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it is the first 0 to - Of the hour in the
day or in the morning. OF course II
wouldn't do for them to meet In the
evening / might have something to
say about that. In the morning, when
be is at his Office, | am supposed to be
powcrless. We shall see"
Having doubts about the correctness
Of this deciphering of the message,
she tried another theory. Possibly the
figures might spell a word that would
mean whole sentence. She tried
several plans and at last bit upon one
making the figures represent letters
The first figure was l, and A is the
first letter of the alphabet
'Eurekar she exclaimed.
Then she read. /. A; u, l.; 8. I; 8, @:
8, E. Alice.
"Aha," she cried. $50 the name is
Alicer'
She thought over all the women she
knew. but none was named Alice.
Her rival could not. therefore, be one
of her friends or acquaintance. She
must be some one her husband had
met whom she, his wife, knew moth
ing about. She would unearth this
plot. but she would not spoil 1t by let
ting it be known that she possessed
the secret.
When Ackley came home for dinner
and gave hts wife the usual marital
kiss be noticed that her lips were cold
Don't feel very wei, dear?" he ask
ed
Mrs. Ackley declared that she was
perfectly well Nevertheless, though
she tried TO appear as usual, she failed.
The next day Mrs. Ackley, after
breakfast went to her mothers to re-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
NO BEARS FOR
I. R. In 1912
---~
He Denies Story About Polar
Expedition
WILL STAY RIGHT ON DECK
During the Campaign-"Nonsense," Says
He, in Reply to Inquiry-Bart-
lett Expected Him to Go
North for Hunting.
WILL STAY RIGHT ON DECK

New York, May II Col. Theodore
Roosevelt viii not spend the summer
of presidential year-in hunting
polar bears in the arctic with an ex-
petition led by Capt Robert Bartlett,
late of the Peary polar expedition, but
will be right here in the United States
attending to such matters of impor-
lance as may develop at that time.
There can be no higher authority for
this than Col Roosevelt himself, and
the colonel provides the authority.
A contrary impression had been
given by an item sent cut TO the
newspapers last night, which quoted
Capt Bartlett ss authority for the
statement that big game hunting in
the Arctic has more attractions for
Col. Roosevelt than the newt presiden-
tial campaign, as the colonel now sees
it.
In response to wire telling him
what was being said about his plans
for next summer and asking him if it
was true that he proposed to put in
the SUMMER months preceding the
election in an arctic trip.
Col Roosevelt telegraphed the fol.
lowing;
oyster Bay, n. j., May 0, 1911.
Nonsense
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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asked to call on the widow and talk
cow to her-talk old spotted COW, He
didn't fancy the job, but still he called.
OF course he had lot to say before
be got around to the COW question. and
be had scarcely touched upon 1t when
the widows chin was in the air and
she replied:
II tell you won't have that dumb
animal abusedl She's stood by me,
and I'm going to stand by her"
The good man went away disheart-
ened And yet, after all. 1t was he
who solved the problem. He heard
that Elder Comstock, widower, had
been seen calling on the widow, and
be sent for him and said:
"Elder, are you well enough nc
quainted with the Widow Strong to
form an opinion regarding her?'
Every set in her ways was the reply.
"You are alone in the world, eder?"
"Yes,'
'You managed your other wife7"
Il did"
.And If you were married to this
woman believe you could manage
her"
u dunno about that; | dunno"
"And you could sell or trade that
row and bring peace to the town. The
church is threatened with disruption.
Something must be done"
You don't mean | ought to marry
the widow"
We'll. don't you think you'd be hap
pier?'
I'll might"
"And If you can settle this COW cues.
ton isn't it your duty to sacrifice
Hitler
"She's a woman that will throw
things when she gets mad.p said TIE
elder after long silence
"But that old COW is devastating the
village. Elder, you'd die for your coun-
try. wouldn't your"
The elder took a couple of days to
think 1t oyer and then called, proposed
and was accepted. A month later he
and the widow we're married. The
next day that oldsspotted COW mys-
teriously disappeared. and the dove of
peace came back and still hoyers over
the town.
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When Mickey Bathed.

There is charming article in Sub
urban Life for May relating to the ex-
periences of number OF suburban peo-
pie who took company of city waits
into the country for an outing First
they assembled at the home of one OF
the ladies, where there occurred an incl
dent which the author juliet Eyerts
Robb, relates MS follows: Before start
ing, the children We're sent girls and
then boys, to the bathroom. The girls
came back promptly, but the boys kept
Us waiting 50 long that even the
teachers they called us all teacher
grew impatient Three or four little
boys were leaning out Of the window,
chifttering and laughing as if they liked
il and meant to stay there.
Johnny teacher called, why
don't you come down? Yau've been
tire times as long as the girls, now
wy, Mickey amt done his bath,
yet
His what7'
ellis bath
"'You don't mean Mikey's taking
bath-in the tubp
eyes. ma'am-he's in il now.'
eve looked at each other and our tired
faces broke into joyous smiles. Re-
Numbering how kindly we all take to
Injuries. we forgaye Mike, merely or
dering the Others to tell him to hurry,
and warning them that there was not
time for tub baths"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
A Fortune for Removing Wreck.

1t was a strange task that confront
ed the contractor who undertook to re-
move the wreckage Of the collapsed
Quebec bridge Nine thousand tons Of
steel, bent and twisted into indescrib-
able confusion, lay between the shore
Nand dep water There wa no place
To begin, for there were no loose nds
So well had the steel makers done their
work that but single eyebar was
broken in the collapse Starting in
january, 1910, the contractor was all
lowed until May l. 1911, a period Of
less than sixteen months, III which to
clear away the wreekage, including all
that showed ia the river at low water
Two months were spent in expert
menting, trying TO find a vulnerable
spot in the wreck and some efficient
method Of cutting up the ponderous
members OF the bridge into bits that
could be handled. The experiments
brought out the fact that there were
Just two means at hand, one being dy.
mantle, the other the oxy-acetylene
flame Each was peculiarly adapted
certain conditions, so that each supple
mented the other Together they have
performed feats not matched in the
annals Of engineering.
Dynamite worked particularly well
under water. One stick OF the explo-
si1e would break place half an ich
thick, while to break plate an inch
thick two sticks were required In
order to cut one of the great girders
sticks OF dynamite were placed end TO
end across it usually tied to stick
OF wood or placed IN piece of cheap
rubber hose II the cut was to be
done ON the water the explosive was
placed IN position at low tide Then
the workmen waited until the tide rose,
thus affording water tamping Above
high water. the charge was covered with
a few inches OF earth Extra precau-
tions had to be taken in seeking shell
ter when charge was to be fired, for
pieces Of steel were thrown great dis
tances, One piece was thrown across
the river Twelve tons Of dynamite
were used in breaking mp the south
anchor arm
0xy-acetylene gave remarkable re-
suits II was used to greatest adj
vantage in cutting the heavy chords
and posts into pieces. The flame cut
very rapidly leaving narrow, sharply
defined eliot not wider than q saw would
make A square inch Of steel could be
cut through in 55s seconds with "a Of
a foot Of gas costing IL cents. An
eyebar 2 inches thick and 10 inches
wide was cut through in one minute
and fifty seconds with the flame. This
method proved very convenient, for as
the torch weighs but a few pounds it
could be carried around anywhere. With
all this the work was tedious; when ten
Of the sixteen months had elapsed but
half the wreekage had been removed
The contractor, who gets $4,000 and
the scrap, doubtless feels that he is
earning his money. From Rebuilding
Quebec's Fallen Bridge in May Tech
meal World Magazine.
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II have perfect confidence in my hus-
band, said Mrs. Ackley to Mrs. Brad
shaw. land the reason why | have
confidence in him is because he's so
careless. If be had occasion to keep
anything from me he couldn't do it.
For instance, IL he should receive a
love letter from any illegltimate source
he would be sare to have 1t In his
pocket"
''But how would that give him
awayT asked Mrs. Bradshaw.
"Why, my dear woman, there's not
n night when he is in bed and asleep
that don't go through bis pockets
.It's the only safe way with men,"
Time came when Mrs. Ackley in 20
Ing through her husbands pockets re-
ceived shock. She came upon bit
Of paper on one side of which was her
husbands name written in a woman's
hand. on the other certain mysterious
figures-1, IL, 8, 3, 5.
Mrs. Ackley turned pale She loved
her husband notwithstanding the fact
that she thought It necessary to watch
him. She had gone through his peck
cts for years dreading that she would
find something to convince her of his
Inconsistency, and at last the blow had
fallen. She almost wished she had
remained in ignorance. Possibly she
would have burned the message had
not curiosity interposed to prevent her
doing so. She wiped tear from her
eye and looked at the paper again.
There were the figures l. u, 9, 8, 8. 4
Doubtless every figure stood for some
loving word.
Getting her feelings under control.
she began to puzzle over the figures
with a view to their Interpretation. I
1t was the first day of May; there
fore the figure might refer to the
day of the month. But - came next.
and the twelfth month is December |
By beginning at the other end the
theory fitted better. May was the |
fifth month. The figure conceded
with the month exactly. The next
figure. 3. might stand for the day of /
the month. 0 possibly marking the |
hour. The figures indicated that the |
sender wished Mr.. Aekley to meet her
on the Sd day of May (the next day |
but onel at O'Clock. Twelve might /
mean the termination Of the meeting. I
the hour II would be necessary for the
woman to leave him But was Il not /
from 9 to u IN the morning or Q to 10
in the evening. Il have t." she ex-
claimed The hgnre. Indicates that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
MRS. MAVERICKS SON DIES.
Mother, Now in Chicago Suburb, Learn:
of His Recent Death in Lon
don

Chicago, May Il.--Mrs Florence May
brick, who is living at Highland park,
suburb of Chicago, learned Tuesday
of the death in London of her one time
favorite child, James Chandler Maybrick,
who was believed at the time of the
famous Maybriek trial in England to
have been one Of the principal, though
innocent, instruments Of the conviction
OF his mother, as the murderer of his
father
1.-THE past is dead" said Mrs. May
brick. This boy has been dead to me
for more than 30 years Before the
death of my husband he made arrange
ments for the future OF the children.
He had provided that the children be
brought up, educated and required to
live in England until of age, and if they
then wished TO continue under the pat
ronage of his estate, they must con-
tinue to reside on British soil The chill
dren were taken in charge by some OF
Mr. Maybrick's relatives and never
made any effort to communicate with
them. Since | entered into the English
prison life / have never seen my chill
dren."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
MAN AND THE WORLD.
A Very Small Graveyard Would Hold
the Whole Human Family.


How little mankind signifies in the
scheme Of nature is shown by rather
morose calculation of the Italian Pro-
fessor Zuccarini. who has figured out,
among other things. that estimating
the worlds population as 1,500.00O.0O0
the whole human race at present living
could stand comfortably shoulder to
shoulder in an area of 500 square
miles
Taking the number of generations In
the past 6,000 years as 200, the room
taken up by them all on the above
plan would only be half the size of
Germany. or for the sake of com
parison less than the area of the state
of Colorado. To bury all the people
on earth would need graveyard little
larger than that area.
If the dust left by each body be
estimated at one-tenth cubic yard,
which is liberal estimate, it would
cover only forty square miles TO a
depth of about three feet This GER
tainly seems insignificant compared
with the great coral reefs and other
immense deposits built up by the shells
of tiny infusoria. New York Sun.
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main for the day. She could not bear
to remain in the house with the man
who was deceiving her She telephoned
him during the day that she would
remain away all night. Mr.. Ackley
passed the evening at his club, went
home at and the next morning. hav-
ing breakfasted. went to his Office.
There he found note from man
with whom he had an important bust
ness deal asking him to be at certain
place at $50 n. N. Mr.. Ackley left bis
Office without saying where he was
going. He did not return till half past
IL.
When he did return he found his
wife in the Office looking like a thun-
6ercloud. She had been there three
hours nursing her wrath to keep it
warm" and an accumulation Of vim
dietiveness had placed her in con-
dition frightful TO behold. Those in
the Office were waiting an explosion
When Mr.. Ackley entered he looked at
his wife, astonished Without a word
she took from her portemonnaie the
cipher message and handed it to him
"sliss Quimby," said the gentleman
after glancing at 1t, addressing his
stenographer, there are the figures of
the new safe combination you wrote
out for me and which couldn't find
yesterday" Then to his wife, "Have
you had your lunch, dearf"
Mrs. Ackley went out quietly with
her husband. What was said between
them the office force did not know.
They inferred that the memorandum
Of the safe combination had something
to do with Mrs. Ackley's long wait az
the Office.
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THAT OLD #
COW
By M QUAD
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary Press.

The village or Medina mad long been
st peace. No one could recall when
there had been lawsuit or any trou
BILE In the church. No fires had taken
place. and no one had been drowned in
the mill pond.
All this was not changed in the
twinkling Of an eye, but in about a
week. The Widow Strong moved over
there from Granville, and one of the
things she brought with her was an
old spotted COW. She had moral and
legal right to do this. She also had
moral and legal right to let that old
COW run at large in the streets. That
is the custom in most all villages.
The COW was sized up, but with no
critical eye. She was judged to be
good tempered and law abiding. She
betrayed becoming modesty and had
no quarrels. But the town was de-
ceived in that COW. Deacon Pegram
awoke one morning to find her In his
garden. She had eaten every stalk OF
his green corn. He was good man,
the deacon, but he felt it his duty to
take club to that old cow and thump
and pound her and run her out Of his
garden Within two hours after he
had done SO he had lawsuit on his
hands. The Widow Strong proposed to
stand by her COW at all hazards.
OF course the deacon had o bring a
counter suit That old spotted cow
broke into another garden. There was
no corn there, but she was not par
ticular COW. She filed up on beets.
radishes and cucumbers and In the
morning was found complacently
chewing her cud in the onion bed.
The garden Of third citizen was
spoiled, then fourth and fifth. At
shutdown that COW would be lying in
the dusty street with half closed eyes
and a look of innocence ON her face.
Three hours later she would be play
Ing the role of devastator. Most Of the
fences had stood for twenty years, and
she found little trouble In pushing her
way through them. When her eccen-
trio conduct became known dozens OF
citizens sat up nights to get whack
ut her. She did not always come off
winner, but with the later bugs to aid
her she did fairly well. Every time
she was found In a garden she was
thumped; every time she was thumped
meant lawsuit; every time there was
new lawsuit the town was divided
again.
Things couldn't go on that way. The
selectmen OF the village held special
meeting and decided to officially appeal
to the Widow Strong to sell out that
old COW to the butcher.
mot IL l know myself" was her re-
ply. 81 have owned that cow for thir-
teen years. and l don't propose to see
no butcher make beef of her. 1t isn't
the cow, but the fences. Make 'em fix
up their fences, and the COW will stay
on the outside"
Then the selectmen held special
meeting and resurrected an old ordl-
nance by which stray COW could be
lmpounded and held for any damage
It might do. A delegation waited on
the widow to notify her, and she laugh
ed In their faces.
mo such bluff goes with me-" she |
added There are thirty cows at large |
In this town. If you take mine you
take the others. Go to grass with your
old ordinance"
The minister Of the only church in
the village had kept clear of the affair
up to now, but things were getting so
hot that he was dragged in, he was
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Not Her Kind.

"Have You heard. asked Mrs. Old
castle. shat Grace Moneyloye has mar
ried an octogenarian?'
Mercy sakesr' exclaimed Mrs. Just.
rich. rs that sog Well. he may be
NIL right. but | want to tell you I've
never seen man who wouldn't eat
meat that I'd live with."--Judge.
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To Develop a Graceful Carriage.

| A girl who picks up her feet, in.
stead Of dragging them as she walks
will be a more attracting figure when
wearing the present tight skirts thar
she who moves clumsilS. In point OF
fact, girls walk we'll When skirts are
full this defect does not matter so much
for draperies slightly conceal awkward
ness, but the present made has not that
advantage.
As to the actual act of wallSing it
is not through keeping her lines stiff
as she moves along u sidewalk that a
girl win give herself a good carriage,
though, judging from the frequency
that have seen this gait recently, I
think some such idea prevails. But
the knees must bend, and at the same
time there should be ankle action, so
that when the foot is lifted from the
pavement, it goes up lightly for a few
inches, with toes first, a little further
along the pavement. This is a gait
which will make a girl appear exceed
ingly graceful.
A person doubling this statement can
have no better example than to no.
tice some Of the high bred horses pull
ing the carriages of fashionable wom-
en-.
Those horses have free knee action;
at the same time the joint, just above
the hoof, bends. Theirs is not a gait
which covers much ground in short space
of time, but it makes a good effect, and
is not stiff.
Few girls walk with sufficient an
kle action and stiffness in these Joints
accounts many times for awkwardness
when dancing If girl thinks that her
ankles are not timber when in motion
she should spend at least five minutes
morning and night doing exercises that
will improve them and help her walk.
She should sit and rest one knee over
the other to bring one foot out. well
raised from the floor. No shoe or Slip
per is to be worn at this time
The toes are to be pointed straight
out from the ankle joint, and from this
same Joint there must be screwing
movement, bringing the foot around,
first one side and then the other, as
far as it win go without disturbing the
position of the knee. Following this ac-
ton the foot must be poined down as
far as it will bend. all work coming
from the ankle. The latter exercise will
tend TO deevlop the instep symmetrical
".
The exercise work should be done
equally with each foot, lengthenins the
time as the muscles grow accustomed
TO it.-Exchange.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
Iceless Refrigerator for Summer.


II will come as q surprise to a good
many housekeepers TO learn that ice,
however desirable as a luxury, is by no
means a necessity for preserving food
in warm weather.
A peach crate makes a very good re-
frigerator; or any box of open frame
construction. with Stats for sides in
stead Of solid boards, viii do. Arrange
in il as many shelves as YOU need, or
have room for; provide door with
hinges and catch, and cover the sides,
back and door with burlap
Place an enamel pan on the top. and
from this pan hang wicks made of strips
of flannel four or FIVE inches wide.
These wieks start from the inside bot
tom OF the pan and hang over the edge
of the crate until the ends come in con-
tact with the top Of the burlap.
The refrigerator is to be placed out
side. where the wind can blow upon it..
and the pan is to be kept full Of wa
ter. This water is drawn up by the
wicks and distributed through the mesh
OF the burlap by capillary attraction
The breeze causes the moisture to evap,
crate, and this evaporation reduces the
temperature inside the refrigerator It
will keep butter firm on the warmest
days in summer Youths Companion
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Organic Displacements.
Black Duck, Siinn.=Mrs. Anna Anderson,
wesIeyyiile. Pa.-Mrs. Maggie Ester, RID. l.
Trenton, Mo.=Mrs.w. 7. Purnell, S07 Lincoln
Camden, N.J.-Mrs EilaJohnston, 2s9Libarty
Chicago, m.=Mrs. VIM. Tally, 9o52 Ogden
Avenue.
Painful Periods.
Caledonia, VIA Mrs. Phi. Schattner, R.R. "a.
Box 81.
Adrian Mo.=sfrs. @. B. Mason, R.K. No. o
n oxford, Mass Miss Amelia Duso, Box "a.
Baltimore Ohio. 81 Mrs a. "A Balenger, R.F pI.
Negaunee, Mich Mrs. MarySedleck Box 1878.
orrvile 0hio.sMrs f. f. Wagner, Box $40.
Atwater, Ohio.--M Minnie Muelhaupt.
Prairie du Chen, Wis.HMrs. Julia honieheok,
4. No. /.
Irregularity.
Buffalo, n, Y.=Mrs. Clara Darbrake, 17Marie-
winehester. Ind.=Mrs. May Deal. R.R. NOT.
ST. Regis Falls, N.Y.=Mrs. j. II. Breyere.
GRANVILLE. III s= Mrs Jessie Schaar, Box y.
Hudson, Ohio. Mrs Geo. Strickler, X. No. 5,
Box 80.
Ovarian Trouble.
SlurrAyville, In.s-aIrs. Chas. Moore, r. R, 3,
Philadelphia, Pa.=Mrs Ghas Boell, 22i9 n.
Mole st.
Minneapolis, MINI Mrs. John G. Moidan,
2i15 Second ST., North,
Hudson, ONO. - Mrs. Lena earn Demo .kf.lf.f
Westwood, Md.s=airs. John +. Richards.
Benjamin, Mo.=Mrs. Julia Frantz, RED. ].
Female Weakness.
W Terre Haute Ind.=- Mrs. Artle E. Hamilton.
Elmo Mo.=Mrs A. q DaNault.
Lawrence, Iowa. Mrs. j ulia A. Snow. R. Nos.
Utica. Ohio. Mrs Mary Eariwine, X. 4. ID. 3.
Bellevue, ohio.--Mrs. Charley Chapman, k.F.
Elgin, iii.-iirs. Henry Leiseberg. 7as Adams
Schaefferstown. Pa.-Mrs Cyrus Hetrioh.
Cresson Pa.aMrs. Ella L. Aikey
Fairehanee, Pa Mrs. ldella A. Durham, Box
I52.
Nervous Prostitution.
Knoxville. Iowa.aAfrs Clara Franks RID. 3.
OrunOgo Mo.zsAirs Mae Mcknight.
Camden, N.J.=Mrs. W. P.Valentine, 9o2 Lin
coin Avenue.
Muddy, Tli.zMrs. Nav Nolen.
Rockville. Ohio. Mrs. k. kinnison.
Fftehville Dhfo.=Mrs G. Cole.
Philadelphia, Pa.=Mrs. Frank Clark. 2416 r
Allegheny Ave.
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