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Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum from Per.
sonal Test.

No one is better able to realize the
injurious action Of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart. than the doc.
tor. Tea is just as harmful as coffee
because 1t, too, contains the drug caf.
feline.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum. he can refer with
full conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for many Of his patients because he
was benefited by It. He says:
II wish to add my testimony in re.
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over 15
years. and a part Of the time was un.
able to attend to my business.
II was a moderate user OF coffee and
did not think drinking It hurt me. But
on stopping 1t and using Postum In
stead, my heart has got all right, and
to Postum.
II am prescribing It now in cases OF
sickness, especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
when made right It has much bet
tsr flavor than coffee, and IL vital
sustainer Of the system. I shall con.
tinue to recommend It to our people
and I have my own case to refer to-
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book
The Road to Wellville," in pkgs
there's q reason"
Ever read the shove letterP A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
ObIiQjnq.

A young man who had never testi-
fled before was called before the court
as witness in a certain case. He
was somewhat fiustered over the at
tention that was being paid him, and
mumbled his words so that the young
woman stenographer could not hear
them distinctly. He was told to speak
plainly and to turn toward the stenog-
rapher.
Speak to the stenographer," said
the prosecutor.
At that the young man arose and
with a deep bow to the lady said.
How do you do?'-Satire.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
English Honors Cost Money.

The letter patent granted for the
dignity of baron cost ESQ, and for
that of baronet C f100, payable to the
board of inland revenue. Other ex-
penses to be incurred by the newly
honored include crests or new coats
of-arms, while some wish to have their
genealogical trees" properly made
out. Consequently the Heralds' col
lege is busy after the issue of list
of honors. and the total expenses of
baron are not far short of E400.
and those of a baronet exceed E200.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
Compensatlon.

A fairly prominent local pugilist was
injured several months ago in an au-
tomobile accident and had three ribs
broken. Fully recovered. he was dis
cussing the incident recently with
friends.
II got 800 out of the auto owner,"
he said. Had to give the lawyer half
and 1t cost $56 for doctors bills, but
made them pay s100 for the thing. any
how"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
Move for Chanae In Time.

The French ministry of public works
Is indeavoring to have the govern.
ment adopt the system of reckoning
time on railways by the use of the
hours from l to "a. instead of IL noon
to 12 midnight. This system has al.
ready been adopted by many CONT
mental railways and has been in op
Grafton for years on the Canadian Pa.
cihc railway.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
Minor Bookkeeping lite I'M.

A small item was overlooked In the
bookkeeping department of the United
States navy. 1t was the charge for
guns installed on the battleships Flor
ida and Utah. The item was for the
trifiing sum Of $1,s00.0oO.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
Serving Humanity.

Few callings are more highly esteem
ed than that Of the trained nurse.
Miss Ellen Emerson, the granddaugh-
er of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Is q
nurse in the Massachusetts, general
hospital at Boston.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19
Proved.

do you believe in luck?"
Yes, sir. How else could I 40
count for the success OF my neigh
bors?"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19


travel has been nearly completed all
the way from Southern Benguet to the
extreme northern end of LuZon. Tele-
graph and telephone lines are being
extended over hundreds of miles of ter
ritory, and the watch towers on lofty
peaks, hitherto occupied by native SEN
tinels on the alert for raiding bands OF
head-hunting foes. are deserted.
At Bontoc Capital of the sub-prov-
ince Of the same name). wonderful
Improvements are being made. Here.
where half a dozen years ago no white
man could have ventured without an
armed escort, the men and boys are
being taught brick-mahng and lime
burning. A deposit of magnificent
clay for the purpose was found near
the river, with unlimited quantities of
sharp sand suitable for building near
by; also limestone. Today the people
of the entire village of Minac, in that
neighborhood, are burning lime and
furnishing 1t to the government of
Bontoc Province. They are becoming
Independently rich at the business
These facilities, with unlimited Ia
Dor obtainable for nothing under the
system of the ten-day tax. make build
ing work exceedingly cheap. A large
brick school house and a brick club
house, as we'll as building for the
offices of the provincial government,
of stone and brick, have been put up
at Bontoc; also prison for wild folk
who misbehave themselves. and
small, but thoroughly up-to-date. hos
pital A canal has been constructed
incidentally to furnish the town of
Bontoc with an abundant supply Of
pure mountain water.
1t is expected that the hospital will
be or inestimable usefulness. Most Of
the wild people seem heartily willing
to give up their ancient custom Of
curing physical ailments by human
and animal sacrifices. and come to the
doctor showing a touching confidence
in the ability of the white man to give
them help. Packages of simple RENE
dies with small pamphlet of directions
in English and the more important ma
tive dialects. are distributed among
the villages: likewise large quantities
of uuinine and other safe and useful
drugs.
A recently discovered drug has been
found to be specific for the very un-
pleasant tropical disease called
"yaws" 1t happened that Bontoc
Igorot afflicted with it, was unwilling
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue,
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

II you would get UP in the world
you might patronize a roof garden.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

roads in the world, built by the natives with the
of American engineering skill Extending all the
from Baguo to the sea, 1t is carved to large
tent out Of solid rock skirting the sides of steep
mountains and crossing deep canyons in many
places by suspension bridges For most of its
length IT is wide enough for narrow-tread carts
and at intervals of eighteen miles comfortable
fveroom rest houses have been erected for the
benefit of travellers. Running at an elevation of
5000 to 1000 fet 1t passes through tropical seem
cry of unsurpassed beauty, commands magnificent
Views, and should In the near future become a
route much patronized by tourists.
The last of the Benguet Igorots to come under
the Jurisdiction and control of the United States
government were the people Of Atoc, who occupied
a remarkable natural stronghold bold peak
$500 feet high. which juts out from the surround
ing mountains its precpitous sides defying attack
In this rocky fortress dwelt the tribe, small In
numbers but warlke. working the rice paddles
in the valleys below by day and seeking refuge in
their eyrie at night. They preferred indepen-
dence to submission. Nevertheless. being eventu
ally overcome by force of arms, they are now en-
trely doce. Generally speaking. the lgorots
peaceably inclined. They notably contented
and cheerful and the women have voice in their
councils. often exercising controlling influence
Strongest in numbers OF all the savage peoples
and among the most inveterato head hunters were
tho Ifugaos There about 125, 900 OF them
Bitterly hostile to begin with they have become
warm friends and admirers of tbe Americans, and
their services, voluntarily given. have been uti.
liZed on extensive scale in the building of roads
and trails. By their suggestion, they sub.
NIT to a labor tay which demands ten days work
per annum from each able.bodied Several
companies of Ifugao constabulary have been or
ganized. and do admirable service keeping order
among the tribesmen
Equally fierce and as yet untamed to any great
cxtent the Kalingas. They inveterate
head hunters until recently. but have almost CIV
up the practice. Some of them are beginning
to cut their hair and dress like Christians, and
quite number of the children learning to
read and write One small group of their settle
ments adopted attitude Of defiance toward the
Americans. and two years ago Walter r. Hale.
Heutenantgovernor Of that province. paid the
rebels visit. When they threw spears at him
he picked them up and handed them back with
intimation that such actions discourteous
He told them that he wanted to be friends with
them. But they replied that they did not desire
TO be friends. and that they intended to take his
head at the first convenient opportunity.
Such the situation Of affairs UP to a short
time ago, when four settlements "broke the peace"
and went on the warpath Lieut.-Gov. Hale. with
a strong detachment OF Ifugao constabulary and
assisted by n force OF friendly Kalingas, thereupon
organized punitive expedition. attacked the rebel
villages and wiped them out burning the houses
and killing the pigs.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

more Of stir in the world than the
chap behind the hoe.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

last few months government stores, called Eek
changes" have been started at various points,
kept supplied with everything likely to be required by
the natvesthe prices for goods being those
in Manila plus 20 cent. and transportation
The stores not only sell. but also buy. They purchase
baskets wood-carvings. native weapons and articles
OF dress such be sold in Manila curos
paying literally for them in cash.
One of the seven sub-provnces composing the Noun
tain Province is Benguet the capital of which. Baguo
"a mile above level. and It's miles due north of
Mana-is the terminus of one of the wonderful
in the world, built by the natives with the helm
of American engineering skill Extending all the way
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-19

drink warm blood. and indulge (or
have done SO until recently an appe-
tte for wholesale homicide
AS means of civilization (under
the direction Of our war departmenD.
trade is being developed among these
wild folk. In the past it has been nee
essary for them to make long journeys
to the coast towns, to buy salt, cloth.
and other necessaries. But within the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
Good Raxors Possible.

There IL very common feeling that
there is a certain element of chance In
the purchase of razor. II is some
times expressed that whatever price
you pay you try your luck" Occa.
sionally one hears OF remarkable ra.
zor which holds Its edge MS If by magic.
giving pleasure to its owner every day
for half lifetime. so that he would
not part with it for guineas. So long
as it is possible for one razor to be Sc
lected as a particularly good one 1t IL
evident that the hardening as carried
out falls to impart the maximum eff.
cheney to the majority. The author
believes that 1t Is possible TO harden
every razor in a gross so chat each one
shall be truly duplicate OF the best
Whether 1t would pay to do 50 is a
question which In outside his province
-Shipley N. Brayshaw in Engineering
Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
Rome or Rife.

The first legal execution by shooting
to be carried out by civil authorities in
America was at Salt Lake City In 1881,
when William Cockroft. convicted of
murder in the first degree. chose TO be
shot rather than hanged or beheaded.
Under the laws Of the territory OF Utah
condemned man was permitted to Sc
lect either Of the three methods OF his
taking of. and when Utah became a
state the choice was restricted to
shooting or hanging. o. the execu-
lions in Utah in the last century only
one man. a wife murderer. has chosen
the moose. Utah was long the only
American state that permitted an as
Sassin any choice as to his means Of
exit from the world. but few years
ago Nevada passed law giving a con-
demned man the option Of the rope or
the rine.-Baltimore News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
The Union Clothing Company
A Modest Hero.

French reporter encountered in q
little village of the south of France q
gardener who wore, pinned on his
clean Sunday blouse. the ribbon OF the
Legion of Honor Naturally the news
paper man desired to know how he got
it, The gardener. who, like many OF
his trade. seemed to be silent man.
was averse to meeting an old and
wearisome demand. but finally he be-
gam
"0h. | don't know how did get It.
was at Bazeilles with the rest Of the
battery. All the officers were killed:
then down went all the noncommis-
stoned ofiicers-bang. bang, bang. BY
and by all the soldiers went down but
me. had fred the last shot and nat
urally was doing what | could to keep
off the Bayarlans.
We'll. a general came. and says he
Where's your ofllcers:'
All down. says /.
where's your gunners:' says he.
"'All down but me- says l.
"'And you've been fighting here all
alone| SAYS he.
~ couldn't let 'em come and get
the guns. could IL says, and then he
up and put this ribbon on me. prob
ably because there was nobody else
there to put 1t on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Go carts for children at "Hale's.'
Leather rockers and chairs At "Hale's.'
Abbott's clearance sale starts prompt
ly Thursday morning.
G. n. Kenyon q Co.'S store will be
open Christmas morning.
Special meeting OF Barre Athletic
club this evening AZ 1880 All members
are requested 10 attend.
Thursday morning all handkerchief
used for trimming up the store will be
sold at ljc per dozen, at Naughan's,
William Mcleod of Boston has re-
turned from Boston fer an indefinite
visit nj the home of his parents on Long
street.
Christmas eve exercises at the Uni
versalist church this evening at q
o'clock. Supper for classes and teach.
ers and such parents as have children
too Young to come without them. This
i 10 be followed by Christmas exer-
cises and the distribution OF presents
Friday night, Dec. q, promises to be
q memorable one for the Masonic fra
ternity of Barre, when the past masters
Of Granite lodge have arranged for an
informal meeting, concert and smoke
talk in the lodge rooms in the Blan-
chard building. All master Masons
are cordially invited to attend. To com
mence at Z p. M.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
midas Butter Tree.

By far the most remarkable of edible
flowers is that culled from the butter
tree of India. The blossoms of this
singular tree are the chief means OF
subsistence with the Bills and other
Indian hill tribes. An average tree
yields from 200 to $50 pounds of pulpy
bell shaped flowers that when they
drop off during March and April. the
hot months of the Indian year. are
eagerly gathered by the natives. They
have when fresh a peculiar and lus-
cious taste. but the fragrance of them
Is not pleasant and is best and NEST
briefly described as ''mousy." Usually
they are cured in the sun, shrivel to
one-fourth of their size and then re
semble nothing so much rs raisins.
The natives prepare them for food by
boiling or using them in sweetmeats.-
Suburban Life Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
Too oblieins.

When a Sixth avenue elevated train
reached the Twenty-third street station
an elderly and poorly dressed womap
arose and walked slowly toward the
door She had reached the platform
and was about to step off when a man
noticed that she had left paper par
rel behind Hey. You forgot some
thing" he shouted. but the woman
never turned about. He jumped of
the car and reached the woman's side
rs the gate banged and the train moved
on. Much obliged. but that isn't
mine" said the woman. A sickly
smile oversnread the mans face as
lie said TO the people who had wit
messed the refusal OF the parcel. shes
right; 1t belongs to me-" and. seeing
that some of the witnesses were in
credIlous, he said that the parcel CON
tained chiid's rubber coat. proving IL
by opening the parcel. He then Joined
in the laugh on himself.-New York
Tribune
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
The Cobb Desert.

The great desert of Cobb which IL
partly in China. partly in Manchuria,
partly in Mongolia and partly iii Sibe-
ria. is trayersed by the Oldest transpor.
tation lines In existence. II has cara.
gan route over which tea and silk laden
camels have Travelled toward Europe
Tor 1900 years. and yet from the time
when Kublai Khan macadamized tho
road until the time when the Russian
Niiroad paralyzed it by the competition
Of steam no one OF the merchants who
travelled over 1t turned either TO the
right or to the left TO tell Europe and
the occident OF the wonders or the ter.
rors OF that unknown land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24

This odd broken of merchandise which
will These
will
below.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
ROUND The GLOBE

Scotland has over 100000 paupers
CannibaIism exists in Sierra Leone.
The United States leads the world In
coal production,
London miIliners are using seaweed
for hat trimming.
Paris reports rents rising rapidly
fame case In Madrid.
ihe Chinese legation In London has
discarded the 'pigtaiI."
United States mines last year yielded
s2,70o worth of diamonds.
In two years $4,000 elephants have
been killed in central Africa.
The Brazilians make beautiful lace
from the fiber OF the banana.
Within Chicago city limits there are
1900 miles of railroad tracks.
There are 722.335 hard and soft
coal miners in the United States.
Constantinope. the capital of Tur-
key, has population of more thnn a
million.
Porto Ricos commerce is now &c.,
100000 year. Eve times as much as
in 1901.
great fair to celebrate the Panama ca
nal opening.
An international exposition of horti-
culture will be held at st. Petersburg
next spring
One effect OF the Chinese revolution
has been a renaissance in art and
nmusements.
Buffalo refuses permission for con-
struction of burial vaults outside regu-
lar cemeteries.
The price OF pearls is shortly to ad-
vance % per cent Poor pearl fisheries
returns this year.
Professor N. J. Rosenan OF Harvard
says infantile paralysis is caused by
the bites OF stable flies.
German experiments are said to
show that dried potato greens are as
good for stock as is meadow hay.
Divers are trying 10 recover $1,000
90 in treasure sunk IN 100 in the
Zuyder Zee on the frigate Lutine.
Norway has forty schools for ele-
mentary instruction In agriculture.
horticulture. forestry and dairying.
The salt deposits of the United States
are ample enough TO supply the ma
fion's demands for many years 10 come
Chocolate. desIccated eggs and sugar
make up more than 80 per cent OF the
United States army's new emergency
ration.
Female school physicians have re
Gently been appointed in four German
cities-Munich. Nuremberg. Colmar and
-lIuch<t.
Electrical apparatus which accurate ]
" determines the range and tone of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
human voices has been invented by q
German woman


German woman.
James Stewart OF Glasgow afte
| three years In Africa expresses tn,
belief that many natives speak the Ian
| guage OF the monkeys.
/ indianapolis men have pledged $500,
600 toward the proposed S10O0o,00l
| automobile highway between New
York and San Francisco.
Australia has established training
| school for boys who wish to become
expert farmers. but who lack the
means to obtain proper instruction.
Liverpool is recovering the large tea
trade 1t had formerly but which it los,
/ to London for a time because OF insult
J ficient dock and warehouse facilities.
| 1t is estimated thot bctterment Of
| the 2.250.000 miles Of roads In the
| United States viii cost 500 500, 600. 900,
and to keep them In good shape $l,125.-
/ 100000 yearly will be needed.
According to Chicago statistician.
% per cent OF the children Of that city
attend day school, while only SO per
cent attend any Sunday school and
only three Hfths of these attend regu-
iarly.
| Deposits in savings banks in this
country reached u total of $4.212 $685.
500 in 1911, the latest year for which
figures are available, compared with
1850. l04, 4SG in 1902. an increase Of co
per cent.
Birmingham. England. has a new
style of life saving apparatus for the
fire department. Entrapped persons
are rescued in a cage which is raised
aud lowered to the windows Of the
burning building.
The six new torpedo boat destroyers
authorized Mt the last session OF con.
gress have been assigned by the navy
department the following names: Erics-
son. Gushing. WinsIow, Nicholson.
O'Brien and McDougal.
The Balkan powers are planning a
united states IL they win. II Is their
sole safeguard against having the
fruits Of their victory taken away
from them. Perhaps self interest will
yet solve che Balkan problem in this
sensible manner.
One Of the strangest effects OF the
persistent cold weather in Europe last
summer was that In some parts of
France the swallows departed about
the middle Of August. leaving behind
them nests full Of young ones. just
Matched. which soon died.
American fashions seem TO have be-
come suddenly popular in Servia. With
in the last half year one frequently /
sees in Belgrade men-and more par
ticularly young men-with their hair
cut ia American fashion. while their
clothes bear unmistakabie signs of the
local taiior's effort 20 initiate American
styles.
Were IL not for the travel and resi-
dent foreign population attracted By
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
Influenza.

Influenza derives its name from an
Italian word meaning influence. IL
was thus entitled 10y the Italians in
the seventeenth century because they
attributed the disease TO the influence
of the stars. A very common belief Is
that influenza is a comparatively mod
ern disease. disassociated from a gen
eral class by latter day medical men.
but this is far from being the case.
for the illness has been mentioned by
ancient writer's as far hack rs the
fourteenth century. there being rec.
orls Of its appearance in France In
t51I aud 1906.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24

religious interest and the extensive
charitable ard other contributions
which flow to 1t from all over the
world Jerusalem. with population OF
$4,000. would be OF very small inpor-
lance commercially. Fully two-thrds
Of its population consists OF nonpro-
ducers who are supported from abroad
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24
A Marked Difference.

Bilklns-He looked like his brother.
and | hit him. waller-Couldn't you
tell them apart? Bilkins-I couldn't
then. but now there's a marked differ
.nce.-Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24

To him that has no employment life
10 little while will have no novelty.
and when novelty is laid in the grave
the funeral OF comfort win soon fol-
low.-Anon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-24

The hatred Of the vicious viii do you
less harm than their conversation
Bentley.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-04-15
SUPPORT Home Industries

One OF the main cause, Tor the failure OF local enterprise, in small
town, j., the failure n the part OF many people to comprehend that
whatever injurc, ny business in 4 community reflects injury upon III
people OF that community Home enterprise, should be Loyalty sup
utt ted hy home people The who make their money here's and
spend it elsewhere need nt be surprised to find that that Others Ii
tate his example. and that in the curse OF events, crashes result. which
throw, him out OF employment or entail severe Io~c- in other Way-
II community There j. altogether o. much money leaving Carson
that could be used here and the results all round would be BETTER
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-04-15
NEW AT BAKERS

At Bakers Candy Store, they are
again busy getting ready Tor the
regular Saturday Special. Watch
Tor it. In the meantime drop in and
inspect his stock OF Easter goods and
novelties.