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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
RANDOLPH.

Howard J. Smithers has begun work
for the Sargent, Osgood & Roundy com.
pany.
News has been received from Edmund
Bruce at Hinsdale, N. H., who is critical
ly i'll there, that he is about the same.
George Bruce of this place still remains
with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Patch left Sat
uday for Concord, n H., where they
We're to remain over Sunday and go on
to Boston for about weeks stay, re-
turning home by the way of Clare
mont, n. H., to visit friends there.
At the annual telephone meeting, held
in the store of A. NJ. Hubbard on Fri
day night. the old board of officers We're
reelected, except that of auditor, this
being filed by Il. +. Briggs. Several
business points were discussed, and it
was finally voted to raise the rental
Is per cent, besides some matters re-
lating to company interests only.
Excelsior encampment, No. "a, l. o.
o. f., held a meeting on Friday night
when the following officers were in
stalled by Elmer r. Clark of Mont
pelier: Patriarch, Frank B. Sawyer; high
priest, c. S. Booth; senior warden, L.
A, Salisbury junior warden, w. c. En-
erson; scribe, ~ G.. Buck; treasurer, w.
II. Pelton; guide, i. G. Erskine; first
watch, t. O. Thayer; second watch, r.
NJ. McCrillis. Following the ceremonies,
a banquet was served at Child's restau
rant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
Socialists at Work.

The term of the present administra-
ton of Socialists in Milwaukee drews
near its close. This spring another may
or and other officers will be chosen. Al
ready, months in advance, the fight has
begun 1t is not likely that in any
American municipality will the struggle
be so bitter. the situation so tense. the
lines so tightly drawn. For, whatever
the Socialist party in Milwaukee may
lack, it does not lack the fighting spirit.
1t meets trouble half way and goes out
to face the big odds against it with
grim and joyful satisfaction.
1t has met the silence and abuse of
the newspapers by issuing from its own
big printing plant bulletins, in news.
paper form. which are to be distributed
to every house in the city by volunteer
party workers. In these bulletins all
the achievements of the administration
are praised and fierce attacks are made
on all its enemies. Early in DECEMBER
the Socialists started their own regular
daily paper, The Milwaukee Leader,
which is backed by 100000 capital,
subscribed by jealous members of the
party.
ment than the vituperation of The Lead
err was the great municipal budget ey-
hibit, held in the Auditorium during the
last week in November. In booths and
or platforms which filed the huge build.
ing the various departments of the city
government showed in charts and by
actual specimens of their work all chat
they are doing to make Milwaukee a
pleasant and profitable place of resi-
dence.
Especially remarkable and noteworthy
was the exhibit Of the Milwaukee bureau
of economy and efficiency department
which has no fellow in the government
Of any other American city. IL is al |
most mirth-provoking to consider that it !
for a Socialist administration |
to establish such a thorough-going and |
business-like check on municipal laZi- |
ness, and ignorance and graft.
At the head of the bureau is Prof. /
John r. Commons of the university OF /
Wisconsin. Associated with him as con-
'ulting experts are such men as Major
7harles Hine, organization expert of the
Hartman railroad lines, Harrington EN-
'rson, efficiency engineer, f. +. Turn.
azure, dean of the college of engineering,
of Wisconsin. s. W. Gilman,
accountant President Tafts economy
ind efficiency commission, and w. I. /
Sedgwick, head department public health,
Institute of Technology.
This bureau, with Professor Commons
It its head, is an integral part of the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22

looked at through a good telescope to
be two stars and not one. There is one
fairly bright one, of what is known as
the second magnitude, and another or
the ninth magnitude close to it.
But that is not all. The brighter of
the two is really three stars revolving
round one another, or rather round
their common center of gravity. like
three children playing ring ring o.
roses This secret is revealed to us
by what is perhaps the most astonish-
Ing of all scientific instruments, the
spectroscope. 1t not only tells US what
the stars are made of, but whether
they are moving toward us or away
from us.
When you stand facing the star you
are always facing north. The reason
that it does not appear to move as the
others do is because 1t is nearly in line
with the axis of the earth. Its distance
from us is enormous. This can be
judged from the fact that although the
earth in it's journey round the sun is
today about 190,000000 miles from
where it was six months ago. that
makes no appreciate difference to its
distance from the pole star. 1t must
therefore be many times 190000,000
miles away.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
HANCOCK.

The family of Carl Eaton are all now
improving.
George Ford was in Middlebury few
days recently.
Mrs. Caroline Marsh has been ON the
sick list few days.
volney Manning, who has been sick
with the prevailing distemper, is better.
a daughter, Louise Millicent, was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Perry, January
10
Mrs. Harry Plunkett has been visit
ing at her fathers, E. L. Martin, few
days.
Mrs. G. r. Church and Mrs. Lloyd
Church were guests of Mrs. i. J. Spence
of Rochester one day this week.
Mrs. +. Z. Conrad is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Floyd Perry. Mrs. Conrad will
be remembered at Miss Mary Earl. :
Lloyd Church is fixing up his mill,
near the w. w. Jones farm, and will
soon be at work saving clapboards,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
The Cav Life.

He hurries every morning to catch a
certain car;
He goes to work where hundreds of
other toilers are;
His course is never varied; he has no
time to stray;
The route that is the shortest he takes
day after day;
He works upon a schedule that changes
not at all
IT. winter or in summer, in springtime
or in fall.
He starts in every morning, just as he
did before.
To do certain duty and never any
more;
He has his thirty minutes at noon to
rest and eat,
And when the day is ended he hurries
to the street
To start his journey homeward, night
after night the same,
damned in with other people who do not
know his name.
He does not, know his neighbors, to
them he is unknown;
Beyond his little orbit his face is never
shown;
He hurries every morning to catch
certain car;
AT night he clings where other sad
faced strap-hangers are,
And wonders how the people exist out
on the farms.
Deprived of social pleasures and all the
city's charms.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
ROCHESTER,.

Mrs. John Marsh is very i'll with pneu-
monia.
Miss Hannah Kinsman is spending the
winter here with relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Brooks, who has been
seriously i'll, is now gaining.
The thermometers here registered 30
degrees below zero Sunday morning
Earl Clark of Granville visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Eaton, recent
~.
George Edgerton, who has been work
ing for John Marsh, is very i'll with
pneumonia.
Mrs. c. NJ. Campbell has been in Ran
dolph~a few days, the guest of Mrs. L. @.
Blanchard.
Mrs. H. L. Deane of Montpelier has
been with her sister, Mrs. Fred Martin,
for few days
The central office of the Peoples tele-
phone has been moved from Milo Balls
to Guy Coughs.
Miss Edith Adams of Mortified Falls
was guest of her sister, Mrs. Ralph
Eaton, few days lately.
Many farmers have lost their pota-
toes, owing to the extreme cold. c. Z.
Martin lost about 100 bushels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
cHINAMEN ARE TOUGH.
They Can Live Under Conditions That
Would Kill a White Man.

Peculiar power to resist diseaEe Is q
Ing to Professor Il. A. Ross. For in
stance, out of ten children born in
western homes three, normally the
weakest three, will fail to grow up.
Out of ten children born in China about
right are doomed to die in infancy.
The difference is due to the hardships
that infant life meets with among the
Chinese, and with such rigorous selec-
hon there results a stock displaying q
peculiar hardness Living In the SUI
persaturated, man stifled land, pro-
foundry ignorant of the principles of
hygiene, the masses have developed an
immunity to noxious microbes which
excites the wonder ard envy of the for
eigner.
They are not affected by mosquito
bite that will raise large lump on the
lately come foreigner" says Professor
Ross. "They can use contaminated
water from canals without mourning
dysentery. There is very little typhoid,
and what there is is so attenuated it
was long doubted to be typhoid. All
physicians agree that among the Chi
nese smallpox Is a mild disease. The
chief of the army medical STAFF points
out that during the autumn maneuvers
the soldiers sleep ON damp ground
with little straw under them without
any i'll effects.
Coolies. after two hours Of burden
bearing at dog trot, viii shovel them
selves fun of hot rice with scarcely
any mastication and hurry on for an
other two hours, A white man would
writhe with Indigestion, The Chinese
seem able TO sleep in any position. |
have seen them sleeping on piles OF
bricks or stones or poles, with a block
or brick for a pillow and with the
hot sun shining full into the face.
They stand cramped position longer
than we can and can keep on longer ut
toll unreieyed by change
Or ak."-Chicago News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.
Process by Which These Familiar
Characters Were Evolved.

Characters Were Evolved.
The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word plus. +"
In making the capital letter it was
made more and more carelessly until
the top part of the ''p" was placed
near the center, hence the plus sign
was finally reached.
The sign of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted into mus, with a
horizontal line above to indicate the
contraction. which was a printers
freak that may be found in almost any
book bearing a date earlier than the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
After the lapse of long period of time
the letters were omitted altogether,
leaving only the short line so well
known to all.
The multiplication sign was obtained
by changing the plus sign into a char
acter resembling the letter X. This
was done simply because multiplied
ton is but shorter form of addition.
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above horizontal
line and the divisor below. In order to
save space in printing the dividend
was placed to the left and the divisor
to the right. with a simple dot in place
of each.
The radical sign was derived from
the initial letter of the word ''radix."
The sign Of equality is said TO have
first been used in the year 1867 by
sharp mathematician, who adopted it
as a substitute for the words equal
tn"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
FOUR RULES or SELLING.
they Went With the Job the gritty
Salesman Landed.

Salesman Landed.
Until some ten years ago it vas an
axiom in the big packing house circles
Of Chicago that salesman should be
guided by four rules as laid down by
one of the famous heads of that in
dustry. He was noted for his brusque-
ness and also a democratic nature
that scorned the usual hedge of clerks
that stands between big man and his
callers.
A bright manly looking chap entered
the office one day when he was very
busy.
Good morning." he began politely.
The packer gave him hasty glance.
well, what the blankety blank
blank do you wantT' he growled.
Il want civil treatment, and / want
1t blankety- blank-blank quick" came
the sharp answer.
"oh" The packer looked up in sur
prise. Modulating his voice trifie,
he asked, What can do for your
81 want job as salesman. have
worked as a butcher, | have worked
in the packing houses, and have sold
smaller lines to the meat trade. / have
references to prove that deliver the
goods, and I have them with me. l
want to get into a bigger field, and ]
am here TO make good. Have you got
job open?'
"If we haven't We'll make an open
ing for you. Report TO the sales man
ager Monday morning"
4 As the young man started to leave
the office the brusque old packer called
him back.
do you know why you got that
job?' he asked
mo, sir"
"Well. you have the three essentials
that make a good salesman. Ill point
them out to you. SO you'll remember
'em First, you don't think any man is
better than you are, and you have the
nerve to stick to it; second, you knew
the good points Of what you had to
sell; third, you stated them in the few
est possible words. I'll add fourth
get out before change my mind
Business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22

city government. 1t has the authority
to go into any other department, in
vestigate and study its methods Of do
ing business, point ont errors and leal'N
and recommend improvements. 1t has
already installed scientific and accurate
cost systems in many of the city depart
ments. These systems, first approved
by the consulting experts of the board.
make it fairly certain that the city will
get dollars worth of labor or material
for every dollar it pays out. AT any
rate, with the cost system once installed,
is an easy matter to locate waste ana
extravaganza, while graft is made pr1c-
tically impossible. From Socialists at
Work, February Technical World Maga-
zine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
The Rulina Spirit.

Sitting at cafe in Paris one even
ing. | heard woman's idea of war.
An affeetionate young couple were au-
daciously making love over some ba-
varoise au chocolat. The girl was
telling machere all manner of pretty
things that ran something like this:
what pity there will be no war aft
er ALL You would have been wounded.
and | should have gone out TO nurse
you in such a pretty costume d'infr-
miere"-London Black and White.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
A Girls Wild Midnight Ride.

To warn people of fearful forest fire
in the Catskills, young girl rode horse
back at midnight and saved many lives.
Her deed was glorious, but lives are
often saved by DIR. Kings New Discovery
in curing lung trouble, coughs and colds,
which might have ended in consumption
or pneumonia. 1T cured me of a dread
full cough and lung disease" writes w. r.
Patterson, Wellington. Tex, after four
in our family had died with consumption.
and l gained 81 pounds" Nothing so
sure and safe for all throat and lung
troubles. Price soc and Sl.0O. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Red Cross
Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
Enliuhtenina a Poet.

The English poet Mr. Powys told
this anecdote, in which he claimed to
have been the party of the second
part. He said that he was talking to
an old country woman on the occasion
of the queens jubilee in 1897. What
do you understand by the word .jubi-
lee?" he asked her.
We'll" answered the old dame, "if
you've been married fifty years aud
the mans alive it's golden wedding.
IL he's dead it's jubilee"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
EAST CALAIS.

Frank Scott was in Hardwick Wednes-
day.
Lewis Burnham was in Hardwick on
Wednesday.
d. L. Scott was business visitor in
Cabot Monday
W. G. Eastman was a business visitor
in Hardwick Tuesday
Several from town attended the lee
ture at North Montpelier Friday even
ing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
Riobter,s Criticism.

On one occasion Hans Richter was
present at a concert given by a brother
composer at which the latter per-
formed a long and not particularly in
teresting work of his own. When the
composition came to an end Richter
expressed his criticism in very few
words We'll" he said. II. too, haf
written compositions to make pile so
high" raising his hand three feet from
the ground, "but | hat burned them!"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
Ancient Cancer Cure.

An ancient oriental cure for cancer
was to apply live toad to the affected
part. A well authenticated case of this
form of treatment was that of the wife
of a merchant of Smyrna. A live toad
was strapped tightly over the diseased
part, and. it was said, the woman was
completely cured within a short time.
1t was sacrifice upon the part of the
toad. however, as ii died after it had
been on duty twenty-four hours
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22

For orange filling for cake or tart.
mix in the inner vessel of double boil
er one cupful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls
of butter, the grated rind and the juice
of two Florida oranges, and when hot
stir in two tablespoonfuls of -four
rubbed smooth in one-half cup of cold
water Tor orange iuicel; let cook FIVE
minutes; add two beaten eggs; stir till
mixture is smooth, cook for ten min
utes tcoveredl and spread.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
TIME TO KNOW THIS
What -ROid Will Do For Any Won
an With Piles.

Many woman drags along a life OF
misery with piles because she does not
know of HEM -R0ID the sugar-cOated
tablet remedy that cures any kind of
piles by restoring good circulation of
blood in the swollen, clogged parts.
HEM-ROID is sold under guarantee
of satisfaction by Burt II. Wells. Barre.
Vt, and all druggists. 81 for "a DAYS
treatment. DIR. Leonhardt Co., Station
B, Buffalo, n. Y, mails a free booklet
describing it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
The Best He Could Do.

mfr. Addem," said a tightwad mer-
chant to his sad faced bookkeeper, II
wish you would try TO look little
more cheerful"
81 think" replied the bookkeeper,
swallowing big lump. that for 80
shillings week I'm awfully jolly
London Mail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
THE POLE STAR.

Some of the Wonders of This Great
Beacon of the North,
Most people. If they know nothing
else of astronomy. at any rate know
the pole star, the one star which seems
to keep its place In the heavens with
out movement of any kind. There are
great many. however, who do not
know what a wonderful thing it is. In
the first place. it can be seen when
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
Maud e. pr.na.a.I

She-Suppose. dear, find you have
not given me enough money? He
Then telegraph for more She-Have
you a telegraph blank p Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
A sin Difference

Madge-Dont you think a girl should
marry an economical man? Dolly--l
suppose so, but it's just awful. being
engaged TO one.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-22
MONTPELIER.
Baptist Church Extends Call to Rev. G. /.
Benedict of Southfeld, Mass.

The Baptist church has extended a
unanimous call to Rev. G. I. Benedict
of Southfeld, Mass, to become pastor
of the church, succeeding Rev. L. j..
hamburg, who has gone to Saeo, Me.
Mr.. Benedict is a young man who grad
uated from Colgate university in 1902;
from the connecting theological school,
Hamilton in 1865, and who has taken
post graduate course in Chicago uni
versity.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-18

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-18
Az g FITS
AM z OF
= ENNIT.5

This interesting game will be en-
joyed by the entire family Before Begin
ming cut out the Tennis Court below, and
paste on heavy cardboard and cut out the
spaces marked "CUT OUT" Small buttons
can be substituted for the tennis balls ana
the game IL ready to play. The player Sc
lected for first go now places q button on
space marked 1 and endeavors to thump the
button through the open space in the net
The next player goes from the opposite side
and also tries TO go through the openings In
the net Of course. the tendency II for the
button 70 drop through the holes, but after
several snots you will become expert at the
game and be able to make the button junnp
the hole. Points are counted for every
third go. 20 II on the third 70 you happen to
be In any Of the spaces marked I, 2 or g.
you are credited with the number Of points
In the space. Each player takes his or her
turn. and the FIRST one TO reach q total OF 20
points wins the game. It's lots Of fun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
OSS1AN.
March Is, 1912.

| March 18, 1912.
Mrs. Barney Kipp was a Calmar
visitor Wednesday.
Henry Meyer went to st. Mary
Pennsylvania Wednesday to visit his
parents.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Nj. Olsen Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson are the par
ents of baby girl, born on Friday.
Mrs. 5. Bush and Lester Peterson
visited at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Peterson recently.
Mrs. Dinger of DEBORAH visited her
daughter, Mrs. Jesse Limbeck Fri
day.
Mrs. T. Frantzen visited relatives
in Postville Wednesday.
Mrs. Downing of Monona is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. H. Bothel.
Fred Sobolik and Leo Wiltgen Wis
tied friends in Dubuque Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Evans returned from
Lansing Saturday, where she has
been visiting friends.
Loretta McGary and Anna Cooper
came from New Hampton Saturday,
after a visit with friends.
DR.. Lynch was a professional call
er in Postville Saturday.
Arthalinda Meyer was a Castalia
visitor Saturday.
Miss Kate Denning of Fort Atkin-
son is visiting at the Dave Weitgen-
ant home.
Dance, Marshs hall, DEBORAH, on
Mar. 20. Helwig's orchestra. Come,
Eddie Schultz of DEBORAH spent
Sunday at home.
Jesse Limbeck and Carol Billiard
were Calmar visitors Saturday.
Misses Clara Hauge and Lena
Knutson visited friends in Calmar
Saturday.
Miss Goldie Dowd entertained the
Tennyson Club Friday evening.
Mrs. Ebers Decou spent Saturday
with relatives in Ossian.
An anniversary social will be held
at the home of Mrs. Grace Webster
Saturday evening.
The lhimble Bee will meet with
Mrs. Dave Weitgenant Thursday af-
ternoon.
Miss Bridget Sheehan of Clermont
visited her sister, Mrs. Jim Boyle
last week.
Victoria Figge returned from Ma
son City Saturday, after visiting her
brother Leo.
Nellie Neuenswander of Uastalia
visited at the Ed. Dowd home Fri
day.
Mrs. Henry Klisart and daughter
Celia have returned from a visit in
La Crosse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Spillman went
to DEBORAH today.
Mrs. j. w. Banning will leave to-
morrow for Mason City, for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. George
Wiltgen.
Grace Weitgenant commenced her
spring term IN the Elmer Rosa dis
trict on Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
when YOU FEEL
ALL WORN OUT
Follow Example of Others Half Sick
Nervous and Run Down, Who
Have Found Health in
Root Juice.

That tired, stiff, unrested feeling
Upon getting up in the morning; that
nervous, irritable, out of sorts feel
ing through the day that takes all
the energy, vim, vigor and vitality
out of your body; those backaches,
dull, droopy headaches can all be
overcome by short treatment with
the great Root Juice tonic that has
recently startled whole cities by the
cures it has effected.
1t gives strength to the stomach,
enables that important organ to thor
oughly digest your food so that ev-
cry particle of nourishment is alb
sorbed from it. 1t gives new life 20
the blood, cleans and purifies it, puts
new life into the stomach, new
strength into the muscles, clears the
tired brain and promotes good,
sound, natural refreshing sleep. The
first few doses will prove this to you,
as it has to hundreds of others. 1t
stops Indigestion, belching, pains af-
ter meals, backaches and rheumatic
pains quicker than any remedy
known.
Go to any good druggist and get
one bottle. Try it for a week. You'll
be surprised to find how quickly its
good effect will be noticed.