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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03
INSURE YOUR LIFE
IN THE ETNA.

ttNAIANTED.-A home for three orphan
w children of good parentage. Address
City Mission, Il, Conn.,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03

Last call on hams. Small and very
nice ones at l.. M. Averill's.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03
Montpelier & Wells River r, R
TIM E-TARL.E.

On and after Monday, No,y. S, lHs', trains F."
run as follows. Sundays eXceptal
SUBURBAN TRAIN SERVICE.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03

TO RENT.-Rooms in pleasant location.
One very pleasant room, 8 Short Street,
Alice Preston. loft
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03
To Rent.

TO RENT-Good tenement on Elm street.
= over TELEGRAM office.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03

DAVID f. WILLIAMS, Special AgI
Eastman Block, Room 3.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03

See next issue of our paper.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-03

TO RENT.-Mrs. l.. Il. Smith has tene
ment to rent on Elm Street.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
CHILDREN I'm SPRING.
The season when the Health o. fEs
Young Needs Looking
After.

little children usually suffer more
than adults from the debility Of spring
Just as coon as the dust-storms OF
March suDside and the air Is warm witt
sunshine. little children should pass "a
much time as possible in the open air
The more delicate the child, the great
e- its need Of fresh air and the great
er the danger Of housing within doors
when at this season the air is always
more or less contaminated. Even 10 the
most carefully ordered house t5e arr IL
the spring Is 80 impure that II is no
tieeably so 10 a person with senslti"
nostrils who comes in from the pure
air of the fields and woods.
When little children dfoop in The
spring and seem pale and spiritless, il
i caused by the same conditions thai
make the vegetables in the cellar grow
white sprouts instead Of healthy green
cnes. as they do under proper condf
lions. Ii is lack of the open air ane
sunshine.
More children droop ard die from dis
eases they have no power 10 resist be.
cause of an anaemie condition Of the
blood, that Is. loo many white corpus
eles, than from any other cause. Only
healthy child with plenty Of red life
blood has a fair chance to resist disease
Plenty OF fresh air increases the rec
blood. Exercise iu the open air carried
to the limit of a slight fatigue ane
plenty of wholesome sleep all nelp tt
the same result. Pallor in children
means that there is some unwholesomt
condition about them. II may be thai
the food they are furnished with is moi
nourishing. They may be sleeping II
rooms insuffieiently ventilated, so tina
It is impossible for the system to pro
duee red blood in sufficient quantity
Il may be that they do not take exercise
enough or do not pass enough time II
the sunshine and pure air, which is as
positively necessary TO healtbysanimalf
as it is to a healthy vegetable life.
Young girls in their teens need to be
specially guarded against anaemia. EX-
ercise in the open air, homework wher
not carried 10 the extent of exhaustine
fatigue, and nourishing food are bet.
ter remedy for anaemic conditions thar
any medicine. A physician when callee
On to prescribe for this disease will or
der as much as three hours exercise
in the open air, and probably = tonit
containing iron. When homework il
not too laborions, and is carried on as il
most farmhonses, in and out doors II
pleasant weather. with the windows
open and the perfumes of fresh breezei
filling the house, il offers the very bes
exercise for an anaemie girl. Many I
mother breaks down her health to saw
her daughter from drudgery, and de
priyes her of this mueh-needed eXer
else by assuming ii all.-N. Y. Tribune
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
Drugs In Household Use,

Much has been written and said by
medical journals and by medical men Oh
restricting the sale of drugs and chemi-
calls, il being urged that they should
never be dispensed save under doctors
prescription. There are, of course, many
articles in ordinary household use that
are distinctly poisonous, and while
some Of them may be used as medicines,
and doubtless are, others are almost in
dispensible in the household economy.
IL is very evident that to require q
physicians prescription for these would
be absurd and expensive in the extreme.
II is all very well TO argue IT. favor OF
such restrictions, but in view Of the fact
that in proportion to the amount of or
binary poisons sold injuries are ex.
tremely rare, il seems hardly worth
while 10 draw the line so closely. At
all events, the general public will not
allow it's privileges in this direction Ia
he unduly abridged.-N. y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
CARING FOR A PIANO.
Ii is the Better for Use, II NOT Veg
Iected or Roughly Handled
How to Clean the Case.

II is well to sometimes rub the wires
gently with ehamois or flannel cloth
and to pass a soft muslin over the
sounding board by means of slender
point. which will slip between the wires
and engage the cloth, which may ther
be carefully moved over the surface
taking off the dust. A steel crochet
hook or a stout knitting needle will an
swer the purpose.
1t is advisable to keep little cam
phor gum inside the case, for if the
moth-killer has been attracted by the
felt used in various parts il will serve
as means of protection against this
moth. The temperature of the room
should be moderate and as even as may
be. Extreme heat that is drying
should always be avoided, as when &
piano stands, as is often the case, toe
near a stove, register or CRATE fire
An instrument should be opened for 2
short time each day; if it is not much
used this is especially desirable.
Often there appears a sort of bloom
hDoii AlAN Ah1Nf VI Ailt VIVA iOOfN9 biiA So
and seems to be in need of cleaning. II
is, however, very uncertain work to at
tempt to improve the fine finish of 6
piano with polish, so much of which il
advertised as making a piano look like
new. Instead, the method recon,
mended and used by a professional
tuner is one that may be safely tested
with the certainty that it will not be the
means of gathering additional dust, as
oils and polishes are apt to do.
Take the finest toilet soap and luke.
warm water and wash a little of the
piano at a time, as you would wash q
boys dirty face, using a soft cloth, such
as Canton flannel, working upon a space
not larger than your hand. Wipe it oil
with clear water and rub well with
clean Canton flannel until it is perfectly
dry and well polished. The fine soap
suds does not affect the original finish
in the least, but simply removes that
which obscures it, and if rubbed abso-
lutely dry, with brisk motion, the re.
suit is that the piano is cleaned and
brightened.-Enid Z. Bennett, in WON.
ans Home Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
GRANDSON OF TECUMSEH.
latg Him" the Great shawnee Chief
Has Claim of Ss0o,ooo Against
Uncle Sam.

"Big jim" the great Shawnee chief
and grandson of the mighty feeumseh
accompanied by his interpreter and un
der the guardianship of Martin j Bent
ley. recently passed through the city
ON his way home from Washington
The chief lives with the 800 survivors
of his once numerous tribe, at Little
River. O. T.. on a reservation six miles
square. and the last bit Of domain to
which they can claim even a shadow Of
title. though they have in Big Jin's life
time ceded millions of acres 10 the
United States-land acquired from the
original Spanish eonquerors. The trio
named above have been in Washington
city for several weeks, trying 10 secure
recognition by the government of a
claim of 100000 and interest accrued
since 1874 The money was due fol-
land sold to the government in 1854,
and at the time the transfer was made
the Shawnees were rich and preferred
that the government keep il. But in
1874, after they had been impoverished
by contributions of men and live stock
to the cause of the union, and asked fol
their money, they found that il had all
been paid out TO claimants in no wise
representing them. Not single name
which had been signed to the treaty
ceding the land was on the pay rolls
but instead the names of scores of peo-
pie who had no rights in the Shawnee
tribal property. But the money was
all paid them, nevertheless, and now
they are trying TO get what they con
slider their own.
Big Jim is also trying to obtain pay
for $4,000 worth of horses and cattle
turned over TO the federal government
for the use of the union army. The
claim was audited and approved by a
commission appointed by President
Grant, but has never been paid; and Big
Jim's people have never been able ID
command the influence at Washington
necessary TO put ii through.
Mr.. Bentley said that heretofore Big
Jim had never been able to secure Sc
rious attention TO his claims by any
presidential administration; but that
this administration is disposed to look
into them seriously, with a view to re-
dressing the Shawnees' grievances, ii
possible. This, however, will not be
done while the government at Washing
ton is so deeply engrossed with interna'
tional affairs. He says, too, that Big
Jim and his people deserve well of the
government because of their loyalty
during the war of the rebellion, and
their valuable services since then in re-
pressing outbreaks by other and more
lawless tribes by whom they have been
surrounded. lie also states that Big
Jim alone furnished 700 head of cattle
to the federal government when the
war broke out, and assisted in quellihg
the turbulence of tribes which came in
with the state of Texas. Big Jim has
treaties signed by Sam Houston as proof
Of his services in this connection.-st
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
HIS MAIDEN EFFORT.
4 Georgia Candidate Gives His Con-
stituents n Little String
of Tany.

Hon. spud Hooper, of Pine Stump dis
triet, has decided to make the race
for the legislature, and his formal an
nouncement was made in speech de-
liyered at lobe Perkins blacksmith
shop. Squire Hooper spoke as fol-
lows:
"Feller Citizens: / hain't been able to
sleep wink at night for the past six
months on account O. bein' worried by
people implorin' Nv me to heed the voice
w solemn duty an go forth an serve
my country, as it WAR.
IVY, the thing got plum audashus.
People called me up at midnight, they
chased me along the road on bosses,
an threatened to lynch me on the spot
If | kontinnied to turn a def yeer TO
the great an magnanimous sircum-
stances of the situation, as it wair.
AN, Teller citizens. Spud Hooper is
not the varmint to balk like a blaze
faced boss at the terresturil obliga-
shuns NV his country at four dollars
per obligashun.
IAN. fellers, since you ms air Jest
a-goin' to force me to accept this office,
which had a thousand times durther
stay at home with my pore family than
to be gunner, | am goin' to see that
things is put plum straight down thar
in Atlanter the fust day. | will have
all the taxes abolished immegiately.
I'll have the price of guanner cut down
to ten cents trainload, an the price
of cotton run up to eight dollars a
pound. | can do 1t without any trouble.
Legislator an congress can do any
thing, an the reason they don't do
nothin' is bekase they air paid about
s1,o00Oo0 apiece. by the money pow
er not to do nuthin' But, fellers, I'll
bust the money power, see If don't.
81 am also in favor of maxim the
fish bite on Saturday an havin' the
rains to come along at the rate Of about
two showers a week. An now, Teller
citizens, if you'll just lend your votes
TO help the proud and glorious Amer
lean eagle flop few fops over Pine
Stump deestrick an help me TO siddle
up against that four dollars a dav. I'll
| Jest state to you that I'll kontinue 10
stay awake fur year or two more. as
| ii ir."-Atlanta Journal
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14

There is, in the constellation of the
Great Bear, famous little star which
has been called a runaway" because
of the extraordinary speed with which
it is moving. But it is SO far away that
the effect of its motion can only be
noted by careful astronomical observa-
tions. Prof. Simon Newcomb has said
of this star, which bears the name 1880
Groombridge," that the united attrac-
tions of the entire known universe
could not have set ii going with such We
locity, and would be unable to arrest it,.
Now Prof. Kapteyn announces the dis
eovery of telescope star in the south
ern hemisphere, in the constellation
Pictor, which appears to be moving
considerably faster yet. What its real
velocity is, however can only be told
when the distance is known.-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
RILLs OF FASHION.
Fvesh Faneies in orhh
fshings for LADIES'
Costumes

eosbes of white satin ribbon are worn
With pale gray and light faNn gowns,
rhe ends are cut round and trlmmee
win some sort of lace, point, possibly
If You can afford IL.
BLACK taffeta silk gowns are wen ieP
resented in the early imporlailonS u
French models. ana they are MADE yer!
aressv with rows of lace ihseflio .i
showing the eolored lining through iis
meghes. M.
cravats made Of rose pink giaee si4A
trimmed across the ends with three
rows of narrow gathered violet rloDon'
with a two-ineh space between ine
rows. are striking bits of color N the oe-
,,artment of neekware. Other neck
scarfs of silk are trimmed on the enos
with bemstitehed lawn. and q narrow
collar of lawn turns over the tucked slih
neekband.
The latest novelty in pettieoais 10
wear with evening gowns is mace Vi
soft muslin in pink, blue, or yelIoW'
patterned with dainty rosebuds. II u
made with deep flounee, trimmed
round and round with yaleneiennes IN
eertion in straight or Yandyke FORM ahu
the number of frills of lace at the foot
is limited only by the length OF your
purse.
White swiss and organdie are used as
q substitute for chiffon in some OF the
accessories of dress. For example
tucked swiss appears as a covering foI
reyers in chemisettes and collar bands
large collars and yokes ON children
wool gowns, while other yokes are
succession of tiny plated frills OF SWISS
FrilIs of batiste and white organize
edged with black lace or baby ribbon
trim the grown-up gowns, and the finest
of null embroidery is used for trimming
both wool and silk.
Velvet belts studded with jeweled
medaIlions, and leather belts dotted al
over with turquoises and cabochons OF
various colors, add their brilliant rain
bow tints to the long list of novelties in
fancy belts.
Dog collars of pearls, and coral beads
of the old-fashioned irregular shape
fastened with ieweled buckles, are still
worn with dressy afternoon gowns, as
well as with the square deeollete thea
Ter waists, and they are sometimes made
of filagree silver and jet.-N. \. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14

No man ever was so loath as lbsen to
say anything regarding what he had
himself written. IL is thus he shields
himself from the opportunities of
curious travellers and interviewers who
plague him beyond endurance. Even at
court balls, which, be sometimes at
tends, however, he i&,not rid of the i'm
Fortunate; and on one occasion a Ger
man lady received one of those quiet
rebukes TO impertinence which have
given him well-merited reputation for
reticent reserve. Hardly had she been
presented 20 him before she broke out
into expressions of enthusiastic adj
miration, and finally wound up with the
question which Ibsen has heard so often
that he is now tired Of IL: do you mind
telling me, DIR. lbsen, what you meant
by Peer Gynt2' A dead silence reigned
for moment in the little group sur
rounding the old man, and / expected
him TO change the subject without an
swering the query. But no. he finally
raised his head, threw back his shock Of
white hair. adjusted his glasses, looked
quizzically into the woman's eyes. and
then slowly drawled out: "Oh, my dear
madam. when ! wrote Peer Gynt' only
our lord and / knew what meant: and
as for me. have entirely forgotten. -
William n. Schofcld. in Atlantic.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
Granite Telegraph Poles.

Quite a list of materials have been
used for telegraph poles, but the idea
OF stone for this purpose will be new
even to most linemen. It is neverthe-
less a fact that the messages between
Milan and Switzerland. by way of the
simplon pass. pass over a telegraph line
with stone poles. This line runs along
the fine military road which skirts the
west side of Lake Magglore. The poles
are OF gray granite. and average about
ten inches square and % feet high. Inc
American traveller who came across this
engineering curiosity was told by tel
egraph officer that these poles were N
use for distance of 30 TO 40 miles, ana
that their cost in position was about
two dollars each. The quarries from
which the poles were cut are situated
above the town of Stresa. Here and
there along the line, however, is seen
wooden pole, and the wooden pole y
usually new, while the stone poles are
invariably old. On seeking for an ex'
planation of this suggestive fact the
traveller was informed that the renew
ais are now made in wood. the principal
cause of dissatisfaction with the stone
poles being that they did not stand wen
against any transverse strain due to the
pun exerted when tightening the wires
81 Loui1 SlObe-Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14

From one TO two cupfuls of the mixed
cream and salmon will not rub through
he sieve when making a PURGE. Gro
luettef can be made from this for next
lay by mixing in one or two well-beaten
Eggs, according TO the quantity of sa.-
mon. and enough fine dry bread c.
cracker crumbs 10 make a rather soft
paste. DO this while il is still warm.
When cold. mold the mixture into cro-
quettes, dip Into a beaten egg, roll in
bread crumbe, and fry in deep. smoking
hot fat. They may also he fried brown
on both sides ln griddle, but then they
cease 20 be- correct eroquettes.-Iadies'
World.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
Potato johnny Cake.

A very good bread for breakfast or
tea is Irish potato Johnny cake. But
to have it in perfection you must follow
the directions exactly, and use Quick
dispatch in making it, Peel carefully
and boil as many Irish potatoes as will
make quart when they are mashed
Put them on to boil in time 10 he nor
fectly done just when you are ready IN
use them. Have ready one quart NJ
sifted flour, into which two gills y,
sweet, pure lard has been rubbed Ala
one teaspoonful of salt. Cream the no
tatoes quickly until perfectly smooth
then put them at once with The dorrL
and mix with sweet milk into a nliabla
dough. Divide the dough in half moid
into oblong pieces and roll out abont te
inches long and four wide pm ~
Johnny cake in stew pan and SET in !,
well-heated oven. Bake a nice bro -,
and serve on heated plates Pntta~
well and eat Immediately. This braa5
is velvety, tender and very nice 1 r tdu
adelphia Press. MI
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
WIT And WISDOM.

M, wife weighs nearly 200 pounds~
.Neli?s And she is still jumping Al
conclusions just as she always did,
Detroit Free Press.
sDah is some folks said Uncls
Eben. "dat 'ud heap rather lab rep.
utation fob bein' unlueky dan er record
fob industriousness." = Washington
Star
Doetor-'Do you know that the ma.
iority of pb ~sieians are Comparatively
moor men ?" Gibbs,'No. l WASH awars
Of that: but | know some Of them are
awfully poor doctors. "-Tit-Bits.
with wheat al dollar bnshel, re-
marked the observer of men and things
1T is really wonder that more Of
these gentlemen are not beating their
swords into plowshares." = Detroi,
Journal
Mrs. Bowers cher first ocean VOYAGE
-"Phew! What little box this isl /
wonder why they call them state
rooms p " Mr.. Bowers-'.I guess the Eel
low who invented them was born in
Rhode Island. Puck.
prudent.-@so you refused him?' said
Maud. Yes replied Mamie, 4 told
lin shall send back any letters I'M
opened" Il wouldn't be so rude. There
might be matinee tickets IN some Of
them. Washington Star.
He Meant Extraordinarily
have been calling ON my daughter rath
er frequently Of late. Are your inten-
lions serious ?" Youth-"Yes. indeed;
I'm trying to persuade her 10 buy the
make of wheel I'm agent for. Truth.
A teacher asked little boy to spell
responsibility which he did. Now,
Tommy" said the teacher, "ean you tell
me the meaning of that big word2"
"Yis. num-" answered Tommy. iii
had only four buttons on my trousers
and two came off. all the responsibility
would hang on the other two.'-Tit-
| Rifs
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
ACROSS THE WAY.

Across the WY see lace curtains parted.
And from the folds looks out bahy's
face
Tl0wer-liKe ard fair quite fascinated
! often watch her FOR q little space
High up Isii beside my ballroom window.
a lonely man. bereft Of home and kin
And, weafiea Of my book. turn TO study
That baby face. and long smile 70 win.
She does not lift her eyes 70 my high sta
ton.
Bat Up ard down she eager scans the
street.
And more than half ! envy him who has
tens
Isomeward each night such welcoming C
meet.
lie is a cripple. life hath used him hardly.
And yet hath given 70 hin q wondrous
bliss,
q little child. gold-haired. whlte-robed and
loving
May God forgive me that I grudge him
this
IN Y. Truth
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Adelina Patti is now IS years OF age
eud must soon retire, but her present
contracts TO sing extend 10 the END OF
the century.
William 7. Cody, better known as
sBuffalo BILL. is now entertaining E
party of friends at his ranch IN the Big
Horn basin. Montana. Mr.. Cody IL preh-
ident Of a company that OWLS 2oo'ooo
acres Of land IN that section.
Mime. Laborie, wife Of Zola's counsel
during his recent trial in Pasis, Is Eng
ligh by birth, and is the divorced vile
Of Vladimir Fon Paehmann, the famous
pianist, from whom she obtained Ill
Yoree in 1891 after seven years OF mar
RED life.
Prof Charles Eliot Norton has re-
signed from the chair Of modern Ian
gnages at Harvard, where he has proved
a worthy successor 10 Longfellow and
Lowell. His services 10 literature have
included the translation of Dante ano
his works as Lowell's literary exec
utor.
The New York studio OF Augustus 81
Gaudens. the sculptor, is for rent, ane
in future he will make his home IN Parls
Among his most famous works are The
Diana that surlnounts the tower of Mad
fson square garden, the Logan eques
TRAN statue in Chicago and the sha"
memorial in Boston.
Lady POINTER. the wife of the Roya
aeademy's president, is one of the mos
beautiful women in London. She ant
her sister, Lady Burne-Jones, are th'
daughters of Epps, the cocoa man, ant
they used to be known, after the word
ing of his famous advertisements, a
Grateful and Comforting Rudyar'
K5nling is their nephew.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-14
lie GnnIdn,i shnnf.

How did it happen you didn't get
any birds?" they asked.
pure forgetfulness, you know" he
replied. Il wasn't ready for them"
"But you had your gun along"
"Oh. yes" he admitted, but a fellow
has 10 have more than that to hunt, We
know
left your ammunition, / suppose. "
"Oh. no. had that; but just az the
last minute ! remembered that didn't
have on my shooting jacket. Had TO
let the birds go, We know. The boys
never would recognize me if | did any
shooting without a shooting jacket. Oh,
dear. no''-Chicago Post.