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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

Rogers Grady. Quinlin Block. 6tf
WANTED-Two dining room girls and a
kitchen girl wanted at once. HAYES Restau-
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

VANTED-Position to do general house
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

'WANTED-A good capable girl to do gen
oral hous work INQUIRE 2S6 South Main ST.
Mrs. G. E. Mcfarland. OIL
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

WANTED-A chance tn do nursing. A lady
who has had years Of experience. INQUIRE
MIS-. G, Brock, 5 Grant Ave. Barre. Vt. ST
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
AN ADMIRAL'S AVERSION.
What May Be the Consequences of Eating Too Much of One
 Dish.

''I was dining with Admiral Dryfus, of Virginia, formerly of the confeder- ate navy, one evening in Rich hond," said Edward Mash4ll, the author and journalist, relates the Washington Star, land I ordered my favorite dish of broiled sardines. There isn't much of sardine to broil, but what there is of the little fish thus prepared is most delicious.
 'When the diIninutive products of the Maine coast were brought before me I observed the admiral turn pale and show evidences of physical distress. He asked me to be kind enough to have the dish removed and another substi- tuted.
 ''Whenithad disappeared my friends normal good nature returned, and he explained. It seems that he sailed to the Pacific coast before the war, in ship which had an unusually long and tempestuous passage. The provisions ran short and they were compelled to rely upon the cargo for food. The only edibles were cases of timed sardines and boxes of soda crackers. The crew and passengers lived on sardines and crackers until their stomachs refused to tolerate these dehcacies. They were in danger of actual starvation, when another ship fortunately hove in sight, and enough supplies were obtained to last until San Francisco was reached. Since then the sight of sardines is in tolerable to the admiral"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
WANTS INDIANS TO VOTE.
Captain Allison, of South Dakota, to Give Political Instruction
 to the Sioux.

During the nexG four months the Sioux Indians on the reservations in South Dakota are to receive their first instructions in civics if Capt. E. H. AL lison has his way about it. Capt. Al lison is member of the Uncpaphah tribe of Sioux Indians, having been adopted by that tribe in 1866, and he married the Sioux princess, Sinawin, daughter of Sacred Bear, who was for years head chief of the tribe.
 Capt. Allison, says a special dis patch to the Chicago Inter Ocean, has lived among the Sioux Indians nearly all his life, and he speaks the Indian language as fuently as he speaks the English. He was chief of the scouts for Gen. Sheridan for sev- eral years, and was chief scout and interpreter for Gen. Otis in the west ern country for 10 or Is years.
 It was he who, after the Custer massacre on the Little Big Horn, went to Canada to induce Sitting Bull and his band, who had fled thither, to re turn to the United States; and he was in charge of the command which took Sitting Bull to Fort Randall.
 "Few of the Sioux Indians have ever participated in a presidential cam paign, said Capt. Allison recently. ''In fact, but few of them can be said to have political opinion. It is my purpose to go out on all the reserva- tionS west of the Missouri and hold meetings wherever a dozen or more Indians can be gathered together. This work will take three or four months. I shall give them elementary lessons in civic duties, and shall try to show them what it means for them to be citizens of the United States. I shall explain why it is necessary to have elections, polling places, and laws governing such things. I shall have blank ballots and conduct mock cleo tions in order to give these new cit izens of ours Q concrete idea of elec- tion methods"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
GOD sEsTH NOT AS MAN ssETA

Life has gone we'll with me to-day" ons
 said. And raised his head, Looked with eXultant eyes. Fearless of change, defiant Of SurprfsSs Into the future-lo! An awful vision rose, .s Clear-cut against a background dark witt
 woes, He ree!ed as meath blow: "Ah. God! Can 1t be true That is the need and due. Just rccompcnSe and terrible redress For my superb success?'' Aye, for il fed 6n what another lost. Raised itself on the downfall of tha-
 other. And stole its brilliance from a blaekeEied
 brother; success-at what a costr' Life has gone i'll with>rn5 to-day ohs
 said. With dropping head, Raising his tired eyes, .-...-., filed with the weary pethos of surprase At lofty purpose baked, At noble work oerthroWn; Defeat seemed aye to claim him as her
 own; Dolorous failure stalked Before his burning gaze When loi with rapt amaze, He saw a vision of the future rise. Cried he In glad surprise: 3 Dear God. can it be true my bafnec
 dreaming Hath of a surety wrought so much for
 Thee?" "Aye: work. or good intent, or thought
 for me Falls not. whate'sr the seeming Minnie Leona Upton, in N- '. Observer.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
FROG AND SNAKE FARM BUSY.
An Indiana Man Does a Thriving Business in n Peculiar Live
  Stock Line.

Al Sphung's turtle, frog and snake farm in Starke county, Ind, is fur nishing employment for considerable number of persons in that vicinity. On his land are several creeks and ponds in which turtles are countless. The frog hams find ready sale at good prices in the city markets east and west, while snakes and common turtles go to educational institutions for dis section, says Chicago exchange.
 The prices of frogs run from one to twenty cents dozen, depending upon the size. Employees are expert in pres pairing the frogs for market. They are clipped in two with shears and the hams quickly stripped. As the catch CTS bring in the frogs and turtles they are placed in large vessels containing water until they are ready for dressing.
 The frogs reach their maturity in from two or four years and the small ones are thrown back by the catchers.
 Sphung has a good trade in snakes with museums, side shows and parks and the demand for his turtles from hotels and restaurants is heavy, there being no limit, generally. He is in the enjoyment of a good income from the farm and it is growing each year.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
URGE BOXING IN SCHOOLS.
ent Andrews, of Chicago, En- courage Students.

A series of boxing bouts which were held in the basement of the south division high school at Chicago the other night, finds favor in the eyes of the board of education author ities. President Graham H. Harris said he saw nothing wrong in it as long as Principal Smith sanctioned the boxing and had an instructor supervise it. Superintendent of Schools Andrews indorses the exercise. The bouts were under the direct super vision of instructor Perrine.
 MT. Smith says no brutality was displayed. Several of the trustees, including Mrs. Keating and Schwab, have opposed pugilism in the high schools.
 Principal Smith said: ''These bouts were held at the request of the boys. I told them they could hold them pro- vided it was done in the presence of our regular athletic director. When the boys had their meeting I was inc formed of it and told MT. Perrine to look after the matter. He did so and lO lIIG l1ltl OllCIS NoS IAOIu- ing brutal in it. It was simply an exercise for the boys. One boys nose bled, but there was nothing which Rt all resembled pugilism in the sense in which it is understood" :"
 Dr. Andrews said of the matter: ''I certainly consider boxing the best exercise for the muscles of the body. This sport brings into play muscles which can be developed in no other way. I believe that as long as these affairs are conducted under the super vision of the principal and are gem tlemanly in every way, no objection cnn be found in them. I have no criticism to make of Mir. Smith, as I believe in athletic sports, provided they do not interfere with the studies and are not brutal"
 President Harris said he had often boxed in his younger days, and was sorry now that he had not done so more often.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
CONCERNING THE HAIR.

The encyclopedias regard hair fall ing below the feet of women as extraor- dinary.
 Several years ago Miss E. J. Whitten, Topsham, Me, was said to have hair eight feet in length.
 Marie Antoinette wore a pompadour and rolls thrown back past her ears. Queen Anne wore side curls.
 A hair is succession of cylindrical or elliptical horny cells. Curly or kinky hair is due to sudden 'breaks" in the regularity of the cellular success sion.
 Samson's strength was attributed to his long hair, and his fate is charged up to Delilah's shears. Absalom's wealth of tresses was the cause of his own death.
 In Egypt long hair was considered an encumbrance. It was a feature of beauty among the Hebrews and Greeks. Roman ladies used artificial hair and set the pace for future coif- feurs.
 Peasant girls in the south of France cultivate and sell their hair as regular business practice. Traders who att tend the fairs purposely to traffic in tresses frequently find hair five feet in length, but hair six feet long is very scarce.-San Francisco Examiner.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.

A long focus, by which is meant a long bellows camera, is a good thing to have for general field work.
 The cameo process of making photo grgphs comprehends the use fpresses, dies and special apparatus, in addition to degree of skill and care impossible to the average amateur. It is one of the most difficult of all photographic processes.
 Alcohol is the usual medium for the quick drying of plates, but here is an- other very good way. Make up a solu- tion of formatin one part, and water nine parts. Immerse the negative in this for five minutes, then give it a quick plunge into hot water and stand it up 10 dry. The formatin hardens the film so that it can hardly be melted even by prolongedsoaking in hotwater.
 The usual reason why amateurs fail to get good pictures of flowers is that they use an ordinary plate instead of an isoehromatic. Getting good flower pictures I believe may say is impossi- ble without the use of isochromatic plates, because the delicate color val ues which more than the form make the beauty of a flower, are on the ordi- nary plate quite lost. A ray filter used as an ordinary plate will, of course, have more or less of the same effect.
 During June, the light from nine in the morning until three in the after noon is about equable and perfect snapshots can be gotten anywhere with in those hours. The best snapshot time in the other summer months, say May and July, is between ten and two. This does not mean that good snapshots cannot be gotten before the morning hour named or after the afternoon hour. have gotten fine snapshots as late as six o'clock in the evening. The best results, however, are gotten near CT the middle of the day.-"Snapshot," " in Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
HETTY GREENS SUCCESS.
She Does Not Believe in Speculation, and Does Everything with
 All Her Mind.

Hetty Green was recently induced to talk to a writer for Ladies' Home Journal of her business methods that have won her $6O,OOO,OO0 or more. The secret of her success is worth know ing: "I don't believe in speculation as a rule," she says, land I don't speculate as much as people think When offered so many shares of stock at so much buy one share and then send out to see what it will bring. If it's a good advance I buy the rest. If not, I don't. This was my plan when I used to deal in horses. I would get days option on a horse, and see what it would bring before buying it. I attribute my success chiefly to the rule of always buying when everyone wants to sell, and sell ing when everyone wants to buy. There's price on everything I have. When that price is offered I sell. I never buy anything just to hold on to it. Not much! And I try to steer clear of Wall street. Anyone who hasn't whole fortune to back his deals had better do the same. I do everything with all my mind. If there is a lawsuit on hand go into every detail of it with my lawyer. It's the same with everything else"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
TO CONQUER WORRY.
Good Rules for the Overcoming of a Enemy of Happinsss and
 Usefulneas.

Consider what must be involved iE the truth that God is infinite and that you are part of His plan
 Memorize some of the Scripture promises and recall them when the temptation to worry returns.
 Cultivate a spirit of gratitude for daily mercies.
 Realize worrying as a1. enemy whie1 destroys your happiness
 Realize that it can be cured by per sistent effort.
 Attack it definitely, as something tS be overcome.
 Realize that it has never done, and never can do. the least good. It wastes vitality and impairs the mental fseul- ties.
 Help and comfort your neighbor.
 Forgive your enemies and conquer your aversions.
 The world is what we make it. For ward, thenl Forward in the power Of faith, forward in the power of truth forward in the power of friendship: forward in the power of freedom. for ward in the power of hone. forward iE the power of Godl-Henry Vincent
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
EXPENSIVE TARGET PRACTICE.
Inch Gun, and They Often
 Miss the Mark. :

A single big gun of the many now be- ing put in place for the protection of seacoasts costs large sum. Some in- teresting figures on this subject have just been submitted, says the Scientific American.
 A 12-inch breech-loading rife, with it's disappearing carriage, costs s141;- 900; a ten-inch breeeh-loader, $99, ,25o, and an eight-inch, S72,OON The figures show that modern high-powered guns cost great sums, and the cost of firing them is proportionately large.
 The report of experts who have irl- spected these guns and the devices for securing an accurate aim shows that great saving is effected by modern range-fnding and position-fnding de- vices.
 "The demoralizing effect of hit aS compared to a miss," said one of these reports, "cannot be reduced to q money value, but it costs big money to shoot a big gun and then miss the mark.
 "Take, for example, the 12-inch gun. To miss the mark is simply to throw away $561.7O. With the ten-inch gun the loss is $322.4O, and with the eight inch rife it is $164.65."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

American and Australian butter is rapidly crowding the German article from the English market.
 The production of prunes is increas- ing rapidly in Oregon, the annual shipment of the dried fruit now amounting to 500 cars.
 The production of soap in Great Britain is about 45,0OO tons per week, of which between 5000 and 4,Oo0 tons are made in London.
 America sells nearly three times as much as she buys; Germany buys over e50.OOO, GOO worth more every year than she sells; while Great Britain last year actually bought twice as much as she sold.
 Were it not for matter floating in suspension in sea water-minute 1iv- inc organisms and air bubbles due to the breaking of the waves, all of which reflect Iight-the ocean, looked down into. would be as black as the black est dyestuff, for in that case none of the suns rays, having once penetrated it. would return to it's surface.
 Alcohol and vinegar are effective an- tidotes for carbolic acid poisoning, a New York doctor announces. What ever quantity of the poison has been swallowed, four times as much whis- ky or five times as much vinegar should be administered immediately. No oil of any kind should be given. "Thus treated early enough" he adds1 "all cases will recover"
 That consumption does not run Tn families, but does run in houses, is the theory of Sir Richard Thorne, who ad- dressed the London Medical society re- gently. Refuse to live on damp subsoil,' was his advice; until people ceased to live under unfavorable con- ditions, they need hope for little diminution in the consumption death rate. The improvement of sanitary appliances had, in the last 45 years, reduced that rate nearly 50 per cent.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
INTO 4 WELL AFTER HER DOG.
Exciting Features of a Young wom. an's Heroic Rescue of
 Her Pet.

A remarkable accident occurred on the farm of Snowden Thompson, near Highland, Howard county, one after noon lately, says Sandy Spring (Md.l dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. A little dog belonging to Miss Clara Thomp- son, daughter of Snowden Thompson, fell into a we'll near the house. The ap- paratus for drawing the water was two buckets attached to either end of a chain passed over a wheel made fast above the we'll. The well was 55 feet deep.
 Miss Thompson volunteered to de scend on ladder attached to one end or the chain in place of a bucket. and her parents agreed to lower her into the well. The lowering process was successfully performed, but when NIT. and Mrs. Thompson began drawing the young lady and her dog, which she had secured, to the surface, the fixture at the top of the we'll collapsed, precipi- tating her into the chilling water. She held on to the ladder and dog, however, and, the ladder being of sufficient length to keep her head above water, she remained on it until rescuers ar rived IF hours later.
 The fixture as it went down narrow ly missed striking the young lady. The father and mother screamed for assist ance, which came as promptly as pos sible, the nearest neighbor living three fourths of a mile away. Samuel Bos- well, aged about 75 years, swan the Patuxent river. and was one of the first to arrive on the scene. When a sufi- cient number were congregated Jacob Link was lowered into the we'll and placed a rope around Miss Thompson, and she was safely drawn out. The dog was also saved, but the young lady fainted after reaching the surface, and the assistance of physician was nee- eSSarY,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
NEW AND INGENIOUS DEVICES.

Powder for fashlight pictures is re- placed by gas in new invention, which has the gas stored in jar, with flame in position to ignite it when the jar is opened by pressure on pneumatic bulb, the latter also operating the shutter of the camera.
 By the use of a new steam radiator attachment the air is drawn from the interior to admit more steam when the radiator cools, a thermostat being connected with valve to open the ex- haust outlet and allow the steam to flow in without regard to the other radiators on the circuit.
 Two Montana men have patented a handy knife sharpener, which has a pair of small grindstones inserted in movable jaws, with system of gearing inside casing, to which the jaws are attached, crank being used to revolve the train and turn the stones rapidly over the blade to be sharpened.
 A novel mouse trap makes use of an ordinary bowl to catch the rodents, having a fiat board in which two pins are stuck a short distance apart, with horizontal rods pivoted to the tops of the pins in contact with each other, supporting the edge of the bowl in a raised position until the bait is dis turbed.
 Stamps can be rapidly affixed by a new machine, which has the tube in which the stamps are stacked gummed side up, with a wick running from a water chamber to the top of the tube, to wet the envelope as it is inserted at the end of the tube, when knob is pressed to force the envelope against the stamp.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
THE SIGHTS OF BOSTON.

The first church in Boston, a matched log structure, was erected in 1632 on State street, just south of the old statehouse, on the site of Brazer's build ing.
 The Back bay district was gained from the saltwater tides by filing in, mainly between 1857 and 1887, the land sales giving the state a profit of $3,5OO,OOO above costs.
 Faneuil hall, ''The Cradle of Lin erty," was built in 1742, by Peter Faneui, the Huguenot merchant, for a market and public. hall, and pre- sented to the town. Smibert, the pioneer painter, was the architect. It was rebuilt after a fire, in 1753, and dedicated by James Otis, and much enlarged in 1906, Bulfnch be- ing the architect.
 Boston was called Shawmut, mean ing '"The place where boats go," by the Indians; Fri Montaine, by the early English settlers at Charlestown, from the three bold peaks of Beacon Hill; and finally Boston Gin 163O), by the order of the Massachusetts legislature, after Lincolnshire sea- port from which some of its people came
 Kings Chapel burying ground, the oldest in Boston, dates from 1630, and contains the remains of the three governors Winthrops Gov. Shirley, Gov. Leverett, Gov. Endicott, John Winslow, Lady Andros and Cotton, Davenport, Oxenbridge and other il- lustrious divines, with Brattle. Sheafe and other great colonial merchants, and learned judges and several gal lant officers.
 The old statehouse, at the head of State street, was built in 1748, in the walls of it's predecessor, erected in 1713, and on the site of the town house of 1857; and for half a cen tury the honorable provincial coun- cil and the state senate met in the eastern hall, and the house of rep resentatives in the western hall. Here, according to John Adams, "In- dependence was born;" and for IA years Samuel Adams and Hancock, Otis and Quincy and other patriots resisted British aggressions, with fiery eloquence. Here the stamp act clearances were burned; the Brit ish troops were quartered, in 176S; Gems. Howe and Clinton held their war councils, surrounded by officers clad in scarlet and lace, and the state constitution was planned.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
DIR. BABCocK's Ep1GRAMs.
The seeds of truth sprout in the soil

The seeds of truth sprout in the soil of obedience.
 Many a good intention dies from in- attention.
 To die doing right is better than to live doing wrong.
 Character is the confirmation of choice, the petrifaction of tendency.
 We are not responsible for the roots of sin in us, but we are responsible for the shoots.
 Be good. and be good for something.
 A grimy handImay do gracious deed, but bad heart cannot.
 If a man is to be pillar in the tenn pie of his God by and by he must be some kind of q prop in Gods house to- day.
 A cold prayer, like cold air, sinks; hot air rises, and fervent prayers are world-escaping, Heaven-moving agen- cies.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
REMEMBER THESE "DoN,Ts.' ,

Don't criticise the food at meal times.
 Don't dress shabbily in the morning because no one will see.
 Don't refuse ungraciously when some one offers to do you favor.
 Don't show less courtesy to your de- pendents than you would to your equals in position.
 Don't take the world into your con- f1dence either about your troubles or your family affairs.
 Don't forget to be gentle and respect full to the aged, even when they are fussy and tiresome.
 Don't contradict your friends when speaking, and don't appear impatient if they are somewhat long-winded.
 Don't, when travelling by train or bus, behave as if you were the only person who had a right to be there and the rest were all interlopers.-N. Y. Telegram.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.

 David Henderson made failure of his Havana theater. The house is now closed.
 Robert B. Mantell made his stage de but as the Sergeant in "Arrah-na- Pogue," in England, in 1872.
 The gipsy violinist, Rigo, of Princess de Chimay fape, has gone on the vaude- vile stage in Paris, and is said to have arranged for London and New York. The first English opera of which there is any record was Dido and AeEeas," produced in London and at Chelsea, England, in 1879. Zang,viI is evidently not worried over the failure of his Children of the Ghetto" in London. When friend con doled with him about the company coming back to this country, he replied it was not a loss.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-23
Prodnctinn of snIt

The salt production of the United States, which the newest trust seeks to control, amounts to 15,00O,O00 barrels a year, valued at over $5,000,0O0. Salt was first made in the United States in Ohio in 1798, and the Michigan mines have been worked since 1859. There are two methods of obtaining salt, it being gathered either from mines or by evap- oration. Sea water is seldom evapo- rated for salt. The more saline water in certain springs and pools is used, be- ing placed in pans and exposed to sun or artificial heat until the water passes away in vapor, leaving the salt deposit. Chicago Tribune.