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The Appeal., 1909-04-24
:WOMEN'S. NOBLE WORK
AMID HORRORS OF WAR
European Nations Show Gratitude by the Con
ferring Of Many Orders.

Monarchical Europe, though deny
ing in most countries the right of
women to bear share in the cares of
government, is nevertheless liberal in
the matter of giving rewards to those
who render service tosfthe country.
A host Of orders which women may
win and wear are in existence.
King Edward recentBy conferred the
decoration of the RovM Red Cross on
Queen Elena of Italy. This is only
one of the many ordrersI with which
the sovereign of Britain might have
honored the wife of the king of Italy
had he so desired. ft t"&
Many of these orders which are now
worn proudly by the royal women of
Europe go back centuries for their
origin. The Order of the Axe is now
close to nine hundred years old, hav-
ing been established in the twelfth
century by the last duke of Barcelona,
Ramon Berengeur. It was the de-
voted courage of the daughters of
Spain who went out on the field of
battle and assisted in repelling the
Moors, who at that time were in the
midst of one of their many efforts to
overwhelm the country, and make it
vassal that gave rise to it.
Catherine of Russia, one of the he
roic figures of history, was RESPONSE
BILE for the creating Of the Order of
Liberty. aeFs 81 Z
GATHERINGS Great Work.
Peter, leading the Russians against,
the Turks, found his fortunes in most
unpromising condition: The army had
been decimated by the other battles
fought under the great leader, despair
had seized upon them, and Peter free
]y admitted that but for the presence
of the iron-nerved Catherine, who
went among the men, stirred their
courage, dressed their wounds. and
exhausted all of her great powers in
rallying them to renewed courage he
would surely have been defeated.
SO honest was he in giving credit
to his wife that when the war was
over he instituted the order.
1t was the design of Peter that no
one else but his wife should ever wear
its insignia. She was ito be the sole
member, and during his lifetime no
one else receievd the decoration.
But, after the death ofsPeter, Paul I.
oIaewhat modified It's cha 81 acter@sso
'2t it could be conferred on the
:=Eer nobility connected with the
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SettinQ the CAPITAL in Order


In December, 1900, the centennial
anniversary of the removal Of the seat
of government to the District of Co.
lumbia was observed. With one &C.
cord, senators, representatives, govern
ors and others of high and low degree
expressed the belief that the time to
set the city in order, artistically, was
at hand. Among other organizations
celebrating the anniversary was the
Institute Of American Architects.
which in its discussion of past achieve
ments did not lose sight of the fact
that the future held possibilities.
Working on its suggestions, Senator
Mcmillan, chairman Of the committee
on the District of Columbia, secured
the passage Of resolution authorizing
him to appoint a commission to pre-
pare plan for the improvement of the
park system. The commission. com.
posed of Danial H. Burnham, Frederick
Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles McKim
and Augustus st. Gaudens. prepared a
plan which, conforming so far as DOS.
sible with that of L'Enfant, extended It
to meet present conditions, and pro.
vided measures to neutralize the mis-.
placing of the Washington monument
and other buildings.
The appointment Of this park com.
mission marked the third epoch in the
development Of Washington az a beau.
tiful city. It did more than that for
though the plans submitted by the
commission have not been realized
and, indeed, it was not expected that
they would immediately-the attention
Of the entire country was aroused and
the movement for the betterment o.
other cities given impetus.
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royal household. Each person getting
the coveted decoration had impressed
the obligationfCit carried Of bringing
the younger members of the royal
family up in such a way as to do
credit to the principles for which the
order stood.
Out of compliment to Catherine, and
perhaps in order to ease his con-
science for having admitted Others to
an order designed for her exclusively,
he renamed it the Order of Catherine.
But this is not the most highly
priced order for women. Germany
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Greatest of Native Eiahters

Greatest of Native Fighters.
The leader in this idea was the ma
tive chief, Hongi, the greatest Of the
Maori fighters. He would be king If
he could only get the firearms.
The English sought to- placate
Hongi. Recognizing his great infu-
ence with the people, they took him
to England, taught him the ways of
agriculture and sent him home with
money. enough to. buy farming imple-
ments to make his people farmers.
But Hongi thought only of warfare of
conquest. The fighting spirit of a
savage people cried out within him,
and he had learned just enough of
moderc ideas by his residence among
white men to seek to have at his dis
posal all the most modern agencies
for killing. He sold the farming i'm
plements and he brought firearms to
his people instead.
These formed the basis of an arse
nal, with which for ten years he sue
ceeded in keeping the state in a con-
dition of bloodiest turmoil. Those
who supported him were brave, but
they were misguided. They followed
him blindly, and it is estimated that
in the internecine wars which fol-
lowed while Hongi was striving to put
himself, in position of being ruler of
the country, not less than one-fourth
Of the Maori population perished.
Wrecked by Vices Of Whites.
Owing to the numbers killed in bat
tle the women far outnumbered the
surviving male residents of the coun-
try when peace was finally restored,
and the poor creatures, utterly de-
moralized by the vices of the whites,
were so enfeebled in health and sta
nina that their descendants to this
day are paying the price in wrecked
constitutions and enfeebled minds.
The death rate now goes bounding
ahead of the birth rate, and nothing
can be done to alter the condition, for
the whole tone and power of the race
has been lowered to the point where
recovery is virtually impossibility.
Twice have the Maoris bravely bat
tied with the British in the hope of
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! perience. that when precedent is
broken and one woman gets a decora
tion, others will follow The Roya
Family Order of Victoria and Albert
came into existence in the earlier
stages of the married life of the lovec
queen, and the Royal Red Cross
which King Edward has just con
+ ferred On the queen of Italy, came into
existence as a reward for those who
ing on battlefelds.
! Elector Maximilian III, in 1888
founded the Ladies' Order of the So
ciety of st. Anne at Munich, and il
has survived to the present day. Al
first it had ten women who could
prove sixteen generations of nobility
now there are three classes with TWEEN
ty-five members in the first. forty-twc
; in the second and a third class tc
which the daughters of military Off
! GERS are eligible.
The Ladies of Noble Blood
The religious element entered very
strongly into the founding of the Or
der of the Starry Cross. After a great
! fire in the palace Of the Empress
, Eleanor of Austria, it was found thai
all that survived was little crucifiz
! said to contain relics Of the true cross
/; This had been worn by the Emperor
! Macmillan and had protected him ir
; his campaigns. Out of gratitude that
it survived the empress established
. the order for women.
Pope Clement took a deep interest
in the new order and entrusted its
management to the prince bishop o.
Vienna. -s,
This order is very difficult to enter
for it is open only to ladies of noble
royal blood who have done notable
work for the relief of the suffering
and poor in the hospitals.
Only women of the royal house ant
thirty women of noble lineage are eli
gible to membership in the order O.
Maria Louis of Spain which is hence
credited with being one of the mos
exclusive orders in the world.
The Order of Isabella of Portugal i:
conferred on those who minister tt
the wants of the poor.
The Far East also boasts it's deco
rations. Nishani Shefakat was organ
lied to commemorate the work of dis
tinguished English women during thu
Russo-Turkish war. Abdul Hamit
founded the order in 1878 as mari
OF gratitude, and at once. conferred i
upon Lady Z, Burdett- Coutts and La
dy Layard. The mysterious mean
ing Of the order is pity, mercy, kind
ness. D
Thus while women may not be able
to get their suffrage as quickly a.
they might desire in all parts of tn,
world, recognition is not lacking fo
what they do.
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wiping the invader off their national
map. The first of these wars which
began in 1860, and lasted for ten
years cost the British crown $6O,OOO,-
900. 1t was marked by greatest hero
ism on part of the natives, and many
gallant soldier in the service of
the queen suffered loss of reputa-
tion at the hands of the native fight
ers. All the vigorous and robust
Maoris were drawn from their homes
in attempt to drive the invader out
of the land and into the sea, and non
combatants were overtaxed in their
efforts to carry food and supplies to
the fighters. The tribes paid terri
BILE price in lives for this conflict, per-
ishing by the tens of thousands.
But it was not alone the sacrifice of
life in warfare that brought down the
Maori from his estate. ..--...
Strong Drink Has Share.
Strong drink also had it's share 1t
Is said that at first the natives did
not take kindly to liquor, and had to
be taught it's uses. But once the
thirst developed it became a passion
far stronger than any other in their
lives. Every festive occasion and
even funerals were made the subject
OF the widest revels in which there
was absolutely no check on license.
For long time the craze for liquor
held the natives in bondage, then Eng
land took steps to deal with it.
Liquor was forbidden to the natives
and heavy penalties imposed for sell
ing it to them. with the result that
the craze gradually subsided, and to-
day there is comparatively little in
dulgence. drunken Maori being seen
only rarely.
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But the effect Of the evil was not
to be undone with it's stopping and,
though there is little drinking now,
the children born of the parents of
that day show the Ill effects. I
Neither could the Maori adapt him
self to the European ways of living.
When they lived in the open they had
health. Now since they have adopted
the white mans style of clothes, and
have modelled their little houses Oh
the kind he uses, more of the hardi.
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Waterloo, the women of Prussia most
nobly supported their husbands, faith
ers, sons and brothers in the field
They sold their rings and jewelry in
order to be near the scene of the bat
ties and thus be able to give their aii
in caring for the wounded
The noblest women of the country
were proudste get@the Order of Louisa,
but it was by means confined to them,
for the purpose of the king had been
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As Defined. I,

Father" said the minister's little
daughter, "the paper says you on
ciated at the wedding clad in the ira
ditional garb of the clergy What
does traditional mean?''
Traditional my DEAR answered
the good man as he looked at his.
cheap suit of black with a sigh, e're-
fers to something that has been hand
ed down."
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boasts that. tits known as Order of
Louisa. n.
:. This order was founded in 1916 by
Frederick William III, and commemo-
rates the heroism of the daughters of
the Fatherland during the Napoleonic
wars.
In the series of battles that termi-
mated in the defeat of the emperor at
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Related.
One day an earthquake and a case
of ague chanced to meet.
I'VE are related, l believe" said the
earthquake.
We are" replied the case of ague.
although we have never met before. .
Shake!" they both exclaimed ST
multaneously.
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It man makes speciality OF han.
ding advice to his neighbors Il
doesn't take him long to acquire 1
reputation as meddler.
The Appeal., 1909-04-24
In Bacon Ridge.

In Bacon Ridge.
Mrs. Rystop-Now, thar's that Jud-
son Tassel. He's likely looking chap,
but he's been calling on Nancy
Squires for nine years and he hasn't
proposed yet.
Mrs. Hardapple (sarcastically) Oh,
give the boy chance, Cynthia. May
be he's afraid he'll break the speed
laws.
The Appeal., 1909-04-24

One poor turn deserves another
from the organ grinders viewpoint.
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One Of the prime essentials to sue
cessful business is to eliminate boo
7iness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
CORINTH.

Mrs. John Hoyt is on the sicklist.
Harrison Wilson is failing very fast.
B. B. scribner was in Boston last week
buying goods.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
True last Monday.
Albert Magoon was in Greenfield
Mass, last week visiting relatives,
Elder Pease Of Waterbury preached al
the Meadow and West Corinth last SUN
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Eastman were
in Hardwick and Wolcott last week on
business.
Herbert Virgins and Arthur Wilson
have gone to Danvers, Mass, to work in
the state asylum.
Mr.. and Mrs Archie Witham of Plain
field and Arthur Blake of West Fairlee
were at Gilbert Blake's last week.
Mrs. Harry Townsend Is improving
from her surgical operation, so she rode
up to Cookville one day last week.
A. l. Cook has gone TO the Mary
Fletcher hospital at Burlington to 60
into training for nurses position.
Beatrice, the little daughter Of MIR.
and Mrs. Ernest Blake, is very sick.
DR.. Blodgett was called in attendance.
The 50th anniversary Of Leander Car
penter and wife was celebrated last
Tuesday night It being bad night,
but few were out. Doughnuts, cake
and coffee were served.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
TOPICS ON THE SIDE.

The largest melon ever grown, 81
far as can be ascertained, was raised
last summer by Skies Young on bis
irrigated farm near North Yakima
Wash II was four feet long, three
feet through and weighed 1876 pounds
Statistics show that tuberculosis in
animals is on the increase A recent
estimate, based on the meat inspection
and the records OF the tuberculin test,
shows: Beef cattle affected, per cent;
hogs, 2 per cent; dairy cattle, 10 Per
cent The financial loss to stockmen
and dairymen because of this disease
Is estimated to be fully 100000 per
annum.
About the most dangerous thing
used about the barn is cheap Ian
tern and the user is not always con-
sidered brave man either.
The new elevators for unloading ear
corn from the wagon are no doubt
many leaps ahead Of the scoop shovel,
but where the latter method is used
all the boxes should be supplied with
shoveling boards instead Of ordinary
end gates.
The exports of agricultural products
in the fiscal year 1908 were valued at
SLOT, 900, 600, an amount greater than
for any year except 1907. the reduc-
ton Of $3T. 100000 under that year be-
ing chiefly due to the falling off In
value OF cotton exports. The exported
cotton was vained at 5000. 000 the
graic and grain products at s215, 000-
900 and the packing house products at
e196 000, 600.
Garden and orchard work can 90
right on In the winter as we'll as in the
summer. There are many little things
which can be done 10 the cold months
Repairing fences and pruning are new
er out of season.
Buckwheat contains about as much
digestible constituents as corn, bat not
so much fat or carbohydrates.
A Texas stock raiser says cottonseed
meal is not only not unsafe and detrl-
mental to pigs. as a great many farm
ers believe, but is the most appetizing,
nutritious and healthfai Of al feeds
common TO this country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
MARSHFIELD


Mrs. Hubert HOLSTER is stopping al
j. Berton Pixies.
Marshfeld creamery paid its patrons
80 cents for February butter.
DIR. Lewis of Barre has been treating
horse belonging to George Smith, that
has been very sick. The horse is much
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Clark of Whitman
Mass, are guests OF relatives in this
vicinity. Mrs. Clark will be remembered
as Miss Carrie Packer.
DIR. A. L. Cooper and daughter Rosa
Of Randolph are guests at the home
Of J. Berton Pike. They win return
to their home on Wednesday.
Mrs. John Shaw returned from Bur
lington Saturday, leaving her little
daughter gaining rapidly. Mr.. Shaw was
a business visitor in Barre on Mon
day.
Lyle Tucker and family are visiting
friends in Craftsbury this week. They
are now visiting Mrs. fuckers brother,
Avery Atkins, and viii undoubtedly re-
turn the middle of this week.
Misses Shirley Tucker and Eula Bo-
honon were visitors of Barre and Mont
pelier friends last Friday. Marion I'm
win went with them to Barre for a
weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. Harry
Goodrich.
The school directors met at p. w.
Davis's Saturday evening and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
B. w. Davis, chairman; S. H. Irwin,
clerki superintendent Of schools, Miss
Anna Burnham.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
The Cowboy sonneteer.

seen show las night, at OF Cheyenne
And it was bout Teller who, like me
Was rough and wild and orn'ry as
could be,
Same as bronx that hates the ways Of
of men;
But he gifts love struck, like do, and
then
He cuts out all that booze, a.fowin'
free,
And studies nights, and makes her see
that he
Has got the malzin's of man, by Hem
And I'm a.goin' to try that hombrey's
game
And spruce myself like all stage lovers
do.
And show the teacher that, though my
nickname
Is P'isen Bill, / Amt so bad clear
through;
And then III see-and darned quick,
too, Supposed
If things in life end like they do in
shows.
Denver Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
TWO NEW CORPORATIONS.
Articles of Association on File at Office
Of Secretary Of State.

Articles of Association on File at Office
of Secretary of State.
The new corporations have filed their
articles OF association with Secretary
Of State Bailey They are the Lake
View club of Woodstock and the Town
send. Avery Button company, incor-
porated. The first is an organization
for the purpose Of buying real estate,
keeping il in condition for use as a
park, with fish pond, etc, for the mem
bers. 1t has capital stock of $1,000
divided into ten shares of 500 each,
the subscribers being ID. @. Sherwin, y.
A. Thomas, W. r. Wen, A. B. Jacquith
and e. A. Abbott.
The last corporation is the Town
send, Avery g. Button company, incor-
porated, and is organized for the pur-
pose Of doing real estate business in
the town Of Middletown Springs. There
is 81 200 worth of capital divided into
100 shares of $40 each, the subscribers
being Brainerd Avery Of Middletown
Springs, W. II. Button and James w.
Townsend of New York City.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
GRANITEvILLE.

A social dance will be given by the
Odd Ladies of Victor lodge, Wednesday
evening, November IL in Tumas hall.
Dancing from $50 until 10. Admission
35 cents, ladies free. Everybody vel
come.
Quarry men take notice. There will
be special meeting OF Branch No. IL,
q. w. /. U. Of n. A., held in the base
ment of the Catholic church, Thursday
evening at 7 o'clock. Every member
is requested TO be present, as business
of great Importance is TO come before
this meeting. Per order the secretary,
Alex. l. wson.
The young ladies of the Presbyterian
congregation Of Graniteville will serve
a supper in Miles hall Thursday evening,
March Is, from to T. The menu is
as follows: Beans and brown bread,
cold ham, cabbage salad, hot rolls, pic
kles, doughnuts, assorted cake, coffee and
tea. Admission, 25 cents. Children, 10
cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

Cash paid for watches, diamonds, gold
and silver jewelry. Burr, the Jeweler.
Typewriting, copying, dictation, Mrs
NJ G. Nye, rooms 7 and 8, Blanchard
block.
For sale, a dining room table and six
chairs Mrs. C. r. Wood, so Wellington
street.
Clsirvoyant-Tuesday and Thursday
2 p. m. TO 0 p. m. Mrs. r. +. Ellis, %
Spaulding street. Tel. 1861.
The best farm trade ever offered by
the D. A. Perry Real Estate agency Is
advertised in the for sale column. A
farm with an income of $1,000 a year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17

Never heard what broke up their
friendship Dear mel | thought every
one had heard that Brown is engaged,
you know"
"Cnl yes, I've heard that. Was
White In love with the same girl
"No, no. Not az all. But White saw
her portrait in Rrowna room and asked
whose 1t was.
cts picture Of my faneee. said
Brown.
white examined II critically, khd
then put II down, With the remark that
she must be very rich. don't know
what happened after that but White
was taken home in a cab, and neither Of
them was seen out Of doors for week"
illustrated Bits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17

Girls self-DestuctiOn Followed By
Three Men.

Granite City, H., March i7.-closely
following the suicide Of Beryl somers,
who, loved by two brothers and engaged
to marry one, killed herself when her
parents objected to her fance, and the
subsequent suicide of both brothers, G.
i. Smith, factory foreman, has ended
his life. Smiths suicide is attributed
entirely to mental suggestion. He was
a man Of means, had no domestic or
business troubles, and was in perfect
health. lie was the first Co reach the
side Of Robert Nichols when the lad
fell in the street after drinking carbolic
acid.
Smith picked the boy up and smelled
the acid as he carried him 10 a drug
store. For hours he would talk Of
nothing else but the suicide and the
strange events that led up TO IL. Last
night he bought bottle Of carbolic acid,
swallowed the poison, and sat calmly
down on chair TO await the end When
his wife entered the room he was dead.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-17
A FAMILY JAR
Was Aired in Rutland County Court Yes
terday Afternoon.

Rutland, March l7.-There was q hear
ing in a divorce case in Rutland county
court yesterday afternoon which fur.
nished a few sensations, but az no notice
Of the hearing had been published in
the newspapers, there wasn't a single wo.
man in the court room, except those
concerned in the case, to be thrilled by
the racy testimony. Mrs. Ida G. Waite
Of Fair Haven brought suit against her
husband, Fred Waite, a few days ago,
and the hearing yesterday was on her
motion 10 have the two minor children
committed 10 her care and to have suit
able alimony granted pending the trlal
Of the case at the September term Of
county court. The suit was filed too late
for trial at this term.
II developed from the testimony that
when Mr.. Waite returned home last Fri
day night from his farm in Hubbardton,
where he was building house, he found
his family and most of the household
furniture gone. He testified that his
wife and children had given him no no
tice that they were about TO leave him.
lie said he had always been a saving
man and had always provided well for
his family. He said he had never spent
much money for himself, never used to-
baceo and had had only two new suits
Of clothes in IL years. He objected to
his wife being given the custody Of the
children on the ground that she had
encouraged the younger boy in staying
out Of school,
Mrs. Waite accuses her husband, in
the petition for divorce. of intimacy
with another woman. She also alleges
that he has treated her with intolerabie
severity and made insulting accusations
against her. Mr.. Waite denies all the
charges.
Judge Waterman withheld his deci.
sion.