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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
CUTICURA CURED
FAMILYOF ECZEMA
Father, Mother and Child had 1t for
8 Months. Heads Mass Of Sores.
Could Not Sleep. Itching Ter
rible. Cured in 2 Months.

"The Cuticura treatment has ahsc-
iutely cured me and family Of eczema
which |, my wife and two-year-old child
had for eight months. IL started with
small pimples on the head Of my child
which gradually broke out in sores, and
il was not long before / and my wife got
the same. Our heads were one mass OF
sores. we could not sleep and the itching
was terrible. We suffered for eight
months. Nc tried different kinds OF
ointments and medicine but il did us no
good and soon it began TO break out on
our bodies until a friend who had the
same trouble tod me about Cuticura Of
which used two sets Of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resol-
vent. and L was surprised. After the
first few DAYS our heads began to heal
and in two months we were absolutely
cured Of this terrible eczema. Eugene
Potthof. 5sl Ralph Street, Brooklyn,
n. Y, February Is, 1910
No stronger evidence than this could
be given of the success and economy OF
the Cuticura Remedies in the treatnent
Of torturing. disfiguring humors Of Tue
skin and scalp. Of infants, children ana
adults. A single hot bath with SuticuIa
Soap and a gentle anointing WITH Lutl-
cura Ointment are often sufficient 70
afford immediate relief in the most dis
tressing cases and permit rest and sleep
when all else fails. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are equally effective 10 pre-
serving. purifying and beauttying, the
skin. scalp, hair and hands and IN
preventina minor eruptions becoming
chronic. A 32-page booklet giving
description and treatment OF skin anec-
tions will be sent free. on application,
by the Potter Drug 4 Chemical Corp,
las Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
PLAYING THE GAME"
FOR MANKIND
Some Straight Talk About Ideals and
Philosophy and Ethics In the
Game Of Life.

One doesn't have to be a pessimist
to realize That in our national life we
have as grown men exactly the same
trouble we had as boys-that we are all
Of US playing the game to win. and that
winning simply means overcoming some
body else The essence Of sport is really
something very different overcome
difficulties Of time and space and all
kinds Of physical obstacles Nature her
self puts plenty OF difficulties in our
way The man who first discovered
that. with a sail closehaued and a rud-
ter iammed hard against the opposing
water he could sail almost into the
wind, must have had one Of the big
primordial thrills that come sometimes
into the hearts of men; he was advanced
by vast etnnic intervals beyond the man
that had simply sailed his boat faster
than another man. For every winner
OF race there must be loser, and
when we shout ourselves hoarse at a
Yale-Princeton football game, it is not
so much because our team is nobly
acquitting itself or doing the thing that
is hard as because ii Is beating tae
other team. So most Of us become
"bleacher athletes, sitting by and
watching the fight; and what counts
is not the game itself, but the score.
! ! wonder how much this is respon-
sible for the kind Of game we play wnen
we are no longer boys, in after life,
\ when the whole point OF the game seems
/ to be 10 beat someone else. Suppose
all Of Harrimau's transcendent genius
( had been expended III building up the
! best railroad system that could be made,
4 ia vanquishing time and space, and dem
onstrating what could be accom-
! plshed BY the indomitable viii and
! purpose and mtiring effort Of the
strong man. Mightn't the net result
have been something finer and better than
I Hartman ever attained and mightn't
4 be have gone from earth with some
finer memory to take with him of the
world he had lived in than the thought
I that he had met Stuyyesant Fish and
l fought him and beaten himg "Nust a
game be played for the sake of self?'
as Browning once asked. Cane our boys
find something else to inspire them than
the nope OF beating another boyY II
a boy can ride his horse over the fences
and swim across the lake, and run
swiftly, and hit the mark. aud feel his
pulse beat strong and true, and hi.
nerves and muscles under sure control
does it make him any more the master
OF the world about him that ne can beat
some other boyg Is it reaching the
standard, or beating someone to it
that really -MCready Sykes il
the October Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01

During the time he acted as United
States consul in Glasgow Bret Harte
occasionally INDUCED in days sport
with the gun, and it was during one Of
his shooting excursions that the hu-
mortst met with an accident which
might have disfisured him for the re-
mainder of his life. hts face being
badly cut through the recoil Of an
overloaded gun. Fortunately the doc
tors skill prevented him from being
permanently marked.
Writing about the occurrence to his
friend. L. Edgar Pemberton. who
quotes the letter in his Tribute to
Bret Harte," the novelist concludes his
letter by telling of an amusing effort
which was made to console him on &C
count of the accident.
when the surgeon was stitching me
together" he wrote, THE son OF the
house. boy of twelve, came timidly
to the door Of my room.
Tell Mr. Bret Harte it's all right.
he said. He killed the hare"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
workinr the Graft In Mexico.

Thev may not have an Aldrich or a
Joe Cannon down in Mexico, but there
are evidently similar channels in our
sister republic through which the gov
eminent may be made to come
through" E. Alexander Powell, who
knows his subject. describes how it is
done in the October American Maya
nne He says.
rHere is the fashion in which con-
cession, obtained through the usual
cientifico channels, works out. Let us
suppose that You wish to build rail-
way from Iguala, the present end of
railway communications in Guerrero,
through to the Pacific Such a conces-
sion, it is obvious, would serve to open
up ricn but almost unknown state
and would do much to further the COM
mercial prosperity of the entire region.
Il il, then, promptly granted to you
on those grounds? Not at all. You 90
either to Senior Casasus OF Senior Pr
mentel or Senior Pineda, lay your propo.
stlon before him and retain his services
for drafting the concession and taking
it up with the president Money is
not even mentioned graft in Mexico is
not as crude as all that. The president
is approached and the concession duly
granted. Then there ensues a long and
nggravating delay in the making out
of the necessary papers. You call on
Senior Casasus, Pimentel, or Senior Pr
neda-whicheyer one YOU have chosen
to assist you-and inquire the reason
for this delay. The governor OF the
state through which your railway IS
/ TO pass YOU are told, has been so much
occupied and worried in trying to take
care Of a mortgage which is about to
be foreclosed ON his hacienda that he,
poor man. mas not been able to find
time to give attention to your matter
/ That is your cue to come forward
What is the amount of this mortgage
which is so troubling the governor that
he cannot attend to my concession
YOU ask, Ten thousand dollars is the
answer That is soon settled you re-
ply, If you know your business. I
win pay the mortgage aud take it over.
1 It need give the governor no further
concern. He will then be at liberty, l
/ presume, to settle the formalities of
1 my concession. So you pay down the
/ ten thousand dollars in bank netes--no
cheques hereto your adviser, and
promptly the papers consumatfng your
concession are forthcoming. Later on,
the interest on the mortgage becoming
overdue, you find that the hacienda on
which you hold claim, consists of an
acre or so Of mountainside or arid des-
ert. Later on you will get a bill from
YOUR legal adviser for services rendered
that win stagger you, and, as though
that the hacienda were not enough,
you win receive an intimation that if
your railway is to run smoothly it
would be well to grease the rails by
presenting few blocks OF stocks TO
ccrtin gentlemen, whose names are Civ
en- yoa. Thus works the system in the
dominions Of our southern ueighbor."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
The Democratic Candidate for
Governor of Nebraska
TELLS0F CHECKERED PAST
81 Got to Be Pretty Tough; I Admit
II. I Was Training with a Bad
Crowd; Came TO Nebraska to
Get Away from It."

Lincoln, Neb., Oct, Mayor J. c.
Dahlman Of Omaha, candidate Tor gov
ernor Of Nebraska on the Democratic
ticket, aas told the story Of his life,
with the request that il be given pub
licity.
Rumors that there ere incidents in
his career which would not bear scrut-
my and at the same time leave him
on such a plane that he could ask for
the suffrage Of tine people Of the state,
prompted Mr.. Dahlman to authorize an
interview which was published here re-
Gently.
These rumors affected his early life
in Texas, where, il was STATED, he had
shot and killed a man and fed the
state. coming to Nebraska under the
name Of "Jim Murray" Mr.. Dahlman
confirms the report that he shot man
end fled from Texas and assumed the
name OF Murray; but the man ne shot
did not die. His version Of it is as
follows;
"Tha Immediate cause Of my leaving
Texas was this: An elder sister mar.
red a man named Charley Bree, a shift
less sort Of fellow, nothing more nor
less than an outlaw. They lived to-
getheT for two years and some time
after their child was born, he deserted
her, for no apparent reason than that
lie was tired of married life and his in
nate cussedness.
. Nartr ffffiaA ~ how
4 less than twenty years Of age. There
was scarcely any law IN the country,
and none that was likely to reach a
cuss like that. sent him word that
would shoot him the first time | saw
/ him
! Things went on in this condition for
some time. and Bree and | did not meet,
Then, one day, purely by accident, We
met in town where neither was known,
1 No sooner did we face each other than
we both pulled and shot ! got aim,
he missed me- We shot but once each,
Ny Shot bit him above the eve and he
dropped like lead | thought he was
1 dcne for, and | wasted no time in get.
ting away ] rode through into Arkan-
sas and stayed there IN secret, soon
after coming To Nebraska.
"As became a young man" he said
about the only right | knew was That
of the pistol and a quick hand. The
law was but poorly enforced and men
lived by the right Of might got "a
be pretty tough ! admit it. | went
around q good deal Of time with a chip
OF my shoulder, hoping someone would
knock il off, The country was full Of
AIayerick cattle, and no one was a bet,
ter hand than | with the rope, chasing
down these strays aud putting the
branding iron on them Everybody did
it. was training with a bad crowd
as bad as there was in the country
harum- searum, devil.may-eare fellows
you know, can see now that il wa,
only question Of time when | would
get into trouble. So ] came 70 Nebrasks
"a get away from it"
Dahlmans recital concludes with tht
story OF his career in Nebraska as {
cowboy, sheriff, mayor and politiea
leader.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
GAME ONLY FOR RICH.
Connecticut Editor Gets Rid Of Some
Views on Politics.

Connecticut Editor Gets Rid of Some
Views on Politics.
That there is too much use Of money
in securing political nominations and
elections in Connecticut is quite evident
from recent occurrences, even if it was
not known heretofore No one without
a big bank roll is likely to be considered
as a candidate for the office of governor
or in fact any important political elect
i've office.
When il costs between $4,000 and
$4,000 to gain the governorship of this
state, as shown by the expense reports
filed by Lilley on one size and Robertson
on the other two years ago, when can
man OF ordinary wealth hope to come
inf This is the cost Of securing a posi-
ton drawing $1,000 salary in two years.
If n candidate cannot furnish the money,
his friends, or some interest, are calico
upon to put it up for him. No wonaer
there is growing disgust at present
political methods all over the land
The auctioning off OF political offices
has caused the strong demand for a
direct primary law, a measure which
to some extent at least gives poor man
chance to secure a political nomina-
ton The direct primary movement has
taken strong hold in the West and is
working rapidly toward the East. The
| Day is not sure that direct primary
law will cure the money evil in politics
but no condition could be worse than the
one which now prevails.
What the expenses were of Goodwin
and of Lake, the successful and unsuc.
eessful Republican candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination, will not be
known till their reports are filed, but
that they were extraordinarily large goe,
/ without saying
Politics is an interesting game, but
J only when it is played with the cards
above the table.--New London Day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01

If he can, the French wife he put
aside three summers ago to mate with
his first affinity. Julia Kuttnec
Earle's first break from the estab-
lished dictates of society was in Sep
tember 1907, when he announced that
he and his wife. nee Fishbacker had
agreed that their souls were not in
tune and that they would separate
Julia Kuttner, settlement worker
whom Earle had met while Summing
with other uplifters of society, was at
his house in Monroe. n Y. when he
discovered that she was his affinity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
The Plays Woman Likes.

st once heard Barrett Wendell say
sadly and sarcastically that the duty OF
the drama seems to be to send the
suburbs home happy" says Waher
Pricbard Eaton in Woman's Home Com
panion for October. "If it were only
the suburbsl But there is little to show
that urban audiences are muen more
receptive of serious and purposeful
works. What better mission can
play have, said lady the other day,
than to rest and refresh tired wom-
amp Ii is on a par with the eternal
remark, spoken in excuse for not APP
proving some play that is critically
praised, Well, / know what / likei 1t
is specious in the first place because
women as rule are not worn out
when they 90 to the theatre, certainly
not mentally worn ont. In the second
place, good art is just as refreshing as
had art, rightly understood much more
refreshing, in fact.
what this woman means, in plain
blunt speech, is this: That she does
not look in the drama for II truthful
picture of life, for logical working
out of a thesis, pleasant or unpleasant
She does not Judge and enjoy play
for its veraeious comment on character
She Judges and enjoys it according as
it tells pretty story, with sufficient
love interest aud preferably a happy
ending This play may have no sig
niicance whatever, it may even be false
to life, filed only with the conveu.
tional characters of stage romance It
rests and refreshes ner, indeed, just be-
cause it is conventional and makes no
demands on her intelligence to follow,
never violates her sympathies and pre-
conceived ideas, nor rouses her reiiec-
ticn. But that is pretty poor way 10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
Elephants In Captivity.

The trainer dashed for an instant his
dark lantern on the long line Of ele-
plants.
"They are asleep" he said. TN cap
tivity elephants always sleep stand.
ing"
why is thatg the visitor asked
"They lie down TO sleep in the jun
gle"
YES" said the trainer. 81 don't
know why It is. But you'll never see a
captive elephant sleep lying down,
Some people say captive elephant
never really sleeps-sleeps sound I
mean-at ALL He never has complete
confidence. you know. He Grieves He
longs to be free. Why, ms a matter Of
fact. this light standing sleep OF his
only lasts about three hours at that.
All the rest of the night he rocks from
side TO side in the dark "-Clneinnati
Enquirer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
Magazine Repiew
Growing Your own vioIets.

September, or even early in October. is
not too late to start frame of violets
Two or three sashes viii provide all the
flowers that an ordinary family will
need. The care of them win not be a
very great task, either. The soil should
be good, but ordinary garden loan will
serve, with an addition of some manure,
which must be thoroughly worked into
the ground. The plants can be set about
nine inches apart, which viii give four
rows containing nine or ten plants, MAX
ing from thirty-six to forty each sash.
There are always florists who lave
plants for sale in the early fall. Sub
urban Life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
PASTOR PREACHED OUT"
Quits Church Because He Hasn't New
idea" Left.

Quits Church Because He Hasn't a New
Idea" Left.
New York, Oct. Preached out. a.
he describes il, the Rev. Or. William
Morrison, rector OF All Saints Episco-
pal church, Brooklyn. has resigned. DR..
Morrison says that in the 10 years he
has been at An Saints he mas delivered
1000 sermons, and that if his congre-
cation is not tired of hearing him talk,
he wonders at their tolerance.
influential members OF the church are
importuning him to remain. Even Bish-
op Frederick Burgess came in from Gar
den City to see If there was anything
he could do to persuade Dr. Morrison
to reconsider his determination.
4 shall 60 to some other church when
the opportunity offers TO preach to an
other congregation Dr. Morrison said.
"To them I shall be new and my
thoughts win be new. | shall not be
il danger of repeating myself or OF
telling the same story twice-not for
Is years at least"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01


"You wiz never sex Edith" said
Dave SIaid!ng to his friend Luther
Benastt, "sud you may as well not
Try. You are rlch and she is poor, but
you're aot the kind Of fellow she
would fancy"
"You think SOL"
II know 50
"What will you give her for a we'd
ding present if dog
What viii give? 1t seems to me
thst's heads you win, tails | loge.
What win you give if You dont?"
IN give thousand dollars 70 any
lharity you name"
'1u what time"
zone year"
"Have you received any encourage
nent?"
None whatever"
VERY well; III go you. How do you
ropose 70 winY"
1.-THE basis Of my operations will be
money"
She'll not marry for money"
Not directly. but she may be in
need TO do so indirectly"
A few weeks later Bennett received
note from Miss Edith Cromwell stat
ing that fair was to be given to raise
money for the church Of which she
gas member with view to paying
sff the debt She hoped he would at-
'end and help the cause. Mr. Bennett
epled that he would be on hand.
When the evening for the sale arrived
ie sauntered up to Miss Cromwelps
booth, expended $40 in various articles
ne had no use for and left them to be
Iold again. Miss Cromwell was dis
appointed. She had expected to get at
least double the amount from one she
knew to be her admirer and rich.
is there nothing else you see that
you want"
Nothing else? / haven't yet bought
anything | want"
is there nothing / can procure for
you?
Yes: would like a photograph Of
your pretty face, but that, Of course,
is not for sale"
Miss Cromwell made no reply for
awhile. She was thinking she might
get a pretty sum for the church by
yielding in the matter. Finally sne
said:
"Of course my likeness is not for
sale bur | might give it to the church,
and the church could sell it."
Certainly"
How much would it bringT'
"a thousand dollars"
Miss Cromwell caught her breath.
There were two reasons for her doing
so-viz, she was battered that any
man should value her photograph SO
highly. and she would be delighted to
hand In thousand dollars to the
church She turned the matter over
rapidly in her mind. What difference
would Benefits possession of her like
ness make? man might buy pho
tograph of a fashionable beauty for q
few cents Those Of actresses were
for sale everywhere. The debt was
S1,265. The $685. would undoubtedly
bt Ad4oNd At liAo Aet1A- llN e4tOOV DIV
would get for her photograph woult
complete the amount required.
"What would you propose to do witt
my photograph" she asked.
"Wasr it in the hunting case Of M
watch"
Would any one except yourself Sc,
itY
Zone standing by when / looked fo
the time Of day would be likely to SCI
t."
Miss Cromwell thought again. "Wil
yoa do anytning else with it," sh,
asGed.
mo"
"I'Il think it over. The fair lasts tw,
evenings. Come tomorrow evening
aud I'll glFe yaa an answer"
Beanett went away, assuming
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01

wisely directed. viii cause her to
give to her little ones only the most
wholesome and beneficial remedies
and only when actually needed, and
the well-informed mother uses only
the pleasant and gentle laxative rem
edy-Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
Senna-when a laxative is required,
as ii is wholly free from all obiec-
tionable substances. To get its ben
efcial effects always buy the genu-
inc, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
ASK THEM ABOUT IT.

For many years physicians and nurses
nave considered Kemp's Balsam the best
cough cure. Every druggist and dealer
in medicine sells and recommends Kemp's
Balsam. Ask the doctor, the nurse, or
the druggist about It. It is for coughs,
irritation Of the throat, bronchitis, asth-
ma and all throat and lung troubles.
The price is 25c and SOC a bottle
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01

Wigg-The best outing man can
take is an ocean trip. Wagg Yes, an
outing for the inner mau as well. =
Philadelphia Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01

rest. True rest is found in a change
in interest and attention. When We
ere truly resting we grow"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
RECANTING OF EARLE.

Famous Affinity Discoverer Comes
Out Of the Fog.
And now comes the announcement
that Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the most
prominent disciple of the soul sister
and affinity faiths in this country for
several years. has recanted. He has
decided that there is nothing like a
good, firmly married first wife and has
set out for Paris, meaning TO get back
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-05

valleys, Alabama, Georgia and Florida
vii be very dry. and cotton will suffer
deterioration.
While cotton will be favored by very
late frosts, the top growth will be
damaged by drouth in at least one
half OF the cotton belt. The long fiber
cotton particularly will be damaged by
drouth.
see no indications of very severe
storms during the week centering on
September IL and following the dis
tressing heat of the summer that week
will appear to belong on the side Of
pleasant weather.
Manipulations of the stock markets
in August came near being very seri-
GUS thing for American finances. The
grain markets were demoralized by
the stock markets, and the law of sup
ply and demand had little to do with
establishing prices.
We who are not politicians have a
right to chastise our statesmen for
permitting men with swollen fortunes
jumping into the homes of civilization
like Bengal tiger into the hut of a
Bangalese,
These human tigers have no mercy
on our poor mortals, but, like the hun
CRY fox, carry off our poultry. or the
alligators, destroy our
swine just because it Is easier to gain
by legal robbery than to produce by
labor.
The bringing on of panics just to
punish some legislator or to reap
they have not sown, is becom-
ing tiresome to many people of Amer
lea, and it is time that our farmers and
planters demand of our statesmen that
he thing be stopped.