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Prusslans and Germans.

Many authorities hold that the orig inal Prusslans were not of the same breed of the old, or South, Germans, being of the Hunnish or Mongolian stock. The kinship of the English. Dutch, Scandinavian and South Ger man is indlsputable, but the Prussians (ethnologically speaking) are not in cluded in the Teutonic circle. They are, to say the least, originally of non Teutonlc blood.
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FIRST WEEK

Dig the late Irish potatoes. cut off the sweet potato vines and plant them. Plant the late cowpeas. Plant late roasting ears; plant tomatoes. Cultivate the entire crop every eight days. shallow blowing.
 SECOND WEEK
 Keep the entire crop plowed every eight days; harvest the early goobers; plant the second crop of goobers; harvest the first crop of cowpea hay. Take off the early sweet corn and plant to rutabager turnips. Clear
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caIIfornla Like island.

California, covering almost ten de- grees of latitude, lies well within the warm temperate zone, with conditions of temperature conducive to luxuri- ant vegetation. The state Is peculiar ly isolated, as the high mountains and deserts to the east offer m impossible barrier to plants from the Atlantic side of the continent, while to the south are the deserts of Mexico and Lower California, and on the west lie the shores of the Pacific. The state thus has many of the character istics of an oceanic island.
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Expert Testimonv

Young Mrs. Cornell was bride of but a short time One afternoon she confded to her friends at pink tea that she was sure her husband never played poker at his club. How" quer- fed one of the women, did you find out2" "Oh," explained the young bride, q met couple of the members of his club the other day and I asked them: Can Perry play poker? They looked thoughtful for q moment and then answered very sincerely: 'NOp"
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Exclusive.

Young Heffron was oyerjoyed when Ruby Jackson promised to be his wife and presented himself before the rich old father to obtain his consent. What do you want a wife for when you can scarcely support yourself?" queried the old gentleman crustily. Why, sir, my daughter would starve P Well, sir" replied Heffron, with great dignity, If you are the kind of man to let your daughter and her hus- band starve, don't wish to enter the family"
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Advanced In Life.

While out walking with my little nephew, Jack, who for the first time was wearing his first pair of woolen trousers, and who, needless to say, was proud of the fact, we met his Uncle Harry who said: Hello, Jack. You are quite man now, aren't you?" when Jack replied: "Yes, am wear ing pants on the outside now."--Chi- cago Tribune.
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Great Family of Smiths.

Tn England and Wales there are ap- proximately eight hundred bearers of any one surname on an average. The smiths alone number more than 400. VVo' or 900 times as many. The great family can boast of more men of dis tinction who have helped to make the empire what 1t Is than the bearers of any other name.
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Gave Her Away.

Little daughter was visiting her grandmother and Aunt Marie. Marie IS quite popular and has q number of admirers It so happened that a dark haired young man called one evening ana hght-haired young man called the following evening. Little daugh- ter greeted caller No. ? with "Why you were here last evening, but you had black hair"
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Stroll With the Girls.

(Which had you rather do-take q short walk with long girl or long walk with short girl?" "That would depend on my finances-Td hate to be short with short girl or if I was short with long girl I couldn't go with the long girl long," But suppose you were flush with dough?" "Oh, then I'd long for long walk with the long girl and even the short girl could come along"
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Modern Greeks.

The prexent-day Greeks are sup posed to be the descendants of the men who wea Marathon and Salamls. Of course the breed of modern Greeks Gas Is true about every other peopie) Is somewhat mixed, but there IS much in the Greeks of today to remind us of the men who built the Partbenon.
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Freak Lightning Strokes.

There Is an instance on record of q couple of men who were travelling in the Vosges mountains. They rushed for trees to escape the pelting driving rain. stroke of lightning knocked them senseless, and 1t was thought on first examination that they were dead. The best attention and care were giy- en them, and they survived, but on the back of each, extending to the thighs, was the imprint Of leaves of lime tree.
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FeudaIism in the Homo.

Nowhere more strongly thantin, the home does feudalism exist ln sup posediy civilized communities at the present time. There Is still thu at mosphere of Superior" andl azA .'ln- ferior,' master and . "serWnt.' Until this feeling Is climinnted the home must get along us best It may without the aid of those who are com 'petent to do housework, but who de- cline to assume the position of an fin ferior. .'--Judson Gseneil In the De troit Journal.
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Preludice.

Prejudice may be considered as a continual fnlse medium of viewing things, for prejudiced persons not only never speak well, but also never think well of those whom they dislike, and the whole character and conduct is considered with an eye to that particu- lar thing which offends them. Bishop Butler.
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Becoming.

The process of overcoming, of be- coming, is no light achievement. The whole creation groaneth and travail eth in the task. In this warfare all living things are engaged; not man only, not the kindlier beasts only, but all that is capable of pain. that is of nrOgrcss.
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In Boston.

Caller-'.Is Mrs. Blank at home? Butler-sPhysically, madam, she is- As an abstract question the fact can not be denied. But In relation to your desire to see her, cannot say defin- ttely until I have ascertained Mrs. Blanks wishes in the matter. Pray be seated until I receive advices from above. Boston Transcript.
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Matter of Comparison.

Election Agent,srhat was g good long speech oar candidate made on the agricultural question, wasn't itT Farmer Plowson-"Oh, ay, 1t wasn't bad: but couple Q nights good rain 'ud n done sight more good
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Rich Manqans,.

Manganese mines al Point, Lower California, to be the richest kncxi this element in the Holi situated in the ard M peninsula, 25 miles lal eight miles wide, betwe the Gulf of Lower CalHa cepclon Bay.
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Want Table Aoalnot

Want Table Acalalt
 Every head waiter h useless to offer guests middle of the room q is one against the val it some inherited insdl come down to us from tors who knew the wis protected on the flank z while they ate?--Boston
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The Golden F


 The Order of the e. a bit of royal foolIsh, by Philip the Good d about l429, on account ' the profit that had cou wool-raising. The ordes istence, its membership to the rulers and crou Europe, with now and tl potentate.
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UNIFORM PRICES SAVE MONEY s
 FOR WOMEN WHEN MARKETING
By MRS. JULIAN HEATH Founder and National President of HouseUiUss Lea

In order to buy efficiently it is essential that the buyer should know what she is buy ing. She must be able to order by name and thus be certain that she is getting the quality she wants at the price she is willing to pay. Men buy cigars by name, they call for smoking tobacco by name In this way they are certain of getting the quality they want. Women canned fruits, household utensils, hose, gloves and the thousand and one articles bought and used every day in the same intelligent manner. We don't want to ask for 'soatmeap or "four." We want to ask for the particular brand that we have tested and found satis-
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FARMERS WEEKLY SCHEDULE ie|

sss,A the ground in s1 early vegetables ,'. peas where the ,ss'
 THIRD vi, n,a atch the crop . la;N, plow after each rsin rainly blow it svss' ram ram or no rain. cs p' potato vines and p'ant the late fsIIl
 FOURTH Fl Plan Plant the fall ls5 ,a rutaDager turnips well .,l plowed- The will be ripe and csas
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He Realized It's Truth.

Tt was Shakespeare. wasn't 1t, who said Sweet are the uses of adyer sltyr Shakespeare may have said II originally but l heard 1t from lawyer who had pocketed 85 per cent of an estate. .'-Boston Transcript
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Dangerous Study.

She-'It must have taken lot of persistence on your part to learn to play the ukelele so we'll" He-"It did. l had to go constantly armed for three months. Punch Bowl.
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Daily Thouuht.

It Is astonishing how fruitful of i'm provement a short season becomes when eagerly seized and faithfully nsed. It has often been observed that .those who have most time at their disposal, profit by 1t the least.-Chan- ning.
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Can Find Time to Do Things.

It is the Idle who complain they can not find time to do that which they fancy they wish. In truth, people can generally mssse time for what they choose to do; 1t is not really the time, but the will that is wanting. Sir John Lubbock.
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Is Old superstItIon.

The "knock wood" superstition is said to date back to the days Of sylvan gods, when oak, ash and rowan were sacred trees whose deities would come to the assistance of the knoclxer.
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Had Heard t r

Billy, dressed in his b ed in grandfather's biz q the guests seated about [ ing a lull in the convex said: "Well. Billy, you fine boy Billy ansveft say I am."
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Harry,s suooestion.

Harry had been sleeping alone for nearly week, which was new stunt for him. One night storm came up, and the wind blew, shaking the doors snd windows. This woke Harry, and lie was much frightened and thought of nothing except screaming for his mother. His mother heard his cries and lay down with him. She turned her back to him, thinking she might get some sleep. Suddenly she heard frightened whisper: "Mother, if was you I'd face each other"
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THE STEPHENS-ASHURST BILL
To Protect the Public Against Dishonest Advertlsna
 and False Pretenses in Merchandising

wzo i. the Stephens- bill introduced in Congress by A.hur.t' Bm? Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Ari- zona and by Representative Dan Stephens of Nebraska providing remedy for the unfair competition of great aons monopolies
 What i. the Chiefly in advertising at cut eonpehtion7 pricess wellmown goods as means of inducing the public to buy unknown goods or douO ful quality
 What the purpose To the reputation of reliable cut-pncs concerns? article as bait to catch the con-
 r and dece;vc them into believing that all their goods offered for sale are sold at low rate of profit Are the expenses of Mo- Trade investigations agree that trading o"opofs' cost of doing business by these tess than those of the a0s' big city approximately ase 'eaH "e'e"a" 30 per cent while the cost of the average small merchant is 16 per cent
 pr.da- They cant they only seem to- They undesu sell things that people know at cost the independent On unfamiliar goods they over charge The consumer deceived by the false that their of unknown goods IS sold at the sme P reduction offered a few well-known articles
 What the effect Of th It destroys the independent me unfair practe7 chants of the and small cities builds up great chansore and maordr systems and compes the sale of inferior goods by all classes of dealers
 l. price cutting in th. n Mo- It means the destruction of the of the public usual retail channels by which goods reach the their best advantage It forces the sale of unknown articles often of cheap and shoddy quality instead of reliable goods which have their makers fPuta tion behind them It promotes substitution
 re.u The ruin of hundreds of thousands the general of independent merchants; the con- the "roas"0u' "e entraon of trade in vast monop e01"'" oes located in few great cities;
 decline in prosperity and population of the villages, towns and small cities and the ultimate injury of the consumer by placing the mercy of monopoes which will then be able such profits they please for the sale of such goods as they choose to handle
 By preventing the unfair and dis ing relief from cut honest of we-known goods as
 oa. mo"0p0" e'''s advertising bait, and guaranteeing
 Sl uniform price to all op.rat. Not at a The bill explicitly states ay to se trade marked that it's provisions shall not apply s '" to any article that is produced or controlled by monopoly If any manufacturer asked hgher prices than his goods woh the public would refuse to buy and new makers would quickly enter the field How all Oho By writing at to the U. s. ed in the prosperity and Senators from their Stat and the sroufh of ourU UAaees 4L:. D;.4,;o+ toUns ands smaN aid Sons ee'iia'i AAoAn ~ ' haUne them to support the ote- Ashur Bill and their influence in its favor
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Notable Exll|

Notable Ess1 People often prese. with which historic signed.' "Quite so,' saM think I'll preserve the you signed that s5 cheta the other day.
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Whenever You Ncei q.
 s,, Take Gpss
 The Old Standasd chill Tonic is euusl,s General Tonic bec.u.s well lIo known tonic props,i and IRON. It acton out Malaria, Enriche' Builds up the Whole
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High Grade l.7
 for ssle .,.1

The ARGUS la, quantity of extra nlckle alloy babbit at '8 cts. per Ib. Phone, write or call
 HE Tell an ycu ss. :, :, <.
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rh. rnscr,,table One.

Deeper than Shakcspcare's love of life was his indifference to It," says Harriet Monroe; "wider than his Knowledge of the world was his ree1- lessness of Its applause. Flowers or ashes he cared not kisses or broken vows-he could live and love for ei- ther. Thus In his personality there is something sel6ess and inscrutable which from age to age has fascinated the world. We <eel him vast, impar- tial.. beneflcent, like light and air
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Another Lurs I
 Many a man donates movement the monef have used to pay ns or grocer Macon Sss
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Blble,s Many Languages.

Some of the languages the Bible hes been translated into are Accra, Aneity- I'M Arrawack. Azerbijan, Enlu, Cal nuc. Chippewaynn. Ccpt!c, Dajak, Dikele, Eromanga, Gitano, Gujarau, Haussa, Iaian, uocano, Khassi, Kanaka, xoordish, Kusaien. Lepcha, Lifu, mala- rasy. Maliseet, Mandingo, Micmac, 7Gpongwe, Muskokee, Namacqua, Mar rinyeri, OJibwa, otiyeherero Pam- manga. Pangnssinan. Pushtoo, RaroteE- ean, Ruk, Scheetswa, Tcheremissian, Tchuwash, Tschi, Wogul.
 Coconut Tree's Blossom.
 The blossom of the coconut tree is not unlike . head of cauliHower and Is esteemed very much as the "cab- hagev Of the cabbage palmetto, which crows to some extent in Florida. The coconut blossom Is boiled or eaten raw with | salad dressing. From the bloSn1un IT the tree the natives also 3nake pieasant drink, soft when first nade, ut ptron&ly tntoxicating when sSrineuted, and quite often it Is al ] owed to fSement. By one treatment v thip 6oMerxllGnor fl Is also made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
President Anxious to Ad-
vance the Program on
Preparedness
MANY CONFERENCES
ARRANGED THIS WEEK
On Result of Conferences
Will Depend Possibility
Of Another Tour

Washington, d. G., Feb. THE ad-
ministration's legislative program, par
ticularly national preparedness and the
Lusitania case, gave promise to-day OF
occupying much of President Wilson's
attention during the week. The presi-
dent has engagements to confer with
many senators and representatives in
furtherance of his efforts TO expedite
the work of Congress on the army and
the navy bills. He is anxious that these
measures be disposed of as soon as pos
sible so that other legislation can be
taken up, including the shipping bill,
the tariff commission bill and revenue
Whether President Wilson viii make
another speech making tour in the inter-
ests of preparedness hinges upon the
outcome of the conference with congress
sional leaders as well as on the Lusita-
MIA affair. While the president has been
advised that he made deep impression
on his recent trip he has not yet learned
whether it had definite effect on Con-
gress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
Rushed Back into a Burning
Lodginghouse to Res
cue Her Husband
THEIR BODIES FOUND
ABOUT 20 FEET APART
Dozen More People Escaped
by Jumping or by Lad
ders at Portland

Portland, Me-, Feb. Ernest A. Cove
and his bride of few weeks were burned
to death in fire in a lodging house
near the business center this morning.
A dozen other occupants OF the upper
stories of the building escaped by jump
ing from the windows or we're carried
down the ladders.
Cove and his wife were both about
10 years of age. Mrs. Cove was one of
the first persons in the house to be
awakened by the fire and she reached
the street by rushing through smoke
filled Railways and down the stairs;
but when she reached the street she dis
covered that her husband was not among
those who had escaped from the build
ing. Mrs. Cove then entered the build
ing again in search of Mr.. Cove. Her
body was found in a hallway on the see
ond floor, and twenty feet away lay the
body of her husband who evidently had
been overcome while cropping his way
down the stairs.
The loss on the building and contents
was $4,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
ALARM IN MANY TOWNS.
When Canadian Home Guards Were
Called Out By Bugle.

Niagara Falls, Ont. Feb. 7.--Several
towns in western Ontario were thrown
into panic late Saturday night by a
squad Buglers hurried through the
streets sounding the alarm and unfound-
ed rumors that one of the bridges here
had been blown up added to the excite
ment.
At Saint GATHERINGS theatre audiences
were dismissed when the men began to
leave in response to the bugle calls.
Guards were doubled at munition plant
there No official at Saint GATHERINGS
would say who ordered out the guard,
but it was understood there to have
been general order throughout the pro-
vince.
No orders were received to strengthen
the guard on the bridges along the Nj.
agara frontier. They have been under
a heavy guard since September, 1914.
Telephone messages from points along
the Welland canal responded that moth
ing unusual happened during the day
and that no precautionary orders had
been received.
It. is believed here that the excite
ment was due to some local cause and
that calling out of the home guard was
on orders from an officer whose command
included Saint GATHERINGS and nearby
towns. Following closely upon the OF
tawa fires, the hurried mobilization
threw the people into a temporary panic
during which rumors found ready cir
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
HEAVY ARTILLERY is
MOVING SOUTHWARK
There Are Indications That
the Pressure on the Turks
in the Caucasus Has Been
Somewhat Relieved - No
Change in. Mesopotamia Is
Indicated

While recent reports of the actual
opening of an offensive movement by the
Teutonic allies against Saloniki appear
to have been premature, the cables con-
tinue to bring accounts of various troop
movements, held in military quarters to
indicate that such an offensive probably
, is not far distant. Athens dispatches
to day tell of continued concentration
of German Austrian and Bulgarian
forces on the Greek frontier, together
with transfer of heavy artillery south
ward from Nish.
There is paucity of news OF active
operations in any war fields. The latest
official bulletin from Constantinople re-
ports improved conditions for the Turks
who, apparently, have recently been un-
der extremely severe pressure by the
Russians. Although the Ottoman forces
around Erzerum seemingly have not
been successful in undertaking an often
sive, they have been able to repulse all
renewed Russian attacks, they declare.
No change in the situation in Mesopo-
tama is indicated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
ANONYMOUS GIFT OF $1,000.
To Teachers Retirement Fund Associa-
tion-Check Came Unsolicited.

St. Johnsbury, Feb. Miss Caroline
s. Woodruff, secretary of the Teachers
Retirement Fund association, has an
nounced the receipt of check for ST.
900 which was anonymously contributed
toward the fund The check was unso-
licited and the following note accom-
panied it,: 81 am very glad to send the
enclosed check for the Teachers Retire
ment Fund association. There are so
many societies here for uplifting and
making them model citizens of a great
republic, but | know of no association
that begins to do this as well as. the
teachers in the public schools"
Bertha NJ. Terrill of Burlington, pres
ident of the association, has announced
the following committee to study the
retirement fund plans of other states
and prepare amendments to Vermont
state laws: Judge f. C. Mower of Bur
lington, chairman, Miss Caroline S.
Woodruff of Bradford, Redfeld Proctor
of Proctor, Fred Howland of Montpelier
and Superintendent Locke of Rutland.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-07
BARRE MANUFACTURER DEAD.
James McKernan, Sr., Had Been Sick for
IS Months.

James McKernan, ST., granite manu-
facturer and member of the firm of Barre
Turning Works, died at his home 78 Ma
pie avenue, yesterday afternoon at $40
o'clock after 10 months illness with a
general breaking down. The funeral is
to be held at his late home Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock, and interment will
be in Hope cemetery.
Mr. MclIernan was born in Aberdeen
Scotland, April II, 1865, but came to the
United States when he was young man.
He remained for short time in Quincy,
Mass, and came to Barre 22 years ago.
He was a member of Barre aerie of the
Eagles and of Granite lodge, No. 35, f.
and A. NJ.
He leaves to mourn his loss his wife,
who was Mary Hewitt; one son, James
McKernan, jr., of Barre; daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Baummer of Cambridge. Mass;
three brothers. John of Barre, Thomas OF
Montreal, p. O., and Bernard Of Aber
deem, Scotland; also his mother and four
sisters. the latter being Mary and Mrs.
Peter Taylor, residing, as does the moth
er, in Aberdeen, Mrs. William Shand in
Queensland, Australia, and Mrs. Frank
Rowan in Glasgow, Scotland.
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is NOW SOLE OWNER.
Thomas J. Mercer Buys E. J. Lander's
Interest in the Baltimore.

A dissolution of partnership in the
firm of Mercer & Lander took place to-
day when Thomas j. Mercer became the
sole proprietor of the Baltimore cafe,
purchasing the half-interest held by Ed
son J. Lander. The deal became effective
at once. Hereafter Mr. Mercer, while
continuing the same policy pursued in
the past, viii have entire charge Of the
business. Mr.. Lander will take much
needed rest before embarking ON bus
mess career again.
Mercer & Lander purchased the Ba1ti-
more of G. L. Woodworth in September,
1914, At that time they took over
lunch business that was established by
Mr.. Woodworth before the basement Of
the Durkee block had been subjected to
radical alterations. The history 'of the
Baltimore is the history of popular.
little eating house where business men,
farmers, "drummers," and most every
body who indulges in the favorite indoor
pastime of eating have been wont to hob
mob each day at the lunch hour or in the
evening. In the future, Mr.. Mercer
states, it will be his aim to cater to the
same classes of epicureans who have fre-
quented the Baltimore in the past.