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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
Miscellaneous "swaps"

TO ExcHANGE-PAINTIN PAPER1NG
and Job carpenter work for good horse or
cow material furnished. F. B. BROWN
2121 Sunset blvd Telephone Temple b7s
10-17-4
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

An trains daily excep' thoss marked as
toliows: "a" ndays exceptec; ''b" Sundays
only.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

FOR RENTS, $40. s12. SIS, NEW COT
tages. 1915 E. 25th,. cor. Watts car.
Mnthorn. 1O-20-2
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

FOR SALE. CASH OR EXCHANGE. FOR
BUSINESS
fs0o0-4o acres, under cultivation; water
wood; Groom house; barn. horses. etc.
ss0O0-General dry goods store; valuable
lease; business OF 5000 per month: 70 miles
cut.
S40Co-Dry goods and shoes, large store; only
one In nearby town; business OF $500 per
month.
one or all. cash or exchange. LEAHY &
SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
TRussEs AND SUPPORTERS

LONDON TRUSS co. TRUSS FITTING sPE-
cialists; elastic hosiery, etc. TAI s. SPRING
STREET. o-l0-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

$3.50, grocery; splendid opportunity for i've
man to get into business; rent only $40 month'
exceptionally good location; cash business
owner must return east account OF urgent
business. Investigate at once through
LEAHY SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

s1soo-Restaurant, centrally located. doing
good business and better from now on; seats
81 persons; bakery oven. range and coitee
trade: close to department stores; can be
bought this week at the price named. See
LEAHY &. SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20

si50O buys a meat market and grocery To-
Gated NJ q prominent beach resort inns
place b fully worth $1,000 and doing spien-
did business now averaging over soo a uay.
0une1 must 20 north and will make easy
Terms. This is worth careful investigation
See LEAHY Il SON.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
City Lots and Lands

FOR SALE
Fine large. level lots in a desirable com,
munity; street work all done ana pale
for. near a $4,000 public school, from
$500 up; a few at $500. sell these fol
SIS cash and $40 a month.
+. W. BLAKE.
Take Euclid ave. car to my office. cor
A'u'A"a anu S'ep s-s-t
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
The BARRE DAILY TIMES
Weather Prediction

Fair tonight and Tuesday; light To
fresh west to southwest winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Sporting Notes.

Sunol, 2:0SA. owned by a. -. Coke
Paoli. will be bred to Todd. PLAZA.
William Bradley. owner or Major
Delmar. l:59A; Sweet Marie. 2,o2, and
George c.. 2o5A, has decided corner
on fast record trotters.
&c. n. Smathers has presented Lord
Derby, 2:05i4, to Caruthers Owing Of
Memphis, Tenn. hts attorney in the
celebrated Memphis cup case.
George Leyene. the famous end on
the University Of Pennsylvania team
In 1866. has been chosen to coach the
football team OF the University Of Ten
nessee at Knoxville
A new defender for the gold chal-
lenge cup OF the American Power Boat
association to be competed for on the
st. Lawrence river next August will be
built by fhe estate OF the late Jonathan
Wainwright of Philadelphia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
roo LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

L0sT-Plsin gold ring on Main street last
Thursday VIII fndef return 70 this Of
ice. i9t3s
10 RENr-Tenemento Park street AZ sio.0o
per menth. C. ". Ayerll iau
LOST--On seminarr streee il silver cased ri
gin watch Finder viii be rewarded by return
ing same to this office. igtst
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Clifford Moore Of East Calais was in
sown Saturday.
Dwight Cutler Of Barre was at Alison
Smiths recently.
Frank Marsh Of East Calais was in
town Wednesday.
Miss Anna st. Cyr is visiting her sis
fer, Mrs. Addison Wood, Of saltwater,
n. IL
"A thirteen pound son was born ia
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Holt Thursday,
April End.
Mrs. James Lyman Of Lyndonville is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Townsend.
b. G. Leaser has moved from his
farm to the Thomas Bartlett house on
High street.
Mark Cutler Of Barre was the guest
Of his grandparents, Mr., and Mrs. $. S.
Smith, last week.
Ruth and Walter Perry went to
North Ryegate Wednesday to visit their
aunt, Mrs. Warren Wright.
Erwin Nye strained his back quite
badly last week while lifting bah of
grain. He i confined to the bed
Miss Mary Knapp, who is at work in
Fast Calais, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. /. i. Knapp.
Mrs. Genie Kiser went to Barre We'd
nesday after spending several days in
town with her daughter, Mrs. Clemant
Bartlett.
A large number were present at the
ladies Aid social given at the Mefho-
DIT parsonage Thursday afternoon and
eyeAing
The item that appeared last week
stating that Miss Alice Bailey had en-
ployment in the Cotton Manufacturing
company III Montpelier was false. Miss
Bailey was in Montpelier last week at
tending the teachers examinations.
Over seventy Of the friends and neigh
boris of Mt. and Mrs. Frank Martin spent
Friday evening with them, it being Mr..
Martins thirty fourth birthday. The
evening was pleasantly spent with mu-
sic and games. A purse of money was
given Mr.. Martin as slight reminder
of the event.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
How Pxthona Settle ouarreIs.

1t was ID October 1s94, that the big
python at the zoo fell into the deplora.
bic error of swallowing his compan
ion, snake only few inches shorter
than himself. A similar disaster Il
reported FROM Bombay. where for some
years two large Indian rythons had
occupied a cage In the museum Of the
Bombay Natural History society.
There was some misunderstanding be-
tween them over a partridge. for they
were found SO tightly entangled Id
each others coils that the utmost en-
deavors Of peacemaking keepers fail
ed to effect separation, and they
were left to settle the matter accord
ing to their own lights. Next day
there was only one very stout python
visible. These large reptiles evidently
know but one way At settling a quar-
rel.-London Sketch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
TALK OF The TOWN.


New pictures to-day at the Theator
ium.
A. G. Gilman went to Burlington yes
terday for a visit.
Auction sale Monday evening at thu
City Auction Rooms.
Mrs. II. A. SegeI visited relatives il
Burlington yesterday.
William Raeside went TO Albany, N
y, Saturday to work.
The spring term Of the kindergarten
at 20 Keith avenue began to-day.
Pure maple syrup and sugar from /
reputable maker at Sowden 4 Lyons.
r. p Lord Of Orange went to Nashua
n. H., to-day to attend the funeral q
his sister.
Another lot Of maple syrup from Geo
Sprague Just arrived at Granite City
Creamery.
The /. O. 0. L., NJ. T., viii meet ii
X. Of O. hall, Monday evening, at
o'clock. Per order elective secretary.
The Athena club will hold its annual
banquet in the vestry of the Church oi
the Good shepherd Monday evening al
10 o'clock.
Creme Elcaya, the non-greasy cold
cream, can be obtained at the Red Cross
Pharmacy. You have been asking fol
tive have it.
A regular mccting Of Junior Court
Barre, No. !. Foresters.of America, will
be held in their hall tonight at seven
o'clock Initiation.
The philomathian club win meet with
Mrs. John W. Vaughan, Is Maple Grove,
Tuesday evening at 7:l5 A large at
tendance Of members Il requested for the
annual business meeting. Please he
prompt.
"a Royal Slave" has been before the
theatre going public for number Of
years and has been seen in almost every
state Of the Union. II Is one Of those
plays. which. like old vine, becomes
better with age Lavishly mounted, gor-
geously costumed, with a superb cast,
the production which comes to the opera
house this evening IS without an equal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
WEST ToPSHAM.


Miss Eula Poole went to Barre sat
urday.
Bradley r. Smith returned ID Boston
Saturday,
$, NJ Hood was in Groton Saturday
Oh business.
G. II. and G. #. Hight were in Barre
Monday ON business.
The K. of P.s had sugar eat at
their room Thursday evening.
Hight Brothers sold their fancy pair
Of oxen to Moses Hood last week.
Jamts Rouhan. ir., il to move into
Carroll Buttons house in the village.
q. r. Hight il on the sick list but Il
reported a little better at this writing.
AEr and Mrs Maurice Mcknight and
scr are visiting at Q. s. sanborn's for
y FEW days.
Al NJ Fellows went to New York last
week. JIe would Ike to sell his farm az
pe Intends To ike IN the city.
9'he Waits River Valley Grange took
iii three candidates Friday evening and
sugar eat afterwards. O. such good
aoughnutsl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Max Re sim of Troubls.

Sin certain uptown barber shop,
said the Bronxite. there is a sign. that
says .If Won are not pleased with the
BARRIERS work. tell The proprietor.
Now, visit the place lit least d con,
pie OF times week and always get a
good shave except when / get into the
proprietor's chair. Ills razora are al.
ways raspIng, bis work careless and
results bad Now, should tell the
proprietor? Would lie be iasulted II /
told him he ought to be fred and his
chair given TO real barberY or
course the sign invites It, but won
der what would happen if | told Him
just what | thinkg I'd Try It were Il
not for the fact that he's huskicr than
am."--New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
WASHINGTON.

On the evening Of April 3, Court On
awandah, No. 1919, /. 0. H., held one
Of the most successful meetings Of its
history. After the routine business had
been done away with, class Of twenty
cne new members were initiated. This
IL the largest class ever initiated at one
time and makes the membership Of this
lodge the largest Of any lodge in this
section of the state. After the meet
ing supper was served by the ladies Of
the court. Dancing was then INDUCED
in BY all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
TALK OF The TOWN

The best in town the Theatorium, Of
course.
G. A. Brown went to Randolph to-day
on business.
George Grant went to Albany, N. \,
to-day to work.
Avenged by the Sea-" at the Thea.
forum, Of course.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Continuance Of
Good Values (!

Last weekend we gave a special
value in Hams
We thought like this. times are
hard and money Is scarce, SO we u
just give people a chance to share
on the profits little and it'll per-
haps help things along biz
We did this and lots Of folks
took advantage Of our offer.
This week, while we won't
quote you any special prices here,
if you'll step in Of tell us you want
our delivery team 10 call. we will
surprise you with our low prices
and good market supplies.
Phone 1911.
-----
The Central Market,
40 NO. Main street. Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Shamrock ard Thistle

The elder Pliny asserted that no ser.
pent would touch the white clover. and
It has been said for ages thar nothing
can eat the Scotch thistle but an ass.
The identity Of the real Scotch thistle
is as mysterious as that Of the sham
rock. The saying nowadays Ii that
more shamrocks grow IN England than
I'm Ireland and that no thistle ever
grew in England
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
a Hnnan Enilinn

Spa, what Is the meaning Of incun-
sistencyf' asked Freddy.
Inconsistency, my son. explained
pa, "means man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the dog
for barking at night Haper's
Weekly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
SOUTH BARRE.

Miss L. E. Townsend visited Mr.. and
Mrs. George Patterson recently.
Master Earl Patterson is on the sick
list; also Mrs. Walter Sims.
The empty tenements are filing fast
and it is hoped they may all be occupied
soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
The wise Ones

"Some people dou't never seem to
learn nuthin' as they grow older" re-
marked the Squedunk ssge.
"Some people don't need Ter. re-
sponded the Pohick philosopher, "sone
people knows It all from the START
Louisville courier,JonrnaI
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Fine brows puckered, she pondered the
matter. and ended by placing her own
hand over the print; this one fitted the
other exactly.
How he must have wondered! .
He is sure TO look again. especially
No need to conclude the sentence.
Quickly she placed bag and case squarely
on top of the impression. the bowl over
all and the book upon the bowl; then.
drawing from her pocket a pair Of long
gray silk gloves draped one across the
book. and, head tilted to one side, ad-
mired the effect.
II seemed decidedly an artistic effect,
| admirably calculated to attract attention
She was satisfied to the point of being
, pleased with herself-a fact indicated by
an expressive fiutter of slim, fair hands
And now to work! Time pressed
and - . A cloud dimmed the radiance OF
her eyes: irresolutely she shifted In her
chair. troubled. frowning. lips woefully
dropping, and sighed And a STILL small
whisper. broken and wretched, disturbed
the quiet of the study.
II can not! o / can not. - To
spoil 1t all. now, when 80
Yet she must. She must forget herself
and steel her determination with the
memory that anothers happiness hung
in the balance. depended upon her sue
cess. Twice she had tried and failed.
This third time she must succeed
And bowling her head In token of her
resignation. she turned back squarely to
face the desk. AS she did so the toe OF
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next room. She could hear O'Hagan an
| nouncing: mo wan here. sor"
Then it's the dining room or the trunk
closet. Come along!'
! One last frantic attempt! But the
window catch. rusted with long disuse.
leaped away and crushed herself into a
| corner. crouching on the floor behind a
heavy box, her dark cloak drawn up to
| shield her head.
And the door opened.
A flood of radiance from the relighted
student lamp fell athwart the floor. The
girl lay close and STILL holding her breath.
Ten seconds, perhaps. licked on into
eternity. seconds that were in themselves
eternities. Then: mo one here<
O'Hagan."
The door was closed. and through it's
i the numbering divvle must we flew tn
coop afore We come in. sor.'
The girl tried to rise. to make again for
the window. but it was as though her
, limbs had turned to water; there was no
strength in her, and the blackness swan
visibly before her eyes. radiating away in
whirling, streaky circles. ."
Even such resolution and strong will as
was hers could not prevail against that
numbing. deathly exhaustion. Her eyes
closed and her head fell back against the
wall
in point of fact full five minutes) ere
the sound of a voice again reused her.
She looked up, dazzled by a gush Of
warm light
He stood in the doorway. holding the
lamp high above his head, his face pale,
grave and Swallowed as he peered down
II have sent o'Hagan away" he said.
gently. IF you will please to come
now
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VIII-Continued.

The mood held her but briefly She had
no time to waste and much TO accom-
rhsh. Sitting back. her fingers
sought and pressed the clasp of her
handbag and produced two articles-a
golden cigarette case and a slightly soiled
canvas bag. The Maitland jewels were
returning by a devious way to their
owner.
but where to put them, that he might
find them without delay? 1t must be no
conspicuous place. where O'Hagan would
be apt to happen upon them; doubtless
the janitor was trustworthy. but still
- Misplaced opportunities breed crimi-
mails.
at was all risk to leave the treasure
there. without the protection of nickeled-
steel walls and time locks. but risk that
must be taken. She dared not retain it
longer in her possession. and she would
Cpntrive way in the morning to COM
municate with Maitland and warn him.
Her gaze searched the area where the
lamplight fell soft yet strong upon the
dark shining wood and heavy brass desk
fittings. and paused. arrested by the I'M
usual combination of inverted bowl and
superimposed book. \ riddle to be read
with facility: in twinkling she had un-
covered the discriminating hand print-in-
eliminating if 1t could be traced, that is
10 say.
s''Oh." she cried, softly And laughed a
little. "Oh. how careiess!"
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The most interesting event of the month
will be the August showers of shooting
stars. These will be most numerous on
the evenings of August 10. IL and II.
though. for several days before and after
these dates a large number may be seen.
If the observer will face northwest, to-
ward the constellation Perseus, he will
every few moments see bright, yellow
ish star dart out from point in this con-
stellation and move swiftly across the
sky. The point from which these stars
seem to come slowly changes it's position:
the occasional stars seen August I will
appear to come from A. Fig. I those seen
August rs. will appear at B. while those
of August 10 and II. when the shower is
greatest. will dart outward in every di-
rection from the point c..
The whole account of the growth Of our
knowledge of these peculiar little bodies
is most interesting. 1t was first supposed
that they revolved about the sun in nearly
circular orbits. lying not far from the or
bit of the earth. When 1t was discovered
that they encounter the earth with too
great velocity for this to be possible It
became evident that they must fall to-
ward the sun from a far greater distance
A swarm OF little particles so far away
that it begins to feel the pull of the sun
will fall toward that body but the nearer
particles will gradually come to move
much more swiftly than the outer Ones
so that in time the whole swarm will be
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Crash!-the front door downstairs had
been slammed.
She was on her feet in breath. faint
with fear. Yet not so overcome that she
forgot her errand. her success. AS she
stood up she dropped the dispatch box
back into the drawer. without a sound
and. opening her handbag, stuffed some
thing into it.
No time to do more-a dull rumble of
masculine voices was distinctly, fright
fully audible in the stiffness of the house;
voices of men conversing together in the
inner vestibule. One laughed. and the
laugh seemed to penetrate her bosom like
knife. Then both STROBE across the
tfle!ng and began to ascend, as was clear
~ told her by footsteps sounding dead
ened on the padded carpet.
Panic-stricken. she turned to the stu
dent lamp and with quick twirl and
upward jerk of the chimney catch extin-
guished the flame. A reek Of smoke i'm
air. and she knew that it would betray
her. but was helpless to stop it. Be-
sides. she was caught, trapped, damned
beyond redemption unless unless 1t
were not Maitland after all, but one of
the other tenants, unexpectedly returned
and bound for another fiat
Futile nope Upon the landing by the
door the footsteps ceased and a key
grated in the wards of the lock.
Blind with terror, her sole thought an
discovery until the last possible instant.
on the bare chance of something happen
ing to save her, the girl caught up her
skirts and fled like a hunted shadow
through the alcove. through the bed
chamber. thence down the hall toward
the dining room and kitchen offices.
The outer door was being opened ere
she had reached the hiding place she had
in mind-the trunk closet, from which,
she remembered remarking. a window
opened upon fire escape. 1t was barely
possible. fighting chance. 49,
She closed the door. grateful that it's
latch slipped silently into place, and fairly
flung herself upon the window. painfully
bruising her soft hands in vain endeavor
to raise the sash. 1t stuck obstinately.
would not yield. Too late, she remem-
bered that she had forgotten to draw the
catch-fatal oversight! A sob of terror
choked in her throat Already footsteps
were hurrying down the hall: a line of
light frightened underneath the door:
voices. excitedly keyed. banded question
and comment, an unnhstakable Irish
brogue mingling with a clear enunciation
which she had but too great reason TO
remember. The pair had passed into the
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one small shoe caught against something
on the floor. causing dull jinging
sound. She stopped, with low exclama-
ton. and Strengthened up. small bunch
of keys in her hand, eight or ten of them
dangling from a silver ring-Maitland S
keys.
He must have dropped them there. for
getting them altogether. find of value
and one to save her deal of trouble
skeleton keys are so exasperating slow,
particularly when used by inexpert
hands. But how to bring herself to make
use Of these? AIS fair in war land this
was a sort of war. war of wits at least),
but one should fight with ones own arms,
not pilfer the enemy's and turn them
against him. To use these keys to ran
sack Maitland's desk seemed an action
even more blackly dishonorable than this
clandestine visit. this midnight foray.
Swinging the nOtched metal slips from
a slender finger, she contemplated them
ana laughed ruefully. What ,qualms of
conscience In a burglar self-confessed.
She was there for purpose. recog-
nized. nefarious purpose. Granted Then
why bubble? /" She would not bubble
She would be firm. resolute, determined,
cold blooded unmindful of all kindness
and courtesy and e" She would use
them. accomplish her purpose, and have
done. finally and forever, with the whole
hatefol business
There was bright spot of color on
| either creek anu d ilOt ISflt Oh anger In
her eyes as she set about her task 1t
would never be less hideous, never less
immediate.
The desk drawers yielded easily to the
eager keys. One by one she had them
open and their contents explored-vain
repetition of yesterday afternoons fruit
less task. But she must be sure. she
must leave no stone unturned. Maitland
Manor was closed to her forever, because
OF last night. But here she was safe for
few short hours. and free to make as
surance doubly sure.
There remained the dispatch box, the
black japanned tin box. which had proved
obdurate yesterday. She had come pre-
pared to break its lock this time, If need
be: Maitland's carelessness spared her
the necessity.
She lifted 1t out of lower drawer and
put 1t in her lap The smallest key fitted
the lock at the first attempt. The lid
came up and -
Perhaps II is not altogether discredit-
able that one should Temporarily forget
ones computations in the long-deferred
moment of triumph. The girl uttered a
little cry Of joy.