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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-29

Miss Wrinkles-I'd like to go shop
ping with you this afternoon, but the
dentist Is to fix my teeth.
Miss Crunkle-Well. can't you shop
with me while he's doing i~t:-Chicago
News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-29
QUEER SCOTCH CUSTOM

In France it was once customary at
the approach of Easter TO seek the larg-
est eggs as tribute to the king. and.
when the Easter high mass was finish
ed in the chapel of the Louvre. to take
them into the royal presence. hand
somely gilded and carried in pyramids.
Then the chaplain blessed them. after
which they were distributed 10 the
people.
In Scotland, where the great festivals
have for centuries been suppressed. the
young people still get their hard boiled
dyed eggs, which they roll about or
throw and finally eat. In Lancashire
and Cheshire. Staffordshire and War
wickshire. and perhaps in other coun-
ties. the ridiculous custom of lifting"
or 'heaving'' is practiced. On Easter
Monday the men lift the women. and
on Easter Tuesday the women lift or
heave the men. The process is per-
formed by two lusty men or women
joining their hands across each others
wrists; then making the person 10 be
heaved sit down on their arms, then
lift him up aloft two or three times
and often carry him several yards along
a street.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-29

served at New Years in other coun-
tries. so the egg typifies reviying ma
ture and the resurrec ion by analogy.
An Easter custom brought from
Mesopotamia is that of egg rolling or
egg pitting. The manner of this sport
is TO strike the egg n against the 9th
err until one il broken. which is the
spoil of the owner of the z which
remained whole. Another egg is then
pitted against the winning one. and 50
on until the last one is victorious.
Every year in Washington the chill
dren of all classes of people meet on
the grounds of the White House and.
with the president and his family look
ing OH and great crowds of spectators
in attendance. proceed TO roll eggs in
all the colors known TO humanity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
CURRENT COMMENT
Death Of Hon. H. H. Powers.

The sudden death of the Hon. Horace
Henry Powers of Morrisville removes
from our state one of its most honoreu
sons and distinguished citizens. 1t has
fallen to few men to fill SO many varied
public positions as were held at different
times .bv Judge Powers and to shine in
all of them. He looked the part of
United States senator more than most
men, but that is one OF the few positions
within the gift of our people which was
not included in the long list of honors
bestowed upon him.
He had held in succession the offices
of representative in the legislature,
prosecuting attorney for Lamoille coun-
ty, member of the council of censors Of
Vermont, member of the state constitu-
tional convention, state senator, speaker
of the Vermont House of Representatives,
Judge of the supreme court of Vermont,
congressman from the first district of
Vermont, and chairman of the Vermont
delegation to the Republican national
convention in 1891, which re-nominated
President Benjamin Harrison He was
one of the trustees of the University of
Vermont since 1888.
Ex-Judge Powers was one of the most
resourceful lawyers OF his time in this
state, and he had candid manner of
address which carried conviction to both
jury and audience. For Is years he was
one of Vermont's.f foremost jurists, Mod
est and unpretentious in demeanor, he
was possessed of splendid presence and
dignity of bearing which made him
one of the conspicuous figures in any
assembly in which he narticipatpd He
was also one of the most kindly and
genial of men. delightful reconteur,
charming gentleman and splendid and
useful citizen. His career was well
rounded out in both years and honors,
and his works do follow him. -Burling-
ton Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
THE VETERANS REST.

Having served in the Mexican war ana
in the war OF the Rebellion and having
been incapacitated from service in the
Spanish-American war by reason of ad-
vancing years, Major Luman NJ. Grout,
who died at Waterbury on Tuesday, had
the distinction of being directly inter-
ested in half of the war history OF
the United States. From the time when
as a STRIPPING he shouldered musket
and went with General Winfield SCOTS
army to the conquest OF Mexico he had
seen the country grow as a military and
naval power from a weakling to one OF
the world powers, and it must have
stirred the heart of the old soldier to
realize that he had his small part in
that development. And yet it was not
small part as individual efforts are rat
ed, for Major Grout was one of the first
to enlist from Vermont in the conflict
with Mexico and he served all through
that victorious campaign, rising from
private to corporal, and then, when the
call to arms was sounded in 81, he again
placed himself at his country's service
and was assigned TO get a company in
readiness to take the field against the
Confederates, later seeing active service
in hard campaigns until forced by i'll
health to return TO his Vermont home.
That surely was not a small service as
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
The Rosworth Case.

II was to be expected that the attor-
neys for Arthur Bosworth, condemned to
die on January 2, 1914. for the murder
of Mae Labelle at Essex junction in the
spring of 1911, would leave no stone UNI
turned to save their client from the gal
lows. Now comes the announcement
that Bosworth's lawyers have mapped
out plan calculated to delay the ex-
ecution The attorneys for the con-
demned man have petitioned Gov Flet-
cher asking him to grant reprieye to
their client on the ground that there has
been an infringement of his constitu-
tional rights. The lawyers ask that the
matter be taken to the courts and they
set up their contention on the ground
that Bosworth has been TWICE held in
solitary confinement. This, the law
yers for Bosworth claim, constitutes
'cruel and unusual punishment" which
is prohibited by the constitution of the
United States.
The state has given this unfortunate
man every opportunity to defend him
SELF unless it be confessed that his at
torneys did not receive notification to
appear before the judiciary committee of
the House of Representatives in the last
legislature. Bosworth's lawyers claim
that through some misunderstanding
their client was deprived of any possible
benefit he might have secured had he
been represented at the hearing before
the committee.
Every citizen of Vermont wants this
wretched man to 1--we every opportunity
in his extremity, but at the same time
every good citizen will look askance at
any clubbing calculated to reopen the
case of Bosworth, who has been con-
demned to hang for one of the most
wanton murders ever committed in Yer.
mont. If Bosworth is executed it is to
be the last execution by rope in this
state, as the legislature of 1912 substi-
tuted the electric chair for hanging. It
is to be hoped that the carving out of
the sentence in this case win not result
in exploiting Vermont in such an unfay-
orable light as was done in the cases OF
Mary Rogers and Elroy Kent.-Rutland
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Another Sign of the Times.

The Republicans OF New York have
Just met in stated conference, with
Elihu Root presiding and most of the
other "big chiefs" present, to get to
gether on plans for the party's future.
In doing this they have adopted what is,
in effect, progressive" platform and
by significant malorities.
The Republicans of New York have
been additionally among the most con-
servative in the Union. The long war
fare between the half-breeds and the
stalwarts may be recalled in evidence of
this. The management of William
Barnes of Albany, in our own day, has
remained entirely consistent with the
old attitude. But that era has ended.
1t is no small dent which the Progress
sive movement, under the leadership of
Mr.. Roosevelt, makes upon the thought
of the times when the Republicans OF
New York declare for a thoroughgoing
statewide primary, for an aggressive
measure of workingmen's compensation,
for a radical reform in the rules of the
assembly. for very short ballot, and
for various other longagitated changes.
The Progressive movement must be rated
as of great effect on the historic devel-
opment OF the period when such decision
as these are recorded in what We're once
the strongholds of conservatism.
No sound excuse remains for the ex-
istence of the Progressive movement on
aIi independent basis. The Republicans
are only too ready to adopt the greater
part of its platform and such features,
like woman suffrage-as the Republicans
have not espoused, they do not oppose,
leaving them instead open for further
discussion, preliminary TO settlement in
the regular way.
After the mid-term national conveu-
ton soon TO be called, has adopted
comprehensive measure for putting the
selection of a presidential candidate on
a satisfactory basis, the Progressiyes can
nave no fault to find of their lack OF in
nuence in the G. o. p, if indeed they do
not come into actual control of it. II
Mr. Roosevelt announces his candidacy for
the Republican nomination in 1916, under
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

pieces taking up the full ounce to which
the two-cent stamp is entitled. News.
papers are carried at one eighty-sixth as
much. Week.-Mrs. in the county of publ
cation are carried scot free. Parcels are
carried-or viii be as soon as the gov.
eminent begins to pay the railroads for
hauling them-at prodigious loss Is it
fair that "the everybody who uses the
mail, should be compelled to help pay the
reasonable expenses OF those persons who
make a specialized use of certain branch
es OF the postal service? Why, for ex-
ample, should the average man who sends
two hundred letters a year contribute
wholly unjustifable two dollars toward
moving the product of Sears Roebuck
or Of the New York World, when he may
not be patron of either?
Uncle Sans rates for performing pos
tai service are adjusted according to the
respective degree of pull of his sew
eral patrons, postal matter moving at
rates varying from nothing TO Sc cents
pound land Sl.20 for picture post
cards !. according to the potency of the
several influences concerned, the every
body being the weakest, because his loss
es are very widely distributed in small
sums Why should not he make himself
felt in a readiustment of charges, now
that this is proposed Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
RED CROSS AID IN TUBERCULOSIS
EIGHT

=
FIGHT.
The annual appeal OF the Vermont
branch of the American Red Cross So
ciety to the public to purchase Christ
mas seals for the furtherance Of the
fight against tuberculosis is being made,
and it is now within the province of the
public to say whether this splendid work
shall go forward or fall back. Surely
when the ravages of the disease are con-
sidered, there is no one to sit back quies
cent and declare himself not interested
in the work Yet one is apt to say to
himself, what can do to help along the
work, what effect would my small con-
trihuton have toward spreading the
good work? The question is natural
enough at first thought; single pur
chase Of the Red Cross seals to be used
on Christmas or New Year letters and
packages would not go far in the work
in and OF itself, any more than single
soldier would be able to cope with n
whole army. But it is not the individ
ual purchase that is to do the work; it
is the collective purchases of yours, your
neighbours and countless other people.
The aggregate is what will be depended
upon to do the work, but in order to
make the aggregate powerful enough to
perform the effective work much to be
desired it is necessary for a great many
to lend their cooperation. So the Red
Cross society, through its Vermont
branch. is asking the people OF Vermont
to rally to the good work OF the insti
tuition during the approaching holiday
season.
For this the Vermont branch has Sc
cured 100000 seals, and the proceeds
from the sale of them win be used in
work in the state of
Vermont. Last year Vermont's proceeds
from the sale OF the seals amounted co
5000, while the proceeds of the United |
States were about 100000 Vermont
can do much more this year and ought |
to do more. The way to do it is by pur-
chasing the Red Cross seals VIII you
be one to help along this work? Don't |
forget it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

If Mrs. Pankhurst transfers her resi-
dence to France, what should Great Brit
ain care? Nothing. Indeed, there is an
undercurrent of opinion that Great Brit
ain was disappointed that Mrs. Pank-
hurst did not stay in the United States,
and now that she has taken a similar
excursion into France, her native land
feels hope that she viii retain her resi-
dence there, where her daughter Cristo-
bel, already is in exile. Ii the militant
woman should conclude to emulate Jack
johnson in this respect, it would save
the British many a trouble.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

The club women of Rutland have UNI
dertaken a splendid work-the raising Of
funds for gymnasium and club rooms
for the young women and young men OF
their city. Their aim is to raise $4,000
for the building and equipment and the
engaging of a competent person to have
charge Of the work as soon as the build
ing is ready for occupancy. The excel
lence of the project and the public-spirit-
edness of the women promoters deserve
the best response ON the part OF all Rut-
land people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

Reports of deer killing in Vermont
during the recent open season show that
far more deer were killed in the south.
ern counties OF Vermont than in the
sections more to the north. For in
stance, one might expect that deer would
be very plenty in county like Orange,
in some parts of which there are large
wooded tracts; yet the slaughter OF deer
in that county was far below that in
Windham and Windsor counties. There
was even less slaughter in Caledonia
county and less in Orleans county on
the northern border than in Caledonia.
These facts, taken in connection with
the liberal slaughter in Massachusetts,,
indicate that the deer herds have changed
their base largely toward the more
thickly settled portion of New England
from the region contiguous to the wood
ed areas of Canada. The operations OF
the lumbermen and pulpmen in the lat
ter sections must be responsible in large
part for this migration southwark
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

the new presidential primary plan which
Mr.. Wilson is now urging, the more con-
servation elements of the Republican
party will be put TO it" TO find can.
didate who can out-vote him. He un.
derstands this just as we'll as anybody
else. The voters everywhere seem to
realize It. The only men that remain
conspicuously out of touch with the de-
cree of events are Mr.. Charles S. Bird
and Mr., Charles H. Davis, who are still
pouring out their money to keep up the
barking under tree from which the
coon has already fled.
Read the proceedings OF the New York
conference and see if this is not the
ease.--Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Butting In.

While walking down the street one da
| heard damsel squeal
| tried to stop the runaway
And spoiled length reel.
| saw a brutal fellow shove
A child beneath van.
] saved her. TO the horror of
The motion picture man.
AT every turn you may invade
The moving picture realm.
Let others ply the hero's trade,
Don't butt into the film.
--Pittsburg Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

Along with the other attractions OF
Vermont, the states publicity bureau
might impress it upon the world that
Vermont is state of lohg-lived people,
pointing out as an example Rev. Sedg-
wick w. BidwelI of Middlebury, who
observed his l04th birthday anniversary
on Dec. and who seems in a fair way
to eclipse the record OF former Barre
woman, the late Lucy Wood, who lived
to be l07 years old. Then there are
countless Others around the century
mark or approaching that as further ex-
amples of the longevity which is a heri-
tage Of Vermont people. If people de-
sire to linger long in this world, let them
come to Vermont and at the same time
have happy, contented existence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Discovered.

Be sure Your sins win find you ont
At forty-five or thereabout.
The shiny badness of your head
VIII show what kind of life you've led.
The candid lines about your eyes
Will tell no charitable lies.
Your pudgy face will testify
To idleness and living high.
A pallid cast, to beauty's cost,
VIII tell of slumber that you lost.
A not infrequent little line
VIII say you looked upon the wine.
Approaching age, too swiftly met,
Will tell us something of your set.
A sea of troubles from within
VIII babble OF what might have been.
The CRAVING hair behind your ears
win quite epitomize the year.
Be sure your sins will find you out
At forty-fye or thereabout.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

individual efforts are rated; and he
earned the distinction that has been ac-
corded him as a veteran OF two wars and
willing sacrifice TO third had be been
permitted by the hand OF time to partiei-
pate, Major Grout was the last surviv-
ing Vermonter who served in both the
Mexican and the Civil wars. Peace to
him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

When the recently discarded city hall
in Springfield, Mass, was built, that city
had a population of $4,000, while now it
has seven times that number. In fact,
it has grown from a country village into
a real city, the model for other com
munities, as its new municipal group is
a model for those places. When com
munity has progressed as Springfield has
done, it has the right to put on city
airs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

If the Vermont grange takes it upon
itself to tell President Wilson that Sec
rotary Houston is still on trial, as the
national grange did at Manchester, N.
H., recently, it would be just as well to
tell the president what the secretary of
agriculture is charged with, that he
should be kept on trial so long. The
resolutions adopted by the national
grange were so far from being specific
that most of the people of the eoun.
try are still very much in the dark as
to the reasons for dissatisfaction in the
grange over Secretary Houston. Ii there
is anything of real moment to be brought
against the man at the head of the ma
TONS agricultural department, the coun-
try is interested in knowing what it is.
Therefore, it is to be hoped that the Yer
mont grange will either be outspoken or
will hold its peace in the matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

'Nyhat do you do when the baseball
season is oyer?"
II can read baseball stories
"kind OF slow, aren't they, after the
real thing?"
ooh. don't know They have one
advantage
what is that7"
"The home team never loses. -
Courier-Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
JINGLES AND JESTS
No Wonder.

you are always talking about the
high cost OF living"
''Well, that's about all | hear at home .
From your wifer"
4'No, from my wife's father. We are
living with him, you know. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Give Us one-cent Letter Postage.

A movement is on for one-cgnt letter
postage. That reform has been too long
delayed. The public is entitled to have
its letters carried for a cent. Here is a
part of the postal business that yields
an extraordinary profit. That it is more
than dissipated in other branches of the
postal service is not the fault of the
patron of this particular one.
Letter mail pays Sc cents a pound, few
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
In Infancy's Realm.

"Scribhle says he writes all his love
sonnets to imaginary women"
"And / don't suppose there would be
any objections offered if he mailed all
his love sonnets to imaginary editors"
Birmingham AgeHerald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Allow Us To Prescribe for You

the exact kind of policy to meet your
individual requirements. There viii be
no charge for consultation National
Life Ins. Co., OF VT. (Mutual.) S. s.
Ballard, general agent, Lawrence build
ing, Montpelier, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
He Cot His.

Father, you say there are 10 cords
Of wood here. say there are IL, diff
ference OF two cords.
Never mind, son.. Go ahead and split
the difference. kansas City Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10

chance of my learning to sing, so I'm
practising to see If | cant become a
classic dancer. Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Many Have.

Many Have.
What makes you stand on one foot
and move your shoulders in that way -
asked the snipe.
SWELL" replied the crane, there's no
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-10
Our 18th Anniversary Sale All This Week
Will Interest You
ments on Second Floor Reduced

Think of Christmas Goods big
that leads Christmas Nkwea
ping Bags Silk Hosiery, ETC.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-15

of skilled instructor, and is paid
a salary while learning. While the
salary is small at first, those girls
who are Industrious and quick to learn
will receive ARRANGEMENTS at differ
ent times until they find themselves
earning salaries which are not to be
looked down upon. Already ten girls
have availed themselves of the pppor-
tunities offered by the factory and all,
it is reported, are on fair road to
becoming expert garment workers. II
is run with the discipline of modern
metropolitan factory, although it is a
factory the work Is pleasure and not
a drudge. The girls take their noon
meal. the. factory, those earning less
than a dollar a day paying five cents
for each meal, and those earning more
than dollar day, ten cents. The
meals are simple but nourishing, and
there are plenty of good things to
eat for all.
Work Well Done
During the past week the little fac
tory has turned out some admirable
samples of pajamas, shirts with de-
COttol SO"Oiot
pillow slips and numerous other
articles. All material is being pur-
chased in Honolulu, and several of the
big business houses are already ar
ranging to buy the finished products.
According to the manager, no material
will be imported from the mainland.
ALI material will be purchased in Ho-
nolulu and the goods made in Homo
lulu. As soon as the output is farge
enougheto begin active business, the
shipping room on the lower floor will
be opened up. The finished goods are
conveyed down from the factory room
by means of the elevator and here
they are stored, Boxed If necessary
and prepared to be delivered to the
purchasers Two large doors open at
the rear of the. building and up to.
these the drays may back to receive
the goods. Samples of all goods
manufactured will be. constantly on
display in the sample room, where
the prospective. buyes may choose the
lines of goods the intends purchasing.
There will be surplus supply of the
different articles on hand in order to
supply rush orders
A Practical Step
Taking the whole pant into con-