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New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
MOVING OF THE ROBINS
BY Elizabeth A. Reed

SPRING came early to the shores OF Lake
~ Michigan When March sent out his
trumpet call 10 the storm clouds, some gent
Ter spirit caught the notes and changed
them into a low, sweet song. The great trees
with wind swept branches, had been holding
their faith close TO living hearts, and Wnen
they heard the mysterious summons ILle
wine Of life raced again through their coId
veins. Down in the sleeping earth the violet
and anenone were Wakened, and tiny root
lets creDt toward one another, while the but
tercups began to measure out their gold.
The feathered folk in the southland heard
the faint notes Of the reveille and, bending
their heads to one side, they whispered TO
one another the call of the north Multi
tudes Of robins running about under the
orange trees discussed it all day long, ana
when the color flashed over the hills OF morn
ing they were gone.
They came into a land Of TiOtIng spring
time; for the leaves were IN their tender
green, and tulips and daffodils were nodd1ng
to one another through all the latter part OF
March.
On the north side Of a great city close to
the lake a family found a welcome ROBIN
building her nest in 4 tree on branch SO
near an upper window that it was within
reach OF The hand; and the window became
a land Of plenty for the birds, where many a
dainty waited for them during the intervals
Of their work
At last the nest was finished and summer
seemed 70 be on the wing; later flowers were
coming INTO bloom and the air was fragrant
with the breath Of newly mown grass, The
eggs Of " robins blue were all laid, and the
little mother took up the task Of bringing her
brides out Of the pearly palaces, while the
father sang on a branch nearby or brought
her bits Of food
April had come in singing the songs Of
June; but a belated storm swept over the
northland and the air grew freezing cold,
while the snow came swirling through the
! leafy branches The brave little mother had
no thought Of leaving her eggs. She was
listening now for tiny peck that whispered
life was stirnng beneath her faithful wings;
50 she bent her head to the storm and spread
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her feathers so they were thin over herself.
but warmer for the ever new miracle going
on beneath her loyal heart.
A conference was held in the house where
warm hearts held loving reign, and after
time the window was cautiously opened, and
gently-Oh. so gently.-the limb bearing the
nest was severed from the tree. The brood
ing bird saw It all with beating heart and
frightened eyes; but she cIung more closely
to her nest while it was lifted into the spa
ciOus chamber that had been vacated for
her. A generous table was spread with bird
luxuries; but she only looked and trembled.
The window was wide open, and the bird
friends had left them alone, when the father
robin came home cold and hungry to tell his
little wife that no worms were 20 be found IN
the snow and everything else had sought
refuge from the storm. But there was no
nest on his familiar limb. AstOnishcd at
first and then terrified, he sought the whole
tree over in VAIN; but at last his agonized
crv was answered by a low, sweet call from
within the room, and the frantic bird dashed
through the open window to the side of his
mate Still with gaping bill he looked eager
" round the room for some solution of the
strange problem; but in response TO another
comforting note ne began TO smooth his dlS
tended feathers and realize the warmth o.
fle room. ttLliCt4Sli IL WIS SOIltLlIIlC - LDIr
he venrured toward the food and water near
them
The storm continued to rage, and winter
seemed 10 have dropped from the clouds
INTO the very heart Of summer; but, which
ever wqr the snow might drift, the window
Of robin chamber was never closed and the
door was opened only ~ bring in fresh sup
,+I;ns The mother bi~i soon learned to re
rc;yr these visits unat and, and the four little
mouth within the nest were generously filled
lt tha cold days went by
- Wbar at last the ticdgings huttered to the
u,;adog rhcv looked out into the sunshine
that covered as with a garment the blue
Hl;rned %,iIId cheerily from the tree while their
c,in+ted breasts were turned toward the win
dow % whence 9i their supplies were still brought
by yrhD IlIe familv Of bird lovers on the North
c.iaera ~ wondering whether their hospitality
viii be e4b1e'sad 5bs tide and on msco6 the sa%e sse Ts
turns turns northward-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Sale Of pIIIow alp. At Abbott,..

Sale Of pillow slips at Abbott's,
Table girls wanted ct hotel Otis
Spotted jacket" 50 cigar -Lander''
It always pays to visit The Vaughan
Store
For your summer underwear, 60 70
Perry's.
Another lot Of those yoils skirts At
SIPS at yaughans.
Rooms with board at the 'Woodbine,'
81 Jefferson street
Henry Beeman Of Rouses Point, n "
q ia the city to-day On business.
MI. and Mrs. w. Il. stocxman of Con
cord, n. H., are visiting friends in this
city
G. s. Wallace left the city to-day on
q carriage drive 10 Lake Fairlee, where
he ia erecting cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. i. J sowden Of fremont
street are passing a vacation with rela-
tiyes IN Springfield, Mas.
Mrs. Augustus Hall and son, VIII
liam. returned to-day to their home IN
Sc. Armand Que after spending two
weeks in this city,
Your vacation turns your mind to q
trunk suit cnse or travelling bag The
Bnnk McWhorter company has the larg
est assortment Ia the city.
Regular meeting Of the Jumpers, box
ers and derriclsmen's union win be held
In carpenters ball Wednesday evening
june az Per order cor see, 4. r..
Holder.
Attention, Maccnbees There win be
special review Thursday &C p. NJ.
at *. Of p hall for practice Il Is
requested that syefs officer and guard
he present The rally at st. Johnahury
viii be June 30 and July I.
Double votes win be given on al pre-
scriptions and all purchases At the new
iceless soda fountain By the Red Cross
this week Save these votes
and turn them over to your fayorite,
that she may get the piano free. Il 4
wen worth the effort
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
THE HORSE


His Appeal 70 HE Master FOR Humane
Treatment.
To thee, my master, I offer my pray
or. Feed me and take care Of me. Be
kind 70 me, De not jerk the reins. 10
not whip me when going uphill
Never strike, beat or kick me when
/ fail 70 understand what you want Of
me. bat give me a chance I'd under
stand ron. watch me- and IL refuse
to do your bidding see # there Is not
something wrong with my harness
DO not give ME too heavy loads New.
er hitch me where water will drip on
me. Keep me well shod. Examine my
teeth when fail to eat. / may have
an liberated tooth That, you know,
Is very painful ! aim unable to tell
you II words when / am sick, SO
watch me, aud viii try to tell you BY
signs.
Pet me sometimes. / enjoy Il, and
VIII learn to love you.
Protect me IA summer from the hot
sun Keep a blanket on me ID winter
weather, and never put d frosty bit IL
my mouth, but hold it 10 your hands a
moment FIRST
carry you, pull you, wait patiently
for You long hours day or night /
cannot tell you when | am thirsty;
give me clean, cool water often IN hot
weather
Finally when my strength IS gone,
iustead Of turning me over 70 hu
man brute 70 be tortured and starved,
take my life In the easiest. quickest
way, and your God viii reward YOU il
this life and ID heaven. Amen From
the Swedish 10 eOur Dumb Animals
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21

Iwill sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, o.
Saturday, June rs, 1910
Al 0as 0'6IsCk Ii The Attention

at my residence, No. SO Merchant st.,
Barre. VI, house and lot.
The house contains seven rooms, with
modern improvements. This property
Is located on one Of the best streets IN
the city; would make a good home or
investment There is land enough for a
good garden.
Also the following household furni-
ture Three iron beds, mattresses and
springs, two dressers, one chiffonier.
two eommodes, one dining table, one
steel couch, art square, carpets, one
gas range, one Glenwood heater, one
range, with hot-water attachments. a
lot of chairs. tables, and many articles
not mentioned. One two-seated carriage
Terms cash.
Z. ETA BLAKE, Owner.
c. n BARBER, Auctioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
THE MoNTENEGRIN.
Hs Is Hospitsbio, bot Dearly Loves the
Vendetta.


Vendetta.
10 listen 10 Bulgar singing Is to
make ongs flesh creep or want to
weep. The centuries Of cruel oppres-
sion are only too manifest IN Bulgarian
music and words, but a Montenegrin
grows restless over bis songs and
curses the powers that forbid him 70
emulate his forefathsrs deeds eE
massa across the frontier He does
20 whenever be can but only III twog
and threes,
When the Montenegro goes ralding
across the border Il Is really a more
sporting affair than the wei equipped
and organized outings 81 the Bulgar
"Comitatchis With him II 81 usually
q private act Of revenge or vendetta
10 which he Invites one Of two friends
Then they steal across the border at
night, fnd their man. do their best to
kin him and then make tracks home
ward with the whole district at their
heels Perhaps the method Of killing
"a not up 70 the standard Of western
sport, for they shoot their victim sit
ting 80 to speak, and Do not give him
chance, but as # y the recognized
system on both sides little can be said
This custom makes men very vary.
and the stronger can appreciate tho
reason when he sees 9 plowman, for
instance. attending 20 bis duties with
a ride slung ever his back But in
spite 81 this they ars the essence Of
honor and hospitality AS their guest
no one can come TO any harm. and
they win do ell ID their power to make
his stay among them pleasant and
safe. Wide World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
TALK OF The TOWN.
2 Ia u musIIns n go.

See tae v muslins At Perry's.
RED Devil &c cigar-Lander's store.
Read about cur June sale at The
Vaughan Store
See the new Princess slips at The
Vaughan Store.
Chldren's wash suits from soc to
$500 from the Frank McWhorter Co.
At seven p. ms june 81 there viii
be line Of nice automobiles ia front Of
the Congregational church, with the
most competent and best hooking chaui.
ieurs a the state. to take you On that
joy ride, Everybody come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21

TUESDAY. JUNE q, 1910.
Weather Prediction

Fair and warmers light variable winds
mostly west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
Alabama Productions This Year

As the old year draws near its end we begin to see that it has been good to us in Alabama. In mineral Alabama we have mined fully 15,OOOOO0 tons of coal as against 14117, ,S68 tons in 1907. It is a' new record in the coal mines of this dis trict
 Then, too, this district had made in the first Il months of the year 1,7S5,Ooo tons of pig iron. If we. add 1SS'ooO tons as December's output we have total for the calendar year of 1,s1S,000 tons. This, too. is a new record in this district. The previous record was 1,76s,617 tons, made in 1909. The production of this year will exceed last years by about 15500o tons The Birmingham district, it is believed, can make at profit pig iron when No. is selling down to $11 a ton, or even a shade lower.
 Nor Is this all. The state has made more corn than ever before in a single year, far more-almost enough to supply all home demands, and the crop of cotton including linters will exceed 100000 bales. Every bale and it's seed is worth about sSO on the farm. Alabama has made more cotton in year, but 1,2oo,OO bales is more than an average crop, and 1t is bringing in far more than an average price.
 The coal, pig iron. corn and cotton produced in Alabama this year were worth as follows: Coal, $2O,O00,ooO; pig iron, $17,OOO,oOo; corn. sSo,OOO.OOO; cotton seO, 900, ,ooo-total s157 7,oOo. .oOO or something better than s75 for every person and pick aninny in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
Three Senatorial Seats

Gov.-elect woodrow Wilson has practi- cally excluded Boss Smith from the sen atorial race in New Jersey and Farmer Jim Maritime will probably have no op- ponent in the democratic party. He will be seated, and he will be in the Senate progressive democrat, and he will often be heard in debate. He takes the place of John Kean, and the country will be ben efitted in the change.
 In Rhode Island Colonel Lippett, who owns cotton mills, and a federal judge whose name is Brown, are contending for Aldrichs seat. Aldrich favors Lippett As yet 1t is not known which of the two contestants is the stronger. Neither will command the influence of the retiring senator-an influence, by the way, that was rarely brought to bear except to serve the interests.
 The third interesting contest will occur in Massachusetts, where Henry Cabot Lodge seeks reelection. He has served r years in the Senate. The legislature contains a majority of republicans, but some of those republicans do not want a standpatter who has never failed to stand for privilege on every possible oc- ca sion. Lodge is also at the head of a rachine and altogether there is an ex- pectation that the progressive republicans in the legislature will dictate the selection of progressive republican for senator CT at any rate of man like ex-Presi- 6ent Charles W. Eliot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
Four Years Ago md Now

This time four years ago a new ad- ministration was about to be installed at Montgomery" said a democrat, and as the governor and legislature had been elected on radical lines the rail- roads, capital and large business in- terests in general were naturally nerv- ous. But what turned out to be the most drastic legislation enacted by the retiring lawmakers was that embodied in the prohibition measures. The peo- pie of Alabama had never expressed themselves in a general election in fa- vor of statewide prohibition, but on the other hand the campaign of 1906 was made on the sound democratic doc Urine of local option In 1909, however, the administration committed itself to the statewide proposition and the leg islature, in a fit of hysteria, passed the Carmichael and the Fuller bills-the e severest prohibition laws ever passed anywhere. And at the same session. an extra session of the legislature-an amendment submission bill seeking to write prohibition in the organic law was adopted. The amendment cam | paign and its bitter antagonisms are too fresh in the minds of the people to need detailed reference now. Consti- | tutional prohibition was voted down by an overwhelming majority, and that
 was the first time the people at large | had spoken at the polls.
 1 Not all the work of the legislature merited adverse criticism. Some of the enactments were good and wise. But on
 the whole the legislature was radical body and kept the great business public in state of suspense. What a contrast in condition at this time compared with four years ago. Statewide prohibition has been failure-a miserable farce and the new legislature can be depended
 upon to make wholesome changes in the present laws. Just what sort of laws
 we will have after January it would be
 hard to say. Many of us who oppose statewide prohibition do not care, just
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
IN HOTEL LOBBLES
Talks of week-End Rates

Referring to the weekend rates on the Central of Georgia, which were establish ed some time ago at the request of the Business Mems league, L. ". Keith, trav- elirg passenger agent. said yesterday:
 While our road was a little loath to inaugurate weekend rates, we are satis- fled with the results. They have been the means of increasing our Saturday, Sun day and Monday traffic very considera- bly,, and at times our equipment has to be increased to handle the business.
 "The people along our line have re- sponded very cordially to this concession, made by our road, and are taking liberal advantage of the low weekend rates which are in effect Saturday and Sun Gay, with tickets good to return to sell ing point until midnight of the following Monday. I know of large number of instances where these special rates have brought people to Birmingham who were net in the habit of shopping here before, an6 I think 1t Is one of the best trade pullers that Birmingham could have. The benefits derived from these weekend rates are more effective by the splendid campaign of advertising which the Busi- ness Mems league is conducting and which particularly stresses the weekend and low rates that our road is giving.
 "The traffic over our road so far this holiday season shows a decided increase over that of last year, which, up to that time. was one of the heaviest we ever kad'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
WHERE WATER IS PRECIOUS

From the Cn1caSO News.
 Tommy Cavane was in Chicago re- gently. To Chicago that doesn't mean anything, but if you show that item to e Nevadan he immediately will begin hunt for Tommy" who is one of the characters known from one end of the desert commonwealth to the other It's Tommy on the hotel register, too.
 q noticed that the fellow behind the desk sort O smiled when I put that down. he said, but I've been nothing but Tommy for about 16 years and it's good enough for me.
 You see, I'm nothing but prospector -oh, yes; I've made little money, but then I'm prospector just the same-and I've been all over the state of Nevada. once or twice I got into California, but I soon crossed back into my own state. I'm living in a town where we haul our drinking water 12 miles, and if you don't want to haul it you can buy it for $S barrel. When I went there was the only living thing in sight-and you could see for 50 mies-except the lizards and maybe a rattlesnake or two. It didn't look like a bad place for ore, so I located A few claims and started in. When l got my samples assayed 1t didn't take long to build up a town of 800 people Cur great trouble is water, and we have to haul that. We've put wells down 400 feet, but the bottom Of the hole is as dry as the top."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
LIGHTS TO BURN FIVE YEARS

W. M. Thavis in Popular Mechanics.
 The adoption by the government of acetone gas-acetylene dissolved in ace tone-for use of lighthouses, beacons, lightships and buoys will soon revolution ize the whole system of coast lighting in this country, and the lighthouse keeper and buoy tender will be forced to find new vacations.
 Acetylene in its various forms is the only commodity yet produced that will give a light next in power to that of the sun. By its use inventions have been perfected to produce lights for a con- tinuous period of from one to five years or more, according to the amount of fuel installed.
 The most wonderful light in the world, and now in use by the United States government, is the one invented by De- Ian, the Swedish scientist. It is produced by acetone gas and has a human work ing sun instrument containing a glass tube of several rods of varying refec- tive powers which automatically opens and closes the valve in accordance with the light absorbed. In other words, the light burns continuously until affected by the heat of the sun, when it goes out only to be revived at dusk. It also contains a flashing apparatus in the lan- tern,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
Tariff Work to Come

It is plain Representative Champ Clark, and our own MT. Underwood and perhaps a dozen other leading men in Congress are to be deprived of their summer vaca- tions. for it is practically agreed that tentative ways and means committee Is to be organized and other action taken looking to a carefully considered block Ing out of the business of the next House of Representatives The ways and means committee that MT. Underwood will be chairman of will no doubt take up sched- ule after schedule It will be piecemeal revision no doubt, but the new commit tee will pay no attention to MT. Taft's tariff board. MT. Underwood knows to- day more about the tariff than that board will ever report That board is an ex- cellent junketlng body. It has large sums of money to spend in European tfdN6l, anu IL Will IO uOuDl pc icll 1Iet to expend all moneys on hand.
 As time runs on it becomes plainer that the standpatters are taking their medi- cine gracefully. Even Senator Aldrich and Serene Payne are now committed to piecemeal revision. The only known ir- reconciliable standpatters seem to be Uncle Joe and a new senator from Iowa who was appointed to brief term, and who got In his swan song before the Christmas recess. His name is Lafayette Young, a newspaper man, and he openly rejects all overtures of the consumers in order to put up a fight for the pro- ducers-in other words, for special inter- ests. Uncle Joe is silent standpatter, while Lafe Young is noisy one in his swan song
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17
THE AVERAGE WOMAN
From Life.


 The average woman slippeth out of bed in the morning and arrayeth herself in an armor that would have put any sixteenth century knight to the blush. She wash eth her face and hands and dabbeth her self with various chemicals, goeth down meth over the advertisements in the paper and hastily instructeth the cook what to do. She proceedeth to the scene of her operations whatever 1t may be. She shoppeth, or she gaddeth, or she gos- speth. At noon she hurryeth back, when she putteth on another garment still more horrible and uncomfortable than the other, and starteth off once again. She meeteth various other women and they discusseth still other women Fhat are not present She indulgeth herself in all the latest fads, whatever they may be during the day. But all the time she thinketh not.
 She chattereth continually, but know eth not
 She dsplayeth on her person orna- ments, and strange and grotesque ami mals, and careth not, except to make an impression.
 By and by she windeth up at home where she greeteth her husband and swatheth herself once again in less but much more highly expensive materials.
 At midnight she also retireth. She sayeth her prayers and blesseth Jehovah that she liveth in an uplifting age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-17

YOSH BILLINGS said of the clam that
 Its most digestible part was the 0 shell. Nothing of the kind has ever been said of the Welsh rabbit. No one ever knew it had a digestible portion. But now the department of agriculture has come to the defense of this confec- ton. pronouncing it nutritious and easy of assimilation.
 The department, however, refers to the agelutinous compound as rarebit This is a concession to the spirit of cul- tl.red Bostonese to which we enter em- phatic objection. Let the erudite have their way in nonessentials, if necessary but they should not be allowed to explain everything and completely pigeonhole the universe. The Welsh rabbit is a rabbit and nothing else. It is so called-well for the same reason that the small red sausage of free-lunch commerce is called a reedbird or Baltimore robin. As with the latter, so with the former-the term may indicate either appreciation or sar- casm, despending on how hungry one Is.
 The welsh rabbit is of extremely an cient origin. Tradition has 1t that the last words of Socrates before drinking the deadly hemlock were. "It might have been worse." Some authoritiets say the r,rrjds employed the rabbit in their sacri- tcial rites, first feeding it to their victims ard afterward burning them in wicker taslxets-much to the relief of the vic- tirs. Hamlet's fathers wife, it is o1ain,ed. hesitated for some time between