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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
MAKING WATCHES.
Wonderful Feats That Are Performed
by Modern Machinery.

by Modern Machinery.
The rapidly with which watches are
nowadays manufactured has been
made possible by the ingenious ma
chinery designed within recent years
for the making of all parts of watch.
The speed with which these various
parts are turned out Is little short OF
marvellous Great sheets of brass and
steel are cut and rolled into ribbons
and punched out into wheels at the
rate of 10000 day from each punch
ing machine. Workers drill the thirty
one holes in the roof of the watch as
fast as they can count.
Brass wire gIides into machine
that measures OFF the length of part.
turns 1t, puts a screw thread on each
end and actually screws 1t in at the
rate of 1000 a day.
The screws are Of such tiny size
that fifty gross of them may be put
In woman's thimble. while of others
there are a thousand gross to the
pound.
Balances are cut from the solid steel.
ground down. worked up and drilled
with their twenty-five screw holes
apiece at the rate Of 100 wheels a day
from each machine.
Wheels have their teeth cut, couple
of dozen at time. some with from
sixty to eighty teeth, at the rate OF
200 wheels day from each machine.
-Harpers Weekly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
EXPRESS cos
file PROTEST
Declare New Rates Mean a
Big Loss for
Them
INTERSTATE C'MMERCE
RULING ATTACKED
In Formal Answer They Say
Deficits Would Be
Caused

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE five chief
( express companies OF the country have
I filed with the interstate commerce COM
mission statements and figures showing
the loss in revenue that would result 10
them and other express companies if the
commissions proposed reduced rates
were effective. The commission ordered
changes in the rates, rules, regulations
and practices of the express companies
several months ago, but did not make Its
order effective as to rates, the express
companies having protested that the re-
duced rates would cause them to carry
on a large part of their business at a
loss.
1t was decided by the commission to
select certain day, the receipts OF
which under the present rates, the ex-
press companies on interstate business
collected S295, 1854. This would be S22l,-
21s, or $7i,446 less, if the commissions
proposed rates were in effect.
A date will be fixed for the express
to explain their figures before
it makes any further order.
According to the figures the aggregate
loss to the Adams Express company on
merchandise for the year
ended June 30, 1912, under the commits.
sion's proposed rates would have been
S5,05S ,8i5; the American Express com
pany, S5,276,SSl; the Southern, $1,000 |
3S6; the United States, 1892 ,223; the |
Wells Fargo, $4,700,429, or a total of |
s20,5lS,566 for the year.
The statement set forth that while |
he commission has not intended to as
ert any jurisdiction over interstate traf-
ic, the express companies believe the
proposed interstate rates,
When ON lower basis than interstate
ates, will operate to reduce such intra-
tate rates correspondingly, but that the
proposed rates when on
igher basis than intrastate rates will
OF operate to increase the intrastate
ates.
A series of tables was filed by the com
anies showing the percentage OF pack
&c carried between one and five pounds,
tx and eleven, twelve and twenty and
p to between fifty-one and 100 pounds
nd the percentage of loss under the pro.
osed rates. II is shown that ON pack |
ges of from one to five pounds and
ON six to eleven pounds the loss would
> heaviest. !
In the statement no reference is made u
} the parcel post system which became $
competitor of the express companies
i January |. 1t is believed BY the
'mmission that when reports of the ex- o
,ess companies are heard reference will P
, made to this system and that an Ell t
rt viii be made to have the commits
on further stay its order until it is
'certained to what extent the parcel t
'st is competing or taking business e
way from the express companies. d
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
Didn't Want Any.

Swigsby came downstairs to a 10
o'clock breakfast with a vacant coun-
tenanee and backward tendency in
his hair that made his eyes ache. He
sat down at the table and. picking up
his fork. glared In uneasy wonder at
something on the plate before him. 1t
had evidently been fried and was in
tended for food.
Swigsby harpooned 1t with his fork
and lifted it bodily. gazing at it with
increasing wonder
What under the sum-" he exclaimed
at last. lis this thing"
WELL" replied bis patient wife, with
the shadow Of a sigh. ''it looks like
your new soft felt hat, and that is
what thought it was, but you pulled
1t out Of your pocket when you came
home this morning and said it was a
nice steak. and you wanted 1t fried for
breakfast. You needn't give me any Of
1t. I'm not hungry"
And Swigsby. who was just wild to
know what else he said when he came
home. and what time 1t was. for the
life OF him didn't dare to ask.-Pear-
sons.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
TO FIND OUT
THE REASONS
Why Construction on the
Southern New England
Was Stopped
G. r. TESTIMONY IN
LONDON TO BE TAKEN
Commission To Cross the
Ocean Is Author
lied

New York, Feb. l7.-Judge Juliu,
Mayer in the United States district court
Saturday authorized the appointment OF
a commission to 90 to London and take
the testimony of Grand Trunk railway
directors and certain bankers in the gov
ernment's prosecution of President Mel
len of the New Haven railroad, President
Chamberlin of the Grand Trunk and AL
/ fred w Smithers, chairman of the board
of directors of that road. The motion
was made recently by John d. Lindsay,
attorney for Edison ]. Chamberlain
! Lindsay contended that the testimony
would prove that the diseontinuance of
the work on the projected New England
branches OF the Grand Trunk had been
ordered from London by the board of d.
rectors because of the financial strin-
gency consequent upon the Balkan war
and was not the result of an agreement
between Presidents Mellen and Chamber
lin, as stated in the indictment against
the three defendants, who are charged
with violation of the Sherman law.
That the taking of testimony abroad
may extend over a lengthy period is
evident from one portion of the memo
randum accompanying Judge Mayors de-
cision, in which he says that the order
for the commission should be broad in
its terms, since it is possible "that the
testimony may develop so that each side
may wish to call persons not now in con-
temptation as witnesses"
1t was the possibility of such a delay
that caused the government officials in
charge of the railroad inquiry to object |
to the appointment of the commission !
Special Government Attorney William |
Rand, jr., insisted that the motion was |
solely for the purpose OF gaining a
respite and was not designed to prevent
He argued that the records OF the
Grand Trunk railroad would show
whether Chamberlain had received the
directions to stop work on the New Eng
and lines, and that if Chairman Smith
RS or any other of the directors had
which would exonerate Cham.
,erlain they would be willing to come
,ver here to take the witness stand.
During the argument of the motion
asst Thursday Mr.. Rand took occasion
o remark that the 'hearing was sched-
lied in the court calendar to come be-
ore Judge Martin. This aroused the
of Judge Mayer, who asked:
Are you afraid that | am going to
rant this motions"
In his memorandum Judge Mayer sug-
ests that the vital consideration at the
rial will be the seventh overt act eharg.
d in the indictment which alleges thai
n November Q, 1912, the defendant
hamberlin caused the discontinuanee OF
he work of construction on the line from
almer, Mass, to Providence, r. /. This
barge. the judge points out, is the one
'hich the defendant Chamberlin wishes
, controyert by means of the testimony
lken by the commission.
Southern New England Suit
Concord, n. H., Feb. ia bill in }
outhern New England railway corpora ,
on was filed in the Superior Court here
aturday by the Grand Trunk railway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
GOLF LINKS SAvAGELY ATTACKED
Militant Suffragettes in England Raise
Havoc with the Greens.

London, Feb. 1.-THE militant suf-
fragettes made a concerted raid on the
golf links all over the United Kingdom
Friday night. The championship green
at Sandwich and links at Cromer, Sher-
ingham, Chingford and other places were
ruined by being dug up and the throw
ing of acids about the holes. Zelie EN-
erson, described as an American, and
Sylvia Pankhurst, who were given Jail
sentences Friday for smashing windows
in London shops Thursday evening, were
released from custody Saturday, their
fines being paid by an alleged unknown
person. Misses Emerson and Pank-
hurst had led the raiders on the shop
window smashing expedition and had
been sentenced TO six weeks and two
months imprisonment. respectively, in
default of paying a fine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
A MESSAGE TO WOMEN
Who Are "Just Ready to Drop"

When you are "just ready to drop"
when You feel so weak that you can
hardly drag yourself about-and be-
cause you have not slept well, you get
up as tired-out next morning as when
you went TO bed, you need help.
Miss Lea Dumas writes from Malone,
y. V, saying: Il was in a badly run
down condition for several weeks, but
two bottles of Vinol put me on my feet
again and made me strong and well.
Nin0l has done me more good than all
the other medicine / ever took
If the careworn. rundown women, the
pale. sickly children and feeble old folks
around here would follow Miss Dumas
example, they, too, would soon be able
TO say that Vinol, our delicious cod liver
and iron remedy. had built them up and
made them strong
II Is a wonderful strength creator and
body builder, and we sell il under a
guarantee of satisfaction. You get your
money back if NinOl does not help YOU.
Red Cross Pharmacy, Burt II. Wells,
Prop. Barre. VT
T. s.--For any skin trouble, try our
SaxO Salve. We guarantee it.-Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
MEREDITH AS A CHILD.
When Only Two Years of Age He Had
an Air of Superiority

an Air OF Superiority.
AS is generally the case with an only
child. brought up entirely in the so.
ciety of his elders, George Meredith
developed early and always had some
hing Of contempt for Juveniles of his
own age. He was a reserved and
acutely sensitive boy. afraid of ghosts
and being left alone in the dark. and
was perhaps a trife spoiled by his
mother. refined woman. whose love
and care he lost before he reached his
sixth birthday. There is still living
gentleman who we'll remembers
George Meredith at the age of two
years. This was about 1901. and
Mr. James Price relates of his visit:
II went up to the large front draw
ing room. where found the boy and
lady who must have been his mother.
The boy did not seem to care much
about playing with me. and l was
rather shy. He brought me his toys
and picture books to see. and | was
nightly pleased. remember. with 8
horse and cart mot Ike the many
cheap ones that had seem. beauti-
full, lifelike white horse. and the cart
Of superior make. and as George drew
It along 1t made music as the wheels
went round. What remember of the
.hild's appearance is somewhat hazy-
/ boy In white frock and blue ribbons
tied up his sleeves. but he was GER
.ainly pretty child. / spent the after
noon with him. but we did not get on
much together. as be assumed a sort OF
"--Fortnightly Review.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
DEMOCRAT NOMINATED.
Hitchcock Names Maine Man as Chief
Postoffice Inspector.

Washington, Feb. l7.--Carter b. Keene,
long in the inspection service here, but
resident of Freedom Me-, was nom
mated Saturday by Postmaster General
Hitchcock as chief postofiice inspector.
This is one of the important bureau
places in the department and the in
eumbent carries large responsible
ity. Mr.. keene is a Democrat, who
came to Washington during the second
Cleveland administration, and has been
in the postal service ever since. In re-
cent years he has been inspector in
charge of the Washington division.
The Office became vacant by the resig-
nation of Robert S. Sharp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
Eeonomx and Consolation.

Her discovery In its way was not
less than epochsL
lit Is so easy to save when you
know howr' she exclaimed. "0h. so
easy! Do ! wish to save SOS? Very
well. I 80 down town and find some
thing I would ike that costs SIS. and
then I don't buy IL Nothing could be
simpler
She did not deny. however. that her
method involved = sacrifice.
Pint II the sacrifice j. too painful"
she went on TO explain. \ 90 and end
something nv husband would ike that
costs SIS and don't buy that--Puek.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
The English Language.

A correspondent has complained that
in a story the other day We used "seis-
sors- in the singular number. II We did
50, il was an oversight. But this kick
Just goes TO show another one Of the
foolishnesses 81 our beloved tongue III
there were any logic in il. a three-tined
fork is a triple and should always be
called they Why isn't a glove plural.
II a scissors aref II a shears Is two.
what are a saNbuck !-Clevelsnd Plain
Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
Woman's Precious Gift

The one which she should most jeal-
ously guard. is her health. but Il is the
one most often neglected. until some all
ment peculiar TO her sex has fastened
itself upon her. When - affected, such
women may rely upon Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. a remedy
that has been wonderfully successful IN
restoring health TO suffering women
Az
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
while He Waited.

Little Girl - Mr.. Lingerlong. Is
quletus something you wear? The
Young Man--No. Miss Kitty. Why 90
you ask that? Little Girl-'Cause
heard sister tell mamma the other day
she was going to put quietus on you
the next time you came. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
Housekeeper's Decalogue.

Thou shalt not discard thy dress be-
cause it is faded, but bleach to a pure
white.
Thou shalt not pay out much money
for corn plasters, because a salve of soda
and lard will cure the very worst corn on
thy toe.
Thou shalt not use damp fruit. or
thy cake will be heavy; after washing
the currants and raisins, thou shalt be
sure they are thoroughly dry.
Thou shalt not throw away sour
cream, but use in place of butter, when
thou art baking. saws writer in" Home
Department" in National magazine.
Thou shalt not dry white gloves or
hose in the sun. lest they turn yellow.
Thou shalt not discard thy rubber bag
because OF hole. but ill with hot sand
or salt. and twill give you all the heat
that thou needrst.
Thou shalt not let the juice Ooze out
from thy pie, because thou canst prevent
IL by binding the edges with a strip Of
white cloth wrung out of cold water.
Thou shalt not pay large sums for
dry cleaning. but thou shalt use "elbow
grease" with a cake OF magnesia.
Thou shalt not allow cheese TO mold.
when a cloth wet in vinegar and put over
it viii prevent
Thou shalt not use thy new baking
dishes until thou hast put them in a pan
Of cold water. set where i will boil and
then set away until water has cooled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
A CARD.

We. the undersigned, do hereby agree
10 refund the money on a 5O-cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar, If
Il fails 20 cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee ascent bottle to prove
satisfactory. or money refunded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
You Know Us

We business right here where you live. You
acquaintance neghbor friend of This
offer should the sincerity Of claims
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17
Topics of the
Home and
HOUSEHOLD.

If your soup is found too salty add a
few slices of raw potatoes and cook a
Nlittle longer. The potato will absorb the
surplus salt.
onions from the hands; save the outside
pieces for this and scour the hands with
them.
To whiten wooden floors, add two
tablespoons of kerosene to hot soapy wat
er. 1t will cleanse the boards and will
destroy any insect that may be in the
cracks of the wood.
If little cold water is turned on
grease spots as soon as they get on the
floor You will have no trouble in remov-
ing them. The cold water hardens the
grease and prevents the wood from alb
sorbing it.
A great many when troubled with sore
throat use a gargle of dioxygen in water,
but it sometimes happens that one hasn't
bottle OF this indispensable agent at
hand In such case, salt and warm
water will produce almost equally good
re suits.
A safe and quick remedy for indiges
tion, heartburn and similar ills is to mix
half teaspoonful of baking soda with
the same amount of powdered magnesla
and dissolve it in half cup OF water.
This may be cold, but acts more quickly |
when hot.
Tartar, one of the greatest enemies of /
the teeth, may be kept away by the |
daily brushing of the teeth and the use |
Of a few drops of myrrh in a half glass
Of water. Use moderately stiff tooth
brush The teeth should be brushed aft /
er each meal, but where this is not con-
venient cleanse them thoroughly every
and evening.
For useful gift, as well as one pretty
and easily made, cut two pieces of paste
board the size of handkerchief when
folded; cover both sides of each piece
with some material which you may
nave; buy two or three pretty handler
,hiefs and place them between the COW
red pasteboard, putting a silk elastic
)and about one-half inch wide around
% hold together.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-17

ly relieve constipation. They act to
overcome the cause OF constipation.
They tend 20 eliminate the cause
OF sick headache. biliousness. bad
breath, nervousness and other ills
attendant upon inactive bowels.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-07

ferson and Liberty SITS. Joseph Kol-
enkovich, 728 Liberty ST., arrested.
George Rice, 1919 S. Wabash, and
Samuel Samody, SAG S. State St, ar
rested while attempting to rob Rob
ert Griffith at Wabash av. and Con-
gress st. Policemen watched robbers
at work, then pinched them.
Edward Noonan, 2414 FIournoy ST.,
routed two hold-ups who attempted
to rob him at Madison and Jeffer-
son SITS.
Wife of James Hughes, 1910 Ewing
av., went to country. Ewing and six
friends arrested in his home for gam
bling.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-07
AVIATOR AND MECHANlclAN
DROP INTO LAKE-RESCU

DhOT TN " EHNE-NESCOE
Aviator Glenn Martin and Charles
Day, his mechanician, plunged fifty
feet into Lake Michigan today when
their flying boat turned turtle and
dove into the water The two men
were caught under the canvas wings,
but extricated themselves and chung
to the wreCkage.
A tugboat, which had been follow
ing the flying craft, rescued them and
lowed their machine to shore.
Martin was out on the water early
testing the flying boat he was to use
in the Chicago to Detroit endurance
test, which starts tomorrow. The
wind was strong and puffy, but he
ignored the advice of aero club mem
bers and started a practice fight.
His craft was so badly damaged
that he will not be able to start be-
fore Thursday or Friday. He will en-
deavor to overtake the other entries
by continuous flight.
-O-O-
Sims, RockefeIler's valet, is father
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-07

Sims, Roc<efeIler's valet, is father
of a fine baby boy and Uncle John
is much tickled. Like as not, Uncle
John will give that boy a penny to
save until he grows up.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-07


Wife Of James Hughes, 1910 Ewing
av., went to country. Ewing and six
friends arrested in his home for gam
bling.
BANKS SHUT DOWN TO PROTECT
THE "LITTLE FELLOWS"
Washington, July 1.-THE closing
of the First-Second National Bank
of Pittsburgh and the First National
Bank of McKeespOrt were ordered by
the treasury department to protect
the little fellows" according to Off
Gals this afternoon.
These are the first closing under
the new administration and it is I'M
derstoOd that they show the policy
of the administration, namely: To
protect the little fellows by before
hand action and let the big interests
look out for themselves because they
usually are quite able to.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-The First-Second
National Bank of Pittsburgh, a re-
cent consolidation of the First and
Second National Banks, was closed
today by order of the assistant comp
trOIler of the currency.
The bank is owned by the J. S.
and w. S. Kuhn interests, who also
own the First National Bank of Nc
Keesport, the biggest bank in the
tube city, and have large water power
and water rights interests in the
West.
A representative of the Kuhns to-
day announced that a receiver will be
appointed for the American Water
Works Co., a S24,0OO,00O concern
which operates in many cities.
w. S. Kuhn, president of the bank,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-07

is at LuG DSuSIuG VI lis VIE dL GIluG 81
Crossing, Mass. A baby boy was born
yesterday and the mothers condition
was critical for a time.
McKeesport, Pa.-The First Ma
tional Bank of McKeesPort owned
by the Kuhn interests, closed it's
doors at 1920 o'clock this forenoon.
James s. Kuhn is president of the
bank.
New York.-WaIl Street was not
disturbed by the failure of the First
Second National Bank in Pittsburgh
and the First National Bank in Nc
Keesport. J. S. and w. S. Kuhn are
not connected with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
The failure of the Pittsburgh bank
has been expected for some time and
has no bearing on the general bank
ing situation.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-14
Mothers Advice
 To Her Daughter
A Real Live Doll to Fondle Is Womans'
 Greatest Happiness.

One of the most important matters about which women concern themselves is their future status a grandmother. And she is wisdom itself who knows of or learns of that famous remedy, Mothers Friend. This is an external application for the abdominal muscles and breasts. It cer- tainly has Q wonderful influence, allays all fear, banishes all pain, is a most grateful encouragement to the young. expectant mother, and permits her to go through the period happy in mind, free In body and thus destined to anticipate woman's great est happiness as nature intended she should.
 The action of Mothers Friend makes the muscles free, pliant and responsive to ex- pansion. Thus all strain and tension upon the nerves and fragments is avoided, and. in place of a period of discomfort and con- sequent dread, it is season of calm repose and joyful expectation.
 There is nausea, no morning sick ness no nervous twitching, none of that constant strain known to so many women, hence Mothers Friend is really one of the greatest blessings that could be devised. This splendid and certain remedy can be had of any druggist at S100 bottle, and is sure to prove of inestimable value not only upon the mother, but upon the health and future of the child. Write to Bradfield Regulator O., 132 Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ca. for their book tJ CxQectant mothers.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-14
SOME MORE WINS IN
 '. M. [. I. TOURNEY
Three defeats and Two Wins cut Down EligibIes; More Games
 Today in First Round

Four new winners in the Y NJ c. A. tennis tourney are DeMund, Marshall, Sargent, and Godfrey, the first two by default from Miller and Scarlett. Sargent after taking a game by default from Green. won from Goldberg. Godfrey bested Wal ters, 6-2 62. The scores in the Sargent Goldberg match were 6-2 and 6-3.
 There will be five matches today or five defaults. Those who are
 matched are Woodworth- Bennett MunsOn DeMund, Rockwell Peat | ross,- Marshall Fitzgerald and Venne- Horrell
 After the first round which is con- l ducted by this afternoons games come the semi-finals, which will like | ly run into next week. An exciting bowling match vii l happen Monday night at the Y be 1 tween team of selected association men and the Hanny team of the Sal 1 river valley bowling league.