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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-08
Al Exc.llen. Reason.

=. At little country village every man
who wasn't actually bedridden joined
the volunteers. One OF the most
hoary was told off to guard the signai
bcx on the local railway. On the first
night his officer came around ana
genially inquired:
"Seen anything?"a
YES" said the hoary one. There's
summat moving over there"
"IIave you challenger
"Aye. and he won't answer"
."Then why don't you fire?" said the
surprised officer.
'cWhy, chs II did fire g might
turn round and fire at l."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-08
N.%ur. set. : ouard.

Since sugar is purely an energy food'
it is necessary that proper balance
of matchmaking food 60 with III;
and. since an excess Of sugar may
cause serious disturbance. guard
has been set-the appetite, which nor
mally refuses more sugar than the
system can well care for.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
PICKING MEN FOR WAR.
The Seiective Draft Was Known In the
Time of Moses.

Registration for a selective draft was
known thousands Of years ago. The
first chapter of Numbers tells how Mo-
ses In the second year after the exodus
from Egypt was commanded to choose
from among the various tribes men to
tabulate the names Of the males over
the age of twenty who were able to
go to war. The passage, in part, fol-
lows:
Take ye the sum Of all the congre-
CATION Of the children Of Israel by their
families, by their fathers houses. ac-
cording to the number Of the names.
every male by their polls; from twenty
years OF age and upward, all that are
able to go forth TO war. thou and
Aaron shall number them by their
hosts. And with you there shall be a
man of every tribe. Here are men
toned the men who are to assist In the
registration.l
"And Moses and Aaron took these
men that are mentioned, and they as
sembled all the congregation together
on the first day of the second month,
and they declared their pedigrees after
their families by their fathers houses,
according to the number Of the names
from twenty years old and upward ~
Chicago Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
BETHEL

A son was born July % to Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Rogers.
A son was born July "a to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh C. Wilson.
Miss Mildred Persons goes to-day to
Boston to work as nurse in a hospital.
Miss Ruth c. Dyke of Northfeld is
visiting at NJ. Z. Gaskell's.
Owing to the effect of heat upon the
rails, causing them to spread slightly,
heavy passenger cars on the White Riv-
er railroad were not run yesterday, the
Stanley steamer automobile being sub
stituted.
The draft seems to have let this town
down easily so far as the first call I'M
der it is concerned. Only IL Bethel men
are among the first Ala in Windsor
county instead of IL, which would be
the exact average with other towns in
the county. The mems names already
have been published in this paper The
number Ala represents those who viii
be called before the local exemption
board, twice the quota of POI from
county.
Z. +. Holbrook has been serving as
Juror in Windsor county court
NJ C. Weber and I. NJ. Frost of Rut-
land were here yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
RANDOLPH

Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Holden returned
which they were attended by Mr.. ant
Mrs. Pliny Morse. Their trip extended
over parts of New York state and was
full of interest throughout. Mrs. Holden
arrived home ill, and is now confined to
her bed, but it is hoped with few days
rest, she will improve and be better for
her journey.
Mrs. Bertha Reed, after a two weeks
stay here with Mrs. o. S. Chamberlin,
Miss Mary Pratt and Mrs. A. b. Gay,
returned to her home near Boston on
Wednesday.
NJ. C. Rowell shipped carload of
choice bred cows to F, V. WILDER of Graf
ton on Tuesday, which were purchased
for dairy purposes.
Mrs. Lucius Goodheart went to South
Royalton Wednesday to visit her sister,
Mrs. o. +. Greene, and her nephew, Carl
Greene, and wife from Glen Cove, L. l.
Charles Palmer is working for one of
the Thresher brothers of Boston, on
cottage located in Braintree, which he is
improving at great expense and which
he will use for summer home. A large
number of acres of land have also been
purchased by Mr.. Thresher, which makes
the same large estate, and no expense
is being spared to make the cottage one
of beauty and convenience.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Patch left on
Wednesday morning for Burlington and
will also visit Fort Ethan Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cox of New Ca
naan, n. H.. have been the recent guests
of Mrs. w. B. Wall.
Miss Helen Brooks, who is to teach
the coming year in Springfield, Mass,
was visitor in town Wednesday. Miss
Brooks will begin her work in Masss-
chusetts Sept. 4.
H, B. Salisbury, who has been i'll for
weeks under the care of trained nurse,
is now able to ride out.
Joseph Menard is suffering severely
from an injury which he received while |
at work, on the fore finger of his right |
hand 1t was at first thought to be only |
a bruise, but it is feared that the bone
is injured, and he suffers great pain
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Lord Broushsm's Dream.

Lord Brougham was one OF the most
stubborn believers In the common
sense" explanation of ghostly appear
ances as dreams. At Edinburgh uni
versity he and an intimate friend drew
up an agreement written with their
blood that whichever of them died first
should appear to the survivor. Years
passed; the friend was in India, and
Brougham had almost forgotten his
existence Arriving late one night at
an inn In Sweden, Brougham had hot
bath and was going to get out OF it
when he looked toward the chair on
which he had left his clothes and saw
his friend sitting on 1t. Brougham
seems then to have tainted. On get
ting home he received d letter announc-
ing that the other had died In India at
the very time. Yet this incident.
which most people would put down to
telepathy at least, was dismissed by
Brougham as a mere dream and pure
coincidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
TESTING Aero Engines.

In testing an aeroplane engine OF 200
horsepower Detroit company mount
ed 1t upon a heavy motor truck, and
the aerial propeller sent the truck fly
ing along a boulevard at the rate Of
over forty miles an hour. says the Pop
ular MechanSs Magazine. This was a
speed that the truck could not begin to
develop under its own motor power,
and the method furnished a better
practical test Of the twelve cylinder
aeroplane engine than was possible in
the testing laboratory or in any sta
tionary trial on blocks. AS an addi-
tional test the rear wheels Of the two
ton truck were locked, so that they
could not revolve, and in this condition
1t was driven across ball park by the
aeroplane engine and propeller through
heavy drifts of snow and over Ice.
The motor weighs 800 pounds and de-
velops power sufficient to drive a
twelve passenger aeroplane at forty
miles an hour.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
TOPSHAM

Mrs. X. B. Cilley was taken very i'll
last Tuesday. Her sister, Mrs. Lenora
Richardson of Waits River, is caring foi
her.
P. J. Mcnamara was at Groton on
Tuesday.
j. G. Lang has completed the bridge
he has been building at Waits River and
has returned home.
G. Z. Tapln is ill with bronchitis.
Rev j. c. Wright was at Groton on
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
A. j. Eastman.
H. c. McIam and c. E. Dickerman
motored to st. Adams last Saturday.
Mrs. Amanda E. White has been i'll at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
G. Currier
Mrs. Elmer J. Mills has been i'll with
lumbago, but is able to be out again
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hood were at
South Ryegate last Thursday, where
Mr.. Hood purchased Deering moving
machine.
Miss Emma Minard is assisting her
sister, Mrs. G. E. Taplin, during her
husbands illness.
Mrs. E. f. Powers is spending the
week at East Corinth visiting friends.
Mrs. Betsey Currier is on the sick
list.
The Topsham boys who have been
drawn by the national army draft are
Sayev Welch Fred Smith Adam East
man and Royal Downing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
GERMAN BIRTH
RATE DECREASES
But at the Same Time the Mortality
Rate Among Infants Has Been
Steadily Declining.


Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2
| Correspondence Apart from the in
roads made upon Germany's male popu
lation by the war, the check to the nat
ural renewal of her people is making it
self very sharply felt The provisional
birth statistics for 1916 show very clear
ly what shrinkage will be evident il
the German army levies for these years
of war, assuming that the emperor oil
at least his military system, have not
disappeared from the German empire be-
fore the time for their calling up comes
around.
The official statistics which relate TO
German towns of $4,000 and more in
habitants, show that the number of in
fants born alive in such towns decreased
by l3l,06s in 1915 as compared with
1914, and that in 1916 they again de-
clined by ll4,557, making total de-
crease between the beginning of 1915
and the end of 1916 of 245,625, or 39.5
per cent of the number of living births
recorded in the year 1914. This per-
centage almost entirely accords with the
decrease percentage in the absolute num-
Der of such births recorded in the 20
largest German cities, which are sep
arately tabulated.
1t is clear that such a decline in the
number of births can by no means be
counter balanced by the simultaneous
decrease shown in the mortality rate of
infants under one year old, although this
is relatively somewhat greater than the
shrinkage shown in the number OF
births. The mortality rate of infants
under one year old, measured by com
parison with the number of births, has
continually declined since the year 1914.
In the 20 largest German cities the rate
of such infant mortality, as compared
with births, fell from 1873 in the year
1914 to 1870 in 1915, while in all German
towns OF $4,000 or more inhabitants it
declined in the same period from 1876
to 1873.
As the German press emphasizes with
legitimate satisfaction, the rate of in
FAINT mortality in the war year 1916 was
lower even than in the year 1912, when
it stood at l4l, hitherto record low
rate. Such comparative mortality de-
,rease, however, can naturally have but |
The very slightest effect on the shrink.
ige in the actual number of births in |
Germany in the past two years of war,
md the next population statistics of
he country must show evidences of the
heck which war has imposed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Curious Choice Of q Wife

Some years ago an English curatl
surprised his parishioners by marrying
a widow considerably older than him,
self. The establishment was still great
err when the cause was known. The
curate had become engaged TO a young
girl whose frivolous conduct soon led
him to regret the step. He offered Q
settlement for his release. but it was
refused. He endeavored in every way
to break the engagement. but without
success.
"Is there nothing i can do to escape
this?" he exclaimed one day in despair
YES" remarked the girls mother,
who was present and who had been
the prime mover In the marriage nego-
tiations, by marrying me-"
The curate decided IL he had to mar
~ one of the two be preferred the
mother and accepted her. The young
girl married a wealthy stockbroker.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
H4RDWICK STREET

Mrs W. S, Calderwood of Wentworth
N. H., is spending a few weeks at g. +
Warmers.
Mrs. D. E. Goodrich has been quite
i'll the past week with blood poisoning
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Sails arc the
happy parents of daughter, born July
l5.
George +. Warner was in Winooski
Sunday to visit L. A. Morrill, at the
Fanny Allen hospital,
Miss Helen Russell is employed at
Dufur's hotel at Greensboro, for a few
weeks.
Mrs. Janet Lumsden visited her son,
Forrest, in Greensboro Sunday.
Miss Florence Delano was a guest ut
Judge Smiths cottage at Caspian lake
Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Our suprems Court.

As originally made up the supreme
court consisted OF chief justice and
five associate justicCs In 1907 sixth
associate was added when a new dis
trict had been created to take In the
new western territory comprising the
states OF Ohio. Tennessee and Ken
lucky. In 1857 the expansion OF the
nation westward again called fer an
Increase In he court. and two more
associate justices were added
In 1853 a ninth associate justice was
needed, but five years later. when ap-
preaching vacancies made IL likely that
President Andrew johnson might have
the appointment Of the new members.
congress. then IN open antagonism 70
the chief executive. reduced the num-
Der to seven, tlys preventing him from
making an appointment
This number two years later. after
the Inauguration Of President Grant.
was increased to eight associate jus
tees and a chief Justice. and as then
the court has remained
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
DIET AND DISEASE.
Ricketts, In Children 10 Caused by the
Wrong Kind Of Foods.


Beware of giving young children toe
much pasteurized milk. proprietary
food or even cereals to the exclusion OF
brown bread and butter, stewed fruit
or roasted apple and little meat once
a day." writes DR.. Beverley Robinson
Of New York in giving a warning note
about ricketts, In the New York Medical
Journal.
He adds that he is considering espe-
cially children two or three years old
who are healthy and vigorous unless
ricketts, develops unawares by reason of
faulty dietary" And he quotes the fol-
lowing from Osler:
Like scurvy. ricketts, may be found
in the families of the wealthy under
perfect hygienic conditions. 1t is most
common In children fed on condensed
milk, the various proprietary foods.
cows milk and food rich In starches."
Ricketts, is the cause of knockknees
and bowlegs IL is due to too little
animal fat and protein in the dietary,
together with too little lime salts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
BARRE ASTONISHED
BY MERCHANTS STORY

A merchant relates the following: For
years l could not sleep without turning
every hour. Whatever | ate caused gas
and sourness. Also had stomach ca
tarrh. ONE SPOONFUL buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc, as mixed in Adler-i-ka,
relieved me INSTANTLY" Because Adj
ler-i-ka flushes the ENTIRE alimentary
tract, it relieves ANY CASE constipa-
ton, sour stomach or gas and prevents
appendicitis. II has QUICKEST action
of anything we ever sold. Cummings 81
Lewis, druggists, "a North Main street,
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Encouraging to billiards.

Like Newton. Herbert Spencer in
his schoolboy days showed no aptitude
for study. Hugh Elliot, his biographer,
says of him that HE was very back
ward as boy In the ordinary subject
of children's lessons. Morally
he was extremely disobedient and con-
temptuous of authority" At thirteen
he found the discipline of his school
more severe than be cared about. and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
-Rehse in New York World.

he ran away home to Derby again,
walking forty-eight miles the first
day" Yet as a man. without money,
without special education, without
health" says his biographer, "he pro-
duced eighteen large volumes of phi-
losophy and science of many diverse
kinds. published a variety Of mechan-
ical inventions, and on endless other
subjects, great and small, he set forth
a profusion of new and original ideas"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
DON'T WAIT
Take Advantage of a Barre Citi.
Zen's Experience

When the back begins to ache,
Don't wait until backache be-
comes chronic;
Till kidney troubles develop
and give annoyance;
Profit by a Barre woman's ex-
perience.
Mrs. VIM. Mckee, % Farwell
street, Barre, says: Il can speak
well of Doan's Kidney Pills, as
have used them for kidney COM
plant and they have always been
beneficial to me-"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills - the
same that Mrs. Mckee had. Eos
ter-Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo,
N Y.-Ass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
NORTH RANDOLPH

Mr.. and Mrs. wilfore Of Williams.
town were over-Sunday guests at Al
bert Ashline's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Colburn, Mr. aud
Mrs. Don Salter and Mrs. Mabel Tyler
were at Fort Ethan Allen Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Parker entar.
tanned friends from Burlington Sunday.
A large number Of friends and ria
tives attended the funeral of Charles
FAR last Tuesday, Rev. Fraser Metzg'r
officiating.
Warren Carpenter il now raining a
Ford auto.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
CORINTH

Mabel Lackey of vershire has been
spending few days at Frank Lackey's
Rev. Mr.. Howard of st. Adams
preached on trial at the meadow Sun
day, July %.
Linus Edison is quite i'll.
George Richardson was at Stephen
Darlings in Fairlee Sunday.
d. c. Cooke was in Barre Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Solomon's Servants.

Solomon's servants ezra ii, 56-5S;
Nehemiah vii, $500 were. the descend
ants Of the Canaanites reduced by Sol
ONION to the state of slaves. They
were compelled to work in the kings
stone quarries and in building his pail
aces and cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
Just Like a Woman.

81 understand your wife has been
quite ill, but is now convalescent."
YES"
How was she looking when you left
the hospital?"
'In the hand mirror" Florida Times.
Union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26

tions OF the ereameries of the state OF
Vermont have undergone vast improve
ment during the last year or two, and
there is still room for more, but even
though every creamery in the state was
operated TO perfection the greatest fac
tors in the production of high grade but.
ter, cheese, milk or cream are up.to-date
sanitary methods used by the producers
on their farms Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26

The word "aristocracy" comes from
the Greek "aristos" (besn and ''archo"
(rule), meaning the rule of the best
Literally aristocrat means the "best
man."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26

Arthur bearing has received his com
mission as second lieutenant, field artil.
lery, United States army, and left for his
post, Fort Leavenworth, Kan, last sun
day night.
The granite quarries have closed down
for few days, awaiting orders for sizes
on work on hand
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26
No Reason Assigned.

Vicar tat village Red Cross concert)
Miss Jones will sing again II Cam
not Tell You Why.'-London Opinion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-26

He who is everywhere is nowhere
Seneca.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-17
County Court Annual Report

Judge Mcdaniel recently filed the
annual report OF the business OF the
county court with the county clerk.
The report covers the period from
January l, 1916. TO January !. 1917.
During that period there were pro-
cecdings In 20s civil and criminal
civil and criminal cases were filed.
There were also proceedings In l+5
We're also proceedings In las pro-
probate eases. and forty-one new es-
tatcs we're filed. The total earnings
OF the county court during this per-
iod were S+.o7I.25. and the colicc-
tions aggregated = total Of &<.0%s.3s.
leaving an unpaid balance In fees
OF s2l.SS. During the period covered
by. the report Judge Mcdaniel
turned over 10 the county in cash a
total OF $l,s%s.39. which represents
the earnings OF the county court af-
ter dcductins all expenses.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-17
Million. Expended In Oh Field.

Many millions are being expended
In Wyoming oil fields. and the high
price OF oil viii result In the dcvcl-
opmcnt Of all oil properties. Many
new pipe limos are To be built during
tho coming season. The record OF
oil production In Wyoming. estimated
by the United States Geological Sur
roy for the year 1915. shows 80 per
cent increase for the year The most
noted development Of the year In
Wyoming. says J. ID. Northrup. Of the
Interior Department. WAS the open
Ing Of the Big Muddy Anticline In
western CoaverSc county. The po-
tsntial importance Of this new field
iiss IN ths favorable geological struc.
tuFs Involved. aAd In the damon
sesses1 pesssacs Of high yrads oil Of
gassliss eontsat.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-17

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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-17

During the past two years the
Tribune has been furnishing the
Kansas City Weekly Star to all sub
scribers OF the Tribune who request
ed II without additional money or
extra price 10 the regular subscrip-
tion rate of the great family journal.
Owing to the fact that the price OF
print paper has more than doubled
Turing the past eight months. and
the further fact that the owners OF
the Star have raised the rate which
Was given us. the combination offer
OF the Weekly Star and the Tribune
viii be discontinued after this date
February I7th. The price for one
years subscription TO the great fam
ily journal and the Kansas City
Weekly Star after this date viii be
sl.G5--the extra fifteen cents being
the exact amount that It costs us for
one years subscription to that paper.
The regular subscription price OF the
Weekly Star In 25 cents per year. or
800 for five years. 80 you really
save money by subscribing through
this office.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-02-17
Uose Of Union Revival Services

tomorrow night closes the three
weeks union revival services which
was entered into January 2Sth, by
the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and Christian churches of this city.
The forces were all organized and
from the very beginning the various
committees put forth every effort
TO etiectually carry forth their part
OF the work. A complete canvas was
made of the city, which placed the
churches on a good footing for per-
manent work. Many new families.
who had moved into the city. and
had not yet identified themselves
with the church of their choice. were
located. and their names given to the
visiting committees through whose
eftorts many have placed their mem
lership into the church,
~ Tomorrow there will be four great
rsices. In the morning at II o'clock
~ Carson will address mass
y
sHow to Succeed in the Christian
0fe. In the afternoon at 2:30
4rlock. there will pe a jubilee SER
v1ce This service Is for everybody
aAd the evangelist requests all those
Who have come into the church dur
lag the meeting to occupy reserved
seats in the main part OF the audi
torium, and he desires to see all the
new converts together. The subject
Sunday afternoon will be Christian
ity Mans Job"
In the evening at $3.50 there will
he a mass meeting of the young peo-
Pile. Prof Sawtelle will have charge
and DIR. Carson will address them.
At 1880 o'clock the final service
will be held. The subject for the
sermon by Or. Carson will be "Evi-
table and Inevitable"
There will be a free will offering
taken at all services tomorrow for
the evangelist and his workers. Suf-
ficieni funds for the current expen-
ses Of the meeting have already been
raised and thus far no offering has
born taken for the evangelist. DIR.
c.pkon nnd his helpers have been
untiring In their efforts and have
worked hard to bring forth the
splendid success which has been Wis
ible from all sides. and the members
Of the executive committee are de-
sIrous that the offering in their be-
half be such ms to be a credit to
the city and splendid token OF APP
probation OF the work OF the evan
Eelists.