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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
$3.50 a Week and the Right Kind of a
Wife.

In the March Woman's Home Com
panion, a man writes an article telling
how he and his wife paid off a debt of
four hundred dollars and saved enough
money to buy home. The author was
a newspaper man earning $3.50 week.
He was just out of college and married
When he and his wife set up house,
keeping they had debt of four hundred
dollars. The husband did not feel the
necessity for paying off the debt as
much as the wife did. She got up
budget showing how they could live on
ten dollars week. Following is an ex
tract:
my pay check of forty-five dollars
came every other week. Deducting
twenty dollars for living expenses dur
ing the two weeks, we could deposit
twenty-five dollars in the bank
1.-TWO weeks, twenty-five; four
weeks, fifty Ruth counted off on her
fingers; eight weeks, hundred; eight
times four is thirty-two-in thirty-two
weeks we can pay off that debt; the
interest will be about twenty-five. that
will mean another two weeks, so that
we can be above the surface in thirty
four weeks
I'VE then and there made an agree
ment to eschew all Injuries, if neces-
sary. until the debt was paid.
"'0f course, she said sweetly, I'VE
will not continue living at ten dollars a
week after We are once clear.
"'Of course not, | answered EN-
phatically.
Several times we were compelled to
take five dollars from our deposit to
meet pressing bill. That meant, how
ever, that during, the next few weeks
we would have to lay aside little more
each time than the usual twenty-five
dollars.
'''At the end of thirty-four weeks ]
held up four cancelled
notes of one hundred dollars each. At
last we were above the surface We
celebrated the payment OF the debt with
a fine dinner"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
BEGGAR HAS $4,000.
San Francisco Finds That Kahler Has
1t All With Him.

San Francisco, March For 20 years
William Kahler, aged 20, has been beg
gar, eating food taken from ash cans
and sleeping wherever he could find shell
ter. Thursday night was cool and the
sidewalk on which Kahler had made his
bed appeared so uncomfortable to pa
trolman that he arrested the old man
and took him to police station so that
he might have a comfortable mattress
and blankets. When Kahler was
searched a hump on his back, supposed
to be deformity, proved to be tin
box packed with gold coin and paper
money. Various false pockets in Kah-
ler's clothes were emptied of additional
money. In all he had $4,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

A little caramel added to clear soup
will give it color, as well as more body.
To clean satin slippers that are slight
" soled, dip cloth in methlyated
spirits, and gently rub the soiled part.
Some cooks always add little Vine
gar to the water used for tasting Il
roast A tablespoonful of vinegar to IL
cupful of water is the right proportion.
A clothesline should be shrunk before
it is used; then it will not stretch when
exposed to the elements. Boil it for Il
quarter Of an hour and let it dry before
using.
The bottoms of undershrts are sell
dom worn out and make splendid petit
coats for the little ones. The bottom
can be hemmed or an edge crocheted on.
They wear a long time.
Mexican Kisses. Boil three cupfuls of
light brown sugar and cupful of milk
together until it threads, then aud a
teaspoonful of butter. Take from the
fire, favor with vanilla and add cup
full of broken nut meats. Pour into a
creased pan and cut out in squares when
it hardens. Kansas City Star.
All table linen should be hcm1ned by
hand. 1t is nice pickup work. If you
crush the portion for the hem or wet
it slightly the work will be much
easier. Draw thread to get a straight
edge to start with on the hem will he
hard to lay. Turn in asrrow hem
about quarter of an inch, crease it
hard, then turn back the right side of
the hem on the right side of the mate
rial until the fold is exactly even with
the top of the hem, again press hard,
and overcast neatly, holding the hem to-
ward you. This is quicker and neater
than ordinary hemming.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
New Versions Given in Examination
Papers.

The Syracuse Journal prints what il
gives knightly word is a true and mn
tampered-with collection of answers
written by children confronted with ex-
animation papers. 1t is more impress
sive than are most such papers. Try it
for yourself.
The function of the stomach is to
hold up the petticoat.
Pompeii was destroyed by an erup-
ton of saliva from the VatiGc-a.
Elaine gave Launcelot an omelet be-
fore he departed for the tournament
If it were not for the fish in the lakes
the water would overflow and destroy
the forest, for fish drink a great deal of
water.
A mountain range is a lsrge-sized cook
stove.
A mountain pass is pass given by
the railroads to their employees so they
can spend their vacations in the noun
tans.
The permanent set of teeth consists
of eight CANNES, eight bieuspids, ~ mo-
lars and four cuspidors.
Typhoid can be prevented by fascina-
ton.
Georgia was founded by people who
had been executed.
Mohammed was the son Of Moses.
Three heavenly bodies are the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost
Two French explorers OF the Missis-
sipui valley were Romeo and Juliet.
The hop snake is a protozoan.
The invention of the steamboat caused
a network Of rivers to spring up.
To resuscitate from drowning Grasp
the arms of the deceased. Ii he don't
come to in two or three hours he won't
come to at all.
Longfellow was born in Portland. Ne.
while his parents were travelling in En-
rope.
Monkeys eat bananas and the higher
class of monkeys are getting to look
like men.
Two chief provisions of the Mayfower
compact were salt pork and bread.
Combustion is when the wild cucumber
pods get dry and bust.
The feminine gender Of fryer is toast
ress
There were no Christians among the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
ASK LEGUIA TO COOPERATE.
Peruvian "Patriots" Want Him to Aid
Elections for President.

Lima, Peru, March kilograms to
Roberto Leguia, first vice-president of
Peru, were forwarded to Panama yes
terday, calling on him, in spirit of
patriotism, to cooperate with the new
unified civic party. This body has been
formed of several factions in Congress
and is in favor of general elections for
the choosing of president. 1t is head
ed by Javier Prado Vgarteche, former
minister of foreign affairs, and has the
support of the government board which
has exercised executive power since the
deposition of President Billinghurst.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
IF PAST FIFTY
USE "CASCARETS"
What Glasses Are to Weak Eyes, Gas.
carets Are to Weak Bowels-Keep
Liver and Bowels Active.
"a a lO.cent box now.


Most old people must give to the
bowels some regular help, else they suf-
fer from constipation. The condition is
perfectly natural. IL is just as natural
as it is for old people to walk slowly
For age is never so active as youth.
The muscles are less elastic And the
bowels are muscles.
So all old people need Cascarets One
might as well refuse to aid weak eyes
with glasses as to neglect this gentle
aid to weak bowels. The bowels must
be kept active. This is important at
all ages, but never so important as at
fifty.
Age is not time for harsh physics
Youth may occasionally whip the bow
els into activity. But a lash can't be
used every day. What the bowels of
the old need is a gentle and natural
tonic. One that can be constantly used
without harm. The only such tonic is
Cascarets. and they cost only 10 cents
per box at any drug store. They work
while you sleep.-Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
HOUSE TAKES UP
TOLL EXEMPTION
Initial Steps to Amend Panama Canal
Act Taken in the
House.

Washington, March Initial steps
to repeal the toll exemption clause of
the Panama canal act as requested by
the president were taken in Congress-
yesterday when the House committee
reported favorably bill to strike out
the provisions.
In the Senate the Interocean commit
tee decided 10 meet next week to con-
slider the appeal of the president.
The House report was based on the
grounds set forth in the presidents mes
sage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
PARTRIDGE DISCARDED.
For His Conduct in Connecticut with
Thaw Case.

New York, March 7.-Clifford w.
Hartridge, counsel for Harry X. Thaw
at his first trial for the killing of Stan
ford White, was disbarred from the
practice of law yesterday by the appel
late division of the supreme court.
The chart found that Hartford had
squandered $4,000 to induce women
witnesses who might have testified
against Thaw, to leave the city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07

City Clerks Office, Barre, Vt.
March 4. 1914.
| hereby certify that the within copy
is a true copy Of the returns Of the city
election held March 3, 1914, as appears
by the tabulation of the returns now ON
file and recorded at this office. this day
examined and compared by me.
Attest:
JAMES MACKAY, City Clerk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
POPE NOT ILL.
The Report That He Was Denied in
Rome.

Rome, March Erroneous reports
were current in Rome yesterday that
the pope was i'll and had tainted short
ly after rising. The condition of his
holiness was absolutely normal.
He rose at his usual hour and cele-
brated mass. Then he conferred with
Cardinals Merry del Val and De Lai.
Afterward he listened to Lenten SER
mon by Father Ludwig Padova, the
pontifcal preached, and at its conclusion
conversed with several members of the
Sacred college.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
MRS. WINN'S
ADVICE TO WOMEN
Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and be
Restored to Health.
Kansas City, Mo. ~" The doctors told
me would never be mother. Every

I'm onth the pain s
were so bad that /
could not bear my
weight on one foot.
II began taking Ly-
dia E. Pin kh a ms
w eye t a bic Com
pound and had not
finished the first bot
tie w h en- | felt
greatly relieved and
Il took it un til it
made me- sound apd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07

well, and I now have two fine baby
girls. cannot praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound too highly
for what it has done for me. | always
speak word in favor of your medicine
to other women who suffer when have
an opportunity" - Mrs. Fl. T. WINN,
1925 Fremont Ave-, Kansas City, Mo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. says:
Cumming, Cat tell some suffer-
ing woman every day Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and what it
has done for me. / could not eat or
sleep, had bad stomach and was in
misery all the time. / could not do my
housework or walk any distance without
suffering great pain. / tried doctors
medicines and different patent medi-
cines but failed to get relief. My hus-
band brought home yourVegetable Com
pound and in two weeks ! could eat any
thing, could sleep like a healthy baby,
and walk long distance without feeling
tired. | can highly recommend your
Vegetable Compound to women who
suffer as did, and you are at liberty to
use this letter. - Mrs. CHARLIE BAG
LEY, R. 8, Cumming, Ga.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
SHALL LICENSE OF THE FIFTH CLASS
BE GRANTED IN THIS CITY?

do YOU FAVOR A PREFERENTIAL PRI-
MARY SYSTEM WHEREBY THE VOTERS
MAY INSTRUCT THEIR DELEGATES TO
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AS TO THEIR
PREFERENCES FOR CANDIDATES FOR
oFFICE?"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07

early Gauls, they were mostly lawyers.
The fish go up the river to spoon.
The earth is an obsolete spheroid.
George Washington married Martha
Curtis and in due time became father of
his country.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07

years old had sores on her
head. ] used a box OF Cuti-
cura Ointment and it healed
very quickly.
Now within this last year
my little boy, two years old.
broke out with a mass OF
sores on the chin that would
not heal. SO i sent for Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and
ithealedinabout three weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
OFFICIAL RETURNS
ANNUAL CITY ELECTION HELD MARCH 8, 1914
STATE OF VERMONT.
CITY OF BARRE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

city in
Tuesday d. 1914 the city clerk
treasurer Frenhs
submitted Vermont having taken,
following
several also the
questions the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
So Per Day As Dynamiter.

Denver, Col, March Arthur Lam
gowski, 81, swore before the federal in
yestigators yesterday he received So a
day from coal mine operators while ex-
ploding dynamite for the United Mine
Workers of America.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07

"D0 YOU FAVOR A DIRECT PRIMARY
LAW WHEREBY THE VOTERS ARE TO
VOTE DIRECTLY FOR THE CANDIDATES
RATHER THAN THE PRESENT SYSTEM
OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR
STATE, CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY
OFFICERSg"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
WILSON TO VISIT ocULIsT.
President Has Had Much Trouble With
His Ewes Recently.

Washington, March President Will
son win 60 to Philadelphia to-day to
have his eyes re-examined by his ocu-
list, DIR. De Schweinitz. They have
been giving him much trouble, recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
ASSAULTS AT HoUGHToN.
Witnesses Tell of Violence Displayed by
Strikers.

Houghton, Mich, March IA score
of witnesses told the Congressional in
vestigators yesterday of assaults on
non-union men and other alleged acts of
violence committed by strikers and SYM
pathizers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
Yes. No. Blank. Scattering.

SHALL AN ACT OF THE GENERAL AS
sEBMLY OF 1912 ENTITLED IAN ACT
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ERECTION OF A
BUILDING FOR THE USE OF THE STATE
LIBRARY AND SUPREME COURT, AND
FOR OTHER STATE PURPOSES BE-
COME LAW JULY l. 1914"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
BABY HAD ECZEMA
IN WORST FORM
Started With Rash on Face. Would
Dry Up and Form Scabs. Watery
Substance. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Cured. They Also Cured
Other Two Children Of Eruption.

~ Allison St., Newton, Mass. - II have
six children and used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment on three of them. One girl ten
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
OFFERS PLEA OF GUILTY.
And Stops the Taking of Testimony in
Fraud Case.

New York, March samuel Findlay,
one of the eight defendants in the Ok
ford linen mills fraud case, yesterday
interrupted the taking of testimony to
enter a plea of guilty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
ALDERMEN
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

Ward One
Alexander Gordon had .... 200 votes
Alexander Ironside had $50. 70 votes
Ward Three
John C. Davidson had ......l 22 votes
J.. r. Hutchinson had $500. .202 votes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-07
SCHOOL CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK

Dorothy Dexter.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
SOME BREACHES OF PROMISE

Hiram Spooner was the homliest baby
ever born in the State of Ohio.
II you are inclined to doubt, there are
score of doctors yet living who saw
him and will swear to the fact. The
baby was put on public exhibition, and
hundreds of men and women went TO
the hall to see him.
When Hiram was ten years old he
was the homeliest boy in any two States
in this Union. Affidavits can be pro-
cured to that fact.
When he was sixteen the residents of
the village of harysville tried to get o
court order restraining him from coming
into town from his fathers farm.
When the young man was twenty-ons
years he had the face of a babboon He
was almost baldheaded. He had teeth
more like an animal than a human be-
ing He had a voice that squeaked. Both
shoulders Topped and his ears stuck out
like a mules He had the feet of a
giant and the hands of a boy. Fis
nominees had increased with age and
growth.
One day, after looking at him a long
time his father said to him:
Hiram, what in thunder is going to
become of you anyhow
I'm thinking 1t over" was the reply.
Guess it will take heap of think
ingr'
''Mebbe so. You don't blame me, do
your
Moo. only can't see why YOU
weren't born either jackass or Q boy
IKE other boys!"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

Nor / can't. but I've got to make the
| best of things"
After thinking things over for awhile
and having a very serious talk with a
fruit tree agent. Hiram announced one
Monday morning that he had mapped
out career for himself, and half an
hour later he drove away from the farm
with a hired horse and buggy.
Within a radius of ten miles were
twenty-three widows. Fifteen had been
made such on one and the same day by
the falling Of n highway bridge. Not
one of the women was poor, while some
had a bank account. All had seen Hi
ram Spooner several times over. Hiram
had prepared a list. and he began his
calls according to card system. As he
drove up to a house he wrisgied out
of his buggy and wriggled along to the
door. and when it was opened to him
and he was invited in he began:
Widow Blank, am trying to do
something to make living
"Yes?"
you can see that 1 am in sad sbane
physically"
Yes. poor boy"
did you know that you can grow
two crops Of the Oklahoma cucumber"
No. never heard Of It."
1 sent and got some of the seeds.
Here they are. I shall charge you but
little more than for the ordinary seeds.
and You can have two crops in place
of one''
We'll. I will buy them to help you
along"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

After supper when Deacon Dolby tool
the kerosene can and started for the stors
he left Mrs. Dolby singing the hymn
that she had home over there. she
hadn't been so cheerful I'm many weeks
When the Deacon returned. an hour
later, there was no singing. The lamp
on the kitchen table was turned low
down, and the house seemed to be de.
serted.
Gone over to Browns" said the Dea-
con to himself as he turned up the wick.
Then his eye caught sight of a note,
and he half-groaned out:
she's got another of her tantrums!''
The note was brief and concise. II
read:
bull calf, and you will find my drowned
body In the pickle barre! down celler. 81
Nice pickle she'll n.ake!" grunted the
Deacon, as he proceeded to the sitting
room and lighted the lamp there. He
had brought with him four big apples
When he had drawn up a rocking chair
he took out his jack-knife and peeled
and began on the first apple.
II Mrs. Dolby was in the pickle barrel
there was no rause to worry. She would
keep for weeks.
a Rhode Island Greening. 1t was SO
called because it was raised in New York
State.
1t was rather foolish of Mrs. Dolby
to choose the pickle route to that better
land when there were so many better
ones.
There was paris green in the house
fresh from Paris.
There was rat poison, warranted to
Kill rat or woman in the latest
style.
She could have sawed her head on
with the hand-saw.
She could have eaten pounded glass.
She could have jumped into the els
tern.
Still there was an Offset and a con-
ISOLATION. Mrs. Dolby had done an orig
inal thing. The deacon had read of
suicides for forty years or more, and
among the thousands of cases no wom-
an had ever sought the pickle barrel.
They had held their heads under water
in a wash tub, and had precipitated
themselves into a barrel of soft soap.
but never among the cucumber pickles.
1t gave him a momentary glow of
pride. He had finished his first apple
and began peeling the second when Mrs.
Dolby appeared in the kitchen door, and
in a hollow voice exclaimed:
Samuel Dolby, the dead speaks to
your
Samuel didn't jump out of his chair.
He didn't even give a start of surprise.
Yes, the dead has come back to re-
proach your -.s.
Samuel didn't even look over his Shout |
der. He finished the peeling process and
cut of a generous slice of the apple and
began chewing on 1t.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

I got on to the racket and were on the
fences.
whats de game. CulIy?" called one.
DE ole man has got de high-jinksr'
shouted a second.
"Hully gee, but he's as timber as an
eiephant~ yelled a third.
Mr.. Bowser's play was to stand on
his dignity and ignore the presence OF
spectators. He succeeded fairly we'll
for q few minutes and gained unlimited
applause. Then. having caught on to
one-ban fall and winter golf. he be-
came ambitious to spread himself. He
got four balls in motion and followed
them about and his antics and exer-
tions brought him a curtain call every
thirty seconds Mrs. Bowser had
thrown up the window to give him an
other sort of call when the climax
came. After giving one of the balls an
awful whack he followed IL on the
jump. It struck the fence with
smash, which provoked enthusiastic
and long -continued applause from the
boys, but It bounded back on a line
with Mr.. Bowsers solor plexus. and
when II struck him he threw up his
hands and went down like a log. Twen-
~ Toys, Mrs. Bowser and the cook
were surrounding the body a minute
later. Mrs. Bowser was agitated and
hysterical, but the boys were as cool
a. ice.
DE ole coon's gone and yer a widder,"
remarked one In business-like tones.
He'll never amble ground in dis cold
world no more, added a second.
"AIl de fun has been razzIe-dazzle. and
I'm soin' to move away sighed a third.
There was clothes basket, an old
chair. a lawn mower and a hammock In
the yard. and the boys gcbbled them
up and departed while Mrs. Bowser and
the cook were working over Mr.. Bowser.
In the course OF three or four minutes
he opened his eyes.
well. have you got the rheumatism out
Of your knees" queried Mrs. Bowser.
He did not answer. Presently he sat
up, looking aroun1, and II all came back
to him. Then got up and with unsteady
gait made his way into the house.
II feared at first that you were killed."
remarked Mrs. Bowser as they reached
the sitting room.
You feared" he shouted as he turned
on her. why don't you say you hoped
and expected. and that you are grievous-
ly disappointed? Who hit me in the back
with bricks? Who tried daylight assassi-
nation? Woman. I understands have
the proofs
from the fence" she replied.
That will do ] know all about bound
ing balls. II will take me about an hour
or SO to arrange the papers. and then,
Mrs Bowser-then would-be murderess
and victim will go their separate ways.
IL any one calls / shall be in the library.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

Soon after the last widow had bought
some Oklahoma cucumber seeds to help
Hiram Spooner along with his laudable
ambitions and to raise double crop of
cucumber pickles, the first one called on
receiving a note from tho cripple. II
stated that his heart had been deeply
touched by her kind words, and being
sure in his own mind that 1t was q case
of love at first sight with both Of them.
he had decided to accept her generous
offer and hoped that 1t would be no
sacrifice on her part. At what date
should the wedding take place? Was the
bethrothal to be announced at once or
later on? What minister did she prefer?
How many and what guests should be
invited?
The widow read the note over the first
time with wonder. The second time she
was amazed. and the third she gasped
out:
why. what can the crazy donkey
meant
It did not take long to conclude that
he meant matrimony, and that he had
put her In the position OF having popped
the question. Hiram had called but once.
Had she spoken kind words? Yes, she
had said she was sorry for him. Any
words Of love or hints about matrimony?
Not by forty long rods! II the homely
young man had not got her mixed up
with some other widow then he was try
ing to be humorous.
The widow sat down and wrote a note
repudiating everything. even to the Ok
lahoma cucumber seeds. Those seeds
had been fed to the chickens just before
the note was written.
There, I guess that will take some of
the conceit out of him. she said as the
note was sent on its way; but she was
mistaken in the man.
Hiram came back with a written state
ment that she had deceived him and
crushed his young and crippled heart
She had led him to believe that she loved
him, and in return he had given her all
his affection. To be thrown down now
would be a blow that he could never get
over. No money could ever heal his feel
ings, but she must requite him to an ex-
tent as a moral lesson to her not to fool
with the hearts of the male sex. A thou
sand dollars was the sum mentioned a.
being the sum that would stop the dow Of
blood from his bleeding heart