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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-20

TO RENT-To two ladies desiring to
room together, a furnished room, central
ly located, electric light, furnace heat, use
housekeeping if desired. can also have Use
of piano and telephone.
Inquire at Telegram office. 1856 If
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-20
what This Country Wants

What This Country Wants
is a court which will decide what a man
ought to have and see to it that he gets it.
That's what Life Insurance does for the
family: makes the law. makes the money
and makes the payment. Insurance is
just the same as the creation before the
fact.
National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont
Mutual) ORG ANIZED in-1S5O. s. S. Bal
Agent, Rooms 3 and 5. Miles Block. Barre
Vermont.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
The Last Chinese Actress.

Many visitors to the Celestial king
dom have noted the absence of women
from the stage. All the roles in a Chi
nese play are taken by men. This sin
gular custom Is traced back to a wom-
ans whim. The Emperor Yung
Tsching married an actress at the be-
ginning Of the eighteenth century,
when women were allowed on the
stage. The emperor died and the en-
press dowager ruled the country for
her son, the Prince Kim Sung
To satisfy her vanity this shrewd
and most peculiar woman issued a
decree In the year 1876 forbidding, un-
der penalty of instant death by the
sword of the eXecutioner any member
of her sex to appear on the Chinese
stage. after me, no one" said the
empress dowager, and since her day no
woman within the reach of Chinese
law has dared to test the strength of
her decree. In Hongkong "a British
colony women have played in Chinese
theaters, but never as yet, we believe,
In San Francisco.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
Crane CnrrIed His satcheI.

Arthur A. Leeds of Tioga met Ste
phen Crane once under circumstances
which showed how little the novelist
traded upon the fame that came to
him. Mr.. Leeds got off a train at Del
aware Water Gap. The only man on
the platform was bumped up against
the side of the depot gazing into space
He looked like farmers boy. His
trousers were baggy, his coat battered
and his hat rowdy.
Say. carry this stuff to the hotel for
me, will YOU" asked Mr.. Leeds. The
man grasped the bags and started in
the wake of Mr.. Leeds toward the
hotel.
When the hotel was reached, Mr..
Leeds lost sight of his porter for a few
minutes while he greeted friends.
Looking around for his baggage, he
saw the man who had packed it to the
hotel sitting on the piazza with his
legs on the railing. He was reading a
book
"Who's that man?" asked Mr.. Leeds.
ooh, that's Stephen Crane" some one
said. The next day Crane left the place
before Mr.. Leeds had an opportunity
for explanations.-Phila North
American
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
A Doctors Letter.

A well known NJ. L. tells an amusing
story of an old aunt of his. Being on
one occasion very nervous, she told
her physician she thought Bath would
do her good.
ITS very odd" said DIR. W., "but
that's the very thing that | was going
to recommend to you. will write the
particulars of your case to avery clev-
er man there, in whose hands you will
be well taken care Of"
The lady, furnished with the letter,
set off. On arriving at Bath, feeling, as
usual very nervous, she said to con-
tidant:
Long as DIR. Walter has attended
me he has never explained to me what
ails me. | have great mind to open
his letter and see what he has stated
of my case to the Bath physician"
In vain her friend represented to her
the breach of confidence this would be-
She opened the letter and read:
Dear Dayis-Kcep the old lady three weeks and
send her back again.
London Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
The HARD work of Congressman.

Let those who are blissfully ignorant
laugh at congressman for the easy time
they have at Washington. Only those
who have been through the mill know
how hard congressman must work IL
he is to fulfill his public duties. A
hardworking senator said to me, 81
might have made $4,000 during my
term in the senate If 1 had given as
much attention to my private business
as have given to the public business"
The amount of work which Is laid up
on member or senator is simply enor-
nous. What with the demand for pen
sions, postoffice documents, applica-
tions for promotion or discharge in the
army and many other things, men,
ber's time may be taken up with the
exactions of his daily mail A good
clerk may be Of immense help, but
some senators employ two or three
and then find there Is a great deal
which they must answer or attend to
In person.
The daily sessions from - to about
take up half day, and committee
meetings often take up the other half
for two or three days in the week. 1t
Is hard to tell when the busiest men,
bers, who are never absent from ses-
sion or from committee meeting, find
time to prepare the elaborate speeches
which they sometimes deliver. 1t is
not strange, then, that so few members
Of either chamber are found in the
reading rooms devoted to them in the
Congressional library. When they want
books from that or any other deposi-
tory, they have them sent to their
homes es.-Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
THE GLASS OF FASHION.

Crepe de chine is a popular material
for wedding gowns.
Trim your dimity gowns with hem
med frillings of white point desprit
accordion plated.
Some very swell bathing suits are
made of black satin, with a colored
linen collar and vest.
Mohair is the favorite material for
bathing suits in black, blue and gray,
trimmed with a band of white mohair
striped with braid
a pretty skirt for cycling is made
with rather deep yoke pointing down
in front and at the back, the lower
part being box plated on to this.
Jeweled neckband brooches, pins for
the hair, which c0nfine the short locks
at the back; neck chains and jeweled
or enameled belts are all very popular
Serpentlne insertions cut out of all
over lace and finished on the edge with
either black or white silk cord are used
to trim crepe de chine and yelling
gowns.
Two piece linen suits In white or
colors are all the rage. but their espe-
cial chic quality is in the fact that they
are tailor made. with exclusive smart
ness in the finish.
Very pretty fancy belts are made of
narrow bands of colored suede leather
joined at intervals with gold slides
over Il satin lining. Velvet ribbon is
also used in this way.
One variety of sporting hat made of
coarse but tight white straw has a
slightly dropping brim, and a scarf of
cream canvas with large moons of
some light color in silk scattered over
1t is twisted around the cone shaped
crown.-New York Sun
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
What Is Life?

"What Is life?" l ask the child who romps
through all the happy day,
Without care, without cloud, to mar the
sunshine Of his life.
No thought has he OF days to come, Of sorrows
and bitter strife.
He looks at me, bewildered first, then answers,
Life is play"
"What is life?" ask the youth who looks up at
the sky above
And sees therein the promise fair of all that
earth holds dear to him.
Naught recks he of blasted hopes, Of with.
cred heart and eyes made dim
By tears that come when hope is dead He an.
swers gayly. Life is love-"
"What is life2" ask the man in whose brave
face no shadows lurk,
Whose days are Allied with healthful toll, whose
plans reach out and compass all
That man holds dear. No time has he to dream
and Sights duty's call
That he is ever listening for. He answers prompt.
ly, Life is work"
what is life2" l ask the sage whose DAYS ara
gliding like a stream
To join the ocean near at hand. His life lies
all behind him now;
The world has lost its charm for him. He nuts
thin hand to his brow
And seems to muse awhile. and then he answers
sadly, "Life's dream.'
q. L. Lyman In st. Louis Post Dispatch,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07

The Bottle of Hair Tonic was in a
self congratulatory mood. "Well," ii
boasted, 81 think l can tell hair rails
ing ghost stories if any one can"
The coy Peach was very angry as
well rs STIRRED up'' when the house
keeper ladled her into the preserve jar.
Now, wouldn't that jar your she ex-
claimed, rather slangy.
The False Tooth spoke with icy
hauteur: 81 belong to the upper set "
Possibly" retorted the bobtailed Kite
incislvely, "but let it be distinctly un-
derstood that l myself move in the
highest circles"
The cracked piece of psuedo antique
China spoke frankly: "Of course I'm
not what I'm cracked up to be-
Then her femininity asserted itself,
and she finished coyly, But I'm not
nearly as old as look"
The angry Stick of Giant Powder
stormed at the proud patrician Tack.
"1ou have big head because you
have laid few carpets low" The
Tack was silent. "I'm supreme" boast
ed the Powder waxing bold. "No one
can hold candle to me, and every
one is afraid to blow me up" 'Well,"
retorted the Tack pointedly, at the
same time striking a match, nobody
can walk over n member of the Tack
family with impunlty."- philadelphia
Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07

l want new thermometer, built in a different
way,
An instrument that's adequate to measure oiu
dsmay
When there's not a breath a-stirring and the all
begins to bake
And the waters hot enough to boil the fishes In
the lake,
When the sun is like searchight and project.
its rays of heat
Without discrimination the woodland and the
street,
When everythins's a-sizzle and the steaming
world is sad
want new thermometer and want it very bad.
want new thermometer, in height at least
mile;
1t ought to be constructed on the tower of Babel
style,
With all the hurrying workmen, as they delve and
hack and hew
Exelaiming in all languages, 'Ts't hot enough fol-
your
'Twould be satisfaction to behold its metal rise,
shaft of liquid silver that would splash against
the skies.
These toy contrivances you buy-they nearly
drive one madl
want new thermometer and want It very bad.
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
Cross Words XIII n Bird.

A bird which receives scolding Is
made as miserable and unhappy there
by as child would be. To illustrate
this Our Dumb Animals tells the fol-
lowing story:
A Massachusetts woman had few
years ago beautiful canary bird
which she dearly loved and to which
she had never spoken an unkind word
In her life.
One day the church organist was
away, and she stopped after church to
play the organ for the Sunday school.
In consequence of this the dinner had
to be put off an hour, and when she got
home her good husband was very an
CRY, and he spoke to her unllindly.
The things were put on, and they sat
down in silence at the table, and pres
emily the bird began to chirp at her as
it always had to attract her attention.
To shame her husband for having spo-
ken so she turned to the bird and for
the first time In her life spoke to 1t In a
most violent and angry tone. In less
than five minutes there was a hutter-
Ing in the cage. She sprang to the
cage. The bird was dead.
Mrs. Hendricks, the wife of the late
vice president of the United States,
said that she once killed mocking
bird in the same way. 1t annoyed her
by loud singing. To stop 1t she spoke
in violent tone and pretended to
throw something at it, and within five
minutes it was dead
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
We've All Met Them,


'T've knowed," said Uncle Hiram, 'lots OF fellers
in my time
That had some right good theories, yet never had
a dime.
They talked quite hifalutin, an they made hcap
of spread
An calkcrlated somehow a somethin jes' aheadI
A feller you are KNOWN tells you coniidcntialy
OF a scheme fer maxim money les hand over fist.
you see,
But the situation sizin up, although in workin
prime,
He isn't doin anything at jes the present time.
Hes alters goin t. do 1t, he's meanin well,
doubt
Though good at thcorzin. amt wuth shucks t.
work II out
crank you couldn't call him; cranks persistent.
ly'll dream
OF jes' one thing; this feller passes on from
scheme t scheme.
Then there's the other feller close related q the
I've mentioned; he's the feller alters telln what
he's done.
Once he was rich an honOred. had his praises sung
in rhyme,
But he isn't doin anything at jes the present
time.
They're never doin nothin, far as any one can
see,
An that's jes why their talkin amt of interest e.
I'd rather with feller that was busy keep in
touch;
l can learn heap more from him, though he
doesn't talk as much.
An so," said Uncle Hiram. 'jes' observe now fer
yourself
You'll find these two I've mentioned in your
struggle after pef;
The ones been t the top, ones preparin fer T.
climb
But they amt a.doin anything at jes' the present
time"
--Dntroft Eraop
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
TAKING THE RElNS.

The promising Pennsylvania PAGER Sid.
ney Pointer, 2:14h,, by Star Pointer, has
been a mile in 2:0Ila.
1t is said that Ben Kenny will not race
Rita E, 2:1512, this year, but will save
her for another season.
Congressman Joseph w. Bailey of Tex.
as will breed nothing but trotting horses
and Angoras on his new ranch.
May Overton's PAGER by Bow Bells,
dam Rosy Morn, is stepping quarters in
boh2 seconds without extending himself.
Straight Ticket, by Baron Wilkes, who
took new record of 2:21H in a winning
race at Bradford. Pa, June ~, is totally
blind.
Fellfare, 2:1ON, sensational PAGER on
The Montana circuit several years ago, is
at work on the trot at the Cleveland
track.
The Canadian PAGER Arbuteskan,
2:O9A, is good this year. He turned the
Hamilton (Ont) half mile track the other
day in 2:10A.
Larabie the Great (3), 2:123i, is great
just now. He worked in 2:10h, trotting
the last quarter in 311a seconds at De-
troit the other day.
The California filly Eua Mac 2,
2;2iH2, by Mckinney, 2:11A, now 3, is
reported to have recently trotted half in
1:O412 at Santa Rosa
Walter S, whom Ed Geers gave a
grand circuit trotting record of 2:121s in
1896, recently took pacing mark of
2:2OH and third money at Saugus, Mass.
John Penman, formerly driver of Royal
Victor, 2:OSA, who was reported to have
died in South Africa, is said to be alive
and well and in the service of the British
government.
Friends of G. II. Brosman are anxious
to back Imp at weight for age against
Ethelbert, Kinley Mack, Jean Beraud
and any horse in training, mile and a
quarter, for $1,000 corner.
The best green PAGER at the Nashville
track is in John Hull's string. He is a
bay stallion, by a full brother to Star
Pointer. The first time he was asked to
go mile at anything like speed he step
ped all round the track in 2:25. He is
expected to beat 2:10 before the close OF
the season.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
ORCHARD AND GARDEN,

Grapes are nearly always benefited
by thinning.
Fruit for jelly is better if picked be-
fore it is dead ripe.
Uncrowded trees are more produc-
tive than crowded ones.
Rotation of crops Is as necessary in
gardening as on the farm.
Care must be taken not to cut the
asparagus plants too late.
A good tree or plant takes up no
more room than a poor one.
With apples a moderate thinning will
cause the rest to hold on better.
With fruit maturity is one stage and
rlpeness or mellowness another.
Deep stirring of the soil gives mois-
ture, and moisture makes thrifty
growth.
Oil straw, bagasse and swale hay are
good materials to use for mulchng in
the orchard.
If the grapes are to be thnned, the
work should be done as soon as the
growth is advanced enough to show
the fruit.
Raspberry and blackberry plants set
out this spring should be allowed to
grow through the season without
check.
In transplanting small plants secure
all the roots possible and keep the
plants out of the ground as short a
time as possible.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
FACTS ABOUT HAIR,

The encyclopedias regard hair falIn,
below the feet of women as extraordi
nary.
Several years ago Miss e. J. Whitten
of Topsham, Me-, was said to have hal
eight feet in length.
Marie Antoinette wore a pompadou
and rolls thrown back past her ears
Queen Anne wore side curls.
hair is succession of cylindrical O.
elliptical horny cells. Curly or kink,
hair is due to sudden "breaks" in the reg
ularity of the cellular succession.
Short hair was the style under tn,
Francis | regime, but with the court O.
Louis XIII came long hair as a fashion
curls, wigs, powders, periwigs and pc
rulles.
Samson's strength was attributed t,
his long hair, and his fate is charged III
to Delilah's shears. Absaloms wealth
of tresses was the cause of his OWL
death.
In Egypt long hair was considered OF
incumbrance. 1t was feature of beau
ty among the Hebrews and Greeks. Ro
man ladies used artificial hair and SCI
the pace for future coiffures.
Peasant girls in the south of Franc,
cultivate and sell their hair as a regular
business practice. Traders who attend
the fairs purposely to traffic in tresse.
frequently find hair five feet in length
and hair six feet long is very scarce
San Francisco Examiner.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
The Supreme Standard.


When seeking to decide what we should do,
As men or nations, in this latter day,
We hold this query constantly in view:
win it pay2
We regulate our acts by policy,
And thus the higher thought is lost to sight.
Ascend the scale. Let this our query be:
Is 1t right?
For, be assured, whateer the trimmers say
There is but one criterion, my friend.
The thing which wrongs another will not pay
In the end.
The man who seeks alone his selfish gain
May find the best OF life he's sacrificed
May find at last his treasures all are vain.
What of Christ?
Be not deceived. for every word or act
At which your brother may take lust offense
Some time the scale is balanced with exact
Recompense.
Above our little schemes and narrow creeds.
Our sanctimonious grmacing uncouth
Our vast professions and our petty deeds,
Stands the truth.
Beneath Truths shadow, with his spirit fraught,
Oh, let US rise above our greed and lust
And regulate our dealing by the thought,
Is It just2
For whatsoever we may do or say
There is one standard that is infinite:
Not, Is it policy, or, viii it pay2
Is it right2
Denver Newn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
Weight of women's Brains,

The woman's brain is always less
than the mans. From Boyd's figures
we can pick out 102 men and lib wom-
en- between GA inches and &C inches
high, averaging close on Go inches, for
each group. But the brains of the men
average 400 ounces, while those of the
women are only 41.9 ounces, which
gives the men an advantage of II per
cent. There are 81 small men whose
height averages G2 inches, and there
are 13o women of the same height. The
brains of the men weigh 1876 ounces,
those of the women only 42.9 ounces
New York Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
A PrOntnbIe DcposIt.

l remember the case of an old lady at
Il. who usually had from f13,0O0 to
t1o,OOO standing to her credit, and,
needless to say, as she did not ask for
any interest thereupon, none was al
lowed her. The manager whenever
she entered the office was always most
particular to step forward and inquire
most tenderly concerning the state of
her health, and if she replied that she
was suffering from a slight cold the
expression upon the mans face grew
quite sad. No wonder, when he re-
membered that even slight cold might
carry off an old lady who was handing
his company at least f30O a year.
"IIow to Deal With Your Banker" by
Henry Warren.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
THE TURF RECORD.

Anaconda holds the Cleveland track
record for the season, with a mile in
2:06A.
Foote has worked his Chamber of
Commerce candidate, The Private, q
half in 1:031h.
1t is reported that Henry litter in
tends to try Arion, 2:07M, and Peter
the Great 2;0TA, to pole next year.
Abbie y, 2:23h, by Hexameter, dam
Abby, 2:26, by George Wilkes, has
been shipped to prominent horseman
in Austria.
Coney, 2;07A, has not had the hop
pies on this year. He has been in
2:OS1@, the last quarter In 81 seconds,
in his work.
Frank Coyner of Delaware, o.. has
filly by Lagonda Chimes, out of Lady
Ruth, which is entered In $4,000
worth of stakes.
Four trainloads of horses, consisting
of 1,50O head, We're shipped from Bon
ham, Tex, to New Orleans for South
Africa a few days ago.
For the five months ending May 81
the United States exported 16,477
horses to England against 14,062 for
the same period last year.
Bonnie Direct the green colt in
Keating's string at Cleveland, sired by
Direct, out of Bon Bon, by Simmons,
stepped mile the other day in 2:11.
Bay Star, 2:231a, by. the PAGER Ken
tucly Star, 2:0Sh, Penn Valley farms
NJ. and NJ. candidate, is said to be
showing Jack Kinney free for all
speed.
The following nine horses obtained
new records at Point Breeze: PAGERS,
Montauk, 2:16i9; Paul Revere, 2:17H; j;
Jay Wilkes, 2:10h; Allezeitt. 2:21; Jim
my's Girl, 2:21M. Trotters, Winni-
fred NJ, PISA; Santon, 2:19h; Patrice,
2:26 Laddis, opt.
Critic, a 4year-old, by Falmont,
214A, has been half this year in
1:09h. This youngster was one of
the sensational 2-year-Old trotters of
the spring of 1898 and gave Scott Nc
Coy quite scare when he raced away
from The Merchant, 2:20, at Omaha.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07

There Is no game eXtant which so
admirably combines educational and
recreative features or which is in every
way so well adapted for popular and
profitable amusement among refined
and appreciative classes as draughts.
Its influences are Of an elevatng char
acter. 1t not only teaches, but prac-
tically enforces, the necessity of pa
thence and perseverance, courage and
courtesy, self reliance and self control.
The game is also peculiarly and self
evidently worthy of paternal encour-
agement, as q knowledge of its incom-
parable beauties will destroy the taste
for demoralizing games of chance
Scottish American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
A Close Estimate.

"I don't want to hear anybody sayin
that our boy Joslar doesn't earn his
salt" said Farmer Corntossel.
you said it yourself once" said his
wife.
well, take 1t back. don't want to
do the boy any injustice. l have been
lookin over these market quotations,
an have concluded that Joslar does
earn his salt jest about But if they'd
"a said he didn't earn his pepper 1
reckon I'd have to give ."-Washing-
ton Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
GEM IN VERSE.
Love.

Love is thing to live with,
To bless or caress or to give with
But to beg or to borrow or leave or loan.
Love is the worst thing ever knownl
Love is thing to smile with,
To charm or to kiss or beguile with;
But to cheat or to play with a heart full
grown,
Love is the ghastliest thing that's knowni
Love is thing to pray with,
To work and to hope every day with;
But to hate or to hinder or curse ones own,
Love is the sinfulest thing that's knownl
New York Press
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

From Richmond to Atlanta along
the line of the principal railways, it
seems as if it We're impossible to get
out of sight of new cotton mills either
In operation or in course of construc-
tion.
recently settled In Chihuahua, Mexico,
and these will be followed by another
party Of 800 In few weeks. A nota-
BILE fact in the history of these Nor
mon colonies in Mexico is that, though
established some 20 years ago, there
never has been the slightest trouble
between them and the MeXicans.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-07
No CalenInr Needed.

When the honeysuckle whispers with voice Of
perfume sweet,
And the leaves that gently nestled sink to silence
in the heat;
When the lightning bug Is winging
And the bullfrog starts his singing
In the brooklet where the willow and the shifting
shadows meet;
When everything is murmuring a slow ecstatic
tune,
You don't need any calendar to tell you that IT. 8
June.
When the long and lazy grasses in the dsisied
meadow set
Are making solemn curtis sies in languid mnuet; (;
When Sir Bumblebee the rover,
Plays at kissing In the clover,
While we note the swift departure Of the prudish
violet;
When there's music in the breezes and there a
magic in the moon,
You don't need any calendar to tell you that it's
June.
Washington Star.