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Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Hard to Eeat u EoJ.

A cigar dealer in tho west end sail
to reporter for the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune: cit takes a mighty
sharp man to get ahead of boy, 1or a
fact. One Of them came in here not
long ago, and he was old enough to buy
cigarettes and wanted a package. [ sold
them and got the money. In Il minute
a neishbCr came i'll and wanted to know
what the h, bought. told him.
"'Well,' sa. | he, that beats the
devil Do you kno : what that boy di !?
He was in my store abott five minu, )
ago aud a-ked me to buy pamphlet
that is issued by the Anticigaretto
league, whatever that is. He told nlo
that the boys in the public schools were
trying to sell them everywhere to do
away with the bad habit of cigaret- %
smoking among the schoolboys. I
thought it was a good thing, and |
bought one from him. He sold some
others in the same neighborhoo1. Nov
that little rascal comes in hero aud
spends MY money for cigarettes, and
III let dollar that you'll find him
around hero somewhere near smoA liz
for all that's out. I'm going to lock
him up.
1.-THE next day asked him if he had
caught the kid, and he said:
81 did. He and some chums wero
having a good time Of it, and, more
than that, all of them were in the same
business. They thought it was 4 good
joke, and suppose it was-on me-but
if they come around my store again
they IL get booted out.
But" said the cigar dealer, "thcy
are too sharp to get caught They only
work one man at a time, and none OF
the gang ever goes back again. They keep
a list, and | expect an examination VIII
show that tlley have been to every store
in that whole neighborhood. Where
they set the pamphlets l do not know,
but | imagine some of the good people
of the league had them printed for graz
tuitous circulation, and the boys con-
cluded to sell them. They TO pretty
click -
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Felt Acquainted.

A Boston lady If the most reserved
and exclusive type was waiting for her
change at the glove counter in one CT
the large stores when she was ap.
preached by a very large, gaudily dressed
and loud locking woman, " 10 held cat
a ludly hard i'll a bright green kid
glove and suid
"W by, how do you DO, Mrs. Elnnk?"
Mrs. Blank ignored tie lrot1ered
hand and, drawing herself up stit1ly,
said friGidly:
Il do not think that l know you,
madam. y
"No, s'pose not" replied tie won
an, in nowiso embarrassed 10y the cold
ness Of her reception, 'b0t I've l.nowed
you by sight Tor long time, aud how
I've got a hired girl who worked at your
house once year or two ago, and she s
told me SO much about you that | feel
real we'll acquainted with you Pleas
ant day, ain IT it? Well, if she amt po-
lite to sail off without so much as a
word shows her ruisin, anyhow !'-
IarIer's Bazaar.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Human Nature In the Storage.

III H. Phelps Whitmarsh writes of "Tho
NSteerage of Today" in The Century.
Mr.. Whitmarsh, who crossed the ocean
IN the steerage himself, says: To me
The most noticeable thing about the life
WAS the ease with which the yoke of
bivilizaton was thrown off. If condi-
|Bkions be favorable, opine that large
ayproportion of tho storage passengers
5Sathrow back to their Darwinian ancestry
about the third day out. Away from
ahome, country and religious influences,
by custom and convention
sNAlity, bourd by no laws of action and
sse parated from all that force of opinion
ESQ strong i'll the world ashore, they let
%themselves 20 and allow their baser ma
SStures to run riot. No sooner has the sea-
aa$sickness left them than they growl and
s#snarl over their food like dogs, scram-
bling for the choice pieces and running
EMoff to their hunks with them; they
Mgrow quarrclsome; their talk is lewd
Mand insulting; brute strength is in the
VI descendant and, without shame, both
W sexes show the animal side of their ma
%tures, But most apparent and obnoxious
4 are the filthy I.Abits into which many
MOf them fall. The sea seems utterly to
Ademoralize them. Some of them will
ssremain for days in their berths, where,
F@ without changing their clothes, they
Feat, sleep and are sick with the utmost
%impartiality and without the blessing
II OF soap and water. Hence the steerage
Il as a whole, the married quarters
M(where there were children) in particu-
Il lar, was i'll smelling and otherwise OBJ
q jectionable.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Appendicitis Appendicitis.

The staff of medical institution in
4 this city were nonplused day or two
since when they undertook to perform
All operation for appendicitis, After a
| careful and minute search among the
contents of the abdominal cavity no APP
pendiX could be found. There was in
fialnmation and adhesions and all sorts
of trouble with other organs, but APP
/ pendlX there was none, and so no APP
pendicitis. This, however, is not likely
to interfere with the appendicitis bust
/ hess, for there were lots of other super
f1uous things which, in the absence Of
TN appendix, were removed, and the
desired result was obtained. Portland
Gregg niun.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Informal Receipt.

Uneducated people sometimes have a
happy knack in coming to the point.
Here, for example, is story from the
Boston Herald:
Dan and Nose, neither of them noted
1or erudtlon, were partners in an enter
prise which it is needless to specify.
One morning customer called to settle
small bill and after handing over the
money asked for receipt.
Nose retired to the privacy OF an
inner room and after long delay re-
turned with slip of paper, Oh which
were written these words:
We've got our pay. Nc and Dan. y
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
THE DEhcON'S BARTER MABEL.

She isn't much on dress an such,
Like maidens in the city.
It maynt be only jes a touch
OF goodness makes her pretty.
To keep from blushin when she speaks
Our boys, leastwise, amt able.
OF her they dream fer weeks an weeks,
The dcacon's darter Mabel.
Across the aisle In church she sits
At every Sunday mcetin,
An half the fellers lose their wits
Whenever she smiles n greetin.
She amt no fairy, sprite nor ELF,
Like those Of song an fable.
She's jes' her own dear little self,
The deacon's darter Mabel.
You see her golden curls an swear
A halo rests above her.
There amt Il one of us d dare
To own how much we love her,
An. as for dress, canned fruit that's good
Amt bettered by the label.
Ii s les the same with womanhood,
The deacon's darter Mabel.
Roy Farrell Greene In New York journal.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
A DEAD CARNATION.
Leonard Contemplates the Contents Of ,
Desk Drawer.

Leonard Contemplates the Contents OF n
Desk Drawer.
The desk drawer, opened, eXhaled an
odor OF faded flowers.
"Let us plunge into the atmosphere
of sweet memories" said Leonard.
Wife absent, Leonard, addressing
Bayard, his most intimate friend, indi-
Gated withered blossoms. Faded and
grown musty in the lapse of years, they
ieposed at the bottom of the desk
drawer.
"This lily" said Leonard, signing,
"was the flower given me by Blanche,
my first love, when l took from ler
lips timid kiss. She was as white as
it's impeccable petals, fragrant as its
pure corolla, graceful as its dropping
stem, and who knows what might have
happened had she not died in the bloom
of youth?"
"And the rose?" asked Bayard.
"Ah, that was lator!' said Leonard,
with burst of laughter "Rosette gave
me that when she first brushed my lips
with her own. The petals were once
rosy as her warm being, and the flowers
beauty was radiant and amOrous as her
young womanhood. If she had not been
tickle. she might now be my wife,
"And the orchid?' qucried Bayard.
"Hippolyta presented me with that, "
said Leonard, thoughtfully, "when she
saw me trembling in alteration at her
feet. Time was when it had the mystic
charm of her own pervcrse personality,
and if Russian nobleman had not
eloped with her should still be her de-
voted siave.'
Bayard discovered bunch of faded
violets.
"And these?" he interrogGted
"They were the flowers, " murmured
Leonard sadly, (which Etienette sent
me when l had treated her brutally, be-
lieving that she had deceived he. She
was dcmure and tender as the blooms,
and, after the storm of my passions, she
came like q peaceful sprite to pour
beauty and love into my life. Had she
forgiven me, it might have BEEN
At this point Leonard interrupted
himself, Selling angrily dead carna-
ton.
"Why is this flower here" be cried.
"It has no place among the precious
memories. Away with it at once!'
In a moment the unresisting carna-
ton was reduced to dust under his pitt
less foot.
"Why do you destroy it," questioned
Bayard.
because it is tho carnation Emilia
gave me when she said she would be
my wife, said Leonard, cynica!ly,
land 1 married Ler. "-|hiladelphia
Bulletin.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
TO ENJOY A CIGAR.
hit Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sible Results.

III Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
M sible Results.
III +" Personal observation has taught
\ Ie, - said a Cuban cigar dealer to a
Mar reporter, that not one person in a
knows how to smoke cigar
M enjoy it thoroughly. For instan 70,
most men, after buying their cigars,
gGtick them between their teeth and
may the ends off recklessly, thereby
Rearing and loosening the wrapper.
Then they light their cigars and puff
away as if their very lives depended
upon finishing them in hurry. Thus
treated the finest cigar will burn irreg-
diary, and the smoker will, nine times
ont Of ten, lay the blame on the cigar.
The cigar may be to blame, but in most
lnases tho fault lies in the way it has
lteen handled.
'Bs After n cigar has been bought the
I'd should be cut smoothly off by a
Ii1 or sharp knife. The reverse end
s1bould then be placed in the mouth and
he cigar blown through. This removes
~ the little PARTICLES of dust which
nnnOt he avoided in the manufacture
md prevents them from being inhaled
Into the throat and from producing
gSbughing The cigar should then be
lHghted, and particular attention should
lshe aid to it's being thoroughly ignited
I'M over the surface of the end. Then
insead of putting away like steam en-
S8inc the smoker will find that three or
bur puts every minute make the best
s&ay to ENJOY the cigar. The smoke
mould be kept in the mouth a short
Tine i'll order to appreciate the flavor Ut
he tobacco. Then it should be emitted
z9owly.
3$s ''In case one side of the cigar should
Burn and leave ragged edge on the
III Cher side it is not necessary to relight
as | often see many people do. A
4 s|entle blow through the cigar toward
Me lighted end will ignite the ragged
Z de and it will burn regularly. Smok-
8hg this way is pleasure. 1t frets me
- see man smoking cigar who does
Hot know how to enjoy it, and l often
#&eel like giving him few words of adj
Mice and would do so were it not for
Nkhe fear of offending him. ''-Washing-
LON Star
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
A Compromise.

II don't suppose" said the wife,
that you mailed those letters gave
you today, John
No, y said John cheerfully, but l
did those you gave me last week, my
dear. +"
Sometimes policy and honesty go
hand in hand --Cincinnati Commercial
Appeal
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

Poddler-- y ouldl't you like some
notices fer your house, mum? It's very
cheering to husband to see nice
motto Oh the wall when he comes home.
Mrs Dagg-You might sell me one
if you We got one that says, BETTER late
than nuvlr New York Weekly.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

Recent statistics show that the Eng
lish citizen heaviest bill after food,
rent, clothing and drink is his gas bill.
England Jays 500, COO, 600 year to
the gas ccnll anies, and it is calculated
that the eas companies realize profit
of $26, 600, 900 year.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
"he Loved the Children"

Thackeray's words were satiricnl, and
he himself was called cynic, but the
author of Glove Affairs of Some Fa-
NOUS Men" shows what sort of heart
beat in tho satirist's breast by quoting
from tho letter of one to whom the fol-
lowing incident happened:
"ln the week following his death
there appeared some genial memorial
lines in the pages of Punch. Walking
down the then unsavory thoroughfare
known as Bedfordbury, my eye caught
the open page of the popular periodical,
and staid to read the graceful tribute
to the dead moralist. Turning away at
length, poorly dressed man in work
ing garb said to me:
"'I knew that man, sir.
"'You knew Thackeray?' asked.
"'Yes, sir. keep that little baker S
shop yonder, pointing to the opposite
side of the street, and manys the
time Thackeray would come and buy \
pound or two Of cake of me. cut il
into slices for him, and then, distribut,
ing it among crowd of hungry chill,
dren, he would walk away and hide in
that court over there, that he might
have the pleasure of seeing their enjoy
ment. He didn't know l knew him, but
did. People used to call him Il cynic,
sir but it wasn't true. He loved the
children, sir, and no man is cynit
| who does that. }"
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Modern Methods.

Diggs-I just finished reading an &C
count of how they burned hcretics at
the stake in ancient times. Such bar
barism would not be tolerated in this
enlightened age.
LigGs-No indeed! The modern
kereric is let off with a roast in the re-
ligious journals - Chicago News.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly
relieved and permanently cured by Doan'S
Ointment, the sovereign remedy for al itcbi-
ness of the skin.
Cure that cough with Shioh's Cure. The
best Cough cure. Relieves Group promptly.
One million bottles sold last year. 40 doses
for 21cts. Sold by ken1rick & Co.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life AWAY.

If YOU want to quit tobacco using easily am.
forever. he made well, strong. magnetic, full
of new life and vi"or. take No-To-l'ac, the
wonder-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over 40O,-
600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your own
druggist who will guarantee n cure. Booklet
and sample mailed free. Address Sterling
Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
Applause.

A friend having declared i'll Mrs. Sid
,lons' hearing that applause was ncces-
,aIy to aCturs-tha1 it gave them conf
..ence, More" interposed she; cit
gives us breath.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

During the last year no fewer than
10000 school children were taught to
SWIM by Instructors employed by the
London Schools Swimming association.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

Ryan Handed the telegram to the
prisoners, aid when they rad it they
laughed.
You zee, boys, that you nay be
pretty foAy, l1t.cu couldn't ,loat the
cid l. al, " sand ii sheriff.
an bats right" SAID Foster; "but
what Ii ;de you C me into the Jail last
night aud stay SO Ions? Who put you
on"
"Nchody." nsvered Eyan. - just
guessed it. luG | CIV did you know |
wa bore? Lil you Lear rlc:'
"Nct q e ui.d. You Ludo a quiet
sneak for such big Ian said Eos
ter sI.l,
Then h07y cid you know was
thorc:' persisted tho sheriff.
Nov, seo Lee, LII. Ryan, replied
Foster. ave 10 in Ia a long term, and
if yen viii lyt ii eccd VOID IN 1or Us
we'll tell you OUT scclet. "
"AgIccd!' said Ryan.
"Well, whore we got the saws il
neither here nor there and none CT your
business" said Foster, "but we knew
you were watching us and knew that if
we wanted to give you the slip we
would have TO exercise more than or
binary CT human vigilance. Now, the
Jail is full Cf rats and jill rats having
been killed so often by way of amuse
mort for the prisoners, are timid. Rats
like meat We saved some of our meat
at supper every night and scattered it
in front Ct the cell The rats soon real
lied that We meant them no harm,
and after number of experiments t!Iey
would allow che of US 10 feed them
while the other worked. Rats have u
Eecner sense CT hearing than men, and
if an outsider should appear they would
run. Well, when you snealled into the
Jail last night we didn't hear you, but
the rats did. They scampered and we
quit. When you left, the rats returned,
but it was too late then, and the game
was up
The records Of county commissioners
show that On the following day a requi-
sition was received from the sheriff 8
office calling for two dozen Lar traps
and Il case of lat poison. Plgeunholtd
in the prosecuting attorneys otalte Is an
| indictment entitled Estate of Ohio vor
sus Rodent, for aiding and abetrln9 the
attempted escape OF certain prisoners of
the state from the county Jinl OF Cuya-
hoga county, state CT Chic. This
charge never came to trial, and the de-
PENDANTS suffered capital punishment
whenever cupllrCd without even hay
ing hearing. Cleveland Letter.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
RATS AS SENTINELS.
THE TRICK WORKED BY CRIMINALS
IN AN OHIO PRISON..

Convicts Who Trained Rats to Give Warm
ing of the Approach of Keepers While
They Sawed Their Cell 1;ars--A Sheriff
Rewarded For Vigilance.
A story told by W. r. Ryan, an old
Ohio sheriff, illustrates the ingenuity
If criminals. Ryan was sheriff of Cuya
hoga county for several years and re-
fused o third or fourth nomination for
the Office for the reason that the county
Jail in Cleveland was so old and dilapi-
dated that the watching of the 70 Or so
prisoners was more of a job than lie
cared to keep. While he wcs still i'll
charge notorious criminal named Fos-
ter and an accomplice were convicted
and sentenced to long term Of inn
prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary.
At that time the Jail was crowded, and
Sheriff Ryan was compelled to place
both convicted men i'll the same cell.
The sheriff lived in the county build
ing and on the night following the con-
Wet ion of Foster he went to bed soon
after supper, intending to get up early
the next morning and take the two
prisoners to the penitcntiary. About
midnight he avole with a start He
was tren.blng violently and was con-
WINGED that trouble was brewing in the
jail.
"Thcre's something wrong in the
Jail" lie said to his VIE, land III bet
Foster is ahoIt ready to break out. I'm
going down stairs to look ground
Dressing hi:'Self, he put revolver
into his pocket and noiselessly vert
down to tie chief jailer's room Oh the
first four Abe Abrams his deputy,
was Guarding tho Jail door,
"Whpt's tho matt,r?' asked Abrams.
"Whut's wrolg in the jail:' returned
the sheriff.
"Notting," replied Abrams.
"Havcnt you heard the Eoise CT
saws:' asked Eyan.
Nope, and tAty rin t hc"n working,
or I'd heard EN-, as I've been laying
mighty quiet.
Ryan was suspicious and listened at.
tentvely at the Jail door. There was no
noise exec pit an occasional snore of one
Of the prisoners.
Abe, said Ryan, I'm cert"in Eos
ter AID his pal are up to mischief. I've
been feeling it in my bones all night,
and IN 6 Ing to sncnk III two tiers un-
der their cell and listen.
IIo cpened the Jail door noiselessly
and crcpt through the Jail until be WAS
under l oster's eli Ee bad not made
the Ali; test Il, Use, CT that he was GER
tain lie lreathld regular. ) and with as
litllo nciso IS T0ssit,e, and be could
not detect a sCtMd which indicated that
an i.oIt was being made to saw the
ccil bars. Novcrthl less, he could not
get lid CT lis susl ion ard remained
there p rfectly quiet until O'Clock.
IEtn he wort TO breakfast, called Il
Gcruty ard, placing the EaEdcutTs and
lCs i"li,s Gil ester ard his cCni( dtrate,
PEI arcd TIC take them to Columbus Gu
I'll 1nlly tlulo.
as sc;n rs We leave said tbs
sheriff to I II; lis, "ye Il search tie cell
and t,ie SD. i lie tho result ut Column
Eu3 -
bc, f'C';-,ysE.- yor5 rporhn1 al hon
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30

The gossainer iron made at Swansea,
England is so thin that 4, 500 plates are
needed to make an inch in thickness.
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-03
Will Locate Gold Mines in Cuba.

Dr.. J. LangfOrd of Arizana and q dozen Roosevelr's Rough Riders have gone to San Juan hili. Cuba, to pros- pect for gold. Langford said: Be cause of its pleasant climate l believe Cuba to be a better field for gold than the Klondike. think Cuba is one of the best countries in the world. prospected Alaska unsuccessfully. expect to locate claim on San Juan hill, and the company will be able to work at large profit.
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-03
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
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Kingman is agitating the question of incorporating the town. A move in the right direction.
 The Saginaw mill and box factory at Williams closed down last week on ac. count of lack of water.
 Salt River valley shipped carload of oranges to Chicago two weeks ago, the first placed on the market this sea- son.
 William Cameron pleaded guilty in the Phoenix district court Tuesday to horsestealing and was taken to the ter. ritorial prison at Yuma.
 Assessment work Is being done on more claims this year than for many years past, owing to the sale of many mining claims during the past year.
 Who says at this late date the only good Indian is dead one? The Mo. have Miner says that two hundred ln- dians, belonging to the steel gang now laying the steel on the Santa Fe Pacific, are in Kingman and will soon be at work.
 Charles H. Knapp, a respected citi- zen of Phoenix and deputy clerk Of the district court. died at his home Sunday afternoon. His remains were followed to the grave by the Knights TenDlar, J. w. Owen Post and the Rough Rid CTS, besides large number of citizens.
 The citizens of Williams is about to organize an antiquarian society. Its objects will be the custody of relics of the ancient ruins of the Salt river val ley and the preservation of them from vandalism The Smithsonian institu- tion at Washington has been the re. cipient of many of its prehistoric relics in the past. and these citizens propose
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-03

to protect them that future generations may view tue wonders of this Aladdin land.
 The Globe Silver Belt warns those seeking employment to keep away from Globe. The building of the railroad into that town attracted great num- bers of people, and as consequence the place is full of idlers. The mines are employing all the men they can consistent with good management. but it is impossible to furnish employment to the great number now arriving there.
 The Arizona Gazette tells Of d novel marriage that took place at Phoenix last Monday. The contracting parties were J. NJ. Yaple and Mrs. Sue R. Kee- nan. They immediately left on an ex- tended wedding tour. Both parties are advanced in years. The former wife of the bridegroom, who died about a year ago left to him an estate of con. siderable value, on condition that he should not marry again. Mir. Yaple was desirous to marry, and just previ- ous to the ceremony he conveyed val uable tract of land, together with half interest in water right in the Tempe canal. On her part, Mrs. Kee- nan entered into n written contract to marry Yaple. Both of these contracts were filed with the county recorder on Monday.