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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
$3.50.
Every Dollar Invested in this Com.
pany will Return 10 for
$3.50.

Ihis company enters into no chimericAl -.It .,
but nj once strikes at the foundation of success =
conveying In the best and cheapest manner t'',-p'
most in demand, without which there can be- t,,.r
cess no gold and no returns for your money.
Shares can be procured either by mail or at be-
company's office, No. l64A fremont St. nor .. r
and 7.
correspondence, personal interviews and ..te,
investigation invited.
Make checks, money and express orders Iayt
pie 10 GEORGE Z. LITllGOE,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
Barre Evening Telegram.
Printed daily Except Sunday BY
The Barre Press Co..
BARRE, VT.
Il. C. WHITAKER, Editor. G. A. ROSS. Manager
TERMS

Entered in the Post Office at Barre, Nt.,as
second-cass matter.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
BOSTON
and YUKON

There is a strong appeal to the Common in
stinct in the opportunity which the rush n
Alaska Gold Fields gives 10 legitimate trade. Ia
men who undertake to supply the new uliu!te T.
uiation Of Alaska with what they need 10 ''eh
ana wear and with the implements Of Their r'k
are those into whose hands the greater pa, ~: he
will come.
This company is formed for tho HI
pose of trading in all kinds of sup ".
and will send a ship of 5o0-ton bumhen
from Boston in November, stocked with
the necessary provisions. clothiu, 9td
implements requisite for the miners and
pubic use, sailing by the way of { ape
Horn, arriving at the Gold Fields Al re
opening Of the season.
III regard to passenger service, We
can accommodate but limited nuW.ry
(say flfly) 70 those investing iu lie
stock of the company the followu. H.
JUDGEMENTS are offered:
Passage from Boston to the centre Of the : re'
eions' including one years supply of TODD ..iIs
iheolclne, camp and mining OUTFIT complete
~ - -
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The past season, it is said, has been
a very profitable one with the sugar
planters of Louisiana. The outlook
at present is for a crop of 325, 900 tc
360, 900 tons. This is slightly in ex.
cess of the crop for 1896, and nearly
equals the crop of 1894, which was
the largest in the history of the state.
The molasses yield, it is estimated,
will be from 25, 900, 900 to 81, 600 bar
rels, of which 5000, 600 barrels will
be open kettle of good quality and the
remainder centrifugal molasses. The
tonnage of cane was below the aver.
age, ranging from Is to 23 tons an
acre, but the yield of sugar has in.
creased, the average running as high
as 1875 pounds to the ton in one par
is h. Prices have advanced this year,
and the growers have reaped good
profits. The acreage next year will
be increased. The value of sugar
property has increased about twenty
five per cent. Many old plantations
are now being brought under cultiva-
tion that have been idle since the
civil war.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
A BRlcAND CAPTAINS CAREER.
The News of His Recent Capture Causes
q Sigh of Relief.

Sigh of Relief.
The news of the capture of the noto-
rious brigand. Captain Athanas, the
terror of travellers in the Balkans, has
caused sigh of relief. His career is
the most remarkable in modern brig
andage. He had withdrawn himself
from his profitable and romantic busi-
ness some time before his capture and
lived peacefully as a citizen at Kusl-
owitz. His past did not, apparently,
affect his social position in town
which is somewhat remarkable for its
Indifference as to the antecedents of its
inhabitants, for the one very good rea-
son that he had given up oil the incon-
venient habits associated with his for
mer adventurous life He tried even to
make himself popular among his
neighbors and gave his ill-gotten gains
IA veritable Robin Hood-for the
benefit of the poor and distressed.
The deed by which his memory will
go down to posterity is undoubtedly
the holding up" of the international
express in 1891 from Constantinople
to Vienna at the station of fischer
keskoi, close to the Turkish capital.
The train was derailed, and the pas
sengers, under the escort of the Ber-
lin tourist firm of Stangen, were plum
dered and carried off to the mountains
to be held as hostages until a ransom
was paid. Among them was an Eng
lishman. With the exception of four
Germans and Jew, all were subse-
quently released. With sharp eye
to business, the Jew, rich Berlin
merchant named Moritz Israel, was
dispatched to Constantinople and
brought the alarming news that the
hostages would be murdered unless
ransom of 200, francs was forth
coming. The German government IN
tervened and finally paid the ransom.
Later some of the brigands were cap
tured. But Athanas managed to evade
all pursuit. st. James Gazette.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The report of the commissioner of
internal revenue for the year 1897,
shows the total receipts from all
sources to have been STAG, ,619, 593-a
decrease, as compared with the fiscal
year 1896, of $211 022 The impor-
tant changes in consumption are an
increase of 81, 1888, 472 in the receipts
from distilled spirits as compared with
1896, and a decrease of practically the
same amount in the receipts from fer.
mented liquors. The quantity of dis
titled spirits guaged was 246, 096, 921
gallons, decrease of 3,237, ,841 gal
Ions. There vas also a decrease of
1929 in the number of distilleries
operated. Also a notable decrease in
the number of barrels of beer pro-
duced. The total number Of barrels
produced, as reported, was "a, 462,- :
822, which is a decrease of 1896, 42S
barrels as compared with the product
of 1896.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The late Spanish minister, Senor de
LONE, unwittingly paid a compliment
to American women when his idea
was to depreciate them. He said that
they were the only women who had
not yet succumbed to the fascination
of the cigarette. Spanish, Portuguese
article; Greek, Turkish, Russian and
Austrian women the famous Turkish
tobacco; French women revel in the
caporal, and many English women
have taken up the practice; but in
this country the habit is as rare among
the sex as it was a hundred years ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The national advantage derived
from technical training in the public
schools is we'll shown, maintains the
New York Mail and Express, by the
commercial prosperity of Switzerland,
nearly all of whose exports represent
the skilled labor of the people, and
not any natural resource of the conn
try itself. The Hamburg edgings,
so called, come from that country, and
have brought millions of dollars back
to it, while this year the new Swiss
laces promise to make a greater i'm
preston upon the woman's world.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

A short time ago the British gov
ernment wanted four locomotives in
a big hurry, but the British manufac-
turers to whom they applied declared
that they could not furnish them in.
side of four and one-half months.
The government applied to American
manufacturers, who completed the
four locomotives in exactly thirty
one days.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

Some one recently stated that the
japanese were making clocks and
watches themselves, and would be ex
porting them to America. A British
official in Japan reports that the lat.
ter part of the story is probably eron.
eous, because Japan is importing
increased quantities of the very kind
of goods she is beginning to manu-.
facture
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
HUMOROUS.

Sultor-Your daughter, sir, is all
the world to me. Father-HumphI
Young man, you want the earth.
After woman becomes widow.
she begins to say great deal about
her extreme youthfulness when she
married.
George, father has failed" "That's
Just like him. told you all along.
darling, that he was going to do all he
could to keep us from marrying"
New-made Widow--Ah, no one can
take Johns place. I loved him from
the bottom of my heart. Friend
(brightly)-But you know what they
say: "There is always room at the
top"
Sunday School Teacher illustrating
the 'stil small voice. What is it,
dear children, that makes you feel so
uncomfortable and unhappy after you
have done something which you ought
not to do? Dear Child-A lickin'.
Hotel Manager Ito departing guest}
I trust you have been comfortable,
sir; and that everything has been
cooked to your liking? Guest-Yes,
all but the bill. I should have pre-
ferred that boiled down bit more.
mo, I didn't have a very good
time, she said. 81 wanted to talk.
and there wasn't man there" "But
there were plenty of other girls. ~
"Oh, of course, but that was no salts
faction-they all wanted to talk, too. -
eyes," said little George Washing
ton; II did chop the cherry tree down,
father, but 1 can easily replace it."
"How so, my son?" asked his father.
"Why," said George with snicker,
''if 1 chopped it down L can chop it
up"
Mrs Berry (glancing across the ta-
ble)-Im afraid my little girl isn't
enjoying her dinner. Rachel (who
has left her pudding half eaten, with
sigh)-Yes, mamma, as much as l can;
but, of course, if 1 was bigger, I'd
enjoy more of it.
Former Resident-What did Prod
igle do with the big fortune that was
left to him? Ran through it in o
year, 1 suppose? Friend-Oh. no.
LIS "iiO II iO'ChtOo IoIIuCI
Resident-Good for her! Friend
Yes; she ran through it in six months.
Mrs. Newlywed--Before we were
married you said that my slightest
wish should be your law. Mr.. New.
lywed-Exactly, my love; but you
have so many vigorous and well-de-
veloped wishes that / am as yet un-
able to decide to which is the
slightest.
81 want you to make me New
market coat" she said to the dress
maker. ''But it isn't the prevailing
fashion to have lengthy wraps" 81
don't care. am invited to whist
party, and the gentleman who is my
partner told me to be sure not to for
get my long suit
Mother-I wish you would go on an
errand for me. Small SONNY leg
aches. II wanted you to go to old
Mrs. Stickney's candy shop, and
ooh, that isn't far, can walk there
easy" every well. Go there, and
just beside it you will see grocer's
shop. Go in and get me bar oil
SOaD''
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

1t is matter OF surprise to learn
that public-land Offices are still main
tanned in some states where the rem
nant of the public domain is less than
500, 900 acres, observes the Chicago
Record. The Offices are kept up by
the government, each with its register
and receiver. Appointments to these
positions are in great demand. The
emoluments consist OF fees depend
ent upon the amount of business trans.
acted. Although there may be moth
ing but almost worthless odds and
ends of public lands remaining, these
offices pay enough to make them
highly desirable. Missouri has only
497, 900 acres of public land left, yet
the state has three land offices-at
Boonville, Ironton and Springfield.
For the recent appointment of regis
ter at one of these offices there were
thirteen candidates; for another place
there were nine candidates. Wiscon.
sin has only 454, 900 acres of public
land remaining Wisconsin has three
land Offices, and the Republican con-
gressmen have had ample evidence of
the popular demand for the appoint
ments. A man who recently COM
pleted two terms in Congress has been
trying t, get place as register
of one of these Offices. Mississippi,
with her hills aud swamps, has only
AL, 900 acres which belong to the
Office and the complement of officials.
In the states mentioned the appoint
ments are said to be good from $1,000
to $4,000 year. Of course everybody
can see at a glance that legitimate
homesteading does not amount to
much with such limited amount Of
land to choose from. The explana-
tion Of the fees in the states
where the domain has long
been practically exhausted is in
teresting. The homestead claim uu.
lii fully proved by terms of residence
is not taxable. Many persons hold
ing homesteads do not prove up their
claims, but transfer them and enter
homesteads again when the limit of
time expires. Thus the land is held
and passed from owner to owner with
out paying taxes, but yielding small
amount in fees to the land officers.
Such methods are said to sustain
these land offices and land officers.
A bill to meet the practices has been
drafted. 1t abolishes the land Offices
in all states where the amount OF pub.
lie land is under 100000 acres and
turns the residue over to the states
for school purposes. AS it destroys
some of the limited patronage left
outside of the civil service it has not
much chance of enaetment.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

A Boston man who refuses to &C.
cept the modern process of photog-
raphy as an improvement is still tax.
ing daguerreotypes, as he has been
doing for the last fifty years. he
says that they remain the most correct
likenesses yet produced, and he does
business of sufficient volume to war;
rant his sticking to his hobby.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

So small q creature as the beaver,
according to H. B. Woodward of the
British museum, has changed the
character of considerable portion of
the British Isles to a remarkable de-
gree. The borders of the fens were
once covered with forests, and the
beaver was one of the most plentiful
animals of the region. It's dams
turned the streams from their natural
course
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
WHY7

'Tis not because your eyes are blue
love you so.
For they are big, and deep, and brown,
As well you know.
'Tis not because you are so fair
can't forget
Your face, no matter where I go
You are brunette.
'Tis not your graceful, sylphlike form
That with a thump
MY heart sets beating. Not at all,
For you are plump.
LIS not your tall, commanding form
That admire.
Aour mead Just reaches to my heart,
And comes no higher.
LIS not, IN short, because Of charms
,n. That others have.
lis just because you are yourself.
mat l m your slave!
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

in the world for you." Frank leaned
over the table earnestly. He's an
honest, unselfsh lad; that's why I'm
so fond of him. And I know he'd be
good to her.
"Well," I said, slowly, 'I'll be
honest with you, Frank. I'm fond of
the child-very fond, indeed. If I
thought that she could like me-in
that way--I'm hanged if 1 wouldn't
chance it. But she only looks upon
me as an elder brother. Some day,
she y" paused to blow my handker-
chief-''she would find out. 1t wouldn't
do; I'm sure it wouldn't do
So it was arranged that should be
busy finishing my book and see less
of Amanda. And Frank was to see
her every day, to find out if she would
like him better than me or if he could
like her better than Nellie Marchant.
This arrangement lasted for fort
night, but none of us seemed quite
ourselves. Mandy grew staid and
silent. I couldn't do anything right
with the book, and something seemed
wrong with my liver. Even cheerful
Frank grew a bit bad-tempered. AT
the end of the fortnight he burst in
upon me in the evening, when 1 was
busy with the Cerebral Convolu-
tions.''
'Look here, uncle, said he, cody,
fiinging himself into an armchair and
taking one of my cigars, you're an
asst"
That" observed, mildly, "is very
strong language, Frank"
"Well, y said he, 81 like Nellie ever
so much better than your Amanda
that's fat.''
''Then, said I, bringing my hand
down on the table with a thump,
you're foolr'
Amanda" said he, firmly, sis as
dull as dishwater.''
took off my reading glasses and
glared at him. ''She's the brightest
little creature in the world,' I as
serted, resolutely.
He took long draw at the cigar
and blew smoke rings-a thing 1
never could manage. amanda, " he
continued. in a matter r-of-fact tone,
sis dull-because she's in love-"
let my pipe drop on the floor with
a crash. "With whom?" Ny voice
sounded strange to me.
"Why, with you, of course. Man
alive! You must be blind! You're
pretending you don't care for her and
breaking her poor little heart
l looked at him in silence for few
seconds; then got up and fetched my
hat. "Tm going out" l told him, and
/ went.
When I arrived at their drawing
room Amanda was sitting on the rug,
with her back against the sofa. She
had dropped her book on the floor and
was looking into the fire with her
cheek on her hand, and 1 could see
tears in her eyes.
She jumped up to meet me with an
eager little laugh. "What! Deserted
the 'Convolutions?'
''Hang the 'Convolutions, said.
''The fact is they're awfully uninter-
esting compared with you, Mandy"
care they? Then they must be
stupid
put my arm round her waist and
drew her close to me. "Mandy,"
said, passionately, ''my dear little
girl, we've been playing at sweet
hearts long enough; shall we begin in
earnest?'
Amanda said nothing only laid her
head down on my shoulder with a
happy little sob. A. Flynn, in
The Madame.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
Nevertheless, He Got Her.

"You say that my daughter loves
you?" questioned the old man.
"Tm sure of it," replied the young
man.
"Well, we'll, returned the old man,
looking the young man over critically,
ssthere's no accounting for tastes, is
there?''
And somehow, although the young
man knew that he ought to be happy
over the possession of the girl, he
couldn't helk scowling and speculat-
ing on that remark of the old maa's.
Hartford Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

The ship Henry b. Hyde has made
tie trip from San Francisco to Homo.
lulu in ballast in nine days and foui
and one-half hours. Only one other
sailing ship has ever equaled this
time, the clipper Fair Wind having
sailed the distance in eight days and
seventeen and one half hours.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

Catalogues sent out by some Ameri-
can manufacturing houses give both
retail and wholesale prices. In Hol.
land this practice is criticised, as in
formation in regard to wholesale
rates is considered confidential.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

Webster said in 1926: s'Cuba is the
hinge upon which interesting events
may possibly turn In view OF pres
ent conditions the soul OF the ex-
FOUNDER would be justified in exclaim.
ing, 81 told you so."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

In 1910 there were one archbishop,
four bishops, seventy priests and
$50, 900 Catholics in the country. To
day there are ninety dioceses in the
land, with over 5000 priests and 8
Catholic population of at least 10, 0OO,
600
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28
A Peculiar Disease.

Daniel Query, a resident of Blue
Ridge, a small town ten miles from
Selbyville, Ind, is sufferer from an
ailment which is battling the skill OF
the local physicians. 1t is stamped by
his attendants as being the sweating
Of gravel" Query has been in poor
health several years, and has been
constant sufferer from pains of the
body. Three years ago he lost his
eyesight in consequence. Nix months
ago he had severe pains across his fore
head. In his agony he rubbed his
hand across his forehead, when he
felt three small Jumps.
The pain continued and the Jumps
grew in size. AS they increased they
felt TO the touch as if hard substance
was under the skin. They were
finally pricked open, and from each
was taken a small, hard substance that
resembled gravel. When the ~'as
were removed the pain cease
then hundreds of other swell
been pricked with the SO
and now on some days as
pieces of the gravelly az
ticles are removed from
They appear all over
are SO hard that it. req
blow with ham
The ATTENDING
of microscor
that the parti
character.
of fatty n
by the seb'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-28

Our American exports are still
mainly agricultural, notes the Atlanta
Constitution. This is evident from
the fact that 67. 63 per cent. of our en-.
tire exports to foreign countries last
year consisted of agricultural pro-
ducts. In the aggregate our exports
for 1897 amounted to $1,009, 900, 600.
OF this sum not less than $3.50, $685.
Ola is credited to agricultural prod
ucts. Our. exports of manufactured
products are gradually increasing
from year to year, but it will be some
time yet before they catch up
with our exports of agricultural
products. In the following table our
exports for 1897 are classified under
six heads, with the aggregate amounts
and percentages in each case:
Per cent OF
Value. whole.
Products Of agriculture. $3.50, 5l4 67.6s
Manufactures. ...... 2796l6, 1893 1853
Mining. ng................... 19,792,796 1888
Forest t................... 4O,s34,s64 3.7s
Fisheries. s............. 5,649,945 80
Miscellaneous. s............ 3,654,Ool .a5
On account of the vast extent of
fertile territory comprised within our
national limits we may confidently
expect to remain the worlds great
agricultural market, but while we
have this assurance, there is at the
same time nothing to prevent us from
becoming eventually the foremost in.
dustrial and commercial power on the
globe.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
Fishing in the Philippines.
, the New York Mail and Express.

From the New York Mail and Express.
The Malay race is probably the most
skillful in fishing and the Philippine
islanders are not behind the other branches.
An illustration shows one of their favorite
ways Of catching fishes which run along
the bottom of rivers, bays and arms of the
sea. 1t consists of long raft ranging from
twenty to sixty feet in length and from
eight to twenty feet in width. At the rear
part or stern there is a platform and on it
little house, in which the fishermen doze
during the heat of the day and sleep at
night. In the middle is small furnace in
which they do their cooking and jar in
which they put fine fishes and a tank
through which the water moves where
they store their catches. In the bow is a
cumbrous but ingenious drop net mechan-
ism. 1t consists of two long and strong
poles fastened to the raft on axles and by
rope at the upper end of the two, which
here touch each other. running down to a
windlasS in the stern sheets. To the top
of this jurymast are fastened two enormous
bamboos, crossed in the middle and bent
so as TO form semi-circles. The four ends
of the bamboos are connected by a great
bag net ranging from twelve feet to forty
feet square. When used the fishermen
throw a lot of bait into the big net and
lower the arrangement by loosening the
windlass and permitting the rope to un-
wind. The masts rotate forward upon their
axleS and the net sinks until it lies upon
the bottom of the water. The fish, attract
ed by the bait, are soon crowding around
the center Of the net. The windlass is
slowly turned, which raises the bamboos,
then the rope connecting the ends and last
of all the center of the net. By the time
the fish are alarmed the ropes have passed
the waters edge and escape is impossible.
With this ingenious mechanism fishing
smack will often take 1000 pounds of fish
in a single cast.
Evening star., 1898-07-30
The Man Who Succeeds.


l saw two men playing billiards. One
played to attract the attention of the speo-
tators. The other made no fancy shots.
but pulled out every count in sight. He
won the game.
I witnessed game of foot ball. One fell
low on the losing team was "gaIlus'
chap. He waved his hands gracefully.
When his team was applauded, he bowed
and saluted the grandstand. At the end of
the game heard the manager of the team
say that they would have won but for the
poor playing Of this "gallus" chap
know handsome salesman who at
tracts many girls to the store where he
works. They love to stand and talk to
him-he is SO witty" They listen and
giggle The proprietor tells me that he is
the poorest salesman in the store.
l know an advertisement writer who gets
many compliments for the brilliant sem
tences and witty verses in his advertise
ments. His employer tells me he is looking
for writer who will convince readers and
bring business.
I notice, wherever I go, that the fellow
who is bent on attracting the most atten-
ton to himself is not the fellow who sue
ceeds.
notice the fellow who has wood to saw
and saws 1t, Is always in demand.