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clear through them. Some Of the holes
were big enough for me 20 put my hand
in, IL 8nq B climbed oh- honeycombed
stick And showed my wNs,e arm. inside
It is a continual drain on the company,
this supplying of new poles. The birds
eat them through in few months. Then
1t is dangerous for our, Iinemen to climb
the weakened sticks.
at would be impossible to compute
the expense to our company Of rcplcn-
shing the poles eaten up by the wood
peckers There is hardly wire holder
from Arizona to the coast that is not
marked by the bills of the birds. They
seldom bore the poles IN the East For
some strange reason they operate mostly
in the warm states. chiefly in Arizona,
Texas and California. But aside from
this fool craze after Imaginary grubs,
the woodpecker is no sucker. On the
other hand, he is n wise old fellow I
have counted as many az a hundred
holes on ere pole. and In each was an
acorn firmly wedged. The birds drill the
holes to the proper size, then slip in the
acorn. In few weeks the nut roots aud
then the bird taps II for his lunch. a
telegraph pole storehouse Of acorns will
ms, clan OF woodpcckers sometimes a
year"
It will be worth q fortune to the man
who can suggest scheme to keep the
birds from the telegraph poles, but
while he Is raclting his brain for a plnn
the rcdhcaded fellows out West are still
pecking away for those grubs and tho
telegraph company is paying for new
poles
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A COPYRIGHT PROBLEM.
How To Reconcile interests of Conn
pOscrs and of OF Tiers.

The devoted and patient lnbor Of the
Joint committee on patents of the two
houses Of Congress In their effort to
frame satisfactory copyright hll-a la
Dor which has now EXTENDED over three
years-hids fair TO reach results Mt the
short session 81 Congress next winter
saws an editorial in the Century. The
testimony. either In addresses at public
hearings or IN documents fled is sub
stantially all In, and tho work Of dra IT.
ing a final bill has been intrustcd to n
subcommittee which is to do its work
during the vacation. The attitude Of the
committees has been catholic and omen
minded. and the members Especially
the chairman, Senator Smoot and Repro
sentative Currier) have felt their respon-
sihilty in framing n new act which shall
become, by tho soundncsS Of its princ-
nlcs and the adequacy Of It's remedies,
the law Of tho land for many years n
| come. In bringing about such lerisla-
ton the committees will achieve for
themselves an honorable reputation of
the sort that compensates for all the
toll and cynical dscouragement that
invest the daily work of the conscien-
tous LEGISLATOR
The chief stumbling block has been the
inability to reconcile tho interests Of
| composers and of those engaged in the
reproduction Of mNsic ny mechanical
| means After tho latter had fought Wig
| orOusly the plain ethical principle IN
| volved-that n composer Is entitled to
| compensation for all commercial use Of
| his music-suddenly. ut the last moment
Of the hearings. with n candor that In
| the circumstances does them great cred
| It. they acknowledged the main conten-
ton. pleading only for an equal chance
at the business involved, So bill has
been introduced by Mr.. Washhurn of
| Massachusetts. rncoCnizinE the right
and endeavo~lng to meet the difficulty by
providing that any piece of music SO
| reproduced by one manufacturing COM
pany may he reproduced by any other on
| the payment to the composer Of n per-
! centnge. as vet undetermined by the hill
| This seems on tho face Of It the fair
est OF fair play. But we greatly mistake
the situation If the practical working out
of the idea does not create moro din
culties than 1t cures. Has tho law ever
before addressed itself to the providing
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ises In trust TO said George L. Pease,
Flora NJ Clark. Frank Clark. Charles
- warren, Wright Clark Bishop, Mrs.
Mary Macombcr and Or. A. i. Bing-
Wales tmeaninx Torrey p. wales)
then deceased. and Marvin Clark since
deceased were named trustees of Ger
IAN interests therein described. Said
deed from said Wright G. Bishop to
said above named trustees is of rec
ord In the town clerks office Of said
Wi'liston In volume 10, pages 37s to
3s1, inclusive.
Nin, W. Clark and so named in said
bill Is deceased and said Mary T. Clark
is cxecutrix under his will
Ind And praying that the equity OF re-
comber, Daniel Il. bishop, Msry r.
Clark. Individually. and as such exc
G r- Priscilla u. Ferguson. willard
Ozark. Charles u. Warren. A. l.. hing
ham. George L. Pease, Barbara clark
a ai or wright Clark philenn Clark.
= Trod H. GA, Clark T. ch!ttenden Clark,
T.. Ciark. guardian and trustee OF six
Iast named persons, In said premises
may pc foreclosed agreeably to the
In np ,ho, or or the law: And II appear
PENDANT claim an interest In said land
and Premises and II also appearing
tnat wright Clark Bishop Rufus W
Bishop and Mary Macombar reside and
are out OF tho state OF Vermont 50
that service Of subpoena cannot be
made upon them:
II IS ordered, that the above named
defendant be notified to appear before
"" court OF ChnnCc-y to be held at
burlington. In the County of Chitten-
den, on the first Wednesday. after tho
nrst tuesday in September. 1908. to
answer to said petition, by publishing
ms order three weeks successivnlv I'm
inc burlington Weekly Free Press, n
Newspaper published in said county
Inc last Of which publications shall be
az least twenty days previous to said
.'trn Oh court And you are required
10 cause Your appearance therein to
be entered with the Clerk Of said
court. on tho first day Of said Term
otherwise said bill will he taken as
confessed
Given under my hand at burlington.
IN the county Of Chittenden, this 92nd
Gay or July. A. y. 1905.
HAMILTON S. PECK. Solicitor.
C. j. RUSSELL
i,W3t Clerk
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THAT LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
1t Does Not Commend Itself to This
Newspaper.

CFrom the indianapolis Nows.)
The fable of the mountain in la Dor that
brought forth a mouse seems to be illus
trated by the conclusion of the Lincoln
memorial committee appointed In 1875 by
Congress. 1t Is in favor of constructing
as such national memorial a highway
from Washington to Gettysburg-a road
% miles long at cost Of some millions
of dollars. No doubt this would be a
fine thing for the rich automobiles from
Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia.
New York and the region rounda bout
generally: but what national Significance
II could have or what national enthusi-
assn 1t would rouse does not appear. The
New York Times pithily remarks that a
good road is better even when it leads
nowhere In particular, as in this case,
than a bad group of statuary. but that
a highway Is not stirring to the national
imagination, and that 1t would he NOR
ally bad to build "A road through n Stat.
at national expense. 1t has an idea, too,
that the West. whence Lincoln came.
would hardly respond to the notion That
Is to put 1t mildly, There are, as the
Times says, good roads sufficient as good
examples. and the disposition Of the
States to follow the examples is not
eagerly manifest. while the proposed
road would serve only as speedway
apd could never be valuable FOR COM
mercial traffic
The committee's fundamental mistake
Is that it has mixed two things namely,
tho useful and the beautiful. Making
roads and bridging fords are matters Of
utility to respond to peoples needs and
are built solely from business considera-
tons. When courses of business change
neglect follows. as highways and river
traffic were neglected in this country
when railroads were Developed Now to
construct Il highway as a memorial is to
jar the sensibilit!es and to lose the op-
portunty of every Office of a memorial
which Is to speak to sentiment and lofty
Inspiration. This can only he done by a
thing Of beauty. 1t as clearly belongs
within the realm of art a the appeal Ia
the moral faculties belongs within the
realm of religion.
1t is not apparent from any develop
mont of the life of the nation why a
new and special memorial to Lincoln
should be adopted now. Things like tina,
are born not made The first outflow of
gratitude to Lincoln was poured forth
by the generation that saw him die; and
memorials to him of all kinds abound
There will come n time in the growth Of
the national life when more signihcan,
| national memorial that shall speak foi
| a later time will rise, Until that tim,
| comes the forcing" process will never
| produce much, A proof OF this might b,
| cited in the two-years' elaboration o
the committee, which can find nothing
| better than this road project
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Two Men Killed near Port Henry
and Burned beyond Rec
ognitiop
RAN MACHINE INTO BROOK
A Third Occupant Thrown into the
Mud and WAS Not SeriOualy Hurt
cant Explain the Accident
--IGx plOsion of Gasoline
started the Fire.

Plattsburgh n. V, July ga
shocking automobile accident occurred
about six miles west of Port Henry
last night resulting in tho instant
death of ]. f. Dodge of Maiden, Mass.
and Lockwood Reed of Port Henry.
Il. +. Titus of Syracuse n. Y. who
was in tho car at the time of tho ac-
cident, escaped tminjurcd
Mr.. Dodge. the owner of the car
with his family and party of friends
was camping about ton miles west Of
Port Henry. Saturday evening the
three men set out for port Henry for
load of provisions and were making
the return trip. when at point about
six miles west of Port Henry, Mr.
Dodge lost control of the machine in
some unaccountable manner and the
car dashed into a stream known as
Muddy Brook and turned turtle. pin
ming Dodge and Reed underneath Tho
machine was a large touring car and
the two men were unable to move.
Instantly there was a heavy explosion
and the car took fire burning the VIC
Tins beyond recognition.
How the accident occurred will proha
hly never be known. 1t is thought that
the two men were killed before the ma.
chine took fire. There is high en-
hankment near the scene of the accider.
and the heavy machine plunged over
this, throwing Titus 90 feet into the air
and landing with crash and roar Of ex-
ploding gasoline that was heard for two
miles Mr.. Titus struck in the soft mud
rear the edge Of the creek and esca ped
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ESTATE OF LENlEI. s. DREW OF
SOUTH BURLINGTON.

STATE OF VERMONT, District Of
Chittenden, SIS.
The Probate Court for the Distric,
of Chitteuden.
To all persons Interested In the es-
tate of Lemuel :. Drew late of South
Burlington. in said district deceased.
GREETING:
Whereas. said Court has assigned
tho 1lth day of August, next. for the
settlement of the account of the exc
cutor of the last Will and testament
Of Lemucl s Drew. late of Burlington.
in said district. deceased. and for a
decree of the residue OF said es-
tate to the lawful claimants of tho
same. and ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons inter-
ested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully prev
ious to the day assigned, in the Bur
lington Weekly Free Press news
paper published In said district.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to
appear at the Probate Court rooms In
Burlington. VT. on the day assigned, then
and there to contest tho allowance of
said account II you see cause. and TO
establish your right as heirs. legatees
and lawful claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand this 2lst day
of July, 1905.
MARCELLUS A. BINGHAM.
4,w3t Judge.
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STRENUOUS DAY FOR PRINCE
Witnessed Grand Review on the plains
of Nbrnhnr-Attendcd Other
Functions.

Quebec Que. July 24-The Prince
Of Wales has had another day of siren
nous activity beginning this morning
with grand review Of the troops.
sailors and marines on the Plains of
Abraham then officiating as the title
deeds of this historic battlefield were
turned over as a permanent memorial.
between times attending gala lunch
cons and dinners and finally tonight
mingling with the say throngs of
beautifully dressed women at the state
ball at tho parliament buildings The
Prince is hearing his part in these
functions with all the dignity and
good nature of his royal father. shift
Ing his uniforms from admiral to field
marshal and then to plain and well
groomed English gentleman. and al
ways awakening the enthusiastic
cheers of the crowd whenever he an
pears.
The grand review of the military and
naval forces was the Spectacular feature
Of the day. The forces assembled on the
Plains for exceeded the armies Of Wolfe
ana Montcam, which fought for mastery
Of the same grounds, the aggregate to-
day numbering %, Coo while the spectators
raised the assenblage to upwards of
5000
Tho State ball at the Parliament
buildings tonight is the chief social
function during the princes stay. The
building was brilliantly illuminated with
in ana without and a great throng filed
the Senate chamber which temporarily
served the purpose Of a ball room.
The American officers gave a dance
this afternoon on board the New Hamp-
shire. which was largely attended by
officials and ladies.
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Lucy SEN MOUR'S ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT. District of
Chittenden. So.
The Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Chttenden.
ested in the estate Of Lucy Seymour
late of burlington, deceased,
GREETING:
Whereas. application hath been made
to this Court in writing by the ad-
ministrator of the estate of Lucy Sey-
mour, lat" Of burlington, deceased.
convey unto one carrie sumner Of
Colchester, about one acre of land sit
uate on Mallctts Bay in the town OF
Colchester. adjoining the home place
said decodent was under contract.
binding both in law ard equity to con-
yey unto the said Carrie sumner in
her. the said decedents lifetime. but
which she. the said deCedent, neglect
ed to do, under which said contract
the said Carrie sumner took posses
sion of said premises and erected a
small dwelling house whore she now
resides.
Whereupon, the said Court appoint
cd and assigned the 3lst day of July.
1908, at the Probate Court rooms. in
said district. to hear and decide up-.il
dered public notice thereof to be given
to all persons Interested therein, by
publishing said order, together with
the time and place of hearing, three
weekly Free Press. a newspaper which
circulates in the neighborhood OF
those persons interested In said estate.
all which publications shall be prev
ious to the day assigned for hearing
Therefore,, you are hereby notified
to appear before said Court at the
time and place assigned. then and
there In said Court to make your OBJ
jections to the granting of such H.
cense, II you see cause.
Given under my hand, at the Pro-
bate Court rooms, this 18th day Of
July. 1908.
MARCELLUS A. BINGHAM.
S.w3t Judge.
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When you see the name Ryda,e In an
advertisement or on n remedy II IL sure
sign that the remedy advertised Is COM
pounded from the prescription Of a spec
ialst.. A specialist in certain disease
knows more about. and Is better filter
to treat that disease than anyone else
and that Is the reason why the Rydaie
Remedies never fail to relieve and so
often cure tho troubles for which they
are recommended. Rydale's Stomach
Tablets. for Indigestion and Dyspepsia
Rydale's Liver Tablets for Liver and
Bowels Rydale's Tonic, for system
builder and sure cure for Chills and
Malari and Rydale's Cough Elixir for
all ordinary Coughs and bronchial troub-
les, are four prescriptions of the best
specialist and will do all that medicine
can do. ]. W. O'Sullivan, Burlington.
Stanley & Estey, Winooski.
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ESTATE or NISTNTvE 4. GERMAN.
RICHMOND.

We. the subscribers having been sp-
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Chittenden,
commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust the claims and demands Of all
persons against the estate Of Nettic
A German, late OF Richmond, in said
district deceased, and also all
claims and demands exhibited in
onset thereto; and six months
from the day OF the date hereof be-
Ing allowed by said court for that pur-
pose. we do therefore hereby give no.
ticc that we will attend to the duties
of our appointment at tho late resi-
dence of the deceased, In Richmond
in said district, on the second Satur-
days Of August and January, next. at
10 o'clock n. m. on each Of said days.
Dated this 18th day OF July, 1908.
r. r. OBRTEN,
II. W. BATES.
3w3t Commissioners.
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EARL GREY is PLEASED.
Speeches Mt Quebec Touch High Note
Friendship.

London, July 26-Earl Grey. the gov
ernor- general of Canada in an official re-
port to the Earl of Crewe. secretary Of
state for the colonies. on the celebration
of the ter-centenary Of the founding of
Quebec. says that the speeches of the
Vice President of the United States AMI
the representative of France touched n
high note of friendship and good will to
Canada and the crown.
Earl Grey also mentions the great
salts faction felt at the presence of de-
tachments of American marines at the re-
CieW
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ESTATE OF EIZEB SANCTUARY,
uINESBJRGH

sTATE OF VERMONT District OF
Chittenden, on the Goth day of July,
l'OS, an instrument purporting to be
the last Will and testament Of Euzcb
sanctuary, late of Iinesburgh. in said
district, deceased. was presented to
the Court aforesaid, for probate
And II is ordered by said Court that
the 10th day of August 1908
at the Probate Court rooms in
said Burlington, be assigned for
proving said instrument; and that
notice thereof be given to all persons
concerned. by publishing this order
three woeks successfully In the Bur
lington Weekly Free Press, news.
raper published at Burlington. in said
district, previous to the time APP
pointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
TO appear before said court at the
time and place aforesaid. and contest
the probate of said Will. II you have
cause
Given under my hand Mt Burlington.
in said district. this 20th day OF July.
1905.
MARCELLUS A. BINGHAM.
4.w3t Judge.
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THE DESTRUCTIVE
WOODPECKER
He Destroys Thousands of TeIegraph
Poles in the West.
(Fron the New yor,, Mail

CFrom the New York Maill
Red headed woodpeckers cost the
Western Union telegraph company
thousands of dollars every year. They
steal the property of the company, and
this is how they do It. Have you ever
put your ear against a telegraph pole
and heard the low hummng from the
wires reverheratc through the wood?
Well the woodpectcrs put their red top
knots against the poles. They hear the
humminG just as you do, but not being
so highly educated they mistake the
sound for that made by grubs boring
In the wood. Now a grub looks about as
good to n lean woodpecker as a belmont
co dinner to hungry tramp, and hav
Ing decided that the humming noise de-
noted the presence OF square meal. the
woodpeckers set about to discover a
way to corral 1t. There aren't any grubs
on the outside Of the poles that IS GER
tain. Hence. of course, they must be
inside. reason the sage birds. and there
upon they set out to drill holes in the
wood with their bills
No doubt the woodpockors that first
discovered the noise within the poles
tried hard tn keep their knowledge
secret, but tho news spread and wood
hurried to the telegraph lines to take
part in the great task OF drilling through
the poles in search Of the alluring erubs
The fever of the grub rush began a
good many years ago when the first
telegraph poles were set up, and ever
since the deluded birds have been drill
Ing holes in them. trying t6'dfsc61er the
location of the humming sound. After
drilling clean through n score Of poles
without finding the grubs, the wood
pecker mining experts were haffled
But with tho fcverish lust Of the hui
man woodpecker seeking gold upon them
the grub seekers, lurcd on by the delud-
ing hum Of the telegraph wires, con-
tinued to drill In the elusive quest, until
every pole from the middle West to the
Pacific coast has been honeycomhed,
and at great expense the Western Union
company has pulled them up and put
new ones in their places The wood
peckers listened to the new poles and
heard the humming of the grubs again
and once more they drilled without sue
cess. And so it has gone for years, the
birds ever drilling and the company ever
putting in new poles, until the wire
chiefs Of the West now shake their
heads and say that the woodpeckers
from Wisconsin to California are clean
locoe,. with the grub craze.
Il never saw anthing like those red
headed chaps" said an official OF the
Western Union to-day. II have just re-
turned from the West on a tour OF In
spection. and have seen 25-foot tee-
graph poles with 200 or 300 holes drilled
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thousa nds of dollars which he paid out
in one day naturally stimulated business
in all lines in the town
There has been great revival in the
sheep and wool industry In the Llano
country during the last few years. There
is large German population In the
mountain counties and many OF them
nre engaged In sheep ranching. These
Germans are all well to do and some
of them have made comfortable fortunes.
Many of these German ranchmen we're
in Burnet on the recent wool sales day.
The first settlement Of this part of Texas
was made by Germans. They helped
drive out the Indians and open up the
country for development
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ESTATE OF MARY r.. Villas, BUR
IIN(.TON,

We the subscribers having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of ChittAnden,
commissioners to receive examine ana
adjust the claims and demands OF all
persons against tho estate Of Mary
+. Villas late Of Burlington. in said
district. deceased. and also all claims
and demands exhibited In Offset there
to; and SIX months from the day OF
tho date hereof being allowed by said
hereby give notice that we viii a.
tend to the duties Of our appointment
at the office of tlihu g. TAFT In tho
Court House. burlington, in said dis
trict, on the goth day Of December,
next. at 10 o'clock a. M. on each Of
said days.
Dated this 20th day Of July, 1905
q. p. RAY,
6. w. WNELL.
4w3t Commissioners.
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REVOLUTION NEARLY OVER
HOndurnn Forces Take the Town Of
ChoIutica from RcvoIutionIsts.

Togulcigalpa Honduras. July 2s.--The
government troops to-day occupied the
town OF Cholutcca, which some time ago
was captured by the rovolutlonists and
fl Is believed in official circles here that
this practically ends the revolution.
ManE prisoners have been taken by. the
government forces. Reports from all
over the republic indicate that the coun-
try Is now tranquil
REPORTED ELSEWHERE.
Managua, Nicaragua, July 90 Dc
spatches received here state that Cholu-
teca is now in the possession of the
Honduran government.
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ONCE A BOSTON MERCHANT.
James T.. Dodge Member of a Firm
Tint Failed Six Months Ago.

Boston. July 26.--James f. Dodge
was formerly president of the Dodge.
Spear company. dry goods. firm
which he established in Boston in
1906. and which failed some six
months ago. He had been spending
the summer with his family at Utica.
\. Y. his Maiden home being closed
at the present time.
MI Dodge was born in Troy, y. y,
30 years ago. He is survived by a
widow and three small children.