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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

This is most amusing game, and
although only two boys can play at IL
at one time. they win keep the rest OF
the company ID roars Of laughter. The
two who are to represent the cocks
having been chosen. they are both
seated upon the floor
Each boy has bis wrists tied together
with handkerchief and bis legs Sc
cured Just above the ankles with an
other handkerchief His arms are then
passed over bis knees, and broom
stick IS pushed over one arm under
both knees and out again On the other
side over the other arm. Tho cocks"
are now considered ready for lighting
and are carried into the center Of the
room and placed opposite each other
with their ices just touching. The fun
now commences.
Each cock" tries with the aid Of bis
toes to turn his opponent over on his
back or side.
The one who can succeed IN doing
this first wins the game
II often happens that both cocks"
turn over &C the same time. when the
fight commences again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
CANE Of WARNING.

This is an outdoor game for boys.
Ono boy, called the sock" draws a
line on the ground 1T one end 81 the
field or playground This llne is bis
boundary, and while he IS there DO
one can NEEDLE with him. He clasps
bis hands before him calls out Warn
ingF or Warning once. warning
twice, a bushel Of wheat and a bushe
Of rye, when the cock crows out 5ump
l." Then, with his hands clasped. be
jumps out and runs after the others
trying TO touch one.
II he unciasps his hands or II they
are pulled apart he must run ipto
bounds as quickly as possible, as any
one who catches him must be carried
pickaback BY him into bounds and
both then sally ont, clasping hands
and try to catch a third IN the same
way.
Zach time one called chick" IL
caught he s. wei as those who started
from bounds. may be ridden "home,
and If the cock and chicks loose bands
shey also may be ridden home II
caught.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
AImest pIahsIIsvsd 80 go.

Among the memories Of my boy
hood. said a New York man. there
is one odd episode that Is particularly
vivid. It Is a conversation that over
heard one morning as walked toward
the Boston high school between two
women.
''The women were talking about ba-
bies--their size, weight, health. and SO
forth
Why, when was week old said
the FIRST woman, i was such 3 little
baby that they put me in quart pot
and put the lid on over me-.
1.-THE other woman was amazed and
horifed. And did you IiveT she
asked
They say did, her friend an
swered.
Well. well, weir exclaimed the
second woman. And she glanced at
the other almost doubttuiiy."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
HISTORIC WEAPONS.
Trophies wrssasd From the Crusaders
Found b, the Sudan.


Among the trophies Of arms display
"a on the walls OF Windsor castle
pne Of the most interesting Of the long
Ieries Is a group Of weapons and armor
sent 20 Queen Victoria by Lord Kitch-
snar after the Dongola campaign on
the upper Nile IN 1893
Fhe trophy consists Of a coat Of
chain mail. number Of spears and
long cross hllted swosd. On the
straight steel blade Of abe sword there
Is al inscription "A odd fashioned let
tiers: mo me saques sin razon. No me
enfTaines san honor"
The words are spanish, but the same
motto was inscribed 90 sword blades
IN che day5 Of chivaIry IA most OF the
languages Of Europe. It's meaning Is
the knightiy rule for Ell who bear the
sword. DO not draw me without Fea-
son. 10 not sbeathe NE without honor.
The weapon was taken from the
abandoned camp Of W'ad Bisbara, the
dervish general. after tie battle Of
HAIR sept 2a, 1890. How came
blade wlth gnch a motto to be found
ia q Moslem blvouac ia the heart Of
the sudanf
The presence OF these crusader
swords 10 the Sudan Is not 50 difficult
to exps~in. In the thirteenth century
the Mohammedan callphs Of Egypt not
only caWied on successful wars
against the crusaders in Syria, de
stroying the last vestiees Of the Latin
kingdom OF Jerusalem but also de-
feated two attempts Of the Europeans
to invade Hgypt itself one Of them
led By st. Louis Of France
Enormous quantities OF western
arms and warltke equipments must
have thus passed into the possession
Of the Mohammedan eonquerors.--
Chambers Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Perhaps you do not know how strong
you are n some ways Here Is a trick
which win show you that you have
more strength IN your arms than you
may have supposed: Hold your hands
straight IN front of yeu, With the
palms toward you and the middle fin
gers OF each hand just touching each
other Then ask some one to pull
your hands apart Yea VIII be SIR
prised TO find that a much bigger
stronger person than yen win prob
ably not he able 10 pull your hands
away from each other
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
Effort to Elect Mrs. S. r.
Decker in Colorado
TWO YEARS FROM NOW
She Believes II Would be Good for the
country,-conservation Of the Ma
tion's Children Would be Her
Hobby ii Elected.

Denver, July 24.--The women Of Colo
RADIO are 70 make stubborn effort to
send one Of their sex to Congress two
years hence. Such was the announce.
ment made b The visiting delegates from
the international Council Of Women by
one who spoke for the women's associa-
tions in the state.
"Of course IL is difficult TO tell whether
we will be successful in our efforts or
not said Mrs. Harriet Wright, former
member Of the state legislature, but
we are booking forward to landing a
woman in the halls Of Congress, and we
certainly are going to make a determin-
ed trial.
LADY Mcmillan, who talked suffrage
to the House Of Lords for four haurs and
then stopped only because they otdered
her 70, brought out the statement. She
put this question 10 the Denver women
who were entertaining her when are
you women going TO send woman to
Congress
The reply WIS quick and decisive: In
two years
All are agreed that Mrs Sarah Platt
Decker Is 10 be the candidate.
Mrs. Decker herself says she has never
considered the matter seriously owing
70 her belief that there Is federal
statute or constitutional provision that
women cannot BE- members Of either
house Of Congress.
She believes, however, That they should
b entitled to seats in the national leg
islature, and Is confident that their
presence there would be beneficial to the
people
One Of her chief hobbies is a drastic
anti-chad labor law, and she says she
has become almost hopeless Of securing
its passage by men, either in state leg
flatures or ia Congress She thinks II
women could get into these legislative
bodies they would quickly pass laws 10
conserve the nations children, which
che deems Of far greater Importance
than the conservation Of natural resourc
ga
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
BAsY TALK.
Az Infhntils Kssh That sorpetiHass
Sticks and Breeds Trouble

A Infantils Habit That sorpetiFnss
Sticks and Breeds Trouble
Once ID awhile rare stammering
ease comes to the laboratory where
there's nothing the matter with the
child the matter 81 with his dear
mamma. In 1905 Dr. Witmer examin.
Cd boy Of twelve who talked baby
talk-a bright. alert youngster, to al
appearances normal But nobody could
understand word he utsered--except
mamma; she understood II All per
fect4y. law was to her
ear Il want 70 go out to play as
plain as anything could be. n was her
tender custom to reply likewtse, and
she took pride In the thought that she
had never allowed her Wnfie to asso-
ciate with tie obBdSen On the block
She bad encouraged him % be her
baby and kept him fr0sa growing up
too SOON by prattHng 20 him.
Except for his uBsntelfiglble Ian
guage. the examination did not reveal
a defect, physical or mental In the
boy. and Dr. Wilmer was forced to
the conclusion that the trouble lay IN
the persistence Of an infantiie habit Of
articulation for which the mother WIS
solely responsible, Through send
mentality and 0gerindalgenca 'she had
almost ruined his chances for a use.
ful and possibly successful life"
Psychological clinic March, 1907
Months Of painstaking, expert labor
he'd to be expended upon him to break
up the habit his mother had csfefally
developed before he could even begin
to make hsnasalf understood By any
cue else.-Iar. Nsltmar Of yale Ia hlc.
Cures Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

New and. old potatoes have been on a
good deal Of soar the past couple Of
months Spvds chat were priced at GO
cents handred last fall brought s17s
BY spring, while this years crop whole
saled Ia May for s1.55 per bushel, the
local grocer charged about 8 cents &
pound. OK close to SO per busfel, THIS
years high prices are the result of a
30 per cent shortage in the Texas crop
and 4 belated spring which delayed
three weeks the marketing Of the new
grown crop
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Those oFchardists who are receiving
the largest returns Quite generally FOL
low the practice Of hand thinnsng the
fruit on oveVsoaded trees. THE not
only relieves the heavy puil on trees
which set too heavily, but ingures a
larger aud more uniform sire ana bet.
ter quality Of fruit. This thinning,
which is done when the apples are
about an inch through, makes posi-
bic the elimination of dwarfed and
defective fruit and resinces the work
Of picking By just 50 much at harvest
time. In the thinning process no care
is required ID the handling Of the ap-
pies, and the work can be done rapidly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

In her farewell address as dean Of
Radcliffe college Harvard. Miss Agnes
Irwin said: what have the women's
colleges given to the country in return
for the time and strength spent BY
them during the past twenty-five years?
What bad the country a right TO ex-
pect? Certainly not women Of genius.
The universities have never made gem
fuses. They have reckoned them
among their glories, and they have
sometimes expelled one, but they have
never made one, and ] doubt il they
have ever crushed one. 1t is not easy
to know a genius at first sight. Ii
there is one in the gown Of any girl
graduate Of this year. bid her come
forth. suffer herself to be admired and
let her make sure Of a hearty welcome
from the world at LARGE
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Pure Food Commissioner Wright Of
Iowa has had an interesting problem
showed at him for solution whether
the sticking Of q pin point through the
shells Of eggs, practice followed by
poultry fanciers to prevent the eggs
they sell on the common market from
being used for Matching purposes, IS a
violation Of the state pure food law
This would seem 10 be getting the
pure food law down to pretty fne
point.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

The recent launching OF the replica
OF the Clermont az a shipyard at
Staten Island, New York, was one Of
the Arst ceremonies connected with
the great Hudson-Fulton celebration
OF this year The original Clermont
started from New York on her men,
orabIe trip TO Albany on Aug. IL, 1907.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
Uncle Joe Cannon Is Not Worried BY
The Prospect.

Washington. July 24.--Congress is "all
hst up" at the prospect Of a woman
member from Colorado. Speaker Cam
non alone Il undis9lrbed
Whether we hare 20 cross on a
bridge in buggy. an automobile or
Rfoos. Or whether we have 10 swim or
10 get over in an aeroplane, il unimpor.
tant, ard we needn't worry because we
don't have to cross the stream Until we
come ia it,
Thus the Speaker dismisses an
thought Of the coming to Congress Of
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker Of Denver the
suifragettes' choice for election to the
House two years hence
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

The dairy herd VIII do better AZ the
pail when pasture is short and tiies are
bad Il they are stabbed during the heat
Of the day and given 3 ration Of green
corn or hay.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

There are thousands Of farms the
country over which would be trans
formed and the life thereon made Inn
nensely brighter IL eight or ten dairy
cows were purchased. a gllo installed
and clover or alfalfa grown. This
trilogy might well be called the faith,
hope and charity Of the agricultural
world and will DO more to save soil
sinners from the wrath to come than
any other virtues in the category.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Any man who Is able to walk for =
living, as the Weary Willies do. can
usually muster enough energy to do a
little work for the meal be calls for
at the back door. II he isn't willing
10 do this, Introduce him to the dog
and show him the highway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

The average farm implement man
can hardly view with aught but feel
ing Of satisfaction the earelessness
which SO many farm owners exhibit il
the matter Of putting their machinery
under cover, as it means an increased
trade in repairs and new machines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
His Tanaformwlon.

Little Harold. aged six. feat very
proud whom he dnnned bis FIRST pair
Of trousers. Taxing his thfss.Searold
brother behind The door, b. was over.
heard TO shy, willie, willie, do you
remember naa1*-4Delineasor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

LAUNCHING OF TIE NEW ohkkMoNH.
But it was about two years later be-
fore navigation Of the Hudson by
steam was regularly established, 50
the celebration this year commence
rates both the precautionary OF the dis
coyery Of the Hudson By the English
navigator who gave his name to the
river and the inauguration Of steam
boat travel on the stream through Full
tons inventions. The reproduction Of
the Clermont viii 20 up the Hudson
to Albany under her own steam on
the day Of the big marine parade, Oct
i At the launching vase containing
water from the well on the old Liy-
ingston estate on the Hudson was
broken over her bows by Mrs Alice
Crary sutcliffe. great-grsnddaughter
OF Robert Fulton
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Even IN the dairy business misery
loves company this truth probably ac-
counting for the fact that poor cows
and poor and improvident dairymen
are 50 often 10 be found on the same
premises.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

The Kansas fruit grover Is in trou-
bic from the operation Of the pure food
laws Of the state. which require.
among other things. that a quart berry
box shall contain quart Of berries
and not seven-elghths Of quart I'm
der the new regulations the growers
win be compelled to stamp seven
eighths OF a quart on the short meas
ure boxes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Kansas diaries seem to be suffering
from transportation rates which are so
adjusted as to give decided advantage
20 the big centralizer plants through
less rates for long hauls Twelve
years ago there were 800 creameries
in the state, while there are at pres
ent but 90 In contrast to this state
Of affairs. low rates on short hauis in
lhe state Of Minnesota have been In
part responsible for an Increase IN the
number Of creameries from 800 to 900
In the same period.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

II is estimated that It would take
200 or more Of the poor dairy COWS to
be found In most any state to give the
annual profit from their milk and but
ter yield cat is realized from the one
COW Jacoba Irene. Besides this, there
Is the job Of milking the 200.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
NJ. Winslow's soothing Syrup

"a. bssa nssd for szss sIxTy-FTVE WARS b. Nil
LIONS Of h0THERs for their e1ktDRBN WRIAk
srFeTHfNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS 4 socNHEs
clJRfe WIND collie and fs te beet fsfasiY for DkAI
nltgSA SOLD " Druggists ia every pst IS the wesd
~ s4ra and ask i1f Mrs.. Wiafiowe Soothing eYraR
soe tsEs rs olasf knd Twenty-Five cents boiia seuss
erlrsd Under he Food sRd Druga Act laae som s sssi
na,aesx 1854 an OLD AND WELL 1flIhD AhAtAzsk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24


cess Of this treaty the fact would be
embarrassing TO the interests Of the
United States. General Rafael Reyes,
president Of Colombia, is now IN Blu
rope, where he went to obtain relaxa-
ton from the strain Of his Official
duties. He stopped in New York on
his way thither He expects TO return
to Colombia n about three months.
and meantime the presidency Is In
trusted 10 General Holguin, who is
considered an able statesman, Gen
erai Reyes says be does not believe
the trouble ia Colombia is ia any way
due to dissatisfaction over the trip
artite treaty between Colombia. Pan
anna aud the United States now before
the Colombian congress. ne thinks
the movement is simply the smolder-
ing remains Of the revolution that he
quenehed on assuming power. that the
government Is able TO control all the
troops and cope with the situation, Cen
eral Reyes says be does not consider
the news from Colombia serious enough
to alter his plans for soiouRn IN Eu-
rope before his return to The Colon
blnn capital.
Minister Northeote Is resident OF
Huntingdon. W. Va. and was appoint
ed to his present post about two
months ago, RE recently cabled the
state department that Americans IN
Colombia were In no danger because
OF the revolution there
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Peas. beans or any other legume
plowed under not only contribute a
considerable supply of available nitro
gen to the soil, but add a supply Of
humus in the shape Of decayed veg.
etable matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

Bfkins- i called at your house to see
you today. and noticed that your wife
referred to you as the head Of the fam
ily
Wilkins Huhl Out collecting bills,
weren't you?-New York Weekly.
Assisting Him q First
''The caterpillar Is the siewest thing
on earth. . said the young man. pokiRg
at the tree trunk with his Gaze.
ooh, don't knew said the young
lady 10 the hammock, who hada't a.
yet scored Der arst engagement for the
lummer-Bs stcn Globe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24
Scenes and
Figures In
The News


A the republic Of
Colombia puts
the minister from
the United States.
Elliott Northcote, In
a situation OF some
difficulty The com
ing Colombian con-
gress is expected to
ratify the tripartite
treaty between Pan
anna, Colombia and
the United States.
should the present
revolution prov
serious enough to
euflanuqr the suc-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

All is not false which At frst seems
a lie-southey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-24

ELLIOTT NORTH
COTE.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04
THE0RIST IN DEEP TROUBLE.
He Cannot Understand Why Things
Disappear When They Are Not
in Constant Use.

Did you ever notice. asked the the
orist, how a thing viii disappear if
you don't use it for awhile? Leave
it around your room for awhile and
it viii vanish
Easy enough, said the practical
man. The servant sweeps it into
the wastebasket."
Not at ALL said the theorist Try
the experiment of having two OF any
thing and use one, and the other will
disappear. l mislaid my pocketknife
a few weeks ago and bought another.
I found my old one that night and car
ried both in my pocket for awhile, al
ways using the new one. In the course
of time the old one vanished-van-
ished magically from my pocket"
You dropped it," said the practi-
cal man.
why didn't / drop the new one?"
asked the theOrist. And why is it
always that way? I had a new key
made for my Office desk. under the i'm
preston that there was something
wrong with the old one. There wasn't.
I carried both of them on a ring Aft
er awhile the old enc, which I didn't
use, vanished of the key ring.
AT home 1 use an eyeshade for
reading at night. / had Two, one
light and one heavy. Lately 1 have
been using the heavy one alone, keep
ing the light one in a drawer. To-day
l opened the drawer and found the
light one gone. Do YOU think the maid
opened the drawer 50 as to find some
thing to sequester for the waste
basket"
"Bosh!" said the practical man.
TRY it." said the theorist
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following list of letters re-
NAMED in the postofIice uncalled for
on October Is, 1903:
LADIES.
Sta. V. de Santos 90, Emilia
FLORES, Elena o de Guzman, Sra.
Guadalupe Garcia, Miss Gullermad
Cara, Srita Genoveva Cara, Srita
Martina Gambos. Srita Virginia
Galvan, Sra. Tules Cara, Miss
Teresa Gonzales, Sra. ROsalia F. de
Gomez, Mauricia Gonzales, Josefina
R. Gonzales (2), Refugia Germans
de Moralez, Sra. Barbarita S. Gar
"a, Miss Mary Henry, Sra. NOsaria
lara, Srita. Pepa Labrado, Sra.
Romula Medina, Miss Kate Mays
90, uuanita Mencaca, Sra. F. c.
Morales, Mrs. G. B. Merriwether,
Mrs. H. E. Miller, Srita Juanita
Olvera, Sra. Ygnasia Perez, Sra.
Maria Padilla, Srita JOsefa ROdri-
guez, Sra. Inez. Rodriguez, Mrs.
Matte Studebaker, Sra. Andrea
Sainz, Sra. susanna Sanchez, Sra.
Fiburcia Saldonia, Sra. Dolores
Vasquez, Sra Maria Vadilla, Sra
Tulsa c. Vasquez, Sra Josefa Vela,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04
peteriorlatIon in french NAVY.


The report of the French parlia-
mentary commission arraigning the
navy department for extravaganza, in
efficiency and even corruption, only
confirms an opinion generally held by
naval experts. On paper the estAb-
lishment is impressive, but 4 vacillai-
ing policy as to types and construction
has made retrogression inevitable and
France has fallen to the fourth plaza
in sea power. Disasters ike the uns1-
planned explosion on the IenA b.
which 118 officers and men lost theiS
lives, have had a bad effect upon The
personnel, which could not but BE-
lieve that either ignorance or COSUNTy
was at the bottom Of so many myS-
terious accidents. The gun crews had
no faith in the material they handed
when there were premature busBt:CG1
of shells on one ship after ARCHER
the Suffren, Duplex. Kleber aEe De
saix. In target practice the French
naturally enough. are very far behind
both the Americans and the Rrir'sA
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04
HERALD WANTADS

(Ads for this column strictly cash
in advance. 1t IS only by saving
bookkeeping and collection expenses
that The Herald can make the cheap
rate giyen.)
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04

FOR BENT-New modern 5-ro0m
and nail cottage, two blocks Miller
hotel Porcelain bath, toilets and
sinks, electric lights and screened
thoroughly; possession Nov l5G- APP
ply to Rafael C. Cowen. 10-29-6t
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04

Guadalupe Aratia, Mr.. Francis
J. Boyle, Sr. Guadalupe Cavazos,
Sr. Cripriano Castro, Apolonio
Camilo, Sr. Everado Cara, Guada-
lupe Ganboa 81, Valentin Garcia
Cd, Simon Gutirrez, RomuIa Gar
cia, ST.. Renigio Gonzales, Sr. Plu-
tarcO Gutierrez, Sr. Nicolas Coma
lez, Sr. Francisco Gonzales, Sr. Nj
colas Garcia, NJ. Gomez, Manuel
Guenero CD, Sr. Leonides Garcia,
Juan Gonzales, Mr.. Joe Cara, Isa-
bel Galicia, ST.. Jose Gonzales, Sr.
Jose Ma Gomez, Gil. Hinojosa, Inter
state Hosiery, Johnnie H. Hansen
berg, J. C. Houseman, Sr. Valnte
Peres, Sr. Hilario Reyna, Rafael
Rodriguez (2), Sr. POrfirio Rami-
res, Sr Arturo Ramirez, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Sherwood, Sr. Emilio
Salinas, Mr.. ]. B. Sanders, Mr.
Gumecindo L. Sails, Pablo Torres,
Sr Ygnacio V. Torres, ST. Jose
Cara Villareal, Mrs. Jennie Van
Antwerp. Mr.. VassOr Walker, Mr.
J. J Wells, Mr. John Waller, Rev.
J. D. WoOten. Mr.. J. }. Wilkes, Sr.
Justo Zepeda.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-04

The eight-mile ship channe
witch is to be cut across Cape Coo
Massachusetts,, will shorten the dis
lance between Boston and New Yors
nearly one hundred miles, owe
shoals, which have been held respon
sible for. nearly 200 wrecks sine