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without the use Of a charge Of powder. SO
we decided to make the attempt.
AS Tom Smith had sprained his wrist in
escaping from a Pennsylvania sheriff
few nights before, he was to remain on
guard outside the bank while entered
with Dan and George and rendered what
assistance / could in opening the safe.
This was the first time had ever been ON
the inside" of bank burglary and l was
quite pulled up with my own Importance.
Dan opened one Of the hank windows
with his jimmy and held his hands for
me to step on as I drew myself up over
the high sill. Then he handed the tools
to me and he and George climbed up.
The bank in which we found ourselves
was one large room A door led into it
from the broad porch which extended along
the front of the building. At the rear was
another door opening into a long passage
way. at the end OF which was staircase
leading to the cashiers apartments over
head.
While the two men were looking the
safe over l unlocked the trout door to pro-
vide an avenue Of escape In case we
should have to beat 4 hasty retreat
also opened the door at the rear and
peered into the darkness of the passage
way. There was no sign of life-no sound
except the heavy breathing of the sleeping
| closed the door gently, for fear the rasp-
ing of the drills on the metal of the safe
would be heard.
Just then my quick ears caught the
sound of some one in the passageway. I
tiptoed over to the door and pressed nv
ear against it.
had barely time TO draw away from the
door before 1t opened wide and ] stood
speechiess with amazement at the an.
partition | saw standing there within an
arms length of me.
am not a superstitous woman, but
what | saw in that doorway set my heart
to humping madly, and sent the cold
shivers up and down my back And | am
not ashamed to confess how startled |
was, for Dan Nugent and George Mason
the veterans OF a hundred burglaries, later
admitted that nothing had ever given them
such scare as this.
What we saw facing US, like ghost, was
beautiful young woman. The filmy
arms and shoulders bare and revealed her
bare feet.
Her face looked pale and CHASTITY in the.
light of the kerosene lamp she carried
high in one hand. The mass of let black
hair which crowned her head and hung in
long braid down her back, made her
pallor all the more death-like
Her eyes were shut tight
For minute we stood blinking like
white, silent figure Then, gradually, it
dawned on US that this appartion was the
cashiers eldest daughter and that she was
walking in her sleep.
AS we recovered our senses il didn't
take us long to see what dangerous situa-
ton we were in. At any moment our I'm.
welcome visitor might awaken. By the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

Mr. Barron, the cashier of the bank. was
accidentally murdered, and the detectives.
after failing TO get any clue to the burglars
6uncoed the bank officials by inventing the
theory that the unfortunate cashier had
murdered HIMSELF!
They managed to fix up the books of the
bank In such way as to show some
Trivial pretended defalcation which
amounted. as I remember H. 10 about
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time we could bind
and gag her the rest
of the family might
discover her absence
and start in search OF
her.
The girl looked so
innocent apd helpless
and so strangely beau.
tiful that for my part
I was heartily glad
when George Mason
nodded his head
toward the door to IN.
dioate that we would
better be going.
The two men climb.
ed out of the window
and l made my es-
cape by the from.
door. The last | saw
of the sleep.walking
girl she was cropping
her way across the
bank with slow eau
tious steps. still hold.
ing the lamp high
above her head and
looking more than
ever like a graveyard
spectre
Whether anybods
except ourselves ever
knew what a strange
chance saved the bank
from robbery that
night ! never heard.
1t was a costly e1-
perience for us as, &C.
cording 10 what we
learned later from the
newspapers, that safe
contained $4,000 in
cash.
We missed that
tidy little bit of
plumber Just because
a young woman was
addicted to the habit
of walking in her
sleep.
And now another
lnstance-the very re-
markable chain of sur.
prises which resulted
In the murder of a
bank cashier, the
blackening of a dead
mans reputation and,
finally. the imprison.
ment to two desper-
ate burglars for life.
For many years the
robbery of the bank
In Dexter, Maine, puz.
Zled everybody. This
was q job of national
importance because
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What
white
let
she nigh ebeena marbest
daughter and that was lking in Sleep" $500
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24
No Recognition for eambos.

Washington, Oct. 24.-It is under
stood upon very high authority that
President Wilson and the members OF
his cabinet will assume the same at
titude toward General Gamboa in the
event OF his election as President OF
Mexico as has been maintained to-
ward Huerta. The Mexican govern
ment has been notified that no cogniz-
ance will be taken of the election, but
Gamboa, it is reported. will not re-
ceive even the courtesy that has been
accorded Huerta.
Diplomats of foreign countries in
Washington are daily discussing the
situation, but, of course, not for pub
LEGATION. Far more important than
the Mexican situation and the effect
of the administration attitude, In the
opinion of many in Washington ia.
miliar with the details, is the ultimate
effect the step will have on the Mon
roe Doctrine. 1t has always been
cardinal principle of that doctrine, it
is pointed out, that in affairs of this
hemisphere the United States must
be supreme, must exercise the con.
trolling hand and must do so without
European assistance or interference.
Close observers here declare that this
element of the doctrine has now been
impaired and that European coun-
tries have been given a voice in
Latin-American matter which, under
all prior construction of the Monroe
Doctrine, should have been handled by
America alone. They assert that Eu.
ropean powers have literally been in.
vited to sphere which for nearly
years American diplomacy
has steadfastly and successfully
fought to keep exclusively American.
Observers here feel that it must be
with keen satisfaction that European
powers have obtained this plum for
their activities. The spectacle of Eng
land, France and Germany, with multi.
tudinous interests in Latin-America
and growing distaste for the Monroe
Doctrine, gladly complying with Amer
ica's invitation to take part in Lat
in-American affair, and Austria, with
little or no interest in affairs on this
side, declining to take such action, is
considered replete with significance.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24
MEXICAN ELECTION
FOR PRESIDENT
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AND is A
MATTER OF GRAVE MOMENT.
GAMBOA HAS BEST CHANCE
He is the Nominee of the Catholic
Party and Through Catholic In
fluence viii Doubtless Win.

Mexico City. Oct. 24-The presi
dental election which takes place
throughout Mexico next Sunday is q
matter of grave moment Throughout
the republic. The chief figure in the
contest, next to President Huerta, is
Senior Federico Gamboa, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs and nominee of the
Catholic party. The fact that Mexico
recently obtained foreign loan OF
over $2,0O0,0OO through the influence
of the Catholics makes Gamboa S
chance double sure. In addition, he
has the support of the present admin
, istration. Since Huerta could not
have the nomination himself, because
of the conditions Of the provisional
government, no candidates could be
more satisfactory to him than Senior
Gamboa.
The anti.Catholics, who are in favor
VI oOPoi dlih6 the CHURCH anu state,
want for president General Felix Diaz,
who has recently returned from Eu.
rope and who was sen on diplomatic
mission by Huerta in the hope that
he would be out of the way during the
election.
Col. David de la Fuente, former
Minister OF Communications and Pub.
lie Works in General Huerta's cabinet
has been named by the Liberal Repub-
lican party, but his chances are re.
garded as exceedingly slim, the sphere
OF influence of the Liberal Republi.
cans being confined to the ciptal. The
party has no definite organization,
but consists chiefly of group of ad.
herents OF congressman who consti-
tute wing of the opposition in the
Chamber of Deputies to the Catholic
party.
A presidential election in Mexico is
different from the general election of
any other country on the globe. It
means that votes are cast by fifteen
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24

one-hundredths Of of one per cent Of
the entire population. OF the voters
75 per cent are illiterate, "a per cent
are not interested in the government
of their country, leaving l per cent to
cast ballots. 1t is believed that the
census of 1910, which has not been
complied yet, win give Mexico a pop
ulation of about 14,OO0,OOO or little
over.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES

st. Louis. Oct. 2i.-Preparations
being made here to receive body OF
Adolphus Busch, who died three
weeks ago in Germany, expected to
arrive tomorrow for funeral. Believed
Doping of will will reveal fortune of
seventy million.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24

Mexico City, Oct 24.-Greatest anX-
iety felt here over the result OF Next
can elections scheduled to be held
next Sunday, Believed generally
Senior Gamboa, Huertas candidate
will win, but as he will have no status
before American government, his fol
lowers are getting scant comfort out
OF situation. Liberals have ticket
headed by Col. De la Fuenta, and
party advocating separation of Church
and State want General Felix Diaz.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24
Drink
Habit
RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT

Thousands of wives, mothers and
sisters are enthusiastic in their praise
of ORRINE, because it has cured their
loved ones of the Drink Habit" and
thereby brought happiness to their
homes. Can be given secretly. OR
RINE costs only sl.00 per box. Ask
for Free Booklet.-E. j. Jenkins, Main
Street Druggist.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24

Washington, Oct. 24.-Foreign dip.
lomats here discuss probability of
Monroe Doctrine being affected by
United States actions in Mexican
crisis. State Wilson's advice of other
nations and following their moves puts
them in position of Influence matters
which the United States should decide
alone.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-24

Philadelphia Oct philadelphia
business people in arms against in
crease in price of chicken pie, chicken
and hot roast beef sandwiches, by
corporation OF running chain of stores.
Proprietors say step necessary be-
cause of high cost of living.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
The Silly Season.

The silly season smiles once more
Upon the mountain and the shore.
With silly boys and silly girls
And silly fuffs and silly eurls.
The silly song, the silly dance
Blend with the summer rays romance
Sometimes in paper covered books.
A little nonsense, so they say,
Is needful to a holiday,
And as the dog days fercely glow
There comes the silly harmless show
Of freakish hats and funny coats
And horses, motor cars and boats
That, while they charm you, leave you
veXed,
Uncertain what they may do next.
Regrets will come and tears will fall
Unsought and soon for one and all.
Then lucky is the humble man
Who may about the seasons plan
And is not forced TO advertise
Himself as one exceeding wise,
Since he may 60 to see the show
Where pillows break or breezes blow
And heed the spirit of the day
That says "Be silly while we may!"
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
GETTING Up Speed.

"Well, George" said Georgia man
not long ago to an old negro in his
employ, II understand that you intend
to give your son an education"
Oats my intention, suh," responded
George. II knows myself what It's to
struggle along widout learnin', an I
has determined my son amt goin' to
have no SIGH trouble as rs had"
"Is your son learning rapidlyT'
HE shore is, sab. Las week he done
wrote lettah to his aunt what lives
moren twenty miles from we're, an
aftwhile he's goin' to write to his
aunt dat lives bout fifty miles from
yere."
"Why doesn't he write to that aunt
now?" smilingiy asked the employer.
''He KANT write so fur yit, sab. He
kin write twenty miles fust rate, but
tole him not to try fifty miles till he
gifts strongah wifi his pen.V-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
This Girl Recovered
From Consumption

The makers of Eckman's Alternative,
which is doing so much good for Con-
sumptives, are continually in receipt OF
wonderful reports OF recoveries brought
about solely through the use of this medi-
cine. These reports are always at the
command of any one interested, and many
OF the writers in their gratitude have sug-
learn what il did for them. Here is one
specimen: 421 Second Ave, Aurora, III.
Gentlemen: Pardon me for not writing
sooner, but ! wanted to see If would stay
cured. | can now truthfully say / am
perfectly we'll l wish to express my
heartfelt thanks. / have no pain no
cough, no night sweats no hay fever.
Since child of two years, / have been
ailing with lung trouble, which grew
fourteen, the doctor said II / could not
be sent South ! would surely die of Con-
sumption. Every winter ! would be sure
to have either Bronchitis. Pleurisy or
Pneumonia. had Typhoid PnueInonia
one time. l had catarrh Of the stomach
and bowels and had Hay Fever for the
last few years: but have not anything of
the kind this year
81 will answer all letters sent to me,
one suffering with lung trouble"
(Sworn affidayitl ETA PLATH.
Five years later reports still weIl)
Eckman's Alternative is effective in Bron-
chitis Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles, aud In upbuildlng the
system. Does not contain poisons. opiates
or habit-forming drugs. Ask for booklet
telling Of recoyerieS. and write to Eckman
Laboratory, Philadelphia Pa. for more evil
dsnce. For sale by all leading druggists
Red Cross Pharmacy, Barre, Vt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
Beauty of Inequality.

The beauty as well as the happiness
of the universe requires inequality
Equal lines, smooth surfaces and eter.
nal plains have no beauty. We must
have hill and dale, mountain and val.
ley, sea and land, suns Of all magni-
tudes, worlds of all sizes, minds Of all
dimensions and persons aud faces OF
divers casts and colors to constitute a
beautiful and happy world. We must
have sexes, conditions and circum-
stances-empires, nations and families
Universities in person, mind. manners,
in order to the communication and re-
ception of happiness; hence our nu.
merous and various wants are not only
Incentives to action, but sources OF
pleasure, both simple and complex
physical. intellectual and moral.-AleK-
ander Campbell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
A SinaIe Line Poet.

Every man has the streak of poetry
in him, and probably every man could
write one line Of poetry our of his life,
as any man has one novel In himself.
But we were talking at large the other
day, and a man quoted the line, "a
rose red city half as old as time" And
then came the question, Who wrote
that line that everybody knows? One
man said ii referred to Damascus. But
no one knew who wrote It,
There are single line poets as there
are Single Speech" Hsmiltons, and
here is perhaps the only instance in
which the Newdigate prize poem at
oxford has produced living line, for
the author was the Rev. J. W. Burgon,
who won the prize in 1916 and doubt
less recited portions OF his poem in the
Sheldonian theater. But that allusion
to Petra, the Arabian rock city, has
lived.-London Chronicle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
CHAMPION LAZY PEOPLE.
kongo Gluttons Who Do Little Else
Than Sleep and Eat

According to NJ. Friedman, a Ger
man traveller and historian recently re-
turned from the Kongo, there Is tribe
of natives down in one of the interior
parts of that region actually so stuffed
all of the time with food. three or four
times as much as they have any need
of, that they are continually in dull
and almost unintelligent stupor.
They do little besides sleep and eat.
They are too lazy TO do any individual
hunting, and it is the disliked and I'M
popular member of the family that is
forced TO do the food providing for the
relatives. The women are quite as lazy
as the men and work only when it is
absolutely necessary TO eat.
The only time when the natives
rouse themselves is at marriage or at
death. Both of these occasions are cell
ebrated by eating more than on ordi-
nary occasions even, and the after eff
fects of both events are often disas-
trous, as one or two of the party are
sure to eat so much as TO be seriously
and often fatally sick, which only
means another celebration of a differ
ent kind.
The few missionaries who have pen
etrated the interior sufficiently far to
meet with these tribes own to their be-
ing practically hopeless as far as any
regenerating is concerned. They seem
to have been stupefied through the
centuries and to have become utterly
degenerate and useless members of So
ciety.-Chicago Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
SENDS KILOGRAMS
TO DEAD HUSBAND
Mrs. Laimbeer Not Informed of FATAL,
ties in Long Island Auto
Accident.

New York, Aug 6.--As she lay suf.
fering at the Nassau hotel at Long
Beach, Mrs. William Laimbeer, the beau.
tiful society leader, whose face is SCARED
for life as result OF the disastrous
automobile accident at Long
Island railroad crossing Sunday night
dictated several kilograms to her hus-
band She suggested little things that
might be done TO make their two chill
dren comfortable until she could return
home, and mentioned other little house
hold affairs.
Mrs. Lsimbeer does not know that
her husband died Monday when the au-
tomobile OF S. 0sgood Pell was struck
by a Long Island train. Neither does
she know that Pell and his chauffeur
are dead.
An investigation into the disaster was
started by the public service commission
yesterday, and the coroner will hold an
inquest to-day. George Easton, the mo-
torman of the train which struck the
automobile, has been exonerated of all
blame by the railroad officials. Ii is
not known definitely at the present time
whether Pell or his chauffeur was driv-
ing the car when the train struck it.
Mrs. Laimbeer is now the only survi-
vor of the accident. 1t is likely, how
ever, that William X. Vanderbilt, jr,
and Mrs. Pell. who were in a roadster
following the Pell car, win be asked to
appear before the commission.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
VARIETIES or CREEKS.
TO Get an Idea of Their Range just
Study California Names.

OIuCv IaiIoTHId NaHcs.
The Gazetteer of the Surface Waters
IF California" prepared by the United
States geological survey, shows many
curious similarities in nomenclature,
common and favorite names having
been given to different streams and
takes by the early settlers, who chris
ten most of the natural features In
Bew countries.
Such characteristic pioneer names as
Deadman creek and Deadman Canyon
creek are applied TO five different
streams; in the area covered by the re-
port there are ten Dry creeks, two
Humbug creeks, two Jackass creeks,
five Lion and Lion Canyon creeks, five
Lost" streams and two Mad rivers.
Bear, Bear Canyon and Bear Trap are
applied to thirty-s different water
bodies, and there are five Grizzly
creeks.
There are fifteen Coyote water bod
les. two Wildcat. one Cat and two
Gatos (Cat. Spanish) creeks; one Skunk
creek, nine Deer creeks, one Rabbit,
two Quail, two Dog and one Scorpion
creek.
There are also ten Devil and two
Diahlo creeks, but the saints, male and
female (San and Santa, cover dozen
pages of the gazetteer There is also a
Poison creek, with dozen Snake and
Rattlesnake creeks. The fish are rep
resented in a page full of Eel rivers,
several Fish creeks and one Sardine
creek.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
NO EXCUSE FOR
BAD SPELLING THERE
Edwin A. Wilcox Leaves Money To De-
velop Good Spoilers and Readers
in Westminster, VT.

Boston, Aug. 6.--Schoolboys of West
minister, VT, will have no excuse for
spelling Accommodate parishoners,f
"pessamist" and "cemetary," as most
Harvard graduates do-not to forget the
men from Dartmouth and most other
colleges of the day.
Pupils of the public schools of West
minister, VT, are encouraged to attain
excellence in reading and spelling by
provisions of the will of Edwin A. viii
cox, long a resident of Boston, filed yes
terday.
Mr.. Wilcox leaves to the public IL
brary association of that town two
funds of $500 each, the income of which
is to be devoted to prizes TO the best
and second best readers and spoilers,
the awards to be made by a committee
of three, one of whom shall be wom-
an, the committee to be appointed by
the school superintendent and the teach
ers. 1t is provided that the annual com
petition shall be public open to all pu-
pills of the schools, except that no schol-
ar receiving first prize or second prize
shall compete second time. Two-thirds
of the income in each designation shall
be awarded to the winner and onethird
to the second best contestant.
Mr. Wilcox left $1,000 to the library
as permanent trust fund, the income
to be expended annually Sin keeping the
library properly insured, well support
ed and cared for, and in the purchase of
books and publications to be labelled as
purchased by the Wilcox fund.-" He
also left $500 as trust fund to the
Newbury, Vt, library, the income to be
devoted to the purchase of books.
Two thousand dollars is left that the
income may be devoted to the care of
the cemetery lot in Westminster where
his father, Ephriam Wilcox, is buried,
and 1000 to the Congregational So
ciety of the West parish of that town,
to aid in paying the minister's salary.
The sum of $1,000 is left to the ladies'
aid society of the Franklin Street Con-
gregatonal church of Somerville as a
trust fund.
Alfred S. Hall of Winchester is named
as executor and trustee under the will
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
NAPOLEON'S BAD OMEN.
He Was Supersttious, and His Pre-
sentiment Came True.


Napoleon the Great was exceedingly
superstitiot.e The following is told
rs one of the Illustrations of this:
When Napoleon. in the spring of
1T99, was lying before Acre he was
anxious for news from upper Egypt,
whittier he had dispatched Dessaix in
pursuit of distinguished Mameluke
leader. Not many days after a cour-
tier arrived with favorable dispatches,
favorable in the main, but reporting
one tragical occurrence on a small
scale thst to Napoleon outweighed the
public prosperity.
The commander as brave man felt
that any fate that awaited him would
be better than TO fall into the hands
of the enemy. He set fire to the pow
der magazine The vesse! blew up
and the crew persisted.
For all this Napoleon cared little,
but one solitary fact that was in the
report which struck him with secret
alarm-this i'll fated boat was called
L'Itale, and In the name of the vessel
Napoleon read an augury or the fate
which had befallen the Italian terri
tory. He felt certain that Italy was
lost, and Napoleon was inconsolable.
But what possible connection, # was
asked, can exist between this vessel
on the Nile and remote peninsula Of
southern Europe? mo matter" re-
piled Napoleon, "my presentiments
all is ruined. / am satisfied that my
Italy, my conquest. is lost to France"
SO, indeed, it was-New York Press.