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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13

Margaret for the act by which
she could. while awake. volun.
tarily relinquish control when
there was no other personality
prepared to take her place at the
helm. U u.Aliy this occurred
after unfavorable conditions pre-
venting the return Of Real Doris.
The body lay like . log. except
for slight breathing. and II ut
lasted as long as ten minutes
cataleptic rigidity gradually 81.
pervened.
Margaret, only when asleep,
had the power OF reading words
and parts of sentences by the
slightest momentary contact of
her fingers with the doctors lips.
There were many instances. some
Of them Of complicated nature,
OF the requirement by Margaret
of Information all normal doors
to which seemed closed. She
claimed to derive It from the
writer's mind by gazing into his
eyes while he was unaware.
When. on March Q. 1911, the
girl was taken from the life
marked by paternal cruelty, rou'
tine task work; care and respon.
sibility. into homo Of compara-
tive comfort and beauty, where
all the conditions Of her exist
ence were suddenly reversed, the
first blow against the integrity
of the Sick Doris complex was
struck. During the previous FIVE
years Real Doris, had come only
by flashes while alone In her
room. Margaret had danced IN
and out OF control, daily. some
times helping and sometimes
hindering. but managing IN spite
of all to have a pretty good time
1t was Sick Doris who bore thu
brunt OF troubles and whit
walked the treadmill Of routine
Within a few days after the re
moval Sick Doris began to TN
dergo declension. cofncfdent Will
Real Doris's rapidly increasini
appearances and growth o
psychical energy. Again, Bic
Doris was steadily restfaine'
from doing embroidery or an,
other special needlework. But
had largely consisted. and 80 . 81
was struck.
Her faculties began to wan
Hamlet's father. Little by II
Doris faded. She took her last
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13

Five personalities one GIRL always conflicting sometimes
fighting with physical blows made tho life Of Doris Fischer
endless torment The primary personality the
sleep night Writings and twohings seemingly aalevolen
clutchng tearing body and clothing somnabaNc
qung and ejacuations with various tones and manifestations
Of emotion, shrinking from imaginary blows which had their
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13

counterpart In
real experience
and other
phenorasna too
various to
describe here.
marked this
strange sleep
Often she had
To- b held BY
main force.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13

Doris Fischer, the
Refined, Intelligent
Girl, Whose
Misfortunes Caused
Her Mind to Split Up
Into Five Distinct
Personalities.
These Three
Photographs Are
from DR.. Walter F.
Princes Article
In 1.-THE Journal Of
Abnormal Psychology"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13

other special needework. But in such work her lie
had largely consisted, and second blow to her being
struck.
Her faculties began to wander like the ghost OF
Hamlets father Little by little, yet rapidly, Sick
Doris faded. She took her last walk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
PUBLIC PARKS A NECESSITY
Few Cities Today Fail ito Recognized
the Importance of Providing Proper
Breathing Spaces. y

A park commissioner Of Louisville
makes the following statement regard
ing the purpose and value Of parks:
THE use of public parks is to promote
the wellbeing and happiness Of the
people, to alleviate the hard conditions
of crowded humanity, to encourage
outdoor recreations and intimacy with
nature, to fill the lungs of tired work
ers from city factories and shops with
pure and wholesome air, whenever
they will or can afford to spend day
in shady groves, under spreading trees
or on the jeweled meadows. They are
Ravens Of sweetness and rest for moth
ers and wives and sweethearts; above
all, they are for the children, for the
people, high and low, rich and poor,
without distinction, with equal rights
and privileges for every class. A city
that does not acknowledge the neces-
sity for public parks as means for
promoting the welfare and happiness
of it's people, and recognize the sub
stantial advantages that follow the
making Of a city attractive and COM
Portable as a place OF residence, is not
progressing, but is already on the
wane."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30

looking over some papers in an old
desk of his, found bunch of letters
addressed to him, and signed by his
wife. She learned that his real name
was Hadfeld, and that he had living
wife.
Her despair has been described by
so many poets that it is useless to try
to wrench your heartstrings now. And
it Is easily imagined; cheated and de-
serted while still bride, it is no won
der if Mary's beautiful cheeks became
CHASTITY, if her starry eyes were red
and swollen in after days.
Hadfield was the greatest swindler
of his time, and had distinguished him
self in various criminal exploits of the
first magnitude. He was so adroit,
SO Napoleonic in the matter of STRAIT
egy, that he had always escaped seri-
GUS punishment; but it was an evil
day for him when he stirred up Colonel
Moore. That implacable warrior could
not be sidetracked, once his wheels
were in motion. He found that the
draft he had cashed was a forgery,
and so ne was equipped with a weapon
that meant doom for Hadfeld.
The recreant bridegroom was traced
all over England and Wales, and final
ly captured in an old coaching inn
near Meath. Charged with forgery,
and with defrauding the post Office by
franking letters as a member of par.
lament, he was convicted and sen.
fenced to death. Up to the last mo-
ment of his life he was debonair and
fascinating, and even his jailers were
enthusiastic in their admiration. Led
forth to die, he beheld the rude scat.
fold, and exclaimed. humorously:
"Oh, happy sight! see it With
pleasure!"
No, Mary didn't die of a broken
heart. In 1903 she was married to
Richard Harrison, and reared a large
family, and it is said that her daugh.
ters were as beautiful as she had bean
in her youth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
Perhaps.

Many property owners are prepar'
ing to trim their shade trees, and the
Identification Of the city will be the
result" says an optimistic paragraph
er in the State Journal of Frankfort.
Possibly, but not necessarily.
When shade trees are trimmed the
proverb that fools rush in where an
gels fear to tread is, too often, illus
trated.
Many owners Of trees have not the
slightest appreciation of the beauty
of the structure, and proceed upon the
theory that an elm or maple VIII be
all the better for the severe treat
ment under which the box hedge pros
pers. And many itinerant primers
work by the day and prove their value
by the litter of Topped branches they
bring to the ground under the tree
Sad havoc is worked when the com
bination of ignorant owner and wanda
primer exposes to saw and shears the
growth of years and the dignity that
belongs to all unmutilated trees. And
the judicious often grieve without
hope Of affecting the course Of van
charlottesville Courier-Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
DUE TO EQUIPMENT DEFECTS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes Report on the Causes of
Various Railroad Accidents.

The failure of wheels on two trains
of the st. Paul system within ten days
of each other, and at the same town
by coincidence, led to an investiga
ton of the cause of wheel failures
which has become one of the mos
serious problems i'll American railroad
ing.
In the thirteen years ending June
80, 1915, there were 37,456 derailments
due to equipment defects, of which
1882 were caused by defective
wheels, with property loss of $12,
100000.
Many Of these wheels were of the
built-up type, consisting of cast-iror
hub, two rolled steel check plates ant
a rolled steel tire. The various parts
are forced on under pressure and ther
secured by bolts. Out Of twenty
wheels of this type examined afteI
the accident ten were found to have
incipient cracks in the interior webs
Of the tires.
The interstate commerce commits
sion concluded that cold-rolled whee
tires, as well as cold-rolled rails, are
not the strongest kinds.
The commission stated, in connec
ton with the accident, that on man,
railroads the track is not properly
constructed or sufficiently maintained
to permit of the safe operation o.
trains at the rates of speed allowed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
UNITES THE COASTS
REMARKABLE HISTORY OF LINE
OF CANADIAN RAILROAD.
System Built Under Obstacles Which
Appear Almost lnsurmountabIe Is
Monument to the Skill of
Its Engineers.

A strip a hundred miles wide, ex-
tending from coast to coast, was added
to the attainable vistas of Canadian
territory when the first train over the
new Canadian Northern Transconti-
mental railroad rolled into Vancouver
carrying so members of the Canadian
parliament and some hundred other
public officials, railroad engineers and
newspaper men, assembled from all
parts of Canada and the United States,
era in the development of the Domin-
ion.
Since 1896 this new railroad system
has been quietly and unostentatiously
covering the middle section of Canada
with a gridiron of steel rails. To the
observant it's trend and ultimate OBJ
jective were plain. Yet outside of
Canada and even in many sections of
the Dominion it attracted so little at
tention that the progress of this first
tcanscontinental train, triumphantly
heralded throughout the continent, has
been a revelation and a surprise.
In part this is due to the manner of
the systems upbuilding. 1t started 10
years ago with a modest S5-mile rail-
road from Gladstone to Dauphin, Mani
toba. It's name was the Manitoba &
Northwestern Railway and Canal. The
canal part of it, by the way, never was
built, and probably never will be. The
railroad had a single track and a sim
gle passenger train which ran out Of
Gladstone in the morning as Train No.
l and bravely returned in the after
noon as Train No. 2, and it was char
acteristic of the Scottish sense of hui
| NOR in the builders and proprietors
that the time table contained a solemn
notice that Train No. 2 will not leave
Train No. l."
1t was also characteristic of their
shrewdness that this particular 3d.
miles of territory through which the
railroad ran was already noted as the
best wheat-growing land in the prov
ince and has since fully justified it's
reputation.
This first little railroad made money,
although the franchise for its con-
struction had gone a-begging for
years before it was started. There
| followed branch lines which doubled,
then trebled, it's traffic; then an ex-
tension to Portage La Prairie; then
more little railroads on the prairies,
| most of them on the same modest
scale.
In course of time the proprietors of
these lines went east and acquired the
Great Northern railroad on the north
shore Of the st. Lawrence river, be-
tween Montreal and Quebec, tapping
an immense pulpwood area. Then
came more railroads and still more,
until the Canadian Northern Railroad
| system, as these scattered lines had
become, controlled more mileage in
| the three prairie provinces of Mani
toba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta than
any other Canadian railroad.
1t has since increased until it has
| 10000 miles in all.-New York Times
Sunday Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30

so as not to leave any stumps sticking
out and thus interfere with subsequent
pruning and cultivation. All the old
canes should be burned so as not to
scatter disease to the young growing
canes. The plantation should then be
thoroughly cultivated and kept in
growing condition until about the first
Of September. About twelve of the
young canes should be left for the
next years fruiting. The balance
should be removed and burned. The
removal Of superfluous shoots will per-
NIT the remaining canes to grow
stronger. Fertilizers, especially barn
yard fertilizers, should not be applied
during the summer months. The plan
tation should at all times be kept free
from weeds and the soil kept mellow
by cultivation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
FERTILIZER FOR THE GRAPES
Light Thrown on Subject by New
York Experiment Station-Inves-
legations of Much Value.

Little light on the value Of fertil-
izers for grapes is thrown by the New
York station after five years tests in
several vineyards in the Lake Erie
grape belt. The field experiments are
so contradictory that no deductions
can be drawn.
The Investigations, however, are of
value because they suggest that money
is wasted when spent for fertilizers to
be used in poorly drained vineyards,
those that suffer frequently from win
ter colds or spring frosts, where in
sect pests are epidemic and uncon-
trolled, or where good care is lack
ing. 1t is certain in many instances
that only one or few of the elements
of fertility are lacking in many vine
yards.
The element most frequently lack
ing is nitrogen. The soil of many
vineyards is very uneven in quality,
and it becomes problem for grape
growers to make more uniform con-
ditions in their vineyards.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30

couraged both tne sutton and maid.
After a while the stately Mr.. Hope
heard that there was good fishing over
at Buttermere, so he went there from
Keswick, and put up at the little inn.
And there he fell in love with Mary;
many suitors, fell in love with him.
Some of the printed stories say that
Mary did not love him, and became
his bride through the insistence of her
parents, but this is not true. She was
fascinated by the handsome and dis
tinguished stranger, and was more
than willing to be his wife. So their
love affair progressed quietly at the
inn, and every now and then Hope
went over to Keswick and protested
overwhelming affection for the Irish
heiress, so that Colonel Moore was
much encouraged.
One day Moore received a letter
from Hope, inclosing a draft for $3.50,
drawn on Mr.. Crump of Liverpool,
which he asked him to cash. Hope
was called to Scotland on business,
and found himself short of cash.
Moore was pleased to receive such a
letter, as it showed that Hope looked
upon him as something closer than
friend; so he sent Hope the money,
and added $50, so he'd be sure to have
plenty Of change. Colonel Moore was
serene and contented all that day; the
next day he was stamping around and
kinds of foreign and domestic ven
geance. For the most astonishing
tidings had come to Keswick. Hope
had married Mary of Buttermere! 1t
is easy to understand the colonel's
wrath. The sutton Of his ward had
borrowed money from him to marry
another girl!
Colonel Moore disguised himself as
Nemesis, and set forth to do what he
should have done in the beginning
to investigate the bridegroom's ante
cedents. He soon had reason to sus-
pect that Hope was not a brother to
an earl, not member Of parliament
not even entitled to the name of Hope.
Such questions could be settled in a
few hours now, but in those days there
were no telegraphs, and investigation
was slow work. However, Moore made
such progress that he felt justified in
denouncing Hope as an impostor.
Hope was away on his honeymoon,
when he heard that he was being ira
duced in this way, and, filled with vir-
tuous Indignation, he returned to Kes-
wick to face his accusers. The first
man he was requested to face was a
jurist who knew the Hope family well,
and this jurist, upon seeing the bride
groom, said: Il never saw this man
before"
Hope was given into the custody of
a constable, pending further investi-
cations. He and the constable went
down to the shore of lake, and Hope
got into boat and rowed away, the
constable looking on. Hope kept on
rowing, and was seen at Keswick no
more. He still had the sympathy and
confidence Of the entire community
including his beautiful bride, until she,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
RAILROADS GREAT WAR AID
One of Difficulties U. S. Government
Faces Is a Shortage of Cars for
Transporting Troops and Supplies.

In the cloakrooms of the capitol at
federal administration and the rail
roads because Columbus, N. NJ, is on
single-track railroad, which cannot
handle military troop and supply trains
rapidly, the New York Commercial re-
marks. Congress is finding out how
much depends on the condition of rail-
roads in time of war, yet it does not
show much inclination to help them.
We are lucky to have so much railroad
accommodation along the Mexican
frontier. We cannot expect Villa to
pick out points where railroad service
is Of the best when raiding our from
tier and we cannot very we'll ask the
Southern Pacific to build a four-track
railroad parallel to the border when
the government forces it to carry par
eel post matter at rates far below cost
of transportation.
Strategic railroads have been the
salvation of Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary so far in the European war. The
largest army does not always win a
battle. Alexander the Great and all
successful generals since his time won
battles by striking the enemy hard at
one important point. In our day over
whelming forces can be concentrated
quickly by using railroads, and in no
other way. If we are to keep down the
size of our army we must make it as
mobile as possible, and the only way
to do this is to organize the railroads.
1t would be easy to hurry troops to
New York, but there are many other
points of strategic importance at which
troops could not be easily concentrat-
ed because the railroad service is mad
equate.
One of the difficulties our war de-
partment faces is shortage of cars for
transporting troops and supplies. The
government can commander all the
cars it needs, but if it has to do so,
the general trade of the country will
be paralyZed. War in Mexico will not
hurt business il it does not interfere
with the transportation of merchan.
disc. If the railroads had plenty of
rolling stock this could not happen, but
they would be tied up by government
acquisitions, as it is, if we had to put
100000 men in the field and that is the
smallest number that any military ex.
pert mentions when talking about a
regular campaign in Mexico
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
THE BELLE OF sUTTERMERE.

A story from our own ground-the Maid
of Buttermere-
And how, unfaithful to virtuous wife
Deserted and deceived, the spoiler came
And wooed the artless daughter of the
hills
And welded her, in cruel mockery
OF love and marriage bonds.
Wordsworth.
In the year 1892 a wandering poet
blew into the celebrated lake district
of England, and put up at humble
hostelry. When he called for flagon
Of brown October ale, it was brought
to him by Mary Robinson, the daugh-
ter of the host; and Mary was a beau
tiful creature Of fifteen years. Her
form was slender and graceful, her
hair brown, waving and abundant, and
her complexion perfect. The poet was
30 enchanted that he forgot to drink
toned her, and marked her cleaning
white teeth, and her shining brown
eyes, and made up his mind that there
was nothing to compare with her in
England
When he returned to the demnition
grind in London, he wrote piece for
the Gentleman's Magazine, describing
his great find. At that time shepherd
esses and rustic maids were popular
with poets, and with the myriads who
tried to be poets, and the magazine
article stirred up great interest in
Mary Of Buttermere. Most of the
bards headed for the lakes the next
summer, when they took their vaca-
lions, and returned enthusiastic. Mary
lived up to the specifications in every
way. For eight years this sort of
thing went on, and Mary became the
Mecca of countless pilgrims. Poets
and artists were so common at But
termere, and at Keswick, a neighbor-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
POWER SPRAYER IN ORCHARD
Convenient and Economical for Or
chardist With Comparatively Small
Number of Trees.

For the orchardist having five or
more acres of bearing apple trees the
power sprayer is the most convenient
and economical in that a large amount
of work can be done with compare.
lively few hands," and at a time
when the spraying should be per-
formed.
AS an example, the arsenical spray
for codling moth should be applied
during the few days about the time or
Immediately after the last of the pet
ais have dropped from the trees. A
week later will not be as effective, and
deferring the time may result in fail
ure to control the pest. Many large
fruit growers use one power sprayer
for each rs or 80 acres Of bearing
trees.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
WOODEN CARS ARE PASSING
Will Have Been Replaced by Steel
Coaches on All Principal Railroads
in Ten Years, 1t Is Believed.

Disappearance of wooden cars from
the principal railroads of the coun-
try within period of ten years is
considered probable. This prediction
is based upon the figures embodied
in report prepared for the informa-
ton of congress, in which it is stated
that nearly one-fourth Of the 61,72S
passenger cars at present in use are
of all-steel construction.
At the beginning of the year there
were 1926 all-steel coaches in serv-
ice, and of the 1904 new cars under
construction only three were of wood,
while in 1909 in the United States
there were only 629 cars of steel. The
gain in steel has thus been very rapid,
and the encouraging feature of the
situation is the voluntary acceptance
of fireproof material by the transporta-
tion managers.
The cost of replacing the wooden
equipment in use with steel is heavy
not less than 1929, 100000, according
to estimates presented to the inter-
state commerce commission-and as
so large an amount cannot be expend-
ed in one year, the assumption that
the expenditure will be distributed
over a period of ten years seems to
be within the bounds of probability.
Perhaps the time may be shortened
by intelligent cooperation between
the federal and state authorities and
the RAILROADS.&C. Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-06-30
Home blun|
! Y Helps Y |
BEAUTlFY HOME WITH VINES
Wise Builder Well Knows the Value
of This Cheap and Pretty
characterization.

The costliest and least satisfactory
way to make your home look differ
ent" is to load the house with orna-
mentation. The next poorest bargain
is to scatter all over your lawn f1ashy
trees and shrubs, especially the cut
leafed, weeping and variegated
kinds, for this will make your place
look just like every beginners in every
city the world over. The best way to
put personality and brilliancy and
color into home grounds is to have a
different set of vines for every house.
One place will have Virginia creepers,
trumpet honeysuckle, and bittersweet.
The next place will have wild grape,
wild clematis, and rose. Both will
be beautiful the year round, and
neither need cost cent, because you
can dig the plants from the open.