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AS soon as she had attended to the
bodily wants of her stepchildren,
made them look Il little more human"
as she expressed it, Mrs. Lincoln turned
her attention to the minds of her new
charges. 1t was II welcome surprise
to her, no doubt, to fine that in his few
weeks of rough schooling in Kentucky
under the tutelage of Caleb Hazel
young Abe had picked up some knowl-
edge of reading and writing, and his
foster mother decided that it was high
time that he should add to his attain
mentS.
On Little Pigeon creek, a mile and
q half from the Lincoln farm, the set
tiers had built a log schoolhouse, and
Hazel Dorsey had been hired to pre-
side therein. Dorsey, it was said, could
teach reading, writing and arithmetic,
and what more could be asked? The
news of these new educational advan-
tages meant much to all the children of
the backwoods, but it meant more to
Abe. 1t was the opening of a wide
gate to him. He was growing faster
than ever now. Good Mrs. Lincoln de-
SPARED of keeping him in clothes that
would fit him. Cloth of any kind was
scarce, and much of Il boys wardrobe
, 1906-02-07

Crusoe' and incidents in the history of
his w country, all CLEANED from Dor
rowed books. OF these perhaps the
most priced was the Life of George
Washington" the property of Josiah
Crawford, a crusty neighbor who made
poor Abe work for him for three days
to pay for it when it had been spoiled
by rain leaking through the chinks of
the Lincoln cabin.
Abe had one teacher after Master
Crawford and then his schoolhouse
days ended, and he was graduated into
the higher school of hard work and ex-
, 1906-02-07
By A. w. FERRIN
Copyright. 1906, by A. w. FERN

n BRAHAM LINCOLN was ten
X\ years old when his father
~ made hat profitable journey
from Indiana to his old home
in Kentucky, from which he returned
with a new wife and accompanying
worldly possessions which would have
seemed to Abe and his little sister
Nancy like the treasures of the Indies
had they ever heard of that golden
empire. The advent of Sally Bush in
her new role as Mrs. Thomas Lincoln
marked an epoch in Abe's life. Hith-
erto he had been growing very much
like Topsy. Now he was to know a
mothers loving care
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
STRANGE FIGURE WAS
"A SPIRIT FROM MARS
Pauline CORR, at Her Desk Six Years
Ago, She Says, When Shadowy
Vision Appeared Before
lIer

New York, Aug. is.Tbere Is much
travel between the earth and Mars, it
seems. The account published recently
Of his visit To Mars given By President
Leyson Of the society for psychical re-
search of Syracuse, whose spirit went
to Mars and hack, 141 100000 miles, in
40 minutes, while his body remained
in Syracuse, led Pauline Corr OF this
city TO talk to newspaper men as fol-
lows.
Because Of an experience | had IN
London some six wears ago, ! was con-.
siderably surprised when read Mr.
Leyson's account Of his psychic visit to
the red planet
II was busy at my desk when be-
came conscious oil a strange presence,
and, looking up, saw shadowy, gigantic
figure covered with hair; not the hair
which serves as coating for four footed
animals, but soft and silky in texture
and light in color. The figure had but
one eye and that was in the center OF
his forehead Naturally | was taken
absck, awed That my visitor was not
flesh and blood knew, and while /
waited, with my flesh creeping, / heard
from somewhere, but not the man, he
is spirit from The planet Mars
"That was all He vanished, and never
returned. But this morning the vision
required to my mind, and ! wondered
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
is DONE AHEAD OF TIME
The Board Has $4,000 Left from the
Big Appropriation Made BY the
State Five Years

Harrisburg, Pa, Avg. 1s.Pennsyl-
vania's new state capitol was accepted
from the contractors Wednesday BY the
capitol building commission, and was by
them formally transferred TO the board
Of public grounds and buildings, Gus
todians Of all state property. The COM
mission Announces that when all accounts
are settled there will remain balance
Of about $4,000 Of the 100000 APP
propriated by the Legislature to the com
mission in 1901 Prior To that $780,
600 had been expended on the founds-
tions, etc. The building is therefore com
pleted for less than S5,000o0O, and
four months ahead Of the time limit.
1t has been decided that the~aheads
Of the bronze doors Of the main en-
trance. alleged to represent Quay, Pen
rose, Pennypacker and the members Of
the building commission, do not bear
any resemblance TO the men named, but
are mere types
The capitol is of granite, and covers
about two acres. The dome is 292 feet
high. The building is to be ornamented
with mural paintings by Edwin A. Alb
hey and Violet Oakley, and statues BY
George N. Barnard.
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fortunately caught on too soon. for
fads must grow by degrees. All the
working girls that throng the business
sections each day took TO wearing lln-
gerie waists and golf and tennis shirts
with elbow sleeves, and exclusive peo-
pie ceased 10 care for such attire. IL Is
part Of the game for the elect to start
fashions Of this sort and watch them
die In the street.
Umbrella handles. are most effective,
particularly the more subdued ones,
such as gun metal set with moonstones,
onyx In a narrow band Of gold or tor
toise she'll inlaid with silver Some
times a lump Of mother-of-pearl forms
an umbrella handle. This II ruinous
to gloves. but is a most effective handle
nevertheless Some Of the French en-
amels are beautiful for this purpose
worked up In the same way as ciga.
rette cases with monographs and paint
ed Initials
Pale yellow muslin makes this at
tractive little evening blouse The dis
tIngulshlng features are the lace collar
aud tie and bows Of lace on the sleeves.
JUDO CHoLLET.
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7be Times Daily Short Story.
1870 - y Sg

the gallery and | saw her VITA my
own eyes drop In heap just as Bill's
waving handkerchief passed out OF
sight.
"You must remember that the war
lasted four years, and all that time
the armies kept moving here and there,
back and forth, places often occupied
by the Johnnies and rebs successfully
l remember entering beautiful south
ern town in 90 and was impressed
with the magnificent trees that sur
rounded It. went into the same place
year later AFTER the Confederatos had
occupied 1t and every tree had been
cut down to give a clear sweep for
artillery. would never have known
was In the same place.
"well, about year and half after
we had camped near the farmhouse
where Bill met the girl we went
through one of the biggest battles OF
the war. After 1t was over the Con-
fedsrates withdrew, as they usually
did, and leaving men to pick up the
wounded and bury the dead we went
on after them. BAI Ravens was among
the missing He was never accounted
for till he accounted for himself nearly
three months afterward, and this is the
account he gave. You needn't believe
1t unless you want to, but there were
stranger things than even this hap
pened in that war.
During a charge Bill had fallen,
pierced by bullet In the chest. He
kept his consciousness for awhile amid
din OF firing, then tainted from loss
Of blood. The next thing he was CON
scious of was hearing bird singing
and not another sound. The army had
moved on the men left to bury the
dead and succor the wounded had
moved on, too, leaving Bill lying under
bushes where they hadn't seen him.
Deaih seemed only put off. 1t might
be years before bis body would be
found.
Now I'm going to leave Bill TO starye
to death or die Of his wound and twist
my story to the girl he had met long
before. She was sitting on the gallery
where she had last seen Bill, thinking
about him, OF copxse when she heard
something drop lightly ON the steps be-
fore her. Looking down she saw gold
watch chain with piece OF white
paper tied to IT, she picked 1t up and
read the paper. 1t was written in
blood and read; Union soldier dying.
Help
She didn't wait to speculate on how
the chain got there; she knew all about
the battle and rushed off on search.
calling as she went At last she heard
faint answer, and going to the spot
| found the nah she loved
"Blll had taken bis watch chain, got a
| piece OF paper from his pocket, broken
of a, twig and written the message
| with hist own blood Then be rammed
it down his musket and fired II at an
angie
The listeners rose Indignantly, NUT
tering, when are we to get rid Of
these stories Of the civil warp
when we vets are all dead" said
the story teller
ELLSWORTH EMERSON.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
CHELSEA.

Miss Ruby Kenersor il entertaining
as her guest Miss airline Stacey Of Ner-
shire.
Mrs. j. n. Lucas Is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Arthur Il. Camp Of Worcester,
for two weeks.
Miss Florence f. Marshall il in Bur.
lington this week, the guest of Mrs.
Frank w. Perry.
Mrs. Ruth Angel of Brook6eld and
Miss Hollis Of Boston were guests at
w II, Sprague's Thursday
The Rev. William Roberts and wife
of MoretoWn are visiting their son, Roy
Roberts, on the west hill.
Mrs. .. s. Conant and Mrs. Frank r.
Williams Of Bradford were in town on
Thursday guests at the hotel.
Carroll Little, Willie Adams, Joe OAR
victims Of the whooping cought.
Miss Clara Boardway returned the
frat Of the week for an extended visit
with friends in Barton Landing.
Will Cook and Charles Russell have
finished work at the electric light plant
as engineer and fireman. respectively.
Albert b. Emery, wife and daughter
on Montague City, Mass, are visiting
at the home Of his father, David En-
cry.
Leslie II. Bohonon and wife were called
to Wiliamstown the first Of the week
to attend the funeral Of Henry NJ. Er-
4 skine.
Albert o. Field of New York city,
who Il spending the summer at West
Corinth, was in town on business Oh
Thursday
Mrs. NJ. E. Hamliu and son, Ray
mond, Of Salem, Mass, are in town for
few weeks. having taken board at
Fred W, Lewis.
Mrs. Fred Lacey Of Lawrence, Mass,
came Tuesday evening and is visiting her
twin sister, Mrs. Erastus 3. Dickinson,
on Court street.
Mrs. Edwin I. Hubbard and two chill
dren Of Montpelier are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Laird, on
North Main street.
James S. Hoskins Of Lebanon, \. H.,
1 for many wears clerk for G. p. Dicken-
son here, with his family are the guests
at David Dickerman's on the west hill.
ii. n. Mattison, ". s. Goss and G,
r. Densmore were here Thursday from
Lake Morey to play with the band for
the rally. They returned TO the lake
| Thursday evening.
Miss Emma Darling, Who has been
visiting her brother, General Charles X
Darling Of Concord, Mass, and friends
in Boston for several months, returned
Wednesday evening.
The Republican rally held here Thurs
day afternoon was one of the largest
and most enthusiastic held in the county
thus far during the present campaign
the assemlhage being estimated at from
500 to 1000 people. The speakers were
Fletcher d. Proctor, George II. Prouty
and ]. L. Martin.
AT a meeting Of the members Of the
county committee for the Randolph pro
bate district held here Thursday after.
noon, II was voted to place the name
Of George L. STOW upon the official
ballot to fll the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Hon. VIM. IT, Nichols foi
the Office Of probate Judge.
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BROUGHT HIM TO TIME
AFTER A WORLD CHASE
Bride-to-Be, Deserted at the Altar,
Stars in Pursuit Of Recreant
Lover, and Is Success

Meriden. Ct, Aug. Ill have chased
him around the world.7 said pretty
Panlin Coska yesterday as she was
united IN marriage to the man whom
She had followed from Chicago 70 San
Francisco, thence to Trieste, Austria and
back 20 New York
Il am satisfied that I have him and
am not bit ashamed" she continued,
looking at her husband, whom she had
ontwitted in chase Of thousands of
miles.
Pauline and Frank Dunlbowka were
married BY Judge Fem of the city court
in the presence OF the chief Of police
and the city attorney. She had followed
the man for almost year. The couple,
who come OF good Austrian parentaSe,
lived III Chicago and fell in love Their
engagement was soon announced. and
the wedding day was set. When the
wedding day came the bridegroom was
not 20 be found
The girl saw herself scorned hv her
friends and vowed that She would get
him. Il she followed him TO the end
Of the world She learned that Frank
had gone "a San Francisco and she fol
lowed, only TO discover that he had
sailed across the Pacific, bound for his
home in Trieste, Austria After many
vicissitudes and Drawing many dangers
she landed in the Austrian city. but
Frank had sailed few days before her
for New York She found instant SYM
pathy and although they could not com
pei him to marry her, the young man
was taken to the police station and put
through the third degree. Then he
agreed TO the wedding
The bridegroom said they were going
back TO Chicago TO live.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
Thousands Of Women
Success Of Lydia G. PInkhams Vegetable
Compsund Reefs Bpon the Fast that II
Really Does Make Siok Women Well.

Thousands upon thousands Of Ameri-
can women have been restored 10
health by Lydia r. Pinkhams yegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
ia Mrs. Pinkham's office, and prove this
statement to be fact and not mere
boast.
0vershadowing indeed is the success
of this great medicine. and compared
with ii all other medicines and treat
ment for women are experiments.
Why has Lydia u. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound accomplished such
widespread results for good?
WHY has IL lived and thrived and
done its glorious work for quarter OF
d century?
Simply and surely because Of It's ster-
ling worth. The reason no other med
icine he's even approached Its success
Is plainly and positively because there
is no other medicine in the world so
good for women's ills.
The wonderful power of Lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases Of womHnkind IL not be-
cause it is stimulant-no because It Is
a palliative, but simply because IL is
the most wonderful tonic and recon
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the female system, positively
CURING disease and displacements and
restoring health and vigcr.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts Of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue in
Lydia X. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough TO give
credit where 1t is due. II physicians
dared to be frank aud open, hundreds
of them would acknowledge that they
constantly prescribe Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in severe
cases OF female ills, rs they know by
experience that IL wi feet cure.
Women who are troubled with pain
fnl or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Cor hatulence), weakness, dis
placements. inflammation, liberation,
that . bearing-down feeling. dizzi-
ness, fsintness, indigestion, nervous
prostYation or the blses, should take
Immediate action to ward OF the seri-
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health and strength by taking Lydia x.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Any
way write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for advice. It's free and always
helpful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
A Hard One to Swallow

LOrlginall
The romance. the coincidence
deed, all the material for story telling
that took place ia the civil warts or
was inexhaustible, said the veteran
when pressed for Renaissance. II
have q story that happened to friend
Of mine. but before tel It I'm going
70 tell you an incident mat happened
90 myself, for without the first /
wouldn't have believed the last. I
plyouacked on farm inxT Tennessee
one night In 1862 and noticed coun-
Try girl looking at me, as I thought
curiously We marched In the morn
Ing, and soon after was transferred
70 another field ] 900 miles away. Two
years Later was back In Tennessee,
where the conditions were all changed.
One day we were pushing the John
Mes, and at certain spot | noticed
something familiar. A countryman
who was talking with me recognized
ME and told me that / was on the
farm on which I had bivouacked two
years before. Then he told something
about the girl that wouldn't like to
repeat.
'Oh, go aheadt'
mo, I'll tell you the other story.
The one I've, told you is true, for It
happened to myself. The one I'm go
ing to tell happened TO Bill Ravens, q
man In my company, and know he
wouldn't lie. You see. we were shift
Ing all the time and never could tell
whom we were going to run up
against. And the girls--I mean the
country giris-if they saw their fate
or affinity or whatever you Ike 10 call
him they would drop as IL struck by a
bullet
bill Hsvens was handsome young
fellow with devil-may-care smile
that would drop any girl One day
when our skirmIsh line was feeling for
the enemy we steod at rest near a
farmhouse, on the gallery Of which
were couple OF girls Bill sang out,
'Hurrahl We're going to have jolly
fight One Of the girls turned pale,
but she gave Bill look that could
not quite gat out of my mind for some
time. I wished she'd given 1t to me.
THE Jonnnies weren't where we
thought they were and we didn't have
to fight after all. we went into camp
near by and didn't move for a week
Meanwhile Bill had made the acausint
anee Of the girl who had looked al
him and though he said nothing aboui
it knew there was love affair going
on. She couldn't have been more thar
seventeen--Bih was only nineteen him
self-wore her skirts to the top Of her
boots and her hair cut square around
her neck, "a most Of the young south
ern girls then wore the hair knew
1t was bad case of love fever. fol-
when we broke camp and moved on
down south the girl was. standing or
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
FEVER TO KILL.
Spaulding Has Himself Locked Up Be
cause Mastered by His Impulses

cause Mastered by His Impulses.
Lexington, KY Aug. 1s.-James
spaulding, young man who owns a
farm in Boyle county has been placed
ii the Lakeland asylum for the insane,
although no one says he is crazy.
spaulding entered the asylum Of his
own free will. III fact, he drove into
DanviIle last Saturday and requested
the iailer to lock him up, saying that
he had burned barn a few days be-
fore and was suffering from criminal
impulse which he could not Withstand.
spaulding told the trial jury that
II permitted to remain uDconfned he
might murder his wife and three little
children and kill himself after burning
their home. He said he owned small
store at Central City and sold It be-
cause an impulse to burn ii seized him
anil that be was compelled to leave the
nMce because he realized he could not
Withstand the growing desire to set fire
TO the house.
IIe said that few weeks ago he be.
aan 10 feel that he must burn the barn
a his neiQhbor, John Messenger. lie
tried 20 suppress the feeling, bat never
tola anyone Of lis condition. lie was
n Danyille and, returning saw the barn.
NJ could not pass il, the impulse was
"a strong. and going into The yard,
he applied match to the dry boards.
He aot into his buggy and drove home,
feeling relieved.
He said upon reaching the asymms
81 now know my wife and babies are
safe love them, and know ] would
have done them harm had one Of those
irresistible impulses seized me"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
MEAT INSPECTION CONTINUES.
Twenty Kinds of Canned Products Re
ceiyed at State Laboratory.

Burlington. Aug. i7.--Canued meats
of every variety were received yester
day at the State laboratory Of hygiene
and they will all be thoroughly inspect.
ed 20 determine whether they comply
with the pure food law. Prof White
visited various stores in the city yester
day and when he had completed his ptr-
chases and they had arrived at the la
boratory 4 small sized meat store might
have been established there.
Prof. White began az once 10 label the
various brands and the inspection viii
be begun soon. A number OF foods have
already been examined but the results
will not be announced yet. u Is under
stood, however, that thus far the OK.
aminations have not disclosed much that
would render the foods unfit for Use. IL
is said that the worst thing discovered
Is the preseryatiye used.
on Prof Whites table we're about 20
samples of meat and Jelly and every one
Of them will be examined thoroughly.
Veal loaf. mutton, and all sorts Of can
ned products were Included The results
of the examinations of these brands Of
meat ana canned goods in other States
are in the hands Of the officials at the
laboratory and the results Of the exami-
nations TO be made in other places. a
peculiar circumstance is that the same
brands show widely different analyses
in different localities. Il is difficult for
the chemists and bacteriologists to tell
why these different conditions should
exist in the same brand Of goods but
exist they do.
As soon as the examinations at the
state laboratory are completed the re+
suits viii be officially published 80 that
the people 81 the State can tell what
kind Of canned foods are fit for them 70
eat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
APPLE CROP 100000 BARRELS.
Estimate Set by the American Apple
growers in Congress.

St. Louis, Aug. IS. The business
sessions Of the fourth annual American
applegrowcrs' congress ended this week
with the reelection Of officers. A re-
port from the statistics committee esti.
mated this years apple crop at 5e0oo.-
600 barrels.
The congress designated the third
Tuesday Ia October as an annual 'na-
tional apple day
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as.s, usAlsA ana Gem ss%9srs to Mother ana

MRS. wINsLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP, foi
children tectting, s0ftehs the gums reduces
Inflammation, allays all pain. and cures wind
collie Perfectly safe IN AL cases We would
eny to every mother WHO has suffering child
DO not let ypur prejudice, nor the preiudices
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ing child and tho relief that win be sure--yes
absolutely enrc--tO follow the use Of this
medicine, If timely used. Price 25c. a bottle.
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sARToRIAL NEWS.

Umbrella HandIes-In Gan Metal.
Short sleeved waists are doomed.
They are fast being packed away, and
those who predicted that women would
be thankful for any sleeves at al be-
fore the summer was over seem bound
to lose caste as oracles. The public I'M
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tent Of 800. 900 copies a few
years sgo. at $50 per copy.
Last year we gave away
go. 600 worth 0f these invalua-
bic books. This year we shall
give away $4,000 worth OF
them. will you share in this
benefit? III 80. send only II
oue-cent stamps 10 cover cost
OF mailing only for book In
stiff paper covers. or 81 stamps
for cloth-b0und. Address Dr
r ". Pierce. Buffalo. n y.