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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Bio Gun Rance Finders.

Said man who knows mechanics as
an open book, "The acme OF precise
ness and the perfection of all mechan-
ism known TO the human race is devot-
ed to the art of killing men"
He was talking about the extreme
exactness of range finders for big guns.
II know of no other thing in the wide
domain OF mechanics" said he, that
is worked out with so great care as
these range finders
He said that with that instrument
it is possible 10 plant shot within
one yard of the desired target ten miles
away. When remarked that that re-
quired unusual delicacy this scientist
replied. "No, not delicate, because one
of these finders weighs 100 pounds, but
they must be mechanically exact and
perfect"
One might almost be tempted 10 say
that killing men in war has become an
exact science.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
What the Duke Said.

The Duke of Wellington, OF course,
never said up. guards. and at 'em" at
Waterloo, but is 1t generally known
how near he came to saying it? Sir
Herbert Maxwell In his biography of
the duke points out what is the prob
able origin OF the pleasing legend.
Late on the afternoon of that memo
rable 18th of June the First and Sec
ond battalions of the Third chas-
seurs were foremost In the attack on
Mount St Jean. They had reached
crossroad unaware that British
troops We're lying behind the wayside
banks according to orders TO remain
prone~when under fire, but not actual
ly engaged. Then at the proper mo-
ment Wellington's voice was heard.
"clear above the storm" Stand up,
guardsw 1t was Mailland's brigade
OF guards that thus stood up and
with victorious rush swept the chas-
seurs out Of the combat.-London
Mirror.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
MISSING TELLER
UNDER CHARGES
Henry S. Bradley of Merchants Bank,
New York, Accused of Defalca-

Stamford, Conn, Sept. 2o.--Chief of
Police Brennan Saturday night admitted
that charges Of defalcation had been
made against Henry S. Bradley, missing
note teller of the Merchants bank in
Wall street, New York City, and that
the police were looking for him. Chief
Brennan declined to give any details.
Bradley came here to visit his mother
and left her home Thursday saying he
was going to New Haven. Friday his
automobile, partly submerged, was found
in Cove pond. Chief Brennan said Sat
urday night that he did not believe
Bradley had been drowned there.
Mrs. Bradley, wife of the missing man,
with her brother, came to Stamford Sat
urday from Woodhaven, L. l., the sum.
mer home OF the Bradleys She called
on Chief Brennan and later left for
Woodhaven.
The chief Of police said he told her of
the charges against her husband, and
that while she received the information
calmly she told him she was surprised
that such charges should be made, as
she knew her husbands manner OF life
and activities had not called for the ex
penditure OF more money than he earned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Opening Volcanoes with Canes.

Sailing across the bay Of Naples,
past the spot where the notable city
Of the present day is situated, our
travellers came to Puteoli, or PozzuoH,
as 1t Is now called, at present de-
cadent suburb Of Naples.
This miserable and dirty town of
some 10000 inhabitants, as 1t now Is,
Is connected by trolley and steam rail-
way with Naples and is often visited
by the modern tourist who wishes to
see the remains OF the ancient temples
and amphitheater and the mighty
mole, which still tell of the ancient
glories of Puteoli.
Near by, too, is the volcanic field of
Solfatara, not mountain, but fat
plain, the crater of low volcano, into
which one can thrust his cane in many
places and find smoke and sulphurous
vapor issuing from the hole as he with
draws It, Probably there are few
more dreafy or disreputable places in
Italy than this modern suburb of Ma
Piles. 1t has not the ragged pictur-
esqueness which somewhat redeems
the worst slums of Naples, but is
squalid, unwholesome town OF the
worst type.-Christian Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Danger SIGNALS to Women
Homine Instinct of Bees.

In the fortnightly Review Henri
Fabre. the naturalist, tells a charac-
teristic story about Darwin and him
self. Darwin wished to explain the
homing instinct of bees, and he induc-
ed Fabre to begin a series of expert
ments with that purpose in view. A
regular plan Of campaign was drawn
up. Marked bees were placed in
dark box and We're carried away from
the hive In an opposite direction from
that in which they were finally liberat
ed. The box was repeatedly turned
about, so that the inmates should lose
all sense of direction. Every possible
means was taken to render useless
any known or conceivable method of
obtaining their bearings. The bees
were even placed within an induction
coil in the effort to confuse them. The
long and elaborate series of tests was
without value, so far as getting any
explanation of the homing power was
concerned. In every case from 80 to
40 per cent of the bees found their
way home without apparent trouble.
no matter how confusing the trip
away from home had been made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
AIDS TO DIGESTION

Whatever improves bodily conditions
In general aids digestion.
Cheerfulness, exercise, fresh mir, baths
and good habits make your digestion bet
ter able to take care of any burdens you
impose upon it. But the greatest aid TO
good digestion Is good blood. Anemia,
or thin blood, is a common cause of indi-
gestion. Normal action OF the stomach
Is impossible without healthy, well-oxi-
died blood.
Dyspepsia which does not yield to ordi-
nary treatment may be quickly corrected
when the blood is enriched. Many peo-
pie have secured relief from chronic forms
OF indigestion by the use OF DR.. Williams
Pink Pills which make the blood rich
and red, capable OF carrying an increased
amount of oxygen, the great supporter
Of human life.
Have you ever seriously considered CIV
ing DR.. Williams Pink Pills trial to
tone up your digestion, increase your
vitality and make life better worth liv-
ing? III your blood is thin and your di-
gestion weak you certainly need them.
Send for diet book. 1t is free and will
help you decide.
Your own druggist sells DR.. Williams
Pink Pills or they will be mailed post
paid on receipt of price, so cents per box,
six boxes $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20

exception TO Secretary Lansing's charge
that he confessed to having conspired
TO bring about strikes in American NUM-.
ton works. and declares that he has
communicated with his government ask
in for leave of absence that he may
explain his position.
The action of the Washington gov
eminent requesting the recall of DIR.
Dumba was taken after il had received
information from a copy OF letter the
ambassador ad sent to his government
through James i. j. Archibald, an Amer.
lean citizen, travelling under an Amer
lean passport. When Archibalds mis-
sion was revealed, the ambassador ad.
mitted having intrusted Archibald with
the letter to Vienna bearing on his plans
for withdI wing Austro. Hungarian Ia
Dor and handicapping American plants
making war munitions for the allies, Am
Dumba then called on Secre-
tary Lansing and explained Il. actions.
The request for his recall followed in a
note to the Vienna government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
CURIOUS PENALTIES.
Some That Were Inflicted In the Early
Days In New York.

Some That Were Inflicted In the Early
Days In New York.
When New York, or as it was then
called, New Amsterdam, was under
Dutch rule, some peculiar penalties
were enacted. In 1912 defendant in
an action for Islander was sentenced
ito throw something in the box for
the poor" In 1914 Thomas Cornell, a
soldier, was tried for desertion and
sentenced ito be conveyed to the place
of execution. and there fastened to a
stake and ball fired over his head, as
an example TO other evildoers."
In 1647 Jonas Jonassen, a soldier, for
robbing hen roosts and killing a pig
was ordered ito ride wooden horse
three days, from 2 p. m. to the con-
clusion of the parade, with a fifty
pound weight tied TO each foot" In
1G4S an Englishman found guilty of a
grave offense was pardoned on con-
dition that he saw firewood for one
year for the West India company.
In the time of the commonwealth. In
England. drunkards at Newcastle-on-
Tyne were sentenced to carry about a
tub. with holes in the sides for the
arms to pass through. In 1854, In Scot
land, David Leyes. for striking his
father, was compelled to appear before
the congregation at church. ''bairheddit
and bairfuttit," with paper above his
head inscribed with large letters, BE
hold the onnaturall son, punished for
putting hand on his father. and dis
IGNORING God in him. "-Exchange
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Jaqoery Sugar.

Though a Tmail poem enumerates
so ways in which the Palmya palm
may be used. one OF its most interest
ing uses is the production OF a sugar
called jaggery. This is the result OF
boiling down the fresh juice and Is
one OF the chief sugars OF South India.
Four or five quarts per tree per day
Is the yield for four or eve months.
Once in erey three years the sap
drawing process Is omitted. as other
wise the tree would die. The tree be-
gins TO yield at fifteen years and con-
tinUes for about fifty years. The fc.
male tree yields about twice as much
sap rs the male Three quarts Of this
sap make one pound Of sugar or jag
gerry. which is the chief sugar used By
the poor classes Of lndis.-Argonaut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Cornish and SQUAD Pic.

There are few, If any, conger cells in
American waters; they are to some
people most unpleasant looking fish.
Cornwall, England, esteems them high
ly and makes. them into pie with much
cream and parsley. OScnwall, Mrs.
Florence Coaig Albrecht explains In a
National Geographic society bulletin,
makes any number Of things into pie
and calls the product invariably SQUAD
pie" though all things but squads are
among the materials. SQUAD pie" gave
rise to the following Cornish story re-
peated by the writer:
1.-THE devil came one day to the
banks of the lamar, the ripping river
that divides Devon and Cornwall, and
looked over at the rocky land beyond.
His majesty considered the swift cur
rent and shook his head. MOI he said
finally. No, that's no place for mel
Every one who goes there is turned
into saint and everything else into
squad pie. I'm fit for neither one nor
the otherP And he stayed In Devon"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20

Grit is the thing that counts We
all know young men who are hanging
around waiting for father to slip out
Of his old shoes. As II a pair OF old
shoes ever made a man out Of losfer.
Why. fathers shoes are ten sizes too
BIG for any man that thinks money
somebody else has earned viii make
him a gentleman
Grit j. what these young chaps need.
whether they know Il or not The day
win come when the only man the
world win count worthy Of it, respect
win be the man who does things. even
n be Is forced 20 shut bis teeth hard
20 keep back fhe groan u pain.
Folks used 70 think that the only
real soldier was the man who marched
away 10 the sound % ffe and drum. %
shoot and M and destroy. Il Il not
so.-E L. Vincent in Farm life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Plant Leaves.

1t is a fact that to the casual OBJ
server, all trees look pretty much the
same, in some respects at least. But
IL one looks carefully ut the twigs of
almost any tree, or, still better, at the
young shoots OF some rapidly growing
plant, they are pretty certain to discov-
er that no two leaves occupy the same
position.
The fact is, however, that leaf does
not keep always in one position. Ev-
erybody knows that they will droop
and stand erect again. and that some
plants sleep at certain times OF the day.
A house plant, moreover, grows toward
the light, and If the pots are turned
about so that the leaves face away
from the window, 1t takes only day
or so for them to assume their old po-
sitions.
II now one looks carefully for the
joints where this bending is done one
can see at once that nearly all the
leaves have two.-Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
The Faithful Horse.

I don't know who wrote this toast
to the horse. but I'd rather read it
than Vests dog speech:
Here's TO that bundle of sentient
nerves, with the heart of woman, the
eye OF a gazelle. the courage OF a gladi-
ator. the docility of a slave, the proud
carriage Of a king and the blind ODE
dience OF a soldier; the companion of
the desert plain that turns the moist
burrows In the spring in order that all
the world may have abundant harvest.
that furnishes the sport OF kings, that
with blazing eye and distended nostril
fearlessly leads our greatest generals
through carnage and renown, whose
blood forms one OF the ingredients that
60 10 make the ink in which all history
Is written and who finally, In black
trappings. pulls the humblest Of us to
the newly sodded threshold OF eterni-
ty."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
C0ALlNG WARSHlPS AT SEA.
Sixty Tons Of Fuel an Hour Whlrlsd
From Vessel to Vessel.

Sixty Tons Of Fuel an Hour Whlrlsd
From Vessel to Vessel.
How the British vessels OF war are
coaled while sailing Nrough heavy
seas at a rate Of twelve miles an houI
without hindering their activities In
any way is told in the Manchester
Guardian:
A collier packed to the matches with
coal gets into touch by wireless with
battleship whose bunkers need to be
replenished. On sighting the vessel
the supply ship maneuvers until 1t is
within 400 feet of the battleship. The
collier then dispatches small boat
that carries two cables. One end o.
each is attached to the masthead OF
the supply vessel. The lines pay out
as the boat advances, and when II
reaches the warship the sailors fasten
the cables to the stern of the ship on
the port and starboard sides.
The two ships, therefore, travel In
straight line fastened together, while
from the mast Of the collier to the
deck of the warship stretches trans
port cable for carrying coal bags
Sacks of coal that weigh ton are
hoisted from the foot OF the Golfers
mast to platform at its head, below
which there is net TO protect deck
hands from falling pieces of coal. By
means of wheels that run on the cable
automatic winches force the load along
the sloping transport line at rate OF
5000 feet minute On reaching the
deck of the battleship the load is au
tomatically released. and the trans
porter starts on its return journey.
By means of this apparatus sixty
tons Of coal can be carried every hour
across the gap of water that separates
the supply ship from the battleship
The great advantage is that both
vessels can move at the rate OF
twelve knots an hour while the coaling
goes on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
SELF nsln In ca.s Of Cir.

As house Is never attacked by FIRE
at the top and bottom at once. II there
II safe and ready exit az both top
and bottom very little danger to life Is
TO be feared. II IL important that all
exits should be so known as 20 be east
iy found by day or night by every In
mate Of the house. II the clothes you
have on catch Ere a blanket. rug or
some such wooden article should 10
quickly and tightly wrapped around
you. Air Is thus excluded. and the Ere
goes out. A small Ere IN a room can
often be put out IN the same way IN
preference 70 pouring water on o. In
case OF Gre keep all doors shut as far
a. possible. II a room IL FUN OF smoke
keep low or crawl. because smoke and
bot air both rise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20

Many beetles are bugs o. prey. Pre-
daciOus insects generally have wonder
fui appetites. The 30 called green
~" otherwise popularity known as
golden eyes. f.. ~ a larva. o tremen-
dous robbler % plant lice. n thinks
nothing u devour1ng 100 q them. one
after another. 81 q meal Thus insects
themselves do much 20 keep the nun
hers ~ other insects down. But not
even with their aid nor with all our
ingenuity IN devisinr methods - de-
Etrucfion could We maintain q sue
cessfui frhf against Injurious bugs
were II not for the beip given b. hirds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Wouldn't Be BuIlied.

Lord Kitchener celebrated for his
stern and exacting manner. met his
match on one occasion and proved the
fine quality of his nature by acknowi-
edging the fact.
Ii was In the days when the railway
was being driven across the desert to
Khartum. "A young Canadian officer
OF engineers was In charge OF the
work, which was progressing salts
factorily. when one morning the sinlar
tas Kitchener then wasl appeared on
the scene and expressed his disap-
proval OF certain features OF the work
with his usual bluntness.
The young officer listened until his
chief had finished and then quietly in-
quired:
"Am bossing this railway. sir, or
are your"
Kitchener gave him n quick glance,
recognized him as one Of his own sort.
nodded approval and went away.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
SEEK BETTER TERMS.
Bankers Want These For Floating Allied
Loan.

New York, Sept. 2O.--The end of Sat
urday's brief business session at New
York found the situation virtually UNI
changed with respect to the variance Of
opinion over the proposed Anglo French
credit lean, except, perhaps, that some
of the American flnanciers were adher.
ing more firmly to the idea that banks
subscribing to the big loan should re-
ceive terms better than those given to
the investor.
Over this and the matter of including
munitions of war within the scope of the
loans operation there was still marked
difference of opinion between some Amer
lean bankers and the Anglo-French
financial commission. These bankers
want to have munitions excluded from
the list of exports to be paid from the
proceeds of the loan, it is reported, while
the commission is said to feel that mu-
ntions should be included.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20

The stock Exchange use Of the term
'7tear- is with reference q the animals
pulling down. The bear pulls down
Trioes. 40 81 the other direction the bun
tosses them 81 Originally the erTres-
siun wHs - t.earskin 5oilher.~ npplied
70 person sto sold a i.eerskin before
b. hsd csurhf hls bear. The tearskin
iotlher wss q person Who sold stoe ks
Which b. "a not o~n - course Re
was interested ~ the faci - he sale
- have Tg1nes eons 0gwn and Echetnsd
% pur Them tUwn On that vav b. -
cane caIl-f Simply q bear zifhuut ~
sreDos 81 ne urfeinfl rrpFerh ,-T'hns-
oeiphis Pres.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
Thick and Thin Shells.

There are several kinds of high ex-
plosive shells. which have been design
ed for various purposes. For instance,
there are the shells the case Of which
is very thin. so that their capacity for
containing explosive may be increased.
These explode instantly at the slightest
contact and are used ms mines, or, In
other words, they cause damage not
by the impact OF their mass but by the
ferceness OF the explosion. Another
kind of explosive shell Is made by In
creasing the thickness OF the steel case
and reducing the charge OF explosive.
The explosion of this missile is calcu-
lated 10 take place n little after con-
tact This type is used for the destruc-
ton Of solid defenses. like walls. earth.
en- works. etc. as the thickness OF the
case and the slowness OF explosion per
init them TO penetrate the fabric before
exploding.-London Standard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
American National Association at Cali
fornia Building.
lFrom the September issue of the Two
Stcp.l

A more imposing sight is seldom seen
than that of the appearance OF over one
hundred couples, members Of the Aneri.
can National association on the floor of
the grand ball room Of the California
building in a demonstration OF some Of
the leading modern dances. The expo
sition officials sent an invitation 20 the
A. n. A. 20 give a demonstration of
what were 90 be the society dances the
coming season. Thursday afternoon.
Aug. y, from , 20 4 O'Clock was set
spart for their exclusive use and an or
ehestra placed at their disposal Long
before tie hour arrived every available
seat was taken. The A. y. A. repu.
tation had preceded IL. shortly after
the appointed hour, the orchestra, led
BY L. r. Christensen, an A. \. A. mem
beT, played a 0ne-step. The members
fled onto the floor and the dance was
on, and such a picturs. Everyone did
the same thing a. the same time. When
one made q right turn al turned right
the same in a left turn. In a step %
left. an went eft the same as 10 right.
When q rise vas IN order. all rose as
one. The same ythmie movements
utre carried out in the fox trot and the
waltz walk.
AZ TIE end Of each dance the vast
audioncs fairly burst with applause.
THAT l. What I can dancing vss heard
% eli sides. The A. \. A bad entered
The hearts 81 he multitude II had lived
~ - a. reputation for clean, wholesome
md dirrifed daufiuF
A friend - mine from Boston. whom /
had Firen a special invitation a. b. /
rfsseaf. b. hsriuQ been soaietr Ieaaer /
y hen the 90 time dances vtre IN vogue.
aid aThis i the first time ! have -as
modern dances snHu-rlifsd il dean aud /
lsaerf snannsf. end II this : What you /
ntend 81 tsaeh . an eaina - TAKE q /
10 again and have Wy family ieEru also
"a = fnnrul.ef al ths a ~ a VII 81
a. rttrunnat The a y. A thus stnrts
81 ~ 4 nem vest vita hannsrs frinr
.ufinruued witt isster. srrI,hss.rfi,r
nare fhsn eesT re nuufto seq dean.
i.olrsurs end zrifad danainr.
t.sr-re III fImnrt. q sf3i tuewn dane
~ fnairur1or e. Barr and Mnnts,sli-s
fl.si4nnn 81 ths aerisnrr bard 81 shs
session Tin Tuo >ter e fss nrses
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szsag 49, 80 stsnliT. esa-rs %. -
nss us Mustrsftr Vi aarif - -
= iatf Ikrsa t'sa.sHng usfiss lrurr ths
Il G-san m0aran1 sts3s--AEt.
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Tn. Man In the Iron Mask.

The Bastille. whose fall July IA. 17sa.
marked the birth OF French liberty.
was built In 1869 TO defend Paris
against the English. II Is as a state
prison. however. that the grim fortress
Is remembered and chiefly on account
of the mystery OF one romantic prison
er. the Man In the Iron Mask" who
was ''interned" there IN 1879 and died
In 17o3. Az 10 who the prisoner actually
was scarcely two authorities agree. but
among the almost innumerable claim
ants" have figured the Duo de verman-
dots, son Of Louis XIV: the Duo de
Beaufort. a supposed son OF Anne OF
Austria by the Duke Of Buckingham: a
twin brother Of Louis XIV. and Count
Matthioll. secretary OF state 10 Charles
III. The last two may be termed the
favorites.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20
wREcKING TRAIN WRECKED.
Bridge Collapsed on Baltimore and Ohio
in West Virginia.

Parkerburg, Va. Sept. 20-While hur,
rying from parkcrsburg to Ripley, w. Va
to replace derailed engine early Sat.
urday, wreck train went through a
bridge spanning creek near Ripley's
Landing, and five of the nine men on
board were seriously injured. One, il
was stated, would probably die. The
engineer felt the bridge giving away as
he passed the center and, opening the
throttle wide, he succeeded in getting
across, but the four cars following piled
mp in the bed of the creek, so feet be-
low.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-20

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~. tari9runs end iriurfgus sTEfefn
sorne.irnes - ruttur theif wirEs q
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asuunHs a. ms sirlas fnahun-