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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12

time. for its origin is lost In mists OF antiquity
Babylon is heap in the desert and Tyre a ruin
on the Shore" but Damascus still remains Rome
has been called the Eternal City, but Damascus
Is twice as old Rome. Its history runs back
to the beginning OF the world and bids fair to go
on to its end.
II has lived through all these long centuries
and no historian has yet had the opportunity to
write its decline and fall. This is remarkable
when 1t Is remembered that not less than twelve
times 1t has been pilaged and burned, yet 1t has
always arisen with beauty from its ashes.
1t has been ruled by Syrians. Persans. Greeks.
Romans and Turks and 1t has lived and fourished
under them ALL
Damascus is now and has always been rich
and prosperous city. 1t was SO in Bible times
Isaiah writes OF the riches OF Damascus" and
the traveller today may long trains OF cames
laden with all kinds Of merchandise, leaving
Damascus going down to Egypt out to Beirout.
where they shipped to other shores. Its
bazars the most famous in the world. These
bazars series OF shops for the sale OF
tices and in some cases, for the manufacture OF
them. Each bazar is devoted to a particular class
OF goods. They famous for their treasures or
silk. carpets. saddles. silver and gold ornaments
slippers. sword blades. rare woods and almost
everything required in the general life OF the
east. People of many races. men and women in
all picturesque costumes. strings of camels
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12
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and house and court has its fountain and every
where you go amid groves gardens public
resorts or retired hooks. you may see and hear
the murmur of the swiftly flowing and sparkling
streams and this abundance of clear, cold water
is one of the charms of the city. This is the
river of which Naaman spoke with such pride.
when he said Are not the Abana and Pharpar
rivers OF Damascus better than all the waters OF
Israeli" and he was right far beauty and
usefulness concerned.
Damascus is mentioned many times in the
Bible. both in the Old and the New Testament.
In the latter 1t comes before in connection
with the conversion of st. Paul. Tradition has
localized every event connected with the apostle
Outside, on the Damascus road, five miles from
the city, is pointed out the place where St. Paul
had the vision which changed the course of his
life. There is the gate still standing where he
entered the Roman road into the city. This
street is today the most principal, being about a
mile long, beginning at end of the city and
running right across 1t from east to west. Damas-
Gus Is city of mosques baths and fountains.
Climb on to the roof of any dwelling and you are
in a sea of tall minarets, while all around you
rows of what looks like saucers turned up
side down. These are the Arab baths There are
250 mosques in the city, the most important be-
ing the great Mosque. great in size and great
reputation. The ground upon which it stands has
great history. On this spot stood the church
which was erected by Constantine dedicated to
John the Baptist. Then, when the city fell into
the hands of the Turks. they converted 1t into a
ihosque opieoioeihS e'eiyehih6 that hau tiaco
of Christianity They closed the door by which
the Christians entered and closed up other build
ings In front of 1t.
Some few years ago, however, the Great
Mosque to the whole regret of the civilized world.
burned down in single day. Strange to
say the old door escaped the fire and no one was
more surprised than the moslems to read over
its portal these words from the Psalms Thy
kingdom o Christ is kingdom of all ages and
thy dominion endureth throughout all genera
tions."
The mosque was rebuilt. but the moslems. be-
ing superstitious. feared to tamper with the old
door and its sacred inscription and left 1t and
1t can be to this day reminder that Mo
hammedan rule has not always been supreme in
the Mother City of the World
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12

lent one. He is above the seamen
and the petty officers forward, and be-
low the commissioned officers in the
wardroom aft-hence "midship-man :"
There was formerly higher grade
called passed midshipman, but this
was abolished before the Civil war.
Then. about forty years ago, the grade
was restored. but called midshipman.
the former midshipman being desig-
mated as cadet-midshipman. In 1882
the title OF the latter was changed
to naval cadet. which it still remains,
and the midshipmen were merged
with the ensigns. Accordingly, the
time-honored title of midshipman no
longer exists officially in the United
States navy
While officially a naval cadet. that
young officer is still regarded. and
often referred to verbally. as a mid.
shipman. for he is the same creature
as of old. as far as his duties CO. But
by the side of his earlier prototype
the twentieth century mildly" is a
savant. Trigonometry was about as
high up in mathematics as the old
timer ever went. The twentieth cen
tury lad goes far beyond. He goes
through analytical geometry of three
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12

dimensions, differential and integral
calculus, applied mechanics.
Gunnery a hundred years ago was
little more than loading. aiming and
firing at short ranges. 1t now in
wolves metallurgy, theory of the COM
bustion OF powder gases, stress and
strain. mechanical engineering. manu-
facture and preservation of complex
explosives. and other abstruse sub
jects. in all of which the midshipman
of the present day must be proficient
Midshipmen were conspicuous in all
our early wars. notably those with
the Barbary States, with the West
Indian pirates and with the British
in 1912. They were equally conspic-
uous during our conflicts with the
Spanish and Filipinos. Midshipmen.
nava, cadets, had charge of the ex-
tremely hazardous picket duty in the
Santiago blockade. close under the
Spanish batteries. and often under
musketry fire from shore. Cadet
Powell ran his open launch right into
the harbor of Santiago, after the
Merrimac, remained all night under
the menacing guns OF the inner bat
teries. and steamed out again under
their fire in the morning.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12
Midshipmen Now and Then

Something more than hundred
years ago the midshipman was, in
deed. the .midshipmite" that he was
popularity called. for he was but a
mite of a lad. usually receiving his
appointment before he reached his
teens. Admirals Farragut and Por-
ter were midshipmen. afioat and in
pitched battles, at twelve years OF
age. and Goldborough was appointed
when only seven years old. Nova
days. however. the midshipman is
quite different person. He cannot
enter the naval academy under fif-
teen. and is therefore. when on a
regular cruising ship. after complet-
ing his four years academic course,
usually well-developed man. phys
fcally mature and athletic. and with a
trained mind. He Is far better equip
ped mentally than the lieutenants
and many OF the captains OF even
seventy years ago.
The old-time middies were mere
school boys. All the warships OF any
size carried in their regular compile
ments a schoolmaster. whose duty it
was to give the lads as liberal an
education as possible in the odd pc
RODS between strictly professional
duties. This rating of schoolmaster
was abolished, in fact. only about
twenty years ago; but after the es-
tablishment OF the naval academy, in
1841. these officials devoted their en-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12

ergfes to the sailor apprentices only,
the enlisted boys OF the forecastle.
Even these now obtain their educa-
tion on shore.
There Is tradition that the three
brass buttons the midshipman wears
on the sleeve of his full dress coat
during his four years at Annapolis
originated century or more ago.
when their presence was needed to
discourage the youngsters from brush
ing their noses with their sleeves.
This is probably base SANDER. mod
ern research indicating that the but
tons are relics of the days when
there was a cuff-fiap on the sleeve.
At all events. the extreme youth OF
the midshipmite used to be his most
conspicuous characteristic. Instead
OF the full-sized regulation officers
sword that he now carries. he wore a
little straight-bladed dirk about a
foot long. He was to large extent
a messenger for carrying orders
about the ship. but he also took
charge of boats and commanded men,
despite his youth. He was frequent
ly placed in charge of prize cap
tured in war. taking her into port,
and not infrequently suppressing
mutinies among the prisoners on
board. Farragut was a prize-master
at the age of twelve. and got his prize
safely In.
The title "midshipman" is an anc-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12

pounds aurine. IL pounds benzine, IL
pounds analine. OFT OF pound
toluidine. 0.46 of pound anthracite
and 0.9 of pound toluene. From the
latter is obtained the substance known
as saccharin, which is 230 times as
sweet as the best cane sugar, one
part of 1t giving very sweet taste
to 1000 parts OF water.
II ton OF coal be used in this way
there is a bigger profit In 1t than II it
be sold for burning In a range.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12
In Ono Ton of Coal.

From one ton of ordinary gas coal
may be produced 1900 pounds of
coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water
and 140 pounds Of coal tar. By dis
tillation the coal tar will yield 6s.6
pounds of pitch. II pounds of creosote.
IA pounds Of heavy oils. 95 pounds
Of naphtha yellow. 6.3 pounds of
naphthaline. 4.76 pounds naphthol.
2.25 pounds alazarin. "a pounds sol
vent naphtha. 1.b pounds phenol. IL
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-04-12
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o BACK" wrote the late Mark Twain.
'as far as you will into the vague
past. there is always Damascus. To
her years are only moments, decades
Only fitting trifes Of time; she meas
ures time not by days. months. and
years, but by the empires she has seen
rise and prosper and then crumble into
ruin. She is a type of Immortality"
Indeed Damascus is the Oldest of cities
and for that reason is often referred to
as the mother city of the world. When
Abraham crossed the desert from Haran,
and years ago, Damascus was already
the banks of the Ahana, in Syria, and
,l..s hfa.u Lang s.txa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
SOMEWHAT OF DANCING.
Total of ss2 Couples Shuffled Out First
Day of New Year.

Sunlight dances proved a popular in
novation in Barre yesterday afternoon,
when Riley's orchestra FURNISHED music
:or largely attended hop in Hovlan1
ball under the auspices of the Woodmen.
and at the same hour Bruce's orchestra
was making the music for another dance
in the Miles block hall under the auspices
of the n. Z. o. p. The attendance there
was also large Both dances were CON
tnued throughout the evening until /
o'clock and after, with a two hours in
termission from until o'clock in each
instance. The crowds of darcers in both
halls swelled perceptibly at night. !.
Sixty-one couples swung and turned
one hundred and forty-seyen pairs in the
evening at Rowland hall. Fifty couples
in the afternoon and one hundred and
twenty-four was the record announced
at the n. f. o. p. dance. A total of 3S2
couples, 1854 persons, or getting down to
the pedal extremities, 7,640 toes, tickled
the boards on the first lap of the new
year. All of which goes to show that
dancing as a pastime is still in the ring
and promises to give less strenuous di-
versions, such a chess, checkers and
pinochle, game race for popularity.
At the n Z. o. p. affair last evening,
the dancing bug got in its deadly work
so effectively that collection was made
to secure the orchestra for an extra hour
after the hop was advertised to end. In
every instance, the dancing crowds were
good -natured and orderly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
DWINELL--DANCAUSE
East Montpelier Girl Becomes Bride of
Marshfield Man.

The home of MIR and Mrs Henry Dan
cause of East Montpelier was the scene
of quiet wedding Saturday night, when
their only daughter, Mary Louise, was
united in marriage to James Erastus
Dwinell of Marshiield. the ceremony be-
ing performed at O'Clock by Rev. Mr..
Chaplin of Marshfeld in the presence
OF only the near relatives Of the con-
tracing parties. The bride was very
prettily gowned in old rose Himalaya.
The couple were unattended.
Immediately after the ceremony a
wedding luncheon was served and lat
er in the evening, amid shower of
hest wishes, Mr.. and Mrs Dwinell left
for their home in Marshfield, where they
will be at home to their friends after
January l5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwinell were the recipi-
ents Of many pretty and useful gifts of
silver. cut glass. linen china, etc. They
are both very popular and have large
circle of friends to wish them happi-
ness and prosperity in their new life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
GETS $4,000 FROM
PROCTOR ESTATE
Burlington Home For Destitute Children
Has Gift-Ex- Governors Unexecut-
ed Codicil Respected by Fam
ily-Certain Conditions.

Burlington. Jan. 2-The Home for
Destitute Children was the recipient, on
New Years day. Of letter from Mrs.
Fletcher D. Proctor, in which she stated
that she and her children would give
$25 900 to that institution, provided it
weuid raise a like amount for itself,
and the gift was accepted on those
terms.
Prior to Ex-Governor Proctor's last ill.,
ness he had made codicil to his will
in which he provided for bequest of
S26 600 to the home, but the codicil
had never been executed. However, the
family desire that his evident wishes
should he carried out, and hence make
the gift. The conditions imposed are
that an equal amount shall be raised
before Jan. /. 1914; that the home shall
continue to offer opportunity to chill
dren from all parts of Vermont; that
it shall maintain as substantial fea-
tlire Of its work an infants department
for the care of small children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
Two Separate Shooting ARRAYS
in New York This Morning
THREE MEN LIKELY TO DIE
In One of ARRAYS Man in Automobile
Rode Down Into Bowery and Picked
His Victim Out of Crowd-Two Men
Found on Sidewalk in Shooting.

New York, Jan. 2.--The police declare
that a gambling war is responsible for
two shooting affairs this morning, in
which three men were wounded so they
are expected to die. The first of the
shooting eseapades was done by an un-
known man in an automobile who went
down the Bowery, singled out his man
in the crowd, took aim and fired. The
man who was hit was Joseph Harris, and
he was mortally wounded.
The other shooting which gambling
was responsible for, according to the
police, occurred on the West Side, and of
this, the police know little at present.
Policemen found two men lying on the
sidewalk, both wounded so seriously that
little hope for their recovery is held out.
So far as the officers have been able
to learn, no one witnessed this shooting
affair.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02

until in the afternoon, and in the in
terval before dinner, detail OF boy
scouts gave an excellent exhibition drill
in the church parlor. Dinner was served
to about IT'S people shortly before 1890
After the dinner, Deacon John p. Cor
skie presented the pastor handsome
fur-lined overcoat, and DR.. Barnett ac.
cepted in brief speech, in which he ex'
pressed his appreciation of the gift and
of the feeling that prompted it. The
report Of the superintendent of the Sun
day school. H. G. Woodruff, was ther
presented. This report was accepted
and adopted and, later, by a vote Of
the church, was ordered printed and dis.
tributed throughout the parish.
AT 2:05, the meeting reconvened, ano
the report of the Christian Endeavor 50
ciety was presented by its secretary
Marguerite Currier Then followed some
elections, j. c. Griggs being reelected
deacon for a term of six years: Il
Herbert Pape being reelected member
OF the business committee for three
years Frank McWhorter being re-eleet.
ed treasurer; J. G. Griggs and George l.
Lnekin being elected collectors; +. =
Langley and H. A. Phelps being elect
ed auditors; Henry II. Jackson being
elected superintendent of the Sunday
school to succeed II. G. Woodruff, who
had served for ten years. Resolutions
were presented by DIR. Barnett apprecid.
tive of Mr.. Woodruff's ten years serV-
ice
Among other matters of business, the
meeting adopted resolution giving GER
tain persons the right to convey real
estate in the name of the church and
it was voted that an auxiliary committee
Of five be appointed by the church COM
mittee and the business committee to
assist the business committee.
In his annual message. after review
ing the work of the past year, DIR. Bar
nett, the pastor, declared: And as we
face the new year and its work, let us
do so with courage and hopefulness. We
have here an equipment which ought to
be made more effective than it has been
in the life OF the community. This
church is here not for itself alone, but
as the servant Of God IN Barre-to make
this city in some large measure, the city
of God To this work God is calling
MS. and for this He will hold us respon-
sibIe. As your pastor, ]
am proud Of this church, and ! want to
sec It reach that point Of efficiency that
shall bring to us the appreciation Of
the Master"
The membership report of the church
showed total of 53l, twelve having
died during the year, letters having been
granted to eleven and the names OF
eleven having been removed from the
rolls. -Four were received on confession
OF faith aud four by letter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
EARLY INDICTMENTS
EXPECTED BY BURNS
He Arrived in Indianapolis To-day To
Testify Before Federal Grand jury
in Alleged Dynamiting
Conspiracy.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 2.-William J.
Purns arrived to-day to testify before
the federal grand jury in what is con-
sidered to be the final lap in the gov
ernment's investigation Of the alleged
dynamiting conspiracy from which scores
Of explosions are supposed to have re-
suited throughout the country in recent
years. Tonight Burns expects to confer
with District Attorney Miller, Oscar
Lawler, special government prosecutor in
southern California, and District Attor-
nev Fredericks OF Los Angeles county,
California.
The announcement of 0rtie McAlani-
Gals departure from Los Angeles for In
dianapois completes the gathering of the
governments forces in the building up OF
the case against the alleged conspirators.
Burns declared that he would not be sur
prised if mass of indictments were re-
turned this week
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
Granite Mutual Directors Heard
at To-day's Meeting
OLD BOARD WAS ELECTED
The Company Expects to Move Into It's
New Home in Aldrich Building by
Feb. /, Where Up-to-date Quar-
tiers Are Offered.

Very satisfactory progress was re-
ported for the Granite Mutual Fire In.
surance company, one Of Vermont's moss
promising financial institutions, when
the company held its sixth annual meet
ing at the home office in Barre to-day.
The result of the meeting was the entire
recollection of the old board of directors
and then complete return to office of
all the old officers.
The meeting was called to order short
ly after 10 o'clock this forenoon, and
the directors chosen are as follows:
Alpheus P Abbott, Battista Albisetti,
Thos. II. Cave, ir Harlie F. Cutler, Ora
mel ]. Dodge, Ernest A. Drown, Frank
G. Howland, Alexander Gordon, James
Mackay, Albert A. Sargent, II. William
Scott, William H. Sprague, Harrison G.
Woodruff, Frank c. Bancroft, Chas. n.
Barber, Edwin Davis, John Trow, George
Kent, Rufus G. Robinson, Alexander J.
Young.
The directors, nearly all Of whom
WIZ PiNpthIt oAb7N iuNhtlt UfS1ttu bht
following officers:
President G.. Rowland
Vice -presidents-H G. Woodruff and
Charles n Barber.
Secretary--R. G. Robinson.
Treasurer r. G. Robinson
Auditor-T. H. Cave, ir.
The meeting was one of enthusiasm.
owing especially to the splendid progress
the concern still continues to make, with
an exceptionally bright outlook for 1912.
Although the company's fiscal year is
fixed in its charter as August |. the
annual election OF directors and officers
comes in January, while the annual data
on which the company commenced busi
ness is March |, and all efforts to reach
highwater mark are dated from that
time The company now has at risk
S4. .72l ,032, with capital for the payment
OF losses Of S5s2, ,437
Unless some unforeseen circumstances
happen to prevent, the company will on
February | be located in its new offices
in the new Aldrich building at the corner
of Main and Elm streets, where it will
be provided with ample room for tho
transaction of its business, besides hav-
ing a spacious fire-proof vault to protect
its many papers which accumulate with
concern of this kind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
DRAWING SCHOOL REoPENED.
L. w Bishop to Be Instructor in Place
of Frank Dalgarno, Resigned.

All the students of the evening draw
ing school, who wish to regain the time
of the Christmas vacation, may COME
on four successive nights, instead of two,
during the first week, beginning Tues
day. Jan. .. 1912, and few more new
students may also come to register
Monday evening, Jan. 8, at 6:30, the
ladies will resume their study. As Frank
Dalgarno has resigned as instructor, his
pupils join us in thanking him for the
conscientious and valuable service he
has given since the beginning of the
school. We also wish him the best of
success in his new enterprise out West.
L. w. Bishop, a graduate from the
Pratt institute, Brooklyn, \. Y, and
a man of practical experience, has been
chosen as instructor to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Dali
garno.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-02
100 YARDS IN NINE SECONDS.
Edmund Lamy Performed the Feat on
Ice Skates.

Saranac Lake, y. Y, Jan. 2, Edmund
Lamy, former amateur skating cham
rion, covered hundred yards on the
lake yesterday in 8 seconds fiat from
a standing start in an exhibition trial.
The record was Q 3-5 seconds, held by
Morris Wood a. an amateur.
Lamy's feat is remarkable because he
skated around circular track ahd was
not paced. In other exhibitions he beat
all former arrcl-Wmpiug records by
leaping seven barrels ends-up. twelve on
their sides, one more in each case than
he ever did before.
Lamy entered the professional skating
ranks this winter, having lost his anna
teur standing by playing professional
ba seball.