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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
CHAMPION RIDING EXPERT.
Wheeler Bros. Circus Shows Replete
With Great Equestrian Features.

The new and wonderful European
arenic features that have been added
to the Wheeler Bros. shows appearing at
Barre July II, are many and varied,
hut none stand out SO prominently in
the brilliant galaxy OF star feature acts
as the Leroy Sexton troupe, now seen
for the first time in America. These
clever people are acknowledged the
champion riding experts of Europe, and
appear in what is elsssed as the only
original equestrian acts known to the
circus for the past half century Their
simplest feats are not within the range
OF accomplishment of the average eques-
trian, and their more heroic efforts are
the bane of enyious rivals. They are
noted for their dextrous individual and
lconiunetive performances, which en-
brace a series of riding and athletic
stunts entirely new to the American
arena. concluding with simultaneous
bounding leaps from the ground to the
backs of horses. The certainty of ex-
ecution with which all their feats are
accomplished gives a finished touch that
is so frequetly lacking in ordinary rid
ers. The Leroy-Sexton troupe are not
alone, however, in the Wheeler Bros.
equestrian contingent. There are many
other riders of both sexes whose names
are synonymous with the best and
greatest in equestrian achievements and
the majority of whom are progeny of IL
lustrious riding families, thus com
bining acquired skill with hereditary ge-
MUS. They represent every school, and
style of riding bounding jockey, som
ersauting, hurdle, menage, and race rid
ers and heroic Craftsmanship of the from
tier.
company of genuine Cossack rid
ers in native costume give an exhibit
ton of daring whirlwind riding, which
has never been equalled Positively the
greatest act of its kind ever offered by
any travelling organization. -Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
THE EVIL oUTCROPPING IN GOOD
AT SALEM.

Even so tremendously tragic an affair
as the great Salem fire was not free
from the outcropping of some OF hui
man natures most shameless shortcom-
ings. Indeed, the manifestations are so
evident as to cause one to shrink froni
contributing to the aid of those who
really are deserving of assistance I'M
less one knows that the contributions
will be distributed where they rightfui-
ly belong. During the first few hours
following the excitement of the fire the
work of assisting the homeless, the suf-
fering and the hungry was, OF necessity,
conducted in disorganized way in or
der to give prompt aid and it was car
ried on by no single guiding head or or.
eanization. The result inevitably must
have been that considerable abuse and
imposition crept into the distribution
through no fault of the distributors,
perhaps, but rather through the machi-
HdIiOU VI lllOSt tfiilN AiAIAtiCu' iANf' :
with the passing of the days and the
coming of the Red Cross society into the
field, the work OF aiding the unfortu-
mates has become more systematized and
the possibility of graft has been mini
mized. since the Red Cross organization
is efficient through long experience in
dealing with just such situations. For
that reason, those who feel disposed to
contribute money in aid of the afflicted
people of Salem need not fear that their
money will be diverted to other channels
than those for which it may be intended.
The Vermont branch of the organization
has made an appeal through its officers,
as noted in another column, and all mon
ey so given will be used to the best pos
sibIe advantage. one may rest assured,
since it win be in charge of the Red
Cross society.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

Even though the proposed fight OF an
aeroplane across the Atlantic ocean from
the United States should not eventuate
at the coming trial, it must be allowed
that considerable progress in the ability
to fly will have been made, inasmueh as
the aeroplane has carried 10 men in the
preliminary flights near New York City.
Heretofore the use of the aeroplane in
the United States has been restricted
generally to the carrying of one person
and sometimes two persons, little atten-
ton being directed toward that phase Of
the development of the machine which
has to do with transportation of many
passengers. But now that an aeroplane
has been put in use which is capable of
fiving with 10 men, it ought to be the
beginning of rapid development of the
machine along practical lines in the
United States, in contrast to the con-
tinued attention paid to the one-man or
two-men flights of smaller machines.
none Of which could be put to practical
use because of their small carrying ca
pacity. Aeroplane building has been al
most at standstil in the United States,
one might say, up to this time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
VERMONT GIRL CONCERNED.
In Arrest of Man at Lewiston, Me.
Charged With Serious 0ffense.

The Lewiston, Me, Sun of June 30 had
the following article:
alice Bean, II was taken from Au-
burn to Newport, Vt, yesterday aft
ernoon by Sheriff y. j. Hill OF Orleans
county, Vermont Miss Bean is want
ed in Newport as the chief witness
against Carol d. Gilchrist of that place,
who will probably be charged with VIC
ating the Mann white slave act.
"Chief Taylor. in making search OF
an Auburn lodging house, found some
letters belonging to Alice Bean, who
was living there In these was clip
ping from a Vermont paper telling about
the disappearance of Carroll ID. Gilchrist
and Alice Bean, who it was thought left
Newport together. The clipping excit-
ed the chiefs curiosity and he had an
interview with Miss Bean who broke
down and told him the whole story Of
how she and Gilehrist had left Newport
together and had lived in various towns
before reaching Auburn.
"At Lewiston, Gilchrist and the girl
declared that they were married, but
after a time the people at whose house
they were living, became suspicious and
ordered them out. At Auburn Gllchrlst
claimed Miss Bean as his daughter. Aft
err time, Gilchrist deserted the girl
and returned to his home where in an
swer to questions he said that he did
not know where Miss Bean was ana
would be glad to find her If he could,
in order to clear himself.
at was not until day or two ago
that Chief Taylor got into communica
ton with the Vermont authorities and
they Immediately made sure of Gill
christ and then sent man to Auburn
to get the girl Miss Bean went before
notary public yesterday and made a
sworn statement of what she had told
Chief Taylor. It is expected that Gil
christ will be held for the United States
district court charged with violating the
white slave law"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
IL Mediation Fails.

| The public statement of the Mexican
delegates outlining their position con-
firms the transcripts contention that
the blame for the failure Of the Niagara
conference, if it fails, will lie at the door
of the Wilson administration. 1t was
the mediators, one of whom receives
to-day a well deserved honorary degree
from Harvard, who proposed the plan
of settlement which has been agreed to
by the Mexicans and rejected by the
American 5. That plan provides Tor a
provisional government, at the head OF
which should be a neutral who should
hold office only until an honest cleo
ton could be held. In spite OF recent
Constitutionalst victories, the Huerta
government still retains control OF Is
states, one territory and one federal dis
trict, with a total population OF ll,770,-
1863 as against nine states and two terri
tories, with a population of 1921 900
controlled by the Constitutionalist
forces Under the circumstances agree
ment to a neutral provisional govern
ment involves a large concession on the
part of the Huerta government.
But the purpose of the policy OF in
trigue and deception which the Wilson
administration has pursued throughout
its dealings with Mexico appears to be,
not to assist the success of the Niagara
negotiation, nor even to set up in Mex
leo a government under which an hon
est election can be guaranteed, but to
drive out Huerta in order that either
Villa or Carranza can be put in his
place. Both these bandits, the one
hired assassin and the other a notorious
CRATER, have repeatedly deied the au-
thority of the Washington government,
and Villa, who is rapidly rising in ad-
ministration favor, is recognized in and
out of Mexico as a bandit whose record
for murder and crimes even worse is
Appropriated only by that of Zapata.
The mediators and the Mexican dele
gates we believe are wholly right in
their insistence that a neutral shall be
made provisional president of Mexico.
If the Wilson administration is prepared
to wreck mediation by standing out for
Villa. Carranza or any other Constitu-
tionalist, the Niagara conference will
adjourn with Latin America united in
resentment against the United States.
For Latin America will look not TO
Washington. but to the mediating pow
ers. Argentina, Brazil and Chill for its
verdict Of the Niagara failure, and the
responsibilities therefor.-Boston Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

In view of the prospective disagree
ment over passenger rates on the Barre
& Montpelier Traction Co.'s lines, it Is
interesting to note that the New Hamp.
shire public service commission has just
handled case of similar nature, petit
ton coming before the commission that
the rate charged between Nashua and
Hudson on the Manchester q Nashua
line was too high. The commission sup
ported the petition by an order which
finds the rate unreasonable and which
stipulates Joint lower rate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

The esteemed Barre Times makes this
comment on the state bond question:
estate Auditor Horace f. Graham
adopted the policy of 'watchful waiting
TO see how State Treasurer Deavitt came
out with his bond and then followed
suit"
We have invariably found The Times
entirely fair as well as impartial in its
comments on state affairs, an attitude
which might well be more generally
emulated and we are sure that it did
not willingly do the state auditor an
injustice.
As matter of fact, however, State
Auditor Graham has been at the very
forefront in helping to protect the in
terests of the state not only in this con-
nection but in other directions as well,
and he was not only willing to provide
a new bond but he held that under the
circumstances he ought to take that
step, an attitude that was known even
before the facts in relation to the state
treasurer's bond were made public
through an interview with various edi-
tors.-Burlington Free Press.
Did State Auditor Graham, prior 10
the publicity given the Deavitt bond
matter, file new bond according to his
conviction, as you state! And if he did
not file such a bond and still had the
conviction that he should, why did he
not file new bond long before the un-
desirable publicityg We have no quarrel
with Auditor Graham over this matter,
and at the same time we feel that State
Treasurer Desvitt should not be made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

Both st. Adams and Brattleboro show
appreciable gains in polls as the result
of the reports of their respective grand
lists, but the gains are so nearly the
same that the comparison rather dis
counts Brattleboro's claim to great
growth during the past year, inasmuch
as st. Adams probably did not gain
much in population. Nevertheless, the
trend in both those communities was
very definitely in the right direction,
and each is to be congratulated on the
showing made; they are helping to make
good the losses noted in many other
towns of the state from year to year as
the listers and assessors report.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

The st. Louis American scouts were
especially fortunate this season in Sc
curing Wares and Leary for its infeld,
These men are considered some of the
biggest finds of years. Wares is clever
infielder, while Leary is making good at
first base. He was originally a catcher
but possessed excellent batting quail
ties. All the big league scouts and man
ayers arc mplimenting the Browns for
securing these youngsters, who are as
sisting the st. Louis team in its fight
to the top of the American league lad
der.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
CURRENT COMMENT
Cupid Working Overtime in Rutland.

With four weddings in Rutland Tues
day and seven Wednesday the record
for two consecutive days is made, we
believe, for thic city in the hymeneal
line. If the number of weddings is in
direct proportion to business prosPeri-
ty, as is commonly contended, business
is at its highest food in Rutland. And,
the fact is just this, according to gem
eral report from the merchants.
land News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
WORCESTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Hurd and family have
gone to Saugus, Mass, and Mr.. Hurd
will work in a shoe factory in Lynn.
Children's day exercises went off very
nicely and, in spite of the rain, a good
company was out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rood and daughter are
visiting Mrs. Rood's parents in Water
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Perry were in
town the first of the week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
GRANITEvILLE.

Don't forget the old and young folks
ball in the gymnasium Thursday even
ing, July 2. Riley's full singing orches-
ira will furnish music for a frst-class
concert from until O; dancing from .
to 2. Everybody welcome. Admission,
81 per couple; extra ladies. l5c. Re-
freshments will be served in the hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

When all other means fail, pretty
women who desire to get their pictures
in the metropolitan newspapers can join
the sufragist cause, after which the
newspapers will hurdle over each other
to get the pictures.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
The Tie That Binds

man to life insurance is the financial
assistance it guarantees his family at
time when they need it most. Ma.
tional Life Ins. Co., of Vt. (Mutual.l
S. S. Ballard, general agentl Lawrence
building, Montpelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

The report that the steamship Califor-
MIA was 100 miles off her course when
she struck Tory island is detail that is
worth investigation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01
Mr. Proutv Not candidate.

We have satisfied ourselves hrst-hsnd
that Hon. Charles A. Prouty does not
desire to be considered a candidate for
the senatorship in any sense Of the word.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

Fred Fleetwood's gray fedora waits
jauntily in the middle of the ring--the
first of the collection.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

Amos Pinchot isn't doing much talk
ing, but perhaps he is doing powerful
lot of thinking these days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

Dayton, o., returns good for good to
Salem, remembering certain occurrence
not very long ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-01

to bear the brint of the whole matter
simply because his name came before the
public first
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13
Beads Like cleopatra,s

The colored necklace is the rage of
the day; it is to be seen on the neck
of the great lady as on that of the
simple work girl.
The mixture of amber with colored
beads interspersed with Venetian or
Bohemian beads is still particularly in
favor The most extraordinary fanci-
fulness presides at the making of
these adornments, which have an ar
tistic cachet which is most charming.
The agate, the onyx and the aven-
turine contrast or harmonic in com
bination of color which are very sur
prising. Large geometric stones of
cut crystal are interspersed between
many-colored globes.
We find in the windows of some of
our jewelers. necklaces which might
have adorned Egyptian beauties 5000
or 1000 years ago.
Another fancy is the glass brace
let Of all colors. They are worn by
the dozen.
Some women have the forearm COW
cred entirely with Veentian rings,
charmingly fragile but not at all prac-
tical, as they require slow, gentle
movements to prevent their being
broken. The newest amusement is
the play of these glass rings on the
arm with subdued tinklings, for care
must be taken not to break them by
any brusque gesture.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13

the leaf, being careful in doing so to
lift it without sliding sideways, in
order not to blur the impression. You
will find very perfect picture of the
leaf impressed upon the paper, with
the delicate veins shown extending in
all directions, each accurately To-
Gated, making a much more correct
copy of the leaf than you could pos
sibly draw.
Impressions of flowers are more
difficult to make than those of leaves,
handle; yet there are many kinds of
which splendid impressions can be
made.
BY using printers ink of different
colors. or coloring the shoe-paste mix
ture with oil colors, very pretty com
binations can be obtained. A little
later, when the leaves assume their
variegated colors of autumn, you can
try your hand at making impressions
in as near these colors as you can
mix up. And you will be surprised
to see how beautiful colored i'm
pressions are. The Illustrations have
been reproduced from a few sample
impressions made in black
With the hundreds of different
forms of leaves and flowers TO be
found in the garden and in the woods,
just think of the possibilities for max
ing large scrap-book, and what a
fine, thing it will be to have such a
book to refer to. OF course you must
find out the names of all the leaves
and flowers you make impressions Of,
and write them below the Impressions
so you will feel well enough acquainted
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13

impressions might appropriately be
called memory scrap-book.
Ali the materials necessary for max.
ing leaf impressions are several sheets
of white paper-common note paper
will do nicely-a tin or china plate, a
piece of cotton rolled up into a ball
and covered with a piece of silk or
soft cotton cloth, and about half a
teaspoonful of printers ink, or half a
teaspoonful of black shoe-paste mixed
with quarter of that quantity of lard.
Spread little of the printers ink
or shoe-paste mixture upon the china
plate or tin plate. Then taking the
little ball of cotton which you have
covered with silk or cotton cloth, pat
the surface of the plate until the
ink or shoe-paste mixture is spread
evenly over the center. All is then
ready for making the impressions.
Place the lower side of leaf, the
side on which the veins are most
prominent, upon the linked surface CT
the plate. Then lay blotter, or piece
of heavy paper, over the leaf, and
press down upon every part to bring
the leaf into perfect contact with the
linked plate. If you have small pho.
tograph mounting roller, you can get
good results by using that to roll
down the leaf. After pressing down
or rolling down the leaf, remove ii
carefully. and place the blackened
surface on sheet of white paper and
press down as before. Then remove
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13
SMALL coATEE OF BRoCADE
Accompanying Skirt of Purple Char
meuse, the Effect May Be Called
Charming.

A remarkably pretty little coatee
was worn with a skirt of purple char
meuse short while ago. The skirt
showed the new Watteau plait that
was brought from high waist line
and looped up just below the level of
the knee. The skirt In front was left
very plain, with merely slight effect
of drawback drapery at each side
and the inevitable cross-over fold
down the center of the front.
The back panel came from over
a high folded waist belt Of the same
material that was fastened over the
coatee of smoke gray brocade.
This little brocade coatee was very
charmingly arranged, having a one
piece shoulder with pipings of the
same material, and a rather full sleeve
with an open cuff, while down the cen
ter of the back came a quaint little
tabard arranged SO that it fell ex-
actly In line with the charmeuse be-
meath.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13
BY A. NEELY HALL

A HOME MOVING PICTURE SHOW.
The fun of the little moving picture
show commences the minute you be-
gin work upon it, and it lasts as long
as you want it to because there are
always new pictures to plan and make.
The very first thing to prepare is
the support for the picture SCREEN
for which you will need box. AL
most any kind of grocery box will
do approximately lS inches wide and
feet long. Remove the bottom boards
of the box Gig. u for a doorway.
Then cut piece of cardboard long
enough to reach across the top of the
box from side to side "a, Fig p. Cut
an oblong opening in its center as
shown and tack to the box edges in
the position shown in Fig. 6.
The upper and lower boards B sup
port the picture rollers D. Make them
about u inches longer than the width
of the box, and with saw cut a 1-inch
square notch in opposite corners, as
shown Figs. 8 and 7. These notches
form pockets for the picture-roller
ends to set in, and the strips c Gig.
81, nailed to the edges of boards B
hold the rollers in the notches. Nail
boards B to the two ends of the box
with the front edges projecting about
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-13
East 1raxelina 100 Years Aao.

One hundred years ago the citizens
of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and
Intervening points were acclaiming
the progress of the times, with particu-
lar reference to the speed with which
President Madison's message to con-
gress had been carried to the various
states. The message was delivered on
December 7, and by December Is it's
contents were known to persons living
as far distant as Vermont. Under the
caption of Swift Travelling" news
paper of the time commented as fol-
lows: "The express who brought the
| presidents message to this city left
Washington 20 minutes after the noon
hour-left Baltimore As minutes after
p. m.-arrived Philadelphia ten min
utes before midnight. Thus, it will be
seen, that from Washington to Phila-
| delphia, distance Of $50 miles, he
Travelled at the rate of more than
121a miles an hour, which, considering
| the badness of the roads, is, perhaps,
equal to anything ever performed in
this country"