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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11

out. He was sitting IA a rocking chair
on the veranda, and the faker and hia
machine were escorted there. and the
father explained
ePete. you have been going back on
corned beef for the last month. and
here is something to sharpen your APP
petite, You take hold Of these 'ere
handles. and It's lite taking a tonic.
took hold OF them up the road. and
I'm as hungry as bear now"
'fBut the doctors all said my case
mustn't be experimental WITH" pro
tested Peter. who scented some trick
"Oh. this is no experiment. When a
feiler loses his appetite the doctors ex-
pect him to get It back the best way
be can / want to zee you pitching
into fried pork and taters tonight
Take right hold, my son"
Peter took hold. and the current was
turned on full he was frozen to the
handles ami yelled blue murder After
fifteen seconds It was turned or. and
he jumped up and threw the faker
and his machine or the veranda and
heaved the father after them Then.
without a word he grabbed hoe and
started for the cornheld In three
hours he did more work than bis IA
Their had done all day, and it was
reckoned that he sweat OF ten pounds
Of fat he acknowledged that he was
as good as new. After supper he milk
ed fur COWS. fed the hogs aud car
ried in the wood FOR breakfast. At
midnight he got up TO 40 to work
again. He couldn't sit still for mo-
ment He worked and sweat and
sweat and worked. and at the end II
two weeks, there being no more press
ing work on hand. he tried to carry
the smokehouse TO a new site On his
back and collapsed and died. The FIRST
shoek had made him lazy, and the Sec
ond had made him toe great hustler.
what you should have done. said
the first doctor to the father when
told Of the case. ewas 70 SIT him down
in the middIe Of d pasture with a bun
IA f. n runnine fer the fenee the
shock would have come on gradually
instead Of suddenly, and he would have
been hoeing that corn and whlstiinR
mn tunes Z month from todays
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
che Knew tse Reason.

ne was smoking and missing ever
the ways Of the world. odd, isn't it,
be said at last. ''how few people at.
tain their ideals n this world"
.Tn what wayg' inquired bis wife
susplciously. for she was not woman
10 BE caught or Der guard.
.eWell,n he replied slowly I was
thinking Of Wilmer when | spoke. He
had an ideal woman that be was al
ways talking about when be was IN
college. She was tall and stately in
bis dreams. and he seemed to have no
place 10 his heart for small woman.
and yet-and yet
"WenY
'Why. he finally married a little
thing who hardly comes to bis shout
der. wonder why 1t was"
perhaps. Fred, she said very slow
IL and dlstinctly. She i like the ma
iority Of other men aud was afraid
TO take any one Of his Size"
He changed the subject.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
The Riddle Of High Prices.

Elizabeth Hewes writes m article for
the April American Magazine IN which
she gives the answer Size received to
the question as To what was the CAUSE
OF the increase Of the cost of living.
The answers she got were from various
sources and while many were uteresi-
/ ing and seemed credible, none of them
seem to have completely e0veced the
question as most Of them were quite
diamatrtcally opposed TO each other.
The conclusions reached by Miss Hewes
are as follows.
@The conclusion that WA forced ou
me was that for some reason or other
we are really in food shortage A milk
contractor gave me salient proof Of
/ this Fle told me that when milk was
five or six cents a quart, they nsed to
nave great trouble in getting enough
because there was not enough profit in
1t to induce the farmer to raise the
milk. But when milk rose to nine and
ten cents. the contractor said TO HIM
self. Now there will be no more milk
scarcity because now the farmer can
make such a profit that he viii flood
the market But TO his surprise milk
grew even scarcer at nine cents than
lit had been at FIVE. Grain was the
troublei said my friend 1t vas 50
high that even with milk at nine cents q
quart the farmer could not make
profit
e And why is grain 10 highT I said
to myself Us It the tariff. IS it the
trusts labor trust on business trust?
Is it increased gold supply or is it the
rise in land values Is It the growth
il population, Il 1t cold st0rage4 Or.
still again. is it our foolish extrava-
ganee, Or Il it too much city life, too
much manipulation Of wealth and not
enough creating Of i'll
HThe answer must coma, but It Is il
the future. In tbs meantime ] witn-
drew from my hunt for the causes and
cures for high prices feeling sure OF
two points that the great need of this
country IS seers, economic seers, WHO
work not for to-day's pocket but for
the children Of tomorrow, and that
what a housekeeper can do to help on
the coming Of those men of power, who
shall be seers, is to teach the men
around her personal honesty and the
women around her thrift
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
a shocking Tree.

There is a peculiar tree In the for
ests Of central India which has most
curious characteristics. The leaves OF
tie tree are ct highly sensitive ma
ture and so fun Of electricity that
whoever touches one of them receives
an electric shock. It has very singu-
lar effect upon a magnetic needle and
viii influence It at distance OF even
seventy feet The electrical strength
Of the trees varies according to the
time Of day, It being strongest at mid
day and weakest at midnight. In wet
weather its powers disappear alto
gether Birds never approach the
tree. nor have insects ever been seen
upon 1t.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
WHSLE poIsoNEp. ) DEArHs.
Westerly Is Aroused over Reports Of
Physicians

Providence, R. l.. April H. Eight sud
den deaths. believed 10 be due 70 drink
ing poisoned whiskey are under inyesti-
cation at Westerly and stonington. and
the towns are excitedly awaiting the
outcome Following the sudden death.
81 Charles r. Hood ard bis father.in-law
Henry Larrow. on Thursday. Il became
known that there had been other deaths
under similar circumstances.
Though heaFt disease was given as
the cause Of death on the death certih-
Gates in q number Of cases, many ply
sicians are 81 the opinion that all or
nearly all Of the deaths were caused by
drinking poisoned whiskey Some 20 as
far as 10 hold that the liquor was pur.
chased from a certain place, and that in
some unknown way It was MIXED with
poison unbeknown e the seller or buyer
Mrs. Lsrrow, wife 81 Edward Iarsow.
who died Thursday, Il seriously ill 6
Il the belief 81 nlany that she Is anathpf
victim 81 poisoned vhiskeg
On Tueseay Afrs Ellen hurry of 81
Pine street Westerig Mez EIsa Tucker
Of II Pond street. WestcrY and Joseph
Blevin ~ pawen tack died suddenly. and
on Friday Niiss Lena Blanchard 81 Avon
dale. Cornelius W Hazard of l5e Main
street westerly and Joseph Bent, of the
same address, died suddenly
IL p stated that j certain person Is
under police Surveillance, pending the
report al Coroner Browns inquest into
the deaths Of Hood and Iarrow, which
is To be made Monday, but na arrests
have been made az vet
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
100000 Fire Sweeps Town.

Harrisburg. Penn. April il. The
business section of Middletown, nine
miles from This city and al important
manufacturing town 81 about 10000
people was swept by FIRE Saturday.
about p buildings being burned, with
la loss Of about 100000.
Tho town was il danger for two
hours until, BY the combined efforts of
aremen from this city Lancaster. Co.
nmbia and steelton ard the use Of ex-
plosives, the spread 81 tile fire was
stopped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11

Peter Striker was the son Of Farmer
Striker, and up to the age OF twenty
he had a reputation Of moving more
grass and cutting more corn than any
other man, old or young In the town
ehlp OF Dubois.
When a young man has reached the
age Of twenty-one be becomes his own
boss. There are farmers yet who win
not have Il SO, but win keep a son on
until he simply gets up and declares
his legal right. At twenty Peter ask
cd his father for bis time that Is, be
wanted his legal rights a year ahead
Of time, as he had a chance to travel
about the country with a lightning rod
man. The father refused
Peter sat down under the big pear
tree at the corner Of the house to thiuk
things over. AIS he thought he fell
asleep, ard as be slept & thunderstorm.
er came up. Almost the FIRST bolt
struck the tree. and a few minutes
later he was found With bis boots
burned OF. his old silver watch melted
and in an unconscious condition. The
doctor who revived the young man
told his father that the victim might
never be able to work again and that
he must have the best Of care to keep
him from the grave As a matter OF
fact, the doctor was all wrong. Peter
had got mixed up with a thunderbolt
but the damage. outside Of the nervous
shock, amounted to nothing. However.
when the DOCTORS words were over
heard 1t was cue for.Peter. He had
been working hard. and here was his
chance to Loaf. Fer a month he had
to be carried about
Haying time arrived, and Peter was
conveyed to the shade Of q tree down
BY the meadow that he might watch
the men at work and wish he were
one Of them. BY and By three or four
bumblebees that had been disturbed
near by came along and hoped on %
him. The pain Of their stines jumped
Peter to bis feet and sent him run
ming for ten rods before he remen-
bered his helpless condition.
Then doctor was called III He felt
OF Peters fairness and heard about his
race with the bees. but instead o. pro
nouncing him able to 90 into the hay
field and sweat bis shirt, as he really
was, it was diagnosed as a case where
sudden excitement had revived the
muscular action FOR moment
Corn planting had come round again,
and the father was working in field
near the highway when man came
along pushing q cart before him. He
was bound to the village, and In the
cart was a big electric battery, such
us takers travel from town to town
With. The man was halted, and the
farmer climbed the fence TO see all
about the machine. After he Ind been
given a shock free gratis he asked
"The stuff ia there is the same az
lightning, ain't it?p
'Just about the same"
at win shock q Teller 50 he wont
know anything2"
ut surely will # / should turn on
tho full current you couldn't let 30 Of
the handles"
Then the father told about Peter be-
ing shocked, and when he had finished
the man said
electricity works two ways. One
shock will cripple a nan, and the next
will restore him to his pristine vigor.
what your son wants Is another
shock. II It cures y9u are to give me
d dollar. If it doesn't you need not
give me aDything"
1t was planned that Peter must be
aeceived. and the plan was carried
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
PROHIBIT PULP WOOD EXPORT
Prime Minister Guoin Says Quebec Will
Adopt 0ntario's Policy.

ottawa April 1.-THE prime minis
tor Of Quebec, Sir Iomer Quoin, an
nounced Saturday chat he would make
his long expected declaration 81 pulp
wood during the budget debate tomor.
row
What viii be the principal lines Of
your declaration" he was asked
We win prohibit export Of pulp
wood from crown lands exactly as in
Ontario We are determined that our
pulp wood must be manufactured here
rs a certain degree My declaration on
the subject win be short and sweet"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
GRAND TRUNKS s1EAMER POLICY
President Hays Says Lines to Pacific
WIN Be Established.

Montreal, April LITTLE arst dcfnite
statement as to the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway company steamship policy was
made 81 President G. NJ EIays, before
sailing from England last week. accord
ing to information received through the
Offices Of tie company here Saturday.
NE HAYS Is quoted as stating that the
Grand Trunk Peoife will establish pas
sengcr Heets Of its own on the Pacific
and Atlantic The Pacific service VIII
be installed first. according 30 the state
ment because the western arm 81 The
Crank Trunk Pacific. from Winnipeg
70 Prince Rupert. viii BE- completed Be.
fore the EASTERN probably u 1913.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
vAHEY SAYS HE WILL RUN.
Defeated Democratic Candidate for Gov
ernor Is Stu in the Contest.

Boston, April ll.--Iemes H. Valley Of
Waterfowl twice unsuccessful Demo
cratic candidate for governor. came out
Saturday night with statement IN
which Ne declared until tie Democratic
party convention announces its choice,
viii Be q candidate for It's nomination for
governor Of Massachusetts, Recently
statements have been published to the
effect chat Mayor John i Fitzgerald had
called upon Nh. Valley to forswear any
intention lie might have of running for
governor next fall while the notable
victory Of Eugene N. Foss IN the I4th
congressional district as tie Democratic
candidate has placed that mans name
prominently To the fore for the honor Of
gubernatorial nomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
Fixtures these DAYS.

eThat's a beautiful girl you have in
your storeD said che man acquaintance.
1--WE seen her III The window several
days as passed
'she isn't an employee" the milliner
answered. wearily. She's a woman try
ing 70 decide On new hat. Buffalo
Express.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11

from nervousness
andothera annoying
symptoms, and j
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
Of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. j
never forget TO tell
my friends what
LYDIA Il. pinkham's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
SNAKES SENT 10 SWEETHEART.
Michael Haeselbag Asssgted for Disorder
" Conduct

Msaeheelef n h. Anni 1.-two
wfla0lag saaers eseh nearly q inches
long, formed TIE eeatenfs Of : small
pastpboard box which Michael iAsseIbar
. confasied 70 Mss Alice Stuart Of Man
chester NJ H with a request to give II
70 her ehum Miss Rosie Cahans, IS, who
had sruFnea his ardent advances. In
qnistive members 81 Miss stuart's fam
ilf lifted the cover Of the box. which
she had taken home after a vain attempt
70 find Miss Cahana One Of the snakes
crawlea partly cut. bat was iammed
back and the box, with its live speci-
mems, was rushed 70 the police station
where the snakes were Killed Hasselbar
was arrested on a charge Of disorderly
conduct
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-11
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OR GOLD
During Change Of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, VT. -tI was passing
through the Changeof Life andsuIIered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A woman would much rather break
bad news than bad egg
The more you know about some
things the worse off you are
It's the early chap who catches his
best girl in curl papers.
How a woman dislikes another wo-
man whom she can't get even with!
How little mar enjoys posing be-
fore the big end of a field glass.
The less a man has to do the more
he has to say about being pressed for
time.
Nothing nlcases a fat woman more
than to have her husband call her his
little girl.
Nowadays when a girl acts shy it's
dollars to doughnuts that her mother
is on the watch.
The man who is unable to appreciate
a pretty woman hasn't any more sense
than he is entitled to.
It's awfully surprising to kiss your
sister in the dark when you think it is
another girl who is visiting her.--Chi-
cago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
Reducing Coal Cost.

Everyone who pays coal bill is in
terested in the efforts now being put
forth to produce some sort of fuel
| from coal waste. The most common
which is coal dust or refuse held to-
gether by pitch after being subjected
to great pressure. There is still a
question as to the value of this fuel
on account of the smoke and the low
proportion of heat to volume. A re-
cent bulletin of the geological survey
goes into the matter with some care.
AS result of tests made tables
have been prepared showing the rela-
tive value of different fuels for house,
hold use The tables indicate that
the Goals containing the highest per-
centage of fixed carbon give the least
smoke and are the most effective heat
producers. IT is shown that the coal
containing the least volatile matter
makes the least smoke and gives the
highest efficiency. This is of special
Great Lakes where the Goals contain
much of this matter. In the tests
Goals ranged from IS to "A per cent.
volatile matter with the efficiency Of
the coal decreasing directly as the
percentage of volatile matter in
creased. for it was discovered that
much of the volatile matter passed
out of the stack unconsumed
The briquets tested gave much
smoke, but this is attributed largely
to the binder which is pitch. Ex-
periments with various binders are in
progress and it is hoped that as re-
suit the amount of binder required
Will be greatly reduced. Efforts are
also being made to manufacture
oriauets without binder, from Ignite
In connection with this investiga-
'ion, information was sought as to the
economy of central heating plants for
oweiihss. Inquiries were sent to
% such plants and the replies all in
dicate that the system is economical
tor the householder and that in large
cities, where smoke becomes a nui-
sance. the trouble will be obviated by
these central plants when they are
presided over by men who understand
the art of firing boilers.
The gentleman who prepared the
bulletin. Mr.. d. T. Randall, advance.
the opinion that if all the factor.
concerned in the production of hea
on the premises are considered. sucl
as cost of plant. depreciation, repairs
cost OF fuel and labor and the elimina
ton of all discomfort from dust
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
suNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

It is easy to fool man VINO wants
to oe fooled.
A nan who is willing to live by his
wits is willing to steal.
1t is the people for when the mint
never was intended who take It.
If you say that a girl is older than
she says you insult the whole family.
Every man thinks he possesses
great deal of personal magnetism,
whatever that is.
You may have observed that this
room for an argument you hear so
much about never has to look long for
tenant.
The bone in the beetsteak occasions
more kicks than the foam on the beer
although you can't even feed the latter
to the dog.
Occasionally it happens that wo-
man has to have money to win a nus
band, but a man doesn't have to nave
money or charm to win 20 wives.-At-
Gibson OHan.) Globe.
Considering the great difficulty III
securing girls to do housework loi
good wages, it is surprising now easi-
ly they can be induced to take the Joo
for their board and clothes ana ult-
ferent name.
We hereby call Rudyard Kipling's
attention to the fact that "The YAM
nire" should be revised upward:"A
hank of hair" is most misleading. as
app!ied to the modern woman, either
bale or stack being more expressive
than hank "-Atchison (Kan) Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
In Peary's Honor.

The proposal to confer upon COM
mander Robert E. Peary the rank OF
rear admiral, and to Immediately re-
tire him upon a salary which would
be in the nature of pension, was &C
copied by the majority of the people Oh
this country as but fitting recognition
of the great service Peary mad
nerformed for his country through
his explorations in northern ia+tuoes'
crowned by the discovery OF the north
mole. II the north pole had been dls-
covered Nv subject of any OF the
European nations. the discoveref woulo
have been decorated with signal honor
,by the governing bodies of that coun-
trv but Commander Peary is an
American, and it is Americas oppor-
tunity to honor a son who has accom-
plished something that will live
tbrcnob tho ages as the greatest feat
of the century.
The American PEOPLE, as individuals,
honor him ana he is satisfied. How
eyer II is deemed that he is entitled
to honor from the people collectively,
through their representatives anu
senators at washington, and to this
end a bill was introduced designing
to officially recognize Peary's services
in a fitting manner. Immediately at
ter the Introduction of the bill petty
jealousy found expression in all sorts
Of iIl-natured criticism. Petty objec-
lions were raised on every hand and
given wide publicity by their sponsors
in an effort to discredit Commander
Peary. Each and all of these obJec-
tons has been thoroughly debated ana
disposed of to the satisfaction OF all
fair-ninded men, and still objection is
raised to permitting the nation to hon.
or itself by recognizing Commander
Peary
Peary does not need either the hon
or or the pension. Doubtless the IN
come from his lectures will provide
him with sufficient income SO that he
will be able 70 live comfortably the
rest of his life. II his naval duties IN
terfere with his lectures it is always
possible for him to return to private
life by resignng and devote his entire
time to his chosen work.
The Brooklyn Eagle sums up the
situation briefly, in the following Ian
guage:
The proposition to make him a
rear admiral involves less honor
than he deserves, but offers as
much as our government under
general law can give to him. me
statement that he is "Only an en-
Rjneer," and that "his elevation
will be objectionable to the line"
only illustrates the smallness OF
mind which has been found not to
be incompatible with line service
and with servile press work on be-
half of some of that service. For
knowledge, for capacity, for dis
covery, Peary is preeminent in
world service and will forever be
in world history. He has conferred
more distinction on his nation and
his age than they can ever confer
on him.
1t is to be regretted that Congress |
las delayed so long in this matter
but having done so there is no reason |
now why immediate action should not
he taken to recognize Commander |
Peary as he deserves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-19
Mexico Advances.

Some of the more advanced citizens
of Mexico have seen the evil of bull
fighting as a public amusement ana
are supporting a bill to be presented
at the spring session of the Mexican
Congress. which will prohibit bull
fighting within the boundaries of that
country. If the bill is favorably con-
sidered it will operate to check and
finally stop the practice. OF course
"a national pastime of so long stand
ing cannot be eliminated out Of hand,
it will be months and possibly years
before the full affects of the law will
penetrate to all parts Of the country.
1t is significant sign of the times,
however, that at least six of the states
of the Mexican union, in reply to let
tiers sent their governors by the
Mexican Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, have advised
that the fight is already forbidden
within their limits.
The Humanitarian Society is Wig
orously promoting a campaign to Gre
ate a national sentiment against the
cruel exhibition. Over $500 Spanish
TRANSACTIONS of BLACK Beauty" and
Friends and Helpers" have been dis
tributed among the school children
and are being read freely, not only by
the children, but by their parents.
The thought contained in those two
works is supplemented by thousands
of tracts in English and Spanish all
tending to educate the rising genera
ton to kindlier feelings toward
dumb animals. A victory in this
matter would be triumph for those
who believe bull fighting to be brutal
and cruel. The disgusting exhibitions
have long been a blot upon Mexican
civilization though no one denies that
Mexico is far in advance of the aver
age Latin American state. The
adjustment of bull fighting will sim
ply be an announcement to the world
that Mexico has not ceased to adj
vance, but is willing to follow the
lead of her Northern neighbors to
higher levels.