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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
why 4 costs 81 Mueh . Lirs.

An item that looms formidably In the
nations annual family expense account
Is for liquor and tobacco. No one viii
have the hardihood to contend that these
are necessities. IN 1905 distilled, malt
and yinous liquors to the toal value Of
s50l ,266905 were produced IN the United
States, while sl9.257 600 worth were im-
20 rted. These are wholesale prices and
SO represent aess than half The actual
cost To the consumer For example, we
drew 5S747 $50 barrels Of 81 gallons
each Of beer III the year ending june 30,
1905 Taking the average sized glass
and making the average allowance fov
foam, quart Of beer will fill five gldsses.
At 8 cents a glass, then, our beer as it
was served over the bar last year must
have cost 81 .s2l,l77 ESQ. Making all pos
sible allowances for beer at cheaper
rate, the bin would be a billion and 8
half ut retail prices The aggregate debt
Of the states and cities Of the United
states in 1902, the latest period for
which figures are available. totaled ST.
s64 ,s26. or just about what we spend
year for beer.-From New Luxuries
Keep the People Poor" in October Tech
nical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
where Melodrama Rules.

An usher, whose conversation crawls
forth IN a badly bruised condition from
just abaft his left hienspid, condeseends
to show you where you seat i. And you
climb anxiously and and wsrily and
apologeticaily over the legs Of a trucu.
lent young man with obstinate but well
watered hair and a brass watch chain
biz enough to tie an elephant with, and
take your place between him and q
svelte girl with her hair ftill Of rats and
her mouth full Of gum
The girl is gossipng glihly anent .
swell gay-a friend o. bern, who Is chow
fer fer one q them rich, millionaire
stockbrokeF buys. and who took her
down To ConeY T0osday IN the masheen
an give her IT, time Of her life.
The envious receptacle Of her CONVEX
sation is tail gaunt, hungry looking
individual with beetling eyebrows. sharp
black eyes, and a nustache waxed at
each end into needle point He looks
like daredevil ruihan; bnt YOU learn
from the sparse and intcryalie remarks
that ne inserts from time To time into
the torrential stream az feminine volu-
bility that be is barber. the sole sup.
port Of a widowed mother and eleven
small sisters and brothers,
A fat man sits right behind you. and
you find. anon. that the sound which
you thought was the electric ventilators
IS merely his breathing There are no
ventilators. Porter Emerson Browne, in
September Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20

in all my life. recommend Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all
my friends. - Mrs. WILL Young. 6
Columbia Avenue, Rockland, Me.
Backache is symptom Of female
weakness or arrangement. IL you
have backache, don't neglect it, To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root Of the trouble. Nothing we
knowof will do this so safely and surely
as Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Cure the cause Of these dis.
tressing aches and pains and you will
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited
testimony constantly pouring proves
,conclusiveIy'th Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou
sands of women.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn. Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to he aIth free of
charge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
THIN FOLKS MADE FAT

Good, healthy flesh can only be gained
BY the use Of the proper food, together
with natural action Of the organs Of as
sinilation. Nine people out Of ten in
order to weigh as much as they ought
and be perfectly healthy, should use
samose, the great flesh forming food and
health restorer. Weigh yourself before
commencing to use these little tablets
and see how you weight increases from
week to week.
Samose does not contain particle Of
starch or pepsin, nor is it any nauseating
preparation, such as is usually recon-
mended to make people fat, and which
does not build up good health tissues,
sam0se has valuable flesh forming prop
critics, tones up and strengthens the
whole system, helps the food that Is eat.
en- to be assimilated III d natural man
ner, and absolutely restores health TO all
the organs
If you are not perfectly satisfied with
the result from Samose, D. f. Davis viii
return your money without any quib-
bling
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
COL, HARVEY IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Editor Of Harpers Weekly Suffers
Broken Shoulder Blade.

New York, Sept 20.--An automobile
containing Col. George Harvey, editor Of
Harper's Weekly, two other men and a
boy, turned turtle on the shore boule-
ward near ManahawSin N. j., yester-
day Col Harvey uttered broken
shoulder blade and internal injuries. He
was put aboard a special train for
Writings Junction in time to be re-
moved to a Jersey Central train for
Deal eBach, n. j. With Col. Harvey
in the automobile were John II. HolIer,
the latter's son and the chauffeur The
party, il IS understood, were returning
from Deal Beach, where Col Harvey
has summer home, to Atlantic City.
Just after passing Manahawkin the au-
tomobile mel q motorcycle coming in
the opposite direction. The chauffeur
turned to the right, and in some manner
lost control of the car. which ran side.
days along an emmnkment and then
toppIed over. The occupants Of the
car we're pinned under the machine and
had remarkable escape from more
serious injury. Mr.. Hoifer and his son
were bruised, but the chauffeur was not
hurt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
Jos are much more sharply defined than

ties are much more sharply defined than
they once we're
Though prices on food have gone up
Their is stiIl too mocn competition on
most commodities 10 believe that they
are extortionate, Three great meat pack
ing concerns are accredited with being
the dietators Of meat prices With beef
selling from 2s to 50 cents a pound,
they say that there is no money in
dressed bsef-that they have to make
their profit from the by-products. In
explanation they say there is shortage
in the cattle supply And james J. Hill
has predicted that in a few years we
win BE- importing wheat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
Crosses Arctic Waters Bear
ing TidingS Of Crew
BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
David Richie Traverses 500 Miles o.
Northern Wilderness and Turbu-
lent Hudson Strait to SuccOr
His Comrades.

st, Johns, n. r., Sept 2O.-The plucl
and hardihood Of a young Scotch bar
pooner, David Richie, who crossed Tn,
stormy waters of Hudson strait alon,
in an open boat to the Morayian settle
ments on northern Labrador brought a
from the dead word Of the safety Of
the eight members Of the crew Of the
Scotch whaling ship Snow Drop. lost il
Frobisher strait Sept. Is, 1905
Further particulars Of the hardship.
Of the crew reached here Saturday night
The tidings were the first since the news
that the Snow Drops crew was safe
reached here Wednesday from Indian
Harbor, which point Richie reached on
Dr. Wilfred T. Grcnrelps missionary
schooner Lorna Doone.
The Snow Drop was given up for lost
with all on board last December when
a bottle was picked up or the coast d
Scotland saying that the ship was sink
ing with all on board.
With eight men, the Snow Drop had
left Dundee, Scot, early in June. 1908,
for seasons trading among the Esd-
mos 81 Bafiinland. She made good
trip and secured d cargo 81 bear skins,
waIrus hides and one whale. and was
returning when she was wrecked in Fro
bisher strait
The crew managed to reach the coast
Of Bafinand in an open boat, short Of
provisions. The Arctic winter was com.
ing on, cutting of the last small chance
Iof . stray whaler picking them M
Desperate efforts were made e tFoss
Hudson strait to the northern coast 81
Labrador in an open boat bat each time
gales or big ice fields hurled the men
back on the barren shores Of BaHin-
land.
The men were put on an allowance Of
one ships biscuit a day and were suffer-
ing bitterly when they reached an Eski.
mo settlement, where they spent the
winter
With the coming Of the brief summer
Of those northern ATTITUDES. Ritebie de.
eided to make one more endeayor to
reach civilization TO Get sueeor for bis
comrades With an Eskimo guide he
travelled on foot and by dog lied 500
miles until be reached a spot on Hudson
strait favorable FOR crossing. There re
got boat and fought his way through
drift ice and storm. sinale-handed. to
the Labrador coast, where he found a
Morayian settlement
There he was picked up by DR.. Gren
fells ship Of good cheer, the Lorna
Doone which brought him to Indian Har-
Dor, where the wireless dashed ID the
world the news Of ne safety of tie eight
men Who had long been thougbt dead
Richie says am The crew are we'll ex.
eept one, whose feet were badly frozen
The Snow Drop was a ship 81 about
$50 tons burden and was built IN 1873.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
1t Costs More to Live Than
1t Ever Did
WHERE INCREASES COME
Dealers Say That Flour and Butter win
Cost No More-Eggs May GO
up Another Notch or
Two.

Boston, Sept 2o,-It costs more Il
live than il ever did--eyerybody agrees
to that There is difference Of opinion
as to how much more And though that
rs difference on which the housewife
and the storekeeper may never reach an
agreement, they both may be Of the
opinion that people are living III greater
luxury than they ever have before.
The workingmsn may get Indignant
when told, even BY the secretary Of agti-
culture. that the average laborer is TO-
day living better than Quen Elizabeth
did in her time"
Secretary Wilson had just returned
u Washington from a months vacation
On his Iowa farm and was much inn
pressed by the luxury in which the farm
ers lived.
Aud in the seertary's opinion the
workiugman is inclined to live high,
too.
Take the meat bills Of the laborer
in Washington to-day" he said You
will iind that they eat meat three times
day most 81 then--and what is more.
they arc not content with any kinds
they want the best cuts. They can at.
ford them. As a result. the price Of
meat is away up
Boston grocers bear out the secretary
in his opinion. Without quoting stalls
ties. fair statement Of the opinions
gathered from the wholesale grocers
would be that the food necessities on
which there has been an increase IN the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
He was pirrr.

When Bloaeins, sr., on the occasion
Of his annual party, was oblging his
guests with "Tis Love That Makes the
World Go Round" Master William
Bloegins seized tho opportunity to re-
tire Tor a few minutes behind his Jap
anese screen with his sire's half.smok-
ed cigar
The applause subsiding, Master Blog
gins WHs observed BIZ one Of the com
pany 70 be booking far from we'll. His
face had taken Oh the hue Of putty and
his eyes stood ont like small hat pegs
Good gracious. Willie What's the
matterfH cried Mrs Bloggins in alarm.
Il believe you've been smoking"
Willie shook his head.
Taint that he declared, mtruth.
fully. III it's trae what fathers been
singing about, III re-reckon I'm iii
love! Tit Bits
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20

Each season Mr.. Paul Gilmore comes
forward with o new comedy drama,
eabora.e1y staged and admirably cast,
and consequently his prestige has in-
creased until he stands among the most
popular of dramatic stars This year
he Is said to have surpassed his for
mer success with his most pretentiols
production in the comedy drama OF the
Canadian frontier, "The Call Of the
North" which be comes to the opera
house next Thursday night September
90. This comedy drama takes its
story and characters from the popular
novel hy Stewart Edward White. Con
Jurors House which has heen one OF
Tie best sellers" 81 the past few years.
Tie dramatic version, under the title
Of The Call Of the North, IS BY the
famous playwright George Broadhufst,
Who won great favor with his former
successes, such as "The Man OF the
Hour and other nelodramatic come
dies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
MAGAZINE REV lew
NC HIghest coz coursa b Europe.

The highest golf course in Europe is
that at Maloia, in the Upper Engadine.
The course 81 nine holes, varying from
ITO 70 $50 yards, Is between Maloja and
the pass which leads from the Engadine
TO the Lake Of Como and commands love.
ly views Of the Silser See aud the snow.
claid peaks; tile hazards are chiefly de-
pressions between the hills The altitude
OF these links Is about 5000 feet above
sea level, The small course at St, Nor
itz 10 about the same altitude, while
that at Samaden, one Of the finest links
on the continent, il about $500 feet; the
next highest being that OF Montana,
above the Rhone valley, about 5000 feet.
Maloia is an ideal spot for those who
wish to be quite off the tourist track,
and in country like Switzerland it is
not easy nowadays TO get away from
the crows Of August. The nearest sta.
ton Is ten miles away, at St. Moritz.--
From the Queen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
on. scIssorsI

The first grade teacher had sheen able
to spank Tommy with the greatest en-
thusiasn, but his next teacher had not
reached the point where she felt she
could do justice to him in spite Of all his
naughtiness.
Send him to me when you want him
one morning, after her colleague had
related his many misdemeanors.
About eleven o'clock Tommy appeared
al the first grade teachers door She
dropped her work, seized him by the arm,
dragged him to the dressing-room, turned
him over her knee and did her duty.
When She had finished she said, Well,
Tommy, what have you to say"
Please, miss, my teacher wants the
scissor5 ~ Everybody's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
ON HIS WAY HOME.
Senator William p Dillingham; Leaves
Honolulu For United States.

Honolulu, SEPT. 20.--The United
States congressman who have been Wis.
iting the Hawaiian islands, left yester.
day for San Francisco on the steamer
Mongolia, with Senator William p.
Dillingham;, Of Vernant, who with As.
sistant Secretary Of Commerce and La
Dor William 81 Wheeler has Investigate
Ell the labor conditions III the Islands.
Senator Dillinghom has spent few
weeks in the Hawaiian islands al tile
result ON complaints registered bv the
owners Of the sugar plantations there in
regard to theis inability 10 proceed with
their work using the Orintal labor, and
as the laws are sneh that no European
labor contracts can be made, the inn
migmtion committee Of the Senate dep
uiized Senator Dillinghom TO look over
the situation and report.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
FELL 80 FEET TO THE GROUND

Man and Woman Thrown From Rae
ing TobOggan at Summer Street.
New York, Sept 2o.--While making
a turn in a car on the top tier Of a to-
boggan racer at Fort George yesterday
Mrs. Mary Bradhurst and Henry Muir
ply Of this city, were thrown out and
fell distance Of 30 feet The woman
landed on the eraund, breaking nearly
every bone in her body, while the man
fell onto the tracks Of the first tier
and hung suspended ii mid air about 40
feet from the ground. When rescued
he and the woman we're taken te a hos
pital but there is little hope Of their
recovery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20


on remain at the same general level
During the past summer. - everyone
Is aware, butter and eggs have been
higher than for years MIX was ad-
vanced to the winter schedule Of last
year full two months earlier than
usual
IT Il some consolation to BE- told by
tie wholesalers that there are quantities
81 western butter which viii come into
the eastern market shodld the home
product 60 any higher. Butter is as high
as it win 80, they say.
Eggs may 90 a little higher. Selected
eggs from private stock" 60 to so cents
a dozen every winter now There are
10000 more crates Of egg in cold stor-
age than there were a year ago
Headlines have heralded an advance
in the price Of -four Flour is now sell
ing at S725 a barrel retail and has
reached lis high mark for the year. In
fact everything except fresh vegetables
il near the high mark.
Sugar is 80 cents a hundred pounds
higher than i was couple Of months
ago but though the grocer is making
only 8 pei cent, he will not put Up the
price until there Is a concerted movement
among the leading stores.
The grocer says that cereals, canned
goods ard fresh vegetables remain at
practically the level Of five years ago.
There are 2o0oe,00o more mouths to
feed than there were 20 years ago, And
most of these mouth are gaping from
the ofercrowded rookeries Of the great
city Rents are higher fuel isliighef
and food Is higher It costs little more
to grow an ear Of corn or a hill Of pc.
tatoes than is used TO- but they are
further away from market when they
are crown. Standards on food eommodi-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
AMUSEMENT NOTES
"The House Of a Thousand Candles" at
Opera House Tonight.

The mysterious rooms i'll Tie House
oil Thousand Candles promise to
arouse unusual attention among theatre
goers The play is even more weird and
remarkable than the book as the sit.
nations are intensified The drama has
been proving one Of the sensations Of
the year from the fact that It's story
is such a radical departure from the
beaten track The House Of Thous-
and Candles viii he most magniiieently
staged oil it's presentation At the opera
house this evening The stage settings
for the faar acts are carried, while the
company i practically the same as APP
peared IN The original Representations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
FRAcruREs BoYs Skull.
Crown Prince Of Germany Runs Over
Lad While AutomobiIing.

Berlin, Sept. 20.-While the Crown
Prince was automobihng through the
village Of Herzfelde last evening be ran
over a six year old boy, fncturing bis
skull The Prince rendered fret aid 10
the injured and then took the boy to a
hospital He has undertaken to provide
for the boys future II he RECEIVERS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
60 Re Couldn't Mske Good.

'How's your garden coming on3"
'Why DO you AK that question: de-
manded the suburbanite suspicially.
Just ont Of politeness.'
aGlad to hear that, I thought may
BE- had promised you some vegetables
kansas City Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
WIVES JARRED pARrYs PLANS.
Refused to Allow Husbands to Run For
Mayor.

New Haven, Conn.,, Sept 20,--Three
prominent New Haven women present
a warm argument against woman's suf-
frage by refusing to allow their hus-
bands to run Tor Mayor on the Re-
publican ticket.
The party leaders urged ex-Gover-
nor Woodruff to become a candidate
and he declined on the ground that his
wife was unwilling for him TO run.
Next the nomination was offered TO
Eli Whitney, grandson Of the inventor
of the cotton gin, and a member Of the
Yale corporation. He declined, saying
that Mrs. Whitney did not wish him to
run.
The machine then turned to Judge
Mcclellan Mathewson Of the city court,
who, after conferring with Mrs. Mathew
son, said that be could not accept the
nomination because she vetoed the pro-
position. The party leaders are now
looking for bachelor 70 offer the nom
nation to.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
CO.'S 70 IoIN TAFT.
Secretary Baliinger to Accompany The
President TO Seattle.

Washington, Sept. 90. Secretary of
the Interior Bsllinger started this at.
ternoon for Denver, where he will Join
President Taft on his western trip. He
win accompany Mr. Taft only as far as
Seattle,
Mr. Ballinger Il anxious to complete
much unfinished work in connection
with his recent investigations Of the
various reclamation projects and the
national forestry reserves, before the
converting Of Congress, and in order to
do 50 he will be obliged to return to
Washington in October
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN.
Sharp Shock Experienced at Grenada,
Causing Panic in the Streets

Madrid, Sept 2oA sharp earth
quake occurred at Grenada and in that
neighb0rhood yesterday, several houses
being damaged, while the streets were
Immediately filed with terrified inhabi-
tants, screaming and praying a reli-
gious festival was going on at the Ali.
gnstine church, and the building was
crowded. The Officiating clergyman
vsinly tried to persuade the eougrega-
ton to be calm but they rushed into
the streets in panic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20

way. l doctored
until / was dis
eouraged, an d
thought / should
never get well. /
read o testimonial
about Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
thought / would
try It. After TAX
ing three bottles /
was cured, and
ucvar folf al woll
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
Little Miss Mighty.

Little Miss Mighty Is on the stair,
With lips Of laughter and tousled hair;
Little Miss Mighty with bare feet stands
On the borserworld Of the siumber lands,
Waiting to sing through the eyeuhght
The soft reverie Of her sweet good night.
Good night. good night, good night
to you,
Good night, good night to all;
Good night, good night, dear skies d
hMei1
Good night. the eclioes call
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
AUTO KILLS yoUNcsTER.
Millionaire Owner Arrested in Worces-
ter on Charge Of Manslaughter

Worcester Mass sept 20. while
running his automobile through shrews-
bury street. Norman H. White, Of
.Brooklyn, millionaire member Of the
House of Representatives in Stanley,
killed Joseph Bourgeois, a boy 8 years
old Mr. White was arrested on the
charge Of manslaUQhter but was re-
leased ID $1,000 bonds for his hearing
on Wednesday The boy ran IN front
of the car which was running At a mod
crate rate Of speed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
AUTO PASSENGER KILLED.
Harry I. Buckley Newspaper Man Of
PhiIadeIphia. Victim Of Wreck

Philadelphia. Sept. 20.-Hany Buck
ley, newspaper man OF Philadelphia
who was carrying message from
President Taft to Seattle in q relay
automohile race under the auspices Of
the Philadelphia Press, was killed yes.
terday afternoon when the automobile
was wrecked near Lebanon, Pa. The
race was abandoned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
IF ILL. rRY rHE NEws cURE.
Daily Paper Found to Improve The
Health Of Hospital Patients.

DaiIy Taper tVIIIu @ AIIPtvFt 4M0
Health Of Hospital Patients.
Los Angeles, Sept. 20-A new fea-
tilre in the care Of patients in hospi-
tails was introduced permanently Sat
urday in the California hospital after
experiments had proved its value.
The innovation consists Of daily
newspaper, containing resume Of all
the news Of the day The news i read
to the nurses at luncheon Thus the at
tendants are prepared to tell the pa
tients the events of the day.
The therapeutic value Of the plan, as-
cording to DR.. Walter Lindley, head Of
the hospital, Il great.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20

Washington, p &, Sept. 2o.-An in
crease iii pension has been allowed
Robert b Corruar Of south Rxegate.
Amounting to SIS per month, beginning
August IS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILLYIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

RockIand, Maine. -" / was troubled
for long time with pains in my back
and side, and was miserable IN every
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-20
arlond nieht.a az eolIoes call.

Little Miss Mighty. ali. see her trip
To kiss good night in her mighty slip;
TIE ringleted gold Of her tousled head
Her laughing eyes aud her lips Of red
Bare of feet on the stair she stands,
~Good night, good night good night to
dad
Good night good nights sweet
dreams"
Good night, good night, dear heart and
glad
Good night, the twilight CLEANS
Little Miss Mighty has flown from me,
She has sailed away on the slumber sea
LitJle Miss Mighty Is tall and fair,
But | soc her still on tle little stair,
Laughing and sinain9 phantom sweet,
With ton1led hair and the bare pink feet.
Good night good night, good night,
my dear;
Good night good night. my loves
Good night, and may Gods angels hear
Where they sing good night abore
Baltimore Sun.