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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29
MISS GILBERT
MISTAKE

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l was awaiting an answer TO a card
which had sent UP to my friends. the
Gilberts, when the waiter who had
taken 1t returned and invited me to fol
low him. On reaching the SUIT Of
apartments to which he led me there
stood a young girl, with card In her
hand, whom / had never seen. My
first impulse was to withdraw, but
when she advanced to greet me there
was that ID her presence. especially in
the smile with which she welcomed
me, that babe me pause for develop
ments.
II expected you" she said. Uncle
wrote me that you would be here to
day, though hardly thought you
would come 50 early Yes, know
what you're going to say-couldn't
wait and all that. Such nice things
don't count between Us, since we've
never seen each other. Keep them till
our acquaintance IS at least a few min
utes old.
1t was thus that she stopped the only
attempt on my part to tell her Of the
mistake she was making. She led me
to tete-a-tete, where we took seats
facing each other: then she said:
well, are YOU disappointed"
disappointed? On the contrary. I'm
delighted
ets, l,,,.s,.,a har a,,as chs ,.,,i4 !, 4,
conceal the pleasure my appreciation
called forth.
"And youg' | asked Are you dis
appointed IN megs
Her only answer was a smile, but II
SPOKE far palmer than words that she
was much pleased with ME.
Il have told uncle all along, she
said, that the mere union Of two mis-
erahle pieces OF property would be no
ihdueement TO me- There must be
something far beyond convenience
.Certainl. replied.
Il confess it his bothered me to
know that your land Is worth more
than mine"
GtlNNN hft4H NftSNANt9 u AA0tGA Ill
progress In which two estates were to
be joined. was rich, but the lady
night be richer. was curious to
Know how rich she was.
Il have no idea what yours Is
worth | remarked carelessly. nor
do / care
Uncle says it's worth $4,000. while
yours is worth $4,000"
breathed q sigh Of relief. If II
came to a tussle with the other fellow
could outbid him--I was heir to
100000.
Don't let us talk Of such sordid
matters. Let us rather speak OF that
union Of hearts which is most impor.
tant in marriage. Tell me if since see
ing me you think you can love me"
II don't know" she said, looking up
at me archly. Its too soon to tell"
a voluntary confession does not in.
volye necessarily all the mean things
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29
Awaiting Developments in
Hackett Murder Case.
THE TWO PERSON THEORY
And the Statements Of Two clairvoy-
ants, Find Much to Support That
Theory = The clairvoy-
ants Vision.

Readneld, Me-, Aug. 29-The investi-
CATION Of the murder OF Miss Matte
Hackett is being conducted by State
Detective Hartnett and Deputy Sheriff
Brown. The county officials. who have
been making daily visits to the Haekett
farm, remained in Augusta yesterday, it
being announced that, pending certain
developments, no arrest viii be made.
Those who adhere to the two person
theory find in the statements of two
well known clairvoyants, made within a
week, much in support Of their idea.
One of these, whose name The Herald
is not at liberty to publish, but whose
reputation extends all over New England
has never visited the scene of the crime,
has never seen any Of the persons con-
nected with it, or known anything of the
Hackett family prior to this event. She
has made the following statement:
when Matte Hackett's father was
bending over his dead girl, imploring
her to speak TO him, man sat on a big
bowldeF in bushes not 20 feet away from
him. The man was twisting and tear
ing a letter, the bits Of which he threw
into tree The letter was originally
placed for him beside, or under, rock
which lay in front Of the clump Of
bushes and which was more or less con-
eealed by grass"
One may pooh and laugh at this, but
the fact remains that when persons ex-
mined that clump Of bushes they found
the rock on which the medium says the
man sat and on the soil at its foot were
the prints Of a mans feet. They also
found scraps Of letter And, too, they
found, just as described, the smaller
rock, alongside Of which there was a
hollow place where il would be possible
for letter to be concealed. This rock
was right at the opening of little path
leading through the bushes to the stone
wall OF the Niekerson field.
In Augusta a clairvoyant has told the
same story, with the exception that she
did not mention the letter. Both de-
scribe the young man as being about 80
years of age, rather tall, not very stout
and light-complexioned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29
KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED.
Boy, Made Captive by Man in Buffalo,
Escapes in Chicago.

Chicago, August 29.-Declaring that
he was kidnapped from his home in
Buffalo, n. Y, BY man who seized
him and hurried him away on train,
John Bosch, fifteen years old, Sunday
night told the police story of how
he had been held captive and tortured
by the stranger during bis journey from
Buffalo to Chicago.
The boy declares he was playing in
front of his home in Buffalo with sew
eral companions when man approached
and seized him By the arm. Before he
could realize what was happening, he
was taken to the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern Railroad station, placed
on train, and hurried away When
they boarded the train, Bosch told the
police, the man beat him severely and
threatened him.
He arrived in South Chicago with the
stranger early last Friday morning and
was made to beg on the streets, but
later managed to escape.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29
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man has been guilty Of, especially In
an affair of love. SO | will only say
that I had delightful visit, but the
moment | got out OF the hotel | felt
like a cur The thought Of her dlscov-
cry Of my villainy Mortified me. This
came, confess, not from tender con
science, but because | had fallen In
love with the girl / had deceived.
There was no great mystery about
the matter. simply a coincidence, or
rather a double coincidence. There
was probably more than one Gilbert
family In the hotel. and the man who
was expected must have been Of the
same name as /. Nothing remained
for me but to leave my rival TO call in
his own good time and uncover my
yillaIny.
A year passed ! neithes saw nor
heard anything Of her who must be
Miss Gilbert, though both wanted
and dreaded to see her. A meeting
came at last. and when it came it was
SO sudden that 1t quite took my breath
away. At bali one evening / was
dancing a figure In which partners are
changed, and suddenly found myself
vis-a-vis with the lady whom had 50
grossly deceived ! stood as IL turned
to stone. There was momentary look
on her face as If she might have seen
me before. Then she accepted me for
a partner as she would any other man
who had not been introduced. We
finished the figure without a word. and,
inclining her head slightly, she left ME.
/ took steps at once to discover who
she was and found, as | supposed, that
she was Miss Gilbert.
Apparently she had not recognized
me as the man she had received by
mistake. At any rate / proposed to
brazen 1t out that ! was not. | SEE
cured an Introduction and asked her
to dance. What troubled me was that
there was none of that delightful In,
terchange Of sympathy we had expert
enced One thing she said pierced me
TO tie heart. You have the same
name and greatly resemble a man who
once treated ne very dishonorably.n
thanked heaven that she did not
know was the same person and set
out to win her rs an entirely new
Identity. found it uphill work. How
ever, by exercising patience / finally
succeeded. when she told me that
had had to overcome her prejudice
against me In my resemblance to the
man who had acted so contemptiBIy
| shuddercd at the narrow escape
had had in not being recognized and
declared that the fellow deserved a
coat Of tar and feathers
One day after we had been married
some time concluded to confess that
l was the man who had acted as she
always contended, very dishonorably.
/ did so fearfully and watched her ex-
preston as she received the confession.
she was not In the least surprised,
On the contrary, she told me that she
knew me the moment she met me the
second time Moreover, she had re-
fused the other fellow, hoping that
would follow the affair to an end.
o. NORMAN EDDY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29

Bathing is often answerable for aural
disease when ducking the head IS prac-
ticed. 1t should be borne in minl that
the ear is intolerant Of cold wates and
in addition to this the stimulating
properties of sea water render II irri-
tating to the ear and liable 70 set up
Inflammation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29
Fiah a. Pets.

The natives of the settlements along
the Malay strait keep as pets the tiny
fish Toxotes jaculator, which feeds on
flies and other insects obtained by
firing drops Of water from It's elongat-
ed mouth, generally hitting its prey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29

Where there are pet cats and dogs in
the house always have cup OF water
IN some out Of the way corner where
the animals can find It at any time
See that this water IS renewed daily
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-29

Barley grows wild IN the mountains
Of Himalaya, where It is apparently
indigenous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18

A smart man may not know all that
people think he knows, but he knows
q lot of other things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
FOOTBALL AT COLUMBIA.
Thirty-five Men Practicing for First
Game September 80.

Columbia, Mo, Sept 1S.=Ideal
weather conditions have marked the
opening of the practice season of the
University of Missouri football squad.
Coach McLean's announcement that
practice would be held regardless of
weather conditions has seemingly
brought the elements to terms. The
practice so far has been of an element
passing the ball, falling upon it and
kicking punts. Thirty-five men have
been out regularly in suits every even
ing. This fact has made the football
situation appear brighter to the root
ers, there being but eight or nine men
out the first week.
There are plenty of big husky fell
lows in the lot, many weighing over
$50 pounds. The line this year shows
but doubts are expressed concerning
material for the back field.
That Coach Mclean and his assist
ants are up against a hard proposition
cannot be denied but the football en-
thusiasts do not hesitate to place con-
ddence in him and believe he can ac-
complish what he has set out to do.
Every effort is being made to de-
velop a strong team ready to give
Kirksviile a bitter dose when it comes
here September 80 to open the season.
r. H. Jesse, who played on the var
sity team in 1902-1903 and who was
prevented from playing last year on
account of Illness, is a great addition
to the forces and is certain to make
good. Anderson, captain of the team,
will not get into the game until the
middle of the season. He has been
quite i'll with fever at his home, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS.

There is no argument about the
matter at all Topeka is certainly a
wet town.
John P. Fritts. former well known
Topeka newspaper man, is now with
Leslie's Weekly.
The alleged funny man who insists on
asking, Have you had rain enough to
suit you" should be suppressed.
There is an abundance of water in the
river, but for that matter there seems
to be plenty of water everywhere else.
The ball season is over and so is
the state fair. If you look close enough
you can always find bright spot some
where.
Yesterdays double-header at Asso-
citation park between the White Sox
and Wichita closed the season on these
grounds.
The Topeka Edison company have
purchased lots PA, 226 and 22S on
Van Buren, street from Daniel c. Jones
of Vermillion. Ill.
Persistency will do a whole lot It
took a lot of people out to the Wild
West show Saturday evening through
the wet, dirt and rainstorm.
A social will be given by the Ep-
worth League of the First Methodist
church Friday evening, September %,
at the Governors mansion.
G.. B. Blair, formerly a teacher at
Washburn, has gone to the Allegheny
observatory, Allegheny City, Pa,
where he will be assistant to the
teacher in astronomy.
The Ohio club of Topeka and Shaw
nee county will hold their annual pic
mic at Vinewood park Tuesday, Sept.
10Th. All natives of Ohio are invit-
ed whether members of the club or
not.
Governor Hoch thinks that the Miller
Brother show is immoral and indie
cent. Wonder what he thinks of the
tented aggregation that held forth at
the fair grounds last week. And he
didn't say a word either.
And now the councilmen are wonder
ing if it will be necessary to impeach
Mayor w H: Davis. The council pass
| ed resolution at the last meeting of
| that body instructing him to close the
| joints and disorderly resorts of the city.
Some observer reports a bad hole
| in the pavement near the corner OF
| Seventh and Kansas avenue They
would not have had to have moved to
/ have counted several others If they
were looking for holes in the pave
ment.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
| railroads have announced reduction
on the freight rates on coal we are in
| formed by the coal dealers that this
reduction does not apply to lump Goa
and that coal will be higher than evel
| this winter.
/ Councilman William Green bears
| about the same reiduOn 10 lne CITY
/ council that small boy does to the
i family when there is mixed company
/ dining He asks thousand ernbar
4 RAISING questions and refuses to bs
squelched-
II A few chimney tops were blown ovel
4 last evening and afternoon by the wind
The life saving crew has been worked
overtime the past ten days endeavorins
to save the lives of venturesome citi
dens on the stormy depths of Kansas
1 avenue pools.
A merry fight is going on between
1 the w. G. L. S. and the Gamma Sigma
societies of Washburn college for new
pledges. The new student who will bt
q prospective member OF either society
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
EMPoRIA COLLEGE BUSY.
Football Players Practicing for Game
With WaShburn.

Emporia, Sept. 1s.-Just two weeks
from Friday the college football team
will play its first game of the season,
with Washburn at Topeka. This will
mean some pretty stiff practice, and re-
alizing this the preachers are now hard
at work. Preliminary practice begun
early in the week, and by the middle of
next week signal practice will be in
full sway. Most of the men have been
doing outside work this summer, and
are in better shape than the first of the
season usually finds them
A new system of coaching will be
tried at the college this year. No coach
has been hired. as in the past few
years, and some of the faculty members
will coach the team. William Bell and
Lorin Handley, of the faculty,will coach
the team. Bell is an athlete from Colo
RADIO university. Handley played three
years on the Hanover team and has had
some football training at Princeton. D.
C. Schaffner who has been at the head
of college athletics for several years,
will manage the team, and Chase Will
son will act as student manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18

reach for the best 1 have ever even
hoped to own-at least until / am too
old or too set in my ways to learn how
to put them on and feel at home in
them. Why did the fate that so pre-
sistently kept me from all these things
refuse me the kindness of making me
callous to the blows ones self-conscious-
ness must suffer by reason of such
shortcomings? But I'm going to stay.
because you've worked like the mischief
ever since we were left alone in the
world. to give me the sort of education
you hungered for in your girlhood. I'm
going to see If brains will count against
clothes. I'm sorry I'm not there to take
all the heavy work off OF your hands.
My muscles fairly ache to be doing
something difficult. Don't let Pedro shirk
on you. If he does. I'll break every bone
in his body when I come home. If I
could only have left my strength at
home for youi I seem not to need it
here. Maybe I'll get used to this sort Of
life, and maybe won't. Lovingly, Ez. :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
Snake Hunters.

Down south the darkies are great
snake hunters" said Captain John H.
Coyne, of Tampa. Fla. There seems
to be an irresistible fascination about
the sport, and many prefer it to any
other form of amusement. 1t is in the
marshes and bayous that the colored
people hunt their game, which is
caught by long poles with forked ends
and string slip nooses. Many are cap
tured for the sake of their oil, which
is supposed to be a fine remedy for
rheumatism and other ailments to
which the flesh of black and white is
alike heir. Then live snakes are used
in the mysterious ceremonies of Woo
doc, and the several uses to which
they are put and the fortunes which
they are often forced to undergo are
supposed to annihilate witches, re-
move spells put upon darkies by ma
licious persons. and to insure the pres
ence of good luck. When one of the
snake hunters is bitten he treats it as
a light matter. He enlarges the bite
with his penknife and drains it with
his lips. 1t is seldom one of them dies
of snake bite. milwaukee Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
A Freshman's First Letter Home.

Strickland w. Gillian, president of the
Association of American Humorists, con-
tributes a clever short story to "Suc-
cess Magazine for September, entitled
"A Fresno Freshman" The following
letter from the freshman. written few
days after his arrival at college is taken
from it:
Dear Nom: I'd like to tell you every
things pleasant here, but 1 guess it's
better for me to tell the truth-Pd feel
better if do. The cruel hard life we've
lived all these years, skimping on every
thing and crowding the entire income
from cherry trees, vineyards and cows
into my head, to the utter neglect of
everything outside of it. has fitted me
for college in way. My studies are
easy. But, mother, it's downright cruel
fixicn to be so glaringly unkempt and
and ungainly. I know just how 1 look.
I'm different from other people. The
things that seem to come natural TO
them, in way of neatness and dreSsi-
ness look to me as if 1 could not, in a
whole lifetime, cultivate; and the clothes
they seem to be used to seem out of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
TAPANs LARGEST BATTLEsHIP, MIKAsA WHICH HAS BEEN
BLOWN

appears on the field each evening.
Nothing definite as to the personnel
of the team can be learned. since all
the old men have not put in their ap-
pearance.
Other candidates are: Heimbucker,
track team, trying for end; Warden, a
new man. weight $50; Porter, center
for st. Charles Military academy last
year, 205 pounds; Lindberg, a Finn
1iams. guard for Missouri in 1901. 200
pounds; Hof. guard in 1902 and 1908.
Robinson of St Louis is. booked to
arrive today. Scrimmage work and
running formations will be the order
this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
OWNERS OF WESTERN PACIFIC.
Officially Announced to Be ID. &. r. G
and Rio Grande Western.

San Francisco, Sept. 1S.-Vice
President Watts of the Utah Construc-
ton company that has the contract
for building the major portion of the
Western Pacific, has left for Salt Lake
City where he will confer with Presi-
dent Jeffery regarding the building of
the line Copies of the annual report
of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company have been received here In
it the president makes the first official
statement to the effect that the Den
yer & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande
Western railroad companies are the
owners of the Western Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
Protest. AGAINST NIassacre.

Boston, Sept. 1S.-The Armenian
American citizens of the city and vi
cinity held a mass meeting last night
to protest against the massacres of
Arrnenians in the Caucasus. Resolu-
tons were adopted denouncing the
Russian authorities and holding them
responsible for the death of thousands
of innocent persons. The local Off
GERS were charged with having actual
Nv excited the disorders and encour-
aged Moslem fanaticism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18

continually and were in the rut most of
the season. The club has some of the
best players in the circuit, but they were
burdened with dead wood and kept out
of the race all summer. In Second Base
man Byrne. Catcher Sebaugh, Pitcher
Groom and Third Baseman Hetling, the
club has the equal of any quartet of
players in the circuit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18

is being surfeited with receptions and
attentions of every sort, all to get him
to Join.
As a closing turn at the wild west
show given at the fair grounds and in
respect of Governor Hoch and his
ideas of running show on Sunday
Joe Miller called in one of his praying
mules and while the crowd passed out
the mule remained in prayerful atti-
tude while the cowboy band played
Nearer My God to Thee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-18
Passing of the Horse.

patient observer on one of the main
roads near London counted the vehicles
passing to and from the metropolis be-
tween o'clock in the morning and at
night. The results were: Bicycles, a.,
SIT; motor cars, 557; electric street cars,
407; horse vehicles, 209; total, $3.50. Ac-
cording to these figures the horse is rap
idly being outnumbered.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-04-13
SOUTHERN TOWNS.
Distances from One Town to An.
other and How TO Reach
Them.

Most people have an indirect
knowledge of the location of the
various newly established towns
i'm the Southern Nevada gold dis
tricts, but few of them have any
definite intelligent idea as to
where each town actually Is and
the relative direction and dis
lance of one from another. 1t
will therefore be of interest to
many and valuable to some to
have them set forth. The fol
lowing carefully prepared infor-
nation regarding these localities,
the names of which are seen and
heard of every day. more and
more as time passes, but just
where they are situated in the
broad expanse of southern coun-
try few persons could tell, even
among some of those Interested
more or less in mining affairs.
Goldtield is % miles south of
Tonopah; Is miles south of Gold
field is Tank Springs; % miles
south brings one to Summerville,
the new strike, which is three
miles west of Throps Mills.
where is located the Nevada
Goldfield Mining Company S
property. y miles south from
Summerville is Muddy Spring;
8 miles south from Muddy is Old
Bullfrog or Armagoza (now de-
serted Three-quarters of a
mile south is the new town of
Bullfrog, formerly called Bonan-
"a. From Riolite to Beatty, a
town of 800 people, is 1 miles
northeast, passing the rich Mont
gomery- Edwards mine. Going
farther south from Beatty, 4
miles, one reaches Gold Ctn re-
with it's $50 people. One hun
bred and ten miles southeast from
Bullfrog are located the rich
strikes of Las Vegas, reached by
some. via the Clark railroad and
stage.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-04-13
Small .P0x in Reno.

Several cases of smallpox
have broken out in Reno. The
victims are confined in a pest
house and strict quarantine reg
ulatious are enforced. Many
cases have existed in Tonopah
some time
Every precaution should be
ttken TO prevent the disease get
ting a foot hold in this county
AS warm weather approaches, it
is the duty of everyone, and es-
pecially of all peace officers, to
see that the Sanitary conditions
are the best. Many people in