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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
STAMPING a LETTER.
A swindler's Way of Doing II Brought
Him to Grief

Whether a man Is criminal or a
law abiding citizen, he ought to take
the pains 10 stick his postage stamps
on exactly straight" an old detective
said. IF he is straight he won't lose
anything by 1t. and If he is crooked
he will gain. When was In the gov
eminent service the first thing found
out about a man under suspicion was
the way he stuck on his stamps. One
of the cIeverest swinders | ever land,
ed was tracked through his postage
stamps.
After you put stamp on a GER
tain way for little while 1t becomes
second natare. and you stick ii on that
way unconsciously. That was what
that man did. All bis stamps were
stuck on diagonally. leaving little tri-
angle OF certain size at the corner of
the envelope. He was slippery fell
low and had eluded vigilance for
months
Zone day happened to be lettering
around postoffice Of country town.
where had gone on another trail. The
mail came in. and through the little
window | watched the postmaster sort
it Presently | spotted an envelope
with the stamp stuck on in that TRAN
gular fashion. | got the postmark.
hiked back TO that town and nabbed
my man. II he had put his stamps on
straight probably he never would have
been caught"-New York Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24

of Americans toward our sex comes
largely from you southerners. Every
one knows what may be expected from
Colonel Rogers of Virginia"
The colonel bowed.
II will trust you with the secret on
that account. / know it will remain
with you My husbands father is
wealthy. and my husband has nothing.
/ have, fortunately, some money OF my
own. My husband is an inveterate
gambler. He has lost all the money
his father has given him and broken
every promise to reform. Yesterday,
on his promise not to gamble, Mr.
Rutan, ST., gave him 1900 francs,
marked some of the bills and set
detective TO watch his son. discover
ed through an accident that the bills
were marked, and my husband told me
that he had lost them to you. | desire
to save him from break with his
father, which. IL it occurs, will never
be healed. BY replacing these notes
he has given you with others / can
avert this calamity"
There was nothing for the colonel to
do but make the exchange. Indeed, he
was glad enough to do so, for he was
terror stricken lest he be connected
with a family scandal. Taking the
notes from his pocketbook, he counted
1900 francs and handed them to the
lady. receiving in return those she took
from her own portemonnaie. Then,
with a profusion of thanks, she left
him.
The next day gendarme called at
the hotel. and the colonel was charged
with passing counterfeit money. Every
note the lady had given him was spuri-
Gus.
To Colonel Rogers his loss was moth
ing, nor was the position In which he
was placed especially appalling. for he
was above suspicion. 1t was the fact
that after all his fears and all his eau
tion he had been made the dupe of
woman. From that time forward he
gave strict orders that no woman
should ever be admitted to his pres
ence. and he parted all efforts on the
part of those who endeavored to have
him come to them. He never quite re
covered from the shock.
He played number Of times after
that with NJ. Rutan. whom he discov-
cred was bachelor. Who informed
the woman Of the colonel's winnings
was never discovered. 1t was doubt.
ess one Of the club servants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
FEAR WOMAN MET
VIOLENT DEATH
Body Washed Ashore Near Portsmouth,
N. H., and the Police
Investigate.

Portsmouth, n. H., Sept. 24-The
sheriff and the police are investigating
the mystery that surrounds the drowning
OF woman whose body was yesterday
washed ashore at Fort Constitution.
Though death was plainly due to drown
ing, bruises about the young woman's
forehead are believed to have been re.
ceived before death
Medical Referee w. d. Walker said the
body had been in the water but five or
six hours. He was sure death resulted
from drowning, but could not determine
just when the bruises on the forehead
were received or whether they were the
marks of some weapon or received in
falling.
The body is that of a woman about
q years old with light brown hair.
She wore black diagonal cloth skirt
and coat, with green waist having
black stripes. She wore black shoes and
stockings. The discovery was made by
life saver Kicker of the Wood island
station.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Benefited Many Who
Had tuberculosis

Those who suffer from Consumption
are generally troubled with night
sweats, fever, loss of strength and lit
tie or no appetite Fresh air good food,
and the proper care of the body are es-
sential to n recovery, but in many cases
something else Is needed. Bekman's Al
terative is medicine which has been
most successful In stopping night sweats
reducing fever and promoting appetite
and many who have used IT, declare II
saved their lives Investigate what IL
did in this CASE
Gentlemen For four years / was
troubled with cough, which gradually
became worse; | had night sweats and
pains in my chest. l was losing my APP
petite and had become so thin and weak
i could not attend to my household du-
ties. A physician pronounced my case
Consumption. Not being satisfied, / was
examined by the physicians of the Poly
clinic Hospital They also pronounced
the disease Consumption, which was
tum. as tuberculosis Bacilli were found.
| was ordered to a Consumptfve Hos
pital. My nephew would not allow me
to go until | had tried Eckman's Alter
alive Before ! had taken the medicine
three weeks | had marked relief, night
sweats ceased, pain in the breast re
lieved, cough became loose and easy.
fever left me and l commenced getting
well. My health became normal. | am
in excellent health now and have been
completely cured for ten years. / strong
ly recommend it,"
(MRs) MARY WATSON.
Care Ed. Green, 1922 S. 18th St. Phila. Pa.
Eckman's Alternative is effective I'm Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles and In upbuilding the
system. Does not contain poisons, opiates
or habit forming drugs. Ask for booklet
telling OF r.eoveries and write to Eckman
Laboratory, Philadelphia. Pa, for evil
dence For sale by all leading druggists
p~d Cross Pharmanr RarrA Vt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Suicide and the Weather.

Suicide is most frequent in summer.
when the air is clear and the sun
shines. In Europe the maximum Of
suicides is reached In June and the
minimum in December. Yet there are
fewer suicides in the torrfd than in
the temperate zone. In the United
States, in all seasons, there are more
suicides on sunny days than on cloudy
days. Some theorists reason that fine
weather aggravates the mental depres.
sion of the unhappy by its contrasting
sunshine. In dark weather there are
few suicides and fewer In time of
war or following some great catas-
trophe. During the first three months
that follow devastating earthquake
there are fewer deaths by suicide than
before the cataclysm.-Harper'R -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
rltbit. Of III. Ancient ereeks.

As delicacies the Greeks ate young
foxes caught in the autumn, robins
and sparrows and certain kinds of fish
shared by moonlight. There is scrap
Of an old Greek comedy in which
cook boasts of frying fish so exqui-
sitely that 1t threw him grateful looks
from the pan. A famous Greek dish
was the Trojan pig. half Of it boiled
and the other half roasted. 1t was
stuffed with eggs. ortolans and
thrushes. The Romans ate snails-
giant monsters-fattened until their
shells held an incredible amount of
snail. The kettle in a high class Ro-
man kitchen was often shaped like an
elephants head. The water was pour
ed through the trunk. The gridiron
might be a huge silver spider or
skeleton fish.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Merchant Relieved of $1,000 In
New York In Daylight
ROBBERS FLED IN AN AUTO
John Pepper Was Carrying Grip Full of
Currency to the Bank When He Was
Set Upon by Two Thugs,
Who Got Away.

New York, Sept. 24-Highwaymen
held up and robbed John Pepper, cheese
merchant, of 81 800 in broad daylight on
Ninth avenue yesterday and made their
escape in an automobile after a running
revolver fire with a policeman
The hold-np took place in full view OF
several hundred people, who were eowed
by revolvers in the hands of the des-
peradoes and p,ade no attempt to stop
| them.
| Patrolman Martin of the West Seven
teenth street station. who was block
away, arrived in time to see the high
waymen dash off, and gave chase. while
the men in the auto leaned over the ton
neau of the ear and emptied their reyolv-
ers at him. lie was not hit
Pepper, senior member of the firm of
Pepper & Gray, left his office on the
northwest corner of Seventeenth street
and Ninth avenue to make a deposit in
a bank. He carried black leather va
lise containing $500 in cash and 81 ,0OD
in checks
Turning north on Ninth avenue, he
proceeded a few yards, when a red tour
ing car drew up at the curb beside him
Two men, wearing peaked caps, leaped
out. One showed a revolver into Pop
per's stomach, the other grabbed the va
lise. In fash both men were back in
the car
Peppers scream for help caught the
ears OF scores Of people on the street,
but the round eyes of the robbers guns
chained the feet of the crowd. The
chauffeur of the touring car threw in the
clutch, and the machine leaped south
down Ninth avenue just as Patrolman
Martin. who had come on the run in an
swer to Peppers cry, sped around the
corner of Seventeenth street.
He was close to the car when the ban
dts discovered him and opened fire. and
il is remarkable that he was not hit
The bounding of the machine over the
cobbles shook the aim of the highway
men and probably saved his life.
As the auto leaped away from Martin
and the last of the shots were fired the
men in the tonneau dropped their heads
AT Fifteenth street the chauffeur turned
of Ninth avenue east. and when Mar
tin got there moment later. he could
find no one who had seen the big ma
chine pass.
The excitement Of the shooting and
the robbery attracted great crowd, but
no one could be found who had had the
presence Of mind to look for the number
of the automobile Nor could anyone
give description OF the auto. All Pop
per could say was that it had suddenly
appeared at the curb and had gone south
after he had been robbed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24

your medicines to all suffering women. I"
Mrs. MARY HALsTEAD, Platea, Pa,
Box SO.
Here is the report of another genuine
case, which still further shows that Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
may be relied upon.
Walcott, N. Dakota. 81 had inflam-
nation which caused pain in my side,
and my back ached all the time. | was
so blue that felt like crying if any one
even spoke to me. / took Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and |
began to gain right away. / continued
its use and now l am a well woman.
Mrs. AMELIA DAHL, Walcott, N.
Dakota.
If you want special advice write to
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
THREE SONGS.
They Will Live Above All Others In
tho Man Who Heard Them.

tno man VINO FIodF0 inGfns
The brilliant. fashionably clad audi
ence roared an ovation to the great
singer. She was unquestionably the
best soprano in the world. The critic
turned to his friend. the self made mil
lionaire. and said:
Did you ever hear any song more
exquisitely rendered."
YES" said the rich man musingly,
for he was touched by the magic of
what he had heard. Yes; have
heard three greater singers"
Il want to know!" exclaimed the
critic.
THE first was years ago. The singer
was plain of face and gray of hair and
tired of body. There was much work
to do and many little mouths to feed.
was the youngest child, sick and
cross, and that dear singer crooned to
me a lullaby. and l slept 1t was a
wonderful song.
THE next was years afterward We
had little cottage. 1t was summer,
My wife was In the kitchen preparing
supper. She was singing something
about her true love coming home to
her. 1t was for me- And that too,
was wonderful song.
"Some more years elapse. There is
little toddler in the garden, and she
sings hesitantly something about dad
dy and his baby.
"These are the three singers, my
friend, who beat all your Tetrazzinis."
And the critic? Well, perhaps the
critic agreed with him.-Albany Times
Union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
LIQUID AIR.
The Way Il Acts as a Preservativs Of
Animal Matter.

Animal Matter.
1t Is sometimes necessary to pre-
serve parts of a human body or of
some other animal for the purpose OF
testing for the presence of poisons.
In such cases the preservative must
fulfil certain special requirements. 1t
must be able to prevent absolutely any
decay or putrefactlon; 1t must not IT.
self cause any change in the tissues,
either structural or chemical; 1t must
not introduce any substance that
would in any way interfere with the
subsequent tests or give rise to false
conclusions, and 1t must be easily ham
died.
Liquid air has been found to be
quite well adapted to this use. Its
low temperature about 400 degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit, prevents abb
solutely all putrefaction as well as all
other chemical change. At the same
time, 1t prevents the evaporation of
any volatile substance that may be
present, such as carbon monoxide or
hydrocyanic acid gas. Experiments
have shown that the most delicate
tissues, such as glands and brain, are
quite unaffected by being placed in
liquid air for n long time. and the
tissues even retain their natural colors.
For the purpose of making chemical
tests in piece of tissue 1t is frequent
ly necessary to cut the material up
into very small pieces. Tissues that
have been preserved lin liquid air are
frozen so hard that they may be
ground up into fine powder.-Har-
per's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Those Peruna testimonials
How Are They Obtained ?

unjust to refer such questions to body
of men who are already convinced of the
worthlessness of proprietary medicines.
To give such body of men the unlim-
tied authority to decide whether our
claims for Peruna are valid or not is
manifest violation of my constitutional
rights.
NV claims are based both on credita-
Bile theoretical grounds and upon ire.
futable statistics. But ] am quite will
ing to have our claims as to the compo-
sition of Peruna properly and thoroughly
investigated, and if found TO be false a
proper penalty should be fixed Or if |
am making any statements concerning
disease, as to the nature, symptoms or
danger of any disease, if | am making
any such statements as to unnecessa-
rily brighten the people by false assump-
tons, | am willing to submit to any I'M
biased tribunal or investigation.
Mrs. Alice Boyle, S03 Clinton street,
Circleville, Ohio, writes Il want to
inform YOU what Peruna has done for
me. | have been afflicted with catarra
for several years. | have tried different
medicines and none seemed to do me
any good until / used Peruna. | have
taken six bottles and can praise it very
highly for the good it has done me. |
also find it of great benefit to my chill
dren."
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
SPECIAL NOTICE Many persons are
making inquiries for the old-time Pc
runa. To such would say, this formula
is now put out under the name of KA.
TAR-NO, manufactured by kA-TAR-NO
Company, Columbus, Ohio. Write them
and they will be pleased to send you a
free booklet,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
HOME TREATMENT
FOR NERVOUSNESS

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nervous troubles.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
HER GREAT
FEAR
By GERALD DAVIS

Colonel Rogers of Virginia was a
man of The world, a bachelor and an
excellent fellow at heart, though he
was only understood by his intimate
friends. No one ever thought of Rog.
ers as husband or a father. AS to
living with man, woman or child or
having his affairs mixed with those of
any one else than himself. the idea was
preposterous. He was very fond of
women's society and was popular with
them, but always In general, never in
a particular, way. He had reached the
age of fifty without any entanglements,
but was not disposed to consider him
self out or the woods" so long as he
lived. His one aim was to so conduct
himself that no woman could get an
advantage of him, for. though he ad-
mired the sex, he held the theory that
no man could stand against any one of
them either In duplicity or to prevent
the accomplishment of any purpose on
which she might have set her mind.
Rogers was very fond Of play-that
is among gentlemen. He never played
at gambling house. Indeed, he once
spent a week Mt Mont Carlo without
investing franc. Il never play 10
make money" he said. Il play only
a gentleman's game for the purpose of
passing the time"
Rogers went TO Paris and was intro
duced at an aristocratic club there.
One night Mt social game he won
from young man named Rutan some
ten or twelve thousand francs. The
amount expressed in the French coin
age sounds large. but 1t was little
over $1,000. Rutan was understood to
be well Off and did not seem to take his
loss to heart. and. as for Rogers. there
was nothing unusual in his winning or
losing such an amount ut any time.
The settlement was made by Rutan's
paying Rogers his winnings in new
crisp bills OF 1900 francs denomina-
ton.
The next morning Rogers was sit
ting in the reading room of his hotel
scanning n newspaper when waiter
announced to him that lady desired
to see him in a reception parlor.
"A lady to see me" exclaimed the
colonel. Are you sure you have come
TO the right MANI?
"She wishes to see Colonel Rogers OF
Virginia"
Being the only and original Rogers
of Virginia, the colonel raised himself
from his comfortable leather covered
chair and followed the servant to the
lady. He found very attractive look
ing person about thirty years old, but
with worried expression on her face.
Colonel Rogers, believe" she be-
gan in tolersble English
AT your service. madame"
"You won last night from my hus-
band 1900 francsY
81 believe / did, madame, win some
money from Mr.. Rutan."
Would you mind taking from me in |
place of the notes he gave you other
notes to a similar amountT
81 would gladly do anything to oblige
you. madame. but | would like to be |
as to the reason for the
change"
"And / would not think of permit
ling you to do me favor without CIV
ing you some inkling as to the cause.
| have always heard that the chivalry
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Uncle Bonbon.

An elderly beau had been delivering
himself of certain forcible home truths
when lecturing his nephew.
Wonderful chap. your uncle" OBJ
served friend when the old gentle
man had disappeared. $50 well pre-
served"
II don't know so much about his be-
Ing well preserved" growled the Of
Tended nephew. but he is unpleasant.
ly candid. Youths Companion,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24

have found complete relief by the use
of Peruna. These testimonials have
come to me unrequested, unsolicited, I'M
rewarded in any way, directly or indi-
rectly. They have simply been CLEANED
from my private correspondence with pa
tients that have been more or less under
my treatment or taking my remedies.
No remedy, official or unofficial, has
a greater accredited basis for the claims
we make for it than Peruna as a remedy
for catarrh
] have never been opposed at any time
to the regulations offered by the pure
food and drugs act. ] am not now OPP
posed to its provisions, but | am opposed
to the proposed amendments to give to a
partisan board OF physicians the unquali-
fled authority to decide as to all thera-
peutic claims which may be made for a
proprietary medicine. 1t is manifestly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Eacstious Convict.

This confinement" said the long
faced prison visitor. must distress you
greatly"
Yes" replied the facetious convict;
II find the prison bars grating"
"Ah. life to you is a failurer'
Yes: it's nothing but a cell"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24

of her protests | insisted on her being in
the house at proper hour.
Il have grown 50 fond of her during
the two years that she has been with
me that it almost breaks my heart to
have anything happen to her ! am GO
ing to see that she gets fair show.
just what this viii be have no way Of
telling at present"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
4 Debated Definition.

"A gentleman" says n contemporary,
is man who feels uncomfortable
while he sits In car and sees a wo-
man hanging to strap"
Not so, brother. A gentleman doesn't
keep his seat long enough to feel I'M
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
A Social Misstep.

How do you know that man is OF
the new rich and not eligible to our
exclusive society,"
Easily. He got out of step while
dancing the turkey trot-' washing
ton Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24

For a great
many years |
have been gath
ering statistics as
to the effects OF
Peruna when tax
en- for catarrhal
arrangements. |
have On hand
thousands of I'M
solicited testimo-
mails from people
in all stations of
life, who claim
that after many
years futile at
tempts to rid
themselves of
chronic catarrh BY
various forms Of
treatment they
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
An Apt Illustration.

"Pa. what's an inscrutable smileg"
"It's the kind. my son, your mother
had on her face this morning when
Sold her business might keep me out
late tonight Baltimore American.