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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
Ask Any One Who Owns eae

to tell YOU about our annuities. They
furnish an absolutely sure income as
long as you live. and win enjoy being
eare free. besides having maximum in
come from minimum deposit. National
Life Insurance company of Vermont.
tMutual1 S. 5. Ballard, general agent,
Lawrence building, Montpelier, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17

Barre observes Gov. Mead's child well
fare day by receiving half hundred
children from homes whose bread-earners
are concerned in the Lawrence strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17

Major General Ainsworth comes from
! the little state of Vermont; but that
does not affect the size Of his courage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
Frank E. Langley, Publisher.

Aldermanic material in Barre is as
good as it is plentiful this year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
wEBSTERvILLE.

An enjoyable evening is promised all
who attend the box social, under the
auspices of the ladies' aid, to be held
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17

The tellers in charge of the ballot box
were Arthur L. Campbell. William o.
liver, David J. Boyee and Fred A. Stay
ton. At the city clerks office after
wards, Alderman Brown filed indepen-
dent papers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17

st. Johnsbury lost citizen of fine
type in the death of Hiram n. Turner
yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
SOCIALIST WARD NOMINEES.
Candidates Names Filed with City Clerk
for Five Positions.

iUI tIVt FUsIlIUHs.
The Socialist party has filed the fol-
lowing nominations in the three wards :
Ward two--,lohn Malmquist for alder
man and John L. Carroll for school com
missioner.
Ward four-David Dawson for alder
man and James Grogan for school COM
missioner.
Ward slx-Alex. w. Richie for alder
man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
Menu.

The ladies OF the February circle Of
the Episcopal church win serve the fol-
lowing supper at their church, Mon
day evening, February 10, from to 7
o'clock
Clam chowder Crackers
Cold tongue
Rolls Pickles
Doughnuts Coffee.
Per plate % cents, children under II
years of age, 10 cents. The public is
cordially invited
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17
Cold tongue
D,Ilu Dtpl-ia,

Auction sale Saturday at and p. m.
City auction rooms.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-17

on Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, at 7:39
p. m. at the Baptist church of WEBB
sterville.
Special values at Perry's on Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Job Going, for Tax Collector

in asking your vote, I do so with the feeling that I am thoroughly qualified to serve you capably and faithfully as Tax Collector for Jefferson County. I fully appreciate that this is ore of the most important offices in the county, and l know that my practi- cal business experi- ence qualities me to give a strictly business administration of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
CURIOUS ORIGINS
 OF STATE NAMES
Antiquaries Bring to Light Some Interesting InfOr-
 nation on Subject
From the New York Press.

Some curious information has been collected by the antiquaries concerning the origin of the names of certain Of our states. of Massachusetts, for in stance, it Is said that when John smith explored the coast of New England in 1614 he found the shores of this state inhabitated by tribe of Indians called the Massachusetts. The word means near the great hills,' being composed of "massa," great, "wadchuash," hills, and et," near. Thus the name in the Indian tongue was "Massa Wadchuash- et," to which the first explorer added an 's" to make 1t plural, and short ened the name to its present form.
 The origin of Rhode Island has been a puzzle to historians Some writers tell us the name is a corruption of the Dutch words Rhode Eylandt, signihying Red Island, given to 1t by the Dutch discoyerers because its shores present ed red appearance. But they do not pre- sent red appearance.
 Others, with more probability, have traced the name to Road Island, mean ing the island near the roadstead Com petent authorities have doubted the cor rectness of this explanation, because there is no piece of water near by which sailors would naturally call road stead.
 We should not know where to find a good riding" in the sailors sense of the term, without running into Mar ragansett bay. The favorte deriyation at present is more simple. One of the leading settlers of Newport was a man named Rhodes, and the island was prob ably named after him, perhaps in jest perhaps in compliment. The original order fixing the island of Newport dated 1644, decreed that the name should be "The Isle of Rhodes, or Rhode Island The same appellation was afterward applied to the state, or which Newport was part.
 Connecticut, name so baffling to for eigners, is Indian. and means land on a long tidal river" The Indian form of 1t is Quin- -tukquet. In some of the early records 1t Is sp-ned Quinetuck- quet. The most curious thing about the name of Pennsylvania Is that it was not derived from the founder of the state. William Penn. It Is William Penn himself who records the fact:
 This day (January 5, 16sD, my coun- try was confirmed to me bX the name of Pennsylvania, a name which the King tCharles II) would give if in hon. or of my father" Penn wished to call the region New Wales. but the King persisted in naming 1t after Admiral Penn, then a man of far greater renown than his son, the Quaker. whose effigy surmounts the city hall in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES
Famous Register to Be Offered for
 Sale in London

From the London Times.
 The original certificates of marriages celebrated at Gretna Green between 1925 and 1s57 signed by the contracting par ties. and the Gretna Hall Marriage Regis ter. will be sold at sothebys They arc in the autograph of John Linton, by whom almost all the marriages were celebrated, and who after being confi- dentlal servant to Sir James Graham at Netherby Hall, invested his savings in the purchase of Gretna Hall. which he turned into an inn.
 His house became the most popular at Gretna for elopng couples, and, while Linton had many rivals in the business, his registers are believed to be the most important in existence. There are between HOO and 1200 certificates.
 The most noteworthy entry in the regis ter is that of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to Ellen Turner on March 8, 1926, of which the certificate has been lost Miss Turner was an heiress, only Is years of age, and Wakefield decoyed her from school by means of forged letter, and induced her to marry him by pretending that her compliance was necessary to save her father from ruin. He was sub sequently tried for abduction and sen tenced to three years imprisonment. the marriage being annulled by special act of parliament.
 On May 7 1888, Prince Carle F'erdi- nando Borbone, younger brother of the notorious King Ferdinand II, of the Two Sicllies, was married at Gretna Hall to Penelope Caroline Smyth of Waterford Ireland. Among the most interesting of the other marriages, the certificates of which are present, is that of Capt. Charles Parlse Ibbetson to Lady Adela Corisande
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
EAGLES WHIPPED
 BEAR IN FIGHT Contest Over Fish Lasted
 for an Hour BRUIN BADLY HURT
Only Way He Could Protect Himself at All Was by Standing on His launches and Slap
 ping at Birds
from the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 An oregon bear who wanted a fish dinner felt that his desire was in a fair way to be satisfied when he found a large sturgeon washed up on the bank of the Columbia river, Two eagles had claimed the prize by right of dis covery, but the bear at once tried to dispossess them. The results of his ef- forts were disappointing to hims
 One of the eagles had flown to her nest with pieces of the hsh and the oth- CT was picking away ht the remnants when the bear came tearing through the brush. Bruin walked straight up to the feast but the eagle was not to be scared away. He Tapped his wings and stood on the defensive. The bear paused moment and then rushed at the eagle. The bird eluded him and scared into the air, screaming for his mate She came sweeping down from the nest and joined forces in an attack on the bear, which was so busy tearing the sturgeon that he paid no attention to the royal birds until they sank their talons in his flesh.
 The howl of rage which bruin let out then showed that he had been both pained and hurt. He reared up on his launches and clawed savagely at the birds, which whirled easily about him. One would make dash at his face and eyes, while the other would hit him in the back of the neck like bolt from a catapult. For 10 minutes or more the bear stood up to the scratch but by that time he had had scratching enough and began to evince signs or wanting to get away.
 As soon as he was on all fours the eagles were upon him, and he had to get on his launches again to use his paws effectively. The blood was streaming down his face and showing in great spots all over his glossy hide, but the object of the eagles appeared to be to get at his eyes, and ne seemed fully aware of it. He was very anxious to get back to the cover of the brush, and the eagles were Just as anxious to pre- vent him. Every time he turned toward the bushes they would plump down on his head and try to sink their talons in his eyes, and drum his ears with their strong pinions.
 It was nearly half an hour from the time the bear came out of the brush be- fore he was able to drag himself back under the friendly cover, and he was the most dilapldated looking bear imagina- ble.
 The eagles flew to tree and smoth- cred their ruffled feathers. Then, as their young were calling for more food, they resumed their work of carving and serving the sturgeon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
OLD RACING DAYS
r English Horseman's "Reminiscences
 of Good Old Times

pm Baily's Magazine.
 f all the innovations that have taken +ce of recent years on the turf, not
 Q strikes an old stager like myself
 much as the style of riding now opted by the jockeys.
 Not only is the crouching seat most
 pleasing to the eye-one celebrated nateur horsceman goes so far as to .arasterize it as positively indecent 1t very few of the jockeys seem to i've mastered it's difficulties, with the itural consequence that swerving and eoring, not to mention accidents, are of 1T more frequent occurrence than for lerly.
 Fordham. John Osborne, Wells, Tom rench, Fred Webb, Custance, Tom halloner and Charles Wood were all ames to conjure with in the past. but pr elegance of style and perfection of eat and hands commend me to Tom annon; while for rash and nerve in citing out of a difficulty Fred Archer ad no superior. Few, for instance, who witnessed 1t Till ever forget his riding of Jannette n the Leger of 1878. when, apparently Hopelessly shut in, he took advantage a momentary opening to dash through nd win. Fred Webb, who was Archers reat rival latterly, always declared nat the latter not only wanted to be arSt put second as well.
 The only time ever saw n horse fairly et the upper hand of Archer was in Hing race at Newmarket once, when go-year-old belonging to the Duke of haufort fairly bolted with him and ran
 the top of the town before he could be alled up. So easily did he win that ere was a rare competition for him Nlen put up for auction, but strange to sy. the colt never did any good after v ard
 Newmarket after all Is the place to see acing at its best. and enjoyable as if . ways is on a fine day it was never more so, in the view of the old turfman. tan in it's more primitive state before sodern Improvements set in, when a hack as necessity and if one wanted a ass of sherry you were dependent on friend with a drag or dog cart, as the lse might be.
 At that period there were many more Picturesque figures on the turf than at e present time. when everybody dresses ore or less alike, and nowhere did one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

see them to greater perfection than at Newmarket The massive figure in dust colored frock coat and high jack boots, with an antiquated drab colored hat on his head, who jogs past in animated con verse with his old friend, Peter Price, is easily recognizable as Edmund Tatter- sail.
 Lady Astley, perfectly habited as usual, comes along just In time to pick up her Mate" as he mounts the old gray horse, his faithful comrade of the Crimea, who is in waiting for him outside the room On his old favorites decease at an advanced age what more appropriate than that his epitaph should be written by his sorrowing master? Accordingly the following lines, which though perhaps not quite up to the standard expected from poet laureate had the merit of emanating direct from the heart, were duly inscribed on the headstone:
 Under this here sod
 Lies my poor old quod.
 He was very fond of me,
 And so was I of he. you see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Women Ayiators
From Leslle's.

From Leslie s.
 The first woman to fly in a heavier than air machine was Madame cherch Peltier, a French sculptress. The flight was accomplished in 1908 and she was a passenger in Volsin type machine M. Delagrange acting as pilot.
 This was In Turin, Italy. In 1909 Henry Farnham carried a woman pas senger aoft, and tho occurrence was con sidered of sufficient importance to cable around the world.
 Now seven countries are able to boast at least one licensed woman aviator. France has three or four America has but two.
 Madame de Ia Roche erroneously termed Baroness Is entitled to the dis tnction of being the pioneer of the wom- en flers of the world. Madame de Ia Roche began learning to control her fly Ing machine At the time when 1t was most extraordinary for woman to go aloft at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Locked AntIers in Glacier

BeIIingham correspondence Portland
 Oregonian.
 Mute evidence of a mortal combat that may have occurred centuries ago was re- vealed to J. K. Magnussen, a timber cruiser on the slopes of Mount Baker.
 Lying in the lower edge of Roosevelt glacier were the crumbling bones of d buck deer of more than ordinary size. Digging down into the ice the cruiser uncovered the remains of a second anil nal. the body in an excellent state of preservation. The antlers of the ani- mals were tightly interlocked. showing that the deers had died in battle.
 From the position of the skeleton and the body in the glacier Magnussen is of the opinion that they had been carried a long distance down the mountain side. As the glacier flows only four or five inches a day. the battle of the bucks Aay have occurred centuries age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
The King Owns Sandringham

y TDlH tflt JtHIIenfdn.
 The statement is again being published that Sandringham is the absolute proper ty of Queen Alexandra. As a matter of fact in the will of the late King Edward the whole estate was left solely to King George, his late majesty merely stipu- lating that the Queen Mother should have the entire use of 1t during her lifetime and adding wish that in the future the place might become the dover house of the Queen Consort. King George Is. however, in no way bound by this, and is at liberty when the proper time ar rives to dispose of 1t in any manner that seems best to him. Tn the meantime he has entire charge of the estate pays all the outRoings and receives the in- coma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Practical Hygiene

From the Houston Post
 During a recent epidemic of spinal meningitis ,n Dallas, Secretary Paul Casey Of ths health department went with a sanitary inspector to raise the quarantine on a negro shack and re- move the big green sign.
 An old negro woman came to the door.
 Now. sholy. boss, you all ain't gwine ter take that sign down?" she asked.
 Yes, we are going to remove the quarantine said Casey. Don't you want it removed?'
 No, sah, boss, cause dar ain't been nary eollectah round heah sense dat sign was put up.'
 The quarantine remained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

We the undersigned citizens indorse Mr. F. L. Erwin for member Board of Revenue We know him to be of the best qualified and of the best the county. He is cal man; contractor and builder of wide experience I1 ! good business man:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
New York State Road Building

Washington Cor. Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Indiana has more miles of improved roads than any other state in the coun- try, with Ohio a close second accord ing to statistics gathered by the office of public roads of the department of agri- culture.
 New York, the report adds, Is leading all the states in actual progress In road building at the present time, and if the pace Is maintained she will lead Indiana and Ohio in few years. Indiana has 54'g55 miles of improved roads, Ohio 24 106 Inlles, New Yorfk 13,7S7 and Wisconsin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

Maud Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, on November 6. 1S45.
 In making d runaway match Lady Adela was following the example of her grandmother, Miss Sarah Child, daughter of the founder of Childs Bank, who was married at Gretna Green to Lord Vest moreland. The story of their pursuit by tho angry banker, who gave up the chase only after one of the horses in the coach had been shot by his prospective son-ln- law. Is one of the most famous in tho annals of Gretna Green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
What Counted

From the Washington Evening Star.
 q suppose you regard all your dis play of eloquence as beneficial to the cause"
 Well" replied Senator Sorghum. "to be candid, that eloquence isn't so much for the cause as for the effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

cOunty's business. My character and my record, both private and public, are known to you. If you believe that am capable and worthy of this office, l want your vote and your influence. Sincerely, JOB GOING
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
What Make?

From Judge. chine"
 Tattle-"Touring, talking, sewing or washing?"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-31

A mouse two inches long. with tiny
red bow about Its neck. was carried in
the hand Of John T. Powers into the
lobby Of the Van Mugs hotel In Los
Angeles.
When an inquIaitlve young woman saw
the mouse was alive there was scream
that echoed through the peaceful corri-
doris and a swirl Of skirts and hasty
exit.
As a crowd Of guests gathered. Powers
exhibited his pocket pet and detailed its
history,
II procured the mouse In I'll paso," he
said. "as he ran through my room one
night Since then he has been my con-
slant companion. I have taught him 10
stay on my hand whenever take him out
of my pocket and | feed him three times
day. His chief diet 10 milk. cheese and
bacon. l have named him Billy. He
sleeps at the foot OF my bed In basket.
I have taken him TO the opera and the
theater several times. He seems TO take
more kindly to music than 10 the drama :
Powers then produced q spoon and
gave Billy q drink Of water. transferring
him afterward to mis- pocket.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-31

looks as though the Lord. when lie
created this part of the earth, dropped
that rocky hill here In order that man
might be able to create q water highway
from ocean to ocean,
Problem One of Construction,
As we went over this vast work. squirt
ing our eyes to keep out the flying sand
from the myriads Of spoil trains which
flew by us, l asked Colonel sibert II the
dam was not the most wonderful ever
created. He replied that II was the iarg-
est dam ever planned. but that the prob
lem OF making II was one OF construction
rather than OF engineering. II was
question Of accomplishing a vast amount
Of work within short time rather than
one OF difficult engineering. The prin-
eipal problem dealt with the handling OF
the material. but in other ways the con-
structlon was no more difficult than that
OF any complicated piece OF big engineer
ing. and not as difficult as some.
/ here asked Colonel Sibert when the
dam would be finished, and as TO Just
when the canal would be really opened.
He replied:
las to the canal. the president has told
the people that It viii be opened on July
81. 1913. That may be 90. certainly
know that It will be so as to this part Of
the work. locks. dams and ALL
And Just here l want 20 say a word
about Colonel 6ibert. He IS one OF the
best equipped civil and mechanical en-
gineers Of his time and he has made a
reputation as an hydraulic engineer for
his work here at Gatun. He has
had charge OF what Is known as the
Atlantic division. including the impound-
ing OF the waters OF the Chagres and
the construction Of the canal from here
to the sea. Colonel sibert Is a graduate
Of West Point, and he began his en-
cheering career at the time he left the
academy. He made some reputation In
connection with the great locks at the
500. which he aided in building, and also
in the rebuilding Of the railroad in CEN
trail Luzon at the close Of our war with
the spaniards. After that he had charge
Of the construction Of the dam on the
Ohio at Pittsburgh and Of the other river
improvements there. II In now over fivs
years since he came 10 Panama. He Is
q man who should know whereof he
speaks, and his remark that this part OF
the canal will be completed on time indi-
Gates that II is one Of the sure things Of
the future
Through Locks ON Roller Coaster.
You all know the devilish roller coaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-31
. THROUGH THE LOCKS m a CAR

top and we rode here and there all over
II, There are two great walls OF exca-
waited material made up OF the mighty
masses Of rock and other spoil from the
Culebra cut. These form a reservoir, as
II were. which Is being filled with clay
and sand and other stuff dredged from
the lake and also from the land outside
II is carried into the basin or core OF the
dam between piles OF loose rock dumped
out by the cars. During our trip over the
works we rode out to where the suction
dredges were gouging out the sides OF
the mountain, mixing II with water and
forcing II through a pipe into the dam.
The pipe was as big around as a flour
barrel and a mile or so long. II made
me think Of boa constructor or Of the
dragon which guarded the golden apples
OF Hesperides. This mighty boa vomits
black earth at the rate OF thousands OF
tons every day into the core.
VIII Il Hold the waterf
AS we looked talked with Colonel ST.
bert about the dam. and he gave me a
technical description from which am
convinced II will hold back the waters
OF the Chagres for all time TO come. lie
says that the earth In the core Is the
same as that which forms the bottom Of
the lake. The engineers made drillings,
but they found that there was go feet
OF such material above the bed rock and
that a concrete dam was impossible.
They then tested the earth to see whether
1t would hold water. and 1t did. They
analysed II and found that much Of Il
contained blue clay. and they have dis.
covered that some Of II was formed by
the silt from the chagres, and other
parts by the sea, which once came up
here In the form Of great bay. AS an
evidence OF this I saw sea shells dug up
by the steam shovel below the locks dur
Ing my trip this morning.
The blue clay which forms a part Of
this earth is absolutely waterproof. In
one place the engineers found the trunk
Of tree imbedded in II. The log was
fifty-six feet below sea level, but Il was
not in the least affected or decomposed
1t had evidently lain there for thousands
and possibly millions of years, and had
the water gotten to II It would have
-otted away.
When the dam is completed the central
portion Of II. or core. will be made Of
earth containing material like this, and
the parts in front and behind this will be
of the excavated spoil. filled with the
other material made up OF the silt from
the chagres.
The dam material has, a. have said.
been tested. and there Is no doubt but
that It viii hold the water. although a
great construction could not be erected
upon II. 1t is only owing TO the rocky
hill In the center Of the dam that he
spillway could be created. The concrete
Of the spillway is founded on rock. and IL