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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

MOLD ron pos4s.

Of the ends They are held IN position
when molding posts by a hook and
eyeiet to fasten same 70 end boards.
Take some inside window stops.
usually one half inch thick BY three.
quarters OF an inch wide plane down
the edges SO as to make one-haif inch
square and cut into pieces I've and
one-hslf inches for the sides and two
and three-quarter inches for the bot
tom Tack these to side and bottom
boards az the points you wish the wire
ties to come. This depends upon the
fence you Will erect and for ordinary
use Is six inches apart This com
pletes the machine. which Il operated
as follows:
Mix portland cement one pagt with
SIX parts Of clean sand and gravel
after placing your reinforcing wire
I'll into machine and lamp down sol
idly, After you have the machine filed
turn It bottom side up on to a board
and unlock books at each end This
allows the sides and ends to be folded
back from the post without danger
Of injuring the same, and thus man
at each end can lift machine easily.
The posts are left upon the boards to
dry and should not be touched for
four days or a week. II the weather IL
dry they should be sprinkled once or
twice a day to retard the setting
which makes them stronger. As soon
as they have permanently set" or
hardened, pile them up as you would
any post
The reinforcing wires are placed by
boring one-eighth inch holes IN each
end of machine. For average work
three will be enough, but IL a strong
post IS desired use Eve Through these
holes string No. wire, which Is inn
bedded in the concrete and thus
strengthens the posts, preventing any
vibration or strain from breaking
them, End posts may be nodded with
holes at proper place to which you can
attach braces with bolts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
Eranranee of tlaN.

The agreeable odor Of freshly cut hay
Is impaired to It by certain plants Of
the family Of the abiates, such as the
salad burnet, woodruff, sweet trefoll,
etc, but in particular By the so called
spring grass or yernal grass (Anthox.
nntum oddratum) This latter IS d very
precoeious gramina that tiourishes as
early as the end Of April or the be-
ginning Of May. II grows III low and
thick tufts aud thrives chiefly ID fresh
and shaded ground
Now. should you ask us whence this
gdor OF the spring grass which 70 hay
imparts its fragrance, It is due TO the
aromatic principle called coumarin by
the chemists. This substance is also
extracted from the above mentioned
plants In which It appears IL appre-
ciable quantities and used in the man.
ufacture OF perfumes as well as Ia
medicines in the form Of sedative and
carminative pastes and sirups against
bronchitis. whooping cough. etc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
YOUNG pUcKs.
They Aavs No Instructive Impulse 70
Enter the Water.

They Have No instructive Impulse 90
Enter the Water.
1t has turned out under the search
Ing experimentation Of recent years,
that much that we have supposed 70
be instinct IN animals Is not Instinct
at all For example the young duck
proves to have 10 instructive impulse
10 enter the water, does not recognize
the element by sight and Is. IN short
IN precisely the same situation as
chick until, by happy chance, It gets
It's legs wet. Wet legs, however. and
the lift Of the water on the body at
ONE start up the swimming reaction.
and away sails the duczling, as chick
ems aud children do not.
The chick, on Its part, has a definite
instinct to peck at any small object
that catches IFS eye THAT takes care
Of It's feeding. But the chick has no
corresponding instinct 70 drink and
would die Of thirst before it would
recognize wafer by sight alone. Drink.
ing it has to learn for itself BY peck
Ing az dewdrops or spots Of light on
the surface OF the water or particles
ct the bottom Of iis cup. Even the
hen. contrary to general belief, proves
to have 10 instructive fear Of the wa
ter for her offspring a hen that has
raised a few broods Of ducks and seen
them take 70 the water becomes highly
distressed when a subsequent hatch of
chickens do not swim In fact. hens
have been reported under these cir
cumstances 70 lead their chicks 70 the
waterside and push them in.-Mc-
Clure's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

or died, when / read about Lydia +.
pinkhams Vegetable Compound 50 /
began to take 1t, and am well again and
relieved Of all my suffering " - Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40 Marion, Nd.
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs. contains no narcotics or harms
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
of female diseases we know OF, and
thousandsof NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements, lbroldtumors,
Irregularities, peri0dicpains, hackaehe,
indigestion and nervous prostitution
Every suffering woman owes II to her.
self To give Lydia X. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound a trial.
III YOU would like special advice
about your case write a confiaen-
tiaI letter to Mrs. Einkham, st
Lynn. Mass. Her advice IS free
and always helpful
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
NESTS IN GULF WEED.
Breeding Place Of the Flying Fish IN
the Saraaaao Sea.

Breeding Place Of the Flying Fish IN
the sargasso Sea.
In the middle Of the north Atlantic
there is an area Of comparatively still
water almost equal to continental
Europe in extent and more or less
covered with floating seaweed. 1t was
known as the Mar de Sargaco to Co
lumbus and the early navigators and
il the Sargasso sea Of modern geog-
raphers.
The floating seaweed was formerly
supposed to have grown near the Ba-
hama and Florida shores and to have
arifted to its present position It is
now, however, known TO grow and
propagate itself where II is found IN
It are found globular masses Of weed
containing fish eggs and known as fish
nests.
Investigations show that the floating
weed Of the Sargasso sea is the chosen
breeding place Of species Of flying fsh.
The eggs found in the nests were at
trihuted to certain species of fish found
resting on them. but careful examina-
ton Of the eggs shows that they really
belong to flying fish.
Apparently. however, the flying fish
do not make the nests themselves
Each end of the egg Of these Ssh is
furnished with lunches Of very long
Elementary tendrils, and by means Of
these the finely divided branches Of
the sargassum weed have been caught
together in globuiar masses. The eggs
may be said to have made their own
nest.-London Field.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
The Future
Of Gotham.
Comptroller Metz Ghes Some Rather Sur.
Drlslng Figures New York Intensely
Interested In AIrShlps BayOnne
After the Standard I'M
proving Health Of
CIb'SWorkers.
81 LAmrs a. rpcERToN.

~ OMPTROLLER HERMAN A.
IS METZ has been figuring on
Z New York's future population,
also on her transit facilities.
In current magazine he gives sum
mary Of recent transit improvements.
then shows how inadequate these will
be to meet future needs II the city
grows as It has grown in the past.
Inasmuch as Metz has been one Of the
men IN control Of the municipal build
ing Of subwsys and is believed TO have
stood III the way Of certain new ven
lures, this sort Of talk from him seems
rather surprising. Still, II ls reassnr-
ing to know that he realizes what
ought to have been done even though
he did not do It. Possibly there was
80 much spent for graft and sinecures
that Metz thought he did not have the
money for legitimate and needed Inn
proyoments.
Mr. Metz gives the figures for the
various transit enterprises that are
now under way or have recently been
completed the ss00O00OO improve
ment Of Maintains water front ths
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
nritish nc German physiaue.

Ten millions Of our people inhabit
dwellings Inferior to the kennels pro-
vided for the hounds ia well man
aged hunt. The results Of living IN
dwellings unfit for human babitation
and the prevalence Of a dietary scale
from which English meat bread aud
milk are excluded are fatal to success.
full rivalry with a virile and healthy
race where agriculture is fostered for
strategical reasons.
Having spent hours IN watching the
arrival Of the early morning trains ip
Berlin and Hamburg, | am appalled,
with the contrast between the vigor
GUS and well set up, broad chested and
healthy looking clerks, brawBy shop.
men and staiwart laborers Oh the 9th
ef side Of the North sea aud the cham
payne sbouldered, COW hooked. pigeon
chested. lack luster trainfuls Of men
of the same classes landed at Liver.
POOL street. Victoria and Charing Cross.
ARNOLD White in London World
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
Ne Ola Maida.

WED have no old maids Il we took
lesson from the ancient Bahyionians,p
q spinster said I'm Babylon unmar-
ried women were graded BIZ the state
according to their looks For beauti-
ful young wife the state demanded q
large number Of gold pieces, a less
desirable wife cost smaller number
Of gold pieces, and this money was all
paid ont again as rewards to those
who married elderly, unattraetive girls.
Thus it cost a fortune to marry beau
ty, but II you married ugliuess a for
tune came to youi hence all was hap
piness in Babylon, aud old maids were
unknown"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
IL arm ana
Garden
IN PLACE or WOOD.

Easy Method For Casting Concrete For
Wire Fencing.
The manufacture Of REINFORCED
concrete fencepost FIVE inches on the
face and beveed TO two and three
quarter inches on the opposite face,
with thickness OF six inches and to-
tai length Of eight feet, viii make an
average OF eighteen posts to the cubic
yard OF concrete Thus posts with
wire reinforcement would cost from
u to 16 cents each for material, de-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

grape basket with stir bale seems il
please customers. IN selling the bull
Of the crop to local customers for can
ming purposes tee sixteen quart JERSEY
peach basket is one of the most salts
factory Of ALL The eight quart (ont
peck) basket pleases good many Gus
toners who do not care to buy pIums
by the half bushei Where good plums
are to be shipped considerable dis
lance the six basket Georgia aeach
carrier Is found very satisfactory
The high state Of perfection to which
plums can be brought is shown ia The
bunch Of Merunla plums in the Illus
tration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

given me new Allts
j suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
Illumination, ulcer
alton, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
on b lie S were
chronic. ! was in
despair, and did not
care whetherI lived
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

sion with buttermiik and does no harm
to the animal The remedy win cost
but little and should be given trial
by way Of experiment It is also
claimed that II buttermilk Is given
horse it viii serve better than ans
other as remedy for bots These
remedies were suggested by parties
who have tested them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

Piums, early and late varieties, am
a profitable fruit What II true o.
nearly everything, there il q good deal
IN the appearance Of plums where
they are prepared for the market Fol
local markets. where the fruit is sold
from the fruit stands the common
quart berry box is a convenient pack
age. Sometimes the small Eve pound
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
soIinabrok,,s Retors.

When Bolingbroke, who was at AK.
ia-Chapelle during the treaty Of peace
at that place, at which time his at
tainder was not removed. was asked
BY an impertinent Freuchman whether
he came there il any public character.
bis iordship answered ssNot at al.
I came like French minister. with no
character at all"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
lust Ike Some People.

Howell Powell is always doing the
wrong thing
Powell Yes. he would yell Hear,
henri at q gathering Of deaf mutes.--
New York Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

It is claimed thar b. pouring butter
milk freely along the backs Of sheer
It win prove a remedy for ticks. II g
gin of kerosene Is added 70 a gallon
Of buttermllk the remedy win be i'm
proved. as the kerosene forms an emul
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

jack Widows are wiser than maids
n one respect at least
Tom-W that's the answer2
Jaek-They never let a good chance
go by. thinking that q better one WIN
come their 0ay.-Chicago News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

~. bees usea for over gTxTY-FIVE YEARS By Nil-
lions Of MOTHERS for theif CAihlhEN VIII
rEETHING. ssh PERFECT eultEsa. " S9ythAa
etiFFs WINE c0IEc ard j. g cess remedy ~ plA
rpfrt gaia ~ Druggists IL every part Of ne Wnfa
~ sure ard ast fer Sire. windows hoothinH syrup
80. 80 20 other kiaH Twenty I've cents bottle Daf-
rrissd under ths food sad Drugs Act June ~ ~ ce 2.
Tunpsf 1923. AZ OLD AID HhAA AiiieD nAaat'Dk =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

Mrs Newbrlde with an air Of tri.
umphl--R Really, was greatly surprised
90 get a wedding present from the Van
der Gllds. They are so exclusive, you
know Miss Jellus Yes, but they are
very charitable. believe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

MARLToN, m III feel that IydiaE.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13
A Wnnder Of solenoe.

Il have been taking some moving
pictures Of life on your farm" said a
photographer to an agriculmrlst. Did
you catca my laborers in motiong
asked the farmer. = think So" "Ah,
well. science Is a wonderful thingr'-
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

Bayonno, n, j.. just across the bay,
contains the Standard on re6neries.
Considering the very prosperous con-
ditiou Of the head OF the trust Bayonne
concluded that she ought to have more
taxes. Accordingly she sent one Of
her assessors into the refinery dis
guised as laborer The assessor
learned enough to satisfy him, and
be raised the plants valuation. Now.
the Standard has almost the same re.
pugnance 10 paying taxes that It has
10 settling $20,OO0OO0 fines. 50 the
matter Is being taken into the courts,
where IT may drag along FOR years.
AS a result Bayonne Is trying TO bor-
row money with which to run her gov.
eminent. It would be interesting to
know exactly what the town officials
think Of the benefactions to Standard
OIL colleges.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

One Of the inspiring signs Of the
times is the new disease lighting agen-
cies started BY some Of the large mer
camille houses aud business firms Of
this city. A few years ago such a
thing would have been laughed at as
chimerical, but today II Is one Of the
established features Of our business
life. The large employer now consid-
ers the health Of bis employees a mat
ter Of legitimate interest and therefore
supplies doctors, nurses and ia some
cases even hospital equipments for
such as become sick Where the EN-
nloyer does not take the matter up the
employees themselves organize and
help each other One OF our big stores
has a miniature hospital, and nearly
all Of them have established free treat
ment. rest cures and other means for
preventing or curing disease
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

will lake up aeropIanes for their Joy
riding Il will make walking safer The
only way an alrship can injura
pedestrian is to fall on him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

Notwithstanding the fact thst the
new tariff puts ''old masters On the
free list, one Of the reasons for re.
moving the duty having been that ].
pierpont Morgan might bring bis great
london art collection TO this country
without paying his hard earned dol
lars. be is not going to import the col
lection, after all-at least SO says his
daughter. Mrs. william Pierson Ham
ilton. And not only is the London col
lection to remain abroad, but the other
Morgan purchases which be has gath
cred in other European capitals The
reason given is best stated In the Ian
guage Of Mrs, Hamilton herself, who
says: "To take q lot Of art treasures
Into country where people are in
want Of the necessaries Of life is alb
surd. My father has, Oh the other
hand, selected for bis collections cen
ters where they win be seen by people
who will appreciate them"
| hope the reader sees the fine irony
Of the situation; also the superfine
snobbery Of the language.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

500. 600 600 tunnels and terminal Of
the Pennsylvania railroad, the states
sl01. 100000 barge canal project. which
viii chiefly benefit New York city; the
100000 for new bridges, the $780,
100000 improvements Of the New
York Cenrars station. terminal and
motor power and the Si19,ti9594
spent FOR Hubwsys already built
The comptroller Is equally ready
with figures concerning past aud pres
emit population. For one thing. be
shows New York is forty times as
populons al she was hundred
years ago. while the country al
whole has only increased ifteenfold.
He also computes population BY the
acre iii the various boroughs, much as
one would estimate yield Of wheat,
corn or cabbages But II bis past
population statistics are inspiring bis
future ones are rather depressing. AS
a prophet the comptroller is scarcely
as exuberant as John sharp Williams
said aOld Figgers" Grosvenor was In
1890 the census gave us 4,564, 792 peo-
pie, IN 1910 Metz allows MS only
1. I30.000 which is at least a quarter Of
million too low, as Is indicated by
the school census and BY the growth
Of the city til other ways But he
seeks to make Up for this discrepancy
BY pushing Us up to 6,605,00o ia 1920
Now, 1920 Is a far cry ahead, and 1t Is
both impossible to tell what the city's
population win then be and immaterial
If It were told. a hundred things may
happen to retard or accelerate growth
between now and then, but next years
population is easy 10 approximate and
important TO know Moreover, It is
hazardous TO put forth an inaccurate
estimate, Tor the census figures win
SO soon be published to confound the
prophet
Mr. Metz has no need to look into
the future however, to prove that New
York needs better transit facilities.
All that is necessary is for one to have
his corns trampled and his ribs pushed
ont Of shape during rush hour in
the subway
Score one for the police. whatever
their sins of omission and commission,
they have covered themselves with
glory ID arresting something above a
hundred subway and II" train row
dies. Travel Ia sardine in our stuffed
transit trust trains Is enough Of an
afiiiction without lot Of roughs and
village cutups making II still more I'M
bearable The subway tough Is not
as dangerous as the joy rider. but he
IS more of a nuisance and bore and
shows the same boorish disregard FOR
the rights Of others.
Rheims IS not the only aeroplane
town on earth even II it has had
most Of the human ayaways for the
past few days. New York is also In.
terested in the new sport and prom
ises to have some flying tests Of her
OWE in the near future Not only WIN
she have the airship race up the Hud-
son during the coming Hudson-TuIron
celebration, but size Is to have two
Blevsot monoplanes here for exhibition
purposes, to say nothing Of Wilbur
Wright and Glenn r Curuss. who. by
the way. IS New York product Those
Of Us Nho have to dodge automobiles
are wishing the new. method Of travel
godspeeo. # our SPORTY mUlionalres
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13


wife desertion ls unquestionahly On
the increase IN New York, Fifty-dve
cases were recently reported in Brook
Ign in one day when asked as to the
reason, officials are slow TO talk, but
generally designate high prices Of the
necessities Of life as one Of the most
prolific causes. Our lax divorce laws
and the consequent contempt with
which marriage is coming to be re.
garded are also mentioned, and a third
reason Is ascribed to the feet that
many Of the wives have been shop.
girls and never learned housekeeping.
OF course the pure cussednessn Of
some OF the husbands bears its share
of the blame now as ever. The con-
sensus Of opinion Is that the cause IL
economic, however, and Is for the most
part the result Of ever increasing cost
Of living due to the trusts III food,
clothing and the necessaries Of life.
In other words. the face Of the whole
industrial aud social world has chang
ed; we are facing entirely new condi.
tons and must meet them with new
and intelligent methods aud remedies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

It IS not every girl who would admit
carrying hand bag containing q
package Of cigarettes, a flask Of whis.
Ky. a pack Of playing cards and other
contents ia kind. but II the bag also
had IN It S2.755 In bills, two gold
watches, two diamond earrings and
other yaluabIes what would the poor
girl do such d hand bag was picked
up On an excursion steamer near this
city. There was nothing about It To
identify It's ownership except the int
tials 90. I. W." For some days no
claimant appeared. Then Miss Grace
Livingston Wheeler Of Philadelphia
who would give no particulars about
herself except her name aud residence.
came upon the scene and described the
contents SO accurately that the bag
was handed TO her without question
It was certainly an embarrassing stu
alton. and the moral Of 1t Is plsin--d0
not lose your baud bag
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-13

1t was bound TO come. Let a man
be a reformer and somebody Is sure
10 knock him. Now it is Loeb After
he had smoked out the grafters. made
the sugar trust pay mp for It's fraudu
lent weights and stopped rich people
from bribing inspectors and SO snug
Cling in their purchases, Loeb, who
ought to be held up as a model 81
virtue. is now being jumped on by the
steamship captains They accuse him
Of being fussy and troublesome. where
as be IS only trying to uphold the tar
IN in All It's dignity But Loeb Is used
to being q goat; also a buffer n he
could act III that belabored capacity
for Roosevelt through seven stormy
years be should not mind being blamed
for the sins Of the tariff.
The Pensacola journal., 1909-10-30
TAFT COCKTAIL
IS ALL THE RAGE
HALF OF NEW ORLEANS is
DRINKING THE NEW MIXTURE,
NAMED AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
BY AssoeIated Press

New Orleans, Oct. 29.-Half of New
Orleans is drinking the Taft cocktail
and the other half is waiting for the
white aproned parties to mix them.
In New Orleans, for ages it has been
the custom 10 improvise a new drink
and name 1t after distinguished citi-
zens or visitors. Thus in New Or
leans was born the Sazarac, the
rOofinac, the Sarah Bernhardt and
the wonderful Ramos fzz. But the
Taft cocktail, its proud inventor
claims. is superior to them all in
favor, bouquette and soothing effects.
And he ought to know. for he is the
originator Of the fizz.
The Taft cocktail is built after the
manner Of the Creole cocktail, but it
has some trimmings. A Slixture of
lime and lemon juice is prepared, the
rim OF the glass after being iced is
dipped in this mixture and frosted in
confectioners sugar.