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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
Demonstrations are Made in
Madrid
RIoTING TAKES PLACE
In the City Streets Follows Announce
ment Of Strong Policy.-Further
Fighting Takes Place With
Moors at Melilla.

Madrid, Via Badajose on the Portu-
guese Frontier, July 2l.-Great excite
ment prevails in the Spanish capital
The population is clearly opposed to
the Spanish Moroccan war in Africa,
There were several demonstrations in
front OF the war ministry today, and
much rioting in the streets, in which
women took a prominent part.
The first body Of soldiers to re-enforee
the Spanish troops at Melilla, where 50.
we're fighting has been going on for
several days past between the Moorish
tribesmen and Spanish force, lett this
city at three o'clock this morning De.
spite the early hour on enormous crowd
had gathered and cries 81 protest againss
the departure Of the troops were num-
erous. The police were Obliged TO charge
the people several times before they
were dispersed. An infantry brigade
was today ordered from Seville to Meli-
there
Morocco in State Of Chaos.
Morocco is in a state Of chaos and
80 slight is the fealty Of the sultan's
own soldiers to their sovereign lord. on
occount Of arrears Of pay, that those who
were fighting the Berber tribe Of the
Benz Mir last spring are now being
haritably employed By the enemy at
two pesetos day to do their harvest
ing. Sultan Mnlai Hahd, who gained
victory after victory in his war against
dis brother, Sutton Abdul Aziz and
swept into power in spite Of the moral
support that France gave to the exist
ing regime, Is now apparently without
popular strength and is being rapidly
destroyed BY his rebellious kinsmen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
ALCOHOL REcrlElER.

Professor Snyder Of the Minnesota
experiment station has designed an
alcohol rectiaer costing about SOS,
which, with some notifications Of
small type still, puts the cost of
eompIete still having a capacity OF ten
to twelve gallons Of alcohol per day at
about Sl00 on such basis It would
seem that the manufacture Of alcohol
might be considerably extended AL
eohol made in ais inexpensive an outfit
lis this and extracted from the waste
products OF the farm would furnish
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
The Sugar Trust Indictments.

The coming trial Of the sugar trust
officials, recently indicted BY federal
grand jury sitting iii New York, prom
lses some interesting Developments.
The indictments were the result Of an
investigation BY the grand jury Of
e1.250O00 loan which the American
Sugar Refining company, generally
known as the sugar trust, made on
Dec. 80. 1908, to Adolph segal Of Phila-
delphia as a part Of plan whereby
control Of segars Pennsylvania Sugar
Refining company was obtained.
The corporation and eight individu-
els, including the president Of the com
pany. were Indicted The trial will
probably take place in the fall.
The indictment charges the individ
ual defendants with conspiracy to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

violate the Sherman antitrust act by
restraining trade and commerce among
the states.
Washington b Thomas, the presi-
dent Of the American Sugar Refining
company, succeeded the late Henry O.
Havemeyer as head Of the trust on the
death Of the latter. For years pre-
viously be had been a director OF the
company and influential in its affairs.
Mr.. Thomas Is a New Englander by
birth and resides in Boston. The in
dictment consists Of fourteen counts
and the penalty prescribed for each
offense is a fine Of 5000 or one year
in prison, or both.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
lbe cheapest Of all'sOurces oriight, heat
and power.
WAFER FOR nEEs.

A western beekeeper recommends
The following device for furnishing
water for bees. which be thinks should
be given fresh water at intervals OF
two or three days, He takes key Or
barrel and makes hole near the bot
tom just large enough 70 that water
win trickie out slowly on a sIoping
board, on which IT spreads out where
the bees can drink their al without
danger Of drowning or being poisoned.
as would be the case IL they had to
go to running stream or nearby
sprayed orchards.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
- chnnlnln N AZ senate

The Rev. Ulysses Grant Baker
Pierce. who succeeded the late Or.
Edward Everett Hale as chaplain Of
the United States senate. Is pastor OF
All Souls Unitarian church, Washing
ton, where President Taft worships
DR.. Pierce was one Of Or. Hales clos.
est personal friends and used to sub
stitute for him as senate chaplain
when the latter wes unavoidably alb
sent.
DIR. Pierce is a native Of Providence,
r. l.. where BIS family has been prom
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

Dfy dear" said the wife Of the emil
nent professor. 1.-THE hens have scratch
ed up an that eggplant seed you
sowed."
"Ah. jealousylg unused the professor.
And be sat down and wrote TWEEN
II page article on the Development Of
Envy In the aEinds Of the Lever Grade
nf Ripedsp
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

take them there, making the move.
ment over swamps, burial mounds and
q canal under the FIRE OF the Chinese.
Major Leonard was leading bis men
when a ride bah shattered bis arm.
He kept on. forded canal in which
the water came up to his chin, showed
bodies OF dead Cinnamon out Of bis
way and, scaling wall ten feet high,
dropped unconscious on the other side
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

Haa been used for ovw aIXFT-Ffv WARS ~ STA
LIONS 81 MorHEss fos EsR CHILDREN WHI.E
TEETHfNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS. Il sOOIHES
CURES WIND COLIE ana is the bsst Fsuitdy for MAR
HiO1A SOLD y Dressists g aYer3 Part q tie vess
he sure and AK for Hgs. RulHHa eeottins sssat.
and take no oass tina T@enty fvP cents Eofk Gas.
snsfd under the Food and Drugs Act June sh 1905 as1ai
Asnnef zeas An OLD AND WELL THlkp REMEDY
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
THE PRINCES HOUR,
When 1t Arrived 1t Came to Last
a Lifetime.
BY S. s. ELLSWORTH.

He had been pushing through the
tender green underbrush Of the forest
for some time, following the curves of
the saucy little brook. when suddenly
he rounded great oak and saw her
sitting on the opposite side Of the tiny
stream, her hands clasped on her
knees and her feet drawn up under
her sober brown skirt,
u beg your pardon" he said. pulling
Off his hat 4 hope ! am not tres
passing"
"Oh, everybody trespasses hereP she
returned. ''These are the palace
woods"
'Is the palace very distant from
here? be inquired
"No." returned the GIRL "quite near,
but they never come out here"
-'TheyY' And the man raised his
eyebrows inquiringly
"The court" said the girl. "the-the
princess and her ladies' and gentle
men"
4 can understand the ladies' not
coming perhaps, but the men, He
broke Off with a shake Of his head and
meaning glanse.
The girl smiled "Do I look as IL L
came from the courtg'
'Your gown doesn't" responded the
man, but he wasn't looking at it as be
spoke
1T is borrowed one confessed
the girl, with laugh "You have
keen eyes and apparently know some
thing about courts"
Eyes, be admitted. Il am a friend
and gentleman in waiting Of the
Prince Of Lubbock Malvoisie. lie is on
bis way to your court"
The princess is expecting him" she
said. He leaned toward her
Tell me- he asked. IS the princess
really-really-you know-aluriagg
The corners of her mouth twitched
would you have me commit high
treasonY she asked in return He
sighed.
II never could get up much enthu-
siasm over her myself" concluded the
girl only you must never, never say
l said sof'
"Oh, neverF he repeated impressive
". "And If / should be tempted to,
you know. don't really see how I
could, for / don't yet know your
name"
''That makes 1t very safe" said the
girl, with a satisfied air. "And when
do you think the prince viii conner
"He comes tomorrow probably" he
returned. "He is making an easy jour
ney Of It."
Possibly be isn't very enthusiastic
about the princess either" said the
girl.
i'ITs a matter OF state, you know"
explained the man, but you mustn't
betray me, you know, if keep your
confidence"
Il see" said the giFl. "How dread
full to be a prince and have to consider
the state before ones own prefer
encesg'
Eyes" said the man. "A private
gentleman
Like yourself7" interrupted the girl
Exactly" he answered. has so
many privileges For instance be may
steal of and perchanee have sample
OF paradise 10 the woods
$50 might a priRee," objected the
girl, meeting his eyes.
"a princet" SAID tire man inpatient
". TO a prince 1t remains a sample.
He must 60 on and find the princess,
you know. But the private gentleman
steps across the brock, so, and hopes
that paradise may last lifetime"
The girl drew away, with little laugh
as be sat down beside her on the moss,
and pulled her skirt stil farther over
her feet
Paradise win last just as long for
the private gentleman as for the
prince this time, she said. 1T is
nearly over must get back to the
palace. shall be missed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

ULYSSES q. B. PIERcM
inent for six generations. The new
senate chaplain is forty-four years old
and was educated at Hillside college,
Michigan He received the degree Of
bachelor of divinity in 1890 and then
took postgraduate course at Harvard.
He was ordained to the Unitarian min
istrt in 1891 and from 1893 to 1876
was pastor Of the Unitarian church at
Pomona, Cal. His next pastorate was
at Ithaca, n Y. where he remained
until called to All Souls. Washington.
in'to01. Dr. Pierce is a member Of the
CosusM. club and the author Of 'The
Sou the Bible
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

The foxtaiI or wild barley IL coming
to be one Of the worst weed pests III
many sections. requiring a good deal
OF work to eradicate. Botanists seem
undecided whether to classify 1t as a
winter annual or as semi-perennial.
It is hardy ripens its seed early, and
the fuzzy character Of its seed head
enables the wind to scatter It widely.
Thorough and clean cultivation Ii the
best method Of getting rid Of t.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

However favorable irrigation may be
as a means Of using otherwise vast
water It is an interesting fact that d
the water diverted into irrigation (
nails but one-third is finally utilized
the actual production Of crops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

surreetion Leonard
volunteered to take
8 wounded officer,
Lieutenant Butler
to the rear through
the IRE Of the en-
envy. Ia this be
succeeded. winning
praise from the
English general,
and later, re-en.
forcements being
needed IN another
part Of the Geld.
he volunteered to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

A Texas farmer living twenty miles
from III Paso last year raised water
melons under dry farm conditions
with a rainfall OF but 9.s4 inches dur
ing the year. It would sort Of puzzle
a fellow to tell just where the juice
in these melons came from
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

A good table relish may be had a
ing the early fan days II some string
beans are planted early In August
after some other garden crop has been
removed. They win be appreciated be-
cause the time Of green things has
gone by.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

brought 70 Dear 70
prevent the real facts 10 the matter
becoming known. The affair which re-
suited ia the death Of Lieutenant SUIT
ton occurred ia october. 1907 The
frst board which Investigated the case
met on the day following suttons
death, and II rendered a verdict that
sutton had committed suicide. The
witnesses we're not put upon oath,
and certain discrepancies appeared
10 the testimony Secretary George
Won +. Meyer. head OF the navy de-
partment. and bis first assistant, Beck.
man winthrop. went carefully over the
facts as presented to them and decided
that second inquiry was advisable
to clear up an doubts 10 the matter
and prove that the department could
not be Justly charged with shielding
any one or covering up any facts the
public has a right 70 know about. The
president OF the second court Of in
qniry Is Commander John Hood, and
the judge advocate is Major Henry
Leonard, u. S. NJ. c.
The quarrel between sutton and fell
low officers. which occurred early in
the morning Of Oct. Is, 1907, is said
to have originated In words passed be-
tween Sutton and Lieutenant Robert
q. Adams, which 10 some way con-
cerned Miss May ri Stewart Of Pitts
burg. a young lady who was In com
pany with sutton the evening proceed
ing his death at dance held at Car
vel hall, II took place on the way home
from the bah and began, according TO
some testimony. when Sutton made an
attack upon Adams. Some witnesses
say Adams made the first attack.
Companions sought to separate the
Two and succeeded in doing so, but
when the party got back to the Off
Pers quarters at Annapolis academy
there was another encounter, and In
the course Of it sutton and Lieutenant
Edward r. Rocker were shot. Adams
said that Sutton believed he had killed
Rocker and then turned his revolver
on himself, putting a bullet through
his head. Rocker as 1t proved, was
not seriously injured. The chief ques-
ton to be ascertained at the inquiry is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

There Is something in human nature
that seems to make it impossible for
some folks who get started on tho
downward road TO really come to
themselves until they have strMk the
last ditch so low down that they take
their provender from the hog trough
as did the prodieai, or even worse.
This makes mighty rough shedding,
but 1t is about the only thing that win
bring body 70 his senses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

Unlike some other products, partic-
ularly those kept for long periods Of
time In cold storage, comb honey keeps
best il stored where 1t is warm and
dry, in temperatures ranging from 10
70 90 degrees. Exposed to frost and
dampness It deteriorates very rapidly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

States government building and won
dered how be lost his arm. His fresh
young face showed that he could not
have been in the civil war, and the
inference was natural that be was
manned while serving in Cuba or the
Philippines. He did see service IN
the Philippines. bur 1t was IN China
that he parted With bis arm. When
the allies assaulted and captured Tien.
tsin after the memorable events at
tending the outbreak Of the Boxer I'M
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22
Was Mistake
Made In the
Sutton Case?
9s.l.4.ss 80 s84s 1850

THE inquiry into
Il the death Of
Lieutenant j.
n. Sutton Of the
marine corps before
a board especially
summoned TO coasid-
er the case has ex-
cited wide interest
because Of the insln-
uations made that
powerful influences
were origin all y
hrnuohk IN hear 70
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

The Weyerhauser lumber interests
have given 600 acres OF land near the
headwaters Of the Mississippi Ia Min
nesota to the state agricultural college
to be used for experiments insscientifc
forestry Here an attempt win be
made to work out some Of the more
important general forestry problems
and particularly those pertaining to
Minnesota and adjacent states.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-22

Natives Of Germany are often heard
to speak Of the large numbers OF fruit
trees which grow along the roadsides
and furnish large Quantiti1 Of fruit
for nearby residents, the boys and girls
especially approaching the advantage.
II seems a pity that this idea couldn't
be adopted in America ard some Of the
soil fertility that is being exhausted
to produce roadside weeds devoted to
growing fruit instead.
Evening star., 1909-03-13

tentiary colonyl only are capable OF as
surfing that this rule b. respected" runs
the defense of Baron de Courcel and his
fellow directors.
The ominous investigation is pending
before the judges of Tours.
1t is possible that the illustrious sena-
tors academicians and ex-amba ssadors
who allowed their names to stand on the
directorate took ii for granted that all
must be weli-and were ignorant of much
that passed at Mettray
Meanwhile. however. the scandalous
revelations of the Tours and Paris dailiss
have inf1amed the more sentimental sec
ton of the French public to Indignation
against the kids bastlle-and against the
vindictive parents and ii is alleged,
venal guardians who pay between $50
and Sl,200 per year for each boys jail
ing-and instruction.
What is one TO think Of such parents?
That there are not over fifty such IN
English and Am ,r cans,
If any. A Paris weekly given to gem
erous indignations-the notorious ASST
cite au Beurre-insinuates, from certain
clauses in the prospectus. that "as the
code reserves to fathers only the right 10
a legal warrant OF arrest, Mettray offers
the enormous advantage OF permitting
guardians and step-paren:s to lock up
and educate boy with money.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
Evening star., 1909-03-13

the rich bad hoys-who have never beer
before Judge.
Do YOU know what their recompense.
for good conduct are-the rich, bad boy.
o. Mettray? Listen 10 the confidential
prospectus. difficult to obtain
The regime is gentle SO really pa
ternai, that the administration has re-
served six cells specially. called cells OF
recompense. affected to the most meritori-
Gus students. These cells are four yards
long dnstead of three and three yards
wide (instead of two and one-halfl: and
the window is situated at. the height OF
four and one-half feet above the floor
Instead of siXD.''
warders before the magistrates of Tours.
- 1t takes SO little to make them happy."
Do they really spend all their time in
solitary prison cell confinement you will
ask in horror
All but two hours daily.
This is the hygianic promenade.
Each rich jailed boy must walk two
hours daily through the romantic coun-
tryside of the Garden of France. the
banks of the Loire jeweled with the his
>toric chateaux that thousand American
families visit yearly in hired automobiles,
the fair land of old Touraine-Amboise.
Loches. ChenOnceauX, en- route for Blois,
1t is just possible that obServant tour
ISIS quitting the ruined donjon of Sem
blancay or the Celtic dolmen of Mettray
may have noticed, here and there. a sim
gle smartly dressed French boarding
school boy. in characteristic blue broad
cloth and brass buttons. doing smart
walk along the highway. He would be
remarkable by reason of his solitary COM
panion-a big jail warder
The rules exact that the students of
Mettray be constrained to absolute silence
during the two hours walk which well
understood hygiene aecords them daily.
Prison warders from the adjoining peni-
Evening star., 1909-03-13

bound to defend the establishment, even
though he may not have known what
abuses tainted 1t:
''At Mettray it is not a. question of re-
pressing a rebellious boy" says the life
senator. but of employing means of
education The boys pursue their stud
les at Mettray Now you cannot count
on their reforming and preparing their
baccalaureate examinations to enter the
university in one month or six Therefore
the articles do not affect us"
The warrant is necessary to send a re-
belilous child to a public prison. but
Mettray is essentially private" continues
M. Georges Picot. perpetual secretary of
the Academy of Political and Moral Sci
ences, another director of the kids Bas
tile Il cannot see the necessity of
judges order to arrest. as we have a
free contract with the father, exercising
his paternal power"
The doors of the Paternal House.
which in strict law, note we'll. we have
the right to close against every one,
have been opened to the judges of Tours.
adds Prof. Berthelemy of the law faculty
of Paris. third great man of this directo
rate. "1t Is true that the prisons in
spection commission has been refused en-
trance. Evidently Mettray is not to be
confounded with common prison.
'It cannot be too often repeated that
Mettray is house of education and up
bringing" concludes the fourth and
most iilustrious of this directorate of
eight or nine-the remainder. being un
known to fame, were doubtless the really
active ones. He is Alphonse Chordon.
Baron de Courcel. former ambassador to
England. and president of the Bering
strait arbitration commission.
six professors prepare the students for
Evening star., 1909-03-13

House, of Mettray developed into a kids
BaStille for venal guardians and cruel
parents.
And yesterday a tragic scandal made
the name of Mettray stink all over
Europe.
1t hegan with troupe of English dane
ing girls in music halls. The girls were
younger, prettier and more refined than
usual. so that to the strange charm of the
Anglo-SaXon maiden for any Frenchman
they added an only half-spoiled ingen-
uousness that might easily stand for nat
ural sympathy with a hobbledehoy of six
teen.
The troupe was at MarSeille. In the
case of one boy of family it became an
idyl. afternoon carriage rides. teas and
candy showered on seventeen-year-old
Oracle. She knew that the boy was cut
ting classes, but not that he had sold his
books and watch
The boy surely deserved punishment
5000 lines of Virgil TO copy and be kept
in for a month. But no-this father
doubtless knew his son better than you?-
the punishment was six months for a
starter in the solitary confinement cells
Evening star., 1909-03-13

Inc baccalaureate. explains Baron dc
Cource1. Each student has a. maximum
of two hours lessons per day. The pro-
tessoTs. lodged and fed in separate
villa. are paid salaries of from SO to Sl2
per month. They never know the names
OF their pupils whom they must address
by their numbers. Yes, the students OF
Mettray have taken their bachelors de-
gree"
As few boys pass their haccalaureate
before nineteen years of age. his is con-
fession that young prisoners of Mettray
have lived one. two or more years at
stretch in its solitary confinement cells
But for the undoubted facts OF the re-
cent investigation by the magistrates of
Tours the details would be difficult to
believe. The rich bad boys bastille has
sixty cells-and sixty boys Fifty of
these cells measure three yards long by
two and one-half yards wide: and they
are lighted by a small barred window at
height of six feet above the floor
'in order that the student may not be
troubled by exterior sights
IN these cells the boys pass their time.
The professors come and give the
kid his lesson in his cell
The kid eats alone in his cell
And to rub il in on the rich bad boy
that he is in jail. the meals are fetched
by house OF correction kids lin character
1stic costume. jailed till their majority in
the adjoining and far more famous pani-
tertiary and agricultural colony of Met
tray These are 800 boys acquitted
irresponsible by lack of discernment'' or
as first Offenders. of crimes thai would
otherwise send them to department pris-
ons or central penitentiaries. They do not
live in cells. They till the fields learn
trades. eat, sleep. run and play in bands,
Lucky house of correction kids sa-
Evening star., 1909-03-13

the tainted atmosphere of house OF cor
rection? Impossible. Or into very Sc
we're boarding school?
Years ago in France statesmen and
judges set up bad boys boarding school.
severe beyond all others. Though not
spoken of in >public. it grew famous in
rich families. But as time passed abuses
grew up. and the famous "Paternal
Evening star., 1909-03-13
A CHANCE TO REPENT.

z LIHr ROOT at a dinner in Albany.
- praised an Albany lawyer who had
recently retired
He has retired very young" doctor
said. Its a characteristic of your law
yers. Why do you all retire so young~"
we want to avoid all risk said Mr..
Root, 'of dying lawyers
Evening star., 1909-03-13

HAT can be done
with a rich ba d
boy?
In America, as in
France, millionaire
fathers. men of
pow e 7 directing
great affairs. stand
helpless in presence
of a wayward kid
their son.
Shall they put the
bad rich boy into
Evening star., 1909-03-13

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY OUTDONE IN MODERN
lNFRANCE-LETTRES DE CACHET AT THE
DISPOSITION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS
WHO CAN PAY-THE PRICES OF THE "PATER-
NAL HOUSE" OF METTRAY-PATRONIZED BY
SENATORS AND ACADEMICIANS-HOW TO
MAKE THEM STUDY-ARE THERE AMERICANS
OR ENGLISH IN THE KIDS BASTILE?