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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-21
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Perry, Leander.
Perry, Heman g
Phelps, Geo w
Powers, JAS
Putnam, Geo b
Richardson, Chas l.
Richardson, W. +.
Ripley, Lafayette q
Riddell, VIM H
Robbins, Hiram
Robinson, George S
Rogers, Albert
Rublee, John II
Sanborn, VIM d
Sargent, Seth 7
Savory, Geo W
Smith, VIM
Sterling, Lewis
Stratton, Geo F
Scribner, Prentiss s
Seaver, Latham I
Smith, Albert
Smith, Hiram, Jr.
Streeter, Rufus
Strong, Lemuel ID
Stow, Calvin
Taft, Geo d
Thatcher, John NJ
Thompson, Jos B
Thompson, Ozias H.
Tilden, Eldon A
Tompkins, Ira H
Town, Del N
Varney, Chas e
Varney, Geo
Worse, Samuel G
Waterman, Elliston
West, Stephen
Wheelock, Nelson W
Wiley, Chas
Wiley, Benjamin p
Wiley, Harvey
Wilson, Carlos B
Wood, Albert P
Wood, Warren r
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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Millions in Mining Stock.

Colorado Springs excels all other
cities in this country as an exclusive
market for gold stocks from a single
camp-Cripple Greek. For the fiscal
year ending with June, 149,304 ,297
shares of Cripple Creek gold stocks
were sold by the Colorado Springs min.
ing-stock exchange The cash value OF
these shares was $23,566,827.64. AS
compared with the year previous, the
number of shares sold showed a gain
OF Ill ,62O,376, while the cash value in.
creased $16,979, 1882. The cash han.
died by the clearinghouse in settle.
ment OF differences only was $S,979,,
63l.69, against $2,744,327.49 the yeal
previous. This record does not include
the sales of the board of trade, which
was revived during the year. Cripple
creeks exchange on a single day re.
Gently sold 10000 shares, and Denver
exchanges 5000. On the same day the
Colorado Springs mining exchange sold
ooO.2le. The stocks traded in repre-.
sent twentyfour producing mines
twenty-one developing mines, ant
eighty-five unlisted. The total mum
Der of public companies doing busines;
at Cripple Creek is about 400.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Tales Of the Big Battle Of zaD0te Told BY
1n Eyewitness.

At times the fighting on the island
has progressed very slowly, it seems
to me, writes the Sun correspondent,
but business was taken up with yigor
and dispatch south of Manila, after the
capture Of Las Pinas and Paranaque.
1t had not been intended then to go
ahead as fast as we did, but there were
unexpected developments, and General
LaNtOn is not the man to lose any ad-
vantage simply because it comes to
him when he isn't looking for it. Our
outposts had been established pretty
well down the road below Las Pinas,
perhaps a mile or a little more from
the center of the town where the
church is. One evening when Gen.
Lawton was out a little beyond the
southern outpOsts some insurgents hid
den in the woods a few hundred yards
away took few shots at him. That
set him to wanting more than ever to
know just where they could be found.
and he started out the next morning
with two companies, G and + of the
Twenty-first, to make a reconnaissance
on his own hook. It was called a re-
connoissance in force, but the force was
mighty small for the work that devel-
oped for it to do. AS Gen. Lawton
said, after it was all over, he started
out to find the enemy and he found
them by a large majority.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
The New German Stamps.

The issue of new series OF i'm
perial stamps is announced for the be-
ginning of the century. They will be
oblong in shape, like the American
Columbus stamps, and, at the sugges-
ton Of the emperor, they will illus
trate the history of the Hohenzollern
family. One of the designs represents
the union of North and South Ger
many. In the center there are two
warriors, PruSsian and Bavarian,
grasping hands, with Germania hover
ing over them. The whole is en-
circled by landscape representing the
Fatherlsnd from the Alps on the
south to the island of Rugen in the
north. Other stamps represent the
national monument to the late En-
per William and the opening of the
first Reichstag of the present reign
by Emperor William II. They will be
issued from the Imperial Printing Of
flee. The postmaster general, being
unable to find a native artist capable
of designing the stamps, engaged the
services of an Englishman, who stayed
in Berlin for about six months, and re-
ceived remuneration Of 10000 marks
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
The Hottest Battle OF the War.

During the big battle that followed,
when the main body was brought uD
to support the two lone companies. our
men were without protection of any
sort most Of the time. They were con-
t2~--l little by fringe of bamboo
Cd scrub that ran along the river
Lank and that lined the road But
there was nothing in any of this stuff
tnat would stop or even hinder very
much any kind of a ballet the insur-
gents had to fire Our only protection
was the old and well-tried one of a
welldrected and hot fire of our own
The roar Of the guns was incessant.
and all the afternoon the people of Ma.
Mia, ten miles and more away, knew
that the expected battle of Zapote was
Oh. In a single ten minutes. out of
about fifty men lying in a road behind
the approach to the bridge, three were
killed On the instant, one was wounded
SO severely that he did not live to reach
the hospital, and six others were hit
more Or less seriously 1t looked for
a little time as if nobody was going to
get away nscathed, and the one ci-
william non-combatant there does not
hesitate to admit that he wished most
heartily to be ont Of it. He even
yearned for the hummocks of dirt he
had left for the last rush forward and
wondered why he was fool enough to
get out Of such a good place when
once he had it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Cheap Water In Glasgow,

In Glasgow a SIS householder OBJ
tains for SLAP per annum continuous,
never failing, unrestricted stream OF
the purest water in the world delivered
right into his kitchen, wash-house and
bathroom. 1t is calculated that $50
gallons of pure water are delivered to
the citizens of Glasgow for every
penny paid. And it is water of such
peculiar softness that the householders
of Glasgow can pay their water rate
out of what they save on soap. Loeb
Katrine water is not only soft-it is
remarkably bright, clear and free from
vegetable matter because of the bare
and precipitous character of the hills
which drain into the loch. It is uni
form in color, temperature and quail
ity, is absolutely free from pollution,
and must remain so because the corpo-
ration have now bought up the build
ing rights of the whole drainage area;
1t needs no filtration and is practically
unaffected by the change of seasons
Engineer Magazine.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
SOME BATTLEFIELD STORIES AND SCENES,

and so many things fell to the ground,
that at first we thought they were fir
ing cobblestones at us. But when we
looked for the stones we found that
they were iron balls about an inch and
a half in diameter. Then we remem-
bered that there had been vast piles
Of such things in the Old navy yard
at Cavite, and tnat was probably where
the rebels got their ammunition. There
could be no doubt that the thing they
We're shooting was a smooth bore, and
inasmuch as in the first days of the
row with Spain last year they were
permitted to take as many such old
relics as they wanted from the yard
in Cavite, it became apparent what
manner of ordnance they were using.
Their aim was all right and they had
the range down very well. The main
difficulty with their execution was that
the shrapnel were so old that the pow-
der had all gone bad and the bursting
charge didn't work worth a cent. When
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
ODD MARRIAGE,
"A Wedding Fee of Only Two GenM Fol.
lowed by One of $50.

A pastor of one of the prominent
churches in Brooklyn, whose son has
a charge in this county, had a strange
experience about five years ago, which
was never spoken of until recently
when unlocked for developments made
it consistent to relate the incident. The
elderly clergyman was at home one
evening, and about o'clock he heard
a quiet knock at the door. He went to
the porch and admitted a refined ap-
pearlng young man and a girl. The
latter suggested mOdesty, while the
companion showed the result of de-
bauchery, but he nevertheless gave
evidence of intelligence. The young
Fellow defined the purpose of their
visit, which was to be married The
couple were refused emphatically by
the clergyman at first, but finally they
submitted to all the interrogations of
the minister, and there was no appar-
ent reason why they should not be
wed. After the ceremony the pastor
was handed an envelope by the groom,
after which they departed on their
honeymoon. The minister entered the
study and taking the gift from his
pocket, opened it. The contents con-
sisted of two copper pennies. The son,
who was in college at the time pre-
pairing for the ministry, happened to
be home spending a vacation, and was
witness to all that occurred subse-
quent to the wedding. He enjoyed
immensely the joke on his parent, and
between shouts of laughter he
Informed his father of the trou-
Bile which was sure to fol-
low such an absurd indscre-
ton. 1t was at once presumed to be
an elopement, and doubts were brought
as to the accuracy of the girls age. The
father felt somewhat annoyed, but he
was confident that he had held strictly
to all the laws regarding the perform
ance OF the ceremony. For five years
nothing was heard Of the couple, and
but few weeks ago the minister
found that he had not got into any diff
fculty. About the same time in the
evening he heard a knock at the door,
and he recognized it at once. A strange
feature Of the occurrence was that the
son was at home again visiting for a
few days. The senior clergyman hur-
ried to the door and his ear was not
deceived; the caller was the man he
had married five years before. The
young fellow, in an unassuming man
ner, remarked that he always felt that
the minister deserved an explanation,
and he announced the purpose Of his
second visit. He said that he was
walking along the streets of Brooklyn
when he met the girl he married about
half hour before he visited the par
sonage. He continued, stating that
he figured that she would not be worth
more than two cents to him, and that
the feeling regulated his fee to the
minister. Concluding, he declared that
she had proved to be of inestimable
value to him. and he quietly arose and
handed the clergyman another envel-
ope, which contained a check for $50,
payable at the Chemical bank.-Troy
Press.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
THE LAST MAN.
Fates That May Overtake the Survivor
of the Human Race.


Astronomers tell us that the day
must come when the earth will,
like the moon, wheel through the heav-
ems dead and barren ball of matter,
airless, waterless, lifeless. But long,
long before that time man will be ex-
tinct, and will have disappeared SO ut
teriy that not so much as the bleached
skeleton of human being will be visi-
bic on all the millions of square miles
OF the surface of this planet. Unless
Dy some huge and universal cataclysm
the whole race is swept at once into
eternity, it is but reasonable to sup
pose that man, like any other race of
animals, will disappear slowly and that
eventually there will be but a single
human being left-some old. old man,
gray headed and bearded and left to
wander alone in a solitude that may be
imagined but not described. How will
he die, this last relic of the teeming
millions that once transformed the
globe and ruled undisputed master Of
every other living thing? There are
many fates that ray befall him. He
may go mad with the horror of lOneli-
ness and himself end his miserable ex-
1stence. He may be eaten by the vast
reptiles or giant insects which will
then probably infest the soltudes. But
his fate may be far veirder and more
dreadful. Scientists say that as we
burn the coal and timber we are still
so richly supplied with we let loose
into the atmosphere an ever-increasing
volume Of carbonic acid gas. Much Of
this is taken up by plants, but not all.
1t must increase and eventually poison
the breathabe air, filling the valleys
and mountains slowly to the hilltops,
where the last remains of animal life
are striving for existence. The last
man will climb higher and higher, but
eventually the suffocating, invisible
fluid will reach and drown him.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

it made those who were left more
eager to get Filipino. 1t developed
into a rage that found expression once
in a while in wild yell at the men
behind the Notifications across the
narrow river. In the midst of the
rumpus Lawton came up the road with
Capt. Sewell of his staff Sewell is al
most as big man as Lawton, and they
did make a mighty good target for
some Filipino as they came along, ap-
parently unconscious that anybody was
firing a gun in that neighborhood.
Gen. Overshine went out to talk with
Lawton, and the three stood in the
road and talked for what seemed at
least ten minutes, but probably was
not five. The fire did not slacken for
an instant, and lay at the side of to
road where l had been trying to hide
since getting into the beastly place,
and watched Lawton as he stood there
absolutely unmoved, expecting every
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
EASY CORRESPONDENCE.
How II Clever New Orleans Couple
Manage 1t.


One of the houses on my route is
the home of a travelling man who
spends about half his time out of
town, said a New Orleans letter-car-
rier to a Times-Democrat reporter.
When he goes on trip he and his wife
exchange postal card every day, reg
ula- as the clock. The lady always
gives me her cards to mail, and I
couldn't help noticing that both they
and the ones she received were always
perfectly blank. All they ever con-
tanned was the address, and those that
came to the wife had even that printed
instead of written | confess the thing
made me curious, and thought up all
kinds of theories-sympathetic ink, Sc
cret marks on the edges and a lot Of
other nonsense for which | never dis
covered any evidence. | happened to
know the drummer pretty we'll, and,
meeting him one day, couldn't resist
you've been trying to read 'em, have
your he said, laughing. l expected
that, and took it good-naturedly. Then
he explained. my wife and are nat
urally poor letter writer's" he said,
"but we want to hear from each other
every day. so as to know that nothing
has gone wrong. We used to wrlte
like other folks, but it was a hard job,
and one evening we got to looking
over some of our old letters, and they
seemed SO stupid and forced that we
were really ashamed of ourselves. Then
we thought of this blank card scheme,
and it has worked like a charm. 1t
means simply that all is well. Before
I go on the road each of us knows the
others programme and the receipt OF
the cards means that nothing has hap
pened to change our plans. The saw
ing of ink and imbecility has been
enormous"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
AN EMPEROR'S ROMANCE.

In the study of Kaiser Franz Josef
of Austria, who, by the way, entered
his 10th year recently, hangs a framed
but withered bunch of flowers, to which
a romantic little story is attached. A
few weeks before the announcement of
his engagement Kaiser Franz Josef
and his fiancee were walking between
Ischl and Lauffen, when she saw
meadow bright with gayly colored wild
flowers. "Wait, l will pick you a
posy," she exclaimed, and few min
utes afterward handed her betrothed a
little bouquet.
The future Empress Elizabeth took
the black velvet riband which bound
her magnificent hair and tied it round
the flowers, Offering them with play
full courtesy to the kaiser, who kissed
them before placing them in the outer
pocket of his military tunic. Sudden
ly as they neared Ischl, the kaiser dis
covered that the precious posy was
gone.
some uayS dItef, WHeu IHe lHClucuI
had been forgotten, the valet was as
tonished to find that the lost posy
had been hidden deep down in the tu-
mic pocket all the while, and was, as
a natural consequence, so withered that
he did not like to show it to the kai-
ser. AS it was equally impossible to
throw away flowers picked by the fu-
ture kaiserin, he hit upon the happy
idea of pressing them, with a view to
presenting them to his imperial master
on the latter's wedding day.
But in the whirl attendant on such
an important event he forgot his plan
and it was not until the Kaiser Franz
Josef and his cOnsOrt celebrated their
silver wedding in 1879 that the old va
let reminded his master of that long
forgotten day, as he produced the with
cred bunch of flowers. The kaiser and
kaiserin were much touched and a
command was given that the relic
should be placed under glass and franz
ed, so that it might be hung where
the kaiser could always see it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

posted somewhere in the woods direct
ly in our front. That was a thing to
strike terror to the heart of a wooden
man, that cannon. Whatever it was
they shot, you could hear it coming
before the gun went off. They say the
scream of the shrapnel' can be heard
only after the shell has passed. and
that Mr.. Remington's sympathetic
picture is based on theory which is
not borne out by the facts. However,
l saw man this morning throw up
both hands and fall fiat on his face
long before the shell got even with him
and it never did get near him.
The first shell the rebels let go at us
came just over the heads of the men
of Kenlys battery, who had stationed
two three-inch guns and two Of the
mountain guns just at the left of the
road at the outpost, and burst a few
feet behind the guns.
There was such row when 1t burst,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
"Chinos" I'D into the mess to take the

"Chinos" up into the mess to take the
wounded to the rear. 1t is good deal
to ask, even Of a coolie, for 80 cents
day, and that Mexican AS the doc
tors worked Lawton stood and looked
at them curiously There were dead
men lying at the side of the road and
another dying The surgeons coulo
not work fast enough, and their as
sstants were all busy putting on the
first aid bandages and getting the men
who had been hit in shape to take
back to the hospital They would no
sooner get one man fixed up than there
would be another hit and needing their
attention Finally Lawton went away,
walking slowly down the road toward
Las Pinas, and I wondered as he went
what sort of Anting-anting the FIJI
pinos must think he has. Only some
supernatural charm of very great
power can keep so large man from
serious injury, in their belief
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Dish for Cut Flowers.

A very pretty dish for cut flowers is
a silver bowl with perforated cover.
This is particularly suitable for long
stemmed pansies which should be ar
ranged on a bed of feathery green, and
in such a manner that the blossom It.
self does not touch the water.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Hat Worth Having.

Sir Jung Bahadur, the prime minis
ter to the king of Nepaul, has hat
made of diamonds worth over $780,
900. and perched on top is single
ruby of incalculable value.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Hit Below the Belt,

"YOu and young Chubbleigh don't
speak to each other any more, Ethel.
What is the matter?"
Nothing, only he told me one day
when We were at the park that I hal
a swanlike neck, and told him he had
a swanlike walk"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Not Qualified to Judge.

Benedict have about decided to 20
to Mexico for the summer Bachelor
Why, that's the hottest place ON the
face of the earth. Benedict-Excuse
me; but you're not married.-Rich-
mond Dispatch.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Don't Need Another.

Lady Traveler-Allow me to detain
you one moment, sir. l have here a
neat and pretty little letter-opener-
very handy. Gent Gnterrupting)-So
have lat home. I'm married man,
you see!
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Hubby Agreed.

Before marriage it's all billing and
cooling; after marriage it's all billing
and cussing," said the observant dress.
maker, as she signed receipt.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
The Men Got AurrY.

Strangely enough, too, you could see
the men getting more and more angry.
Irey talked among themselves more
tnaa 4afore they had lost so much. 1t
was THAT was Jones', when man
was hit, or "That was Smith," Or
"They've got Brown" and every time
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Matrimonial Difficulties.

Too many wives will soon spoil the
best laid plans. Anyone who doesn't
believe has only to ask William Arm
strong, at present sojourning in a
Seattle jail.-Chicago Post
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

second to see him hit. He wore his
usual big white helmet and made him
an extra fine mark. The only thing
to show that he knew he was where a
battle was going on was that he had
dismounted. Perhaps that was be-
cause he was afraid of losing his big
black horse
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

the thing blew up instead of scattering
those little iron balls all over a ten.
acre lot, there was hardly enough forcs
to separate them one from another,
and they fell all together.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

Surgeons Busy with the Wounded.
AS the two generals stood there the
surgeons were as busy with the wound
ed as they could be, and the men in
charge of the coolie tter-bearers were
having a hot time getting their
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Light Housekeeping.

"You advertised for girl for light
housekeeping and"
"Well, this is the lightest house in
the vicinity. 1t may be bigger than
some of the others, but it's a frame
house, while they're all stone or
brick"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Food In Russia.

In some parts of Russia the only food
for the people consists at present of
acorns, leaves and the soft bark Of
trees.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

Wages of London Bill Posters.
London billpOsters struck for 1925
per week, fifty-three hours to consti-
tute weeks work.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

Man is an initiative creature, and
whoever is foremost leads the tArd.
Schiller.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
The Rebels, Noisy Old Cannon.

About the only diversion we got was
shot at us with a cannon they had
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

1t is not necessary to hang up code
of home laws in tae house where love
is dwelling.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-13

rate than the railroad companies, which
retained their entire revenue for their
own purposes But the committee decided
tO-repOrt the bill back for passage with
an amendment increasing the present rate
of taxation one-half, and let the courts
adjudge whether or not the law would
come within the constitutional provision
that the burden of taxation must be
equitably distributed.
Senator Underleak CRep), of Olmsted.
called attention to the fact that the ex-
press companies were only taxed on To-
cal business. the railroads on everything
they hauled
Senator Greer said the committee had
determined to report the bill with Az per
cent for g. state tax on earnings and
imposing the usual city and county taxes
on their personal property rather than
raise the rate to 6 per cent and risk the
enforcement of the law.
Senator McGoyern Dem), of Waseca,
said the bill was not fair measure.
Senator Miller Rep.), of Rock, doubted
the reliability of some of the figures re-
ported to the railroad and warehouse
commission. but he felt that the present
tax was too small. The figures showed
that the companies were only paying
taxes on about one-third of their earnings
Senator Meilicke Pop.), Of Cottonwood,
thought the companies must be making
plenty OF money when they charged him
40-cents for sending a. legislative manual
to one of his constituents
Senator Stockwell Dem.), of Hennepin.
said this tax would wipe out the profits
Of the express companies.
Senator Greer moved that the majority
report be adopted. Senator Miller de-
manded call of the senate. The report
was adopted-4 to 18-as follows: