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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

cura Soap and Ointment advertised got
them. The cradle cap all disappeared
in aweek and she was healed. (Signed)
Mrs. Leon f. Slayton, 1889 Broadway,
w. Someville, Mass, June 4, 1916.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment have
proved most valuable for the treatment
of pimples, blackheads, dandruff, Itch
ing scalps with dry, thin and falling hair,
and for all purposes of the toilet, bath
and nursery.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard: "Cuticura,
Dept. r, Boston" Sold everywhere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
CAN YOU CAN?
Cold Packing Is the Easiest and Quickest
Way.

New York City is full of country born
young business women who can and do
can. Some of them turn the trick with
a fireless cooker and some of them on top
of the gas range in their tiny apartment
kitchens. They do it after hard days
work, too. And pay prices for the stuff
they preserve that is enough to make
any farm persons hair stand right up
on end. But they believe it's well worth
the time and the trouble.
How about all the folks who have veg
etables and fruit right on their own
grounds which will 90 to waste if it isn't
put up! This year not solitary
string bean ought to be allowed to 60
to seed, not tomato rot, or pea pod
turn yellow.
Trot out all the fruit jars around the
house, empty out the string and taeks
and coupons and make them work. Don't
miss the one on the cellar stairs, or the
other full of clothes pins in the attic
There are rubbers to be had at the gro
GERS and it is good policy to get fresh
supply every year.
Cold packing is the easiest way and |
the quickest way--no standing over |
hot stove. Blanch vegetables by boiling |
in a cloth bag that can be lifted out |
easily. Then cold plunge in a pail OF |
water. Pack in jar, put on rubber and /
cover and set in hot water on false
bottom in a wash boiler or deep pail. A
fine mesh wire netting is a good bottom,
or board with holes bored in it. Tops
of jars must always be covered and you
must be sure TO have cover that fits
tight. In case of doubt put a cloth over
the kettle before the cover is put on and
a brick on top of the cover.
Here is Uncle Sans own time table
for cooking vegetables (Scald, size of can,
cook:
Asparagus, $40 minutes, pint or quart,
one hour.
Beans, 5 minutes, pint or quart, one
and e-half hours.
Beets. six minutes, quart, one hour.
Carrots, five minutes, quart, one hour
Corn, on or off cob, $40 minutes, pint
or quart, four hours.
Greens, 10 minutes. quart, one hour.
Parsnips, five minutes, quart, one and
one half hours.
Peas, five minutes, quart, one hour.
Pumpkin, five minutes, quart, one
hour.
Rhubarb, one to three minutes, quart,
Is minutes.
Squash, five minutes, quart, one hour
Succotash las for corn and beans, pint
,r quart, one hour.
Swiss chard, 10 minutes, quart, one
ind half hours.
Tomatoes, one to two minutes, pint or
Iuart % minutes.
Turnips, six minutes, quart, one and
ne-half hours.
After cooking, take out jars and clamp
II screw on covers as tightly as possible.
nvert the jars so that if the seal is not
II right the jar will leak. If there is
ny froth or foam inside after "a hours,
hey need a few minutes more cooking.
mt the jars back in the cold water. loos-
n the top, let the water come to the
oiling point and cook a few minutes
niger. Then screw on the top securely
nd put away till eating time.-By Rein
tie Lovewell of the Vigilantes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

Ca bI e Compound
b e Sc during
Change Of Life /
was in bed tw o
years and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and OPP
creations did me no
good, and l would
have been in my
grave today had It
not been for Lydia
+. Pinkham's Veg
atahla Cnp,pa,,nd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
To Make the Best Graham Bread.

Take two pints of graham -four, one
pint of white flour, lard or butter the
size of an egg, one heaping tablespoonful
of brown sugar, one rounded teaspoonful
of salt, and two heaping tablespoonfuls
of baking powder. Use large dish for
mixing, as the graham -four swells and
needs plenty of room to mix smoothly.
Put the flour into the dish, and with
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

made her head look as
though it had a thick
coating Of dirt. Her
head used to be scaly
and always inhamed. It
used to itch terribly and
it irritated her so she
could not sleep. 1t was
a terrible sight.
llIIrl E4s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
Out in the Fields with God.


The little cares that fretted me,
| lost them yesterday
Among the fields above the sea
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may happen,
cast them all away
Among the clover scented grass,
Among the new -mown hay,
Among the husking of the corn
Where drowsy peoples nod,
Where i'll thoughts die and good are born,
Out in the fields with God.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
.BADY'S HEAD A
TERRIBLE SIGHT
WITH CRADLE CAP
ScaIy and Always InAamed. ltched
Terribly. She Could Not Sleep.
Cuticura Healed in a Week.

1.-THE use OF - soap caused my
baby's head TO be sore, and il was in a
bad condition with cradle cap which
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
CRISIS OF
WOMAN'S LIFE
Change Safely Passed by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Wagner, Okla. never get tired
of praising Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vepe-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05
Topics of the
Home and
Household.

When making jelly, skim the fruit
juice, as it boils, into fine sieve, us.
ing a silver spoon. The clear juice will
go through into the kettle, while the
scum will remain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

To clean your silver, put it in an aIu.
minum kettle full OF hot water to which
has been added a tablespoonful or two
each OF salt and soda. This will clean
the silver in twinklng, with no rub
bling or mess, BE sure the receptacle is
aluminium or the charm is gone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

N. value Of The roofing slats exported
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-05

Before working in the garden or doing
other rough work, rub your finger nails
over piece of soap This will prevent
the earth from getting in under the
nails and when you wash your hands
the soap will come out easily. This is
recommended to people who find it hard
to do garden work with gloves ON the
hands.
French Cucumbers-Peel four or five
good.sized cucumbers and cut them
into four strips each. Let
them simmer very slowly until tender,
then drain and season with salt and
pepper. Make a cup of rich white sauce
and pour over the cucumbers. Serve hot.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

had raised had outgrown him. David
was married and living in another
house. Gloria had planned to leave
him. She had as it were packed up
her heart for departure. In her lone
illness she understood his. The look
of determination in her face changed
to one of pity. She felt more like her
fathers mother than like rebellious
daughter. She decided to postpone the
quarrel for the ring for few min
utes.
He had not heard her, so she
coughed. The look of joy that bright
ened his eyes when they rested on
her filled her with tenderness. He
pushed back his cards and opened his
arms to her. She ran to him and
seated herself on the arm of his chair,
embracing him and twisting his white
hair into a single spear as she bad
done from childhood.
MY own little Gloria has come home
againi" he groaned ina childish rap
ture that showed how blue and de-
serted he had felt. "And you're not
going to leave me again, are you"
''Never, daddy, neveri" she sighed.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

you poor old widower-you have a
little widow for a child. You'll never
lose me now.'
That did not satisfy him either.
80, yes, l will! !" he answered.
your smiles will come back and some
day handsome man"
"Hush," she said, and put her fin
ger across his lips. "Don't say It,"
1t seemed treachery of the basest
sort to discuss such topic. She bent
her head in apology to the memory of
her lover. Her downcast eyes caught
a sparkle in the depth of her fathers
waistcoat pocket. She knew that it
was the ring he had taken from her.
He had not yet put it in the safe or
thrown it into the river.
Gloria was startled. Her lips parted
to speak the demand she had come
to make. But her father was staring
into the fire with such a contented
look that she could not bear to start
such scene as he would be sure to
make. He was a great man for get
ting what he wanted and for keeping
it, once it was got.
The diamond blinked at her and
seemed to say: "Steal me. He took
me by force take me back by stealth.
belong to YOU"
Gloria had had no previous expert
ence as a pickpocket, but she under
stood how exciting the profession must
be. Her father was an unsuspecting
and an easy victim. She had only to
lay her cheek against his as blind
fold and while her hair got into his
eyes and made him squirm she cap
tured the ring. She was afraid at once
that he would miss it, speak of it,
reach for it, and find it gone. She
dared not linger.
go back to your cards, you old
darling" she said, kissed him half a
dozen good-nights and left.
She ran up to her room and set the
ring in place again on her finger. She
rejoiced in it a moment. Then her
heart sunk. Her father would not
tolerate combination of disobedience
and robbery. The main thing was to
keep the ring. She put it in a little
chain and fastened it about her neck.
And there she wore it until-until her
quest was ended and she had learned
the truth. Much time and many adj
ventures lay between this night and
that day.
Her father went back to his soli-
taire and did not miss the ring for
hours. Then he raised mighty poth-
er. He had the old butler On all
tours looking everywhere for the ring.
He even had the ashes in the fireplace
sifted. He suspected everybody but
Gloria. She was asleep in loneliness
that was somewhat assuaged by her
fidelity and her mission.
The next morning Gloria set about
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
FIGHTING FIRES IN TIMBER
Aid Rendered by AIdade and Phone in
CONGREGATIONS That Threaten I'M
mense Loss.

Battles against timber fires IN the
great national forests of the West are
conducted with wonderful degree Of
precision and strategy, as the result
of systematic operations of the United
States forest service.
According to the Popular Science
Monthly, forest supervisor who may
be many miles from the scene of
fire, marshals his forces and fire-nght
ing facilities and directs the attacks
and flank movements of his men.
Lookouts stationed on mountain
peaks and other promontories that
command wide range of vision are
each supplied with a plane table to
which is attached map of the SUR
rounding country, its position being
determined by means of a compass.
The map Is inclosed In segmentcd
circle and the location of the station
Is indicated by pin. A simple ali
dade Gan alidade is the upper part Of
a surveyors theodolite) consisting OF
a ruler with uprights for sighting pur-
poses at either end, or some similur
device, is included in the equipment.
When q lookout sees smoke issuing
from a portion of the forest over
which his station commands a view,
he Immediately sights II with his ali
dade and notes that 1t Is coming from
a point so many degrees east or west
Of q north and south line extending
through his station. He notifies his
supervisor by telephone, telling him
Of the apparent size of the fire and its
location. Lookouts in other sections
Of the forest also detect the fire and
make similar reports to the supcrvis-
or's headquarters. Reports from two
to locate the fire on map by means
of intersecting lines.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
SYNOPSIS.

Pierpont Stafford. banker and railroad
magnate, with his sixteen-year-old dauGh-
ter Gloria, is wintering ct Palm Beach.
Gloria is a vivacious but willful young
lady who chafes under the restraining
hand of a governess from whom she re-
peatedly escapes. Her childish capers
love with her She steals from her room
at night and in an auto piunges into the
surf where she leaves ths car, Becoming
lost in the everglades s1e fails into the
hands of the Seminole indians. She is
rescued and returned to her father VINO
had offered reward for her return. Clio
ria falls in love with Ter rescuer, Ere,
neau. Five years later rhe leaves schoel
and meets Freneau at the theater; MS
attention having been occupied with her
sister-in-law he has forgotten Gloria.
Gloria feels that her one dream is shat
tered, Later F'reneau persuades her 10
forgive him. Gloria's sister-in-la law, Lois.
becomes intensely jealous and Doctor
Royce discovers in her an ally to assist
In thwarting Freneau. Doctor Royce
warns Frcneau that there is another Wom-
an besides Gloria; Freneau goes sleigh
ing with Gloria without her father
knowledge. Ii results in pneumonia for
Gloria, whose family becomes incensed
at Freneau when they learn the truth.
Royce is summoned to alleviate GLORIA
suffering Freneau's finances being low
he approaches Pierpont Stafford for
loan Doctor Royce again warns freneau
of his conduct But Lois, learning or
Freneau's betrothal to Gloria, threatens
him with dire punishment. Her husband,
Gloria's brother David. becomes suspl-
cious; he plans trap for his wife. Ere.
neau driven to desperation by Lois
threats agrees to spend week with her
in the Catskills. He plans TO have Mulry
send Gloria a bunch of kilograms. LOIS
husband threatens to kill a man. After
Freneau takes leave of Gloria she sees
from her window an attack made upon
him when he goes to meet Lois. Doctor
Royce convinces her that what she has
seen is the result of delirium. Later
telegram, followed by letter. comes
from Freneau. She replies but her tele-
grams are returned. The first morning
she is allowed from her room, she acci-
IDENTIFY sees the supposed suicide of Freneau
to find the murderer of her lover. Royce
becomes alarmed and tells what he knows
of Freneau to Mr.. Stafford. Together
oping Gloria. She accuses them in her
mind of conspiracy against her.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
TENTH EPISODE
Tangled Threads.

A ring on the finger is q badge of
slavery that women are generally
proud to wear, especially when it is
an engagement ring, with a sparkle OF
diamonds like the price mark of
princess, saying, "See how much
cost T. or HE must love me lot to
have spent so much money on this dia-
mond advertisement"
When Freneau slipped the gleam-
ing cirelet on Gloria's finger she had
laughed with joy over it, never dream
ing that he had bought it on credit and
mentioned her name as security, and
still less dreaming that he had not
yet freed himself from the ringless en-
gagement to Lois.
When Freneau died the gems that
had looked to Gloria like jeweled
laughter became .teardrops of indy
ing grief. She had taken a dismal
pleasure in kissing the ring and talk
ing to it as to her lost lover. When
her tender heart yielded to the jeal-
ousy of her father and to his author
ity and she surrendered the ring to
him her finger seemed to be suddenly
naked and ashamed of itself. Her IA
theirs delight in his victory became
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

that she would telephone to Mr.. Null
ry. The elevator seemed to drop out
beneath her as her whole trust in man
and love had fallen from under her.
She reached her motor and told the
driver to make haste for home.
The crowded traffic, with it's delays,
maddened her, and when she reached
her house at last she was in frenzy.
She ran up to her desk, took from
the strong box the letters and tele-
grams of her lover, and compared
them with the letterhead, laying them
out date by date. There they were,
the same towns in the same order,
like a loathsome timetable of deceit.
Her love reyolted. at the very picture
Of Frencau. She lost all self-control
and cried at it:
"Whoever killed you and whatever
his reason was, you lied to me, Dick.
You never loved me, and / don't love
you any more! won't wear mourn
ing for you any more"
She rang her bell furiously and or
dered her startled maid to bring her
the brightest gown in her wardrobe.
She caught it from the maids hands
and drove the girl cut, then fiinging
the riotous colors about her black
gown like a scarf, she broke into a
dance, flinging her 1.-THE body into pos
lures of joy and crying out that she
was happy and that her heart would
never be the fool of love again.
But she was not strong and her
hysteria wore out speedily. Her heart
swung back to its love again and she
fell across the divan sobbiHg:
"Forgive me, Dick. l believe you in
spite of the world. love you in spite
of everything and I'll find out the
truth-the truth-the TRUTH"
And now it would have been hard to
say whether Glorias motive was one
of loyalty to Freneau or of suspicion
of him. She had to acquit him of
worse than murder before the court
of her own heart as much as to ayenge
him. If he was the victim of some
conspiracy, she was the victim of his.
The riddle maddened her with its I'M
certainties.
That visit of Lois to Mulry's Office
seemed to involve her in Freneau's du-
plicity. Lois had confessed to the
photograph Of Freneau. She had SAID
that she planned to have miniature
made for Gloria. But this seemed now
to be only hasty excuse, a desperate
lie to hide a discovered theft. She
decided to question Lois further. But
Lois was going to her country home.
Gloria had decided not to go. Now
she decided that she would She went
to Lois house to tell her so.
To her amaZemcnt Doctor Royce
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

Gloria herself would be ut Mulry's az
fice The stenographer was more inn
pressed by Lois clothes than by her
attempts to be casual in her inquiry
as to Mulry and "the papers of poor
MIR. Freneau."
The stenographer murmured to the
bookkeeper: Two swell danes camp
in on Mr.. Mulry's trail the same day
Sometimes goin' on here that amt
gettin' into the letters he dictates
to me-"
So she did not tell Lois of Gloria's
presence, and Lois went away in a
turmoil of anxiety as great as that in
Gloria's mind when she heard Lois
ask about poor Mr.. Freneau." A
knife of jealousy went into Gloria's
heart and a hideous intuition that her
beloved Dick might have bewitched
Lois as he had bewitched herself.
Those eyes of his had been perhaps
little too winning.
She rebuked herself for allowing
the suspicion even to fit through her
brain and began her note to Mulry.
Her eye fell on the letterhead., The
branch Offices of the brokerage firm
were listed in an upper corner: Al
bany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cago, st. Louis, Pittsburgh. A new
suspicion stabbed Gloria. The tele-
grams and letters in Dicks writing
had been sent from just those cities
in just that order Yet Ne had been
dead when they were sent.
The earliest explanation was the
true one and Gloria guessed it imme-
: diately. He could have sent them to
the branch offices in advance to be
sent to her in order or he could have
intrusted them 10 someone travelling
the round of offices. Her intuition
hit on the truth, without knowing 1t.
The very ease of the trick Disguised
her. She felt herself in the shadow
of some hateful conspiracy. She be-
gan to doubt her own memory as to
the letters and kilograms.
Crumpling the letter she had begun
and thrusting it into her handbag, she
left the office, telling the stenograpber
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

After having her blood curdled bad.
ly by q thrilling story, Mrs. Kurious
was angry to find that 1t ended in an
advertisement for somebody's tooth
powder.
With pout, she threw the paper
containing the deception across the
room.
"What's the matter, dearie?" asked
her husband.
Mrs. Kurious told him her trouble
and wound up with the remark:
"Now, Jeremiah, I know why the
Chinese people begin reading at the
end instead Of the beginning. Their
intelligence Is greater than ours"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

may have taken ship across the
ocean yonder. If he IL in that city
among those millions, how ear you
hope to find him? Look !"
The marvellous eXpanae of the har.
Dor, the rivers and bridges, and finally
the enormous city, terrified Gloria, but
she pounded her little fist on the para
pet and shook it at the infinite sky
above her, in registration of her vow
"Pll find him somehow Some
wherel Some whenp'
Royce stared at her and loved her
more than ever, hopelessly, helplessly
she leaned on the parapet and gazed
off into space.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
When the Doctor Is Praised.

"1'he Browns seem to think most
highly of you, doctor. They were
praising you to the skies the other
day."
Eyes" said the doctor quietly. "You
see I've never lost patient in that
family-yet."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
His Idea.

II didn't know they had flats in
Caesars time"
"They didn't"
''They must have had. 1t says here
that Caesars wife lived above sus-
picion."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Counting That Tells.

"What did two such quiet people
ever talk about when they were court
ing?"
didn't have to. She has d speak
ing countenance and his money talks"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17
Summed Up.

Knicker-Of what does shad con-
sist?
Bocker-A backbone, a wishbone,
funny hone and then some.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

pers or the police would have men
toned them soon enough. To recover
those letters was now her prime pur-
pose in life.
She thought of Mulry as the one
most likely to be in possession Of
Freneau's effects, so she called on
Muiry, never dreaming that Freneau
had told him of her own interference in
his plans to wed Gloria, or that Mulry
elaborated with Freneau in his elab-
crate scheme to trick both women
Least of all did Lois dream that
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-05-17

She Flung the Riotous CoIors About
Her Black Gown Like a Scarf.
only selfshness and an abuse Of pa
rental control.
Her very finger ached to have its
ring back and she determined to go
to her father and demand it. She
went down the stairway to his library
vita a resolute step. She marched in
upon him. He looked lonesome in his
big dark room at his game of soli-
taire. Her mother had been dead for
years and the little girl and boy he
The Newark journal., 1917-12-13
CHRISTMAS REUNIONS

How many families whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide in the restless struggles of life are on this day reunited and meet once again in that happy state ofcompanionship and mu- tual good will which is a source of such pure and unalloyed de- light and one so incompatible with the cares and sorrows of the world that the religious be- belief of the most civilized na- tions and the rude traditions of the toughest savages alike number it among the first joys of a future condition of exis- tence provided for the blest and happy. How many old recollections and how many dormant sympathies does Christmas time awaken Charles Dickens.
The Newark journal., 1917-12-13
resistance for the American

resistance for the American arms.
 The nation had reason to be wild with joy at the Christmas gift Washington presented to them, for the most ardent sup porters of the cause had about given up all hope, and it was only the iron will of the illus trious commander in chief that prevented the failure of the war for freedom.
 This Christmas day victory gave the nation a thrill of hope and joy, for it showed that the despised Continentals were more than match for the German mercenaries.
 Washington always after af- firmed that 1t was the happiest Christmas of his life.