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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-13

All this fuss and feath-
ers'' could be saved by
a rain coat. Here at
SIS to $40.
Light to carry on the
arm, complete protec-
ton on the back.
Our new fall Jig h t.
weight overcoats are al
so ready. Yes, many
of them cravanetted.
Prices $40, SIS and $40.
Umbrellas, ST up. They
make a good spread for
the money.
SPECIAL VALUE in
a few mems slip-on
coats at $500 and so.
F. H. Rogers & Co.
We Clean, Press, and Repair Clothing
The Dolores star., 1915-02-26
pFspsrh Hsussd Farm Iaule-
menls means % Savine


b tsavsling over ths sosnlsy, u
sr1iaasy oSssrvsr 10 unfavosahly In.
Dreseel With the methods now cen.
nsaly eesal II use ~ naay lAsnsfs
toe taking care Of their naehinory
~ . gsnsrsl rsls. the prosperity q I
earnsF nay b estimated b ~ way
- cares for bic machinery. Puos
care in1ioatsg shiftlessnsss. waste, lack
of energy and the necessity u buying
more machinery In = short time. Good
care. % the other hand, indicates
prosperity. development. hank -
pcsits. and long.lived machinery.
To properly care for the farm i'm
plemsnts means that they must b.
well selected, kept In good repair and
sdjdstmsnt. oiled thoroughly. cleaned
before housing. and have all wearing
parts well creased when mot In use,
and painted when necessary. and
must b properly housed. TO neglect
any Of the lines Of care mentioned.
means serious damage and loss 70 the
machinery.
There h no question but that 70
properly house MACHINERY b . great
saving. - II not only adds . great
deal 70 the life Of the machine but II
also adds TO the general appsas1ncs
Of ths farm. Il 10 generally foand
The Dolores star., 1915-02-26

peohto ~ MANY peemeeo Ar poU0G
In Such "Jvnk Hoops" % THE.
that where Q farmer 10 Interested
enough In his tools 10 properly house
them. be 10 interested enough In
hem TO care for them otherwise.
To house" machinery does MOI
mean merely to put II in some tum
ble-down. leaky shed. or combined
machine-shed and hen-roost.
A great deal Of machinery can Be-
placed in Z small space II properly
arranged. Al the time Of storing Il
the machinery should be placed In
the shed according to the time It win
have to BE- removed. The machinery
that win BE- used late In the season
should be placed In the back Of the
shed and that vaich 10 to b. used
early In the season should b placed
In mont In this way Il will not BE-
necessary to remove . great deal Of
machinery n order to get what b
needed arse.
Do not forget that the Implements
and machines on the farm represent
IN Investment and that when sx
posed 70 the weather they deterf
orats rapidly. thus making the up
keep and original cost . heavier
charge against the equipment. Dew
rain and sunshine may cause greater
deterioration In expensive impls
nents than ordinary use. To leave
the implsmsnts at the end Of the rows
or In the Geld without shelter means
great loss. No progressive farmer can
afford Il.
Binders. mowers, hay presses. trac
tors, silase cutters and other ma
chimes represent considerable capital
and II 10 economy to shelter and care
for them when not In use. A tool
shed costs little compared to the rish
Of protecting the implements. The
shed b really insurance upon the i'm
plemsnts from sun. rain and rust.
Even the small tools, such - single
stocks. shovels. sweeps. hoes. spades
double shovels and cultivators need
shelter. And there 10 another id
The Dolores star., 1915-02-26

al
An - or wsisss are soiag q
ssdscsd psicss. Cone \ asd look
theo Over.
Oh cl0sh Is cssts : yard.
Reneabsr we carry the famous
Neno cornet.
Coup,ese iine Of the new and
up-to-dose Merle jewelry just
received.
Look at our new line Of Heiser
harness. Harness built In Colo.
rado 70 stand hard usage.
Another big car sugar In We'd
nesday. We will try to keep our
customers sweet Il sugar will do Il.
We are unloading . big car Of
-four today. We sell Pride Of Du.
range and Seal Of Rockies.
We are still doing good business
on our cash price list.
The Dolores star., 1915-02-26
The Harris Bros. Mercantile Co.
sToRk NE VS.

Try oae Of our new White Way
Washing Machines. Surs make
washing . pleasure.
Our stock Of furniture h com.
plete and We viii Be glad TO show
you bargains.
7s-cent outing under skirts 50 cts.
Lace curtains So cents . pair.
Colored table linen 50 cts per yard.
4a.inch brilliantine IS cts pr yard.
Best grade one-pound cotton
bats IS cents.
Fine quilts s.. 80 each.
Anything you want In silk at
reduced prices. Best quitting flan.
mel 10 cents . yard. Button moulds
|, cents q dozen. Corset covers IS
cents to IS cents.
Time to buy that Inlaid Limo
leum or Oak Border. for around
that good rug Of yours.
The Dolores star., 1915-02-26

vantage besides the loss In detsiors'
tioa. that 10 In saving time. When the
implsmsats. large and small. are a.
ways lsft In the tool house the hand
knows where 70 nnd them and dos
nol loss time hunting for the wrsnch.
tAs sAovsls. the sweeps. the oil cen
q he nr1sa blow.
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narrowest point. 1t was just at this
part of the strait that. according to
the ancient verses ascribed to Musaeus.
the servant of the muses., Il legendary
poet supposed to have lived about the
fifth century, the enamored Leander.
residing in Abydos, the Asiatlc town,
wooed and won the beautiful Hero, one
of the priestesses of Venus, at Sestos,
exactly opposite on the European side.
Galipol, the ancient seaport. villayet
of Edirneh, Turkey, on the peninsula OF
Galopoli, is. next to the city of Darda-
nelles, the most important town on the
strait. 1t was known in classical
times as Callipolis. and in the middle
ages, ii is said, was a large commercial
center and valued highly as constituting
the Key to the Hellespont.'
The town of DardanelleS is situated OH
a fiat point opposite the European fort
of Tchanak kalesi, which guards the
entrance to the strait from the Aegean
sea Two famous forts known as castles
defend the Dardanelles, the one in Asia,
Tchanak KaleSi, or Earthenware Castle
of Asia. on the site of the ancient city
of Abydos, and its mate opposite known
khildi Bahar, the lock of the sea-,
which is built on the sides of a steep pro-
jecting cliff. It's castle. however, is of
less importance than its neighbor.
The Turks have d romantic story of
their own regarding Abydos. now known
as Dardanelles. II seems that a firm
resistance WAS offered to the Ottomans
who besieged it under the command of
Orchan, the son of Sultan Othman. The
city at last was forced to yield, owing
to the treachery of the governors daugh-
ter, who had fallen in love with hand
some young Turk. Her treachery alone
occasioned the fall of the town, which
10 this day has remained one of the most
priced strongholds of the Turks.
The English government has Il resident
minister at Dardanelles, who resides in
one of the few comfortable residences in
the place His home is surrounded by
Evening star., 1915-02-14
Victory by Surprise.

eSTs HE Serbians surprised even them
selves with their crushing VIC
tory over the Austrian armies under
Potiorek,' said DIR. Milton Hamburger,
the German critic. in an address before
the German American Society of Den
yer.
"Yes, the Serbians were the most
surprised of all. It's like the case Of
Gobsa Golde.
Two plutocrats sat at a window of
the club when beautiful girl of seven
teen or eighteen glided by in a mag
nificent gray car.
"'Young Mrs. Gobsa Golde.' said the
first plutocrat. He smiled and added,
4 don't suppose anybody was surprised
when old Gobsa eIoped with her-she
was his stenographer, you know
NO said the second plutocrat. No,
nobody was surprised except Gobsa
himself"
Evening star., 1915-02-14
British
Torpedo Boat Destoyer Dis
Defense-DMdanee Classic the eI
Drdanenes and

the foolishness of his action in insist
ing upon going ashore in the face of
the just warning from the captain and
officers of the steamer, who frankly
advised him to remain on board, as it
was pleasanter and safer to view Dar-
danelles from the deck of the steamer.
X
But once ashore it is impossible to
leave, for even if the voyager was able
to request to be taken back to the
steamer it would not be wise to do so.
Consequently the best thing to do is to
appear to enjoy the sights of Darda-
nelles immensely, and show as great
appreciation as possible for the mar
vclously hideous earthenware manu-
factured in Tchnak kalessi and sold
in the dark, little Turkish shops of
the town. AS every visitor to Turkey
we'll knows, the sultan's subjects man
ufacture almost nothing, for which no
regret is felt when the awful speci-
mems made at Dardanelles are seen.
The most popular of the specimens Of
oriental Ottoman art apparently are
the earthenware cats, which are brown
in color and have most amazing spots
of blue, green, red and yellow on their
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backs, all smeared together Their
heads look like dragons with red eyes
and forked tongues protrude from their
open mouths. Crude both in shape and
coloring, they are nevertheless the OBJ
jects of great pride to the Turkish in
habitantS as well as to the guide to
Dardanelies-" The latter carefully
points out the dingy shops with the
reiteration in his execrabl French
that the earthenware is made no
where else in the world, statement
which causes supreme satisfaction not
only to the citizens of the town, but
to all foreigners as we'll
The better part of Dardanelles has
much the appearance of d small Greek
town. The hotels. shops and open-air
cafes all have signs printed in Greek.
and the principal street is known as
The Street of the Greek Church." OK
teams are often encountered, lumber
ing slowly along. and there are num-
erous NANCY ours of the same fierce
mongrel type which formerly invested
Constantinople. They are half starved
and snap menacingly at strangers. SO
d promenade in Dardanelles is rather
too exciting for comfort. The streets
are filled with children, some of whom
look like miniature men and women.
tlhy puppets III baSsS green SIN
trousers or in full-flounced. gorgeously
colored silk dresses. the sons and
daughters of the well-to-do Turkish
officials, but the far greater number
are forlorn little creatures, ragged and
dirty, who look not only neglected but
half famished.
At the English legation. at the far
end of the town. sweet, sad-eyed
English girl. sewing in the shade of
one of the old plane trees III the gar
den. may notice the visitor through the
great iron fence which guards it, If
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ney through the Dardanelles, known
to be thickly sown with mines. a little
grimy Turkish tug took the long line
OF shipping in tow, which had. for
some time been awaiting a convoy to
proceed on it's journey to Constanti-
nople. or the ports the Black sea, ID
journey interrupted by the false re-
ports of an Italian bombardment,
which very fortunately, it hap
pened. had not actually taken place.
The feeling of tension was most eX-
citing, particularly to the handful of
passengers on the big liner The Met
covitch, one of the largest of the Aus
trian lines steamers (Which recent
dispatches announce has been sent to
the bottom by the Anglo-French feet),
modern boat capable of accommo-
dating hundreds of cabin passengers.
All on board were well aware of the
dangers attendan upon the navigation
of the strait, which even under ordi-
nary circumstances is considered one
of the most difficult owing to its rush
ing currents, to which was now add
ed the uncertainty of the Turkish
pilots knowledge of what he was
about. and the care and Judgment ne
would show in leading the way
through the mine-planted sea.
The passengers were filled with trepi-
dation and fear as they anxiously
ously twist and turn in an amazingly
intricate and tortuous course, first
close to shore, and then, by sharp
turn, making apparently for the op-
posite side of the famous channel. 1T
was a wonderful sight to see the little
craft ahead, each of the others follow
ing as closely as they could the stern
of the preceding vessel, initiating most
faithfully the antics of the small Turk
ish convoy, lest it be blown up by
missing but one of the labyrinthian
twists and turns, and to look back
and see the five ships behind, dill
gently playing the same game of fol-
low the leader, while on each side of
the narrow waterway an almost con-
tinuous line of Notifications, hidden
breastworks. bristling batteries and,
until near at hand. cleverly concealed
armaments, proved how thorough were
the preparations for war.
The fort on the Asiatic side now
boasts, it is said, most powerful guns,
distance both above and below the
side of the shore, not far below the
fort, Il forty-ton modern Krupp gun
has been mounted behind new breast
works.
On the European side the fort of
khildt Bahri, at the foot of the hill,
has been provided with fifteen power
full guns OF the latest type, while both
above and below are still other newly
constructed earthworks all heavily
Evening star., 1915-02-14
EIAboRArE VALENTINE OF YEARs GONE By

the girl whose name he had drawn. and
she in turn was compelled to wear his
badge on her sleeve during the com
ing year. In many instances the
couples were married before the year
was over. This custom died out be
cause -Iere were so many ways OF
beating the game" by marking the
papers or twisting them in certain
ways. Pretty soon each man began to
draw exactly whom he wished and
everybody knew that it was not a lot
terry at all, so this mode of celebration
passed into history.
During the fifteenth century it was
custom to deck the houses with green's,
the decorations often being more elab-
orate than those Of Christmas In Kent,
England, even today the girls still burn
Il holly boy "a candle wreathed with
holly) as d token of love 10 some young
man, who in answer burns an ivy girl
"a candle wreathed with ivy).
During Shakespeare time st. Val
entine's day was the beggars harvest,
especially in Oxfordshire, where chill
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rying packages wrapped In brown
paper These they would deposit on
fhe doorsteps of different houses and
after knocking on the door they would
run away.
AS these dark packages were ex-
pected. everybody inside the house was
on the qui vive and when the nnock
was heard g. certain member of the
family was delegated to bring in the
valentine 1t was at once opened and
examined by everybody amid the wild
est excitement. Sometimes IL was a
box of candy, a mum. pretty picture.
or ii might be bunch of onions, and
on several occasions it is recorded that
dead cats were sent by rejected lovers.
All packages bore the initials G. NJ.
V. Good morrow. Nalentlne).
After a number OF years this custom
wore out and sealed letters took the
place of packages. First they were
delicate little picture cards not unlike
the valentine cards of today except
that they bore such mushy verses as
The The eosf sfoiet'. is red; blue
The pink Is swee;
And so are you.
what say. send to prove
The constancy Of my love:
Can pen ink paper show
Nv fixed and pure affection nows
These were sent by the accepted
lover. but the ones who failed to find
favor with the young lady began to
send ugly caricatures bearing insulting
verses. This LED to dtSagreeaDle scenes.
for where the names of the senders OF
these tmpolite miSsiveS were learned the
lover of the fair recipient usually gave
the man who sent the valentine a
sound thrashing.
The so-called comic valentine soon
reached the United States and for
quarter of a century or more thou
sands of people received ugly. gro
tesque pictures supposed to represent
the one who received them, engaged
in his or her particular business There
was generally a piece of poetry under
the picture describing the character OF
the person shown above it.
These valentines caused no little dis
turbance. often resulting in the break
ing of friendships of long standing.
Happily, the day of comic valentines
is past, and today flowers, beautiful
cards. candy and jewelry sometimes
tucked away in an artificial rose are
among the things sent.
The valentines exchanged by the
French have always been artistic, while
the verses are the most passionate
poems of love. Usually they were sent
by messenger, who also carried a bunch
of flowers for the young lady with the
card. The cards are always inclosed
in an envelope and sealed with heart
shaped red wax Across the heart are
such inscriptions as Ever Thine" or
Thine till Death"
Poets of different ages have written
poems of Valentines day or have re-
ferred to it in different parts OF their
plays AS early as the fourteenth CEN
tury n poem was written by Lydgate
in praise of Catherine, wife of Henry
V. Sir Walter Scott in his Fair Maid
of Perth tells of a Valentine wooing.
The immortal Shakespeare, too, hon.
ors the day when he has Ophelia sing:
Good morrow. It's st. Valentine,
All In the morn betime,
And l a maid at your window
To be your valentine.
Again. in Midsummer Nights Dream"
one of the characters calls:
Good morrow. friend. st. Valentine is past
Begin these wood birds but to couple now.
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During The early part of the seven
teenth century a curious kind of allen
tine drawing was revived in Englanu-
These took place on st. Valentines eve
after the young folks hau gathered at
public hall. The guests were made
up of an equal number of young men
and maidens When the entire party
assembled the girls wrote their names
on slips of paper and cast them into a
box. The young men did the same, US
ing another box.
Then each person drew out a name,
the young women drawing from the
mems box and vice versa. OF course.
each man drew a girls name, conse-
quently they each had two valentines.
According to the custom the girl paid
no attention to the man whose name
she drew unless she preferred his COM
pany to the man who had drawn her
as his lady love"
On the other hand, the man was ex-
pected to be especially attentive to
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I'M HE famous strait connecting
the Sea of Marmora with the
i'll Aegean sea and separating the
peninsula of Gallipoli from
Asia Minor has become the new point
of interest in the war reports. Recent
dispatches from Sofia and Petrograd
agree that the Franco-BritIsh fleet is
now endeavoring to smash its way
through the Dardanelles, and Constan-
tinople is in panic, it is reported, real
izing that the city will be at the mercy
of the ships of the allies as soon as
they have succeeded in forcing their
way through the narrow and dangerous
channels that give entrance to the
sea of Marmora
The four principal forts on the Dar-
danelles. according to reports received
in Petrograd. have been destroyed, a
statement which Copenhagen dis
patches repeat with the added informa-
tion that the panic in the Turkish cap
ital has been occasioned by the news
of the defeat of the Turkish armies IN
the Caucasus and in the province of
Azerba jan, Persia.
An Athens dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company of London states
that four torpedo boat destroyers of
the Anglo-French feet discharged 174
shells at the forts with telling effect
besides destroying two ammunition de-
pots which were set on fire.
The Dardanelles. known i'll classic
times as the Hellespont. is the golden
key to the door of Asia The strait
is approximately forty-five miles long
and varies iu width from four miles TO
a mile and quarter at Dardanelles. its
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the stranger looks to be one who
speaks her own tongue she may invite
him to enter the garden. if he will pru
IDENTIFY leave the shifty-eyed oriental
outside, for although he cannot speak
English, he may be able to understand
it.
1t is said that the handful of Euro
peans immured by fate at Dardanelles
never know what to expect from hour
to hour. Thousands of Turkish SOL
dicrs are constantly encamped in the
vicinity, which, according to reports
rife in Constantinople, are so unruly
and undisciplined that their officers
dare not trust them nearer that city
for fear of an outbreak 1t was whis-
pered in Dardanelles that had the re-
ported bombardment by the Italians
really occurred the foes to have been
reared by the Christians were not those.
from Italy, but the fanatic Moslems
who. in their resentment. might have
massacred the helpless Christians in
their midst
\ warning blast from the steamer
tells the voyager ii is time to return.
Regretfully saying goodbye to the
gentle English lady. a hasty return is
made to the dock, but the official with
the travellers precious passport is no
where to be seen. At last. after what
seems an endless delay. the gentleman
is found. and when. after d diligent
search through innumerable papers, he
finally discovers the missing document
the smiling gentleman is gladly given
q generous gratuity for all his trouble
by the anxious traveller. who gives one
long sigh of relief when once more
safely aboard the steamer
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armed. At this point. or near by. is
the ancient site of the barrow OF
Hecuba, or Cynossema, as 1t was
known i'll ancient times. where the
Athenians erected a trophy after tnelr
victory toward the end of the Pelopon-
nesiau war according to Thucydides.
the Greek historian.
The Dardanelles were closed against
foreign men-of-war by stipulatlons Is
sued by the porte in 1s41; 1896. ~
month of February, 1878, was permit
ted to pass through to protect Con-
stantinople from the Russians.
In 1891 an agreement was reacheo by
ships of what is known as the vol
unteer fleet of Russia, bearing the
flag of the merchant marine. were to
be permitted to have free passage OF
convicts or soldiers. it is stipulated.
notice of the fact must be given to the
porte.
On arriving at the little wooden oock
at the port of Dardanelles in one Oh
the huge Turkish fiatboats which
come out from the shore to take or
passengers and freight from the steam
er, the tourists passport is demanded,
even before he is permitted to alight
oil the dOCk, IL DelHe III d6Seo uP ~"
lily by two villainous looking bandits
who stand on the dock, seconded by
two equally ferocious appearing gentle
men in the swaying and bobbing boat
some six or seven feet below, who eN-
pedite matters by none too sentie
pokes and shoves, may be designated
by any such mild appellation.
Once upon the dock the tourist Is con-
scious that it is long, long way to the
steamer, which lies some distance out
from the shore, as the confused babbie
of tongues greet the ear ana the
scowling looks cast upon the visitor
make him well aware that he has left
civilization and safety behind him IN
his characteristic American desire TO
take in the whole show" as 1t Is
usually described.
1t Is almost with a sense OF rellef
that an individual is seen approaching.
He bows obsequiously and glibly an
nounces: II spik Eengleesh; 1 guide"
At once his services are gladly Sc
cured. but unfortunately it is soon evil
dent his knowledge of the English Ian
guage is limited to the few phrases
with which he introduced himself, and
his French, the traveller finds, is as ex-
ecrable as his own.
However, when one is in Turkey, and
in Asiatic Turkey at that, it is the part
of wisdom to take things as they come
without making any unnecessary COM
motion. The glances cast upon the
"giours' are usually far from friend
ly or 'reassurtng, and the visitor to
Dardanelles becomes soon convinced OF
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in procession from house to house sing
ing beneath the windows:
Good morrow 70 YOU. Valentine;
Curl your locks as do mine
Two before and three behind.
Good morrow to you, Valentine.
People' then threw them pieces of
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The comic valentine which was so
popular twenty-five years ago. origi-
mated in Norwich, England, and was
the dark package" Just after sun
down on st. Valentines eve boys used
to rush about the village streets car
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an attempted reproduction Of an old Eng
lish garden. "a hopeless task, indeed, in
Turkey; but in the dirty and hopelessly
Mohammedan slovenlness and squalor of
Dardanelles. even the glimpse of the min
ister's Travelled walks and meager flower
beds shaded from the fierce oriental sun
by few old trees is a grateful sight by
contrast
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money which they used to purchase
sweets" for the repast at the Valen-
tine ball held on the night of Febru-
AIRY Il. These balls were great social
events and were held by people of
various classes, each having a different
dancing hall.