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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
Let Well Enough Alone.

If you are doing pretty well,
Let well enough alone
Don't try to be the greatest swell
Upon the business throne;
Don't try to outdo all the rest,
And make the biggest splash,
Let well enough alone is best,
And not invite a crash.
If you are doing pretty well,
BE satisfied with that;
Lest at the striking Of the bell
Fate throws you OH he mat.
Men say, No risk, no gain. All, well
That may be very true;
But when you've lost your all, pray tell
What's TO become OF you!
# you are doing pretty well,
Keep on and save your health.
Don't slave and risk all day and sell
Your happiness for wealth;
Don't rush the get-rich scheme pell-mell,
And claim the business throne
If you are doing pretty well,
Let well enough alone.
Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
uc0UN!z.ESS OF R0sL nm
NEW ENGLAND GRANITE WORKS.
New Plant to Be Erected at Concord the
Coming Spring.


Coming Spring.
Concord, \. IT,, Dec. 20.-D. L. McLar-
en- Of Westerly, r. T. superintendent
Of the New England Granite works. was
in the city yesterday on company bust.
ness.
he said that plans for the new sheds
to be erected by the company at the foot
Of Rattlesnake hill had been worked ont,
but that engineers would make thor
ough study Of the new site before they
were finally committed to paper.
He declared that everything would be
ready for the work OF erection in the
early spring and that the new plant
Of the company would be rushed to com
pletion at the earliest possible day.
The new railroad recently completed
from the siding near the old pickle fac
tory to the quarry on the hin is now
in full operation, the locomotives ana
cars Of the Boston Maine road pro-
ceeding over the new iron to the foot of
tue MIL WHeIe tht granite ~ transferred
from the ears used on that portion Of
the road operated by cable. This latter
part is to be made more efficient .,
the installation of heavier hosting
engine, which is expected to be in place
in about six weeks.
The opening of the railroad has en-
abled the company to do away with
horses and oxen formerly employed in
dragging the granite from the quarry
down TO the railroad, has reduced the
time required to handle the rough stock
to a minimum and is working for greater
efficiency and economy.
While trade is dull at present, Mr.. Me-
Laren does not look for present condi-
tious to continue for any length of time
aud is confident that there win be plenty
of work the coming year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
The Fear of Flesh.

Why are the ladies so violently con
eerned to be thin. Everywhere one hear
about it or sees the signs of it. Gaunt
ness is the fashion, Women to whom
It belongs to weigh 200 aspire to l00
woman why by rights should weigh Isl
aspire to las; women who are wen ans
comfortable and handsome at 1876 mus
be slim at 1870, and so on down to youny
creatures who are healthy and SHOULD
be happy at 100. but starve themselves
in hopes Of being ethereal and visionary
at l02.
What is the matter with eontempo
rary women that they yearn so to b,
thin? Is it good for themy Ask the
nerve specialists and all the other doc
tors. Broken-down digestions may b,
helped by a restricted diet. Womer
who are really too fat are not well
and their health may be improved and
their comfort increased by dieting. But
it is not health or comfort that nine
out OF ten of the contemporary reducers
are after. but mere style. 1t is the
fashion to be as thin as possible, and
our poor friends are very eager TO be
in the fashion.
The cost of their endeavors is pretty
serious. When they so without suitable
food their tempers suffer and their as.
sociates are by so much the losers
Their energies and their powers Of EN-.
durance are, OF course, depleted. Women
who have work to do, and do il, have
to eat, for otherwise they can't get
through their work IL must be that
these ladies who yesrn so disastrouslv
for a fragility Of appearance that ma.
tlire did not intend for them. have no
duties that are pressing enough to CON
strain them'to maintain their strength.
Very little food will support life. if
neither mind nor body works hard, ana
Of the two il takes more food to main.
tain the minds activities than the
body's Let our friends who are un-
derfeedng themselves to bring their
weight down take care that they do not
pay more in gaiety Of spirit aud social
and mental capacity than sylph-like
figure is worth to them
There is only one sound reason for
dieting-that is health. There is no
such enchantment is slimness as our diet.
ing friends suppose Women look best,
IS a rule, at the weight at which they
feel best To acquire weight thirty
on forty pounds below what really be.
longs 20 them is TO make abstention do
the work Of sickness, and usually with
a like result-thst they feel mighty
mean and look as they feel There IS
no beauty ID anything that disturbs
the health.-From New York Life.
Dorothy DavfA-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
TAKING MEASURES,
Portuguese Government Prepares t
Combat Cholera In Madeira.

Lisbon, Dec. 20.-The cruiser Amin
anto Refs left for Madeira yesterday,
carrying strong force of marines, to
prevent further outbreaks on the island
and a corps OF physicians with medi-
cines and food to combat the cholera
epidemic Rioting has occurred there re-
Gently owing to the stringent measures
taken by the authorities to stop the
spread of cholera
1t Il expected that constituent as
sembly will be convened in April. The
present plans call for the creation Of a
single chamber legislative body of 200
members, which will elect the president
Of the republic for fve.year term.
The special naval commission appoint
ed under the provisional government
recommends the acquisition of three 49,.
coo ton battleships with speed Of 81
knots each.
American constructors will be invited
TO bid for the new vessels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
CDR. Miles Nervine
Raised Me From
the Grave Taylor

This is strong statement to
make, but it is exactly what Mrs.
Thomas Taylor, of Blum, Texas,
said in expressing her opinion of
this remedy.
"Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine
raised me from the grave and Ihave
much confidence in it. can never
sayenough foryo grand medicines.
If anyone had offered me $4,000 for
the second bottle Of Neryne thatI
used | would have said no indeed"
MRS. THOMAS TAYLOR,
Blum, Tex.
Nervous exhaustion is a COM
mon occurrence of modern life.
The wear and tear on the nervous
system is greater now than at any
time since the world began. For
sleeplessness, poor appetite and that
run down" feeling, nothing is so
good as
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
Shopping Bag Notes.

The woman who has stuffed her shop
ping bag almost TO the limit and then
rammed in few more articles has gazed
ruefullv at ii, after using it a short
time, wishing it were not so much out
OF shape. A new idea in the construc-
ton OF her bag will prove real Joy
The "No-Sag' bag has steel spring
in the bottom which Tesents the stuffing
process and -yesists il so successfully
that the shape is never lost These
bags come in attractive designs, sent
over from Paris every little while, says
the Kansas City Times
The Envelope bag is very fiat, but has
extra fullness at the bottom and a
smart catch and cord It is to be had in
all colors.
All the newer bags OF the year are
suspended from the arm by a cord or
an extra leather. A lock frame of real
seal is mounted with gunmetal. This
has a new handle.
Fur bags are being made TO match
the fur sets of hat, muf and neckpiece.
One in seal with silver mounting and
brown cord is especially good looking.
These are made to order in any fur and
afford an opportunity to use scraps left
from furs made over.
Fitted bags are a comfort to the bus.
mess woman, one type having a panel
holding several toilet articles which can
be slipped into the bag or left out, just
as the wearer wishes.
A good all around bag is one Of NOR
occo Of the nearly square pattern with
a cord. The hinge is one which holds
the bag wide open when stretched suf
ficiently
It is handy to have the time always
accessible, and so a bag has been de-
yised which holds watch in one side,
showing its face on the outside.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
SANTA CLAUS POUNDS scEprIc.
Never Again Will Pat Feenay Of Pitts.
bury Doubt His Existence.

Pittsburg, Dec. % Santa Claus
wreaked vengeance on a scoiFer Sunday
and as a result Patrick Feeney Of north
side, father OF goodsized family, is
in a hospital with several scalp wounds
from fall in his sleep during which
he tried to kick" the old fellow All
day sundcy Patrick was "pesteredP by
the children's question Of how the "old
man" got down the chimney and like
queries that have remained unanswered
for generations. TO all Feeney gave
scoiiing answers and threw doubts about
the existence of such a person, until he
fell into a doze in a rocking chair be-
fore the fireplace. In his dreams Santa
Claus appeared, according to Feeney,
and berated him for his scepticism until
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
TO REwED CHRISTMAS DAY.
Couple Separated IS Years Owing tc
Misunderstanding.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. 20.-John Hem
Try Foreman and Bertha +. Cook, after a
separation of Is years, deereed by the
divorce court, have decided TO rewed.
Christmas is the appointed day,
The first time the couple went before
a justice of the peace one morning in
June and had the knot tied.
Foreman went away TO seek his for
tune, leaving his wife behind. For a
time she waited and then took the train
for New York in search Of her husband,
whom she thought had deserted her
Foreman returned but the neighbors
told him that his wife had gone He
waited, but no wife came, and then he
got a divorce and married a second time.
Three years later wife No 2 died.
One day recently he passed along Main
street and met his first wife.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20

Feeney jumped to grapple with the good
saint who "slugged him once" and down
he fell. 1t was at this point that the
rocking chair went over and Feeney's
head struck the hearth When he came
to, Santa Claus was missing, but an am
bulance surgeon was patching up Feeney
so he could get to the ambulance. Now
the children are sure there is Santa
Claus, because he clicked father
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
NEGRO SEGREGATION ORDERED.
Baltimore's New Resolution Completed
by Signature Of the Mayor.

Baltimore, Md, Dec, Henceforth
no white person may move into block
in Baltimore, where the majority Of the
residents of that block are negroes, nor
may a negro move into block where the
majority are whites. This is the man
date laid down in the so-called f. III.
West segregation ordinance, which was
signed by Mayor Mahool yesterday II
is expected that the act will be taken
to the courts to test its constitutional,
ity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
DR.. Miles Nervine

Your nerves are your life and
lack Of vital energy makes existence
a misery. DR.. Miles Nervine will
tone up your nervous system.
ASK any druggist. 1.-THE first bottle fails
to benefit, your moneyis returned.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
HEAD SPLIT OPEN.
Man Found Dead and Wife TAKEN into
Custody.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. Francis knit
fen was found dead in bed at his home
early yesterday, with his head split open.
His widow, Nettie E. KnfTen, who was
taken into custody by the police, first
reported the tragedy She said she was
occupying a bedroom in another part OF
the house, when she was awakened BY
her husbands groaning and found him in
dying condition when she reached his
bedside. A bloody axe was found in
the woodshed
The police and coroner expressed the
opinion that the man had been dead not
more than an hour, though Mrs KnifFen
said he survived several hours after she
discovered his plight.
The widow positively denied that she
knew anything about the murder further
than the story she told the neighbors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
GRANITEVILLE.

There will be a skiddo dance in the
opera house hall. East Barre. Friday
evening, December %, Dancing from S
10 3. Oyster supper served BIZ Indies
II the y. +. @. r. in the Odd Fellows
sail First-class music. Admission 70
cents, ladies free. Come and have the
.ime Of your life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
In Woman's Realm.

Be sure to iron garments with the
straight of the goods and thus prevent
stretching of the bias seams
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20

When the cream Of wheat is ready
to serve, chop quickly five bananas,
sweeten with little confectioners' sugar
and add teaspbonful OF lemon juice,
Then pass through sieve. Serve this
with the wheat, with or without cream.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20

Powdered boracic acid sprinkled on
lace yoke or collar, then laid away for
day or two, then shaken out, will re-
move the dirt,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20

Before curling feathers have been laid
away, they should be hung in the sun
and air for hours. The next step is
to stroke the fronds the wrong way
this is, from the tip to the quill, This
will make the feather fluffy. To curl,
hold the plume in the left hand and
hold it over steam. Begin at the tip
and stroke with a blunt knife, taking
about hall dozen frouds at time.
The curl will form underneath. When
both sides of the feather are done, curl
a few upper fronds in an opposite di-
rection--that is, so that the curl will
fall over the quill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

OF himself that while posing for the
Peale portrait he was in grave and
sullen mood, and part of the time
asleep. And when Stuart was painting
the most famous OF his portraits he sat
with his lips padded out with cotton
to hide defects caused By the bad III
of his front pair of false teeth. But
later he got better teeth. of hipopposa-
mus ,usk which he wore while sitting
for miniature by Sfarpless, which
was regarded by many as his best like
ness.
Poor SpelIer and Read Little.
That he spelled like gentleman
Is revealed by these letters in the vast
government collection. Thus he wrote
"wipder,. .latten. 10,
Latinl etc. But hts education was
finished only at little village school
In fredericksburg, whence he depart
ed poor grammarian, although q fai,
hand at arithmetic. His grammar
however, he improved in later life
until he had mastered an elegance oil
style. His penmanship. always uni
form, graceful and distinct, followed
CLOSELY the stereotyped copies in TIM
Young Mans. Companion" which ne
studied industriousiy, and which con
tanned instruction in great variety
of subjects, from carpentry to eti-
auette, and from ciphering to doctor
ing.
But throughout his life Washington
read but little. and what books he die
peruse were chiefly on agriculture ant
military science 4 complete cata'
logue OF his library, printed this win
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

forty seven, to Lafayette. he presents
his compliments to the latter's wifs
and sends her the message that have
a heart susceptible of the tenderest
passion and that it is already so strong
ly impressed with the most favorable
ideas OF her that she must be cautious
of putting loves torch to it,
When he was siSty-three he wrote to
Nellie Custis:
.In the composition OF the human
frame there is a good deal OF inflam-
] mable matter. however dormant It may
lie for time"
Washingtons sight failed during the
revolution and he first put on glasses
at forty-five. BY fifty he was quite
gray. by fifty-hye quite deaf, and by
sixty-three had lost his last tooth.
His last illness was contracted at six
ty-seven while riding about Mount
Vernon in winter storm, from which
he contracted diphtheria. First an
oyerseer came and bled him of half
pint OF blood. Then the doctors came
and bled him to death; and his last
words, addressed to them, were: You
had better not take any more trouble
about me. but let me so off quietly.
(CopyriEh, 1910. by John Elfreth
WatkinS.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
y. su,ycToN An LAFAYETTE AT MOUNT VERNON.

and lotteries which were fashionable
In his day.
From the time that he was in his
twenties until he was we'll advanced IN
his sixties he made repeated entries on
his accounts of sums ranging upward
to ESQ, invested in lottery tickets:
When thirty-four he made ZIG on t6
thus invested. He put up FL In q
rattle for necklace, Il shillings
for chance on the Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica, and he entered other raffies
for glasses, coach. pair OF SILVER
buckles, a watch. a gun, etc. He was
also fond of gaming and ono entry
in his diary stated that he was at
home all day over cards but MS
| diary records his largest gain as i3.
However. ne once lost 80 ii shiilings
and pence. The record. shows that
he was generally unlucky at cards. he
was fond of billiards. horse-racing and
! fox hunting. IIided from boyhood he
was passionately fond of horses. JEFF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
lIiA Art Taste.

K We now get our first knowledge from
this inventory OF the original contents
Sf tho rooms at Mount Vernon. y
shows that the general $ art taste ran
,anstlv TO war scenes and portraits Of
,.annrals. He had upstairs some
ssMNvmphs BATHING an "Adonis Carried
az by Venus and pictures OF that
cluss. but the creator part Of the coli
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

Cuticura comfort for all who suffer
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

scratching. he never knew what It
was to sleep well from the time he took
the disease until he was cured. He
kept us awake all hours in the night
and his health wasn't what you would
call good. We tried every thing but the
right thing. Finally got 2 set q the
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
LITTLE SUFFERER
FROM ECZEMA
Grew Worse in Spite Of Six Months
ofAbIest Treatment Sleep Ter
ribIy Broken Face, Head and
Hands Masses Of Dreadful Humor.
A SINGLE SET OF
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our baby was seven
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We called in a doctor.
He said it was eczema
and from that time we
doctored six months
with three of the best
doctors in Atchison but
he only got worse. His
face, head and hands
were a solid sore. There
was no end to the
suffering for him. We
had to tie his little
hands to keep him from
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
Pickpockets Nabbed.

Anderson, Oct. 29.-A neat, well
dressed white man giving his name as
w. Davis and two negroes w. J. John
son and Homer Gray were lodged In
the county Jail late to-day charged
with picking pockets here yesterday
and last night on the Blue Ridge train
bound for Seneca. Davis waived pre-
liminary hearing: and was released on
five hundred dollar cash bond. The
Sis found on him when he was ar
rested was also held. The two ne
eroes were committed to jail in de-
fault of bond.
Davis was caught in the act OF
picking a pocket in crush at the
union depot Lieutenant Russell OF the
United States navy, who is visiting
here, being witness. The lieutenant
grabbed Davis and turned him over
TO an officer. Johnson and Gray op-
Grated on the train and were caught
by the train crew.
AS an aftermath of the circus yes
terdav. SO cases were docketed in the
police court to-day and the fines ag-
gregated several hundred dollars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
SHOT AT HIS WIFE.
Former Columbia Policeman in Jall
on Serious Charge.


Columbia, Nov. 1.-Seeking for
many months to renew domestic hap
piness and failing, tonight former
Policeman julius E. Smoak went to
his old home and, throwing open the
door, fired at his wife. Her screams
brought to her rescue two men, who
held smoak while his wife ran to po-
lice headquarters, summoning the Of
icers. Smoak was placed under ar
rest and tonight is in the city jail.
Several months ago Smoak and his
wife separated. Since that time' on
several occasions, it is said, Smoak
endeavored to get back into the good
graces of his wife, but was unsuc-
cessful. So tonight he apparently
sought to kill her. Fortunately the
bullet went wild and Mrs. Smoak WIS
unhurt. 1t is probable that Smoak
will have to serve year and DAY
for his act tonight, inasmuch as he
was under a peace bond. This was
for year and day and the amount
of the bond was 5000. There had
previously been trouble between
Smoak and his wife.
For a while Smoak was a member
of the local police department. He is
we'll known here.