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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02
Allie and Death Fight.

Mr. w. A. Hines of Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous escape from
death says, Exposure after the measles in
duced serious lung trouble, which ended
in Consumption. had frequent heinorr-
ges and coughed night and day. All my
doctors said | must soon die. Then began
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery which
wholly cured me. Hundreds have used il
on my advice and all say it never fails to
cure all Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. "
Regular sige soc. and 81 90. Trial bottles
tree at Parlor Drug Store. DIV
Let every one do his part to make
Barre's celebration Of the Glorious
Fourth a success.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02
Prices for the big vaudeville show
next week, II, % and 81 cents.

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night, itching piles. Doan's
Ointment cures quickly aud permanently.
At any drug store, so cents. GW
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. d. b. Careic of Washita,
|. II. He writes: "ltlectrit Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which has caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible sores
would break out on her head and face, and
thu best doctors could give no help. but now
her health is excellent Electric Bltters is
the best blood purifier known. It's the SUI
preine remedy for eczema, letter, salt
rheum, ulcers. boils and running sores. Il
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, ex-
pels poison, helps digestion, builds up the
strength. Only soc. Soda al the Parlor Drug
Store. Guaranteed. d W
X. w. Morse returned from Ran
dolph today with fine colt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02

Chas. Ilelvosa is moving this after
noon from the Gale house on Church
street.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02

Change of bill each night at the
opera house all next week.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-02

All the healing, balsamc virtues OF the
Norway pine are concentrated in Dr. Wood S
Norway Pine Syrup, natures own remedy
tor coughs and colds. DIV
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which was Just wide enough Iof
sheep to pass through. This DONE L
would jOt down the number ID my
book and then let my foreman
John Martin, take my place as long as
he could stand it. We were getting
along nicely, and had counted up 10
GO0O, when Martin made an unpleas-
ant discovery. The gate when was
the entrance to the first corral was
next to the partition fence, and the
"greaser" who was tending the gate
was forcing sheep through the loose
fence back into the first corral, "nen
they would be counted the second
time!
Martin at once informed me of the
fraud, and l stopped the count ana
hailed our Mexican friend. 10 our
accusations he replied with dlgnl-
fed "No sabe." Martin then hustled
up the swarthy Interpreter, and we
gave them some lively talk, but 1t left
the senior quite undisturbed. The IN
terpreter finally told us the greaser
wouldn't do it again" but that dio
not settle for what had been recount
ed. The delay was annoying and 1t
took us the whole of that day to count
the $4,000 wethers and get them out
80 we could hold them safely that
night. -
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sHbes next morning the Wethefs were
'started on their thousand-milel trip to.
Nebraska. The 10000 animals we're.
divided into FIVE bands, each In charge
of herder on foot. One extra nan
went along to act tas night W
The cook travelled in the Ex
the foreman Of the gang "a !,
rett, rode on horseback. ~ y q
The day after starting the Swethers'
Martin and I undertook to- count the
$4,000 lambs. AS on the first day, we.
were we'll under way when we discoys.
cred another fraud. One Of my men
detected a "greaser" in the act of
driving a small band, which had been
counted and turned out, around
through a ravine and back toward
the host of sheep waiting to enter the
first corral. Ws stopped, the swindler'
in time, however. l then scattered my
men out at all points where fraud
might be attempted, and then proceed
ed with the count
The morning after we mad counted
the lambs we stated them after the
others. ! hired horse from a Santa
Fe stable and went with them for q
short distance, riding on ahead with
Martin to overtake the first outfit.
Convinced that the men knew their
business and would make the great
divide without serious trouble, re-
turned to Santa Fe. Then, as my
business interests would not permit of
longer absence, returned to Nebras-
ka by rail. AS to the details of the
trip, Mr.. Charles Taylor, who was one
of my herders and is still in my en-
ploy, will. give t. m:
started as a herder with the bunch
of lambs which Mr.. DAILY had bought
in Santa Fe, and was with the outfit
for the whole trip. There were some
features of the trip which might have
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The Crusade In BrIef.

Australasia has about $50 lodges If Good
,inemplurs, with 10000 members.
ney. H., is without saloons for the
fl &c time In iorty-tour years Crawford
c. unity is now entirely under local prohi-
bision.
" The nation holds open the front door
of the saloon while the devil tends the
hack door that leads to the gutter, the
brothel and hell.
A Christian Prohibition Leaoue has
been organized at Sioux Falls. S. d. It's
motto is: Tie church solid for prohibi-
ton; when the church says so. and votes
10, then the saloon will go.
New York and Ohio forbid the employ
incnt by railways and other common car
riers of passengers. OF persons known to
be addicted to the use Of intoyicants.
The temperance league at Breckenridge.
Ky, has a standing reward OF $25 to pay
anyone who brings about a conviction for
;he illegal sale of Iiqaor in the town.
The City Council OF Topeka. Kan. has
passed the old search and seizure liquor
ordinance Besides giving the police pow
or to search for and seize liquor, it pro-
vides a penalty tor the violation OF the
law.
The Earl and Countess OF Carlisle in
England. have cleared all the public
houses off their estateS. In one case. Hall
bankgate. vote Of the inhabitants was
taken. and four to enc decided TO have
prohibition.
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large corntield, and found that We
could save three miles by going
through it instead of around. Martin
said, simply, "Take 'em through" and
we did. On the farther side stood q
man with shotgun waiting for US.
whats the damage?" asked Mr..
Martin. ,-
Twenty dollars, and not q cent
less answered the farmer. Martin
paid him the money and on we went
We reached the little town of Stev-
enson on the evening Of the last day
of September-iust five months from
the day we started. The second bunch
had Overtaken us, and we went
though the town with our twenty
nine thousand odd sheep. The fog of
dust we raised nearly smothered the
town.
l enjoyed the whole drive, and we
all came through in the best Of health.
l found I had gained twenty pounds
in weight and never felt better.
(Signed) CIIAS. TAYLOR.
The sheep came through their thou.
sand-miie drive in good condition
much better than if they had been
shipped" in. Since that time many
other sheepmen have followed my cX.
ample and trailcd in their sheep
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been called hardships, but / myself
enjoyed it. l have worked with sheep
the greater part Of ten years. and do
not mind little Inconvenience.
Our $4,000 lambs were run in six
bands, with herder in charge OF
each; so there were five herders be-
sides myself. Mr.. Martin was fore
man of our crew, Frank Willis was
cook on our wagon, and John Norris
was night herder. We left Santa Fe
on the 1st day Of May, and the weatL-
er was hot. On3the second day we
discovered that the wethers which
were ahead 6f us were getting the
best of the feed anG not leaving
enough tender stuff for our lambs.
They were travelling slowly. and Mr.
Martin determined to- set ahead. So
we made a night drive; overlook them,
made a circuit around theE camp, and
the next morning our ;lamRs were lead
ing the way, -.
r New Mexico is always a:dry region,
and the spring had been unusually
dry, so that the grass. was not very
good and the dust something terrible.
Dust; by the way, issalways tie worst
feature Of the trail: The cloud that
hangs over the flock .:looks, from a
distance, like the. smoke from q prai-
rie fire. Our faces were black most Of
the time. We all wore eye shields of
tinted isinglass to- protect our eyes,
otherwise some of us might have gone
blind.
After we. had passed Las Vegas,
some fifty miles from Santa Fe, we be-
gan to descend from the high levels
to the lower plains, and the hills were
almost impossible.
From Las Vegas on into Colorado the
grass was burned brown with the
drought, and water was scarce. Of
course we had to depend. on ponds OF
streams for our water supply. Some
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A FH0USAND MILES WlFA
AN ARMY OF SHEEP.
Ey r. H. Daily, Of Omaha, Neb.

I have for years been engaged ut
various times in the handling Of sheep,
being what is called 4 "sheep feeder"
A feeder" is a man who receives
sheep from the ranges into the feed
lots, where they are fattened for mar
ket; and he is distinguished from .
breeder" who grows his sheep on
the range. Some years since 1 con-
tracted with a Mexican gentleman liv-
ing in Santa Fe, in New Mexico, to
buy 10000 New Mexico sheep. Owins
to some difficulties with the railroad
company in the matter Of feigEt rates
I determined to have the sheep
''trailed through" to Nebraska, which
in Western parlance means driving
them overland. My ranch and feed lots
were at that time located at Stevenson,
in Central Nebraska; and it was my
intention to get the sheep to my yards,
there fatten them on grain, and then
send them to the Omaha market.
I had contracted for the sheep in
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Mahogany Is Plentiful Nowadays.

Mahogany Is no longer the rare and
hardly procurable wood that it was in
our grandparents days, when a table
or chest made from it was an unmis-
taxable indication Of prosperity and
gentility. Now it is used in railroad
cars, in tie finish of private houses,
hotels, and for a hundred purposes
formerly undreamed of.
A steamer in the service of o large
importing house brings in over a
million feet of mahogany lumber on q
single trip. Where 1000 feet of lum-
Der were brought to this country on
slow sailing vessels twenty-five years
ago, 1000, 900 feet are brought on
rapid steamers now. The character
of the wood has changed, however.
The best mahogany came from Cuba
and San Domingo, but all the ma
hogany near the roads and water
why's was used. There is still plenty
of mahogany in Cuba, but it is too
difficult and expensive to obtain. The
mahogany Of San Domingo and Cuba
was superior in hardness, in the
beauty OF. its grain and in its sus-
ceptibility to high polish. Next in
quality is the Nicaraguan wood, which
is imported in large quantities. The
American firm which has the sole con-
troll of the wood on the Atlantic coast
OF Nicaragua is under contractto plant
two trees forieyery one cut down, and
these, it is estimated, will be ready:
for the market in fifty years.
Africa has millions of acres of ma
hogany, which is just beginning to
come into the market, bnt it is not as
good in quality as the Nicaragua wood
New York Press.
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the spring, and if 1 had consigned
them by train I should not have res
ceived them all before October. But
as I decided to "tail' them in, it was
necessary to receive them in the
spring, for the drive would certainly
take close upon six months.
In the month of April engaged my
men; 1 also bought two good heavy
carts as 'grug wagons" four strong
mules, and two good saddle-horses, to-
gether with all camp utensils and 9th
er necessities for the trip. The wag-
ons, mules, etc, sent doEn to Santa
Fe by freight. My men sent at the
same time their tarpaulins and blank
cts. Two men next went down with
the goods and animals to take care Of
them. The others followed with me
a little later on passenger train.
Altogether there were seventeen men
in my employ detailed to bring the
sheep through. Two were to act as
foremen, two as cooks, and the others
as herders. 1t was necessary to divide
the sheep into two flocks for driving;
hence the two foremen and cooks I
bought my supplies in Nebraska, be-
cause I could get them cheaper there
than in Santa. Fe. and, besides, was
sure of getting what l wanted.
Arrived at Santa Fe, We immedi-
ately set about getting the sheep to-
gether ready for their long drive. The
Mexican with whom I had contracted
for the 10000 had, in turn, sub-con-
tracted with numerous small Mexican
ranchmen for the required number.
His agreement with me was to deliver
at Santa Fc the specified number and
quality of animals. There were sew
cral reasons for buying in this way.
For example, the MeXicans in the out
living distrits know nothing of money
drafts and cheques, and gold would
have to accompany every purchase.
And to traverse these wild hills and
canons with money in ones posses
sion would be positive madness, un-
less, indeed, one had a well-armed
company as body-guard.
Well, the small bands Of sheep were
speedily brought in and grazed around
the town, until finally my Mexican
told me through his interpreter that
he was ready to hand over the lot.
These grandees, by the way, usually
profess not to speak English, and SO
all negotiations have to be conducted
through an interpreter.
l had bought $4,000 lambs and 12,-
900 two and three-year-old wethers.
We first undertook to count the weth-
ers. The flock, or band as it is termed
there, was rounded up and got ready
to run through the corrals. Two
fiimsy corrals were constructed, side
by side, with only division fence
between them. From the first corral
a V-chute with narrow gate at the
end led into the second. The sheep
were driven into the first pen or cor
raj until it was filed, and then were
counted through the chute into the
second. One thing which added to
the difficulty Of counting was the fact
that the corral was not large enough
to hold the whole number at once.
had to count part of them first, and
then turn them out and hold them to-
gether while l counted the rest. 1t
turned cut later that this gave US
plcnty 10 do, and besides, gave abun-
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CHAPTER xxx.
IN THE SANTIAGO CANYON.

Upon q rustic seat, beneath the
spreading branches of live-oak tree,
sat two ladies in silent but pleased
contemplation of two little girls who
were at that moment amusing them
selves with the fallen "cups and
saucers" of the cak. by which name
they described the acorns and their
outer rings, with which thu green
sward was thickly covered. The
younger and by far the more beautiful
of these two ladies was dressed IN
white, but the black sash that defined
her slender waist and the knots of mar
row black ribbon at the throat and on
the sleeves served to indicate that the
wearer was in mourning, while the
pensive and somewhat worn young
face of the lovely mourner showed
plainly enough that her grief had been
a heavy one. The second lady was
evidently many years older than her
companion. although a merry heart
and happy life had made the years pass
so lightly as hardly to leave the traces
of their flight. She was the mother
of the little girls, and her companion
was their governess; but the position
of the latter was merely nominal. Her
employer was a dear aud intimate
friend, who thad, in early girlhood,
been the friend of her young gov
erness' mother, and who now
felt far more like mother toward her
early friends daughter than mere
employer for paid services.
Dolores" said Mrs. TEavers, sud
denly breaking the silence, edo you
know, dear, that it distresses me to
observe that the sadness I thought ut
first wholly due to your bereavement
and loneliness does not grow less with
4Gme?"
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Iant chances for fraud. From what
follows you will understand why I do
not give the Mexican's name. The
corral was filled with sheep and / took
nv station at the chute to count as
they streamed through. Nowit is
dizzy work counting sheep, I9copld
count up to about 500, and then I
would become so dizzy watching the
swiftly moving stream of animals 3hat
I would have suddenly to shut the
gate that closed the narrow exit.
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General Roberts on Temperance.

At the annual meeting in London of the
British Army Temperance Association.
General Sir George White the hero of
Ladysmith, presiding, a letter was read
from Lord Roberts, who wrote:
There never was more temperate
army than that which marched under my
command from the Modder River to-
Bloemfontein. Nothing but good can re-
suit from SO many soiuiers being brought
together in an arduous campaign when
they see how spiendidly our temperance
men have borne up against the hardships
and dangers they have had to face
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THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

The Man With the Pull-A1nong womeA
the Drink Habit is Rapidly on the In
crense-This Indicates q Degenerate
Tendency That is Alarming.
O I amt got any grammar, and I amt up
on the rules
That are s'posed to be great leather for
the principals of schools,
But that there won't cut no fgger when
they come to pass on me,
For always buy my liquor of leadin'
school trustee!
l amt much on education,
But I'll get the situation,
For I've got pull that's pretty, don't
you see!
I can mix dandy cocktail and put up
poos caffay!
I can give you all the records of the fight
ers of the day.
/ control the ward I live in; all the voters
bow to me,
And always buy my fine cut of leadin'
III take no examination,
But I'll get the situation
You just keep your optics on me and
you'll see! ~
There are others who are after this here
job want to land,
They can write and reel off grammar and
such rot to beat the band;
They can igger without pencils, they can
spin out historee, ti5
But they don't 90 buyin' nothin' from no
leadin' school trustee!
They are long on education, IL
But they amt got no relation >.
On the board to help 'em get there cont
you see! Z
Why do people keep on dumpinf in their
taxes, anyway, a
# the boys that gets the vote out tain't.
allowed to draw the pay?
I amt never done no teachin, but need
the salaree, t
Which the same I've went and mentioned
to a leadin' school trustee!
e., I'll take no examination.
All wants the situation,
And I've got the pull to land it-wait and
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About Borrowing Trouble

The gravest mistake. and one tha.
is unfortunately only too frequently
made. is to meet troubles halt way.
These will come soon enough: they dc
not want any encouragement. and
very often when they d. come they
are not half so formidable as we imag
ined they would be. Anticipation in
some cases is worse than the reality.
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were without water altogether, and
for five days the sheep had no water
at. oil. We boarded the little we had,
but ut length it was all gone. For
two whole days,,i in intense July heat,
we hadn't; drop for ourselves. The
sheep had been five days without wa.
ter when we approached the Canadian
River I'VE were fully mile from the
bank when the poor animals scented
the water and stampeded. We did
our very best, but we might as well
have triedsto stop the wind In one
mad whirling rush, gathering speed
as they went, the bands crowded to-
gether and reached the river in
dense, struggling mass. They plunged
in, climbing over each other, and pill
ing up until IT looked as If we might
lose them aH we, of course, plunged
after: them, towing, dragging. and
throwing sheepSput OF the river, unit!
every man vISs; aite exhausted. When
We e got ; tie 4 81 81 NC n the tangle we
.,s 8 ~ r5ElSf< Z "a. ..s. - -.
ialnps iaa5ls uro & ss<3 - a ~ @ loue l,. gaIA
% 49, 9 :ss U 3 y no.u ~, 'neir
eanas saa'. =. I.,aa hson. .ne ., Nv
g, er 9al anos = 1 s.1 palu q. : eime.
: Inis ~ 9 a y, n s..sss "ete q aDie :.
10 Z ge13 $! "a s. SSss,ss.. |sissss q,
9I sstElaEssss asan splenlsn oul
stoEes 2seass9a sasss M u onr COOK
Y Woul9 eIs.' IS ssse - - 81 sSnie .oNn y,
near .n us ssW : ne a. - lsep.l lsseopne.nihg'
Snr 9.aI prlnci 2Eesa, , pacon
gf !! ) gravy g .y| I ekea ss every
me ~ y mlgnt
ppoeed mutton Tor
y|tll sonnet e sti ll35s y did not,
loleh we hae .s Ivy sheep IN
front of us. e. leep men mel VIII
eat mutton ! my Aeil MQpid nave 10
be very hungry indeed 4 70 eat i.
4 Ne e g slol loMeG 1I2 z1 y spgt struck
:0lt aef0se qsa wherever 1or-
age wa S a t x III liEl lt sWe always
tried i EaAs + M e e q side cr q the camp,
rect aa apy peculiar no
|tiors asiq & only iis sls oyl1 "a quietly
on q tillf|id 1 M tas!1e ll only aSont;
eight m6es g. aB gave are 5Lsess
sheep pleE5 o tsrae o g llles niie:
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of it was pretty thick-".thick enough"
the boys said, ito carry in a gunny-
sack" But a man is not at all par
ticular when he is ION the trail"
Sheep are not heavy drinkers and can
do without water if there are heavy
dews on the grass, but on this occa-
sion the air was so dry that dews
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The tux on coffee amounts in France
to about fourteen cents pound, while
in England it is only three cents.
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Old friends are sometimes dearest
because they, owe you tue most money.
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sure that man to whom she was en-
gagged was really in love with you, and
that is why you we're obliged to steal
away so mysteriously." .s
eyes, dear Mrs. Travers, I am OBJ
liged to let you guess that much;
but please spare me from saying
more. Perhaps I may never see
dear Polly again; indeed, knowing all
that I do now, it will be impossible.
For she is by this time, or will be
soon, married 20 Lord Clarence---"'
"Lord Clarence?'" exclaimed Mrs.
Travers excitedly. ''You never called
him so before! Surely it cannot be
possible? Is he Clarence Stanley?"
"That was the name I knew him
BY" said Dolores, in very guarded
tone.
By this time she knew oil that Van
Tassel knew as to the identity Of
Clarence Stanley and Carlos Mendoza.
"How extraord dinary this isl" Mrs.
Travers said, in answer to the words
of Dolores. "And how strange that I
should be the one to give Lord Har-
old Moray this most interesting news.
You must know, my dear, that there
is the greatest anxiety in the Stanley
family now to find this missing Lord
Clarence. 1t was just about the time
we left New York that the news was
published of the death of Lord Apple
by and his only child; and few days
before I had met the heir-at-law,
Lord Harold Moray, who had recently
arrived in this country in search of
the missing heir. Lord Appieby was
still living when Lord Harold left
England; and the latter, 80 far from
wishing the succession to Winder-
mere for himself, had only one desire
to find Clarence Stanley, who was
betrothed to Constance Moray; and
oh dear-when he does find him now,
how will it be, since you say he is
probably married to Polly Hamilton?"
Dolores clasped her hands in de-
spair and became quite pale.
"Oh, my poor, dear Polly!" she
said. "She has given her heart to a
wretch-to q morster-I fear; and
everything I hear about him only con-
firms my own feeling against him,
which declared itself from the first
moment of our meeting"
"Well, yes," said Mrs. Travers, che
seems to be something of Don Clio