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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29

to the bridge, stepping from tie to tie,
never faltering till she reached point
over the torrent Then, obliged to
brace herself against the wind, hear
ing the roaring waters below, though
she could not see them, she faltered.
But not for long, The possible loss of
her father whom she dearly loved
gave her courage, and she pushed on.
She had crossed the center Of the
bridge and was entering upon part
under which was a stone support when
she saw that one side of the track
was considerably lower than the 9th
or. She knew that the abutment was
giving way, and any train crossing
the bridge would go down to its ruin
and the death of those on 1t. To cross
this part, a distance Of some fifty
feet, was fraught with an additional
danger The sloping of the ties to one
side alone would force her TO crawl
over them, and the bridge might 90
down at any moment But she thought
with horror of the train Of which her
father had spoken and the people on
it, who would be hurled down into
the abyss If she could not warn them,
and, forgetting the danger, crawled
on to the slanting ties.
She was obliged to go very slowly,
but by dint Of clutching a rail with
one hand while she held the lantern
with the other she passed the Injured
part and IN a few minutes more reach
ed the land ON the other side Of the
stream She knew that she had been
at least twice us long as her father
had calculated she would be and not
more than twenty minutes, probably
fifteen, would elapse before the ar
rival Of the up train The thought of
what she must do to warn the engi-
neer made her incautious Intending
to take position as far as possible
from the bridge she hurried on. Sud
denly she tunbled into cattle guard,
She was stunned and. worse than
that. the light in her lantern was ex.
tinguished. But she pulled herself to-
gether, hunted for its two parts that
had become separated. TIL she found
them and taking her box Of matches
from her pocket lit one Of them.
Though the wind blew it out at once
she had time to see that there were
not half a dozen matches in the box.
She scratched another match and it.
too. was extinguished by the wind. An
other and another attempt was made
till All her matches save one were
gone. For a moment she gave way to
despair, then concentrated her little
brain on the great problem Of saving
scores Of lives. Tearing the skirt of
her cotton dress to shreds, she made a
miniature tent Of her coat, scratched
her last match under it, touched the
fame TO one Of the shreds, placed 9th
ers over It, and in moment her Ian
tern was relighted.
This done, she crawled out from the
cattle guard and ran along the track,
but now more cautiously. Within
few minutes she heard the rumbling Of
the train and began to swing the ian
tern. The brakes were whistled down
and the train came TO a stop.
When those on the train went for
ward and saw the condition Of the
bridge a chill cold as death ran through
them. and when they saw the wee
ragged child who had saved them their
gratitude knew no bounds.
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What Mary Thought About Marriage

& E
Mary had very strong opinion to the
effect that, in SO far as the quality Of
her children could be affected by their
home training, she was glad she had
spent at least few years earning her
living.
Every woman said Mary, ought to
hove some little time for developing in
to an individual Home won't DO it all
together. Not nowadays The colonial
home did, being part of the working
world. But what is the modern homef
It is a nest, an eddy, a shelf a nook.
IFS something apart from the world.
Il a woman is going to prepare her son
foI a knowledge OF the real world, If
she's going TO be able to give him a
training which has in it an understand
ing and an appreciation OF the real
world, if she's going to be able TO edu-
cate him into real living, she must now
adays and increasingly in the future
have some experience Of her own on her
own account in the real world before
she becomes mother. A reasonable
postponement Of motherhood tin the flu
ture mother becomes competent in
dividual is a coed thing"
aThe trouble about that" said John,
eis that It makes you too independent
of me. Your proposition is to start in
and earn your living till you're pretty
good at it. That is, you wouldn't marry
INC till YOU were sure You could chuck
me-
well it has that side. But it has
It's other side, toe"
Isn't there, after all, something rather
pleasant for John in knowing, knowing,
trat Mary isn't eleaving unto him sim
plv because she can't shift for herself2
Something cxquisitely gratifying IN be-
ing certain, certain, that it isn't just
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29
An Antiseptio Child.

Little Walter was always carefully
guarded against germs. The telephone
was sprayed. the drinking utensils
sterilized and public eonveyances and
places were forbidden him
Father" he said one night in tone
of desperation. do you know what
am going to do when grow up7"
"WhatY asked his father, preparing
himself for the worst.
Pm going to eat a germ. Success
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29
Our New Glacier Park.

The white goats, the Rocky mountain
bighorns, the moose, the elk and deer,
the giant grizzlies, and all the other wild
things of the Northwest have had do.
mated to them another millionaire tract
Of Uncle Sans domain. Within its
boundaries they may mate. rear their
little ones and enjoy life. secure from
the startling crack OF the murderous
rifle and the dread thud of the swiftly
speeding bullet And nowhere, perhaps.
is there q finer place for these sleek
furred native Americans TO work out
their several destinies,
This big federal ZOO ranges in cnar-
acter from the fiat table-lan of the
great plains to inaccessible glaciers and
highest mountain peaks, rugged. preeip-
tous. but beloved of the four footed
mountain climbers, while intervening are
meadows knee-deep in rich pasturage,
with innmerable lakes and roaring ga
cial streams, well stocked by nature with
brisk trout.
The best thing about the Glacier park
is its closeness and the comparative
eheapness by which it can be visited.
1t is OF us; ia our midst. Hundreds,
thousands of tourists visit the great
coast range of Alaska 9very year ana
view towering mountain masses and
cleaning glacial fields. even as others
throng to Switzerland so as to tell of
having seen the far.famed Alps and OF
having been conveyed across real gla-
eier. But our Glacier park is situated
at only the starting point for Alaska.
while by those who have seen both
il is proclaimed as surprising in variety
of wild scenic beauty the most mag
nificent Of Alpine scenery. Moreover
it is all American, and the sturdy adj
venturer can. If be desires, lose himself
for months in its depths. fy the stars
and stripes from his own tent-pole, and
explore his own glaciers. for there are
several score Of them Properly outfit.
ted for strenuous mountaineering. he
may spend a summers season within the
park. and come forth hardened. seasoned
reborn. and with an experience back Of
him which viii BE 4 lifelong memory OF
pleasure. Prom Land Gift TO Wild An
imals.- in Technical World Magazine for
November.
kate the aFirst Citizen Of Oklahoma
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necessity that keeps her a home wom-
an?
III were a man living in wedlock,"
said Mary, Il should want the door Of
the cage always wide open. with my
mate fluttering straight by it every min
ute to still nestle by me. And should
want ner wings to be stror and /
should want her to know th IT She
Went out She could fy.
For keeping her, III Mary, 4
should to trust to my own wings and not
10 bars William Hard in the October
Eyerybody.s.
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this record, with the names of former
President Eliot, Professor Edward c.
Pickering, director Of the Harvard as
Economical observatory and many
other names that stand for high att
talnment along various lines, that Of
Mrs, Fleming Is written as curator of
astronomical photographs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29

That ended the poverty of the
Hughes family. The passengers who
had been saved made up fine purse
for Jenny, and the railroad gave her
father, who recovered. employment.
Jenny is now the presidents stenog-
rainier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29

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Or. PEERGE'S GOLDEN REDTC2L DISCOVERY -
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Juices makes
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All
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nehorhood
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-29

"Kate," the aFirst Citizen Of Oklahoma
"When the politicians Of the now SOW
ereign state Of Oklahoma want some-
thing done that Is really worth the ef-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
SAVE THE LITTLE S0NGSTERS
Estimated That Robin Is Worth $40
Yearly'to Farmer for Bugs and
Worms Devoured.

Every boy and girl living In a VII
lage or on a farm should be a men,
Der of an Audubon club and help to
save the birds. They can form clubs
themselves, and there are laws to help
them in their good work
1t should be against the law in
every state in the Union to destroy
robin, blue bird, lark. woodpecker, blue
jay. chicadee or other native bird, or
to NEEDLE with their nests. Even the
owl, though he has a taste for chicken,
will destroy more rats and mice in a
year than the farmer can catch in half
dozen traps.
The English sparrows have driven
the native birds out of the parks in
most cities, and they themselves are
a perfect pest. The damage they do
to the country at large is figured at
hundreds of thousands of dollars. It
is we'll to get rid of them, but all other
birds should be protected and encour-
aged to multiply. II they were, they
would stay with us longer in the fall
and come earlier in the spring. It is
estimated that every robin is worth
SO year to the farmer for what bugs
and worms It devours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
IS
4s1@e27S
SOME SMART LITTLE GIRLS
pllshed by Them in Various Parts
Of Country.

The boys of this country must not
get the idea that they are the only
smart things in it. There is girl in
Mississippi who lost both hands three
years ago. but has learned to do good
tyhewriting with her toes. There Is a
girl in Ohio with a wooden loot who
plays football and runs races and
beats all the boys.
In Wisconsin a girl IL years old
swan horse across river and saved
passenger train from disaster Mich
1gan has a girl of IA who can do any
sum In mathematics you give her and
not be over ten seconds about it.
Pennsylvania has one of II years who
can learn and repeat any chapter In
the Bible in 20 minutes.
Delaware has miss, now 16 years
old. who went into the grocery busi-
ness when she was only ten, and at
the present date she is making $4,000
year: and Connecticut has one of Is
who has traded horses and got the
best Of it over 40 times.
The American boy is pretty cute,
but the American girl isn't going to
be left very far behind in the race.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06

or two dollars for four, with 800 men
In this county taking 'em the first
summer. Just $1,000 in this county
alone. Then the idea spreads to the
city. The country loses $4,000, 900 in
wear and tear on shirts in every year.
For $10,000,0oo We'll supply shirts for
the nation.
"Of course I'm fggering too close
when say only $4,000 for the first
summer. Freeman gifts mad at any,
thing short of 100000. But the $780,
600 would satisfy me in a mild way
4 should say it would" shouted
Edgar, rapping his fist on the table,
III begin taking orders to-morrer."
That's the way to talk; like your
spirit" feebly Endorsed Trad. "Lemme
see; we'll, to be safe, take orders to
be delivered, say, two years from
next
1.-Two years." shuddered Edgar.
"What-what dye mean?"
1T would take two years to make
the special kind of cloth I'd have to
use," cheerfully explained Trad. THE
cloth has to be radium finished
madras, with special machine to cut
it into pie-shape, SOS there won't be
any waste. It's the machine what's
holding us back. It can be made, I
figger, for about"
Don't f1gger on nothing but Citing
to Freeman's to-morrer," croaked Ed
gar. Then you can order your DANCED
old machine"
Copyright, 1910, by W. c. Chapman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
Paired with Blackburn.

The story is told of Senator Proctor
of Vermont in "reminiscences by Vice.
President Stevenson, says the Wash
ington Herald, that when invited to 20
out of the senate chamber Just before
the days session began he replied:
Excuse me, am paired with Black
burn on prayers" When Rev. DR..
Butler retired from the chaplaincy of
the senate Blackburn's speech sur
passed all others for ardor and felic-
ity of expression.
1.-THE counterpart for the scene that
followed his closing words had never
been witnessed in legislative assem-
bly,. All were in tears. It was even
said that venerable senators who had
never shed tear since the ratifica-
ton of the treaty of Client actually
sobbed also and refused to be CON-
forted. At length, amid silence that
could be felt, an adjournment was
effected and the senators passed sadly
out to their homes. AS he passed the
chair, Senator Vest in an undertone
remarked to the vice-president, Joe
never saw him."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06

seated on the little platform ;sof the
prison chapel, while before us crowd.
ed on the benches are rows and rows.
and almost countless rows it seems
to us, of men dressed in the stripes
of shame. From beyond the barred
windows that look upon the courtyard
comes the shutting sound of the lock-
step, and around the chapel, with eyes
ever alert, stand the armed guard.
Do these things appal our hearts the
most In that sad scene? Do they
make the shadows darkest and the
atmosphere heavy with the impotency
to help? No! it is something more,
something that tightens around our
hearts. dims our eyes. and seems to
clutch at our threats. It Is the e.
preston of utter hopelessness. de-
spair, or sullen desolation that can
be read, all too plainly, on those
many upturned faces. Some Of them
are pitifully young, some are old and
SCARED and marred by the past life
of desperate crime and wickedness.
Yes, can see them now as If it were
yesterday, ana yet That was my nrSt
days experience of prison audience.
and it was there in old San Quentin
that l gave my promise to God to
serve and suffer, to love and hope that
I might help to lift the shadow Of
hopelessness and bring some of heav-
ems sunshine to our country's prison
ers.
Come with me again. It is the oath
Of May, 1896. We have entered the
walls of Sing Sing for the first time.
Passing the long galleries of 1,050 cat
acomb-like cells in the great dreary,
sunless dollhouse, we have gained the
platform of the old chapel, all too
small for the crowd that is packed
into every available space. At first
there is scepticism, curiosity and in
terest only, then wave Of emotion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
The Rulnous Restorers.

"The late Spencer Trask," said q
New York picture dealer, had fine
artistic sense, and hence the so-called
reservations of old buildings used to
vex him.
HE told me one day of a visit to
a fine old church in New England.
A gray dust filled the church, shovels
clattered. and Mr.. Trask, approach
ing three workmen, saw them digging
out Of the floor with their picks a
superb memorial brass that in the
process they were breaking to pieces.
"'What on earth are you doing
about here" demanded Mr.. Trask.
1.-THE leader Of the men, as his pick
split fine Gothic motto, answered:
Restoring, of course. What
else?'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
BY Maud Ballington Booth
In The "Little Mother'' Of the Prison. r.
/ Glimpses of Prison Audiences
he "Little Mofher''

When l talk to an audience of the
free and happy about my boys" with.
IN prison walls, often wish l could
show them the scenes have wit
messed in prison after prison through
out the length and breadth of our
country. The hopeless, or earnest
races, that look up at me from these
vast audiences would tell their own
tale and often plead their own cause
much better than my words could in
tercede for them. The public at large
Is so utterly ignorant of that great
prison world within the walls, that
they cannot Judge or speak Of it with
fairness. The questions which con-
Germ the prisoner-his condition, his
needs, his difficulties and disadvan-
tages-may be argued and moralized
about from many standpoints. There
Is the standpoint of the bar, that Of
the bench. of the pulpit, the labora-
tory, or the study, but there is also
that Of the cell. From the very first
it seemed to me that the great prob
lem, the darkest corners of the shad-
OWS, COuAu OAAy AdAAA lC1L, SymUd-
thized with and understood from the
standpoint Of those who are suffering
the penalty, those who know some.
thing Of the sad bitter past and can
gauge the difficulties of the hard and
uncertain future.
During the IA years that have
worked for and with our country 3
prisoners, have sought to learn and
understand this whole question from
their viewpoint. l have tried to place
myself in their position. l have kept
my mind clear of popular prejudice,
and have remembered that we have
no right to judge from our own per.
sonal experience of life. l think I
have come close enough to hear the
beat Of many broken hearts, to look
beneath the surface. to feel with them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06
GAMES ARE STILL UNAL1ERED
Alter, But Pastimes Remain
Interchangeable.

Youngsters grow up, develop and al.
ter. but their games, the frivolities Of
the school yards, corners and vacant
lots. are interchangeable.
A man who knows kids has investi.
gated. He romped with half a dozen
little bundles of huskiness In his
neighborhood the other day, parrying
shocks, both to dignity and loss of
breath, says Kansas City Times. He
folks games never change. Further
he reports as follows:
THE games are precisely the same
as when was small and robust. only
maybe little more rough-and-tumble.
'Technicalities' haven't changed bit"
Hide and go seek-why, l under.
stand they played it years and years
ago In England just as l played it
and the way the children play it now.
Some one is it and everybody else
scrambles away to hide, and then after
IT has counted so or 60 or 100. every:
body Is anxious to touch its base
before it does. OF course you
remember that whoever is caught
first has to be it the next time.
"And Pussy Wants Corner where
pussy or it again tries to slip into
corner while one boy or girl is
changing places with another. Not
fractional change can be found in
it. And London Bridge Is Falling
Down. where some one is caught by
the bridge holders and has to pay
penalty or choose to support one OF
the halves of the bridge in the tug OF
war that finally results. Can you
find any alteration?
And all of the varieties of tag
wood, iron, grass or paper 'tag'-how
could it be supplemented to make it
any more enjoyable? And Run, Sheep,
Run'-you remember it, of course,
don't you? And Cheese another sort
of Hide and Seek where you car
run only while it is counting ten and
holding its eyes shut And King
King Calico another abridgement OF
tag in which the little folks try to
run across the street before it tags
'em. And Saratoga or Guess OF
New York. as it used to be called
when played it, with the procedure
all the same: One side illustrates
some process. as picking cherries, for
instance, and the other side guesses
what they're doing. And as soon as
they guess they rush to tag members
of the other side and include them in
their party. OF course you know all
about it. Didn't you play it the same
way 20, 30 years ago?
"Grown-ups have to abridge and re.
wise their games and sports every year
to keep up interest. They're jaded and
satiated. but the kids are more con.
sistent and more simply satisfied.
They like their games and there are
enough of them for variety"
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How Squares Are Evolved.

these rows are also equal; and so
that the sums of the four diagonals
are equal and the sum of the squares
of the cells in corresponding diagonals
are equal.
Solutions: The second diagram
shows how the twin squares are
evolved from the diagram.
The sums of the corresponding row
in each square are now equal, and the
sums of each of the squares of the
corresponding cells of these rows are
equal. The sums of the four diagonals
are also equal and the sums of the
squares of the cells in corresponding
diagonals are equal The sum of any
two numbers symmetrically placed
with respect to the connecting link be-
tween the seven and the three is
always ten.