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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

Three trunkfuls of Vomcn'a and chill
dren's clothing are to be sold at auction
in the United States court room in
Burlington March 1, by Unitsd States
Marshal Horace Bailey The trunks
contents We're apparently bought in
Paris and were seized by government
officials when the sender attempted to
eynde the custom laws.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

{. !. Ferguson. secretary of the Yer
mont Saloon league, is recovering
from severe bruises which he received
Friday. when the sleigh in which he
was riding overturned and Mr.. Fer
guson was thrown to the ground 4
heavy iron weight. used 10 hitch the
horse. struck him and he was some.
what bruised.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
REPORTS RETURNED TO HOUSE.
House Committee on Agriculture M
Jurisdiction.

Washington, D. G., Feb. 2.-Arguing
that they have no jurisdiction, the House
committee on agriculture referred back
to the House to-day the three reports
of the Ballinger- Pinehot committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
PLAGUE VICTIMS cREMATED.
Rudely Cofined, Piled High and Burned.
Plague Spreading.

Pekn. Feb , Five hundred bodies
ot plague victims were crcmated to-day.
They were udely eofijned. piled high in
tie outskirts Of thc city and burned. \
similar disposition was made of the
bodies 1t Aukden Il j reported that
the plague Is spreading.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER.
Ouarreled over Woman, One Man Shot
Another.

Boston. Feb. 2.-Robert Jeffries. col
ored, was found guilty OF manslaughter
to-day in the killing Of Edward Shack
ford by shooting They quaueled ever
a woman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED.
Eugene Thomas Succeeds James Farrell
in U. S. Steel Products Company.

New York, Feb 2 Eugene Thomas
was to-day elected president of the
United States Steel Products company,
succeeding James Farrell, who has been
elected president Of the United States
Steel corporation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
STRIKE PICKET SHOT.
Tried to Dissuade Striker from Going to
Work--will Probably Die.

New York, Feb. 2 Joseph Qussaalo,
a Brooklyn union striker picket. was
shot and probably fatally injured to-
day while attempting to dissuade a
striker from entering Cousins shoe fac.
tory to work The shooters escaped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
BISHOP RICE IN ROME.
Was Given An Audience by the Pope
Yesterday.

Rome, Feb. . The pope Yesterday re-
eeiyed in private audience the Rt. Rev.
Daniel T. Feehan, bishop of Fall River,
aud the Bt, Rev j. J. Rice, bishop Of
Burlington Vt. His holiness displayed
great interest in the reports admitted
relative 70 the respective dioceses and
also on the general progress Of Catholic
ism in America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

The idea Of filtration plant in Rut-
laud has been secuted by the city eoun-
ell. Tho aldermen favor cleaning up the
water shed, instead. One Of the council
considers TIE milk situation more seri-
ous. while several think the proposition
to utilize the Gold river a useless one
on account OF lack OF water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

The womsn's home missionary society
OF the Hedding NJ. f. church will hold
supper "The Feast Of the Months at
the church Wednesday evening February
8. al o'clock, followed BY an enjoy
able program. Everybody win be inter
ested in this novel supper; menu later
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
SEVERAL BODIES WASHED ASHORE
Severe Stern On Eastern Coast Of Spain
Causea Many DsatEs.

Nadrd. Feb. 2-Scorg- are believed
to be dead a- thr result oi storm on
the eastern coast of Spain. Much
vreekagc aU1 several bodies have been
washed ashuIc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

Before Justice 4. ". Foster of VOL
colt. c. &, Strattou OF Lyndonville paid
a fine Of s. and costs of s9.2s for allow
ing his dog % chase deer owned by the
state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

The next winter meeting OF the Yer
mont State Bankers association will
be held at Brandon, February p, upon
invitation OF the bankers Of that place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

The Texas company capitalized at
S56.000.000 and OF which John w. Gates,
the millionaire banker, is one OF the
chief stockholders, is establishing a
branch in Burlington and intends to
make that city the distributing point for
the state of Vermont for its oils, lubri-
eants, roofing and other products. {. j.
Brownell is state agent. The effects OF
competition with the Standard oil conf
pany, which until now had practically
the entire business, are being felt, and
kerosene has reached the remarkably low
figure Of six and half cents gal
lon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
DEAD LINE ROADSIDE.
Pitiful Conditions in Famine Stricken
China. Children Sold to Obtain Food.

Nauking, China Feb. ?. Missionaries
here declare that hundreds Of children
in Chinese families in the famine dis
tricts have been sold to obtain food
In the famine districts Of Kiang Su
aud Andhu the dead line is the road
side.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02

Barre granite quarries with about l50
acres quarry land for sale. Worth in
yestigatiHg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-02
ARCHBISHOP RYAN FAILING.
Growing Gradually Weaker-End Not
Far Distant.

Philadelphia. Feb. ?. The condition Of
archbishop Ryan is unimproyed. He
grows gradually weaker and it is be-
lieved the end is near.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
MANURE EARLY FOR POTATOES
Where Tubers Are PloWed In the
Dlsklng of Surface Is Especially
Advantageous.
(By w. F. .M'sPARRAN.)

Where l plant potatoes on corn
stubble I give the land good coating
Of manure as soon as the ground Is
sufficiently dry to haul over, and cut
the manure into the soil with disk
harrow. This ground is then plowed
and rolled, and the disk and spring
tooth harrow and roller used to make
fine and mellow This gives me prac-
tically a pulverized seed bed to the
bottom of the furrow and eliminates
the risk of having a seed potato in an
air space made by two clods not meet
ing and not able to make any start at
growing.
Where potatoes are plowed in
that IS, dropped in every other. or
every third, furrow as the ground is
plowed-the disking Of the surface
of the land is especially advantageous.
for as the covering furfow is turned
the fine mellow soil drops upon and
settles in around the seed and Gre
ates conditions favorable to early and
rapid growth. Where the seed is
dropped by hand and very thorough
subsequent cultivation given this
method of planting on stalk iaad
is probably more satisfactory than
any other.
In addition to the animal manure
cut in as described, l make an appli-
cation of 400 pounds Of phosphorus
and rs to 100 pounds of muriate Of
potassium per acre.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
Thin or Pasteurized Cream

The use Of viscogen, preparation
of lime, is somewhat common among
those who use cream. The lime prepa-
ration thickens the cream, and in the
case Of pasteurized cream restores
whipping quality required for certain
uses. In tests made at the Maryland
experiment station the viscogen was
made by adding two and one-half
parts of sugar to five parts of water
and three-tenths part milk Of lime. 1t
was mixed thoroughly and allowed to
stand "a hours before using. Two
ounces of the viscogen added at a low
temperature proves enough to restore
the thickness and whipping quality in
five gallons of sweet cream. The laws
of many states forbids the addition OF
such material to cream intended to be
sold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
GIRL OFFERS TO BE RAFFLED
Missouri Young Woman Declares
She's Weary of Office Dictation
and Boarding Houses.

Kansas City, Mo.-The following
letter from a young woman who is
tired Of working in a downtown Office
and who is willing to be ratified off to
any good man who will give her a
home, was received by an afternoon
paper:
do you know Of any society or
club that would like to make some
money by rafting off a young woman
to some man that would marry her
and give her home-a young woman
that is tired to death of working
downtown in an Office, and has no
home but a boarding house? I am
a practical young woman, not bad
looking, fairly we'll educated, and
would make some man a good wife
if he would only give me home 1
know how to keep house and am a
good cook. Would not object to a
widower-in fact, would rather prefer
a widower with one child. This isn't
a joke. l am in earnest and would
marry any respectable and genteel
man who would give me home, and
| have read of such things being done
by some kinds Of societies or clubs,
and though the novelty might appeal
to some one, and they would be per-
fectly welcome to any money they
could make by rafting me off,
The name of the writer is withheld
by the paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
PROPER SHEEP-DOG TRAINING
Should Be Broken With Old Female
AnimaI-Greatest Danger Is In
Making Pup Whip Shy.
(By WALTER B. LEUTz.)


A puppy should always be broken
with an old female dog. One that is
thoroughly trained. At first the
youngster will try to do four times as
much work as necessary, and his eff
forts to initiate the old dog will nearly
run his legs OFF. He will soon learn
his lesson, however, and will learn
more from an old dog than from the
best trainer.
When the puppy is able to take
care of the flock himself, then keep
the old dog at home and keep the
puppy hard at work for at least a
year, so that he will not forget his
lesson.
The greatest danger in training
puppies is in making them whip shy
A thoroughbred collie pup should
never be touched with whip, and If
he is of the right sort Will never need
to be. A little scolding is all that
will be necessary to correct his faults.
AS rule, a puppy will do what is
asked of him as soon as he under
stands what is wanted.
A good way to train a puppy to
guard a coat or other object is to
chain him with short chain near a
feed box to which animals are accus-
toned to come. His fear of being
trampled on will prompt him to de-
fend himself, and few lessons of this
kind will make him first-class watch,
dog
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
ON A PRUNE JUICE GAG"
Ohio Convicts, Unable to Get "Booze,"
Manufactured Some of Their Own
in Novel Manner.

Columbus, Ohio.-Finding two con.
victs in a picked" condition, Warden
Jones of the Columbus penitentiary
was puzzled to know from whence the
upsetting liquor came. Under persua-
give discipline in the prison art. he
discovered that it was being manufac-
tured on the premises from the lowly
but succulent prunes in stock for edi-
BILE purposes only.
The convicts named were employed
in the kitchen. They mixed prunes in
a tin with sugar and yeast and set
the mess away in warm place to fer.
ment. At the end of week the lids
were removed and the stuff absorbed
1t was fetching in its results, making
drunk some quick"
These alcoholic Edisons will hence
forth make iron bolts, and if they can
manufacture sousing material out of
them the warden will patent the
recipe and become another Carnegie.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
The Farm Automobile.

Good road building has received a
wonderful impetus since the advent of
the motor car and no one has been
benefited more than the farmer.
The automobile has made agricul-
tural life worth living. 1t has brought
the country nearer the city. 1t has in
creased the value of farm lands be-
cause they can be reached more read.
lily than prior to the advent of the au-
tomobile. 1t is keeping the boys on
the farm, and statistics show that
there Is a much smaller migration tn
the city by farmers sons than there
was before the automobile was a fix,
ture in farm life The boys are mora
contented with farm life.
The automobile has become a per
manent fixture in farm life, and the
thousands of farmers who are now US
ing the motor car would not part With
it any more than they would dispose
Of the silo, plows, threshing machines.
moving machines and other necessary
implements which go toward the max
ing of an up-to-date farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
SPRAYING THE APPLE TREES
Growers Who Wish to Make Thorough
Job Make About Four AppIica-
tions During Season.
Ry r. G. wEATHERsToNE)


While there are some apple grow
ers who spray their trees once before
the buds open in the spring, there
are more who apply the spray mixture
first as the petals of the blossoms are
falling, and if but one application is
to be made this is decidedly the best
time to make it. The earliest spray
ing is for fungous diseases, while the
one made just as the blossoms are
falling is for both fungous diseases
4nd insects The blossoms having
fallen, the ca1yx of the young apple is
in just the right condition to receive
an application of poison to be ready
for the young larvae of the cooling
moth when they appear. This dose
of poison must be placed in the calyx
of the apple before the calyx closes,
which occurs within a week or ten
days after the blossoms fall.
Growers who wish to spray their
trees thoroughly make about four ap-
plications-the first as the leaf buds
are unfolding, the second just as the
petals of the blossoms are falling, the
third within ten days and the fourth
one ten days to two weeks later.
There is a growing sentiment in favor
of still another application later in
the season to catch the later brood of
the codling moth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
SCHOOL DIRECTORS SHOCKED
Teacher Requested to Put Robe on
Her Psyche at Bath of Figure
of Spring.

Dunlap, Neb.-There is trouble
brewing in school district No. 43, and
all because the teacher, Miss Miranda
Paul and the three directors, B. N.
Nelson, L. B. Goodman and A. A. Rath
cannot get together on just what con-
stitutes art.
District No. 43 Is just in its swad-
ding clothes, having been carved out
of some other districts. A new school.
house was erected last summer and
Miss Paul is teaching the first term.
The other day she went down to Sid
ney and returned with a small statue
of Venus and some pictures. one being
Return of Spring and another
Psyche at the Bath"
With appropriate exercises, the
school participating, Miss Paul in
stalled her Venus upon pedestal and
hung her chromos on the wall. When
the children went home that night
they told their parents and in due
time the news reached the three di'
rectors.
day or two later they swooped
down upon the schoolhouse while
school was in session. viewed the
statue and the pictures, and, shaking
their wise heads, went away.
The next day Miss Paul received a
letter from the trio in which they stat
ed that. after looking at the art dis
nlaved in the "schoolhouse in District
No. AZ, Garden county. we as direct
ors are convinced that the same in in
furious to the morals of the youth Of
the said Garden county. Therefore, II
you. Miss Paul, desire to continue to
keen the said statue and the pictures
in the schoolroom, you must drape
them in order to hide their nakedness.
But. we would recommend that the
statue that you call Venus be replaced
by one of Bryan, Roosevelt, Grant,
Lincoln or Washington. 1--WE think
any one of these would be more ap'
prODriate"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
SPIDERS LONG LINE.
r z M A r x a BILE WEB-SPINNIN0
FEAT IN KENTUCKY CAPITOL.
How the Little Spinner Stretched He
SiIken Line Across Space Puz-
zles Statesmen Of the
Blue Grass State.

Frankfort, Ky.-A spider with web
spinning propensities and an ability
to sail through space that would
make Grahame-White seem novice,
has taken up its above in the east
end Of the capitol at the head of the
stairs leading to the house chamber.
The spider has performed remarkable
feats during the last few days, and
the lines he has thrown out have at
tracted the attention Of state officials
and visitors.
The spider stretched a line of silk
from one side Of the capitol to the
other, distance of perhaps 40 feet.
The line ran from the head of the
stairway on the south to the ceiling
above the stairs on the north, and
the question was much discussed as
to how the spider managed to stretch
the line. 1t ran straight and true and
was so fragile that puff of wind
rocked it, yet it stayed there until
some visitor or cleaner swept one end
of it away. The spider ran another
line almost as far the following day.
The surface of the ceiling and walls
and stairs is all smooth marble, and
it would seem that the spider could
not have spun that thread without be-
ing able to make jump Of some
forty feet. There being no wind in
the building, the spider could not
have swung to the desired point by
taking advantage of favorable
breeze.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
SAILORS WEIRD TALE
MARINERS ARE RESCUED FROM
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
Three Shipwrecked Sailors F.rish OF
Exposure in Open Boat Before
Barren Island Described by
Jules Verne Is Reached.

Albany, West Australia. -Three OF
the crew of the British freight steam.
ship Parisiana were lost when the
vessel burned at sea. The survivors
arrived here on the steamship British
Transport, which picked them UP on
st. Paul Island, to which they es-
capped in their own boats.
The Parisiana sailed from New
York for Melbourne. She carried a
cargo of merchandise but no passen-
gers. Fire broke out In the hold. For
four days the crew fought the flames,
but the job was too much for them
and when the vessel had approached
st. Paul Island, the men took to the
boats. The ships papers were lost.
From their island refuge the sailors
attracted the attention OF the British
Transport.
The survivors unfolded tale of ad.
venture when they had somewhat re-
covered from their sufferings. For
two days they were at sea in open
boats, and then followed twenty-three
days on a barren island Captain
Gordon and his thirty-four men got
away from the burning vessel in such
haste that only the chronometers of
the ships equipment were saved.
The sea was running high and the
air bitterly cold. The men were pro-
tected only by the clothes they wore
and suffered intensely. For hours the
sailors battled desperately. then one
of their number toppled over dead
from the cold. For time the body
was retained in the boat. but later
when there was no immediate pros
pect of reaching land 1t was dropped
overheard.
A few hours later a second member
Of the crew succumbed, and short
time before the volcano that rises
$50 feet on st. Paul Island was
sighted. a third sailor gave up the
fight. These two bodies were brought
ashore.
The men discovered the stone house
on the north side of the crater which
was built in 1893 and filled with pro-
visions by the crew of the French
warship Eure. Here they found In
cans preserved meats, biscuits, wool
en- underwear, blankets and matches.
Upon these supplies they subsisted
and kept themselves fairly warm for
three weeks.
st. Paul Island is the mysterious
island" described by Jules Verne in
his story of nearly half century ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
Difference in Soils.

Every kind of soil Is found by A.
Muntz to have definite moisture linn
it below which seeds actually dry up
instead of gaining. In sandy soil
05 per cent. of water Is sufficient for
termination; with loans the required
percentage is from 2.5 to II, accord
ing as the proportion of clay ,increas-
es, and with garden soil, containing a
large proportion of humus, nearly le
per cent. of water must be present be-
fore termination can take place.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
PRACTICAL HOUSE FOR HENS
Dry Floor Is Absolute Necessity TOR
Health of Rirds-Draughs Also
Should Be Excluded.
CIV A V. MERsCH.l


With regard to the exterior and IN
terror arrangements of poultry houses
the advantage of not having wooden
floor is that the hens keep healthier
than if there was a fitted floor.
If portable house and too large to
move on to fresh ground as often as
would be necessary to keep the
ground clean, but since cleanliness is
essential to success, the ground on
which the house stands must be
cleaned and newly Uttered frequently.
Some of the best materials to use
as litter are moss filters, cinders and
ashes, straw or hay.
Sawdust is not good litter in such
a place, whatever it may be on a dry
floor, because it absorbs and retains
much moisture from the ground.
It is advisable to keep the walls OF
the house off the ground by standing
them on a sill made of the most dur
able wood, and in this way they are
kept from early decay, and the wood
will also hold longest by placing the
boards upright and fixing them in this
position to the frame work.
A dry floor is absolutely essential to
the health of the birds and any pains
that may be taken to secure dryness
will be well repaid. In most soils
it may be well to take off the clay
until the gravel is reached and fill
in the excavation with stones finish
ing off the floor with gravel.
In this way it can be raised a few
inches above the surrounding ground
and water cannot run into it.
If the house it to be Of wood a
foundation for the walls should be
made of stone and mortar in order to
raise the wood off the ground and
keep it from decaying.
Draughts may be excluded, as it is
most necessary they should be, by
mailing thin strips two inches wide,
over the joints between the boards on
the outside walls.
The boards of the roof should on
the other hand run lengthwise from
end to end of the house and parallel
with the ground, for though they may
not hold so long in this position as
If placed upright, they can be pre-.
served by annual painting or tarring,
and it is the only way Of making a
thoroughly rain-proof roof. that will
remain rainproof for years in all
changes of weather.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02

Package of Lucifers and Loses
His Whiskers.

Groton, Conn.-Poor Bill! His
whiskers are gone! And he is learn
ing that vanity is folly and that no
perfect gentleman bites.
Bill is large, equine structure that
is harnessed daily to the grocery
wagon belonging to Loren Perkins.
Bill is not much to look at except that
and beautiful whiskers-lace curtains,
as some in vivacious moods have
called them
And Bill is conceited. Hardly day
goes by that he does not try to at
tract crowd on the sidewalk before
the Perkins place by nonchalantly
barring his teeth, as it were, and look
ing around for something in which to
set them.
Bundles are his specially. Many a
package of sugar or pile Of apples
placed carelessly on the sidewalk by
Perkins had fallen to ruins under the
dental dexterity OF Bill.
But Bills time came. He had an
unusually admiring crowd the other
day, and he looked for something
novel in the way Of showing off. He
spied a small, oblong, stiff-looking
package near at hand and reached for
it. He bit into it. There was a crack
and blaze and snort of surprise
from Bill. He had set his exquisite
molars into a box of matches. He
whinnied in pain as he saw the tiny
tentacles Of his whiskers sizzle up
to his quivering chin in flame. He
put out long, pink tongue and tried
to lick the flames away. Then some
body gave him whack on the mouth
and the fire was out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
Value of the Sow Bean.

The great value of the soy bean lies
in it's power to withstand excessive
drought, and it will also withstand
much wet weather. 1t is not attacked
by chinch bugs, and in addition to its
greater feeding value, makes an ex
cellent second crop following wheat OF
oats to build up rundown or thin soil
Protein is very necessary in ration
for building bone and muscle, as all
feeders are coming to know, and the
soy bean is exceptionally rich in this
1t even stands ahead of alfalfa in this
respect.