Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-17

The tonnage q. The {es ss s,, e the
British empire exceeds 100000.
Orders for four large steamers Of
1000 tons each have been placed on
the Tyne BY Newcastle and London
dr@S ~ -. \.
Tbs apple crop Of Ontario last year
amounted to 38,993,017 bushels, being
On average of 5.6S bushels per tree ct
hearing age:
The Scotch type Of boiler proved su.
perior in the race Of rival British crlis'
ers to test It in comparison with the
E'elievills type: go
Extensive experiments III the smelt-
h.g of ore by electricity are being made
1t Brescia, in italy. The process Is the
Invention OF Captain Stassano Of Rome
The Dominion day of Canada, which
was celebrated on July I, will find Oh
Jan. next Its counterpart in the south
ern hemisphere in Commonwealth day.
which Australia, It Is expected, Will
celebrate with becoming vigor.
To provide the number Of coal black
chargers required by the Duke Of Corn.
wall and York and his staff on the oc.
caslon of reviews the militia depart
ment at Ottawa will buy up black
horses for the permanent corps.
The amount of milk received in New
York daily is about 100000 quarts. In
extremely warm weather this amount
Is often exceeded by one-fifth. The
supply comes from points ranging from
20 to $50 miles distant from the city.
King Edward III. that may be has
completed his seventh year and receiv-
ed as birthday present from his
grandfather, King Edward VII. b.
cycle. The frame measures II inches
and the wheels 20 inches in diameter.
BY comparing the statistics of Eng.
lish and Scotch universities in a given
year it was found that Scotland, with
a population Of 3, 1885, 900, had $500 uni
versity students, while England had
only 5000 students out Of population
about six times as great.
There are in London enough teetotal
estates to make up good sized
town. The Shaftesbury park, Queens
park, Noel park and Leigham court es-
tates are all managed on abstinence
lines. They cover more than 300 acres
and have a population of over 10000.
There are now about 100000 juvenile
abstainers in Britain.
One reads of the grave Turk" and
the sober Egyptian" but it is not re.
corded that they have never moments
Of nlirth when the fez hobs or the vel!
shakes under tie pressure of some par.
t.~uarly "goo1 thing" In Mohammed
himself Christian writer's have noted
co.Liality AL jocoseness. and they
say there is q good, ringing laugh IN
the prophet with all his seriousness.
Parts Of a magnificent manuscript OF
tie gospel of st. Matthew We're found
l:,ct year near Siaope and bought for
tie BibliotheIue Rationale at Paris.
TW; Of the pages which We're missing
have been recently discovered at Mari.
pol, on the sea of .Azov, and bought by
tie local museum. The volume was
made Of yellum, tinted with purple and
written IN large golden uncials in
Greek.
The report Of the deputy master O.
England's mint, issued recently, shows
that in the year 1900 the output of new
money in England was beyond all prec.
edent The total number of coins struck
was 107 ,6S9,513. representing 1872 tons
Of standard gold. 234 tons Of standard
silver and 391 tons Of bronze. In add.
ton nearly 100000 pieces were
STRUCK in the colonial minis. The mon.
ey coined in ENGLAND alone amounted
to f15.776,160.
Old mirrors in old time gilt frames,
especially oval ones. are quite fad OF
fashionable folk. A very smart house
recently furnished for wealthy New
Yorker has had low mahogany buffet
in the dining room and over it a very
handsome mirror in triple effect The
three pieces of mirror were oval, the
center one trifie larger than the two
end cnes. Then the beautiful gilt frame
bound them all together, giving an eff.
This years appropriation for the
diplomatic and Consular service { tie
United States is l,5:i,.G"N, or oae-ti. ~
OF what the ~ agricultural CCva,t
ment costs, >@e-hulf Tie SUM aplro.
priatel Tor d" expenses of Ne CITY o;
Washington and one-siXth of the ap,
propri;it.o" .,'r the nations wards. tlt
survivii>, Indians. The United Statea
eXpe:, less for its consular and dip.
Iona service than any other country
OF the fist class.
The cl.'l grain has, In addition to its
starch ca .:leat. q tiny germ in which
lies its lie principle. This germ was
formcrl." separated and thrown aside
as waste LATELY it has keen found
that this germ is rich in oil whic. can
be utilized. The germ Is now separated
from she starch and crushed. The oil
gathered from il finds a ready market,
and within the last few years millions