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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-12

There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swarnp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulhlls almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part Of the urinary
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcones that unpleasant ne
sessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
lines during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of Swamp-Root is
soon reakzed. 1t stands the highest be-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-12
Underwear

Pretty early in the season to make
such slashes in Heavy Underwear, but
then cuts In seasonable goods are
one Of the ear marks OF these quick
money sales.
All $500 Mems ard Boys I'M
derwear, now .,......... 1925
All S2.75 and $500 Mems and
Boys Underwear, now 2.29
All $500 Mems and Boys Tn
derwesr, now ....,....,t..,. 1.59
All $3.50 Mems and Boys In
derwear, now. .....t-....,.. 1.20
All sl25 Mems and Boys. IN
derwear, now ...........-. 100
Ali sl.0O Mems and Boys I'm
derwear, now .....,,t.... 10
All soc Mems and Boys I'm
derwear, now .......,....... .39
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-12
Extra Specials

Sweaters
One lot Turtle-neek Sweaters, were
$3.50 up, your choice at half price.
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now,,.... $5.25
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now..,.,. Ats
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now. ,..... 3.75
One lot $3.50 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now. $50
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now. ...,. $40
One lot $3.50 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now. ...... 2.59
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now 229
One lot $500 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now. ..s.- 1.59
One lot SlO0 Coat Sweaters for
men and boys, now ,....,. 10
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

hi,iG c:ylsy .sSpsed .s os s sr%' ,s %
esmY IN dissrs ~. and lis sn.etion for
..! ss.n :S' .! ei.Ty rS.rs
6vsr tho Arctic regions. he. picks up .
hand ;ss e. re-: .ss he
Govern . yacht anchored in the bay. De-
seendinG near the steamer. he meet. .
Eiri.s name Is Jeanne FIELDING and that
Of her father. Captain Fielding. an arctic .s
Jeanne finds that he had dropped Z Gu:
.e e! 1IseP.a ah:s1
nan P aar :e sns IA. eS fs,dns
eis1.r ~ h.s &c ,. sseani r.. location Of
:ess ss%n:ss q 3. p.sss; + 4, S:S: :sSs:
Per witnessed BY C.yisy: Roscoe plans
Big load Of gold Jeanne tells Fansh.w.
1m. on IN. .ns .soa: maui si% the see .es LETT b.
cayisy. Fanshaw declares that It IL an
E.Limo throwing stick; used TO- to sh Got
ssarehing party with a sprained ankle
Perry Hunter !. found murdered and
70 nnd the sesrchers. Tom processes hi:
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
an hut, and .nsrs md.
ban returns to tho hut and sees Jeanne.
NE e down S1 and h .hsn a a'
70 - rad. Tss Yacht di s . and Ro:-
sssan. s:n only Z sssPsu!: ' csyl.; Tss
seriousness q their situation becomes ap
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09
"Mindi" she echoed. Ibid you thinb

"Mindi" she echoed. did you thinS
l wanted to do embroidery"
He showed her how the work was to
be done. and in five minutes she was
busily engaged at 1t. She had moved
to another bunk, q little further from
the fire, and he. with innocent artifice.
had contrived that the big soft sleep
ing-bag should be spread out under
her.
Meanwhile he plunged into a sys-
tematic search. through journal and
maps. for the thing that was to spell
either life or death for them.
At the end Of an hour he looked up
suddenly. an exclamation of triumph
on his lips. But at the sight Of her. It
died out In a smile. She had slipped
down on the sleeping-bag. her head
Graded in the crook Of one arm. And
she was fast asleep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09

IT had a fright" she admitted: but
I don't see how you could know. I'm
very sure didn't cry out"
NO. heard nothing. NO sound at
all. Just knew. and SO I came to
you a. fast as ! could. What was It
that frightened your"
Nothing at all, imagine. was
sitting hero on the ledge. looking at
that wonderful sky. and all At once
/ found I was growing afraid. didn't
know what It was about, At all. sup
pose It Was Just because I was . little
tired and had begun to realize that I
was q long way from-from homo. I
had come around the headland. not
really to look for more nrewood. but
in the hope that I might happen to
md q clue to where the stores are hid
den: and. as said. suddenly It
seemed . long way back and began
to find myself afraid. And then. be-
ing afraid. well. ! thought ! saw
something moving up there behind the
rocks-something big. bigger than q
man. and whitish-yellow."
His eyes followed the direction in
which she had pointed. but could
make out nothing in the deep. vibrant
blue shadows.
That's likely enough" he told her.
TT was probably a bear. II II was.
we're in luck. I'll come back by and
by and go cunning for him. But FIRST.
I'm going to take you-home."
She had used the word before. but
in what sense he was not entirely
sure: and she had undoubtedly used
It not more than half consciously. At
any rate. when he said It now she
flushed a little, and SO did he. and
their eyes. meeting. Frightened sud
denly.
Silently he turned away from her
and began furling up his wings. and
she helped him, as she had helped
him that other time when he had tried
to convince her that he was not .
dream.
When It was done. they set out
slowly. in the deepening twilight. for
the hut.
TITS very good Of you to walk down
here with me-" she said. you who
could n.y."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09
CHAPTER XIV.
Tho Red-eound Book.

BY the time they had reached the
headland, the whole beach before
them was enveloped in the sapphire
shadow OF the cliff. and the little clus-
ter OF huts toward which they were
trudging was hardly distinguishable.
II was not until they had halved the
distance that the girl made out tho
little plume OF rose-colored smoke that
fioated above Philips newly construct
ed chimney.
But the next instant he laid hand
upon her arm and. with the other.
pointed imperatively down the beach
toward the hut Whether you saw
him before. or not" he said. with .
short grim laugh. you can see him
now"
Looking where he pointed. she saw
q big. yellowishwhite. ungainly thing
come numbering round the corner Of
the hut, upon all fourS.
"A bear" he said. and q good big
one You're not to be afraid. This IL
really unmerited good luck"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09
CHAPTER xIII.-contInued.

Suddenly he was flying downward.
aUfast as gravity and his great wings
would take him. Drenched with the
air 20 fast that the sound OF its whin-
ing rose to a scream through his taut
rigging. Down he slanted. seward
q little. past the end Of the great head
land. Then. with the sudden exertion
Of all his strength. upon one lowered
wing, the other flashing high like tho
stroke Of a scimitar. in the curve OF
the shortest possible arc. he shot
landward. bounced. checked. and
alighted not far from the girl.
She had been seated upon a broken
ledge Of rock when he had first caught
sight Of her. She was in act OF
getting to her feet when he alighted.
not half dozen PAGES away.
She had been pale. but her color
had come back now in a sudden surge.
She was breathing unsteadily and her
hands we're clasped against her
breast. "You-you mustn't ny like
that" she said. IF you had been an
eagle. the way you wheeled and came
rushing down out of the sky would
have terrified me. I shut my eyes in
order not to see you killed"
He did not answer her at once. and
she, looking intently into his face.
won't on. You know II was danger
ous. You thought yourself that you
were going to be killed. I can see
the horror OF II In your eyes"
Then he got his breath. You're
safer" he questioned unsteadily. You
were in danger. sudden danger. and In
terror at II. That was what fr1ghten'
( cd me. that sudden knowledge. came
down, fearing should be too late"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09
CHAPTER XIV.

Discoveries.
The sunlight of another crystalline
day had made a path of gold across
the floor and half way up the wall
when Philip reused himself from what
he had intended to make the merest
cat-nap on one OF tho hunks, and with
difficulty rubbed his eyes open. Tho
SAVIOUR Of something good to eat was
already in his nostrils.
Jeanne, with her back to him. was
bending over tho fire. busy with tho
breakfast. She heard him stirring.
and looked around.
"Oh. I'm sorry." she said. Il didn't
l meant you to go on sleeping for
hours and hours"
Looking fairly at him as he sat
there on the bunk she saw his hands
clutch tightly over the edge OF It;
saw the color go ebbing out Of his
face and then come surginS back
again. She had seen him do that once
before.
"Why-what's the matter. Philip"
she asked.
ITS Just the wonder Of you." he
said slowly: "of waking up to ind you
here. busy about this home OF our
as if-as II It were all true. I've been
very deep asleep
You'd better get ready for break
fast" she said. In tone whose mat
ter-offact infection was little eIag-
gerated. IT'S nearly ready"
When they had finished. and while
they still sat face to face across tho
board plank which had served them
for a table. Cayley leaned forward q
little and. smiling. asked Il question
What's tho secret. Jeanne? Your
eyes have been shining with mystery
ever since We sat down here
She laughed. You're much too pen
etrating. I didn't mean you even to
dream there was n mystery to pene-
trate. But-well. It's time to tell you
now. any way"
She. too. leaned forward q little and
shook her head Mt him with a tanta-
LIKING air of triumph.
You didn't ind the thing you were
looking for last night in fathers jour
nai-the place where they hid tho
stores. mean"
"Oh, but I did," he cried. Il only
waited to give you time to eat a nee
essary and sensible breakfast before
I spoke Of II. had II on the tip Of
my tongue to suggest that We set
about finding II In good earnest. when
saw. in your eyes. that you had
mystery of your own
It was evident from the look in
those eyes now that she was both sur
prised and puzzled.
You found It last night" she ex-
claimed. Found II In the Journal.
and then never went to look at IT."
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-09

Valuable Asset.
Learn to say No" II will Be- OF
moro use to you than to learn to re-
Latin.-Spurgeon.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
CHOPIN'S FUNERAL MARCH

NJ. Ziem, the veteran painter, gives a
picturesque account in the Annals, of
Paris, of the inspiration sought by Cho-
pin for the composition of his famous
Funeral March," afterward inserted in
his piano sonata in b fiat minor.
NJ. Ziem, who is now aged ninety, re-
lates that when little more than a boy,
after a dinner party in a friends studio
he had the idea in a Mt of high spirits
to bring from a cupboard skeleton.
The Prince de Polignac, who was of the
party, insisted on placing the skeleton
on a music stool and guiding the bones
of the fingers over the keys of the piano
This was in the romantic '3O's, and the
SAVIOR OF the exploit was much appre-
ciated.
Not long after, Chopin called on NJ.
Ziem, ito seek respite after an appalI-
ing night passed In a struggle with
ghosts that had stroked him, and twtned
round him and sought to entice him to
the underworld" The recital OF his
recalled to M. Ziem the piano
performance by the skeleton and the
Prince dc Polignac.
Chopin shuddered: then he asked,
Have you ,skeletonT' M. Ziem had
not. but promised to obtain one that
very evening.
only frolic became something grand.
agonizing. terrible. Pale. his eyes burn
Ing with fever. Chopin wrapped himself
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
TAXI SERVICE IN LONDON

Two persons can travel in London IN
taxicab, starting in the heart of the
city where traffic is most congested, and
20 a distance of fully three miles for
about 70 cents, and for a similar sum
longer distance through less frequented
parts. gratuity of to cents, ac-
cording to the distance Travelled, is usual
ly given to the driver
Chaffeurs receive 25 per cent of the
gross receipts Of the cabs as registered
by the taximeters, hut they pay for the
petrol used. A daily settlement is made
with them.
All public motors arc fitted with taxi
meters. The fares are as follows: MOI
exceeding a mile or for period of time
or a journey not exceeding 10 minutes.
16 cents; exceeding a mile or 10 min
utes, for each quarter of a mile or period
of time or journey not exceeding ~
minutes. an additional 4 cents, and the
same charge for any less period or dis
tance exceeding one mile or 10 minutes
Taxicabs generally are licensed to carry
four persons, and for each additional
person beyond two there is an inclusive
charge of L cents for the whole Journey.
however long 1t may be- The charge
for two persons is the same as for one
person. Two children under the age of
ten years count as cne person Luggage.
whether the taxicab is hired by distance
or by time, cents for each package
carried outside. For each bicycle child,s
mail cart or perambulator. y cents.
Ranks or stands for taxicahs are con-
veniently located all over London At
many of these stands there are shelter
houses provided with a telephone. so
that nearby residents can order a taxi
cab by telephone. II there is not an
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

my habits in still more had changed.
1 used to drink temperateIy and 70
smoke quite a good deal. l can't dc
either with any real pleasure now. Other
similar habits that 1 had tried and failed
to overcome simply seemed to fall away
OF their own accord. | didn't have any
further interest in them"
Controlled by His Psychic Self.
How do you explain that?''
Il believe that in those long days of
mental and physical relaxation my high
er, physhic self gained control OF my
whole organism and discarded all those
habits of the senses that offended it,
The reporter whistled softly and Mr.
Kempster laughed.
Pretty hard to swallow, eh?" he asked.
well. confess 1 was surprised my
self the first time 1 too,S> a drink of
whisky and lighted a cigar l took
about five whiffs of the cigar and tried
TO imagine l enjoyed it, but 1 didn't. and
laid it aside. The whisky made me
feel stupid without exhilarating at all.
Then Mr.. Kempster went on to de-
scribe the treatment given by DR.. Robin
that appear to have worked such wonders
First" he said. you must remem-
Der that 1 was absolutely in sympathy
Will lIlt uOClOT UlelIOuS- nave as
1 said, studied and used suggestions,
both with others and myself; though in
my then weakened condition. l was
not able to suggest strongly enough to
builG up my physical organism. So 1
gladly accepted the doctors advice Now
the daily process is as follows:
II go into a darkened treatment room
of DR.. Robins Office. lie upon a couch
close my eyes, and as quietly and as
perfectly as possible relax my whole
body. For the first ten or fifteen minutes
while doing so there are soft selections
from a musical cabinet vibrating in the
room. Or. Robins sits at the head of
the couch. and at first helps the re-
Taxation by pressure on my limbs and
hands, telling me at the same time to
relax and-mind you, this is important
to keep my mind on the music and not
on what he is saying"
What is that for?''
why, you see, he speaks to my sub
conscious mind and he desires to keep
my ordinary conscious mind engaged
with the music so that il will leave the
open to the impressions he
desires to make. Then after | am re-
laxed into 4 quiescent state bordering on
sleep he begins to drone out monotonous
suggestions about, first, my health. 60
ing into all kinds of physiological de-
tails and. later, about my literary work.
These suggestions are repeated so
that l usually go to sleep
before the music ceases. In fact, most
days l take several maps, waking 10
catch the drone of his voice talking
about my digestion, my liver action. or
equally interesting, on which
l promptly go to sleep again. The
length of these treatments varies from
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

shops of the city. Refugees are pouring
into Chin-kiang, where the officials are
distributing boiled rice to about 10000
persons daily. The situation in the fam
inc provinces of Anhui and kiang-su are
said to be steadily growing worse, with
thousands perishing of hunger.
The marauders represent phase of the
situation that is most sinister. There is
little hope for relief before the end of
next month or the beginning of April No
grain can be harvested till May. Those
who realized this first formed robber
bands soon after the famine began last
summer and attacked and robbed those
farmers who had little food remaining.
The Cinnamon in the open country fed to
the villages and helped to build mounds
of earth around them as defenses. Urged
on by hunger, the thieves soon proved
these ineffective. Day by day reports
spread of murders for little bread. Day
by day more Cinnamon deserted their
homes and journeyed southwark. Ac-
cording to the latest reports from Annoy,
the surrounding country is now overrun
with armed robbers, driven to marauding
by the scarcity of food. The bolder of
Four from Human province were caught
and beheaded in a day.
Government Is HeIpIesl
it can. All taxes have been remitted A
liberal grant has been made from the i'm
perialS treasury, but little headway is
being made in relieving the situation.
The relief committee at Shanghai has
made an appeal for s., ,ooo. 900 on the basis
of cents for feeding starving man
for a day, 81 to maintain him till the
next harvest, and $40 to save a family
Americans have stepped into the
breach. A bill was rushed through Con-
gress a few days ago placing the army
transport Buford at the disposal of the
American Red Cross Society, with an ap-
of $4,000 to pay her expenses
The Commercial Club, of Seattle is act
ing as shipping agent. The Bufort is
about to sail from Seattle on her first
relief voyage.
The Red Cross Society sent 5000 in
relief contributions to China last Novem-
Der and similar amount about ten days
ago. In addition to $4,000 previously
sent through the Christian Herald and
Secretary of State Knox, $4,000 was
cabled to the missionary famine re-
lief committee of Chin-kiang through |
he same channels last Wednesday In |
Ter the auspices of the Christian Herald, |
900 sacks of flour are also being shipped |
rom Minneapolis to Seattle. to go to /
China on the Buford. The Presbyterian |
Board of Foreign Missions has thus far |
forwarded between 5000 and 5000 to its |
agents in China Appeals for aid are be- /
ng issued by the governors Of the States, |
he more recent being those of Gov Dix, I
" New York; Gov. Wilson, of New
Jersey: Gov. Wilson. of Kentucky, and
Gov. Gilchrist. Of Florida
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

crisis is rapidly approaching in China
that has become a menace to the world.
Though developing in a time of peace. it
is more difficult to fight than a hostile
army, and has already cost more lives
| than would be sacrificed by batteries of
machine guns.
The northeastern corner of the Chinese
empire, centering around Shantung and
Manchuria, are in the grip of fresh
outbreak of "'black DEATH or bubonic
plague. Russia, Great Britain, Japan, and
America are rushing physicians and SCI
entists there in an effort to prevent 1t
spreading to other lands.
The difficulties being encountered in
this direction are suggested by reports re-
ceived last week. In Vladivostok six per-
sons were killed and twenty wounded in
a fight between Russian soldiers and
Chinese whom the Europeans sought to
expel from a famine-infected district
Freight cars are being pressed into
service at Hardin as prisons for those
contaminated with the plague, including
whole detachments of soldiers. The Pres
byterian Mission at Chefoo has been
isolated by the epidemic. Despite the
fight against il, the reports add, the
plague is spreading throughout Man
churia.
Yuen as a pivot, fully 2,0o0 600 people are
starving. The plague is gradually reach
ing southwark toward the famine district.
Several years must elapse before the suf-
fering Chinese can recover from the fam
inc. The power of the 100000 people to
resist the plague is diminished by lack of
food The specters of hunger and dis
ease are not more than 400 miles apart
When they meet, what will come of it?
Began i'm 1894.
\ The present outbreak of the bubonic
plague appeared in Hongkong in 1894.
It remained restricted to native Chinese
until 1896. when It passed to Bombay.
which is now infected. 1t devastated
India during the three following years.
From 1897 to 1899 the disease spread TO
Egypt. Asiatic Turkey, Madagascar. Por-
the American Continent, appearing IN
Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Hopo- |
lulu also became infected. In 1900 the |
plague broke out in San Francisco, COM |
ing probably from Hongkong or Homo
lulu, and cost forty-one lives. Now the |
disease has been spread all over the !
world. Civilized nations generally have |
il under control, though the serpent's /
teeth of infection have since cropped up |
sporadically in Glasgow. Marseilles, /
Bremen, South America, and Russia. The |
of famine with the disease,
however, precipitates new and almost |
crisis.
The famine Is at its worst in the prov
noes of Kiang-su and Anhui, and along
he Grand Canal Here are miles OF level
claims intersected by waterways The
'ains there early last summer were the
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

easily accessible shelter house. the order
can be given through the district mes
senger Office. In the West End residen-
tial quarter and in many parts of the city
the householder mas whistle which is
blown once for a taxicab, and ii is sur
prising how quickly the response comes.
There are three reasons why taxicabs
are used so generally in London: first,
the comparative low cost of hiring; sec
ond, the multiplicity of vehicles and their
judicious distribution throughout all sec
tions sof the city; and third, the saving
Of time. A person is tempted, by reason
of these conditions, to use a taxicab in
stead of any other form of public con-
veyance
Taxicabs complete cost ESQ to s4oo
G1,70S to N.946) each, according to chas-
sis, and whether two-cylinder or four
cylinder. and according to the style and
finish Of the cab body. Most OF the taxi
cabs are about horsepower, and the
annual license for such power is $500
The motor cab is rapidly displacine the
horse vehicle in London. The number of
horse cabs licensed on December 81, 1910,
was 4.701; while the number of motor
cabs licensed on the same date was 1885.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
A vuIcanoIogical Institute.

1t may be many years before a chair
of vulcanology is established in a univer-
sity, but the systematic study of the
phenomena of volcanic eruptions is a
matter of concern to all civilized nations,
though more particularly to those whose
territory is embraced in the earth's dan
ger zone. For this purpose an effort is
to be made to induce the chief govern
ments to contribute a total sum of s60,OO
(S300,O0 with which to found an endow
chronological institute in the immedi-
ate vicinity of one of the worlds great
active volcanoes. Vesuvius has been
suggested as offering the best facilities
for close study and research work.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
THE CARS WATCH.

There is in the possession of the Gar
a very remarkable watch. 1t was made
by Polish mechanic named Jules Cur
ren. The Car had heard some wonder
full tales about the inventive ability OF
this man, and. wishing personally to test
his skill. he sent him a parcel containing
few copper nails, some wood clippings.
a piece of broken glass. an old cracked
china cup. some wire, and a few crib
bage board pegs. Accompanying this was
a command to make them into time
piece. Within remarkably Short time
the Gar received them back in the shape
of watch. The case was made OF
china, and the works of the othef odds
and ends. SO pleased and astonished was
the Car that he sent for the man and
conferred several distinctions upon him.