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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02


FOR sALE,-Farm, money maker. Hard
wood enough to nearly pay FOR II; within one.
hair mile OF the best markets IN New England.
Farm contains 100 acres Aud will keep from ~
70 50 head Of stock and team y IN good state
OF cultivation Produced this year about 60
tons Of hay buildings are good. This property
Is located only one and one-hAif miles from
0fanfteVille on good road, Price reasonable
ana will sell With payment Of Sl,o0o Or Si.Au
down. balance easy. This u trade for some
one Inquire OF the D. 4. Perry Real Estate
Agency, Barre, VI ls6tf
TO EXCHANGE or FOR sALE--A two ten
ement house ca FArk street with q good barn
and large piece Of land. Would like 10 ex-
change t Or 4 cottage house ii 1 desirable 10.
cation, or will rel for cash Inquire at the
D. A. Perry Kaai Estate Agency. 18TH
FOR SALE Building lots AZ Edgewood and
on the French Estate, also IN several other
parts 81 the city. Inquire AZ the r. b cate
Real Estate Agency, Barre, Vermont i2ati
FOR sALE-A modern, conveniently ar
ranged seven room cottage, furnace heat and
electric lights, hnrn. hen house and extra lot on
Niehol street, on Circle street Inquire Of
Alexander Mine Phone 2l5-f2 lsstf
FOR SALE Cottage house on the French
estate. seven rooms and hath. all finished in
yellow birch. HARDWOOD floors Ia every room.
Furnace rear, electric lights gas set tubs.
Good eemented cellar fiazza en- two sides Of
house Pyice very low. For particulars Gall at
% FRANKLIN street q phone asa ioitf
HOUSE FOR SAILS At bargain, 10 r0ums
divided cellar with plaster partitions, small
barn. on Aver street near Main street. buit old
style and warm Rents al 422D8 per month.
ENQUIRE OF 1. Al. AyeFiN from 10 o'clock,
room over Eastern Estate Tea Co estf
FOR sALE--Building Iots at lowest prices
for the location. On Aver street, Hill street.
Leng street. fremont street. cor East. north
side, also fremont. cor. Camp, north side; also
Quarry street. south side, also many
low priced lots IN several good locations. L.
~ AyefiiL s9tt
FOR sALE--Fifty acres of very best tiilage
land, Without buildings, one mile from East
Barre, Low price II sold - once. L "a. AVE-
eTili str
FOX SALE MY house ana lot, No 4s5 No.
Main street. House contains II rooms be.
sides closets, pantries and sheds. All in good
repair House painted outside last fail. House
viii rent for $40 per month, 2 tenefnents 81 4
rooms eacn rent for $1,000 each and leave
roams. Hnusa piumhed Ia coed shape In
sured FOR xs,508 Nice lawn Concrete walk 70
door lighted with gas Spring water all
through house Price ss.n00 Inquire on the
premises G. w Parks. 79tf
FoR sALK~Mrs P. ". Gale etfers for sale
her home place, Ma. Summer street, Barre,
Vermont For particulars call AZ said place.
Phepe w. Gale. ST
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
Auction Sale of
100 Markers

All finished and ready to ship. Worth
from $3.50 70 50 each. Must be sold to
close the estate Of the late Natal Fon-
tana. Sale st WilHamstown
Monday, Oct. 4. at 2 p. m.
in old Grearson.Beckett shed Don't
miss this opportunity.
]. D. oSs0LA, Adm.
c. N. BARBER, Auetioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

FARAI TOR SAIE-One farm, i0S acres IL
gppd state Of cultivation, buildings 10 good re-
pair. Never failing water 70 house and barn.
Large orchnrd, extra good sggpr orchard lhir-
teen COWS, Q head OF young stock, hogs, 20
sheep al farming tools, hay wood, etc., situ-
ated miles from Montpelier. from Middle
sex anu ~ mile from river rnad. This " 4 bar
gain as price Is low. Telephone s36-l2 OF in-
Quire 0f vi II. Nye So, Barre. iG5bt
A CHANCE TO MAKE MoNEY-CiNnite
business On easy terms A small amount dawn
sind chance 10 pay tho balance by cutting work
faf the owner There is good equipment o.
tuyls, sullivan air compressor, surface ma
chine. motors, travelling crane polishing
wheel straight shed large enough for one gang
Of cutters This is an exceptionally good
chance for any one wishing to engage IN the
granite business Inquire at once VI the D. A.
Real Estate Agency. Barre, VI i63tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02
HELP WANTED

wANTED--A man 70 run Oldham snrfacer
Apply Geo. Walker & Son. 1876
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

wANTED--Men. women. boys or girls to sell
Peafy and COOK North Fola Souvenirs 70 deal
ers. Big profits. Send loo for dozen samples.
sun Print Prov, (. !. lest0s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

FOX sAlk--A seSsn- yoaf.old mare. and coli
fosf months 0ld also buggy harness. and
sleigh Apply 70 a. sullivan, Pike street
haua i7Dl8s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

TO RENT have rather large tenement
al lss south Main street which viii make two
very faiF teneEnents for small families aud very
reasonable rents. II you are interested cUnie
and see me- r. Il. ulas, la Washington
street l6gt5s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

wAETED-An agent to sell book in Barre
Isarre 1ess3A
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

FOR sALE--An open piano box buggy, good
as new, fitted with rubber tires, umbrella tor
taken at once Holmes, the iewcller. 6osdoi.
block 1890
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

TOUR HOUSES FOX sALE-In Barre, Jas
7 Main street For particulars inquire alter
: =. m,oi Y y Travers, Pearl street 1860
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-02

TO RFNT~-Down stairs tenement, Second
street, ready now, also down stairs renemenJ
st 10 South Seminary street; ready October 8
Inquire OF r. +. Parker, 90 Mashinglon ST 1901
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

and experimentation upon the nuts rs a article of food have gradually
broken down the prejudice against them. Now everybody eats peanuts, the
small boy at the circus and the epiCure in his home, INC man M beast
alike are benefited by the man uses to which the humble, M Tor SO ong
despised, little III has been put.
Many people are surprised when they earn how many things arem made
from the peanut and how man ways the Little nutsth themselves aree eaten.
Everybody is familiar with the fresh roasted of ecorners stand, M the
automatic whistle, and with peanut candy Of all kinds and some kinds tina
ire OF supposed to be peanuts, such as noueat n burnt almonds Il
recent popular confection known as sailed peanuts is another way IN when
500 600 900 pounds OF peanuts which this country alone produces every ear
are consumed Then there are all the socaled health foods-Deanut but
ter peanut flour from which bread and pastry of all kinds ire made peanut
coffee and Cocoa peanut meal, which forms the foundation or patles
and croQuettes, and vegetarian meat rolls, and, lastly, peanut OIL II
nothing else could be made from the peanut it would still be a very profit
able crop, for sheled peanuts yield from 80 to AZ per. cen of OIL pea
ut oil has so many uses that the manufactur of it is fast becoming a
more important industry than the making Of olive OIL
The peanut vine or straw from which the tut have been enoVe IS
of considerable value for the feeding of i've stock. The sh from the shells
used in the factory as fuel is valuable as a fertilizer, containing IS much
as 3 per cent of hosphoric acid, 8 per cent of potash and 6 per cent or lime.
The thin brown envelopes OF the peas have a feeding value almost equal to
that o. wheat bran.
The cultivation Of peanuts a until recently confined almost wholly to
areas in Virginia. Tennessee, the Carolhnas and Georgia, out during the last
years it has spread throughout the South Atlantic States,a n ven a
far YES Is California.
The peanut plant. like the bean and the garden pea, has thu power Of
collecting nitrogen from the atmosphere AM storing it in title nodules upon
its roots For this reason it is me of the most desirable of soilrenovatng
and soiimproving plants. 1t is necessary, however, with a view to this
end. that the main portion of the roots shall be left in the ground. If this
be done the nitrogen accumulated in a season by the means described will
have a frtnzng value of So IT 81 n acre.
Peanuts give an average yield of thirty-fOur bushels to the acre, bt it
is believed by government experts that the output "a be increased to fifty
or even sixty bushels by selecting superior seed from season to season.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

80 ROM hunt1eness to greatness. from insignifcance to one OF
world, from vulgarity as the dieteHc extravaganza of the
HNSdeIsdVaa) That is the history of the peanut in the past fifty years
- not to nave beer realized until recently. And even now, not
whhstandng al immense increase in the acreage devoted to the crop. they
about ito issue a special bulletin calling attention to tho chances for making
A very striking feature of the document in question is the showing it
makes Of the many new uses to which peanuts arr being put nowadays.
nmea+s more hT f T"M nov " oe rada 'M 4n +nm mt rn5 lamb ami cbons with sticks
trade. and enter into decomposition of many fancy cakes such as naca,
by the vegetarans) is manufactured by the ton, and, put up in neat ack-
ages is greatly esteemed fol- autcmomiIe lunches
Now that the pesiferous hu weevl is running the cotton over such
wide areas in the South many planters are turning their attention TO- pea,
IN 'h@ 9n 'HmrY s" "T s%Ty 1 nroy yud' by IL the e' fact tt that at" we a ae IMPORTING great
If thousands of acres of waste lands in the Southern States which are only
waiting to be tick1ed with a hoe in a proper manner in order to yield
enough peanuts to furnish all the Oil we want plus a liberal supply fr
expor.
Before the civil war there yer practically n peanuts eaten in Amer
lea, except by the negroes and the whites of the same social grade, Now
Fifty years 2 nobody thought Of raising peanuts for profit and the few
curiosttes in the experimental gardens of scientists. Now there are nearly
100000 acres in the United States that are planted to peanuts, and 200 900
persons make their living a hands in the peanut fields to say nothing
of the other people employed in the factories" where the nutsa are cleane
No food product known, say statnticians has had such a remarkable
and such a rapid rise as the peanut Nothing has sprung into popularity SO
any part Of the world that yield better returns FOR the money and labor in
vested than the peanut crop of the United States
The reason for it all is that during the civil war when foo vas scarce,
some hungry Confederate soldiers raided the "gyarden patch" Of a OLE
negro down in Virginia, and, for lack of anything better conhscated all his
lney also n mc4 3hT h u ne ,yr dIscnuere e|t these Nf actn before and in thinking
wondered ny ,n th n"a never mearar a1' bw fon6 , her ne HEROES a. aluavs been been
If the little ground peas" as they re often called ever yet in Virginia,
and how fat the little pickaninnies always we're when the peanuts we're
bling picked. When the war was over and these soldiers went home Ito their
battle~ast'd plantations pn tn and began 1 1ook'4 ngnn r90n ao 10 of "a t Hy To bon nrms Of a
the peanuts They borrowed some seed nuts from the negroes and planted
and little available labor fol- cultvaing it., they succeede in making a
good crop the first year.
commodity in America rom that time. At first only the connon people
make peanut raising profitable from the start, and ince then mno sens
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
MANY MILLIONS LOST
BY PESTS On FARMS
Injurious Mammals and Insects Cost
$zS9,ooo,ooo Every Year.
NATION IS SEEKING REMEDY.
Magnitude of the Work of Agrlcul-
ture Department in Extermlna-
ton of Destroyer.

In the message of President Roosc-
welt, transmitting a report Of the Ma
tional Conservation Commission, which
was sent to Congress last January, APP
pears the astounding statement that
1.-The losses to farm products due to m
furious mammals is estimated ut $50
GOO 1000 annually, and the loss through
insects is reckoned at $659,OoO,op an
nuaily."
These statements are confirmed by
the Secretary of Agriculture and the
scientists of that department who nave
charge of such matters. II is assert
ed that the prairie dogs in the state OF
Texas alone eat as much grass every
year as would feed a million and n
half of cattle. There are estimated TO
be 400, 100000 prairie dogs in Texas,
an average of twenty-five to the acre
and oGO dogs will eat as much grass
AS Il steer Besides this, the value OF
the land is very much injured by the
dogs. because they dig up the roots OF
the grass and destroy it. Then, when
they have cleaned out all the veg"ta-
ton in their ncighbOrhOOd, they migrate
to another section and continue their
work of destruction. The result is
that entire townships Of land have been
made barren by their ravages. Texas,
Kansas. Colorado and other Western
states have been working for years t"
destroy the dogs by means of poisoned
wheat.
West of the Mississippi river ground
SQUIRRELS are exceedingly destructive
and cause the loss of many millions OF
! dollars annually. In California alon"
every year they eat UP about
worth of wheat. and they carry tn"
germs Of diseases which can be cOmmu-
nicated to human beings through the
agency of tlpaS. The State of Wash
ington is troubled in a similar manner,
and spends $4,000 q year in fighting
the pests.
In Nevada the agricultural sections
are being ovcrrun with field mice. In
Humboldt Valley last year the mice de-
stroycd $4,000 acres out of a total of
10000 acres of alfalfa, so that the fields
had to rcDlowcd and replantcd.
1.-THE rat continues to cause enormous
losses throughout the entire United
States,' Secretary Wilson says, land
during the past year an attempt was
made to ascertain the approximate
damage don to property by this ro-
dent in the cities of Washington and
Baltimore. Many business men were
interviewed, including dealers in var
iOus kinds of merchandise, feeders OF
horses. managers of hotels and restaur-
ants and manufacturers. The inquiries
included all sections Of the two cities
and both small and large dealers 1t
is estimated hat the loss from rats IT
Washington is about 100000 a year
and in Baltimore upward of $1Wo.OO'
a year. Assuming. as is probable, thai
similar conditions obtain in all ou
cities Of over 100000 inhabitants. The
damage by rats in these centers of pop
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

From my experience. I've decided that
'hc four-footed highbr0w is the Gle
chant. Most animals do their tricks
merely to get food, but the elephant
rOCS through his stunts as Il matter of
duty; you cannOt bride him or force
him by Withholding his r]atiOns. EIe-
plants are also endowed with a ems
Of hunOr."
Hut Or. Edmund r. Southwick, the
eminent New York bug scientist. goes
far beyond all others in his conclu-
sionS, and asserts reasoning powers
mittcd. however, by n one who has
ever had Il duel with an indignant bum
blebce. DR.. S~outhwick cites a case of
Somc brainy caterpillars that were
taken out Of Il tree on n New York
street. and in seeking to get back to
their feeding ground of leaves climbed
the walls of adjacent houses. Finding
nothing to eat up there, they concluded
there was no use staying outdoors any
longer, and they might rs we'll go into
winter quarters, although it was long
before the time they should have
ceased feeding, and spin their cocoons.
Accordingly they wrapped themselves
up in their webs. spent the winter there,
and emerged in the spring as moths.
This. thinks the scientist. was conclu-
Sive evidence that the caterpillars had
thought it all out for themselves.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

The result of the recent experiment
of Edwin A. Brown, a wealthy citizen
of Denver, who went to Pittsburg dis
guised as a tramp to test the labor and
charity conditions there is the decis-
ion of Mayor Magee of the latter city
to establish a model city lodging house.
Brown first tried to get work, but was
rspulsed at every point. Then he tried
to get a place to sleep at the various
charitable institutions, but was turned
away. Finally, tired out, he was AXE
care of by a kind police sergeant who
gave him a cell to sleep in. Even the
Salvation Army and the Volunteers OF
America had no beds to offer to n
who had not at least % cents to pay.
And the old Liberty Mission charged
10 cents for a lodging. On a park
bench he found hat the police would
not let him and his kind sleep. The
mayor aid he had no idea that So"
conditions prevailed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Do animals reason?
1t is Il question that has absorbed
scientists with increasing interest ever
since the days when Prof. Garner en-
sconced himself in a cage III the Jun
giles Of Darkest Africa and attempted
to converse with the resident monkeys.
According to the professors reports.
the apes whose acquaintance he made
during his visit not only reasoned. but
had a welldcfined language of their
own. and the learned nan went 10 far
as TO suggest a monkey grammar. had
he only patience enough to jungle MS
time. ENGAGED in that far-otf land.
Prof. Gamers opinions. however
have been regarded by conservative
scientists as more the result of "nthu-
-siasro and vivid imagination than ahSo-
1,,te fact. But while biologists have
aiken his statements with a grain OF
salt. his Investigations into the reason
ing power of animals aroused an IN
terest never felt before. CuratOrS anu
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
% ANNALS REASON?
70

better at night. and therefore take
their Drev with greater ease, but they
can lie safer from their natural enc
mics. AmOng C~arnivOrous
there has never been a case knoWn
where n hungry creature attacked II
that ovcrmatchcd il in strength.
"Generally sp~caking," said Mr.. Black
burn. Il think there is hardly an AMI
NAL here that does not reason. when
occasion requires. For instance. we
have whips hanging up throughout the
different animal houses. with when TO
r!HStiSe refractory or stubbor beasts
II is but a short time before n g
animal comes to know the meaning OF
the whip. and generally all that is nee
eSsary for a keeper to do is to reach
toward the hook on which the whip is
hanging: the animal knows what h n
means. and does what he has before
refused to do. 1t seems to me that is
rrlsoning."
Lions and tigers. according to Mr..
blackburn. exhibit little reasoning
power. except in the matter of getting
something to eat. Snakes exhibit the
smallest degree of Intelligence, and in
The smaller species seem hardly to have
sense enough to get their food.
Clyde Powers, with twenty years OF
circus experience in the training OF
every kind Of animal. except Teddy
bears. expresses wonder that any one
should doubt the power of animals tC
reason.
There are different grades Of monta
power in animals just as there are
among the human race" he said
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

A novelty is a glove containing .
purse in the palm, fastening with tho
usual clasp, to prevent loss of the con-
tents.
Into the trade school at Liege, Bel
GUM, there has been introduced q
course in cigarmaking, fostered by
government subsidy.
Shellac will be more pliable and Will
spread more easily if a small amount
Of gum camphor be added to it.
Tests by an Eastern railroad have
demonstrated that it is possible for a
single locomotive to haul over 6,100
tons.
A windmill successfully drives 4
dynamo in an English mill, even wnen
the wind blows as slowly as six miles
an hour.
The deaths of 5000 young children .
year in New York are attributed to
germs carried about and deposited
upon food by flies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
NOTES FROM WORLD OF SCIENCE

If a nail be dipped into oil before
being driven into hard wood it will
enter without splitting.
Oiling a file used on soft metals will
make it cut more smoothly and pre-
vent it from clogging.
Italy is to build four Dread
noughts" and several swift scout cruis-
ers, at a total cost of $50, 900, 900.
North Carolina, South Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Alabama and Virginia, in the or
der named. LEAF in the production of
mica.
In their writings the Chinese use at
least PA groups of signs, each con-
tanning from five to 1854 separate
characters.
France has followed , lead OF the
United States in the establishment OF
a laboratory for the investigation OF
mine accidents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

kceDers of all the great gardens
throughout the world have since that
devoted themselves to the solution
Of the problem-do animals reason?
There are no wiser men in America
than those who I've charge of the Ma
Garden in Washington. and
among them there is none whose knOWl-
edge is more extended than that of
Mr., blackburn, head keeper of the Zoo,
who for thirty years has devoted his
time to the care and study of every
kind of creature. from the lizard to the
lion.
Yes. have read all the natur"
fakrr stories" he said. But l have
vet to learn. after all my experience.
lust what is meant by instinct as dis
tinguishpd from c0Sons. Scientists de-
fine instinct as Inherited habit or. as
another learned professor of nSyChOl-
ogy puts it. the blind pursuing of a
means to an end All this is too tech
nfcal for me. I cannot see the differ
rnce between q man going under tn"
shade Of n tree to get out of the hot sun.
and a deer who Craze in the meadow
during day, going into the mountain
rrags to sleep, where it knows it will
be safe from the Rowland wolves. The
man certainly reasons that under the
shade Of the tree he will be protected
from the heat of the sun; why can il
he said that the deer reasons less Whrl
it seeks 4 sleeping place secure from
its enemies? Why should n be called
instinct and the other reason?
The animals of the cat tribe stay
hidden by day. They can not only sec
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Capt. Rowland Webster, of the Roy
al Geographic Society, has been COM
missioned by hat eminent body to con-
tinue the work of Lieut.. Shackleton in
the Antarctic regions and to utilize a
combination of airship and balloon in
trying to reach the south pole. Web
ster is a famous globe-trotter. having
travelled twenty-four times around the
world and made fourteen trips to Az
RIGA. While in Washington a few days
ago on his way to London. Capt. Web
ster said he expected the new expedi-
ton would start about one year henco.