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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-01
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMC QU1NINE
tablets. All druggists refund the money
II il fails to cure.
f. W. Groves signature is on each
bCA. CSC.
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10tST COMMENCEMENT
Programme Of Exercises at Uni.
versity Of Vermont June 24.28.
Dedication ~ New Medical College
Tuesday, June ~ at ALSO ?. m.-
cellRneous University Notes.

The ono hundred and first commence
mont exercises of the University Of
Vermont Will be held Juno "a TO 2s In
elusive. Following is the programmes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17
b. A. Conan Doyle

What sort OF a JOB did you make Of
itT"
Il must ask you first, Mr.. Holmes, to
glance at this rough plan, which viii
give you a genera idea Of the position
Of the professors study and the vari-
Gus points of the case. It VIII help
you in following my investigation"
He unfolded the rough chart, which
1 here reproduce. and he laid it across
Holmes knee. / rose end, standing be-
hind Holmes, studied it over his Shout
der.
'It IS very rough, Of course, and It on
Is deals with the points which seem to
me tc be essential All the rest you
will see later for yourself. Now, first
Of all, presuming that the assassin en-
tered the house. how did he OF she
come in? Undoubtedly by the garden
path and the back door, from which
there is direct access to the stUdy Any
other way would have been exceeding
IS complicated. The escape must have
also been made along thatline. for Of
the two other exits from the room one
was blocked By Susan as she ran
downstairs and the other leads straight
to the professors bedroom. therefore
directed my attention at once to the
garden path, which was saturated with
recent rain and would certainly show
any footmarks.
My examination showed me that
was dealing with cautious and ex-
pert criminal No fOotmarks were to
be found on the path There could be
no question, however, that some one
had passed along the grass border
which lines the path and that he had
done 50 in order to avoid leaving a
track. I could not find anything in tle
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17

Hopkins plan of KOTlcy old Place.
nature Of a distinct impression, but the
grass was trodden down and some one
had undoubtedly passed II could only
have been the murderer, since neither
the gardener nor any one else had been
there that morning and the rain had
only begun ducing the night"
zone moment" said Holmes. "Where
does this path lead to-"
ITO the road"
"H0w long is it,"
"a hundred yards or So"
AT the point where the path passes
through the gate you could surely pick
mp the tracks,
Unfortunately the path was tiled
at that point"
'Vell. on the road itself?"
"No, it was all trodden into mire."
"Dut tut Well. then, these tracks
upon the grass, were they coming or
going"
1T was impossible to say. There
was never amy outline"
"a large foot or a smallT
"You could rot distinguish
Holmes gave an ejaculation Of i'm
patience.
ct has been pouring rain and blow
ing a hurricane ever since" SD he.
1T will be harder 10 read now than
that palimpsest. Wen, well, it can't
be helped What did you do, Hop
kins, after you had made certain that
you had made certain OF nOthing?"
i think / made certain Of good
DEAL Mr.. Holmes. ! knew that some
one had entered the house cautiously
from without. 1 next examined the
corridor. 1t is lined with coc0anut
mating and had taken no impression
of any kind This brought me into
the study itself. II is a scantly fur
nished room The main article is q
large writing table with a fixed
bureau This bureau consists Of a
: double column Of drawers. with a cen
/ ral small cupboard between them
+ The drawers were open. the cupboard
4 locked. The drawers, it seems, were
I always open. and nothing of value
4 WIS hN-A l4 lIE4LAs 4AEtE W EAE elL4l
+ papers Of Importance in the cupboard
I but there were no signs that this had
been tampered with. ana the professor
F.. assures ne that nothing was missing
\ 1t is certain that no robbery has been
committed.
II come now to the body Of the young
man. II was found near the bureau
and just to the left OF it. as marked
upon that chart Tie stab was on thu
right side Of the neck aud from behind
forward. 50 that it is almost impossi
Die that it could have been self in
ficted"
Unless he fell upon the knife" said
Holmes.
Exactly. The idea crossed mI
mind. But we found the knife som,
feet away from the bodys so tina
i seems impossible Then. Of course
f there are the mans own dying words
and. finally. there was this very ira
+ portant piece Of evidence which wa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17

"By George, it's marvellous cried
Hopkins, in an ecstasy Of admiration.
'To think that I had all that evidence
in my hand and never knew it! I had
intended, however, to go the round Of
the London opticians"
fOf course you would. Meanwhile.
have you anything more to tell us about
the caseg'
Nothing, Mr.. Holmes. I think that
you know as much as do now-prob-
ably more. We have had Inquiries
made as to any stranger seen on the
country roads or at the railway sta
ton. We have heard of none What
beats me is the utter want OF all object
in the crime Not a ghost Of motive
can any one suggest.
@Ah. there I am not I'm a position TO
help you. But 1 suppose you want us
Ito come out tomorrow
If it is not asking too much, Mr..
Holmes. There's a train from Charing
+ Cross to Chatham at in the morning,
and we should be at YoXley Old Place
/ between 6 and g."
/ "Then we shall take it, Your case
/ has certainly some features Of great
/ interest. and I shall be delighted to
1 look into It. Well, it's nearly 1, and
we had best get q few hours sleep.
dare say you can manage all right on
the sofa I'm frout of the Gre. I'll light
my spirit lamp and give you a cup Of
! coffee before we start"
The gale had blown itself out next
day. but it was a bitter morning when
we started upon our journey. We saw
I the cold winter sun rise over the dreary
/ marshes of the Thames and the long
! sullen reaches Of the river, which
shall ever associate with or pursuit Of
the Andaman islander in the earlier
days Of our career. After a long and
weary journey we aHghted At q small
station some miles from Chatham
While a horse was being put into O
trap at the local inn we snatched q bur
ried breakfast and so we were al
ready for business when we at last ar
rived at YOxley Old Place. 4 constable
met us at the garden gate.
''WeH. Wilson. any newsF
''NO, slr-nOthing"
"NO reports OF any stranger seenF"
'NO. sir. Down at the station thel
/ are certain that no stranger eithel
I came or went yesterday"
"Have you had inquiries made a
inns and l0dgingsF7
yes, sir. There is no one that W.
cannot account for"
'Well, it's only a reasonable wall
to Chatham. Any one might stay Their
or take a train without being observed
This is the garden path Of which
spoke. Mr. Holmes. III pledge m.
word there was no mark on it yester
day
con which side were the marks o.
the grassE
'-This side. sir-this narrow margin o
grass between the path and the 1Owe
bed. I can't see the traces now, bu
they were clear to me then"
eyes. yes; some one has passe
along. said Holmes, STOPPING over th
grass border. "Our lady must hav
picked her steps carefully, must SD
not since on the one side she woul
leave a track on the path and on th
other an even clearer one on the sot
bedF7
Eyes. sir; she must have been a coz
hand"
I saw an intent look pass owe
Holmes face.
You say that she must have com
back this way?'
yes, sir; there is no other"
con this strip Of grassF'
"Certainlf. Air. Holmes"
Hun, Ii was a very remarkabl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17

Continued on Fifteenth Pago.l
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17

IEN I look az the three
massive manuscript vol
umes which contain our
work FOR the year 1894
4 confess that it is very
dimcuit for me out Of
such a wealth Of mate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
FERvENT PRAISE OF NICOTINE.
Col. Robert C. IngersoIi's Eloquent
Tribute to Tobacco.

Col. Robert G. IngersoII's Eloquent
Tribute to Tobacco.
Four centuries ago Columbus. the
adventurous, on the blessed isle OF
Cuba. saw happy people with rolled
leaves between their lips. Above their
heads were little clouds of smoke.
Their faces were serene and In their
eyes was the autumnal look of con-
tent. These people were kind. limo
cent. gentle and loving.
The climate of Cuba is the friend
ship Of the earth and the air, and of
this climate the sacred leaves were
born-leaVes that bred in the mind of
him who used them the cloudless, hap
by days in which they grew.
These leaves make friends and cele-
brate with gentle rites the vows of
peace. They have given consolation to
the world. They are the companions
of the lonely, the friends of the i'm
prisoned, of the exiles, of workers in
mines, of fellers of forests, of sailors
on the deep seas. They are the givers
of strength and calm to the vexed and
wearied minds of those who build with
thought and brain the temples of the
soul. They tell of hope and rest They
smooth the wrinkled brows of care:
drive fear and strange misshapen
breads from out the mind and fill the
heart with rest and peace. Within
their magic warp and wool some po-
tent, gracious spell imprisoned lies,
that, when released by fire. doth softly
steal within the fortress of the brain
and bind in sleep the captured senti-
nels of care and grief. These leaves
are the friends of the fireside. and
their smokelike incense rises from
myriads of happy homes. Cuba is the
smile of the sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Characters in Cheeks.

Various faddists have instituted sys-
TENS for reading character from al
most every member of the human
body, and the latest is the young wom-
an who announces herself as reader
of cheeks"
The mature woman with youthful,
round cheeks is not necessarily intel
lectual, but her cheeks are an infalli-
BILE sign that she is never afflicted
with nerves or stinginess. On the
other hand, the long, narrow, thin
cheeks mark the pessimist who looks
always on the darkest side of life and
hopes for the worst. Full cheeks,
when not accompanied by an excess
of fat, denote long life, and if the
cheek be fuller in the lower part it is
additionally indicative of hospitality.
High cheek bones do not necessarily
indicate wickedness and avarice, al
though a high cheek bone indicates a
cautious disposition, which frequently
accompanies the avaricious DISPOSE
ton.
Cheek reading promises to become a
fad, although to her intimates the
cheek reader admits that her decisions
are influenced by a general study of
the face rather than by the cheek ex-
clusively.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
A Teacher,s Testlmonx.

Hinton, KY, Oct. 3Oth.-(Special.)
1t has long been claimed that Dia-
betes is incurable, but Mr.. E. ].
Thompson, teacher in the Hinton
school, has pleasing evidence to the
contrary. Mr.. Thompson had Diabe-
ties. He took Dodd's Kidney Pills and
is cured. In a statement he makes
regarding the cure Mr.. Thompson
says:
81 was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two of the best doctors in
this part of the state. They claimed
mad Diabetes and there was little to
be done for me. Then l started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what they
did for me was wonderful. 1t is en-
tirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills
that / am now enjoying good health"
Many doctors still maintain that Di-
abetes is incurable. But Diabetes is a
kidney disease and the kidney disease
that Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure
has yet to be discovered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Juvenile pepravitx.

Farmer Harrowfield was passing
casually through his orchard, when an
unwonted dark bulk up in his best
apple tree caught his eye, and closer
inspection revealed a guilty and anx-
ious-looking urchin hugging the
branches. Naturally he roared out
the angry but unnecessary question:
What are you doing there among
my apples, you young rascal?"
A whimper was the only reply.
81 was on'y p-pickin' EN-, sir"
gasped the terrified urchin.
well, of all the cheeky young brats
l ever came acrossl" said Harrow
field. "And what right ave you to
pick emp"
Blank silence for a moment, and
then brilliant excuse flashed INTO the
detected raiders mind. He remem-
bered something he had read in a
weekly paper few days previously.
Il w-wanted 'em for the dipsomania,
sirl" he blubbered. "They ses apples
is good for dipsomania, and I'm one of
'em. l suffers from it very bad, sir
London Answers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Japanese problem PLAY.

Comparatively little original litera-
ture in modern Japanese is worth the
serious attention of foreigners, either
in the authors text or translation, but
In the Transactions of the Asiatic So
ciety of Japan Volume xxxiii, Part y,
a Modern Japanese Problem play" is
sure to attract motive. The author, DR..
Kitasato, cousin of the famous bacteri-
ologist, has already written dramas
both in Japanese and in German, and
some of his productions in the latter
language have been acted on the
boards of theater in Germany.-New
York Evening Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM SOLVED
generation of Life by Artificial Means.

Frof. J. Butler Burke, Cambridge
university professor, recently an
nounced that he had demonstrated the
possibility of spontaneous generation.
ny means of radium and sterilized
oouilon together in test tube. he
claimed to have obtained cultures pre-
sehting many appearances of vitality.
Such as growth and subdivision. Prof.
Burke conducted experiments for six
years in the Cavendish laboratory.
with Prof. Thomson.
These experiments, together with
tnose OF Prof. Loeb of San Francisco.
IN the opinion of many scientists.
nave done much to solve the oldest
scientific problem in the world-the
generation of life by artificial means.
Loeb, some months ago, startled the
scientific world by actually fertiliz-
ing the eggs of sea urchin and thus
generating life artifcially. Now he
declares to have made another import
ant step toward an explanatian of
the process of reproduction in animal
llte He claims to have found rea-
son for the appearance of the "fertili-
zation membrane" which becomes
visible around the sea urchin and star
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19

formed. Their development, however,
was abnormally slow and imperfect.
The facts pointed to the inevitable
conclusion that the membrane forma-
ton, OF the process underlying 1t, was
a necessary accompaniment of nor
NAL development, the membrane itself
merely resulting as a mechanical con-
sequence of the extrusion of its sub
stance from the egg. 1t appeared to
contain a substance which when in
the egg prevented its development.
DR.. Loeb found that the presence
Of oxygen kills unfertilized eggs, but
develops those which have been fer
tilted. The entrance of the active
element into the egg in normal fer
tilization obviously produces a pro-
found change in its internal affairs.
Oxidation after fertilization leads to
the formation of different chemical
products from those formed in the un-
fortified but mature egg.
All facts at present indicate that
this change is not due to the mere ad-
dition of new chemical substance,
but to the fact that this additional
substance drives out another.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Work of wood-Rorlna Bees.

''The other day ! was watching a
strong colony of wondering bees,
which are not leaf-cutters. They were
little bigger than grains of rice, but
much that they did was very interest
ing. For instance, when the hole was
finished and stored, the bee closed it
over with a film something like that
which spider spins. She then brought
one by one little crystalline pebbles,
which she glued, to the number Of
about six, in the middle of the film,
and just over the hole. l can only
imagine that this is done in order to
prevent other bees from boring the
post just in that spot. In that case, it
may either be a positive bar or by
way of a notice: Please don't dig
here "-London News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19

with great success on the sea urchin
egg in simple fashion. Unfertilized
eggs were treated with a solution of
acetyc, butryic or other similar acids,
followed usually by solutions of com
mon salt
Benzol, amylene and other cnemi-
Gals of this character acted similarly.
Would they produce the membrane on
the starfish egg also? Since, under
appropriate conditions DR.. Loe. was
able to fertilize sea urchin eggs with
the active elements of starfisL, pro-
ducing thereby hitherto impossible
hybrid, it seemed to him that the lat
ter must carry into the egg sub
stances similar to those carried in
by the active element of the urchin.
He was not long in showing con-
clusively that the same substances
which produce the fertilization mem.
brane artificially in the urchin's egg
act similarly on the starfish egg. In
some cases starfish eggs would de-
velop when no membrane had been
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Poor seamanship.

Charles Frohman, in a discussion
of plays and playwrights, said:
THE budding playwright shows an
amazing ignorance. The stock mar
ket. the gold fields, diplomacy, war
whatever he takes up, he mars with
glazing errors. Not till he has learn.
ed his art does he perceive the essen.
tial need of accuracy.
'The other day l read a manuscript
play dealing with the sea. Such sea.
manship as the author displayed!
"The captain shouted in the sec.
ond act to the mate:
Are you bringing in the blunt end
or the sharp end of this ship?"
"And in the third act, when the
mate wanted the ship stopped he
yelled:
Whoa, whoa!'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
FUNNY
People VIII Drink Coffee When II
"Does Such Things"


People VIII Drink Coffee When It
"Does Such Things"
81 began to use Postum because the
old kind of coffee had SO poisoned my
whole system that l was on the point
of breaking down. and the doctor
warned me that must quit it.
My chief ailment was nervousness
and heart trouble.
Any unexpected noise would cause
me the most painful palpitation, make
me faint and weak
Il had heard of Postum and began
to drink it when l left off the old cot
fee. 1t began to help me just as soon
as the old effects of the other kind of
coffee passed away. 1t did not slim
ulate me for a while, and then leave
me weak and nervous as coffee used
to do. Instead of that it built up my
strength and supplied a constant vigor
to my system which l can always re-
ly on. 1t enables me to do the big
gest kind of a days work without
getting tired. All the heart trouble,
etc, has passed away.
Il give it freely to all my children,
from the youngest to the Oldest, and
1t keeps them all healthy and hearty.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
CONVERT TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
Man Evidently Thought Much Restitu-
ton Was Due.

ton Was Due.
One Sunday evening many winters
ago, during revival meeting in a
church in Bangor, Me. certain citi-
zen who was well known as hard bar
gamers and against whom many had
grievances, was evidently touched by
the spirit Of the meeting, for he arose
and told of his regrets as to his sinful
and selfish life, saying that he was re-
solved to deal Justly and live upright
ly, and, IL there was any one within
the sound of his voice who felt that he
had wronged him and would come to
his home the next day he would make
restitution.
The next morning about / o'clock
the midnight quiet of his neighborhood
was broken by a very loud knocking
on his front door, and a voice which
showed much Impotence asked, Hal
10, you, down therel Who are you?
What do you want?" To which the
voice of a well-known joker replied:
tits me-Jim Brown. was down to
the church tonight and heard what
you said about paying back what you
had got by cheating, so as I wanted to
be sure to get my share 1 thought l
would come around early and get
ahead of the crowd"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Favorites of Romantic Women.

Silvio Pellico's pathetic book. I'm
My Prison" the record of ten years in
the dungeons Of Venice and Spielburg.
brought him to the hearts of romantic
women, while Garibaldi's simplicity
and gallant single-minded pursuit of
the freedom of Italy. together with
strong personality, caused his simplest
sayings to be banded about from
mouth to mouth. and quoted with
fervor never bestowed upon the in
spired utterances of Biblical charac-
tiers. HE who bends his back too low
may find it hard to straighten again"
was written in half the Commonplace
Books" of England in 1884
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
A Fine collection.

At time when the art of enameling
is being taken up by many talented
women artists, it is interesting to
know that the Queen of England has
a collection which bids fair to rival
that of the czarina, which is said to
be exceptionally fine. 1t is Queen
Alexandra who has had much to do
with arousing the popular fancy for
fine enameled jewelry, for not only
does she wear great deal of it her
self, but she also gives many speci-
mems as gifts to her friends.
Her majesty's niece, the Princess
Louise Augusta of Schlsswig- Holstein,
is an accomplished worker in the art
of enamels, and designs all her own
handiwork.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19

fish after they have been penetrated
by the active element.
Prof. Loeb, when he began his in
vesugations on sea urchin eggs, real
tzed that one constant accompaniment
Of its normal development was the for
nation of a delicate, transparent
membrane about the egg. This mem
brane appeared with such rapidly as
to seem literally to jump away from
the egg surface. The space between
the membrane and the egg surface
always was filed with transparent
fluid.
Soon after the formation of the
membrane the egg would divide into
halves, each of which would divide a
little later into two others. The devel-
opment proceeds in this way by sell
division, the process being initiated
BY the entrance of the active ele-
ment.
At the beginning of his attempts to
solve the mystery of fertilization DR..
Loeb was convinced that he must dis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19

Pete was born near San Antonio,
Texas, and is an animal of remarkable
beauty. He travels in a special car
and is as well cared for as any race
horse. He races almost every day
against horses whose owners think
they can negotiate the mile while
Pete covers the half. The start al
ways is made under the wire, with
steer and horse abreast, and thus far
Pete has won. every race.-New York
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
FRENcHMAN BUILDS ODD HOME.
Constructed Of Stones He Picked Up
by the Roadside.

With stones picked up by the road
side during twenty-six years Ferdi-
nand Cheval, rural postman at Hau-
terive, Drome. France, has just COM
pleted with his own hands the build
ing of a beautiful house. It was the
dream of his youth, and he has realiz-
ed it without the aid of a mason,
sculptor or architect. His habit of
picking up pieces of stone earned him
the reputation of being a "crank, -
but when the walls of his palace" be-
gan to appear his critics changed
their minds. 1t is strange and beau.
tiful building. Figures and plants and
animals cover the exterior. In all
1000 cubic yards of stone were used,
and the total cost to the postman was
only $1,000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-19
Real Founder of Family.

A visitor to the West cemetery at
Litchfield, Conn. found the following
interesting inscription on a tombstone
there: Here lies the body of Mary.
wife of DR.. John Buel, Esq. She died
Nov. 4th, 1868, act "a, having Is chill
dren, 101 grandchildren, 274 great
grandchildren, 22 great-great-grand-
children-total, 40; 336 survive her."