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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
nae value q Proprlatary Medlelne

is proven by the very large percentage
Of physicians prescriptions for same rem
edies found in every drug store in Amer
lea, but as they are written in Latin few
patients realize this fact.
The old standard proprietary medicines
like Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. that have stood the test Of time,
deserve a place in every family medicine
chest, and il lie most certain they would
not be prescribed by physicians if they
were able to devise a formula equally
as eficaeiaus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
Draws Out All Inflammation
and Soreness.

This remarkable foot bath remedy is
Superior to Powder, Plaster or Salve
and is guaranteed to cure corns, cal
louses, bunions, frostbites, chilblains, in
growing nails, tired, aching, swollen,
nervous, sweaty, bad smelling feet.
Smaller Shoes can be worn by using
TlZ, because it puts and keeps the feet
In perfect condition.
TIz is for sale at all druggists, 25
cents per box or direct if you wish from
Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago,
Ill.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17

increase of 1926, or 1873 per cent. owe.
1881 in 1900. The population of Sals
Lake county, Utah, is l3l, 426, compared
with 77725 in 1900.
Augusta Ga. has population OF 81
S26. This is a decrease of 1914 or Al
per cent, under 39,44l in 1900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
Charming Scarfs.

The loveliest scarfs Of spangled silk
are priced so moderately that few wom-
en- will resist the temptation to buy
them.
Exquisite scarfs in delicate shades Of
yellow, pink, blue and mauye showered
with mock dewdrops and trimmed on
the ends with deep fringe can be
bought very reasonably.
These are airy looking, but should
something more substantial be preferred
they could be lined with a soft silk,
such as China, and would not lose their
daintiness The Persian scarfs in the
rich soft colorings, trimmed with ma
tural marabou, are equally attractive.
Tie prices for them are about the same
as the spangled models.
Walking is one of the best autumn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
SHOOTING UP TOWN.
Outlaws Reported In Possession of Oil
City, la.

Shreveport, La, Nov. Following
the shooting yesterday afternoon Of
Thomas II Hickey, the alleged leader
OF gang Of bootleggers by Deputy
Sheriff Kelley at Oil City, 20 miles north
Of here. Hickey's sympathizers gathered
in large numbers and began shooting up
the town.
IT is reported that a mob of IS armed
men now have possession Of the town,
Officers were rushed to Oil City in auto
mobiles from Shreveport.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
In Wonlan'S Realm.

Never let soup boil. Do not salt it
until the scum has been taken off, as
1t prevents the latter from rising.
a cupful Of boiled rice may be added
TO your breakfast mullins, wailles or
pancakes, making them lighter, more
easily digested and more palotable.
In beating the whites Of eggs, save
time by putting them and the dish in
which they are to be beaten where they
viii be thoroughly cold A few grains
OF salt added also shortens the beating
process.
Strength is the one great good life
has to offer, but, like most desirable
things, there is no royal road to it.,
Sometimes it is only to be gained in
devious pathways which appear to lead
in quite another direction Study your
children. Thus only will you be able
to stake out their particular routes to
health Learn the strengthening power
of cold water outdoor exercise, sleep in
a cool, dark room, early bed hours and
simple meals. Do not send for a doctor
a each sneeze or live with clinical
barometer in your hands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17
UTAH GROWING RAPIDLY.

Salt Lake City Gains 1926 in Popula'
ton, or 1873 Per Cent.
Washington. Nov. l7.-Salt Lake City
has population of 92,777. This is an
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-17

Waking IS one Of The best autumn
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
ALL HE WANTS

The Zeppelin alrship's wonderful craft.
The aeroplane breaks as bobstay or a shaft,
Or guy wire snaps. or a rudder goes
wrong,
Or the thing makes a bobble and flops on
the throng.
And where is the man of the air after that ?
He is scrambled and crushed and picked
up in hat.
The aeroalane's wheels will refuse to go
round
And another unfortunate bumps the hard
The plane Will not lift and it falls on its
tail;
The wheel will not work and the driver
turns pale;
Tho wings fold together. the driver goes
The engine falls on him and so. flattens
him.
But the Zeppelin! That is a wondrous ma
chine
Gigantic and stately It lifts DER the scene.
II the thing doesn't burst or burn UP and
come down.
Or get ripped In a forest or smashed on
town,
1t will reach where it started for-maybe,
perhaps.
It is fine to read stories OF -nan-birds and
things.
But the Lord never meant a fat man to
Unless, maybe, at dinner. Man-birds scoot
around,
But the man who is fat keeps his feet on
the ground.
But the man who is fat, all he wants is the
earth Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
ALCOHOL AND LIBERTY

In his admirable advocacy of per-
sonal liberty versus oVerleglslation
Herbert Spencer says that the liberty
of the individual should be subject TO
no limitations except such limitations
as are necessary to insure equal lib
erty to all individuals. In short, the
proper sphere of government is mere
iy the securing of the greatest possi-
BILE personal freedom for all the people.
Thus a man should be allowed to do
anything that does not interfere with
his neighbors, even to taking his own
life. Accordingly Spencer never had
any sympathy for prohibition" be-
lieying that a man should be free to
poison or damage himself to his hearts
content.
A great many thoroughly temperate
and Intelligent people share the Spen-
cerian intolerance of encroa chment
upon their personal right to buy, sell
or drink alcohol. OF course II every
one were as temperate and intelligent
as was Mr.. Spencer, prohibition would
indeed be an insult to personal liberty.
But perhaps the major part OF man
kind is morally so weak as to need pro-
lection from its own weakness. Ger
tainly the women and children need
protection from incorporate husbands
and fathers.
But there is an even more serious
aspect to the alcohol question. No man
who expects to be a father mas the
right to take appreciable quantities OF
alcohol regularly, for the damage Will
be greater upon his offspring than upon
himself The personal rights of the pa
rent are limited by the personal rights
of the unborn child.
'In my private practice" says fore
most neurologist, "I find alcoholism
most common predisposing cause of
nervous diseases in the offspring. The
constant use Of alcohol is as detriment-
al to the nervous system as is its oc-
casioual abuse. and just as likely to
show effects in the next generation.
One of the commonest results OF the
alcohol sins of the fathers is the dread
full disease of epilepsy, and it is sig
nificent fact that in Mohamedan
countries, where alcohol is forbidden
epilepsy is practically unknown.
In his textbook on nervous and men
tai diseases. in the chapter dealing with
the causation of insanity, Dana writes
these sentences: 1.-THE use of alcohol
is especially important as an indirect
factor leading to the production OF
weakly and homeopathic offspring, and
also as a direct cause of insanity. The
excessive use of alcohol often does
more harm to the descendants than TO
the individual himself"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
CARROTS FOR INSOMNIA

Eat carrots for insomnia. A large,
nronerly cooked carrot for supper will
induce sound and refreshing sleep.
That was the opinion given recently
by a well known London doctor.
carrots differ from other Vegetaoles
in that they contain a large amount or
various sugars" he said. properly
cooked they are sweet and pleasant TO
the taste they are Also carmlnatlVe-
that is, they promote digestion:
In its sleep-producing qualities the
carrot is closely allied to the onion, and
as a supper dish for insomnia patients
it is to be strongly recommended.
1T has also been aVerred that the
carrot is excellent as nerve tonic
and a mental stimulant There can
be no doubt as to It's peculiar proper
ties for inducing sleep, but they should
not be eaten raw. They are very in
digestible uncooked."
A lady who is an enthusiastic Vege-
tartan gives one of the best recipes
for cooking this vegetable.
Carrots are best cooked 'conserva-
tively,'" she said. BY this l mean
they should be cut in strips and al
lowed to simmer with butter, IN
double cooker. No water should be
added.
"Bv this method all the valuable
iuices and properties of the carrot are
retained instead of being thrown away
with the hot water, as is done when
they are boiled.
THE many good qualities Of carrots
are overlooked by the public. They
not only induce Sleep but are excel
lent for the complexion as conse-
ouence of their tonic effect on the
blood"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
The BLUES

Between health and disease there is
no sharp line of demarcatlon. MID
way between health proper and disease
proper lies an extensive borderland or
''poor health" and most persons or
nervous temperament make frequent
excursions into this borderland, often
times returning to the realms of health,
but sometimes continued into the re-
gion of actual mental disease.
Thus the physician encounters all
grades of depression from the transl-
tory fits of dependency, to which all
high-strung individuals are subject, TO
the profound detection of the melan-
choliac. Melancholia is one of the COM
monest forms of insanity 1t is de-
fined as "a mental disorder character
lied by a primary depressed mood as
sociated with retarded flow of thought,
and either motor inhibition, or in some
instances, with an agitation expressive
of anxiety and Apprehension"
Probably two-thirds of all suicides
are due to melancholia. According to
the foregoing definition, there are two
types, the motor inhibited type ana
the agitated. type. Victims of the in
hibited type are practically motionless
for days at a time, completely alb
sorbed in brooding over their unhappy
condition, and resisting the efforts or
attendants to dress them or give them
food. But curiously enough, nerve en-
ergy seems to accumulate in the mo-
tionless nelancholiac, now and then -
burst forth in acts of the greatest
rashness and violence. Thus the mo-
tionless type is more dangerous than
the apparently violent type of melan-
cholia agitata. In the commoner forms
of melancholia reason is comparative
ly unimpaired and hallucinations and
delusions are not so constant as in
other forms of insanity. The delusions
in naranoia formerly called ''mono-
mania") are permanent and elaborate
ly systematized, while such delusions
as accompany melancholia are fleet
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
THE PERSONAL REACTION

The choice of .ssociates has hygienic
as well as moral and social signifi-
cance. To q greater extent than we re-
alize does our health depend upon the
company we keep. The old-time ply
sician prescribed drugs only; the pres
ent day doctor has extended the thera-
peutic territory to include prescribed
diet, climate, and clothes; and, doubt
less the medico of the future will en-
large the remedial domain still further
and undertake to prescribe our friends.
Upon a person of nervous tempera-
ment, the influence of friends per-
sonality is as capable of physical good
or evil as is a potent drug. Moreover,
the friend that is stimulating to you
might be depressing to me, and vice
versa, because of the reaction between
personalities. Not a few cases of in
cipient melancholia or other forms of
functional insanity might have been
avoided If the victims had been thrown
with the right sort of associates
Every individual should study his
acquaintances and their effects upon
himself He should then classify them
mentally according to their remedial
potentialities," and should avail HIM
self of their society according to his
needs.
we all have stimulant friends or ac-
uuaintances, people whose mere pres
ence Increases the tension of our nerves
and raises the level of our mental and
conversational tide. Conversational
tide" is not bad, especially when ap-
piled to the fair sex)
When we become depressed and
"blue" the stimulating friend is better
usually than the stimulating draught.
But when we are ourselves over
wrought, the exc ing personality is to
be avoided. For then we need the
sedative friend, whose soothing per-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
IRRITATION AND CANCER

'In England it is estimated that of
individuals over 80 years of age one
out of every eight women and one out
of every eleven men die of cancer, a
greater death rate for the age period
than from tuberculosis. We are not
far behind in this country with $4,000
cases constantly in progress and over
40 900 deaths each year from the dis
ease
These words are from the chairman's
address before the section on surgery
at the last meeting of the American
Medical association. Cancer is gaining
ground more rapidly than any other
disease. and the curbing Of this malig-
nant disorder is the greatest problem
before the world today. The problem
of tuberculosis has been practically
solved, and largely through public in
struction in prophylaXis, but cancer re-
mains the nightmare of the age, and
it is time that the people should be
taught all that is known Of the genesis
and prevention of this complex COM
plant.
Cancer is common to all races, and,
indeed, to all vertebrate animals-rats
and fish being peculiarly susceptible to
it. In the human subject the disease
Is rarely seen in cases under 80 years
of age, and, like great, it seems to
attack more frequently those in the
higher walks of life. Cancer is sup
posed to be hereditary, and certainly it
runs in families but the latest re-
searches tend to discredit the heredity
factor, and lead some to believe that
the malady is more or less contagious.
The disease can be transplanted from
one animal to another by inoculation,
and it is interesting that the transfer
Is easily from one relative to another,
moderately difficult from one unre-
lated individual to another of the same
species, and most difficult from one
animal to another Of a different species.
But the most useful information con-
cerning cancer is embodied in the fact
that the disease may be brought on by
constant irritation of a part. car
cinoma of the mouth" says an author
ity, "is rare in European women but
common in men, yet in Ceylon ana
India women suffer greatly from can
Ger of the mouth because OF the chew
ing betelnuts and holding the plug in
the mouth. Lip or pipe cancer and in
Vulnerable other special forms are seen.
Cancer of the stomach, bladder ana
large bowel undoubtedly often results
from chronic local irritation"
The great lesson to learn concerning
cancer is that any benign" tumor may
bring about cancer by the constant lr-
ritation which the apparently harmless
tumor exerts, and that every tumor
should be removed at the very earliest
opportunity. Indeed any constant
source of irritation, from a mole to
gladstone, should be removed at all
hazards lest malignancy supervene.
At present there is no cure for cancer
except early removal of the growth
and prevention by removal of the pre-
disposing irritant is far better.
Fear of the knife is groundess hys-
terra,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
PHOTOGRAPHERS START

Percy r. Salmon describes in cas-
sells. with reproductions, the earnest
examples of photography. In lzS' tLle
camera obscura was lnVenteu Ny
Roger Bacon. In 1856 alchemists noted
the darkening effects of light upon sll,
yer. In 1869 Baptista Porta perIecteu
the camera obscura. BroughaIn III
1896 suggested the possiplllty OIL OF
tanning an impression on ivory sensl-
tized with a solution of silver in the
camera obscura. The real discoVerer
of photography was Joseph Nlcephore
Niepce. who began in 1914 experiments
to secure permanent pictures In 1879
he was Joined by Daguerre, VINO nao
been experimenting since 1924 Da-
guerre received pension of 6OOO francs
from the French government ana
Niepce's son 1000 francs, on condition
that their process should be published
in detail and made free to the world.
The Oldest photograph in existence
is in the museum of Chalons-sur-
Saone. the native town of Niepce. 1t
is the photograph of an engraving OF
a portrait of Cardinal d'Ambroise.
Niepce's son wrote of it as follows:
II was a witness of the making of
the portrait of Cardinal dAmbroise:
NV father spread on a well polished
tinplate Syrian asphalt mixed with
Dippel's oil On this varnish he laid
the engraving to be copied, which he
had made transparent and placed IN
the light in his apparatus AFTER d
longer or shorter time, according to
the strength of the light, he laid the
plate in the developing medium, which
caused the picture, which had till then
been invisible, to appear by degrees;
he then washed the plate and let it dry.
After this he laid it, for etching, in
water which was more or less acid.
This picture, along with many other
things my father used in heliography,
1 gave to the museum at Chalons,"
The first Photographic portrait from
life, also reproduced, is that of Pro-
fessor Draper's sister, Dorothy, taken
in New York, 1929 Professor Draper
was first to photograph the MOON The
first full-length portrait was taken in
Philadelphia in 1S42. Eighteen hun
dred and forty-one saw the birth of
photographs on paper. thanks to Fox
Talbot. The first instantaneous photo
graph appears to be that of New York
harbor, taken in 1854.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

ing and more or less confused. Mel
ancholiacs are much given to brood
ing over trivial errors of conduct IN
past life, and are extreme in their SELF
condemnation. For example, one mel
ancholiac said to his physician:
once chloroformed dog to death ana
buried him. 1 think now made
mistake in not making positively sure
that the dog was dead and as result
I am doomed to be buried alive also,
and to be tortured with dreadful
thoughts through eternity, each day
the torture growing more dreadful, up
to the decillionth power of intensity
Post-mortem examination shows no
alteration in the brain of the melan-
choliac, and the disease is said to be
functional" 1t is believed that de-
creases of cerebral circulation and poi
sons in the blood from Intestinal auto
intoxication are responsible for many
cases. But heredity, mental and physl-
al stress, and the habit OF LOOKING on
the dark side of things are certainly
important factors in the genesis OF mel
ancholia. Therefore we should make
practice of cheerfulness.
The most important feature in treat
ment is change of environment, and re-
lief from disturbing surroundings. Ac-
ute cases usually recover within three
months after change of scene to sanl-
tarium or, for mild cases, to quiet
country place with a nurse. Incipient
cases respond well to foreign traVel IN
cheerful company.
Women are somewhat more prone 10
nelancholia than men, and the major
itv Of cases occur late in life. But the
disorder may attack persons of any
age, particularly at times of physical
stress such as tie period Of puberty or
the menopause. Happily. about 80 Per
cent of melanchollacs recover, ana the
percentage of occurrences is low.
The greatest period of depression IN
all grades of the blues is the carry
awakened to thoughts of past errors
and future difficulties, pressing liabil-
tiles and elusive c3sets, seeming insults
and fayors unacknowledged?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
PICTORIAL COMPOSITION

A useful maxim to lay down to start
with is that real pictorial work cam
not be done by rule of thumb, nor by
all laws Of composition that may have
been put forward.
There are, however, many common
sense ideas of form and position and
relative values that, if carried out,
will go to make a picture, be lit a
photograph or a sketch, more pleas
ing to the eye and to the artistic
senses. 1 do not therefore pretend
to lay down any formula for picture
making, but in these papers will jor
down several desultory notes of meth
ods and combinations that assist in
composing a picture. The photog-
rapher cannot easily take the license
afforded the painter, and though eX-
perienced only as an artist in mono
tone or color and illustrating my re-
marks by outline sketches, the ideas
have a bearing upon all forms of art
expression.
Nearly all "bits" of Nature are pic
lures, If only we see them properly.
It is not enough to take out your
sketch book or camera and say of a
striking bit" 81 must take this" In
nine cases out of ten the sudden Sc
lection will be a disappointment. In
itself the item may seem to have an
effect, while the fact remains that the
effect was only striking in its relation
to surroundings. The rule that this
disappointment lays down is that one
should first think out what 1t was
which made one wish to paint or pho
tograph the scene; what was the cause
of the effect produced by this bit or
scenery picked from the world around.
and how much of the scene requires
to be brought in to reproduce on paper
or canvas this effect. The people who
are to see the picture do not go be-
yond what is enclosed in the four sides
Of the border. The artist may have
memory of the mountains which gave
grandeur to the boulders and may even
be affected inconsiderably by the rec
objection of the surroundings. The
"bit'' is warm to his heart, but what
of the other people who see only boul-
ders and seashore and a distant hill
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
WHERE HAIR COMES FROM

One item of the expense account of
the United States in 1908 is said to
have been $244,922 for puffs from Aus
tria. The marketing of human hair in
Austria Is an important business, es-
pecially in Bohemia. Native hair is
too fine to make the nets required by
fashion and so Chinese hair is used
fcr this purpose. Very few are worn
in Austria, but importations are made
to most of the other countries. Hair
is collected from the peasants of Hun
gary and Bohemia by merchants trav-
cling about for that purpose, their
wives usually accompanying them.
The annual export is estimated at 49,
600 pounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
EASILY TINTED BORDERS

As the photographer grows in skill
and puts behind him his love for por-
traits against the backyard fence, and
his pictures" of the house dog, and
his studies" of street scenes, he comes
more and more to regard the finish of
his .pr'nts. As he attains near-per-
fection in Photographic operations, he
gives more and more attention to the
setting-off of that perfection of tone,
exposure and graduation, as set forth
in the print.
To this attention to the final ap-
pearance Of the photograph the mount
maAers owe their living. 1t was in
seeking something new in the mount
line that someone evolved the tinted
border for the picture, more especially
the portrait, for some time past and
at the present time, much the rage
in professional studios.
Such tinted borders are produced In
any one of several ways, but all ac-
cording to CIe general principle. Prob
ably you know this principle, but for
those who do not, the following ex-
planation is appended, one concrete ex-
ample being taken to make the ex-
planatlon clear.
A 5x7 negative is to be printed. The
size of the image wanted Is 3X5 inches.
The first thing which is done is to
place the negative upon a mask, cut
3x5 inches, and big enough to fill an
SX10 plate holder, containing a sheet
of glass that size. The opening is in
the middle and slightly above the CEN
ter of the SX10 sheet of glass.
A print, made in this rig and de-
veloped, would show the 3x5 inch
image almost in the center of an Sx10
sheet of paper, the rest of the sheet
being blank.-Camera.