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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

by the disclosure of the fact that we
have all along been supplying Germany
with the cotton which has enabled it TO
continue It's predatory campaign against
the world. Through Holland and the
Scandinav Wan countries, even through It
alv, we have been sending the stuff of
which high explosives are made. Cotton
shipments to these countries have leaped
from thousands to millions OF pounds,
and from millions to tens OF millions,
And all the while the Teutons and their
good friends in America were whining
about our prolonging the war by supply
ing the enemies of Germany with the
material of war.
OF course this was perfectly legitimate,
although there are certain moral ques-
lions involved in the business OF sup
plying the material used for the sink
ing of American ships and the destruc-
ton of American lives. But all that is
in the past now, and there is neither
morality nor legitimate business in sup
plying Germany with the ingredients OF
high explosives from this country any
longer. The National Association OF
Cotton Manufacturers has accumulated
the facts of this cotton trade and sub
mitted them. The association recon-
mends that the government assume con-
troll of cotton shipments. There can be
no sound objection. If we were sending
millions OF tons of explosives to be used
against our own men we would stop II.
We are sending immense quantities OF
the raw material of these explosives.
That. too, must stop.
But here we encounter a curious SIT /
uation. All along, there have been south
erners who were loud for an embargo
ON northern munitions. They have dwelt /
long and tearfully on the immortality I
Of continuing the European tragedy by /
feeding and equipping the allies. And
they, themselves, have been putting INTO /
the hands of Germany the one weapon
that has enabled it to continue lighting.
How it has managed TO do it has been
he cause of some conjecture. II was
that enough cotton for a
.hree-years war was in Germany at the
of the war, and at times there
mas been a notion that the stock must
be getting low. At last the cat Is ont
II the bag. and it appears that while the
north has been sending guns and ear
ridges, the south has been sending the
.tuff that makes guns and cartridges
II use. Now the south is called upon 10
1--WE up this profitable trading with the
,nemy.
The regulation Of cotton shipments
rith a view to preventing their reaching
germany would doubtless affect the cot
on market. and might bring about
owering of the price here at home, but
he planters and spectators have made
,lg profits and can well afford to lose
ne German market for a time Al all
vents. they ought to be made to do 50,
ven II they are not willing for cotton
ent 10 Germany i just 80 much death
or cur own men. The cotton leak =
ne OF the things to Be- stePPeds-Man-
hester onion. u
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
CURRENT COMMENT
The Weather Up North.

y, w. Hildreth publisher of the New
port Express and Standard, offers con-
yincing testimony of the backwardness
OF the season in northern Vermont. Mr..
Hildreth has owned a cottage at Will
loughby lake 40 years and frequently on
May ] and once on May Is previous to
this year has reyeled in the luxury of
maple sugar on snow from drift back
of his summer home. This season the
snow was available from the drift May
20, and on one mountain stream nearby,
where the sun does not shine, Mr.. Hill
dreth asseverates there is ice enough
to last several weeks yet. "-Brattleboro
Reformer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

tips and the end of the tongue are
most sensitive. For instance, burn
on the fingers lis much more painful
than one on the back would be, while
one on the tongue would be more pain
full still.
Deep wounds are not painful, as a
rule. save as regards the surface In
jury.
OF pains not caused by external In
juries neuralgia of the fifth nerve, the
one which supplies the skin Of the head
and face, is the most intense. 1t has
frequently driven people mad for the
time being, and sufferers have been
known to cut and even burn the flesh
in desperate attempts to relieve 1t.
The rupture of the branches Of the
dental nerve in tooth drawing also
causes agony so intense that 1t has
been stated that no human being could
endure 1t for more than two seconds at
time,-Pearson's Weekly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
MOST SENSITIVE NERVES.


The Two That Can Cause the Greatest
Agony of Pain.
Which part Of the human body Is the
most sensitive to pain?
A sharp definition must be drawn
here between irritation and pain. Irri-
tation is not pain. but only frequent
cause of it, Thus a crumb lodged In
the larynx near the vocal cords pro-
duces violent irritation and prolonged
coughing, which often result In actual
pain. So, too, an insect or speck of
dust in the eye sets up violent irrita-
ton and Inflammation, followed by
acute pain.
or the surface of the body the finger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
EVILS or ADENOIDs.
These Growths Are a Real Menace 10
the Health of a Child.

the Health of Child.
Not every child that is backward at
school. that breathes through hiy
mouth, has dull eyes, short upper lip,
prominent upper teeth or has drawn,
tired expression about the face has
adenoids, says state board of health
bulletin. But this condition should lead
parent to suspect adenoid growth.
and it should not be dismissed till
thorough examination has proved that
such is not the case.
Adenoids are small, soft, reddish
growth which comes In the back part
of the throat where the nose and throat
join. A child who has adenoids
breathes with his mouth open, has fire.
luent colds and may have earache Of
ten or become deaf. 1t is not infre-
quent that adenoids dull the expression
OF the eye, destroy the resonance of
the voice and distort the facial express
sion so as to produce blank. idiotic
stare. They hinder mental develop
ment by interfering with proper physi-
cal development For that reason re
peaters" at school are frequently said
to be afflicted with adenoids.
The best time to remove adenoids is
when they are first recognizable to a
physician. If they remain longer they
do harm. They cause child to have
colds" often and make him more sus-
ceptible to diphtheria, scarlet fever,
measles and whooplng cough, Further
more, IL he gets any of these diseases
they are likely to be severe with him
and leave him even worse afflicted.
Cold, fresh air breathed through the
nose is needed to prevent adenold
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

The governor of Vermont has pardoned
murderer on condition that he return
to his native land and fight for it. The
idea isn't altogether bad one and might
well be initiated along conservative lines
in the case of more than a few native
malefactors now behind the bars.--Bos-
ton Traveller.
No doubt they would average up in
courage and fighting ability as well as
men who are outside the bars of prison;
but the United States has not yet come
to the last. ditch in the war, so that we
are not forced to call upon the men who
may have been recreant to their obliga-
tions at one time or another
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
WARS BENEFITS.
Are Along the Lines of Improved Sani-
tary Regulations.


Hygiene is the art Of preserving
health; that is, of obtaining the most
perfect action OF body and mind during
as long period as is consistent with the
laws of life So wrote man who de.
voted all his adult life to the promotion
Of the public health and who died at the
age Of So Of pulmonary tuberculosis. Ed
mund Alexander Parkes, born March 20,
1879, physician, surgeon, sanitarian and
author, left perhaps a greater impress
on sanitary science than any Englishman
of the nineteenth century. His work
ranges from the theoretical consideration
OF the minutest details of chemical and
physiological research to the practical
consideration OF the cleaning OF a sewer
or the tightening of the soldiers KNAPP
sack. India, the CFimea and London saw
his labors and benefited thereby.
War brings some good things in it,
train. Just as the Nap0leonic campaigns
perfected tine art of transporting the
sick, and the loss of life from preyenta-
BILE disease in the Spanish war qniekened
the sanitary conscience of the American
people, so the horrors of the Crimean
campaign made Parkes professor of
military hygiene. He organized com
plete course Of instruction based on the
principle that the student must be able
to practically apply the lessons which
he learned, Many OF the sanitary re-
forms which he inaugurated are now
bearing fruit in the improvement Of the
well being of the community at large
Health is the efficient reaction OF the
mind and body 10 its environment. Self
state-benetit and pecuniary
profit require that the whole nation be
interested in the proper treatment Of
every one of it's members and ''in its
own interest it has the right to see that
the relations between individuals are
not such as in any way TO injure the
we'll being of the community at large"
This is being realized in the United
States to-day as never before and on
every hand the general government, the
state and local health authorities and
The general public are seen striving to.
ward the accomplishment of this ideal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Most everybody is willing to fight for
their country when they know that all
the other eligible men are to fight and
share their part OF wars burdens that
is the cardinal strength of the conscrip-
ton system as contrasted with volun-
teer system in which part bear the bur.
den and the rest shirk. There viii be no
shirkers even though some eligible men
may have failed to register.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
A Leak to Be Stopped.

Another Of the silly and hyPocritical
outcries against the Partially Of Amer,
ca for the allies before We entered the
war. based on our munitions business
with them, is pretty effectually stopped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Patriotic and philosophical was the
unnamed person who bought $1,000
Liberty bond and then presented It to
the Barre City hospital as the nucleus
for the purchase of an X-ray machine.
The act does double duty in splendid
fashion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
WEARING DOWN GERMAN NAVAL
STRENGTH.

The size Of the British aotilla which
sank the German destroyer 500 and
damaged another on Tuesday i not made
public BY the British admiralty; but
there Is no doubt Of the victory in the
running fgbt which the aotilla made
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

The first man to register in the mill
tary draft in Burlington was man of
German descent. He remembered that he
was an American now, something which
others of his nationality are forgetting
quite frequently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Quite a number of Barre organizations
with reserve funds have not yet taken
action toward buying U. S. Liberty
bonds. They should do so at once, there
by showing their patriotism
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

The entente allies and the United
States breathe easier now that Brusiloff
is in supreme command of the Russian
armies. Brusiloff has won his spurs and
proven himself steadfast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

There must be no slackening in the
drive for the sale of IT, s. Liberty bonds;
and there must be no slaekers among
those who are able to buy the bonds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

BY saving dollar week you will
have enough money at the end of year
to buy U. $. bond at par and paying
3h per cent interest. There hasn't been
such fine chance for the small investor
since 1903.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
BARRE's REGISTRATION RESPONSE


While it is not to be expected that
every last one of Barre's eligible men be
tween the ages of 81 and 80, inclusive,
went to the polls and registered yester-
day for the national service, there never
theless was remarkable approach to-
ward unanimity of action in placing
themselves at the disposal Of the gov
eminent in the time of need. Moreover
most of the men registered without muir.
muring against the demand Of the gov
eminent, realizing that they had a duty
to perform in behalf Of the nation, and
very frequently the sincere expression
was heard that while they were not anx-
ious to 60 to war they would be ready
to serve when the government called
them. This was ss true among the for
eign- born men as among the native born.
Taken altogether, the outpouring was a
fine demonstration Of a quiet patriotism
and firm adherence to the cause Of democ-
rscy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Too much glory is granted to the
armed American liner Mongolia. Let
there be a more even distribution OF the
glamor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

growth. 1t is needed also to prevent
adenoids returning after an operation.
Fresh air taken In through the nose
prevents as well as cures adenoids.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Incidentally, the saloon keepers showed
a spirit Of cooperation by shutting up
shop for the day,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

We see by the paper that Mayor Cur
ley of Boston has declared war on Eng
land again. Poor England!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
Let's be SAFE

Let conduct the arming and equpping of first million
the financing and the feeding of Allies that
need be sent-that YOUR need not go.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
A BILL WE CAN'T PAY

A -year-old boy overheard a
conversation about certain bills to
be paid, and conceived the idea of
making. making cut bill bill for mis- own SER
vices. So the next morning he laid
this statement on his mothers
breakfast plate. "Mother owes
Willie for carrying coal six times,
twenty cents; for bringing water
lots of times, thirty cents; for going
on errands, fifteen cents" His
mother read the bill but said moth
ing about it. That evening Willie
found on his plate the sixty-five
cents and also another bill which
read as follows: "Willie owes his
mother for his happy home for ten
years, nothing; for his food and
clothing, nothing; for nursing him
through a long illness, nothing; to-
tai nothing" When Willie saw the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
DIAM 0 N DIS
G06D ROADS

No event other than a national
war rs of greater moment right
now to you than the development of
good roads in the Blue Grass with
the consequent allurement of the
loose millions of tourist traffic.
Road Commissioner Rodman Will
ey has called into existence the
Kentucky Fiscal Court Association
and has designated the time and
place of this convention to be Lex
ington, March 1S. He has invited,
not only county judgts and magis-
trates to this meeting, but all land
owners along public highways. Mr..
Wiley believes this will be the most
important good roads meeting of
the year, and we trust you will not
only urge your Fiscal Court mem
bers and larger landowners to at
tend, but will atttnd yourself.
Mr.. Wiley himself will undertake
to give to Kentucky its first accu-
rate statistics as to exact present
condition of roadways in Kentucky
and what we might expect by next
summer. This report alone will be
worth the greatest energy you
could give in sending delegation
to hear him.
Mr.. Peter Lee Atherton will de-
liver an address on the dollar and
cents value of good roads and We
wish that every landowner in Ken
lucky could hear it. We confident
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27

owing to the almost complete sus-
pension of the importation of chemi-
Gals, obituary poems will cost you
10 cents a line hereafter.
Saturday afternoon Frank Wach-
man went to Pumpkin Center and
bought a quarters worth of moth
balls and sat up until Sunday at
4 a. M, trying to kill the pesky
little things, but couldn't hit a
single one of them.
Resulting from the suspension of
regular shipping facilities between
this town and the Gulf of Obigosh,
all pumpkins, apples, potatoes,
corn, grapes. ETC., brought to this
Office under the pretext of exhibit
ton to the editor will be seized as
contraband of war.
j. f. Cross, IA subscriber to the
Torchlight, complains that we don't
publish enough war news, and we
herewith state the reason: This is
only a weekly newspaper, and we
have no leased wire, while cable
tolls would put us in the hands of
receiver in about six hours by
the town clock. Besides we are so
busy keeping the wolf from the
door, we have no time to monkey
with any other war.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
The Advocate for printing

A motion picture camera has been
perfected that will take 400 sepa-
rate pictures between the first and
second shots of a quick firing pis-
toll, and we're going to have one.
We've hopes of getting a snap shot
at some of our delinquent subscribe
ers rushing in to pay up.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27

sixty-fiye cents he was pleased
But when he read his mothers bill
his eyes grew dim and his lips quiv-
cred. Then he took the money! to
his mother, threw his arms about
her neck and begged that she would
let him do lots of things for her.
Mothers bill is rarely presented,
but it will pay each person to think
it out and over for himself and then
pay it in love and service.-Ex-
change.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS STATEMENT
X. r. R. for Rheumatism Helped Him and
His Friends - Got Wonderful Results

Rheumatism can be cured and is
being cured every day. Today X. r. r.
is relieving the agonizing pain of in
Vulnerable rheumatic sufferers who
wisely took the advice of those that
X. r. r. has cured and are being cured
themselves. Read this proof of the
power of X. r. r. and get cured.
Testimony of the value of a cure is
given by men in prominent places only
after actual experience and careful de-
liberation; remember this while read
Ing the following letter by an emf
aent North Carolina lawyer:
Several years ago / was a sufferer
rom rheumatism. tried a number
X. r. r. IS sold and recommend
Sterling, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27

ly believe it will be the starting
point for a perfect system of road
ways throughout the commonwealth.
Mr.. Denny B. Goode will talk on
the "Adornment of the Public High
ways"
Incidentally, the Lexington Au-
tOmObile show times its event coin
cident with the Good Roads meet
ing and you should see that show.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
FAIR DATES

Secretary w. Hoffman Wood, of
the Montgomery County Fair Assoc
citation, has dispelled all doubt re-
garding the holding of the annual
county fair this year by announcing
that the Fair will be held the four
days beginning July 25. An elabo-
rate program is being arranged by
Mr.. Wood, who says that no effort
or expense will be spared to make
this years fair the best ever held.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27

of remedies without relief. I was in
duced to try Kampfmueller's Rheu-
satisfactory results. / had such good
results that a number of my friends
who were afflicted with the same trou-
BILE came to me to know what / had
taken for it. They all tried II with
wonderful results. "-THORNWELL G.
FURR, Prosecuting Attorney, Rowan
County Court. Salisbury. N. C.
For rheumatism, lumbago, govt and
kindred complaints caused by excess
uric acid, take X. r. II. Bottle 81, at
your druggists. A few doses give re-
lief-cure yourself.
led by W. S. Lloyd, Druggist, Mt.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27
CLIPPINGS FROM THE
sNAGT0wN TORCHLIGHT

Snagtown, has warned the public
to carry umbrellas at ngiht now, as
long as the stars continue to fall
in such confusion as they have the
past week.
J. F. Cross imposed on the mail
carrier yesterday morning by rid
ing with him as far as the Red
Gulch school house. The mail man
could not object, as he has been
owing Mr.. Cross six dollars and
half since early last fall.
We have noticed that sometimes
a person has an idea that he has
an idea when he really hasn't.
Mrs. George Pakis has started in
on five bottles of patent medicine.
When she gets done, if she is able
to sit up, she will write an illus
| trated TESTIMONIAL.
Leonard Boulton rode his mule
into an old abandoned gulley near
the Peavine Ridge moonshine still
house last Wednesday night. 1t
was very dark, and the fall came
as quite a surprise to Leonard and
his many friends.
Sam Wexler says that since his
wife scrubbed the floor he can hard
ly touch the ceiling.
John Crawford has been counting
on having his annual birthday right
soon, but has had to cancel it this
year on account of the objection
of his wife.
Daddy" Kinks house on Rattle
snake Hill burned down to the
ground last Wednesday just before
midnight. 1t is not known just how
the fire started, only that Daddy"
had it insured for more than it
was worth.
Wander Spencer and Fred Wells
are out this week organizing a
baseball team and expect to play
the Bounding Billows nine by some
time next week. The last game
hereabouts was played two seasons
ago, when the Snagtown Snags met
defeat at the hands of the Toad
stool Toads. This was one of the
most exciting games that we have
ever been compelled to witness. 1t
lasted two days, and when the game
was raided by the Deputy Con-
stable the Toadstool Toads had
the Snagtown Snags beaten by a
majority of about "a.
DR.. Da Costa Walker, of Hot
Water Springs, who is trying to
procure an airship right of-way be-
tween his city and Bald Knob,
Ark, stopped off in Snagtown. a
few minutes Thursday morning.
His legal adviser, Col. Harry H.
Myers, of Little Rock, met him
here, but, judging from his looks,
he will not do any advising for
some time, as he was looking foot
sore and weary, with cuckle burs
on his frazzled-out trousers. When
Capt. John Plunkett (who is us)
approached Col. Myers we We're in
formed that he had just gone
through Kansas cyclone which
turned a well inside out and cellar
upside down, moved a township
| lluCy OlCN al lhC oldNOo Oul VI a
whisky barrel, leaving nothing ex-
cept the bunghole. 1t also changed
the day of the week, blew the hair
off bald headed man, lifted the
mortgage off the sheriff's farm,
blew the cracks out Of a fence and
took all the wind out of a polite
ian. Col. Myers says il was the
worst wind storm he ever witnessed.
All persons found owing the
Torchhght more than one years
subscription will be shot as spies.
On account of the loss from inn
port duties advertising rates will
be increased so cents per inch, eff
fective at once.
| On acpount Of tha Euronpan war
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-27

Any one can chang out the flag"
of course. But how many will
follow it?