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Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
INSANE MURDERERS.
The Question Of Responsibility and Pun.
is!ment For the Crime.

ishment For the Crime.
1t may we'll be that man who could
not be called insane, but merely, say,
an ordinary member of the criminal
classes, with strong passions and feeble
intellect, would in the presence of an
opportunity long expected and hoped
for, the consequences of which his
thoughts had frequently rehearsed. be
really for the moment incapable Of re-
straining his hand. We should hang
him, nevertheless, without the slightest
scruple, and we should waste no COM
passion upon the absence Of self control.
1t is, in fact, impossible to frame def
milton of irrespohsibility based upon alb
sence Of self control without including
all sorts of crimes which at present are
punished by the law. For years back
there has been sort of feud between
the lawyers and the alienists on the
subject, so that even the textbooks speak
of legal insanity and medical insanity
as distinct.
To take extreme cases, jurists have
contended that no degree OF insanity
should exempt from punishment for
crime unless it has reached such a point
that the person is utterly unconscious
Of the difference between right and
wrong at the time of committing the
otfense, while medical men have very
generally held to the opinion that this
is not a proper criterion, that many of
the insane are fully conscious of the
difference between right and wrong and
that to enforce such test means the
banging Of many lunatic. There can
be no doubt that of late years the med.
ical view has met with a wider accept
ance than it used to do and that even
lawyers have shown all increasing read
mess to admit the doctrine Of irrespon-
sibility. But it is very anxious ques-
ton, espe cially in view Of recent dog
mas as to degeneracy, how far this doc
trine is to be allowed to go.
The condition of affairs is much more
serious than some people think, and it
is highly necessary that those who ad
minister the criminal law should be on
their guard against any insidious estab-
lishment of immunity for the violation
VI us uIosI eaoAcu PAiASip4ts' al any
case of murder the presumption in IA
vor of hanging should be 50 strong as
to leave very slender prospect Of escape
for any man who prior to tho commits
sion of his crime had been thought tit
to be at large. If this condition cannot
be secured, it will become matter of
grave necessity to take prompt steps for
the incarceration of many people of evil
passions who are now at liberty and to
render the utterance of threats matter
to be dealt with by the alienist as we'll
as by the gistrate.-London Hospital.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

ottawa ana Kingston. Another mariner
of st. Malo-Francis Greve-began the
colonization of the land About lam
IN France, Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age OF
early manhood he, too, Joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes. The kings of
France were much interested in the
new land and did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo.
nize and develop it. Champlain, in
1915, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa.
tiers of Lake Huron.
In 1913 Etienne Brule, an old inter.
prefer, came into Champlain's camp
with the news of the discovery of Lake
Superior Lake Erie, with Ontario. was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet in 1884, started in
canoe from the head of Georgian bay,
skirted the eastern and northern shores
of Huron and at last found himself at
Sault Ste. Marie. or the falls of St.
Mary. now shortened to "Soo'-the
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond. He
went as far as Green bay, ON Lake Mich
igan, and SO the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge of the
explorers and were no longer myths.
But as these French explorers con-
tinued to develop new and hitherto un.
dreamed of possibilities of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region-an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes Of colonization in Vir.
ginia and Massachusetts. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
a beautiful garment of harmony, but
tangling in wretched snarl, patch
work of disputes between the nations.
ENHANCEMENT followed entangle.
ment, wars harassed the land, until at
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time-un-
less some day we she'll see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
SOCIETY IN SIBERIA.
Hostess and Guests Frequently Retire tt
the Kitchen to Cook and Eat.

Hostess and Guests Frequently Retire tt
the Kitchen to Cook and Eat.
cat one of the grand balls attended
at Krasnoyarsk, writes Thomas q. AL
len, Jr., of Questionable Siberia, " il
The Ladies' Home journal, Il was i'm
pressed by the profusicn OF flowers useG
in the decoration of the ballroom, END
which had been imported from Lurope
at enormous expense, and also by the
Importance given to the matter Of re-
freshments. Although there appeared
to be about four girls to one man, the
male portion of the company spent The
greater part of tho evening at the buffet,
or zokooski table, eating and drinking.
The conversation of the women, found,
was most conventional, and ono could
invariably anticipate the same remarks
upon an introduction to lady, knovl-
edge Of French, which was surprised
to find few could speak, is consider,
the most graceful feminine accomplish
ment.
"Thc kitchen, however, has fer tie
lady of tho land peculiar fascination.
Very often while dressed in silks end
sutins and Conversing with her guests
a hostess will proceed to fry bin,
or pancake and eat it with the greatest
gusto. The other ladies are at Liberty
to follow tho hostess exam lc if they
choose
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
A Lake That Never Gives Up It's Dead.

L1ke InaL never OiVes Up ICS OeaO.
"The Great Lakes" is the subject of
an article in st. Nicholas. The author,
W. S. Harwoa1d, says of Lake Superior:
Another very Interesting and very
sad thing about this lake is that it never
gives up its dead. Whoever encounters
terrible disaster-happily infrequent in
the tourist season-and goes down in
the angry, beautiful blue waters, never
comes up again. From those earliest
days when the daring French voyageurs
in their trim birch bark canoes skirted
the picturesque shores of this noble but
relentless lake down to this present
moment those who have met their
deaths in mid-Superior still lie at the
stone paved bottom. 1t may be that so
very cold is the water some of their
bodies may have been preserved through
the centuries. Sometimes not far from
the shore the bodies of pesple who have
been wrecked from fishing smacks or
from pleasure boats overtaken by cruel
squall have been recovered, but only
after the most heroic efforts with drag
net or by the diver. Once on trip
down the lakes met clergyman who,
as we passed point OF land some miles
before entering the narrowing of the
lake at the 500, pointed out the place
where the i'll fated Algon1a went down
on the reef some eight years ago, and
as he looked he said slowly:
II was at the funeral Of one man
who went down with her, and the only
reason bis body is not at the bottom to-
day with the other IS that were lost
is because it was caught in the timbers
of the vessel and could not sink. "
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Sala's Last Article.

In The Windsor Magazine Mrs. Sala
relates an incident about the last ma,
zine article ever written by the late
George Augustus Sala. "As lre-e entered
his study that afternoon, she writes,
"he gave me over the three slips of a
closely written MS. on 1limsy foreign
note paper and said: Take them, dear
est am so tired don t think l shall
ever write another magazine article.
Put the sheets in your dispatch box and
finish them for me. When l am dead,
you will perhaps want bread, and then
you can sell bedrooms on Wheels. ~
Sure enough, it was just as he so sadly
prophesied, for often since cruel death
came between us have wanted for the
common necessaries of life during many
weeks and months of WEAKNESS and i'll
health -
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.

The Work Of Cartier, Champlain and 9th.
ers In the Great Lakes.
w. s. HARDWOOD writes in st. Nicho-
las of 1.-THE Great Lakes" Mr.. Har.
wood says:
jacques Cartier, who shipped from
st. Malo in 1884, explored the coast OF
Newfoundland and made the circuit OF
tho gulf of St. Lawrence, and he did
much else too, for New France in open
Ing up negotiations with the many tribes
OF Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
IN and about Quebec and Montreal and
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
IN NEW Works. EARLY DAYS,
The Bowery Was the Resort of Wealth,
Beauty and Fashion.

Beauty and Fashion.
A pleasant picture occurs to me of
summer progress Of the family of
Governor Stuyvesant to and from the
meeting house, for divine worship in
the fort near the Battery, New York, -
writes Mrs Burton Harrison in The
Ladies' Home Journal, describing
"When Fashion Graced the Bowery. "
"In brave coach, drawn by shining
horses, is ensconced the governor him
self, whose long, laced coat half hides
his wooden leg banded with silver Eo
wears carefully curled peruke and
holds his hat upon his knee. in order to
court the cool sea breeze that fans his
rugged visage. His lady, sitting in state
beside him, is, in their staid and phleg-
matte community, accounted brilliant
parsonage; her gowns came out from
her native Paris, and her silken hood is
worn over frzzled and powdered hair;
her embroidered hose and high hceled
shoes, her rings, bracelets and lockets,
with the gorgeously bound book of de-
votions Suspended by a golden chain to
her waistband, may be depended upo"
as models of the very latest modes
Mrs. Bayard, the widowed sister Of the
governor, occupies seat in the coach
facing them.
after service in tho bare colonial
church-where the dominie's sermon,
however eloquent was always brought
to an end by three raps from the clerk S
stick at the moment when the sands Of
the hourglass had announced that the
preacher s limit of time had been reach
ed-the Stuyvesant party passes out be-
tween rows of respectful gazers. y
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Getting Even With Him.

"Papa," said the little girl, "who do
you love lest in the world?'
Of course she thought she knew what
he would reply, and he knew that she
thought she knew it, says the Chicago
Post. Consequently he decided to tease
her.
Daisy" be replied.
Daisy was her sister.
She thought it all over, and then she
climbed up in hi lap.
Papa" she said, 81 wish you would
ask me if I love you or mamma best.
every WE'LL" he returned. "Do you
love mamma or me best:"
Revenge is sweet, but even so ton
der hearted bit of humanity does not
like to be too harsh.
"You won't feel very, very bad if I
tell you, will you?" she whispered.
He promised that he wouldn't
"Well," she said, "then l guess I
love mamma best"
Yes, revenge is sweet.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
How Gold Was Found on tn

How Gold Was Found on the Klondilse.
"The River Trip to the Klondiko" is
described in The Century by John Sid
ney Webb. The author says:
The famous Bonanza creek and the
more famous Ell Dorado creek are very
like ordinary, everyday creeks in ap-
pearance-a little less civilized perhaps
than creeks to be met with in the east.
There are men living in Alaska today
who have hunted moose over these
creeks dozens of times; but, as the old
miners say, there were no surface indi-
cations to lead any one to suppose that
gold might be found in them SO hun
dreds of miners passed by in their boats,
going to Forty Mile and Circle City.
The finding of such gold is always al
accident, and the old hands are usually
the last to realize the truth "Stick
George" Cormack and his squaw S rela-
tivcs camped Oh the creek for dinner
one day and somehow got to digging
and washed out some gold. Ho went to
Forty Milo and made claim for discov.
cry, and soon the news spread like wild
fire.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
TWO TolLERs.

Two men toiled side by side from sun to sun,
And both were poor;
10th sat with children when the day was done
a About their door.
INC saw the beautiful in crimson cloud
And shining moon;
+rhe other, with his head in sadness bowed,
Made night Of noon.
Ono loved each tree and flower and singing
bird
On mount or plain;
No music in the soul Of one was stirred
By leaf or rain.
One saw the good in every fellow man,
And hoped the best;
The other marveed at his masters plan,
And doubt confessed.
One, having heaven above and heaven below
Was satisfied;
The other, disconnected lived In woe,
And hopeless died.
Boston Transcript.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Caloric.

The emotional litterateur had just
written piece of which lie vas very
proud. Tho editor looked it over and
then said:
"Do you candidly think such opinions
ought to 60 into cold type?'
81 don't know much about the prac-
tical work Of printing" was the reply,
"but don't believe it makes any differ
ence. Even if the type is cold, | guess
that article will take the chill off it. !"
--Washir stCn Star.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
A Bright Bird.

The cuckoo is as likely to steal its
nest as to make it, but this fact does
not take from the point of the follow
ing pun, quoted from Short Stories
A young Englishman being asked at
dinner whether he would have some
birds nest pudding, said, turning to
his hostess, "Ah, yes, birds nest pud-
ding, and what kind of a bird may
have made it?'
"Oh, it was the cook who made it, -
was her prompt reply.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

"Do you think, Grimly, that you do
what you should to brighten your
hDmc?"
Eve put in gas. electric lights and
lamps. II there's anything else to make
it brighter, I'm ready to invest. DE
fruit Free Press
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Where the Danger Lay.

Second Ito duelist who, on confront
ing his adversary, has suddenly grown
pale and is only just prevented from
falling)--Take courage, man. I know
your opponent is going to fire in the air.
Duelist-That's just what makes IL q
AFRAID. He's such notoriously bad
shot. London Tit.Bits
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

Judge-Did you sse'the beginning of
this trouble?
Witness-I did, your honor. 1t CO.
Cured five years ago.
Judge-Why, how is that?
Witness-It began when the minister
pronounced them man and wife.-Chi-
cago Record.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life AWAY,

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 400,-
600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from Your own
druggist. who will guarantee Il cure. Booklet
and sample mailed free. Address Sterling
Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Left Teeth Used Most.

The natural habit of human beings
appears to be the use OF the teeth on the
left side of the mouth for masticating
the food. During heightened period of
observation only one person out Of 10
was found who used both sides of his
mouth for chewing and masticating his
food
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Chilly.

Poor papa'' said Ethel. "He has
dreadful cold.''
Must have caught it while sitting
by himself" said Chollie, who knew
how frigid the old gentleman could be
when he tried. London Tit-Bits
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

At Munich there is hospital which
is entirely supported by tho sale of old
steel pen nibs, collected from all parts
of Germany. They are made into watch
springs, knives and razors.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly
relieved and permanently cured by DoanS
Ointment. the sovereign remedy for all itchi-
ness of the skim
Cure that cough with Shiloh'S Cure. The
hest Cough Cure. Relieves Group promptly.
One million bottles sold lust year. 40 doses
for 25ets. Sold by Kendrick Il Co.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

The siege of Troy was mostly myth.
According to Homers own figures if
there ever was such man as Homer,
Helen must have been at least 60 years
OF age when she first met Paris, and
even in the heroic period of the world
women Of that age were trife passe.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

Packages weighing up to 20 pounds
and measuring not more than five feet
cube are now transported by the French
postoffice for 81 cents to any part Of
France
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20
Probably.

"Does your husband get good, strong
food?" asked the doctor Of his patients
wife.
"Onions twice day. I guess that's
strong enough. detroit Free Press.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

The largest telegraph office in the
world is the general postoffice building,
London. over 5000 operators being EN-
ployed.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-20

The oldest London theaters are Drury
Lane theater, opened 1868; Sadler's
Wells, started as an orchestral assembly
room in 1858; Haymarkot, 1870; Co
vent Garden, 1882, and Iyceum, 1915.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-05

ments produced from the two systems-one
or independent self-government growing out
or the people as the foundation base; the
other the residuum of a government rest
ing on the bases of ancient despotism and
a monarchical system which permitted
Americans were ignorant and abhorrent Of
The cry of Remember the Maine" was
not the cause OF the war, but, poured upon
the elements that existed, it crystaIlized
and made powerful the current of hostility
or principles that statesmen recognized and
as they had the difference between slavery
ana freedom, which caused the war of 81
General SlckleS~ said that history was only
repeating itself; that there was an irrecon-
cllable difference between the fruits of
spanish colonial despotism and American
IDEAS or Self-goVernment, self-respect and
the freedom of manhood; hence the in
now it has come. He said we must keep
the Philippines. 1t was a consecrated
ground by American Valor and the favor
or divine Providence. The Maine was
avenged at Manila. He looked 10 1t as the
seed planted that should cause the Ameri-
to enact legislation that would restore to
the American tag and the American ship
the supremacy in transportation and up-
building OF country that IL once held when
wooden Slips were the sole carriers and
fighters.
The war" he said, has solidifed the
country All our soldiers are now boys in
blue. North and South are solid under the
nag. The Anglo-SaXon race is united for
humanity and civilization. 1t only remains
for statesmen and representatives of the
people In Congress to enact the laws that
will solidtfy the results of the valor. the
energy and the brain products of American
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-05
CAPE HAITIEN RUMORS.
President of Santo Domingo Reported
to Have Been Assassinated.

Copyright, 1895, by the Associated Press.)
CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, June At is
rumored here that President Heurreaux, of
Santo Domingo has been assassinated.
1t is also rumored that the insurgents have
captured the town of Santiago de los
Cabaleros. on the Vague river, 1OS miles
east of this place.
The accounts of the defeat of the Domin-
doubted here.
The son of Senior Jiminez, the wealthy
merchant who took part in the revolution
in Santo Domingo. is still without news
from the revolutionists as to the result of
the attempt to overthrow President Heur-
reaux, but he is DISPOSED to believe the
worst. He ascribes the supposed defeat of
the revolutionists to lack of opportunity TO
land the arms and ammunition from the
Fanita at Monte Cristi, to the failure to
seize Senior Cattle. the governor Of the prov
iuce which was planned, and TO the death
at the first fire of two foremost military
leaders. Generals Morales and Baez. But
young Jiminez still hopes that a landing
may have been made elsewhere and that the
telegram from President Heurreaux yester-
day may have been sent expressly to dis
courage more Dominicans here from Joining.
in the movement. On the other hand, Senior
Enrique Castillo, a nephew of President
HeurreauX, told me this morning that the
revolt had been absolutely suppressed; that
many arrests have been made in all the
provinces. and that several prisoners have
been shot since yesterday. President Heur-
reaux arrived at Porto Plata last night and
is expected at Monte Cristi to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-05
Naval EnIistments.

WASHINGTON, June Am answer to in
quiries from United States ministers abroad
the State Department has secured from the
Navy Department and published statement
of the conditions governing naval enlist
ments. In brief. these are that during war
no one can be recruited in foreign coun-
try; that aliens who have declared their
intention of becoming United States citizens.
and in exceptional cases those who do not,
are enlisted provided they understand the
English language. There is no fund for
paying travelling expenses before enlistments
are made If aliens are enlisted they are
eligible to any position for which they may
qualify, but the customs and regulations of
the service are that only men of long and
continued service received the higher rat
ings; and not even a citizen of the United
States residing abroad can enlist in time of
war without coming to the United States,
unless neutrality laws are violated.