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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

result was the proving of ~ alb
when Mr. Hockaday called OH the 40.
torney the latter was IN the Office Of a
man from whom be was endeavoring
70 extort some money under a sort Of
hlackmail.
by this time the puzzle trainers
were ready 70 give mp an but a youna
wife making way somehow or other
with a rich Old husband and set o.
rascals helping her
There was a central piece to the
picture, without which it was insolva
Bile One might put an the other pieces
together, but nothing would come o.
It without this central block But
when It was inserted the puzzle stood
out complete. the picture being plain
as day. Ia the examination Of the
shyster lawyer It came out that the
nephew. young Hockaday, was inti-
mate with him. And finally / proved
that the nephew had met his uncle Ia
the shyster's Office on the day Of his
death and the two had drunk a glass
Of wine together
"The nephew was the central piece
m the puzzle. and the picture was a
rich uncle and a nephew, the latter
putting poison Into the old mans
glass;
young Hockaday next intended TO
poison the widow and get the prop
erty, but she was afraid Of him and
kept out Of bis way"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

You are invited to attend the great
est show ia The world, Rad the card
"Ths stupendons spectacle 81 an EN-.
pire u the making. Positively the last
appearance on che planet Of the Anglo.
Saxon pioneerl The performance will
last three weeks Come one Come
.allla
Before accepting an invitation so con
tinental ii its scope, tie wise speeta tor
will wish to make at least the casual
acquaintance of the man who gives II.
Thirty years ago, the master Snowman,
then 9 tan. paunt, young mining pros
pector was accustomed 70 climb, hand
over hand. up the steep log face 81 Sill
yer Mountain in the Canadian Rockies,
with the bosom Of his blue flannel shirt
stuffed with thawing sticks of dvna
mite Today, though he rides through
the deep, dim mountain canyons n q
private car, there is atin an ominous
explosive suggestion in the flashing Of
his black eyes when anything goes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

wrong about the only greatest show
be it one Of tho trained avalanohes,
which has jumped the beaten track or
q snowetoYln scheduled TO fall on the
bald top Of Mt, Sir Donald, during the
AFTERNOON performance. which has Jailed
20 keep is appointment.
The whole vast wilderness Of the Ca
madam northwest was the playground
and battlefield Of his adventurous
youth. To-day 10 takes goggle-eyed
AbenSaf-fest 20 view its marveis, ae
cure in the knowledge that no corner
Of the white mans world offers thrills
20 new and keen or contrasts so astound.
ing
Thirty years ago the master Snowman
and his fallowa--every man a potential
millionaire--wer travelling on snow.
shoes through the passes Of tho Sell
kirk mountains in far western Alberta
Half way down a deep draw they saw
a column ~ smoke rising high into the
air Indians They separated and
each man keeping thick nr-iree in
front Of him, crept down to reoonnoitre
Presently the smoke turned to steam,
rising from a three.foot hole IN the
granite The hole gave entrance to q
great empty dome shaped cavern, AZ
The bottom " which dubbed two feet
Of hot and sulphurous water They had
discovered geyserA-a tired. old geyser,
easy e tame and to keep in captiv-
ity.
Cutting tan 6r tree. they trimmed
its branches cloae TO the trunk and
thrust this thirty foot ladder down in.
70 the eeyser's throat Undressing in
the snow, they climbed down, one aft
er the other, 70 take q Turkish bath,
finishing Of, ten minutes later, WITH a
cold plunge in the vast snow drift,
which filed most 81 the draw.
To-day, this WORKOUT geyser, with a
gangliug Highland Scot for tie attend
ant, occupies tiny corner Of the small
est side-show tent, along with the larg.
est herd Of bison ia the world and a
coupls Of agile rivers that do a perpect.
ual plunge over twin preeipea, 70 fan IN.
TO each Others arms in the valley al
the bottom.--FrDn 'sHslf a Continent
Under Canvas IN April Technical World
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
Cl Fleeing Rich Men in the
West
VICTIMS GAVE TESTIMONY
Bet and Lost Thousands on Certain Fake
Wrestling Bouts, until III
nally One Owned

Council Bluffs Ia March 81. John G.
siabray and thirteen 81 his associates
Saturday were found guilty % the United
States district court 81 Illegal use Of the
mails e promote Fixed sporting events.
The jurors disagreed ~ 70 Robert =. y.
Goddard 81 san Antonio.
The prisoners win Be sentenced to-day
Two years Imprisonment and fine Of
$4,000 IS the maximum penalty.
Goddard IS under indictment IN The Ne
braska district Of the federal court end
win Be- tried again when other defend
ants are brought into that court.
With ths conviction Of the said defend.
ants, the government believes it has
broken up the most monumental swind
ling combination which has ever operat-
ed. Statistics have been gathered which
show the receipts Of the combination
since ia organization about ten years
ago 10 have exceeded s5.00000o.
AhN eNHAHHH % AAN ANfNlAlHNHh lt
bringing the defendants to trial was
largely due to The capture. when Mabray
was arrested. Of a trunk found ia bis
home containing a complete documentary
record Of the transactions 81 the comb
nation for four years. A loose-leal pock.
ct ledger was one Of the documents thus
secured. i contained the names and
addresses Of over 200 per.ous. who bad
acted as ao.betweens in vnrious irausac
lions. Thee lived IN nearly every state.
There we're IA branches IN eaFions|
parts of the country, All operated from
one city. The headquarters was moved
from time to time as Tho leaders came
under surveillance BY the authorities.
Foot racing wrestling, prize lighting
horse racing and wire tapping were tbe
speealiies offered yie6ms On which to
make easy money!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
So $50. q I'D So Msn.r

Social Status Of the "squaw Man
In the Dakotas when white man
weds an aboriginal woman. and public.
IS acknowledges her as his wife, he pro-
yides her with a. good homie and cloth
ing Al lie can afford. ana he treats Ter
as Be would treat white woman. He
sees t. i that she learns Is cook to
sew, end 10 keep house and Is ether
ways tries 70 educate and uplift her
Still more interesting Is the feet that
these marriages involve little o. 40 So.
cial disability The white husbands are
rarely Il ever. barred from associations
with the whites because 81 their wives
To be sure q man known rs Be living
with an Indian woman who f without
benefit Of clergy" or not under common
law contract tas happens in rare in.
stancesl IS ss g rule, n the language Of
one White River plaiHsman. purity nigh
7strichized But THE would Be true II
he were known to Be maintaining sim-
Mar relations with white woman
"Sech loose hitehed tie-np used II be
kind o. common around here said mg
much about en- But there's s. many
schoolmaams come out here from New
England and other places that folks
don't stand for that sort o. thing no
more
Legally married Indian wives pay 10
more social penalty than do their white
husbands Because Of tneir advantages.
and particularly IL cases where there
are white servants in the house. the
red wives are sometimes Inclined to
look down upon their tribal sisters: but
they are not themselves as ruiz.
treated with o0ndesconsion bg the white
women Of their neighborhood. General.
IN, the little red hen sticks 10 Her nome
md does not % ont with her white
husband fof q social evening as often
as would q wife Of his own raea But
this is largely matter Of indian tenn.
permanent
AS for the half-blood children. "a
they grow up they are asked to the
country dance Or tho picnic with the
white men and women Of the e0mman
ity Some III the handsome. Wall-edu
Gated young half-breeds are ia as much
demand II social functions as are those
whose parents both belong to the asu
perior race n the schools. too the
children mingle with the chill
aren Of white families on equal terms,
and suffer little, II anything, from race
prejudiae ct prsfermena, as de- half
breed eolored children apon entering an
Educational Institution Bailey Willard
ID kperybodga
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
A Park for a skyscraper.

A distinctive feature 81 the old-tim,
temple 81 worship was rs ehurchyard
stal retained ID many cities, though TIE
dead are no longer buried there Would
Il be straining our analogy to the point
Of atsurdity # Il were suggested that
81 addition TO pinmolas, spires. and
chimes the skyswaper Of The future
would lave ia garden yard with orna.
mental ahrubbery. trees and flowers
No. for the new Whitehall building Of
New York the largest q ell sky-scrap-
ers thus far proposed, it to have just
such 3 garden
The new building viii tower thirty
two stories above the sidewalk with a
total height o. four hundred and SIX
teen feet 10 win contain eleven mil
lion cubic feet and nave 4 rentable area
Of five hundred and fifty thousand
square fest There viii be thirty eleva-
tors. twenty two locals to the twentieth
floor and eight expresses stopping only
above that floor.
Land bot far from the Whitehall has
sold recently ~ high as eve hondred
dollars a square foot The space to be-
devoted 70 the park Is valued At over
half 9 million
How can you afford 70 devote this
immensely valuable plot 70 mere
pleasure groundir I asked one Of it's
projectors
because It win pay he replied.
4rhe project Is fully justified by our
experience with the present Whitehall
building. which Il one 81 the most popu-
Tar and successful oiFice structures in
New York for the reason that Il over.
looks Battery park We saw how our
tenants liked sunlight and air and
glimpse Of green trees and & green lawn,
and We came TO the conclusion that the
new building would Be a better invest
ment il i also had those advantages.
The idea was natural enough, ia many
81 onr present tenants have found them.
selves crowded for room and have a..
piled . IS for more, saying at the same
time that they would hate to give up
the view from their Office windows. But
they win have just as good a view when
they look out upon the new park. OIL
course the time may come When we shall
have To build upon the park area. but
that We hope, win BE remote II fact.
i the park project pays as well as We
think i VIII. we shall never build upon
Il From biggest SzYscraper TO Be
Parked II april Technical World Mage
zine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
How . Be ponnlar.

Everyone would like To have q grae-
ious manner, to Be popular. TO Be loved
by everybody, says 0rison SWEET Mar
don u Success Magazine 1t Il 4
legitimate ambition to be well thought
Of and admired by our fellow men Yet
the majority Of US are not willing 70
make any great sacrifice to acquire this
art Of arts; ia fact, we are all the time
doing things which repel others and
which inevitably tend to make us un-
popular.
We have 70 take infinite pains to sue
coed in our vacations or amy accomplish,
ment worth while. and should we ex-
poet to gain the art Of arts. the charm
of personality, the power 70 please. to
@ tract to interest, without making
Great eiforts3
Sel6shness in all It's forms il always
and everywhere despiaed No one likes
person who is bound up il himself.
who Is constantly thinking how be can
advance bis own interests, and promote
bis own eomfert.
The secret Of popularity is to make
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
INVADING A MOSQUE.


Roushshod Methods Of sishtsesrs IN
Turkey
Albert Bigelow paine says IN de
scribing a visit to constantinopIe
mosque:
"Some kind q ceremony was in
progress when we arrived: bat. as
usual TO such places we Gid nor mind
We went right 10 just the same, and
our guides. too. aud We talked and
pointed and dld what we colld 70
break up the services 0ld turbaned
sons Of the prophet were sneeline and
bowlng aud praying bere and there
and were a good deal Ii the way
Sometimes We fell over them. but we
were charitably disposed and did NOT
kick them-at least didn't and
don't think any 81 the party did We
might kick a dog kick az him. ] mean
IF we tripned over one, but we do
not kick q Moslem not q i've one. We
only take his picture and step on him
and muss him up and make few
notes and go.
Il have been wondering what would
happen to party OF tourists Mos.
lens. for instauce-wh broke into an
American church during services. with
guides 10 point and explain end stared
at the people who were saying their
prayers and staiked over them as If
they we're wax figures An American
congregation would be annoyed By a
mob like that and would remove It
and put L II the calaboose But. then.
such things wouldn't happen 70 Amer
len. we have cowed eur foreign visit
ors Besides there Is nothing in an
American church that foreigner
would care 70 see. Outing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

grew stronger, and within three months
Il was Il perfectly well woman.
IL want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from lydia Il. pinkham's Vegetable
Compound ~ Mrs. JoIIN G. MoLpAN,
2l15 second St., North, Minneapolis,
Mimi
Thousands Of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials Ike the above prove
the efficiency az Lydia IL. pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which Ii made
exclusively from roots and herbs
Women who suffer from those dis
tressinr Ills peculiar TO their sex should
not lose sight OF these facts or doubt
the ability 81 Lydia f. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ify0u want special advice write
70 Mrs. pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women In
this Yay. free Of charge. Don't
hesitate = write at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
Eating Less and Talking More While
You Eat.


In the department Of 'The Pilgrim's
Scrip ID the March American Magazine,
the following letter i pubhshedi
II was interested III your article cali
ca Some Dangers from Hieh Prices
NJ a true that simple food costs l0t
of money To-day have just returned
horne from a family gathering where
there were gathered together represent
atives from various states and cities
and towns. e seems % me hat Meth
ing was 50 marked b the faaaly talk
a the various reports 81 tie cost 0f
living Butter and eggs and meat and
other thing have gone UP ard mp every
where PIE amaii tnwu is no better
oil relatively tlan TIE city There
Is no nse ID telling the city people 10
rush to the country A. the thing stands
now ihere il 40 relief ia that dircc
ton.
"Now am net going to suggest that
anybody should 10 what ! do All that
intend II 70 give you my own expert
enee and let i 90 40 that Here y
ist
"A number Of years ago Il live in
AHtFNsNN NY WIZ ANA I NkNANH tF nftt
less and talk more at the table. Talk
IS less expressive shan food And. en-
riouslY enough Wa have found that by
doing this We ran get along At least
lm the present We chew what we eat
slowly and seem To get a. much nonrish
ment ont 81 a smaller amount 81 food
as we used to out 81 q large You
would ike ne = be more specific
Wen, VIII Take the matter 81 eggs
AT breakfast We have them often. The
point Is that we each had two And
j give you my word 40 not now see
any difference between eating one egg
and two.
aOf course I know That this, IN
measure. Is the teaching Of Fletcher !
am not sTletchmite, however !
am merely an ordinary person trying to
adjust myself to the rapidly increasing
price Of feaa In 50 doing am con
seiOus Of only one thing an oyerwhelm
Ing desire to make tho best Of things
as they are aud Us continue happy and
eontented This does not mean thaf
do not feel that things are wrong do
If I didn't. should not take The trou
Bio to speak up IN a discussion, which
hope you viii keep lip.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

sam ! the 6rst girl you ever kissed 2
asks the fair young thing from the
refuge OF his shoulder
Well. he replies. after the way
my arm JUST naturally Slipped around
your waist as sou anconsciously lean
Cd toward me and my fingers tilted
your chin as you unconsciously lifted
your head ana bent forward where
your tips were waiting and didn't get
the kiss either on your nose or your
chin, but where i belonged after all
that and with the knowledge of the
subject which YOU have displayed /
shan say nothing. except That leave
the question to your own Judgment
Life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

tendentH says the professor "who de-
clsred chat be found the horsewhp 70 be
the most eilicacious means Of quoting
insane inmates ~ another ! found That
an insane woman has been kept strapped
IN bed for over six years The state
board Of charities in is official report
gave q ease Of one insane man who for
seven years had been held IN stockade
open 10 the sky, winter and summer,
with hardly q shred 81 clothing on him.
while another VIVA found chained 10 a
stump ia ca almshouse yard In other
Missouri nimshouses, cells are provided
for the confinement Of the insane and
manacles ind chains are kept upon them
for years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

caused q Httkiittt
and broken down
condition of tho
system / read 50
much Lydia
II. Pinkham's Veg
etahle Compound
had done for other
suffering women I
felt sure II would
helpme. andImust
say It did help me
wonderfully My
pains all left me. il
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

everybody yau meet feel thst you are
especially Interested Is him III you
really feel kindly toward others Il you
sincerely wish q please you win have
no difficulty in doing ~ But if yoi
are cold, Indifferent retiring. silent. self.
ishi if you are all wrapped up Ia your
self and think only 81 what may adj
vance your own interests or increase
your own comfort, you never ean become
popular.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

Mark Twain says that be las always
talsen womans part
For instance Nc relates. ~ once
strongly leprimanded woman QUO 10
Hannibal Missouri Here Was thg occa-
sioni
so this Is little girl chg J said
20 her Is she displayed her children TO
me. And ths sturdy little ufchin in
the bib belongs, ! suppose TO The con-
trafy sexF
fassah Che woman replied. Vas.
sah, dats q girl too, Everybody.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21

Poor are 4tet0 Is So Much Per Head
Faoa ii least trey eet. So one would
think But does ne aged Missouri pam
PER always receive sufficient 70 keep hi.
poor Old body and soul toeetberl ask,
Walter Weyl in Success Magazine IN an
article entitled. "Oh Age Pensions
More than half the almshousea let out
the feeding Of their inmates @ the low
eat bidder under a system which makes
the profits 81 tho superintendent depend
upon What he can save On the food,
What Il TIE RESULT What has been the
result Of similar sYstems since the days
Of Pt0lemy and ArfaYefxesi let the SUI
perintendeui himself peak
"A few years ago he writes "the
poor were iei as thirty eight dollars per
head per rear Under TINT treatment
there were nine ont n nineteen that
died and the county had te pay Doctors
bills and burial expenses which cost
more than board and clothes They now
pay seventh two dailsrs 4 head per year
and End that St Il cheaper and more hui
name"
That e the emphasis which we IN
America stiH lay upon the problem 81
the pauners; chenper@ with q capital,
and Am0re humane III very small letters.
tagging car behind. The Tot 0f The Mis-
souri, aged pauper Il as bad AZ Il dare
BE-. II Is worse than e should Re, what
ever the mans deserts
Il learned Of one almshouse superin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
rha pa..lng o. lhe apall Id pamb. )

Inc Passing OF the Dear and Dumb.
THE habit Of The oneients was 10 put
deaf babies to death, either by exposure
Or hy violent means writes Christine
Torhune Herriok "a Woman's Home Com.
panion for March down almost 10 the
present time. deaf infants among saw
ages have been disposed Of IN this fash
ion.
Our later methods deaf and dumb
schools n which those thus afflicted are
segregated. taught the sign language and
instructed ia trades Ga which their dis.
ability Is not an lnsnperable drawback
are known Go an Of us. For years II was
taken fer granted that such methods 81
training were The only ones possible 20
the deafMand because deaf. dumb. AT
last there was an effort made in Ger
many 10 teach speech to the deaf The
endeavof spread on the continent. and
despite the PREVAILING conviction that
deafness eonnotes dumbncss. e was
proved that Tie deaf could be taught
70 speak The tongue Of the dumb was
Embossed.
For some time the speech teaching ef-
forts wers confined to those Of school
age and over. The thought Of taking
the deaf child at an aee when be- would
naturally learn Is tells where he pos
sessed all hia faculties, wae the inspra-
tion 81 women iho ate Miss Emma
Garrett ~ Philadelphia WHO lad known
~ few intelligent mothers who had
done this successfully with their own
children.
How did she come 70 think 81 it,
asked her sister Miss Mary Garrett
who rarries on the work begun by both.
~ believe the Lord put 1t into her
mind saia Miss Garrett she Bad never
been especially Interested Il phfanthro
py bot when her thoughts were once
turned ia this direction she heemo en-
thusiastie over the work and devoted her
SIC 10 IT,"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-21
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit Of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
gnfferer from female troubles which
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-18
BIG GATHERING OUT
To the Rutland County Veterans Asso-
citation Meeting.

Poultney Aug. ls.-Two thousand peo-
pie assembled here yesterday for the
annual reunion Of the Rutland County
Veterans association. The village was
deliberately decorated with bunting and
many business men closed their stores
and paid respect to the old soldiers By
attending the celebration. 1t was the
largest the association has ever had
The program BEGAN with d slglt Sec
ing trip around the village for veterans
and meIn5sts q The relief corps ip dee.
GRATED automobile Dinner was then
served After dining the Old soldiers
and many business men formed III line
and marched to the town hall. escorted
by the Rutland city band and Company
A., v. N. g., Of Rutland. Rev. Il. II.
Randall Of Poultnev give the address
o. welcome, saying that the people felt
greatly honored tina Poultnev had been
selected as meeting place There were
"reminiscences BY several veterans and
Nent.-Gov John A. Mead gave the prin.
eipal address While he spoke along
patriotic lines he took advantage 81 the
opportunity to tell the veterans the i'm.
portant part they could take in helping
% roll up a big Republican majority
in September