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Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Inc most curious town in England is
NorthWlch, There is not a straight
street nor, in fact, q straight house in
the place. Every part of it has the an.
pearahce OF having suffered from the
Visitation of an earthquake. Northwich
~ inc center OF the salt industry in
cheshire, England. On nearly all sides
VI inc town are big salt works, with
'helr engines pumping hundreds of thou.
SANDS OF gallons Of brine every week
AC a depth of some 200 or. 300 feet are
immense subterranean lakes Of brine
ana as the contents of these are pumped
and pumped away the upper crust Of
earth Is correspondingly weakened and
inc result is an occasional subsistence,
aheso sUbsldenccs have "pulljng" tf-
1ect on the nearest buildings. and the,
are drawn all ways, and give the town
an extremely dissipatod Appearance
New York Sun.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

The monkey is charming or;.na,
amusing and playful. He is foun1 in
every part of the country, but risbns
chleily on Broadway. New York, wbrre
he promenades blithely and firts n.
uously. 80 .''''
The monkeys greatest pleasure j. #,
initiate. He initiates everything wh;~h
~ Hlnslish, don't you know ~ r.,
'alhs ana walks with all accent. leaves
'he last button OF his vest uubnttoroI
CIV iol1s up his trousers on the SLIGHT.
est provocation.
-, hut few monkeys support thamselve,
Inc majority are kept in cash nv NM,
INA OF papa and the rest live on cbeol-
Inc monkey is an unconsciouslv bn
h'orous animal, affording much amnso.
menu wherever he goes. He nossesses
many peculiar physical characterist;cs
.oii'o o1 the most striking being that ha
u, h narrow chested, pigeontoed, noodlo
headed and addicted to cigarettes To-
ihaS peculiarly constructed mind 1so
tailed), III which there is room onlv fou
,noughts pertaining to dress and the DO
81 s fe 'nat ne is peerless as captiyator
OF feminine hearts. "''f
~. tuohheys, as rule, don't live lowe
..i'ner they die of cigarette smokinn o.
.reil papas make them buckle dow -
W. Mo In when in most cases, they ceose
W A''nheys'-New York World.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

The ability Of French detectives in
the matter Of Disgusting their identity
Is marvellous. Some years ago one Of
them made bet that he would, in the
course CT the next few days. address "a
gentleman with whom he was acGuaiut-
cd tour times, for at least ten minutes
each time, and that he should not know
MN en- any occasion until the dute3tjve
mad made himself known. matter
Oh course the gentleman was On his
guard and mlstrusted every one who
came near him. But the man won his
Let. 1t IS needless to enter into the mar
tlculars, Suffice it to say that in the
course OF the next four days lie present,
ed himself in the character Of Il boot.
makers assistant, "a hazel, driver. ven
cradle old gentleman with great inter.
est III the Bourse, and finally us a waiter
IN the hotel where the gentleman was
New York Ledger.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

According to an account in The 1o,,r
hal d'Hygiene, rats have become 60
abundant i'll Brazil that domestic
snake, the aiboya, which has about the
circumference of the arm, is sold in the
market Place i'll Rio Janeiro to be kent
al lhe mouse as protection against ro.
dents. 1t would seem that the sernent
Iursues Its prey more for the pleasure
that there is i'll it than from sense of
munger SINCE it is said it rarely eats
the rats caught. Similar in its hahits
ana attachments to the domestic cat of
our more northern attitudes, the pibova
WILL 1t Is SAID, find its way lack to the
mouse CT its master even if TRANSPORTED
10 considerable distance.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
SHOE HlEROGLYPHlCS.



"People often ask me the meaning Of
the apparently crazy hieroglyphs and
figures that are stamped on the inner
side Of the uppers Of ready made shoes
nowadays" said an + street shoe deal
er. Gas every shoe mandatory has
secret stamp code Of its own and there
is, therefore, 70 possibility Of the gen.
eral public learning more than that such
codes exist, | may as well tell you that
the vanity Of modern mortals, and es.
pecially women, is at the bottom Of
these peculiar stamped characters and
figures. You'd be surprised to know,
for instance, how many women there
are who imagine that they wear No. 3
shoe when in reality their size is a
couple Of figures larger. a shoe sales
man who understands his business can
tell precisely the number Of the shoe
woman customer wears at a glance. But
as often as not woman whose foot is a
No. D calls for a shoe couple of sizes |
smaller, and the mysterious stamped
hieroglyph scheme was devised for the |
purpose Of encouraging her in the belief
that her foot is couple of sizes smaller
than it really measures in shoe leather
when woman calls for No. 3 to
fit No. B foot, no Shoe salesman Of
this era who cares anything for his job
is going to say, Madam, your foot re-
lures No. D, He simply breaks out
shoe Of the style she requests that he
feels confident will fit her comfortably
and lets it go at that.
"a woman rarely thinks to inquire
f tie shoe is really Of the size she asked
or, for she takes it for granted that the
alosnan has given her what she de-
handed. But when woman does ask,
or instance, This is a No. 3, is it,: it's
he salesn.an's business to unblushingly
eply, Yes III, its No. g. The wo.
nan customer might examine the hero
lyIhs inside the uppers for a week
Without finding out any different, and
ven If Size had the key to the puzzle it ,
you'd only make her feel lad; so what .
would be tho use:'-W Washington Star /
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
Lincoln and the Battery.

A story Of Lincoln told ne by the
man to whom it happened (since dead
Is as follows:
at the breaking out of the civil war
captain Tompkins.of tie battery of ar
tlllery, state of Rhode Island militia,
stationed at Providence enlisted with
ms entire command aud left at once for
Washington, Soon after his arrival his
battery, together with other troons. was
reviewed by the president in front of
the White House, and Captain Tomp
klns, proud Ct his battery, brought it
past the president in the very best shane
he was capable of doing and at once re-
turned to be presented to the president
as was done with all the other officers.
When the captain was presented, Lin.
coin said loud enough for all hear by to
near, Captain, your bate. is certain.
~ very pretty battery-in fact the
prettlest battery l have ever seen, ,, and
then in SO low tone that no one but
he captain heard him, "bat I must
say, captain, I have seen very few bat
,erles. New York Times.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
Hired Webster For O Week.

| OF course Webster was IN demand By
those who could afford to pay for his
services. A sharp Nantucket man Is
said to have got the better of the great
defender of the constitution il an anus
ing way. however He had small case
which was to he tried at Nantucket
one week in June, and be posted to
Websters Office in great haste. 1t was q
contest with neighbor over matter
Of considerable local interest, and his
pride as litigant was at sake. He told
Webster the particulars and asked what
be would charge to conduct the case.
"Why," said Webster, you cant
afford to hire me. | should have to sta
down there, he whole week, and my #
would be more than the whole case is
worth. l couldn't 60 down there for
less than 81, 900. could try every case
on the docket as well as CHE, and it
wouldn't cost any more for one case
would take my time for the entire week
anyway"
"All right, Mr.. Webster" quickly
responded the Nantucketer. Here's
your 1000. You come down. and III
fix it so you can try every case.
Webster was SO amused over this
that ho kept his word, He
spent the entire week in Nantucket and
appeared on one side or the other in |
every case that came up for hearing.
The shrewd Nantucketer hired Daniel |
out to all his friends who were in liti-
cation and received in return about ST.
800, so that he got Websters services
for nothing and made good profit to
boot boston Herald
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
DANGER INDOORS ON A SHIP.
Steamship and Battleship Bulkheads Not
Worth as Much as They Seem.

: On all first class passenger steamships
and on all large warships grea. per-
cen tage Of the total cost is spent direct
ly and indirectly on bulkheads or on
what these bulkheads necesstate. No
passenger would willingly make voy-
age in liner which was not known to
have a cellular structure, and no gov
ernment would think of building bat
tleshp or cruiser without bulkheads
Yet it is fact we'll known, at least to
all seafaring men and shipbuilders, that
these bulkheads, strong and perfect in
themselves, are precisely as safe and
efficient as the doors in them and not
whit more so.
The doors as at present constructed
and operated are notoriously bad and
dangerous. They have been the direct
and known cause in the loss Of many
lives and many good ships and are
doubtless chargeable with many more
ships on the list Of "missing and unac-
counted for 1t is astonishing to the |
expert to see the general public and |
even seafaring men so ready to accept |
the prevailing superstition about the
safety Of bulkheads. The best possible
bulkheads without equally good doors,
operated on safe system, are about as
good as a chain with link missing.
The history Ct marine disaster has
taught US this if it has taught US any
thing, and yet we go on crossing the
Atlantic in liners Of much Wanted safe
ty and Dragging about invulnerable lat.
tleships, apparently with implicit con-
tldencc in this bulkhead fetch.
There should he as few doors as EOS
slble, and some very lille experts con-
tend that there should be none On the
other hand most captains and chief en-
glneers say they must have doors. Man
ltest!y the only way cut of the difficulty
IS to get safe doors, safely operated.
The number Of watertight doors and
matches on first class battleship is over
800, and there are nearly 500 valves and ,
gates connected with ventilating, drain ,
ng and flooding the hull and involving
he safety of the ship 1t will there
ore be seen that the systematic control
md operation of these devices is mat
er of no mean Importance. +
1t takes about 10 men to look after
hese details alone in response to a COL J.
lslon alarm under the present condi- 6
ions, and it is matter Of very grave
oubt on the Part Of those best informed =
$ to whether the supreme efforts Of h
bese ITO men can attend to doors, ,,
atches and valves quickly enough to II
ave the ship. -Cassier's Magazine. =,
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
10 the Ladies',

pay for 3 Cent Grrnn ne
h"vHnu" Playing cards >t.n,.' .. t' i'u
'arh' These stamps were used an tha , ,'I"
u" 81 ",,, hoto9raphs taken betvce,, t', ''N.
o rn .ono ana 1870. Stamps can he r',n,I,I
in"'n 1ack> OF Photographs without i,';nr'
mg tlthtr stamps or photographs II, . @.,L
phn ,te "arh, IN warm water. Look Your Oh
saw ,i.7a, i' over for them. BE sure. it
~ hNin2 Carols at bottom nf sf.,n,n
~ rtrtnt of same 90 for enrh ,,1 ,,'4''p.
= l' nvtMrlll SENT 10 THE >EEptH
h hs', o'i, al other kinds of Keyenn., ~
IN" w PRICE LIST. CORRESpuZIn.
En-, 1 + iSoLitlTEp. Addres, FREnt-nliC
Semi mn E =; Mp Worcester. Mass, box Hus
SEMI cent stamp for price li,t 'oN OBS
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Inc Atlanta Constitution tells of q
curious verdict rendered by Georgia
jury in case where the pujlt IF tha
prisoner was clearly established. 1t was
not thought the jury would be ten min.
utes III recommending him for the peni.
tehtlary, but three hours elapsed before
the ~ men filed into court again, when
" verdict OF Not guilty" was read, to
the establishment of all. ~
:. How could you bring in such YER
ulcl after the evideuce:" asked the
judge. ~ '40
e, Well Jedge, replied the foreman
ne s " man of large family and lost
one leg and two sons in the var ),
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Clara wonder how Mrs, Yonng.
ing can nave the face to always kee,
poastlns about her family.
GLADYS Why? | thought she pretend.
W WA, tn"I Aer ancestors were good people.
olara-so she does, and yet She nd.
mlts that one Of them came over with
"ll!lam the Conqueror. I've lust been
reading about that crowd, and. good.
hess, but they were a hard lot lEChi
cago News.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

In the past " Patriots Day" has been
only Massachusetts day. 1ui now that
the Congress Of the l'ui;cl states took
such important action Oh the Cuban 4ue>-
ton on April 10Th. it would seem as if
"Prtraot'- Day" in the future ought to
be as much Of "A National holiday as
July 4th.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

The house Of Hohenzollern possesses
family tallsman. Since the time of
the Llector John Cicero, who flourisbed
toward the end of the fifteenth ccnturv
each ruler has, when possible before
olssolutlon, handed to his successor a
scaicd packet, This contains ring in
Whlch Is set black stone said to have
neeh dropped by huge toad on the GOV.
orIel OF princess of the family inst as
sle rad given birth to sen. Fredericl,
'he Great found the ring in an enveloue
winch also inclosed memorandum
written by Frederick l, stating itsvalne
ana Its mode Of transmission Schnei.
DER the librarian of William |, declares
!nat ne saw the Packet handed Ly Cell
lns' the treasurer, to his roval master
oh accession, and further asserts that he
fead his account Of the talisman ia ths
emperor, who fully confirmed it.-St
James Gazette.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Mon shake bands with STRANGERS ot
thelr own sex with far greater READINGS,
IMAM Go women. Two men. On bejno
presented to one another, will freoncut.
~ extend the hand in grasp of greet.
ing which gives opportunity to form a
general idea Of each others mako NJ,
and Know whether they are attracted n1
Tepulscd. Occasionally there is a man
with sufficient good nature and conra,f
u refuse another mans hand without
causing cilensc. There are men vbc
nave been 50 impr' Ssed with the dis.
coVerlCs CT lactcriology that they main.
tam handalaking to be the cause Of dix.
hemlhatlon Of disease germs. The hare
hand comes III contact with innunor,.
Die germs locking for pasturage on some
Vulnerable spot Of our ANATOMY. A Ont
or abrasion on the hand leaves doc,
open tor the admission Of the enemy
Therefore it is with reason that men
argue against promiscuous haudshal,.
ing out Of the home among the men mot
III business life. Science long apo frovn.
ca upon the practice Of promiscuous
Kissing, which prevailed among women
Is the unelovod handshaLe also dooned,
New York Ledger.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

If the Biz Powers" have amy men
to spare or ship. to lose they may per-
haps assist the rrumoIin@ empire Of Al
fornso, but if they DO engage ia such
foolish tactics, we feel certain IL nric
Sam" and John Bull will be found in
partnership engaged in Ihr Grand task
OF driving the >pauiaJrS and mcddlcrs
out Of the seas. The An.lo-,axon race
prefer peace, bat ifWari> tie order Of he
day, Columbia will find the American
Eagc and the British Lion ready for
the armies Of the world.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Inc seal worn by the pope and used
ny MN On official documents to which
hls signature is attached has ON if the
engraving CT fish, with the cipher of
'ilo "eafer' since the thirteenth centu
ry every pope has Worn Il ring of This
character, and it is shattered with :,
hammer when The wearer dies TO nre.
vent Its Use on Il forged document.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

Much suffering might be avoided if
people could only be made to realize
mat cupful of hot water, hot bath
or not applications of any kind arc
among the most useful forms of medi-
cation known to the human family, and
II resorted to will almost immediately
remove any of the violent symptoms of
disease.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

War or no war base all umpircs are
still the target for the dissatisfied crowd.
They ought to adopt the tactic, Of Spain
and place a few mines under the grand
sand.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
Startled the Old Man,

Ihe acoustics Of Statuary hall in the
capitol at Washington are matter of
wonder to tourists, and many are the
tricks played upon them. An exchange
tells Of youth employed in one of the
departments who was visited by his
father recently and took the old gentle
man to Statnary hall There is a block
about the center Of the circular hall
where, IT one stands and faces the
north, sound uttered from the door.
way, 40 feet in the rear, seems to be
Immediately in front of this block. The
youth managed to get his father on the
block and, attracting his attention to.
ward statue in front, slipped to the
rear and said: "What time have Won;
MY watch has stopped. The father
drew out his watch and was half
through giving him the time when he
looked around and saw that be was
standing alone and that the son was
nowhere to be seen. He was bewildered
ana looked like the man from beneath
whose coat collar the magician has inst
extracted live goose. Presently the
son stepped forth from the pillar where
ne mad been il hiding, but it reouired
many explanations to restore the old
serenity.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

April 20 is AIbor Day and the people
of the State should improve the occasion
and cndeayor TO improve the parks and
highways of thi, grand old common
wealth.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

right? - ''"' CLOCK
forter-That amt no clock; it's a
weighing machine. - !"
mrs Hayrick-What do you want
with weighing machine here?
oi,er-oo folks wot wants to leave
town kin git weigh. london Inn
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

y, N s MOTHS Bank of North Ameri-
e. founded at Philadelphia at the end
~ tne year 1881, was the first BANKING
institution founded On the Amariran
continent. american
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
KLONDIKE GOLD Fl Ids

Mel'' women and yo,ln- people to the num-
n ,t OF iW70 are wanted at once to sell "Gnld
i re", "I 'ie kIondike," anew book from high
hu'n"rtN, beautifully illustrated from actual
photographs continuing also n su,,,rior n.,n ~
Ah>hH lSA2f inches printed in >iN coIor,.
II 'tlis al about the country. lniuc> fortunes
INA H. me WhrApl"red litId> how to :.et there
cue; II sells rhtaply, every body j. Interested
any u Ky lhe book for ready sale at ,iubt.
.. ,pt' -'r ana receive by mail a complete ont.
". 'n tl'I''e> the lar-e nHp and commence
"; MoIh any Were You choose at once. Meuiye
LIBERAL terms. S"e
Address :. :. SCRANTON NtO.
Publishers. Hartford. Cn,,u
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

lou say that you had four Aces and
YET ana not show them when caIIods',
wos ou net didn't. The other fellow
h;' s G".'ie GrJver and he mad two aces
himself. New York journal '''''
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
ARITHMETIC 1900 B. C.


Probably the Oldest copy book fol
home Lessons IN arithmetic was recently
uhearthed in Lgypt. The papyrus W hich
was found III excellent condition, dates
from the period about 100 b. C.-that
IS, about 100 years before the time Ct
Noses or almost 5000 years ago. 1t
Proves that the Egyptians had a thor.
oush knowledge Of elementary mathe.
mates almost to the extent of our own.
The lapyrus has a long heading, "Di.
rcctlon how to attain the knowledge Of
all dark things" etc. Numerous exam.
pies show that their principal onera.
'tlons with entire units and fractions
were made - means Of addition and
multiplication. cubtractions and divi.
Slons Were not known in their present
form, but correct results were obtained
nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the papy.
rus, Among the examples given is this
one; len measures of barley are to he
divided among ten persons in such a
manner that ePch subsequent person re.
celves one-eigHth Of a measure lass than
the one before him. Another example
given is: There are seven men. each
one has seven cats, each cat has eaten
seven mice, each mouse has eaten seven
grains Of barley. Each grain of barley
would, If cultivated, have yielded seven
measures Of barley. How much barley
mas been lost i'll that way: The papyrus
also contains calculations Of area. the
Of the area Of circle and
lts characterization into square and
linaIly calculations Of the cubic meas.
prements Of pyramids. -Philadelphia
Record.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

french Guiana is said to have tbe
most violent thunderstorms in tho
world. The Thunder is almost deafepipg.
and the peals come in quick succession
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
Every Noliar Invested in this Gem
Pany WIN Return 10 fnr1

hu, .""'P''.S enters into no chiinercaI schcm,
.n, we ~ iN's at The foundation OF succr,. hv
,,', s !" ne nest aud cheapest mrnncr srri,I..
'i"r' IA Il man without whch There cu, H., NJ,
Sb,' S,,'u az" u" returns or your Money
oo,''' van We ocurcd either by mail ar 81, ,b
aud {. ''''"o"' ST, o''tns
P"ho'"c" neis nal interviews and fulL..
ihIts' tgatlnh Invited ~" 'h'lcs'
bic 70 VI 'Ns' "'"'rV and express orders psva
GEORGE L, YrH,inE'
Irpasurer
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

A coed story Of which Mr.. john
Kendrick Bangs, the hunorist is the
hero, has leaked out. Some time ego
Mr.. Bangs received the following letter
from city in one Of the Pacific states:
Mr. John X. Bangs:
DEAR SRI have been asked to rcsrcnl to a
toast at our board Of trades crLi-Gl tin..cr
next month, and write to inquire what would
be your lowest terms for Ireral ing Il good,
rafting, fry speech for rae to Goiiycr On
that ocec ..2l. A prompt reply VIII d li@e.
Yours ". truly, -.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22
AT the Station

ILL, ine homan penny was valued at
about 10 cents. "A"o' a'
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-22

This letter was duly sent, and on the
day when it reached its destination Mr.
Bangs received tho following telegram:
Your letter Just received If Cheunacy De-
pews speeches are written by you, tl.en I
don't want enc.
New York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-06
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Gave Splendid Service. for Which the
Soldiers are Thankful

The following complimentary notice
with reference to the splendid service
given by the Atlantic Coast Line III
the prompt movement of troops is
taken from The Augusta Chronicle OF
August 9th:
The Richmond (Va.) Leader in not
ing the passage of the First Maine
volunteers, which regiment spent some
time in Augusta, prints a letter in
which Colonel Kendall thanks the At
1antic Coast Linz for the splendid ser
vice accorded the troops en- route.
The Leader says: The officers and
men expressed keen appreciation of
the kindness and courtesy shown them
and especially by the Atlantic Coast
Line. In this connection the following
explains itself:
"'Richomnd, Va. August 26, 1898.
"'To the Editor of The leader:
Sir: 1t is with great pleasure that
[ write of the nice treatment we re-
ceiVed from the Atlantic Coast Line
people on u trip from C~hickamauga
to Augusta, Me. After striking the
Atlantic COaS Line at Denmark there
was not a flaw, everything moved on
with ease and great satisfaction TO
me, and to the comfort of every man
aboard.
Hoping when our boys are Re
mebering the Maine that they will
remember the Atlantic Coast Line in
their move homeWard.
"L. H. KENDALL,
"'ColoneI First Maine, L. S. W"