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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
TOO BIG FOR A JOB.

Says a Lewiston, Me, contemporary
'Nr. Clifford is young man of too good
ability to be willing to be superintend-
ent of schools"
We had always held the notions that
person could not have too much abil-
ity to be above the Office of superintend-
emit of schools, basing our conviction on
the belief that the person in charge of
the public school system Of a community
has about the most important and re-
sponsible position in the community. If
an incompetent person is in charge of a
public school system, then the dire re-
suits are sure to come out in due sea
son; if, on the other hand, a man really
bigger than the job is put in charge the
system will be built mp more and more
to the standard which the head of the
system is capable of meeting. In the
latter case there would be- inevitably, a
powerful influence on the upbuilding Of
the community inssmuch as the public
school system is largely instrumental in
the welfare Of city or town. There
fore. II in the state OF Maine a man big
ger than the job Is willing to take the
Office Of school superintendent. all quail
fcations, Of course. being included. there
should be no attempt 70 discourage such
person from following his inclination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

Peel. core and slice the apples. Place
them on platters. wooden trays or any
other convenient receptacle and place
them In the sunshine. Take them In
at night and during rains. 1t is impos.
sible to secure good dried fruit unless
they are protected from moisture Pro-
tect them from flies and other insects
with netting and place them out of the
dust as far as possible. Continue the
drying until the fruit has lost more
than half its weight If necessary it
may be placed In the oven for two or
three hours at the end. Tie the dried
fruit in paper sacks. using double
thickness IL thin skin sacks are used,
and suspend them from the ceiling OF
the driest room available. When ready
TO use the dried fruit wash it WELL soak
1t for six hours or logger and throw
away the liquid drained off, Then cook
the fruit for several hours at tenn
perature slightly below the boiling
point Mothers Magazine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
Grinding Axes.

Nobody outside newspaper office
dreams of the number of people there
are who have axes TO grind, and who
want the newspaper Office to turn the
grindstone. If we were able TO give
space TO all who ask it--conventions,
charitable movements, patriotic appeals,
hotels, railroads, steamship lines and
countless others--we wouldn't have an
inch left to devote to printing the news
for our readers. Our mail is heavy with
such appeals every day. Luckily, we
have large, able bodied wastebasket
with remarkable powers of digestion and
we feed it lavishly. Brattieboro Re-
former.
The franlSness with which the contem-
porary speaks is commendable. The av-
erage citizen wouldn't think of asking
the clothing man for an overcoat, the
druggist for a bottle of pills, the grocer
for bushel of potatoes. That would be
But any of them will ask
for stock n-trade. Rutland
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
Cancer Conditions.

Explaining why such substances as
SCOT, arsenic, tobacco, petroleum and
some aniline dyes produce cancer. DR.
III. G. Ross of the Lister institute Lon
don. writes to Nature that the terms
industrial cancer smokers cancer.
sweeps cancer arsenic cancer etc
namely the diseases caused by the
commodities mentioned-refer in real
fly only to a predisposition TO the dis
ease. The commodities themselves do
not actually cause cancer. They mere
ly render the tissues prone TO it, which
seems to occur In specific manner
The commodities always in the FIRST
instance produce cell proliferation. usu-
ally in the nature of warty growth,
and 1t is not until an open ulcer has
appeared. generally at the base of the
wart. that malignancy supervenes."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
LESSON or THE LETTERS.

A Warning the Thoughtful Old Lady
Gave the Needless Young One.
They were two women, one young,
radiant; the other gently, beautifully
old.
But, auntie, it's such fun"
The older rose.
wait"
In a moment she had returned. Two
faded, yellow letters lay upon the
young girls lap.
Read them"
wonderlngly the girl obeyed. The
first read:
"Dearest--I leave you to John. IL IL
plain you care for him. love you.
Just now II seems that life without
you is impossible. But / can no longer
doubt If you cared there would be
no doubt John Is my friend. | would
rather see you his than any others.
since you cannot be mine, God bless
you. WILL"
The other:
"Beloyed--I am leaving you to the
better man. For me there can never
be another love. But 1t is best--it IL
the right thing-and | am-yes, | am
glad that It is WIN you love instead of
me. You cannot be anything but hap
DIV with him. With me-but that is
dream must learn TO forget As ever
and ever, JOHN.
Joseph Hall IL Life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
LEGEND OF THE ROBIN.
Indian Story Of How the Brave Bird
Got Its Red Breast.


When white men first came far
across the sea to this country they
found many birds such as they had
never seen before. But they found one
which they liked best of all. 1t had a
pretty red breast, and they called 1t
robin. for its red breast made them
think of bird back in the old home
which they loved most of all
The Indians had a story about how
the robin got its red breast. They said
It happened long time ago, when
there was only one fire In all the cold
far north.
A hunter and his son Kept the fire
burning day and night until the father
fell Ill. and the son had to watch the
fire all alone. The great white bear
was waiting for a chance to put the
fire out so he could have all the north
to himself. He saw the boy fall asleep;
then he jumped on the lire with his
wet feet and put it out
But a gray robin saw him, and when
he was gone she pecked about in the
ashes till she found tiny live coal.
She famed 1t with her wings until 1t
blazed out and turned her breast red.
Then she few away to every hut in
the cold north. Wherever she touched
the ground fire sprang UP, and soon
there were plenty Of fires to keep the
people warm. After that the robins
breast was always red instead Of gray
Exchange
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
The Country's Opinions.

The so-called neutrality debate in the
United States Senate early this week,
in which Works of California and Lodge
of Massachusetts, took leading parts, is
being commented upon widely, not prin-
cipally because it released any new ideas,
but because it demonstrates quite EN-.
phatically that this is pretty big coun-
try, with much territory and population
outside of New England and New York.
The middle West and the Pacific coast
states are weak in their understanding
of certain maritime matters, but they
have their opinions on international af-
fairs, and they are ready to make them
selves heard. There is much discussion
to be heard before the whole country,
through its congressional representa-
tiyes, agrees to any fixed policy toward
the European nations and the European
war.
The north Atlantic coast leans toward
England for reasons of ancestral pride
and commercial gold, mingled with doc
tored news reports. Further in the in
terror, where regard for the older coun-
tries has been rubbed thin in the process
of grubbing in mines and fields. Amer
lea comes first, There may be mistakes,
fostered by remoteness, but patriotic
interest at least is just as keen as in
the ancient communities of the stern and
reasons hereabouts.
There viii be other debates; and If
they will permit America TO be kept in
the fore and prejudice in the background,
they viii be wholesome Boston Jour
nal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

The town Of Putney seems in fair
way to secure large new industry
from Massachusetts that will replace an
industry that went out of existence
some years ago. If the industry is Sc
cured, the town is to be congratulated
and especially those citizens who re-
fused to permit the two large factory
buildings to be disposed of to wreckers
with a view to their being RACED. These
public spirited citizens went to work
and delayed the latter negotiations long
enough for the owners of manufacture
ing concern to come along and see the
desirability of locating in Putney. Such
persistence and home Loyalty deserves
good things, both material and intan-
gible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
A PastY Complexion.

After a busy day of golfing and an
evening of automobiling James skin
was irritated from the combined effects
OF sun and wind. so she literally cold
creamed" her face and hands and set.
tied herself for a good nights rest.
In a few minutes her face began to
feel stiff and drawn. AT last she
thought. 1.-THE expected has happened.
have paralysis"
Her nervousness increased when hei
fingers became manageable and hei
skin began TO crack and snap.
She hastily turned on the light and
found her face aiarmingly waxy and
shiny. What could be the cause?
Finally she rushed for the tube OF
cold cream 1t was labeled Library
Paste "-Youth's Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
uovv ,bs Roman Empire Grew.

Rome was founded $50 B. c.. the
kings were expelled BOO B. O.. aud II
was not until 200 B. c.. AGO years after
the founding of the city. that the Ro.
mans conquered their immediate neigh
bors. the Samnites, Latins, etc. 1t was
not until 266 B. c.. following the defeat
of Pyrrhus, that Rome was supreme
in Italy. from the southern boundary
OF Cisalpine Gaul to the Sicilian strait.
For $50 years, from the foundation OF
the city. the Romans could stand on
the hills of their city and almost look
across their entire territory, as it
stretched away only some twenty miles
on either hand. After the consolidation
of their power in Italy, however. It
took them but $50 years to conquer the
world
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
Cas-, and wrnunh, Iron.

In a paper recently read before the
Society Of Chemical Industry the state
ment was made that the strength Of
cast iron was affected By the addition
Of wrought iron In the following pro
portions: With 100 parts OF cast iron
ten parts Of wrought iron increase the
strength per cent: twenty parts OF
wrought iron increase the strength
81 per cent: thirty parts OF wrought
iron increase the strength 90 per cent;
forty parts Of wrought iron increase
the strength only 30 per cent The
maximum result l. therefore produced
with 80 per cent wrought scrap.-In-
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

We are willing to assert with empha-
sis that the newspaper mems proposed
banquet of Vermont food products, so
far as possible" win be fit for the most
rayenous or the most dyspeptic pen
pusher in the state. If Lake Champlain
could furnish bnepomts, the banquet
might perhaps be entirely Vermont
raised bill q fare, and be one of the best,
too. "See Vermont frs" Eat Ver-
mont products first"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

East Youngstown's record OF the week
lust passed is such that no other COM
munity envies it. Indeed every COM
munity which has self-respect prays for
deliverance from acts of similar violence,
acts which viii perhaps be repudiated
by their perpetrators in their saner and
calmer moments. Surely the acts would
not have been done unless under what
seemed to be unbearable provocation.
For the time being the people Of the lit
tie suburb of Youngstown lost their
mental and moral balance under great
stress. 1t is situation greatly to be
regretted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
CURRENT COMMENT
What About Barre1

At least two companies of the Yer
mont National Guard are calling for adj
dtional enlistments to bring their total
enrollments up to the governments
standard of SO mon. Rutland and Brat
tleboro are large enough communities
so that they might be expected TO fur
nish 65 good eligible men apiece for mil
itary service in piping times of peace
Barre Times.
You are right, neighbor, and we be-
lieve both of these progressive communi'
ties will get the support they deserve.
But what about Barre Y--Brattleboro Re-
former.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
Her Dissertation.

Muggins-- Women have such queer
ways OF expressing themselves. Bug
gins-Such as? Muggins- Well. my
wife was telling me about Miss Vel
lowlear and said she was a sight to
behold and in the very next bfsath
said she wasn't fit to be seen.-Phlla-
delphIa Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

The Springfield Reporter has engaged
Miss Georgia White, formerly OF the
Randolph Herald and News as local
news gatberer in its home village, there
by making sure Of efficiency Of its serv-
ice in that department.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

Governor Gates has selected capable
man in Fred A. Rowland OF Montpelier
to take the place of the late Joseph q
DeBoer as trustee of the Vermont per-
manent school fund.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

Over 100 girls escaped safely from
burning school building at Marlboro,
Mass, because they had been trained to
meet Just such an emergency. The NOR
al of the occurrence last Saturday is
very obvious to every person in charge
Of young people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

The Boston Braves baseball team gets
sly, cunning master in the person oil
Percy d. Haughton-a man, too VINO
goes into the game as much for the sport
of the thing as to make money.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

"Gifl Pursues Bull on Frisky Horse
and gets her picture and an account Of
her wonderful exploit in a Boston Sun
day paper. Verify, those Maine people
are great performers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
THE BRITISH NAVY AND ITS
SFANrANCWTp.

The British pre-drcadnouglt Edward
vi. was sunk. according t. the British
admiralty. BY . mine. but the location
Of the disaster was left as somewhat Of
= mystery. The statement that the ship
fen victim 10 4 mine rather thar e. 81
Submarines proiertile would have bcen
sccsptei with greater faith - the world
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

Young Woman ,before milnner's win
dow. 20 Der maidi--That hat = perfect
~ lovely ! must have IL Mare. be
sure 70 remind me to Kiss my husband
when ! get home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

Germany has natural dread OF a
change in rulers. For one thing, Kaiser
wilhelm has been the backbone OF the
present war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

There are too many people IN the
southern part of New England playing
the old game of Other Peoples Money
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

A murder confession may be but a
"scrap of paper"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10

"We are all in business, and
we should all get our fun out of
business. The Era.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25
TO REDUCE FOOD PRICES
That Is One Reform New Argentina
Party Will Install.

Buenos Aires, Aug 25.-Dr. Jose
Marcos Pagliere today denied the re-
port that the radical party soon to put
its hand to the administrative ma
chinery in Argentina has no program.
The statement has been made by a
number of their political opponents
and by many radicals themselves.
Doctor Pagliere, d prominent radical
who probably will have a place in
President elect Irigoyen's cabinet, says
they are mistaken.
1--WE radicals he declared today,
''are men of action, with deeds, not
words, for our daily motto. Personal
ly. / look forward to a new constitu-
tional life in Argentina which will
make our nationality as immovable as
the rock.
There will be more security for the
people and for the stranger"
Doctor Pagliere said the radicals
will reduce food prices.
THE European war" he said today,
has unnecessarily increased the cost
of bread in Argentina to 151a cents
for two pounds and two ounces. We
have studied this matter and at the
end of three months of experiment
have disposed of much bread at 8
cents and mills for two pounds and
two ounces. This was done without
the loss of a single cent. We will do
the same with meat and milk very
soon"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25
RAILROAD NEWS
STILL HOLD wheat
RuIIish Market Keeps Bulk OF
Grain in State.
Santa. Fe Reports Lull in Car
Shortage ClamOr.
DIE pIIcU Will GnME LATER
BIG RUSH WILL COME LATER
Southern Pacific Would Aboi-
ish State Regulation.
No One Killed on Pennsy In
Two and Half Years.

The tendency of farmers in Kansas
and other western states to holo theli
wheat this wear for still higher prices
nc long as the market remains bulllsh
has AFFORDED the Santa Fe with tenn
porary relief in the freight car snort
age. according to officials.
Field agents of that road are max
ing daily reports to ]. c. Burnett as
sistant general freight agent, wherein
they say the situation is loosenlns up
The situation" said Mr. Burnett
"seems to be growing better on our
road Farmers appear to be hoiulns
their wheat. and that, L believe, IS the
reason. We are receiving fewer hurry
caus for cars and fewer complains
,,ovy than we were few days ago OI
course. I do not mean to say we are
abIe to furnish every person VINO
wants a car with one, but We are meet
ing a good percentage or the orueis,
However. Santa Fe freight officials
say the temporary relief just now VIII
probably last as long as wheat con,
5inues to go up. Wheat at S1.15 ana
so has been talked of much in Kansas
and il is around $3.50 in Chicago now
and near that price here.
When the decline comes rush LOT
cars is expected. Wall street panic
is not the only thing of its kind in the
world If the price begins to lower
suddenly, the path of freight offlclals
will be menaced by sorrows and grief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25
BROWNS CHANCES
Jones Believes His Club Is Still
in the Running.
Pennant Dash viii Be Made
When Club Gets Home.

New York, Aug. 25.-Fielder Jones'
manager of the ST. Louis American
league club, has been talking too much
thru the newspapers. He said so him.
self today when asked by the United
Press what he thought of the chances
of his team to win the pennant.
Jones said he has been misquoted so
frequently he did not like to say much
but added if the promise was given
that his words not be twisted he might
let out little. The promise given,
Jones said:
Il think we have a good chance to
win the pennant.'
There it is. just as he said it. He
believes his team has an excellent
chance to win. He added that he must
Boston to get back home ready to
make squirt toward the flag.
Up and Coming.
Jones's team is displaying a classy
brand of the national game and Thurs
days even break with the Yanks while
the White Sox were taking a beating
at Washinton, placed the Browns in a
position to dispute third place with
Comiskey's high priced warriors. The
Browns are only half a game behind
Chicago.
The Yanks vaulted into a tie with
Chicago for second place and with the
Browns battling Bill Donovan's crew,
q pretty ISht - Oh 1or the TuuHoF-up
place.
When the Browns finish their series
here they will go to Boston for their
final series with the worlds cham
pions.
The Acid Test.
This will be the acid test for the st.
Louis team. If they can get an even
break there, as Fielder Jones said,
they will be in a position to dispute
the leadership of the league when they
again reach home.
Cleveland appears to have crack
ed" under the strain. Their victory
at Philadelphia was their first in eight
starts.
The Braves gained a full game on
the Dodgers in the National league.
Cincinnati overlook the Brooklyn club
and downed 1t by two to one score
while the Braves were taking the
Cubs into camp. Alexander stopped
the skidding Phillies with a victory
over the Cardinals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25
ABOLISH STATE COMMISSIONS.
That Is Southern Pacific's Solution
Railway Control.

Abolition of state regulation of rail-
roads and the inauguration OF a strict
federal policy, giving the Interstate
Commerce commission or a similar
board exclusive jurisdiction, is the so
luton urged to solve the complicated
problem of dual control in a state
ment issued today by the Southern
Pacific.
If the railroads of the United
States" says the statement, ARE to
be regulated interests of the public,
the very nature of the situation dc
tates that such regulation shall be ex-
clusively by the federal government.
To continue the present policy of CO.
ordinate regulation by the federal gov
eminent and AS states, with diverging
and conflicting ideas and interests,
often purely local in character but
harmful in effect generally, is to pre-
vent efficient and economic develop
ment of railways and transportation
service as a whole.
"a chain is no stronger than its
weakest link, and, so far as interstate
commerce and national efficiency are
concerned, unless the railroads as a
unit are improved, developed and ad-
justed to the general needs of the pub
lie along the line of a we'll conceived
general plan, economic and efficient
service can hardly be expected. For
example. considering the general plan
of efficiency, of what benefit would it
be. other than purely local, for one
railroad to increase and improve its
facilities if the connecting carrier was
not able to receive and handle the
traffic.
For This reason the whole scheme
of transportation regulation and de-
velopment should be uniform and gen.
eral and the interstate commerce COM
mission should be invested with COM
plete authority and control, the pres
ent state commissions being included
in the plan of organization as regional
commissions. Such a plan contem-
plates making the whole system of
transportation and regulation uniform
harmonious and efficient There is
interstate and intrastate mail service
Just as there is interstate and intra-
state freight service, but the public
wisely confides to the federal govern
rnent exclusive regulation of the mails
and would not entertain a sug-
gestion of cO-ordinated regulation by
the state. Apart from essential pri-
vacy and merchandising of postage
every reason sustaining exclusive fed
eral regulation of the postal service
may be urged in support of exclusive
federal regulation of all interstate car
rierS and commerce
For. after all. uniformity, economy
and efficiency are the determining
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-25
HARTFORD INCOME INCREASES.
Net Corporate Nearly Double That of
Last Year.

Net corporate income, the amount
available for payment of floating
debts, improvements of an unproduc-
tive nature or partly SO, and divi-
dends, of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad for the fiscal year
of 1856, ending June so, amounted
to $4,315. 1866. The amount last year
was $2,307,971.43. Those figures in
clude the net corporate incomes of
the Hartford proper and the separ-
ately operated roads in which it has
an interest.
The mileage of road operated in
1915-16 was 2.004.62, just Las more
miles than the year before. Operat-
ing revenues in 1866 amounted to
$76,311 ,652.91 while operating ex-
penses, uncollectible railway revenues
and taxes amounted to $53,940, 1891.
Operating income amounted to $22,-
81, 279.S5 while incorporating income
was $2,539, 684.69 and gross income
was s24,91O,964.54. Interest, rentals
and similar expenses were s20.595,-
207.6S. In 1914-15 the total operating
revenues were $3.50 ,263.71. Gross
income came to $20,SS5,61S.46