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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
SLEPT ON THE MARCH.
Tired Soldiers Who Actually Walked
While They Slumbered.

In an article, sleep For the Sleep.
less in the Worlds Work the author
quotes an eminent surgeon who made
a study Of sleep in the French army as
follows:
I'm the retreat from Mons TO the
Marine we had an extraordinary human
experiment. in which several hundred
thousand men secured little sleep dur
Ing nine days and In addition made
forced marches and fought one of the
greatest battles in history.
How. then, did these men survive
nine days apparently without opportu-
nifty for sleep? They did an extraordi-
nary thing-they slept while they
marched. Sheer fatigue slowed down
their pace to a rate that would permit
them to sleep while walking. When
they halted they fell asleep. irhey
slept In water and on rough grounds
when suffering the pangs of hunger
and thirst and even when severely
wounded They cared not for capture,
not even for death, If only they could
sleep.
The UNMARRIED testimony of the SOL
diers was that every one at times
slept on the march. They passed
through villages asleep. When sleep
ieepened they were awakened by CON-
rades. They slept in water, on stones,
In brush or in the middle of the road
rs IL they had suddenly fallen in death.
With the ever oncoming lines of the
enemy no man was safe who dropped
out OF the ranks, for no matter on
what pretext he fell out sleep con-
quered him. Asleep many were cap
tured. That the artillery men slept on
horseback was evidenced by the fact
that every man lost his cap"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
Teamwork on a Battleship,

The problem Of naval expansion
would not be so hard were it not for
the fact that every ship needs such a
great number In its crew, because the
greater the number of men that must
work together as "a team" the greater
the difficulty of accomplishing the
teamwork" and the longer the time
required. In a ship, especially in a
large ship like a battleship or battle
cruiser. most Of the men work together
in large groups. such as turret crews,
100 men sometimes composing a tur-
ret crev. Nevertheless the ship and
all the men it floats are bound togeth-
er by invisible cords that make ship
unit, and the major effect of the
training and of the drills of all kinds
is to make the whole a living organ
ism.-Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske
in Worlds Work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
Biackmore's Manners.

Blackmore is said to have resembled
Horace Greeley. Several inches over
six feet, with large. beautifully shap.
ed head, on which his hair tossed
wavingly. he wore a beard shaved
away from his upper lip and chin. SO
that ii framed his face, which was as
rosy as a girls. His eyes were full of
twinkling humOr and kindliness. and
there was always about him a sense
OF the outdoors-of great. calm spaces.
winds and frsgrances. He dressed
carelessly in loose fitting clothes, tax
ing no trouble to keep in the fashion.
His voice was low and musical. and
his manners had a touch OF old world
courtesy and distinction He was ut
terly sincere and would never pretend
TO agree 10 anything because some one
else advocated It. His opinions were
strong and clear, and he stood BY them
unwaveringly .-Hildegarde Hawthorne
In ST. Nicholas.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
AMUSEMENT NOTES
Bringing Up Father in Politics" Next
Monday Evening.

A musical comedy based on George
McManus' cartoons now running in over
five hundred daily and Sunday newspa-
pers throughout the United States and
Canada, will be the next attraction at
the opera house next Monday for an en-
gagement of one night The best rec
ommendation that can possibly be given
Bringing Up Father in Politics" is the
fact that Mr.. Gus Hill is the producer.
Ii the cartoons did not show pronounced
assurance of success as a play, Mr..
Hill would not have considered the prop
osition to produce it for the stage. The
atrical history gives reason for the as
sertion that Gus Hill play is a success
before the first curtain rises. So much
for experience and Judgment as to what
the public demands in the shape OF mu-
steal entertainment. Mr.. Hill Is the first
producer TO introduce vaudeville cast
in a musical comedy. In fact Bringing
Up Father in Politics" is a high-class
vaudeville show with a comedy plot. II
is interpreted with specialties and
chorus of pretty girls who sing and
prance about to connect the various
vaudeville acts. Bringing Up Father in
Politics is new incentive for hila-
rious comedy, laugh from start to fin
ish and never was intended for any other
purpose. There is a magnificent scenic
equipment with mechanical and electri-
cal effects, and almost an endless variety
OF pretty costumes.--adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
REAL DOUGHNUTS.
The Genuine Old Time Cake Never Had
Hole In IL,


Hole In IL.
Why will some persons persist in
speaking Of the holes In doughnuts
The real, genuine article never had a
hole in It. My memory goes back to
1910 and earlier. and my boyhood ex-
perience extended over good part of
Fairfield, Litchfeld and New Haven
counties. Conn, and Westchester coun-
ty, N. Y, up to 1880. Our mothers at
that time are TO be regarded as the
best authority on old fashioned Amer
lean cookery.
The doughnut of that period consist
ed of bread dough raised overnight.
with hop meal cakes, or "emptins,
sweetened with brown sugar. short
ened little and fried to a rich brown
in leaf lard and were somewhat larger
than goose egg and about the same
shape. These were known among the
old Dutch New Workers and are de-
scribed In BARRIERS History of New
York." published about 1910.
Wonder cakes" were similar, with a
little more shortening and sweetening.
The dough was rolled about three
quarters of an inch thick, cut into
squares of three inches, with three
Sits. which were pressed apart into
a fantastic shape. and were the idol
lied Sabbath day lunch, eaten under
the maple tree or the horse shed be-
tween the morning and afternoon serv-
ices.
first remember crullers twisted and
with holes when came to New York
In 1854. The very name of dough
nut is suggestive of a round or oval
shaped article.-C. +. Benedict in New
York Times
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
THE EAvESTONE CASE.

J The official announcement from Amer
lean Consul Frost at Queenstown, Ire
land. that Richard Wallace, the colored
American seaman who was killed by Ger.
man she'll fire, was in the service of a
ship which was provisional collier OF
the British navy, puts different light
on the situation-a situation that was
somewhat befogged by the earliest re-
ports coming from British sources. If
the Eavestone was a provisional collier
in the British admiralty service, as it is
reasonable to suppose it was, in view of
Consul Frost's positive assertion on
Tuesday, there is no chance for an argu-
ment with Germany over the question Of
the killing of an American citizen albeit
there might be some doubt as to the le-
gality of the German act in Smelling the
small boats of an overhauled enemy ship.
There have been so many questions over
the latter consideration since the out
break of the war, all of which have been
slurred over by the American govern
ment that it would not be consistent now
to develop the present incident into a
cause of war. The Eavestone problem,
in the light of the first report from Con-
sui Frost, seems to have solved itself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

Count Won Bernstorff viii never be
noted for the speed with which he got
out OF the country to which he was ac-
credited as ambassador, after the sever
ing of relations between his own country
and the United States. However, there
is some excuse for apparent slow action
because he had become quite firmly root
ed in American soil through long service
and, besides. his wife is an American
woman with many American ties of
blood and interests. no doubt. There is,
in addition, the other feature concerning
the agency by which the ambassador
and his retinue can get ont of the coun-
try. As yet no safe conduct" has been
granted by the entente allies; and, of
course, it would be folly for Bernstorff to
quit these shores until that had been
granted, albeit he could go to Mexico
let not the American public be impatient
over the delay in his departure
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

tising out Of the publicity which the item
would bring to him and his business
That would be too base a motive for a
man of his stamp to harbor-to make
commercial profit out of national ca
lamity. So we prefer to give Henry Ford
credit for being patriotic citizen of the
United States, a man of pronounced ideas
in some respects but nevertheless able
to sink his own desires along with mil
lions of fellow Americans in order that
the national welfare might be main
tanned. If worse comes TO worst we
shall expect to see hundreds and thous-
ands, even millions, make an offer OF
sacrifice commensurate with that made
by the famous automobile builder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
AN ANCIENT CLIFF CITY.
Tho Ruins Of Its Primitive Dwellings
In Walnut Canyon.

Walnut canyon, near Flagstaff, Ariz.,
contains some of the most inter
esting ruins on the continent. The
canyon itself is remarkable, being a
thousand feet deep. a quarter mile In
width ut the top and few hundred
feet at the bottom. The sides do not
rise up in gentle slopes. but leap up
ward, tier upon tier, a giant limestone
stairway Here were conditions that
appealed to primitive man. The
smooth shelf or ledge formed floor,
the projecting rock ceiling, the siop-
Ing strata rear walls. He had but to
throw up front and side walls and a
home was completed, with floor that
would never wear out and roof that
would never leak.
II is estimated that there are at least
a thousand of these primitive dwell
ings in the Walnut canyon. There Is
but single entrance to this cliff city.
The trail leads over the face and down
the sides Of the cliff and on through
the ruins Of one of these houses. When
the walls OF this building were stand
ing 1t completely filed the width OF
the ledge. As no one could enter with
out passing through this house or gate
way. one man, armed with primitive
stone ak. might well have stood of an
army.
All articles of furniture have been
carried away. but there are still traces
of fireplace, and the blackened cell
Ing tells Of its long occupancy. In the
ashes and litter have been found bro
ken pieces Of pottery-red, black and
In eolors and with pat
terms displaying their artistic tastes.
In small pockets, dug out In the rear
walls and carefully sealed up. are still
found pieces Of cloth Of
hemp and fiber OF yucca, corncobs,
squash shells, beans, etc.-Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

legislators to conflict with this natural
code. And il this could be, IL Legislators
the world over would enact only laws in
perfect harmony with this code, what a
world-"paradise regained"l
Now, every reader of Mr.. Gordon's adj
dress must know that it was projected
along this line of progress. Happily, its
delivery was simultaneous with the
meeting of our legislature. Here is the
opportunity. While in session give every
member the benefit. For this purpose
condense the 1000 words into l,500.
| Within this compass array all the choice
diamonds in way TO be most telling.
So short, glowing, attractive, every mem
Der having chance will read and under
stand it, Give the chance. Publish and
send every member a copy. All the mem
bers finally going to their homes, every
| county, every town in the state will hear
from it. The result is, in 1910 the su-
thor of this address occupies the govern
or's chair.
That Legislature is on tiptoe for new
business. And new business it is. Brief
ly, pointedly, in concise, short message
are recommended few choice measures
covering the actual wants of the state
They are quickly adopted, and the SEES
sion meeting Jan. ! adiourns promptly
by the middle. The shortest session ever
held, yet with record OF the best and
most complete work ever done by Yer
mont legislature and saving of $l50,000
to the taxpayers!
The wonder is contagious-a whirlwind
in political circles from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Every state in the union
swings into line. The next Congress is
made of the right stuff. OF that body
the Vermont governor is senator
Name and fame go before Work is
easy, automatic. OF its own accord
comes the chair of the legislative com
mittee. Out of each bushel OF all the
bills poured into the committee room.
only two kernels of wheat are reported
to become laws. The chaff is burned.
The session is short Millions are saved
to the national treasury. Henceforth the
Green Mountain reform rules the great
republic, and in finishing up the work |
the Green Mountain boy occupies the |
chair in the White House.
The contagion crosses seas and oceans. !
All nations become infected and finally |
adopt the Monroe doctrine as the golden |
rule by and between them all, with the |
reign of universal peace assured forever,
Utopia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
CURRENT COMMENT
Those of German Origin.

| The position of citizens of German
origin at best will be distressing in MANY
ways, in case the worst comes in our
relations with the central powers. They
| should have the keen sympathy of all
Americans who can appreciate the do
nestle peril possibly arising from the
conflict of emotions which war would
arouse if their treatment were not en-
tirely considerable and fair.
Americans who cannot see such a per-
il cannot be the best kind of citizens
themselves. This is nation different
from any other on earth in the extreme
variety of the racial and nationalistic
elements in its population. In time of
danger the loyalty of all elements is the
more necessary because the elements
themselves are so unlike.
Let us have the utmost faith in the
German element of our national stock (;
once the die is cast, there can be no
doubt as to its attitude toward the
government. No one should harbor sus-
pieion of his neighbor or friend of Ger.
man extraction. Ones faith is not based
on mere hope, or the desire to propiti-
ate certain class of ow-citizens; it
is based on actual experience The Ger
mans shared in the early colonization
OF this country; they helped TO win its
independence under Washington; they
contributed powerfully toward its saliva
ton under Lincoln. They have definitely
cast their lot in the new world, whether
oldeomer or newcomer, and as people,
they will not seek TO destroy what has
been in part their own creation.
But. more than that; we have the re-
cent experience of Canada to teach us
the solid reliability of the bulk of the
German citizenship of the country. In
total population of 100000 in the
Dominion, there are some 100000 Ger
mans and Austrians, all of Teutonic an
tecedents and sympathies. for the most
part comparatively recent arrivals from
the central empires. The testimony is
that since the war began two and one
half years ago. they have been well be-
haved and "the cases of friction between
them and the other Canadians have been
negligible"
The German element in our own citi-
zenship will act precisely as the same
element has acted in Canada-only bet
ter. For the citizens of German eNtrac-
fion here have more at stake and more
20 be proud OF in their past achievement.
They viii tiye a fair return in LOYALTY
and even in sacrifice, il the emergency
arises, for all the faith and trust reposed
in them BY their fellow-countrymen.--
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

Col. Fred B. Thomas of Montpelier, the
new commander of the Vermont National
Guard, is man who has worked his way
to that high position through the va
rious grades OF rank in the Vermont mill
tary service during score or more of
years, having been with Co. H of Mont
pelier during the Spanish-Ameriean war
and having retained his connection with
the service in some form or other ever
since that time. He is, therefore, man
of considerable experience in the work
and he also comes to his high position
with thorough acquaintance with the
peculiar needs of the Vermont National
Guard service. Col. Thomas should be in
position to command the regiment ca
pably.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
WHY CLOTHES WEAR OUT.
little Balls Of Fluff Found Around the
House Give the Answer.


The microscope has answered that
long puzzling question of why clothes
wear out. BY the aid of this instru-
ment that uncovers mysteries OF the
world hidden to the unaided human
eye, it is revealed that when cloth Is
which in time become visible and OBJ
jectionable. The formation of this fluff
is not unlike the growth of snowballs
that boys roll. Under the microscope,
especially with reflected light, these
balls of fluff are wonderfully beautiful,
cleaning with brilliancy that cannot
be captured by a photograph.
1--WE speak, and speak correctly, of
wearing a suit of clothes when we
have in mind only the use of the
Clothes" a scientific writer explains.
"but the garments are literally worn
away. We might also speak OF wear
ing bedclothes, because the fbers of
the bed linen are worn away In much
the same manner as a carpenter wears
away the surface of wood when he
sandpapers 1t.
Drafts and other air currents watt
these fbers to and fro until they
collect in small clusters of fluff. The
bits and cantles' that have begun to
attract others to them gather more
and more until a large proportion OF
the aerial fotsam has been transform
ed into what the housekeeper calls
little rolls OF dust that she finds under
the bed and in the corners. These are
fbers that friction has removed from
the bed linen and from ones clothing"
st. Louis Republic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Thoughts Brought From the West.

Editor, Times: In a clipping from last
weeks Herald and News is the follow
ing "B. f. Sargent has recent copy Of
the San Francisco Chronicle, which tell:
of novel use to which tho government
parcel post was put. Enough bricks &c
erect seven large buildings were shipped
from Woodland, CAL, to Vernal, Utah
about. 5000 miles, by parcel post" and
the Randolph paper adds that the bricks
were shipped that way to save time
| perhaps"
| ! guess it was to save costs. ] have
been there. When the Camps made the
coast forecast trips by auto in 1915, in
going west we passed through Vernal,
and 1 have before me map of that re-
gion, presented to me by G. b. Cook of
that place. The map says that Vernal Is
| the largest city in the United States not
on a railroad, and is $50 miles from a
railroad by Travelled road. We, on our
trip, passed over about 100 miles of the
l50-mile stage route that those bricks
had to travel, and should have gone the
whole of the $50 if we had gone over
Cotton pass, where, after we had got
within a mile of the top of the pass, we
were unable to go further with our autos,
so came back 20 miles to Duehesne and
took another route to Salt Lake City via
Heber and Park City.
1t is all a mountainous desert between
Vernal and the railroad, and the stages
have to cross Cotton pass at an elevation
of over 5000 feet. vernaI is fast grow
ing city Of 1900 inhabitants and all the
freight, as well as the mail, has to 60
over the l50-mile route.
On our route we met and passed team
after team of freight. They had to carry
their own food and feed for their teams
and some of the way water for both man
and beast, and stopped and eamped wher-
ever night overlook them. 1t took the
slow moving teams about two weeks to
make the trip out and back. The mail
is carried by auto in the best part OF
the season.
AT the time we We're there, these autos
carried the mail to within about a mile
of the top of the pass on both sides, and
the teams, mostly mule teams, carried
the mails these two miles over the top,
and this was June %. so the season for
carrying mails all the way by auto must
be short.
The average brick weighs about four
pounds, and as 20 pounds is the limit OF |
a parcel post package for that distance,
five bricks would be the largest package |
allowed. If that statement OF the San |
Francisco Chronicle is true, the mail car
riers would have a job on their hands II |
would probably take from 40 to so tons
Of brick to make single wall of large
brick house, and for seven of them, from |
$50 to $50 tons. Some job TO get them
over that l50-mile mail route
And | forgot to say that on a large
part of the route our autos had to pillow
through about foot of sand or fine dust,
making travelling pretty bad for both
teams and autos | don't blame them
Tor paying the government six cents
pound, or Sl2O ton, instead of sending
BY freight over that route. The parcel
post rate would require one pound in
very 90 pounds to pay eight cents a
bound.
r. d. Camp.
South Randolph. VT, Feb 6, 1917
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07
KEEP THE NEWS SERVICE OPEN

At the outset of the war Germany
implanted that Great Britain was chok-
i ing off the avenues of publicity for the
central powers side OF the war. Now
that there has. come break in the rela.
lions between the United States and Ger
many there is a chance that Germany
may be almost completely cut off from
world communication because it was
chiefly through the United States that
Germany maintained a wireless service
with the neutral parts of the globe. In
case of the declaration of war between
the two countries the wireless privilege
would, of course, be completely severed;
and even under the condition of severed
diplomatic relations there win be far
stronger tendency on the para of the
United States government to curb the
service, or, perhaps, to censor it. How
ever, the American people hope that as
long as there is no declaration of war
between the United States and Germany,
the wireless service between Berlin and
Sayville viii be kept open inasmuch as
it enables the American public to get
much more accurate knowledge OF the
progress of the war by striking balance
between the official war reports from
Berlin and those from Paris, London and
Petrograd. The Berlin official reports are
counter acting influence to the London
reports, an influence which obviously is
very necessary to a fair comprehension
of the events being enacted on the bat.
tlefeld. So let US keep the wireless com
munication with Berlin open as long as
practicable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

Sir Walter Scott once said that the
loss of the battle Of Waterloo threw
half Britain into mourning, yet the
casualties of England and her allies
were only 22,42S, which included the
wounded and missing. The French are
supposed to have lost $1,000 or $4,000.
as many of the exhausted men were
trampled on by the troops of Bluecher.
but owing to Napoleon's exile to st.
Helena no accurate record could be
made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

The new senator from Windsor county,
John E, Mcclellan of Plymouth, comes
to his new position with ample expe-
rience az twice representative and
twice senator in the Massachusetts
legislature and once representative in
the Vermont general assembly. That ex-
perience ought to enable him to overcome
much of the handicap of coming to Mont
pelier a month later than his colleagues.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-07

A near neighbor to Germany, Switzer,
land would be putting her head in the
lions mouth to follow the example OF
President Wilson and break off relations
with the imperial government Switzer-
lands territory is already seriously
threatened with being Belgianized be-
cause of Germany's policy of doing that
which is the most expedient; and it is
about all that Switzerland wants to do
to maintain an attitude of neutrality in
the great conflict. 1t is to be expected,
too, that Switzerlands example will be
followed by few other of the European
nations which lie in close contiguity to
Germany and which are more or less in
fluenced by the feeling OF fear of the flu
ture enmity of the great neighbor if not
of present punishment for their temerity
in stirring the anger of the emperor
President Wilson cannot expect for much
support of his policy among European
neutrals.