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The daily sentinel., 1909-02-03
TODAY Is YEARS AGO
FROM DAILY SENTINEL
(Friday.)

tFflday.)
c. Fl. Ketchum is having his store
room repapered and ramodeled.
There are severai aspirants for the
position of captain of the Uniform
Rank, X. of p, made vacant by the
election of Captain C. p. Bliss to the
rank of major of the third battalion.
B. T. Napier. one of the most sue
cessful merchants in the state will
open a large and complete dry goods
establishment in the Calender block
tomorrow or next week.
a card party win be given at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Jones
this evening. Mrs. Jones will be as
sisted by Mrs. w. p. Ella. The man
dolin club will render several of their
beautiful selections during the even
ing.
]. Clayton Nichols has in prepara-
tion a paper on the geological forma-
tion of La Plata county, which will
be read before the Academy OF
Sciences at their next meeting Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Edwin Price will entertain at
luncheon at her home on Colorado
avenue. the afternoon of Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday. of next
week.
Little Miss Ethel Adams, Miss
Edith Yetter and Mrs. Samuel N.
Wheeler, are on the sick list.
Mrs. NJ. NJ Shores and daughter,
Pearl, leave tonight for Michigan.
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Every man and woman, in the
least familiar with American
life. know that Russell ii. Com
well, who comes to Grand juno
tion tomorrow to deliver one of
his magnificent lectures as IL
number of the lecture course, is
wonderful, remarkable man.
The story of his work is IA mar
velous revelation. Here is "a
brief sketch:
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jim Harkins was among the arriv-
ais in the city yesterday from Grand
Junction. He says brother John is
doing fine real estate business there
and is well pleased with his new To-
cation.-Aspen Democrat.
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DENTIST

Winter rates via the Rio Grande
for Havana. Mobile. Jacksonville
New Orleans. Albuquerque. El Paso
Galveston. Mexico City and many
other points. Call at city office. lis
South Fourth or phone Junction IL
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-03

A hath installed by me is a daily
pleasure and a constant joy. j. E
Mckenzie. the plumber.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25

IN all my life. recommend Lydia i.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all
my friends. - Mrs. WILL YOUNG, 6
Columbia Avenue, Rockland, Me.
Backache is symptom of female
weakness or arrangement. If 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 E. 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 in proves
conclusively that Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs. has restored health to thou
sands Of women.
Mrs. PfnkhaIn. of Lynn, Mass,
invites al sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health free OF
charge.
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William Howard Taft.

MFR Taft's mind is Of the judicia
type; but it is something more than thai
Placed in a position OF executive re,
sponsibility, the ordinary Judge wind.
himself about with red tape, loses him.
self In precedent. Taft's mind il large
enough to rise one stage higher that
that. While remaining true to the fun
damental principles Of law, he can cut
his own red tape. His practical accom-
plishment, the restoration of order in
the Philippines, illustrates this comb
nation of faculties. He was there to g :
tablish the law in turbulent, unsettled
half-sayage state, new both to law and
t liberty. Ignoring precedent when
precedent hampered the spirit of the
law. he adjusted, he harmonized, he
made a government for those ungovern
ed islands.
So, we may say now as he takes his
seat. the dominant note of Mr.. Taft's
administration will be executive justice
positive, virile. resoiute justice, which
win not await tardy complaints. With
sn initiative and purpose Of his own, be
win seek out wrongs and right them &C
cording TO the principles of that funda
mental law in which all his training has
taught him to believe. His will be a
quiet. forceful kind Of radiealism--a
III dicalism which will settle controver-
sizes rather than create them-the kind
of radicalism that counts.
Tools of this justice and this common
sense view of the methods of Justice.
are his sweetness and his Inherent
strength Of character-aa rainbow about
throne That self-sacrifiee which
maAes him generous to the point of
imprudenee in his private affairs is per
sonal, not official; he gives from his
smile of big, good-natued boy is the
unshamed expression of kind and
gentle character superimposed upon a
masterful and serious nature. Don't
let that smile deceive you; don't think
that it indicates any flabby yearning
for popularity.
He is the proper successor to Theo-
dore Roosevelt: prominently the man
to meet and solve the issues raised by
the Roosevelt administration. He will
meet and solve them without disturbing
the country's affairs-ynless some one
Is deceived by that smile.-James p
Brown, in the March Everybody's.
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great hound at the asylum, the proper
~ Of one OF the attendants. Green and
other patients would be tied In chair
and the dog tied TO ring in the wall
and left together for half an hour. The
rope on the dog would be tied 80 that
he could get hts teeth within an inch
Of his victims legs. On several coca.
sions the rope stretched and enabled
him to inflict terrible bites. Green con-
cealed pencil and paper and managed
to write Of these things and pass them
to the editor. After q month had
passed he had made a good case
against the doctor and was told to
chop II Off there. This he refused to
do He wanted to get the whole Of II
down 10 the last detail.
When he refused to play insane to
please the doctor, who must have
known that he was perfectly sane
man, Green was starved for two days
az time, and the punishments num-
bered a score. One of the worst was
heading him up IN barrel and rolling
him around the back yard for half an
hour at a time. The food he descrfb-
ed as not ft for dogs, though the Ar
gus, to oblige the doctor, had publish
ed bill of fare fit for wealthy people
TO sit down to. Sane or insane, every
patient had program to 80 through
with when visitors were being shown
through the place. They must speak
of the doctor as God and bless him for
his goodness. II asked what they had
to eat they must mention list Of
twelve articles. To fail in these
things meant brutal beating. The
editor could see at each weekly visit
how Green was falling, and at last q
rertain day was set for the expose
and his release. Before that date
came word was received that he had
made his escape, Just after the word
came he entered the office and walked
over to his desk without speaking TO
any one. There he sat for half an
hour with bis head In his hands, and
when the city staff finally gathered
around him he lifted his head and be-
gan to babble like child. He was
clean gone daft. and, though he lived
en- for three years, his reason never
returned.
The next day the asylum was mob
bed and the doctor had to fly for his
life. The Argus had said that he was
good man and merciful man and
that his enemies had done him injus-
tice The Argus had scoop right at
hand, but It was never published. The
editor couldn't see his way clear to
eating his own words. NJ. QUAD.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
New Bodies For Old.

The family physician Of the near flu
ture can be pictured in the minds eye
making out work sheet for the guidance
of the surgeons to accompany a hypo.
theteal patient TO the hospital, which
might read something like this:
"Amputate rheumatic right leg and
graft on a new one.
"Cut out kidneys, which are develop
ing Bright's disease, and transplant
sound ones, preferably from a healthy
young hog.
Reverse circulation of blood in the
thyroid gland to produce hyperaemia
and thus reduce diseased condition.
Overhaul the intestines aud patch
where needed. The rest of him is hard
ly good enough to stand the expense Of
a new set.
Overhaul circulatory system, replac
ing unserviceable veins and arteries with
new ones. Put in new heart only il
absolutely necessary.
"Cut out stomach. II is completely
worn out and has we'll developed can
GER. Besides. he won't have much use
for it hereafter, as it will take all his
taAhlilks iOi "a ioip Nme W NuHe W pdy
his hospital bill
"Cut out his left lung. II is so far gone
with tuberculosis TINT it is good for
nothing and only endangers the rest.
Trim off fifty or sixty pounds of fat
With reduced stomach and lung capa-
city he can't carry SO much ballast.
MAKE all minor repairs needed to
keep him going for ten or twelve years
more"
Nonsense, say you
Not bit of it. Perhaps no one man
could stand it to have quite all these
things done to him at one time, but the
surgeons could do their part all right.
They know they could, because they
have already performed all these seem
ingly impossible feats and great many
moro besides.
Unbelievers may find at the Rookie.
teller institute for Medical Research in
New Yorw some living circumstantial
evidence in support of these staggering
ssertions--From "ATarvels of Modern
Surgery" in March Technical World
Magazine.
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distributed throughout the eastern part
of the United States, and at the present
time is comparatively cheap and album
dant. If, therefore, the railroads whose
lines are located in the regions where
beech is abundant can mako use Of this
wood, treated with some suitable pre-
sentative, another source of supply OF tie
timber will be opened up.
Stumpage values have been increasing
so rapidly during the last few years that
many railroads have found 1t necessary
to modify their timber policy, and they
yearly apply preservatiyes to a greater
number of ties and to more kinds Of
wood. Substitute woods naturally vary
with different sections of the country, but
in most cases they lack the two essen
tial qualities found in white oak, namely,
resistance to mechanical wear and to de-
cay. Experience proves that wear can
be successfully retarded by the use Of
tie plates and other mechanical devices,
and decay can be postponed by the apph-
cation of proper preservatives. The new
conditions have made it necessary for
many railroad companies to meet the
problem of preservation by establishing
treating plants at central points Of dis
tribution along their lines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
TRY THIS FOR YOUR
COUGH

Nix two ounces Of glyeerine with q
half-ouncs Of Virgin OIL of Pine com
pound pure and half pint Of straight
whislsey. Shake we'll, and take In dos
es of a teaspoonful every four hours
This mixture possesses the healing
healthful properties Of the pines, and
viii bresk a cold in twenty-four hours
and cure any cough that is durable. In
having this formula put up, be sure that
your druggist usos tho genuine Virgin
Oil Of Pine compound pure, prepared
and guaranteed only by the Leach Chem
ical Co., Cincinnati, 0.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
MAGAZINE REVIEW.


NAVFVAahus way "a 0VihB AhlnBa'
A question had been raised about the
relation which Mr.. Garland, the attor-
ney-gsneraI, had held, before his ap.
pointment, as counsel 10 the telephone
patents. The newspapers had been MI
ed with this talk for a time and the
opinion prevailed In newspaper circles
that the charge contained the potential
tiles Of real political scandal In the
Cabinet, the conclusion was reached that
soms official explanation must DO
made by Mr.. Garland. IL was therefore
agreed that he should prepare state
ment, in the form OF a letter to the
president, to be made public as an au-
thorizeh defence on the part of the adj
ministration.
We found in the long-locked room the
original of this document in the hand.
writing Of the attorney general. But
Mr.. Cleveland had not been satisfied
with either the form or the arguments
of the suggested letter, and, docketed
with IL, we found second draft OF the
proposed statement. II was in Mr..
Oleveland's handwriting, and covered
from twelve TO twenty pages Of fools
cap; not one OF his easily recognized
rough drafts, but fair copy. He had
not been satisfied with the arguments
of the attorney general In his own be-
half, and had consequently taken up
the case, studied the details with the
same care that he would have given TO
a law case under his control, and had
then written and addressed TO himself
the letter which, in other circumstance,
he would have submitted to client in
the form of an opinion. Neither state
ment was ever used; but the incident il
illustrates Ceveland's painstakiny
+. Parker in McClure's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
The Cookbook.

Chickens with yellow skin and feet
make the richest stews.
When the icing of a cake is difficult
to cut the knife should be dipped in
hot water.
If Eve or SIX potatoes are added to
the sponge the bread win keep moist
much longer.
Eggs used for covering eroquettes
may be the whole eggs or the whites
only, never yolks only.
In making cake grease the tin
with sweet lard rather than butter and
rift a little dry four over It.
Melted butter used for basting is
used IN proportion Of one tablespoon
ful melted to one cupful Of hot water.
Always keep hot while using.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
RAILROADS scoUR COUNTRY
For Adequate Tie Supply-The Import
ance of Wood for This.

Washington, Feb. 25.--That the hum.
bic railroad tie is most important fac
tor in the material development of the
country is a great truth that is little
understood by people outside of railroad
circles. The putting engine that speeds
at the rate of mile or more minute
over the country is a slave to the two
steel rails that insure smoth and safe
road. and these rails in turn depend
on the old-fashioned wooden eross-tie
which holds them in place.
Yankee invention has not yet found
substitute which has induced the rail
roads to give up wood, although experts
say that the day will surely come when
the country's forests win no longer be
called upon to supply the demand for ties.
Up to the present time it seems that no
other material has been found which has
the resiliency of wood and which at the
same time causes less wear and tear on
the rails, fastenings and roadbed.
The country's railroad during the lasr
two or three years used 100000 to
$50 100000. of sawed and hewn ties a
year The ideal tie timber is white oak,
which combines the qualities of dura-
bility. hardness, strength, and close grain.
1t is not only excellent for ties, but is
widely used in ship building, for gem
eral construction, in cooperage, in the
manufacture OF carriages, for agricultu-
raj implements. interior finish of houses,
and for furniture. On account of this
wide use, the supply has been greatly
reduced and some of the railroads have
been forced to pay almost prombitive
prices for ties, or to substitute other
and cheaper woods to replace the white
oak ties rapidly disappearing from their
lines.
Over 40 per cent. of the ties recently
purchased by the railroads Of the coun-
try are oak, according to the latest sta
tistics of United States Forest Service.
Cross.ties Of Southern pine formed some
what less than % per cent, Douglas fir
ties ranked third, with approximately 10
per cent Of the total Naturally the pro-
portion of these two timbers viii increase
as the supply Of oak dwindles. This is
also true of cedar, chestnut, cypress,
Western pine, tanarack, hemlock, and
other trees which are coming into the
market as tie timbers.
Cedar, which is very durable, has been
used extensively to take the place of
white oak for ties, but it is so soft that
it is readily cut by the rails. This ne
cessitates the use Of tie plates and other
protective devices when cedar ties are
used As the supply of cedar is also
short, it is necessary for the
railroads to seek further for new tie tim
Der. One OF the woods which has all the
requisites Of good tie, with the excep
ton Of durability, is the beech.
A beech tie generally consists largely
of sap wood, which partly accounts for
its lack of durability, but, on the other
hand, allows a thorough and easy pre-
treatment. In Germany and
France, beech ties have been success
fully preserved from decay, and are used
very extensively. Beech is found widely
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
English Etchings.

The number Of British ships laid up
at the end Of the year was estimated
at million tons.
Deaf bicycle riders in England carry
badge at the rear Of their wheels to
safeguard them against motorists.
A Grimsby woman, aged seventy
FIVE, who when a girl injured her
spine by falling from a swing, has not
left her bed for sixty-five years.
The word spread" as a slang word
originated at Cambridge university. 1t
did not imply profuse feast, how
ever, but poor one, spread over the
table to make a show.
After 172 years Of agitation bill
has been introduced In parliament for
the adjustment Of the Office of play
censor in England. The Office was ere
ated to muzzle Henry Fielding, and it
had the immediate and permanent eff
feet Of turning him from the medium
Of the play to that of the novel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
sIREs AND SONS.

John 7. Lynch has been chief of the
Holyoke fire department for twenty
four years.
Isaac Rash Of Dover, Del, has q
pair of boots which he has worn for
thirty-eight years, and they are stil
In good condition.
Stanley Field, nephew Of Marshall
Field, founder Of the Field Museum Of
Natural History, Chicago, has been
elected president Of the Institution.
William II. Harrington Of Claremont,
N. H, at the age Of eighty-one is cut
ting third set of teeth. He has never
had a toothache or the help OF dem
fist.
In recent installation OF officers OF
the Il. P. Wallace post, G.. A. R., DR..
John A. Douglass Of Newburyport,
Mass, was placed in the same Office
for the fortieth consecutive time.
Meme Wallace, the Eskimo boy who
was taken to New York u few years
ago by Commander Peary and who
has entered Manhattan college, is said
to be the first Eskimo college student
in any country.
Hon. John Sinclair, who has been
secretary for Scotland since 1905, has
just been raised to the peerage. His
elevation is due to Premier Asquith's
desire to have member of the cabi-
net intimately connected with Scot
land in the upper house.
Daniel r. Bradley, ninety years old,
the other day left Charles street jail
In Boston, where he had served as
keeper and performed other duties for
more than half century. For twen-
ty-hye years he was deputy sheriff,
and for ffty-four years he had charge
of prisoners at the jail.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
A PRIVATE
INSANE ASYLUM.


icovyrignt 1907. by n NJ. Cunningham. !
DR.. Treats private insane asylum,
situated nine miles from the city, had
been in existence for zen years when
she frst breath Of suspicion was raised
against it. The editor of the Daily Ar
gus was q personal friend Of the doc
tor. He regarded 1t as one Of the
model institutions Of the country and
had time and again commended It In
the most favorable terms.
One day young woman escaped
and told such tales as led to an inves-
hgation.
The trick Of getting reporter into a
prison or an asylum for few weeks
30 report on the condition Of affairs
was new thing then, though old
enough now. On the city staff OF the
Argus was a man named Green He
suggested the plot that was carried
out. He was to be sent to DIR. Treats
asylum for treatment. The editor took
up the idea net because he doubted
the doctor, but from newspaper
standpoint. Green wonid find nothing
to crftieise dnring bis stay, but his ar
tieles on life in an insane asylum
would make good reading. II would be
q stroke Of newspaper enterprise to
show that the Argus was wide awake.
The details OF the plot were worked
out. and then Green suddenly disap-
peared. 1t was learned from the editor
afterward that his friends had him
tncarcarated In the asylum as "trou-
blesome person" In plain English
that meant that he stood between
somebody and property. Two doctors
were found to certify to the fact that
he was "harmlessIy insane" That
meant he was in the way, but not ex-
actly given to chopping up people with
an ak. His examination by these doc
tors lasted less than half an hour.
The editor continued to visit the
doctors retreat and to assure him
that he believed In his integrity, but
each time he went ont there he man
aged to secure brief Interview with
Green. In fact, he was handed a writ
ten report OF what had been seen and
heard. why none OF these reports
twelve in alI--were never published
will be explained later. Green had not
gone to the asylum to dissemble. He
announced ON his arrival that he was
perfectly sane, and he continued to
talk and act like any sane man.
For the first three days he was wen
treated. Then he was called into the
doctor's Office and told that If he con-
linued to play the hypocrite he would
bring down punishment on himself
The doctor meant by that that II
Ereen still continued to act like a sane
man he might expect trouble. He re-
fused to make any change and was
placed In dark cell for three days.
As he was still rational when he came
out. ons OF the keepers knocked him
down with club.
That was the beginning OF the mans
persecution. He could have been re-
leased at any time by tipping the wink
10 the editor. but he had determined
10 make his investigation a thorough
one. One Of the punishments was be-
Ing tied down on cot, face upward,
and a dish OF water suspended from
the ceiling in such a manner that
single drop struck bis face every sec
ond. At the end Of an hour each drop
seemed TO have the force OF s sledge
hammer. Another swas to tickle the
soles of his feet until he went into
mysteries. There was a ferocious
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25

way. / doctored
until / was dis
couraged, an d
thought I should
never get well. /
read a testimonial
about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
thought / would
try it. After tax
ing three bottles !
was cured, and
pavar fa1t en- wall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
Watchorn Mrv Lose lob.

Washington, Feb. 25.--According to re.
port current here, Robert Watchorn, COM
missioner Of immigration at Ellis island,
win fail Of reappointment as the result
Of the investigation by Commissioner of
Corporations Smith.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-25
WANTED in BOSTON.
Daniel Maquarre and Mrs. Lemon Under
Arrest in San Francisco.

san Francisco. Feb 25.-Inspector Of
Police Ainslee C. Armstrong and Ser
geant Of Police Gilbert II. Aneell Of Bos'
ton have arrived in this city with extra
dition papers for Daniel AEaqnarre and
Mrs. Mathilde Lemon. who are wanted
in Boston on grave charges preferred by
the husband Of Mrs Lemon, Clement
lemon. an instructor of music. When
arrested in this city on a warrant sent
from Boston, the couple had just opened
3 smill millinery store