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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
BETHEL

Letters have been received by theil
relatives here from Eugene Parrott, Ra,
Parrot and Dengil Rice, who are now in
England with the American expedition.
airy forces.
Mrs. b. c. Rogers has gone to North
ampton, Mass, to pass the winter with
relatives. Her daughter Bertha, who
accompanied her, will return in few
days.
Glenn Hubbard went to-day to Bur
lihgton to work for the Standard Oil Co,
his family expecting to follow in the near
future.
Mrs. Sarah Harley and Miss Katherine
Barrett returned Saturday to Rutland
after few days visit at Mrs. p. p.
Wynns.
Miss Mary Wynn is employed as a
bookkeeper at the National White River
bank, succeeding Mrs. L. c. Blaisdell
who has joined her husband at their new
home in Fletcher.
Mrs. John Durkee of Stockbridge went
Saturday for a months visit to son
in Hartford Conn.
Lester Adams, recently of Barnard,
sophomore at Whtcomb high school. has
gone with his parents to their new home
in North Ferrisburg, and will attend the
high school at Vergennes.
Hot boxes and broken draw bat on a
heavy northbound freight last evening
kept the Sunday evening passenger train
southbound about 20 minutes just north
of this station. The freight was unable
most of the time to get its cars on to
the siding.
A daughter was born Nov. 3 to Mr. and
Mrs. Angelo Campo.
Miss Nina Cox is nursing for DR.. A. C.
Bailey in Randolph
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
FUEL VALUE OF WOOD.
Two Pounds are Equal to Single Pound
of Coal.

! OI SUdi
Persons who plan to relieve the Goa
shortage this winter by burning wood car
figure, roughly speaking, that two pound,
of seasoned wood have fuel value equa
to one pound of coal, according to OK.
perts of the forest service. While diff
ferent kinds of wood have different fuel
values, the foresters say that in general
the greater the dry weight of non
resinous wood, the more heat it will
give out when burned.
For such species as hickory. oak, beech
birch, hard maple, ash, locust, longleaf
pine or cherry, which have comparatively
high fuel values. one cord, weighing
about 700 pounds, is required to equal
one tom of coal.
Ii takes cord and half of short
leaf pine, hemlock, red gum, Douglas fir,
sycamore, or soft maple, which weighs
about 5000 pounds cord, to equal ton
OF coal, while for cedar, redwood, poplar,
catalap, Norway pine, cypress, Eastwood,
spruce, and white pine, two cords, weigh
ing about 1900 pounds each, are re-
.quired.
Weight for weight, however, there is
very little difference between various
species Resin affords about twice as
much heat as wood, so that resinous
woods have a greater heat value per
pound than non.resinous woods, and this
increased value varies, of course.
The available heat value of cord of
wood depends also on the amount Of
moisture present. When the wood is
green part of the heat which it is ca.
pable of yielding is taken up in evaporat-
ing the water. The greater amount of
water in the wood the more heat is lost
Furthermore, cords vary as to the
amount of solid wood they contain, even
when they are of the standard dimension
and occupy 2lS cubic feet of space. A
certain proportion of this space is made
up of air space between the sticks, and
this air space may be considerable in a
cord of twisted, crooked and knotty
sticks. Out of the l2S cubic feet. a fair
average of solid wood is about so cubic
feet
This, however. applies to the stand |
ard cord, in which the sticks are cut to
four foot lengths and piled -four feet high
and eight feet long. Instead of buying |
he four-foot lengths, however, most peo-
Die nowadays have the sticks cut into !
-wo-foot lengths by gasoline saw. This !
'esults in saving of both time and la +
Dor. The purchaser should, however take
are to see that he gets full measure
nent when wood il bought in this way
n parts of New England a stick of l6-
neh wood four feet and eight feet long
5 commonly sold as run but con
aims only third of cord.
Where wood is to be burned in a stove
n furnace intended for coal, it will be
ound desirable, the foresters say, to COW
r the CRATE partly with sheet iron or fire
rick, in order to reduce the draught. If
his is not done the wood is wasted by
eing consumed too fast, and makes a
cry hot fire which in a furnace NAV
amage the fire box.
II is pointed out, however, that heat
alue is not the only test of usefulness
4 fuel wood and since 95 per cent of all
'ood used for fuel is consumed for do
lestic purposes, largely in farm houses,
nch factors as rapdidity of burning and
ase of lighting are important Each
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
ROCHESTER

L. j. Spear was in Bethel Sunday.
Miss Ethel Eaton visited friends in
Rutland last week.
Mrs. w. S. Martin and son, Harvey,
have returned from their visit in GLOW
ersville, n. Y.
Mrs, Fayette Kezer attended the w. c.
T. L. state convention in Orleans last
week.
News has been received of the death of
William Ball of Moline, ILL.,, who was well
known here
Mrs Clarence Martin has returned
from her visit in Kingston, Mass.
Ralph Merriam was home from Bur
lington for the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Townsend were in
Boston last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Osborne of
Shoreham have been recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Stoughton.
After long Illness, Ned Lyon passed
away Oct. IS. He leaves wife and one
child, father, mother. five sisters and two
brothers. He was 3S years old.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
The Cause of Cout,
Bright's Disease,
Rheumatism
(By Valentine NJ. Pierce, NJ. d,

According to the consensus OF opinion
of most medical men and scientists, such
as Garrod, Minkowski Hans, Nogt and
Reach, the cause of govt is due to an ac-
emulation of uric acid in the blood The
same effect happens in rheumatism, and
preceding the stage known as Brights
disease an auto-intoxication process has
been going on, the liver and kidneys could
not do the work, and the individual suf-
fers the consequences High living, the
eating of meat more than once day,
over-eating, frequent chilling of the body
all may contribute to the poisoning.
In such cases the very best treatment
is to prevent or remove the cause. Diet
and exercise if possible; drink plentiful
ly of water-a pint Of hot water with
piece of lemon squeezed into it morning
and night, and take before meals tablet
of Anuric double strength. This
Anurie can be obtained at almost all
drug stores, and it drives the uric acid
out of the system by stimulating the
kidneys to better action. Thus Bright's
disease may be prevented or cured by
taking this simple remedy in time, and in
the painful and serious cases of rheuma-
tism and govt it invariably relieves and
often cures the worst cases.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps of
lead, when your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night, when you suffer with
sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells,
acid stomach, or you have rheumatism
when the weather is bad, ask your drug |
gist for Anuric. i have found in practice |
that Anurie is more potent than lithia |
and in most cases it will dissolve the |
uric acid as hot water does sugar.-Adv |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
You Cannot Expect
To Have a Clear
Complexion
By Constantly Massaging It With
So-caIIed Skin Foods or Creams,
Often Rancid or Germy.
Substitute Cuticura
For One Week

And make Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment your everyday toilet preparations.
They cannot possibly injure the pores.
Contrast the purity, fragrance, comfort
and convenience Of these super-creamy
emollients with beauty fads" so COM
mon, tiresome and expensive. A bath
with Cuticura Soap and hot water on
rising and retiring thoroughly cleanses
and stimulates sluggish pores, giving
the complexion a fresh healthy glow.
II signs of pimples, redness or rough
ness be present smear them with the
Ointment and let it remain five minutes
before bathing. Nothing purer, sweeter
or more effective for your skin and hair
than Cuticura no matter how much you
pay for it.
For Free Samples by Return Mail
address postcard: "Cuticura, Dept. u,
Boston," Sold everywhere.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
War Saving on Method of Ordering
Text Books.

Earlier ordering of school text books
by boards of education offers a fruitful
field for saving in war time. according
TO Henry p. Kendall, of the Plimpton
Press, whose statement on the subject
has been transmitted to the bureau of
education of the department of the in.
terror
If school boards can arrange to adopt
school text books before January first,
asserts Mr.. Kendall, instead of waiting
until the end of the school year in June,
large saving in the bookbinding trade
will result Ordering school text books
earlier in the year will, ii is declared.
help to regularize employment in the
school book trade. making uniform
hours of work and rates of paw possible
throughout the year In one plant at
the present time the hours of labor so
vary between winter and summer, that
on a basis of 100 per cent as the fat
weekly wage, operators during the sum
mer, because of overtime, earn about
1870 per cent, and during the winter
months about 60 per cent. The workers
are obliged to work very long hours
in the summer time and 90 without va
ldtlens.
Earlier ordering of school books will
also conserve human energy, because it
will make it possible to run a factory
with minimum number of employees; il
viii save machinery. because less will be
required TO produce; and it viii save eual
in conserving the heat, light. and pow
r.. Furthermore. the efficiency Of the /
plant can be greatly increased where ]
work Is uniform in quantity. and the cost
IT production i much less in a plant |
where the product i produced more uni /
ormly.
A. a result Of Mr.. Kendall's sugses-
ion, the commissioner Of education has
written TO every city school board in 4
he country asking whether il will not he
,ossible hereafter to order school books
,efOre the iEst Of January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
Experiences and Observations.

/ Headcheese Without Fat.--To those
who like the old fashioned headcheese
but cannot enjoy it because of the fat
/ want to tell my way of making it
| cook meat as usual. remove the bones,
place the meat in a muslin bag With
the potato masher press all fat out.
| Then make as usual, adding little of
the liquid il was cooked in so it will not
be too dry. When cold, the fat is white
and nice and can be used for any pur-
| pose.-G. NJ. S.
Packing Canned Fiait.-A neighbor of
mine moved two hundred glass jars of
canned fruit seventeen miles without
breaking jar, by this method He put
a deep layer of loose oats in the box bed
of his farm wagon. then placed the jars
in il filling in generously with the oats
R M.
Keep Stockings Mated Whenever you
buy new pair of hose, sew small
dress clasp TO the top of each stocking
Then snap the two together. | find this
to be more convenient in laundering the
hose than pinning them together with
a safety pin. for pin is liable to tear
them.H A.
When Making Toast When | make
toast | dip each slice of bread into
sweet milk or brush little cream on
either side of the bread, then place it
on shallow pan in the oven, and brown
both sides. This makes nice, crisp toast
and is better and cheaper than buttering
the bread. w.
Protect Wall Paper-After newly pa
. h, IL
are small children, take an extra strip
OF the new paper and put it up behind
che couch with thumb tacks. This pre-
vents soiling~ the new wall paper.-G. |
F. X.
For the School Lunch Box-If You
wish to save time putting up the chill |
dren's school lunch. mix a small box of |
salt and pepper for hard boiled eggs,
and when needed, take the required /
amount and place in piece of waxed
L. V.
When Honey Sugars Set the vessel
it in another large vessel of
warm water, place il on the back of the
stove and let il gradually heat, but not
boil. Keep it there until it is melted.
md it will be just the same as it was
before sugaring.-C. G. S.
When Unexpected Company Comes
like most housewives, have an emer-
gency shelf stocked with canned goods
inned crackers, iellies, canned fruits, etc
'ut go step further. I have compiled
hree or four Emergency menus and to
ach one is attached the recipes for the
-arious dishes called for. 1t is but she
work of few minutes to prepare an
and "companifed" meal-G.
A.-ln Woman's World for November.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05

Sows Must Be Bred at This Time in
Large Numbers.
;. II. Abbott.
County Agent.

To win the war we need more meat
| To get an increased meat supply quickly
| hog breeding must be increased mate
rally throughout the country and il
certain states an increase of from q
| to 80 per cent in the number of hogs is
recommended by the United States de.
partment of agriculture.
The situation is of great Importance
We must. have plenty of meat for our
armies and the armies of the allies in
the field and sufficient meat for our
civilian population and the civilian pop
ulation of the allies at home.
To have this meat, breeding animals
must reproduce themselves so the off
spring will be available for slaughter in
the future
Hogs can be increased quicker than
any other kind of livestock.
Therefore larger number of sows
must be bred now, than in recent wears
In addition to the fact that there is
an imperative demand for more meat as
war measure, it should be taken into
consideration that we now have an album
dance OF feed crops-corn, oats, and bar
ley-with which to produce this neces.
sary increase in the number of hogs.
The demand for meat is certain and il
will be profitable to the farmer to mar
ket some of this heavy grain supply on
the hoof
The increase in the number of hogs for
various states, as recommended by the
department. is as follows: Missouri. 80
per cent; Alabama. 30 Iowa. 25: Kan.
sas, %; Indiana, 20; Illinois, 20: Missis.
sippi 20; Arkansas, 20; South Carolina.
10; Ohio, l5 Kentucky, Is; Tennessee,
Is; Maryland 10; North Carolina 10:
Michigan, 10; Nebraska, 10; West Vir-
ginia, 5; and Georgia. ). The increase
needed for the entire country is Is per
cent and is covered by the above SEIZED
ule. Other states than those named
should breed no fewer sows than last
year
The result of these increases will be to
provide sufficient animals to make the |
meat that is absolutely essential to the |
feeding of our armies.
Pork can be transported more readily |
md economically to troops in the field |
han can any other meat. Great sup !,
plies of bacon must 20 to the boys in
Khaki at the front. Unless now larger |
number of sows are bred, the amount of |
neat we will require next year viii not |
DC available
The estimated number of hogs is 4,O00,- |
700, less than it was a year ago in this /
and in the face of this we need /
more hogs than ever before. How can
We get them! BY breeding sows at once
The expectation of pork products has
since the war began and will
ontinue to increase during the length of
he war. The foreign countries are de-
citing their farming energies TO food and
eed rather than livestock production.
nut they must have meat and they must
ct large part of this supply from US.
During the last three months the price
{ hogs in the United States has been,
n an average, more than twice as much
: the average price for the five years
rom 1911 to 1915. In view of the large
rop of feedstuffs in sight however, it is
elieved that farmers will see the wis
ON of taking every reasonable step to I
lcrease the supply of hogs and hog
roducts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
THE CHRISTMAS PIANO

Now Is the time To make your pur-
chase, have il delivered anv time YOU
wish. We have a few new Emerson Up
right Pianos in mahogany We are selling
At S325.0O. also some bargains in the
Lakeside Pianos. In Gable Nelson we
have some rare beauties. We have the
largest stock Of Player Planes in the
state, all bought al old prices. When
our present stock Is sold prices will ad-
Nanee from SO to Sl09. Buy now and
Sate real money. Essy terms. send for
our new catalogs. Geo ID. Jarvis & Son.
5-l5 80. winocsAi Ave, Burlington, Vt.
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
AFTER SICKNESS
they GAVE
HER VINOL
And She Soon Got Back
Her Strength

New Castle. Ind.-"The measles left
me run down, no appetite, could not
rest at night, and took severe cold,
which settled on my lungs, so | was un-
able to keep about my Homework.
My doctor advised me to take Ninol, and
six bottles restored my health so | do
all my homework, including washing
Ninol is the best medicine ever used. -
Alice Record. 49, So. 18th street, New
Castle. Ind.
We guarantee this wonderful cod liver
and iron tonic, Ninol, for all weak, run
down. nervous conditions.
Red Cross Pharmacy. Floyd c. Rus
sell, Prop, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country
Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
Got 1t from Hearsay.

A group of old ladies were talking
and knitting on veranda. The con-
versation got around to how much each
weighed at birth. One old lady said:
well. weighed just three pounds and
a half"
The others gasped and one of them
asked; "And did you live?"
"They say did," answered the other
woman, "and done well. Boston Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
Alas.

Experience is teacher stern,
Her lessons we cannot refuse;
The trouble is, she makes us learn
SO many things we cannot use
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05

Miss Annabell Vivian of Nashua, ~ H.,
was in Graniteville last week to attend
the Vivian Poulin wedding.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
A Card.

We wish to thank our friends for the
gifts presented to us at our wedding re-
ception and afterwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Vivian
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
Twisted.

He seems to have a mental twist"
'Yes, his food for thought comes il
pretzel shape. kansas City Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-05
U. S. MUST FEED ALLIES
to Farmers of the Nation at Chica-
go-Fight for Our Existence.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Hervert G. Hoo
yer. federal food administrator told
the farmers of the nation the part they
are asked to play in helping the United
States and it's allies win the war. He
outlined the agricultural features of
the administrations policy and gave
forecast of the difficulties which must
be faced to solve national food prob
lens. Mr. Hoover made his statement
on Saturday in the Hotel Sherman,
when he spoke before representatives
of 126 farm journals.
Intelligent coordination of all the
forces of the country is the greatest
need of the hour, Mr.. Hoover said in
his talk. After giving his views in de-
tail he said:
ut is no loose statement that we
face race of people under a govern
ment intent upon mastery of the world.
The war seems far away to most of
our people. But as surely as we were
fighting for freedom in 1776. we are
fighting for our national existence and
our national faith this day and month,
1917.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-05
FIRST OF DRAFTED MEN
WILL GO TO CAMP SEPT. 8
President Orders Boards to Exempt
Married Men Who Have De-
pendent Families.

Washington, aug. 27.-Two impor
tant orders in connection with the
mobilization of the National army were
issued here.
By direction of President Wilson
practically every married man upon
whom his wife is actually dependent
or who has children will be exempted.
1t is not within the spirit of the law,
the new order states, that women
should go to work or be dependent
upon the support of wealthy relatives
in order that the heads of families
may be sent to fight for the country.
Only 5 per cent of the men drawn
for the army will be sent to camp on
September 5, instead of 80 per cent as
of the men will be sent on September
10, 40 per cent more on October and
the other Is per cent as soon thereaft-
er as possible.
The reason given by the provost
marshal generals office for this delay
tional army is that under the old order
rallrOaQ congestion would nave enSueu
which it would have been hard to adj
just.
AS matter of fact, it is learned that
the reasons for the delay are these:
1. The camps will not be ready by
September 5, as promised.
2. Full equipment for the new Ma
tional army will not be ready by the
time it was hoped to have it ready.
The new order means that the local
boards may have five days in which to
send the first per cent to camp. The
order specifies that the following
classes of men shall have precedence
in the first per cent: Cooks, bakers,
men with some military experience,
men with engineering experience,
men with medical experience. All must
be white men.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-05
TO CAUSE WAR WITH AUSTRIA
Americas Financial Aid to Italy Ex-
pected to Lead to HostIIities With
Vienna Government.

Washington, Aug. 29.-The POSSIBLE
fly that Austria and perhaps other al
lies of Germany may soon declare war
against the United States because Of
the financial aid given to Italy is rec
ognized by administration officials.
1t was carefully explained on Tues
day that there is nothing in the exist
ing situation, either diplomatic or mill
tary, that would cause the United
States to take initiative, but that an
anomalous state of affairs does exist
was not denied.
Relations of the United States with
Germany's allies are defined as still a
state of broken diplomatic relations.
Officials hesitate to describe them as
unfriendly, although admitting that
they scarcely could be called friendly.
The policy of extending aid to the coun-
tries fighting certain of Germany's al
lies will be continued, and it was adj
mitted that Austria or any other ally
might, perhaps not improbably, con-
strue such assistance as warlike act.