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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS wanted to sell our Standard Remedy
and Standard "a, B., C, d" tablets; big
profit. HERMAN -SCHMITT. 73 South FIJI
teenth st.. Newark, N. ].
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perience not required; write promptly for terms
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A RARE CHANCE.
Private lessons in auto driving and mechan-
ism, day or evening. Don't delay, start now.
Write today for terms. H. C. TAYLOR, 41o
Harrison av., Harrison, N. ].
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FEMALE.

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piled at any time; Lithuanian, Polish, Slavish,
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ment Office, 70 Ferry st. L. D. phone 275o-W.
GIRL wishes position, general homework, city
or country; reasonable wages. Call 81
West st.
WASH1NGEWoman wishes washing, ironing
and cleaning by the day. r CHAS.
TYLER, 1855 Plane st.
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CoATMkKER and busheiman wanted at once.
BARNrT MEISTERMAN. 1874 Midland av.,
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Window Shades
ENTERPRISE WINDOW SHADE CO. IS Mar
ket St; branch OF 555 Springfield av.; the
only reliable makers OF window shades; estt-
mates cheerfully given L. D.. tel. 222s-R.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
Ca n d d ate for State Auditor.

Horace F. Graham of Craftsbury,
state auditor, is, apparently, to have
some opposition at the next election,
according to what certain papers are
saying. The would-be candidate, Jed
p. Laid, is new star in the political
armament, as far as we are aware and
probably not widely known outside his
own town.
The Barre Times, discussing the ques-
ton, says
Jed P. Ladd "of Burlington" is being
advanced as candidate for state audi
tor to succeed Horace F. Graham, and
there has been quite similarity of
'1etters from the people" in the Bur
lington papers, advancing his interests.
Not long since, Mr.. Ladd was one of
Grand Isles influential citizens, and
people are surprised to see him credited
to Burlington. However. his boomers
state, "At present Mr. Ladd is located
in Burlington, where he is practicing
his profession. That reminds us that
once recently Roger w. Hurlburd of
Hyde Park was Eat present located in
Burlington for the practice of his pro
fession, but he soon forsook the shores
of Lake Champlain for the familiar
fields of Lamoille county. Aspirants foi
political preferment sometimes change
their locations, either because of the
obscurity of their home town, or the
fact that the town has too many seekers
for honors; and Burlington is more
natural town for them to go too than,
say, Brattleboro or Newport. 1t is not
stated for an absolute fact that Mr..
Hurlburd went to Burlington with q
purpose to rise politically; nor is it sat
isfactorily explained why he so soon de-
serted the city of his adoption. Anc
the removal of Jed p Laid from little
Grand Isle county to the most populous
city of Vermont is not explained, either
by the fact that he hoped to gain in po
litcal support by going there; but the
advancing of his candidacy so soon af
forwards leads the suspicious to believe
so. Nevertheless. that does not atfec
his qualification for the state auditor
position.
I There may. possibly, be some gooC
reason for displacing Mr.. Graham, bu
4 the reasons are not known to us, anC
we doubt if they exist. He has proveC
himself good auditor and as sucI
should be continued in Office. Thi!
method of kicking out good man sim
/ ply because someone else wants the jot
is mighty poor policy. However, it il
safe bet that Mr.. Laid will not be the
next auditor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
UNCLE SANS TRICKS.

The newspapers having scored a
success on the bill boards in the decis-
ion of the United States government to
use the columns of the press to adver-
tise for army and navy recruits, should
now turn their efforts to get Uncle
Samuel to pay for advertising unclaim-
ed letters in the local newspapers.
This is where the public would be served
and the newspapers paid for Legitimate
work. - Hyde Park News and Citizen
This is sound judgment and mean
while that other trick of Uncle SAM
furnishing printed return request envel-
opes free, or rather barely charging for
the stock and stamps, making the print
ing free, takes thousands of dollars out
of printers all over the country. Swan
ton Courier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

esure in the evening and its pages are
scrutinized with the interest born of
long habit and discriminating taste.
An advertisement in that newspaper
goes into the family circle and cannot
be excluded 1t is welcomed because it
is a part of something else that is well
come, and it goes there at the very time
when the occasional domestic economic
council takes place. There is no substi-
tute for newspaper advert Using except
loss of business.
A good many manufacturing and
business concerns have done their best
to reach the purchasing public through
Just such channels as the Kendall com
pany have, but one by one they have
come back to the newspapers as the
only economical and business producing
method of getting in tonch with the
public. Less money spent on billboards
and more on newspapers pays every
time
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

Justice Wendell p. Stafford of the
Supreme Court of the District of Col
umbia has written a volume of poems
entitled dorian Days" which is to be
published by the Macmillan company
early this month. The title comes from
the fact that the beauty of ancient
Greece is in great measure the inspira-
ton of the volume. This return to
classic art and classic myths on the part
of one who has played so prominent, a
part in the life of his own day as Justice
Stafford is particularly noteworthy,
The state has pardonable pride in this
Vermonter, and this fact alone will in
sure the book a wide circulation, but
when is added to this the well known
literary ability of the writer the sue
cess of the volume is beyond question
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
Will Use Newspapers.

AT a meeting Of the stockholders of
the DR.. B. j. Kendall Co. of Enosburg
Falls it was voted to discontinue the Use
of advertising teams. This action is the
result of changed conditions which have
taken place in the advertising field. For
the past n years the Kendall company
has sent teams into all sections of the
country but the growing agitation against
the posting of bills and other advertising
matter has reached point where it seri-
ously mterferes with this system of ad-
vertisng.
In the future the company's advertis.
ing will appear in newspapers, trade
journals, and other periodicals.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
Newspaper Advertising

The DIR. b. j. Kendall company of
Enosburg Falls, which has expended
large sums of money in advertising its
products, but for several years has
avoided the newspapers as a means of
publicity, has come into line and will
hereafter patronize the papers. speak
ing of this decision of the company, the
st. Adams Messenger, located in the
same county, says;
Zone more Franklin county business
concern decides to forsake advertising
wagons, billboards, store windows and
other similar expensive and ineffective
methods of advertising and will employ
space in newspapers hearafter. They
will all come to it in time. Advertising
pays, if the man that has something to
sell so regulates his advertising as to
convince other people that it is worth
buying. All the substitutes for news
paper advertising can be easily avoided
or disregarded by the very people the
advertiser tries hardest to attract. the
man or woman that can afford to buy.
They do not stand gaping at billboards,
they do not take in hardbills, and they
will not bother with circulars IN the
mail bscause they are too busy. But
their old friend the newspaper is taken
into the inmost privacy of the family
circle, it is discussed at the breakfast
table and at the supper, it is read at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
A STRANGE TRIBE.
The Touarees, to Whom Timbuktu
Owes Its Origin.

a recent explorer, journeying from
Tripoli across the great desert Of Sa-
hara, gives account Of much opposi-
ton to his progress offered by the va
riOus wandering tribes. Much of the
most serious trouble was caused by
the Touaregs. a strange band of people,
supposed by some to have descended
from the crusaders. These dwellers of
the desert are distinguished by the
wearing of wells. custom which has
caused much discussion. Says Felix
Dubois in "Timbuktu the Mysterious:
AS YOU travel an atmosphere of Sc
crecy hovers over the country, and you
remember that these mysterious Toua-
regs are still momentarily its Cypress
ors and masters.
These people keep their eyes from
the excessive glow If the desert by
two wells. one rolled round the temples
and falling down in front, the other
reaching from the noStrils to the edge
of the clothing. covering the lower
part of the face. Savants seek all
manner of farfetchcd origins to eX-
plain this custom. Hygiene is obvious
ly the only motive. This is proved by
their own statements and by the So
briquet. mouths for flies" which they
give to all who do not wear the wells.
These wells are never removed, even
at mealtimes. They are so much a
part Of their wearers that any one de-
prived of such covering is unrecog-
nized by his friends and relatives. If
a number of the tribe should be killed
in battle no one could identify them
if they had not on their wells
Theft is the Touareg's natural form
of industry. This word" says a ma
tive proverb. lis like water fallen upon
sand. never to be found again The
Sudanese term them as thieves,
hyenas and abandoned of God Yet
10 this strange tribe Timbuktu owes
its origin
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
SHOW THE COLORS.

The statutes of Vermont provide that
Old Glory shall float from every school
house.
Vermont is the only state in the
Union that did not lose her colors dur
ing the battles of the civil war
The above are two excellent reasons
why the Ludlow schoolhouses should not
longer go without flags. The sooner
the directors arrange for the unfurling
of flags on every schoolhouse in the
town, the better it will suit the com
munity. There is an inspiration about
the presence of Old Glory that the chill
dren cannot afford to miss; and the
floating of the flag is a pleasant thing
for their elders to look upon.
Let US show our colors without fur
Their delay Public spirit, and not the
mere proviso of law, calls for it.
The flag floats in other towns. Why
not in Ludlow Ludlow Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

One of the campers had done some
thing peculiarly idiotic, and the dean
said. "Dick reminds me of Thomas
colt"
what about Thomas coltT" asked
Dick cheerfully.
why" the dean responded readily,
where / lived in Maine when l was a
boy an old man named Thomas raised
horses. He once put out to pasture a
colt which had been fed from its birth
in a box stall and watered at the
trough in the yard.
"rhe pasture lay across a small
river, and in the middle Of the day the
colt swan the stream to go up to the
barnyard for drink of water"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
A VERY RARE EXCEPTION.

One A. W. Austin, 81 years of age,
in applying for peddler's license in
Chicago has made the following state
ment:
Il was born in Vermont on May %,
1918, served in the Seventy first New
York, Twelfth New York and Second
Vermont regiments. | fought at Bull
Run, Harper's Ferry and number OF
other places. | never got a pension
from the government, never asked for
one, and don't want one. have no
friends or relatives, but only want a
chance to work.
The pension disbursements on account
of the war between the United States
would be considerably less than So, CSC,
461, $40. SO if the spirit of this old soldier
had been the rule and not the exception.
New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

| must confess in passing that after
lifetime spent upon English l had
nearly as much difficulty with that Ian
guage las she is spoke" upon the
streets of London by the common peo-
pie as | had with French and German
in Paris and Berlin. The most popu-
lar sensational journal of London is
the Daily Mail. They call it the Oily
Mile Many other words are equally I'M
recognizable. London Letter to Spring
field (Mass.l Republican.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
WATERLESS BATHING.
A Good Rub and an Air Bath a Sub
stitute For the Tub.

A Good Rub and an Air Bath a Sub
sttute For the Tub.
The conditions and conventions of
our civilization demand frequent bath
ing. 1t is popularity supposed that this
frequent bathing is essential to health
"This is quite untrue" says the Med
ical Journal. I'VE have seen fine and
vigorous men among the habitants OF
Canada who had never taken a full
bath in their lives. Were the truth
known, many thousands of our fellow
citizens probably know nothing of the
alleged benefits of the tub, though
maintaining excellent average health.
"Such people do not present the
fresh and pleasing appearance of the
frequent bather, however long lived
they may be. Is not, however, much
of the benefit attributed to the water
in reality due to the complete exposure
of the skin to the air?
1.-THE respiratory function of the
skin is Of high Importance, and, al
though W. r may be dispensed with,
closing pores to air would result
in spe ,y asphyxiation. The historic
instance of the boy who impersonated
John the Baptist in a medieval pro-
cession and whose body was covered
with gold leaf with rapidly fatal re-
suits is proof.
"The ice cold bath is superstition
it is a pastime for the abnormally
vigorous, not desirable for the average
civilized man. A bath not too cold is
really an agreeable stimulant as well
as being a luxury. The feeling of well
being after a bath can hardly be OBJ
tanned in any other way, and the
rapid multiplication Of tubs in hotels
and private residences, soon to ap-
proach one to the individual. shows
how they are appreciated.
Unhappy persons. however, whose
travels in the provinces or into the
desert may temporarily deprive them
of sufficient water for bathing may
find a substitute that will at least af
ford part of their accustomed en-
joyment. The body may be energet
ically rubbed with a brush or coarse
Turkish towel and afterward exposed
to the air for fifteen minutes or so
The accustomed feeling of vigor will
follow and the process will be found
by the uninitated to be astonishingly
cleansing"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
Mhere He Rlundered.

A Cleveland lawyer tells a story
about a Milesian wielder of the picl
who had been digging trench for c
gas pipe leading TO a private residence
"a one inch pipe.
Contemplating the excavation ans
comparing its capacity with the loos'
dirt. he shook his head in doubt. BE
this and be that" said he, Pm think
ing III not have room in the ditch fol-
all the dirt ON the pile, bad cess
But" said bystander why not
Pat?"
Sure" he made reply because
didn't dig it deep enough."-Geveland
News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
SOME CLIPPING
What the State Newspapers are
Saying on Topics of Interest.


The Free Press, Burlington News and
other papers are still wondering vaguely
who wrote the governors Thanksgiving
proclamation. The Herald ascribes
its noble English to President Thomas
of Middlebury college, with Frank l..
Greene of st. Adams as second choice.
For good and sufficient cause, not un-
connected with conviction, the name of
Col. Greene was afterwards withdrawn.
Now comes the Middlebury Register,
which insinuates that the said proclama-
ton and the proclamation before it,
were written by some person who ere
sides a long way from Newport. " Now
who would the Register be apt to know
about?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
MILITARY PRISONERS.
How They Are Guarded at Garrisons
The Bull Rinq.

] ne bull ring.
The hardest duty that a soldier is
ever called upon to perform in times of
peace and the duty which he breads
the most is the guarding of military
prisoners These are divided into two
classes:
First. -Garrison prisoners. who have
breaches of discipline and will be re
turned to duty in short time.
Second.-Military convicts, who for
attempted desertion or other serious
military crimes have been dishonor-
ably discharged by order of a court
martial and have received sentences
varying from few months to several
years confinement at hard labor, ac
cording to the gravity Of the Offense
Into their ranks the vicious element or
those who hold their oath of enlist
ment too lightly eventually find their
way.
Every morning at fatigue call the
prisoners are drawn up in a long line
in front of the guardhouse and sur
rounded by a chain of sentries. The
somber prison garb of the generals
military convicts were formerly known
as general prisoners'-is marked with
a gigantic capital "P," which renders
them conspicuous and therefore makes
escape more difficult.
Some are evil looking fellows with
long and unsavOry records. Doubtless
many have done time" more than
once in civil prisons before evadng the
WatchfulnesS of the recruiting Olncer
and finding their way into the army
Others are rosy checked lads who in
al! probability have yet to see their
twenty-frst birthday, and in nine
cases out of ten the charge against
them is deSertion. IIomesickness OF
restlessness under military restraint
and discipline have led them into the
rash act, the heavy penalties of which
they may not have fully realized.
In groups of twos and three and
guarded by sentries with loaded rifles
these men perform most of the dis
agreeable work and mental labor
about the army post, which is highly
varied in character and may consist
Of anything from sprinhling the flower
beds on the officers lawns to digging
bitches for monster sewer pipes. Al
though they generally perform theil
enforced tasks cheerfully, occasionally
a particularly disagreeable piece of
work causes miniature strike, and a
dozen men may "buck"-that is, re
fuse to work.
1t is then that the historic "bul
ring" is resorted to. A huge circle Il
marked out on the ground. and TIT
malefactors are required to wall
around its circumference in Indian fill
for eight hours a day, preserving alb
solute silence. A ten minute respite
is allowed at noon for bread ant
water lunch A day or two of thi
treatment usually suffice to break tn
most stubborn will. If not there still
remain solitary confinement on tn
bread and water diet and AS las
resort the dungeon.
The prison duty is by all odds tn
| grimmest phase Of the soldiers life
He may find himself standing guar'
over his best friend, with orders t.
shoot to kill should his man attemp
TO escape.-Y outh's Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

Pure Food Law" does not Endorse" OF
guarantee" any preparation, as some
manufacturers in their advertisements
would make 1t appear. In the case of
medicines the law provides that certain
drugs shall not be mentioned on the
labels, if they are ingredients of the
preparations. Ely's Cream Balm, the
well-known family remedy for cold in
the head, hay fever and nasal catarrh,
doesn't contain single injurious drug,
so the makers have simply to print the
fact that it complies fully with all the
requirements of the law.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
A Neuer Eailinu SUNNY.

The fond husband was seeing his
wife off with the children for their
vacation in the country. AS she got
into the train he said. But, my dear.
won't you take some fiction to read?'
"Oh. mol" she resopnded sweetly. II
shall depend upon your letters from
home. "-London Taller
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

There has been a general shake-up of
the newspaper properties with which l..
P. Thayer is connected, reaching from
Middlebury to Morrisville, via Essex
Junction. Lamberton drops out at Es-
sex and Bradford at Morrisville, as edi-
tors, while Thayer disappears from Es-
sex altogether Franklin Fisher, a new
conner to Vermont, hailing from New
York, takes up the quill at the latter
place, with M. C. Reynolds of Burlng-
ton as business manager. Mr.. Thayer's
son, Harrison, makes his entry into
journalism on his own account by &C
quring the Morrisville Messenger.
Thayer himself remains at Vergennes as
manager of the Vermonter, which it is
rumored he may shortly acquire. When
ever dull, rainy day comes, 81. P. -
can be expected to trade newspapers
with somebody, and if the other fellow
isn't ready, he can fix it so as to trade
with himself journalistic solitaire, as
it were. - Randolph Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03
NliooleburY Register
F. NJ. CROSBY. MANAGING EDITOR.

The time for Christmas shopping is
close at hand Do it early, You not
only have better assortment to select
from but you avoid the rush occasioned
by those who have left it until the last
minute; and then, too, the clerks will
appreciate it. The advertising pages
of this paper will tell you where the
best things are to be had
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

Walter Wellman who has made at
tempts to reach the North Pole by bal
loon, brands DR.. Cook as an imposter,
and says that he is obtaining honor and
money under false pretenses.. That
ought to settle the question, but some
may be just mean enough to inquire
how the unsuccessful Wellman knows
so much about it,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

Rebels in any country are granted
short shift. The man found bearing
arms against the government of the
United States can expect no trial.
Whoever captures him in the act of re-
bellion is privileged to shoot him with
out any form of investigation. Why
should the United States take any other
view of the Nicaraguan case? One of
the two men whose death is the subject
of inquiry had been deported from
Nicaragua twice for engaging in revo-
buttons. He knew that he was mark
ed man. He understood that in setting
foot on Nicaraguan soil he was making
himself liable to death, even if he went
there without any intention of making
trouble. Caught in open rebellion an
der arms, he and his companion had nc
right to expect the least consideration.
For this country to declare war against
Nicaragua on such preteXt would be
unfortunate. Such action would GER
tainly make this country the laughing
stock of Europe and might, under GER
tain conditions, result in the destruction
of the Monroe doctrine. Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

The Enosburg Standard takes up a
column or more of space Yin trying to
convince its readers that the state is
in urgent need of trunk line highways
and should spend $3.50 600 year for
eight years in building them. The Stan
dard is of the opinion that the trunk
line highway question is going to be a
prominent issue in the next state legis-
Iature. 1t is refreshing to learn that
there is to be some issue, but there
have been times when tissues We're
entirely ignored by the legislators.
Will this one meet the same fate?