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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10

as absolutely destroyed by fire; picture
the remainder Of the city a. badly shak-
en- by earthquake, large districts oeeu-
pied by an aggregation Of novels crowd
ca with refugees from disaster, and you
have the background Of the picture Gre.
ate a mental image of most unsanitary
conditions following the eighteenth Of
April, 1906 and pause incident upon the
period Of disorder and misrlile following
the eighteenth Of April 1905 and pause
10 realize that the rat, the active dis
seminator Of plague thriyrd and multi
piled in such surroundings, and you are
in q proper frame Of mind to begin the
story.
For perhaps a century plague slum-
bared in the Yunnam province Of China,
waking ftfully to pillage the immediate.
~ contiguous territory, but in 1894,
rousing into new life, It began its devas-
tating march along the commercial high.
ways Of the world 1t tlayed Hong Kong,
sacked Bombay. and established a per-
manent base In the Pnniab Of India.
The great seaports Of the world were
stormed In turn, and in 1900 ii forced
its entry into San Francisco IN tile
four years which followed, relentless
campaign was required TO stamp out the
disease, which, fortunately, was almost
entirely confined to the Oriental quarter,
from which it did not reced until 1t had
stricken l22 persons, Of whom al but
eisht were claimed as victims From
'Frisco's Fight with Bubonic Plague"
in November Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
THE LANGUAGE OF COMMERCE.
The English Tongue Soon to Be the First
in Importance.

At the beginning Of the eighteenth
century, the English language was spok-
en- By 20,000,000 people, At the begin.
ming OF the twentieth century that
tongue was spoken by l50000.000 peo-
pie; and II is not extravagant to predict
/ that English will be the language Of
much more than half OF the then exist
| ing Caucasion race upon the advent 81
the twenty first century.
Anaeeomplished iinguist made theremark
that If lie would court his lady love he
would speak Italian, when praying te
God he would employ the Spanish, when
conyerzing with friends he would use
French, and when making trade there
was nothing like the English And that
is the secret Of the marvellous expansion
Of the use Of the English tongue This
is the age of commerce and there il 4
directness in our language that is found
in no other; and eandor is the soul Of all
legitimate trade.
When the Piantagenets first reigned
in England, Chaucer was not vet born,
nor did he arrive until the War OF the
Roses He found the Latin the tongue
Of polite speech. and even Bacon wrote
his masterpieces in That language. Eliza
beth spoke it. It was the tongue Of the
court and Of diplomacy. and such ii re-
manned until snpplanted BY the French,
which is yet, perhaps, the language of
diplomacy in congresses Of the powers
But this is very different age from
that when Louis XIV. reigned. when
BoIingbroke was minister, when Vol
taire was the first man Of letters in the
world 1t il the age Of trade, and the
English tongue has taken It's place as the
dominant speech Of the world.
And why not7 Shakespeare wrote It.,
as did Milton; Chatham spoke 1T, al did
Burke. Dryden and Pope. Swift and Adj
Olson employed it 1t Is the richest Ian
puage IN the world, having gathered its
inexhanstlble stores from every other
tongue 1t could hay hands on. It is the
language Of history and OF poetry, Of de-
bate, and Of eloquent defamation, but
above All II Is the language Of commerce
and bargains are struck by means of ii.
While the "frst Senate in the world"
hung on the splendid periods Of "the
grand old man. Chinese merchants were
exchanging tea for cotton fabrics upon
terms expressed in the tongue that
Shakespeare spake. Washington Post.
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MRS. srErsoN WILL NOT sEcEDE
Does Not Contemplate and Win Not
Tolerate Schism.

New York, Nov. l0.--Airs. Augusta f.
Stetson Of the First Church Of Christ,
Scientist, in New York, who has twice
been warned BY the heads Of the church
in Boston Of the disfavor in which they
hold her teachings and practice, does
not contemplate and will not tolerate
schism in the congregation over which
she has held sway, in case she is ex.
communicated by the Mother Church
This statement was made in her behalf
yesterday BY William K. Taylor, one
Of the trustees Of the First church, who
is the closest In his allegiance to her.
Mrs Stetson has often said to me-
said Taylor, that she would never
desert her beloved leader, Mrs Eddy
Since this controversy over her teachings
started, she has said to me words which
ought to set at rest any further rumors
that she would head schism in the
Christian Science church Her words
were; IF my leader should grind my
face into the mud Of the gutter and
humiliate me before all men, yet would
] never forsake her"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
BRITISH LABOR IN A BAD WAY.
Wages Falling, While Ranks Of the I'M
employed Are Steadily Increasing.


Washington, Nov. lO.--Labor condi-
tions in Great Britain are going from
bad to worse, Judging from the report
Of John L. GrfFiibs, consul general al
London, to the department Of commerce
and labor Wages are being lowered and
the hours Of work are decreasing, while
an alarmingly large increase IN the mum
Der Of those registered as unemployed
is causing grave concern.
Last year, during the entire twelve
months, the wages 81 100000 persons
were reduced because of the bad times
In the six months Of 1909, from January
10 June, or just half the time. l0sl ,273
we're compelled 70 submit to reductions
in earnings
The gravity Of the situation is wildly
set forth BY the statistics Of unemployed
prepared and compiled BY the British
government These show that in the
first three days OF registration in Lon.
don last month, $500 more persons APP
piled for work than in the corresponding
three days Of October. 1908
There Is a bill now before Parliament.
drawn BY the trades boards, which, II It
becomes a law. viii authorize the board
Of trade TO establish minimum rate Of
wages in all trades where there Is salts
factory proof that the scale Of wages
paid is unusually low or unfair to the
workers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
AGONIZED CRY
OF STEINHEIL
"Haye Pity on Mel | am an
Unhappy Woman"
WHEN HARD PRESSED
Judge Says This Shows She Is Embar-
raised for Answer-Trial
Draws Near It's
Close.
WHEN HARD PRESSED

! Paris, Nov. l0.--'Have pity on met
am an unhappy woman who should not
be tortured cried Nine Steinheil o.
the resumption of her trial here yester
day for the murder Of her husband and
stepmother, during the testimony Of The
jewellers with reference to the charges
Of iewelry coBfided to them by The
prisoner, but which she originally claim
ed had been stolen BY the assassins. The
prosecuting Judge responded that the
accused always repeated that cry when
she was embarrassed for answer, Mime
i Steinhei admitted anew that she had
had certain jewels, the gifts Of her adj
mirers, melted, but she maintained that
this was done to keep them from the
knowledge OF her daughter.
From this point Madame Steinheil as.
stunned an aggressive attitude which con.
tinued during the examination Of several
witnesses and resulted in series Of
lively tilts between her aud Judge De
Wales When approached for having
/ concealed so long from the authorities
the fact that she possessed imitation
duplicates Of her jewels, the woman de.
Tended her secrecy on the ground that
she wished 70 hide from her friends the
real financial conditions Of the family
When the journalists testified that
Madame Steinheil was In state Of
great depression at the time she con.
fessed to them that she had placed the
pearl in Couillard's pocketbook and
then accused Wolf, the prisoner inter
rupted TO declare that the newspaper
men had tortured her into speaking, one
even having twisted her wrists to make
her talk.
Tho reporters continuing their testi-
mony denied that they had used force
but admitted that the had pressed the
suspected woman to confess. Their ties,
timony was in sharp contrast with most
Of that introduced yesterday In that it
was most damaging to the defendant.
NJ Barby. photographer, being called
testified that when Madame Steinheil
was convinced that she would be ar
rested. she wished to commit suicide.
The witness also said that at 4 critical
moment in the interview between
Madame Steinheil and the newspaper
men, Marietta Wolf, the cook, entered
the room and the two women fell into
each others arms After a momentary
display Of emotion the two withdrew to
corner OF the room. where they con-
yersed in whispers. After the cook
had left the room Madame Steinheil
told the reporters that the Wolf woman
had said she would deny everything If
her mistress WAS arrested Turning TO
the reporter who had made this last
statement, Judge de Wales said: sDo
you understand the full gravity Of
your testimony against Madame Stein.
heilis To this the witness replied: q
accept full responsibility The Judge
then examined the defendant CON
corning the photographers testimony
but the only reply ELECTED was q don't
remember"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
Joseph Pulitzer's Precepts and Rules ia
Reporters Of The New York World.

The story Of the life Of Joseph PuIit-
yer forms one Of the leading features OF
November American Magazine. 1t il
written BY William Brown Meloney. who
evidently has very intimate knowledge
Of his subject OF Mr.. Pulitzer's atti-
tude toward the staff Of reporters, Mr..
Meloney writes:
Don't waste words, Mr.. Pulitzer
has dinned in the ears Of his sons and
his editors and reporters. This preach
ment has been summed up in these three
words plaearded all over the editorial
rooms Of the World; Accuracy. Terse-
ness, Accuracy. III An introduc-
ton To an article or story for his pa
per is waste of time good paper, and
words, he has protested over and over
again 4 don's want to read thing
three times and you have to do it when
an editor tells you in headlines what you
may expect to read and the reporter
tells you in an introduction and again in
the body Of his story and maybe two or
three times more something that you
know already
Mr.. Pulitzer's respect for words Is
not an idiosyncrSey Of his inhrmity IN
the old DAYS on the Post Dispatch and
later on the World he held editions
many 4 time while he struggled to get
into an editorial word Of the proper
shading or killed an editorial in the
forms and wrote new one The famil-
Jar summaries Of the big features Of .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10

Dramatic Department. It's author dis
cusses many theatrical problems, among
them who is considered the best Judge
Of the possibilities Of an Enacted dra-
matte manuscript The writer states
that unquestionably George G. Tyler ia
this theatrical expert whose personality
is yelled behind the firm name Of Lieb
Ter 4 Co, of which concern Mr.. Tyler
is the general manager. The writer Of
the article continues;
"As matter Of fact, Mr.. Liebler's
share in the huge theatrical enterprises
conducted in his name consists largely
in signing checks for expenditures for
which Mr.. Tyler has contracted Only
recently an old and wise theatrical man
was asked who. in his opinion. was the
best American judge Of the possibilities
of an Enacted dramatic manuscript.
Without hesitation he named Mr. Taylor
Now, this IS no slight praise, for If
there IS a pcrilous undertaking Of an in-
tellectual nature il is prophecy IN the
field Of plays. Compared to II, next
weeks weather is simple thing to fore
tell
Perhaps the one quality that above
all others makes Mr.. Tyler the excel
lent Judge that he is. is the quality Of
imagination 1.-THE ability TO visualize
character or scene, to see what the
actor will look like, how he will be
dressed. how his voice will sound, TO as
semble intellectually ell the various ele.
ments Of d dramatic entity until there
is reconstructed the total impression
that viii be made upon an audience by
the completed work OF dramatist, scene
painter. actor and stage manager COM
hined. In the last theatrical season Mr.
Tyler supervised the production Of
something like twenty-five new plays
ninety per cent Of which were by AM
erican authors The percentage Of sue
cess was very high"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
MAGAZINE REVIEW
Norway's New Mountain Railway.

N0rway'S New mountain Railway.
Norwegian engineers, claim with JUS
tiee that the new railway running be-
tween Bergen and Christiania is the
most remarkable and interesting in ex-
istenee. The two cities are separated
by 800 miles but the intervening region
comprises some Of the widest and most
inaccessible heights of the great noun
tain system of the peninsula. No road
has ever crossed these tracts, and the
only means OF communication between
the capital and the first commercial
port of the kingdom has hitherto been
BY sea, the journey taking tifty-six
hours.
Considering the nature Of the ground,
the Bergen railway follows a singularly
direct route to Christiania. The line is
carried Up from Voss BY steep grad
lent to the top Of the desolate Field
berg, round the neck Of the towering
Hallinqharvet. with its necklace Of
glaciers and its beautiful mountain fora
and down through the rich scenery of
Hallingdal where apparently limitless
forests Of pine and birch and ash olothe
the sides OF the rounded hills, whose
forms were ground out by prehistoric
glacier action. All along the marvellous
route, the air is filled with the roar and
thunder Of water courses, dashing down
,precipices Of dizzy heights, pouring an
immense volume Of ice-cold water into
the valleys and fjords, forming here q
rapid Of SETTLING, boiling water whose
prismatic surf rises high ike artillery
smoke. and there, pool Of suddenly
still, limpid depth where you can count
the pebbles and watch the salmon trout.
In the 50 miles between Voss and Finse,
the highest station on the line there
Is rise Of $500 feet, and from Finse
down again through the Hallingdal to
Gulsvik, distance of 100 miles, there
is drop Of $500 feet. A locomotive Of
200 horsepower is used for the trains.
and the travelling Is smooth and pleas
ant throughout. Ie seems to be PEI
culiarity Of Norwegian trains to carry
passengers without a Jolt or shake
From "Norway's New Mountain Rail
way, in the November Technical World
Magazine.
George c, Tyler-Best Judge Of Plays.
The November American Magazine
has most interesting and well-written
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10

news article they call them boxes
in newspaper offices-which one may
read as he runs, is one OF Mr.. pulitzer's
pet ideas. He likes things massed
"Pay the highest price for the high
est efficiency, is one Of Mr.. Pulitzer's
cardinal rules. Men with ideas he
counts greater than riches. He adores
the man who will dare to do things.
There was man who entered his em-
ploy at whose command he placed un-
limited funds with which to work. The
funds went unused and six months pass
ed without his doing anything. Then.
one day an idea came to him. He was
on his own resources. He. cabled to Mr..
Pulitzer to know if he approved Of his
carrying ont the idea.
Don't bother me, was the answer
he got back i didn't hire you To do
that For Heavens sake DO something
about which I CAN bother YOU
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
Fighting the Buhonic plague.

Imagine a large city covering thirty
square miles Of the most diverse terraine
conceivable, hills and valleys, pIateaus
and plains, forests and sand dunes, ocean,
lakes and rivers, peninsula IN places
as thiekly populated as the east end Of
London in parts a rambling country viii
lage and in other portions simply wild
country. People this territory with every
race the world knows; with white, yell
low and black; with rich and poor; con-
ceive one sixth Of the total area conn
Prising the most closely settled portion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
NV Lady Of the Car.

Miss MINI Irving, the we'll known
writer. contributes a denghtful article
to Suburban Life for November on the
subject Of motoring from woman's
viewpoint Among other things, she
says: "a fashionable coifure was one
Of The vanities | sacrificed to the car
After sowing The road with combs and
hair pins, put up my hair smoothly and
eompaetly under golf-net, and was not
annoyed by loose strands blowing into
my eyes and interfering with the steady
lookout ahead. when eternal vigilance
Is the price Of safety also gave mp
my dainty organizes and crisp linens for
dark cloth skirt Just clearing my
ankles, and vide enough I'd permit Of
stepping easily in and out Of The car
| discarded French heels for low -heeled
ties Of stout leather. and carried my
watch in hard rubber case.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
MR.. FUTILE WILL RETIRE.
Will Give Up B. & M. Presidency and
Take Executive Post, 1t Is said.

Boston, nov To- Only routine busi-
ness was transacted yesterday at the
meeting Of the directors of the Boston
4 Maine railroad, although Il was ex.
pected that executive officers for the
coming year would be chosen BY the
directors who We're elected at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders last
month.
II was stated that the directors would
meet again week from today.
Al the conclusion Of yesterdays meet
ing, it was reported unoffieiallv that
Lucius futile would retire from the
presidency Of the road and accept an
executive office which would relieve him
OF many burdens OF management.
Inquiry at President Tuttle's office
failed to obtain either confirmation
OF denial Of this report.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
MUCH TOO SUCCESSFUL.
Hypnotic Experiment Ended in the Death
of the Subject

-
of the Subject
Someryllle, N. u, Nov lV,-yictim Of
a hypnotic experiment, Robert Simpson
IS dead and Professor Arthur Eyerton
Of Newark the hypnotist, Is under ar
rest and in a statement Of collapse to-
day over the failure Of his heroic ef-
forts to revive his subject. Simpson was
hypnotized al performance in a theatre
here Monday night.
After placing the man in a cataleptic
state, the hypnotist performed numerous
tests In the presence OF the audience TO
show the thoroughness of his work.
When the time cane TO end the tests,
however, Professor Everton found that
his work, to all appearances, had been
too thorough. The subject could NOT
be revived
in panic, the hypnotist called upon
physicians, who, after laboring a long
time over Simpson, pronounced him dead.
Notwithstanding this difficulty, the man
was taken TO q hospital, where Profess
sor Everton and County Physician w. II.
Long made heroic efforts to revive him.
No results having been obtained after
several hours, Eyerton was arrested.
Everton collapsed after his last despair
ing attempt to revive his subject.
Simpsons death was witnessed BY a
numerous audience. Everton said that
he had heard that Simpson had been
drinking.
The authorities later yesterday grant
ed Everton permission to call in another
professional hypnotist from Newark to
make q last effort to revive the young
man. A third hypnotist from New
York was sent for yesterday by the
management of the theatre, who will
also attempt TO restore Simpson 10 life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
MINERS IMPRISONED.
Reseuers Driven Back by Flames After
Removing One Body.

Removing One Body.
wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov l0.-Shut in be.
hind a big FIRE which is raging in the
Auchingloss mine. six miles south Of
this city, are four or five men, while
one other has been taken out dead and
one fatally hurt There Il little hope
Of reaching the men who are behind the
fire in time to save them unless they
have managed to get some distance away
from the FIRE through other workings
There was a severe explosion Of gas
in the Ross vein in M. 2 shaft at the
mine. which Is one Of the deepest III the
anthracite region, yesterday afternoon,
and the explosion set fire TO a section
Of the workings The flames spread
rapidly and We're quickly beyond the
control Of the men working In the vein
at the time. Anthony Protokos, who
was badly injured BY the explosion, was
caught in the flames and SO severely
burned that be died while the rescuers
were taking him out, and Charles Ken.
kas, fellow workman, was also SO
badly burned that there il little chance
Of his Recovery.
Resouers who dashed for the scene as
soon Al they heard the explosion were
Just able to reach these two men before
the flames drove them back. and they
were unable to discover whether the ex
plosion involved the four or five men
known to be behind the FIRE or not.
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thousands Of small red pimples formed.
On becoming dry, these caused intense
itching. / was advised to 20 to the
hospital for diseases of the skin. / did
so and was an out-patient for a month
or more, the chief surgeon saying: 4
never saw such bad case Of eczema
But | got little or no relief. Then I
tried many so-called remedies, but be-
came so bad that l almost gave up in
despair. On coming to this country /
heard SO many accounts of cures by Ctlti-
cura Remedies that / resolved. as a
last resource, to give them trial. This
was after suffering agonies for twelve
months, and right glad am I that / did
so, for / was relieved Of the almost I'M
bearable itching after two or three
applications Of Cuticura Ointment. /
continued its use, combined with a
liberal use Of Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Resolvent Pills and am more than
thankful to say that after using three
sets Of the Remedies, was completely
cured. / can only add that, should any
one be suffering as / did. / hone That
they viii do as / did, and am sure ~
the results. Henry Scarle. 2022 Cr,4s
st., Little Rock, Ark. Oct. and l0. 'OT -
Complete External and internal Treatment fnr
Every Humor Of Infants Children And Adults cons
sists Of CutleGrn Soap (25c) t. Cieanse fhe SKIN
CutcNrs Ointment tt0c) 70 Heal the skin and Cut.
ours ReseIvent g50e1. fer % Tie form 1f Chocolate
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug 4 chem.
Corp. Sole Props Boston. Mass
~ Mailed Free. Cntioura Book on skin DISEASES.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
NOT GOING TO SOUTH POLE.
Arctic Explorer Will Leave That Dis
cOvery to British.

Washington, Nov. 10. Commander
Peary, who has just taken up his re-
sidenee here, has no iAtention Of max
ing dash for the south pole. although
he is wiling to give the benefit Of his
advice to anyone who may engage in
such an undertaking. This is the sub
stance of statement made yesterday
by Peary apropos OF reports that with
in the next FIVE years he would head an
Arctic expedition with view to reach
ing the south pole
Peary thinks it would be improper at
this time for any American to organize
an Arctic expedition, inasmueh as Capt.
Scott Of the British army has completed
Arrangements for such a trip. He is Of
the opinion that if Scott fails, the task
should be then undertaken by Ameri-
cans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10

Nh cNutA nEllt
on my ankles and
feet. The same,
in a few days,
was the case with
my arm = an d
scalp. / 9 o III d
hardly keep from
scratching, which,
/ need h ar dly
cay, m a d Q IL
W orse. Then
large red patches
appeared, with
in IN m alton
and s oren Q s s.
a Fer 49,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
Hearing the Trump.

Agnes--I don't like to play bridge
with Mrs. Blank She's SO deaf that she
never hears the declaration.
Gladys--Of course she doesn't She'll
never even hear Gabriers trump.-Puck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery


In WY Of throat
the hynx,
b0ges( as mucou darrhe) thero