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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
OLD.TTHF SHIPPERS
OFTEN HLITER4TE
They Were Efficient Even Without
Book Knowl-
edge,

The old time English seafaring men
were trained to the service in the serv
ice itself Their lessons were those OF
duty from the rank Of cabin boy to
that of master. Such a school was
likely to turn out men of efficiency,
but not of extensive learning. There
are many interesting stories told OF
them.
For example. there was the man who
could neither read nor write, but who
could take his vessel without mistake
from port oport The lights on the
coast were his only books, and his one
intellectual exercise consisted in calcu-
lstinp the set of the ebb and the flood.
When steamers were first ordered to
carry red and green sidelights with a
high white light hung forward, an old
sea captain saw the mysterious colorei
circles coming down upon him. He did
not understand this new thing. and his
faculties became confused. He shout
ed: Hard starboard. Wen be INTO a
drug shop"
Another master who happened 10
have a leisure evening went to hear
DOUllldI lsfAutt VI dNt4fitNAtAN y AAN 'tAN
much troubled by what he heard, and
explained his perplexity with great
feeling. "The man told the lot Of rs"
he said. that the world turned round
and round; but ] cannot understand
how that can he. The Hatter's Rock
has been there ever since | can re
member"
One skipper who could read and use
a chart was dispatched TO Rotterdam.
After getting over the bar and well
away TO the east. he produced his
charts and made a learned Inspection;
but the charts had been a long time IN
the locker. and circumstances combined
to alarm him extremely. He went up
on deck and called out TO his mate;
PUT her about; the rats have eaten
Holland"
One old captain bored away through
a fog for several days under the inn
preston that he was going north from
Liverpool After a long time a vessel
came past and the lost captain in
auired: "Arc we going right for the
Castle foot =
The stranger made answer: What
Castle foot
Whereupon tho incensed skipper
said: "There is only one Castle foot;
Tynemouth Castle"
The answer was discouraging IF
YOU 60 as You are going. you'll he at
Newfoundland in a very short time"
The old hero felf his way back and
after many days and much hailing
Of passin gships he sighted -. Abe's
Head. He then said, with pride: "Ah,
here's England thought | would
fetch her. Philadelphia Public Ledg--
or
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
ARMY TO SAVE PAPER.
Plans Made to Eliminate Use Of Paper
Not Required.

Major General P S. Harris, he ad
iutant general Of the United States
army. has announced that in the inter
est Of paper conservation and the elm
nation of unnecessary labor, drastic
changes will be made at once in the
correspondence work of the army, A
board Of officers has gone into the mat.
ter very thoroughly, and its recommen-
dations have been approved by the sec.
rotary of war. As explained by Gen
eral Harris. president of this board,
the plan is:
Under present regulations commu-
nications relating TO the personnel Of
the army, such as transfers, discharges,
leaves and the like. must be trans
mitted through ali intermediate com
manders TO the office which can order
the action 10 be taken, and after ac-
ton Is taken they are returned through
the same channels to the writer.
Each of these intermediate com.
manders now must have an indorse-
ment prepared, tvpewritten in tripli-
cate. recorded and filed in his office,
indicating his action, although il may
be only routine in nature both when
the communication is passing TO high
er authority and on its return.
"The board proposes TO eliminate en-
tirelv from the channel some Of the
offices through which the comuiunica-
lions now pass. and to use stamped in
- ~
corded or filed, in Offices in which the
action is routine. thus greatly redue-
ing both the clerical labor and bulk
Of files in such offices"
\ typical case would be a letter
from soldier requiring action in
Washington. This will 60 from the
company through the regiment and
division only. cutting out several 9th.
er offices. and on its way back, direct
" 10 the company commander and the
individual Based on a case where. for
example. soldier requests discharge
because of dependent relatives, under
the old method 20 sheets Of a paper
are required; by the new regulations.
five sheets. Ten endorsements are now
necessary. while FIVE viii suffice. three
Of them made by rubber stamp. Fifteen
separate tipping operations arc now
needed. while but three viii be used
hereafter. Four svnonses Of communi-
cations are completely abolished.
The amount OF paper work OF this
kind in the army is enormous. and the
adjutant generals office expects to
make a wholesale saving both in labor
and in material by the new method.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
NOVEL COLLECTION.
F. M. Hugo Has Automobile License
Plates from All Over the World.

Francis NJ. Hugo, secretary OF state
of New York, and the head of the
largest motor vehicle bureau in the
world. has a most interesting collec
ton of automobile license plates prob
ably the only one of its kind in the
world. The collection includes plates
from practically all the states, the
provinces of Canada and many for
eipn countries In securing these
plates, Mr. Hugo spent considerable
time in correspondence. Many OF the
plates were months on their way.
The collection of foreign plates in
cludes one from Egypt The plate Is
well made, somewhat longer than
those in use in this country and in
a combination of red and white on a
black background, present pleasant
color contrast to the eye. The plate
is covered with the sCrawls peculiar
to the country.
Two plates are shown from Chilli
These are of aluminium and attractive.
One of the crudest plates shown in
the collection came from Peru. In
fact, il was so crude that the author
tiles, when sending il on TO Mr.. lingo,
wrote letter and spologized for its
appearance.
The collection of foreign plates in
cludes one from one of the royal cars
in Denmark China ia represented by
a plate of blue and white. Portugal
has its plate of black and white, While
Iceland contributes a small and appar-
emily home made specimen which came
from the province of Reykjavik.
There are plates 6om Switzerland,
Havana, Panama, the canal zone, and
Honolulu. Attached TO this last plate
is metallic tag which is changed
year by year and which this year rep
resents the "ulua," a fish for which
the mid Pacific isle is justly famous.
The plates from the different states are
also interesting in their contrast, rang
ing all the way from the lurid specimen
of Nevada to the puritanicsl affair
from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Re
publican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Sounded Like Man Doing Real Job,
and He Got Meal.

A number Of the Players club tells
Of a seedy choking individual who ap-
pearcd At the back door Of a house IN
Westchester county and in support Of
HI. request FOR assistance. announced
that he was Vaudeville performer in
hard luck.
Now the woman Of the house agreed
70 let the individual have food II he
would perform the proverbisl task Of
saving some wood. He retired 10 the
barn: and soon there came 10 her ears
the sounds of man hard AZ work on
the wood. MeanW hile she had laid out
a rcpast for him. which ~ doe time,
he ate with due relish and departed.
About half an hour after the man
had gone the women went 10 the harm
only 20 find every stick Of wood in
tact. Upon inquiry she discovered that
she had been entertaining unaware a
stranded vpntriloquist. He had simply
cone into the she'd and given hrs JIM
tation q saving wocd.-PhiiadslPhia
Public Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
WANT AUSTRIA
EXCLUDED
Czecho-Slovak Delegates
Are Furnishing Only
Opposition
SWITZERLAND
FAVORS ENTRY
League of Nations May
Finish Work Next
Week

Geneva, Nov. 81 (By the Associated
Press .-Czecho-S delegates are
now furnishing the only opposition to
the admission of Austria to the leae':e
of nations. Switzerland is strongly ad-
vocating admission, with the proViso'
however. that if reaction occurs in Aus
tria. with a restoration of the mon
archy, she will insist upon the right
of the province of Voralberg to decide
whether to remain part OF Austria
or not. Vorslberg requested that IT be
attached to Switzerland, but this re
quest was rejected by the latter coun.
try.
A committee which has been examiG.
Ing the accounts of the league, finally
has approved the comparatively high
salaries paid the personnel of the sec
retariat, finding the high cost of living
in Geneva justified them in part, while
the expenses of each worker III reach
ing his native country should also be
taken into account.
Optimists at the meeting of the as
sembly of the league are counting upon
finding the work of the session next
week, or ten days earlier than was cal.
culated by league officials. Apprehen-
sion is still felt in some quarters, how
ever. that the discussions in full as
sembly. which will be resumed on
Tuesday. especially those on the ques-
ton regarding the relations OF the
league council and assembly, will be
prolonged.
The organization committee has been
decided to approve the suggestion that
the four selective members of the coun,
eli shall be chosen so that only one
term will expire each year, 1t has also
decided to set up a committee to study
all proposed amendments to the cove
nant of the league.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
HAD RHEUMATISM
IN BACK AND HIPS
Maine Lumberman Wants Others to
Know of Remedy That Made
New Man of Him

Once a disease of any kind gets
grin bn the system the tone OF the
blood is lowered to the point where 1T
can no longer fight off poisonous
germs. A sudden change OF tempera
ture or an unexpected storm may
make man of weak blood helpless
with the pains of rheumatism, one
Of the most effective weapons against
this condition is rich, red, healthy
blood
Many treatments for rheumatism
are directed at the symptoms Haid
they generally fail to have lasting et,
oct. If the blood isn't strengthened
and the body's resistance raised a re-
currenee of rheumatism is almost GER
tain.
Mr.. James F. Hawkins, of No. y
Manlev street, Auburn, Me-, for years
a hmberman in the Canadian woods,
found that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
had an almost immediate effect on his
rheumatism.
"While was working in the woods,
he saws, II became run down and the
exposure brought on severe attack OF
rheumatism in my hips and back. Ii
seemed as though all my energy was
gone. | could not enjoy my food and
after eating ] was in terrible agony.
Sometimes the pain was SO great that
would have to lie across chair. 1t
seemed as though there was lump IN
my stomach and it would be there for
weeks.
"A friend who used DR.. Williams
Pink Pills with benefit advised me to
try them | got box and in few
weeks my appetite improved and the
stomach pains were gone. ! took tive
boxes of the pills and the rheumatism
disappeared. There is nothing better
for a run down condition than DIR. VIII
liams' Pink Pills. They have made a
new man out of me and ! cannot speak
too highly of them"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by your own druggist
,r will be sent direct by mail, post
paid, on receipt of price, 90 cents per
box. Write to the DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Schenectady, n. V, for free
booklet, Building Up the Blood, con
tanning a special chapter on the treat
ment of rheumatism ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Limit to Generosity.

young man." said the fond father,
''in giving YOU my daughter. ! have en-
trusted YOU with the dearest treasure
of my life'
The Young man was duly impressed
aud made no endeavor TO conceal his
emotion and his gratitude. Then, dur
ing the few moments OF impressive
silence that followed. he heard the pat
ter. patter of rain against the window.
"Goodness me-" he exclaimed, 'it's
raining and haven't my umbrellal
MAY | borrow yours, sir. TO keep me
dry while run to the station p
''Young man. said the fond parent,
81 do not trust anyone with my um
brellai ~ Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
lust to Save Him from Someone Else
Seems Answer.

She was crazy about Harry because
he danced diyinely, sang like an angel
and played tennis like young god.
She was Just wild about George who
had curly lashes and money in the
bank.
She loved TO motor in Reggie's i'm
ported runabout, and gloried in his
pretty speeches.
She listened to Archie's poetry with
fast beating heart and cheeks pink.
flushed.
She confessed herself hypnotized by
Henri-he was so-sugCestivs.
And Bob. dear old thing. bad said
she had small feet,
But she married Jack. who had mons
Of these qualities, because she thought
her dearest friend wanted him. -Ailcen
{. Mcguire. in Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
NEWBURY
Miss M. w. Atkinson Gives $500 to
Library in Memory of Mother.


The Memorial library has received
from Miss NJ. ". Atkinson n gift of
$500 in memory of he, mother, Mrs.
Katherine Bartlett Atkinson, former
resident Of Newbury. The income of
this fund to be used in the purchase OF
books other than felton, The gift is
gratefully received by the trustees and
by the reading public of Newbury. and
is not only token of the donors in
terest in the library, but exemplifies
her appreciation Of the worth and her
desire to make it still more beneficial
This is the latest of many valuable
donations to this institution, by means
of which it has become one OF the best
libraries in this part OF New England.
The thanks of the trustees and the
citizens Of Newbury are rendered TO
Miss Atkinson for this gift.
Word has been received Of the death
of Henry Parker, who died in Port
land, Me-. Monday last. Mr.. Parker
will be remembered by many as a
citizen of this place some forty five
wears ago. His home was that which
is now owned by DR.. Darling. He mar
red for his second wife. Miss Olive
Robinson of this place Her death oc-
Cured several years ago Mr.. Parker
was living with his daughter. Laura,
Parker at the time of his death, and
was about SIS years of age.
The remains of Mrs. Carl Leavitt
were brought here last week and in
torment made at the Newbury Center
burying ground.
Miss Eliza Ross left this week for
Boston.
IT is expected the usual services will
be held in the Congregational church
next Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
A Restricted Paradise.

Times have changed since 0mar,lived
and sung. The jug Of wine is now
unobtainable and even the loaf of
bread and thou" are combination al
most impossible under the present high
cost conditions Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
He Knows

What i meant BY an embarrass-
ment Of riches'.7 inquired the man who
always wants 10 know something.
II couldn't say ofband. replied the
delegate Ask some candidate whose
campaign fund has been over sub
scribed- r-Washsngton Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Topics Of the
Home and
Household.

Cutting sandpaper with the scis,
sors sharpens them. 80
Slicing hard cooked eggs will be
easy and successful if you will heat
your knife in very hot water before
using IT, DO not wipe the water from
the knife.
Cooking soda and water will wash
out the color and smell from medicine
bottles Fill the bottles half full OF
warm water and add a quarter tea
spoon soda. Shake up and down
few times and rinse with hot water.
An excellent recipe for furniture pol.
ish has been passed on from one gen
GRAFTON Of southern folks to another.
Ii consists of one tablespoon alcohol,
one tablespoon olive oil and one quart
of warm water. Shake and mix well
before applying. Give finishing rub
with a dry flannel or chamois.
What Can Be Done with Fish Flake.
Fish flakes may be slightly fresh
ened, creamed and served with toast,
and bacon. They are best when mixed
with about one aud one half cupfuls
Of mashed potatoes to one can OF
flakes (six ounces) mixed with one
beaten egg and pepper and papriks to
taste, aud fried in hot, deep fat until
Drowned,
Fish fake timbales are very good,
also. and very simple to make Sim
PLY mix one can tsix ouueesl OF flakes
with one fourth cupful Of sifted bread
crumbs, seasoned, and two beaten eggs
and ono and ono half cipsful Of milk.
Mix and turn into well creased tim
bale molds and bake in a dish Of hot
water until centers are firm, Unmold
on a hot dish and serve with drawn
butter, cream or tomato sauce.
Scalloped Fish and Hominy Place
faxed pieces of canned salmon in the
center Of well creased baking dish.
Shape some boiled hominy in a border
around the dish Pour over white
sauce. sprinkle with bread crumbs and
dot with butter Bake i'm a hot oven
until nicely Drowned Serve hot in
same dish in which it was cooked.
Rice or macaroni or noodles may be
used instead Of hominy
Fish Pie.-Cook in about three table
spoonsful Of fat one green pepper
chopped fine. four tablespoonful of
chopped mush rooms and one small,
finely chopped onion until Drowned
Remove these from the fat and add
three poonsful of -four and chick
en- stock (canned chicken soupl and
one tablespoonful of salt. Stir con
stantly until the mixture thickens.
Then add one cupful Of fish flakes,
salmon. lobster or crab meat, Com
bine with the vegetables and line in
diyidual ramekins with mashed pot-.o
and fiji with the mixture Cover the
top with mashed potato and brown in
the oven Serve in these dishes.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Both Won.

"He bet her a kiss that his college
would win the football match
"And how did it come out p
"a tie: I was at the wedding. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Modest.

She No. ! wouldn't marry the best
man in the world.
He-That's no reason; I'm not even
the second best-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27
Homemade, BUT Has No
Equal for Coughs
|. Observation-Disclosures.

drprns!able cough medicine. Ess-
ily prepared. and saves about 81.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27

Cutting sandpaper with the scIs-
sors sharpens them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27

Slicing hard cooked eggs will be
easy and successful if you will heat
your knife in very hot water before
Using it. Do not wipe The water from
the knife.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-27

Cooking soda and water will wash
out the color and smell from medicine
bottles. Fill the bottles half full OF
warm water and add a quarter tea
spoon soda. Shake up and down a
few times and rinse with hot water
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
IN 4.
INDIA ST|RS ;.
FEAR Of ALL

NEW YORK. Nov, e.---Sneezcs
and superstition cost many lives an
nually In India.
This was the statement OF DR..
Anna DegcnrinE OF the woman's
American Baptist Foreign Mission
society. who has Just returned @re
on a years turlough after fourteen
years as u doctor In India,
"a SneeEe means great i'm.
pending calamity to the Indian
mind" said Dr. Degenring. what
ever happens on the day that one
hears a sneeze is sure TO turn out
III. and the Indian will enter upon
no undertaking OF Importance on
such a day. Many OF our patients
have refused to have operations on
which their lives depended on the
day that had been arranged, for, be-
cause they happened to sneeEe that
morning. or even to hear someone
else sneeze."
Indian belief In auspicious days Is
another "hobgoblin" In the path OF
the medical missionary there, DR..
Degenring said. Soon after an In
dian child Is born, the soothsayer
reveals to the family its lucky star
and Its lucky days. Indians who
fall III or are hurt In an accident
persist In waiting for their auspi-
eious days before sending for
doctor.
The Indians. the physician ex-
planned, attribute epidemics TO the
wrath OF various goddesses OF III
health. adding there Is goddess
OF malaria and a goddess OF small
pox-a goddess, In fac,, OF every
recurring epidemic"
Though they believe in goddesses,
they are hard to convince concern
ing germs. and they have no idea OF
quarantine for contagious diseases.
DIR. Degenring said.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09

PORTLAND. Nov. s.-The falling
wheat market is bringing flour prices
down. A decline OF 30 cents a bar
rel In Portland flour quotations, ef.
fectiye Monday. was announced by
the millers. The Wholesale price OF
the best family patents will be sii
a barrel. This means a drop OF
s2.Tj a barrel from the extreme high
price OF the year. made last May. and
a decline Of $50 from the opening
price OF new crop flour.
Bakers flour will be listed al
siO.5O barrel. This grade OF flour
has kept pace downwards with fam.
lily flours. Most OF the bakers, how
ever. are still using old crop bough,
at the high prices.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WILL
MEET WITH NEW CHIEF

Fire Chief Delaney Is having a
meeting tonigh. at 1880 In the city
hall OF all volunteer firemen In the
city and requests that every man who
Is on the volunteer list be present.
Chief Delaney called thi smeetIng for
the purpose OF getting acquainted
with and finding out who the yolun-
teers are. also "a. get their home ad-
dresses and telephone numbers, and
incidentally TO have a general under
standing with them about their du-
ties
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
Evening Program
for Celebration OF
Armistice Day

The local post Of the American
Legion has asked the Herald to cor
rect the Armistice Day story appear
ing in yesterdays issue, which
stated that there would be a flag
raising near the white Pelican
hotel at 4 y. m, followed by a ban
auet for Legion members at the
hotel.
Plans for Armisticc Day are
made for the evening only, AT p
o'clock there will be the annual
Armistice Day ball. The flw pres
eutation mentioned in the invita-
tlon will take place in the ballroom
at 10 O'Clock. Presentation will be
made by the women's Relief corps,
and acceptance by the officers OF
the local post OF the Legion.
The best music in town has been
secured for the dance. The fact
that the majority OF the orchestra
played all summer at the open air
pavilion In sufficient recommenda-
tion for Il.
Invitations we're mailed yester-
day and the day before, but owing
TO the inability to get them out
sooner Il Is likely that many will
not reach their destination in time
for the dance. The Legion at this
time wishes to invite all service
men. whether Legion members or
not. TO the ball. and also all friends
OF the American Legion. All men,
bers OF the women's Auxiliary and
OF the women's Relief corps are
especially invited. and are the honor
guests OF the evening.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
JUDGMENT OK NOT.

A Judgment Tor si12 and interest
from 1914 plus $50 attorney. fees
was handed down yesterday In cir
cult court on a note given by John
and T. A. varne- TO J. o. Beardsley
In 1914. The note was for goods pur'
chased.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
NeU National League
With TlDeiUe Clubs
Organized, Chicago

CHICAGO. Nov. Eight Ma
tional league clubs and three Ameri.
can league clubs. New York. Boston
and Chicago have formed a new Ma
tional league with . is club circuit.
The promoters offered federal
Judge landis the craftsmanship OF
the new baseball board at n salary
OF $4,000 a year. The Judge asked
time TO consider the offer.
Five American league clubs. cleve.
land. Washington. Detroit. Phiisdel.
phia, and 81. Louis. plan an oppos-
ing league. Installing new clubs In
Chicago. New York and Boston.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09
Flour Takes Big
Drop, Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. s.-For the
first time in almost four years flour
sold at under $40 a barrel at the
local mills today. Prices ranged
trom ss.s5 to $40.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-09

MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. s.-Fiour
prices continued their downward
slide today and reached what millers
said were pre-war prices. At one
large mill family patents flour de-
clined 40 cents a barrel to a new low
price OF sio when sold In carload
lots In gs pound sacks.