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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

the dlsagreeable makeup Of Cuthbert
and the genial disposition of James
Moffett, the moment my eyes fell on
the portrait 1t struck me that the ma
lures of these two men were strug'
Cling with each other in 1t. II ever
there was mingling Of a diabolical
with a noble expression it was there
There seemed to be two pictures in
one--two men Of the same age, the
one a devil, the other a saint. Their
features were so much alike that they
could scarcely be told apart.
l moved aside, when. behold, l saw
only the benevolent features of James
MoGett moved as far to the oppo.
site side, and there on the same can
vas was the devilish face of Cuthbert
l resumed my original position and
there saw again the strange mingling
of the two.
but one must admit that after listen
ing 10 the stories had henrd of these
two men, my own progenitors, look
ing upon such a sight was not con-
ducive to quiet nerves. don't say
that | was impressed with the proba-
bility Of there being anything super
natural about the portrait, but didn't
know. A man is much more liable to
give way to superstition at o'clock in
the morning, alone, than in the light OF
day with other persons about him.
wondered If the father and son had
not quarreled In life and the son had
unwillingly been implicated in the
fathers death. And was not this
quarrel systematically perpetuated in
the picture?
Nonsense! would turn out the light
and 20 to sleep
did the first at once; the second
could not do till daylight came and the
picture lost its duplex condition.
At breakfast l did not propose to
give away my midnight trepidation to
my cousin.
Sleep wellT" he asked
| didn't like to lie about it. so l adj
mitted that / was wakefuL
See anything unusual in the room?"
Il know what you're driving at.
There's something strange about that
portrait of our grandfather"
He smiled Il wondered If you
would be looking at It when your gas
light struck it. hope it didn't disturb
you"
"I'll forgive you If you'll explain the
matter"
Done. Not long before James Mof- |
fett's death-that was during the early |
part Of this century-a wandering !
painter came to the house and asked |
to be permitted to paint his portrait. |
There was no canvas available. but in |
the garnet was an old picture of Cuth-
bert Moffett, 50 disagreeable looking
that the family would not have it on
the wall. A daughter of James, who |
detected the old portrait, gave 1t to the /
painter, asking him to use it if he /
could and in any event paint out the
horrid old man. The artist used the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
WORSE THAN WAR.
Internal Regions Of the suddhists and
Mohammedans.


The internal regions of Buddhism
are horrible. They comprise a great
hell and 1856 lesser bells. In these
bells, according to the sculptures OF
the Buddhist temples, men are ground
TO powder and their dust turned into
ants and feas and spiders. They are
pestled in a mortar. The hungry eat
redhot iron balls. The thirsty drink
molten iron.
IsIamism says Of the internal re-
gions; They who believe not shall
have garments of fire fitted for them.
Boiling water shall be poured on their
heads and on their skins. and they
shall be beaten with maces Of iron"
In the Scandinavian mythology, the
mythology of 0din and Thor, VIC are
told that 'in Nastrond there is vast
and direful structure, with doors that
face the north. II Is formed entirely
Of the backs Of serpents, wattled to-
gether like wickerwork. But the SER
penis heads are turned toward the in
side of the hail. and they continually
send forth foods Of venom. In which
wade all those who commit murder or
forswear themselves"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
A DUPLEX
PICTURE
BY JOHN D. BILLINGS
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911
BY JOHN D. BILLINGS

My family, the Moffetts, during the
Revolutionary war were divided on the
issue. some of them being Tories, some
ardent patriots The first Moffett who
came to this country was British to
the core. He arrived when he was
thirty years old and was sixty when
independence was declared. one
would think he had had ample time 10
become AmericaniZed, but nothing can
depatriate an Englishman.
Not long ago, becoming interested in
the family genealogy, got into CORE
spondence with cousin of mine who
lives in the identical house built and
occupied by Cuthbert Moffett, the old
curmudgeon Tory. | was invited to
visit my cousin and inspect the home
stead and certain heirloomr 1t con-
tanned | accepted the invitation and
found him quite ready to give me all
the information he possessed about
the family history He said that our
progenitor had been so wrought upon
by King Georges failure to establish
his authority that it killed him.
There" said my cousin when he
showed me TO my room, pointing to a
painting hanging on the wall lis
portrait of the second Moffett. James,
our grandfather. It was painted when
he was sixty-eight years old, or about
the age at which bis father. Cuthbert
Moffett, died"
The face was a model Of kindness,
the reverse of what his fathers must
have been.
After dining and passing an agree
able evening with my cousin and his
family ! went upstairs TO bed. He
had been telling me legends of the
family, and my mind was quite full OF
them. However. l had been travelling
all day and was tired Getting out Of
my clothes as soon as possible, ! turn
cd off the light and jumped into bed
There are certain nights when there
is a deafness in the air that prevents
persons from sleeping. had struck
one of these nights. An hour after go
ing to bed ! aw0ke, and after being
awake another hour concluded TO light
the gas-it had been put in with much
difficulty some years beforehand read
a novel l had brought with me- / read
for some time and, becoming bit
sleepy or tired of my book. I laid 1t
down on the bed beside me. Then |
found myself looking straight Mt the
picture of James Moffett. The gas jet
shone full upon it.
Impressed as | had been with the
stories my cousin had told me about |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
DE CONSTANT GIVES
WARNING OF WAR
Baron, However Says Only Ignorance
Will Make Japan and Ameri-
ca Fight.

Los Angeles. March 80. Danger of
war between the United States and
Japan was discussed by Baron DIES
touunelles de Constant. member Of the
French senate and representative Of
France at The Hague conference, in an
address before the city club last night.
After referring To conditions in Cali
foruia, he said:
But there is storm hanging over
your heads, battle that threatens
destruction OF all this loyeliness, and
il is OF this | have come to warn You.
Japan does not want war any more
than you do, but may be forced into it
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
Carnegie-Peace Advocate and Pitts
burg Steel Magnate.

"Of Peace and Good VIII, is Mr.,
Paul T. Kelloggs title to his brilliant
and powerfully written article in the
April American Magazine. 1t is com
ment on Mr., Garnegies magnificent gift
to the cause OF peace and description
of Pittsburg steel-mll life. says Mn.
Kellogg
Nh. Carnegie has said that il is 4
disgrace for man to die rich. We
would forgive him that were he to live
month in poverty in the Monongahela
mill towns The rest would take care
Of itself.
Think what il would mean like
loosening a tomniquet We're Mr. Car
negie to hold open house for a week in
Duquesuc and ask the mill men 20 come
aud sit with him and speak their minds
freely. The steel industry as a human
act is like pig iron--ful Of crudities;
Carnegie could. as the puddlcrs say.
bring it to nature. Should he, like our
visiting general. see it as a new sight,
this might be 80; or should he. like
Robert OF Sicily or Launfal or Peter
the Great forget himself shave close
his beard cut closer still the assOcia-
tioHs through which and the confreres
through whom be inevitably sees the
steel industry to-day. and spend
month in the lodging horses and ss-
looms, the households and church Of the
mill towns mixing with the old British
and the young Slavs, listening 10 the
half spoken disaappointmeHts OF men
whose lives. like his own. have gone
into steel. learning IN terms OF child
hood and youth and manhood what the
long day. the long week, the tension
and the repression OF the steel mills
mean he would sound needs as deep and
thrilling as his boy-craving FOR books
Tie would gain new vision OF the chances
Of fife IN the district into which
hc adventured as Young man. And
along with Robert Of Sicily and Lam
TAI and Peter the Great, the world
would have q new story 20 hand down
from generation 10 generation. more
priceless than ten million dollars.
ITO do it would take npre courage
tAan to Rght Wal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

that Won want Sirolin: that moth.
ing just as good viii do.
Sirolin IS entirely different from
any other preparation for colds
and other pulmonary affections
II acts in a different way. BY
Its action the cold Is eliminated
by increasing the resisting power
al the lungs and air-passages II
Is essentially a builder-up, a tonic,
a restorative.
Il efectually prevents colds BY
The same process. Keep a bottle
Of Sirolin IN the house and take
Il as a preventive during the
winter, and especially during cold
and rainy spells.
You win find that you have
missed your regular winter cold;
that you feel well all the time.
Strolin contains no narcotics.
heart depressants, or dangerous
Ingredients OF any kind
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
0ficial Inquiry Into the New York Fire
Horror.

New York. March 30.-There is No
let up in the official probing of last
Saturdays factory fire disaster, in
which AS persons lost their lives. The
death Of one victim during the night
brought the total up to the figure CIV
en-. Twenty eharTed bodies still are
unidentified On Saturday these. or
such of them as relatives and friends
have by that time been unable to
identity, will be buried in Mount Sinai
cemetery.
Attention was largely centered to-
day on that phase of the investigation
taken in charge by District Attorney
Whitman in an effort TO fix the respon-
sibility for the catastrophe. Mr. Whit
man summoned many witnesses to his
office to get their testimony in shape
for presentation TO the grand jury.
Fire Marshal Beers continues the ex-
animation Of witnesses in his investi-
CATION.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

by force Of circumstances that seems
to be involving you both,
Let me tell you that Japan does
not want war with YOU or any other
country and never win there be a war
between this country and Japan unless
it is stirred up by ignorance in boil.
nations"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

canvas for the new picture. Whether
1t is in some Transparent paint he put
on or whatever it is, In certain lights
one sees Cuthbert in other lights
James, and in certain other lights sees
a mingling of both"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
HE GIVES TESTIMONY.
Doctor Browning Witness in Seder-
quis Barry Trial.

Boston, March 30.-Dr. J. H. Brown
rigg Of Nashua, n. FL, a customer Of
Sederquist, Barry & company, four
members of which firm are on trial for
larceny, at to-day's session described
some of his transactions with the firm
and said that in March. 1909. two
months before the failure, he sent
check for $1,000 to be used possibly in
future stock transactions
He had previously done considerable
trading through the firms Nashua
branch.
Doctor Brownrigg closed his testi-
mony with the statement: THE firm
had apparently dealt with me in an
honest and straightforward manner and
| relied upon them for that reason"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
Insist on Having Sirolin
For Coughs and Colds.
All Leading Druggists Sell 1t

tits dangerous to trifle
with a bad cold, or bron-
chitis, or the grippe.
These ailments, dis
agreeable in themselves,
lead to graver diseases,
if allowed to run I'M
checked.
Nine-tenths Of the fatal
cases of consumption
are traced to an origin
in some minor ailment
of the respiratory or
gans.
The best and surest
way TO relieve a cold, a
cough, acase of grippe, or
any other pulmonary af-
lection, is to use Sirolin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

"He's disgusted with the way the
politicians are running things in this
town.
els that so?"
'Yes: he ran for office ana was de.
feated. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

freely-at the same time
taking things easy.
This is no theory-it
is a fact, based on the ex-
perience of the leading
physicians of the world.
Sirolin is the worlds
standard re m e dy for
ailments of this char
acter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
Relieves Asthma

This famous preparation Is
recommended by leading physi.
clans for the relief Ct asthma. II
soothss and aliayE the irritation
that causes the sudocating spells.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30

1t has an unequalled
reputation in Europe,
where every family that
gives any attention to
its health has a bottle
of Sirolin in the house.
Your druggist has
Sirolin, or he knows all
about it. Ask him for
it-and refuse any SUBJ
stitute.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
,Sirolir1,

SrOin morphine codeine
8 7Caalsu ,NexYou
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
NOT AS BAD AS 1T SOUNDED
Wonderful Highland Dialect Respon-
s sibIe for Wrong Impression
Given Divine.

Andrew Carnegie. at a dinner in
New York, talked about the Scotch
dialect.
"Its hard lingo to understand" he
said. ut often causes awkward mis-
takes.
"Once an American divine spent
Christmas in Highland inn. On
Christmas morning he gave the maid
a tip of sovereign. and he said. look
ing earnestly at her-for she was a
pretty maid
"'Do you know. Kathleen, you are a
very good-Iooking lassie?'
"Of course Kathleen was pleased.
but. being modest. she blushed like a
rose and answered:
"'Ah. ma; All. ma! But my kissin,
sir. is beautiful
THE divine frowned. ,
Leave the room, you wicked
young baggage!' he said sternly.
He didn't know. You see, that mod
est Kathleen had been simply praising
In her Highland dialect, the superior
charms Of her cousin Janet Of Pee
bles."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
MOTHERS OF THEN AND NOW
Conditions Arc Only Different Ne
Matter What Sentimental
Writer May Assert.

Tho popular writer who bewails
what he assumes to be the fact that
the -old-faahioned" mother is no more
Is liable to defeat his own purpose II
that be inculeating in children the
highest possible regard for their pa
rents. II Is a danger which even the
quantitative theory Of literature or
space rates cannot Justify.
The mother Of the past. Of course.
was different from the mother of the
present, as different on the whole as
the conditions Of life then and now.
but since her daughter is the mother
Of the present there must be some
points of similarity. All the good in
our mothers and grandmothers GER
tainly could not have vanished. 1t
will be paying scant tribute to those
door. good women who have laid down
their precepts and examples and pass
ed on to say SO. And, Of course, this
writer does not mean to do that. yet
he comes very near doing what he
does not intend.
The fallacy OF the whole sentimen-
tai notion that because things and
PEOPLE are not like they used to be
they are not as good lies in the pat
ent fact that they cannot be alike. and
II they were 1t would simply be be-
cause Of the present generation being
SO much inferior to the past that 1t
was unable to do no more than stand
still.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
Red Tape OffciaIdom.

TN all ages there have been cyan.
pies OF heroes and great men who.
wishing to be faithful in small things,
have blundered in matters OF the
greatest Importance" This sentence
is taken from one OF the five articles
Of naval faith read every Sunday to
Japanese men-o'war crews. II sums
up in a very few words the besetting
sin OF red tape officialdom. that blind
devotion to traditional rules and regu.
lations which when confronted with
d s-cat emergency. such as the out.
break OF disease before Sevastopol,
breaks down hopelessly. and. In the
words OF the japanese document.
brings calamity. death and lasting
dishonor' upon itself.-I.ondon Even.
ing Standard.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
MAID OF SARAG0sSA
Was the Spanish Heroine Of a
World-Famous Siege.
Her Brilliant Part In Military Event
Which Has Few Parallels In His
tory-Honored by a Crate
ful Country.

Madrid. Spain.-Every country in
the world has its heroines as well as
its heroes, and its heroines of war as
well as those OF peace. While Molly
Pitcher. who during the revolutionary
war operated her husbands cannon
when he was stricken down, is Justly
famous in American annals and cele-
brated in prose and verse, the Maid
OF Saragossa ia even more renowned
in her native country. Spain. While
Palafox was the hero, she was incom-
parably the heroine of the siege of
Saragossa. one OF the most desperate
in modern history and equally daring.
extensively and defensively. For her
brilliant services Spain made her a
lieutenant In the army and bestowed
upon her many decorations. Her name
was Augustine and as a girl she was
a peddler OF cool drinks In the city.
From the beginning to the end of the
siege she was ever in the heat of con-
fiict and her courage and daring
served to hearten the gallant defend
ers in the darkest hours OF those
bloody months. She won the name La
Artillera from having snatched the
match from the hands OF dying gun
ner and discharged the piece at the
invaders. She died In Cueta. Spain. in
1857. at a very advanced age.
The siege Of Saragossa, in which
the maid distinguished herself. was
conducted by the French in 1s0S-O9.
during the peninsular war. Saragos-
sa was one Of the cities that blocked
the success OF Napoleon's marshals
In subduing all Spain. On June Is.
1908. the French invested It with q
force OF 10000 men. Its defender was
Joseph Palafox. youth without mill
tary experience. but who had sense
enough to associate with himself men
Of martial training and courage But
while inexperienced in war. he had the
heart of the warrior. and when the
French general summoned him to sur.
render. Palafox returned the immor-
tai reply: War to the knife and the
knife to the hilt"
The Spaniards made a gallant de-
Tense Of the city. worsting tho French
In many bloody encounter and check
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
A Deadly Error.

DR.. W. B. Cannon OF Harvard. dis
cussing anti-vivisection literature at q
dinner In New York. said with a
smile:
This literature. in part 1t least. is
ms fagrantly erroneous as the medical
department conducted by n young COL
lege girl In a weekly paper. A sam
pie reply In this department ran:
".Bereaved.-The reply given last
week was a mistake. It should have
been ten drops Of laudanum. not ten
cups Of Iaudanum. Yes. We advocate
cremation rather than the old-fash-
toned burial"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20

ing their every advance. Finally on
August 4. after a fierce cannonading.
the French stormed the place and
forced their way through the walls.
Then followed a week OF most des.
perate fighting. carried on in the
streets and from house to house; and
the French troops, brave as they were
and admirably led and equipped. were
forced to retreat and raise the siege.
Palafox and his men at once began
making preparations for the second
siege which they knew would come.
On December 20 a French army of
10000 picked soldiers under Marshals
Money and Mortier encamped before
the walls and at once began a vigorous
prosecution of the siege. Finally the
French were successful at all points
and the city wall for one-third its
length was captured.
But though the wall OF the town was
In possession OF the besiegers their
troubles were only really beginning.
Every house. every street, in the city
was a stronghold in itself, The French
resorted to mining and literally blast.
ed their way into the city. But they
were met with dauntless courage at
every turn. Pesulence long before had
broken out among the defenders. but
though they were dying by the hun
dreds every day from disease and bull
lets they never faltered. On February
IS a grand assault was made by the
besiegers. The city was on fire In a
dozen places and the dead lay un
buried in the streets. But the Span
iards were unyielding.
The hopelessness OF the struggle
had now, however. become apparent
to the Spaniards and the city was sur
rendered. The garrison, reduced tc
| 12, 900 men, were accorded all the hon
ors OF war. During the siege 60.00C
persons perished, most Of them by dis
ease. Palafox. the brave defender. II
violation Of the terms OF capitulation
was sent as a prisoner to vincennes In
France. Later he returned to Spain
became prominent in Its political af
fairs. was created duke OF Saragosss
and died In 1s47-ten years before the
passing away Of the Maid Of Sara
gossa
Not long since . handsome statue
was erected to the Maid OF Saragoss,
In the city which her valor helped t.
defend and this memorial will hant
down to future generations tho stor,
OF her courage and heroism.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
A Melancholy Man.

Lord Hannen was badly hoaxed on
one occasion by a juryman, who plead
ed to be excused because he was deep
Iy Interested in funeral at which 1t
was his desire to be present"
"Oh. certainly" was the courteous
reply of the Judge. and the sad. melan-
cholic.looking man left the court
"ssy lord" quietly interposed his
clerk. as soon as the juryman had
gone. do you know who that man 10
that you exemptedF'
NO"
He is an undertaker."-Tit.B
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
Remarkable Dental Freak.

An unusual case is reported from
Parkes. n. s. W.. where a young wo-
man some time ago had II teeth ex.
tracted which were causing her trou-
BILE. Before, the gums had sufficiently
healed to permit Of artificial teeth be;
ing fitted. new teeth began to make
their appearance. and every one Of the
II has now been replaced in this man
ner.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
Nothing
Like

dem N de world. CASCARETS tho
biggest s.ler-why? Because il the best
medicine for the 6ver and bowels. lis
what they VII do kor yox-oot what
ne say they wiX G-thaf makes
CASCARETS famous. Millions use
CASCARETS and i . al The medicine
hat they ever need to take. 80
cAscARETs Ioc Q box for . veeks
treatment. ali drueEists- biggest seller
IN the world, Aflfiou boxeSa month.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20

which the doctors said
was incurable. I grad
ually grew weaker un-
til I had to take to my
bed. The kidney secre-
tions were suppressed.
&, I became terribly bloat-
ed. and finally reached
the point where I took
M fntereSt in life II
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
STENoGRAPHER7

Don't smile-it's a fine step
ping stone to greater things, as
many big men Of today have
proved. Private secretaryships
that pay thei. thousands a year.
Court steno0raphy q paying
business. Positions In congress
and state legislatures that give
comfortable salaries. How free
ianeino can be made to yield .
comfortable living.
BY c. W. JENNINGS.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20

was at this time began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills and soon improved.
When I had used IL boxes was
without sign Of the trouble which
seemed to be carrying me to my grave"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
There's the Rub.

WELL" said the optimistic boarder.
"there'sone thing about our boarding
house: you can eat as much as you
like there
'Of course: same as ours" replied
the pessimistic one. you can eat as
much as you like. but there's never
anything you could possibly like"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20

II every year we would root out one
vice we should sooner become perfect
men.-Thomas Kempis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20
Placed.

Mrs. BIS she n Mary Of the vine
clad cottage?
Mrs. M.-No. a Martha Of the rub
ber.plant flat.-Harper's Bazaar.