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rapidly. at the same time he is more near
ly immune to danger. Given an even
show he makes rings round any ordinary
dog. The decline Of the coyote has weak.
ened his worst enemy. The corn nelda
OF the western plains nave made living
easy for him, and there are plenty of signs
OF his rapid increase in Nebraska. At one
time 1t became necessary for southern
California to turn out enmasse against
him, and the battues carried on there
have reduced him to comparative in
nocuousness.
GirdIed fruit trees here and there re-
mind the Nebraska farmer of his pres
ence. There Is no way of Knowing how
much corn he eats. but II is enough that
danger Of his growing more Troublesome,
can be utilized by the sportsmen TO quiet
the annual cutlery against the innate
cruelty OF coursing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15
FINDING A NAME FOR
SHERLOCK HOLMES"
Sir Conan Tells OF the Namin,
OF the Great Detective
Hero.

"A rose by any other lame would smell a.
sweet, but it is doubtful If Conan Doyle,s
great detective hero would have attained
such great popularity II called by any 9th
er name. Sherlock Holmes was a most
happy choice for him. 1t comes %trippinsly
of the tongue Somehow it sussesta
keenness, penetration, 'stick-to-it-iye-
ness" and other qualities needed in q
! sieuth-hound Uf renown, but the. author
hxmseif cannot say Just how he came To
MT upon 1t. II don't know how j got thar
name" he confided to an acquaintance re-
Gently. 81 was looking the other day at
a pit OF paper on which l had scrubbed
'sheringsor1. Holiness and '~SherinsforA
Jope.' and all sorts OF other combinations.
Finally at the bottom Of the paper 1 had
written Sherlock Holiness"
That is an interesting bit of literary eyo-
luton. "~sherinsford' you'd have been
a poor substitute for Sherlock and
Hope" would not have suited the charac-
ter half rs well a. Holmes"
Speaking Of his literary beginnins.
Doyle said that his frst book was written
when hs was six years Of age. 1t va. \
story OF adventure and he illustrated II
hlmself. Al school he edited q school mag
azine and at,17 he wrote a story that was
accepted byFCh9snbers, J~enrnal:. It va.
the money he EJAfor 1t and not the glory
OF getting into print that stimula ted him.
He said that aft.S receiving the three
g%uineas which he wal paid for It he vas
like an animal that had once tasted blood.
for ] knew that whatever rebuns Ismtwht
receive, ! had once proved that / could
earn gold. and the spirit was in me to- do
1t gain" For ten years after that he
continued to write short stories and sev-
eral of them were published ~anonynousIv
but the gold for them did no; come in fast
enough to warrant him in abandoning al
together The scalpei for the pen. One Of
his most interesting experiences OCCURRED
when he was nearly q. "a friend who
mad oeen q surgeon, on a whaier." he said,
fered me the post: I was awaur for. seven
months In the Greenland OceaHs ana I ACT
ually came of age in 50 degrees nor.h hat
itude. One of the t,tuest compliment. 4
ever had paid ms IN my life was wt,ee ,he
captain offered to make me the har.,.,n,.r
: AZ well as surgeon II 1 would coln.saxain
another year" ~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

THE MYSTERY OF THE WEEDS.

BY w. e. Curtis n Field AID FERN.
The world is full of marvels. The
farmers of the prairie states have new
er been able to decide from whence the
weeds come, II they pillow up a tract
OF virgin soil covered with bunch grass
and without The sign of Il weed and
plant 1t To wheat OF corn or amy other
the kind of weeds APP
pear as promptly as spears of corr or
grain. regardless of the care and pre-
cautions they may take to plant pure
seed. And nobody has ever been able
to tell them where the weeds origin
'ated. Such vegetation had never APP
peared in the country before. There is
nothing like it ON the surface Of the
earth nearer than the next plowed land
'and it is impossible for the seeds to ha We
been brought pom the breezes or by
flying birds. ii is one of the mysteries
OF nature.
Some years ago, when the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad WAS being
bull! through the Indian Territory,
great banks of wild verbenas spranv
up suddenly along the right of way
where the earth had been disturbed I'm
making grades. cuts and entertainments.
That flower had never been neen Their.
before aud no seed had ever beel,
brought Into the country. .Severthe-
less. wherever the turf WAS removed
and the soil Was exposed to the sun
and ain beds of wild verbenas wnuil
appear and no botanis' has eve, bee,
found who is wise enough to solve the
mystery. They say that the seeds We're
already in the soil. held down by the
thick turf and dry clay, blu, they must
have been there for ages withou, ger
minating IL such a theory is true.
Down on tho coast OF Peru IL has
never rained blu, once or twice sine,
the beginning Of the world, or at leas,
since that part OF the cartE's surface
has been Inhabited by human beings.
The prevailing wjlids are from the
westward and when they come of the
ocean the pa rched air Of the desert in
stan'iy absorbs all the mOistilre they
carry and the clouds Dissolve without
precipitation Ept in 1897 a wonderful,
phenomenon appeared The first rain
.fall that had ever been known tLer,
was followed by the appearance on
that desert of myriads OF strange flow
crs which sprang up in almost 4 single
night. No one has been able to EXPLAIN
the floral phenomenon Of the PsrIyfan
desert and some Of tho blossoms whfrh
were fortunately preserved are unlike
amy flowers that have ever been sen
elsewhere. They were evidently pre-
his; a,jc -
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HER TRIP A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Yrs. Palmer. Home Again, Talks of Her
Rapid journey.
rrom the Chicago American.

Ffom Che Chicago American.
Mrs. Potter Palmer. social leader. and
prominent in the fashionable life the
world over. reached Chicago early Sat
nrGay, ssnasiiing every speed record
between Liverpool. England. and this
cry.
oh. it's good 10 get back va. he,
exclamation as she stepped from The
Pullman Car attached TO the Pcnnsyi-
v;aNia ei~gl,teen-.,our special that rat
from New York GO Chicago in less than
,.s scheduled tire that she might ciip
u few minutes rom her travelling rec
Cyst.
Now. le,'s see" continued Mrs. Pal
NOR AS she placed ter silver, mounted
ae.acil between her teeth and reached
for the leather covered pad
She Was sikr:t Il moment as She fg-
E.ed The autuaa time sl4 spent in COM
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Yes"
And she had. No-woaan, or ma.
either, for that matter. travelled FRO,
Liverpool TO Chicago III less than !.
week.
Mrs. Paln.er'k .ee voyage ana train
trip were remarkable. .Ier ship lef,
Liverpool at $40 O'Clock las, Saturday
night. The voyage of the Lusi,anja
was ESQ nautical miles. which is al.aui
3,l15 land miles. The total d~istaac.
which was Travelled by Mrs. Palmer
was over 1900 miles in a little less
than a week.
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From ToWn Top!ts.

T1UH IOWh TOPICS.
Mrs. Frost-fhey say our new min
lister INDUCES IN mixed metaphors.
Mrs. ShaW-Ain't that dreadful. NV
husband says it's much better 10 drink
it straight.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

= woman GETS :ier torture told SOFIA,
J, ~ ever sh"''id come ire sl.:. could say
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

The man who lived Within Within
5Nt miles of Chicago ana did no; ~
tt'lt the dairy show missed something
good. There were new machines. new.
utensils. new ideas. all put into prac-
tite. 1t Will do any one GOOD TO rlih
elbows with the men who attend ,hes.
dairy shows.
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DAIRY NOTES.

A "bnttelniaker" asks which is the
Ees' way TO put up butler for. faini'.
trade. That depends uEon ones Mat,
ness in handling. Prints must be naoid.
"a evenly and nicely wrapped, and do
liversd In nice condition When b,,1 ,e-
is packed in jars it viii carry bette,
and many buyers say il is NOR. SEQ
nuhiical. -
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From the San Francisco Bulletin.
H complains that Eis wife refuses
TO listen to him."
He should cultivate Ky s If ,a,.-
inA in his slcsp."
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Many OF our subscribers are worry-
ing ever he hired I..,. problem This
winter. MOI any in,:,! men liz. 10
mink. The sensible thing to do is 10
get rid Of b COWS that jus, pay for.
ter Keep. Retain only the COWS wren
are sure money makers and perlhan.
that MIL reduce your work.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-15

New York. Spccisl: To build three
story horse in one solid piece at 81 cost
OF only $l,O0G. and ITO finish tiae job in
Twelve hours-tlfa1 is the problem
which Then1as n. Edison hold the
members of the american Electro
Chemical society he had solved. and he
showed them In the model to prove il.
Two carloads of members of the so
ciety, which is holding it's twelfth an
mual meeting i'm ahis city, went ou, to
Orange to ioo over the Edison works
and to meet the Inventor. .After a gen.
eral hanGshalG he led tfrc1n off OH a
tour of the plant at a nace that vas
somewhat faster than a trot.
According to MI. Edison, the house
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thought New York would do me. but
we agreed that the eastern course
would be the best for us. So when the
signal was given and we cut loose, we
arose first to an altitude of 500 feet aud
found a light breeze from the south
cas- which carried our balloon in a
n~orthwestrly direction. This would
not do at all. Either we had made a
m~iscalculation and would have to alter
our course or we would have 10 look for
al ho n1lrrenfa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10

The Richmond Underwear company
have placed in the window Of the Peo-
PIES Shoe Store, photograph Of their
factory to supplement their adv. appear
ing in the Want Column" Of this paper,
their idea being that the exceptional
advantages in the line Of location and
surroundings possessed by their factory
win undoubtedly tend to influence girls
and woman who wish TO earn money
somewhere, to choose the Richmond
Underwear Co., as a place to do SO. In
addition to the extremely pleasant sur
roumdings, the Richmond Underwear Co..
has the enyiabIe reputation Of never
having closed its doors except for the
annual vacation, nor shut down for any
reason whatever during the seven years
it has been operated. The distance
from Barre TO Richmond it not so great
but that those who 20 from here to
Richmond can come home for over
Sunday and it is certainly TO be hoped
that any one at all interested in the
matter, viii at least 20 to the slight
trouble of applying TO the company Tor
any information they may wish in re-
gard to the work, etc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
MARSHFIELD.

D. D. Lamb OF East Calais recently
purchased valuable stallion horse d
a. r. Cole.
DR.. and Mrs. II. II. Lewis Of Barre were
guests at the Marshfeld house last
Thursday.
Henry d. B. DwineIl, who has been
confined to the house several weeks on
account 81 illness, Is able to be out again.
B. B. Martin and son recently display
ed string Of speckled beauties caught
in Peacham pond weighing fifteen
pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Mack have moved
from our village to their home in West
Danville. having sold their house here
to G. d. Smith.
T. A. Rosebrook Is running No. s
Sharples Tubular cream separator, re-
Gently placed on his farm BY the local
agent, Charles NJ. Lilley
The Vermont Construction company
Of st. Adams have contracted to put a
steel bridge across the Winooski river To
the farm Of Abijah Bemis, the bridge TO
be erected some time this summer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10

For any pain, from top to toe, from
any cause, apply DR.. Thomas Eelectnc
Oil, Pain can't stay where il is used.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Masonic charms and pins at Il. r. Aus
tins the watch and clock man"
Union made stonecutters' glasses at
4 r Austin's, the watch and clock man.
Old gold and silver wanted at re-
llners' prices in exchange for goods at
+. +. Burr's.
4. r. Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all KINDS and prices. From Zoe
TO $500 each.
Stone.cutters' glasses, zoe per pair,
Lenses, per pair, SC. T. L. Burr & Co.,
SO North Main street.
w. +. Shepard, administrator for the
A. G. Day estate offers for sale the en-
tire harness business, consisting Of har-
ness, robes, blankets, and tools and fix
lures For further particulars call on
Mr.. Shepard.
Over 10 per cent on st,150,00. We
will be glad to show you where you ear
invest this amount of money and ear
receive 13 per cent. or better on same
The real estate Is located within two
minutes walk Of the post office, and i
all rented to desirable parties. Enquire
.of the D A. Perry Real Estate agency
rooms s and 3, Gordon block, Barre.
Members Of the Spaulding alumni as
sociationl You are hereby notified that
the annual banquet viii Ne held on
Thursday evening, June 10, and your pa.
tronage is earnestly solicited. Some
member of. the COMMITTEES will call on
You within few days and definite
answer is desired as to your attendance
since the committee must know the at
tendance before june 4.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10

Doan's Regulets cure constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any weak.
ening effect. Ask your druggist FOL
them. rs cents per box.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
EAST MONTPELIER.


Miss Nellie Chase went to Montpelier
Tuesday.
Arthur Mack was III Montpelier on
business on Tuesday.
One Of George Woods work horses has
been sick for the past week.
II. NJ. Farnbam returned home from
Chicago last Saturday night.
WIN Lapolnt commenced work again
in the creamery last Tuesday
Harry Kelton was in Montpelier on
business Thursday Of last week.
Miss Carrie Snow Of Berlin has been a
visitor at John Robbins this week.
Harry Daniels has just sold out his
saw min in Worcester to his former
partner.
Joe Bero has finished work for the
creamery and will move his family to
Montpelier.
"a. g. Whitcher il having his barn
shinggled and repaired. Richard Doying
Is doing the work.
MIR. and Mrs. Dwinell Of East Calais
and daughter, Mrs. Pierce Of Hardwick,
were visitors in town Thursday.
Mrs. Kate Long came home from Cal
ais last week Thursday and returned
Monday to care for sick woman.
George hathaway had men surveying
his land in the East village Thursday
to settle dispute about boundary lines.
Harry Vincent and wife were In Mont
lpelier Tuesday to attend the funeral 81
Gilman Dodge, o relative Of Mrs. Vim
cent.
Miss Agnes Gleason, teacher on East
Hill, went to her home in Richmond to
spend Decoration Day, returning on last
Monday.
The buildings in the East village own
ed BY Mr.. Rivers Of Montpelier have ali
been recently painted BY George Vincent
of plainfeld.
| Walter Clark shot wood chuck the
I first Of the week which had taken refuge
1 IN a birch tree and nearly twelve feet
up from the ground.
Mrs. Dr. Cleaves and two sons Of Mont
pelier visited at Austin Fosters last
week. DR.. Cleayes came after them Sun
day in his automobile.
I Mrs. Herbert HOLSTER returned 10 her
home in North Montpelier last Saturday
after caring for little Doris Wright
through long and serious illness, which
only the best Of care have brought her
through.
A carload OF western horses We're un-
loaded Monday night at the local station
for II. w. Farnham and fourteen were
sold before Wednesday night. Mr.. Farm
ham has brought on III horses from the
west since January.
Mrs. May Thurston came Thursday to
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Labarron and all returned to their
home in North Calais accompanied by
/ their sister, Stella Labauon, who went
for weeks visit
NJ. r. Rowland, Harry Daniels and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Whitcher went to
East Calais last Saturday to attend a
district union of Good Templsrs. They
report large attendance and good
time both afternoon and evening; also
fine supper.
Hiram Templeton was 90 years old
last Saturday and Is able to go out every
pleasant morning. he was called on bis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
! GHOST sToRY. 4
the Crowd Of Phantoms That pazsd
Three Young Women.


Three Young Women.
An experience wherein phantoms
presented themselves to view in pro.
ilgious numbers simultaneously is re-
lated byNa young lady whose name, at
her request, is withheld, the narrative
being Endorsed by her sister who was
with her at the time. She writes:
cone autumn night my sister and
myself, with our maid. were returning
from evening service in the village
church. There was a thick fog. The
moon Tas full, but II made a sort Of
rteam in the fog instead Of shining
brightly. Suddenly saw a man at
my sisters side. who had come there
without making a sound. pulled her
sleeve. whispering, Let the man pass
as ] spoke the man disappeared.
"In another moment we were all Boz
wlldered at the sight around US It
was as IL we were In a crowded street,
Innumerable figures surrounding us.
Men, women and children were nov
ing brisigly about, some singly, others
In groups, but all without a sound.
Some seemed to rise out Of the grass
on either side of as and to come out on
the other side. The women were
dressed in bygone fashion, with high
bonnets and shawls and large flounces
ON their dresses.
There was one very tail man who
took great strides, though perfectly
motionless. We approached our own
gate, where we should turn Ia, and
then we had q long driveway to walk
up before we could reach the house. /
think that by the time we had reached
the gate all the figures had disappear
ed except this one tall man. He had
quite different look from any Of the
others--mor horrible altogether AS
we entered our gate, to our intense re-
lief, he passed BY along the road and
vanished. OF course we were all very
frightened. The maid and my sister
were crying aloud"
In case like this, where the Same
spectral phenomena are Witnessed by
several persons, the value Of the test-
mony obviously Is multiplied hun.
dredfoId, for, while one individual may
be a victim Of a hallueination. such an
illusion can hardly be shared by many
what then, Is TO be said IN answer to
such evidence, furnished by deponents
Of unimpeachable character and repu-
tation for truthfulness2 TO suppose
that they are combining in the manu-
facture OF lie is scarcely reasonable
Joseph M Rogers In Lipplncotes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
How the Pendulum Was Found


Like many of the commonest me.
chanicaI instruments in daily use, the
invention Of the pendulum is due en-
tirely to chance. GalIlei, when under
twenty years Of age, was standing one
day in the metropolitan church of Pisa
while some painters were at work on
the ceiling Of the church. A suspended
lamp which was hanging before the al
tar was disturbed In some manner, and
the scientist was struck with the al
most perfect regularity with which It
swung back and forth. The idea Of
measuring time by such an instrument
found instant generation In his brain,
and he completed the system in use to
this day.--St. Louis Republic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
.HAU'S WIFE
KILLS HERSELF
-
RumOr That he Had Made
Confession Denied
NEW CHAPTER in CASE
Young Professor Is Held on Charge
Of Numbering His Mother-in-Law--
Told Of His wife's
Suicide.
NEW CHAPTER IN CASE

Karlsruhe, Germany. June TO-
Karl Hau, professor Of Roman law at
the George Washington university,
Washington, d. Ct, who is iii prison
here charged with the murder OF his
mother in-law, Fran Molitor, was visit
Ed BY the governor Of the prison today
and informed that his wife had COM
mitted suicide by drowning in q lake
near Pfaeiiikon, Switzerland. The gov
ernor had quite long conversation with
the professor, which led to a report
that he had confessed that he had MUIR
dered his wife's mother, which he has
strenuously denied. The states attor-
ney subsequently denied the report That
Hau had made a confession.
Mrs. Hau came to Karlsruhe two
days ago and had long talk with her
husband She left the prison in a
state Of the utmost depression and went
back to the village Of Pfaefikon. On
arriving there Mrs. Hau went direct to
a bathing establishment on the small
lake near Pfae fflson and requested to
be given a separate dressing room.
The attendants later saw her swim
ming out In the lake, but soon after
wards they observed that she was no
longer moving A boatman rowed out
to the spot and brought the body
ashore, where physician who was
hurridly sent for, attempted in vain to
resuscitate the unfortunate woman.
A long farewell letter was found in
her clothing, in which she declared it
was impossible for her to any longer
bear the sorrow of living apara from
her husband, notwithstanding the charge
brought against him; but death was
bitter for her owing to her child
A considerable sum of money was
also found in Mrs. Hau's clothing.
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birthday by four aged men who live in
the East village, one, N. D. Willard, be-
ing So and Mr.. Tibbets, Mr.. Pearl Whit
cher and Mfr. M. Reed, all old men and
carrying canes made an interesting sight
for those who saw them. Mr.. and Mrs.
Templeton live with their daughter, Mrs.
Sparrow, at the village.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
The Magic No. 3.

Number three is wonderful mascot
for Geo. II, Paris, OF Cedar Grove, Me-,
according to letter which reads; after
suffering much with liver and kidney
trouble, and becoming greatly discour-
aged by the failure 60 find relief, / tried
Electric Bitters, and as result am a
well man today. The first bottle re-.
lieved and three bottles completed the
cure. Guaranteed best on earth for
stomach, liver and kidney trouble, by
Red Cross Pharmacy. SOC.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
Excursion to Montreal.

June Is and 10 the Central Vermont
railroad will run an excursion to Mont
real from Barre. Montpelier and Water.
bury. Fare for the round trip, $500
Tickets good going on all regular
trains, June Is and early morning train
June 16, and returning until $40 p. NJ
train from Montreal June 10. See hand.
bills for particulars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1907.
A Small Annual Cash Payment

looks like so cents compared with $500.
900, when You study an insurance policy
after disaster We offer the best term
policy at the lowest rates quoted. 5sth
year. National Life ms. Co, Montpelier
W. (AIutnal) s. 81. Ballard, General
Agent, Montpelier, We. N. y. Ballard
Local Agent, Miles Block, Barre, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10
a wiok.d No..

The worm Testndo naYalis has cost
shipowners more money than all the
wrecks that ever happened. Especially
in tropical seas this worm destroys all
wooden vessels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10

Dyspepsia ii Americas curse. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspepsia
every time. 1t drives out impurities,
tones the stomach, restores perfect di-
gestion, normal weight, and good health.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-10

Itching, bleeding, protruding or blind
piles yield to Doan's Ointment. Chronic
cases soon relieved, finally cured. Drug
gists all sell it.