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for himself at q much lower figure. merely
utilizing the broker to send buyers to him.
Duty Of q Broker.
1.-THE first business Of broker IL to ex-
anime the property and locality and form
an opinion az to its value, and II the price
IL too low or too high. he should sayso and
When the price is finally adjusted he should L,
terms possible. The broker should have q
thorough knowledge of all the property on
his books and not undertake to handle more
property at one time than he can honestly
ard efficiently attend to.
Owners who desire to sell should find
some broker who has sold similar prop
ices have been satisfactory to others. He
should have full confidence in this broker
and give him the property exclusively for
2 limited time. He should agree to pay
the usual commission. and then the broker
VIII naturally take more interest, feeling
that he viii be justified in advertising or
bringing It to the attention Of the prospec-
win not be snafched from him. One good
Woodworking agent is worth dozen in
different ones.
A Case In Point.
"A broker cannot guard an owners in
terest unless he knows that he is backed
up by the owner. For. instance, IL a broker
IL offered $4,000 for piece of property
by a man whom he thinks he can work up
to $4,000 the owner should make him feel
safe while he does SO. Do not put him in
q position whore, unless he closes the sale
at the lower price, he will find the prop
erty sold by another broker to the same
customer. or by the owner direct.
Real estate often becomes drug on the,
market and its value impaired through
lack Of Judgment on the part Of the owner.
The present method should be reversed,
and only in rare instances should property
be listed for sale with more than one
agent. Owners need education and agents
need independence and dignity.
THE conditions of such agency should
be In writing and they should protect the
property owner and not be drawn up by
the broker with a view to his own security
alone. The owner is perfectly safe in CIV
ing broker exclusive right to sell for q
period Of thirty days, and if the property
still remains unsold he can give the same
privilege to another broker. Under the
present method the, usefulness Of brokers Is
reduced to the vanishing point in attempt
ing to do business in this wasteful fashion,
and IN the end the owner is often the loser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
cUR1esIT1Es OF MEASUREMENT.
Different Lengths Of a Mile-How a
Rood Was Determined.

from tne LONDON IioDe-
The standard yard prevails throughout
the United Kingdom. but the length of
the English, Scots and Irish mile is diff
ferent in each. which is the more curious,
seeing that the English and American
miles are Identical But the occasional
local variations in our English acre are
even more remarkable. These were per-
haps originally due to the inexactitudes
of ancient land surveying, which was
comparatively Of such free and easy de-
scription that the acres Of neighborins
counties, not to say adjacent parishes,
sometimes varied.
book published in the reign of Ed
ward VI gives the following curiously
naive instructions on the subject: Stand
at the door of a. church on Sunday and
bid sixteen men to stop, tall ones and
small ones, as they happen to pass out
Then make them put their left feet one
behind the other, and the length thus OBJ
tanned shall be a right and lawful rood
to measure the land with, and the six
teenth part Of it shall be right and law
full foot"
This Is almost laughable: but we have
only to apply to one of the older diction-
aries to find that anything Ike exactness,
whether OF definition or Of fact is quite
modern scientific development And the
story Of the acre Is case in point It
was supposed to have been reduced to a
common standard In 1905 but it was not
until 1894 that we enacted the statute acre
of 4S40 square yards.
With the loose system Of measurement
prevailing for the greater part Of that long
interval, II il not surprising that the So
called sacre' was too often what the local
wiseacres happened to make of it. BY long
use and wont IL seems probable that the
discrepancies thus arising occasionally
cFystalltzed into customs. of which some
examples still survive. A Welsh acre was
fOrmeriy twice as large as an English ono
while a Scottish acre Is larger than ours
by more than 1,006 square yards.
According to authority, there are seven
different measures still In use by which the
acre may be variously defined. Lancashire
has within her borders acres measured on a
customary local scale, whife-rhe so-called
Cheshire acre Is even larger than that Of
its Welsh neighbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
BROKER AND CLIENT
THEIR RELATIONS TO EACH
OTHER DISCUSSED.

''The real estate brokers Of Washington
should adopt form of agency agreement"
e. c.. Brainerd. real estate broker, said,
which IN fair to the principal and OF
which no agent who wants to do Iesiti-
mate business can Justly complain. Con-
ditions would improve and real estate will
become very much more saIable just an
soon as the better class Of real estate firms
refuse to handle property where the owners
have placed it in the hands OF numerous
agents to sell, and In addition reserve the
right to sell 1t themselves.
Some persons have been known to em-
pfoy two or three lawyers to do the same
work, but they have usually regretted It.
A real estate broker should be trusted a.
much as a lawyer. An owner Of property
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
BERLIN POSTAL TUBES.
Connect the Central Office With the
Principal Stations. -

1IiASipd1 SSdI1SAS' ~
From the Chicago Tribune.
The Berlin postal authorities are revo-
lutionizing the conveyance of letters and
parcels.
) The idea on which they are experiment.
ing is to have an underground tube with a
large enough circumference to admit a
man In a STOPPING posture. These tubes
are to connect the central post Office with
the principal stations and with the dis
trict offices.
Two sets of rails are built in this tube or
tunnel, one over the other not side by side.
The upper set of rails is supported on the
sides of the tube, thus practically dividing
1t In two. Small carriages, running on two
wheels, are automatically driven by cleo
tricity along these rails
No locomotive is used nor is there any
attendant with the carriage. As many as
six of these carriages can he run together
for conveying letters and parcels from the
arrival station to the central post office
and thence to the various districts, or vice
versa.
BY this means letters can be delivered
in any part of the city in less than a
fourth of the time formerly required So
far the scheme Is not beyond the expert
mental stages, but 1t promises to be a sue
cess and to Danish from the streets the
mail van. with all its poetry and romance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
HOLLYHOCK'S BEAUTY
AN OLD-FASHIoNED FLOWER
LATELY COME INTO FAVOR.

From the New York Sun.
city man who saw in front Of place
where towering plants were offered for
sale placard reading "Hollyhocks'' was
little surprised thereat. because he had
an idea that the hollyhock was homeIy,
oid-fashioned flower peculiar to older times
and to the country and to smaller towns
ana villages. He remembered himself q
time when in such localities pretty nearly
everybody had hoilyhocks, perhaps a row
OF them along on either side of q garden
path, or such rows bordering the walk from
the street to the front door of the house
He recalled how the bees used to get into
hollyhocks. and how he used to close up
flower with a bee in 1t. break the flower
from the stalk and hold it up to hear the
imprisoned bee buzz
This man had always liked the tall holly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
Open-Air Sleeping.

From Country Life.
1t is not too much to say that to the
delicate. highly strung easily knocked out
individual the advantages Of sleeping in
the open air are enormous. Pallid cheeks
take on ruddy hue, colds are unknown,
nerves are forgotten and irritability be-
comes a phase of the past A little hut
and little perseverance are the only neces-
saries and the result is assured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
Palace Frescoes.

From the London Globe.
The news that the house Of lords commit
tee is once more to inspect the ruined
frescoes Of the palace Of Westminster
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05

has undergone a change in weave and
design. All the new m6ires are duh
finished, glowing rather than glisten-
ing, and anySreproduce the vatican
colorings.
Great bell shaped hats for evening OF
tulle and marabou are the latest cry
and are very becoming. They are very
fragile. but all the smart women wear
them. Broderie anglaise Is less In
vogue and has given way to rich vene-
tlan or val lace. Ribbons play an i'm.
portant part in fall trimmings Wide
and narrow pompadour ribbons are
popular, but the Persian effects are
newer aud give an oriental note that
IL very ri1odish
Coat sleeves OF the practical type are
taking several different forms this fall,
depending entirely upon the style Of
the garment and the use to which It is
to be put. For the tailored suit Of the
palmer, more severe sort is shown
the simple coat sleeve. For the more
fanciful costume the fuller sleeve IL
used, trimmed with a roll over cuff
that Ii edged with soutache applique.
JUDTC CHOLLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
The Modesty OF Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential In the treatment Of diseases OF
women. Yet, Ii help can be had, It ID
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands>of women who have been
cured SX Or. Ferce's FavorIte Prescrip-
tlon wriM HI Ssareeiation OF the cure
which dlsiseafges slsD She examinations
and local treatmentssA There ID no other
medicine 10 sllIee. 10 Tor delicate
women IS z k,aNoTlto Ersscrl gtIon:s ~
cures debilItatlng dralIis, irreg ularity and
female weakness 1T always helps. 1t
almost always cures. It Is strlctly non
alcoholic. non secret, all It's ingredients
being printed on lts bottle-wrapperi con-
tains no deletesious or hahit-formina
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into iss composition has the full
endorsement OF those most eminent in the
several schools Of medical practice. Some
OF these numerous and strongest OF pro
fessional endorsements OF it's Ingredients,
win be found n q pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in booklet mailed
free on request, By Pr. r. v Pierce, OF
Buffalo, n. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount Sf the ordinary lay, OF
non-professional Testimonials
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icina instead Of opening their moaths like
LOT Of Young BIRDS ana gulsina Gown
whatever is Offered them. uFayorlto Pre-
scriptica IS Of Known COMPOSITION. II
makes weak w1Bca strong ana siak
women well.
Or. Pierce's Medical Adviser Is sent 5Srsr
on receipt Of stamps to pay expense 8
mailing oslip. SEND K DH, 4. V. Pierce
Buffalo, r. T.. q 0Ee-eeGt stamre for pf
per~overed, or = stamps Tor ciofh.houhd.
IF sick e0nsultt1e DprtoT, free Of ehsrra
b. letter. All seeh tAElnOnieations ar
held sacrsdiy confidential
pr. Pisrce's Pleasant Pellets inviFaFa4e
an1 regulate stomach, liver and boNels
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
IcEBERGs.



They Arc ussful 40 Well a. Grand
and Msnaeins.
when an iceberg IL launched upon
lts long journey It's bottom parts arc
barnacled with sand. powders AM
other detrltus gathered from the land
surface over which n has made its
tsdlous march 20 the sea. This burden
a gradually cast OF ar IL melts while
drifting down along our continental
nehboard
AS result OF the deposits thus made
through countless centuries. combined
with the products OF erosion carried
seaward by the rivers. the sea bed for
many miles on shore has been gradu.
ally filed up. creating those vast sub.
merged plateaus. known as banks. "
which extend from Labrador 20 the
bay Of Fundy and form the breeding
grounds OF innumerable shoals Of cod,
herring and other valuable food fishes.
In this way the bergs have performed
an economic service Of inenlculable
value. laying the foundation for one OF
the worlds most important productive
industries and affordIng a means Of
livelihood TO those hardy bands Of
captains courageous" who each year
reap the harvests Of the sea.
The bergs serve further economic
purpose in that to their tempering In
fiuences are largely due the climatic
conditions prevailing over a great part
OF the interior OF North America.-Al-
fred Sidney Johnson IN the World To
dny
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
Body Found Locked In Causes
Mystery
STATE POLICE AT WORK
ihsy Are Trying 70 Solve the Cause Of
Sarah Higgins Death-rhe Doctors
Are Mum on the Autopsy
Finding.

Bostca. Nov 6.-strici secrecy was
mains6ined yesterday a. The result q
an autopsy on tho body Of Sarah HiR
gins made by Medical Examiner Harn-
son g. Blake Of Wohnfn After bis find
ing had been transmitted 10 the district
attorney tho state police wero called
20 aid IN solving the mysterious death
Of the woman whose body vas found hy
her employer, George Stubs Of RurlinR
ton. In the cellar 81 hiA house. An Ar.
rest, i i aid, may be made ~ any
time.
The discovery Of the body. Mr.. Stubs
told tie police, was made on Saturday
night when he went to the cellar II hIf
burlington home to get potatoes. lie
dragged the body out Of the house, laid
i near stone wan and covered L with
bnrlap.
There are two entrances to The cellar
one Is By a hulkhcad from outside the
house and the other from the kitchen
BY n door. Mr.. Stubs saws the kitchen
door was locked and the key was on the
inside OF the door He says that several
weeks ago he nailed down the buiShcad,
50 that access from the outside was i'm
possible. These two facts, the police
say. show oonelusivciy that the woman
was shut IN the cellar.
Mr. Stubs made kis first statement
yesterday 10 a Herald mans
Il went into tho cellar Saturday night
to get potatoes and stumbled over the
body near the foot Of the stairs. Il
frightened me terribly. ] did not dare
have the body in the house. pried
open the bulkhead, which had nailed
some time ago on tbe outside, and
dragged the body from the cellar and
placed Il behind a stone wall in the
rear-of the house. put burlap over Il.
L wns terribly unnerved by the finding
Of the body. Sunday morning / report.
ed the affair 20 the police.
"The last time ] saw the woman was
on Thursday. The key OF the kitchen
door was on the inside, and the woman
could not have gone into the cellar
alone. She could not have gotten into
the cellar from the outside, as the bulk
head was nailed down.
Stubs was closeted Tor an hour yes
terday with State Defective Burns and
the local officers at Burlington.
At the sautopsy were State Detective
Burns. Constable Boston and Chairman
Walter nj. skeleton Of the board Of Sc
lectmen Of Burlingtoa. An inquest, Il
Is said, will not be held for several
days sYF
Mrs. Higgins had kept house for
Stubs for about two years. She was
the wife Of James Higgins Of Winchcs-
ter. but separated from her husband.
Last Thursday Stphbs said he saw
two men hurrying away from the house.
As he has a wooden leg he was not able
TO oyertake thew.
The first examination by the medical
examiner failed to reveal any sufficient
cause Of death. There were few
scratches about the face and head, but
these might have been caused, say the
police. By the body coming in contact
with hard objects az. Stubs was drag
aing it from the house.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
Know HE Habits.

The following anecdote is given by
On Indian officer as illustrative of the
manners and customs of the willy
Pathan: A certain general and his
STAFF, while vending their way through
one of the narrowest valleys OF Tirah.
were annoyed by the after tions Of a
solitary marksman, who from time to
time sent bullet unpleasantIy close.
At last the general turned to his order
Iva Pathan sowar--and told him to
dismount, take his carbine and try and
stalk the mountaineer. The sowar
started off and presently there was a
crack and a gray bearded old Afridi
tumhled headlong down the mountain
side. The sowar rejoined and fell into
his place.
"WelI doner' said the general "But
how on earth did you manage It so
easilygp
"OIl,r replied the sowar, Il knew his
habits. lie was my father. ~ London
Truth
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Tbe Times Daily Short Story.

brought ~. ~ a cafe on one OF the
boulevards for supper.
~ shall have to leave You very
soon. said the stranger Having &C.
ccptcd your hospitality thus far. I
grant that Jon will drink botilo with
met"
certainly. But why leave usr'
"The operation I spoke or"
IAN operation! So early In the morn,
ing" exclaimed Mile. de -Four.
you'll XII the patient" said Mile.
Micheau. Better wait for daylight"
II do not expect the patient win sur.
vive." said the doctor.
There was certain chill IN his voice
that communicated itself TO the others.
There was something uncanny In the
fact az mans leaving q gay supper
party to perform an operation on a
person the result OF which be expected
would be fatal. Tlsdalc. to Danish the
dlsagreeable feeling, seized a glnss OF
wine and. blinking II with the others.
drank success 10 the doctors operation.
1T Will be successful" said the sur
geon. 'It is an operation have per
formed often. and | never fall"
But / thought you said the patient
would not survive t." said Nile. MI
cheau.
He win not. but his death has moth.
ing TO do with my skill in operating.
That Is another matter"
As lie spoke a waiter uncorked bot.
tie OF champagne. the wine spouting
and deluging the glasses. The doctor
took up bis glass. bowed affably TO the
three. touched his lips to IT. set 1t down
and offered his hand to each. There
was a coldness in IT that added to the
chill Then be was gone.
IN. de Paris is looking very well
this morning." said a gentleman sit
ting near. "I5e goes to attend to the
chse of Gavltz, the wife murderer"
The girls with Tisdale turned pale
'who Is NJ. de Parish asked Tisdale.
"0ur companion for the evening the
public. executIoner" gasped Mile. MI
cheau.
The next mornings paper In speak
ing Of the passing Of the wife muir
derer incidentally mentioned that M.
de Paris was not his usual self. Per-
haps a remembrance Of Mile. Micheau
had something to do with the change.
NORMAN ID. WHITE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
ARMY NOTES.

The British royal engineers are now
experimenting With . motor engine to
propel artillery
White horses are n3w excluded from
the German army. the use Of smoke.
less powder making them too conspic
uous
= The Swiss army VIA soen include a
corps of volunteer motorists. They
will have n special uniform and viii be
armed with reyoiYerS.
Baron won Brandenstein, chief Of the
volunteer automobile corps at the
grand maneuvers Of the German army.
in his report. recently published in
Berlin. says that after three years
trial he is convinced that the autpmo-
bile is an absolute necessity with an
army IN active service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
The American Autoist Abroad.

Il is estimated by an industrious cal
cusator in the current Harpers Weekly
"a special automobile number-that
there have been in Europe during the
past summer 5000 American touring
parties in automobiles, each car carry
ing on an average five persons. The ex-
pense averaged $40 per day for each
person, making a daily expenditure by
this class Of American travellers in Eu-
rope Of 100000. The American motor
ist usually spends two months on the
continent, which brings the aggregate
expenditure up to s24,o00,o0O for the
season.
So great is the number Of American
automobiles on the continent during the
season that the transport Of motors
across the Atlantic has become regular
and specialized business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
BANKS THAT ARE
TRUST COMPANIES
Insurance Companies Eva6s The Law
Restricting The Investment 81 In.
suranes Funds.

IN New York ae have hanks that are
called banks and banks that are called
trust companies. tho difference lying IN
more liberal attitude u the Law toward
the banks that are called trust eom'
panlea. Many trust companies have been
TRUST COMPANIES,
some Of them have had historic careers,
one, called tho state Trust company
waa founded Ia 1890 hy Mr.. Willis ;.
Paine, ~ a kind Of a collateral enter
pfiae 81 the American Surety company
OF which Mr.. Paine was a director. The
business Of the American surety com
pany being chiefly 10 bond employees
and 10 indemnify employers, the prem
luma from IL policies constantly pro.
duced for Il considerable stream Of
ready money. Now 10 have ready
money instead Of credits 10 handle 4
q great thing IN the Wall street game.
One that has control al the Investing 81
much ready money can do well and law
fully although tie money be not bis
The gentleman back Of the American
surety company thought u was a great
deal better to Invest the premium money
than 10 have Il IN bank subject 70
somebody elscs investing. but the law
figidiy restricts the investing Of lnsur'
Ance funds BY insurance companies.
iIcnco tho utility Of . trust company
that II really a branch Of the insurance
company but operates under another
namo-an advantage thoroughly appFe.
eisted BY the big life insurance COM
panles IN tho paimy days before i9o3--
Charles Edward Russell in tie Noyem'
yer Evurybcdyt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05


In the Drayton household 1t Is said
that the father Of the family has a
way of presenting alternatives to his
children that never fails to bring them
into line.
II wish you would speak to Bobby"
said Mrs. Drayton one night. I've
told him to take his medicine and then
jump into bed, and he won't do IL He
jast hops around and says he doesn't
want TO take the medicine and he
doesn't want to 60 to bed"
Mr.. Draytoa stepped to the door OF
Robby's room and stood there, rRll,
grave and impressive.
Bobby" he said firmly, ''if you don't
take your medicine at once and then
jump into bed you will be put to bed,
do you hear me, put to bed, without
having your medicine at all"
Upon which Bobby. alarmed and tom
fesed, swallowed his allotted portion
end meekly retired for the night
Youths Companion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-05
ABsENTMINDED.
a Story Of eunssn, the Great German
Scientist.
day.

A Story Of Bunssn, the Great German
Scientist.
In the autobiography OF Sir Henry
Roscoe there is a capital example OF
the observation-disclosures OF Bunsen, the
great German scientist
He had had his evening clothes put
out that he might attend a card party
to which he had been invited, but for
got all about II until the next morning.
when his man pointed out that the
evening clothes had not been worn.
And then he remarked TO himself. Il
know what I'll do" That evening he
put on his dress clothes. went to the
lady's house at the appointed time and
walked in as IL II were the day upon
which he had been invited. The host
ess. much too polite to tell him that he
had mistaken the evening and that the
party had taken place on the previous
night, sent to her friends asking them
to come In to play rubber again.
They did so. In the course Of the even
ing the conversation turned on absent
mindedness, and Bdnsen began TO tell
them what had happened to him a
long time ago-how that he had for
gotten an invitation and how he bad
made up his mind to go the next night
land thus he told the party the whole
story. forgetting altogether that he was
giving them an account of what was
happening at the very moment.