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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

Bills passed by the House yesterday
afternoon were: An act for equalization
of salaries, to amend the village charter
of Morrisville, to enable Morristown TO
bond for new town hall, relating to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

The "Great God Success" deserted Da-
vid Graham Phillips.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

Brattleboro might try its charms to
inyeigle the Legislature down there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25
5,626

Here's a health to Rabbie Burns!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

The appropriation Of $4,000 TO the
Austine Institution for defective chill
dren located at Brattleboro, passed the
House yesterday afternoon, after Mr..
Amey OF Brighton had tried in vain 70
amend it so that imbecile children shall
first be taken care Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

Barre will wipe out $4,000 more OF its
bonded indebtedness shortly,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25

See Camels Hump itself out OF sheer
joy on belonging to Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-25
TO ADJOURN
ON SATURDAY
Continued from FIRST page

Speaker Howe voted yes, ordering the
bin along to third reading,
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Safes on German Trains.

The latest reform about to be intro
duced on German railroads is the plac-
ing of safes aboard long distance
trains. The safes are to be made Of
steel, with two keys, one to be kept in
the custody of the passenger and the
other in that of the train guard, both
being necessary for the opening Of the
safe.
The safes are to be placed in the
guards van and to be large enough to
hold small grip, jewel case or similar
package. A very moderate charge will
be made for the use of the safes, the
state taking all risks arising from
theft, fire or railway accident, and pro-
tecting itself by a system of reinsur-
ance.
The reform, which might also be
adopted with success on Italian rail-
roads, was suggested by the number of
assaults and robberies which occurred
last year on certain of the German
lines.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
DANGER SIGNALS ALONG LINES
Some Reasons Why Occasionally
They Are Disregarded by
the Engineers.

Persons unfamiliar with railroad
operations doubtless wonder why en-
ployees frequently disregard signals
when so much depends upon their
proper observance of them. An ex.
planation may be found in the old
saw: Familiarity breeds contempt"
Day after day, night after night, an en-
g1neman runs over his road finding
signals showing "clear" as they ap-
becomes natural to take for granted
that they will so appear. Perhaps in
a moment of inattention he finds him
self running past red one, and stops
his train only to discover that either
the train ahead had not quite passed
out of the "block" or that the tower
man had failed to show the clear sig
nal when he should have done so.
One or two experiences like this
causes an engineman to feel that it
would not have made much difference
If he had continued on his way, and
thereafter, especially if he happens to
be behind time, he may take chances
on going ahead, particularly in the
case of long block. He knows that
even If the train ahead was obliged
to stop in the block, brakeman un-
der the rules must go back to warn
following trains. But the brakeman
also remembers that the towerman is
required to display his signal of dan
ger until the train Is reported "out,"
and he, the brakeman, is consequent
ly not so vigilant about going back in
the rear of the halted train as far as
the rules require Consequently, a
dangerous condition Is created.-Man-
ufacturers' Record.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Travelled on Old Ticket.

A curious thing happened the other
day when a woman boarded train On
the Tyrone and Clearfeld branch Of
the Pennsylvania railroad and pre-
sented a ticket calling for a passage
from Wallacetown to Pittsburg which
had been issued in 1885. The con-
ductor was curious to know how It
had been preserved SO long, and the
lady explained that twenty-five years
ago she had prepared to make trip
to Pittsburg, purchasing her ticket
at that time. When the train pulled
into the depot at Wallacetown en-
route to Pittsburg, a friend disem-
barked for the purpose of visiting her,
which made her own trip impossible
then. On going home she put the
ticket away. Finding it the other day
she decided to obtain her moneys s
worth and took the long,planned jour
ney.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Copyright 1903. By the Bobbs-Merrill Co.
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do SO, his
art Is considered huge joke, except to
eryone expected frolic Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together year
range to celebrate the first anniversary
of his divorce. The party is in full swing
when Jimmy receives telegram from his
Aunt Selma who will aTrive in four .t hours u,
funds from Aunt Selma and after he mar
ries she doubles his allowance. He. neg
9eets to Ct tell her OF his divorce lin Jimmy ~
devise some way SO that his aunt will not
iearn that he has no longer wife. He
suggests that Kit play the hostess for one one
dina arrives and the deception works out
az planned. Jim's Jap servant is taken
bose bbs sn9 ass Kt wSa fe y Sng
il is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is well and IS
Jim she wanted to see, but Takahira, the
Jap servant. HARRISON steps out. on the
porch and discovers a man tacking a
card on the , door: He demands e an an ex5 ss
and HARRISON sees the word Smallpox"
printed on It. The guests suddenly realize
their predicament, the women rs, shed tears ,s
son pleads with Kit to tell him the real
situation Of things. She finally tells him
of Bella's Incarceration in the basement.
The all important question arises as to
who Is to prepare the meals and perform
the other household duties HARRISON f1n-
ally solves the matter. He writes out
slips containing the various departments
of his or her duties. Kit attempts to
make an ome1et for Aunt Selma. but fails
ia the attempt and is in very nervous
state when HARRISON comes to her rescue
and tells her how to make 1t. After the
hitting of the quarantine several letters
are found in the mail box undelivered.
one is addressed to Henry Llewelyn.
1quique, Chile. which was written by Har-
bison. He describes minutely of their in
generation. also Of his infatuation for
Mrs. Wilson.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

Germs US here, the other-the prohi-
bition Of intermarriage-having ref
erence to matters outside the radius
of railway officials activities.
A caste man must not partake of
food cooked or even handled by one
OF inferior caste. Food is wide term.
A very orthodox person would in
clude medicine compounded by an
apothecary. One of more liberal
views might receive, say, a plantain
(banana) from the hands of an indi-
vidual beneath him, for the "unclean"
hands of the latter would have come
in contact only with the skin and not
with the part to be eaten.
The first and most obvious REQUIRE
ment OF any long distance traveller in
hot climate is fluid refreshment.
The filter and the glass commonly
found in an English dining car
would be no use in India, inasmuch
as the native would first of all want
to know who put the water in the fl
ter and then who last used the glass.
II satisfactorily assured on the lat
ter point, he would nevertheless run
no risk of contamination, but would
pour the liquid down his throat while
holding the glass few inches above
his mouth
But the orthodox man, taking no
risks at all, carries with him a brass
water pot attached to belt, and even
then adopts the further precaution
above mentioned. At every station a
native patrols the platform carrying
a skin with supply of water. Expe-
rience has taught the railway com
panies to be particular as to who is
entrusted with this duty. Continuing,
the writer says:
Il once travelled with a Brahmin
who parched with thirst eagerly call
ed the water carrier at each success
sive station. But before replenishing
his brass pot he cross-examined the
man as to his antecedents and not
being satisfied that he was of suffi-
Gently high caste continued suffering
agonies till a wire was sent on ahead,
the result of which was that the holi-
est man Of all the countryside was
routed out and induced to do duty
pro tenn.
Fortunately very holy people sell
dom travel and when they do they
contrive to let it be known before
hand so that meals may be specially
prepared for them in dvance."
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
First German Railroad.

Seventy-five years ago the first rail-
way was introduced into Germany.
The experiment was naturally on a
modest scale from Ludwigsbann join
ing up Nuremberg to Furth The six
kilometers of seventy-five years ago
have increased today to $4,000 kilo-
meters, a kilometer being five-eiahths
of a mile; and it is claimed that Ger
many today possesses the finest rail-
way system in Europe. The first To-
comotive used in the Nuremberg
Furth line was named the Adler and
was made under the superintendent
of Stephenson in England 1t cost
1850.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
LIVED LONG WITHOUT EATING
Men and Animals Have Made Some
Remarkable Fasts a Mat
ter of Record.

The record for fasting, so far as
humanity Is concerned, is held by
Granie, a French murderer, who de-
termined to starve himself to death,
and from the day of his arrest refused
to eat. In spite Of every effort on the
part Of his warders, who first tried
tempting him to eat by placing the
most dainty meals in his cell, and
when that failed, attempted feeding
him by force, he held out for SO days,
at the end of which time he died. Up
to then the longest authenticated fast
on record was that accomplished by
Giovanni Succi, who tasted at the
Royal Aquarium, London, for As days.
But these records sink into insignifl-
canoe when compared with the fat
pig Of Dover, enshrined in DR.. W. B.
Carpenters Manual Of Physiology"
This pig weighed 160 pounds and was
entombed for 160 days by the fall Of
a portion Of the chalk cliffs. When
dug out it weighed only 40 pounds,
but to the surprise Of its owner was
alive.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Makeup of the Dollar Bill.

The American dollar bill is made up
of parts gathered from all over the
earth. Much of the paper fiber is linen
rag from the Orient. The silk comes
from Italy and China. The blue ink
Is made from German or Canadian
cobalt. The black ink is made from
Niagara Falls acetylene gas smoke,
and most of the green ink has green
color mixed in white zinc sulphite
made in Germany. When the treas
ury seal is printed in red the color
comes from Central America.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Relic of Lincoln.

Mrs. Freeland Young, Of Norway,
has a stickpin which is keepsake.
1t has a small, rounded, gold-plated
frame containing tintype of Abra-
ham Lincoln. On the frame are the
words, For President, 1864" Mrs.
Young's father gave her the stickpin
when she was a girl and before Lin
coin was chosen president the second
time Not many Of these small tin
types of Lincoln are now in existence,
but the picture is very fine likeness.
-Kennebec Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
CHAPTER TX.
FIannigan's Find.

The most charitable thing would be
to say nothing about the first day
We were badly brutal-that's the
only word for it. And Mr.. HARRISON,
with his beautiful courtesy-the really
sincere kind-tried to patch up one
quarrel after another and failed He
rose superbly to the occasion, and
made something that he called a
South American goulash for luncheon,
although it was too salty, and every
one was thirsty the rest of the day
Bella was horrid, of course. She
froze Jim until he said he was going
to sit in the refrigerator and cool the
butter. She locked herself in the
dressing-room-it had been assigned
to me, but that made no difference to
Bella-and did her nails, and took
three different baths, and refused to
come to the table. And of course
Jimmy was wild, and said she would
starve. But l said, Very we'll, let
her starve. Not tray shall leave my
kitchen" 1t was comfort to have
her shut up there anyhow: it post
poned the time when she would come
face to face with Flanagan.
Aunt Selma got sick that day, as
have said. I was not SO bitter as the
others; l did not say that l wished
she would die. The worst ever wish.
ed her was that she might be quite i'll
for some time, and yet, when she be.
gan to recover, she was dreadful to
me. She said for one thing, that 1t
was the hard-boiled eggs and the state
of the touse that did it. And when
said that the grippe was a germ, she
retorted that l had probably brought
1t to her on my clothing.
You remember that Betty had drawn
the nurses slip, and how pleased she
had been about it. She got up early
the morning of the first day and made
herself lawn cap and telephoned out
| for a white nurses uniform-that is
of course, foX a white uniform for 8
nurse. She really looked very fetch
ing. and she went around all the morn
ing with red cross on her sleeve and
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

for me. You know who is down there,
and-this is awfully delicate, mumsy
but he's nice boy, ind l thought
liked him. l guess you know he has
been rather attentive. Now, do like
him, mumsy, but not the way
thought l did, and l want you to
very gently, of course-to discourage
him a little You know how l mean.
He's dear boy, but am so tired OF
people who don't know anything but
horses and motors.
And, oh, yes-do you remember a
girl named Lucille Mellon who was at
school with you in Rome? And that
she married man named HARRISON!
Well, her son is here! He builds rail-
roads and bridges and things, and he
even built himself an automobile
down in South America, because he
couldn't afford to buy one, and burned
wood in it! Wood! Think of 1t!
l wired father in Chicago for fear
he would come rusning home. The
picture in the paper of the face at
the basement window is supposed to
be Mr.. HARRISON, but of course 1t isn't
any more like him than mine is like
me-
Anne Brown mislaid her pearl col
lar when she took 1t off last night,
and has fused herself into a sick
headache She declares it was stolen!
Some of the people are playing bridge.
Betty Mercer is doing a cake-walk to
the "Rhapsodie Hongroise has
no everyday music-and the tele-
phone is ringing. We have received
enough flowers for funeral-some-
body sent Lollie Gates Ajar, only
with the gates shut.
There are no servants-th1nk OF 1t,
mumsy. l wish you had made me learn
to cook. Mr. HARRISON has shown me
a little-he was soldier in the Span
ish war-but we girls are terribly
ignorant lot, mumsy, about the real
things of life.
Now, don't worry. It is more sport
than camping in the Adirondacks, and
not nearly so damp.
Your loving daughter,
KATHERINE.
P. S.-South America must be won
derful. Why can't we put the Cad
fly in commission, and take a coasting
trip this summer? It Is shame to
own a yacht and never use it
K
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
What a Woman Knows.

$50 Erma is engaged" said Elennor.
with a curl of her lip. We'll. I'm
sorry for the man, that's all. She
doesn't know the first thing about
keeping house"
"Oh. yes, she does, though" was
Fannie's assuring reply.
well. I'd like to know what it is"
was the doubling response.
"The very first thing, which is to
get man to keep house for."-Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

rangement shown in the illustration,
and still two more cars being used to
underrun the counterbalance weights.
Five tons of packing was first placed
on the 50-ton car, and the 77-ton cast
ing placed on this, making the weight
to be carried 80 tons. Oak beams, for
leverage, were made fast to each end
of the load-carrying car, and these
were carried over the 40-ton cars on
each side. At the outer ends of each
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
30 fl. Bou,eLs-

Biggest organ of the body-the
bowels-and the most important
It's got to be looked after-neglect
means suffering and years of
misery. CA SCARETS help
nature keep every part of your
bowels clean and strong-then
they act right-means health to
your whole body. OH
CASCARETS Ioc box for a weeks treat
ment. Ali druggists. Biggest seller In
the world - Million boxes q month.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Wise Tramp.

She brought him out a wedge of
pumpkin pie and cup of coffee.
"And you only visit this section of
the country during golden-rod time? p
she interrogated innocently. How
poetical!"
well, you see. mum. it isn't exact
ly poetical, replied Dusty Dan, with
a smile, "but when de golden-rod
blooms it is too late to cut grass an
too early to shovel snow"
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
EDITOR BROWNE
Of The Rockford Morning Star.

about seven years ago 1 ceased
drinking coffee to give your Postum a
trial.
81 had suffered acutely from various
forms Of indigestion and my stomach
had become so disordered as to repel
almost every sort of substantial food.
My general health was bad. At close
intervals l would suffer severe attacks
which confined me in bed for week
or more Soon after changing from
coffee to Postum the indigestion
abated, and in a short time ceased
entirely. have continued the daily
use of your excellent Food Drink and
assure you most cordially that am
indebted to you for the relief it has
brought me.
Wishing you continued success,
am Yours very truly,
J. Stanley Browne,
Managing Editor"
OF course, when mans health
shows he can stand coffee without
trouble, let him drink 1t, but most
highly organized brain-workers SIM
ply cannot.
The drugs natural to the coffee ber-
~ affect the stomach and other organs
and thence to the complex nervous
system, throwing 1t out of balance and
producing disorders in various parts
of the body. Keep up this daily pois-
oning and serious disease generally
supervenes. So when man or woman
finds that coffee is smooth but dead
ly enemy and health is of any value
at all, there Is but one road-quit.
It is easy to find out If coffee be the
cause of the troubles, for If left of 10
days and Postum be used in its place
and the sick and diseased conditions
begin to disappear, the proof is un-
answerable.
Postum is not good If made by short
boiling. 1t must be boiled cItl 7S min
utes after boiling begins, when the
crisp flavor and the food elements are
brought out of the grains and the bev-
erage is ready to fulfill its mission OF
palatable comfort and renewing the
cells and nerve centers broken down
by coffee.
There's Reason"
Get the little book, 'The Road to
''Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterY A new
one appears from time to time. Tney
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

voluminous rail-
way information
with a considera-
BILE amount Of
matter particular
ly interesting to
the tourist. Caste
does not cause
the railways so
much trouble as
might be imag-
ined, judging by
all one hears
about it in Eng
la n d. In d e e d
caste distinctions
are found to re-
solve into two
main principles.
One only con-
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Transporting Heavy Casting English Railway.
- nss s eSo SsrG

chester concern. On two occasions re-
Gently, castings weighing II tons were
transported from Manchester to the
marlborough docks for shipment to
Japan on 50-ton cars, the excess
weight being distributed over two 9th
er cars by means OF the cantilever ar
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
, fS"S s a--tz 2 S1

of these beams were hung 9-ton coun-
terbalance weights. These weights
swung over small well-cars without
being attached to them in any way.
The oak beams were 2 #. square,
three of different lengths being used
on each side.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
CHAPTER Viii. (contInued.)

From Officer Flanagan to Mrs.
Maggie Flanagan, Erin street.
Dear Maggie:
AS soon as you receive this, go
down to Mac and tell him the story as
tell you hear Tell him / was walk
in my beat and I'd been afther seen
Jimmy Alverni about doin the right
thing for Mac on Monday, at the
poles. when l seen a man hangin sus-
picious around this house, which Is
Mr.. Wilson's, on Ninety-f1fth. And,
of coorse, afther chasin the man
mile or more, lose him, which was
not my fault. SO l go back to the
careful about closin up fer the night,
and while I'm standin in the hall, with
all the swells around me, sparkin
with jewels, the board of health sends
a man to lock us all in, because the
Jap that's been waiter has took the
smallpox and gone to the hospitle.
stood me ground. sez, sez I, you
cant shtop an officer in pursute Of his
duty. rafuse, to be shut in. Be
Enure TO tell Mac tnaC.
So here l am, and like to be for a
month. Tell Mac there's four votes
shut up here, and l can get them for
him, If he can stop this monkey busi-
ness.
Then go over to the Dago church
on Webster avenue and put dollar in
Saint Anthony's box. He'll see me
out Of this scrape, right enough. Do
1t at once. Now remember, go to
Mac first: maybe you can get the
dollar from him, and mind what you
tell him. Your husband,
TIM FLANAGAN.
From me to mother-Mrs Theodore
McNair, Hotel Hamilton, Bermuda.
Dearest Mother:
hope you will get this before you
read the papers, and when you do read
them. you are not to get excited and
worried l am as we'll as can be, and
a great deal safer than l ever remem-
Der to have been in my life. We are
Quarantined, lot of us, in Jim Will
sons house, because his irreproach-
able Jap did very reproachable
thing-took smallpox. Now read on
before you get excited His room has
been fumigated, and we have been
vaccinated l am we'll and happy. ]
can't be killed in railway wreck or
smashed when the car skids Unless
drown myself in my bath, or jump
through window, positively nothing
can happen to me. So gather up all
your maternal anxieties and cast
them to the Bermuda sharks
Anne Brown is here-see the papers
for list-and If she can not play pro
priety, Jimmy's Aunt Selma can. In
fact, she doesn't play at it; she, works
have telephoned Lizette for some
clothes-enough for a couple of weeks
although Dallas promises to get us
out sooner. Now, dear, do go ahead
and have a nice time, and on no &C
count come home. You could only
have the carriage to stop in front o.
the house. and wave to me through 6
window
Mother. want you to do something
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Pea Not Equal to Coal.

An attempt to use peat as fuel in
locomotives in Sweden Shas been aban-
doned Though coal has to be i'm
ported, its use has been found more
economical.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Good Tip.

How did you manage to keep that
last cook so long?"
'She got interested In a serial story
In one of the magazines take"
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

litter in the vestibule after the lift
ing of the quarantine
Mr.. Alex. Dodds, City Editor, Mail and
Star:
Dear D.-Can't get picture. Have
waited seven hours. They have
closed the shutters. MCORD.
Written on the back of the above
note:
Watch the roof DODDS.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
ENGINEERS FOUND THE MEANS
Successfully Solved Problem Which
Seems Formidable One to
the Uninitiated.

A unique and successful method of
transporting heavy casting on cars Of
much less capacity than the weight to
be carried, has been adopted by Man
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
Railroad Coal BURNING,

The fourteen biggest railroads in
Britain burned in 1909 $4,000, 900 in
coal.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
ON INDIAN RAILROADS
PEcULIARiTIEs OF TRAVEL IN
THAT WONDERFUL LAND.
Problem of Supplying Water to
"Caste" Men Is Sometimes Harr
to Overcome - Many Carry
Their Own Supply.

An Indian railway time table af-
fords interesting study. 1t combines
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18

This note, evidently delivered by
messenger, was found among other
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-18
PROOF POSITIVE.

He-Oh, yes; write verse occasion
ally-but I tear it all up as soon as
I write it.
She-Ah! I knew you were clever.