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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
:OERpsEN FRoL|Cs.
The Naval Reserves Hold Series OF
Athletic Games.

New York, Feb. 9,-The Athletic
committee of the First Naval Batal-
lion, have arranged some interesting
features for the athletic games known
as Derpsen Frolics, to be given on
board the the US. S. New Hampshire,
this evening. The program consists
of various races and contests. The
object of the game is to raise funds
for the support of the athletics of
the battalion.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
THREE DAYS conference.
Christian Alliance Meets in New
York.

New York, Feb. 9.-The Christian
and Missionary Alliance of this city
will hold a three days conference in
Association hall, beginning today and
continuing until the 18th. Rev.
d. w. LeLachenc of China. who at
present is one of the field supcrin-
tendents, will deliver an address.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
WILL INCORPORATE.
Armour & Co. Obliged to do This on
Account of P. D. Armour's Death.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-As result OF the
death of p. ID. Armour, Jr., 1T IS Sald
that the packing firm of Armour 4
Co. will be incorporated to insure a
continuity of management. There IS
to be. not change of policy.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
PORTO RICAM TARIFF.
Payne Presents Report on the Bill in
the House.

Washington, Feb 9.--In the house
today, Payne, chairman of the ways
and means committee, presented a
report on the Porte Rican tariff bill.
Richardson of Tennessee presented
the views of the minority. Mccall of
Massachusetts presented the separate
dissenting opinion. Payne gave no.
tce of the call Of the bill next Thurs
day.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
o'BR!EN-kIEL.
Fight Tonight f5r Side Bet of $1,000.

San Francisco, Feb. 9.-Undcr the
auspices of the National Athletic club
Jack O'Brien and Al Mel will fight
tonight at Woodward's Pavilion for a
large purse. Both men are confident
of victory. They have made a side
bet of $1,000.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09

f. A. Drown & 90. guarantee every
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and will refund the money to any
one who is not satisfied after using
two thirds of the contents. This is the
best remedy in the world for lagrippe,
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough and is pleasant and safe to take.
1t prevents any tendency of a cold to
result in pneumonia. DIV lan-1eo
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
GEN JOHN R. LEWIS DEAD.
Was Well Known in Vermont. Or
ganized Fifth Vermont.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Gen. John r.
Lewis. one the best known men in
Grand Army circles, died suddenly
last night. He organized the Fifth
Vermont volunteers for the civil war.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
Series of Meetings Being Held In
Detroit.

Detroit, Feb. 9.--The Detroit I'm
ion of Epworth Leagues holds one OF
it's series of meetings in this city
today.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09

of erecting the new city hall, as pre-
sented by the property committee, is
as folloWS:---
Foundations, s SOIL 90
Granite, 2,lOl 81
Mason & Co., 3S, 459 30
Architect, 2,90S 81
Burnham & Ayers, 1o2 "a
Lighting fixtures, 1,763 "a
Coal and engineer dtring
construction, 1,035 95
Plumbing and heating, 4,962 25
Grading, 81 2S
Painting, 800 90
Bronze panel, 40 90
Furniture, assessors. liquor
agent sand city court room:
also city engineers office, CSC SO
City clerks Office and vault, GAO 90
Seats in opera house, 2,175 90
Stage fittings (scenery), l,22o 90
Lock up fixtures, Al -
Sundrles, 20 90
Post office fixtures, 2,0l5 90
Total. S64, ,13l 33
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
lOGAN'S BIRTHDAY.
Celebrated by Logan Club in Chicago

Chicago, Feb. 9,-The birthday OF
Senator and General A.. Logan is be-
inc celebrated here, and by the Logan
clubs generally today.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
YALE AND BROWN
Will Decide Superiority at Hockey y
Toni ght.

New York. Feb. 9.-The intcrcolle-
giatc hockey match between Yale ana
Brown takes place here at the st.
y icholas rink tonight.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
Everything Now Rests With
Him for Victory.
ONLY LACKS NUMBERS.
The Required Reinforcement
Expected. Can Surround
Beers.

Lonhom, Feb. GA cable from
Spearman's Camp of todays date says:
"Buller holds his position, and relief
is certain"
Koodoosburg Drift, Thursday. This
morning the Infantry remains in its
position. Methucn has ordered a re-
tiremcnt to Modder River, where he
is now proceeding. The British losses
are fifty.
London, Feb 9.-Therc is no news
of Buffers doings yesterday or today.
A despatch from Frcre Camp dated
yesterday says: "Forces of the enemy
are on both our hanks, and continue
to render our position extremely ditli-
cult to maintain" He evidently badly
needs re-cnforcements and cannot ad-
vance without artillery to the forward
positions.
Head Laager. Feb. 9.-Ladysmith,
Wednesday. An armored train yes
terday made a sortie from Chevely
towards Colenso and landed 1000 Brit
ish troops on The right of the Boerp po-
sition. The Beers Immediately cross
ed the river and attacked them with
their infantry and artillery, forcing
them to withdraw both the train and
troops to Chievely. There was fight
ing on the upper Tugela all day yes
terday, and it was resumed at five
THIS morning.
Koodoosberg, Drift, Feb. 9.-The
Beers on Wednesday made a deter
mined attack to drive the British
from the hill where they were can
nonading them. Mounting two seven
Founders they shclled the position the
whole day. The Seaforth Highland
ers suffered severe loss. The battery
succeeded in silencing the Boer fire
later. The Argyll highlanders had
an engagement Tuesday with the
Beers, who were entrenched in small
drift westerly. Macdonald only re-
ouires sufficient troops in order to
completely surround the Beers. Gen.
Burlington, who has been despatched
with reinforcements, failed to reach
here today.
Boer Head Lager, Ladysmith,
Thursday.-The British who were in
possession of the Kopje at Holen's
Drift abandoned it after the bombard
ment by the Boer cannon this morn
ing and retired across the Tugela riv
er to their former position. A des
ultory cannonading has been proceed
ing at Tugela this morning but 9th
erwisc everything is quiet.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
ATWOOD'S
HAMBURG: STEAK

BY ahng strictly certain principles in its % he nrincpe Aiming
c Justify the correctness " e
these requisites & & onv the highest grade
to nose qualities OF eNpehsve u ui1onco
As to its sterling qualities and large demand we " @ a counters
mita on so
v hov never initiate oucts where you ] NAV e te RECEIPT.
s nnnn machine which oarelesh ;nso
% d rfnsa ines more while the ne h @ disease GERMS
ron,h paoaace n~
oaSn lack OF care % ce in New England product giving my a n,ie
aimed place before .ne @ and economical capable
nutritious ana
n served in the variety of dshesa rev mmlous care
directing the no ";>
iness look at our will show (or we v Of eminent
quality secured the loads families
uin1hence intelligent b Of their chaages,
the nut-
M of furnishing with most wholesome o @ manv
could, with pcrnssl
institute o Neutrality-suspicious. ana :ooulA s "
standing rorlers indefinitely. Gro be Cohan"'o3
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
LOST.

Friday noon between the Tele gram Office
and Highland avenue key chain and ring
With two KEYS attached Will the ilnde
y ease leave at this office and be rewar deo. u
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09

Lonhom, Feb. ga cable from
Spearman's Camp of todays' date says:
"Buller holds his position, and relief
is certain"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09
COST OF CITY HALL.
The Property Committee Report on
the Expense.

The itemized account of the expense
of erecting the new city hall, as pre-
sented by the property committee, is
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09

I,eWitt's s Witch Hazel Salve
Cures Piles. s~calds. Burns.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-09

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
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ARISTOCRATIC DOGS.
New York Society Women Exhibited
Canine Pets Which Are Worth
Their Weight in Gold.

To be literally worth ones weight
In gold is an ambition laudable enough
even for a dog. An estimate of the
dogs in this world having such a value
places the figures at one eight-thou-
sandth of one per cent. So it can
readily be seen that only the tip-top-
pers of dogdom are eligible to such
honors. With gold quoted at some
thing like SIC an ounce, it is obvious
that rome but the little fellows of the
canine world can be included in such
a classification. AT the recent show
of the American Pet Dog club num-
Der of diminutive animals that were
valued at their weight in gold were
exhibited. They included toy terriers,
japanese spaniels, Yorkshire terrier,
Il King Charles spaniel, toy Pomera-
mans and a chihuahua (MeXican long
haired) dog.
Mrs. Frederick Sem, of No. 27S West
Eleventh street, New York city, eX.
hibited her japanese spaniel Sem
Sem, by Kobe, dam Nasan, a strik'
ingly beautiful little creature, very
finely marked, which weighs but four
pounds and is valued at $4,000. The
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
FORTUNE IN COFFINS.
Little Woman showed Cp In the
kIOpdike Displays Rare Versa
tility and Enterprise.

There have many stories come out
of the Klondike country of the people
who have made fortunes there. Some
have been of moving, some of packing,
some of gambling, some of salooning,
some of feeding the hungry and so
on, but none of undertaking, so far as
/ have heard, and l know of man and
his wife who have got rich by burying
people" Thus spoke a Seattle man
who had been at Dawson since the be-
ginning. ut was really the wife who
did it," he continued, land her story is
interesting. Her husband, whom she
greatly admires and affectionately calls
Jim was worker in an undertaking
establishment, and when the rush be-
gan toward the gold diggings she hus-
tied him out and came along to take
care of him. At Skaglay some friend
gave her lean and lank little Eskimo
dog, broken to harness, and apparently
broken in health. At least he could
scarcely drag himself around but his
new owner cuddled him up carefully,
and by the time she was ready to go ON
the road the dog was able to pull a fair
sled load.
$50 she and her husband and the dog,
which she had named Jim as a compli-
ment TO her liege lord, started on their
long, hard journey. They got along
quite well or better than many others
on the trail, and when the first tollgate
was reached the woman's wit manifest
ed itself still more. She was in ad-
vance with the dog and the sled, her hus-
band watching the remainder of their
goods some distance back. The toll
gate keeper looked her over a minute
took a squint at her measly little dog
and frankly told her that he would be
| darned if a lone woman like that would
have to pay to go through his gate, and
he sent her along free of cost. Smiling
and thankful she passed on and unload
| ed a mile or so further on and came
| back to her husband after another load.
Telling him TO stay right there till she
had brought everything through free
she finished the job and Jim came saun-
tering through the gate unscathed Of
| toll.
arrived at the spot, they did not
know just what to do ut first, never
thinking of the undertaking business,
which they had run away from. But
one day man died on the creek where
they were, and there wasn't anybody
in particular to bury him. This was the
little woman's chance, and she hustled
Jim out after the job. lie got it, OF
course, and in n short time he had his
carpenters tools out and was at work
building n coffin. He turned out very
good one, got everything ready in true
professional style, and the fhneral was
great success. Jim got $3.50 for his eff
forts, and Jim's wife knew what their
mission was in the klondike.
| "Other funerals followed, and Jim
got them and took in 5000 or 5000 for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-22
WHERE GOLD GROWS.
Localities Where Fresh Deposits of
the Precious Metal Crop Out
Every Year.

There are localities where gold may
be said to grow every year, or, in other
words, where fresh deposits of the
precious metal are to be found an
nually.
One such district is in the Edmonton
country, in the Canadian northwest,
where, after the spring floods from the
same banks and benches" of the Sas-
katchewan river, there are taken every
year considerable quantities Of gold by
Il few diggers, who make their living
out OF the business.
But the most conspicuous and inter-
esting case of this sort is to be seen
near Ichang, in the province of Hupeh,
in China. For many centuries past each
year gold has been washed from the
banks of coarse gravel on both sides
Of the River Han, and in the midst Of
the auriferous district there is an an
cient town called Ulkutien, which
means Gold Diggers' Inn" It's inhabit-
ants subdiyide the goldbearing ground
among themselves annually, stalking
out their claims with partitions. They
pay no royalty and appear to earn no
more than a bare subsistence, but this
may be doubted, as John Chnaman is
an adept at "layin' low and sayin'
muffin"
The annual river floods bring down
millions of tons Of mud and sand from
the mountains, and this mud and sand
which is charged with gold, both fine"
and in flakes, is deposited to a depth
of six inches or more on the banks of
gravel. IT is in the winter that the
gold is washed, and ii is said that sew
en- men work about 90 tons Of the pay
dirt n day.-London Answers.
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each one. Now and then man would
die who wished his body sent outside,
and for this kind Jim got $500. In the
winter ii was impossible TO take bodies
out, and Mrs. jim arranged cold COR
ner of their cabin, where she had tho
waiting boxes piled up, with portierc
drawn over them to make them more
ornamental, and there they remained
| until spring.
"Grave digging was hard work in the
winter, and it required two or three
days of thawing and digging to get n
grave sufficiently deep for its purpose
A little incident will show what kind
| of n business woman Mrs, Jim was
| when 1t was necessary. One winter
night word came to Jim's cabin to cosne
| six or seven miles over the mountains
| TO look after man who had died. Jim
was not at home, but Mrs. Jim was.
and without "A word she hitched her lit
| lie dog to his sled, took her lantern and
started over the snow and the noun
! tain, cntirely alone in the darkness of an
arctic winter. She arrived at the place
without mishap and the live man wait
! ing with the dead one for Jim thought it
was a ghost when he saw Jim's wife at
! his cabin door. He offered to do any
| thing he could for her, but she said
| there was nothing he could do except
to help her put the load on her sled,
and back she came to her home, leading
| the way with her lantern for the dog
and the dcad man TO follow
"When the spring time came again
Mrs. jim went down TO Seattle, where
she laid in full supply of funeral fix
ings, except collins. which are all home
made, and she and Jim have frst-class
place and have made a comfortable for
tune, besides owning several claims ON
which they have not yet realized"
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POWER OF EXPLOSIVES.
The Effect of the Most Energetic Il
Not So Terrible as Generally
Supposed.

There is a widespread misapprehen-
sion in regard to the devastating effect
of these high explosives, for when I'M
confined the effect even of large charges
of them upon structures is compare
lively slight. AT the naval ordnance
proving ground, so long ago as 1884, re-
peated charges of dynamite, varying
from five to one hundred pounds in
weight, were detonated on the face of
a vertical target consisting of IL one
inch wrought-iron plates boted to a 20
inch oak backing, until 440 pounds of
dynamite had been SO detonated in con-
tact with it, and yet the target re-
manned practically uninjured; while at
Braamfontein the accidental explosion
of So tons of blasting gelatin, which
was stored in railway vans, excavated
but 10000 tons of soft earth. This last
may seem a terrible effect, but the
amount of explosive involved was enor-
nous and the material one of the most
energetic that we possess, while if we
compare it with the action of explosives
when confined its effect becomes quite
moderate. Thus at Fort Lee, on the
Hudson, but two tons of dynamite
placed in a chamber in the rock and
tamped brought down 100000 tons of
the rock; at Lamberis, Wales, two tons
and a half of gelatin dynamite similar
ly placed threw out 100000 tons OF
rock; and at the Talcen Mawr, in Wales,
seven tons of gunpowder, placed in two
chambers in the rock, dislodged from
$4,000 TO 100000 tons OF rock. We
might cite many such examples, but on
comparing these we find that the gun
powder confined in the interior at the
Talcen Mawr was over AZ times as eff
cient as the explosive gelatin on the
surface at Braamfontein, while the
dynamite at Fort Lee was over 90 times
as destructive.-Prof. c. i. Munroe, in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are in all Spain only 1920 chill.
dren in the Sunday schools.
The membership of chartered Ep-
worth leagues now reaches 233,015.
Bishop Hendrix, of the Methodist
church, South, has dedicated 1879
churches.
Aaron French, of Pittsburgh, has add.
ed $4,000 TO his previous gifts Of S12, 500
to the Georgia school of technology.
In Chicago Ill schools have adopted
the penny-savings system. The chill
dren in these institutions saved S9,214
during the month of October.
Connecticut figures from its recent
state school census that it has 20 per
cent. more inhabitants than it had in
1890. The population of the country
on this basis is rs, 100000.
ST. Bede the Venerable's feast day is
to be observed by Catholics all over the
world as well as in England from 1901
on according to a recent decree of the
sacred congregation of rites. His day
in the calendar will be May 81, his
birthday.
When the men now under orders have
reached their destination there will be
Is army secretaries of the Young Mems
Christian association in the Philippines.
Miss Helen Gould has contributed the
larger portion of the money for the
maintenance of this special work.
James NJ. Munyon, of Philadelphia,
will build college for girls on plans
like those of Girard college, for the
benefit of native-born American girls
who have no relatives upon whom to
depend for support. Industrial train
ing will be the leading feature. He will
spend $2,o00,000 in establishing the
plant.
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ouccn WiihcImtnn's savings.

Some of the anecdotes told OF Queen
Wilhelmina, the young queen OF the
Netherlands, are interesting. One day
the little queen was busly occupied in
bringing up her dolls in the way they
should 90. One of them, however, was
particularly obstinate, aud the queen
was seen to shake il violently, and say:
Look here, If you don't behave your
self I'll make you queen, and then
you'll have no one to play with" When
on visit to England, and asked by the
prince of Wales what she thought Of
the English people, she replied: They
are very nice and Unable, but should
never have thought it from the speci-
uens ! have seen in Holland"
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Again attention is called TO those es-
sentially feminine habits Of putting
pins in the mouth or moistening a pen
Gil with the lips. A pin swallowed
means only a surgical case, but the
greater danger lies in the contagion
that may be lurking in the pin itself.
Under the head of the pin, or in the
point of the pencil all kinds of malig-
nant germs may be located, which will
be transmitted by the mouth quicker
possible that anyone needs TO be eau
toned against holding money between
their lips, yet person can scarcely go
block on a street car without noticing
some one INDUCING in the dangerous
habit
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HIS Character.

The old hiring fairs are still in some
rural districts of England. There is
a story of an old Worcestershire farm
er who, seeing a likely lad at such a
place, opened negotiations with a view
to engaging hiiu. Hast got char
acter from thy last placer" the farm
Ell asked. "No," replied the boy; but
my old gaffer be about somewhere,
and / can get he to write one" every
we'll" was the reply. "Thee get it
and meet I here again at four
o'clock The farmer and the boy met
at the appointed hour "Hast got thy
character?" was the query. The an
swer was short and sharp: "No, but
| ha' got thine, and / bean't a-coming."
Youths Companion.
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same exhibitor showed Gem, toy
Yorkshire, sired by Blackburn Major,
dam Floss, weight three and quarter
pounds, value 81 800, and Perseverance,
a handsome King Charles Spaniel, by
Champion Defender Princess Anne,
weighing only three and a half pounds
and valued at 81 500. Another precious
bit of flesh and blood shown by Mrs.
Sem was Ali-Baba, heavy-coatcd and
short-eared Pomeranian, two years
old, by Ali, dam Annie. This dog
weighs four pounds and is valued at
$1,000.
Ashton Premier, a three-anda-half
pound Yorkshire terrier with strill
ingly long coat, was an admired eX
hibit, with value Of $1,000.
The long-haired chihuahua (Mexi-
CAM dog Fonso, shown by Mrs. James
Noyes, weighs but three pounds and is
valued by its owner at $1,000. This
species of dog is very rare, and Mrs.
Noyes' exhibit attracted a great deal
OF attention. Fonso is pure lera on and
white in color Chat has great deal
to do with his value), is two years old
and was sired by Bromo, dam Oulita.
Nubian Rebel and Haughty Brownie,
toy Pomcranians, exhibited by Mrs.
Smyth, of Germantown, Pa, weigh five
pounds each and are valued at S., 400
apiece.
A 14-ounce toy black and tan puppy
owned by Mr.. w. w. Fuller, of No. Ill
Fifth avenue, was valued at $500.
TriXie toy black and tan terrier, the
property of Mr.. Jefferson Seligman,
weighed a pound and a half, and its
owner places a value of 81, 900 on it.
Mrs. Winifred Harrison exhibited
Chest, a two-and-a-half-pou Japan
csc spaniel, valued at $1,1O0, and Snow
ball, a three-pound toy terrier, which
she values at 81 ,3OO.--N. Y. Herald
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ROCKING THE BOYS TO SLEEP.

sit me down in the twilight cool
= OF busy summers day,
Ard close my eyes, and live again
The time SO far away,
When Eddie and James and John we're
here;
And the tears to my eyes will creep,
For seem to sit in the old brown chair
A-rockin' the boys to sleep.
bring John back from home of wealth,
where fame and honor dwell,
And sing and rock him to sleep once more,
More happy than tongue can tell.
brave the storms on a shoreless sea
Where tempest and surges sweep,
And James is here and rock again
"My wandering boy to sleep.
build a stair to the heavens tall,
And reach in its sweet domain
For little Eddie and bring him back
To my lonely home again.
My throbbng heart Is heavy now
With yearning strong and deep,
JAS smooth the curls of my only babe
And rock him once more to sleep.
They say the Old chair is useless now.
IT'S creaking, and dull with age,
And must be forever put aside,
Like well-earned, WORKOUT page.
But the old brown chair sings a song to me,
AS 1t whispers of other years.
And it tells Of the roughened places
smoothed,
And murmurs Of childish tears.
Yes, the old chair tells in an undertone,
In q voice so creaking and old,
OF the comfort 1t gave through summers
heat,
AS well as In winters cold
How these little dependent lives were
soothed
Through their childish SORROWS deep,
las it did it's best TO ease each pain,
While rocking the boys to sleep.
-GeTtruce M. Hoag, in the Telescope.