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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12

sages in bright red paint, all driven by
the wind toward the shore.
By the time the vessels bow was
sufficiently lightened to raise the hole
above the surface she bad drIfled 10
within couple Of miles 81 land Paul
went to the captain and offered him
all the money be had with him II he
would put him ashore. The captain
declined the offer Then Paul begged
him TO give him q boat aud let him 80
ashore himself The captain. appreci.
alive Of the effect Of Pnurs GOODNESS
in calming the passengers. consented
A boat was lowered. with provisions
in her In case the wind should sud.
denly change aud she should be driven
out to sea, Paul was lowered IN the
boat aud pulled fer the shore The
waves were not dangerously high, and
fl time the wind would have carried
him 70 land even without pulling on
the way be picked up life buoy on
which was painted the uame Emma
Bradley This fixed the name Of the
vessel that had collided with the Ara
70. As he proceeded be saw wfeekage
10 convince him that the Emma Brad
iey had gone down,
lie reached beach on which the
breakers were rolling. and, not being
skilled at beachine his boat was up
set. and he was thrown up on to the
sand by the waves He found the
shore covered with boxes and bales
that he had painted, and rs the region
was thlekiy populated many people
had collected TO appropriate their con-
tents. Near by was telegraph Office,
from which he sent message direct
ed to Greenaway & Co, makers a.
Greenaway's soap, giying an account
Of the collision His message. the first
and only one about the accident sent
for weeks. was published as It was
received and Greenaway soap was
from one end Of the coun-
try to the other
That stroke Of genius made Paul
member Of the firm Of
& GO He married his
sweetheart and became millionaire,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
Lander on the Links.

tAllegro.l
1 love my hrassis,
MY bonnie bulger brassie,
It's the finest club that ever yet was
seen,
Over ey'ry bunker sailing
With Energy unfailing
It lands my Dunlop deity on the
green.
I love my brassie,
When the BE il not too grassy.
Or ohstructed BY the bushes 81 the
whin,
And escaping altogether
From the pitfall of the heather,
l find my bail is lying by the pin.
Pensiaroso.
/ loathe my brassie,
For I'm not a Braid or Massey
pay handieap's G very bad eighteen
And ! whaek The purple leather
For hours and hours together
Without ever getting nearer to the
green.
Yes loathe my hrassie
My cleek shots are not classy.
My putting would demoralize a dean;
But for foozline and for fiuifing
For slieing, topping, dufiing,
My brassie plays the best I've ever
seen.
Punch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
HER RIGHT SIDE
WAS PARALYZED
A Case at Auburn, he, Which
Shows How Exhausted Nerves
Nav Be Toned Up.

The basis 81 the tonic treatment Of
nervous diseases with Dr. Williams Pink
Pills which is everywhere meeting with
tho greatest success, ia to supply and
keep up she nourisilnaent Of the nerves.
The cause Of most nervous troubles is
Some interference with this nourishment
which can be supplied only through the
blood. Whenever the blood becomes
impure or weak, the nerves fail to re-
eeive theft needed nouHshanent and
sooner or Aater be0oFae exhausted and
break down. II The blood IL neglected
some form oi nervous trouble results,
Or. Williame Pink riIh are the most
direct cure for nervous troubles because
they remove the cause of these diseases
BIZ building up and purifying the blood.
The pure blood which they make fur
nishes the nerves with needed elements
until they are restored 70 their normal
strength, The pills have made many re-
markable cures in nervous disorders that
no sufferer can afford to neglect giving
them a trial.
Mrs. Winona Smith, of No so Winter
street, Aubum, Me, gave this tonic treat
ment a thorough trial and Der cure
should encourage every nervous sufferer
to give it a trial She says:
About seven years ago my right side
and limb finally became paralyzed. My
right eve was also affected My tongue
was thick and it bothered me to talk I
was awfully nervous and my people were
afraid | was going to have st. Vitus'
dance. / was very thin, had no color
and could only sit up in 4 chair.
81 was sick for apout year and the
doctor said had partial paralysis. He
gave me electric treatment but did not
seem to help me. He gave me no en-
couragement A friend advised me to
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and, az /
was not being helped, ] did so. At first
] thought the pills were not helping me
but in o few weeks / was able TO get
around without effort. / now work
every day and am ia good health
II you are suffering from any nervous
trouble, as neuralgia, seiatica, nervous
headache, nervous dyspepsia, ST. Yitus'
dance, partial paralysis or locomotor
alaxia, send today Tor our new booklet,
Diseases OF the Nervous system =
All druggists sell DR. Williams Pink
Pills or they win be sent by mad post
paid, on receipt Of price. so cents per
box: six boxes for 81 SO, By the Or VIII
lans Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. X.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
Governor Hughes Recon-
mends Investigation
LEGISLATIVE PRACTICES
In a Ringing Message to the Legisia-
ture Of New Yorh-The Time
to Pursue conup-
ton.

Albany, n. u, April n. Declaring
that the revelations in the Allds Conger
bribery inquiry reeanty conducted BY the
Senate, and the facts brought ont IN
the Insurance Investigation by superin-
tendent Of Insurance ilotchkiss ~have
caused every honest citizen 10 tiHgle
with shame and indignation and have
made irresistible the demand that every
proper means should be employed to
purge and to purity" Governor Hughes
sent special message To the legislature
last night, recommending IAN immediate.
impartial, thorough and unsparinp inVes-
tipation into e islatire practices aud
procedure and into the use Of corrupt
or improper means for the promotion or
defeat Of leaislalion.H
Accompanying Tie message was q pre-
limnary report Of superintendent Holeh.
kiss, outlining the facts developed at the
fire Insurance Investigation. which he has
been conducting 10 New York and set.
ting forth the difficulties encountered in
following up tie various leads which had
been uncovered. The superintendent says
that obstacles apparently insuperable
have developed III the court of The in
quiry, which in his Judgment warrant
further Investigation, but which he has
no power 20 pursue. and he has therefore
laid The facts thus Ear developed before
tho governor fof action.
Governor Hughes points out in bis
message that this Is a promising oppog
tunity To pursue the opening trails 81
corruption 70 reveal Illicit methods and
agencies. % uncover the peridous iniiu.
ances which have dishonorcd the state
and thus to aid IN securing the whole
some exercise Of its benefcent author
Ity.n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
Magazine Repieu


Theodore n. Vail. Father Of the Tele-
phone System.
An interesting sketch Of a successful
life IA contributed to the April American
Magazine III the shape Of short biog-
raphy Of Theodore N Vail, the head of
the American Telephone q Telegraph
company. written by William J. Boies.
The following is an excerpt from the ar
ticle:--
Theodore n. Vail, father Of the Amer
lean telephone system. narrowly escaped
being country doctor. After finishing
his studies At the village academy, be
began the study Of medicine, with his
uncle III Morristown, n. J.
~speedwell. near Morriatown, was the
birthplace Of the telegraph, and the Walls
were associated with Morse in the devel-
opment, SO that the telegraph was fanil-
Jar to him from boyhnod. He learned
the Morse alphabet AID was for a short
time engaged in the telegraph business.
lie gave up medicine, went West to 0ma-
ha, was first with the Union Pacific rail-
way, and then became clerk in the
railway mail service, and in 1878 went
to Washington and soon was made gen
eral superintendent Of the railway mail
service
The telephone industry was then in
its infancy The talking machine was
little more than 8 toy. But young Vail
had always been interested in it and
saw big things ahead. After five years
Of government service, he left Washing
ton to devote his entire time to the
building up Of the system which ne be-
lieyed to he peculiarly adapted for the
rush work Of American business life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
The comet and the Gamer.

TComets are bad things TO photograph ,
they viii not sit Stills Sir Robert Ball. ]
saw the young photographer;
His face in hue was slate;
A wreck he looked,
His goose was cooked,
He staggered in bis gait.
I said, Ny lad,
You're feeling sad2g
He answered 1T is fate
aye, it Is fate" that snapper said,
WAS moisture in his eyeg1
I've tried my best,
But every test
IS useless; though 7 try
Each ancient trick,
The comet, quick
As lightning hurtles by"
Both clicking watchglass is a frost
And ventriloquial vein
Yet tine WAS when
My broody hen
Attention could obtain.
And now my nerve
Is gone swerve
From infants raising Cain.
--Lnnaon Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12

4 farm laborer Ii one Of the west
ern counties WIS requested to vote for
a candidate at theyelection. but he re-
fused Being asked for his reason. be
made answer
Why, because them chaps be well
enough paid"
They then tried to explain 70 Hodge
that members IF parliament Ii this
country were not paid for their serv-
ices But he was not 10 be convinced.
"Doan't zee tell meT' he replied
somewhat angrily. Z believe my eyes.
and when 1 ices In the paper as they
divides almost ey'ry night | knows
they be dIvidin' summatF' London
Tit-Bits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
Oh snottinh worda.

Here are few quaint old Scottish
words still used a good deal in East
Aberdeenshire: "Mowse. TO say any.
thing Is nae mowse means it Is Bn-
canny or dangerous "Cennached"
Spoiled. clean eonnached would mean
utterly destroyed or rendered useless
"Blaud" 10 blaud anything would
mean to soil It. A child would be told.
"Dinna hlaud your clean pina Chr
dies" on eGaurdiesy-A child's fore
arm The last is a very old express
sion. but We have heard It used "Sic
bonnie gardies he has" means the
baby has plump arms. Glasgow Her
aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12

aHe worked Increasingly for Mrs years
with this single aim in view. AT forty
two he gave up business for two years
of European travel Then he wasnt ~
South America, introduced the telephone
system in the Argentine Rapublic and
equipped BueDos Ayres win a first class
system OF street railroads Of American
design, from which be amasssd q COM
Portable fortune and decided to retire
from active business life Ia 1928 be
took possession Of hia wonderful farm
of thirty-six hundred acres at Lyndon
vile, Vermont, where he expected Ia
spend the rest Of his life n peace and
quiet.
All this time be had kept up his in
terest in American telephone affairs, re-
tanning a large block Of stock. and for
4 portion Of this time serving the Amer
lean Telephone q Telegraph company as
q directors. Early in 1907 mr.. Fish, che
then president, being not In good health,
owing to hiH ardlous labors during the
very trying period Of competitive promo
ton, decided to resign and Mr. Vail was
asked to take the presidency
Mr.. Vail Was born IN Carol county.
Ohio, on July 10, 1886. he has the vigcr
Of many men of forty and has always
conducted his business upon Che basis Of
FAIR dealing with the public and frank
publicity. AS result Of the arrange
ment recently entered into With tho
Western Union Telegraph company. Mr..
Vail hopes eventually to place some
style Of recording machine IN the Offices
Of banks, corporations Or business houses
having a large number of telegraph mes
sages to send By connecting this de-
vice with the telephone, it viii be pos
sible for telephone subscriber to write
out his own telegraph message and have
it instantly reproduced in the central
Office Of the telegraph company for quick
transmission anywhere
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
HARD rIenr FoR rAwNEY.
Will Be Attacked on the Tariff and Can
nonism Issues.

nonism Issues.
81 panl, April ID James A. Taw.
incv. chairman IF the appropriations
lcommitteo 81 tae House of Representa-
tiyes, faces Bis most difficult political
/ fight IN the lst congressional district
Of Minnesota, despite President Talts
speech for him ia Winona, his home
town.
The contest in Tawneys district.
which already has begun centers about
the tariff His probable Democratic ops
ponent il Judge Henry H. Buck, who
lives in Winona Judge Buck declares
that the fight will pa waeed on the
broad platform 81 honest downward re-
vision 81 the tariff He saws that the
tariffs schedules have become % compli-
Gated with so many iolsers that no man
Of ordinary Intelligence can comprehend
them in all their variations without
long and laborieus study and that they
should be simpliiied
His action on The tariff bill, how
ever. Is not the only thing which the
Democrats hold against Mn Tawney
They are attacking linn because III his
vote oil tie Norris resolution In the
House deposing Speaker Cannon from
membership on the rules committee
That vote he gave for Cannon
Judge Buck says that "the lst dis.
trict congressman is strongly ntrench-
ing n his party machinery He seems
10 be relying on the power Of that al
most perfect machine the postmasters.
the newspapers controlled by Ills post
masters ana the aid Ne expects from
the censtis takers eaptained by The
shrewdest organizer in his ranks. IN
addition to these things Of course, he
expects he win have the great infu-
ence Of the national administration, and
all the help which the system can give
him through the congressional commit
tee"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
BOY DESPERATE ARRESTED
Charged with Forgery and Highway Rob
berry in Rochester. N. H.

Roeht ter, y. Fl. april y Charged
with highway robbery stanley Hamlet,
fifteen years old, the youngest prisoner
ever held on that charge j this state,
is under arrest here TIE lad ran away
from his home in Westbrook Me-
Wednesday after be had been questioned
by the police concerning forged checks
calling for several hundred dollars.
Hamlet neid up james Quinn, seventy
i've year.old farmer ID lonely stretch
of woods il Darlington and AZ the
Point Of revolver. robbed him OF M
wallet. containing S.. then rode on
with Quinns horse and carriage. which
b abandoned a mile and a half down
the road Quinn and neighbor trailed
the boy. found him hiding 10 the woods
and gave him over to the Rochester
police The boy the police SAY, comes
Of an excellent family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
savlno His Mac.

On one occasion at crowded per
Torrance at the Royal theater in Sgd
ney. \. s. W.. number Of years ago
a couple Of sailors who had been
drinking were seated in the gallery.
one lost bis balance and fell into the
stalls The other Immediately cried.
"afan overboard1' and dived after his
companion. with the proverbial luck
Of drunken sailors the 6rss escaped
with a broken leg and the second
without scratch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
TO FREE COMMONS.


London April 70. During the consid-
Grafton ia the house Of commons yes
terday Of the governments second reso-
luton in regard to the veto power IL
the house Of lords the resolution which
limits the powers Of the lords in re-
ard % general legislationh Prime Min
lister Asquith said that the continued
existence Of the noHse 81 lords as a
second chamber On the present basis
was an auachTonism, and Il was on in
tegral part Of TIE governments policy
TO get rid 81 that anaehronism But,
he added. the changes we're to be put
forward without prejudice to. and in
Of, alterations ia the
composition of the house of lords.
The premier went on to say that,
while the present resolutions were not
put forward a. a final or adequate solu-
tion of fhe problem they were, IL the
opinion 81 the government the 6rst and
necessary step If they were To enamel
pate the house 81 commons from the
thraldom Of the house. Of lords.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
COMMITTEE PROPOSED.
TO Investigate the Conduct Of State
Officials.

UHlclaIs-
Albany n. VI April III On tie heels
nf Governor Hughes message % the leg
stature last night recommending q gen
eral legislative investigation senator
Travis Of Brooklyn offered a resolution
proposing The appointment Of q commit.
tee of three citizens three senators and
three assemblymen to conduct the full
esi inquiry into the anairs Of any
branch Of department Of state govern
meut, wherever il may appear to such
commission THAT such corruption exists
or has existed Fifty thousand dollars
is appropriated fer the commissions ex-
penses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
urEARNEp INCREMENT TAX.
German Federal Government TO Take
Six Per Cent. Of Fund So Raised.

Six Per Cent. Of Fund So Raised
Berlin. April u. When the Reich
stag reassenhles to-day the govern
ment will submit a measure providing
for the taxation 81 the uuearned incre-
ment Of land Through this legisla-
tion the government simply viii take
for imperial Uses six per cent Of the
taxes derived BY the municipalities from
unearned increment. This. it Is ex.
pected, VIII yield sT500000. as the
are now collecting about
Si25.00a000 from the unearned incre-
ment annually For the present the
viii make no move in the
direction Of taxing increases in The val
ues Of stocks and bonds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
Pleasant Refreshing BeHgficiaL.

Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
SIENNA appeals to the cultured
and the well-informed and the
healthy because its component
parts are simple and whole
some and because it acts with
out disturbing the natural func-
tons, as it is wholly free from
every Objectionable quality or
substance. In its production a
pleasant and refreshing syrup
Of the figs Of California is unit
ed with the laxative and car
minative properties Of certain
plants known to act most bene-
ficially, on the human system,
when its gentle cleansing is de-
sired. To get its beneficial Ell
fects, always buy the genuine,
for sale by all reputable drug
gists; one size only, price
fifty cents a bottle. The name
Of the company California
Fig Syrup Co.'s always plain
~ printed upon the front Of ey-
cry package Of the genuine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
MORE TROUBLE IN GUADELoUPE

Several SPAR Plantations Are Set on
Fire.
point-a.P itre, Guadefoupe. April H.
Fresh disturbances have broken ont in
the interior, and several sugar planta-
tions are now burning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
ALL QUIET NOW AT MELILIA.
Spain Preparing for q Peaceful Pene-
tration Of the Region.

Madrid, April Pas result Of
favorable reports from Melilla, the gov
ernment. ii collaboration with CONNER
cial and industrial interests. Is preparing
for a veritable peaceful penetration Of
that region.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12
RIrcHED RArrLE We RoBBERs

Band Of Thirty Attacks Treasury at KiE-
liar in Trans-Caucasia.
Tifiis. Trans aucasia, April II Thirty
robbers attacked the treasury BIT kizIiar
few days ago The military guard
made brave defense, ard seventeen
were killed IL the conflict, including FIVE
soldiers, on-commissioned officer. the
cashier and bookkeeper Of the institn-
ton and several natives.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-22
FLAMES FATAL
TO ONE PERSON
DECREASE
In Gross Earnings of Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad for
Month of September.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 2O-The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany's statement of earnings and
expenses exclusive of outside oper.
alfonso for the month of November,
1910, as compared with November
1909, shows gross eernings, 1910,
s7,47O1O6; 1909, $7.524.61O; de-
crease $54,054 Expenses, 1910,
s5,e4e.725; 1909 s5,o14.671; in
crease $632. 054. Net earnings
1910, s1,Ss2,Ss1; 1909. 2.5os, 9Ss;
decrease, $6s6,55S.
For the five months of the fiscal
year as compared with the CORE
spending period of 1899, the state
ment shows gross earnings, 1910,
S4O.154,55O; 1909, Ss, O43,2OO; in
crease SILL, $50. Expenses. 1910,
$i2s.S17,o56; 1909, S24, 79s, S74; in
crease sS,52O.6S2. Net earnings.
1910, $1l, $S7,4s4; 1908, s1s.246,-
$685. decrease 81, 4osys8l2.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-22
MAYOR OPENS
The New Gore Bowling All.
leys Monday Night by
Rolling First Ball.

The opening of the Gore bowling
alleys took place Monday evening at
s o'clock. Mayor Frank R. Moore roll
ing the first ball. The first game was
played between Manager E. @. Ores
bach and Mayor Moore. Members of
the city council were also present.
The statement that the alleys are
open to women was taken literally
and several ladies were present al
the opening. The csdenza orchestra
furnished program of music. Man
aser Dresbach estimates that more
than 500 spectators attended the
opening.
The alleys are to be kept open
from 10 O'Clock in the morning until
midnight and are already being
largely patronized. Although the
alleys are said to be the finest in the
state. Manager Dresbach states that
will be further improved when the
rest Of the delayed equipment arrives
and can be Installed.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-22
F|ENDISH
Crimes Are Committed in
North Carolina and Negro
is Under Arrest.

DURHAM. n. c., Dec. 2o-Three
haired bodies found in the ruins of
he home of j. L. Sander near Hes
er, near here, and strands of girls
lair discovered in clot of
flood in the yard last night today
ed to the arrest of Nathan Mon
'ague, young negro, on charges of
riminal assault, murder and arson.
The negro was rushed to Durham
or safe keeping, and will be trans
erred to the state penltentiary.
The bodies are believed to be those
If Sanders. his daughter. Mary. and
:wo-year-old grand daughter. When
he negro was arrested, he was COW
cred with blood, 1t is alleged.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-22
new MANAGER
Of the Tin Plate Mills Here
is Already Making
Fine Record.

G. V. Erdmann, manager of the
mills of the Phillips Sheet and Tin
Plate Company here, viii leave this
evening for New York on business
trip for the company.
Mr.. Erdmann has been with the
company here two months or more as
manager, having come from Cleye-
land, o., where he filled similar po-
sition with the American Sheet and
Tin Plate Company successfully for
fifteen years. He is practical in
every detail of the work and has been
eminently satisfactory in the manage
ment of the local mills. He possesses
q pleasing personality and his. moving
here has added a splendid family to
those of clarksburg. Mr.. Erdmann
and family reside at present at 175
East Pike street where they are al
ready making many warm friends.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-22
ARGUMENT
Will Be Made in Test Case Of
Two Cent Fare Before
1t is Decided.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 90
The test case in the two cent passen-
ger fare law, brought by the Chesa-
pealse and Ohio railroad against the
state Of West Virginia. will not be de-
cided without argument. Attorney
General Conley recently moved that
the writ of error be dismissed or that
the lower court be affirmed The su-
preme court of the United States yes
terday postponed the consideration Of
the motion until the time set for the
hearing of the case on its merits. This
is set for an early date in January.
The supreme court also acted yes
terday in the Maryland and West
Virginia boundary line case. The
commissioners appointed to make the
surveys and lay out the official bonu-
dafy line in conformity with the
courts decision of last summer. asked
more time in which to complete the
surveys and make its report to the
court. The court granted an extension
to October /, 1911.