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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03
TALK OF THE TOWN
See SOC silk hose at Abbott's.

See SOC silk hose at Abbotts.
Twenty-Five cent bath towels at Fits
Summer dresses, all marked down, at
Vaughan's.
New shopping bags in the sale al
Vaughan's.
The L. A. "A. o. IT., viii hold picnic
at Benjamin falls Thursday. Take the
| :45 car.
Special for Wednesday-White wash
skirts Csc. Waists zoe and soc. Paris
Shrtwaist House.
]. Q. +. dance Tuesday, Aug 3, in Is. OF
G. hall; Soc per couple. Extra ladies'
l0c Professor Rossi's orchestra.
Regular review of Harmon review, NO
|, w. i. A. of Maccabees, Wednesday at
1880 p. m. Initiation and refreshments
The monthly meeting OF the ladies'
aid society of the Presbyterian church
will be held on Wednesday evening at
1880.
Mrs. j. w. Mayette left on the noon
train to-day for her home in Sunapeei
N. H., after visiting friends in Barre for
week.
Miss JOSH Crowel of the Salvation
Army in Boston is in the city for a few
weeks, visiting the officers in charge OF
the work in Barre.
Save money and buy your footwear
at Shea's Shoe store Our prices are
right and we try to please our custom
ers. A trial viii convince you.
Mrs. G. A. Clark of Boston is at 2. Il.
Clark's, rs Perry street; lessons given in
water color and oil; also water colors
for sale. Visitors cordially welcomed
Adv.
The Salvation Army will hold an open
air service at lower Graniteville this
evening at $50; also one at upper Gran
iteville at $3.50 and at Websterville at
1880 Thursday evening.
John Enright of upper Granitevilie
who was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Officer David Henderson, appeared be
fore Magistrate II. w. Scott this fore
noon and pleaded guilty to subsequent
offense. A fine of SIS and costs aggre-
eating 1896, imposed by the judge, were
paid. Two pint bottles OF lao proof
whiskey were ordered destroyed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03

Co., $2040, police department; e. w.
Cummings, $64.35, printing and supplies,
printing and stationery and election ac-
counts; J. N. Roberts, S25, care of parks,
Mrs. Grace Morgan, $2o.45, cleaning city
building; street department payroll,
S429.sO, street, sprinkling, sewer, sur
face sewer and sidewalks accounts; wa
ter department payroll, s9o.2o; fire de-
partment payroll, S96.26; police depart
ment payroll, $3.50; G. A. Bemis, Sl4,
services as janitor; J. w. Stewart, $50,
services as health officer; Mrs. G. e..
Bolster, $4l.66; Barre Savings Bank &
Trust Co, $5o.1s, interest on outstand-
ing warrants.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03
GRANITEvILLE.

Mrs. Anna Carey arrived here yester-
day from Burlington, TO make short
stay with her mother, Mrs. y. Sheridan.
A son was born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Jenkins. Sunday. Aug. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 4. Premier and SON.
Wendell. spent the weekend in Montpel-
Ter. with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Premier.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cole of Morris.
vile visited Mr. and Mrs. Marc Church
in Sunday. Mrs. Cole was formerly
Miss winnefred Foss, a teacher in the
graded schools here.
John McRae is having two weeks va.
cation from his duties on the rural mail
route. w. II. Gregory Is taking ms
place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03
WASHINGTON.

Alfred Dashner had the misfortune TO
lose his valuable driving horse Saturday
morning. On going to the barn Thurs
day, he found the animal down in the
stall with one hind foot over the hitch
rope. DIR. Barr of Barre was called, but
the animal was never able to get on its
feet.
Arthur Mercy and family OF Chelsea
are with Mrs. Morey's parents for
time.
Ellis Brown of Montpelier is visiting
bis uncle, w Fl. Bradbury, for time.
Miss Ruby Bradbury is in Chelsea for
few days, stopping with Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver King.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF HIRAM o. woRTHEN

The undersigned having been appointed By
the honorable probate court for the district
% Washington, COMMISSIONERS. 20 receive.
examine, and adjust the claims and demands
Of al persons against the estate Of Hiram q.
Worthen, late OF the city Of Barre, in said dis
trict deceased. and all claims exhibited in OF.
set thereto. hereby give notice that we win
meet for the purpose aforesaid, az the Office 81
the late Hiram o. Worthen, 10 Keith avenue, in
the city OF Barre IN said district on the 18th day
Of August and 18th day 81 January next, from
10 o'clock A. m until o'clock p. m, on each Of
said days and that six months from the l4th
Day Of July A. D. 1915. Is the time limited by
said court fer said crediiou 20 present their
claims 10 US for examination and allowance.
Dated at the city Of Barre. this Sd day OF
JOHN TRow,
c. L. CuRRIER.
Commissioners.
Aug s-f0.l7
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TOOLATE TO BE CLASSIFIED


FOR SALE-Bull calf. Registered Holstein
dam No 307ls. sire No b6677. Apply to
l.. A. Evans. Marshfeld village. VT 1866
wANTED-Gir or woman TO help with
cooking and hotsework for few weeks in
small family on farm. NJ. z. Rowland, Barre,
VT, R. F. D. 2. or phone ssz-2S llstS
WANTED-Girl would like place TO do
general homework in small family. Inquire
Of Cora Winters, r. y d. I. lls6
FOR SALE-Church pews, now In use in
Methodist church. Mortified. VT cheap (;
must be sold by Sept 1. Inquire of 3. e
Allen, Mortified, W. lls'e'
UP STAIRS TENEMENT TO RENT good
rooms. pantry, running water, flush closet and
barn room 81 90 per month. Apply TO X. 5.
or Bernice wilbur, East Barre, VT li9tio'
WANTED--An American girl would like a
place to do housework. Telephone s92-4.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03
BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915.
The Weather

Unsettled tonight and Wednesday
probably showers; increasing northeas
winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-03

Munsing underwear at Abhott's.
The best bath towel We have shown
YOU for 25e each az Fits.
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grip tiller oar. but on the big liner he was
powerless TO lend hand lin any emergency
that might arise, unable to defend himself.
In a small way this has been emphasized in
my own case. While have never regarded
myself as wonderful horseman. | certainly
never feared the widest bronco team | ever
drew rein over, but never have driven with
another man behind fractions team, even
when | knew the man to be much better
horseman than was I, myself. that have not
been very nervous. frightened if you like and
possessed by an almost uncomfortable desire
to seize the reins from what we'll knew were
better hands than mine
Indeed, only a few evenings ago the famous.
surgeon, DIR. Parker Syms, told me that i'm his
early hospital experience he found it impos.
s1ble to look on an operatio without a ner.
Fousness that made him downright ill. But
when permitted to actively lend hand him.
self no matter how small the responsibility
involved, he found himself perfectly cool and
free Of nervousness
Fear! Everybody feels 1t at one time or an
other-plalnly shows it--no matter how accus.
. Toned, to the game being played. But paid
cheeks by no means Of necessity spell fear
Once, with Will Judd one of the ablest pro.
fessional hunters of East Africa then of TWEEN.
ty-seven years experience at the game trailed
Dig rhino-buil into thick tangle Of swamp
Indeed. the jungle SO thick we usually
could not see the length Of rife ahead of us
And by the way. in such conditions, stalking
ahythlng and especially dangerous game
hnd myself obessed with an almost irresst.
IDLE disposition TO hold the breath the better
10 listen. and. unless fight it, presently find
painting for breath that my hand is as unsteady
as II had run hundred yards at top speed.
Hence, have long had the practise in such
conditions TO keep repeating to myself breathe
deep and sow Breath deep and siow!"
Keep the lungs full and the hand will stay
steady.
And more and broader value still has this
rule: Whosoeyer will make 1t practise to
say to himself breathe deep and sIow!" in any
OF the vexations and vicissitudes Of life will be
sure Of conserving steady, dependable tenn
per as well as steady. dependable hand.
Naturally we stalking slow, creeping
mt pace that would make passing funeral
look like Derby finish
Presently we heard the rhno no more than
thirty feet in front Of us. where he stood hid.
den beneath the low dropping boughs OF a
thorn bush.
During walt OF few minutes for the
chance Of a safe shot, notwithstanding l had
fancied Judd Injured to the game past expert
encing any thrills, his bronzed cheeks went
white as chalk
But 1t was not fear that whitened Will Judd's
face for his jaws were tight set and his eyes
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blazing battle. Rather, fancied. his paleness
was due to the fact that he was holding him
SELF strung to such high mental and physical
tension. in readiness to meet whatever emer.
gency might arise. that the surfaces wer,
robbed of blood the veins made to pour their
ruby blood back into the deeper arteria
streams.
Fear! 1t does queer things to you, and 1t has
long seemed to me that one Of the quee lest is
the extraordinary thirst it can give one
Back in the early SOS had occasion to visit
the Red Cloud Sioux Indian Agency, distant
sixty miles from my ranch There crcun.
stances, which lack Of space prevents detail.
ing, were such that l found myself lined up
along with only eight other white men behind
a low stone wall, receiving the charge Of four
hundrcd-odd mad Brule Sioux, bunch OF
Spotted Tails unruiest befeathered beauties
My mates were Dr. V. T. MacGillicudy the
Indian agent; his clerk. Lord; tho trader
Blanchard Blanchard. Major Bourke and Lieutenant,
agents teamstcr and Charlie Conway. one OF
my cowboys.
After incidents that. all told did not occupy
forty minutes here came the four hundred
down upon us. at full gallop across a level
MacGillicudy had ordered US to hold our FIRE
until lie gave the word.
Time and again I caught a bead on the breast
OF the Brule chief that might easily have sent
him into permanent camp on the head waters
Of Ghost Creek. And how any Of us managed
to hold our fire have often since wondered,
but since my .45-l20 Sharps rife had a set
hair trigger that breath would almost sui.
flee to release: | know that IL my nerves had
would then and there have hit the Ghost Creek
trail
But fire we did not. And doubtless 1t was our
very silence. the cool holding of our FIRE, that
got on the nerves Of the charging Brules, for
they refined TO halt within scant sixty
yards of
A brief parley followed. and then tho hos
tiles withdrew and the affair was over.
And yet 1t was something less than an hour
that we had been under any mental strain, and
at no time were under the least physical strain.
and while the weather that Of delight.
fully cool May morning on the plains, never.
theless | found my mouth parched dry as tin.
der by burning thirst nearly unbearable
as have experienced when in the desert two
days without water
And number OF times since have had tho
experience when under threatened or
actual fre-and not a few The men who
have owned to me that they so affected
under like circumstances.
But remember, all of you:
When trouble OF any sort confronts you
Breathe deep and sow
You'll find 1t will help lot
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ing; 1t came natural. I could not miss. I am
sure could not honestly say brave. for
knew that | turned white ghost before
going into shooting. Still, this did not un.
nerve me me. and could stand steady and be
needed It,
ut is uncertainty that gets your nerve. And.
by the way, the Mexican situation is getting on
my nerves. ! wish the Administration would
get It's nerve up to deal radically with Mexico
IL mas got to do it sooner or later. The toughest
thlng know on fellows nerves is to be
threatened to be killed every day and vet see
nc enemy to get busy with"
Tho truth u.s. all socalled danger is only rela.
tive 1t is actually appalling only to the ine1.
perienced. 1t invariably diminishes where cir.
cumstances over which one has no control
make him its familiar, until, while ever sen.
sible Of the hazards it hangs over him and
sub'consciously on guard for them. he eats and
sleeps with 1t as consciously unconcerned for
his own physical safety is village sexton
spading Gods Acre.
Thus physical coward is Justly more pron.
erlE subject of pity and sympathy than OF
contempt For what is he or she but creature
inexperienced in any of LIES ruder yicisst
tudes? ~
Hard indeed is the task OF accustoming one,
sen TO the ordinary small hazards of day.to.
day life. even in the most humdr,Im routtnes ~,
civilization. for all such as have been codd1ad
IN youth-for such as have been held tight on
1he snort leash of the maternal apron string
such. Noi GA
And yet 1t is fact that none of lfes dan.
gers are so appalling that. given brief close
lamlilarity with them one does not become n
not wholly blind or Indifferent to them. At least
leaay 10 incur them without shrinking or
serious second thought "
Consider for moment how definitely this is
emphasized in the Of the modern motorst,
ourely above eighty per cent Of the men and
women one sees darling about in motors
u.rough me dense throngs of metropolitan
streets, or racing madly along narrow and
c,ose-hedged roads, will confront sea voyage,
ehen III the most superior luxury Of almost
absolutely SAFE modern giant OF the transit
i n service. with serious concern or down.
And yet, closely analysing facts, It will be
found demonstrated that the motorist every
ume he or she goes out for a spin. takes far
longer chances against life, faces shocking
managing or death in certainly quite as ter.
rlhc forms as does any man who, single hand
eo or with mates. seeks big game trophies
among tne lions, elephants. rhinos and buffalo
OF the African veldt or Jungle
IL Is Just all a matter OF training or ex-
perience. Some striking instances illustrating
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this rule occur to me.

this rule occur to me-
"A few years ago my old friend, Colonel
Francis Hardie, retired from a lfetime's serv
Ice on one or another of our frontiers with his
regiment. first in the West against hostile In
dams. later in Cuba later still in the Philip.
pines. Throughout his service lie was noted for
his intrepid coolness and yet one day when
starting to cross Fifth avenue in front of the
flatlron Building, rush Of motors forced
10 step back with more speed than dignity to
the curbstone, Colonel Harde grabbed me ner.
vously by the and said:
DO you know that never in our youth while
lighting Sioux. Cheyennes or Apaches did we
take such desperate chances on our lives as
man takes on these Internal New York streets?"
Colonel Hardie up against what was to
him a new game.
Again. some years ago an old Texas friend
was visiting me in New York, a man notable
Ill his State as a gun fighter. 60 notable that I
am sure none who knew him could bc made tn
believe any number of armed men could STAN.
pede him. Really he is distinguished past
graduate in the art Of defense and offcnse with
slN-shooter ever ready on a seconds notice
TO stand up and fight for his life. And yet one
day when, at his suggestion that he would like
TO have view from the roof of one of our
skyscrapers. took him to the roof of the
American Surety Building the man gave an
exhibition of fear that was nothing short of
pitiful. or course, the roof was walled around
by oreasthIgh stone balustradc. and yet no
more mad he advanced half dozen PAGES from
the door opening on the roof than he dropped
10 his hands and knees and begged me 10 as.
sist him to immediate descent!
Yet again. take my friend, Frank ]. Dun.
ieavy, battler more nearly quite all round
the world than any man know temperament.
ally ono OF the steadiest and coolest OF men,
Bred TO the rudest Of the Australian bush life
OF forty odd years ago. long cruiser Of Aus.
trallan rivers and coasts in small craft and In
small tonnage sloops among the islands of the
South Seas. he was wrecked more than once
on desert shores. Yet he assures me that while
he cannot recall single instance of expert
encing fear for his own safety or that Of the
cookie shells he was accustomed to cruise in
nevertheless when he first took passage from
Australia to England. of the biggest
liners of the day, throughout the voyage he
was never free Of anxiety for his life
Technically he was OF course, hundred
times safer than any Of the tiny craft on
which he had been accustomed to cruise, reck.
less of whatever dangers might and did con.
front him.
Plainly, the difference lay in the fact that
In his past experience he had always been In
position OF personal responsibility. man
or master. He could and must lend his per-
sonal energies TO the fighting Of any peril that
might arise-he could free sheet furl sail
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THE TEMPLE LIGHTS

When Solomon had finished his
great mosque he sent for the archi-
tcct and said to him:
Next Friday l am going to per-
form my sclamik In my mosque II
u is not finished BY that time l shall
order your head cut on"
The following Thursday evening
the architect returned and handed the
Sultan the keys OF the mosque and
in the morning the Sultan went there
;or the sciamiI.
When he returned to the serag!io he
v,n, tu' his arst Chamberlain ard
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
BY Edgar Beecher Bronson,
Explorer, Ranchman, Hunter and Author OF
"The Vanguard" etc

'HS Sdn9udroJ ctC.
|OURAGE! The red badge OF courage!
No man ever wore 1t, no matter how
deservedy, who has not often enough
experienced the ieart grip Of fear.
Such, at any rate, Is the general conviction
of all the many men l have known who have
been notably long chance takers their lives.
even, apparently, greedy OF opportunity to stake
onem' no matter how obviously heavy the odds
against them. And it was precisely from my
own personal experiences and observations in
,hls line that was led to emphasize in my
Corporal Stocking, the professional bad man
killer, that he had never been dangerous to
others until he had himself become badly
scared. AS he put It:
While | hope and believe never funked
going against any odds encountered in my line
OF DUTY know always lodged trouble as long
as l could with dccency and safety. and never
myself became dangerous to another until I
m!self had become badly scared"
Wnch Is about the last word needful on the
e suoJect' wnen coming as it does, in simple
regarded by all who knew him as the coolest
oattler OF his time with the desperate law
o ore, kers VINO contributed many OF it's reddes,
pages to the history of the winning OF the Far
west from savagery and outawry
Courage is essentially constructive
II Is born OF and is cumulative with exper,
The utterly fearless man ia myth OF tba
romancers. VI 'no
10 be sure. there be those. plenty of them,
1920 dinlHB-ln the variOU8
!pes or what the world regards as danger,
OF perlls have become broad and they have
oecome so accustomed TO danger that they
come to be regarded as inaccessible to feer 0'
But no single man have ever known who
m might be more or less justly so regarded, would
aaii 10 admit-for such types are usually candid
ana honest-that he had never been brought r.
ace some wholly new peril that he did not find
, himself inst!nctively shrinking from it. ra.
iuctant to go into It, 49, 40
AS stocking has recently written me. undo,
uatc OF april IA, from his cottape In tla ,,L..S
OF Los Angeles: " ' ouourDs
NOW seveny-hve years old. in looking back
over my hfty years Of constant battling do
not remember OF doing one single thing Thar
should regard as brave l just did what CANA
~ ~! auty 10 do. and thousand things of that
sort came along and we're forced on me that q
would have been glad enough 10 get out OF n
My salvation was that was good on shoo,.
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Tie would probably have answered
you: One OF you must be mad. you
or your MASTER"
Sire"
We'll, II he tells you that, you will
answer: My master Is not mad Mt all
lie Is merely providcnt. Judging from
your actions the four okes will suf-
fer number Of curtailings begin.
ming with the minister himself. and
finally there Will be left only -four
drachms or just enough to keep A
lamp burning. Now go and see TIM,
my mosque shall not be dark after M.
death. Go and sin no more"
And that is why tho lamps are nev>-
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sttins at the foot of the first pillar
on the left. His face will be yelled.
nut you need not see his face. AS he
mas made VOW never to show it.
Tell him TO pray for me. He Is very
Eious and holy man
Il shall do rs you say. sire"
What an absurd idea," the Cham
h4rlain thought as lie left the presence
or his imperial master. Four okes "a
little over a gallon OF oil for each
lamp and thcusand gold pieces for
a beCgar. Then he opens the bar,
and takes out half OF the contents
and calls his assistant. to whom ha
transmits the order Just given him b.
the cultnN
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asked him:
How many lamps has the architect
put In my new mosque"'
Fifteen thousand. sire"
Good. ] shall allow four okes CT
OIL a day Tor each lamp
Your order shall be obeycd sire"
II hope SO. What day of the week
Is IL today
Friday. sire"
Then next Friday you Will per-
form your namar at Saint Sophia
Yes. sire
TAKE this. sure fbag containing
one thousand gold piecesl and give II
To an old ho-~n- v-ho-, vnn ,.irI a.
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The assistant in turn finds the gift
CT nve hundred gold pieces TO n beEKar
an almost criminal waste Of money,
So before he goes to the djami he re-
lieres tho bag Of half Its contents.
Here. my good man. pray for tho
Sultan, who sends you this gift"
May Allah bless him with a long
and happy life"
The following day the Sultan sends
for the Cha nbc rlain.
Did you give the bcggar the
Yes. sire"
How much did you give him?"
Everything. sire"
&c not This nv" bag I gave vouo"
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An Oriental Story

whom 1 have shown favors OF all
kinds?"
Yes. sire"
IL am quite crushed, sire"
Yes sire"
IF YOU rob me. what can you ex.
pect others to do?"
l am quite crushed. sire"
Now. tell me- Did you give the
minister my order to allow four okes
OF oil TO each lamp In my mosque?
Why don't you answer"
II did not dare. sire. II your order
was to be carried out. all the oil In
the country would not suffice. An
trade is mn trade. II the minister had
not hNlinNod mel
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Tho Chamberlain turns palo and,
IN voice that trembles with fear. he
answers:
Yes. sire. 1t is tho bag"
will you please count Its con-
tents?"
Tho poor Chamberlain count. tho
contents four or five times and then
throws himself at tho feet OF his mas
ter. begging for mercy.
DO not be afraid. 1 am not going
to do you any harm. but answer this
question:
Am ] not the most powerful mon.
arch In the world?"
Certainly, sire"
"And Won NV o->~.>,ro-r-t. -