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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
Butler Studied Vermont a Week.

| The commission to investigate the edu-
cational system in Vermont and to re-
port recommendations, has held another
meeting with portion of its member
ship present, as usual So far as we
recall seeing the items about the com.
mission printed in the papers, there has
not been a single meeting attended by
all the members of the commission, nor
has there been single meeting that was
attended by we'll known educator who
resides out of the state, who has no in
terest in Vermont and whose time is so
well taken up by pressing duties at home
that it is practically impossible for hirn
to attend such a minor consideration as
that in relation to the educational sys.
TEN of Vermont 1t may have been good
judgment to place such man on the in
vestigating commission, but we doubted
it at the time and we still doubt it.
Whether the results bear out that doubt
is something not yet settled beyond
question, of course, and will not be set
tied unless we should get the candid
opinion of the other and the active men,
bers of the commission But to our way
of thinking, figureheads, even though
commanding personages In the worlds
education circles, do not add greatly to
the working ability. nor to the prestige,
of body of investigators dealing with
practical, everyday facts peculiar to a
little state somewhat removed from in
Auences dominating a great city like
New York.-Barre Times.
To begin with, the contemporaries
nrp raieaa 20 turnpr Thora rtrac NJ y,oaaf
ing of the educational commission, the
occasion referred to being merely an in
formal gathering of the resident commits
sioners to greet Mr.. Vail. their colleague,
who happened to visit Montpelier. The
misstatement, however, becomes the ba-
sis of an insidious attack upon the work
of the commission through one of its
members.
The certain well known educator who
resides out of the state" can mean no
one except DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler,
president OF the Columbia university, for
no other member OF the commission re-
sides out of the state. Vermont is ex.
tremely fortunate in securing the serv-
ices of DIR. Butler upon its educational
commission, and no one who has the
least information regarding the man and
his work on the commission would class
him with "fgureheads" or say he "has
no interest in Vermont"
President Butler has attended to the I
duties of his office as a member of the |
as faithfully as the resident |
He spent week last |
June in traversing the state with the |
other commissioners and securing first |
hand knowledge of Vermont's education.
al institutions and conditions. The in |
terest with which educators of note |
throughout the country are watching !
Vermont in this large work would indi- |
cate that the personnel of the commits I
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
CURRENT COMMENT
Bond Issue Feared.

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Sun reports that unless con-
ditions change for the better the admin
stration win be obliged in less than a
year TO revise the tariff, or else to is
sue bonds to help meet the current ex-
penses of government. The failure of
the income tax to Yield much more than
half of the amount expected for il
the inability of the Democratic admins
tration to effect any economies in fed
eral expenditures are the reasons as
signed for this prediction.
Our advice to the Wilson administra-
ton would be to avoid a bond issue
at all costs. History, it is said, re-
peats itself, but there are some phases
OF the repetition that CRATE on the
nerves of the thoughtful public 1t is
bad enough to have business confidence
undermined, so that the wheels of in
dustry turn slowly, but it is worse to
think that we must go into debt as
nation, in time of peace, and thereby
burden the future for our enjoyment OF
these present conditions. They ought,
at least to be had without great extra
cost.-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
COLLEGE ROWING RESULTS.

Never between Harvard and Yale, &C.
eording to the statements of old rowing
experts, has there been such stirring
contest by the best Drawn of the two
universities as that of last Friday after
noon when the Blue triumphed over the
Crimson merely by inches. Indeed. the
finish was so close that even the Judges
were somewhat in doubt and it was only
after considerable comforting that the
victory was awarded Yale by matter
OF four inches. For this narrow margin
Yale is to be commended for a most re-
Irsrksble recovery after six years OF de-
feat and in a year when the chances of
Harvard were generally conceded TO he
heite-. And while the honor of winning
tie race goes to Yale, there IS no dis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

The Mississippi river wreck tragedy
shows that the ocean has no monopoly
of disasters. However, il is not easy
to explain why the largest excursion
steamer on the river should be driven
against the cribbing Of the st. Louis
waterworks system, to be sent within
10 minutes to the bottom of the river.
The court of inquiry into the cause Of
the recent disaster has some important
work cut out for itself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
AEROPLANE VS.. BALLOON.

The air disaster in Germany, in which
biplane rammed dirigible balloon
during war manguvres, demonstrates
that the aeroplane is still not within
the class of playthings, even the play
things OF the skillful manipulators. The
engines which the aeroplanes have to
carry are so high powered that they are
capable of doing great damage to most
objects with which they come in contact,
and particularly so with the more fragile
of the other air vehicles. Moreover, the
engines carry the machines with such
terrific speed that drivers are apt to be
deceived as to distances and to come
upon an object in the air before they are
aware that it is possible to cover the
distance. Hence, it is extremely danger
Gus to maneuvre the aeroplanes in close
dentally, it was developed through the
tragedy in German military circles last
Saturday that the dirigible balloon has
very small powers of resistance against
the sweep of the motor-driven machines.
Indeed, the balloons are so easily Grip
Piled and destroyed that they do not give
promise of being valuable adjuncts in
case of war except in case of long fight
and under conditions in which aeroplanes
would not be met For short time serv-
ice in case of war, the aeroplsne would
be far the more valuable because of its
marked speed and greater response to
control as to direction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

If Brattleboro and Keene were not 80
far removed from Barre by mileage, a
brisk little baseball league might be in
prospect, with perhaps another town to
round out the list; but this year both
Brattleboro and Keene are engaged in
another league and, for financial reasons,
such combination with Barre and some
other town in this section would prob
ably be impracticable any year. Which
is to be regretted because Brattleboro
and Keene seem to have the proper base
ball spirit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

One of the most sane considerations OF
the motor vehicle traffic is given in the
following from the Springfield Mass
Republican and the article is worth bear
ing in mind "The majority of automo-
bile casualties happen on the city streets,
and it is the pedestrian almost always
who is the victim there. 1t would seem,
therefore, that the chief effort should be
directed at preventing accidents of that
kind. There are mishaps that are I'M
svoidable, that are due to the careless
ness or confusion of the pedestrian, that
are caused by some condition beyond the
control either of the automobilist or the
pedestrian, but the fact remains that the
automobile is the new element, and the
world is not yet wholly adjusted to the
motor vehicle on the street. Therefore,
in the interest of safety the automobile
must be regulated. A motorcyclist
should be made to suffer if he plunges
An sutomobilist should be called to ac-
count if he endangers lives at street
crossing or trolley car white post. Far
more danger lies in such performances
than in speed of over IS miles an hour
on country road. These are practical
facts that must be considered in any
effort to secure more radical legislation.
Something ought to be done, but any
further regulation that is attempted
ought to be wisely considered lest IL de-
feat itself.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

things remain the same: The look in the
face of the hunter as he closed in on
the fox is the look in the face Of him
who sees the coveted contract lying ready
for the finishing stroke of his pen. And
his words are those of the hunter of long
ago as, eyes a-gleam, teeth barred, mus
cIes still taut with the tenseness of the
chase, he waves the paper high in air
and cries, I've made a killing!"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
F. H. Rogers & Co.

sion, including as it does, one of the
Commanding personages in the worlds
education circles" brings to it and to
the state great prestige, and to intimate
that man of such attainments is weak
in working ability" is pure eontradie.
ton.
Vermont is in fact a little state and,
like any state, it has conditions peculiar
to ITSELF but The journal trusts they
are not so everyday, and peculiar
that man of President Buffers expert
ence and training in every field of edu-
cational work cannot grasp them and as
sist greatly in the solution of the prob
lens they Montpelier Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

Vermont garden products that have
survived the frosts thus far in June
probably will weather the remainder Of
the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
MADE A RECORD RUN.
Overland Truck Ascends Mt. Mansfield
With Load of Grain.

g. A. Knapp, with an Overland truck
from the Stuart garage, made demon
strstion run to the top of Mt. Mansfield
Thursday. 1t was the hrst truck to
make the run to the top of the noun
tain. Mr.. Knapp carried four passengers
and a load Of grain, the combined weight
being 1850 pounds. He was two and
ne-haIf hours going up and made the
descent in SO minutes.--St. Johnsbury
Republican.
You can have a demonstration of this
truck at the H. f. Cutler Garage, $40
North Main street. Tel. 402-3.-Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

We are told that the Marshfeld dra-
matte club presented "The Flowing
Bowl" 10 a full house at Danville last
Friday evening. For our part, we think
that natural sequence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

A new president in Mexico! Next
GENT"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

Angeles has pacific southland that's
all, probably.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

blessed is he who has something
to say and says it."--Lowel
We have something
to say and we're paying
for this newspaper
space to say it in, and it
will pay YOU to take
it in.
The new Tartan plaids
that New York fashion
has pronounced leading
style for mems suits,
are here. "Quiet ele-
gance" about describes
these fabrics, SIS and
500.
We're waiting to
show you.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
A Modern Hunter.

Edna Ferber, writing new Jock Me-
Chesney advertising story in the June
American Magazine, preeedes her story
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26
II The Chickens Are There.

Sam Vickers, an old South Carolina
negro, had helped himself to some of
a white neighbours chickens. The own
er traced the theft to him, however,
and brought him to account.
Look her, SAM" he said, 81 don't
mind the loss of the chickens so much
i would have given you one if you
had asked for it-but it pains me to
see an old man like you commit a sin
like that. What are you going to do
at the judgment day, when we appear
before the Lord and those chickens
are presented as evidence before you ?''
"Yo' low dem chickens gwine be dar,
Marse Henry?" the old man asked
while his coal black orbs rolled rest
lessly.
They certainly WILL" came the firm
and impressive reply.
Den, ah gwine say: is desc hyar
yo' chickens, Marse Henry?' an vol
say, 'Ya'as,' and ah1l say, All right,
sab, yo' take 'em." National Month
ly Magazine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26

English are too conventional-I might
almost say they are too snobbish. Your
English musician, your English actor,
your English author, he must always
be a gentleman Well, gentlemen
are rather limited, rather mario v
There are so many things gentlemen
can't do.
When my friend, Mr.. Richard
Strauss, was drilling the Covent Gar.
den orchestra in 'Elektra, he was vers
much annoyed by the tameness of tn,
English playing. Finally, at a wilt
and savage passage, he raped sharpi,
with his baton and said:
You are all playing like lot 81
gentlemen. Don't play like gentlemen
play like wild beasts"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26

Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions
bf Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.
ether than those which the paper may
keem proper to publish as news mat
ter, will be charged for at the rate OF
cents per line.
All advertising copy requiring two
columns OF space or less should be in
the business office not later than noon
Of day prior to date of issue in order
b insure it's prompt insertion. All
copy Tor space of more than two col.
Gmns should be submitted not later
than 6 o'clock of the day, two days
prior to date of issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26
Americas, Ga, September 26, 1914
AS TO TAXING COTTON

Some people who have been holding
up their hands in holy terror at the
proposition of taxing cotton to keep
down the acreage next year would ap-
plaud a law which prevents a man
from killing certain birds on his own
land, or catching fish from his own
pond at certain seasons of the year, or
of chipping pine trees of certain size
in order to prevent destruction of the
forests = 'sIAigtA q
The proposed cotton tax does not
reach all cotton. 1t is not revnue
measure, nuor is it intended to be a
punitive" measure. Its object to pre-
vent the planting of more than a given
amount of cotton. No tax is proposed
except upon the cotton exceeding the
legal limit. If the farmers should vi
olate the law, or go on planting cotton
respite the tax, they would not get ell
ough money from their cotton to paw
the tax. The PROPOSED tax is a war
measure to save the farmers from d
critical situation and to force them 70
plant the kind of crops that will be
needed next year.
1t is in line with the conservation ef
forts that are being made all over the
country. The object is to save the
country from losses. 1t is to make
farmers do what they ought to do with
out being made. 1t is to prevent the
waste of energy, fertilizer and injury
to the land which large cotton crop
entails. 1t is to encourage farmers to
get back to the system of diversified
farming, raising their own supplies and
living at home.
Nobody wants to tax the farmers
cotton. What is wanted is to get the
farmer to adopt course that will be
for his own good and for the public
good Such tax was levied in Geor-
gia, Florida, Arkansas and other states
during the war. IT had the desired e.
feet and prevented famine in the
South
The suggestion of the cotton tag
was merely to make farmers take a
course that will be for their own GOOD
as we'll as the public good, in the rath-
er uncertain year to come-with a big
supply of cotton from this year on
hand.-Macon Telegraph.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26
Advertising Rates Reasonable
Promptly Furnished on Request

Subscribers fal!-g to receive their
paper regularly will confer favor by
promptly reporting same 70 circulation
department
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26
Left Eye for Microscope.

In microscopic work use the left eye
rather than the right, says the Ameri-
can Machinist. Astigmatism and other
eye troubles occur more frequently in
the right eye.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-26

Apropos of the English boycott up
on German music, DR.. Leopold Rich
ter, the we'll known conductor, said in
Milwaukee:
The English, anyhow, don't cal e
very much for German music. The
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
RIsIna Generation.

For one, like to believe that the
young people Of the coming genera.
tion are not less able or less earnest,
not less willing or less devoted, than
those of our own young days. Those
men in buckram whom we boast of
having fought, were they indeed so
much more formidable tLan the gianta
In the path of the youth of today !?
Were we never towards on instinct"
pluming ourselves on our "discre-
tion%' ! feel that we, the talking gem
GRAFTON. might suffer In comparison
with the youth OF today, did not our
memories so often play us false Ger
tainly not all Of us have achieved even
honesty and courtesy and common hui
man kindness. Did we all once have
learning and wit and zeal? Where
are our zeal and wit and learning
now? Are our sons and daughters SO
much our interiors? No, by my hall
dom! And we know it!-Fannie II.
Eckstorm, in the Atlantic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
Chinese Market Expanding.

Now that the Chinese in many
provinces are adopting foreign Dress
foreign food and foreign-style houses
they are demanding larger quantity
OF foreign merchandise. The sale of
foreign clothing, shoes. hats and jew
elry is rapidly increasing Foreign
made furniture also is coming more
and more into use, and while great
deal of it is being made in China there
is growing demand for foreign locks
and hardware of all descriptions. A
considerable increase is noticed In the
consumption of foreign food and
canned provisions are enjoying a
wider sale. Foreign food is displac-
ing Chinese food to such an extent
that local guild of Chungking which
formerly made huge profits by selling
sharks fms and other Chinese deli
cacies has suffered heavily of late
on account Of the growing prefer
ence for foreign food
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
His DUTY Done.

The much more general participa-
tion in athletics at Yale marks trans
ition from its former days when only
specialists were allowed in the rowing
tanks OF on the football field
At Yale dinner President Hadley,
the guest of honor commented favor
ably on this change. stating that it
brought many more boys into the col
lege activities than in the days of Yale
supremacy.
"Of course" he said, Il regret the
change of fortune In our specialized
athletics--but that reminds me of the
story Of little Johann of Newtown,
Conn. Little Johann lived at one end
Of the town and his grandfather at
the other. One day his grandfather
died
"A stranger passing down the street
noticed little Johann playing in the
garden. quite as If nothing had hap
pened. Rather shocked at the lads
conduct, he stopped and said. 10
ham. your grandfather is dead
"The little fellow looked up, 1 know
IT, he said. as he resumed his play.
I've cried"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison
eat about half the amount Of food now
that they did formerly, and both claim
to be much the better for their reduc-
tion OF diet. Mrs. Edison says she even
gains in weight under the new sys-
tenn, and says that she hates to think
what her weight might be if she had
continued with her old methods. The
lowest estimate she made was $50
pounds.
When she first joined her husband
in curtailing her diet she found great
difficulty in subduing her appetite. but
now that she has won the battle she
says she feels better, sleeps better.
can think more CLEARLY and is twice
as active.
Certainly her reward is greater than
her sacrifice.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
Records Of Heavy RaInfaIIs.

Records of winters in the past bring
to light some accounts of excessive
rains, for in 1909, gauge kept at
Monumental, in California, registered
1884 inches. Only at Glenora. Gre
gon. with a record of 1929 for a
single year. has this rainfall record
been exceeded in records for the
United States. The heaviest rainfall
for a single month ever recorded in
the United States was at Helen Mine,
California, in January. 1909, when
71.54 inches fell Campo has the rec
ord for the heaviest downpour ever
recorded in California for a single
day. This was 111h inches. on August
IL. 1891, and all of this fell within
so minutes. This is far below the
American record. however, which is
held by Alexandria, Louisiana. with a
record OF 21 4-10 inches in a single
dar
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
CHECK YOUR APRIL COUGH.

Thawing frost and April rams chill
yon to the very marrow, You catch cold
head and lungs stuffed you are
feverish- cough continually and feel
miserable-you need DR., Kings New
Discovery. 1t soothes inflamed and
irritated throat and lungs. stops cough,
your head clears up. fever leaves, and
you feel fine Mr.. ]. T. Davis OF
SticlSney Corner, Me. WAS cured of
a dreadful cough after Doctors treat
ment and all other remedies failed.
Relief or money back. Pleasant
Children like it. Get bottle today.
soc aud 81 90 at your druggist. ADV,
d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow.
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Sene
for list of testimonials
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. O
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-27

Bad breath. bitter taste. dizziness
and a general mo account feeling is
sure sign of a torpid liver Herbine
is the medicine needed. Il makes the
liver active, vitalizes the blood, regu-
lates the bowels and restores a fine
feeling Of energy and cheerfulness.
Puce soc. Sold by Owl drug store. -
Adv. d&w