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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
START SHRINE TEMPLE.
First Step Toward Home For Cairo
Temple.

Rutland, Jmt 4.--The first step tow.
ards the erection OF the first shriners'
home IN Vermont, which Cairo Temple,
A. A. O. N. M st, isto build in this
city, was begun yesterday with the tear
ing down Of house which stood on a
part Of the site, Six sets Of plans for
the shrine temple have been considered
but the details Of the one accepted have
not yet been made public nor has the
name OF the successful architect
The temple win be built Of brick and
cement and will be two stories high,
the dimensions being 100 by 65 feet.
The first floor will be occupied BY al
kitchen and dining room which will
have a ceiling II feet high and the en-
tire upper floor viii be taken up BY
hall having a stage and balcony. the
ceiling being "a feet high.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
ENGLAND IS WORRIED.
Over The Cordial Relations Between
Russia and Germany.

London, June Att is thought the
result Of the coming visit OF tile kaiser
to the czar means German support Of
Russia's landgrabbing scheme ii Persia
in return for the Russian guarantee Of
German outlet to the Persian gulf. At
the foreign Office great apprehension is
felt that when the rulers meet on June
AZ they will reach an agreement serious
" jeopardizing the long standing friend
ship between England and Russia and
ending the Anglo Russian compact.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
wILL IssuE AZ NooN sAruRDAY.

Following the custom Of past years,
The Times win be issued at noon to.
morrow Saturday and at the same
hour every Saturday during the balance
Of June and through July, August and
September Advertisers and others are
requested to bear this in mind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
BELL KILLS SCHOOL GIRL.
Works Loose and Falls on Her Head
from Roof Of Building.

Pittsfield, Mass, June 4--rhe falling
Of 5Opound bell from the roof Of the
Linden street schoolhouse yesterday
killed Priscilla Auger, 10 years old,
pupil at the school The bell was rung
Tor the close Of recess. 1t worked loose
and fell. striking the child on the head
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
"A PARLoR GAME"
Roosevelt's Hunt, Declared German Who
Is Coming Over to Tell Of It.

Is Coming Over to Tell Of 1t.
Berlin, June 4.--With the selfimposed
task Of exposing what he calls the
"hnmpuggery" Of Roosevelts African
hunt, Captain Won Waldheim, one Of the
best hunters in Germany, viii leave for
New York and start a lecture tour.
Waidheim says that the Roosevelt hunt
is but a parlor game, and that Ro0se-
velt's guardians keep him from danger.
He says that Roosevelt as mighty
hunter is a Joke. He has been all over
the country where Roosevelt is hunting
and Says that IL is about the same as
going through a geological garden.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
MRS. GRAcIA MARTIN
Died Last Night at Her Home in VIII
liamstown-FuneraI on Sunday.

hamst0wn-FuneraI on Sunday.
Mrs e-acia Martin, widow Of the late
DenisOn Marlin, died last night at the
home Of George Stewart in the town
of Williamstown after being IN feeble
health for some time. The funeral viii
be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock.
Mrs. Martin was born in Washington,
this state, IS years ago. but she had
lived for 81 years in the house in VIII
Jamestown. where she died. Her hns-
band passed away many years ago. She
leaves three children, Mrs. Fannie Stew
art Of Williamstown, George Martin Of
d. c., and Elisha Martin,
who resides il the Nest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
COMING TO BARRE.

Frederic Edwards Resigns School Posi-
tion at Turner'S Falls, Mass.
Turner's Falls. Mass. June 4Fred-
eric Edwards, for two years assistant
principal at the high school, yesterday
rendered his resignation. He has ac-
cepted the position Of assistant principal
Of the Barre, Vt, high school at an
increased salary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
DEATH At 81. JoHNsBuRY.
Mrs Charles H. Ranney Passed Away
This Morning. Aged SO.

This Morning. Aged SO.
St. Johnsbury, June Airs. Charles
H. Ranney, wife Of a popular conductor
on the st. Johnsbury and Lake Cham
plain railroad, died this morning Of val.
yular disease of the heart The funeral
win be held from her late home Mon
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock, and the
interment viii be in the family lot at
the Lyndon Center cemetery
Mrs. Ranney was born in Malone, n.
N., 81 years ago, her maiden name being
Mary Wakefield. She was first married
to Edgar Jobert He died ten years ago
and in 1900 she was married to Mr..
Ranney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04

Lost; a blue braid hat, trimmed with
pink flowers. between W. C. Godwin's
house on Prospect street and the Morri-
son Farm. Finder please return OF noti-
ty The lines Office
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
IN STATE OF REVOLT.
ceiba, Honduras, May Be Attacked BY
RevoIntlonists.

Washington, U. q, june IA wireless
message. relayed from Puerto Cortez,
and received at the state department
to-day. says chat Ceiba, Honduras, IS
under martial law and a revolutionary
attack IS threatened. The American
gunboat Paducah is en- route to Celia
from Biuefelds 10 protect Americans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
AGAINST THAw.
He Must Remain in Matteawan Accord
ing to Decision To-day.

New York, June A. The appellate di-
vision Of supreme court to-day decided
against Harry Ihaw ia bis appeal from
the order Of the superior court in re-
fusing him jury trial as to his sanity
This means that be remains in Mattea-
wan.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
RAILROAD PAYS FOR FIRE
Employees building Tunnel Started
Destructive COnfiagratiOns,

Portland, Or, May 25-The Great
Northern Railway Company has paid
the government $2,31262 for dam
ages caused on the Wenatchee ma
tionsl forest by fires started from
locomotives and clearing crews dur
ing the summer of 1903. Merchant
able timber to the amount of about
half q million feet and 1900 cords Of
wood were destroyed or damaged.
In addition to this, much young
growth was destroyed.
The company had large force
OF men at work clearing for it's new
electric transmission line, by means
OF which it is to operate it's trains
through the Cascade tunnel. The
railroad crosses the forest from
Leavenworth to the tunnel, a dis
lance of about so miles. Eleven
fires started during the season and
burned over a total of 314 acres, the
area of the different fires varying
from one-half to $50 acres.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27

Teach the horse more than common
sense methods. Teach him to stop at
the word and stay stopped until told
to go on He should be taught to back
at the word. Too much dependence Is
placed on the lines. When a horse has
once learned these things he does not
forget them as man does. A horse
should also be taught to walk good
gait. The fast walker Is the horse that
gets along with the work Where
horses are taught more things neces-
sary there will not be 80 much occa-
sion to complain at them for not do
ing what is required OF them. The
horse is tractable and will do what Is
desired Of him II he knows what Is
wanted. A horse Is q poor .guesser.
Much Of the language Of the driver Il
unintelligible TO him. and especially the
profane talk.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
1914 Survivors Reach Seward.

Seattle, Wash, May PA cable
dispatch from Seward, Alaska, says
that the mail steamer Dora has ar
rived there with 1914 survivors of the
ship Columbia, wrecked near Uni
max Pass. The survivors tell a tale
OF suffering and heroism seldom ex-
ceeded. The Dora is a small vessel
with accommodations for sc pas
sengers and she fairly bulged with
her load Of 24O human beings. They
were piled in everywhere, sleeping
IN lifehOats, in the hold, in chain
lockers, in the cabin, all over-thus
they had come 1000 miles from the
scene Of the loss of the Columbia.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27

intelligent idea of the relations be-
tween or rather harm0nizing of es-
Inmates and appropriations.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh expects to have in hand by
June l estimates of all heads Of de-
partments Between then and the
time for the meeting of congress in
regular session in December, palms.
taking study and investigation with
i view 10 ascertaining the exact re-
quirement of various bureaus en-
braeed in different departments, Or
Just what work each Is performing
and detailed analysis OF results as
compared to expense involved, will
be carried on.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
BUTCHERING
ON THE FARM

In killing hogs. as with everything
else. the work .may be made nucn
easier by simply studying the Des1
methods to pursue and by proVlolhs
suitable tools with which to WORK.
One convenience that Is especla!ls
essential with the present DAY -putel-
ering and scarcity Of fuel ana WHICH,
has taken the place OF the fnconVenlenI
backlog and open are which smokeo
the workmen's eyes almost OUT Is tno
arch and scalding pans for large JOBS
Of butchering or. sheet iron ire pots
for ordinary work. These latter ar
engagements are very popular. ana not
only do they come In good service at
butcherinz time, but as well IN case
OF boiling OF batch Of apple butter
or homemade soap they do not enoah-
ger the women folks by the sweeping
flames OF fire often occasioned by hlgh
winds
When the size OF the kettle to Do
used is determined, usually OF quite
large size for general purposes,
Jacket made from heavy sheet iron or
| light boiler iron Is formed about the
base Of the kettle at least eighteen
inches from the ground and making
sufficient fireplace beneath it for build
ing a good fire With door cut into
the front Of this jacket and place In
the rear near the top fixed for q stove
pipe Joint one OF the handiest con-
veniences about the farm is made
This cooker can be set upon the
ground in any sheltered location, or II
| the day becomes stormy before the
task Is completed 1t may be removed
to an outdoor building or shed. where
the lard may be rendered out without
any smoke or danger from fire sparks,
as q few joints OF pipe can be added
to the fiue and run out through the
roof or side OF the shed and the WORK
proceed as though no Ill weather con-
ditions existed.
Only healthy hogs which have been
properly fatrened should be selected
for butchering. as 1t is impossible to
secure good meat FROM poor. sickly
stock. The inside Of every hog killed
should be carefully examined for tu-
berculosis. especially hogs which have
been fed on skimmilk or whey from
crea merry. and the carcass discarded
If the disease is found in an advanced
stage The most profitable time for
killing hogs is when they are from
nine to twelve months old. and the
best pork Is made from hogs. Of this
age, provided they are we'll bred. Pork
OF good quality cannot be made from
scrub pigs.
The most important thing about
butchering Is to get good scald, SO
that the hair can be easily and quick
ly removed by the scrapers. 1t Is bet
ter to have the water too cold than
too hot, for cold scald" can be
| remedied by an application Of hotter
water. but a scald with the water too
hot sets the hair, SO that the skin,
being cooked, will serape OF with the
hair, making it necessary to shave OF
the hair with a sharp knife, doing a
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
Boys Finish Long Walk.

Toledo, O., May 25.-After q trip
OF more than 5000 miles without q
cent in their pockets, Arthur Crane
aged I, and Joe Crosby, aged 9, both
OF Saginaw, Mich, arrived here. Ac-
cording 20 their story the boys left
Saginaw last December, going from
mere to Los Angeles, San Francisco.
cincinnati and then here. They will
return to Saginaw.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27

Boston, Mass, May 24.-By clear
ing pole at feet inches In q
ugh jump at Woodward Institute
"set at Quincy, Miss Edith K0lsrads
l4-year-old student ut the insu-
'a1s. became champion girl high
Jumper OF the world.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
NAVY ESTIMATE REDUCED
rsft's Policy Of Economy Il Being
Carried Out.

Washington, May 26.-Secretary
Never has cut off 100000 in the
nsyy department estimates for the
next fiscal year. This is sample of
What may be expected on the part
of other Cabinet officials.
It may not be possible to reduce
expenditures in all departments to
g.. noticeable a degree as in those
pertaining to the army and navy,
Int the thing that will be accom-
nushed In all directions is more
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
Blanket. Fer -l,sn.s,s cemsers.

The horse blanket should always be
ready to use after q hard drive, for
horse will chilli very quickly II left
standing in a cold wind. Forgetting
to take the blanket along has caused
many a horse to develop lung trouble
that no yeterinarian shaa sheen ableato
cure.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27

management Will Not Move Trains
Till Protection Is Assured.

Augusta, Ga, May 24-The Geor-
sla railroad is completely tied up by
the firemen's strike. The manage
Ment is not trying to move trains,
simply announcing that 1t has the
men, the means and the equipment
10 proceed and will do so when the
state announces it is ready to protect
lle property and employees.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27

poor job and. requiring much. time.
Some butchers think they can tell the
proper temperature OF the water by
putting their hands in it, which Is
rather doubtful The exact tempera-
ture can be secured every time by the
use Of Thermometer. For large, SOC
pound hogs 10 degrees 10 about right.
For small hogs and pigs the water
should not be above $50 or 100 de-
grees, and then they should not be
kept in the bath too long.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-16

Unhoussd and often unsheltered,
wild animals suffer more than is gen
orally understood. No one can esti-
mate the deaths of year from severe
cold. heavy storms, high winds and
tides. In ''The Lay Of the Land
Dallas Lore Sharp tells OF whole col.
onies Of gulls and terms swept away
by great storm, and describes some
OF the fatalities Of the little people Of
the wood.
We have all held our breath at the
hazardous travelling of the squirrels in
the treetops. What other animals take
such risks, leaping at dizzy heights
from bending limbs to catch the tips
Of limbs still smaller. saving them
selves again and again by the merest
chance?
But luck sometimes fails. My broth
er, q careful watcher In the woods,
was hunting on one occasion, when he
saw gray squirrel miss its footing
in a tree, fall, and break its neck upon
log beneath.
have frequently known them ia
fall short distances. and once l saw
red squirrel come to grief like the
gray squirrel mentioned above. He
was scurrying through the tops Of
some lofty pitch pines. little hurried
and fustered at sight of me. and near
ing the end Of a high branch was II
the act of springing. when the deat
tip cracked under him and he cam,
tumbling headlong
The height must have been fort,
feet, so that before he reached tn
ground he had righted himself, hi
tail out and legs spread; but the fal
was too great. He hit the earth hea,
lily, and before l could reach him IA
dead upon the pine needles.
Hasty, careless. miscalculated NOV,
ments are not as frequent among tn
careful wild flock as among. huma
beings, perhaps: but there is abundar
evidence Of their occasional occurrenC
!, and of their sometimes fatal results.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-16
CHAPTER XxIv.


There was merry breakfast on N.
veranda next morning, and Alison, in ber
white dress, with some dewy roses as
breast knot. looked the picture of han
piness as she poured out the coffee.
Directly it was over, Greville took her
and Roger to see his grandfather.
Mr.. Moore was eagerly expecting them.
even before Alison's foot had passed over
the threshold his sightless eyes were turn.
ed to the window, and his welcome.
Sunny" reached her ears.
In another moment Alison was occu-
plying her old footstool at his feet and
his fine wrinkled hand, little more trem.
bling than of old, was placed on her hair.
with half audible blessing.
"Dear Mr.. Moore, am so glad to see
you again"
"Have you missed us, little onel Not
half as much as we have missed Sunny
And as she pressed her lips to his hand
in mute contradiction Of this, he said, hkli
sadly: "Child, / never thought to have
heard your sweet voice again, but the
good God would have it otherwise. Be
fore the message reached me it was re.
called; the gates were almost closed in
my face"
"Thank God for that" she whispered;
''but they never told me that you were
Ill until you were well again"
"Ah, Miss Darlington is a wise WON
an; she thinks it wrong to burden young
spirits with sorrows that do not belong
| to them. My boy there nearly broke bis
heart about the old man can you believe
it, Sunny?"
"You are like his own father" she re-
turned, softly. HE is outside on the
yeranda with Roger. Are you well
enough to speak to Roger?"
SAY, ready and willing he has grown
a fine lad, hear" And as Alison beck.
oned to them the two young men came IN
through the window, and Roger sat down
by the old pan's side.
ITO be continued.l
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-16
CoNQUERlNG TYPHOID
Decentralization

lied, receives certain number OF
drops Of the immunizing fluid from
machine made for the purpose, and is
thea hermetically sealed with a glass
blowers blowpipe It thus becomes
nothing more than an elongated bulb
Of glass, with no opening through
which any microbe can gain admit
lance. When dose is to be admins
tered, the physician simply breaks of
one end OF the tube, draws its contents
into his hypodermic syringe previous
ly sterilized--and thrusts the point OF
the instrument beneath the skin of the
person to be inoculated. A brief squirt,
and 1t is all over. But to make assur-
| ance doubly sure-to make certain,
that Is to say, Of taking second
dose is usually administered. The first
one Is Of eight drops, representing
about 6o0,000.00 bacilla; the second is
fifteen drops, containing 1,000.000.000
bacilli, or thereabouts.
How Typhoid BaciIli Operate.
But, as already explained, the bacilli
are all dead. Why, then, should they
possess any usefulness? The answer is
that, though defunct they still contain
the peculiar and Characteristic poison
belonging to this species Of microbes
They are powerless to engender ty
phoid fever In the human body, but
the poison in question has the effect
Of inducing the cells Of the body tc
manufacture particular antidote-thG
! antidote to typhoid
When q person is attacked by ty
phoid fever, the germs, feeding on thu
! tissues, incidentally set free consid
: cradle quantity Of their specific poi
son. This poison is injurious to thu
: body cells. which absorb more or les
: of 1t. But the cells, to protect them
selves against the enemy, proceed Il
! manufacture on their own account a
: anti-poison-that is to say, substanc
, which in nine cases out of ten-if tn,
patient be properly cared for-kills OF
J the hostile microbes. and eyentualI!
Z drives them out of the system. Thi
> is what happens every time when
sufferer from typhoid RECEIVERS.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-16
SUPERSTITION.

maad Knew That Breaking the Mir
ror Would Bring BAD Luck.
All Of Enid Thurston's friends had
q different reason why she would new
OK succeed as an artist, although they
granted that her technique was good
and her color sense unusual.
"She likes to loaf and invite her
soul too much" said Mary Wetmore.
mo, she's too vague, too purpose
less" Grace Ripley insisted.
you're both wrong" declared her
studio mate, Ruth Merritt. "Enid's
too superstititous She wouldn't be-
gin q study on Friday for anything,
and when you think she's inviting her
SOUL ten to one she's incoming over
the salt she spilled at lunch, or be-
cause she walked under ladder, or
something Of that sort. She loses a
lot Of time that way"
To what analytical lengths the dis
cussion would have gone it is impossi-
BILE to say, for a crash from the upper
studio, followed by a despairing wall,
made the girls rush madly to the
scene of the disaster. They found
Enid In tears, surrounded by broken
glass.
what were you doing7" they cried
together.
"Oh, was just posing for that study
of Psyche that want to do for the ex'
Inhibition, you know, and somehow my
foot slipped, and the mirror and ev
erything went to smash!" Enid sob
bed. Now I'll never, never, never
succeed, know! I'm born to bat
luck!"
i And how about my mirror" de
manded Ruth, my Florentine mirror
that's broken into little, little bits
Doesn't that count?"
"Oh Ruthie, I'm sorry, dreadfully!
walled Enid; land you may have m!
tapestry to make up. Only, can't yol
see that it's my future that's shat
tered, too? Seven years bad luck
That's what breaking a mirror means
Why, might as well be dead and bul
led right now!"
You'd better begin to work lik
fury, you meant" scolded Ruth, picl
ing up the fragments of her treasure
80 wilt" cried Enid, with sudde
energy, for she had somewhere an a
unconscious streak of dramatic humol
IF Misfortune is to overtake me sh
shall find me at my post"
Work she did, early and late, heet
less of Fridays or signs or superst
tons.
I'm hoodooed, anyhow" she woul
declare. "All l can do is to worl
work, work, and hope to hold o
Fate"
Little by little she forgot her feal
: In her great interest, and daily he
: technique grew stronger, her though
clearer, her coloring more sympathe
10 and subtle, until, when Psyche
Mirror" was accepted and hung on th
art clubs line, not only Ends FRIEND
gathered around 1t; the public locke
: at 1t and praised 1t, and at last Il
happy little ticket Sold" was slippe
in the edge of the frame. 1t was, q
! cording to critics, "A triumph of del
!. cate, harmonious coloring."
"oh Enid, you wonderful girl
J said Ruth Merritt, as they stood loo
) ing at the picture hand In han
t "Now aren't you sorry that you douh
ed yourself so? Aren't you ashamt
: of being so superstitious7"
) Not a bitl" declared Enid, laug
. ing, although the tears were in b,
3 eyes. II think it's awfully lucky tn
a broke that mirror"-Youth's Coz
panion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-16

er for her than for us, a. uhs has =.
naturally a good temper"
Neither had 1, Allie. Many a rIrl K.
a sore fight to go through life as well !.
Missile; 1t Is SO easy to contract ~
habits, and so difficult to subdue them +
believe nothing but grace can enable ~
to overcome a really bad temper"
And so saying, Miss Darlington ro..
from the table, and proposed that Roe.
should go down to the river while ~
and Alison disposed of the unpacking.