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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-08
The Weather.
Snow; colder; northerly gales.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations Of the New York
Stock Exchange.
New York. March :.


New York. March :.
Money on call firm at 3le per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 3a3le per cent. Sterling ex-
change weak, with actual business in bank
ers' bills at s4.s54a4.s5la for demand and
at g. Ss an ts3l6 for 20 days Posted rates s4s41@
"a. 81 and $4.sblaa4s7. Commercial bills. Sassy.
Silver certificates nominally 59laa60l9c. Bar
silver, 5a@n Mexican dollars, 4119c. Govern
ment bones weak. state bonds inactive. Rail-
road bonds weak
Closing prlces
Atchison 2l"s \. J. Central 80. HOS
Bur. & Quincy 1891 North American. SIS
C..C.,C q St h.. 51ss Northern Pacific. Sig
Chesapeake d o.. 1914 DO. pref. ......... 1874
Chicago .ll2ib y. Y. Central. -. 1855
Cotton Oil......... 4ls Omaha. .......... w
Del. & hudson .ll5A Ontario d West. 2634
Erie ,,........ l44 Pacific Mail...... ASA
General Electric. ll9 Reading ......... 23ss
Hooking Valley. Rock Island. ll6l9
Lackawanha.. lb5 Silver Bulllon...
Lake Shore. .@G19 81. Paul. l-'1a
Lead .............. of sugar iNSh''e' - Aop
Louisville " Nash G54 Texas Pacific..... 225S
Manhattan Con. ITO Union Pacitic..., Asa
Missouri Pacific, 45is Wabash pref 2lA
Northwestern ..l4't2 western Union - 9f
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WANTED A small tenement OF ) or
| rooms centrally located. Address
this Office. 2'olt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-08

HOAKDERS WANTED.--First class table
board at no. II Elm Street. 20
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FOR SALE.

rOE SALE Waste paper. Call at this
office.
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FOR SALE AT W. II. GEADD1NGS.
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o,<Klt,Tt,D To OCT. 2. 1898.
The times., 1899-11-05
A HnnI of shnrks.
QFrom the San Francisco chFonicle.)


In the waters of Monterey Bay Father
Neptune played a little practical joke on
his wards some two weeks ago It hap
pened at Brighton. a picturesque cove a
mile and a half down the beach from Capt.
tOla.
One evening the place was enltyened by
the news that an enormous school OF mack
erel had been located OF Brighton and We y
close in to land. This news caused quite a
stir. as hauls for the past two weeks had
been but Indifferent, so at the first peep
of dawn next morning the famous Lind
sey crew." with its equally famous long
seine" was assembled on the beach ready
to do business.
The beat was launched and rowed swiftly
through the surf. taking a semicircular
course and playing the yards OF brown ne5
out around where the ursuspecting fish
were supposed to be lying. When the net
was out-about 5000 feet in aIl-the free
end was towed to shore, where both ex-
tremes were fastened to a windias5 and
reeled slowly in
The reeIing process was only half
through when the men at The cranks began
to stare at each other with a wild sur
mise, for the cables were pulling with an
intensity that suggested a record haul.
Soon the sweating toilers of the sea
showed signs or collapse, ana at last a
small boy was despatched with all haste
to Capitola to summon re-enfOrcemsnts.
At last when the circle Of corks which
marked the progress of the nets had be
come very narrow the burden of fish
sogged down in the shallow water just out
side the surf line and refused to bulge.
Al further effort was abandoned. The
fishermen and many of The more eager
spectators rushed waist deep into thu sea,
each curious for peep at the prize.
And the spectacle they saw was well
worth the wetting. Imagine eleven living
tons Of gasping swapping. white beliied
shark all rolled into a solid mass and
bound as tightly as a ball of hay! True
they were not large shark-mere babies,
in fact, the smallest being not over three
feet and the largest not exceeding { f ct
in length But think Of the myriads OF
them! The fishermen had got mixed up
with school Of shark and had elevated
the whole infant class.
The times., 1899-11-05
RINGS OF SENTIMENT.
Special Nniues Attached to the Trim
kets in OTden Days.
(From the Chicago News.)

Wedding and betIothal rings were SIP
posed in olden days to have a special value
and to bestow a special grace-a belief
which still seems to hnger aad which we
note in the distress many a good wife feels
when her ring falls from her finger. The
wedding ring as we now possess it, or.
rather, the plainness OF the plain go
ring, as it is often called. belongs to mod
ern times. Even in the last century it
was not considered unsuitable that the
wedding ring should be adorned with gems
or otherwise artisticalIy decorated.
The early history OF the wedding ring is
not ready to trace, as it was apt to be
confused with the beuothal ring. This
was once the more important OF the two
for in the days of our torefatlers the be-
tTothal was the great ceremony, and mar
riage only the ratification OF the contract
Then a spouse was betrothed person, and
to espouse was TO be b5tTothe1. The ceFe-
mony of espousal or betrothal was csle-
/ brated with all possible sOlemnity as the
contract of a future eternal bond of love ="
No doubt the reason for thus solemnizing
an engagement was that in times OF viO-
lence and Iawlessness the church thought
it needfuI to protect the woman, and
therefore made the betrothal 50 sacred
that a violation of the contract was pun
! ished with communication. A bstrothal
service was used which still forms part of
the French and Italian rituai-and, indeed,
the first part of the Anglican marriage
rite. down to the woman's Il will, is sim
ply the old betrothal service
Probably actions for breach of promise
Of marriage are a relic of the old ceremony
Of betrothaI treated by law as breach Of
CONTRACT contract which nowadays can
usually only be inferred. In days OF yorC
the breach of promise was as often as net
on the womans side, for girls were es-
poused when very young, and their fathers
received money foster lean" it was called
from their future husbands for their
support and education
Ayaricious fathers would sometimes. in
order 10 enrich themselves piek a quarrel
with the spouse and then, ignoring the
| betrothal, would give their daughters to
| other suitors. In fact at last the church
| found it necessary TO decree that foster
! lean" should not be paid until the wedding
day Before this became the law the be-
| truthaI ring was the one thing which
bound the contracting parties together.
| The wife had other proofs Of her marriage
! besides her wedding ring-certifcates, pa
! pers. etc.-but the betrOthal ring inst ad
| Of being mere gift from a lover, was re-
! garded as legal evidence of the contract.
The times., 1899-11-05
A LAWYERS BIG FEE.
His Reward for Fighting IA Case for
Ten Years.
(From the New York Journall

(FTom the New YORK Juuruai-l
The S25O. coo fee to be paid to former
President Harrison by Venezuela for his
services in the settlement Of that eoun-
try's boundary dispute with England was
nearly equaled years ago by a Jersey City
lawyer. Peter Bentley, who received fee
of $2e0 600 for settling a dispute over val
liable river front property.
The suit was one of the most interest
ing ever fought in the New Jersey courts,
and established the important precedent
that person who owns land TO high wa
ter mark also owns the land at low water
mark The fee Of 100000 was the largest
ever paid in the State.
About 1858 a Mrs. Bell went to Peter
Bentley and asked that he take a case
which many lawyers Of standing had re-
fused. Mrs. Bell owned the property form
ing the greater part of Harsimus Cove and
extending from what is now First Street
10 Seventh Street. Her deeds showed that
she owned the lands to high water mark
Her contention was generally looked upon
as absurd by all save Peter Bentley, and
in proving her right he won his $200,oOO
fee 1t took ten years to win the case.
Then the defendant company settled for
$500 COO for which it received the land
in dispute and the land above high water
mark to Greene Street
Of the S460 Geo Mrs. Bell received half.
while Bentley's share was S53. 600 cash and
a mortgage on the property Of Sl41 ,0O0
This mortgage was TO bear Z per cent in
terest, but several years after 1t was given
SAT coo of it was paid of. Gradually the
per cent was reduced to per cent. which
rate is paid today. The original term OF
the mortgage expired long ago, but it was
renewed to run indefinitely. Interest on
the mortgage. which was executed IN 1861.
is now paid semi-annually.
The times., 1899-11-05
TIE HEAT OF TIE SUN.
a Discussion on the Dissipation of
Energy
CFrom KuoVletlge.) )


According to the ordinary view the sun
is constantly radiating heat in all direc-
tions, and. | think. it is generally supposed
that only a small portion of this heat en-
counters material bodies at any distance.
however great. If so. the question arises
What becomes Of the residue? Physical
research leads US to believe that heat can
not be destroyed but only transformed. yet
many persons seem to think that this heat
vanishes like a ghost without transforma-
tion and without producing any effect.
This may be So but il is so much opposed
to physical analogies that we should be
slow to accept 1t unless on the basis of
definite observations which, l think, it will
be admitted are not at present forthcom-
ing.
Nor can we confine the question to the
sun. The loss OF radiant heat must ton the
theory which | am now cOnsideriDg) ex-
tend to all the stars. large portion Of
the heat Of some of them is no doubt in
tercepted by other bodies, but some Of it
must escape-vanish. The whole universe
is losing heat: or at least it is losing mo-
ton. for the supply OF heat may be tempo
rarily kept up by the conversion of motion
into heat (as, for example. by a lombard
ment Of meteorites). But that a good part
of the radiant heat vanishes, thus lessening
the total amount of force-of heat and it's
equivalents-in the universe seems to be a
common opinion.
This theory. however flor of course every
thing on the subject is theory, will strike
many of your readers as unsatisfactory for
physical not metaphysical or theological
reasons. But if this heat be not lost what
becomes of it?
If the suns rays and those of the stars
~1v
ever great its distance might be. the prob
lem would be solved; there would be no
loss Of heat to the universe. The sun may
at present be radiating more than it re-
ceives, and. consequently, cooling but in
travelling through space it may reach other
regions in which these conditions will be
reversed. But il seems plain that If this
be the case, the greater part of the bodies
whichs encounter the solar heat are dark
bodies or else that there is an absorption
of light in passing through the ether Such
an absorption Of light and heat by the
/ ether-as maintained / believe. by the
/ great observer Struve-would equally solve
! the problem; for the light and heat thus
! absorbed could not be lost and would
! probably be given back by the ether to
material bodies in some manner not yet
! traced. Otherwise, il would change the
| properties of the ether.
! A third possible alternative is that radia-
! tion, like gravjtatien only acts between
material bodies. and that, though like
/ gravitation it acts on a material body in
/ any direction and follows it in all its
movements there is no expenditure oi
force in the directions in which no material
body is encountered. On this theory. also
there would be no loss of heat There
would only be an interchange of the same
kind as ii every heat ray ultimately en-
countered a material body.
The times., 1899-11-05
CHINESE GOING HOME.
Many to Attend the Great Religions
Feast Next Year.
Hrom the seatte po.t. .LnteIIigeneer.l

CFrom the Seattle Post lnteligencer)
All the overland trains arriving in Seattle
these days bear contngents Of Chinese
homewardbound. During the past week at
least 400 of the Mongolians have left Seattle
for Victoria, from which port they will sail
for Hongkong.
But these are but few. Already more
than this number have arrived from the
East, and more are expected on every train
for the next ten days. All leave over the
Seattle and International for Victoria. A. p
Keuz Of the Southern Pacific. at San Fran
cisco, says the same condition exists in Cal
ifornia.
Next year is to be big one in the history
Of China ard this is the chief cause of the
great exodus. 1t is then that the six
Companies" in America will superintend
the shipment Of the bones Of dead Chinese
10 China Representatives of the Empire
viii be sent to all foreign lands for the
same purpose and the beginning Of 1860 will
witness impressive ceremonies connected
With the reint5Tment OF the bones in the
lowery Kingdom on a more elaborate scale
than ever before.
During a period beginning about the mid
die of January, so an Old grey headed Chi
naman stated yesterday. and lasting until
the middle of March or April, the people in
cred holiday. During its progress fasts and
symbolic rites will be observed. and during
all this time tha task of laying the bones in
new resting places viii be carried on. 1t is
TO witness these ceremonies that a large
number OF Chinese are journeying across
the Pacific.
Another class is going home, never to re-
turn and among these. it is said, are many
Of the better class of Cantonese to be found
in this country. They are those who have
grown rich in America, and, finding old
age coming on, are anxious to go home and
spend the remainder Of their days in ease
and comfort. AmCEg a party of twelve ar
riviIg yesterday, he said. at least two were
worth S25 Geo in American gold. This. he
stated, il HoEgkoHg or further in the inte-
rior, where great majority are going, VIII
not only be an immense fortune, but will
raise the possessors in the social scale II
he highest degree, and may result in royal
Iavors and the comforting OF rank and title.
The times., 1899-11-05
WHERE PEL1cANs GATHER.
\ Missouri River Snndhnr That At
trucfs Them Every Yeur.
Irom the s.. Louis Republicl

(Erum the St. Louis Republic.l
Pelican Bend in the Missouri River, near
St Charles, Mo-. is the scene OF great
annual gathering of pelicans. There is a
big nat bar in the river there which has
endured far beyond the usual span of
bars existence in the treache Gus, shifting
current Of the Missouri This bar is the
semi-annual stopping place OF vast flocks
of pelicans that migrate from south to
north in the spring and from north to south
in the fail.
Persons who have observed their habits
claim that they invariably arrive at Peli-
can Bend on September and remain until
cold weather sends them south.
The pelican is not an attractive bird. He
offends both the eye and the nose. But he
is commercially regular in his habits The
parent birds catch FISH and after eatiu z
their ill deposit the others in their pou he 5
under their bills and carry them to their
young. These pouches viii hold ON three
to eight pounds Of fish. They are elias ic.
and when distended to their utmost nearly
touch the ground. When empty the Pouch
lies close up under the big bill and is mere
ly q mass Of wrinkles. Il is this pouch hat
gives the pelican his characteristi Tie and DIS
agreeable odor caused by particles Of de-
caying fish,
The pelicau's legs are short and strong.
and its feet have large webs. 1t is not q
fast swimmer nor a rapid flyer but it is
practically ureiess in both air and water.
On land il Is awkward and unwieldy. Its
feathers are pure white except for fluffy
tuft Of brown plumage that is seen on the
top Of the head for about six weeks IL
the early summer This tuft disappears il
August and leaves a pimply bald pate that
is not pleasant to view AT first the skin
is red, then pink. then straw color BY
November l the skin on the head hardens
into horny crest, which grows as the win
ter progresses until by the time the bird
arrives at its breeding place in the North
west it is so prominent that it is called
the "centTeboard" because of its resem-
blance to the centreboard Of a sailboat.
When properly cured, the pelican skins and
plumage are largely used in womeu's gar
ments and hats.
ASK for the pride Of Washington" Hcurieh
The times., 1899-11-05

pared with 553. 500. or AIS per cent, in 1882
Great Britain. Germany and the United
States are more nearly on an industrial
equality today than ever. and the publica-
ton of the German census returns should
bring home to Englishmen and Americans
a new sense of the increasing competition
they will in the future have to meet Ii
need not excite Jealousy, but it should ex-
cite wholesome rivalry and emulation.
The times., 1899-11-05
AMONG THE ATHLETICS
\. NJ. c. A. Thanksgiving Day
CrOSS-C0untFy Run.

Georgetown Varsity VIII Hold Its
Indoor Meet in FebruRry-BorIinE
LenEue Season Has Begun and
Basketball VIII Open Next We'd
ncSday-CarrOH Institutes Team.
The times., 1899-11-05
CO. DS

a pauacca- cure for all Colds. is the
oaly word that nearly describes Seventy
seven" for Grip and Coids-you don't have
10 distinguish between Cough and Brou-
chitis-between a sore throat and Diphthe-
rIs-between Influenza and Catarrh-be-
tween Hoarseness and Laryngitls or CIer-
gyman's Sore Throat-between Pleurlsy
aHd Pncumonla-because "T7'' cures all
Colds As soon as you realize that you
have taken cold. and everyone knows that.
take "771 al once; il restores the checked
circulation Cznown by q chill or goose
foshl; starts the blood coursing through
tbe veins and breaks Up" the Cold.
Manual Of all diseases sent free.
For sale by al druggists. or sent on re-
ccipt Of price. Z5c and ST. Humphreys Ho-
meopathlc Medicine Company. corner VII
liam ard Joha Streets. New York.
The times., 1899-11-05

s. g. Lain, frcnl New York. via southampton
and Bremen
TUESDAI-(c) Al 9-I5 p. I'D for 81 ROPE. per f.
s. ST Paul. from New YORK. via Soeihamp-
ton.
(c) At los p. M. for BELGIUM direct. per
5. s. Friesland from New York Letters must
be directed Per s. 8. Fries.and. "
" NEDNESDA1-thl At 9-l5 D. m for EL ROPE,
per 5. 5 Kaiser Friedrich from New YORK.
via Southampton and Hamburg. Letters for
FRANCE. SWITZERLAND ITALY. SPAIN.
PORTUGAL. I'll REEN. EGYPT. and BRITISH
INDIA. via CheEbourg. musI.be directed per
s. 3 Kaiser Friedrich"
90 At 7I5 p. m. for FRANCE direct.
SWITZERLAND. ITALY. SPAIN. PORFl GAL.
TURKEY. EGYPT, and BRITISH INDIA. per
s. Ia Champagne, from New York. via
havTe. Letters Tor other parts oi EJ ROPE
must be directed "Pcr 3 $ Ia Champagne"
FklbAA-te) At 9sl5 p N. for Ell ROPE, per s.
8 Jmhria.+ trum New York. via Queasa-foWr.
tcl AZ li-N5 p IN. Tor NErHERIAN d.
rect. per s. 5. Amsterdam ifasu New Work
VIA Rotterdam Letters must De directed per
Amsterdam.
tcl AZ 1l:o5 p. IN for ITALY per s. 4
kaiser Wilhelm IT. from NeW York via Naples.
Letters must be directed Per $ s. Kaiser
Wilhelm IT, 3"
tcl At ii:o5 p. m. for SCOTLAND direct.
per s Ethiopia, from New york, Letters
must be directed per 8. s. Ethiopia"
tc) At il.05 p. H. for NORWAY direct
per s. $ ThinEvalis. from New York Letters
must be directed "Per S. 8 ThingvsIll
PRINTED NATTER. ETC.-(sermau steamers
sailing from New York Tuesdays. take Printed
Matter, etc. for GERMANY and sDeciauv ad-
dressed Printed Matter etc. for ether parts q
FL ROPE American and White star sseamers.
sailing from New York on Wednesdays German
steamers from New Nork oa Thursdays. and Gun
ard, French. and German steamers from New York
on saturdays take Printed Natter ETC. for all
countries Tor which they are advertised 90 carry
mails.
The times., 1899-11-05

ASK for the pride Of Washington" Hcurieh's
MaeTZen Befz.
The times., 1899-11-05
Trnns-AtInntIr NInII-.

MoNDAY-tel At s.l5 p. m. for EUROPE. per
s. g. Lain, frcnl New York. via southampton
and Bremen.
TUESDAN-(c) Al o-I5 p. I'D ior EJ ROPE. per f.
S. ST Paul. from NeT YORK. VIA S0aihamp-
The times., 1899-11-05
PosToFFIcE NOTICE.

WASHINGTON, d. g.. POsToEFTCE NOTICE
should be read daily as changes may occur st
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded 60 the ports of
sailing daily and the schedule % elosiugs IL
arranged the presumption oi their uninter-
ruptrd overland transit Fer the week ending No-
vember IL. the last connecting closes VII b. made
from this office a. follows
The times., 1899-11-05

(c) At II 90 p m. for BELGIUM direct per
s. Friesiand. from New York. Letters mus
ssu
The times., 1899-11-05

JOHN A. MERRITT.
Postmaster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06

the purchase Of land at St. Croix
Falls for a State Park. Exten-
ded arguments were made before
that committee this week on
that bill.
Senator Krutzer, OF Marathon
County has been absent from the
Senate Chamber this week on
account of illness and has been
at his home in Wausau. He has
been suffering from an attack Of
quincy.
Gov. ScofeId is expected home
from California on Wednesday
or Thursday. He will bring his
son Paul with him. The latter
has improved none during his
Western trip and his death now
is said to be only a question of a
few weeks. w. E.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at WausalI, wis, Jan. II, 1899
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the Circuit Court. at Rhinelander
Wis, on March, 3. 1899. viz: John l.. Bow
ers, H. E. No 7O47, for the NW1-4 SW1-4
Sec. 2. and NE1-4 Sell, Sec. 3. 7 80 ~, r.
Sc.
He names the folio wing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cnltiva-
tion Of said land, viz: Leonard Arnet, Fred
Weideman, Fred Arnet. and Paul Arnet, all
of Eagle River, " is
EDGAR 7. WHEELoCK, Register.
Jan16-6w
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06

YOUNG MEN AND LADIES OF good
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
GRAND EXCURSION TO OLD MEXICO.

Leave Chicago Thursday, February g.
1899, under personal direction OF Mr. J
J. Grafton, Eutire "trip III special train
with dining car,
Tour is arranged to include Mardi Gras
at New Orleans and all principal points
OF interest in old Mexico. All expenses
included in ticket.
Only limited number can be accommo
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tive phamphlpts aud information, cali OF
or write agents Chicago 4 Northwestern
nv,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
(First publication Feb 27, 800
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Wausau, Wis. Jan. 3, 1899
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court, at Eagle River,
wis, on April 7, 1899. viz Edward ii. Dent,
Fl. f. No. S718, for the SWA NEA and NWA
SEA, Sec 20, T Al, n, K 10 E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence up, and cultivation
of said land, viz: Herman Karth, Henry
LINERS. william Persohn, william Adams, all
of Eagle .:iver, wis.
EDGAR T. WHEELOCK, Register.