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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
7be Times Daily Short Story.


was much troubled. Her treatment OF
him had repealed him. II she was to
be always this serious self he was
quite willing to release her from her
engagement But he could not give up
that lighter Harriet who rested him,
amused him and Of whom oil be asked
was to be loved. However, the matter
was settled the next evening when he
called by greeting far more demon
strative than she had ever shown him
before. Indeed, 1t seemed that the bond
between the two which even when she
was her lighter self had been fiimsy
had suddenly become unbreakable;
that they were now the letters of a
real mutual ecstatic love.
Sweetheart" be said, what he
brought about this changer"
I'm pledged not to tell.
He could get nothing from her, but
she showed no disposition to relapse.
From that time till shortly before the
wedding he saw no more OF her other
serious self. She was the same light.
whimsical, irrational, emotional. Iowa
BILE creature. When the lover. tired OF
his daily labors, left them at his office
he could be sure that during his even
ing call upon his flancee he could laugh
and chat without being reminded of
them Occasionally II he felt like
throwing the burden upon her it would
be received not with advice and a
.fokt an, he. nwk =
man to choose, but with kiss. One
thing above all pleased him-she had
a sympathetic heart for every one.
Though impulsive, her impulses were
good. And notwithstanding occasional
April storms she was in the main a
model Of amiability. When Thatcher
would speak to her about her former
self and bis delight that 1t seemed to
have faded away from her she would
hide her face on bis breast and say
nothing.
AT last the marriage was set for a
month In advance. The next time
Thatcher called on his flancee he was
astonished that as she had been for q
time a double disposition, so she was
now double In the flesh. One Of the
two advanced to meet him.
Il am Harriet Hartwell" she said.
sand this is Florence Kirk. We met
accidentally and were astonished at our
similarity. Suspecting that my dis
position was not suited to your require
ments, persuaded her to personate me
alternately with myself. she wearing
my costumes while doing SO. She has
proved conclusIvely that she is capa-
bic Of making you happy. am not.
We alternated In receiving you until
you showed on one occasion mental
constitution with which could never
be in accord. Then I told Florence that
I would resign you to her. She had
meanwhile grown to love you, and the
feeling that she was to possess you
cemented the bond"
Possibly Harriet was Florence's SUI
perior That Thatcher was not en-
rapport with the former and needed
the latter does not indicate that be was
any the less man He needed not a
duplicate OF himself, but his compile
ment. EUGENE Il. THATCHER
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18

There arc sufficient people in Eng
land and Scotland paying the annual
tax imposed by the inland revenue up
on the use of armorial bearings to pro-
duee sum of S350,000 each year. The
great bulk of this sum is paid by peo-
pie who care not an atom either about
their family of their arms, but pay the
tax regularly simply because they have
carriages or plate heraldically decorat-
ed. The really old families OF the
realm. however, use armorial emblems
for decorative purposes to an extent
almost incredible in the eyes Of those
familiar with them only on note paper,
table silver and carriage panels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
A Matter Of Disposition.

E0riginal1
This IS story something like dnpli-
cate whist, which is intended to elm
klate chance In the game of whist and
give comparison OF pure skill This
story eliminates the physical person
ality In the game of love and leaves all
to disposition.
When the engagement OF Harriet
Hartwel and Sam Thatcher was an
nounced everybody said that 1t was a
good match. Harriet was d high prin-
cipled girl, steady, dignified, full of
noble aspirations, which she made a
good show In carrying out. she was
wealthy, and her surplus Income went
where 1t would do the most good.
Thatcher was also steady going fell
low, with no evil or weak traits about
him, bis life purpose being to achieve
success and do his duty by hts fellows.
Notwithstanding the opinion OF the
world the engaged couple failed to
STOW together. Harriet studied when
with her fiance to be interested in what
he was interested In, to accord with
him In his viewsin short, to make her
self part of hin.
There came q period when Thatcher
noticed that his flancee was different at
different times. At one evening when
he called she would manifest her usual
interest In what interested him or what
he was supposed to prefer to talk
about, and the next she would chatter
lightly, principally about what she was
herself interested In. Thatcher was
rested by this semifrivollty and per-
mitted her to chatter to her hearts
content. Then. too, she manifested a
disposition to have her own way about
little things and occasionally would fly
Into a sudden burst OF passion, so inn
potent, so unreasonable, that he was
quite amused. Instead OF flaring up
himself he would sit and laugh at her.
Then when he had had enough Of this
summer tempest on millpond he
would take her to his arms and cover
her face with kisses.
The next time he called he would
probably find her former self-ready
with her sympathy and practical adj
vice as to bis affairs, her expression of
those strong womanly principles for
which she was so valued by the world
at large indeed, all that she had
thrown off, nothing that she had as
sumed, during their last meeting.
One evening when he called-he had
witnessed the evening before one OF
her April storms, with bit Of thunder
and lightning thrown inland found heI
her own steady self he deliberately set
about to make her angry. She looked
at him with d dignified establishment.
He kept on with his prodding till final
ly she arose and with panied sur
prise, mingled with contempt, walked
out of the room. He sent a maid for
her, but she declined to return, and he
went away without seeing her
lie did not sleep that night. for he
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Smelling Steel By Electricity.

"The enormous quantity Of iron ore
which is being seooped from the ranges
about Lake Superior. dug out Of the
hills OF Alabama and Tennessee and
hoisted from the deep pits of Pennsyl
yania, has caused the geologist and
mineralogist to make startling predic-
tions. Some of them have gone so far
as to say that we are approaching an
era when iron may rank among the
rarer metals because of its scarcity.
Even James J. Hill, the railroad mag
nate and developer Of the Northwest,
who was one of the first TO realize the
vast deposits of ore in the Superior ran
ges, has made the prophecy that per-
haps within half century most Of the
richer ore beds viii be exhausted and
that we may be obliged TO 60 outside
OF America for much of the raw ma
terial for our snelters and furnaces"
This paragraph leads an interesting
article ON the above title in the Techni.
cal World Magazine for August It is
important among the many remarkable
features Of this excellent number OF the
magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
NEW TURN IN EDDY SUR.
No Dispositions Taken as Scheduled
Counsel For Both Sides Confer.

Concord, N. IT., July Isl Through an
unexpected turn in the Eddy litigation
the taking OF dispositions which had
been scheduled for yesterday did not
occur
Instead Of taking dispositions, as the
lawyers Tor George w Glover and the
other plaintiffs had decided to do to-
day, these lawyers and the lawyers rep
resentng Mrs Eddy and the defend
mats in the case went into conference,
After they had spent several hours to-
gether it became apparent that, in all
likelihood the taking of the dispositions
will be abandoned. There Is disposi-
tioR on the part Of Mrs. Eddy's counsel
TO await the report of the master APP
pointed by Judge Chamberlain before
permitting the taking Of dispositions to
go ahead
Former Senator Chandler. who reach
cd Concord yesterday, was closcted with
General Streeter in a private eonefr-
ence to which none of the other lawyers
on either side were admitted
The only witness who appeared yes,
terday before Il. s Cook. who had been
appointed to take the dispositions, was
John II, Qnimby, assessor for ward Z
lin TINS city,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Man With Barrel Limited In
Expenditures
in NEW YORK STATE
Hughes Signs Bill Limiting Candidates
Expenditures. $4,000 For Governor,
One Spent $25o,oo0. Makes Prcsi-
Dental Elector Limit $4,000.

Albany, N, n. July 1s.--The time
has gone forever when the man with q
barrel can buy his way into Office or
try to do it in this state.
The bill limiting expenditures by can
didates has been signed by Gov Hughes
and it will take effect Sept. lin time
to be operative for the coming election.
1t is on record that one man spent
a quarter of a million dollars in an eff
fort to be elected governor.
A candidate for state senator paid
$4,000 campaign expenses. The Office
carries salary of 81 800.
The new law is an amendment to
the penal code and limits the expenses
Of candidates for public Office. Candi-
dates for governor ar elimited to $10,-
600; for any other elective state office
other than judicial Office, $4,000; con-
gres, or presidential elector $4,000,
state senator $4,000, for assemblyman,
$1,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
INoPP0RTUNE DEATHS.
Men Who, Had They Lived, Might
Have Changed History.

Men Who, Had They Lived, Nigh.
Have Changed History.
Julius Caesar was assassinated when
be had almost completed the task Of
consolidating the administration and
dominion Of the Roman empire. and
bis death opened the way TO that des-
potism and corruption which ultimate
" undld his work. Henry OF Navarro
was killed when he had almost healed
the differences between Catholic and
Protestant which subsequently rent
not only France. but Europe. and VIII
liam the silent also fell when he was
on the point OF uniting the Netherland
provinces into compact barrier
against the entertainments OF Spain.
In English history Lord Give died at
the moment when he was the one man
who could have saved the American
colonies and kept the Anglo-saxon raca
united But there Is the case Of Mira
bean. lie was literally the one man IN
France who could have ayerted the
horrors Of the revolution, saved and
reformed the monarchy and so spared
Europe the murder0us career OF Napo-
Icon and an the devastation 1t brought.
II he had lived ten or even five years
longer. the history not only of Franco,
but OF Europe and the world. would
have been different II IS, In fact suf-
hcieut to say that he would have made
both Robespierre and Napoleon impos-
slble.- Strand Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
a CO. Inuelnr-

Have you ever thought what a great
leveler the telephone ls7 You would
never think Of meeting some dignitnry
or church or state or some great so
ciety lady on the street and address
either with familiar "Helor' It would
be unpnrdonable rudeness. and yet that
IS what you do daily when you use the
telephone, md nothing Is thought Of It.
The Judge on the bench the governor
IN his Office the busy coupon clipper ne
his desk. the overwoYked clerk, the
lady In her boudor the artisan at his
lathe, are all slaves to Tint democratic
TIelol" It matters not who may be on
the other end Of the wire, stanberry
owl.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
AruIpKRnY coLoREp vornH.

The FIVE gored skirt has the plaits
stitched to a depth Of six inches below
the girslle, which holds it well in place
over the hips and allows a pretty flare
at the bottom.
The waist is plated back and front.
and the chemlsette is made Of cream
eolored yalenciennes insertion which
is also used asa finish to the cuff.
A china blue rajah made after this
model trimmed with bands of en-.
broidered silk OF satin velvet Of a dark
er shade, would be particularly chic.
II thin materials, such as lawns. ba-
tistes or organdies, are employed in
place Of the trimming bands lace In
sertion should be used This dress is
suitable TO. girls from thirteen to sew.
enteen years of age.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
IN Princess s+,:;,,

Princess models have gained foot
hold In the fashion world, and 1t seems
as though their reign will be Of inde6-
mite duration. For young girls those
showing full skirts with well fitted.
shaped girdles connecting the skirt
and waist are most becoming. When
making the girdIe care should be taken
to see that It fits perfectly, and then
little trouble will be encountered In ar
ranging The skirt so that 1t wa hang
correctly.
The dress illustrated is fashioned
from mulberry coiored wolfe, trimmed
with shaped bands OF darker shade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Gratitude.

A charitable man in Birkenhead sent
bundle Of cast off clothing to a phi
lianthropic society. He received from
one of its proteges the following:
"The committy man civ me, among
other things what he called a pair of
inexpressibles. l found, your name and
where you live in one Of the pokits,
My wife lated SO when showed 'cm
TO her that / thot she would have
fit She wants to know II there lives
and brethcs man who has legs no
bigger than that. She sed ii there was
lie orter be taken up for vabrinsy for
having no visible means Of support. r
couldn't get EN- on my eldest boy, 80
| used EN- for gun cases. you hev
another pare to spear, my wife would
like TO get 'em to hang up by the side
OF the fireplace TO keep the tongs in."--
TitBits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
African Colony Fears Attack
by AbysSinia
ITALIANS IN GREAT FEAR
King Menelik Of Abyssinia Raising an
Army Of 10000 to Restore Order is
the Assertion Made by Kings
officials.

Turin, italy, July is. Dispatches
from the Italian colony Of Erythrea, in
Africa, state that it is feared that King
Menelik Of Abyssinia is preparing to
make war on Italy.
He is organizing an army Of 10000
ostensibly to restore order in that part
Of Abyssinia close to the Italian border.
As the last installment Of S2,000,000 to
the King for the care of the Italian
prisoners Of the last war has been paid,
Menelik has now nothing to expect from
Italy. The pacificatory expedition is
therefore regarded as the merest pre-
text.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18

night. At a. m. Monday the fog thick.
enea, the ship crawling along slowly.
At. $50 bark suddenly doomed up close
to US and lost her bowsprit by dragging
along our side We received very slight
damage. The bark was coming for our
broadside, but prompt action on both
sides prevented a direct collision. The
bark disappeared IN the fog. We saw
her twice during threelour hunt, but
She was 80 quickly envclopcd in the fog
that we could not speak her, so we re-.
stunned our trail. All well.
Mark Twain"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
The Wizard Of Fruits and Flowers.

Luther Burbank has attracted a vast
amount of attention because he has at
tempted and to q considerable ex-
tent succeeded in doing something quite
novel. at least in this country" saws the
Technical World Magazine. HE Ia
breeding up plant, fruit aud vegetable
life. He is the godfather of the sugar
prune, a giant in comparison to its an-
cestors, the French prune, of which Call
ifornia produced d50,000,000 pounds OF
dried product in a year. The sugar
prune ripens earlier and Is of immense
commercial value. Burbank is also the
maker of seedless plums which he ac-
complished by crossing two varieties Of
the Pruns trihora. The white black
berry Is another of the wizard of horti-
cultures triumphs. Sixty.five thousand
bushels were used in tests before he de-
veloped ths phenomenon. He has given
To the arid deserts new species of grass
which win grow on the plains without
water. He converted the cactus into an
edible plant. The wild potato of South
America also received his attention.
From a single eye of this potato he de-
veloped one hundred and twenty hy-
ordinations and grew large tuber of
good quality. Mr.. Burbank has made
endless experiments with the potato.
He keeps in his farm at Santa Rosa
no less than 10000 varieties for expert
mental purpose. He has grown potatoes
Of every shape and color, round, long,
short, square, pure white, pink. crimson
and purple and yellow. Burbank potato
seedlings have been shipped all over tho
world. The late Cecil Rhodes planted
10000 of his seedless plum trees in
South America, and now they have null
tiplied into millions"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Women who Wear Wen.

1t IS astonishing how great change a
few years of married life often mako In
the appearance and disposition Of many
women. Tho freshness, the charm, tho
brllliance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which is rudely handled. The
nlatron is only dim shadow, faint echo
of the charming maiden There arc two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect Few young women appreciate
tho shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often como with mar
riage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain Is robblng the check
Of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
AS surely as the general health suffers
when there Is d6rAQgement Of the health
Of the delicate womGfHx organs, SO surely
wheG these organs are>Cstablished in
healAh the fQce andek6AfnQt osee witness
tothe factin feM@w comelfn0GN Nearly
q million women haze found health and
happiness In the llsa Of lr. PIeEce.s Ea-
v.oLlte ITescIiptiols, II makes weak woni-
en- strong and sick women well. Ingrcdi-
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harmful habit forming drugs. Made
wholly Of those native, American, medic
lnal roots most highly recommended by
leading medical authorities Of all the Sow
eral schools OF practice for the cure Of
w0man's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers, or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing Of
children, also for the expectant mothers,
10 prepare the system for the coming OF
baby and making its eadvent easy and
almost painless, there Is nomedicine quite
so good as eFayorite Prescription 1t
can do no harm In any condition Of tho
system. tits most potent invigorating
tonic and strengthening nervine nicely
adapted to woman's delicate systam by a
physician Of large experience in the treat
ment Of woman's peculiar ailments.
DR.. Pierce may be consulted by letter
free Of charge. Address Or. r. ". Pierce,
InyaIids Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo. N. X.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Industrial Items.

The average daily wage Of Norwe-
CLAN printers $50 cents.
The percentage Of females employed
IN four branches Of labor in France IS;
Agriculture %; commerce, IS; domee-
tic purposes. r. and learned profess
Bions SO.
England's most important Industry is
the utilization OF metals. especially In
machinery Oneeleycnth Of all labor
err ore engaged ID this Industry, the
number having doubled within the Last
two decades.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
The Cookbook.

A salt ham should be soaked in cold
water for twelve hours before being
cooked.
Cabbage that has been stewed In
milk can be improved great,y b. add-
ing beaten egg and baking until
brown
Remember that bones, scraps and
tough pieces OF meat as well MS car
cases Of chicken and turkey may be
used in making soup stocks. Small
portions Of fresh vegetables add much
to the seasoning OF the stock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
THE STRAWBERRY.
II Was First Cultivated by a Blind
King Of Hungary.

It Was First Cultivated by a Blind
King Of Hungary.
Where Eperies, the picturesque Hun
garian town, Is now surrounded by
beautiful gardens and fruited fields
there was at the time OF King Bella III.
nothing but thick wilderness. Once
this blind and unhappy sovereign was
travelling in his realm. 1t was hot,
sultry summer day, and while search
ing for shady spot in which to rest
he became lost. Deadly tired In con
sequence of his long wandering, he
asked his attendants for a drink Of
water. They seated him on the soft,
green grass IN the cool shade of big
old trees, and then the cavaliers sep
grated to hunt for refreshing spring.
Meanwhile the king wanted to find
out more about his resting place and
began to grope about him with his
hands. Thus be discovered strawber-
rIes growing all about him. says the
New York Herald. He ate them; so,
partly quenching his thirst, he waited
quietly for hts gentlemen. After a
short time they returned, some with
empty cups, some with pearly spring
water.
The king then said to his attendants:
"Have the trees cut down around this
place where my hands found the re-
freshing strawberries. Here shall rise
a town whose name shall be Eperies
strawberry in remembrance OF this
day for all time"
AS the king commanded 50, 1t was.
The wilderness was cleared, and in its
place is a town whose arms carry the
strawberry even today.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Describes Incident in the Fog
Off the English Coast
WORKS AT The WIRELESS
In a Wireless Message the Author Tells
How Steamer Was Run Into by a
Bark of the Scilly Islands Mon
day Morning

London, July Mark Twain sent
the following wireless telegram to the
papers yesterday from on board the
steamship Minnetonka, on which he
sailed from Tilbury for New York last
Saturday.
cleft Channel on Sunday. Doubtful
weather Sighted the Scilly Islands, ten
miles off, at o'clock. Ran into a dense
fog, which broke into patches during the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
BIRTH RATE JUMPS
IN AMAZING WAY
Fifteen Babies Born to Six Couples il
Two Weeks and Roosevelt Informed.

Town Creek, Ala, July 49, Because
Is babies have been born to six couples
here in the last two weeks, petition has
been made to the postal authorities at
Washington to have the name of this
village changed to Teddytown. Presi
dent Roosevelt has been notified of the
tremendous increase in the birth rate
Here is the record;
Mr.. and Mrs. N. =. King, twins, boy
and girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Ieffreys
triplets, two girls and one boy; MIR. and
Mrs. J. G. Brackin, tripIets, two girl:
and one boy; Mr.. and Mrs. John Jackson
tripIets, three boys; Aff. and Mrs. Charles
Shumate, twin boys
Town Greek has a population Of ESQ
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
FAvoRs AMERICAN PLAN.
Committee Adopts Proposal of us. Re-
garding Private Property Siezed.

The Hague, July ls-The United
States won victory over England, Rus
sic and France yesterday when the Am.
eriean proposal providing for indemnif-
cation for private property seized at sea
during war was adopted by the commit
tee to which it was referred by vote Of
RI to II. A stron stand against the
plan was taken by the three powers
mentioned But Germany, Austria and
Italy supported the United States. II
Is still doubtful whether the lntcrnation-
al conference in plenary session will APP
prove Of the proposition. England, as
the greatest maritime power Is able prob.
ably, to infict more damage on the en-
envy in commerce than any other nation,
regards the proposition as directly linn
ting her activities in the event Of war
and will fight the proposal to the end.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
RECOUNT Law INVALID.
New York Court Holds 1t TO Be Unocn-
Stitutional.

New York, July 1s.--Justice Ingraham
in the appellate division of the supreme
court yesterday announced that the
court had unanimously decided that the
recent recount law, which provides for
a recount of the ballots cast in the last
mayorality election in New York city,
il unconstitutional. In view of the ac-
ton yesterday of the appellate division
in Brooklyn, in deciding that William R.
Hearst is entitled to recount under
this law, Justice Ingrahaln stated that
it had been decided TO let the case go
20 the court of appeals for final deci
sion, pending which the court would or
der stay of proceedings.
Yesterdays decision precludes the
possibility of recount until the fall.