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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
Our system of Notation,

Some system of notation has been
used since time out of memory. The
first record we have of it is of figures
written with stick on fiat surface
covered with sand. Before thnt all
calculations We're made with pebbles,
beans and the like. Even now the
Chinese do their calculating with little
stones or beads strung on wires, In a
frame. The Romans first used vertical
lines-I. ii, III, etc.-to express num-
bers. The Arabic figures, which we
commonly use at the present time, are
of much earlier date.
The Arab. C system is chiefly valu-
able Oh account Of the great conven-
fence it affords by giving figure a
value according to the place it occu-
pies in the line. BY this system the
most enormous sums can be expressed
by the ten little characters which form
the numerical alphabet.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
BARRE, VT, MAY II, 1901
THE BREAK.

OF course any such break as that
which has just happened in the stock
market has long been overdue. The
great truth that action and reaction
are equal is especially applicable to
the operations upon any financial or
commercial exchange; and it may be
doubted If there has ever before oc.
Cured in the financial history Of any
nation such prolonged upward move.
ment of stock values without reaction
as that which eliminated for the
time being, at least, in Wall St.,
Thursday.
Nobody has any particular sympa-
thy for the professional gamblers who
lost money In the smash. To endure
S nj shes is pant Of their business. It is
to be feared however, that it was not
the professionals who we're hurt in the
break. These people have long been
fearful of the present stock market
and have greatly curtailed their op-
erations. The people who were hurt
were the small and comp aratively in
nocent spectators all over the count
ry. many OF them dealing in bucket
shops and similar institutions, who
have for considerable time based
their operations upon the confident
belief that what went up would never
come down.
The exact cause of the reverse was,
according to trustworthy authority,
the struggle for control Of the North.
ern ifcORailway system by two
great financial interests. What real
ly caused the break, however, was the
fright into which the great specula-
tive elements known as "the public"
were thrown by the anomalous situa-
tion that had occurred. 10 addition,
heavy sales Of stocks were made by
spectators who we're short on North.
ern Pacific and were forced to sacrifice
other holdings to protect this account.
A corner in a market is always a dan
gerous thing, because, it lifts
the stock which the subject Of
the corner to a fictitious price and
this price sooner or later suffers very
great decline, whichever party to the
corner wins. The decline is usually
sudden, and it invariably effects the
price of other securities besides the
one Immediately involved.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
Deafness Canno 30 Cured.

by locol applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness. and that is
by CONSTITUTIONAL remedies Deafness is
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it Is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the infiamma ton can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
stroyed forever, nine cases out of ten are
caused by Cataarh, which is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY Il co. Toledo. o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall'slFamily Pills are the best.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
The sentencing Of Arturo Bernacco,

The sentencing Of Arturo Bernacco,
the Italian convicted of an assault
with intent to kill on Chief Of Police
Brown, by Judge Watson yesterday to
not less than 81 nor more than %
years in the states prison ought to be
check to lawleSsness of this sort in
this vicinity. We do not blame Sher-
itf Graves for taking him to Windsor
at once. 1t must be quite response
bility to have a man of this sort on
ones hand, especially when he shows
a lively disposition to commit suicide.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
Mr. McKinlev looked at Mo

Mr.. Mckinley looked at Mexico,
and turned away. American capital
has been looking at Mexico this long
time past, and it isn't turning away
Quite the contrary, and in fact Amer
lean capital doesn't seem to be turn.
ing away from any country just now
where there lisa chance for good in.
vestment. How about owning Eng
land?
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus Saw
Haitians Playing Bail.

Haitians Playing Bail.
''The world was a long time learning
the uses and value Of rubber" says II.
E. Armstrong in .AinS?ee's. "For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum in the hands of natives of the new
world it was little more than curios-
ity. Old Herrea, who went with Co
lumbus on his second voyage, made
note Of an elastic ball which was mold
ed from the gum of tree. AT their
games the nude Haitians made it
bound high in the air. The Aztecs were
familiar with the gum and called 1t ule,
and from them the Spaniards learned
to smear 1t on their coats to keep out
the wet. They had crossed the seas
for gold and never dreamed Of time
when the sticky milk the uncouth In
dams drew from strange trees would
be worth more than the treasure of the
bills.
close, king Of Portugal, in 1865, comes
down to us as the wearer Of pair Of
boots sent out to Para to be covered
with waterproof gum. Yet 300 years
were to elapse before Connecticut
Yankee should make pair Of boots OF
rubber which would not decompoSe.
DR.. Priestly. author Of work on Per
spective.' now forgotten. recorded that
caoutchouc pronounced kachook) was
useful in small cubes for rubbing out
pencil marks; hence the name rubber.
The India linked with it refers to the
savages who gathered it in the Amazon
wilderness. DR.. Priestly's cubes were
half an inch long and sold for shil-
lings, or IS cents. apiece-a stiff price,
for the finest rubber today is 81 a
pound. Its price for ten years has
ranged from 60 cents to $1.O9.
1.-The conversion Of the gum to useful
purposes made but slow Roadway. The
first waterproof cloth in 1907 was the
work of an Englishman. 1t was tenta-
tive, and. of course, it would not stand
heat. In 1923 Charles Macintosh Of
Glasgow discovered naphtha and, dis
solving rubber in it, produced a varnish
which. when spread on cloth. made it
really impervious to water. Most Of
the rubber used in the world still comes
from equatorial South America. and
the forests where the Indians gathered
ule are as dense today and almost as
little known to white men as in the
time of Cortes"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
WILL. S ELL.

Mrs. W. NJ. Hayward, No 8 Bolster
venue, will sell her household furni-
ture at private sale, mmencing
Tuesday May 7th consisting Of parlor,
chamber, dining room and kitchen
furniture, stoves one nearly new, ban
quet lamp and many other articles too
numerous to mention. 22-3S
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
what Are We Coming TOT

What Are We Coming Tot
The fond mother had just killed 10 of
her IL children.
She was a happy wife, and her hus-
band came home early every night.
"Now," she said, with contented
sigh. "John can close with the agent
'or that house."
This was 20 years from now, when
no landlord would accept tenant with
more than two children.-New York
Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

1t has been estimated that the
first thing perused by nine tenths of
the women newspaper readers is the
advertisements. And why not? The
women are the econ omistS of the
household.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

The public received lesson some
years ago when they invested in
stocks. They got caught then, but
die that make any difference? Oh,
No! They got bit again. Why can't
you play with stop order behind
whether long or short?
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

Standard Oil is now quoted at CPL
instead Of SAL. What's the difference
so long as it pays yearly dividend of
100 per cent?
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

DeWitt's Little Early Risers search the
remote parts of the bowels and remove
the impurities speedily with no discom-
fort. They are famous for their efficacy.
Easy to take. never gripe.
Rickert 4 Wells, Barre, Wilcox Il Gillette,
Moretown, w. E. Poole. East Barre, vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

What's in name? According to a
Cameron, Mo-, newspaper Thomas
Shirk is the busiest barber in town.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
MlScEIlAN EoUS

LADIES, THREE DOZEN FREE.
DR., Charcot's Anti-Germ Pastilles
Positively infallible in troubles peculiar *
the sex. Monthly remedy. Never dis
appoint. Harmless. Simple. Convenient
Particulars with free box. DR.. julia
Pheud, Wood Bldg, Nassau st., New
York City. 23On
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

turin. paugs of dyspepsia No need TO.
BurNock Blood Bitlers Cures. At any
drug store.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
statesmen WANTED

Salary or commission. Good territory,
Liberal terms. Apply at once. The G.
Chase d Co. Nurserymen. Maiden, Mass.
s22-33
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

CORRESPONDENT WANTED In
every city, town and village>in America.
Newspaper and other work. Experienced
and inexperienced. Good remuneration.
News and stories wanted. For particulars
address The Bulletin Press Association,
New York. 231 tt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
TO RENT.

TO RENT-A desirable store at Tough End
in Granitevilie. Inquire A. NJ. Morrison.
Graniteville Vt Otf
TO RENT-Good shed room with steam
derrick and all other necessary appurtenanses
Co., Barre. Vt. 1871
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-One second hand driving har-
ness one second hand buggy, one horse lum-
one cheap horse - yeaes old. Ward 4 Lane
Oo., Barre. Vt. ~
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-One low-priced horse, good
worker and driver. Inquire at Eastman BROS
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching from fine
bred buff plymouth rock and buff leghorns
c. ". Huntington. No. Charles Street. are
W ZD-oU
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-Clothlng, furnishings. shoe
road center in the state Reason for selling.
other business $1,000 down, small balance in
monthly installments. Address. F TELEGRAM
Once" 6u
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-A good second hand buggy.
Inquire at Averill's paint shop or 40 Merchant
Street, ZZtl
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-A $500 piano, as good as new
viii sell cheap for cash. Alex Coutts. !! Vine
Street. 1otl
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-Two ST Bernard dogs. In
uuire of 4. Macchi, BOG No. Main St 23tf
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching IRON choice
prize winning R. l. reds silver wyando saec:1 ~
hand two horse power for sale cheap. Granite
City poultry Yards, G. FL. kenersee' Prop 1921
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-11

FOR SALE-A good pair OF black WORK
horses that weigh 2600 lbs. cheap LOT CASH.
INQUIRE of Barre Sup Jly Co. 24ll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
MOURNING FOR TERRA
PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
 TAKES ACTION.
Three Orators will Deliver Pane gyrics of the Deceased-Many Floral Offerings Sent to the
 Hotel San Carlos.

Mexico City. Dec. 11.-When the Pan- American Conference met this afternoon, President Raigosa, after alluding to the death of Duarte Pierra, in feeling terms, proposed that a committee be appointed then and there to determine the action of the Conference in the matter. A committee was appointed consisting of EsuIpian. ex-Senator Davis of the United States delegation: Manuel Alvarez Cal- deron of Peru, Bermejo of Argentine and Cuestas of Uruguay. While the commit tee withdrew from the hall to deliberate the session was suspended, but the mem bers of the Conference remained in the building.
 After half an hour the committee came back and reported set of nine resolu- tions. The first expresses the grief of the conference at the death of the Bra at ' o'clock tonight the delegates ac- company the remains from the. hotel where the delegate died to Conference Hall, where the body is to lie in state The third provides that the delegates and their secretaries are to keep guard over the body in turn until midnight tonight. The fourth annouces that the body will be temporarily inferred in the vault of the family of President Dtaz. In the French cemetery, tomorrow, prob Diaz and Cabinet will attend the obse- quies. The fifth announces that three members of the conference will deliver panegyrics of the deceased at the cem- etery. The sixth provides that the mem bers of the Conference will go into mourning for nine days. The seventh, that the Conference adjourn for the days The eighth, that the President of the Conference send a telegram of condolence to the Brazilian Government and address letter of sympathy to Mrs. Pierra. Ninth, that committee be appointed to express condolence to Mrs. Duarte Pi- erra. By unanimous vote 1t was agreed that the chair was to appoint the or ators.
 Mir. Raigosa thereupon appointed Mir. Casaissusor of Mexico. Secretary Gen. eral of the Conference: Bermejo of Ar genuine and Cuestas of Uruguay as or- ators.
 Innumerable floral offerings have been received at the Hotel San Carlos, where the remains of the deceased are now lying.
 The Conference Hall was already draped in black crepe this morning and tonight has been converted into chapelle ard- ente.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
MRS. DENNIS 1NcoHEaENT.
Detectives Can Learn Nothing from
 Her Talk.

Washington, Dec u.-Mrs. Ida Gilbert Dennis, the fashionable dressmakCr found mysteriously assaulted in her apartments yesterday morning. is how ering between life and death today. She showed some improvement thIs morning. but the chance of recovery Is slight.
 Its a woman" Its in a book and "Il, tell you all about it." aie the only coherent words that the detectives sitting by her side can distinguish. These were spoken when she was apparently con- scicCs.
 William H. Johns of Gettyseurg Pa, "a neT hew of the victim, arrived today and after being admitted to the sick room, went to the rclice headquarters. leaving there subsequently, with a detective. The hospital attendants are keeping the pa tent quiet and hope she may be able to give some information by tomorrow
 A small old-fashioEed hatchet, which probably has been used by the family for many years, was found by detectives to- day in a closet in the room of the elder Mrs. Dennis, mother-in-law of the in- jured woman. The room is in the rear part of the second floor. There were indi- cations of rust and other stains on both the handle and the blade and these were analysed by Chemist Hurd of the Health Department.
 The result of the chemical analysis of the hatchet found in Mrs. Dennis's room failed to disclose the presence of blood stains on that weapon and the police at tach no significance to the finding of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
RUMoR IN BIRMINGHAM.
Said That Gen. R. D. Johnston May
 Be Made Postmaster.

Birmingham, Dec. u.-(Special. )-A general. rumor out tonight was to the effect that General R. D. Johnston. brother of former Governor Joseph F. Johnston, was slated for postmaster i'll Birmingham. pr. J. w. Hughes. present incumbent. and George F. Jackson, de- partment commander G. A. R.. are applt- cants for the position. The rumor has it that this accounts for the recent visit of the former Governor to Washington. President Roosevelt is acquainted with General Johnston and is said to have ex- pressed the desire to bestow some favors. There is no confirmation of the rumors.
 The calling of the State Republican Executive Committee for January I4th in this city, is causing much comment not only in Republican ranks here but throughout the northern part of the State. There is an impression abroad here that William Vaughan will tender his resignation as chairman of the Exec utive Committee and several men are be- ing mentioned as possible candidates for the place. The recent actions of the President in holding conference in refer ence to the party in Alabama and ex- pressing a desire to build up the party in the State is said to have brought the leaders in the party to a realization that something will have to be done. Ac- cording to rumors afloat here steps are being taken looking to the harmonizing of interests and the selection of a new chairman may be one of these moves. Chairman Vaughan has many friends but the statement that the President is not go well pleased with him has caused many of them to be apprehensive. There is much talk about the visits of Captain Reuben F. Kolb to the President and his close friends deny that he is going to join the Republican ranks, though it is possible that he would accept one of the fat jobs which are to be given out in this State by the President His son says that the President asked the Captain to call on him but what the nature of the conference was he 0he son) was not at liberty to give out. Captain Kolb is expected back from his Eastern trip in few days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
YOUNG WILCOX
1ASNOO>O OOANO w NEAANO<X CRoPSEY HOLDS HIM RESPoN-
 SIBLE. Says He Believes He Will Never Again See the Missing Girl Alive-Thanks Police for
 Their Search.

Charlotte. N. C., Dec. 11.-A special from Greenville N. c. says:
 "A gentleman here from Newbern N. C., reports the officer If revenue cut ter anchored off Newborn as saying that ance of Miss Cropsey was anchored in the Pasquotank River, opposite the pier to which the missing girl was trailed by the bloodhound. and that his watch de- clares that nothing unusual occurred from that pier on the night m question. Had anyone plunged into the water or took boat this watch would have most assuredly known it. This apparently eX- l'slainS away the idea that the girl jump ed from the pier and the fruitless drag ging of the river there"
 w. H. Cropsey, father of the. missing girl. today issued a public letter, in which. after thanking citizens of North Carolina for their kindness and sympa- thy he says;
 'The police officials and citizens con- mittee have done all human agency could do to restore my daughter, without sue cess. I never expect to see her this side of the great eternity.
 T shall always believe James Wilcox instrumental in my daughters disap- pearance. If dead, I believe his hand or his hireling is responsible.
 Some time when this life shall cease and we shall stand before the presence of the Great Judge, I believe We shall learn how and when he murdered my daughter. and that the justice he may escape here will be dealt him then.
 ''W. H. Cropsey."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
GARDENERS DISCOVERY.
Scheme to Control Torpedoes by
 Wireless Telegraphy

New York, Dec. 11.--Commander. Rich- ardson Clover, United States Navy, ss att tache of the United Stgtes Embassy at
 London, who, with his family. arrived here on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse last night to spend the holidays. will report to the government on an exhi- bition of a working model of torpedo operated by the Marconi system of wire less electrical transmission, before he re- turns to his post on December 2S. The inventor is a man named Gardiner. By
 means of the application of his idea, Commander Clover said the inventor be- again. steer and fire a torpedo from a keyboard on ship or on land, using the Marconi system in conjunction with his device, which Is the apparatus on the torpedo.
 In an exhibition of working model in the inventors rooms in London, Com mander Clover said that the inventor did everything that he had said he could do, He showed that he could start and stop the propeller and turn the rudder In eith- CT direction at will, as well aa ring the bell which represented the explosion Of the torpedo.
 Tie Vaccaras and the orling Armstrong systems, the Commander said. could do only one thing, and then became power less The different operations in the Gardiner torpedo were determined by the length of the wave. One length of wave started the motor of the torpedo; anoth- CT stopped 1t, a third pulled the rudder to one side. a fourth to the other, and the fifth exploded it.
 A defect in the mechanism appeared to be that there was no position which could be given to the rudder when 1t moved from it's normal position except hard aport or hard to starboard. the case might be. The torpedo could only be partly submerged. A mast equipped with a wire to receive the wave must be used on it. This. of course. might serve as a warning to an enemy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
MUST SUFFER DEATH
FILIPINO CHIEFS WHO ORDER
 EXECUTION OF NATIVES.
The Followers Who Carry Out the Instructions Will Also Be Held Guilty of the Crime.
 of Murder.

Washington, Dec. 11.--In his annual re- port General Chaffee assigned as one of the principal factors in the prolongation of the warfare in the Philippines to ter rible vengeance visited on any native who is even suspected of friendliness to the American cause. In passing on the case of a Filipino recently tried by court martial for such a crime, General Chaf- fee said:
 ''As guerilla and all other bandit chiefs have no shadow of lawful authority to take the lives of the inhabitants and as it is the duty of the United States to protect all in the enjoyment of their lives and property. the warning, often given. will be repeated until all shall heed it, that both the chiefs who order and the followers who obey their orders to do murder must upon conviction theerof, expect to suffer the extreme penalties of the law"
 A military commission in the Philip pines headed by Major Henry $. Turriii, surgeon, sentenced Juan Olivar, Filipino to be hanged. Olivar was the leader of a DdnQ or l3uTOHeS WliCu ihaac dii ot- tack upon the house of Teodore Labra- dor ,presidente of AIinea.. Panay, and captured him, his brother, wife. grand mother, godmother, small daughter and a policeman. The grandmother, god mother and daughter were shot to death in the vicinity of the capture; Labrador his wife and the policeman were taken to an isolated spot and killed with bolos. The brother made his escape lnciden- tally Olivar and his band robbed Labra- dor of seventy-eight carts, 800 pesos and other articles.
 A band of Tulisanes, armed with bolos, rifles and daggers. killed eleven members of the Echevarria family at Marc. Mas' bate on August 14th, 1900 for the sole reason that the victims were Spaniards. Two members of the band were brought to trial and were sentenced to be hanged. But in view of the fact that the more responsible participants in this crime already had paid the death penalty, the sentences were commuted by General Chaffee to life imprisonment.
 Ygnecio Siaotong, an insurgent leader. operating against the American Govern. ment after having taken the oath Of allegiance, was sentenced to hang for murdering a native woman suspected of friendliness to the United States,