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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-25

at Memorial hall on Sept. Is to larg
and appreciative audience.
There was promenade at the towr
hall on Friday evening, with refresh.
ments of cake and doughnuts.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Book Without Errata.

VI YIN r4oAon publisher once determined
d on TJiT<n at least one book which
SHOULD be faultless in the matter Of er
rata. He had the proofs corrected by
lis own proofreaders with the greatest
care until they had exhausted their
skill and patience and assured him
that there We're no longer any errors
to be eliminated. Taking duplicate
proofs of the last revise. he sent them
to the universities and other large pub
fishing houses. Offering large money
prizes for each error discovered. \ few
errors only were found. and after ev-
cry one had Il chance to detect any ed
,litonal errors the plates were made
the book printed. cxpcnsivey bound
and sold as an absolutely perfect book
and unique in all literature. For Ion.
time this was conceded. but six or
eight months after its publication a
letter called the publishers attention
to an error in Il certain line and page.
Later second was announced. and
before the first year had elapsed some
four or five errors had been reported
Charles Winslow Hall. in National
Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Natural Turkish Baths.

Preston, Ont, about seventy miles
from Toronto. enjoys natural Turkish
baths. Near the town is lake the
waters Of which are impregnated with
sulphur and other chemical properties.
The lake is government property. and
the cost to those availing themselves
Of its virtues is merely nominal. about
sixpence being sufficient to remunerate
the services Of the halfbreeds prepar
ing the bath.
This Is taken in what Is locally call
ed "sweat lodge" The lodge il made
by digging hole four feet deep. lin
ing it with small bowlders and cover
ing 1t with an air proof tent. A fire Is
then built In the hole and kept burn
ing until the stones are thoroughly
heated. Water from the lake is sprin-
killed. on the hot stones. and steam
arises which Is laden with medicinal
properties.-LOndon Graphic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
FIGHTING BOZ" EVANS.
His Meeting With His Confederate
Brother and the Result.

Tradition has it that after young
Robley d. Evans went to Annapolis he
wasn't long in showing his mettle.
personality runs after this fashion:
When he left for the Naval academy
his mother gave him framed copy of
the Lords Prayer and instructed him
to hang it over his bed. He complied.
Notwithstanding the fact that the rules
of the academy forbade the placing Of
decorations in the rooms. An inspec
tor demonstrated with him and ordered
him to remove the prayer. Evans
swore that he would smash the face Of
the first man who touched It, The in
spector referred the act of insubordi
nation to the commandant. who took II
up with the secretary Of the navy.
Evans wrote home about the episode
1t got into the papers. An Indignation
meeting was held in his home town
and Il protest made to the president
In the end special dispensation WAS
granted. allowing the cadet to keep his
'decOra ton"
Being II Virginian. young Evans was
urged by his mother to throw in his lot
with the south when the civil war
came. This he declined to do. 50 1t fell
out that he and his brother fought ON
opposite sides during the civil war
On one occasion Robley Evans entered
Il restaurant in Washington and OH
served his brother eating.
AN exchange of gances between us
was quite enough" said Evans after
ward. Not II word was spoken by
either OF lis He paid his bill and has
lily left the place, knowing very we'll
city. | ordered more oysters than |
wanted and took plenty of time to eat
them He had come across the rotO
mac in skiff, | was sure and had tied
it to an old sycamore tree near the
spot where we used to swim. want
ed to give him a brotherly chance To
get back to Virginia soil. He gained
his boat and escaped. though a soldier
fred ut him in the darkness. On leav-
ing the restaurant | met an officer OF
the provost guard and informed him
that there was a Confederate soldier
in Washington.
"'iIow do you know he asked.
"'That.' l replied. is none of your
business
II was arrested and taken to the
provost marshall who. on hearing my
story. let me go."-Chicago Record
Herald
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
REICRSTAG ELECTIONS.
The Method of Running For Con-
gress" In Germany

The Method Of Running For Con-
gress" In Germany.
For election to the reichstag there is
equal universal suffrage with secret
ballot for all made citizens twenty five
years of age, there being certain ex.
cluded classes, criminals. paupers. etc.
while persons in actual military serv-
ice have their voting rights suspended
Nominations are not made by regu-
lar conventions. as with us. Any man
may put his name before the people,
but in practice. Of course, committees
in each election district make the nom.
nations for the parties, and the meth
DDS of securing the nominations, by
personal solicitation. by trades among
the aspirants. by the influence Of dom
mating personalities. are much the
same as with us. for the Germans. too,
have their "bosses," and they are even
now using the English word to express
the fact.
One hears little or nothing Of bribery
in German elections. but the influence
Of the government, amounting prac-
tically to coercion of officials and the
direction Of their political activity by
their superiors. is generally recognized
as going far beyond the "pernicious po
litical activity" that has been so EN-
phatically condemned and so nearly
suppressed in the United States.-
American Review Of Reviews.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
HARVESTING A SHARK.
Cruel Revenge That Has the Sanction
of lmmemorjaI Custom.

The shark jaws are pried open to
the fullest extent A stout eight foot
spar Of tough timber. by inches in
cross measurement, is fixed trans
versely far back in the angle of the
jaw, the ends projecting on either side
A strosg rope leading from the ends Of
the spar is drawn close and frightened
with a Glove hitch round the fish's tail
behind the wide tail hukes. 1t Is thus
the sailor harnesses his enemy.
The clamp Of the cruel jaws drives
the two inch long teeth deep into the
tough spar. The tight line holds 1t in
place, and, struggle as he may, the
shark fails to move the spar an inch
from its position. AS finishing touch
the sailor drew his knife blade across
the sharks eyeballs and let him 80.
Bitted and bridled, blinded, with
Jaws wide gaping. he swan through a
limitless sea in never ending fatuous
circles. The queer furnishings he bore
scared away others of his kind Lone
ly and silent, he passed like Cain
among the fishes till starvation and
sheer misery ended his existence
Cruel? or course it was But sure
ly, like the venomous snake, the shark
has long put himself beyond the pale
Of human mercy. Soft hearted as he
usually is, the sailor man has Il long
memory. The shark has followed for
weeks in the shadow of his ship and
has watched each man Of the crew
with greedy, malevoent eye. There is
a heavy debt against all the shark
tribe for many a lost mariner, and
when the chance comes to settle old
scores the sailor pays it to the full.
Besides. the thing has the sanction of
immemorial custom. 1t was some Old
Phoenician. trading out of Tyre to the
far Cassitorides, who probably first
put the trick in practice Wide World
Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Translation.

Schubert's we'll known LIED deS gp
fangenen JagerS" is II setting OF Her
dcr's German translation Of SCOTS
lyric, MY hawk is tired of perch and
hood" the second line of which,
My idle greyhound loathes his food
runs in the German ns follows:
Mein mussiger Windhorn sen Futter yer
schmaht.
In by far the largest collection OF
Schubert's songs published with Eng
lish words this line appears with the
following English text:
My musical woodhorn its lutter hath
stiled.
Which could only have been perpe
trated by some one to whom English
and German We're equally unknown
London National Review.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Whv 1881 Was Chosen,

In 1881 so called prophecy of Moth
or Symptoms was in every ones mouth:
The world then to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one
A travelling tailor denied inspiration
to this prOgnOstic. nor. as now appears.
was it remarkable for accuracy. But
he went further. He demonstrated in
the dust Of the road why that exact
date was chosen. Not only was It
cabalistic. multiple Of nine. etc. but
it was the only date available to Moth
er Shipton which In Arabic numerals
was the same back ward. forward and
upside down. Eleven hundred and
eleven was past. and not till 1881 would
the coincidence recur The next Moth
er Shipton will select 80OS. which is
not tomorrow or next day.-LondOn
Saturday Review.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
COMPASS VARIATIONS.
Magnetic Needle Rarely Points True to
the North Pole.

True as the magnetic needle to the
pole" is familiar saying. How I'M
true it Is may be learned from cur
rent publication by the coast and geo.
detic survey, department of commerce
and labor. containing tables showing
the changes that have taken place In
the direction of the magnetic needle
in every section of the United States
from 1850 to 1910.
That the places where the magnetic
needle does point true to the pole are
limited to II small region Of the earth
Is well known to land surveyors, navi-
gators and explorers. who. In the pur-
suit of their duties. have to be guided
by the indications of the compass nee
die.
History furnishes interesting in
stances of the early ignorance of this
fact. On Sept. 10, 1892, CONSERVATION
prevailed among the sailors on board
Columbus ship when 1t was noticed
for the first time that the compass
Of the north star. as it had done all
along since their leaving European
shores, though. to be sure. by a grad
ually diminishing amount. then point
ed somewhat west of the north star
and continued to do so as the ship
passed to the westward.
Thus 1t was that Columbus on his
first voyage not only discovered a new
world, but also the important practical
fact that the compass needle not only
does not point true to the pole. but
that ii varies in its direction from
place to place Before that time the
deviation Of the needle from the true
north was considered due to the I'M
perfection in the mechanical constlrlc
ton of the magnetic needles and was
not before recognized as a distinct sci
entihc fact. incidentally ii may also
be stated that during this first v"y
ace Columbus passed through one
place Il little west of Fayal island
Azores, whore the needle pointed to
the true north. and II few years later
Sebastian Cabot observed another such
place somewhat farther to the north.
the observations of the two thus rough
~ locating for the first time an agonic
line, or line of no magnetic Geclina-
ton
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
BATTLE OF THE KEGS.
A Bloodless Naval Conflict Of the Few
dictionary War.

n DlOCGlsSS naval SSnIilCt CT tflS tbGN-
dictionary War.
All wars have their humors and
jokes, and the Revolutionary war WAS
no exception. Jan ., III, figures in
history as the date of the battle of the
kegs, and, though blood'ess. ii has been
celebrated in verse. Six months after
the Declaration of Independence, while
the British fleet was stationed at Phil.
adephia, the Americans undertook to
destroy the ships by means of impro
vised torpedoes. which, set aiioat in
the river above the city. were to carry
death and destruction among the Ell
envy.
The alleged torredoes were shaped
like kegs. and when the British land
forces discovered them floating down
the river they We're drawn up and or
dered to fire on everything that came
within range. The officers remembered
the Trojan horse and feared every keS,
might contain an armed rebel. AS the
kegs came floating down there was
great excitement and much firing. hut
no casualties. The only explosions
were from the British guns. for the
tOrpedoes We're failure.
The incident furnished much amuse
ment to the patriots and was cleverly
versified by Francis Hopkinson, a
prominent lawyer of the day. one of
the signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence and the first district judge
Of Pennsylvania by appointment Of
Washington. He was one of the most
popular writer's Of the day. and "'rhe
Battle of the Kegs" had a great run
among the patriots ana distinct intu-
ence in the way of military inspiration
Francis Hopkinson was the father of
Joseph Hopkinson. author of Hail Co
lumbia. "-!nGianapols News
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
The Bow.

A writer in the Biblical World.
speaking of THE Minister and the
Boy" says: ITO behold in the boy a
rough summary of the past and to be
able to capitalize for good the sue
cessive instincts as they emerge Is to
accomplish fine piece Of missionary
work without leaving home. -" The
fire wOrshiper, the fierce tribesman.
the savage hunter. the religion making
nomad, the daring pirate, the elemental
fighter with nature and rival Of every
kind, the master Of the world in max
ing, comes before you in the unfolding
life Of the ordinary boy. 80 He is
an abridged volume on ethnology."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Annie or Onion?

No one would for moment imagine
any one mistaking an onion for an ap-
pie. But don't be too sure. Some day
when you have nothing else to do cut a
small square of onion and square Of
apple Of the same size, close your eyes
and hold your nose tightly and then
get some one to hand you one Of the
squares without telling you which one
It is. You would be we'll advised not
to wager any money on being able to
tell by chewing which 1t is. The expla
nation Is that large part of what we
Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Easy to Keep Af7oat.

If every person knew that 1t is i'm.
possible to sink II one keeps his arms
under water and moves his legs as II
he were going upstairs and that one
may keep this motion up for hours BE-
fore fatigue ends 1t there would bs
few casualties Such Is the fact. Ex
possible the man who gets an tnvOl
untary ducking has small chance OF
drowning. He can generally keep
afloat until rescuers appear. The pe0
pie who drown are those who frantical
~ wave their arms out Of water and
lose their self possession.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Mature.

I'VE say that nature IL blind" says
John Burroughs in the Atlantic. "but
she has no need of eyes. she tries all
courses. She has infinite time. infinite
power. infinite space. and so far ms oni
feeble minds can see her delight Is t.
play this game of blind mans buff over
and over to all eternity. Her creatures
get life and the JOY and pain that life
brings. But what is augmented or de
pleted or concluded or satisfied or full
filed who knows!"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
The STRANGE Part.

Mr.. Dresser with evening paper)-
Here's strange news! A New York
child hid for thirty hours in her moth
lr's clothes closet!
Mrs Dresser-I should say 1t Is
strange Imagine Il New York woman
not changing her clothes in that time!
Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Mathematical Snakes.

Gazing at II collection of serpents at
the 200. the rural visitor observed.
'My gracious. those snakes must mui.
tply rapidly"
With twinkle in his eye the keeper
replied, Some kinds do. but these par.
titular ones dre adders. Judges Ii.
byary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
The Proper Carer.

Ascum-Tell me which is proper.
Nculd you say ut is possible tor two
to live on $40 II week" or ION $40
weekly?' Wise Well I'd say lit is
possible for two to live on $40 a week
weakly" Catholic Standard and
Tines
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
A Thorouoh Test.

inspector. that woman | said was
always listening on my party line must
have quit"
what makes you think so?'
"Why, my wife has been listening
for three weeks and hasn't caught hel
t."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Ordeals.

sit must be terrible thing to go
through the third degree.
"It must be. indeed" replied Mr..
Bingdad I'll bet it's even worse
than trying to answer all the questions
twelve-yearold boy can ask
Washington Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Nerx Mean

He-1 believe that every man should
do something TO advance scientific
knowledge. When | die | shall leave
nv brain to science She Stin.y
thing Judge
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
A Pessimist.

Tommy Cod What is it they call Il
reSsimist. pa: PA Coda peSSiniSt
my son, Is Il fish who thinks there Is 4.
hook in every worm PUCK.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Velocity Of a Rifle Ball.

1t appears that the greatest velocity
of n rife ball is not mt the muzzle. but
some distance in front. An average Of
ten shots with the German infantry
rifle has shown Il muZZle velocity of
2.OGS feet per second. with maximum
velocity of 2.132 feet per second at ten
feet from the muZZle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15

We should be surprised not at our
good deeds. but our bad ones.-ph;l
lips Brooks.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15

That they are sinners few are will
ing t. deny; that they are SHINING FEW
are rMdy to admit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
WnrId,s Yisihle Snnnly

New Orleans, March 16.--Secretary Hes ters' statement of the worlds visible sup ply of cotton made up from special cable and telegraphic advices compares the fig ures of this week with last week, last year and the year before. It shows a de- crease for the week just closed of 145,372, against a decrease of 141,0l0 last year and a decrease of 62,s49 year before last.
 The total visible is 5,S47,075, against 5,992, ,447 last week, 4,4s7.S72 last year and 4270, GOT year before last. Of this the tota of American cotton is 4,639075, agains | 477s,447 last week, 3S03,S72 last year, ant l 2,927M7 year before last, and of all othe kinds. including Egypt Brazil, India, etc, | l, POS, ,OOO, against 1,214000 last week, 1,f2 GOO last year. and 1,3i3,0O0 year before last The total worlds visible supply of cot ton as above shows decrease compared with last week of 145,S72, an increase com. pared with last year of 1,359,203 and au increase compared with year before lasi of 1,576 46S.
 Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there is now af1oat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 3, ,350,0OO against 2.eS3000 last year, and 2.S01 ,000 year before last in Egypt, 2j6, coo, against 22s000 last year and 15zoOl year before last; in India, 637,000. against SIS, eco last year and 75S,O0O year before
 last, and In the United States, 1,64,0O9 against 1 ,06l GOO last year and 1,t35,000 year before last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16
OPENING ADVANCE
 IN COTTON MARKET
Heavy Rains in the Eastern Belt Is Considered
 Responsible

New York, March 15.-Heavy rains in the eastern belt were considered the cause of an opening advance in the cot- ton market today, but prices later eased off under active realizing and prospects for more favorable weather in the south over Sunday with the close barely steady net 1 point higher to points lower.
 The market opened steady at an ad- vance of to s points on higher cables than expected and reports of very heavy precipitation in eastern sections of the belt, which in some few instances footed up five inches or more. There was active buying In consequence of the indicated further delay in farm work and the pos slbility of floods, particularly In Ala bama, but realizing was general and the market soon developed a tendency to ease off from the opening figures
 Offerings were well absorbed on re- action to about the closing figures of yes terday and slight bulges occurred from time to time during the day, but profit taking became heavier on every little rally and closing prices were at praeti- cally the lowest. Selling was ITO doubt promoted by tho official forecasts for clearing weather in the south today, fol- lowed by generally fair conditions Sun day and the unsettled labor conditions may have been factor.
 Private advices from Liverpool attrib- uted the relatively good showing of the market there to the reports of rain from the south, and continued activity in Man chester and foreign houses were consld- erable buyers here during the trading There appeared to be little change in the character of reports from southern points, most of them claiming firmness in spots in the interior and delayed farm work, which probably inspired more or less buy Ing on scale down on the days trad ing.
 The into sight movement proved slight y under expectations, but spinners talk ings also showed a falling off as oom- pared with last week and the weekend statement appeared to be without any particular influence on the market The rumor was circulated that the National Gnners associations ginning figures were between 100000 and 16200. 900 bales.
 Port receipts today 35,979 bales, against 25. .4S2 last week and 337 last year. To- days receipts at Galveston 57S2 bales, against 37ST last year. at New Orleans 462, against 1297 last year and at Houston 596S against 1895 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-16

Galveston: Steady; midding, Il ll-16c; net receipts, 57S2; gross receipts b7S2: sales 120o; stock, 279ss3; France, s050
 New Orleans: Steady; middling, 10 11-16c; net receipts, 4l62; gross receipts, 45s7: sales, 2io0 stock, 229, 4s2; Great Brit ain, BOO; continent, 16, ,433; coastwise, 13.
 Mobile: Net receipts, 623; gross re- ceipts, 623; stock, 4O,2i6; Great Britain. l3, ,234; coastwise, 424.
 Savannah: Steady: middlng, 10 5-16c net receipts, 32S9; gross receipts. 22il sales, 15O0. stock, 194, ,2SS; Great Britain, l5OO: continent, i00 coastwise 1896.
 Charleston Steady; middling, 1oAc: net receipts, s25; gross receipts, S26 stock, S, 259; eoastwise, 5S6.
 Wilmington: Steady; middling, 10 5-16c; net receipts, 2Ss7; gross receipts, 2SS7; stock, A,3l3. coastwise. POS.
 Norfolk: Firm; middling, 10ksc; net re- ceipts. PIE. gross receipts, 21l3. stock, 42, 363; coastwse, 14A.
 Baltimore: Firm; midding, 10Ac: net receipts, 22S5; gross receipts, 22S5; stock, 10.49S.
 New York: Quiet; midding, 10. o.75c, net receipts. l00, gross receipts. 1892. sales, 4275; stock, 16ss30; coastwise 1882.
 Boston Quiet; n.iddlng. 10 75c net re- ceipts. s65. gross receipts, 1457 stock, s425.
 Philadelphia: Quiet: middlng He, net receipts, 20l gross receipts, 1123 stock, 1888; continent, 59j.
 Brunswick: Net receipts, 6o60: gross re- ceipts, Go60. stock, 5G94: coastwise. 9i2
 Gulfport Net receipts, 1883; gross re- ceipts, 1883; stock, 16,526.
 Newport News: Net receipts, 1i93; gross receipts, ii93; coastwise. 1i93.
 Texas City: Net receipts. S7l; gross re- ceipts, 371; stock, 14.95i; Great Britain, Ill., Sl3.
 San Francisco: Net receipts. 2540 gross receipts, 254o. Japan. 2540.
 Total today at all ports: Net, 35,979: Great Britain, 293i7; France, S050; conti- nent, TIPS; Japan. 254O; stock, 1.073.10s
 Consolidated at all ports: Net, 178,056: Great Britain, 193S35 France, 27,7i3; con- tiI.ent, s3,522; Japan, 5336
 Total since September [ al all ports Net, 10,4S9.Ss2: Great Britain. 3,i93.9i2; France. t,0l3,S46: continent, 36l2, GA; Japan. 3s2 ,016; Mexico, 53SS.