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in wet weather as at any other time
The inventor expects to put In a newly
invented form of glass insulator, which
is very cheap and the only one yet found
that can be used on a fence wire line
On this hne. wagon roads are crossed
thirty-seven times and railroads six
times. At these crossings the line Is
either carried through gas-pipe conduit,
with insulated wire or by building
bridges, which Is done by merely mailing
a piece of timber fifteen feet long to the
last fence post and extending high
enough to allow clearance for traffic
The whole line of fifteen miles was built
at a cost of about $780, and the outfit for
each house, consisting of receiver. trans
mitter, battery, call. etc, costs not over
SIG, The magnet bell call is used
This barb-wire limo is connected with
the Independent long-distance telephone
line at Ingalls,. and In this way Indlan>
apolis and Greenfield may be reached by
the users of Mr. Alleys system.
The line has been in operation since
December %, and has not been out Of
order, except for few hours, when a fast
train on the railroad struck cow, threw
her body against fence and broke the
wire.
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Ce7epboning By a
Barb Q)5pe Fence.


One of the iAost novel telephone sys-
TENS in the world is the "barbwire" line
which connects the towns Of Anderson,
Ind. PendIeton and Ingalls, 1t is fifteen
miles in length. It's inventor. builder and
sole owner, Cassius Alley, OF Pendleton,
Ind. now has six subscribers at $50 q
year each. The time Is not far distant
when there will be ten fold this number
One clothing company at Anderson, with
branch stores at Pendleton, and the
Wagner Glass Works, with offices at
Anderson and factory at Ingalls,, are us,
ing this barb-wire system in their busi-
ness affairs exclusively. They use the
line frequently. They can convert 1t into
private line by plugs so arranged that
when the one party is using the line he
can cut out all others except in Mr.. Al
ley's residence, which is used as a CEN
trail station. 1t is no exaggeration to say
that this barb-wire telephone system Is
quite az satisfactory as the copper circuit
of the Bell. Ordinary phones are used
with no special strength Of battery and
there is very little trouble with the lines.
In constructing the line Mr.. Alley used
the top strand of the barb-wire fence OF
the Big Four railroad, making the CON
nections with the offices of his subscrib-
ers with ordinary telephone wire In
some instances where the posts had rot
ted 1t was necessary to paint the wire
and posts with rubber paint to insulate
the wire. This is fairly satisfactory ANA
puts the line in shape to be used as well
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himself Mr.. Hamlyn was here about an
himself
'Mr. Hamlyn been here this morning!"
cried Alice. She never suspected that
he would be able to redeem his watch so
soon.
Better send for a policeman" suggest
Hold your tongue" said his master
Then turning to Alice Valentine, he said: (:
II DO not wish 10 be hard upon you. but
insist on an explanation. l will send
over to the address on the ticket. and If
your story Is true Mr. Hamlyn win cor
ro6orate re It, Harvey, send the boy over
TO T0,' Queens te ad Bench Walk and ask Mr. Ham
MT. Hamly1 coming here!' cried Alice,
Il cannot allow it," said. the pawn
nave no option but to call a policeman.
~ looks could Kill the pawnbroker
would have died on the spot, as Alice,
mitted to the indignity of being escorted
to the back parlor, while Harvey kept
watch and ward over her.
"A Quarter OF an hour later Everard
damlyn Jumped out of q hanson and
hurried into the shop He was an i'm
petuous person, and he had not waited to
change his robes, but had come straight
away In wig and gown from the law
courts He was met In the passage by
Harvey, who had been awaiting his ar
rival with keen interest.
pointing to the parlor "who says she's
friend Of yours. and has found your pawn
Ticket s!0;t. but I suspect,
thrusting the officious young man on one
side and rushing into the room.
Alice. by all that's wonderful" he ex-
claimed, and then seeing that her bosom
was heaytng convulsively. he put his arm
had happened.
They have been so rude and insult
ing" she sobbed.
Hamlyn waited for no further explana-
ton, but, selling Harvey by the throat
he shook him until the unfortunate youth
had not breath in his body. Then turn
ing 10 the older man, he cried sternly:
What do you mean by insulting this
lady?"
The pawnbroker, discovering his mis-
| take, was all apologies, but Hamlyn $
temper was still up.
Nothing could justify rudeness to
lady, ne said, and he insisted on an alb
ject apology from the crestfalien assist
ant.
Then he took Alice back to his rooms
In the Temple. When they were alone he
put his arm around her, and said i'm
pulsively:
''Oh. my darling, how sweet of you to
try to get my watch back for me. Did
you do it because you care? Tell me,
darling| love you!"
1t was very silly of me. I know" she
said, softly and shyly, ''but 1 thought
you We're poor, and-oh, wanted to help
YOU"
'T am not poor" he said smilingly, "at
least not very poor. have thousand a
year and we might manage on that"
1T would not have mattered," she
whispered, If you had been poor man. =
He took out the watch and held it be-
T shall never lock- at it," he said,
without thinking that won you through
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but could not find the ticket. Finally he
summoned the clerk.
''Have you moved any papers?" he
asked rather irritably.
mo. sir haven't touched q thing.
You haven't by any change found
mo. SIR: What kind of ticket have
':It doesn't matter" he replied i'm
patiently. Its of no Importance"
Putting on his hat Hamiyn hurried into
Fleet street to the pawnshop.
II want to redeem the watch l left
here on Saturday" he announced.
Where is your ticket sir?'' said the
man.
Il have mislaid it," replied Hamlyn.
''but it's all right You remember me,
expect The watch belongs to me, and
want 1t now"
II am very sorry. sir. but you can't
have II without the ticket"
Hamlyn muttered an exclamation of i'm
patience.
But suppose I have lost it, what
then?"
Il will give you form of declaration
TO be made before magistrate.'
us there no other way?" said Ham
lyn, realizing the trouble and annoyance
this would cause.
No sir" said the pawnbroker, 81 am
afraid there is not"
There was no time to waste He had to
De in court early, as his case was among
the first on the lists. 1t was no use stop
ping to argue the matter. He must go
ton as soon as possible. Returning to his
chambers, he put on his robes and was
soon lost in contemplation OF the bust
ness in hand.
About an hour after his visit to the
pawnbroker's shop Alice Valentine drove
up in a cab to the same door. She had
found the pawn ticket lying on Hamlyns s
table on the Saturday afternoon and had
appropriated it. meaning to redeem the
watch and send 1t back to him as soon
as possible. She was rather nervous at
going Into the shop, but she was not the
kind of girl to allow her own feelings to
wished to carry through; so. putting on
an air of unusual haughtiness she en-
tered the little compartment and handed
in the ticket.
''T want the watch, please" she said.
The pawnbroker's assistant looked her
up and down carefully. When he had, as
It We're, sized her completely. he inquired.
dryiiy: Where did you get this?"
Alice fiared up indignantly. "That is no
business of yours. Tell me what have to
pay and give me the watch"
mot so fast. said the young man;
you must answer one or two questions
first"
He went away and after a whispered
confabulaion returned with a gray
bearded old man, who was polite but
firm.
81 am sorry, madam, but cannot al
low you to redeem this pledge until you
| inform me how this ticket came into your
possession"
'T found it," said Alice
'Allow me to inform you. then" said
the pawnbroker, sternly, that you are
committing very grave offense. BY at
! tempting to obtain the watch you lay
yourself open to criminal proceedings
the gentleman to whom the watch be-
longs"
won't do at ALL A gentleman who called
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! to her husband, helped him rise to his
high position in the British army. she
kept this burning passion in her heart;
burning the fiercer for the lack of fuel;
burning at the sight of the hopeless face
of Corporal Francis Joseph Sturley. as
she saw 1t now from day to day, for he
was now a lieutenant on Gen. Synons'
! staff; burning ever brighter, though never
a word, look, token was exchanged
| by the pair.
Lieut.. Sturley made never a sign to
! her. Yet in her heart she knew he loved
her as devotedly as that day when love- 8
| young, bright dream first lured him to
her side. He loved his general, too-or
gave him the stanchest. truest and
manifest friendship
Matters might have gone on thus for
ever had an accident not revealed the
true state of affairs to the general and
aroused his sense of chivalry, led him
to unself1shly sacrifice his life, his de-
sires for his wife's happiness.
The general was very fond of hunting.
A day in the field with the hounds was
to him better than all else save planning
campaigns against dervishes. So he fire.
quently rode the hounds In the hunts in
which the county regularly participated.
His wife was a keen huntswoman, too.
She rode with him always and usually
Lieut.. Sturley was of the party.
On this day, now eight months ago. the
three were riding close together with
Lieut. Sturiey in the rear. AS they
crossed an ugly broken field making
for a break in the high stone wall on the
| further side they heard cry to the
right and turned in time to see a sorrcl
mount fall with his red-coated rider
| and to see the horse rise and stand
trembling while the rider lay motion
less.
| The two were then 200 yards away.
Mrs. Symons cried out as woman
would, and they turned together to ride
to the scene. The general was little
| in the lead and ras, he neared the pros
trate form he cried ''My God. it Is Stur-
| ley!' qg4a
What Thoughts. came to her in that
moment none but Mrs. Symons will ever
| know. She saw, before her prostrate on
| the ground the, form she had loved so
| wildly, so hopelessly, so silently, for
| years. He was dead it seemed and all
| her mad hope must die with him. Her
heart cried out, against her fate in Bit
| terness. ;4
| What mattered now the vows she had
kept so well? What mattered 1t if her
husband stood beside her? Her grief
| would know no. bounds. She was off
her horse and an the ground in an in
stant and beside the inanimate mass.
Bravely did the heroic general bear the
revelation. He stood with blanched face
and pallid lips listening TO her passion
| ate avowals He did not interrupt her.
He knew the noble woman did not dis
honor him by her words. So he stood
| by and listened to the words of grief
and to the cry of joy that announced
that Sturiey lived again. He led the
| woman he had called his wife gently
| home and left her-left her till she had
| time to recover from her shock.
For hours he suffered In silence. Then
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enough to leave no reason for exaggera-
ton However, these were not known
until last week, says the Philadelphia
Times when they were made public by
a cousin of the dead general, himself a
colonel and member of the war Office
corps. 1t is a story OF a forced marriage
without love- an uutimely revelation of q
previous bond and the heroic sacrifice Of
mis- life by the gallant general. Not a
breath of scandal surrounds the name Of
the fair lady in the case and there is
every reason to accept the story as alb
solutely true i'll all its details.
1t appears that Mrs. Symons was con-
siderably younger than her dead hus-
band-ten years. perhaps-at least enough
to make them unsympathetic without
kindred interest. She was his own
cousin, a child of his fathers brother.
with social position, wealth, but with
better prospects of attaining marriage
with title. The only avenue to a high
er social position lay in the military
service and her father wished to marry
her to some young promising scion of
we'll established family. But it SO hap,
pened The lady herself placed serious
obstacle In the way by falling in love
with young corporal, Francis Joseph
Sturley. with neither money. position moi.
prospects.
Her father learned of her attachment,
but angTily refused to consider her mar.
riage with the young plebeian. He hal
no one In whom he was more interested
to present as substitute, but he said
he would never consent to the proposed
union. Fate, it seems, played in her
hand at the moment and presented an
eligible suitor as a substitute and befole
fortnights time his daughters HAND
was promised in marriage to Gen. Sy-
mons.
General he was not then, however He
was colonel of an Indian regiment and
had just returned from service in tE0
East. There he had distinguished him
self by striking bravery and remarkable
military aptitude, and great things were
promised of the handsome, dashing. de-
bonair officer
For he was handsome, dashing and
depOnair. But he was cold-not cold OF
heart-but so deeply, keenly interested IN
military matters that affairs of the heart
occupied him little. Yet he sought the
hand of his fair cousin in marriage. He
had loved her as a child in his formal
way and ne now desired to marry her.
OF course, to her father, he presented
just the man to seek her hand. He was
all that a fond parent could ask In a
young man and had prospects of a very
speedy advancement. Indeed, his super.
| iors predicted of him nothing less thar
I q staff position. That the girl did not
love him was nothing. She was young
| and frivolous. She would learn to love
But she had learned to love. She had
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his mind was made up. He called his
wife to announce his decision The
words that passed between them no one
will ever know. This was their pur-
port.
Gen. Symons for. the first time real
lied the offense he and her father had
unwilingly committed against her. They
had thought the girlish love was lightly
given and would wear away, and that
deep affection, would replace the respect
in which she held the man that she need
marry. He honored her for her truth
and purity, but he loved her too much
to be satisfied without her love, too
much to rob her of her hearts real de-
sire. So he would leave her. There
was no way he could release her from
his VOW; but he would ask for field serv-
ice, that in 1t he might find forgetful-
ness and penhaps death.
: She did~nur~ try to detaIn him. She
said she had given him q wifes devotion.
If not her love She would continue to
do so If he asked it, but If he thought
he would be happier away to go by all
means, but not to think of death till 1t
came in Gods good time.
Sturley was not so badly hurt as sup
posed. though the weeks confinement
was a necessity Gen. Symons sought
him out at once. He told him that
he had learned the truth and was pre-
pairing to leave England. He asked him
to care for Mrs. Symons. though he
charged him by all that he held sacred
to see that no breath of scandal touched
her. Sturley protested against the
generosity of his commander, but when
he saw that nothing else would answer
promised to hold her honor sacred and
cherish her as he would were she in
truth his wife.
Then the general bade farewell to both
and left for London. There he was de-
lighted by the intelligence that he would
be asked to South Africa. Scarcely ten
days later he sailed.
True to- his word. he courted death and
won his suit in almost the first. battle
of the war At Glencoe he fell wounds
ed. having exposed himself too careless
ly to the enemys fire. He fingered
awhile fighting life and died at last, the
first sacrifice of her majesty's officers
for the glory of England
In his last message to his wife he ap-
pealed to her to marry again without
delay and ir doing so she was only car
rying out his wish. Still the reports say
that Queen Victoria was grieved at her
haste.
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DEATH and Wom Bis Suit

Marry Again
Quickly Realized.
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The marriage of Mrs. Gen. Symons.
widow of the late distinguished general
who gave his life in South Africa for his
country less than six weeks ago, to a.
subaitern lieutenant, Francis Joseph
Sturiey, of the Royal Irish fusilliers, has
started Dame Rumor gossiping. Many
strange stories are floating about anent
the couple, many exaggerated, though
the true facts of the case are unusual
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learned, too, the lesson all English wom-
en- must learn-the complete. subjugation
of will and inclination in marital affairs
to the parental hand. She. therefore,
made no serious objections to her mar
riage with Col. Symons. Indeed, she
liked him cordially and well. He won
her admiration and respect.
This was nearly twenty years ago. But
love is an unaccountable thing. In all
these years while she gave Wlfe's duty
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saving.s nank penosits.

In 1895 there were 1880 savings banks
in the United States, and the deposits in
them amounted to S1,S41,000,0O0. In 1893
there were 942 savings banks In the Unit
ed States and their deposits were s2,4O1,-
600, 000
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Improved Train Service To Des
M0ineA.

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and 3 p. m. Parlor cars, coaches and
Palace Sleepers. Call at Minneapolis &
ST. Louis Ticket Office. No. S96 Robert
street.
There Is only one good line to st. Louis
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Louis railroad.
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| New contracts with the United States
government allow army surgeons pay
during authorized absences.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-12

600 81. The Browns were the richest
mill owners in the state OF Rhode Island,
and it is safe to say that when n.
Brown becomes OF age he will be worth
$40 100000.
The grandfather of the new Wander
bilt baby, w. K Vanderbilt, controls
$4,000 miles of railroad, and is w nth
$3.50 100000 Her father, W. K. Van
dtrblt, IT.. he eldts son, is destnt to
inherit his fathers millions. Her moth her,
Mrs. w K. Vanderbilt, Jr., is worth
$5,OO0,000 with more in prospect. Her
grandmother, Mrs. 0. Il. P. Belmont,
worth $4,000 900. Her aunt is the
duchess of Marlborough. Her gre t
aunts are Mrs. E. F. Shepard, Mrs. W
D Sloane, Mrs. Mckay Twombly and
Mrs Seward Webb, each worth 500,
100000. Her aunt, on maternal sid is
Mrs. Herman Oelrchs, worth SIS 00O
600 Her great uncles, Frederick and g.
W. Vanderbilt, are each worth $20,000
600. She is related to he Countess Of
lz4ykowski, worth 100000. Her
second cousin, Adele Sloan, united her
fortune to the Burden millions. Her
second cousin, Louise Shepard, united
hers with the Schieff lin millions. Her
second cousin, Alice Shepard, united hers
with the Morris millions. Her second
cousin, Edith Shepard, married Ernest
Fabbri. whose fathers great wealth
sprang fr' m the banking houseo OF Drexel
Morgan & Co. Link to her by ties of
blood are SO mllionaires, and 80 multi
mIllionaires.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-12

wick, whose order, Put the Vermont
ers at the head and tell the rest to keep
up and by the memory of Warmers
Green Mountain boys hurrying to save
the day at Bennington, the first high
water mark OF the effort against the ma
tons lie, for there began the series OF
strokes that ended at Saratoga Those
who know the gallant captain will under
St and that, in referring to the memories
which inspired him to crowd steam on
the Oregon and push her to the limit OF
powers, he was expressing his pride as
a son of the state which bore so worthy
a part in he war of the revolution and
breeds men today as valiant and indoml-
table as John Stark or Ethan Allen.
There is something in the air of noun
tain country that makes men hate tyr.
amy and develops courage and char.
acter You will find that in contributing
material for bull is to the federal armies,
Vermont stands ut ar the top OF the list
of states, and Sedgwick was not alone
in his admira ion of tie fighting quail
ties Of the Vermonters. They were Ia
nous in the service for their val r, torti-
tude and endurance. The m n OF the
White Mountain country Wed with them
in the same attributes. Did not the 5th
New Hampshire infantry lose more men
on the field Of battle and by wounds, in
proportion to its complement, than any
Other regiment in the Northern armies !?
In the Conf derate service the men OF the
mountain states OF Virginia, North Caro-
lima and Tennessee could show like devo-
ton to their cause and as bloody rec
ord. Touching Vermont's appreciation
of her sons who distinguished thems' Ives
in the war with Spain and in that in
China, she sets an example in which we
are inclined to think she IS more a leader
than follower. But then Vermont, so
little in population, has had more than
her share of heroes in this period of our
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