Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-20
General Markets.

new Y ork, sept. ~.
FLOUR-State and western unsettled, but
fairly steady winter patents, $3.55a3.75; winter
straights, S3.3Ja3.40; Minnesota patents, 1885
"A; winter extras. 81 40a2. 80.
WHEAT-No. red opened steady with corn,
sold off under bear raid, but recovered ON
subsequent demand from local shorts Decem-
Der, 75 S-l6a7594c.; May, 'S1sa1S5sc.
RYE-Firm; state, 59a6Oc.; No. western.
84c., f. o. b., ahoat spot.
CORN-No. was fairly active and stronger
on hot weather; December, 36a36]ao.; May,
353sa5s34c
OATS-Dull; track, white, state. z7l4a3sc.
track, white, WESTERN, 2719a33o.
PORK-Steady; mess, S9a9.50; family, 3l1.5O
al2.
LARD--steady; prime western steam, $685.,
nominal.
BUTTER STEADY; state dairy, i5a2oc; state
creamery, lsa23c.
CHEESE Easy; large white. lOAc; small.
white, l14all1ac.
EGGS Steady; state and Pennsylvania,
loa20c.: western, ungraded, l3aA7c.
SUGAR-Raw quiet and barely steady; fair
refining, 35sc.; centrifugal, @ test, $40: re-
Nned quiet crushed, l3- l6o.; powd cred, $40.
TURPENTlNE-Strong at 50lSa51c.
LASSES-Steady New Orleans, S2a38c.
RICE Steady; domestic, 43saT14c.; Japan,
44a59sc.
TALLOW-Q Quiet city, 4NaAsAc.; country,
4Mc.
HAY-steady: shipping. 5oas5c: good to
.ehoice. 65asOc.
Glad He lost It's J0b.
There is certain editor Ia New York
with whom the poweraof the d lily press
is such hobby that he RAISED the sal
airy of q subeditor Who suggested
Sunday special on Famous Grads1-
ates of the Reporters Room" and at
once assigned his lest dressed reporter
to interview leading authors along this
line. 1t happened that Mark T%ain was
in New York and the editor counted
on him as u striking example Of tie lit
erary value of newspaper training. The
reporter was ordered not to spare space
for the interview. Yet when the article
appeared Mr.. Clemens name was CON
smcuously absent. 1t WAS this way:
Mr.. Clemens received the reporter
with his customary urhanity. though
he shrugged his shoulders when he
learned what paper the young man rep
resented. AS usual, Mr. Clemens was a
most elusive man to pin down to an in
terview, but at last the reporter gath
cred his wits and "a led The question
which he meant should point his article
Mr. Twain" he asked, ''to what
one thing most of all do You owe your
marvellous success in hreratur0G' He
had counted on my newspaper train
ing" was the answer.
The famous humorist half shut his
eyes, thought few moments in silence
Nd fho,, ii loniri,,g1y tsC|, +l,, 10
that when | was young and very alnbi-
tious 1 lost my job
May l ask what was your job. Mr.
Twain 2" exclaimed the puzzled re-
porter.
"Certainly, sir, certainly" replied
Mr.. Clemens, with great suavity, Il
was reporter "--Saturday Evening
Post.
r7rur1I's WV r,s-,--7-, ylarr7,:I. ,.''
Many years ago LHtc3,llo Hearn was
reporter on the staff of Il Cincinnati
newspaper. One day famous steeple
climber was going to scale the spire Of
the cathedral to repair the cross that
topped the spire 900 feet above the side
walk. The afternoon he first scaled tho
spire thousands of people watched him
breathlessly as he slowly made his way
up the outside of the steeple. OF course
he was interviewed, and he said boast
ingly that the task WIGS so easy that he
could just as we'll carry man up on
his hn"'t
Tha5 noon Hearn said timidly to his
city editor that he had read Of the
steeple climbers offer and would be
glad to ascend the spire on his back.
The editor tried to point ont to Hearn
the peril of the tking, hat he world
not listen. Finally the stecple climber
and Hearn arranged their endsof the
feat.
At the appointed time Hearn mount
ed the steeple climbers shoulders, and
the dizzy journey began. Tens Of thou
sands of people watched the fooIhardy
pair. At last the cross was reached, and
Hearn left his perch on the climber $
shoulders The mob in the streets be-
low cheered, and then the two men re-
turned to the ground safely.
Hearn went back TO the Office and sat
down and wrote two colunnsOt Il story
describing his sensations, and THE Glo-
ries of the view he had obtained from
the steeple top, Such a glowing de-
scription of city seen from a & roat
height has never been read before or
since. The most interesting thing at out
1t was the fact that Hearn was SO L ssGr
sighted he could not sce five feet hey md
the tip of his nose.-San Fr nci 80
Argonaut.