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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
THE BAccHoMETER
A Fahrenheit Scale Of Sobriety Tried in
London.


What may be called the bacchometer
thermometrical scale Of sobriety and
drunkenness, is amusinqly described in
the Liverpool police report issued yes
terday by Mr.. Leonard Dunning, head
constable Of the city.
Zone cannot, Of course, pretend to
measure sobriety and drunkenness with
a thermometer but the difficulty may
best be illustrated BY comparison with
a test which is 50 made. Take 50 deg.
Fair. freezing point as the highest
point Of absolute sobriety, which il the
fash point at which tie law against
drunkenness is to come into opera
tiong
FIFTY years or SO ago the 'associa-
tions between drunkenness and good fell.
lowship which have been handed down
BY many generations Of bon-Yivants and
numorists, fixed, say, 9s.2 deg, blood
heat, as the point at which the subject,
described in slang more expressive than
correct language. as able to lie down
without holding on, OF to see hole in
ladder was still regarded as sober
in the eye of the law
Public opinion By It's demands for
higher standard Of public deconm has
year by year brought it down till it
stands perhaps at so deg, and the law
itself now stands in the way Of its
being brought down further towards 80
deg. because in the intermediate state,
&C deg. to 81 deg interposed BY Par
lament, in which the subject, though
not sober, is nevertheless not to be pun
ished as drunk, but il to be described as
under the influence Of drink, not sober
and not drunk
but though sobriety and degrees Of
departure from sobriety cannot be meas
ured with Thermometer, we can still
use this smile to illustrate the practi-
cal difficulties when arise from the fact
that they are really measured by per-
sonal opinion. and that no two people
agree about them.
Take concrete case Of man seen
in a public-house and said to have de-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
A Fortune In snuHboxss.

Count NeSselrode. the Russian states
man of the last century. was a famous
collector Of snutI'boxes. He collected
them as dlpomatist receiving one or
two for each treaty be signed and
when he had got 100000 worth Of
them turned them into cash and be-
came capitalist His capital be in
vested 50 judiciously that his descend
ants are mnlumilIionaIres The NOR
al Of Count Nesselrode's experience Is.
that snutfbox is not TO be sneezed
of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27

governor by the Republican state as
sembly, subject to ratification At tie
primaries.
Jay Bowerman arrived In Marian
county without an education or the
means to secure It. He engaged him
self as farm hand. his tremendous
strength OF body making him an ideal
wielder OF the pitchfork In harvest
time. With the earnings Of that labor
Mr.. Bowerman paid for tuition at VII.
lamette university. finally taking up
the study Of law and being admitted
to the bar at Salem when he was
twenty years Of age.
Mr. Rowerman recently attended the
meeting Of western governors on con.
serYation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
STORY or HORACE GREELEY.
Virginia Judge Tells Of Editors Cabbage
Raising.

New York. Aug. 27--Judge Nathan
Cough Of Clarksburg, ". Va, tod q
story Of Horace Greeley here. MY ia
Their invited Mr.. Greeley to accompany
me and take look at the ciarksburg
fair. which was a great event in those
days said Judge Clough.
The enormous cabbages displayed BY
a German were especially admired by
Mr.. Greeley Tie pointed at one that
semed equal 70 filling hushel basket,
How much does it cost you to raise
such cabbagesfs he asked The farmer.
oh, about two cents head on the
average WAS the reply.
Great God! Mr.. Greeley calculated.
why on my farm at chappaqua ii
costs me, according to the accounts I
keep. exactly 81 head to raise cab
bages
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
TWO MEN CATCH CHAMBERS.
Rare Disease Among Human Beings At
fects New York Holsters.

fects New York Holsters.
Ponghkepsie, n. ", Aug. p. The APP
pearanee Of CHAMBERS IN the human race
Is . uncommon that the medical fra
ternity Is interested in the cases Of
Frederick Morton Of a jay street and
George Tuthill Of 81 Catherine street,
who are suffering from the disease Both
Of the men are very III, but II Is be-
leved that they viii recover. Morton
and Tuthill worked as stable hands in a
livery stable where CHAMBERS developed
in q cargo Of horses shipped from the
West. II Is believed that they con-
traeted the disease from the infected
horses, 20 OF which we're shot. a dozen
more in the came lot are isolated in
the country under inspection.
The appearance Of the disease on such
a large scale has caused alarm. The
public horse drinking fountains viii be
cleaned and disinfected and precautions
will be taken e keep school children
from playing in them. The state officers
have been notified Of the conditions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
EIGHT LIVE ON sa,so A WEEK.
Whole Family Supported BY Boy Who
Runs Errands.

Pittsburg, Aug 27-For II weeks a
family Of eight have been living here
on $3.50 week earned By boy. When
Mrs, Mamie Quray Roberts received a
letter from the mother asking permits
sion to stop few weeks at the Idle.
wood sanatorium. maintained al a hos
pital for poor mothers, she sent carfare
to the family and invited them all to
enjoy real meals instead Of bread, pork
and beans,
The father has been unable to Get
work, five Of the children arc too young
to work and one boy runs enrands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
TARIFF CHANGES DELAYED.

Board Does Not Plan Revision Until Con
gress Sits December, 1911.
Washington, Aug. 27.-In connection
with the information received mere as
to the contents Of President Tafts let
ter to Representative William Mckinley
of Illinois, chairman Of The Republican
congressional committee, it was learned
Wednesday from the highest available
ouree that the tariff board will not
be ready to recommend any changes In
the Payne tariff law before the first
session OF the cd Congress, which will
not convene until December, 1911
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
\ s
Better HRaItD
A Pleasing Sense Of Health and
Strength Renewed and Of
Ease and Comfort

follows the use Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, as it acts gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans
ing the system effectually, when con-
stipated, or bilious, and dispels colds
and headaches.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine, manufactured BY
the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
A YOUNG GOVERNOR.


Oregon is peculiar IN having no lieu
tenant governor. likewise IN having
no nominating conventions. at least ln
theory. Both Of these unique facts
are connected with Jay Bowcrman.
acting governor OF the state Nor is
this the only distinguishing fact about
Mr. Bowerman. Another IS that be Is
only thirty.four years old. peranps the
youngest candidate for governor in the
land. He was recently Endorsed foi
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
Praetics &c Preanhinn

For the love of heaven. Amanda. I"
said the Rev. pr i9ourthly, calling to
his wife In tones Of thunder. ecomc
and take this squalling baby out Of
the room before she drives me crazy.
I'm writing a sermon on Bearing one
Another's Burdens. -" London Tit.
Bits
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27

'Tt is every woman's duty to keep
young as long MS possible she said.
"Yes," lie admitted, "but the great
trouble IS that so many young women
insist on keeping young after it Is inn
possible. "-Chlcago Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
cheese ltl

what do boys mean when they say
cheese it?'"
1T means that something mischiev-
GUS has curd and they want to get
a whey.p
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
Tsaol,in,, ia Taanhnr.

A village parish clerk who employed
a grammarian TO teach his daughter
heard him with much surprise define
the use Of the articles "a" 'an" and
"the"
'Yon cannot place a. the singular
article. before plural nouns No one
can say. a houses, horses. a -
Hold there said the parish clerk
II must contradict Won IN that. Don't
lat church every Sunday shy Amen g,'
London Mail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27

Fortune has often been blamed for
blindness. but fortune is not so blind
- man are. samuel Smiles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27

To the Stranger Within Your Gates.
In New England What do yon
know?
In New York How much you gotg
In the south Who are you?
In the West What can you DOB,
Life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
OR BABY'S
SAKE USE

Then bis skin Will be free from itching,
chahng. scalding. rashes. and all Sore
ness. The original and best baby pow
der. For twenty years Comfort
Powder has been considered the
Standard Of perfection BY thousands
Of New England physicians. nurses,
and mothers who use no other.
~. Lock for the uame E. S. SYKES on
Nsz@ @v@rv hnx. Meme genuine without Il.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27
DIR. Alley ACCEPTS PLACE.
Becomes President Of University of
Maine.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 96.Dr Rob
ert j. Alley, state superintendent Of pub
lie instructions, and candidate for re.
election decided yesterday to accept the
Of the university of Maine,
offered him last week.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
Don't be Bald
Nearly Anyone May Secure
a Splendid Growth of
Hair.

We have a remedy that has a record
OF growing hair and curing badness in
90 out of every 100 cases where used
according TO directions for a reason
able length of time. That may seem
ike a strong statement-it is, and we
mean it to be, and no one should doubt
it until they have put our claims to
an actual test.
We are so certain Rexall "93" Hair
Tonic will cure dandruff, prevent bald
ness, stimulate the scalp and hair
roots, stop falling hair and grow new
hair, that personally give our posi-
tive guarantee to refund every penny
paid us for 1t in every instance where
il does not give entire satisfaction to
the user
Rexal "93" Hair Tonic is as pleas
ant to use as clear spring water. 1t
is delightfully."- perfumed, and does not
grease or gum the hair. Two sizes. soc
and s100. With our guarantee back
of 1t, you certainly take no risk. Sold
only at our store-the Rexall Store
Lion Store Pharmacy. Kaufman &
Wolf, Props, Hammond, Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
TIMES BUREAU.
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. 14.-Since IL
has been announced by the Indiana
Anti-Saloon League that a strenuous
effort will be made to save the county
option law from repeal at the hands Of
the next Legislature there has been
greater activity than ever among those
who are lined up on either side of the
proposition. The brewers and liquor
people are Insisting that the Democrats
redeem the pledge which they made in
their state platform. but there is al
ready such a wide difference of opinion
among the Democrats as to just what
kind of a liquor law ought to be passed
by the legislature that it is hard TO see
how they are going to get together on
any kind of basis that will be sat
isfactory to all parties.
The brewers contributed so heavily
to the Democratic campaign fund IN In
diana this year that they feel the party
is indebted to them sufficiently to listen
to them in the framing of liquor law.
Not only did they pour money into me
Democratic campaign fund but they
also maintained a publicity bureau of
their own in this city which sent out
hundreds of thousands of letters and
bulletins all over the state Thousands
of these letters and bulletins Wen. out
day. An enormous sum of money was
spent for postage alone. The campaign
of the brewers was directed toward the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14

made but little dents in the hearts OF
the aldermen will have the power of
naming his successor. In other words
the aldermen are an unsympathetic lot
as far Col Mayo's ambitions are con-
cerned.
Following the election of Mayor
Knots the colonel often graced the
city bench and was promised the city
comptrollership- However, the powers
that he hired lawyer to get up pc
tition to keep the colonel from DOMINIC
the ermine on the grounds that he was
not lawyer or something to that effect
and then the colonel woke up with a
bang with the realization that there is
some truth in the old saying. Put not
your faith in princes"
Since has was handed the duplicate
Xxx the colonel has been living in such
peace and solitude as the district below
the Pennsylvania tracks affords and
yesterday was the first heard of him for
a long time. But the aldermen say
that his candidacy is already in the ice
box.
Should Alderman Castleman be got
ten rid of the most likely candidate
seems to be c. ]. Williams of Glen Park
or John Bowling, 220S Washington
street. an anti-Knotts democrat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
THE KIND OF A LIQUOR LAW
PUZZLES POLITICAL PARTIES

election of members of the legislature
who would be in favor of the repeal of
the county option law.
Some time ago one of the leading
brewers of the state declared that the
brewers had already agreed on a bill
to be introduced in the legislature. He
said that every brewer in the state had
agreed to stand behind this bill and to
push it to passage in case the Demo-
Gratis were placed in control OF the
legislature. He said that the brewers
were united this year in this matter.
where two years ago they were divided
in their views and had to spend weeks
in getting together on anything at all.
But while this may have been the case
a few weeks ago. there are indications
that at present time they are far apart
in some of their views.
There is a belief here that the brew
ers will undertake to dictate to the
legislature, as to the kind of a bill to
be passed, just as they have always
done in the past, and that they will not
be willing to let the Legislature work
out its own ideas.
According to the brewers who did
the taking referred to the brewers had
agreed on a bill which would provide
for high license, strict regulation and a
limitation of the number of saloons al
lowed according to population. The IL
cense fee would be somewhere between
five hundred and thousand dollars
The regulations for the control of sa-
looms would be very strict and string
ent, and would be such as would cause
a saloon man to hesitate to disobey
the law. The number of saloons would
be limited for each thousand popula-
ton in cities and towns. with none in
the country.
But the brewers are said now to have
split on the amount of license fee tt
be charged and on limitations of sa
looms TO population. Some of then
want one thousand while others favor
one to five hundred population. There
fore, 1t may be that they will not stand
| together after all.
1t is believed that whatever saloor
law is passed will contain provision
which will seek to make it impossible
for any brewery to own, control o.
operate a saloon in the state. Tht
brewery saloon has been the black spo
| in the saloon business, and it is saiC
that the brewers themselves would wei
come a law which would wipe it out
! One brewer gave a unique reason 70
| the existence of the brewery saloon
He said that the saloon keepers form
their associations and try to dictat
the price which they will pay for beer
IN some places, he said. the salool
keepers associations had hammere,
down the price of beer so low that tn
brewers had to start saloons to breal
up the saloonkeepers combinations
This is the first time this reason ha
ever been advanced
1t is believed that whatever law i
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
COL. MAYO HAS AN
AMBITION OR TWO
Veteran of Municipal Cam
paign Would Like to Be
a Councilman.

modest political violet, Col. A. C. Mayo.
the chief patriot of the remonstrance
movement one year and sitting on the
campaign stage with blind pig keepers
the next is abroad this year seeking
new political honors. The doughty
colonel would be alderman from the
fifth ward in place of NJ. N. Castieman
who is expected to shuttle of his off,
cfal career about nine o'clock tonight
All day yesterday friends of the
colonel were in communication with
several of the aldermen but all reports
seem to indicate that their broadsides
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
TWIN CITY
THREATENED
BY FEVER
East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor Are Menaced by
Scarlet Fever Epidemic
Precaution Taken to Pre-
vent Spread of Malady.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

East Chicago, Ind, Nov. 14-East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor are men,
aced by another scarlet fever epidemic.
Half dozen cases have broken out in
the Harrison school building within the
past couple of weeks. and so fearful
are the school authorities that the cpl
demfc will gain the same foothold that
1T gained last year, that every precau-
ton is being take nto prevent this con-
dition.
On Saturday the Harrison building
was thoroughly fumigated in every
room and corridor both with formelde-
hyde and sulphur, and the result this
morning was a stuffy smell, in spite OF
the thorough airing to which the
building had been subjected following
the f"migation.
Several of the rooms in the Wash
ington building were similarly treated
a week ago, and only because the sup
ply of Immigration materials gave out
were the other schools in the city omit
ted They will. however, be attended
to soon as the school authorities car
obtain the needed supplies.
An important development of the re-
newed attack of scarlet fever this fall
is the decision of the health board te
extend the time OF the enforcement o.
the quarantine. DR.. Hale, president Of
the board of health. said this morning
Hereafter the quarantine will pre-.
vail in no case for less than three full
weeks. The people will simply have t.
stand for it.
DIR. Hale admitted that last year the
quarantine was not preserved for a,
long a time as necessary. He said
however that this was not the fault O
the health department.
I'VE health officials" said DIR. Hale
simply have the life bounded out o
US if we insist upon reasonably Ions
quarantine The doctors jump on u
and the patients and their familie
| jump on us. The doctors want an earl.
| release of their patients because tn
latter insist upon it.and the heaitl
| officials have the whole burden to bear
We are abused up hiIi and down DIAL
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14

passed by the legislature viii be pat
termed largely after the Pennsylvania
law. When a man gets saloon IL
cense in Pennsylvania he guards 1t re-
ligiously because the license is for the
room in which the saloon is located and
not the Individual who is to run the
saloon. The licenses are issued by the
judge of the Circuit court only after
judicial hearing fitness of the applicant
to hold a license, and 1T remains In
force as long as the holder pays the
license fee and conducts the place in
accordance with the law. The Judge of
the court has at all times absolute con-
troll over the license, and he may re-
woke or suspend the license at any time
for any cause which he deems sufficient
A court may cite saloon keeper to
appear in court and answer charges at
any time. The court requires the man
to conduct an orderly place; he must
keep his place closed absolutely during
all forbidden hours; he must keep it
in clean and sanitary condition; he
must not allow loafing in the place and
he is not allowed to keep chairs and
tables in his saloon.
When a court revokes saloon IL
cense the applicant may never again
obtain license. NOT can new Incense
ever be issued for the premises in
which the saloon was operated. This
is the provisions which keeps them
straight, for a license is valuable
asset and the holder loses something OF
great value when he loses his license.
license is handed down from father
to son and may be kept in the family
as long as the place is conducted ac-
cording to law. There is no log rolling
necessary each year to get new license,
as is the case in this STATE. This takes
the whole thing out of politics and
places 1t on a business basis of its own
where it has to stay. 1t is said by
persons familiar with Pennsylvania
conditions that there is no state in
the union where the liquor laws are
obeyed like they are in Pennsylvania.
be willing to accept a law of this kind
in place of the county option law is q
question, but there are many persons
who believe that they will either have
to accept something strict as that
or leave the county option law on the
statute books, in spie of the fact that
they feel that they own the legislature
An effort will be made to repeal the
country option law and substitute city
and township option, as declared for in
the state platform, without any re-
striction on the number of saloons, but
there is not much chance for this TIC
be done, according to present fndica-
lions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14

by the people who are subjected tc 1
quarantine because the Quarantine lasts
too long, and by the rest of the popu-
lace because it does not last long
enough. The very people who are loud
est in their denunciation of the health
officials for laxity' are in many in
stances the very ones who would be
the most insistent. If they were placed
under quarantine themselves, for an
early fumigation.
There can be no doubt that last
year the disease was spread somewhat
by the limited quarantine. and we have
decided to add a week onto the length
of time imposed by law. This specifies
that houses in which scarlet fever oc-
ours be quarantined for two weeks or
more There is seldom. if ever. case
where desquamation has entirely ceas-
ed after a period of two weeks from
the time the disease first makes its ap-
pearance There are seven cases of
scarlet fever in East Chicago and about
an equal number in Indiana Harbor."
There was a report current on Sat
urday that the schools were to be clos
ed on account of the disease. Superin-
tendent Canine said that this was not
true.
The situation does not necessitate
this declared the superintendent. I'VE
are however doing all in our power to
prevent the spread of the disease. Our
weapons are cleanliness, plenty of pure
air, and occasional fumigation When
ever a case of scarlet fever breaks out
in room, that room is to be fumigated.
All of the buildings are to be subjected
toa general fumigation from time to
time throughout the winter. Every day
the windows are opened in every room
in the buildings, and the rooms flooded
with fresh air. During the few minutes
the windows remain raised, the children
are kept in motion. being required to go
through their daily physical exercise at
these times.
| The janitors have instructions to ex-
ercise an unusual amount of care in
keeping the buildings clean and each
and ever one is observing these in
structions to the letter
The rest of it is up to the parents.
We expect them to cooperate with US
| in the matter of looking afer their
| children, knowing wnefe they are and
! seeing to it that they are not necessari-
ly exposed to contagion. The schools
are sometimes blamed for what is in
reality in no sense the fault of those in
charge. The parents are frequently lax
| in their vigilance over their children
| and by their carelessnes sallow the
spread of diseases that might far more
easily be kept under control if rea-
sonable amount of care were exercised
on their part
Thus far no police officer has been
detailed to see that the quarantine is
observed in houses where scarlet fever
exists, but it is the intention to appoint
! an officer to this duty this week. DIR
Hale explained that he necessity was not
so great thus far as it was last year, as
the cases are confined largely to the
homes of the better class of people who
understand the necessity of a rigid OBJ
servance of the guarantee.