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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25

VALUABLE MAIN STREET PROPERTY
which must be sold to close estate. Excep-
tionally desirable location, accessible to rail-
road at rear Main street frontage is 81 feet.
and depth of nearly 220 feet. Building now
property pays about $500 per year. This
is good proposition to hold invest
ment or improve at once is sure TO appreciate
in value. Price is far below what you could
buy the same property for. were IL not to close
an estate. l26tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25

The case against DIR. George D. Sam
son. of Burlington, who was charged
with not stopping his automobile when
ordered to do so by a policeman, has
been thrown out of court. Doctor Sam
son explained that he could not see the
policeman on account of some shields on
his machine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25

Through the efforts of the Putney
board OF trade, private dwellings and
public buildings have been repaired and
the streets have been oiled
and plans have been formed for the
of several streets. The
same organization was also instrument
tai in opening the Putney hotel and Sc
curing a manager.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25

A scaffold, built for the purpose OF
storing grain, at the farm of Frank Hall
in South Hero, broke last week, striking
and killing three calves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25

The Woman's Home Companion of
New York has offered prizes and medals
OF $3.50 for the Better Babies" contest
to be held in connection with the Rut-
land fair. Mrs. George T. Chaffee is sup
Entries close August q.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Not Bothered In the Least.

Senator Joseph w. Bailey of Texas,
whose seat was near the main door
of the senate, was in the midst Of an
impassioned speech one day when
Senators Warren and Oyerman met
near the door a few steps away from
him and began to converse in an un-
dertone They looked toward the door,
then toward Bailey; turned to go out
and then came back and began whis,
pering again.
Suddenly Senator Bailey stopped in
the middle Of burst of oratory and
said something In an undertone to the
two senators. Senator Stone Of Mis-.
souri,, presiding over the senate, think
ing Mr.. Bailey had been disturbed in
his speech by the whispering, raped
sharply for order.
"Oh. that is all right, Mr. Presi,
dent" said Senator Bailey, they
weren't disturbing me. just told
them l would join them as soon as ]
got through ere."-Exchange
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
RIDDLE

Which is the largest room in the
world?
The room for improvement.
When can you drink out of a flag.
staff?
When it holds fagon.
ROW high ought lady to wear her
dress?
a little higher than two feet.
Why do little birds in their nests
agree?
Because they are high men NV.
mem.
Which is the most dangerous bat
that flies in the air?
A brickbat
Why is a filtration like plate now
der?
Because it brightens up spoons.
How long did Cain hate his brother
AS long as he was Abel.
Why is a bad cold a great humi1ia.
ton?
Because 1t brings the proudest 1nsn
to his sneeze tssssa kneess.
Why is a turbler like pugilist?
Because he can't get his living with.
out some assaults (somersaults).
Why is ivy climbing a tree like a
ateh?
Because it's a stem winder
When are roads like corpses?
When they are men-ded
Why is cold cream like a good chap.
eron?
Because 1t keeps off the chaps.
When is a blow from a lady wei
come?
When she strikes you agreeahly.
What snufftaker Is that whose how
gets fuller the more snuff he takes?
A pair OF shutters.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
LAST CAnN|BAL- KING
Ruler of Ashantee Is Now a Prls.
oner on Island OF Maize.
Depesed Eater of Human Beings Had
Palace in South Africa Construct
ed OF Victims Bones-British
Caused His Downfall.

Victoria. South Africa.-The Sey.
chelle Isles. of Africa's Indian sea-
board, have of recent years been turn
ed into a political prison for those
Geposed cannibal kings whose king
doms have, on one excuse or another,
been added to the dominions of the
British crown. At present there are
three political prisoners Of note on
the Island OF Mahe-King Kobanga
Of Uganda, King Assibi of the Gold
Coast and King Premper of Ashantee-
Though all of these ebony royalties
were enthusiastic patrons of the cook
ing pot, King Prempeh is by far the
most notorious and the most inter
esting personality Of the three, for 1t
was his palace at Kumasi that was
built Of the skulls and surrounded by
a neat picket fence made from the leg
and arm bones of the people he and
his tribesmen had eaten.
Owing to an error Of judgment in
selecting a British commissioner as
the, piece de resistance for one Of his
feasts, an expedition was sent to
Ashantee, the country annexed to the
British empire, and Its ruler forced to
exchange his skull-walled palace In
Kumasi for a four-roomed tin-roofed
cottage in the outskirts of Victoria,
the capital of the Seychelles. Here,
surrounded by the huts of the chief
tains who accompanied him into exile,
he lives on the meager pension grant
ed him by the British government.
Clad in the flaming cotton robe of
red and yellow, which is the West
African equivalent of royal ermine,
worn over a pair Of very soiled pa
jamas, his majesty received me on the
veranda of his little dwelling in the
presence Of the constable, who guards
him and who acts as interpreter when
the kings very scanty store of Eng
fish gives out
Now | am not an entire stranger to
the ways Of the Lords anointed, but
this audience with Prempeh of Asian
tee was one OF the most remarkable
experiences that can recall In the
first place, the mercury had crept up
and up until it lowered in the neigh
borhood Of 13e degrees in the shade
OF the house; il the second place, the
sons of the king the told me he had
AZ in alp had crowded into the tiny
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
REAL MEANING OF "P0TLUCK''
Inhabitants OF Limoges Make One
Plunge With Lad'e and Take
Whatever They Can Get,

The real origin of the word pot
luck ia unknown to most of the peo-
pie who use it In Limoges, France,
however one. runs into pot1uck itself,
remarks the New York Sun. In Ger
tain corner of that quaint city Of jost-
ling roofs there is still segregated,
much as If in a ghetto, Saracen pop
ulation, probably a remnant of the
wave Of Saracens that swept over
Europe hundreds of years ago. Here
they live in their Crooked, narrow
streets, following old customs handed
down from generation to generation.
There are many butcher shops in the
quarter and outside Of each steams a
great pot of soup over a glowing bra
zier. In each pot stands Iadle as
ancient as the pot
When a customer comes with a pen
ny in goes the ladle and comes up full
OF saVory broth and chunks of meat,
odds and ends that the butcher has
had left over. And what comes up the
customer has to take. One can imag.
Inc how anxiously the hungry urchin
or the mother of seven must eve the
memorable 1adle and how a pretty girl
might get another draw from the
butchers boy
AT any rate to take potIuck'' means
to take what you get and say nothing
whether the pot is in Limoges or in
the fat Of the man who eagerly in
v1tes friend of his youth to dinner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
PLAY FOR WINTER EVENINGS
Much Amusement May Be Obtained by
Use Of Ordinary Dinner Plate
Covered With La.wp-BIack.

Prepare a plate by covering the
bottom with thick lamp-black. Then
when your friends arrive, tell them
you are able to perform great trick.
Your are an expert magnetizer You
may say:
L do not often perform in pubic.
but among friends do not object 10
giving a proof of my skill. The only
point upon which must insist is per
feet gravity and quiet among the au-
dience. will now see II can select
a subject who is susceptible to the
magnetic influences
You now pass from one to another.
making passes, and looking steadlly
into eyes OF sereral of the company,
feeling the pulse of one and another,
till finally you select one individual
whom you declare to be the man Tor
the experiment.
You now clear one end Of the room
and place two chairs, face to lace,
some three feet apart. In one OF these
you seat your Intended victim and ask
ffbr two glasses of water, standing IN
two plates: This produces the DlacK-
ened plate, and clean one, upon each
of them a glass of clear water.
Handing the blackened plate to the
subject who is to be magnetized. you
take the clean plate and say, seating
yourself in the vacant chair:
Fix your eyes steadily upon mine.
and make exactly the motions that
do.
You now proceed to make several
motions with your open hand, keeping
your eyes fixed upon your victim, till
you have his undivided attention.
You then dip your finger in the water
and drawing it across the bottom OF
the plate make cross upon your fore
head; the subject does the same; a
second pass over the bottom OF the
plate and the face draws a long black
streak down the victims nose; third
smears one check; a fourth the other.
WheB the victim resembles black
amoor the operator gravely rises and
says the subject has proved that his
will is too strong to yield to that OF
another man, and he must try q new
one.
Then lead him to mirror.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

room until the place fairly reeked
with the smell Of perspiration; In the
shird place, I was at a loss what to
talk to his majesty about.
After an awkward pause, during
which the king shuffled his feet I'M
easily, and ! wiped away rivulets OF
perspiration,, he said something in
Ashantee to one Of his attendants,
who shortly returned with a tin tray
holding a bottle of whisky, q siphon
of luke-warh settler, and a couple Of
very dirty glasses. After another
long and uncomfortable pause, the
king asked me if I wouldn't have
something to drink. Taking 1t for
granted that Prempeh's capacity FOR
drink would be as outre as his choice
of food, poured his beer glass full
to the brim with whisky, giving to
myself the drink sanctioned by civil.
liked custom.
I'm my country said the king,
leaning forward and speaking In the
broken English which he had &C.
Quired from the government chaplain,
bad men sometimes try to poison
king, so king turns drink other way
round and suiting the action to the
words, he turned the tray SO as to
place before me the beer glassful OF
whisky. I have never been quite GER
tain whether or not there was twin
kle In the eye of that simple-hearted
cannibal when he literally turned the
table On me.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
7 or 1e 81
Il|I,z|I1
ONES
CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM
interesting and instructive Expert
merit May Be Tried With Any
Talking Machine.

Here Is an amusing and instructive
experiment that may be tried with
any talking machine. Heretofore it
has been supposed that the needle
and sound box were necessary to
transmit the words or music etched
In the disks or rolls used as records
on these machines. You may be sur
prised to know that an ordinary visit
ing card. or any similar card, will be
quite effective as a diaphragm. As
the disk revolves push aside the
needle and apply the corner Of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Old Debt Aids Woman,

New York.-Facing eviction from
her home as well as a mountain of
debt, Mrs. Jennie Walsh, widow,
was lifted from despair at the critical
moment by the arrival of 5000
check from Henry w Gibbs, farm
er of Liberty, NJ z, who said he had
borrowed $3.50 from Mrs. Waish's hus-
band years ago and that the extra
$50 was for interest.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
A Magnetic Motor.

truding. Then push the remaining
needle through the cork for an axle,
making support from the wire as
shown.
To operate, bring one end of bar
magnet between needles A and B.
then A will be repealed and B at,
tracted by the bar magnet and the
wheel turn. quickly lower the magnet
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Automobile hrama

Farmer Hiram was mendlS
front fence when an auto
Nhizzed past, emitting a tran i
smoke from its oil-ehoked engins
Farmer Hiram's hand went
nose. When the car had disapJ
far down the lane and the sraa
died away he yentured to addrs
hired man.
Sam" he said. they ma b
city fellers an all that; hutstaa
tainIy was sulolin some s
gars. Z
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

American war vessels are going to
search for icebergs In the line OF trav-
el of American passenger vessels next
spring. Surprising they find them,
who is going to search for the Amer
lean war yesseIf
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Saws wife Is Not Worth So.

Declaring that his wife is not worth
the IS that it would cost to have In
formation telephoned to Pittsburg, to
which city che Is alleged to have fed
with another man. Joseph Dagutis,
West HazIeton saloonist, said that he
would make no efforts to apprehend
her. This is the second time that
she has left home, he asserts.-Pitto-
burg Dispatch
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Card as Diaphragm.

card to the surface. It will receive
and transmit the sounds perfectly
clearly. OF course, such a primitive
transmitter has neither the volume
nor the expression of the regular ap-
paratus, but it is most interesting as
scientific experiment and will af-
ford great deal OF amusement as
well as furnish food for thought
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Scientists claim they have found the
skull of the missing link. Maybe so
but more likely 1t belongs to some
boneheaded baseball player slain last
Summer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Plants Need Nourishn,ant

s0IaDzS NEED lNUuFIshnlenf
A German investigator has il
cred that plants resist cold best
they are given special nourishrs
keep them warm. For instanuy
feed a plant sugar stimulates itsl
er of resisting low temperature 3
as like food acts upon animals ii;
in less Masked degree.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

A New York man. arrested for
theft, made an excuse that he was q
human mouse, prenatal mark, asd
couldn't help it. The excuse might
have gotten by at that II he'd stolen
nothing but cheese.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

New York boasts a female dentist
who practices exclusively on insane
people. Probably SO that when she
starts out regularly 1t will make no
difference how mad her patients get.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
TEST WITH MAGNETIC MOTOR
Experiment illustrates the Prineipls
on Which All Electric Mo
tors Are Based.

This experiment illustrates the
principle on which all electric motors
are based All that is needed is five
needles, a cork, a bar magnet and a
small piece OF wire.
Magnetic eur Of the needles and
stick them into the cork SO that every
other one will have a north pole pro-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Comes physician who says we
ought to eat the most indigestible
things we can find. But all OF US
aren't newly welded men.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
ne
Ills Limit.

Bridegroom-My darling, d
will be the better man.
Bride-But you can't BE- II.
man.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

New York courts have been asked
20 place value Of $500 on single
bean. responsible for woman's fall.
Many ball players get Esaned for lesB
than that several times a season.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Bobbie Knew.

Bobbie and Little Willie had been
given orders BY mother not to. go
swimming alone. Once in a while,
however, they INDUCED in their Sc.
cret pleasure without telling their
fond motheB
One day they were returning from
swim and both had entirely forgot
ten about the necessary excuse Lit.
tie Willie bravely entered the house,
but Bobbie prudently turned the. cor
ner and waited outside ON the cellar
door.
The first question mother put to
little Willie took the little one un.
aware. Where have you been, VIII.
lie?" asked mother sternly. Willie
hesitated, looked at the door longing ly
and finally replied. Wait till I go anS
ask Bob. National Monthly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Want s5oo,ooo for a Master1iees,

New Yerk-"La schionava,'' q
painting by Titan, has been brought
hese by new firm of collectors, who
are holding the masterpiece fos
$500, 900,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Eggs laid by a New Zealand lizard
require fourteen months to hatch. No
need for cold storage plant in New
Zealand.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

The New York woman who wears
her watch on her ankle Is evidently
ohsessed with the determination not
70 let time get away from her.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Two Hungarian editors fought With
sabers for two hours, and one was cut
on the hand. His rival evidently took
no chances Of allowing him to come
back with the pen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

An expert advises statesmen to stud,
up on elocution. To study on strategy
would be more TO the point ANY man
can talk another to death. but all
don't convince
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

What right has the Harlem cigar
maker who supported five wives on
q weekly salary of SIG to keep bis
financial system to himself?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Constipation eas1ses and seriousl,,
Yates many diseases. 1t is thorouoIl,'
by DR.. Pierce,s Pellets. Tiny su "a.
granules. Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Where would modern medicine and
surgery be without the guinea pig?
And yet nobody has erected. monu-
ment to him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

II Is announced that the late Prof.
Agassiz left an estate Of more than
&2.0oo,0oo, but he did not make it all
teaching school.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

AS a disease, Appendicitis became
known thirty years ago. Before that
eime people recovered without half
The cost
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

The spring hat Is IN the shop win
Aows and some call 1t the first robin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

"A st. Louis man tickled horse I'M
Der the chin, and 1t died laughing.
Handed them the horse laugh. ii might
be said.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Motor in Operation.

and raise it again when the needles
C and ID come around. The direction
of the motor can be changed by using
the other end Of the magnet.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

TO CURE SORE THROAT In f,Nra
Spray or mop the throat with that woIagsgas
septic and old reliable remedy, DIR, Es s
sA&T1SEPTIG HEALING OIL. 25c, 6Qc il a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

French women are having their
faces dimpled. Can the creases be
taken out Or win they be filled up
II the fad paskes9
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

4 Pennsylvania man got emallpoS
from q bunch of bank notes. 3ne
nithy jucre!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Not TO BE CAUGHT

Teacher-What is the stuff heroes
are made OF. Tomrie?
Tommie-You'il have to excuse me.
teacher, but I'm not boomlng any paz
ticular breakfast foodl
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

A Boston man wants to make wona-
On wear aluminium hats. To make
them light headede
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

In Bulgaria bachelors are taxed 500
each. There will be big fall Ia taxes
after the war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
ApoIonY.

you called me dog, sir.
"Oh, no! Some dogs are mn
creatures. I called you d cur
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Christy Mathewson was fined $40
for driving his auto too fast. It isn't
often a pitcher Ii fined for showing
TOO much speed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Or. Anna Howard Shaw remarks
Gagely: THE perfect lady 10 q pig"
Pigs or prig?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

The mayor Of Boston advises all
young men to take a chance on mat
r1mony. They do, II the marry.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Some one should invent an alarm
clock that will make g fellow glad to
bear it.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Meas hats are much smaller this
year. Now. to make the reform Of
sorne value, let women follow their
example.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Chicago police captured a forger
because he had sore feet He must
have been an armless wonder.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

"Girls In Vermont organize TO get
husbands" is the exciting report.
Whose?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

A Boston aviator proposes to carry
parcel post mail by aeroplane. Better
give him all those bricks to deliver.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

A New York lawyer refused to de-
send such a miserable man. Didn't
the client have enough to pay the fee?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

IL the Kaiser Is really busy promote
sng peace, he should change the angie
Of his moustache.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

A college professor has solved the
mystery of the curved ball. Still. Its
Q safe bet he can't throw one.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
Many a man fools himself d
thinks that he is fooling his

TO PREVENT BLOOD Pfasss,.
apply at once the Wonderful, old ss sssa
dressing that relieves pain and heat 4 u NJ
time. a trial Will convince you fhs xss B
infallible remedy for Wounds, old SSs ssas
GRADUATED Eyeiids, Skin and Scaip Is ~
Sc mc, 81 90. 800 an
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15
The Compliment.

He had handed the child a banana
and the latter, In his delight, forgot
his customary Thank you
sBut what do you say. Harry?''
For a moment the child was Dug
zled, then with a smile he handed 1,
back.
Peel it!sHarper'g Bazaar.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-03-15

Sometimes a young LAWYER
good because he has a wife shs
down the law to him.