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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
MORE CASES HEARD.
In Which Domestic Infelieity Has Caused
Divorce Action.

Five divorce cases. all uncontested
we're heard yesterday afternoon by As
sistant Judges Dale and Dana in Wash.
ington county court and the judges were
engaged in hearing similar eases to-day.
The cases heard yesterday afternoon
after the Girard case were as follows
Walter J. Chatterton ". Rita T.. Chat.
tefton; Ned Alexander ". Lillian AleA-
nndcr. Mark s Ladd y. Ruth H. Indd;
Ruth Ripley vs John Ripley.
The case Of Harriet sun ". Harlie
sun was heard this morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
100000 LABOR MEN
FORM NEW UNION
Great Organization Of British Employees
Il Said to Be for Both Offensive and
Defensive Action.

London. Dec. a.-The largest labor or
ranization IN the history Of England,
TcpFesentinQ about 2nuno00 men. was
formed to-day for the purpose of ofen-
sive or defensive action IN matters re-
specting the wages and conditions Of
work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
R. W. MccUEN APPOINTED.
On State Fair Commission to Succeed
w. A. Lawrence, Deceased.

Governor c. w. Gates has appointed
Robert w. McCuen of Vergennes as the
Addison county member Of the state fair
commission TO succeed w. A. Lawrence
of Bristol, deceased Mr.. McCuen was a
member Of the House in 1906 and 1910,
and a senator from his county in 1912.
lie is a member Of the Terecentenary
commission and the commission TO pro-
vide a memorial 20 Commodore Thomas
McD0nough. o
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
CARRANZA SELECTS
u. S. AMBASSADOR
Arredondo, Who Is at Present His Conf
Dental Representative in Washing
ton, Has Been Chosen.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 9.--Eliso Are
dondo, Gen. Carranza's confidential rep
resentative in Washington, has been sc.
lected to be the next ambassador from
Mexico to the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
National Retailers to Meet in Cleveland

Sec. Hinman Of the Barre Granite Man-
ufacturers' association received notice to-
day that the convention of the National
Retail Monument Dealers association
will be held in Cleveland, o.. during
August 1915
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
FOUR TOWNS CAPTURED.
Bulgarians are Sweeping Onward in
Southwestern Serbia.

Berlin, Dec. 9.-Four towns near the
southwestern frontier have been captured
by the Bulgarians, the war Office an
nounced to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09

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The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
SYNOPSIS.

After the finding of Wu Fang's body and kennedy's disappearance, a subma- rine appears the following morning on the bay. A man plunges overheard from it and swims ashore It is the entrance of Marcius Del Mar into America.
 His mission Is to obtain information of Kennedy and recover, if possible, the lost torpedo. At the Dodge home he soon wins the confidence of Elaine. Later she Is warned by a little old man to be care full of Del Mar This warning came just in time to prevent Del Mar from carry ing out his plans
 Later Elaine gives a masquerade ball. domino girl can locate the torpedo. A gray friar warns Elaine and Jameson of Del Mars purpose, and his plans are up- set Del Mar succeeds in getting this girl in Elaine's home a maid She finds the torpedo in the attic. places it In a trunk, which with others is sent to Elaiue's country home. A holdup on the train trunk away. only to find on opening il that they have the wrong trunk.
 Upon Elaine's arrival in the country she again encounters the old man of mys tery He warns her to do her own un- packing. She does. and finds the long-1ost torpedo. which she places in a dresser drawer. Del Mars men enter her room torpedo They are seen by the old man. who follows them. 4 desperate battle follows fin which the old man destroys the torpedo. That afternoon as Elaine and Jameson are riding through the country Del Mar plans to blow up a bridge at time when they are crossing. He would have succeeded but the old man unexpectedly appears and delays the explosion just long enough to permit ElaineS car to cross safely.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

they tied me again. 6and and foot. Then they began debating In low, sin lster tones, what was to be done with me nect. Once in a while i could catch 9 word. Fear made my senses hypersensitive
 They were arguing whether they should make away with me now or tateri
 Finally the leader rose. Its three to one." heard him mutter. He dies now"
 He turned and took a menacing step toward me-
 Hands upi"
 It was shrill, firm voice that rang out at the mouth of the cave as a figure cut off what little light there was
 
 Elaine passed along, hunting for the trail. Suddenly a shower of pebbles came falling down from cliff above her. Some of them hit her and she looked up quickly.
 There she could see me being led along by my captors. She hid in the brush and watched. During all the operations of the descent of the rock stairway and the resetting of the alarm she continued to watch, strain ing her eyes to see what they were doing
 As we entered the cave, she stepped from hor pnnpna1r,onnf sharply up at us, as we disappeared Then she climbed the path up the cliff until she came to the flight of stone steps leading downward again.
 Already she had seen the man be- hind me doing something with the stone that formed the top step. She stopped down and examined the stone Carefully she raised it and looked un- derneath before stepping on it. There she could see the electric connection. She set the stone aside and looked again down the dangerous stairway
 It made her shudder. "I must get him." she murmured to herself Yes, I must Even now it may be too late"
 They had just decided to make away with me immediately and the leader had turned toward me with the threat still on his lips. It was now or never. Resolutely she took a step forward and into the cave.
 Hands upi" she demanded with astonishing firmness.
 The thing was so unexpected in the security of their secret hiding place protected by the rock alarm that. be fore they knew it, Elaine had them all lined up against the wall
 Keeping them carefully covered, she moved over toward me She picked up knife that lay near by and start
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put his coat and hat on 1t and set It on the seat which he had occupied oe' fore
 Just then Del Mars boat ran around the promontory where Wu Fang hao met the submarine that had brought Del Mar into the country and landed him so strangely.
 The boat slowed down under shelter of the rocks and Del Mar added a pair of heavy tead-soled shoes to his outnt ln order to weigh himself down. flnal- ly he put on the helmet, let himself over the side ot the boat, and disap- peared into the water.
 His aide started the motor and the boat shot ahead again, with the dunn my still occupying Del Mars seat. As the boat swung out and made wide sweeping curve away from the point at which Del Mar had gone overheard, the naturalist in the Dodge boat came around the promontory and saw it. changing his course accordingly, and gaining somewhat.
 
 Del Mar sank upright and rapidly, down in the shallow water to the bot tom. Once having his feet on some thing approaching firm ground, he gazed about through the window-llke eye of the helmet until he got his bearings Then he began to walk heavily along the bottom of the har- bor. over sand and rocks.
 It was a strange walk that he took, half stumbling. slowly and cumber- somely groping his way like queer underwater animal.
 If anyone could have seen him, he would have noted that Del Mar was going toward the base of a huge, rocky cliff that jutted far out into the har- bor, where the water was deep, a dangerous point, avoided by craft of all kinds Far over his head the waves beat on the rocks angrily. But down there, concealed beneath the surface of the harbor, was sort of huge arch of stone. through which a comparatively rapid current ran as the tide ebbed and flowed.
 Del Mar let himself be carried along with the current, which was now run ming in and thus with comparative ease made his way, still groping, through the arch Once under it and few feet beyond he deliberately kicked off the leaden-soled shoes and, thus frightened. rose rapidly to the sur face of the water
 As he bobbed up, a strange sight met his eyes-not strange, however, to Del Mar. Above. the rocks formed a huge dome over the water which the tides forced in and out through the secret entrance through which he
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Allowance for Vol. Child

A child may be given a small regu- lar allowance tor 4is own use. Through this he may learn the Joy of immediate indulgence of trifllng whims. or he may learn to expend his resources with discrimination. or he may learn the advantages of deferring expenditures for more favorable pur- chasing. says writer in the Pitts burgh Dispatch The child s claim to such an allowance can be Justified to his mind on exactly the same ground as his claim to food and clothing and other material and immaterial wealth shared in the home He gets these things not as a reward of merit. but through his status as a dependent member of household.
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came. No other entrance, apparently, except that from the waters of the harbor led to this peculiar den.
 Lying quietly moored to the rocky piers lay three submarine boats Fur ther back, on a ledge of rock, blasted out, stood little building, sort of office or headquarters. Near by was a shed where were kept gas and oil, supplies and ammunition; in fact, ev- erything that submarine could pos sibly need.
 This was the reason for Del Mars presence in the neighborhood. It was the secret submarine harbor of the foreign agents who were operating in America,
 Already a sentry, pacing up and down, had seen the bubbles in the wa ter that indicated that someone had come through the archway and was down below" as Del Mar and his men called it.
 Gazing down, the sentry saw the queer helmeted figure float up from the bottom of the pool. He reached out and helped the figure chamber up out of the water to the ledge on which he stood. Del Mar saluted, and the sentry returned the secret salute, help ing him remove the dripping helmet and suit.
 A moment later in the queer little submarine office, Del Mar had evident ly planned to take up the nefarious secret work on which he was engaged. Several men of a naval and military bearing were seated about a table al- ready, studying maps and plans and documents of all descriptions. They did not seem to belong to any nation in particular. In fact, their uniforms, If such they might be called, were of a character to disguise their national ity. But that they were hostile to the country under which they literally had their Hidden retreat, of that there could be no doubt.
 How high Del Mar stood in their counsels could have been seen at a glance from the instant deference ex- hibited at the mere mention of his
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
PEARL HAS FAMOUS HISTORY
Among Other Things, 1t Is the oldes. Object Used for Adornment
 of the Person.

The pearl s the only gem needine mt the hand of man to bring to ne, lection. and history affords annie evidence of the intense fascination i, has exercised upon the people of every age. The pearl is the oldest object of personal adornment.
 Indian mythology often speaks of the pearl. attributing it's discovery to the god Vishnu. who is said to have caused it to be drawn from the ocean for his daughter Pandaia. The rec ords of the Babylonians, Egyptians. Persians and Romans also contain many references to the gem. The wife of Emperor Caligula. for an ordinary betrothal feast, is said to have decked herself with pearls to the value of S1000,000; and Julius Caesar presented Servilla. the mother of Bru. tus. with a specimen valued at $250.. O00
 Philip II of Spain paid s200,000 for a single pearl known as "Peregrina It was found in Panama. was pear. shaped and weighed lS4 carats An. other king of Spain-Philip W-pur- chased a pearl of Indian origin weigh ing l26 earats.
 The largest pearl known is that which was once the property of Henry Philip Hope Cylindrical in form, it is two inches long. four and a half inches in circumference at one end and three and a half inches al the other It weighs 1900 grains and is valued at $30000o
 It is known that the beauty of the natural pearl sometimes proves eva. neseent. To retain it's shimmering splendor it needs air and light Aclds can affect pearls, and emanations from the human skin can. it is con tended destroy the precious luster which, once gone, cannot be recov cred Sometimes. too. owing to their comparative softness. pearls become scratched and thus source of anxiety to their owners.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
EFFECT THAT WAS LASTING
Dumas Had Ready Explanation of the Presence of Sleepy Ones in
 Audience.

The elde- Dumas was celebrated for his neVerfailing repartee III every. day conversation In illustration there may be cited the following:
 One evening he attended theater in Paris with literary colleague. Wilt messing a play written by the latter. The author of Monte Cristo" noticed that one of the audience Tn the par. quet had gone to sleep during the per. formanee He nudged hls friend. pointing to the sleeper. and whispered:
 Is that the effect your plays have upon some people"
 Soon after the same couple went to the same theatcr on an evening when a play by Dumas was being produced Again there was a man asleep in the p&rquet Look, sail Dumas friend. at the result of yotf dramatic works
 Why. my dear fellow was the re- ply that's the same man we saw asleep here the other night He IS not awake yet
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Measure Dirty Air.

An English scientist is using an in genious new method of ascertaining just how much dust and smoke the at- mosphere contains A ribbon of filter paper is stretched over small slit in the side of a hollow brass cylinder, and the air is passed through the pa per by exhausting the interior of the cylinder. After half-hour's exposure the ribbon is automatically moved on, and fresh surface exposed. In this way the little particles of dust and smoke in the air are deposited in rec tangular patches at half-hour inter vals, and the depth of color of these patches shows how polluted the air was at any given time
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these things might be brought about if we could only get rid of our preiu- dices. It is not, however, too much to hope that the present confusion of place names should be got rid of. Why We and the French should consistently describe as Cologne and Mayence cities which their own inhabitants never call anything but Koeln and Mainz it Is difficult to understand, and there is certainly no excuse for our pro- nouncing the name of the Bavarian capital as "Munick." as if in scorn of the dwellers therein. who call it, as
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ed to cut the ropes with which was bound.
 As she did so. one of the men, with But Elaine was not to be caught off her guard. Instantly she fired. The man staggered back and fell
 That cooled the ardor of the other three considerably, especially now as was free, too. While she held them up still, with their hands in the air, I went through their pockets, taking out their weapons.
 Then, still keeping them covered, we backed out of the cave Backward we made our way up the dangerous flight of steps again with guns leveled at the cave entrance, Elaine going up first.
 Once a head stuck itself out of the cave entrance l fired instantly and it jerked itself back in again just in time That was the only trouble We had, apparently.
 Cautiously and slowly we made our way toward the top of the cliff 
 One look backward from his motor boat was enough for Del Mar He must evade that inquisitive naturalist He turned to his man
 Get out that apparatus he or dered.
 The man opened locker and brought out the curious submarine rescue helmet and suit Del Mar took them up and began to put the suit on. stooping down in the shelter of the boat so that his actions could not be seen by the naturalist in the pursuing boat.
 The naturalist was all this time peer ing ahead keenly at Del Mars boat. trying to make it out. He bent over and adjusted the engine to get up more speed and the boat shot ahead faster.
 By this time. Del Mar had put on the submarine apparatus, all except the helmet, and was crouching low in the boat Hastily he rolled a piece of canvas into the semblance of a body.
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Traffic on the Duna.

It Is estimated that more than g. o00000 tons of freight are transported over the Duna each year Among it's tributaries. the Mezha. Usvyat. Kas- plya. Ulla, Disna and Bolder-aa are also navigable The Beresina canal connects the Duna with the Dnieper. thus giving freight route by water from the Baltic sea, across Europe. to the Black sea. As is the general case with Russian rivers, the Duna abounds in fish. a very delicate species of salmon being caught in it's rivers
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Reptiles Had chins Like Humans.

Oddly enough, and for some reason quite unexplained, the nearest resem blance to the human chin is fonnd in some of the most ancient reptiles vet diseoyered-strange and primitive creatures whose remains have been unearthed on the shores of the north ern Dwina. It is not to be imagined that they could talk. for they had no brains to speak of Their ehins. which are strikingly humanlke. must have been meant by nature for some entire ly different purpose.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Americans and Dante

Except the Bible, no work has had so much written about it as has the "Divina Commedia," and no work has been translated into so many lan- guages; among those in our own four are the work of American translators. Moreover, Americans are to the fore in Dantesque comment. During the nine- teenth century some five hundred pub llcations dealing with the poet were written ty Americans and printed iR this country.
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erusty doctors cleverness as a diag- nostician Although inclined at first to resent the abrupt and unsympa- thetic dictum, Doctor Tuckerman fol- lowed the advice. and found it per fectly adapted to his case!
 He got plenty of outdoor exercise and mechanical employment that oc- cupied his mind. When the barn was finished, his health was restored Youths Companion
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
WHY CALL LONDON LONDRA?'
Alike All Over the World, Is Contention Made.

When this war is over there will be many arrangements, besides those of territory, says the London Globe. It is perhaps too much to expect that universal meridian or universal time will be established. still less that We shall have universal money or a universal secondary language. All
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
TWENTY-EIGHTH EPISODE
THE CAVE IN THE CLIFF.

It was not long after the almost miraculous escape of Elaine and my self from the blowing up of the bridge on the shore road that Del Mar re- turned from his mysterious mission which had. apparently. taken him actually down to the bottom of the sea.
 The panel in the wall of his library opened and in the still dripping sub- marine suit. holding under his arm the weird helmet. Del Mar entered. No sooner had he begun to remove his wet diving suit than the man who had signaled with the heliograph that we had found Del Mars message from below" whatever that might mean. entered the house and was announced by the valet
 'Let him come in immediately" or dered Del Mar. placing his suit in q closet. Then to the man, as he en- tered the room, he said: Well, what's new?"
 Quite a bit,s returned the man. drowning still over Elaines accidental  munication. "The Dodge girl happened to pick up one of the tubes with message just after you went down. tried to get her by blowing up one of the bridges, but it didn't work, some how"
 Well have to silence her" re- marked Del Mar angrily with a sinis- ter frown. You stay here and wait for orders"
 A moment later he made his way down to private dock on his grounds and jumped aboard a trim little speed boat moored there. He started the motor and off the boat feathered in cloud of spray.
 It was only moment by water be- fore he reached the Dodge dock There he tied his boat and hurried up the dock.
 Elaine and I arrived home without any further experiences after our hair breadth escape from the explosion at the bridge.
 We were in doubt at first. however. just what to do about the mysterious message which we had picked up in the harbor.
 Really. Walter" remarked Elaine, after we had considered the matter for some time, 'I think we ought to send that message to the government at Washington. It may be of great i'm portance."
 Already she had seated herself at her desk and began to write. while examined the metal tube and the note again.
 There" she said at length. handing me the note she had written. how does that sound?"
 read it while she addressed the en- velope. Very good" replied, hand ing it back.
 She folded it and showed it into the envelope on which she had written:
 Chief,
 Secret Service.
 Washington, D C."
 was studying the address. wonder ing whether this was just the thing to do. when Elaine decided the matter by energetieally ringing the bell for Jennings.
 Post that, Jennings, please" she directed
 The butler bowed Just as the door bell rang. He turned to go.
 Just minute" I interrupted. sI think perhaps I'd better mail it my self. after all''
 He handed me the letter and went out.
 Yes. Walter" agreed Elaine, that would be better. Please register it, too
 How do you do?" greeted a suave voice.
 It was Del Mar. As he passed me to speak to Elaine, apparently by ac- .~o~~~~~>~~~ooANo
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PHYSICIAN EARNED HIS FEE
Seemed Like Novel Prescription, But Minister Recovered Health
 by Taking 1t.

The celebrated Doctor Abernethy, who lived more than a hundred years ago, not only ioathed circumlocution in others, but avoided it himself. Rev. Doctor Tuckerman of New England had all the self-absorption that seems the last century, and on these two
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bits of characterization hangs an amusing story.
 When Doctor Tuekerman was in London for his health. he consulted Doctor Abernethy and, obliyious of scowls and jerks of the body. expati- ated on the importance of health to him. as the pastor of "a little parish in Chelsea, Massachusetts" until the physician lost his patience completely. and cut him short with:
 No matter about your little parish; go home and build barn."
 And now comes the proof of the