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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

no good reason why her more
sPrishtly husband may not live to see
them once and again.
Inc son-in-law plows the garden
and arranges for the rougher work
ABOUT the place. The wood the old
couple burn is sawed by horse-nower
into short lengths, but Mr. Hiller
splits it up for frewood, battcrin q
away at it with short, pecking strokes
with dull axe. All Canadians iln l.S
now to chop wood, but Mr.. Hitler M
longer has strength for that.
In winter, when the deem snovs
come, he gets ont of doors with Nv" .
snow shovel and makes neat notbs
about the house and from the front
door to the gate. The labor of SHOW.
elllng does not seem too much for b;s
muscular strength, but his thin blood
IS quickly chilled, and after fou
minutes work in the cold he ooes in+o
the house to rest for few minutes
before the kitchen stove.
In this way the old man putters
ABOUT for half day over light fail
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
THE BIGGEST KITE EVER RAISED
Scared AlOft Like IL School Boys Toy ana
Lifted Its Owner Into the Air.

Scared Aloft Like School Boys Toy ana
Lifted Its Owner Into the Air.
A kite that would have served as a
toy for the youthful residents OF Gull
liver's Brobdingnag has just been
constructed by resident of South
Bethlehem, Penn. The kite is n mon
ster. If the world has its equal, no
one has ever made the fact known.
Imagine kite as big as two-story
house, capable of raising high in the
air an able-bodied man, who tried to
hold on to the soaring flyer. William
H. Markle, the man who built the
great kite and raised it heavenward,
says:
To begin with the dimensions OF the
kite: 1t is % feet high and % feet
wide, and is of the ordinary triangle |
pattern. The sticks are made OF white
pine, 5!x2 inches, aud are tapered
from the cross to l. inches at the
ends. At each corner of the cross
there are two-inch screw-eyes. On
these screw.eyes are tied the four
corners of the canvas sail, which is
made of sail drilling.
The sail is sewed on the bias, and
along the edge of the canvas is sewed
4 rope three-eig of an inch thick,
with loops at the corners. These 1
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
MINERAL WEALTH OF THE YUKON.
A Correspondent Tells of Possibilities :"
the KIondike Gold Region.

Owing to the peculiar climate anu
other conditions, nearly all placer
mining in the Yukon country must De
conducted by new methods or modlll'
cations of old methods. So far morn
ing but the crudest of mining, WITH
the simplest of tools, has been done
and there are splendid opportunities
for capital and engineering Skill
writes John d. McGillivray in Daw-
son City letter to the New York Her.
aid.
This is not so much of poor
mans country" as is generally re-
ported, for no one can come here and
accomplish anything without the ex-
penditure of considerable money be-
fore expecting any return. Even
cannot be done with any
degree of satisfaction except at con-
siderable expense.
The introduction of capital properly
directed, with appropriate machinery
md tools, will mean not only the rapid
opening up of new districts, but the
at large profits of hundreds
If miles or even thousands of miles of
reeks which have been located and |
re now abandoned. I
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
dangerous Carbciic ao;,,

sen "A Board "',1 of Health warning has hee,
n usi' ou IN, IN regare to the danger e %,
Using using carbolic acid, either as aDS CIR; o.
, ,Io'aht or as cleansing wash for .i a;, Il
PIE wounds. Even in an n;a lor SIM l.
he b" 4 tbo SAFE Local sangrene is said ' ~ ~
cations ns .ne penalty of too strong an ann 10
l I".loil, or OF a weak application p td
~ at;o applied Another point Of inf ,uo
a ana,lon advanced by the board IL an 4,
. s', III aa and disinfectant and not ts
u means of healing wounds. lu al not ~ as
th it would retard or n Un ene
s she,p healing if used in invent nnroent
Louis Globe De r,roper
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
hltched about tree tho sl.a,.

la. e about a tree, the slack IN the
rope beng nerrly all taken in T She
t n,se is Is lald flat on the ground Wits l
the top toward the hitching nnin+ WIN .
~ i ar, breeze the monster is liftad FED
up a little so as to catch the br l,aseo
inc "u un ~; 1hls very quickly, straighten.
, ~ up IKE thing of life and p;s;na
W. ml'h ,,1 5he wind as though anxious to hs
co o uui,slng as possible. In order to TO
u w." any tendency that tho l;t ~
r may nave for fitting sideways o on ni1e
,0pes are hung at the wings and 1l> 10
o they can be used to To-. -
earth h't TO 5 tha while it is rising from
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
A YUKON VILLAGE IN THE DEPTH OF WINTER,

mousse and here, in the season, Mr..
hlller raises a few vegetables and
weeds and waters an old-fashioned
posey bed, in which grow all the ia
voflte flowers of his wife's youth, and
a nosegay of these is generally upon
her table. Sometimes he carries her
CHAR out into the garden, and she sits
there while he works.
At present, however, the dry and
stalks of the garden favor
lies peep melancholy through the
snow, as if bidding one to wonder
whether Mrs. Hitler will ever see
them bloom again. There seems to be
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Stocks in ENGLAND

In rural England stocks are still &c
be found, although they are not used
They were set up in 1405, and many of
them are in state of excellent preser-
vation. The crimes punished by i'm.
prisonment in the stock were theft
drunkenness, gambling, Sabbath break ;
ing and brawling. IF the persons in.
carcerated were popular, their plight
was lessened by their friends, who
brought them food and money; but
unpopular persons were pelted with
eggs and other unsaYOry missiles
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

greater age than the 1OS years whic]
Jacob Hitler has seen completed
. There have been many women VIII,
: nave nave lived longer than Mrs. Jacol
| Hitler, who is nearly 1O6. But prop
3 anly 1T has never happened to an,
other youth and maiden, marryins
, Wnen the former was twenty and the
latter eighteen, to pass together eighty.
eight years of welded life; to celebrate
their golden wedding AMI live on: to
celebrate their diamond wedeing an
stu have thirteen years of welded
lie together after that.
MI. and Mrs. Hitler were married
twenty years before the railroad came
ana fourteen years before "Witt Gin.
IONS Ditch" (the Erie Canal, across
New York State, was opened. The
United States, when they were married,
was puny little nation, on the point
OF gong to war one moment with Emo.
land, the next with France and in.
suited and browbeaten by both. Ma
poleon was at the height of his power.
yet unsapped by the disasters in Spain
or the retreat from Moscow, the grislv
horrors OF Waterloo, six years away.
and all unforeseen. ~
fes' it's long term of years for
man and wife to spend together. but
the old couple seem never to have tired
OF 1T or OF each other. And, sitting in
their little house like veritable Oar
ny and Joan, they received New
York World reporter together as thew ,
have lived l
I'm 1O8 years old, said Mr.. Hitler q
from tine depths of his capacious arm /
chair "My birthday was the Goth of q
last October; so you see I'm pretty +
well started going on 100. She"-here
he nodded toward Mrs. Hitler in her VI
easy chair pposite-''will be 1O6 next if
March. l was about twenty-five or 81
wenty-three when the War of 1912 W
'roke out. But we were on the other II
lde, you know. We were born at
JAMESTOWN, back of Kingston, in Can
ia, and lived there till we were old"
Your children are scattered?" /
We have had eleven children. re- ll
he'd Mr.. Hitler, "and seven of them
re still alive. The oldest is eighty-f
nd the youngest is fifty-eight years
a.; One of our daughters lives about
alf mile from here, and once in
nile l. walk over to call on her."
You 90 not seem like SO old
an, said the writer. And indeed
I. Killers eye is bright, and. though
S lace is wrinkled. he has the an
'arance OF energy such as one does -
1t attribute to age. M
"Me?' said he with Il shrill laugh sn,
Rhy, ! was lightweight years old the
tore lost my first tooth, and I've :
two new ones since then. I've an(
yer worn glasses in my life, and I abr
1 thread needle as well as YOU con
H. II you are woman. + don't sleep int,
we'll as L used to, though" snl
And you, Mrs. Hiller.' aw.
I'VE Kept house eighty eight years." wit
ed up the old lady, 'but I don't do how
en- work now. I'm pretty feeble. lon,
tty Feeble. [ can't walk and I'm 7
'st blind and can't read: but 7 com
rly love to have people read to me, spo
ct lonesome sitting here SO long. obo
netlmes my grandchildren come doc,
read to me. And things are sent ELI,
ne TOR them to read, and L ALWAYS mus
p them" -
What W, kind of reading do you like min
Poetry. Jacob, show them to the befo
y" '01o
lie Ola man promptly fished out of abor
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Roads Need Constant Care
A<2iENE4zEz1MMESEXss..z3

A road is miserable gust after orIi.
nary repairs are made on it; thea If
becomes passable, and. finally, per.
haps, good for time. After that If
deteriorates till it is wretrhed aqnip
and the process is repeated. BY ne.
pairing a road annually, on at lon.
periods. it is strictly good Mt no tiMp
1t needs system of constant care and
repair.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

A fve.petaled blossom, nearly a
yard in diameter, is accessible to the
Philippine Islander who wishes to
startle his friends with unique bon
quet. 1t is five -petaled flower whose
buds, at distance, look like gigantic
cabbage heads. A single flower has
been known to weigh more than TWEEN
ty.two pounds.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

The good roads of New Jersey. and
the position Of the State between the
great cities of New York and Phila.
delphia, make it favorite stamping.
ground for tramps, and it is vcrrIly
with them. The freeholders of CAM
den County propose to set them nj
work breaking stones for the road,
If all other counties would do likevi-o
an insufferable nuisance and source Al
many assaults and thefts would be-
abated. L. A. w. Bulletin.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Argu ing the Point

a clergyman new to living in tho
west OF England was told that an ola
man IN his parish was of an exceod I
lngly crusty disposition. so he dato,.
mined to make friends with him tho
hrst opportunity he had. Overtak;n inc
MN 1i IN the village one day, he said.
rms is cold weather, John"
Keceiving no reply, he tried ooo;,
m Il said this is cold weather .Jobn ,;
man replied: '"0 Ola
Well' who said it warn't? Diva
want to argy the p'int?"-Answers ~
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Canadians are known in Britain os
the people who never shut doors
Where rooms are heated, as thew are
mere by CRATE fires, the opening of a.
door sets up an immediate draught.
ana II the person who opens it does
not close 1t again he quickly realizes
ms mistake, it not in his own sensa-
tons, then in the reproachful chances
OF others. The first lesson in man.
ners taught to children is to shut the
door, and that quietly. The door
handle, the child is taught, is not only
lor the purpose of opening door, but
OF shutting it, The reason WHY Can
adams do not learn to shut doors is
that their doors, for the most part
stand open. The houses are heated
with general heat, and before the
days OF furnaces, unless the doors of
the rooms stood open, the rooms
would, for the most part, get cold.
Ihns has grown the habit of LEAVING
doors open. When Canadian comes
to shut door he is prone to think
That something very private is going
On within which he must not disturb,
una ms first impulse is to retire from
t. Where we in Canada have a. door
which we want kept shut we put a
prlng on it, and 50 where there ore
many Offices there is usually general
md constant slamming of doors, To
me not accustomed to the Earring
nus oceasloned, the result is torture
IL 'lme kindly nature steps in and |
litlSates the evil by making the audi.
Dry nerve less and less susceptible to
n accustomed sound. Ask Il person
no ives in Il cathedral close. OF nm
CT the shadow of one of our great ]
lurches, whether the bells do not !
lst'lrb him; his reply Is: "Bells?
ever, ,,, hearthem ."-Montreal Quebec 6
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

OF snow, but one who has lived 1os
years has plenty of time. 0o
- 90 they sit, the old man and WON.
an, in their little house. singing 4 tho
ola hymns and waiting for the mas
sehger who has spared them 80 lonn
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
The DiNa,

social al man. man. observed the student ..
80 soelal phenomena, sis never r' satis OF
. oo , .ons as there is anything he " "s.a
th woman Is never satisfied So ~ ivan" wants;
chicago Journal. Gull get. -
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

The fate of many sonora m;,os g
pine land in South Carolino i; ,.' a1as,' pi
11Soresh l by Mr.. W. W, Asbe
n nor1s e, OF the North Carolina Gcolo'
5 Si'", h'o'1,rvey' in his latest report in
%hich he describes the condit;on 81
a a, 100000 acres in the sonth
eastern part of that State olono w..
a 1uu.n Carolina line. He says 'orhis
5 sies't area OF waste land lies in R;nh
Ill., 1lHu, Moore, Cumberland, Hartnatt
aastan brunswick, and other south
e EASTERN counties, which haze a cons;a
=; cradle area of the loose, sandy soil Gll'i IT,
Is unsuited for general aa,'; SUI. LII
c p"nposes' that is, for ordinary tie1d
IL HlU Di;s, on account of it's poorness onJ
a. at v W. ~ certainly be great many veo "m'
s a., 'he present rate of utilization o1 W.,
f to even one-half of it is den,a, pe,
nor :, trucking Or fruit culture D' a &c
wen known, this land was onoo = AS Is
bu uteu with W, iong-leaf or yellow ~, n i,n
or Dt ~ US tne pine was destroyed bv f frae'
n A. nu, .i~oer removed in lumEer; ie'
ni"o only did no young growth l of ing,
+ F'ne spring up, but it was fol1owo5 1nls
sis growth TOW Of no valuable or EVEN 1an py
SIZE tree. Thickets of scrr ", even large
imitaa which can Weld AA on LOOK
nora e' amount an of fuel, and no uIiy
he freo nnat this condition is dna -
oo no frequent dl burnings, which a uae TO TO
fJ tbe destructive to The YOUNG are arom Tar
arlIeap a, than to that of the o tb;a,l
E th heu oaks, together with tho ,o MEX
oun inc n N; that eat the roots ' of fn
act too we'll as In well as the seed, is n
lentioned, "A Arpwn to be more than I
nd Courier. '0''oh Is. C.) News !.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Four miles south of Elkton, Mich.
there lives perhaps the oldest married
couple in the world.
There have been several we'll au-
thentlcated cases of men reachino a
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

em n,5ty languages are spoken in =,
sia pre- governed by the Gar Of p" ,ne
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

did hole,in,the Day, a wild s;o,
bicvc Inr r;d Is one of the most exn ~
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

tome, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
| come shed abroad Saviours love
And that shall quicken ours
Then the old man put away the
clippings, moving easily about the
room with firm and fairly quick
step. He is small and slight now,
though he may have been in his
prime man of average stature.
Mrs. Hitler moves about but little
and with difficulty, feeling her way
around the room with thin, tremulous
myers: OF their very simple house
work she does almost none. Gener-
ally one of the grandchildren drops
IN during the day to help with some
OF their work. The rest, Mr.. Hitler
himself does.
There is little garden about the
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Duke OF Westminster eano Is the
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Inc Oldest tree in the British ;s,os
II, usa sne brabourne yew, in Kent, 5000
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

The 1 on'she" With Rabbit Feet
chicken u1 with Strand str' has picture Of
.0grapn Of the curiosity was l ssn pho
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
+ THE HANDKERCHTEFS
: OF GLADYS.
BY Ida PATRICK WILSON.

HILIP WARING
walked along Main
street with a quick,
nervous tread. His
mouth was set de-
terminedly, and a
deep flush of red
dyed each cheek.
Philip ! had a guilty
feeling that every
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06

against the doings OF the "bloodhonnd'
and the conviction was forned that in
reference became imperative IN the
name OF humanity. =. Ii one looks back to
the unpublished murder Of the Armenl-
ans, one cannot hep rejoicing that there
is at leas. one nationiin the world for
which humanity is not merely an
empty sound. This expresses the iunda-
mental trlth OF the matter, and, IN
whatever degree any American may feel
inclined to criticise the actual course OF
American policy, he is simply shutting
his eyes to the truth il he attempts to
find a. primary source OF this nations
action cause less crcditable than that
assigned by this German newspaper
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06
ANARCHY RE|GNS IN SPAIN
Special Dispatch to THE sun.

Special Dispatch to THE sun.
MADRID, May 5, Censored "A mill
tary furore has taken possession Of Spain,
and the dynasty and Government are
doomed.
Disturbances over the high price of
food continue throughout the country,
Looting and shooting are reported from
various points.
At Murcia, thirty miles from Carta-
gcna, 5000 miners are rioting, and Il con-
hct with the troops has occurred.
Riots are occurring at many places.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Cartagena.
Outbreaks in the provinces are as
suming alarming proportions. This is
especially the case in the Province of
Gijon on the Bay of Biscay, where the
troops have been compelled TO fire on
rioters Tin sclt-defense." The latest
news from Gijon is that the artillery has
been ordered out.
At Talavera de la Reyna one of the
Jesuit religious houses has been burned.
1t is asserted here that the riots arise
from hunger rather than from political
motives.
1t is an open secret that a society has
been formed within its ranks to put an
end to the humiliation Spain has sui.
fered at the lands of her incompetent
Ministers. Judging by what one hears,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06

WHEN we took the final step which
left Spain no possible alternative than
war, a universal outburst of condcmna-
ton emanated from the European press.
Europe could hardly be expected to look
underneath the surface in search OF the
real justifying causes of our position, or
to give America credit for sincerity in
her profession OF motives upon which
European Powers are so little inclined to
act in Narike undertakings, when,
owing to the conflict between the Presi-
dent and Congress, we brought matters
to head in a manner amazingly rough
and sudden, it was perfectly natural that
we should have been visited with VERT.
able explosion OF censure, and in the ex.
treme quarters, vituperation. That this
view OF the matter will gradually give
way to ore more sound and just, may
confidently be expected. It's prevalence
has been, in no mean measure, due to the
spreading of accusations Of baseness or
the part Of Congress. One Englisl
journal is perfectly ready to look upor
the whole matter as scheme engineered
by SPECTATORS iii Cuban real estate. Al
such notions are too utterly absurd to be
worth exposing. What Carlyle used tc
speak OF as preternatural suspicion is
OF all forms of credulity,the most utterly
contemplate. An article appeared il
the leading newspaper Of Germany, the
Frankfurter Zetung, as follows
"Weyler's policy Of destruction has
caused deep-seated indignation: the
soul of the American people revolted
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06
very terrible things may shortly hap
,,ar -

LONDON, May 5.--The Madrid GORE
spondent Of the Daily Telegraph tys:
"Those who are best informed as to
the Governments view allege thai il the
Spanish arms suffer another revetse like
that at Manila the Governmentlwou
informally request the great Po1ers to
lend their services to arrange tie best
possible terms OF peace. Many liberals
consider that Spain, having mai htained
her honor and justified her chivalry, can
now afford to yield to superior loce, but
it is doubtful whether public opinion
would approve Of this line OF actin.
Il am assured that the Government
would be content to cede Cuba to the
United States, but would notpay in
demnity, because unable. Well-in-
formed politicians here. regard the war
as practically terminated, and that
toward the end Of May it will become
history.
"What will follow, howeve', it is
difficult to forsee. All the clements
of long civil war in Spain are unfor-
tunately becoming visible. :, Tie Gov
eminent and the Liberal partyare poll
ularIy hated. as being responsible TO,
the war. The Republicans pnssess no
durable chances Of success. TIE Con-
servativcs and Carlists are the great
parties of the future; and sore of the
Conservative groups are gravitatlng
toward Carlism.
"The economic question, however,
will come to the front first, for hunger
cannot wait"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06
Revolution in Porto Rico

New York, May 5.--Specials from
Kingston, Jamaica, say that appeals from
Cuba for ships to bring away refugees
are pouring in. ship-owners, are UNI
willing to take the risk. -.
1t is feared that mob massacre will
occur at any minute in Cienfuegos.
They assert that official dispatches
passing through that city report that
there has been an anti-Spanish uprising
in Porto Rico, and that a revolutionary
movement is we'll under way. The dis
patch has n t been confirmed.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06
LOCAL DOTS.

Keokuk Tribe, Imp'd O. r. NJ, held
a meeting last night.
Medford II. Cahoon spent Wednes-
day afternoon in Philadelphia.
Mrs. p. J. Kinkead, of Camden, is Wis.,
iting friends in this city.
Miss Edith L. Barnes is the guest of
friends in Philadelphia.
The work OF paving Taylor street, be-
tween Lombard and Pine, has been
started.
The property at the southeast corner
Of Fourth and Shipley streets is being
reprinted.
Clarence Wood had a flag raising at
Tenth and Monroe streets on Wednesday
night.
Francis Quill, who has been visiting
friends in this city, has returned to
Hockessin.
Mrs. William M. Green, OF Camden,
is being entertained by friends in this
city.
John S. Pyle, Of West Chester, Pa,
will locate No. East Second street, this
city.
Horace Golfer who was badly injured
on Monday by being run over with a
heavy wagon, is recovering.
Isaac W. Bowers OF Co. A, n. g. d.,
was off duty Wednesday and visited
relatives in tins city.
About 200 carloads OF perishabe goods
passed through this city yesterday from
the South.
The directors of the National Bank o
Delaware have declared dividend of {
per cent. for the last six months.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06
INVASION Of CObA
IS NEAR At HAND
Continued From Page One.

unteer troops from the States OF Oregon,
Washington, and California.
About 800 men, it is said, can be cared
for on Angel Island. 1t is the opinion OF
Colonel Morris that some OF the men
manning the batteries of heavy artillery
here will be sent to Manila to man light
batteries, and that their places will be
filled from among the California volun-
teers recently enlisted and about to be
mustered into the service of the United
States.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-06

THE Junior Order of United American
Mechanics is a. organization whose
shibboeth is understood to be Patrio-
ism, yet their teachings in this regard
if we may Judge from the enlistments
from the ord n have been for nought. Il
Americanism has been deeply planted
there are no better times than these t.
show i. - The Smyrna Times. Tho
scope of the Judgment of The Times
does not appear to be very ex-
tended. The Mechanics Of this city fur
nish their full quota OF noble Americans
in the National Guard Of Delaware
Americanism in the Junior Order o
United American Mechanics is deeply
planted and has, and will show itself
Notwithstanding antagonistic common
of the hostile organs of outsiders.