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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
BONDS FOR
IRRIGATION
Issue to be Suggested to
Congress
TO COMPLETE PROJECTS
Thirty Million Dollars Or More win BE
Favored This Is in Line with
the Policy Of the
President.
TO COMPLETE PROJECTS

Washington, Nov. Ex-senator Borah
of Idaho, who has been in the West all
summer and who travelled for time
with the senate committee on irrigation
during its inspection at many Of the inn
portant government irrigation projects,
was a White House visitor yesterday.
lt il understood that the committee has
decided to recommend TO Congress 5 bond
issue Of from S30.000.000 TO S40.00 900
for the immediate completion OF at
least thirty two approved projects, the
bond to be paid from time to time out
OF revenues received from the sale Of
public lands. Irrigation work is now
paid for out of these revenues, but the
income is so slow that ii the projects
we're carried forward only as the money
comes to hand many years wonld clapse
before water could be turned on the
lands
President Taft in his Spokane speech
announced himself in favor Of the Is.
sue Of bonds for this purpose. Many
settlers have taken up land where pro-
jects were announced, and as Senator
Borah expressed it yesterday. they are
simply starving to death waiting for
the government to carry the work for
ward. Senator Borah was one Of the
first senators to investigate conditions
surrounding some OF the projects and
early advocated the issue OF bonds to
complete the work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
study Under Difficulties.

It was my love for my children thar
gave me the energy, the will power. TO
reach great heights in my profession.
practiced. studied my great roles
and arIas seated at the piano. the baby
at my breast, the others playing around
me none too softly memorized my
parts while standing at the oil stove
cooking our simple meal or while busy
at the washtub. with my little ones
always around me. Singing. learning,
studying, was supremely happy be-
cause they were with me. brought
up my children. and they were my
comfort and my support They made
brave. courageous fellow" of me.
And it was no difficult task. If had
to hurry to the theater for rehearsals
would give the children their supper
at O'clock and put them to bed.
When returned at 10 or II O'clock /
would be greeted by merry birds twit-
ter from the different little nests. and
/ would divide my sandwiches with
them. Then we would sleep as only
the happy and healthy may Nine.
Schumann- Heink in Delineator.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
The Tracklsss Trolley.

The trackless trolley Is under discus
sion in street railroad circles. and it is
quite possible It will be tried In the
United States IN the near future 1t
originated in France. but is much in
use in many parts Of the continent. 1t
Is used on suburban routes. 1t is an
omnibus run by an electric motor, get
ting lis power from trolley wire. Az
It uses no track It does not interfere in
the slightest with the operation Of 9TH
or street traffic, and the line can be
constructed quickly and cheapy. In
places arrangements are made by per-
sons operating private electric vehicles
to use the power of the trackless troll
ley line, and private automobiles with
trolley attachment are not novelty in
France.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
He LOVED HER.
The Depth Of His Feeling Was Re.
vealed In His Answer.

EDO you love met" he asked.
In reply the modern young girl look
ed at the modern young man with eyes
perfervid with emotion.
sDo love youg' she repeated. II
do. love you psychologicaily. soeio-
logically. economically. From the psy-
ehologic standpoint ! feel that our
different organisms are 50 nicely diff.
ferentiated as to form properly artic
uIated area Of combined consciousness.
socioIogfcally our individual environ.
ment has been enough In contrast TO
form proper basis for right union.
Economically feel sure that when we
come to combine we shall be able to
introduce into the management Of our
affairs the right financial balance to
produce the scientific result which
every well ordered aud conducted bust.
ness produces. And. now, how do you
love meg'
The young man reached forward He
cIasped her swiftly. but surely. in his
arms. He Rugged her long and plenty
lie kissed her alabaster cheek aud her
ruby lips.
"How do love You" he replied
my dear girl. ! love You just as much
as If you really knew what you we're
talking about. Life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

Ing him to write the desired article
He consented and Ia due time sent me
manuscript giving such familiarity
with methods formerly In use meth
DDS which ! had myself been used "a
as an officer OF the civil war--that |
had no further doubt he had been a
soldier In acknowledging the receipt
Of his paper | signed myself "lour
atfectionate comrade.r lie replied that
he felt repaid in my calling him com
rade for all the work he had put into
his article
confess was rather puzzled at his
making so much out of an affair SO
4 trivial | began 10 be curious TO see
I aim wrote him that had plan in
my head for bit Of fiction. and |
would like him to do the work except
so far as one of the characters was
coneerned-a woman. Her part /
thought should put in myself. |
asked him TO call and talk with me
about 1t the next afternoon at 4
lock-
AZ the very hour Of the appointment
an Office boy came to me and told me
that lady was In the anteroom wish
Ing to see me.
Now. | am very particular about get
ting cornered with women who have
manuscripts for sale have found
many Of them hard to get rid OF. /
was expecting Brough every minute
and did not propose to have my con
sultation interfered With therefore
told the boy to ask the lady to excuse
me since ! was expecting a man with
whom | had an appointment II she
wished to submit d manuscript please
leave It. He took my message and
came back 70 say that the lady would
walt
waited myself half an hour for
Brongh. and since II did not appear
that he would keep the appointments 4
went into the anteroom There sat
dainty little woman from twenty-eignt
to thirty-two. She might have been
either extreme.
What can do for you. madam |
asked.
Nothing in a soft musical voice.
What can do for you"
looked at BIER with blank stare.
= came to talk with you about the
story" she added
What story2''
THE one in WHICH / was to write
all except the woman's part
| Confined the blank stare.
If you're busy or-or hive forgot
ten It'll know sou editors have a great
deal on your minds--I can come
again"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

''Wlll you be good enough 10 tell me.
madam, what you have TO do with this
matter about which | have written
Mr.. BroughT
'I'm Mr.. Brough,' she said meekIy,
casting down her eyes.
you! Mr.. Brought
That's the name sign to my mana
scripts"
"Wlil you kindly tell me-" said aft
er long pause, what has been your
object in keeping me in ignorance Of
your sex =
Her only reply was blush.
There is nothing more that care to
ia at least nothing that happened
hen. though one or two points can
refer to without indelicacy. since nd
ward Brough has for some years been
my wife. The explanation lies IN her
story. wherein woman loved a man
who did not know her In that she
pictured herself and her feelings to-
ward me She has a poignant way OF
putting things and asks me OCCASION
ally when I'm going to put in the wo-
mans part to that story.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
Ownership Of the Pole.

The territorial sovereignty Of the
pole, the British Law Journal points
out belongs presumably to the United
States. But what lawyers would call
a preliminary objection" goes to the
root OF the matter. Can there. asks
the Law Journal. be any question OF
territorial sovereignty II the only ter
rltory is an open polar sea? Cook
sank bis cylinder with the stars and
stripes in 1t on an ice foe, and Peary
seems to have planted his flag on the
same precarious and shifting founda-
ton. and the sea, 1t has long been set
tied, cannot become the exclusive prop
erty Of any nation"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
EDWARD BROUGH.
by GEORGE |. BYlNcToN.
copyright. 1903. by American Press Assc
eiation

by CEOHAE H. EflNG QNs
copyright. 1903 by American Press Assoc
eiationl
While editor Of the Magnolia re-
ceived from one contributor number
OF manuscripts which were repete
with good common sense and pos
sessing a stu mess to ct exactly the
name Of the author. which was Ed
ward Brough Another good name for
him would have been Edward
Brusque. though there was certain
"broughness" | may be allowed TO
coin the word--in his writings rather
than hrusqueness. He never came to
the Office. always mailing his manu-
scripts. 30 never saw him pictured
him, however as a blunt soldier. just
the man to lead forl0rn hope All
his articles were at once accepted
that is, all but one. That felt Obliged
10 return 1t was a story OF woman
who had fallen In love With man TO
whom she was unknown In order to
be with him she had assumed male at
tire II struck me that any one read
ing the story would know without
looking at the writer's name that 1t
had been written BY man. His
analysis OF the woman's feelings. i'm.
pulses, emotions. were ridiculous. In
returning his story advised him
thereafter not TO attempt to portray
woman. task for which very few
men were fitted. and be was not one
Of the few.
was surprised to receive reply
from him not at all ID keeping with
the general tone Of bis productions. |
expected that be would tell me to 20
to the dickens and be would IN future
look for some other medium for his
stories Instead of that he admitted
that he had had very little experience
with women and should not have at
tempted to tread ground with which
he was not familiar He ended By
hoping that his error would not preiu.
dice me against any future work he
should submit
When the Spanish-American war
came on | wished 10 secure an article
on the change II war implements ana
consequentIS q var methods since
our iasi previous war the war be-
tween the states. | had been so usec
TO considering my contributor. Edward
Brough, Il soldier that, forgetting that
] only surmlsed this, | wrote him ask
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
Nicaraguan Dictator VIII be
Forced to Make Reperation
DEMAND FOR INDEMNITY
United States May Ask Great Price for
Killing Of Groce and cannon-Nica-
raguan Representative Gets
Frigid Reception.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The next move
in the game played with President
Helaya viii be made by Secretary Knox
and it will be an important and prob.
ably decisive one.
Zelaya has Killed two Americans Il
is believed, in the most summary and
brutal manner and it is not expected
that he will be permitted to settle at
50 much head Tor these or any other
American citizens he may see d To kill
Ii is therefore reasonable to believe
that something more than compensation
for the death OF Grace and Cannon viii
be involved in the next step taken by
the state department.
Announcement was made by Assist
ant Secretary Wilson that nothing adj
itional had been heard from Nicaragua
SINCE yesterday afternoon. Tt appears
that the department Is awaiting addi-
ti0nal information "a To the details of
the killing Of Grace and Cannon and un-
til that information is obtained by the
vice consul at Managua and cabled to
the department here, no important de-
yelopments in the situation are looked
for The state departments action in
recognizing the blockade OF the port Of
San Juan Del Norte is in effect rec
ogition of insurgency, but this action
in all probability viii be followed by
what is much more important, recogni-
tion Of bellgerency.
Once the belligerency Of the insurgent
forces is recognized, Zelava would be-
held TO strict accountability for nay
prisoners OF war, according to any civil
lied standard
Beligercncy would also improve the
stetus Of the revolutionary government
before the world and Mt the same time
it would measurably increase its re-.
sponsibility.
Secretary Knox himself is authority
for the statement that a demand for
PREPARATION win be made upon Nicaragua
should inquiries develop that the allega
tions touching the death OF the Amer
leans in Nicaragua are wen grounded.
Secretary Knox il acting with the full
approval OF President Taft, who has had
the Nicaragua situation presented fully
and IL prepared to take any needed steps
70 bring about a more satisfactory
status than now exists.
N'hN4 iN"h nniF7 "a WI t'-Wa1 th0
speeding toward the shores Of Nicsra-
qua. The gunboat Vicksburg has ar
rived at Corinto, on the Pacific coast and
the cruiser Des Moines will soon arrive
at Port Limon. The Marietta, too. is
on her way to the Atlantic coast The
transport buffalo, coaling at pichilique
bay. CAL, il under orders for Panama
There force Of 500 marines will board
the vessel should orders to that effect be
issued. Such orders will doubtless be
Forthcoming should the two countries
not prove able to settle peaceably the
issue that has arisen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

A mellow old lawyer who used to
live on the banks Of the Androscoggin
was famous for his fine distinctions
But often after the shades Of night
had fallen the squire might have been
seen struggling home 50 booty that he
apparently could not split shingle,
to say nothing Of a hair. One night
when he was drunken than usual he
staggered completely out Of his course
and could not find it. Realizing that he
was lost and drifting into unfamiliar
regions, he called at house to ask for
information. Madam he grayely
said to the lady who came to the door,
candle In hand, ''can you tell (hic) me
where Squire Blank liyesy
Certainly she said and gave him
Full directions. But AS she talked and
looked and as her candle gradually
brought out the features Of the man
before her a puzzled expression came
into her face, and she finally said, but
Isn't this Squire Blankgv
MADAM" replied the old lawyer. as
Stunning a judicial air. that is entirely
(hic) immaterial"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
New Designs for Postal Cards

Designs for the new postal cards To Ii
issued BY the government have been an.
proved by Postmaster General Hitch
cock. The cards will be furnished Ia
the post Office department BY the gov.
eminent printing Office, in accordance
with contract effective on Jan. /, 1910
On the ordinary card the head Of Presi.
dent Mckinley will appear, as now, but
a much better likeness has been select
ed On the new small card likeness
Of President Lincoln win appear. The
two-cent International card will bear a
portrait Of General Grant. A novel
innovation has been made for the
double, or reply. postal card. on the
first half will appear portrait Of
George Washington. while the stamp on
the second, or reply, half, will be a like.
ness OF Martha Washington. The bcr-
ders Of the stamps on all the cards
will be diversified IN design. On an the
cards the words postal card" required
by the Universal Postal Union conven.
ton viii appear ON the borders Of the
stamp and not, - now, as separate
inscription
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

A single misprinted letter may pro-
duce astonishing results. and even the
misleading Of capital letter as 4
small one may be disastrous. When
John Payne Collier died the London
Press correctly gave paragraph stat
ing that be had been buried In Bray
churchyard. near Maidenhead, large
number of friends being present at the
funeral. But provincial paper which
presumably knew nothing of the notori-
GUS Shakespearean critic gave the same
paragraph concerning John Payne. a
collier" and to complete the thing
headed 1t eThe Bray Coliery Disaster"
London Chronicle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
NAPHTHA.
The Natural Products and Those OBJ.
tanned From Petroleum.

Tho Natural Products and Those OBJ.
tanned From Petroleum.
Naphtha Is al infIammable liquid
which exudes from the soil in certain
parts OF Persia. subsequently the use
Of the term spread to include some
volatile oils found IN Europe and even
America The product OF the oil fields
OF southern Russia is usually called
naphtha. although 1t differs in no way
from the ordinary grades Of petroleum
Naphtha properly includes the light
err oils which pass or first IN the dis
tIllation Of petroleum. the GRANTEES
ranging from 90 to GO degrees Beaume
Pennsylvania crude oil contains from
8 to 20 per cent Of naphtha. In the
refining OF such naphtha several prod
ucts are obtained by fractional distilla-
ton. Those which pass of first
namely, rhigolene and cymogene-are
gases at ordinary temperatures and
are seldom saved. The next product
Is known as gasoline, material large
ly used In machines and for illuminate
Ing purposes. After this come stove
naphtha and gas naphtha, the latter
being the base of much Of the illumi
mating gas now made.
Petroleum naphtha is often treated
with chemicals to deodorize It, Naph
tina may also be made in the distilla
ton Of wood and coal tar.--New York
American.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

At Nelson, b. c.. large electric
smelter is now at work reducing mixed
ores OF lead and zinc The ore is first
crushed to the size of wheat grains
and then roasted. by which process
most OF the sulphur is removed From
the rooster the ore goes to the electric
furnace, which melts 1t into Stag The
lead, sinking through the Stag, passes
into crucibIe The zinc takes the
gaseous form and is led into con-
densers. from which It Is ladled out
into pigs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
sorvival Of Fittest

Miss Helen Mathers thinks that the
decline Of the novel is due to a large
extent to motorars. There is no doubt
that d large class Of readers have been
almost entirely eliminated by these
vehicles. We refer to those persons
who used to read as they walked along
the roadway. London Punch.
Many a Young man starts in to work
fred with a noble ambition Then the
ambition evaporates, and he gets ired.
s-Chicago News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

The particular classes Of stone 1sed
N sharpening edge tools, such as ra-
zors knives, scythes. etc, are hard,
compact and 70 very silicious that they
readily wear down tho hardest steel.
They are varieties Of slate derived
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

'Are you superstitiousw
in a practical way"
..How is thatg"
well. l never walk under a ladder
unless l feel sure 1t won't fall on me
and | always expect bad luck when
pursued by a mad bull across a lot In
which there are Just thirteen acres."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23

from agrillaceous schists of the pale
ozoic. These stones are found IN Tur-
key, Bohemia, Persia asA the Harz
mountains, In Syria. in the United
States, Spain, Peru and Siberia One
Of the best American stones for homes
comes from Arkansas.
The Washington times., 1909-09-24
PRINCE KUNI VISITS
WASHINGTON'S TOMB
Japanese Nobleman Goes to
Mt. Vernon-GueSt at
Luncheon.

Mt. Vernon viii be about all Prince
Kuni, cousin Of the Emperor of Japan,
will see Of Washington. The prince
stepped directly from his breakfast a.
the New Willard this morning 10 a BIZ
touring car. which carried him and his
party 10 the station Of the Washing
ton. Alexandria and Mt. Vernon rail-
way.
A special car awaited the visitor at
the station and the party proceeded at
once to the home Of Washington. There
the prince was shown the points OF in
terest in the mansion and around the
grounds and brought back TO Wash
ingtOn this afternoon. After luncheon
at the New Willard he will be taken TO
the Union Station, and will leave there
about O'Clock for New York.
At the luncheon the prince will be the
guest Of Acting Secretary OF State
Huntington Wilson. Commander Charles
c. Marsh L. S. n, who has been desig-
prince while he is In the Capital went
with him TO Mt Vernon, as did at
taches Of the japanese embassy.
Prince kuni said all the good things
he had 10 say about America and Am
ericaus al dinner given In his honor
Ia ST evening al the New Willard and
refused 10 repeat his views for the benc-
it of newspaper men this morning.
Too much hurry his secretary
piped. The prince Is small man and
his secretary is but few inches taller.
The Washington times., 1909-09-24
BRITISH SCIENTIST
BELIEVES IN COOK

LONDON. Sept 24-Sir Robert BAH,
professor Of astronomy and geometry In
Cambridge, and one of the leading scien-
lists of Englsnd. is at last convinced that
DR.. Cook discovered the North Pole.
For several weeks Sir Robert was IN
doup,. but today declared that he did
not believe DR.. Cook would have had
the temerity TO make a discovery claim
had he not actually reached the Pole.
"Faked observations could not sUand
a scientific investigation" declared Sir
Robert today. IF 1 could see the doc
tors instruments and his records, II
would not take long to decide beyond
al. question Of doubt whether he reach
ed tie Pole
"C'he certainty of exposure in the
event that he Is in error would think,
deter any man from making false
claims"
Sir Robert and Lieutenant Shackeiton
are now the only two scientists Of rep
utation In England who have come out
in favor OF Cook The English prejudice
CONTINUED on Eighth Page.l
The Washington times., 1909-09-24
OFF ICIAL DRAGNET
IS CAST IN MADRID
Cabinet May Resign, and
Military Dictatorship
Established.

MADRID, Sept. 24-Police authorities
OF the Sapnish capital are today drag
netting the city for the 800 revolut. on
aries which the anti-monarchiaI party
in Barcelona has asked 20 volunteer for
service against the government here.
The police theory Is that, though there
is much discomfort in Madrid, revolu-
tionary leaders are lacking and that
the majority Of the 300 will be sent
TO the capital from the Barcelona dis
trict, the hotbead OF Spanish insurrec-
ton.
Late arrivals in the city are being
watched with the utmost vigilance and
a number already have been arrested
on suspicion.
What has particularly alarmed the
court is the revolutionary proclamations
threatening that certain high person
ages must be put 10 DEATH" and that
public buildings must be destroyed. "
This threat has caused leading govern
ment officials to surround themselves
with body guards when in public.
The revolutionary movement is again
rampant at Barcelona and is reaching
out to other parts Of Spain. The govern
ment officials are more alarmed nov
than during the recent outbreak in Bar
celona. for then. serious as the situation
was. the authorities considered Il more
or less local. while now there Is unmis-
taxable evidence that the entire country
is becoming affected.
There Is again serious talk OF the cab
inets resignation and the esta blishnent
OF a military dictatorship under &c lera'
Weyler. The only reason WeyleT has
not been dispatched TO Morocco to put q
speedy end 70 the war there Is that the
government believes the services OF
some such iron man" may be needed
at home at any moment.