In Europe or America" Charles
Wesley and other preachers followed
him and the Methodist song writer
heard his own tunes sung and whistled
as he went.
Cork city was disturbed in 1748 by
the advent Of the new preachers. A
local ballad singer gains temporary
notoriety as riot leader. Subsequently
the grand jury declared: 1--WE find
and present Charles Wesley to be
person Of ill-fame, a vagabond and
common disturber of his majesty's
peace and we pray that he may be
transported"
The movement had spread to Ulster
in 1850. AT Limerick, In 1852, John
Wesley presided over the first
conference Of the preachers. John
Wesley died in 1891, having made
more than two score cross-channel
journeys and having spent six years
Of his life in Ireland, as well as
presiding at all the conferences from
1855 to 177S.
Notwithstanding the steady stream
Of emigration the Methodist church In
Ireland has $50 ministers, 1853 Sunday
schools, with a total of more than
$4,000 pupils and about $4,000
members.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Patriot.

That Kentuckians have a very high
regard for their native state is illus.
trated by this anecdote told by one
Of them:
Once Kentuckian died. So a near
relative went to the local tombstone
artist to arrange about an inscription
on the deceased's tombstone.
After due cogitation the near relative
said:
Carve on 1t: He's gone to better
place."
I'll carve he's gone to heaven II
you want me to-" remarked the tomb.
stone artist, but, as for that other in,
scription-there's no better place than
Kentucky"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Women Of the Future.

Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer in one
OF the February magazines says that
women. like negroes, proud of their
emancipation, have been trying to do
the things that men do, rushing into
already overcrowded professions, In
order to be Indifferent seconds. She
thinks 1t is now time to stop, and
that women and negroes should stick
to the things they did In the past.
She wants to know why pounding q
typewriter should be considered more
intellectual work than beating an ONE.
let. As women adjust themselves to
the new conditions the despised home
will take on new dignity.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
A Borneo Parasite.

A famous rarity in the vegetable
world of Borneo Is the rafflesia, the
buah pakmah of Malays. The plant ia
one Of the most degraded Of parasites,
and SO completely does 1t submerge
itself in the tissues of its host that the
only part which ever shows itself to
the external world Is the enormous
flower. The diameter of the flower
measures about two feet, the odor Ia
repulsive and there is not one feature
Of beauty to recommend 1t to man. 1t
appears, however, to hold an impor.
tant place in the pharmacopoeia Of
the natives, which perhaps imagine
that the plant to which nature has
given so uninviting an exterior must
possess some hidden virtue in the way
of compensation. Various species OF
raffiesia are known In Borneo, and
oddly enough their hosts are In.
variably species of vine (cissus).
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
How He Les. Out.

IT served me right" sighed the
bachelor. II ought to have remem.
.bsrsd that women have no sense Of
0umor."
whats gnawing you nowf" qusried
he inquisitive friend.
why. during leap year o pretty girl
with IN obese fortune proposed 10 me,
and said no." explained the bach.
sloS, thinking, Of course. she would
take Il for granted that my mo- meant
yes but she simply let II 90 at that"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
WHY They Don't Clan

Have you seen the near perfect
woman, Maude Odell?" she asked.
mo. You ought to see her. And II
you want to be really amused, you
ought to go and watch the men gazing
ct her wide-eyed, the men with their
wives. They are taking In all her per.
feet points, but they are afraid to ap.
plaud her on account Of their wives.
That beautiful, near perfect woman
leaves the stage nearly every time
without a handicap on account Of the
wives"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Ralph Riggs

The date OF the annual visit OF Thu
clever comedian and his oew big con =
pany In Its all on the Quiet" is Monda,
March 1st. Miss Rose Stillman is lh
original Comedienne in the compaD
this season and both she and Ralpl
Riggs will have parts that fit them liz
gloves. All the furniture. properties ali
scenery used In "Its all on the Quiel'
are carried by the company.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25

Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form
regulates the liver relieves sick headache
constipation stomach, kidney disorder
and acts as gentle laxative. For chill'
fever and malaria. Its tonic effects OF
the system felt with thu flrst dose. The
$l.0O bottle contains q times as much a.
the SOC size. Sold by Palace Drug Store,
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
VIII Reform The Turks.

I. Princess Fatima 81 Melmed. wife OF
Turkish prince, IL busy in forming
a league Of Turkish women. the mem.
bers of which are to pledge them.
selves not to marry men who take
more than one wife. She was SNUG
gled out Of the harem several years
ago, went to Berlin and studied the
woman question. She was cast of by
her husband and father and had q
hard time to support herself, but
when she was nearly starved to death
the revolution broke out and she was
allowed to return to ter own country.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
One was Lacking.

"We thought you would be married
By now" they told the girl. THE last
time we saw you you were with q fel-
low you seemed 90 fond Of"
sYcu did," she sighed. II was. I
ssill am awfully fond Of him, but, you
see, It takes two to get married"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Bound 70 Be 4 SUCCESS.

Smiley--I see the women Of Su-
burbia have adopted q sure method Of
securing q circulating library.
Banks--How ID that?
Smiley--Why, they've made d rule
that every time o woman says a mean
thing about any Of her neighbors she
has to contribute a cent to the library
fund. Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25

Really" said Nervsy, II want you
to be my wife. Come. now, don't say
No."
"Mr. Nsrvey." replied the hsiress, II
wouldn't think Of saying No 70
you"
"Ahl"
1T wouldn't have any effect on you,
So ! think the best thing can do
10 to yell for the police"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25

!, First shopgirl-Miss Blank 70 going
ewRy.
Second shopgirl-Is she leaving for
s1Odi
yirst ehopgirl-Ne sos better Or
Hugse.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
Responsibility.

First Little Girl (convsrsing at the
school gats)-I can hemstitch and
featherstitch and my mother lets me
make things for baby.
Second Little Girl--Thats nothing
I'm let 60 BY myself to draw beer.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25

why does Penryn call his coming
novel "A Scrap Book'?D
Because 1t Is a story Of married
life. Exchange.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25
For Sale

One registered Short Horn male, on
registered Black Pole Angus, at th
Bragg ranch. 81