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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Prevention Of Insanity.

AT tile meeting Of the State Charities
Aid association last week. in the Acad
emy Of Medicine, to iHaugurate cam
paign for the prevention of insanity.
statistics were given showing a large
increase in the states insane patients, a
percentage OF increase more than double
that Of the increase Of its population.
Similar facts have been noted in many
other parts Of the world, and while
doubtless they indicate some slight
actual increase in the percentage of in
sane among the people, il is quite gen.
orally believed BY experts that better
methods of diagnosis and a more gem
eral resort to institutional treatment
account for very considerable part OF
this increase.
IN other words, the figures for this
state are not SO alarming as they at
hrst sight appear And it seems ques-
Honabie whether an attempt to stir no
4 panic in the public mind is likely to
help the cause Of prevention The prob
lem Of preventing insanity is quite diff
terent from that of the ordinary infoc-
tious disease tuberculosis for instance
The cause OF mental breakdown are SO
various, 50 tangled up with modes Of
lite bad habits, heredity, etc, that the
mapping out Of any definite plan Of cam
Paign VII be exceedingly difficult
According to NJ Allen Starr, the in
sanites Of the city, some Of them ut
least. can be cured by going to the coun-
try. and vice versa. The man whose
brain is tagged out with the rattlety-
bang and hysterical hustle Of the mar
he; place Graves the placid monotony
OF life on a farm, and the latter, which
causes some country types OF mental
breakdown, is best counteracted by the
reverse change This is simply to say
that the hest antidote for monotcny Of
any type is change The city mans life
IS inst as monotonous In a way as that
Of the farmer; in one case it's monot-
ony OF eeverish action that wears ont
the works, whereas in the other they
rust out or become clogged from mae
ton
The State Charities Aid association
has started a preventive campaign which
deserves The help and best wishes Of
every one, but it is in many ways the
mest difficult OF the modern crusades |
against disease, not alone because of !
The elusive and multiform character of |
The evil. nut because We as yet know |
very little about it from scientific |
point of piew.-New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02

the drug. When admitted 10 the hos.
pital she was deprived of this dose.
Waiting to be examined By DR.. Maguai..
she had sudden attack OF syncope.
Various means were used to revive her
aud she regained consciousness Ia a
few minutes she fell into a second at.
tack. Her respiration became slow. shah
low. appearing at rare intervals-per-
haps four or five per minute. The pulse
was almost imperceptible and her face
was blue almost black bue--from as
phyxia. Assistant physicians began t.
practice artificial respiration and rhvth-
mic traction OF the tongue. Almost
any reader has witnessed the application
OF these methods in drowning cases az
some summer beach, At the end OF TWEEN.
ty minutes every method had proved
unavaihng. The last visible spark OF
animation had fled. The patient was
quite black IN the face, 10 use the doe
tors own expression.
Dead" they said Twenty minutes
bad elapsed after death before Doctor
Robnovitch's electric coil was brought
in and the electrodes placed in their
proper position for resuscitation the
cathode in the dorsal region, the anode
in the lumbar
Imagine for a minute what this scene
represented Not one of the spectators
expected a favorable result. thought ali
were deeply engrossed IN a situation
surcharged With dramatics. Then the
rhythmic eNcitations were begun and
practiced Tor thirty seconds. Because
the patient looked so thoroughly asphyx.
lated, Judging from the color OF The
lace. the operator shortened the period
OF the opening OF the circuit. The change
that took place was like the breaking
up OF storm clouds on a summer after.
noon to make way for the lull radiance
Of the sun. As the excitations were re.
peated the dark blue OF the features
changed 70 pale blue, then TO an almost
natural color, There was a quick. sharp
sigh, and the woman's eyes popped open.
"Oh! ! feel SO cold in the back !" She
cried, with a SILVER It was the wet pad
OF cotton in the electrodes at her back
From Bringing the Dead to Life, in
January Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
How elm Fisk Did Business.

"Jim" Fisk said lie wanted to buy a
half interest in my distillery aud asked
me to put a price on il. ] told him
! did not want a partner. He insisted
and said he had influence al Washing
ton which he afterwards proved-and
that it would be valuable to us.
we will make a good team he said
Here, and he scrubbed Off check
for 100000 and tossed it over to me
"now we are partners
Not much!' | said as ! tossed II back
to him, Il am making too much money
for you to get in at that price. even il
| wanted you IS a partner
IAN right, then, he replied rs he
wrote out another check. for Sl50,O00,
and handed it to me, take that; | a.,
in half with you now
Before could enter another obiec
ton he stalked out OF the room and /
let it 60 at that. for had scheme in
mind and figured that his influence. if
il was as powerful as he claimed would
be useful. Captain George B. Boynton
in Adventure for January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
We Must Have More Hogs.

Iowa's hog money would pay the sal
aries of every crowned head in Europe
for an entire year, with enough left over
to keep King Manuel's dancing fayorite
in new diamonds every month And vet
the farmers Of the Iiawkeye state are
losing S30,000,00O hog money every year
because Of csrelessness.
When the authorities in the animal
husbandry department OF the Iowa state
College Of Agriculture looked over the
hog statistics for the eighteen months
ending june 30, 1910 they realized some
thing must he done and right quickly.
These statistics showed that there was
a shortage of over five million hogs at
the chief packing centers in 1910. Very
evidently things were going from bad to
worse.
The first thing they did was to send
out inquiry blanks to 49, representative
and widely varied farms of the state.
The replies opened their eyes to condi-
tions They showed that the average
number of brood sows to the farm is
eighteen, while the average number of
pigs raised per farm per year is seventy.
four, OF which twenty five are lost.
mainly through carelessness in handling
and feeding. The highest los farms re-
ported an average Of ga pigs to the
SOW; the lowest los farms showed an
average Of only % pigs per SOW The
average OF all the farms was four pigs
TO the SOW.
From an investigation of hog raising
conditions in Iowa the experts at Ames
have learned that trouble at narrowing
time and loss of the little pigs is large
ly because the mothers are 600 fat and
the object Of too little care when the
filters are farrowcd. Therefore tho
mother should be given muscle rather
than fat producing foods AND that tho
farmer may be able to give the mother
good care when the litter is narrowed.
the experts advised that a record of
the narrowing tire be kept. Then they
may know when to expect the litter
and be prepared to care for the little
pigs.
At this point in the lecture the ex-
perts showed a model shed for farrow
ing. These sheds are designed So that
each win shelter one SOW and her lit
ter. They are light, dry and free from
draughts. A small door in the rear
enables the farmer to arrange the pigs
so that the SOW will not crush them.
From *The Pork Chop Flyer" in Jan
uary Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
FREIGHT CARS FOR AUTOS.
Made With Special Side Doors to Fa-
cilitate Shipping.


When automobiles were first built in
this country they were comparatively
Jew in number and not 50 big but what
they could be loaded at the factories for
shipment in ordinary freight cars. Then
as the number OF automobiles turned
out was multiplied and their size was
greatly increased, carriage ears were
drafted into use
The carriage ear IS one having doors
lat either end which open the width Of
the car Very soon as the output Of
automobiles increased carriage ears came
TO be scarce; there were not nearly
enough 70 90 around
Then there were pressed into use for
automobile carrying furniture cars, the
furniture car being another long ia
millar type Of ear. side door. but with
its box bigger than that Of an ordinary
freight car and many of them with Wild
er doors.
Then about seven years ago the rail-
roads decided to build a car especially
designed for automobile transportation.
The automobile car is a side door box
car thirty-six on forty feet in length
and with high and wide doors. and with
these doors staggered A staggered door
car is side door car whose doors are
not in the middle Staggered doors are,
50 TO speak, diagonally opposite and
are unusually wide. Thus the distance
between the doors is greater and there
is between them on the floor of the
car more space in which the automobile
can be handled
It might be supposed that in design.
ing car specially for automobile freight
the railroads would have built ear
with end doors, but the use of such
cars in as large numbers as automobile
cars are now required would have in
volved great loss of time in loading and
handling. New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Accounts Balanced.

a young Philadelphia who had deeid-
ed that his somewhat extravagant spouse
ought to keep an account of her expeu.
ditures came TO her one day with a neat
account book, prettily bound
Now, Susanna, said he, Il want You
the money | give you for the household
Hooq sql 10 7p!s s!Vl 10 uMop aud Of
expenses, and on the other state.
ment OF how il goes. Tn a couple of weeks
I'll give you another supply of money!
Suzanne took the book and promised
10 follow instructions
Two weeks later hubby called for the
book
"0Ii, I've kept it an right. said Su.
zsnne. Here it is"
On one page was written: Received
from Dick 500" and on the opposite
was this comprehensive statement,
''Spent it ALL -Lippincott's. Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
A Winter Suggestion.

7 there WAS any one suggestion more
than another that | would commend to
the attention OF 4 person whose nose
turns red with the first cold OF autumn,
it would be to avoid overheated rooms.
Whether it Is the extreme temperature
which causes the redress, | do not know.
but the fact remains that nose sus-
ceptible to weather conditions will red
den almost Immediately in a warm room,
and hours will elapse before it again
resumes its normal color
have said more than once that an
Impoverished condition of the blood il
frequently the cause OF red noses. and. of
course. circulation affects it. But it Is
true that there are conditions of tern
peratue which it is wise to avoid. be-
cause by so doing the weakness is not
increased. and some times in great
measure is prevented.
One great trouble about red nose
is that once chronic it is difficult to cure.
Should nose show the slightest tend
eney to reddcu, preventive measures
should be started at once. else the blood
vessels of that organ become dilated and
naturally easily fill with blood at the
slightest provocation a nervous start
viii stimulate circulation. and the nose
will turn red in an instant.
Once this condition Is chronic. a phv-
sieian's treatment is almost necessarily
required, for external applications are Of
little avail.
When cold weather comes. il Is wise
to protect the face when out of doors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
In Woman S Realm.

If fruit and vegetables are peeled in
a pan Of cold water, the hands viii not
discolor.
When white linen or cotton l. scorched
by hot iron, laying it in the sun viii
remove the stain.
II a kettle burns dry. take it from
the stove and place Immediately III cold
water This will save the food from
tasting burned
According to The New Idea magazine,
the measurements of a perfect arm are
as follows: The upper arm should be
oue-third shorter than the forearm The
of the upper arm should
be thirteen inches and that OF the fore
arm nine inches, while the wrist should
measure six inches.
A small tablet and pencil are a great
in the kitchen. When YOU
think Of a needed article, write it down
Immediately Always have clock.
sharp pair OF shears and a pair OF scales
az hand Don't fail to have sink
straner in your sink and once a week
put salt in the drain pipe.
When window shades become little
worn and faded az the bottom, remove
shade and roller from brackets. unroll
and carefully take out tacks Rip out
or cut of hem end and attach this end
TO roller. hemmug other end on sew.
ing machine. Replace stick Having
been neXposcd, this new hem end win
BE- bright and whole, giving the appear
ance Of a new shade.
One Of the smartest boots brought out
for many a day is high cut. made OF
black velvet The tops are slouting and
the buttons black pearl The shoes have
Spanish heels and very sharp vamps,
with light welted soles, aud are extreme
" becoming to small narrow foot
Such boots are stunning with short walk
ing costumes Of velvet wool or satin.
Other boots, showing velvet have patent
leather vamps and velvet tops that close /
with fancy pearl buttons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
How the Millonaires Get Out Of Paying
Taxes.

The December American Magazine
contains an article BY A. !. Mock, i'm
which he tells of the injustice of the
personal tax law in New York. Mr..
Mock describes in a very convincing way
how the mlllonaires eyade their tax
dues and how the burden OF the state
tax falls on the small merchant and the
householder. As an instance of how the
law Is circmWentcd Mr. Mock describes
the following Incident;
In the stringency OF 1907 Mr. Au.
gust Belmont, finding that little ready
money would come handy. proposed to
mortgage the Park row building to the
Rothschilds. The tax on this mortgage
would amount to $4,000. Now. Mr.. Bel
mont is not small-fry. His lawyers are
never careless and give him any curb
stone opinions So among them they
arranged the following plan Mr.. Bel
mont decided the property outright to
the Rothschilds, and had the deed record
ed--deeds are Of course exempt. At the
same time he drew up geutlemcn's
agreement with the Rothschilds repre-
sentatiyes, calling Tor the return OF the.
when the conditions of pay.
ment should be fulfilled. This agreement
was marked private
But By some oversight OF the Roths-
child's attorneys, when the deed went
down to the registrars office for record
a copy Of the agreement went along. too
The recording clerk is paid by the folic.
and copies whatever is set before him.
He entered agreement and all into the
record Of the deed. Nobody IN the Office
noticed the popularity OF the transac-
ton; but one day an outsider leafug
through the records saw il and showed
it to the authorities. Perceiving at once
that the instrument was no true deed at
all, but really mortgage. they tried 10
have the mortgage tax collected; but for
some reason the state attorney, Mr.. Jack |
son, did not see his way to move in the |
matter. and Mr.. Belmont never paid"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Where Our Garden Seeds Come From.

IN every part of the civilized world.
seedsmen and grocerymen dole ont III
little ounce. or even half.ouuce. pack.
ages, the garden seeds that the growers
OF the Santa Clara valley produce BY
the ton or by the carload For in that
wonderful valley, in the shadow of
Mount Hamilton and in sight OF San
Francisco bay, are located the worlds
greatest seed farms. Probably not less
than fifteen thousand acres are devoted
TO the production of vegetable and flower
seeds and bulbs, some varieties OF which
are distributed throughout the civilized
world. This is notably true of lettuce
seed. II is estimated that fully ninety
five per cent. of ali the commercial let
tuce seed grown in the world is pro-
duced in this valley
When the average farmer. or gardener.
or suburbanite buys a package OF garden
seed at the nearest store. aud sees on
the exterior of the package the imprint
of a scotsman whose name has been
household word for years, he naturally
supposes that the seeds were grown on
the farms of that particular individual
or firm. Some varieties of seeds, of
course, are so produced; but by far the
larger quantity of what may be called
the standard seeds are grown on the
great seed farms OF California. Nursery.
men in Michigan, Ohio. New York Penn
sylvania and every other state in the
union prefer to purchase California seeds
place them in their own packages and
them to their customers for
very sufficient reasons In the first
place, they can buy seeds for California,
in large quantities, cheaper than they
can grow them on their own farms. In
the second place. the California seeds
possess better terminating qualities than
those grown in any other state. The
climate of California gives to the seed
farmers Of that state an advantage in
seed production that places them beyond |
the reach of dangerous competition.-I
From "The Worlds Seed Garden" in |
January Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Hoe 70 Wash Windows.

Strange as it may seem. there is a
right and wrong way to wash window,
and as this operation is usually dreaded,
the following method will be appreciated.
as 1t saves time and labor
Choose dull day, or al least time
when the sun is not shining on the win
doWs, for when the sun shines on the
windows, it causes it to dry streaked
no matter how much it Is rubbed.
Take painters brush and dust them
inside before touching the glass. The
latter must be washed slowly in warm
water, diluted with ammonia. about a
tablespoonful to a pail OF water
Do not use soap. Sc a small cloth
with a pointed stick to get the dust out
81 the corners; wipe dry with soft
piece OF cotton cloth; do not use linen.
as it makes the glass linty when dry.
Polish with tissue paper or old news
paper You viii fmd this can be done IN
half the time taken when soap * used,
and the result will be bright windows.
Did YOU ever have the misfortune to
sit in church or at the opera house near
someone who was wearing garments
freshly cleansed with gasoIene! Small
consolation even in the thought that the
gloves. or the waist, or the silk scarf
are probably spotlessely clean from
their recent bath. when lowering about
and around and everywhere is that
abomnabe smell Instead Of laying the
cleansed articles away in drawer.
where they win scent up everything else
and incidentally take upon themselves
q half-sachet hall gssolene odor. that Is
often worse than the straight gasolene
smell, why not make a practice OF hang
ing them for day or two in the
fresh air?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
The Ding long Hat.

What in the world is this I see
Bohbing bright on the Broadway tide
Tossed with a winsome coquetry.
Chic and charming, and lam pied y s.
Less q could swear IT'D than two feet
wide
What in the deuce am ] staring at?
lam / alive and awake besidesgl
Luck o my life, It's a pretty hat
What in the dickens can this thing be
Here in the house where abide,
Perched on the mantel sirilyg
Say! Can the girl whom / desired
Year on year, for the lids she's tried
Fer have purchased dream like that 2
Is she a damse deifed
Luck o my life, It's a pretty hat
Visions Of terror hide with me-
Merry Widows of Haunting pride,
Tubs and Scuttles that horribly
Hid the beauty OF belle or bride.
Hence, We phantoms, the evil-eyed
Ho! for the little aristocrat,
Crowned and plumed like an Alpine
Luck o my life, It's a pretty hat
L'Envoi.
Princess, often to Won I've lied.
Seeking peace in our padded fiat
Now, for once, shall the truth he cried,
Luck o my life, It's a pretty hat
Puck
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
The Progressive Hen and the Insurgent
Ducklings.

William Allen White writing in the
January American Magazine on the diff.
ference and the similarity OF Rooseyelt's
tactics and principles and those OF the
lnsurgent Republicans, SAYS
III you love your enemies, digest your
food and laugh easily, you viii enjoy
the attitude Of Theodore Roosevelt
toward the insurgents aud the conduct
OF the insurgents thereunto appertaining
OF course. the hen knows that she
Matched them; she has the evidence OF
her eyes for that, though she has not
observed their web feet: and of course
they know that She il their mother, and
therefore by all the rights OF instinct
she should be obeyed But they will go
into the water, even though she fuses
about il, aud she cautiously avoids the
water, even though they love it. The
other barnyard people observe the dis
turbance and are puzzled For to casual
view, Roosevelt aud the Insurgents are
of one breed. But the scientist sitting
on the fence knows the truth: Roosevelt
has warmed and nestled and Matched
queer brood. .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Magazine REVIEW.
Never In the Same place.

There are but few who would not APP
pear a trile bored if compelled to listen
a second time "a sermon This weari-
ness might be somewhat alleviated, how
ever, if repeaters Of sermons would bear
in mind the remark OF a little daughter
of preacher, who was asked the ques-
ton;
Docs your father ever preach tile
same sermon twice."
After a moments contemplation she
replied
yes, but / think he boilers in differ
ent places. '-Lippincott's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
The Modern ldna.

Roman Guide dmpressively) = The
ruins of the Coliseum! Seattle Man
tastonished)-Well what do you think
OF that! Why. saw photographs of
that heap twenty years ago. Roman
Guide QoftilyD-Quite likely. sir. Seat
tie Man-But why in thunder aren't
those ruins cleared away and a mod
hrn Coliseum erected? - New Orleans
Picayune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
EIectricity Raise from the Dead.

Then, one day IN December. 1908.
Paris found itself enjoying all the thrills
OF great story wondrous tale that
the flock of American newspaper CORE.
spondents there have never told to this
days woman, dead and given up by
the doctors in attendance. had been
brought back to hfe.
The woman was enly one of the many
characters of her kind in the underworld
Ia morphine eater and she had been
admitted to the Ste..Anne asylum. DR..
Magnan's service. For two years she
had INDUCED each day in two grams Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02

Ii a kettle burns dry. take il from
the stove and place Immediately III cold
water This will save the food from
tasting burned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-02
Loucks Says State Officials Protect
 Vice In Hartford

Merrill s. Loucks. the dismissed state Policeman has the following let ter in last evenings New Haven .'Union":-
 Editor Union:-
 You have an article in today under the heading of Reviews Loucks Charge in which you say:
 "A State official who did not care to have his name associated with the controversy but who is in a position to know a good deal more about the facts in the case than either the editor of the Voter or any other publication. said today that he would not regard it as inadvisable for the commission CTS to set forth the reasons for the dis missal of Loucks.
 He said a police department can usually be run better from the inside than the outside and the testimony of a dismissed man is not always to be received at face value"
 agree with the state officials statement that a police department can usually be run better from the inside. from the State officials stand point. perhaps-better for the lawless saloon. better for the gambler, the ward heelers, the blind tigers, the speak-easies, the vice hatcheries. the disorderly houses which shame Hart ford. our Capital City, protected by
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-02
LYDIA RICE CHARGED
 WITH HIGHWAY ROBBERY
(special from United Press)

Boston, June 2-Charged with high way robbery, Lydia Rice. 8, Toledo, Ohio. is out under s3000 bail here. today She is accused of assisting in the roberry of a Nashua, N. H., man as he walked through Church. street. The police say that Lydia and her &C., complice who escaped, robbed theiE victim of S14.