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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
A Fatal Oversight.

Recently the wife Of an Atlanta man
told him she wanted two newspapers
that woro published in different states.
He bad no change about him, so she
gave him 10 cents with which to pur-
chase them.
He went forth, but on the way be-
thought him Of the clipping bureau,
where, he crguod, he could get the pa
pers for nothing. So he invested the
money in Il good cigar, obtained the pa
pe1's when the clipping man was through
with them aud returned home.
On opening the papers his wife dis
covered that two items had been clipped
from one and four from another, and
then there was trouble.
1t was in vain that he tried to ex-
plain. In fact ho couldn explain.
The more he stammered out excuses the
more his wife's curiosity was aroused,
The next morning when he appeared
down town his head was bandaged and
he looked i'll.
He is now consulting lawyer as to
the ACCESSIBILITY Of suing the clipping
bureau for damages. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Times Have Changed.

mo such times as there used to be. :"
sighed the gray haired but vigorous
travelling man who was enjoying him.
SELF with the usual Saturday night
crowd.
There was time when they were
booming those western towns that I
saved about all my expense money, and
that was a mighty big item In flush
times"
"Give us your recipe, old man."
ITS of no use now. They're bump
ing along on rock bottom out in that
country But then money was no OBJ
Ject. When approaching boom town,
Ia discover some resident of the place
aboard the train and casually let drop
to him that was looking for a good
real estate investment. That was all,
and it was worth from $50 to 500 a
drop. I'd start innocently for hack,
knowing as we'll as l lived I'd never
reach it. Some speculator would seize
me by the arm, introduce himself, put
me in his private carriage, whirl me to
the best hotel, get me the best room,
make date to drive me over the place
and solemnly inform me that the town
was mine.
"Live high? Higher than a wild
prince. They would take no money at
the bar, the hotel clerk never had a bill
against me and I couldn't spend cent.
1t was one constant round, as the boys
say. You know my line then. I sold to
one man in place and only called on
him once a year. He always stood in,
kept mum and shared in the good
things. made pile of money, for ex-
pense bills ran high those days, but I
guess it is just as we'll for me that the
bottom dropped out. A mans stomach
won't stand everything. "-Dotroit Free
Press,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Immigrants and New York.

Ernest Ingersoll writes for St. Nicho-
las a paper on the Greater New York
entitled Reasoning Out Metropolis. I"
Mr.. Ingersoll says:
The merchants Of New York sent to
the continent of Europe more ships than
the merchants of other cities, who trad
ed mainly with Great Britain, so that
this city was better known throughout
Europe, and her vessels were the handi-
est for cmigrants from France, Ger.
many and Holland. Agents of the New
York merchants and of the government,
who were seeking and encouraging I'M
migration, could show that this port
was the most advantageous landing
place for man who was going on west,
and the sea captains explained that it
was the safest and quickest port to
make because the course lay south of
the stormy, foggy region north of Cape
Cod, and the city was much closer to
the open sea than either Philadelphia
or Baltimore. At any rate immigration
increased in favor of New York as time
went on, and the stream of incoming
people swelled until in the decade from
1884 to 1894 it amounted to about $780,
900 immigrants year, 500, 666 arriv-
ing in 1890 alone, not counting those
from Canada and Mexico.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
A LAFAYETTE Relic.

Ono OF tho most curious and valuable
of the relics of General Lafayette, the
great Frenchman who cast his fortunes
with America when the baltic for indie
pendence was at it's height, is in the
possession of the family Of W. G. Griffin
of Los Angeles.
When Lafayette came to this country,
he was entertained by Colonel Griffin
and was SO touched by the attention
shown him that he presented his host
with a rare and beautiful ring which
had been placed on his finger by Louis
XIV, to whom he admitted allegiance
before sailing for America.
The ring is marquise, with a setting
about an inch long and fully half an
inch wide. San Francisco Call.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Edible "Comns,"

At very early period the orientals
we're familiar with kind of pastry, q
fixture Of flour, oil and honey, and
f.r centuries pastry making went no
further, even among the nations in the
south Of Europe. But in the beginning
If the middle ages change began to
take place in the method of mixing the
INGREDIENTS, and some other substances
wcro thought into use. Butter, eggs
and salt found their way into pastry
l.uEiug, and the result was manifest
inn ruvtment. Paste next came to be
usl i as an Enclosure for meat, seasoned
with spices, etc. Afterward it went a
stop further, tho next use being for the
iueIosNro Of creams, fruit, preserves,
etc, aud later still it began to take the
many funciful shapes in which it has
since been commonly found. In the
early stages of English cookery the
uaStry cases were called collins or
"cotIynes" and were made in various
sizes from "gret coffynes with lowe
l.l,,os" for the "tartes of ffiesche" to
the "slnallo coffynes" for tartolettes"
Of "f.cho or fiiesche," mixed with
"stuf Of boylled tigges ground and good
rWduro and Spices"
Potruchio i'll "The Tanning of the
Shrcw," it may hero be noted, calls
little cap ga custard coffin" These
cofil..s correspond with tho "vol-au-
vent" of today.-Gentleman's Maya
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Soap.

The first distinct mention of soap
now extant is by Pliny, who speaks of
it as an invention of tho Gauls, but be
that as it may the use of soap for wash
ing purposes is Of great antiquity. In
the ruins CT Pompeii complete soap
manuf1ctory was found, and the uten-
sils and some soap We're in a tolerable
state Of preservation. Tho Gallo soap
of Is centuries ago was prepared from
fat and wood ashes, particularly the
ashes from beech wood. which wood was
very common in France as we'll as in
England. Soap is spoken of by writers
in the second century, but the Sara
Gems were the first people to bring it
into general use as an external cleansing
medium. Tho use of soap is thus de-
scribed: "When examined chemically,
the skin is found to be composed of a
substance analogous to dried white of
egg-in a word, albumen. Now, albu-
men is soluble in the alkalios, and
when soap is used for washing the skin
the excess of alkali combines with the
oily fluid with which tho skin is natu-
rally believed, removes it in the form
of all emulsion, and with it portion
of the dirt. Another portion Of the al
kali softens and dissolves the superficial
stratum of the skin, and when this is
rubbed off the rest Of the dirt disap-
pears. So that every washing OF the
skin with soap removes the old face of
the skin and leaves new one, and
were the process repeated to excess the
latter would become attenuated. -
New York Ledger.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
The Smallest Electric Motor.

What is said to be tho smallest cleo
ii" motor in existence was made to be
worn as q scarfpin by d. Gordin, jew
cler and matchmaker of Mckinney, Tex.
Complete it weighs pennyweight 8
grains The front of the motor is OF
Aishly polished gold, and the commute
ter scgments are also of gold. Viewed
from the front the motor presents only
a gold appearance. Tho field magnets
are made CT two thicknesses of No. %
Sheet iron scraped down and polished
These arc held together with gold screws
and wound with No. 20 silk covered
wire The armature is Of the four pole
type and is wound with No. 36 wire.
The little brushes are of hammered cop
Yer aud are, of course, very thin. There
LA small gold switch on black rubber
AaS", made with a pin, to be worn Oh
TIE lapel Of the vest. A small chloride
OF silver battery, carried in the vest
pocket, furnishes current for the opera
ton If the little machine. Tho motor
rNn, at a very high speed, and its hum
ming can be distinctly heard by any one
standing near the wearer. New York
limos
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
A Man-of-war Of 1914.

,,npregnable of 1914 was Of 2,27e
.., Il 9S gun ship by the official rat.
iaa. though her ten carronades brought
her total battery up to 1903 guns. She
WAS therefore by no means one of the
lar,e,t ships; indeed we had ten OF
greater size and force at sea or In re-
serve. Her heaviest gun was the old 80
rnnndor smooth bore, mounted on the
rua, st truck carriage, without sights or
e,cyating screw. Her broadside was
LOIS pounds. Her total crew was,
Then she was fully manned, 743-offl-
lOr4. mon and boys. The men were
rgi.,d by impressment or recruited vol
uurarily for the ships commission. We
lqa rot as yet adopted our present ad-
r.lablo system of manning the feet.
The discipline was arbitrary and cruel ;
there were merciless foggings with the
cat for the smallest offenses and the
nur,her Of lashes inflicted varied from
a dozen CT half dozen to 500 and even
1900.
Reading The court martials Of those
DAYS, enc alternately wonders how the
officers held down the gangs Of ruffians
they commanded and how the men en-
tlurcd tho manifold brutalitios Of their
otlicers. Bravo to a superlative degree
as these men were, with that fiery cour-
aye which welcomes battle and death,
they cannot compare in quality with
tbs officers and men who now take our
shi,s to sea. Everywhere except in tho
highest ranks, where our captains and
u}miruls are too old, the change has
h.,n d., nhclly for the good. Yet it
has not Aolt pace with the times, and
today our sailors ere poorly paid and
lot too well fed Nineteenth Century.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
How to PrSkent Dreams.

After series of experiments on nv.
self and others, :" ventured an exneri.
enced physician to a reporter. II am
convinced that many annoying dreams,
which in many instances rob sleep of
much of its recreation and benefit. can
be prevented if persons will take the
trouble to do so. There are dreams
which are produced by an overloaded
stomach and indigestion. These can be
prevented by not overlooking the
stomach and taking care, especially in
the evening, not to eat that which ex.
perlence has demonstrated is not easily
digested. A fairly filled stomach is,
however, less conducive to dreams than
an absolutely empty one. think can
safely say that if those persons who are
troubled much by dreaming will wear
extra long sleeves to their nightgowns
they will find remedy thereby. What
is even better than long sleeves is to put
rubber cord in the hem of the sleeves,
SO that they will not slip up on the arm.
The rubber cord should not be tight
enough to interfere any way with the
circulation of the blood in the arms, but
still tight enough to keep the ends of
the sleeves we'll down on the wrists.
ITO the bachelors and others who can.
not have their sleeves properly arranged
the same effect can be secured by wear.
ing wristlet on the wrist, or, better
yet, to pull sock over the hands and
pin the leg Of it to the sleeves of the
nightgown. In addition to preventing
dreams this simple arrangement will be
found extremely comfortable during the
cold nights of the next couple of months.
A little inquiry will convince any one
that those whose wrists and forearms
are uncovered are annoyed most by
dreams. The sock used as kind of an
extended glove will effectually stop
them, but it must be attached to the
sleeve of the nightgown; otherwise the
sleeve will work up the arm and the
desired effect be lost My remedy, in
brief, is to keep the hand, wrist and
forearm we'll covered. - Washington
Ctor
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
The Game of NIancala.

iAf game Of mancala may be said to
be tbo national game of Africa. 1t is
most tluaoly associated with that CONT
ncnt 1t is found among all the tribes
and il al evidence Of the essential unity
that underlies all the African races.
Among the Abyssinians 1t is played by
all classes, from the king to the peasant.
1t is the favorite amusement of the
negroes at Benin, on the west coast. 1t
is we'll known among the natives Of
Bombay, in Java, in Ceylon, in the
Maldive islands and in the Malay pen.
insu]a In Syria and Palestine cup
marked stones used in this game are not
infrequently found in old ruins. It is
played by the Druses with holes made
in a plank of wood, and this is the COM
mon form of the instrument in Jerusa-
lem and throughout Syria, where it may
be seen continually played in the cafes
by the visitors, The children in Egypt,
Nubia and Syria play it in holes exca-
waited in the ground, and when two
travellers meet on the way they fire.
gnently rest and eXtemporize board Of
holes dug in the hard path and proceed
to play with the pebbles they gather on
the spot,
In Palestine and Egypt the shells
used in the gamo are brought from the
shores of the Red sea, while in Damas-
Gus pebbles are employed which pill
grims collect in q certain valley on the
way homo from Mecca. Games of haz-
ard are prohibited by the MohammeGan
religion, hut mancala is considered a
game of fate or skill and is therefore
tolerated, and in all likelihood it is
diffused by the pilgrimases from Mecca
throughout tho Mohammedan world to
the utmost limits of Arab culture. -
Good Words.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Introducing His Fiancee.

There is doubt in some mans mind
very often as to when he should make
known to his people the girl he hopes
to marry. In somo cases he prefers that
they should become acquainted before
the die is cast and he has bound him
self to her for better, for worse, by a
promise At other times he has GER
tain diffidence about introducing them
to each other till they know in what po-
sition she is to stand toward himself,
and the result is that he is little be-
wildered. Perhaps in many ways it is
more comfortable for q girl to know his
people before she is presented to them
as future relative. But circumstances
often render this out of the question,
and then there is only one correct form
of proceeding.
Where his people and hers live in the
same place his family must call upon
her as soon as they arc informed of the
engagement. If they live at distance,
they should at once write, welcoming
her as future relative, and it is usual
where possible to invite her to stay with
them and make their acquaintance.
When this is done, it is moro COM
Portable plan on both sides if the fance
can accompany her and introduce her in
person to his people. 1t is trying or
deal both to the girl and to her lover S
family, this first introduction to each
other, and if the lover himself is pres
ent-the connecting link of interest be-
tween the two-it makes it considerably
more agreeable work for every one coll
cerued. -Philadelphia Times.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
He Tricked the TOpers.

In the last century nearly every gen
tleman was put to bed drunk. He had
either to drink as others drank or fight
o duel. Sir Aubrey dc We're, when he
was 10 years of age, after days hunt
avoided INVESTIGATION at dinner by watch
ing until the Others were tipsy and after
that pouring each new glass of wine
down his neokcloth, then worn SO large
that the chin was buried in it. When
the last of the topers lay ui'der the ia
BILE, he rushed to his bedroom, took a
bath, dressed anew and joined the ladies
at their IL O'Clock tea The next morn
ing at breakfast all the gentlemen rose
when he entered and received him as if
he had been prince. They had heard
that he had been unaffected by the wine
and considered that so strong head
was entitled to the highest honors. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Road and River.

Tho brave Pierre Stuppa, tho Swiss
general, having been deputed by the IL
CARTONS to solicit the arrears OF pay
which had been owing for long time
to the Swiss officers in the French serv-
Ice, M. de l4ouvois, the war minister,
VINO was present, said to the king,
Louis XIV.
"'5iro those Swiss arc very importu-
nate, II your majesty had all the money
THAT your royal predecessors have given
10 that people, it would form road
from Paris to Basel. "
That may be- observed Stuppa
with an air of firmness, "but at the
same time il your majesty had all the
blood that the Swiss have shed i'll tho
service of France it would form river
from Paris to Basel"
Iho king was so struck with the OBJ
N2Yatlon that he ordered M, do Louvois
10 pay the whole of the money without
delay Nuggets.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
One Cause of Forest Fires.

A traveller who had occasion to make
an encampmento on ledge OF rock III an
unbroken forest asserts that he witness
ed the beginning Of one of the most de-
structive forest fires that ever occurred
in that region. A dead tree OF enormous
size blew over and lodged against an
other tree, which it bent almost III the
form of a bow. The fierce wind swayed
the top of the bent tree which supported
the trunk of it's fallen neighbor. 1t so
CHANGED that there was space OF sew
eral feet where the fallen tree was
smooth and rested on the other. The
force of the wind in sweeping the bent
tree back and forth soon ground the
bark from the trunk Of the tree. Inc
friction caused by this grinding de-
veloped high degree of heat, and the
tourist, to his establishment, saw the
wood of the dead tree burst into nalne'
The top was soon consumed ana lell'
scattering burning embers upon the dry
leaves for some distance around. These
famed to flame by the wind, soon Gre
ated a fierce fire that swept over miles
of valuable timber. Much blame mas
been attached to campers and malicious
norsons who have, it is alleged, started
fires either through carelossnoss or for
desire for wanton mischief. Owners OF
large tracts of land would do well tt
keen close watch of their forests during
and after heavy windstorms which are
not accompanied by heavy rain. "A llt.
tle precaution might save thousands OF
ocras If valuable timber. New YORK
I adupr
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
The Cultus OF the Adjective.

Everybody nowadays in prose or
poetry claps on an adjective to every
noun. 1t degrades the adjective and en-
orvatos the noun. Then, too, there is a
hest Of vulgar overdressed people intro
duced into our company, whom we,
the old fashioned adjeotives, hardly
recognize - Strenuous" "inteHse, ="
"veird," "nory," "sympathetic, !"
"splendid, "secure, " naive" Gin.
pressivc," poignant" - mostly at
Ch,l, too, to the wrong nouns. There
ar too many adjectives, and they carry
too much sail, like dalilia, "bedecked,
ornate and gay" l noticed, as an in
stance the other way, criticism in a
French review the other day of the
acadJmician sea captain who calls him
if Iierro Lott, whose style IS SO def
coated q believe that is the term invent
III ly the Postlethwayte school-you re-
nCmber PostlethwayteD that he seldom
or never uses an adjective moro star
ding than good. " "bad, =" "green, :"
"red, " clark, " eight" and so on,
and yet SO orders his sentence that the
adjective shines out like a rose on a
trier bush, -Longman's Magazine.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Refining.

"Musio," said the eminent pianist,
as the reporter to whom he had kindly
accorded an interview ran his pencil
rapidly over the paper, sis the most
elevating of sciences. 1t refnes the SEN
sibilities and enlarges the heart. It
what were you about to ask?''
II should like to know, sir, how you
regard the distinguished pianist Pro-
fessor Won Bergstein as musician"
"Ho is nothing, sir, but a cheap, vile
imitator; base counterfeit, a tenth
rate key board bangor, sir" exclaimed
the eminent musician, scowling. -
Strand Magazine.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Mistakes of the "Pubiisher's Geatier."

was speaking of some of my expert
ences as a publishers reader, " few
wears ago, in (. recent conversation with
n friend, who told me that Mr.. John
Morley had read "Mr, lsaacs' Tor
Messrs. Macmillan and had advised
against it's publication on the ground
that while it would be most credltable
hook to have on their list, there would
he no sale for it. In the light of subse-
ouent events this is rather amusing, but
It only proves that even SO astu 1T, crit It.
70 as N.Y. Morley is not infallible-in
other words, that he is human. Critic
i.ui,.n,iogisls apropos oI inc soaoo,non.
that tho original inhabitants Of America
were Asiatics, tell of Chinook Indian
woman found in tho last century by Ia
tbcr Hulk wandering III the far interior
of Asia.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Making Himself Safe.

"Can you, sir" asked tho incomer
with the shiny long coat, "can you give
me a short and succinct definition OF
money! 49,,
"Seo here" said tho financial editor
ct want to tell you before Wa go any
further that you needn't expect this TO
DO any object lesson. "-lnd'anapollS
Journal.
The shield of Hector, when Sung az
tina hack in walking, covered tue c"'S
from neck to heel. -..-...
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Prina EaCie.

"The new boarder, said the sweetest
girl, "must know good deal about
women. He has been married four
times.
"a man who was fool enough for
that" said the savage bachelor, never
knew anything about women. That's
plain. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31

Mlios'-l see your friend Hawkins has
"'o'Aer selling out at cost" sign
''rN.a MP oli the front of his store.
,, "ilrs-Ies. DO you know, / think
hawkins missed his vocation. He should
'",V been political campaign manager.
Miles-Why so?
nIles--Ho is continually mailing lies.
Chicago News
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
A Mitigating Circumstance.

"You plead guilty." said the court.
"Is there any reason why should not
give you the full penalty?'
"Yas, sab, yo' honah. Dat was the
skinniest turkey ebah l lifted, sab. -
Detroit Free Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31

Paper floors are in use in Einsiedeln,
Switzerland. 1t is laid in pasty mass,
smoothed and then pressed. Footsteps
on it are noiseless
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
J;fn AwNy

If you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever. be made well, strong, magnetic, full
of new life and vigor. take No-To-Bac, the
wonder-worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds IN ten days. over 4oo,-
600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your own
druggist, who will guarantee cure. Booklet
and sample mailed free. Address Sterling
Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly
relieved and permanently cured by Deans
Ointment, the sovereign remedy for all itc.i-
ness of the skin.
Cure that cough with Shiloh's Cure. The
best Cough Cure. Relieves Group promptly.
One million bottles sod last year. 40 doses
for 25cts. Sold bv Kendrick g. Co. -.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Total given during I2mos. 1897, $40,

The Bicycles re the celebrated Pierce Specinl'
1897 Pattern, MIRO by Geo. Il Pierce Co., OF bi,
f.lo Boston nd New Y ork. Fitted with Hartford
Tires, First Glass Ncke Lamp, New departure
Bell, Standard Cyclometer. and Hunt Lace Saddle