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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
TarrIlIe waata Of NataTaI Gao.


Natural gas sufficient 10 light the
streeta, heat the buildings and turn the
factory wheels Of every enterprise in
Chicago, 81. Louis and New Orleans, Il
going to waste in the caddo gas and oil
flelda near Shreveport, La, AZ the rate OF
loo,0OO-0O0 cubic feet day.
Gas Is rushing from the bowels Of the
earth through two wild wells and over
fifty gas and oil wells left uncared.
The crater Of one wild well cover over
two acres.
The attektion Of President Roosevelt
has been attracted TO conditions and by
his order all public lands lying In Caddo
and Bossier parishes have been with.
drawn from entry until the government
may take what steps are deemed neces-
sary to stop the terrific waste and pre-
serfe what Is conceded to be the great.
est gas field in the western hemisphere.
In tho meantime, the city OF ShreyO-
port is throngcd with oil investors from
every section Of the country, rival claims
have been filed on government lands near
the oil wells, the price Of real estate
has reached heretofore unheard OF figures,
men who few months ago held nothing
but q few scant acres OF cut over pine
lands now count their wealth by the
Thousands, and armed guards stann
watch over ground which Is claimed I'M
der various acts and entries applicable
to the securing Of public lands.
This territory Is underlaid with two
strata Of gas sand, averaging from forty
TO l40 feet in width, the first 800 to 900
feet beneath the surface and the second
lying between 800 and 1900 feet. The
gas sands show their greatest width at
Mooringsport, which lies in the more
southern portion OF the feld.--From
who Owns the EARTH" in Technical
World Magazine for April.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
Scare Over Germany's Grow
Ing Navy.
REACTS ON THE RADICALS
Britains, 1t Is Plain, Are Getting Anxious
-clamor for More Dreadnoughts
Becoming Louder and Taxpay-
ers Are in Agony.

London, March 22.--The dramatic con
fossion OF the cabinet ministers In The
recent debate on the navy in the House
Of Commons that Germany caught the
British admiralty mapping and has stolen
march on this country by so expedit.
ing the construction Of Dreadnoughts
that Great Britain win have little II
any margin in the number Of new cap.
ital ships in loil-isi2, has been followed
by something like panic throughout
the United Kingdom.
Even the so-called BLACK Week dur.
ing the Boer war, when al the British
columns found themselves oheckmated
by the Transvaal farmers, hardly fur.
nlshed a parallel TO the present scare,
and there is no doubt were Premier As.
quith at this time TO give the nation a
chance to voice its opinion at the polls
Of the situation, whereby the supremacy
Of the British navy is threatened, there
would be little left Of the present Radical
partly. in the Commons.
The direct vote Of censure, which A. j.
Balfour, leader Of the opposition, will
move against the government on Mon
day, viii bring the issue as to whether
four or eight Dreadnoughts should be
definitely included in this years naval
progamnae squarely before Parliament.
There Is still chance that the national
outory will cause Premier Asquith to
yield and give definite assurances that
the four phantom" Dreadnoughts will
be laid down this year, in addition to
the four provided for in the estimate,
This promise all the adherents Of q
big navy want, and they have started a
campaign the length and breadth OF the
country in support of 1t. The Navy
League, which represents no particular
party, is in the forefront Of this move
ment. At an emergency meeting yes
terday, at which Lord Echo presided, the
league decided TO enter Immediately upon
great campaign to arouse the people
10 the urgency and seriousness Of the
problem confronting the nation.
The newspapers ever eince Tuesdays
debate, have been filed with lurid pic.
lures OF "the German peril" Every re-
tired admiral In the kingdom has been
utilizing the almost forgotten breezy Ian
guage Of the quarter deck in condemn
ing the "blundering lords of the admir-.
atty"
A gathering of the business men OF
London is being arranged by the lord
mayor, to be held in the Mansion House,
and the Chambers of Commerce In the
provinces are not whit behind in their
vigorous demands that the little navy
policy shall be buried beyond the hope
Of resurrection and that immediate steps
shall be taken to deal with "the national
crisis"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
Where to Build.

Two thousand years ago we were told
that a house that is built upon rock
win outlast one that is built upon sand
and the fact is just as true today az
il was then. But, strange as II may
seem, one Of the very things that mod
eTn builders tell us to avoid in select
ing a site Is rock That is principally
because of the great cost OF excavat-
ing cellar in rocky soil. Another OBJ
lection to rocky soil Is that water will
not soak through rock, and so runs
down it. Some of tbs water would be
almost certain to seep through the Gel
lhr walls, thus making the cellar damp,
or IL might undermine the foundations.
Again rock often contains springs. If
a spring were opened during blasting il
would mean either that the water would
have to flow through the cellar of be
dc1ected-a costly operation. A house
built upon rock also vibntes during
thunder storms.
Clay is perhaps more to be avoided
than rock. Clay collects water and
spreads under pressure 1t expands in
wet or frosty weather and contracts in
summer. Frozen clay clings TO brick or
stone and often causes dislocation Of
cellar walls and piers. Also it is inn
pervious to water. Thus an under
ground layer of clay will prevent the
proper drainage of rain water and leave
the soil foul and sodden. Finally, it
is extremely costly to excavate.
Undesirable for building purposes,
also, are made lands, sand, and silt.
Made land is not always stable.
Gravel is the ideal coil for building
purposes. It is porous and drains per.
fectly At the same time 1t is suffi-
GENTLY stable to suppore foundati tons.
A greyelly elevation Is the ideal build
ing site. Depressions or levels between
rocks are likely TO retain water, even
though the depression is slight and the
elevations distant The ground water
thus retained stands at a level Small
gravelly elevations from islands, as il
we're, in subterranean lake, and up
on them houses may be built with per-
feet safety. The cellar floor will be
above the ground water level and no
rain water will drain into the cellar
Circle Magazine for March.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
DRYING UP SWEDEN.
More Than $4,000 DistiIleries Closed in
the Last Half Century.

Instead Of going dry in any of the
various ways now being tried in this
country Sweden has invented method
Of liquor traffic control which can show
some extraordinary results.
The novel features OF the law enacted
in that country so long ago as 1855 con-
sisted in the provision that local COM
panies or committees might be formed
in various communities to conduct the
liquor traffic in such way as to ellmin-
ate all private profit, any gain that
might result from the traffic being di-
rectly applied TO the promotion Of pub
lie utilities calculated to serve as
counter attractions to the saloon.
At that time there were more than
$4,000 distilleries in Sweden, and il
was said that liquor could be purchased
in almost every hut in the Kingdom.
When the new law had been In force six
years the number Of distilleries had
dropped to less than six hundred. In
1896 it was 1872.
Meanwhile the saloons shrank away
so rapidly that in 1859 there was but
one for s02s Of the population, and
eleven years later only one for 13,450
inhabitants-fgures that gain clear sig
Difcance If we reflect by the way of
contrast that Jersey City for example,
has saloon for every thirty five voters
The per capita consumption Of spirit
nous liquors decreased in Sweden from
20 liters in 1850 TO ~ liters in 1895.
Instead Of quarts (the equivalent OF
10 liters) per capita the consumption in
this country is over IL gallons for every
man, woman and child. This Is the aver
age given by the census reports for tho
year 1900 when the total consumption
Of liquors in this country was 1,322,0o0,-
600 gallons.
The system which has accomplished
so much in Sweden was first put into
operation in its developed form in the
city OF Gothenbwg, and hence came
to be generally known as the Gothen-
burg system. It was adopted by many
of the smaller cities in Sweden, and It
met similarly favorable reception in
Norway and in Finland.
For a long time it spread no further.
Yet it furnished an object lesson that
could not be indefinitely ignored
Thoughtful Germans came in time TO
ask themselves why it was the kingdom
of Sweden, with 100000 inhabitants,
has fewer places for the sale of spirit
uous liquors than are to be found in the
single city Of KoniGsburg, with 10000
inhabitants, or Bremen, with its $50,
900.
Thoughtful Englishmen asked why
they must needs have drink shop for
every 243 inhabitants, while one for 10.
900 sufiiced in Sweden. They proceeded
to develop a form of the Gothenburg
system which, in the hands OF prom.
inent Enelishmen, has accomplished
great deal, even without the aid or
special gislations--Mc Cures.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

grew stronger, and within three months
i was a perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public TO
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from Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Mrs. JOHN G.. MoLDAN,
2ll5 Second st.. North, Minneapolis.
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Women who suffer from those dis
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Ifyou want special advice write
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
WON DIVORCE IN FIVE MINUTES.
New Haven Wife Eloped With Man Of
"a.

New Haven, Conn, March 22.--It
took Cleveland Griswoid just five min
utes Saturday to win divorce from bis
wife Anna before Judge Case in the
superior court,
From the testimony it appeared that
Anna had contracted an clipping habit
but when it was stated that on her last
escaFade a man Of Sc was her compan-
ion that settled it.
Several years ago Mrs. Griswold elop.
ed with a man named Healy. according
10 the testimony, end when she finally
returned home her husband forgave and
forgot. She also forgot and several
months ago fed with one Blurtin, man
old enough to be her grandfather.
Griswold is a half brother of ev-Con-
gressnlan and former Judge DeForest
OF Bridgeport, but is himself a clam
digger and lives in Guflford. He also
has brother in Guilford who il a
clergyman there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

"0nly seventeen. and she can deal 1
pack Of cards TO put good hand
wherever she likes"
but what was her objectf She wat
having splendid hands"
"H'mi She dealt them to herself"
I settled up my score. paying 81
cents, and babe my hostess good even,
ing.
you won't say anything about this r
she said.
Certainly not"
Nor was likely TO tell that I had
BEEN playing cards for money and one
Of the players had cheated. For the
next week or two lived in dread lest
the matter should leak out. suffered
in another way. Somewhere down IN
my heart there was disappointment
One day l met Mollie on the street,
II the act wouldn't have been notice
able / should have crossed before
meeting her She spoke to me smil-
ingly and said:
"Auntie is waiting for you to come
in again and play bridge"
lynn / stammsrod. who rs TO take
the other hands7"
Il am the only one unless some one
happens m"
Have you and your aunt made up
that
"oh. yes. she has forgiven me-" :
"H'ml Have you forgiven your
self"
She looked up at me with an limo
cent expression that would have gone
to my heart except for the sin.
There's nothing to forgive"
didn't you deal yourself good
handsy'
mot Intentionally. They came to me
by luck. But you know auntie can't
stand to lose. When she does she gets
ru1ied and can't sleep. When she
caught me was dealing her a splen.
did no trump hand and she would have
had everything her own way"
Il see. What evening would your
aunt like TO have me calll'
ANY evening; we're always at
home"
Very well. I'll be there tonight.
It's a dangerous thing for man to
think evil OF woman who attracts
him and then find that he has been
mistaken. Not only a great relief came
to me- but there was something de-
lightfully kind in little Moliie's trying
to cheat her aunt into nights slum-
Der. Somehow couldn't forget 1t. I
was on my way to my study to write
my next Sundays sermon. but when
I sat down to work my pen would
write nothing but "Moille.s
have done It. Mollie is to be my
wife. don't know bow my congre-
CATION viii like the match, but IL they
don't fancy can get another church.
IT will not be necessary for her to earn
a living by dealing an old woman good
hands at cards.
EDMOND COMPTON.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
How She Earned
Her Living.

icesyr'shs i''A y s.; American Press A'''-
am not web satisfied with myself
FOR ny interest In Mollie Jenkins. In
The frst place. shs Ia but seventeen
am thirty. In the second place. she
hadn't . cent In the world, being de-
pendent upon her aunt Miss Amelia
eouthworth. In tho third place. have
q notion that she IN tribe too smart.
Mrs southworth has q little income
which wa die with her. I wonder II
kollie isn't trying to get all she can
Of II into her own possession against
the day Of her aunt's demise. Lastly,
Il 10 10 my interest as q clergyman
that I shah marry, and my eongrega-
ton ara locking for me 10 take u suit.
able helpmoet. shudder at the
thought of announcing an engagement
10 them 10 little chit like Mollie.
Miss soutiaworth IA maiden Of sew
euty. Noble lives with her, and Mol
iie's method OF earning her living Is
10 amuse her aunt The aunt is only
10 be amused evenings By playing
bridge, Of which she n very fond.
She was n her younger days an infiu-
entail member OF my congregation and
Is stfii an Important member from the
fact of hss age and long connection
with the church. Since it Is neoes.
sary that I show her due attention
show 1t tn playing bridge with her.
It 10 In this way that ! have become
interested IN Mollie. who always has
a hand and sometimes plays dummy.
Miss southworth Is native OF Eng
land, where old ladies don't think 1t a
sin to play cards FOR money. She In
sists that bridge ia but poor game
without small stake, and on sitting
down to the game found myself in a
position either to offend her or 90 what
IL with Us In America an unclorical
aot--play for tenth OF cent point.
Being expected to play with one Of the
Oldest and most respected members Of
my congregation, yielded.
One evening Miss Southworth, Mol
lie and were playing bridge. Mollie
held succession Of good hands and
was scoring points. Indeed. her luck
ran 20 steadily that II the circum-
stances were otherwise I should have
looked for tTickeFy. Miss Southworth
was beginning % get irritable. She
had lost 81 cents. and there was no
change Of luck In sight McIIie said q
good deal about there being no fun in
d one sided game. but went on win
ming. Presently Miss southworth,
while MoIlie was dealing, said to her
fierceiy:
"Gso upstaiFsT
Moliie turned red az beet, rose
from the table and without word
left the room. Her aunt sat tanning
herself angrify. | waited develop
ments. They came in time.
.Did you see what she was doingT
she asked me.
sNo.n
~Cheating.s
AGood graciousF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
Reosevelt,s Own Explanation Of Himself

IN the March American Magazine
Edwin Lefeyre writes Of "T. r." 1t is
an imaginary conversation ON the sub
jeet of Roosevelt between four or FIVE
nen-a great railroad man, a great
physician. great novelist, and one or
two Others. Following is an interesting
passage:
cat last Roosevelt was alone with
me. Now we'll have talk be said.
You won't mind, viii you, If ask you
II you'll let me talk to you while LIN
getting shavedf I'm very late today
Aad we go into another room where he
sits down. The barber begins to shave
z. r.; you can see the Royalist in the
.bsrber's look. T. r. must get this adul-
alton on all sides, besides the applause
OF the mob and the untold miles Of press
rs tees. Suppose it has affected him;
ii would not make him less human but
more However, my business is to paint
his portrait. | say to him; I'm not in.
terested in the president Of the United
States in the slightest. But very much
so in T, r. i've talked with hundreds
OF your friends and enemies; your in
Inmates say you are q great man; but
| close my eyes and listen and 7 see no
picture. I get adiectiyes,s but no hui
ran being. They lack the power TO
visualize. New, I'd ike to ask you:
Are Won great manf
"Neither mirth nor anger, merely
oarnestness. Now | am not going to
deny that | am great man because
the mere denial would raise the ques-
tom
81 interrupt his stuccato words-he
emits them like the pliffs Of a tug boat
Yes I say. I know all that. But
I can't be Boswell to your johnson. ]
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

caused q weakness
and broken down
condition OF the
system. i read so
much ofwhatL Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women /
felt sure II would
help me, andI must
say IL did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, /
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
k()dOl HE lilTEaJ1 I
tn, eqSE sasss INDIGESTION

Heartburn sour stomach, beIchings
of gas and aorid, bitter fiuid-all arc
indications Of indigestion. And indi-
gestion is pretty sure to be Dyspepsia
If neglected. Then dyspepsia leads to
very dangerous diseases. There are so
many things which bring on indiges-
tion--such Is rich, greasy foods, eating
without properly chewing the food,
Overlooking ones stomach. eating when
exhausted. going to bed too soon after
eating. etc. Nest any Of these viii bring
on indigestion--and then Kodol is re-
CURED to restore the stomach to god
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
A Fiua Year clock.

There Ii a clock at railway station
in Belgium which requires winding up
only once In five years. II was placed
there by the government in 1881 and
keeps cdpital time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
FELT DEATH WAS NEAR.
Hotel Guest Hands $3.50 to Clerk to Pay
For Burial--Died in The Night.

Manitowoc, Wis, March 2s.-Upon
registering at the Wisconsin hotel, at
Two Rivers, Julius Georgenson, u re
tired Range Line farmer, had premo-
milton that death was near, and before
retiring deposited $3.50 with the pro
prietor with Instructions to use the
money for burial suohld he die.
Georgenson was found dead in his
room. Death was pronounced due to
Aeaxt failure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

Morocco Leather.
Genuine morocco leather Is made OF
goatskins, tanned with pure sumac.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
WANTS HER
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PUBLISHED
For Benefit OF Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
a SigH1ffEcaz1f 4 act

No medicine ills professional DR. Pierce
oresofl
of reconsider il &C OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-22
DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription

Il
nesss
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Ry0uare
o. FaoneP bear mdcr
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sserd Dr.
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The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
TOWN TALK
Mrs. E. W. Gideon is very u

Mrs. D. W. Gideon is very III.
 Thomas Newton is a guest of the Golden North.
 Eddie FrIedenthaI is suffering from 8 very severe cold.
 Bert Alden of Skagway will leave for Vancouver on the May.
 Ira King and wife of Haines arrived in town yesterday on the Hegg.
 J. Mcdonald of Conrad arrived in town Thursday and is a guest of the Golden North.
 Mrs. E. s. Seidel of Dawson is a guest of the Golden North. Mrs. Sci del will go south on the May.
 NIr. and Mrs. w. c. Phelps of Whitehorse arrived in town yesterday and will sail south on the May.
 Harry Johnson Of the Whitehorse ship yards arrived in town Thursday and will go south on the May
 Dell and Cliff Stewart of Caribou arrived in town yesterday and will sail south on the Princess May.
 c. s. Philip. a Dawson dry goods merchant, arrived in town Thursday and will leave for Vancouver on the May.
 Robert Lowe of Whitehorse arrived in town yesterday and will go south on the May. AIr Lowe will make a rip to Regina.
 Jack Durham, road supervisor for British Columbia. arrived in town yes terday from Atlin and will go to Vic toria on the May
 Robert J. Johnson, a Dawson barbe and Socialist leader, is a guest of the Golden North. He will go to Prince Rupert on the May
 Louis Schultz, the Atliu hotel and stage line proprietor, arrived on yes terday's train and will leave for Van couver on the May
 Principal Carrutbers of the White horse school, who recently resigned, arrived in town yesterday and will go south on She May,
 E. c. Senkler, former legal advisor of the Yukon, whose office was recen ly abolished, arrived in town yester- day and will leave for Vancouver on the May.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
ROUGH RIDERS
 AT FL SEWARD

Col Reynolds of the Twenty-second Infantry has recommended to the War Department at Washington, D. C.. that the next annual endurance ride" for army officers take place on the government road back of Haines.
 The endurance ride" is an iuno. 1ation of President Roosevelt, where, by every army officer above the rank of major must ride ninety miles in three successive days to prove his physical fitness for duty.
 If Fort Seward is selected for the endurance test it will be the means of bringing army officers from all over the United States to Hames.- Haines Pioneer Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Miss Kempton, teacher in the Whit horse school, arrived in town yester- day and will go south on the May. Miss Kempton has resigned her posi- ton in Whitehorse.
 Tonight at the Elks bowling alleys there will be match game between Tuck Flaharty and E. L. Pitman, the loser to buy ball for the alleys. Interest is keen in the match and both men have packers.
 F. Justin and c. O. Nipple, miners who have been working in the Big Thing mine, arrived in town yester- day and will sail for Prince Rupert on the May. They intend to prospect for placer gold at Boca de Quadra, half way between Ketchikan and Port land canal,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
ABSENT ONES
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART
 GROW PONDER.

So the old saying goes; yet pres ents eudem absence. Now is the time to select your presents to send away. Our stock is beautiful, appropriate complete and within your means. If you wish to be careful and econom- teal in your purchases and at the same time select from a welIchosen line of the very newest and best in Holiday goods, start for our store at once and both of these desirable advantages will be yours. Buy your Christmas presents from the store that has the crisp, snappy bargains for wide.awako buyers. Every lady visitor will receive a handsome sou venir.