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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
RON BURY.

-, Renew your subscription to the
TELEGRAM at your post office. IT is
the only local daily you can get at the
price of a weekly, and it is a member
OF the Associated Press. Aug. :
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
The Velocity ~ V.Iob<

The velocity Of light is 1oa 900 miles
in a second of time. From the sun
light comes to the earth in eight min.
ntes. From some Of the fixed stars
u the twelfth magnitude It takes
1000 years for the light to reach us.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
Cheap UNDERMINING

Contractor Il. L. Densmore has
bought at the quarries 1000 No. pay
ing blocks to be used for UNDERMINING,
and he will sell them for 4 cents a
piece. soft
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET

one thing John Chinaman, with all
his Ignorance, does know how to do,
and that is to shoot a gun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
$500 REWARD!

We will pay the above reward for any case 90
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache
indigestion, Constipation or Costiveness we
cannot cure with Liyerita, the Up-To.Date
~ complied with They are purely Vegetable,
and never fail to give satisfaction 25c boxes
CONAN lo0 Pills, 10c boxes contain 40 Pills, SC
ana nI limitations j. Sent by mail. Stamps taken.
NEhVlTA MEDICAL CO., Cor. Clinton and
JACKSON Sts., Chicago, III. Sold by
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26

Now we shall begin to hear some
thing from General Challce.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26

a. Canoy Cathartic, cure constitution forey..
''V' soc' NC &c. fail, druggists refund money.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26
WANTS..

WANTED-A kitchen snd table, girl.
Address, +. j. Gale, Wilianstown Gulf
House. SIT
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-26

Mrs. Gilman Virgins from Lowell,
Mass, is visiting friends in town.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
excellent country For Horse 8.

South Africa offers one of the beat
breeding grounds in the world. Ex-
perience in the Indian service has
proved that the ugly, underbred Afri-
can horse possesses much more endur-
ance than any other horse. The num-
Der of horses in South Africa is given
as follows: Cape Colony, 415,2OO;
Natal, so, ITO; Orange Free State, 27S,-
400; Transvaal, 946,9O Horse sick
ness is at times terrible plague. It
first appeared in South Africa in 1719,
and has never been stamped out. In
1854 no less than 10000 horses and
mules died of it in Cape Colony alone.
Horses which have been attacked and
have recovered are called "salted, "
and sell at very much higher prices.
The average price of horse in South
Africa is about $130.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
Tho Confcsslon.

"Ethel," said Jack Smart, as he
placed his arms around his wife and
looked down into her eyes. II have
a confession to make to you, and l
want you to promise before I begin
it, that you will forgive me"
A wild fear took possession OF her.
She placed little white hand upon
her heart, and would have fallen if her
husband had rot held her up. Her
face became livid, aud she could only
gasp: "Tell me-tell me the worst!"
"I did man out OF a cold hundred
to-day" he said, 81 confess took
advantage of him, but I trust my
darling will make allowances in view CT
the sore temptation.
The colcr came back into her cheeks,
her lips parted in glad, sweet smile,
she rested her head against his breast,
and. looking fondly up into his eyes,
said: "Oh, Jack dear, how you fright
ened me! T thought you were going
to tell me that you had kissed some
horrid woman"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
nan up AnaInst the PAINT

The Boston Transcript says that a
we'll known physician was looking at
some pictures the other day. Pres.
emily, finding himself alongside an in
telligent looking young man in an
overcoat and blond beard, he fell into
conversation with him.
'What is there" asked the doctor,
"to recommend these pictures?"
why" said the young man, ''pos-
sibly you might like the atmos-
phere-"
II didn't come in here to see atmos-
phere; came to see pictures !" And
the doctor marched nearer to one OF
them.
"oh," said the young man, 'these
pictures are not to be looked at 30
near. They require distance to give
the proper effect"
81 think you are quite right" said
the doctor; and to put the proper dis
tance between ME and them I shall
now 60 and take cab for Jamaica
Plain"
Something in the look of the young
man put strange thought into the
DOCTORS head, and, meeting the pro-
prietor out in the store. he asked
him: "Do You know who that young
man is in the gallery?"
why, yes." said the proprietor;
''that is Mr.. Clodd Mooney, who
painted the pictures !"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
j. EmbIems of Mourning.

A woman bought S25 worth OF
flowers from leading florist and gave
him two yards of black satin ribbon
with which to bind the bunch. "Par-
don me, madame" he said politely,
"but it is my iuvariable custom to ask
whether the deceased is a man OF
woman, boy or girl, baby, a
bachelor or maid. 1t would inJure
my trade to send inappropriate
emblems of mourning" She readily
perceived the commercial instinct,
and informed him that the departed
was man and widower. '"Thanks.
You have saved yourself as we'll as
me. You could not think of sending
what you have selected. 1t would be
in the worst possible taste. We
should be laughed at Exchange the
black ribbon for purple and the lilies
for bride roses" "Oh, no one will
know the difference" she urged. He
replied, bowing and pollyvoofronsay-
ing: Madame, I can not accept your
rider. Herman, return to this lady
her 1926. New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14

But the STRAIN was great When he
had lifted her up about ~ feet he be-
gen to despair of accomplishing the
task, but still he strove, for to drop
her would be fatal. Shutting his eyes,
he lifted hand over hand steadily, but
with ebbing strength. The perspira-
ton poured off him, his breath was
coming short, he felt that he could en-
dure no longer; but just then, open
ing his eyes, he saw Hortense reach
ing for the main part of the rope
hanging from the block, which he had
paid out in blight as he lifted her.
If she could reach it che might be
able to hc'.. her own weight while he
got fresh strength and breath. With
desperate effort he raised himself on
the boom little, and just when con-
pletely exhausted felt, by the ease OF
the strain, that Hortense had caught
the blight. She was two-thirds up, and
the worst of the job was over, if their
combined strength was enough for the
rest of the lift.
Now Hortense proved herself bet
ter sailor than Fred had supposed her
to be. for instead of hosting herself,
she made o half-hitch of the blight
through the bowline she Eat in, wkica
supported her weight from the end OF
the boom and left him free for rest.
So she was safe, the rest Of the lifting
was comparatively easy, and he soon
had her within reach. But to get her
upon the boom was au altogether diff
ferent matter, for she became dizzy
and faint, and absolutely refused to
t y and Chamber up beside him. The
only thing to do was to make her fast
where she was, then to cast off one OF
the gnys and swing the boom ashore
by the other.
So Fred worked his way in along
the boom to the derrick mast, found
that the guys of the boom we're easily
loosened from their eye bolts, md a.
complished his object pretty speedily.
Hortense fell on her knees on the
rock in her still dripping garments as
soon as was free from the rope that
had saved her, and at once gave
thanks to Heaven; then she rose and
led the Boston boy back few hun
dred yards from the edge of the cliff
to little shanty almost full of brandy
casks that had been landed by that
same derrick. With little difficulty
she persuaded the deaf old Frenchman
who lived there that Fred was call
right" So he took them both to
Burgeo next day. where Fred caught
his steamer, and left Hortense looking
for fisherman who would take her
back to st. Pierre.-Youth's Com
psnion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
Church Nam ss in E.ectrici,x.

Electric signs are o feature OF upper
Broadway. They are to be found in
front OF nearly all the theatres, and
have como to be regarded as the par
ticular property Of theatres and cafes.
But now the church steps in and dis
putes the right of theatres to attract
patronage with electricity. The pas
tor of the First Reformed church of
Williamsburg has put up great elec-
trio sign in front of the ediGce, and
on Sunday nights one can read the
name of the church in blazing letters
long way off. There are several
churches in Greater New York which
have an electrically lighted cross on
top of the steeple, but the emblazon-
ing OF the name of the church in
front is som hing new in church dec
grafton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14

exchange her hair for the gaudy stuff,
as it would make her such fine
apron. It is q grand comedy, this.
They talk, those two. they discuss,
they haggle. Examine closely the caps
of the women. You will notice the
two bands of hair underneath the
white linen on the forehead, but oil
the rest is so scrupulously hidden
that he must be remarkably clever
who could tell woman with her hair
on from one who has just been shorn
by the merchants. =
"a fairly rich farmer wife is seen in
the second large picture; and from
motives of hygiene, as we'll as avarice,
she has offered her head to the SCISSORS
of the shearer. On the right OF the
photo you will notice an old woman
holding the united cap of her mistress,
while the latter is being shorn. Here
again, then, we get another curious
glimpse of the industry, and we see
that all:the country women dc not act
Iin this way solely for money, but 80,
tually seek relief from the weight Of
their superb heads Of hair.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
HUMOROUS.

"Dead men tell no tales" ''They
don't have to; they leave widows who
can do the talking"
Uncle Sam lat long-distance 'phone)
I'D like to speak to John Bull
Voice lat other end)-He's busy just
now.
Lawyer(speaking of prisoner at bari
II can say on oath, Sir, that 1 have
Seen this man in places where would
be ashamed to be seen.
Old Lawyer-How are you getting
along? Young lawyer have one
client. Old Lawyer-Is he wealthy?
Young Lawyer--He was.
Fortune Teller-And see dark
man who will give you trouble. The
Widow Ito herself The coalman!
Why didn't pay his bill? y
Large Lady-Could you see me
across the street, officer? New Police
man-Shure, ma'am, it's tin tonnes
tn distance OF could see yez.
"George, father has failed. ''That's
just like him. I told you all along,
darling, TINT he was going to do all he
could to keep US from marrying"
She vowed upon her lips she'd set seal
And never to the world her plans reveal;
But when she walked about the tale was
told ..
Her hat was new-but all Its trimmings, old. .
'sPa," said the small boy, his eyes
looking longingly at the new mechan-
ical top, you've showed me how to
work 1t now for an hour. Let me
try"
.eWhat do you mean by 'secundus,
.tertius,' tquartus' and 'quintus?' "
inquired the stranger. 81 am calling
the floors, sir?" replied the new eleya-
tor boy from Boston, with dignity. Is
"GiYe me some familiar proyerb
about BIRDS" said the teacher. Tom
my Tucker raised his hand. The
early bird he paused a moment,
and tried it again. The early bird,
Yes . said the teacher encouraging
|sIy. That's RICH {: e. he early bird
gathers no moss. :. &
Henry, wake up Y exclaimed Mrs.
Peck. sim positive hear burglars
downstairs. Get up and see if you
can locate them" 'I'm surprised,
my DEAR" replied Henry.as he buried
his head under the pillow, "to think
you would so far forget yourself as to
ask me to associate with vulgar bur-
glars"
AS he was about to sink for the
third time, he, of course, recalled
everything in his past life. His conn-
tenance radiated with Joy. "Ah" he
exclaimed. "Since I now remember
what it was my wife told me to get
downtown today,I have no further oc-
casion to drown" Accordingly he
swan ashore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
The Feminine Observer.

Suspense is the most trying of all
emotions.
The keenest disappointment has
always somn compensation.
You car aver convince man that
a luncheon can be as satisfying as a
dinner.
Some persons look rs though they
were having q good time when they
are riding to funeral.
It is not until bubble bursts that
we realize that its beauty was pro-
duced only by soap and water.
A child feels that life is worth liv-
ing when it is allowed to drive with
out some grown-up holding the reins
back of it.
The absent. minded woman never
feels so silly as when she hands her
fare to some man who is not the con-
ductor.
No matter how poor horse man
drives if he has on light driving
coat he feels the true sportsman g
spirit within him.
If o woman hns but one gray hair
In her head 1t ia goiug to show lust at
the time when abs is trying to Impress
some ons that aha is Younger than sue
really Is. Philadelphia Timea
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
} FHE HUMAN HAIR L
!, HARVEST In BRITTANY
Hacooooooooooooooooooooc
ANY persons have heard of
the extraordinary markets.
held periodically in differ
ent towns on the continent

ent towns on the continent
of Europe; to which women and girls
come to sell their hair for money or
goods; but we believe no actual snap
shot photos of the traffic itself have
ever been taken-or, if taken, have
ever been published. Obviously the
vendors do not care to be perpetuated
in this matter, and III. Geniaux HIM
self had more than one narrow escape
from the infuriated ladies who were
selling their tresses to the itinerant
merchant-b BARRIERS. Sf
The traffic in artificial hair is o big
business. It is interesting in itself;
and quito readable article might be
prepared as the result of an interview
with an extensive dealer in human
hair in London or any other great
capital. This information, however,
is accessible to any journalist who
cares to go and get it, and beyond
bare mention it forms no part of this
paper, which deals rather with the
fountainhead (the joke is not inten.
tionaD of this curious industry. -
I visited one Of the great Paris colt.
feurs, writes Charles Geniaux, in the
Wide World Magazine, and he made
the startling statement that when
they reach certain age-say, forty or
fifty years-almost all the ladies in
Paris use artificial hair, particularly
those who wear the hair i'll twists, or
who affect the archaic style. Why
he said, "do you know the price of q
single kilogramme lover two poundsl
of first-class hair-hair that has been
sorted, cleaned and prepared? Well.
sir, do not sell it under thousand
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
AN AvAR1o1oUs MOTHER ABOUT no SELL
HEE cHILDREN's HAIR.
or eighteen hundred francs, accord
ing to color, texture aud general

or eighteen hundred francs, accord
ing to color, texture aud general
beauty. 81
"And," he continued, "thanks to
the life of high pressure which we
lead in these modern days the de-
mard is becoming greater and
greater"
With these Interesting statements
still ringing in my ears, left the
coiffeur and resolved to find out for
myself the origin of those mountains
of human hair used by the wigmakers
of Paris.
Luck was soon to satisfy my curios-
ity, for not long afterwards, in the
course of journey through Brittany,
my attention was arrested by certain
conversations on the subject OF sale
of hair. I was told that the peasant
women round about had their hair cut
off periodically and sold to the mer-
chants who went 8 hearing from vii
lage to village. I made inquiries
without losing o moment, and soon
found out that one Of the most i'm
portant of these markets was about to
be held in the month of June at the
Fair of st. Fiacre.
In a few days I was blithely climb
ing the hill on whose summit is held
ths famous Fair of st. Fiacre, which is
attended by practically the whole
agricultural population of Morbihan.
In the centre of large plateau is O
round chapel. A few walls, some
courtyards, two or three farms, and q
little timber on the limit of the far
reaching horizon. Such is the battle
field on which the agricultural inter-
ests of the entire Department ar
ray themselves. Also, young men
come from far and near to this
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
THE SECRET OF vENTRILoauIsM,
A Trick Which Has Deceived Many I'm
auspecting Audiences.

A Trick Which Has Deceived Many I'm
suspecting Audiences.
ventriloquis m as q vaudeville spe-
cialty is about played out, said vet
eran Snowman who passed through the
city few days ago. 1T was always
a great fake. OF course, We know
nowadays that there is NO such thing
as throwing the voice, and that it is
simply an illusion in which the eye
plays bigger part than the ear. For
instance O man is seated on the stage
with o mechanical dummy on his knee,
and you hear voice. The mans face
is stiff and the jaws of the dummy are
wagging-naturally you Jump to the
conclusion that the voice comes from
the doll. If you were right beside
them you would know better, but you
are too far away to exactly locate the
sound. That's the principle of the
whole thing, but in the old days the
voice throwing theory was generally
accepted.
g" remember in the season of 1890
was manager for clever prestidigi-
tator who was also rentriloquist.
His claimed to be able to throw his
voice AZ feet, and land it in space 10
inches in diameter as you might
speak of pitching baseball or d QUOT.
It was a most absurd contention, but
lie stuck to it-even to me in private,
and we had stock story we used to
work off on the country papers, about
his appearing at coroner's inquest
and making the corpse accuse o. sus-
pected person of murder. AT that
instant the climax ran, a hollow
voice issued from the dead mans
throat 1t was very thrilling yarn,
and, in the course of time, my boss
got to believe it himself, and would
narrate the details with every evidence
of good faith.
'During the performance he used
to order everybody off the stage, but
occasionally woul leak around be-
hind and listen through peep hole,
and it was wonderful how the illusion
was lost. frequently, on the road. he
would be embarrassed by requests to
throw his voice into this thing or
that to further some practical joke, and
would always reply that his larynx
was trifle infamed.' Still he was q
capital rentriloquist-one of the very
best, believe, that was ever in the
business.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14
yapAN's NAVAL STRENGTH.
In a War With Russia She Would More
Than Hold Her Own.

Than Hold her OWN.
With regard to the probable result
of a naval war between Japan and
Russia, the Russians have never dis
tinguished themselves in war since
the battle of Pultowa They were
beaten by the Persians at the end OF
the last century on the Caspian sea.
1t is true thattthe Persians were under
IN Englishman, named Elton, who
organized the Persian army for Nadir
Shah, and trained the most unnautical
nation in the world to become domi-
nant in the Caspian. The Japanese
are naturally good men-of-war's men.
They are ready, resourceful, obedient,
cheerful and familiar with the sea
from their youth up. Russia, despite
her vast extent of territory and great
coast line, has practically no seafaring
population of her OWE race. Her
naval recruits are drawn almost entire
ly from the Baltic coast, the shores OF
Courtland, and the Baltic Provinces.
The isher-folk of these regions are
not of the Slavonio race. They are
German in origin, in feeling and in
religion. Many of them dislike, or
rather hate, the Muscovite. They
submit to discipline because their leu
tonic instinct impels them to obey.
The Baltic recruit has no pride in
the service. He gets drunk whenever
he can, and he deserts when opportu.
nifty arises. Russian seamen who are
not Slars are very rarely allowed ashore
iii foreign port. aud the discrimination
in the Russian navy between the re-
crnit of the Baltic Provinces and the
-blooded Slav in such matters as
leave and punishment does not popu-
larize the service. The true-born
Russian abominates the sea- He is
an inland creature. loving o gallop
over the steppes and the free mir of
the boundless plains. The carly Slav
race used the same word to designate
the ocean and death. Russian sailors
are stupid, Russian punishments are
degrading, Russian habits drunken.
The experience Of Russian seamen
is scanty.
Two thirds of the men in the Rus
.au imperial navy have never fred
shot or shell from a gun adoat. For
six months in the year they are laid
up in harbor. This discipline to which
Russian sailors are subject is so rigor-
GUS as to kill those sentiments OF self
respect which striko American and
English officers as the first requisite
of good man-ofIwars man. Edu-
Gated society in Russia is not happy
as to the chances of success in q war
with Japan. To despatch all the mill
tary stores, the commissariat, and the
army itself, including the transport
for 25O, 900 men, is task under which
Russian services, with their peculiar
habits of self-indulgence and tradi-
tions of corruption, may easily break
down. On these grounds 1 think that
Japan will more than hold her own
for the first year Of the fight. Arnold
White, in Harpers' Weekly.
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fair to offer their services and
hire themselves as laborers to the
farmers. They look picturesque
enough, these fellows, as they flock
in together, holding in their hands
long peeled twigs. As soon as q
farmer has hired one Of them, the
young man breaks his willow stick as
q sign of the engagement, and from
that lnomeut he enters the seryiyc Of
his new patron.
Bui do you know what the maidens,
and even the old women, are doing in
the meantime? Why, they are busy
excha aging their hair for articles OF
clothing and miscellaneous sundries
dear to the feminine heart! I must
now set down accurately and In de-
tail ell I saw and heard dnring my
undoubtedly parilous mission, Talk
about sheep.shearing station in
Australia! Why, II Is nothing to
what I saw. l7irst OF ell, however, Q
word Of explanation il necessary.
In England, this extraordinary
traffic would be almost inposHible;
end, IN consequences very little human sll
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14

I do not know the weird vocabulary
of Breton insults, but the mother Of
the little girl seen in the two 81 rgls
column pictures made my ears ps 81.
lively ring with her furious howls.
First of oil, she hid her children in
her skirts. Then I pretended to 60.
but suddenly turning round, I sec ured
snapshot of the little girl with
her cap of, and her pretty, fair
hair tossed over her shoulders. The
poor little thing was crying. Probably
someinstinct had warned her of the
barbarity of this custom. Her mother,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14

however, was eager for gain, and we'll
knew that children's locks, more es-
pocially whan golden, are worth most
of all. And so she bartered the ohild's
hair for a piece of cloth. The two
little maidens of five and six were very
tiny, but, all the same, they were
dressed like grown-up people, and had
to submit to the common fate. Notice
on the right the unintelligent faces of
the PEASANTS. So long as the country
folk remain in their present condition
of ignorance, this strange traffic will
continue.
In the other photo the mother is
covering the scalp of her shorn little