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Evening journal., 1920-08-05
With the ParGgrGphez

Mr. Burlesons order 20 all postmasers and postal en-
poyes ITO refrain carefully from engaging perniclous
political activity during the pending political campagn"
comes OF course, after the Postmaster General had his
fling at San FrancscO.-Provdenoe Journal
For forty years have noticed that the Republican
party has always had the job OF restoring he country 10
sound and honest basis after the Democrats leaders
have held lbs purse strings for few years-Omaha BEE
Those who used TO kick much about the biz Re.
publican surplus In the treasury are having 10 dis
deep down in their jeans to merely keep the old shin oi
state from snking-St Paul und) rribune.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
TAMMANrs WINK.

S6T WANT 10 tell you" Vice-Presidental Candidate
Roosevelt assures his friends, that the national
Democratic convention in the open"
But according 10 former Congressman Ansberry who
placed Mr. Roosevelt in nomination ne waited until he
had received a wink and nod from Boss Murphy be-
fore dared so the convention floor and propose
Rooseyets
The convention run In the open so far as the
vision Of Murphy, Brennan and Taggart concerned,
but the public rs proceedings were ycled in uncer
iaiut,
Evening journal., 1920-08-05

Through the death OF Charles w Lord Kent county has
lost one OF It's popular and successful Mr.. Lord
was an uncompromlsing Democrat but consderae In
the assertion OF his political views that he popular
with Democrats and Republicans alike. Like his brother
James Lord who died about month ago, he had free
and easy manner which made friends for him wherever
he went Mr. Lord the Of several OF the finest
farms In Kent county.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
ANorHER pRsoNER MIrHour HoNon

A MOTHER honor prisoner has escaped from the New
n Castle County Workhouse His associates in the
honor system have announced their firm determination
70 bring about his recapture and 10 make an example
~ him. How they are going 10 accomplish that is
uneston
The most important thing in the premises is for the
Public to refrain from sweeping condemnation Of the
honor system because two Of the many prisoners en-
bsced by have revealed lack OF honor betrayed the
lrust reposed in them.
1he milk in the cocoanut is that those two men con-
ItbIte only very small percentage Of the honor prs-
,ners and that there is nothing in the situation to JUS
afy anyone nduging broadsides OF criticism OF sys-
em which in its broad aspects, has done much to-
ward reforming conditions at Greenbank.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05

It within the power Of the Harding First Voters
Club Of his city contribute substantially 10 Republ
can success in Delaware this fall It already has mani
tested signs OF aggressive and effective policy in that
direction OF its chief enterprises thus FAR planned
is big rally to he held here August p. It bids
fair TO be one Of the chief meetings Of the oampan It
is noteworthy fact that the First Voters Club is in
oreasing steadily membership which is being recruited
from all The wards
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
CS ms of Thought
A lIar shouId have sod memory-oulntIlan.

liar should have a good memory.-ouintnian
.-.-.-.
One day in The country is worth month in town.
Rossetu. a.
=:-=.
Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired
Piautus.
.-:-:-.
Too many men engaged IN the profession OF carving
pine dry goods boxes with pocket knife.
-.
Il is jury trial indeed when the twelve good men
compelled 10 Listen TO very lOns-NVlnded lawyers
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
MAKING ron pUBIIc SAFETY.

A OBLIGATIONS for positions the Wilmington police
N force continue be received by the Board Of Police
Commissioners
That is exceedingly encouraging. Each man who
applies and qualities contributes just that much 10 the
safety Of our community which for years has had fewer
policemen than public interest and safety demanded.
The force should be built up to a maximum OF strength
as quickly possible.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
APPETITE? WELL
HE Sure HAD ONE.

EVANSVILLE-At an excursion
given for orphans, a little colored boy
took the cake and lot OF other
things His eating record was seven
ice cream cones. five BOTTLES OF pop,
half a dozen boxes OF popcorn. two
large pieces of watermelon. and two
pockets full OF other goodies.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05

The porch at Marion says the Washington Post Ind),
s. mighty good sounding board well whis-
De5'ng post.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05
GALVESTON MAYOR
"HARD LUCK" KING.

HOUSTON had so much hard
luck since became mavor Of Calves
ton" said II. o. Sappington. speaking
here, that / think I'm the original
hard luck guy. II / started 10 Hades
with a load Of ice the place would
freeze before / got there"
Evening journal., 1920-08-05

Stenographers. onice help and ac-
countanls should advertise In the
Want Ads for steady employment.
Evening journal., 1920-08-05

Amalgamation OF six seven different groups OF
krkers" all kicking at once. found hopeless task.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
The Sermon in Spring.

We doubt IL there was ever spring
so thoroughly welcomed and appre-
ciated as. that now graciously tripping
in. Old gentlemen of forty have been
seen to fling their hats IN the air ana
cheer. A cold and sickly marrow It
must he that isn't penetrated by the
All. pervading warmth that enters rlght
into ones inmost being and hangs up
lie hat there. As for external evl-
dence. one can smile even at the prices
turn where YOU will there Is only
beauty and fun amid such weather.
Never such a spring.
We set the moral down not so mueh
in the thought that anybody will heed
!; should ano;he awful winter EN-
brace rs in its snowy bosom az for its
bearing upon other dresr and seemingly
uncomfortable episodes OF life. Nothing
i as boresome as that exquisite hour
when hint of green first paints the
landscape If Won have had no win.
ter 10 set against il. Ask any Invalid
who has ever pursued the spring north
ward beginning at Egypt, let us say,
and ending in England when it's April
there. A rare. rare treat. you think
Far from IL Nothing Is as monoto-
nous. a. deadly and depressing not
even the bleakest winter. Weather and
lite are alike in that both would be
dull affairs without seasons and their
contrast.
In short. where Il Is always spring
there Is no spring New York Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
Travel Difficult in the Madeiras.

OF all civilized parts of the world,
Madeira is the most difficult TO get
about in This is because so mueh OF
it's landscape is. as ii were, set on edge.
Once upon a time volcano broke
loose in the sea floor where Madeira 10
now located 1t built up an enormous
mountain which presently emerged
above the surface and then kept on at
the business until four lofty ISLANDS
had come into being. Two OF these are
even now uninhabited The larger OF
the other two is called Madeira and is
terrifcally mountainous, with many
rugged peaks. the highest Of which has
an elevation OF nearly mile and
quarter. Much of the coast is an r.
regular line Of lofty precipices
The islands, built of lava 1.-THE group
il called "the Madeiras"l are so rug
ged. with steep hills and deep ra-
vines. that travel by any ordinary
means is hardly practicable. Hence
tourists who visit them and well-to-do
residents are commonly carried in lit
tiers or drawn in curious sled carriages
by bulloeks. !,
The Madeiras belong TO Portugal and
are 900 miles west of the coast OF Mo-
rocco To keep the rich soil from be-
ing washed off the mountain sides, m
credible labor has been expended In the
making of terraces. No wine OF ITS
Kind approaching in quality the old
time product of Madeira has ever been
known: but about IS years ago the
vines were well nigh destroyed by
fungous disease and the output since
then has been of markedly inferior ex-
cellence. Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
Pay Teachers or Stunt Children.

Within three months the schools will
close for the summer holidays, Unless
the people Of the United States take
steps in that time to give a living
wage to the teachers they are likely
to find when September comes, that
they have dealt gripping blow to
their own children. In almost every
part of the country Che school teach
ers are not only underpsid, bu; are SO
misersbly paid that they are finding
conditions intolerabe.
The summer vacation will offer to
thousands of teachers an opportunity
to seek fields of employment where
they will have chance to make
enough money to live with self-respect.
In this city in year two thousand
school teachers have already left their
places because they could no longer
feed and cl1.he themselves on the
wages which, poor enough five years
ago, have been starvation wages since
the dollars purchasing power was cut
in two.
A pilgrim from Tibet might regard
this as q very peculiar country. These
people" he would say. view with deep
solieitude the bodily hunger OF the
children Of other continents. but con
template with equanimity the intel
lectusl starvation Of their own off
springs" That's what il amounts TO.
New York Sun Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
WILLI4MSTOWN

Mrs. Carroll of Barre viii be at Nc
Allister's store, Williamstown, Wednes-
day and Thursday, with nice line OF
millinery
Dance at grange hall, Williamstown,
Wednesday night, April Ia. Simons'
orchestra. Dancing, S to |. Admission,
75c per couple adv.
Mrs. Jason f. Martin has lately had
brief visit from her brother, W. c.
Belknap, of the Bellows Falls Times.
The Mizpah class OF the NJ. L. Sun.
day school is to meet with Mrs. II
b. Waldo on Wednesday evening, the
l4th inst.
Mrs. Hattie Poor and granddaughter,
Rachel McAllister, have returned from
a stay of few days with Drs. Vernon
and Anna Edison at Woodsville. \. II.
The farm, stock and tools belonging
to the estate of the late Edison 5. Mar
tin are advertised TO be sold next FRI
day on he premises, sale beginning at
noon. The farm is known as the kins-
man Martin farm and lies between
WILLIAMSBURG and Grsniteyille. Sale
will include a quantity of hay and
some household furniture. The auc'
tineer is to be j. T. Jameson.
Richard Martin, who came home TO
attend the funeral OF his uncle, Albert
C. Martin, returned to Bakersfield yes
terday.
The C. V. r. r. crew of bridgemen
are in town making repairs TO the wa
ter tank and the timbers on which it
rests.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
weird Beliefs Of Cornish Miners,

Carving lanihorns and lunch bas-
kets. four Cornish miners passed my
home in the bleak light OF one morn
inc recently and suddenly one ex
claimed "A snail Well here's for
luck and ! saw him stop to Hing
some Of his dinner on the ground HIS
companions did the same Thus they
propitiated fate. For your Cornish
miner is superstitious.
A horseshoe placed on machinery
and touched by each worker four times
in succession will bring luck. To trace
cross on the side Of q mine why, no
one knows-is unlucky; and If a black
roat or white rabbit be seen, then an
accident Is near.
TO 20 underground with shoes on
they say. drives al the mineral out Of
the mine. whistling in the mine veXes
THE knockers spirits who once were
Jews and. having crlIelhed Jesus, were
doomed to work in these tin mines and
knock endlessly at the walls Of their
nrisons You may hear them sing carols
on Christmas mornings
The Cornish fisherman. too. has weird
beliefs. Spectcr ships shrouded in mist
they will tell YOU even to-day, are
ALWAYS seen before a wreck, and spT.
it, Of lost sailors give warning OF
storms and dangers coming
Mermaids arc believed in. and e y
said their combs charm away disease;
IN their good moods they protect idiot
children.
NV landlsdv one day. when ! put
the loaf Of bread upside down on the
platter. rushed forward. put Il right,
and said with horrifed tone. oh,
miss. and you'd hiring ship 20 dis
tress, london Mail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

one day and said: dad, I've got a job
for vacation. Cook has taken me onto
the streets. I'm not going to loaf my
vacation away uselessly. Every dollar
/ get helps me on toward college"
His father told me that and he, too,
was not ashamed of the boy or his job
ashamed God forbid. Inasmuch as
the father is a regular American six
footer who has plowed his own way,
he was as proud as pea hen with a
flock OF pullets. He couldn't help grim
ming all over his face about the boy.
/, too, was proud of him, A boy among
a million, do believe! The father and
! chuckled a while over the boy; but
dad won't say much to the boy about
it. Why should he. It's up to the
boy and b is doing nothing that is
worth maNhg fuss over. He is just
being manly lad unashamed of hon
est toil,--Lewiston Journal,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
Not Vicious, But III.

There is a big farm on the Hudson
which has been the scene OF much rec
lamation. 10 the days when the late
King Alcohol was winning his victor
les over human thirst the Salvation
Army sent many man to this farm
to be re-msde
Owing 70 anti-liquor legislation the
population Of the farm had dwindled
and the authorities OF the Salvation
Army have decided TO turn the whole
establishment over TO the treatment Of
drug addicts.
Ignorance has been accustomed to
look on the victims Of habit forming
drugs az people who were born that
way. Nothing could be further from
the truth. because most Of the Wild
eyed men and women who would sch
their clothes. their souls. or anything
else. for a shot in the arm OF a dose
of the drug which has made them what
thew are. were once normal, rlear-tNed
human beings.
They had tho misfortune TO become
IN. overworked. or unstrung and some
foolish friend or more than foolish ply
stefan gave them a dangerous means Of
temporary relief from pain. Nefy often
the patient did not know that the rem
edv contained cocaine or morphine or
whatever else IL was that made the
whole frame cry oilt continually for
more. But the habit was formed and
the vicf i'm made.
The ranks Of the drug users have
been reinforced recently BY thousands
~ those who have been made nearly
insane BY being too suddenly deprived
OF alcobol.
Society must recognize the dope
tiepd a. What he is desperately sick
man. What he needs Is an opporiuni-
- for iiry and thor9pgh treatment ~
Rrstrn l.lnhe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
TALK or THE TOWN

| John Zaix of South Main street left
| last night for New York City, where
he hopes to secure employment.
John Leith of Ayers street went to
Windsor to-day, having secured work
in the machine shops of Windsor.
| Mrs. Carroll will be at McAllister's
store, Williamstown, Wednesday and
Thursday with nice line Of millinery
| adv.
| John Hale and Percy Clark leave to.
| night for New York City for an in
| definite stay and with view to secur
| ing employment there.
John McCourtie of Washington
street started to- day for Vinal Haven
Me-, to make visit at his old home
| and to accept employment.
Mrs. Ralph +. Turner of l56 South
Main street, together with her little
| Conn. to visit for two weeks with
Mrs. Turner'S erin-law, Mrs. II. G
Cram.
Dave Farrand. for several years jan
itor of the Rowland building, complet-
ed these duties Saturday night and is
being succeeded by G. H. Corliss. also
janitor of the Morse block Mr.. Far
rand abandons this work to devote
more time to his public pool and bill
lizard room.
The dance in Rowland hall on Thurs
day evening of this week will be an
other one of those delightful parties
that have been held by the ladies'
union of the .Universalist church dur
ing the winter. CAROLS orchestra is
to furnish music, and the tickets are
81 90 per couple, extra ladies 35e; dane
ing from s o'clock to l2.adv.
At the annual meeting of Barre
council, No. %, Royal and Select Mas
tiers held last evening in the Masonic
hall reports were made for the year
and the following officers elected for
the ensuing year; / NJ, John G. Wyl-
lie; d. NJ, George o. Pratt; p. c, W.,
Harry c. Fisher; treasurer. V. T..
Ayers; secretary, w. d. Mcdonald;
C. g.. p, o. Vercoe; c. c.; Frank d..
Sartell; sentinel, George r. Blake.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
MUsKRAT LEADS IN WORLD FURs
Other Commercial Animals Being Elk
terminated.

The modest muskrst has at last OBJ
tanned his proper need of appreciation
His coat, the "Hudsonv seal of com
,nerce. has become the most fashion
able of furs, and costs just about treble
the price that it fetched before the
war.
For the latter. fact there is another
reason. viz. that the extraordinary
cold of winter before last froze multi
tides of muskrats TO death, thereby
reducing very largely the available sup
ply Of the animals.
Some muskrats are stream dwellers,
and make their homes in burrows IN
the banks thereof. But mostly they
live i'm swamps and build for them
selves houses of twigs and refuse veg
citation two or three feet high. The
house has a hole. for entrance and exit.
beneath the surface of the water; and
in winter time the occupants make
their way out under the ice TO look
for water lily roots, mollusks or other
food.
In the winter before last. however,
the ice over many marsh areas froze
right down to the bottom, so that the
poor fOufNNes undOit " 60 'NNN'
starved TO death.
A muskrat is nearly as big As isir-
sized cat. II ''molts" in summer. shed /
ding its hair, and its new peltage -
not well grown until early in the fol-
lowing wear. skins taken in February
and March known to the trade as
spring" peltsl are in best condition
and fetch the highest price.
About 20 skins are required to make
on, of those long and beautiful coats
that are so much admired nowadays.
They are really almost as handsome
as real sealskin. and cost very much
less. You can buy such coat for $500.
whereas a similar garment OF seal
would fetch az least 5000
But the average person who buys a
muskrat coat does not realize that one
may be worth more than twice ss much
az another. even when the two are
fashioned exactly alike, How far this
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
One Boy of the Right Sort.

Coming over TO work the other morn
ing at about 7:l5 a. M | noticed q
nice looking, red-cheeked boy OF about
Is working with the street crews il
Auburn. He was handling an lS-pound
pick and digging away the ice on the
shady side OF the street in the cool Of
the March morning. He wore high
school sweater and little round skat
ing cap. Anyone could see that he wa'
a Regular boy, well read and full OF
determination.
Said I TO myself, Here is regular
old fashioned boy who is not ashamed
of honest work
A little later by accident ] found out
who the boy is-fne family, well-todo
scholar in the schools; who came home
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13

is true may be judged by the prices
auction in St. Louis last September
On that occasion 552.3 1896 muskrat pelts
were sold in wholesale lots at 81 apiece
for fall" skins, s305 for spring,
$3.50 for spring dark" $500 for
spring, extra large" and $50 for
spring extra large and dark
Dark -colored pelts, which come most
~ from the Chesapeake region, are in
special demand Usually they are made
up unaltered and undyed. just as the
muskrats wear them, and of such ma
terial are the lovely coats one sees that
have alternate stripes OF dark and
near-white, the latter representing the
belly of the animal.
The best skins are obtained from
trapped muskrats. II the latter arc
shot, the pelts suffer injury Much
too. depends upon the proper stretching
Of the hides in curing them. Often the
animals are clumsily skinned, so that
the pelts are torn Thus values are
influenced by many considerations.
Usually the skins are Invested Of the
iodise VuAri Hdh ba thNhihef nuu Ahtb
the under fur, fine and delicate. is shorn
BY machine to an even length. After
being dyed the Hudson seal" is almost
indistinguishable from real sealskin. II
wears well. though not so we'll as fur
seal. Many women prefer it to the
latter, however, because they can re
place the muskrat coat with new
one three or four times at a cost nc
greater than what they would have, &c
pay for one seal coat.
The market supply Of fur seal i.
very limited. Of course. 0thef fur.
bearing animals a.e being rapidly *.
terminated And 50 il has come about
that the muskrat is to-day the worlds
most important producer Of furs-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
HOOVER CLUB
GETS STARTED
Continued from first page)

the secretary. were present, as were F,
H. Rabbit of Bellows Falls, +. =
Howe of Bennington, Frank 7. Parsons
of Mortified, r. w. McCuen of Yer
gennes, Collins NJ Graves of Benning-
ton, Murray Adams of Middlebury, II
w, Adams of Nergennes, Captain
James w. Webb of Shefburne. NJ. j
Barnes. A. ID. Pease. J. r. Reeves, ].
NJ. Carroll. G. NJ Besett. Frank r.
Wells, George E. Whitney and others
from Burlington.
The meeting developed great
amount of enthusiasm and the work Of
organizing in the different counties will
be completed soon. II is the intention
of the campaign managers here TO have
very complete organization
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
rcT.rr M IruIs CoRD0N

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tv the heuorAhie pruhais erurt - ~ ois-
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
Far.sirhtea

w5fe-The ao-tcr SAYS I will gain ~
isss. twenty pounds J I can get away
for = month.
-Couidnt think Il =. Why. ~;
one a your gowns you'd G. you then.
BetOn Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1920.
The Weather

Rain or snow this afternoon and to-
night; colder in New Hampshire and
Vermont tonight; Wednesday fair;
strong south winds, shifting to west
and northwest tonight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
TooLATE TO CLASSIFY

HIGHEST PRICES PAIN tor furritsrs. 49,
esq sfrTss4 str aisn rars. -uarartuos. sfr.
-rhcn. 7iA-E Ahzrn FIRE. ts M1rAs avsugs.
frr- lnr aerhi M. Chessr. = hu
ss-s-s isl faa-g tta
10 EFNT ssH--sur erszra o. Frzr-t
sire-z csn Ts--l Mcnfp<iirr. 1sti
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
GRANITEVILLE
Notice.

Notice.
Regular meeting Of branch No. u.
Q. w. L1U. Of y. A.. viii be held in
Miles hall on Wednesday, April II, al
: o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-13
75c yd..
COLORED
VOILES

Here is a splendid
assortment of all the
wanted plain shades
of the season. The
quality is exception
ally good, 40 and a.
inches wide.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1920-11-13
) CHARGED With
GRAND LARCENY

Warrants were issued late last
night for the arrest of two men and
three women on the charge of steal
ing $3.50 from John Heina, a Finn,
at the Cottage cabaret, on the night
OF November II.
According to Heina, he had gone
with friends to the cabaret and was
taken into a side room by the wom-
en-, who then picked his pockets.
The warrants issued call for the
arrest Of Cherry Brewer and her sis
ter, Jewel Andrasen, and James c.
Feeney and Willard F. Smith. Cher
ry Brewer, Jewel Andrasen and
Feeney were placed under arrest
last night. but Smith and the other
girl were said to have left for Gold
field Smith was placed under ar
rest there this morning Just as he
was about to board the southbound
train for Los Angeles, but the girl
was not with him. No date has been
set for the hearing Of the case yet