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Especial LAtterl

Much interest attaches TO the per
sonafity Of Count Leo Tolstoi Just AZ
this moment. and for the reason that
hs is on the point OF completing q book
which viii contain his full views on
the vital question Of disarmament.
The Counts study at Jasnala Polana
Is plainly furnished. containing little
except q plain deal table and an ordI-
nary bench. on which the master Of the
house sits while he Is composing his
famous books. In one corner OF ths
room Is q reaping hook. and in an
other are some iron rings, which were
formerly used for the purpose Of fas-
tening the wrists Of criminals, but
which now serve for gymnastic exer-
eises In which the Count INDUCES
whenever he feels weary OF literary
work.
In this room he works, or rather
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PEAcocKs AND TIGERS.
Lsgsad l. That Thsy Are Devoted 20
Each Other.

LsEsad Il That Thsy Are Devoted 20
Each Other.
Peaeoeks and tigers are believed
usually to live together. There Is also
q common jungle legend that leopards
and tigers can fascinats peaeocks. The
story may originate In the fact mat
both leopards and peacocks have spots,
and that there Is some mysterious re-
lationship between them Col Tyuer
had an experience which showed that
the natives believe in the story. When
stalking q peacock he was rather sur
prised to see how near IL allowed him
to approach The bird paid no atten-
ton to him but was gazing intently.
as II fascinated, at q little patch Of
jungle Just In front Looking In the
same direction he saw q leopard steal
ing on its belly toward the bird. which
continued to remain still in the same
position He was greatly surprised, for
he had never even heard Of leopards In
that neighborhood, but his astonish-
ment was greater when, on his raising
his gun, one barrel Of which was load
ed with ball. and covering the animal.
the leopard threw up his paws and
shrieked in q voice hoarse with ter
ror: "Nehin. Sahib, nehin, NUT ehu-
loa" Ono, sir, no. don't nre'). He
said that for a moment he thought he
must be going mad. and all the In
dian tales Of enchanted princes and
fairies, were wolves and the like
flashed through his recollection The
next moment he saw a man very eleV-
erly disguised In q leopard skin. with
q vell-stuned head. and q bow and ar
row in one paw. standing before him
The man 50 dressed was q professional
fowler, who said that In that disguise
he could always approach near enough
to shoot the birds with q bow and AZ
row, and sometimes to catch them in
his hand.-London Spectator.
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LOVE. LITERATURE. LAW.

Mrs. Henry sieSel, wife Of the pres
ident Of the big New York and Chicago
nrm Of siegel, Cooper & Co., gradu-
ated few days ago from the woman's
class In law Of the New York uni
versity. When she married Mr.. Siegel
It was said that love and literature
had attained q climax In her life, be-
cause her first novel. Jalsps and
Clover, came from the press Just two
hours before the wedding. And now
II IL q combination Of love. literature
and Law. 1t Is not thought for a mo-
nent that Mrs. Siegel Is going to open
an ONCE and hang out a sign reading
Marie Vaughan Siegel, Attorney at
Law" But she is one Of the few
women who realize the value Of a
legal education and demonstrated her
realization by taking a course in the
vomen's law class It Is thought that
she may have q line OF literary work
In view that could be aided with a
clear idea OF general Law. Mrs. Siegel
Is the daughter Of Judge Vaughan. the
veteran Illinois Jurist, and a cousin of
Ex-Governor Campbell Of Ohio. She is
also related to Cardinal Vaughan. She
Ii well known In New York literary
circles. having been a frequent contrib
utor to the leading magazines as Mrs.
Marie Vaughan Wilde. She first met
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In its logging operations this vtntsr
the b. c. Akeley Lumber company Il
using . new power for hauling logs.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman
says that +. s. Farr has designed and
constructed q log-hauling machine,
which consists Of q boiler and engine
mounted on an ordinary sled. fhs
propulsion n By means Of four heavy
ealked wheels, two forward and two
back, which run In about the same
tracks as horses would. Ths runners
Of the sled run in the ice ruts OF the
logging road. and the eaIked vheel.
are 50 arranged that they rise or fali
to accommodate themselves to uneven
places in the road. This enxine a
made TO DO the work Of four teams. as
II vim haul four loaded sleds OF loxs
The machine Is roughly gotten up this
ysar. but Mr.. Farr believes he has the
corrses idea. and win improve on IL
for the next season In the woods-
Minneapolis Journal
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ana those who have read this ans
story know wen how closely 10 ad-
hered to the ample. easy style whioh
hs % much admired In Pushkins TO
nA1ce.
the Death or Ivan nueh" and ~Ths
Power OF Darkness" are both based on
incidents In real Life. In regard 70
The Kreutxer Sonata" Sergheenfo
tells Q curious story. One evening
some friends, including Rep'n. the
painter, and Andrew Burlak, the eels-
brated comedian, assembled at Toll
stoi's home. and during . lull In the
conversation q lady began to play the
weird sonata which furnished Tolstoi
with the title for his famous book
As she played Tolstoi was strangely
moved and the final chords had hardly
died away when he turned to Repin and
said: NOW, here Is an excellent
theme for both Of rs to handle, you
with your brush and / with my pen.
and when my work Is finished we win
get our friend Burlak here to read II.
and then We will put Il on the stage.
and you can paint the scenery for IL
more was said at the time. but
Tolstoi certainly did not forget the
incident, for not many months elapsed
before the world was startled By the
publication OF The Krsutzsr Sonata"
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RuBstan NeuEpaD--

There has never existed a nol,,ical
press In the real acceptance Of the
term In Russia According To immem-
oria tradition, the government of ths
car only allows the publication OF
news which Is in every respect agree
able to Its own views and opinions In
certain special cases OF great i'm
portanee. when 1t is thought nsces-
sary either to excite or to calm public
opinion, the Russian government Ia a
tribe more lenient. Thus for in
stance. In 1s12, during the wars AGAINST
Napoleon L. two newspapers suddenly
nAoe their appearance, and at once
became the recognized organs Of the
Russian Chauvinist party, the Russian
Invalid. mouthpiece OF the ministry of
war and the Syn Otetscbesva The
nrst Russian newspaper dates from the
reign OF the Gar Alexis uS4s-1s7s). II
was known under the name OF Cur
rent News and was only destined for
the Immediate -entourage" OF the en-
peror. The real founder OF the Rms
sian press was Peter the Great who
nrst started the St Petersburg Gazstts
me ofaeiAl organ Of the ACADEMY OF
sciences. . complete collection OF
which exists since 171L-corresDond-
sacs Providence Journal
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THE WHITE HOUSE.
Fsu RrssSasats were Rathu.i.stis far Q
New One

Fsu Prssldsats were Kathu.iastie far .
New One
The erection Of the new palace of
justice for the United States supreme
court and department Of justice VIII
DO more toward the enlargement Of
the white horse than anything thai
has ever happened" remarked q well.
known architect to q Washington StaI
reporter 1T may also bring about Q
new executive mansion for q residence
mansion. though the present whits
house viii probably be used as the Of
ncial residence OF the president and
Tor all state functions II win, in the
END. however. be enlarged have
eonVersed with several senators who
are members Of the committee on
Pubic buildings and grounds and find
tnat they are thoroughly convinced
that such q separation should take
place. as 1t would tend to make the
family life Of the president much more
agreeable The dificulty in the case
Is that, with the single exception OF
President Grant, no president has ever
omeially written a single word In favor
OF new executive mansion, and even
Grant was not as enthusiastic on the
SUBJECT as was desired. Gen. Garfield
would have strongly indorsed the
proposition oficially had he lived long
enough, though President Hayes was
out IukeEarm on the subject He IA
vored the separation Of the onicial res
loenes from the private residence, pre-
terring that the latter should be some
Wnere In the suburbs, but he never put
nls Ideas into writing. President Ar
thur never made any expression on
the matter. while President Cleveland
openly opposed the plan and settled
the question so far as he war concern
ed oy purchasing a private residence
one OF his terms and leasing one the
last term Mrs. Harrison was. on the
other hand, enthusiastically In favor
OF an enlargement Of the white house,
though she did not concur In the plan
OF separating the Official from the pri-
Vate residence. except so far as separ-
aung them In the same building. Gen.
darrison, however, did not 20 80 far
as she did, though he did not make /
any expression against her ideas.
PRESIDENT Mckinley, am told, thinks
as Mrs. Harrison did, that the build |
ing should be enlarged, and rs prog
ress u made upon the new depart
nent OF justice building his impress
sions are likely to grow, so that he
VIII In the end oficiaIly recommend
me enlargement Should he do 30.
hat VIII bring mp the entire question
md l would not be surprised II some
lime In the near future, speaking In
} general way. not only the enlarge
nent viii be made. but, in addition,
mere VIII be a separate private resi-
lenee provided for. The only thing
hat can defeat the latter proposition
that there may be q wrangle about
Ehere the private residence shall be
ocated, for, OF course, the various in
erests that will be effected win have
influence one way ana an
'ther. The first thing that win be
lone, though, viii be the enlargement
That Is as sure as anything can be.
no, as l have said before, the new pal
'ee OF justice will emphasize the sd-
'antages and absolute necessity OF
Z"
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Emile Loubet Is the Lincoln Of
France. he is q man Of the people
and q son Of the son. His father was
. small farmer, almost q peasant, and
his aged mother stiIl works on that
farm Unlike other Presidents Of
France, he Is neither a half-hearted
monarchist nor q representative Of the
eapitalistic upper-minded classes. He
Is man who thinks q republic the
only form Of government possible In
France. Il Is remarkable that such a
man should have been eleered when
the prospects u impsrialists. royalists
and other qdTs4ture.s seemed brighter
than they had been for twenty years.
IL seems vpublicanIsm Is under the
protection or the Divine Providence or
common sense. One incident Of this
illustrates ehArmingiy the humble o.
gin and unaffected ways OF the new
President His first act after he was
elected was to send a telegram to his
mother, who Is now Sc years old, but
stin capable and able-bodied. The
postman who delivered the dispatch to
her found her In the poultry yard Of
her farm gathering up hens eggs. she
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A Bs.s Ma. Of I.-.,.

An Italian jeweler In Turin IA,
made . tiny boat Of . singls pearl
The hull Is finely shaped. ana night
serve ~ . model for q great sIcoo.
The sail Ii Of beaten gold stuSdsa
with diamonds. and the blnnaeIa Iirha
IL perfect ruby. An emerald serve.
a. its rudder. and its stand Is a slah
Of ivory. Its weight Is less than an
ounce. and II II said to have -.
5000.
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showed the telegram to the first friend
she met and said: Mon Dieu, mon
Dieu, what q misfortune to my poor
boy! As II was I saw but little OF
him, and now that he has gone still
higher, shall see him no longer at
all" It was on this farm that Emile
Loubet was born on Dec. 80, 1888. II
Is called la Terrasse," and Is about
two miles from the little town of
Aontellmar, In the department Of the
Drone, in the south OF France. The
people Of the south are noted for their
superior intelligence and often for
their laziness as compared with the
people Of the north. Young Loubet
was both intelligent and Industrious
As boy he worked on the farm and
went to school Later he went to q
college In Montellmar and worked on
came q member Of the bar Of MonteIl-
mar. At 81 he was elected q member
Of the Chamber Of Deputies. In 1887
he was minister Of public works, later
minister Of the interior, and In 1897
president Of the Council OF Ministers,
or Prime Minister. In 1881 he be-
came President of the Senate, and
three weeks ago, on the sudden deaCa
OF Felix Faure, he was elected Presi-
dent of the republic.
President Loubet Immediately i'm
pressed the world BY his strong char
acter and simple, unaffected manners.
He has shown himself very different
from II. Faure, bourgeoise, who aped
the manners OF royalty and aristoe-
racy. When the Spanish collar OF
the Golden Fleece, which had been
conferred on n. Faure, was being
packed up in order that 1t might be
sent back, some one remarked to
him:
at win probably come back to you
before very long"
Il hope not" replied NJ Loubet.
The opposition papers would be sure
to say that my collar was In bad
taste. Besides. would rather not
wear anybody's collar"
President Iglesias Of Costa RIca. who
visited n Loubet Immediately after
his election. gave an interesting
sketch Of the new President Our in
Of views was formal, but
'imple," said President Iglesias. T
vas accompanied by II. Peralta- Pres
dent Loubet came here with a little
I'D mar, General Ballard, In an omen
arriage. There was absolutely no dis
lay"
How does he strike you compared
nth other rulers you have metz"
He struck me as being uhat you
al q sterling man. and his election
{ this serious juncture affords the
ighest testimony TO the patriotic In
ight Of the French people. I'VE
aIked Of the agricultural show now 1
pen here. We had both been there,
nd IL there Il anything Of which Lou /,
ct ID fond It IL farming. He said he
egarded agriculture as one Of the 4
oblest eaIlings q man could follow. ,
am proud he said, fof being born on
farm, and hope one day TO 20 back !
lere. It is my IDEAL to close my days I
nonk my own people on the farm |
here was born Ii
'sHis family sentiment Is strong. but q
b attachment TO the state which he I
called to govern can be relied ON. q
IiIl l never met man in q great po- Z
ton who eyfneed less Appearances Of I
ding aetnated By ambition Destiny | !
- made him President and he v1l 4
!, IN honest. able mans part to ac- !
nit himself worthfly. Loubef 4 all
an yon instinetively respect" 9
n Loubst has . stroHE. elear-cut Z
-. st IN sAiek board. He Is rathsr J
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short ana vsry thick ssG he spsan
VITA . strong southern accent His
shin b permanently tanned hy the
sun- His wife, who vss only 10 years
old at the time of her marriage. was
the daughter Of n. Denis-Dit Picard,
an fronmonger Of MonteIlnar. She
loves her home Ind . quiz life. but
acts with dignity when called upon to
take part In onleIal entertainments.
She has . son and q daughter. both OF
them grown up.
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siamese women intrust their chill
dren to the care OF elephants. ana n "a
said that the trust Is never het-,va5
The babies play about the huge feet
OF the elephants. who are ever careful
not to hurt the little creatures. And
q danger threatens. the sasacious ami
NAL win curl the child gently up IN
as trunk and swing it I'D out Of
hsrm's way upon his own broad hack
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Horses. giranes and ostriches hars
ne largest eyes Of all terrestrial ami
nAl1. but among marine animals there
are esphAlopods. or ink fshes, which
have syss e large a. q plate
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ALL JAPAN WILL REJOICE.

The crown prince Of Japan and his
betrothed wife, Princess Teiko, will
soon be married with all the spIendor
OF an Oriental court wedding. The
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To perseEers In ones duty ana -
silent Is the best answer to esIuuv
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wedding win cause much rejoicing In
Japan. as both bride and groom are
much admired.
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THEPEOPLE'S WRITER
WILL ISSUE A WORK ON Dis
ARMAMENT.

How c0ant felsssl Lfvss aaA Works-A
Msss Isssrsssiag Letter sa tAs arsat
R.asiaa Asthor and ksforns-as Il
VsJ Careful Writsn
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Enasred as POssoaoe =. soooaa-ela.. nass.r
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05

rn7-:-1 Ilun NIX II n11-. 1anicura1
quarrel. This must have it's impression
in America and thus must have sown
good seed, which has already grown into
a flourishing plant"
The st. James Gazette says:
"The outcome is not the result of arbi-
tration. but of friendly compromise, as
stated by former President Harrison. We
have not got all we wanted nor all ia
which we ARE entitled, but arbitration
has resulted in giving British Guiana an
indispntabl BILE title to the northwestern dis
trict, where her future lies. ...
EVERY one will gladly join in the uni
versal congratulations to the tribunal up
ON the happy result of difficult and deli
cate abors." ....
The Westminster Gazette says:
1.-THE result is decidedly satisfactory.
The extreme contentious of both parties
have been set aside. but the substantial
point is that Great Britain gets more
than on various occasions she had ex-
pressed herself as willing to concede to
Venezuela. . The practical feature of the
case is that we have substantially sue
ceeded against Venezuela while vastly
improving our relations with the United
States. The award and the rapidity with
which it was rendered cannot fail to give
a strong impetus to international arbi-
tration." ......
The Globe, adopting its usual offensive
tone, says:
"For once arbitration has not operated
to our advantage. There are others be-
sides the Nenezuclans who should now
recognize that Great Britain will not suf
fer what she considers her rights to be
subjected to the terrorism of warlike
menace whether in one part of the world
or in an"thc". whether by a great power
or a small state"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
An Incident In WASHINGTON.

Washington, Oct. 5.--As a result of a
political discussion that was injected into
the meeting Of the pan-Presbyterian ALI
ance, when the alliance refused to en-.
terrain a resolution in favor of arbitra-
ton in the Transvaal dispute, the Rev.
P. G. j. Meiring of the South African
delegates submitted letter requesting
that his name be stricken from the rolls
Of the alliance. The letter of withdrawal
was not made public in the convention,
but was referred to the business commit
tee without reading, and an effort was
made to find DR.. Mering and secure its
withdrawal. Later DR.. Mering agreed
to withdraw his request, and the incident
is considered closed. t
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
A Railway Consolidation.

Easton Pa, Oct, ga joint agreemen
consolidating the Bangor and Portland
railway and the Nazareth and Lehigl
railway has been filed in the recorders
Office here. The new corporation will bt
known as the Bangor and Portland Rail
way company and will have seven ,di
rectors: c. Miller, Nazareth, president
Dewitt G. Blair, Belvidere. vice presi
dent; George w, ,Mackey, Bangor, sec
rotary; John r. Miller, Portland treas
urer; c. Ledyard Blair and j.. Isley
Blair, New York city, and Charles N
MiIfer, Bangor.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
MAY Quit the Labor Council.

Buffalo Oct. ,5.+-tFhe local district as
sembly Of the International Longshore-
mems association has voted to withdraw
from the United Trades and Labor coun-
ell The trouble seems to have been
caused by the attitude of the United
Trades and Labor council in regard to
the marine and stationary engineers,
some of whom are organized as Local,
No II. and who are affiliated with the
International Longshoremen's associa-
ton It is said that at Its last meeting
the United Trades and Labor council re-
fused to honor the credentials of the del
egates chosen to represent Local, No. H.,
in the Trades council and that admission
10 the meeting was refused them.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
TERMS:
WANTED, ALL THE NEWS.

q, This paper heartily endorses the fol.
from the Morrisville News and
Citizen, and asks its friends to heed the
suggestion: 1.-The live newspaper man
wants the news items. A good many
have caught on to our suggestion OF a
few weeks ago and responded. The ed
itor or reporters are not omnipresent,
and perhaps it is a good thing that they
are. not. p, We know you can help u.s.
and perhaps help yourselves at The same
time. There should be no false mod
esty in the matter. The real value OF a
country newspaper is the small items
telling of the everyday life right here at
home-these are the life Of a newspaper
and the newspaper is a part OF the life
Of community. if it follows along these
lines"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Drift of Politics as Reflected by
the Newswapers of the State.

pROUTY MAY HAVE A LOCAL ORGAN.
The Newport Express and Standard
takes cognizance of Hon. Charles A.
Prouty's senatorial candidacy and makes
it n vehicle for most thorough going
and enthusiastic endorsement of Gen.
CIRCUITS senatorial aspirations. Prouty
is utterly without newspaper support,
except such as incidently comes from
the enemies of Gen. Grout, who also de-
test Prouty but hope his candidacy will
have the effect of injuring the general
-Mor1isville Citizen.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05

Cincinnati. Oct 1.-The Enquirer says
President Thomas James of the National
Association of Boot and Shoe Manu-
facturers has announced the place and
date of meeting of the association. The
convention will be held at Boston Oct. 2f.
The association was organized at Phila-
delphia in August last. A resolution
was adopted declaring that on account Of
the advance in raw material and ma
chinery an advance in the price of shoes
was warranted, and the association rec
commended an advance in the price rather
than cheapening of the quality. The
meeting at Boston will be important fol-
lowing this preliminary action. ..a a..
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
Crank -AnnOys Helen Gould.

New York, Oct. 5.-An elderly, we'll
dressed man, who said that he was
James II. Anderson of Newton, Kan,
and that he was the husband of Miss
Helen Gould, was arrested on the stoop
of Miss Gould's home on Fifth avenue.
Detective Mannion of the central office
made the arrest upon the complaint of
Miss Gould, who said that for two weeks
the man had been annoying her by send
ing her long letters in which he addressed
her as his wife. Forty-eight letters have
come to Miss Gould from the mysterious
man within a fortnight
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
Strikers Keep Men From Cramps'.

Philadelphia, Oct. 5.-Sixty black
smiths and machinsts have arrived here
over the Pennsylvania railroad from New
York, having been engaged to work at
the Cramp shipbuilding yards. They
We're met at Broad street station by a
committee of strikers, who. informed
them Of the situation at the shipyards
Thirty of the men deserted Immediately.
The remainder subsequently yielded, to
the appeals of the worklhsn when about
to board a tug bound for the shipyard.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-05
BARRE FIRE DEPARTMENT. .

.. U-7T9l OINI' WII I'M
+ N. d. PHELPS, CHIEF. fuuIe
The meetings of the Barre FiW NE.
t'par1nlrnt take Place AZ follows pn,'
firelnen are requested f. take notice:
a.s Lose Co. No. 2AThcc first Monday Of
eN cry month at No. Barre Hose House
Hose Co. NJ. 4 THE sfceml. Monday
OF every month AZ fProspeel st, fail.
Hose Co. No.'SS-Thc Sid Tuesday
of nvrry-m"nh ut Prospect ST. Hiatt.
Hook and Ladder Co.-2nd, We'd
nrsday at Prospect ST Hall.
Department meetng-Last Friday of
every l-oatA at IF 'Spect st. Hall.
Flremans Club-Third Tuesday.
@ A|lsm"etings at Z D. N. l'ti1'