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Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03

! lengths or pipe are joined, the Hangers
arc bolted together, with rubber gas.
I kot between, to make the joint tight.
The flexible suction pipe is held out
over the water and over the sunken boat
from the wrecking boat by gaff and
iron pipe is added to the needed depth.
Ey means of the eatf the pipe may be
raised and lowered rs occasion may re-
Gulre, as, for instance, to raise the low
er end of the suction pipe from one part
OF the canalboat up and over cross.
beam connecting the sides, to be lower
cd into the coal in another part of the
boat.
When the pipe is all joined on, it is
not at once lowered into the coal. The
pump is first charged with water, which
is done in an exceedingly brief time,
and in very simple manner by means
of siphon attached to the shell of the
pump. When it has been charged, the
pump is started and the lower end of
the suction pipe is then lowered into
the coal, and coal and water are pump.
ed up together and thrown out through
the pumps discharge pipe in continu-
Gus stream. n boat to receive the coal
is made fast alongside the wrecking
boat, and tho coal from the pump is
discharged upon screen set at an in
cline between the two boats. The water
runs through the screen and tho coal
runs Oh into the other boat
The suction pipe can be handled for
the most part from the wrecking boat.
II any handling under water is neces.
sary, diver goes down for that pur.
pose, and it may be that the diver
brings within the power of the pumps
suction remnants of coal left in hooks
and crannies which it might otherwise
not have reached. When the boat has
oeen enptied, if it is not too much ::
damaged or water soaked or too firmly !.
'edded in the mud, it will float of itself, !
I suction holds it to the bottom, it will :.
Use when it has been started clear. J.
Pumps of this kind are made of from
to 60 inches in diameter. New York 9
Jun. II
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
TOO NJ uch Culture.

Aunt Penelope Virgins. as every
no"y called her, was visited one sun,
Mer ny niece from the east, Vassar
college graduate, Aunt Penelope was
ono OF the most hospitablo souls alive.
put she was not greatly impressed by
the superior learning of her young rela.
i've, and enc day she freed her mind
about her thus:
laik to me about what college cdu.
catloh does tor girl What do You
suppose Matilda said to me the first dav
she came? She said:
I'm so glad to meet you, auntv
on accent your name on the Aunty
Fenultlmatc, don't you?"
Dld you ever hear such nonsense? I
haa ID tell her my name WASH t Auntv
Fenuitimate, but Aunty Penelope, and
thought she would die a-laughing!-
iouth S Companion.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
An impeachment Placed IN a frrSnefs
Way That Eelpcd Instead 81 s,!ndering'

i. An ImpeGi,nent Placed IN Frrsueri
Way That Eelped Ipstca" 81 ','"derihg'
"When | saw the gate at tie top o'
the stairs" said tie retired burglar,
"of course knew there vas young ohll'
dren in the house 1t was put tac1o tC
keep 'em from falling down stairs. 1t
was low, | guess about two fett ana "a
half high, and it swung when c!ostd
from the post at tho top OF the stairs
across to a strip nailed to the wall OPP
posite.
81 noticed this gate when | went up,
particular, because man III my Eusl-
ness notices everything and because
thought that this would lie handy
thing to shut in case anybody should
get after me in the house; that shutting
that gate in front Of EN- might stop em
long enough to let me get away comfort
able 1t wasn't more'n q year before l
had chance to try it.
"There was long hall on the second
floor of this house, with this stairway
pretty near at the front end CT it, !
went into room way back at the 9th
er end, and while | WAS looking around
there l upset something on the bureau
and woke up a man in the bed.
Well, he says, what S the matter
now?' And l didn't wait to hear any
more. / didn't even turn the light on
him. didn't need to. You could tell |
all you wanted to know about him by
his voice. He was 1esolute, ablobodiod .
citizen that could hear getting cut of
bed
II made break fer the door and
sprinted along the hall, throwing my
light and catching sight of that gate
again and smiling to myself as | saw
it. lswung it around shut after nc as |
passed and went on down the stairs
leaving the man up stairs coming along
he hall overhead with rush.
But it's all right | says to my
elf; the gate'll stop him long enough
or me to get out easy But, by snakes
didn't stop him at all. On the con
rary, it helped him. Just as | was !
topping dow. from the last step On to !
ne floor of the hall below the man fell
Il my back. He'd been coming along
ne hall above so fast that he couldn't |
'op himself, and he fell over the gate,
lrned summorset in the air On tho C
alrcase and came down heap fastern k
dld and landed Oh me. Instead of r.
'eaklng his own back he pretty near b
'oke mine. e
We rolled over and over on the floor fl
the hall, the man laughing fit to kill Il
mats the sort CT man he was. 1t was p
9 1unnles; thing he'd run up against CT
long time. IL
he never once thought CT stopping
O. not once, but he says, VI ben be was 81
'tlng me out, If you should ccmo W
am don't shut tho gate. "-Ncw W
rk Sun w
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
The Effect of a Cold.

"a correspondent writes: Away in tbc
southwest of Scotland somewhere th lro
i!Ves' moves and has her being q l;ttlo
elrA named Mona MacBean. On tho nrst
u"y OF March Mona was late in o,ri l"'
ing at school and detailed Off to vrito
o nol name oo times. When the task WINS
completed and presented to the trnch "~'
'no iatter was Mortified to find the mama
ho,io :, page after page, "Boda Bol,.
paue. You naughty girl, that's NOT
tne way to spell your name Sne, lj ~
nn p1"aaos Inc reply was an astounder
III r1ease' bab, I've dot cold, add 7 ca,1
oaiy say Boda Bakbade." Thpt o 1"
N Na,t 1--WE TO be Pitmanite. -Glaseow
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03

this appeal was received Liz. Dana piu
penciled tbe lack Of the man 8 hot
with there words. "Why not give hin
ripr;ue answer: Give BIN the soclal
list side Of Chris ianiiy.
when the writer Of book loVle"
had itglicizcd eight Of ten Of LIS words
Mr.. Dana commented thus: ibis 'e'
+ view is the best in the Wiiplo lot and =
very good but why i'll Tia world ~ e@'
perielced writer like ----~ Wa@F' to
pepper bis manuscript with naatT ll'flo
italics | can imagine.
When the writer Of al editorial para
graph in The Sun wrote CT "Govs,
Cameron and Crittcndou, " the ever
watchtul critic in the sdnctUM Got after
him in Il note left for ne; "li.9 IN
'govs, gems, 'capts,' etc, i dis
gushing. The tides have plural as
attached to any individual name. 1hey
should be repeated, CT "a circpmlocution
should be used. y
In an editorial article printed III Lre-
vier type there had appeared an extract
in agate type. Tho grammatical sNbJHct
of sentence was in BREWER, while the
verb for it was in the subsequent agate
line Mr. Dana wrote for NY benefit:
"This passage from liG type to little IS
contrary to all sound principles Of typo
elegance. Greeley used to .
make the passage and country novspa-
pers still make it, but it is wicked. y
When a writer for The Sun once do
scribed man as "too condemn smart,
5ho phrase was highly offensive t. Mr.
Dana, who wrote a caCstio comment
lpon it in three words which need not
10 here printed. john Swinton III
Jhautauquan.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
something Like a Search.

A Welshman who was in London
when extensive sewering ouerations
We're IN progress lost his watch. He re-.
ported the matter to Scotland Yard. and
the officials said they would leave no
stone unturn2d to find the missing time.
keeper. Shortly afterward Tally again
visited the metropolis and saw street
after street turned up. He was told that
III an 80 miles of road were in the same
condition. He rushed down to Scotland
Yard and exclaimed to the WONDERING
inspector:
- dldn t think l was giving you all
that trouble. If you don't find the
watch by Sunday, | wouldn't break up
any moro streets ''-Pearsou's Weakly
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
a Dry Bath.

"A Scotchman was once advised f.
.ake shower baths. A friend explained
10 nlm now to fit up one by the Ike OF
clstern and colander, and sandy ac.
oorolhgly set to work and had the thing
uono at once. Subsequently, he was mes
oy the friend who had given him the
aaVlco' ANA being asked how be enjoy
Gu tho nath' Man, said he, "it was
1lne! l. liked it rala weel, and kent NV.
SCI quite dry too" Being asked how
ne managed to take the shower and vet
remain re-. quite dry, he replied, "Dod, va
uinna surely think was sac daft as
stand below the water withoot IN nm.
prella !'-London Answers.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
lie SUDAN SPIDERS.
10 Live Happily In the Sudan Ono nyrs+
Get Used to the Insects.

4" Live happily In the Sudan One nrrs+
Get Used to the Insects.
IL one wants to live happily in tho
Sudan, one must get used to snidors
1hey crawl into your dressing BAG or
come upon the table while you are wash.
n.y. taxing great interest in soap and
toolh powder and all toilet reouisitcs
Dis'urDed' they retire into your sponge
'hu remain there till they arc drowned
lut' One must also become accustomed
10 sand or dust stCems, for thew oro fro'
qu'nt ana terriblo disturbers Of vour
comfort They come upon you suddenly
"heh you are quite unaware of ,bc;r
cloSc proximity, just as express trains
a. ousy junction surprise the passenger
: "nii'l' la III the mysteries of signal.
ing There is a distinct sound lil,e tho
coming OF train, thsn a rush bv and
the after draft. Palms SWAY and b "
.heir rustling fronds to the earth and
e ,;n1 OF dust buffet you on all sides
.i'ing you from your feet Tents ,re
. .uileu inside out, scattering their con.
lch's TO tho winds, Or ev1eythipy is in.
oiusted with an impalpable powder
WHICH seals up ones eyes, pings ono,s
1ose ana ears or chokes one with tla
nauseatlng sweepings of a foul camninn
ground ground AS I am writing this n d d,n
which has been making 1ifo
for the last three DAVIS 10 s, IN
blowing. wa wv '"S Is sui
Ihe fierce blast of the wind ,o,,,os
metal SO hot that the heat from, thn ,,;,'
a a the ink to paper dries m tho ,
r rnio Doloro line can well be renned {
= ne sweat OF the hand, too, mixed Will c
ne layer of dust On the paper so ~ Snili +
lie manuscript that one feels loat. 'l 10 a
',' IT, Line flies seeking your tc,r fou S
, 1: from the cruel blast wi,bout II
-.nS ~ your nose and eyelids wifi - S
',iaclty which is almost mnddau;na =,
~ meals each dish is covered with nr;., !
eiore it can be consumed, and ono mo ti,. q,
NURSE oud corners of the tent to sbioIa b,
=, ae cup from the pufrs of dust bo,tina h,
=. from under the canvas before one cnn 81
80 Il drink that is not absolutely m ," II,
''-l'ohdon STANDARD. '"o'
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
SMITHS CAKE.


II "i!s something of u Surprise Wher
Served at Dinner.
Madam, you don't know how tc
= make cake!' exclaimed Mr.. Smith.
: >hioWlng lump of half cooked dough
! across the room at tho cat. "You never
knew how to make cake. I'd rather cat
wet sAwdust. You ought to have seen
the cake my mother made. That was
cake!'
our mother again-always your
mother! rotorted Mrs, Smith. "Pity
she didn't teach you something!'
What do you mean, madam? III
warrant III make better cake myself
than you any day"
Why don't you try? You'll find ev-
erythlng in the Kitchen"
"Well, en-"
"Nell why don't you? You are all
talk"
smith found himself cornered, and
felt very uncomfortable, as he had eli
ther to surrender Internationally or to
make good his boast. He had never
made cake in his life, bad no idea how
CAKES We're compounded, but thought he |
knew what was in them.
II ii make the cake" he said.
Wei, come into the kitchen and
mako 1T, y proposed his wife.
What, now?"
Yes now III get tho things for
you.
smith took off his coat, his collar and
necktle and rolled up his shirt sleeves,
1hey walked to the kitchen together.
and Smith said:
What shall mix it in?"
On you're doing it," Mrs Smith
'eplicd.
"Ah, this will do" he said, taking
Up bowl "Now bring me some water,
low some raislns and currants, sugar
ma ginger and allspice. There, that
'lll 90. He put them all into the ,,
owl and mixed them with spoon.
lhey don t seem to stick together"
g SAD. Looks more like thick SCUM =.
nan anything oso. Fancy I've got too :,
Hci WATER Smith drained off soma =
tno water and was about to put the y
IKE INTO Fan, when his wife said: =
Lldn t your mother use hour:" \
Ch, yoS-ycs-ah, yes-flour, of E,
'urse. - Then he mixed in -four until ~
was so tiff that he could hardly u,
ltad it. Now" said he, "I'Il take l.,
Is cake round to the bakers and have w w
baked PROPERLY" He started off. and :,
hcn he reached the bakers he said: W
= Nlll you Just throw this stuff away
q put i'll its place one of your best
an cakes?'
hat night at supper Mrs. Smith had WI
mother and sister with her. She WI
d told them of the cake, and they ~
re expecting great fun at Smiths ex w
Use. The cake did not come until SIM s'e
time smith took it from the bow Ao
said: Wis
This is my cake-something like n ail
e. - He carried in the cake and Al
ced 1T on the table. ool
fere note in the paper" said 10 -"
!. Smith. "Ill read it: AIS
DEAR SRI am sorry we are all ont Of +,o
u cake 20 stnd youa pound cake instcod 'A''
rs obe,Ilonlly, s. BEowN, pnl,er I" wat
CIV York Ledger any
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
COURAGE,
i is not they that never knew

1T is not they that never knew
Weakness or fear who are the braye-
Ihore are the proud, the kniehtly few
Whose JOY is still TO serve and save-
But they who III the weary night
amid TIE darkness and the stress
Lave struggled with disease and blipbt
with pi,'ful world wcariness,
lnty who have yearncd to stand among
HE free and mighty of the earth.
NhtSe sad, aspiring souls are wrung
Hiih stai less hopo and hollow mi,th.
ono om with every day, yet live
Ihruugh mcrclless, unbrightened years
"hoSe sweetest wight is to forgive
and smile divinely through their tears.
4ley arc the noble they the strong,
Ihoy AFRO the tried, the trusted ones.
ANA thoIt h tier way is hard and long.
straight 10 the plying God it runs.
-Harpers Weekly.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03

a glance at the walls and the show,
oases made it plain that one stnro ",
t u,lough Tor the village, writes Br,df or1
lorley IN The Atlantic. You had onl,,
10 ask for what you wanted-a shnt
gun "a revolver, a violin case a sbo oro,
a plug of tobacco, a pound Of sn nno,e.'
, uoneepot' a dress pattern, a ribbon "a
hecktle, la.r cf trousers or ,vhn t0 w. d
Inc plo, = like a beebivo' ' n no''
TONER'S OF L.. on and bntb co,o,. Gus
ing and con " ceas seh uo,ofs go.
gossip and b..7ainiug, while D tb p"1 nr OF
plietor and lis olerks-two Of tL pao
han:9 cl9arettes-bustlsd to and frl
s Iehlh" the counters, improving tho -
hour. One strapping vonn, o .n0
orea man standing near ms iuonired co.. fn,
and, on being shown t th ,uE
without hesitation IN j.. =, 'neii',
',, who knows his own ' n Il s1oe
,l yellow pair embroidara l'' ID d
,use" VITA equally brilliant red Az
.avmg bought them at an OUTLAY Of tp' ~
,a ~ ne proceeded to the riazz, ,.,hor~
'Ia 'ooA OH ms coat and put tbc,, on
Id was what he had bought Them few Ir
r. , ,":'o was 'mpressiouistic, I,)onn,,t
~ '''ie'eu IN the primary colors
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
PUN PING COAL.
A"e modern Way of Taking Out the Carso
of IA Sunken Canalboat.

A '"e'h way OF Taking Out the Cargo
OF Sunken Canalboat.
Inc old way of recovering coal from
sunken canalboat was to raise tbo
ooat' with tho coal in it, to a point
Where the coal could be reached. Chains
were worked under tho sunken boat
from pontoons moored alongside of f.
At 40" tide the chains were made fast
On inc pontoons, which, rising with the
elae' lifted tho sunken boat clear nj tho
poltom. AT high water it was taken in.
shore as Tar as possible, until il ogain
grounded. This operation was ronoatod
until the boat was brought to the sur.
lace Ihe now way, or, rather, the mod.
eih way Is to pump the coal IN from
tno boat wherever it may lie, and then
raise the boat, if it does not raise itco1f
10y tins method the work ia all doro j.,
very much less time and at very muoh
less expense. "0'
=. Inc pump used has no pump valves
IL IS centrifugal pump, the suction
oaihS produced by means lf a dis,, will
inS7 attached, turning "A. high snced
Nl'lilh the pump shell, "a circular ch,r,
b.
'er' TO which the suction pipo is attach
"a. An eight inch pump Of tbi, l';nl
wa pump CRATE or broken coaI o,,1,
no pump up load of 800 tons in n
aS; IL Will raise coal from bo,t
u ~, at any depth from 3 feet to 200 feet ,
Inc pump and engine are Installed
Il WIecNing boat, which il monrod {
ear the sunkon boat. In this uso .I,a
ON 'p ,, i"' u long flexible section Of sue
r ~" r'po "t'ached to it, and to that Q
MOTHS s' ~ 49, '; INC various additional f
10y, ns,i's ., ol pipe that may Lo required to G
",1n w No VITO TO the coal. This pipo ia T.
So, t;n,, "ioas ,.t, IRON, and it is made Fl
~, ,aa ,.0IS OF different lengths, SO thai
" l"v,. Io Join'd to mako a PHO Of
, ), tLns ~ desired At each end Of each fo
D-'n Oh ron nipe is flancor As 81
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
THE YUKON MOSQUITO,
Drives Moose and Caribou to the src,-.
Line and StinCs Eears Isi;..,

Drives Moose and Caribou to the Srcy-
Line and Stinss Fears Blind
Not only Go the Yukon mosori4oo.
attack men and ovcrwhclm them. Inf
'hey drlve tie nooso deer and carbon
up the mountains to the snow Ine
"hero these animals would prefer not
10 DC III Gerry time. They kill dogs,
ana even the big brown bear, that is
often miscalled grizzly, has srccnmh-
cd to them. Eears come down TO tho
river from the hillside in tho early fnlL
10 get some Of the salmon that are often
thrown upon the banks when the "run,
is heavy.
IL bruln runs foul CT a swarm Of mos.
qu1toes and Las not his wits aLout him
MS cay las come. Tie insects will
allght all over him. Els fur rrotert,
MS body, but lis eyes, cars and rosn
wiz soon be swollen up and bleeding
ana unless he gets into river or n
strons wind Eq will be driven mad nrd
Dilnd' to wander about hopelesslv mil
ne starves to death.
Although the Alaska summer is short
TWO broods of mosquitoes hatch ont ooch
ear ana are ready for business from
one 10 ten seconds after they leave the
Water' 1t rains good deal alcno IN,
I ukon, and rain is welcomed f., H.
ii!Ves the mosquitoes to cover Tbov
iioe under leaves and branches rnti,
lo shower Is over; then they come ont
'ollinR with rage at tho time thew havo
'eeh forced to spend in idleness. oud tho
inner mas harder time than ever AFTER
us respite. "A'ei
mosquitoes and snowfakes are nor
contemporaries in the States, hnt in
.iasKa 1t is different. Snow does mt
oeher them SO much as rain, and an !
nl ~ snow may fall while they are still {
u .L .ne wing Fog does pot choke them t
'her. lhcy appear to like it, rTbov /
'ae about in it as in ambush and t,1.e L
10 unwary prospector by sururiso-
enver Times. - '''o
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
The Two Lobes of the Brain.

In tho ordinary working of the brain
one half is more active than the othe1
and exercises superiority Oh its neigh.
Dor lobe. This lobe-in ordinary per.
sons the left, Of course-is the cerebral
MASTER Heredity, education, or what
we wlll-all the combined influences
in short, which mold human life-havo
tended, by some process of physiological
selection, to place one lobe over tho
other in point of Importance. The other
(rlghD lobe is the servant of the left in
measure. It's education has been neg
lected, and it requires the control of
Its better cultured neighbor in order
that life may be conducted in a seusiblo
and sane fashion. The most hopeless
cases OF insanity, Wigan would have
held, would be those in which both
hemlspherts Were affected If one was
alone alling, the other might exert
more or less control over it, and the ex.
tent OF the control would depend on
which lobe exhibited the diseased ac.
ton All degrees of insanity or mental
arrangement could thus be accounted
Tor Oh this supposition Of the relative
control OF one hemisphere BY the other.
Inc perfect llfe, is that in which tho
better and higher half controls the
weaker and less responsible. Andrew
Wilson, M. D., in Harper Magazine.
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,OeN OWHIIHg IND
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ENGLISH OFFICE SEEKERS
A parliamentary Candidate Ia Allowed 4
Certain Latitude of Indenendon,

Parliamentary Candidate IL Allowed 4
certaih Latitude of Independence
Let us suppose that the birmingham,
Liberal associai ion, for instance. is any.
lous to secure candidate to contest ouo
OF the parliamentary divisions of tlu
city. The members of the committees
most OF them solid business men. who
are III politics ''for their health" and
who neither ask for nor desire any TO.
ward, meet to discuss tho situation Tf
It happens that any local Liberal of
prominence and good standing is avail.
able, an Invitation is sent to him toI
stand Tor the constituency. If not, al
conference Is held with the central as.
ISOLATION in London, on whose books are
the names Of most of tie aspiring Lib. |
erals III the country. Tho candidate or. /
rlvcs in Birmingham ana issues his nj.
dress to the electors. Here. a.ain ono
notices contrast with the cast iron ri
sldlty OF tho American system. A cpadi.
date for congress on State a,.yornnrsgli,,
Is supposed to have no private opinions
whatever. He is Put forward ~ tbe
party's representative and has to sv.,l
40" the party programme, whether he
likes or not. An English candi,luto il
not called upon to sacrifice 80 much to
his country's welfare. He is allowed q
certain latitude Of independence. Nnr
birmingham candidate, for iustanro
Knows, OF course what ara tho main
tenets OF tho Liborll faith, but lo need !
not necessarily subscribe to all its arti.
,les. Wieh tho gregarious instinct Of a
the odds are that he will /
not differ from thom on any material !
oolht' Eut he may, and still be- tbo II
'arty candidate, lie makes his own lit. a.
le platform and runs on it to sniff him. II
elf.-Chautauquan. a
- L.