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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28

"pH think IL over TIL tomorrow.
ma'am. but ! feel as II Hannah hadn't
been fair with me. leadln' me 70 expect
things was different between sou and
him from what they really be"
Tom came home later than usual
that night prue was IL the ball Civ
ing some Instructions to Matilda when
be opened the door. His eyes looked
tired and sad. she thought She hesi-
tated a moment-only momeHt--for
Matilda was present, and now was her
opportunity to redeem herself III the
girls eyes. when she ran to meet her
husband and held up her face to be
kissed The tired look faded from bis
eyes as II BY magic, and be put both
arms around her and held her close
HAS my little wife come to Der
senses 2" be asked
"Hushp she answered II still think
it's unnecessary, but Matilda likes it
She refuses to stay unless we are 'af-
fectionate Ike And she laughai
Historically
ooh" Tom said. That was all, but
there was a world Of disappointment
Ii the exclamation. Then be looked
beyond bis wife at Matilda. who stood
beaming al him. her hands clasped in
ecstasy Well, she'll stay now he
said bitterly II congratulate you.o
Yes Matilda had decided to remain.
She came to the sitting room door
after dinner to announce her decision
After she bad gone Prue LEFT her
seat and moved restlessly about the
room Then she sighed SO deeply that
Tom looked UP from his paper Head
ache" he asked
"Nno she said. Her lips trembled,
and she buried her face in her hands
and sobbed out ITS just heartaehe
Tom
'Heartaehem he said gently II
thought / had a monopoly Of that"
Prue came close to his chair and
leaned against ain arm Of il. Tom.
she cried remorsefuily- Tom, dear
viii you forgive me and" her voice
sank to a whisper-"kiss me?'
He caught her hands in bis and
drew her down beside him. ITO please
Matilda r. be asked
"Oh, Tom. you know better~
Because il it's TO please that girl
IN be hanged if ~ But something
prevented further speech just then
When the Dawaons celebrated their
tin wedding it was with the assistance
Of their honeymoon cook
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
a Librarv worth whiIe.

# town library Is awake to its
opportunities it may become one Of the
strongest forces in community.
Writing on this subject in Suburban
Life for October Miss Sarah B. Askew
quotes one enterprising librarian A.
follows "Yon know the minister SAYS
there is not thing in this township
this library hasn't its fingers in. Last
winter we had series OF free lectures
through the library, and two beautiful
nagio.lantern shows. We furnish teach
ers with books ON pedagogy, we help
the grange plan festivals and debates.
we have a collection provided especially
for the Village Improvement society.
Our mayor insists we had the collec
ton first, and provided the Improve
ment society for it, but that's not 80.
We borrow, through our inter.ioan sys-
tenn, amy book any one wants for study,
from a treatise on guinea pigs 70 Ru-
bensiein's music or civil engineering At
Christmas time, we borrowed from the
publishers a splendid collection Of chill
dren's books, so that the mothers could
look them over and choose something
good We lend mounted pictures to the
schools, and sometimes to the people.
we loaned pictures Of birds ana flowers
to the children last spring, and got them
10 identify as many of them in the field
as they could, with great success. We
are trying to make them see how inter-
esting eyerythin around here is, and to
know the birds and flowers and trees. |
believe, when the children see the beau
lies around them, they won't want to
leave a. aAn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
Half Moon and CIermOnt Draw
Great Crowds
IN SPITE OF THE RAIN
Battleships Receive visitors-roo Much
Water for the Flying Eyents-The
Crowds Are Enjoying New
York Sights.

New York, Sept. 2s -Just o. Saturday
had been a day Of warships and other
sorts 81 boats, and Sunday had been a
day Of automobiles and every kind Of
conveyance which gould be used for
transportation, Feople up and down Riv-
erside drive saw yesterday day Of um-
6rellas. They were there from every
section Of the country and represented
every class Of society
Rain began falling shortly after noon
and showers cont sned until dark. In
spite 81 everything however It was a
cheerful tot Of siehtsers that gathered
along The waterfront or went out ID
launches to get g aood view Of The bat
tleship feet, both American and visitors.
sooner or later most 81 the people wan.
dered to whore the Half Moon and The
'Cienmont were moored at the official
landing place, 10th street, and tried 10
get aboard. A few had The proper passes
from thc committees IN charge Of each
boat and succeeded, but the rest stood
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28

she'll better herself none goln' to WORK
in D factory"
every well viii give you a trial.
When ean you comef7
4 can stay now. ma'am and get din.
ner # you'll let me go home for my
clothes when the works rid up. Han
nah wants to leave as soon as she can
anyways
And so It happened that the honey
moon cook held sway 10 the Dawson
Kitchen when the owner Of the house
came home that evening
"You wiz be glad to hear that I've
engaged new girl" prue said to him
in the distantiy polite tone that she
had recently adopted ID speaking TO
her husband
Very glad be answered. NJ she Is
an Improvement on Hannah
The dinner was excellent. and Ma
tilda was very attentive la her service
at table. beaming on them as though
she would say Bless you ms chill
dren" Late Ia the evening, when they
were apparently much absorbed in
reading. they heard a strange sound,
half cough half sneeze, III the hall
Prue looked up from the book What
was thats' She said Tom was on bis
way to the door when Matilda entered
the room 1T was me, ma'am.r she
said 4 never walk in on new married
folks without givin' EN- warnin I'm
a-comin' not at first. OF course they
get used 70 me after awhile and 80
right on Ioverin' If do see EN-. Moth
in suits me better'n that"
Prues face was scarlet She dared
not look at Tom Oh. why had She
engaged the services Of such silly,
sentimental creature2
III sou please, na'am," Matilda con
tinued "I'm goiu home now TO get my
clothes. and III say good night to YOU
and him.
Thought we were new married
folks. did sheg" Tom said erimIy 7
can't imagine why she's a good
cook be added, aand ] hope we can
keep herr
1--WE cam Prue said to herself, III
we will meet her peculiar require
ments. But III not be driven into any
foolishly unnecessary display Of afIec-
tion.p
For three days the Dawsons enjoyed
the results Of Matildas culinary eff
forts, but heavy heart will affect the
best OF appetites somewhat, and on tie
fourth day Matilda complained that
they didn't seem to relish their vic
tualsv and she guessed she'd better
be goln'"
"Oh, nor Prue cried. mo one could
suit US better than you do"
I'm glad Of shat maam, but there's
another reason And she hung her
head.
Prue was painfully embarrassed. for
SHE could guess the other reason Il
hope gon VIII STAY" she stammered-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28

IN moment a tall tank, freckIe faced
girl was standing 10 the doorway.
smiling at her "Will you be seatedg'
Prue asked pleasantly and the girl
slid into q chair. still smiling.
= hope you'lt give ne try she
said "pd Ike frst rate TO cook for
you and him"
It was Prue's turn 10 smile Have
you had much experienceTr she asked
Heaps Of II. ma'am, but never long
to one place.
"That seems stranger Prue ex-
claimed
"Wen, you see, ma'an. the honey
moons dou't usually stretch out over
and above six months
"rhe honeymoons?"
eyes. maam don't cook and do
fer none but new married folks Han
nah told me about you and him when
she first came here two months ago
She said as hoy she knew YOU was
just married.
Pue blushed How did Hannah
know ITO she asked.
Easy enough ma'am It's like
measles and whoopin cough She
could tell BY the symptoms. i'd rather
live whore there's loyemakin' goin 90
continual than read the best novel ever
made up
This was interesting but very enl.
barrasslng to- Mrs Thomas Dawson
Two days ago she would have laughed
heartily at Alatilda's sayings and have
found much enjoyment 10 repeating
them 60 Tom But present conditions
made the girls remarks seem almost
personal, yet she felt tempted to en-
gage her.
Matilda" she said did Hannah tell
you the wages she received and the
work she was expected TO dor
"Yes'm she did. and l don't think
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
Simple Menus Desired.

Ogden, Utah, Sept. 2s. Capt Archi
bald Butt, military aide to the presi
dent, has called halt on the long
banquets for the president and with tn,
dishes noted for the unpronouncability
OF their names. Dinners were taking
too much time and Captain Butt wired
Secretary Carpenter that DC request
committees to make their eating oeca-
sions simple IN menu and quick in ser.
vice. This request may bar the Creole
dishes at New Orleans and Possnm in
Augusta
Yesterday Captain BUTT received this
telegram from the committee at San
Antonio; TO settle question that is agi-
Eating Our leading citizens, win yon
please wire whether the president pre-
fers beef and cabbage rather than epi-
curean tidbitsn Captain Butt replied
that he did -that Is, beef and cabbage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
Child KiIled By Automobile.

New York sept es.-I'he two. year
Old dauohtcr Of Giissippi Pc Marco was
killed yesterday by an automobile own.
"a by james r. Ice, a lawyer. Frank
Carlo, the chaueuf Of the ear, who dis
appearfd after the accident, gave him
eelf up later and was locked ZIP on a
charge 81 homicide He declared that
East i00gh street was 80 crowded with
elHldren that b. ran his machine onto
the sidewalk to avoid running down a
DOZEN, ara IN doing SO BE struck the De
Naroo child.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
THE DAWSONS'
HONEYMOON COOK.
Conditions Changed So Much
That She Concluded to Remain.
Ry HARRIEr 6. cANEIEln.


They had been married two years
'1ong enough" Prue suddenly declar
ed, ito dispense with an honeymoon
Observation-Disclosures"
Tom Dawson put down his evening
paper and stared at the pretty little
partner Of his joys and sorrows. I'm
afraid l don't understand, dear" be
said.
why, it's very simple. If you know
that / care for you-and am certain
that you care for NEAL signs OF at
fecuon are quite supeTauous. They
may be dropped"
"OhF Tom said obviously. "WeIl,
what shallI drop frstT" There was a
twinkle in his eyes and Prue saw It.
'',To be serious. she pleaded, TO be-
gin with, you must not kiss me when
you come home to dinner and-and--
other times. You must drop
drop you courtesy instead" be
interrupted her laughingly.
Don't be ridiculous, Toni You
know very well that there are many
useless customs that should be aban-
doned many things that should be
dropped"
Yes he said, smiling whimsieally.
Hannah thinks so, know She drop
ped my meerschaum this morning. We
must take lessons Of that girl, Prue. or
drop her. on the whole. think we'd
better drop her"
"K will not be necessary" she said
with dignity. Hannah gave notice
this morning. / shall have to find
some one else within a week"
I'm sorry-sorry ! mean for the
family she'll drop down on next. Ham.
nah's no featherweight, you know.
Speaking of dropping
Il am not speaking OF Il now. 1t is
quite useless while you are in such a
mood" she said Indignantly, rising
from her chair.
Before she could leave the room Tom
was at her side Forgive me. dear"
he said. Il didn't know You were in
such sober earnest" He stopped 10
kiss the pink cheek next to him. but
Prue lifted a protesting hand Don't,
Tomw she said. "You forget. It isn't
necessary"
"No, 1T isn't necessary 1.-THE words
came sobeHy enough now only sweet
and natural"
And the next day, when the time
came to say goodby. Prue had no oc-
caaion TO complain Of his honeymoon
demonstrativeness.
"Tom Is very sensible this morning"
she said to herself. but she sighed as
she said 1t and went about all day
with a wistful look ia her blue eyes
Tom was sensible In the evening
also, and the next morning he was SO
very sensible that Prue cried a little,
but perhaps 1t was for joy. Even
sensible" people do that
That afternoon Matilda made Der
appearance Hannah came into the
sitting room to announce her arrival
Matilda Stebbins IS here Mrs Daw-
son." she said "after my place, win
/ show her IN, ma'am? She and me
used to work together once, and she's
a dreadful good cook"
eyes, / will see here" Prue said And
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back Of The police lines, upon tho bill
and leaning over the wall made tile sam,
comments about the old.fashioned craft
that others had made Sunday and still
others had made on Saturday.
An during tbe hours when the ship.
are open 10 the public, and particularly
early 10 the afternoon, there We're schools
and shoals Of small launches al the vari-
Gus landing places ready to take visitors
out to the ships. EARLY in the afternoon
good many took launches and went
aboard one or more Of the vessels, al
though the British visitors we're not yet
open to the general public.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28

three days, will take the military dele
gates over the eatre art Of war There
are about three hundred delegates, rep
reseuting nearly every state In the
tnion Governor Gillette welcomed
them yesterday morning, and Senator
Charles Diek president u the asaosaa.
fion. opened The session. Lieutenant
Iooud M p. Weaver Of the army gen
.eral stgf and chief Of the division 81
military aIan Afads the detail Of
army expert Aho WsH discuss every
phase 81 war practice,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
NArIoNAL eyARpsMEN MEEr.
Association Is IN Session ii Los An
geles.

Los Angeles Sept 2s Regular army
experts detaisd By the was department
10 attend lhe eleventh annual session
of The National earl association,
which oinad here 81 ssiay- began q
series OF lectures, which IN tide space d
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28
THE AfAN-A-LIN 80.

This tablet IL composed Of the active
ingredients Of herbs, leaves and berries
that constitute the medicinal proper.
ties Of Manalin, with the addition az
some correctiYess An effective remedy
for constipation, sour stomach. Billions.
ness and many forms Of Indigestion,
and are. recommended for dyspepsia and
sluggish bowels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-28


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Cr6ane Or digestion 70
me nerves. ard q GIVES HEaEEEs NHD SzRENGTH 40
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07

long, ago in prehistoric times, when
Venus and the wrathful Juno were
still quarreling over the safe arrival
Of Aeneas in Latium, when the fauns
still dwelt in the forests, and the
walls of Rome were wooden palisades.
Today in Rome there is a we'll
known prince, a man prominent in
the social and political life Of the cap
ital, who is always greeted when he
appears in public by the sign Of the
cross or the mystic horns. The signs,
Of course. are made secretly, and it is
possible that the poor nobleman does
not know he is accredited by the pop
ulace with the malevolent power Of
of a jettatore. What stories one
hears of the Roman princes! One of
them, acting on motive that was
said to have been in some obscure
way religious, recently had his saddle
horse painted green and vanished.
The poor beast died of sutfocatlon IN
a few hours. but the gods were ap-
peased. One might almost fancy that
the sun had stood still on Gideon
since Joshua's time. and that Rome
is a pagan city in the twentieth cen
fury, if this were all Of Rome.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07

son on earth, who can outcurse an
Italian signore is an Italian signora.
Not long ago, woman, whose hus-
I band was dying, went to the window
to throw a bunch of faded flowers
into the street. A beggar standing
below asked aims Of her, and when
she refused, the mendicant called up,
"May he be much worse than he
isl"
This naturally enraged the perspec-
tive widow, and she replied,
"Brutto vilanzona! (horrid brute)
loathesome animal, may you be COW
cred with shame! Depart hastily and
die from accident! May you be muir
| dered! May seven thunderbolts
strike your bloody corpse as it is be-
ing carried home to your wife! May
your soul scorch in hell!' The beg
gar hurried away terrified, while a
passing coaohman, who had heard the
TRADE, stopped to raise his hat de-
ferentially, and cry,
"Bravo, signors!''
AS for the fugitive, he probably
| lodged into the nearest church to neu-
! tralize the vitriolic potency Of the
curse, by sprinkling himself with holy
water. The Italians are as a race su-
perstitious to a degree, and live in
constant dread that some ill-disposed
neighbor will cast spell upon them,
either by a formula Of magic words
or by the power of the "evil eye, ;"
of which mention was briefly made
! in a former letter. Nine tenths OF
them keep charms or amulets con-
stantly upon their bodies, and some
times one sees even an Anglo-Saxon
wearing small hand Of gold Or sill
yer on his watch chain, fairly sure
protection against the jettatura. The
vaa:::ng ~ this miniature hand, how
ever. IS merely a compromise, grow
| ing from the belief that in the pres
ence Of pettatore one must cross the
fingers (the sign of the cross) or
close the second and third fingers
while the index and little fingers are
extended in the mystic symbol of the
horns; the miniature metal hand Is
always cast in one Or the other OF
these positions; but the most effica-
cious protection, the really sacred
charm which foreigners scarcely ever
see and which Italians wear secretly
beneath their clothing, next the heart,
is the ancient pagan amulet of coral,
the Latin "fascinum, the Identical
form that their ancestors wore. long
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07

for excavation, but the all-absorbing
struggles with the allied powers left
them no time to carry the idea into
effect, and the "noble river that rolls
by the gates of Rome" will probably
guard it's wondrous secrets for Gen.
turies to come, as the government of
modern Italy has neither the capital
nor the initiative necessary for the
revival of such a. hercuean enter
prise. And, besides, the Roman mu-
seums and churches are already so
rich in classic masterpieces, that peo-
pie think "What's the use?"
The traditionary guardian and tute-
larry genius Of all these antique treasur-
esi the wolf Of Romulus, or rather one
of her ineal female descendants,
kept in small cage on the Capito-
line Hill; she looks cross and eramp-
ed, like the Roman eagle which is
chained to the branch of tree close
by. Children love the wolf, and even
grown-ups often stop to gaze on the
historic animal. One Of these latter
once asked Roman friend,
"Why are there no geese on the
Capitol?"
"Oh, there are-in the German
embassy" was the reply. The en-
bassy occupies the spot where the sa-
cred geese cackled their legendary
warning and saved the citadel.
The staircase, a little further down,
where Rienzi once stood to harangue
the populace, is now the haunt Of
post card boys, who know just enough
English to be annoying-or amusing,
according to the hearers humor at
the moment. A lady, who recently
refused to have greatness, in the
shape Of picture postals, thrust up
on her, was addressed by the exas-
perated vendor as "Rascal English
woman.' He had learned from ex-
perience that rascal was a term OF
reprobation. The highest flight of
conversational power was reached
one morning by an imp, who gravely
announced, every cheap today; I'm
in liquidation,'' and when his cards
were refused he promptly added,
"All right, skidoo for YOU
But the Italians facility for ex>
preston in the cold, unknown North
ern tongue is naturally not to be
compared with his vituperative elo-
quence in his own musical, flowing
lingo. His profanity is classical. Not
for nothing is he a countryman of
the immortal Cicero. The only per-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07
EXCURSION RATES.
To Louisville, Kentucky, and Return
Via Southern Railway.

Account Southern Baptist conven-
tion the Southern Railway announces
very low round trip rates to Louis
vile, KY. from all points. Tickets
will be sold May 10, II, II and l3,
1909, limited for return leaving Louis
vile not later than midnight Of May
22nd, 1909.
Round trip rates from principal
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For tickets, detailed information,
etc., apply to Souehtrn Railway tick
ct agents or address,
j. C. Lusk,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. C.
J. L., Meek,
Asst. Gen. Passenger Agt.
Atlanta, Ga.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-07

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Stael's "Corinne, Hall Gaines
The Eternal City, Marion Craw-
ford's ''The Heart Of Rome" etc,
etc. \ course of such literature has
the same effect as lotus eating. 1t
is insidious. The temptation Is to
spend ones life curled up in one Of
the big leather arm chairs in the read
ing room, to saturate the soul with
these glowing descriptions, and let
the paltry reality Ego hang
"But Shelley's description OF the
Tiber is so much more interesting
than the Tiber!" petulantly exclaim-
ed a sweet young thing the other af-
ternoon when her mama tried to drag
her away from poetry and teacups
long enough for a drive by the banks
of the classic stream.
Up until a year or two ago, strang-
ers were permitted, after depositing
five lire as a guarantee, to carry these
books to their hotels, but volumes
worth more than the deposited sum
began to acquire a taste for travel
and frequently never returned to
Rome (despite the fact that the her.
oine in nearly all Of them had taken
draught at the Trevi fountain by
moonlight), and now one is compeIl-
ed, under ordinary circumstances =
read them at the library, or deposit
twice their worth. I am on fairly
friendly terms with the American
consul, but the other day he refused
to guarantee my honesty in order that
I might borrow a number OF books
from one of the libraries. He used
to do it, he said, but he had been
"let in too many times and had once
or twice been compelled to pay for
expensive books, which had been car
ried off, more carelessly than dlshon-
estly," he thought. One of his own
cousins, he. said had caused him to
pay for big volume Of Byron, and
if he couldn' t trust his own family,
he would be if he would trust
rambling newspaper reporter:
In Paris, when you want to find
compatriot whose address you do not
have, you always go to the New YORK
Herald office. in front Of the grand
opera; here you go to the Orsini IL
brary. The secretary is most oblig-
ing and all the assistants speak good
English; only once have I seen one OF
them at a loss for response. A
lady had walked straight up to her,
without even "good morning. pre-
lude and had asked,
"Do you rent books here?"
"Rent" was an expression which
the young girl had never previously
heard applied to anything smaller
than a villa or a piano, so she refer
red the question to the management. I