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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Are Surrendering in Large
Numbers, 1t is Re-
ported
AMERICAN NOTE
AFFECTS COURSE
Veterans of independence
War Praise President
Wilson

Havana, Feb. 22.-The revolutionary
movement in Cuba was comparatively
uneventful Tuesday. Reports from the
interior dealt only with movements OF
scouting parties. The American note in
which President Wilson announced his
policy of holding the rebel leaders re-
sponsible for injury to the lives or prop
erty of foreigners, and explicitly stating
that no government established by revo-
| lutionary methods would be recognized,
seems to have had a disheartening effect
on the insurrectos, who, according to re-
ports, are surrendering in large numbers.
| Some OF them, it is said, are armed only
with shotguns.
Colonel Collazo, in command of the
government forces which captured Sane
ii Spirtus few days ago, reporting
more fully on the battle, estimates the
number of killed on the rebel side at 80
and the wounded at IS. Among the
wounded, according to a report to Col
onel Collazo, is Colonel Carlos Mendieta,
the Liberal vice presidential candidate.
The veterans of the war of independ
ence Tuesday night issued statement
addressed ITO the Country" The ad-
dress was signed by General Emelio Nu-
nez, president of the society, and ex
presses the gratitude of the veterans to
the government and people of the United
States for the attitude they have as
sumed in the present conflict. The state
ment in part follows:
"The great statesman Monroe placed
an insurmountable obstacle to the spirit
of conquest that animated Europe in the
past century, saving the Latin American
nations from fearful dangers, but a
greater statesman perhaps, Mr.. Wilson,
is endeavoring to consolidate these ma
tions with policy as wise as it is pru
dent and generous, putting an end 20
criminal revolutions. and military mutt
mics. still more criminal, that disturb
and ruin Latin American countries. From
the depths of our hearts, free from par
tisan sentiments, arise enthusiastic APP
plause and profound admiration for
President Wilson and his great country.
If the political policy inaugurated by
President Wilson is followed by his sue
cessors we are sure that inside of 10 |
years there will be closed never to open |
again, the long period of revolutions and
military mutinies."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Doctors Stand Amazed at Power
of Bon Optic to Make Weak Eyes
Strong---According to DR.. Lewis
Guaranteed to Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instances

able time and multitudes more will be
able TO strengthen their eyes so as TO be
spared the trouble and expense of ever
getting glasses. Eye troubles of many
descriptions may be wonderfully benefited
by the use of this prescription. Go 10 any
active drug store and get bottle of Bon
Optic tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet
in fourth of a glass Of water and let
It dissolve. With this liquid battle the
eyes two TO four times daily. You should
notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right
from the start and inflammation aud red
ness will quickly disappear. If your eyes
bother you even q little il is your duty to
take steps To save them now before il
Is too late. Many hopelesSly blind might
have saved their sight if they had cared
TOR their eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician to whom
the above article was submitted. said: Yes.
eve remedy. Its constituent ingredients are well
known to eminent eye specialists and widely
prescribed By them. ] have used II very sue
cessfuily in my own practice on patients whose
eyes were strained through ovcrwork OF misfit
glasses. { can highly recommend It in case OF
weak. watcry, achinE. smartiug. itching. burn
ing eyes. red lids. blurred vision or for eyes in
famed from exposure to smoke. sun. dust or
wind. u u one of the vcry few prepa tons
feel should he kept on hand Tor REGULAR use IN
almost every family" Bon-Opto. referred to
shove. i not a patent uedi cine o. q secret
muis being printed on the package. The ran
ufacturers guarantee u 20 strengthen eyesi~ht
- per cent in one weeks time IN many Instances
~ refund the money. II can be obtained from
any good druggist and is sold in this city b
3. g. Rusaells Rec CruSs Phausaey.- ADV
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN
FOR INDIGESTION
OR BAD STOMACH
Relieves Sourness, Gas, Heartburn, Dys-
pepsia in Five
Minutes

Sour, gassy, upset stomach, indiges.
tion, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the
food you eat ferments into gases and
upsets you; your head aches and you
feel sick and miserable, that's when YOU
realize the wonderful acid neutraIizinq
power in Papeis Diapepsin. 1t makes ali
such stomach misery, due to acidity
vanish in five minutes.
Ii your stomach is in a continuous
revolt-if you can't get it regulated
please, for yonr sake, try Pape's Diapep-
sin. It's 50 needless to have an acid
stomaeh-make your next meal a fav-
orite food meal, then take little Dis-
pepsin- There will not be any distress
Eat without fear. It's because Pape's
Diapepsin really does" sweeten out of.
order stomachs that gives it its millions
Of sales annually.
Get a large 5O-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
PePsin from any drug store. II Is the
quickest, surest antacid and stomach re-
lief known. II acts almost like magic
Il i a scientific. harmless and pleasant
stomach preparation which truly belongs
In every home.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Farm Boys ELL the PuIpits.

If you are salesman there is little
chance your son will become minis
ter, while If you are farmer the
chances are the best, and if you are a
minister the chances are thesnext best.
That conclusion results from the sta
tistical table prepared after investiga-
ton by the Association of American
Colleges.
Thirty three per cent of all minis
ters-at least in the northern states.
where the statistics apply-came from
the homes of farmers and is per cent
from the homes of ministers.
Other vocations furnish the follow
ing per cent of candidates for the min
istry: Physicians, per cent; clerical
workers. 4 per cent; carpenters, 5 per
cent; merchants and laborers. each s
per cent: al oYher vocations, 20 per
cent.-Chicago Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home

Philadelphia, Pa. Victims of eye strain
and other eye weaknesses. and those who
wear glasses, will be glad to know that
according to DIR. Lewis there is real hope
and help for them. Many whose eyes
were failing say they have had their eyes
restored by this remarkable prescription
and many who once wore glasses say
they have thrown them away. One man
says, after using it: Il was almost blind.
Could not see 70 read at all. Now | can
read everything without my glasses and
my eyes do not hurt any more. AT night
they would pain dreadfully. Now they
feel fine all the time. Ii was like a
miracle TO me- A lady who used il says {:
The atmosphere seemed hazy with or
without glasses. but after using this pre-
scription for is days everything seems
clear. / can read even fine print with
out glasses" Another who used il SAYS !:
Il was bothered with eye strain caused
by overworked. tired eyes which induced
fierce headaches. / have worn glasses for
several years both for distance and work.
and without them l could not read my
own name on an envelope or the type
writing on the machine before me. / can
do both now and have discarded my long
distance glasses altogether. / can count
the futtering leaves on the trees across
the street now. which for several years
have looked like a dim green blur 20 me.
! cannot express my Joy at what II has
done for me"
Il is believed that thoussnss who wear
glasses can now discard them IN q reason
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
MAKES FOR RIGHT LIVING.
Work of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and
Campfire Girls.

Educational work of the boy scouts
girl scouts, and the campfire girls is de
scribed in the annual report of the com
missioner of education, department OF
the educational phase of boy scout work
James L. West, chief scout executive
declares: "The boy scout movement aims
to reinforce all of the agencies which
make for right living and character de-
velopment in the youth of America. 1t
does not seek to supersede the home,
church. or school, but to supplement these
institutions largely in the leisure time of
the boy; and to impart by means of its
own programs and exercises the virtues
of chivalry, honor. and good citizenship.
The character building work of the
movement is presented to boys in what
Is meant to be an attractive wrapping"
1T is based largely on the method of
learning by doing, in order that boys
may be taught to be resoureeful and self
reliant in all situations in which they
may be placed.
''The movement is non-sectarian and
non-political. Its program offers to the
moral experience, largely out-of-doors,
and calculated to develop love of coun-
try, God, and neighbor. For its success
the movement depends upon the volun-
tary leadership of men of high ideals,
who serve as scout masters and scout
commissioners. The educational aspect
of the work is emphasized by the fact
that of the 1867 men who held commits
sions as scout masters on Dec. 81 last,
about 50 per cent. are college men and
over so per cent. have either high
school or a college education; 1866 give
their occupation as clergymen, and 100
ms public school teachers; Others are
professional men, journalists, students,
or engaged in mechanical or mercantile
pursuits. In practically every one of the
$50 chartered councils, the public schools
are definitely represented through the
service of the school superintendent on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
A Vision of the Great Commander
Sketch for Washngtons Birthday-By F. A. Mitchell

| iy, calmly, and 1t seemed that each
word had the weight Of mountain:
Benedict Arnold, you are an Illus
tration Of the adage, Put beggar on
horseback and he will ride to the devil.
| When the colonies called her sons to
arms you were mixing pills in a Con-
necticut shop. 1t was ambition rather
than patriotism that caused your re-
Spouse. You wished to take adyan-
tage of war to carve out career for
yourself. You did this. Your remark
able march through the Maine wilder
ness upon Quebec showed that you pos
sess the energy essential to success
full commander 1t is due to you
chiefly that Burgoyne's surrender was
achieved.
when you went to Philadelphia
with the reputation of a successful
general and married into one Of the
principal Tory families there, you were
still the New Haven apothecary trans
formed. You were not satisfied with
your laurels. You wished congress to
give you the command of the Cont
mental army. Not obtaining it, you
asked for the command of the main
military position between the north
and south colonies, with view to
taking revenge upon your fellow coun-
trymen by surrendering 1t to Clinton.
Had you succeeded you would have
broken your country into two parts,
with the enemy between them.
This young man will die death
which you will only too often wish
that you had died. He will have paid
the penalty of having been allied with
traitor, and his death will end his
connection with this lamentable affair.
You will live to be execrated not only
by your countrymen and by successive
generations of Americans, but by the
world. Punishment for your crime will
be visited on the heads of your chill
dren and your children's children for
centuries to come"
The figures faded before me, but
was not returned to possession Of my
faculties for some hours later After
this interval OF oblivion there was a
sound as Of something falling. / open
ed my eyes. and the day was just
breaking. 1t seemed to me that the
sound l had heard was the dropping
Of the trap under one who was being
hanged.
During that day / took up news
paper and read secret which had
been only recently divulged. Papers
Of General Charles Lee, whose incom-
1t was supposed, cost Wash
ngton the battle of Trenton, were pub
ished showing him to have entered
he American army for the purpose Of
some such act of treachery.
De was a traitor from the start; Ar
lold became one during the struggle.
Had General Washington had proof |
hat Lee was In the American army
or treachery doubtless there would
lave been another hanging much more |
deserved than that OF Andre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
MOST COMPLEX ART is MUSIC
In the Key Of &c" Alone There Arc
392 Distinct Scales.

With 3S2 separate and distinct scales
In the key Of G alone, 1t Is no more
than natural that the realm of harmony
should be considered as infinite. Yet
few laymen are familiar with this, ac-
cording to Carl w. Grimm of Cincin-
natl, speaking on "The Realm of
Scales" Mr.. Grimm lamented the ig-
norance Of the millions who persist in
the contention that music is no longer
susceptible of single original note
that In a short time no new tunes will
appear because every possible varia-
ton will have been made use of.
mo great composer"-M Grimm
paused moment and then repeated by
way of emphasizing really great COM
poser, | say, has yet complained that
the resources of music have been ex-
hausted. The present day composer
fails to realize that any scale may bs
turned into monstrosity through I'M
proper treatment which explains tho
great majority of our popular music
Scales are not the product of imagina
tive inspiration: each must be consid
cred as a scientific achievement. and
its pitch should be carefully and ex
actly determined through the applica
ton of certain fixed laws which form
the backbone of all true music"
Mr.. Grimm made 1t clear that music
instead of being the most primitive has
evolved into the most complex art
known to twentieth century civiliza-
tion.-New York Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Mayor Mitchell of New
York Will Ask for
Appropriation
MASS MEETINGS
PROTEST HIGH PRICES
Stated that Everything Pos
sible is Being Done to
Relieve Situation

New York, Feb. 22.--The women of thu
New York tenements have taken th'
| food situation in their own hands anC
planned series OF public demonstra
tions to convince the mayor and city
officials that something must be done t.
reduce prices.
| One OF the widest protest meetings
the city has ever known broke up early
yesterday after making arrangements
for great parade of women and chill.
dren to march all through Wall street
and at night through Fifth avenue.
An appeal was sent to President Will
son and committee was appointed To
demand that the city appropriate 81 ,000,-
900 to be used Immediately for buying
and distributing food among the poor at
cost.
Speakers called upon the poor of the
East side to organize and pledged the
financial support of the Hebrew Trade
association.
Mass meetings and demonstrations
continued yesterday. The police were
on the alert to prevent any outbreak of
rioting. Mayor Mitchell, who was absent
when several hundred women tried to
force their way into his Office Tuesday,
promised to receive committee yester-
day, If it came quietly.
A movement has been started to call a
strike of school children living in the
tenements, on the ground that the high
cost Of living will make it necessary for
all children old enough to go to work.
According to railroad officials efficiency
experts are at work on behalf of virtual.
ly all the trunk lines. particularly at
Chicago, Detroit. Buffalo, Cleveland,
Pittsburg and other points where the
freight congestion is most serious, en-
deavoring to make ii possible for food
trains to be rushed to New York Indi-
cations were, they asserted, that perish
able foodstuffs were now rerehing here
in greater volume than for several weeks
past
After East side housewives had told
Mayor Mitchell that their children were
starving TO death by hundreds, he prom
ised to take up their request for 81
100000 appropriation to buy food for
distribution, though he doubted the legal
ity of such action. A demonstration in
front of city hall, led by Marie CAM, OF
the Industrial Workers of the World
was prevented, as was an earlier one on
the East side.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Grayfish as q Food.

1t used TO be called the dogfish and
was looked upon as worthless null
sance. Now, through the efforts OF
Uncle Sans bureau of fisheries, it Is
called the grayfish and is in great de-
mand as a valuable food product. The
grayfsh contains little less protein
and little more fat than the salmon,
but in digestibility, richness and whole
someness 1t equals. if 1t does not excel.
many of our popular fish foods. One
interesting result of the analysis thus
far made by the government is that
the grayfish is entirely free from uric
acid, which j. not true Of meats. poul-
try or other fishes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
GERMAN STEAMSHIP
COMPANY FILES
100000 BOND
To Cover the Cost Of Making the Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie Seaworthy-Bond
Stays the Sale of the Ship.

Boston, Feb. 2l.-1he North German
Lloyd Steamship company, the owner
of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, whose ma
chinery was damaged by her crew while
she was in the custody of the court, to-
day filed with the United States district
court a surety bond of 100000 to cover
the cost of making the vessel seaworthy.
The bond automatically stays the sale
of the steamer, ordered for April IL on
the petition of two New York banks
which have brought suit because
of failure to deliver shipment of gold
abroad at the outbreak of the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Surprisingly Good
Cough Syrup Made at
Home
Costs Very Little and Easily Made,
but II Remarkably Effective.

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You'll never really know what q fine
cough syrup you can make until you
prepare this famous homemade remedy.
You not only save So as compared with
the ready-made kind, but you will also
have a more effective and dependable
usual coughs, throat or chest colds in
"a hours-relieves even whooping cough
quickly.
Get 215 ounces of Pinex $50 cents
WORTH from any good drug store, pour
it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain graduated sugar syrup.
Here you have full pint---a family
supply--of the most effective cough
syrup that money can buy--at a cost of
only "a cents or less. It never spoils.
The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant tasting cough syrup
have caused it to be used in more homes
than any other remedy. 1t quickly
loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough,
heals the inflamed membranes that line
the throat and bronchial tubes, and re-
lief comes almost Immediately. Splen-
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, bron-
chitis, Group and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
combined with guaiacol and has been
used for generations for throat and
chest ailments.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for "2la ounces OF Pinex" with
full directions, and don't accept any
thing else. A guarantee of absolute sat
isfaction or money promptly refunded,
goes with this preparation. The Pinex
Co, Ft. Wayne. Ind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
NEW AND SAFE ROUTE
From Norway to United States Through
Arctic Ocean.

New York, Feb. 22.-The National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers announces
that two vessels now under construction
in Norway will leave the United States
in July for a direct voyage to northern
Siberia over a new and safe route
through the Arctic ocean.
Jonas Lied. F. r. g., managing direc-
tor of the Siberian Steamship & Manu-
featuring Co, Ltd, is now in New York,
the announcement says, to inform the
shippers of the possibilities of this new
ocean pathway to the mouths of the Obi
and Yenissi rivers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Suggestions for Cake Making.

Did you know that if you used a diff
ferent spoon each time you bake cake
your results will never be the same
The same is true of measuring cups.
| Without one, success is questionable
When it comes to egg beaters use a
heavy egg beater, because although it is
noisy it is rapid, efficient and thorough,
causes much air to be included in the
eggs, and may be used with a bowl in
place of a cake mixer for mixing the
batter, says the Boston Traveller. A
strong, large heater should be chosen for
| this purpose. since ii is not so hard to
manipulate as is small one, and the
cogwheels are less likely to slip when
| -four is added TO the mixture. OF course,
the heater cannot be used in beating
| stiff and heavy batter, such as fruit cake
batter after the fruit has been added,
for the fruit will clog the wheels. A
wire whisk is valuable for beating eggs
when lightness, rather than fneness of
grain is desired. If no egg beaten is at
hand a four tined silver fork is an ex-
cellent utensil for beating eggs.
Speaking of cake pans, did you ever
hear that an old tin pan. one that has
bteft uStu frequently. + btlltI lof DhhiHp
cake than new one? The reason is that
the cake is less likely to scorch or to
stick to tin that has been seasoned by
use than to new tin. New tin should be
seasoned by greasing it well with unsalt-
ed fat and baking it thoroughly in the
oven until ii has blush, unglazed APP
pearance.
The tube pan is the most satisfactory
for some kinds of cake. The tube allows
a current of warm air to rise through
the center of the cake, so that it bakes
very evenly; and the tendency is for the
cake to rise lighter in the tube pan than
in tin that has no tube. A broad, shall !
low pan is, in general, more desirable !
than deep, narrow one. This is because |
the shallowness of the tin makes it pos |
sible for the heat to penetrate quickly |
and evenly through all parts of the bat !
ter. With the deep pan the crust is |
likely to become thick. tough and dry |
while the center of the cake is being |
baked through. In rich fruit cakes, how |
ever, in which lightness is not essential,
this drying out is not undesirable. Cakes
of this kind are frequently baked in deep
pans and some precautions are taken to
keep the under and upper crusts soft--as
a slow oven. heavy paper placed over the
cake and asbestos placed under it.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
COLUMBIAN TREATY
MUST GO OVER
President Is Notified to This Effect By
Chairman Stone of Foreign
Relations Committee.

Washington, Feb. 22.--The Senate for
eign relations committee yesterday de.
termined that the long pending treaty
to compensate Colombia for the parti-
ton of Panama could not be ratified at
this session This decision was reached
after President Wilson's letter urging
ratification had been read. Chairman
Stone of the committee said he would
make formal statement later and make
public the presidents letter.
Republican senators OF the committee
absolutely refused to yield in their OPP
position to the treaty, which, as amend
ed, would pay $l5,O00,0O0 to Colombia
for the Panama canal zone and express
mutual regret for the controversy over
the partition of Panama.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
Washing Wooden Blankets.

The most important thing TO remember
in washing wooden blankets or clothing i.
that the temperature of the water used
should be practically the same through
out. If the water used TO wash in il
cold, rinse in cold water; If the washing
water is warm, rinse in warm water
Hot water should never be used, however
This is my way OF washing blankets
and it always leaves them soft and huf-
fly, with the least possible amount of
shrinkage: | shave bar OF good white
soap into a quart of water and let it
stand overnight. then heat it until the
soap is dissolved, add a cup of borax
and pour the mixture into a tub of cold
water. then immense the blankets and
let them soak for "a hours. Usually all
the dirt is thoroughly loosened by this
time, but few spots may have to be
rubbed. / then rinse through cold soft
water twice, and hang out to dry
Farm and Fireside.