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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
3TIXX3TYX

Holmes rubbed his hands and chuckled
with delight.
sour material is rapidly accumulat-
Ing" said he.
"Three days later message was left
scrawled upon paper and placed under
pebble upon the sundial Here it is,
The characters are, as you see, exactly
the same as the last one. After that
determined to lie in wait, SO got out
my revolver, and sat up in my study
which overlooks the lawn and garden
About in the morning was seated
by the window, all being dark save for
the moonlight outside, when heard
steps behind me, and there was my
wife in her dressing gown. She i'm
plored me to come to bed. told her
frankly that I wished to see who it
was who played such absurd tricks
upon us. She answered that it was
some senseless practical joke and that
! should not take any notice of it.
eff it really annoys you, Hilton, we
! might go and travel, you and !, and
80 avoid this nuisance
"'What, be driven out Of our own
house by a practical joker?' said l.
/ why, we should have the whole coun.
ty laughing at u.s.
"'Well, come to bed,' said she. and
we can discuss it in the morning.
Suddenly, as she spoke, saw her
white face grow whittier yet in the
moonlight, and her hand frightened up.
on my shoulder. Something was NOV
! ing in the shadow of the Toulouse.
saw a dark, creeping figure which
crawled round the corner and squatted
in front of the door. Selling my pistol
was rushing out when my wife threw
i her arms round me and held me will
convulsive strength. tried to throw
her off, but she chung to me most DIES
perately. At last got clear, but b,
the time had opened the deor ant
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22

] !; =: :; !; ]: j .: J: J;
DIMES had been seated
for some hours in silence,
with his long, thin back
,.-.zs... curved over q chemical
HSSNM&V vessel in which he was
NHRGSify brewing practicularly
malodorous product. His
head was sunk upon his breast, and he
looked from my point of view like a
strange, lank bird with dull gray plum
age and a black topknot.
$50, Watson" said he suddenly, 'you
do not propose to invest in South AZ
rican securities?"
I gave start of establishment. Ac-
customed as was to Holmes curious
faculties, this sudden intrusion into my
most intimate thoughts was utterly in
explicable.
"How on earth do you know thatY
asked.
He wheeled round upon his stool with
steaming test tube in his hand and a
CLEAN of amusement in his deep set
eyes.
"Now, Watson, confess yourself ut
terly taken aback," said he.
II am"
II ought to make you sign a paper to
| that effect"
"Why?"
Because in five minutes you will
| say that 1t Is all SO absurdly simple"
II am sure that I shall say nothing
Of the kind"
you see, my dear Watson"-he prop
ped his test tube In the rack and began
to lecture with the air Of professor
addressing his class-'it Is not really
difficult to construct series Of infer
ences, each dependent upon its prede-
cessor and each simple in itself. If,
after doing SO. one simply knocks out
all the central differences and presents
ones audience with the starting point
and the conclusion, one may produce
startling though possibly a meretri-
cious effect. Now, 1t was not really
difficult by an inspection Of the groove
between your left forefnger and
thumb to feel sure that you did not
propose to invest your small capital in
the gold fields"
Il see no connection"
Every likely not, but I can quickly
show you close connection. Here are
the missing links Of the very simple
chain: First, you had chalk between
your left finger and thumb when yor
returned from the club last night; sec
ond, you put chalk there whom yor
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
SXiXT

"Tell me-" said Holmes-and could
see by his eyes that he was much ex-
cited-"was this mere addition to the
first, or did it appear to be entirely
separator
ct was on different panel of the
door,
Excellent This is far the mast i'm
portant of all for our purpose. 1t fills
me with hopes. Now, Mr.. Hilton Gu
bitt, please continue your most interest
ing statement"
10 be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
F1iskiest Squire at Ninety.

Dressed in his Sunday best, Squire
George Apologize, the largest individual
property owner of Bethlehem, Pa, and
a nonagenarian at that, strolled into a
grain field the other afternoon, cut with
a cradle half a dozen shocks of wheat,
and few minutes later, while hopping
the perspiration from his brow at the
wedding of his nephew, challenged the
bridegroom to a Jig Then, refusing q
cab, he romped home, mile away, as
spry as man of so.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
KYX1YfYYH

"Excellentl said Holmes. "Nxcel-
lentl Pray continue"
"When had taken the copy rubbed
out the marks, but two mornings later
fresh inscription had appeared. I
have q CODY of it here:"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22

Man Behind the Desk-Ain't you
working now?
Man with the Cigarette-No; the
man was working died last week.
Cincinnati ENQUIRE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
Farmers and horsemen.

Are your horses afflicted with Heayes?
If SO you should at once procure bot
tie of LUERs HEAvE DROPS, a sure
cure for Heaves Short-wiudedness,
Coughs and Indigestion. For sale by
]. d. Luers Drug Co., P. A. Clemmer,
VIM. Connolly, Tomas s. MILF, Cresco,
Ia; and Horton s. Burns, Lime
Spring, Iowa. 100y1
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
Sour


No appetite. loss Of strength. nervous
ness. headache. constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour r!sings, and eatarrh
Of the stomach are all due TO indigestion.
Kodol cures indigestion. This new discov.
cry represents the natural Juices Of diges-
ton as they exist In healthy stomach,
combined with tho greatest known tonic
and reoonstruotive properties. Kodol Dys.
pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion
cures all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball. Of Ravenswood. ". Va, says.
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
kodol cured mo and We are now using Il In milk
for baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. $l.oo Size holding az times the t1iaI
size, which sells for so cents.
Prepared by E. o. Dewitt & co., CHICAGO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s s;sss q: :, AkHzzzM
For Sale.

For Sale.
The west half of the southeast
quarter of section IL, township 3d.
range IL, Howard county, Iowa. En-
quire of John Rathart and Stephen
Dotzler, Bonair, Iowa, or J. A. Dreier
Billings, Mo. l5tf.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22
Even Worse,

II can't imagine anything more sat
!sfactory," remarked the chronic
kicker, than meal at our boarding
house."
MOP" replied the sentimental youth.
Evidently you never got kiss from
your best girl over the telephone
Philadelphia Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22

No such thing as summer com
plaint'' where DR.. Fowler'S Extract
of Wild Strawberry is kept handy.
Natures remedy for every looseness
of the bowels.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-22

u
reached the house the creature was
gone He had left trace of his pres
ence, however, for there on the door
was the very same arrangement of
dancing men which had already twice
appeared and which have copied on
that paper. There was no other sign
of the fellow anywhere, though ran
all over the grounds. And yet the
amazing thing is that he must have
been there all the time, for when ex-
amined the door again in the morning
he had scrawled some more Of his pic
lures under the line which I had al
ready SEEN"
"Have you that fresh drawing?'
eyes, it is very short, but made a
copy of it, and here it is"
Again he produced a paper. The
new dance was in this form:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
THE ROYAL BOX.

Kaiser Wilhelm is extrayagantly
fond Of caylare.
Queen Amalie Of Portugal is an ac-
complshed nurse, holds doctors di-
ploma and personally takes part III the
management Of certain hospitals and
even in the nursing Of special patients.
The beTothal of Alfonso, king Of
Spain, and the Duchess Marie Antoi-
nette daughter of the Archduke Paul
Frederick Of Meclslenburg- Schwerin, is
now regarded as settled. ii viii be
formally arranged on the occasion Of
the visit Of King Alfonso to the kaiser.
Queen Margherita Of Italy, who ia a
great lover of the Alps. viii ascend to
the summit Of the Pic dOlen, in the
Monte Rosa range, as soon as the snow
melts in order to open the Alpine libra
ry, which has been erected on the top
of the mountain at the queens initla-
tive and expense to the memory Of
KingsHumbert
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26

We know OF no concerted raid on city
Offices and other positions Of prominence
by the Barre Burns club, but the fact
remains that this organization has them
pretty well eornered without trying.
The club numbers fifty members, and
among them are the following honors,
the holders Of which were present at
the Robert Burns anniversary by the
club last evening: mayor Of the city,
city clerk and treasurer, president Of
the board OF aldermen and chairman of
the street committee, street superinten-
dent, license commissioner, school
commissioner, former alderman, pres
ident Of the granite manufacturers
association, secretary Of the same asso-
citation, and secretary of the granite
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
GOWN GOSSIP

The Louis Seize style Of bodice is
growing in favor for evening gowns.
The ribbon parasol which made its
first appearance last season, is expect
ed to attain considerable vogue next
summer
A smart touch Of color Is lent to some
of the new storm coats by collar and
cuffs OF leather in natural tone. green
or scarlet
Spangled black tulle is utilized for
some smart evening gowns, relieved
with d spray Of red roses or chrysanthe-
NUNS and mauye nousseline de sole
with wistaria blooms.
Myrtle and lizard shades Of green as
well as the bronze tones, the raspberry
and currant tones OF red, medium vio-
let, deep plum and burgundy and the
golden browns are day wear tints this
year both for cloth and velvet. Brook.
lyn Eagle
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26

that in case Of fire and panic they would
know what to do to assist in calming
an audience and in enabling the people
to get out Of the building if necessary.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed
npon the value Of such training. If the
ushers and others employed in a thea
tire are schooled so that they are able
to keep cool heads when the emergency
arises there is a likelihood that their
efforts would be enough to prevent the
audience from becoming panic-stricken
when there really is no danger. And,
too, if there is danger the same self con-
troll would be invaluable in assisting the
fear-frenzied people to the places of ex-
it. There is probably no more need for
the precaution in the Burlington thea
tire than there is right here in Barre.
Certainly the means OF getting out Of
the former are much easier to reach
than are the exits in the Barre opera
house. 1t would be q most wise move
for the management of the local thea
tire to conduct drill of similar ma
ture; at least it would be well to lay
down certain rules for the ushers and
other workers at the theatre to follow,
even if the regular fire drill is not used.
Patrons of the house would feel easier,
although we admit there is really little
need for apprehension.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
The Song of the Car.


bow benignly left and right
TO my devoted people,
duck keg OF dynamite
Hurled at me from a steeple.
ride along serene and calm.
unmoved by the conclusions
OF lyddite mine and bangite bomb
From patriotic Russians.
To never seem to bat an eye
Is always my endeavor,
Though shrapne shrieks and bullets fly
And shotguns pop forever.
To shoot at kings. of course. would be
Esteemed somewhat as treason.
But here it's different. For me
It's always open season
Whene'er felgn real peace Of mind.
MY doubts and fears concealing,
a bomb exploded from behind
Removes me through the ceiling
When some good subjects hand clasp,
Though spies about me hover,
He leaves gun cotton in my grasp.
afterward discover.
Yet all unterrifed am I
It's always my endeavoF
To stifle sob or moan or sigh
Though bombs boom on forever
TO fight the men of far Japan
I've sent my mighty army
And chuckle that out there il can
Have little chance to harm me
When Of the nihilists' bloody plots
/ get trifie weary
box them up in hundred lots
And ship them TO Sibery.
And thus ! lead a peaceful life;
! think I'm rather clever,
For In the midst of blood and strife
/ keep my head forever.
James Montague In New York Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
cutters union, the largest body in the
city. It appears to be case Of in
finite riches in a small space.
sAFETY IN THEATRES.

Just word Of commendation is per.
haps dine the managers Of the new the
atre in Burlington for their efforts to
allay suspicion which surrounds all
places Of amusement, since the terrible
Iroquois theatre disaster and which
has not been minimized in the least the
present season by the destruction Of
so many theatres. The managers Of
the Burlington amusement place have
drilled the ushers and other attaches so
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26

Did you attend our Special Underwear Sas had better
and
different sold is
unexcd Every perfect worth regular
cost OF material Entire second floor this display
SALE BEGINS AT a. M SATURDAY JANUARY %
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
TIE VAUGHAN STORE, Barre, VT.
RANDOLPH.

Ransom Granger, about 81 years old,
died yesterday morning at his home in
Bethel Gilead. Mr.. Granger appeared
to be in good health and the day be-
fore he worked all day in the woods
saving wood and went to bed that
night feeling well and to all appear
ances in the best of health. In the
early morning when he awolSe he was
taken with a vomiting spell and died
in a very few minutes. Mr.. Granger
lived on his farm in Bethel Gilead for
many years and was much respected
citizen and neighbor He is survived
by a wife and daughter eight years
old. He is also survived by one sister,
Mrs. Russell Woodward, who lives in
Gilead. The funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26

Judging by the number of serious
coasting accidents in Barre this winter,
the boy and the sled are given much
freedom in that city perhaps more than
Is good for him. Montpelier Journal.
What would your Give him barrel
stave and tell him to go back of the
house and amuse himseIff
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
$3.50
copies, the largest paid circulation of
any daily paper in this section.

When one considers that there are
ti5 Oranges scattered throughout Yer.
mont he realizes what a vast political
power it might become.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
OFFICE IN BOLSTER BLOCK, BARRE. VT.
81 per cent Paid on Deposits. Began B,,siness

7. 8. HOwLANn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
Fist Class Real Estate Moreaees. ~. D.. :,
sTATEMENT IANuApn
RESOURCES.
LIABILITIES.
sl.a4s,lis 50
sI,24S,iis. IS

Isepea4 - Loans dc
deposits
Ao4'l y plNsed TO do ineaw
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
QUICK MOVERS.

We are going to make quick
movers Of $50 Suits for Boys BY
cutting the price. Former prices
5000, 81. 90 and $500. Now
reduced to 81 so each.
Norfolk Three piece Suits, Two
piece Suits, Russian Blouse Suits,
etc. Bargains every day 10 clean
up before our inventory.
Remember we give ten prizes to
boys in the Public Schools. Have
we got your namei
WE CLEAN. PRESS AND
REPAIR CLOTHING.
.E:HEEllz6RS &c
ia Main Street, Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-26
Corner Store News!
The first shipment Of Spring 6inghams IS here.

The first shipment Of Spring Ginghams is here
New Silk Dresses. representing all the style features Of the
Spring and Summer They altogether the most attractive
things we have had il Readymade Dresses Your inspection
is solicited
Don't forget that we selling Goats at half their value
Fufs at big discount
Waists az the lowest price put on desirable styles
Owing to the lack Of interest shown ii free stamps given
the last Thursday in the month We will discontinue Il for the
pesentbu in their place offer double stamps for that day
on all purchases
The PerIey I. Pope Co.,
(TaPiin's Old Store)
e0-"e. Va-n ano state Streets Montpelier, Vermont.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Purifying Drinking Water.

1t Is probable that electric purlfca-
tion of drinking water will soon be in
troduced into the home. This method,
already used by number of municipal
water works in Germany, is based upon
the germ-killing effects of ozone, which
is cheaply engendered by electricity. If
an electric discharge takes place be-
tween two glass tubes, one inside the
other, whose surfaces facing each 9th
er are coated with metal, ozone is de-
veloped in the space between the tubes.
Electricians have tried in recent years
to simplify the means of electric ozone
development for purifying water. The
ideal apparatus would be one which
housekeeper could put up in the kitch-
en-, and by utilizing the electric current
of the common electric light wires, pur-
ify every glass of drinking water. In
fact such an apparatus seems to have
been successfully made by Mr.. Otto, a
French engineer.
This apparatus is of very simple con-
struction and takes up little space. 1t
consists principally of small, closed
box, the metal cover of which is made
conductory with the bottom. In the
box is an ozone developer, an inter-
rupter and tin tube. Through the lat
ter the ozone, which first has to pass
through a cotton stopper to free it from
dust and germs contained in the air, is
conducted into the water and mixed
herewith. If much ozone has been alb
sorbed the water becomes phosphor-
escent in the dark. The most impor-
tant part of the apparatus is the mix
er," action of which can be interrupted
at will The apparatus is capable Of
purifying about GO gallons of water in
an hour, and the cost per hour is about
the same as that of an ordinary cleo
trio incandescent light.-Chicago News
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
OLD AGE PENSION IN WALES.
Has Markedly Increased the state
Debt.

Among the claims made for the New
South Wales old-age pension act prior
to its passage, were that (hrsU 1t
would lessen the number OF indigeht
persons in the various state insutu-
tions; (second) it would remove much
worry on the part of people growing
old as to provision for the future;
(third) it would have tendency to
encourage relatives to assist in the sup
port of the aged, thereby avoiding the
reflections usually cast upon them when
aged relatives became objects of char
ity, and Qourth) it would ultimately
diminish the taxation required under
the old system The act was passed
and has been in operation five years.
The labor members of the federal par
lament, desiring to pass similar laws,
appointed a commission to inquire into
the results obtained from the New
South Wales act. Among those who
testified before this commission was
the director of government asylums for
the infrm in New South Wales, VINO
stated, in substance, that about SIX
months after the act came into force
GOO old people secured their pensions
and left the benevolent asylums; that
the majority returned to the institu-
tions and surrendered their pensions,
there now being almost as many IN
mates as there had been prior to the
passage of the act; that the reasons
given for returning were that they
were better cared for in the institu-
tions and could live more comfortably
there, and that the annual cost OF
maintenance per inmate at the asylums
was $50 From statement made by
the state treasurer it appears that the
amount expended for the old-age pen
sions last year exceeded $2,5OO,OOO,
while the amount necessary to support
the infirm was greater than ever be-
fore, yet the population had not mate
rally increased. d.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Benedictine.

Pat had occasion to pay visit to
the parish priest The host brought
a bottle of benedictine, and filling
liquor glass, reminded his guest that
the wine was made by the holy
monks.
ITO get the full flavor" he said,
1T should not be swallowed at once.
but slipped slowly"
Pat caught up the tiny glass,
looked at 1t for moment, and then
slipped the cordial as directed. When
he had finished Pat placed the glass
on the table with look Of satisfac-
tion on his face.
"And what do you think Of the
benedictine?" asked the priest.
"Blessin's on the holy monks who
made that stuff. but the divil fly
away with the man that invinted the
glass;" answered Pat.-Black and
White.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Standing for the Right.
The Man Who Wins is the Man Who Speaks
His Mind.

One Of the leading thoughts of
the hour is, that if you wish to sue
ceed, YOU must stand for the right.
William Allen White, one of the
great editors Of the country, says
on this point: The man who
speaks his mind, who stands for
the right, who does not regard his
own success or failure as important
compared with the triumph of right.
The man who can t be bluffed when
he sees the sheer right ahead OF
him, the man who appeals to the
highest in human nature and spurns
the lowest, will win as sure as day
follows night. The young men who
are starting out in life should know
that the eyes o. the people are on
them and that the people have ways
tor knowing when a young man
compromises with evil and winks at
the forces of disorder. This world
is so organized that in the long run
honesty pays and dishonesty brings
failure. 1t is not in the main a
material world but a spiritual world.
Spirit manages TO control, to vindi-
cate itself, to rise above all material
considerations"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
How Foolscap Got Its Name.

Everyone probably has wondered
why a certain size paper, familiar to
all who write, is called foolscap. AS
early as the year 1901 water marks
were employed by paper manufacturers
to distinguish their products. One
grade OF paper much in demand during
the Middle Ages, resembling what we
call foolscap and known by that name.
had for its water mark FOOLS head
wearing cap and bells, The mark ap-
peared on this grade of paper until the
middle of the seventeenth century
when the figure of Britannia was sub
stituted by the English manufacturers
and other marks by other papermak-
ers. No one has, however, changed the
name of the paper, so we have to this
day the foolscap paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
The Banner Crop Year,
The Bank Accounts OF Farmers Will be
Swellcd Considerably This Year.

Forecasts OF the crop report in
dicate remarkably prosperous sea-
son i'll all parts Of the country. Sta
pie products have advanced far
enough to indicate that 1905 will
be banner year in farm history.
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa
and Illinois tell Of wonderful crops
of wheat and corn. 1t is predicted
that wheat will yield more than in
any year except possibly 1901,
when there were 743, 900, 900 bus
hels. 1t looks as if the corn yield
would be greater than the large
crop of 1902, which was more than
$500, 900, 900 bushels. In spite Of
the great plenty, prices will be we'll
maintained. Our export trade will
be fully up to the average and the
railroads will have their full share
OF business which is sure to reflect
a confident feeling in the financial
world. These are good times for
the farmers and when the farmers
are prosperous there is general
impetus throughout the business
world.