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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
A Chinese Dinner.

In China, it appears, men generally
eat alone, and in any case it is not re-
sncctful for either wife CT a son to sit
and cat in the masters presence.
Though mandarins occasionally give
extensive feeds" i'll which BIRDS
nests. sharks fins, sea slugs and other
Injuries take prominent part, still III
their private life they are usually SIM
nile. Even a viceroy will occasionally
SQUAT on his heels with plain bowl OF
rice in his hand and shovel 1T down
with chopsticks like common cody.
The usual course, however, Is for the
meal TO he served in the Library
called from having no books i'll lt-or
other vacant apartment i'll tho private
conrt There is never ~ regular "sct'
rcpast-no knives, spoons on forks. No
tahlccloth cruct stand, mustard, pepper,
salt. bread or napkin
A large bowl of hot rico is set down
on u tea poy, or bookshelf; another
bowl, containing soup or rice water
with perhaps IL pigeons egg floatlng III
II and "A couple of sluccrS containing
m ounce or two of pork, sour cabbage,
salt duck, smoked ham, shrimps, etc,
arc nlaced near. The mandarin, placing
q tiny morscl of tasty stuff on the end
Of his tongue to encourage the rice down
and give it zcst, proceeds solemnly tc
shovel away. Occasionally no may take
q GLASS or two of wine, or rather rice
spirit, always served hot, but half q
dozen of these would scarcely amount
IN bulk to IL single glass of sherry Iht
meal usually winds up with a long pull
,t the soup or rico water, and finally Il
snooze. -Cornhill Magazine.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
French Ghost Hunters.

Members of our own Society OF
Psychical Research which, by the
way, has not been much i'll evidence OF
late. should be interested in tho fate
which has befallen tho French body
with identical aims known as La So
cicte DIES Sciences Psychiqucs. Tho
latter has just been reduced to state OF
hopeless disruption by the conduct OF a
section of its adhcrents who, presum-
ably weary of continuing their psychlcal
researches to the chasing of elusive
"spoozs," have gone astray after such
livclicr branches of occult science as
the preparation of talismans, the con-
cocting of love philters and the telling
of fortunes.
The earnest ghost hunters, Disguised
by this descent to the methods OF the
common or commercial charlatan, have
resigned in body and formed new
society of their own. 1t is by no means
certain, however, that those who remain
have not proved themselves wiser III
their generation than the secedcrs, LOT,
while ghosts are Enthusiastically ON
in these days, the interest il other forms
Of mystical quackery seems to be as
strong and widespread as cver.-London
WUrll
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
SAVING GRACE OF A HOBBY.
1t Eevivcs Hope and Enthusiasm and
Makes Life Worth Living.

"a priceless thing is a hobby. Tho
daily tasks by which hosts of women
support life are favorloss, barren, al
most hopeless To such ones hobby
may offer the dearest hopes OF ultimate
freedom from the 1mwclcomc daily task.
1t will at any rate serve to entertain
and give point and flavor TO an other
wise blank existence, is the position
taken by Carrie e. Garrett discussing
"Woman' Dreams and Hobbies Ill
The Woman Homo Companion.
"Hobbies have the power to conccn-
trate and absorb the scattered energies
which might otherwise be expended III
purposeless hirtations, building super
fluous bonnets, reading cheap sensations
gossiping away precious moments, pick
ing out our friends foibles, dissectlng
our own emotions and wishing vaguely
for everything which is attalnable. II
the hobby did nothing else but prevent
these friyolitics, it would Ice boon to
humanity.
"Man found out tho value of hobbies
long ago. Almost every man who ~
ROOu 1Or amy llllIss H'H d l"A l'N''O w "
he thinks is quito the most magnificent
one which man could pursue. 1t Is no
matter whether it is lawmaking, pill
making or shoonlaling, he pursues 1t
with absorbing enthusiasm and strives
to make the best laws or pills on shoes
las tho case may be- to be found any
where.
"Woman has found that it is not
enough to merely look pretty; that love
cannot be her whole existence the
noct to the contrary Notwithstanding,
and that even with the richest plehltuoe
of gowns, jewels and enjoyments l11'
still needs purpose. If it is at all a
respectable purpose and pursued with
general zeal, it cannot fail to thrive and
increase and bear fruit.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
Cuban Hric-a-braC En- Vogue.

Curiositics and b1ic-a brac from Cuba
are now slowly coming into vogue
Oddly enough, they were quite fashion,
able 40 and 90 years ago. a 1aVorl'e
and one of the most beautiful Objects
imaginable is bunch of crystals from
one of the famous caverns i'll tho lime
stone district. Some of these are us clear
as rock crystal, and are not alone many
facetcd but are often covered III part
with masses of large and small crystals
Of great rl4liancy. When the facetlng
occurs in certain patterns, the crystal
has the fire of precious store and IN
a we'll lighted parlor will throw colored
lights and fires in every direction. sui
smother beautiful object is a mass on llno
fern leaf coral, which is found near tho
KEYS in the middle and eastern part Oh
tho island Some of this is SO delicate
that 1t suggests Il petrified cobwcb'-
Marpbcrita Arlina Hamm i'll New YORK
Mail and Express
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
AN HONEST HEART.
1t Brought a Ray of Sunshine Into tho
TiresOme Depot.

Tiresome Depot.
"An all fired hot day, marin. Coin
fur?" said an old farmer, addressing a
lady who sat at his side in railroad
station waiting for train.
The woman drew away her rich silks
impatiently frowning as if to say,
You're out of your place, SIR" but sho
made no audible reply.
"An all fired hot day, say, marin"
said the old man in q louder tone sup
posing that she was little deaf. care
you goin fur? Why" he continued, as
no reply was vouchsafcd, "I'm sorry
you're deaf, marin. How long have you
been sop
Sir" said the woman, rising, edo
you mean to insult me? shall COM
plain to the police" And she swept
haughtily from the room.
"Waal, nevcrr' exclaimed the old
man, as he drew out the red bandanna
and mopped his forehead. pretty
tired, marm?" he continued, addressing
q woman who had just come in, carry
ing baby and IL lot of bundles, and
with two snail children clinging to her
dress care you goin fur?'
"To Boston, SIR" Was tho pleasant
reply.
SCOT to wait long?"
"Two hours. Oh, children, do be
quiet and don tease mother any more. "
"LoolS ahere, you young shavers, and
see what I've got in my pocket" and
soon both children were on his knees
eating peppermint candy and listening
to wonderful stories about tho sheep
and calves at homo. Next he pulled out
string and taught them how to play
"cat' s cradle" They were soon on the
floor, happy as kittens.
CHOW let me take that youngster,
marin" he said, noticing that the baby
wanted to be tossed all the time. "You
look clean beat out. Igucss l can please
him. I'm a powerful hand with ba-
bies." In his big arms the child crow
ed with delight until he fell asleep.
'Tain't nothin at ALL marm,' he
said two hours later as he helped the
woman and her charges on board.
Buying pint of peanuts from lit
tie girl and paying 10 cents instead OF
10 cents, he munchod in hearty enjoy
ment until his train was called.
"All aboard! !" shouted the conductor,
and the train started. Something
bright has gone out of this depot that
doesn't como in every day" said one
who remained-''an honest heart. -
Success.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

The throneroom of Spain is magnlf-
iccnt apartment of crimson and go!a,
with colossal mirrors and chandelier
Of rock crystal that is considered the
finest example of the kind i'll the world.
Under the gorgeous canopy are TWO
largo chairs handsomely carved and
gildcd and upholstered i'll crimson pro-
cade These are tho thrones OF SPAN,
where the boy king and queen regent
sit on occasions of ceremony. Sometimes
the daughters stand beside their mother'
when it is proper for all the royal tam,
ilv to receive the court. international
MAGAZINE.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
OLD MESA LIFE.
The pueblo Woman Was Always the Head
of the Household.

of the Household.
When tho men went down to the
fields, tho pueblo was really in control
cf It's rightful owners, the women In
these old communities tho woman was
the important partner in the household.
She was tho owner of the house and all
it contained. She built it and furnished
it with its utensils of daily use. The
children traced descent through the
mother and took her clan name. The
mans position, other than nero pro-
wider, wis that of an honOred guest,
and if he presumed disagreeably on his
position more likely than not he was
sent back to his own home. Far from
being the general slave and pack animal
that is her sister of the plains tribes,
the Pueblo woman's duties We're purely
domestic, and if she ever worked in the
field it was for the common good, to
save the scanty harvest in time of need.
The grinding of the many colored
corn for bread, the weaving and the
making Of pottery were her principal
occupations, and are to this day. Tho
Pueblo Indians are par excellence the
pottcrs of the southwest, and it will be
confessed that they come fairly by tho
tide. as an examination of some of the
old time ware will prove. although in
this case, as in some others, tho evolu-
ton has not been for the better.
In the small house cell OF in the white
sunlight the potter sat, and, with
scarcely amy tools at all, fashioned such
specimens of tho pottcr's art as to chal-
lcngc admiration from us with all our
appliances. The use of the potter wheel
was unknown, and the Throwing" of
shape by this means out of the ques-
ton; but with hollow bit of basket
ware or a piece of broken pot for a sup
port all tho forms from a simple food
bowl up to the largest and most elabo-
rate water jars were built up by coil on
coil of clay, smoothed or modelled in
pattern as tho vessel grew, and when
one examines some of the ancient pieces,
notably those cxcavatcd by DR.. Fcwkes
of the Smithsonian institution, ono can
but marvel.
Then came the decorating, and in ev'
cry case, from the simplest to the most
elaborate and intricate symbolic design,
one must confess that the Indian uses
the truest inceptiyo and Fundamental
art principles. There never is any waste
of energy III "effect. " The design al
ways means concrete thing, which
appeals to tho understanding OF the In
dams for whose use the utensils are
Through these same pottery forms ant
their decoration runs one of the stron
gest chains binding the old to the new
Near me are two tinajas, or water Jars
One is many generations, perhaps cen
turics old, tho other perhaps five years
and yet i'll shape and general decoration
they are much alike, and if the ncwe
one was properly toned" they woulf
pass as of the same period. -Fernan'
Lungren in Century.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
BREATHE PURE AIR.



Breathe pure air always In the lungs
most important physiological process
occurs. 1t is from here that the blood
laden with oxygen is sent TO all parts of
the body, giving off along it's course its
oxygen and taking up carbonic acid gas,
which it brings at last to the lungs,
when it is cast out in expiration. Moro
,xygen is taken in by inspiration and
the same process is repeated.
So let your breathing be full and deep,
going to the very bottom of the lungs
in order that all of the blood in them
may receive it's full amount of oxygen
before again starting upon it's tour of
distribution through the body. Can one
use any more forcible argument in favor
of loose clothing than this? 1t is abso-
lutely impossible to secure plenty CT
oxygen if the clothing is worn at all
tight, and oxygen is food which the
body must have always in abundance to
keep we'll.
The air leaving the lungs is laden with
that deadly poison carbonic acid gas,
which if given off in close room when
no provision is made for it's escape and
the entrance of pure air soon renders
the air utterly unfit to breathe. Perhaps
some night you will find yourself I'M
able to sleep and tumble restlessly about
window and inhale the fresh air, breath
ing slowly and deeply. A few minutes
of this and you can return to bed and
probably will soon be sleeping quietly.
What has happened? BY it's rcstlessncss
the body was asserting it's need of moro
oxygen. Now you have given it what
it so emphatically asked for, and it is
quiet. We get as much uneasiness and
disturbance from the want of this food
as when we do not cat enough, only the
symptoms are not so well understood
nor recognized so quickly. Always keep
your mouth closed and breathe through
your nose Then tho air is warmed
slightly moi3tcned and largely freed
from particles Of dust SO that when it
enters the lungs it does not irritate
them.
A condition often met with by ply
sicians is annmia. In this trouble tho
patient is pale, lifeless looking, tired
and generally used up often without
being able to tell distinctly how she
does feel Sometimes these patients say
that they have not enough blood. 1t is
really only an element of the blood
which is wanting, but that is q very
important one-namcly, tho rcd blood
corpusclc.
Whe. yon know that it is only those
corpuscles which have the power to take
up and carry oxygen, you sec at once
how important it is that the blood
should not be lacking in them. Good
wholesome food plenty of it and well
digcsted will give you the corpusclcs
Furnish them with the oxygen and tho
body will have an important element
toward health What to Eat.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
TOURISTS ABROAD.
The Money They Spend Amounts to
&7OO,OOO,O 900 Year.

The amount of money expended by
tourists in Europe has, if official records
abroad are to be accepted as authentic,
increased enormously of late years.
There has been recently filed with the
Swiss minister of finance and customs
at Bern a detailed statement of hotel
receipts in that country, from which it
appears that the gross receipts Of Swiss
hotels rose from SO, 800, 900 francs in
1880 to ia, 1888, 900 in 1894. The enAre
annual expenses Of tho Swiss republic
amount in a year to between so, 900, 900
and 10000, 900 francs (the budget for
this year is given at the latter figure),
and it would seem, therefore, very much
us if the hotels of Switzerland take in
in a year more than the government it.
self does.
The Swiss figures arc not the only
ones furnished in Europe recently on
this point. 4 French record shows that
every year there are 270 600 foreigners
who pass from q fortnight to whole
winter on the Riviera. Every person is
supposed to expend on an average 1000
er words, tho foreign visitors spend in
the country every winter the sum of
$54, 900, 900. The English are put down
as contributing one third of this amount;
the French themselves contribute anoth-
er third; Germans, Belgians, Dutch,
Russians and Americans contribute the
remainder. From being poor country
when it was annexed to France in 1860
Nice has become one of the richest de-
partments of the republic
Some figures recently compiled of the
revenues to hotels from tourists in Paris
show the average number of foreign
visitors to be 60, 900. 1t is customary
to estimate at 10 francs, or -, day
the hotel bills of strangers in Paris.
Estimating at So q day each tho hotel
bills of 60, 900 tourists and at about as
much more their other OUTLAWS it is to
be seen that tourists in Paris can be put
down for an expenditure of nearly $3.50,
600 day.
The total sum expended by tourists
in Europe in q year is probably not very
far from $700, 600, 900, and very con-
siderable portion of this comes from the
pockets, the purses and the bankers
balances of Americans, who arc pro
verbally the most liberal among travel
ers Russians come second, Brazillans
third. Exchange.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

"What's the matter with Holland? 1
hear hos laid up.
"Yes; he bought his wife chatting
dish q couple of weeks ago -,
"But surely that isn't responsible for
his illness. Why, that fellow can eau
anything'' ,:.,,. +L,+ ho ,+o
She hit him over tho head Will i''
Now York World
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
THE BEAUTY.
Now she speaks.

Hail! Now she speaks.
The roses ope their rudy hearts to list
The breezes cease to coax the lily bells
To sound their voiceless chime.
The nightingale Is mute.
And when she smiles
IT'S like the break of day
Ger Persian valleys faint with odors sweet
Or like enhancing melody
Conjured by master hand from strings
Agow with heavenly fire.
And when she laughs
All, then, the ripping music of her mirth
Awakcns sleeping Joy, deep toned and full
OF love ms bells enriched with gold
On Moscow's towers swung!
Ernest Jarrold in Yellow Book.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Changing Position In the Heavens of This
Celebrated Constellation.

Changing Position In the Heavens of This
Celebrated Constellation.
If Job were to rise from the dead and
look upon the heavens, says Professor
II. ]. J. See in The Atlantic, he would
see the consultations related to one an
other as of old, but he would find that
the pole had shifted it's position among
the stars, and if an immortal could wit
ness the grand phenomenon which tho
procession of the equinoxes produces in
about ~, 900 years he would find the
heavens SO altered that the former as
pect could be recognized only by an UNI
Outstanding of tho changes which had
intcrvencd.
AS Humboldt justly remarks, the
beautiful and celebrated constellation
of the Southern Cross never seen by
the present inhabitants of Europe and
visible In the United States only Oh our
southern coast, formerly shonc ON tho
shores of the Baltic, and can again be
seen in that latitude inc about $4,000
years. The cross will then be visible on
the shores of Hudson lay, but ut pres
ent it is going rapidly southwark, and
in few thousand years will be invisi-
Die even at tho extreme point of Florida.
In like manner the brilliant star Ca
nopus In tho constellation Argo, situat-
ed some 81 degrees south of Sirius, is
now visible in the southern portion Of
the United States, In about ~, 900 years
it will cease to rise even III Central
America From the same cause, ii Ptol-
envy were to again look upon the hcav-
ems at Alexandria, he would be unable
to recognize Alpha and Beta Centauri
which he easily saw and catalogucd i'll
the time of IIadrian At present these
magnificent stars are just visible at the
pyramids, near Cairo, and i'll few
more thousand years they can be seen
by jewellers on the Milo only i'll upper
| Epypt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
Appalling Prospect.

Everett Wrest-Do you know the doc-
tors say the American people is graau'
ally killing themselves OFT with over
work?
Dismal Dawson-Yes, and 1T some
times worries me to think what s TO o.
come of us when they amt nobody lel6
but us -Indianapolis Journal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
~.
SUBMARINE CABLES.
Over 1900 Ocean Telegraphs of Various
Lengths In Existence.

Lengths In Existence.
Tho submarine cablo is now ono Of
the leading features in international
communication. At its inception it met
with failures, commercial and other
wise, but rs methods of construction
and laying improved its earlier risks
were largely avcrted. 1t now trails
along tho mud and sand of the seas,
bangles it's hugo loops on submarine
prccipiccs and across their dark chasms
and along the gloomicst caverns OF ev-
ery ocean the silent messages OF COM
nlercc, friendship, diplomacy and OF
governments make their lightning race
around the plane.
The laying of the first Atlantic cable
was the initial of supreme effort to
unite the family of nations. twas cost
ly and in commercial sense up to
certain date failure but us a triumph
of engineering science it marked an
cpoch in international communication.
Other cables had somewhat of a dismal
beginning, but enterprises did not stop
at disasters, nor did the engineer halt
nj what. after all, was but temporary
obstruction. The good work continued
and has reached such massive proper
tions that navy of Al telegraph ships
fully equipped and manned is distribute
cd over the oceans of the world, repre-
scnting IL gross tonnage OF 6o,00o.
The manufacture of cables represents
huge investments of capital and an army
of workers. Great Britain has so far
led in the way of this modern industry
and was for time as supreme at the
bottom as at the top of the sea. The
honors are now being divided by France,
Italy and Germany Manufacture Is nc
LONGER an exclusive monopoly. New ca
bles will continue to be laid, and as
time, corrosion, accidents, submarine
commissions and the entertainments OF
marine shclltish and monsters cause
brcakagc and loss the supervision OF re-
pairs will be u permanent Occupation
both to experts and scamcn.
The following table shows the mile
,ff, ,1,lng
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

There arc annually killed in Africa IL
,,;n;n,nm of G5, 600 elephants, yielding
the production of quantity OF raw
;vorT the selling price OF which Is
ca o5O 900.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
Taking Time by the Forc1Ock.

"Ma, can go over to Sallie's house
and play IL little whilc?" asks 4-year- old
Polly.
"Ycs, dear don't caro- if you do. "
"rhanlS you, ma, was the demure
reply. "I've been '--London Fun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

In certain parts of Norway wheh "
person is drowned cock is put Ill IL
boat, which is rowed about the scene o.
the disaster. the belief being that tho
bird will crow when the boat passes over
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

The expenditure of money i'll the lay
ing and manufacture of these submarine
lines has been roughly estimated at
$500. 600, 900. These are big figures, but
thcv will be larger as the network OF
wire spreads on ocean bottoms. Ago OF
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Aunu

Ifyou want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever. he made well, strong, magnetic, ful|
of new life and vigor, take No-ro-l'ac, the
wonder-worker that makes weak men stroll@'
MANY gain ten pounds in ten days. over l0o'-
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??, 1898-06-06

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly
relieved and permanently cured by D,ufs
Ointment, the sovereign remedy for all itc.,'-
ness of the skin.
Cure that cough with Shioh'S Cure. The
best Cough Cure. Relieves Group promptly.
one million bottles sold last year. 40 doses
for 25ets. Sold by Kendrick T. Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs Gaswcll had moVo'
only Il few weeks before into Il fasllol-
able ncighborhood and were prel"lin4s
to issue invitations for their SILVER "e''
ding. >, ,ao,,-
I'm afraid" said MI Gaswell, look'
ing obviously at the pile of costly sta ,,
tionory before him, "most OF these WILL
go begging. - Gas.
"Why. James" responded Mrs. Gas
well, that's what we are senolils ''i''-
out for. New York World.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06
pn;oc+.a with Thanks.

Strong Minded Woman (poln'1liH 10
article in iapcr)--sir, did You write
that? VOC
Terror Stricken Editor yves
madam. II wrote 1t.
Strong Minded Wonian--lt meets my
,,,,,.o,,,l exactly. 1t is seldom one meets
= ncrson of your SEX capable OF such J''S'
Discrimination. viii you marry me-
eir9--Chicago Tribune.
Ostriches, which are supposed 10 loui
, ,ai' ...i sod successfully in southern kus-
sia, the feathers being Oh sooo 4''
and tho birds healthy.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-06

To he perfectly proportional man .
should weigh 20 pounds for every Aoo'
of his height.