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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS.
fhe Affect Difference Shown The.
By Civilians IL Amazing.

By Civilians 10 Amazing.
The respect and difference shown n
the German army officer on duty aud
of duty by his count,ymen are won
derful to see, according to London
writer. "Civilians, even compatriots
of distinction. on entering the DINING
room bow to him with formal humility
He acknowledges the Obeisances ONLY
with rigid glare Of naughty indiffer
ence. though he is politely conscious Of
the coming and going Of ladies'. The
German civilian does not appear to hs
surprised at or to resent being CON
temptuously ignored by him, but rec.
ognizes him and looks up to him as &
superior member Of a superior race
and continues to make his obeisances
however loftily they are ignored
But, while the officer is unable 10
see the civilian at whom he Is looking
point blank, he never misses observ-
ing the entrance and acknowledging
the salute of another Of his own race.
He rises from his seat and stands stiff
and erect while the newcomer ad
vances and exchanges formal bows
and greetings, and as he RECEIVERS tie
erect position from the bow he brings
his heels together with a sharp parade
click and waits until his superior has
taken a seat before he resumes his
own"
There were tremendous ceremonies
in eating and drinking, too. especially
in drinking. Each table group lifted
their glasses invariably together. as #
at the word of command, taking Their
time apparently from the senior pres
ent. Having seized their glasses to-
gether and raised them together anG
simultaneously drunk, they would
simultaneously finish and then, hold
ing their glasses before them, would
with great ceremony bow to one
another before replacing them OF
the table. 1t did not matter whether
they were drinking beer or claret or
the German champagne, which seems
to be the especially smart thing to
take. there was the same ceremony.
When a senior officer went out of the
room, all the juniors present rose to
stiff attention and bowed as he passed.
When a junior rose he made the round
Of the tate on his way to the door and
bowed separately. with spur jinglins
heel click every time to every other
officer.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
GRANITEVILLE.

At special meeting of Ma pie Leaf
Camp, Modern Woodmen of America,
Thursday evening. resolu ions Of
thanks were passed to the superinten.
dent OF the Barre railroad FOR the
special train on the evening OF March
Is, and to Granite City Camp Of Barre
for the splendid hospitality given
them on the occasion of their recent
visit.
Will Turney spent Sunday at his
home in Montpelier
A ball will be given Friday evening
April 4, for the benefit OF Robert En-.
NETT Court G. o. F.
Kew. D.. D4igneault has secured a
priest to assist him in the services for
Holy Week.
The members OF Robert Emmett
Court, G. o. F.. will receive Holy
Communion in body Easter Sunday
morning at first mass.
The committee in charge Of the bali
and all the officers of Robert Emmett
Court, G. O. F., are requested to
meet at their hall on Wednesday eve
ming.
Services at St. Sylvester's church
during the week will be as follows;
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
masses at $50 and O'Clock; Thurs
day, Friday ana Saturday, mass at
O'Clock. Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, services at in the
evening. Station, OF the cross Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clmk.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
A CARD.

We the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the m ney on SO
cent bottle Of Greene, warranted
syrup ut Tar If it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
!oc bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
ted Cross Pharmacy. E. N. Aldrfch
"a Gladding. W. H. Miles d Go
a. DroWn Il Co. Graniteville
A. pare. W .!liamstown Org CO
y f. rooie r. A. AinswOrth
:. Blakely, Uarl 1an"
larry a. Slaac. South Barre
Montpeher q. Macarthur
j. l. Dix. East Barre
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
PICTURES AN IDEAL CITY.
An English Society Proposes to Eff
feet the Betterment Of London.

=
Frederic Harrison sketched an ideal
London. which a strong unofficial or.
ganization will attempt to realize, says
the Chicago News. The association,
which calls itself the Society For the
Retirement Of London, is supported by
many wealthy and titled people.
The programme of reforms contem.
plates the abolition of the newsboy. Or
gan grinder. muffin man, the smoky at.
mosphcre impure food and milk, un.
clean streets, pauper aliens. the EN-
ployment of children in public places
after o p. m. street gambling, proms
cuous splitting. torn up streets. the open
solicitation of vice and host of other
familiar features of London life.
The society hopes little later to at.
tack antiquated elevators. unheated
railway carriages. unsightly architec.
ture and pirate omnibuses.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
Aquatic Outlook at Yale.

Rowing affairs at Yale, will be under
different management this year from
what has usually been the custom.
John Kennedy, the well known old
professional sculler, will have charge
OF che crew and conduct the coaching.
The amount Of rowing done indoors
will be decidedly less than formerly,
anG the entire system OF draining will
be changed in good many little de-
tails.
Ihls does not mean that Yale in
tends to change her stroke. The stroke
of the past three seasons will remain
unchanged. but the method of arriving
at this stroke will be changed consid
erably.
After the Harvard race last June the
blues coaches decided that Yale in
order to keep up with Harvard must
improve her system of boating. With
this object in view Kennedy was sent
TO England to visit Oxford and Cam.
bridge. Kennedy has returned and has
been busy at work coaching all those
candidates for the crew who were NOT
Kennedy in outlining his ideas about
college rowing said: II am convinced
that there is very little difference be-
tween the American and English col.
'lege strokes. AS a matter of fact. thew
are practically the same still be-
lieve in the American system of rig.
ging and am convinced that it is far
superior TO the English system. learn
ed great deal while was over there
which think will be Of use here at
Yale"
The question Of head coach for the
Yale crew for the coming year is still
undecided. The sentiment is unani.
mously in favor of f. w. Allen. the
last years head coach. but he does not
have the time necessary for the work. !
Ex-Captain Blagden of last years
crew is also unable to give up his time ,
to the crew this year. This removes
the two most desirable men from con- |
eilera tion for this position.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
Can't Keep 1t a Secret

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New Life Pits is daily coming to light.
No such grand, remedy for Liver and
Bowel troubles was yer known before.
thousands bless them for curing Com
stipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness,
Jaundice and Indigestion. Try them.
Csc at W. H. Gladdings', Barre, and
j. II. McArthur's, East Barre, drug,
stores
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
PROTECTION OF WORDS.
A Plea For a Rest For Our Familiar
Quotations.

Quotations.
In these days when everybody is
writing and everybody seems to sue
coed would it not be well to start a
society for the protection Of words and
phrases? Many Of these are so bru-
tally overworked by the amateur. The
winged words, the words that burn,
the thoughts that breathe, the telling
phrases, do they not clamor loudly for
a rest? That very sentence affords an
Illuminating example of what mean.
How apt, how vivid, how expressive it
would be If all it's epithets had not lost
their vitality through overwork! To
but the echo Of an echo. 1t not merely
means nothing, but 1t is robbed even of
Its sound and fury.
The greenhorn that complained Of
Hamlet" that it was too full of quota.
tons unconsciously expressed great
fact through the medium of bull. In
a wrongheaded way he pointed out that
constant reiteration has reduced the
grandest passages In the language to
mere commonplace. Give our familiar
quotations a rest. Lay to sleep our
household words. Let fortune for
awhile cease to favor the brave. Let
us feign that the poet is made. Let
man who would steal another's thun-
der be arrested for felony. Let us win
no more golden opinions. Let the IA
vored few withdraw to some select Sc.
clusion and the countless thousands to
some dry eyed privacy.
Thus may nouns, adjectives and
phrases, after long rest, reawaken
with the freshness of the morning upon
them, their original meanings recreat-
ed, energetic, effective, brilliant, as on
the day when they were first conceived
and brought forth.-Era.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24
lockjaw From cobwebs

Cobwebs put on a cut lately gave a
woman lockjaw. Millions know that
ne best thing to pat on a cut is
Bucklen's Arnica Salv-, the infallible
healer OF Wounds, Ulcers, Sores, Skin
Eruptions, Burns, Scalds and Piles,
IL cures or no pay. On.y 25c at W.
ii Gladdlngs', Barre, and j. H. Nc
Arthur's, East Barre, drug stores.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-24

IT you have to pay the same rate ,
. paper with only one-half the circu
lation DO you not think you are gettinl
more for your money when you adver"
Use In the TELN3RAMP
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05

"DEAR Mrs PINKHAM:-O OF all the grateful daughters
you have given health and life glad than l.
My home and life until illness
first noticed by being having
and scany mensuation gradually general failed
enjoy meals became langd
frequently in the grons
"Iadvsed with family physician prescribed
Improvement One he said Try
did, thank God; the next month better and gradually built
until in months This ago
have had pain ache DELANo
Ave, Chicago, Ill
The help for all aling is
table Compound Women who have used testify this with
voice
When the periods painful frequnt
and headaches drive all ambition; the
sensation attacks when that
trivial thing that
growing trouble fastening itself Do not let disease make
Roadway Write Mrs Pnkham,
and begin at the
Compound thousands
What will
ism the andg governed by the same laws
yBanof Hymns
hnd tina
shxJtakkL genuine
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
BROOMS MAY GO UP.
broom Corn Scarce in the West and
Prices Up.

Prices Up.
The Morning News has several times
called attention to the opportunity for
broom corn growing around Savannah,
but only in a comparatively small way
has 1t been undertaken. The broom
corn crop in the West is reported short
and broom manufacturers are on the
lookout for stock. A Charleston Qll.)
dispatch says: A conservative survey
of the great broom corn belt of Illinois,
wherein is raised two thirds of the
crop of the United States shows a con-
dition of affairs which will not be very
encouraging to the broom manufac-
turers. Chinch bugs and the seven
teen-year locusts are getting in their
work in this section, but this is not
the only thing which stares the grow
ers and the manufacturers in the face.
Indications are that there will be a
shortage in hands at cutting time.
The high prices being paid for Indian
corn and oats have caused the farm
erS to devote many acres of land to
these cereals, and thus the broom corn
acreage is reduced to a degree which
can only be estimated when the crop
is cut this fall
Cui ING lllC past Two WEEKS
facturers have secured this section of
the country, and the warehouses are
now practically empty of brush, while
the farmers have a very small amount
of corn on hand, and it is of a very
poor quality. During the past few days
rush orders for several carloads of
corn have come from California, but
the brokers here have been unable to
supply the demand. The demand is
very heavy, but the work is being done
on the undertone. and only those ac-
quainted with the situation realize the
pressure being brought on the brokers
to secure as much brush as possible.
The brokers are much concerned,
and several who have canvassed the
territory for statistics are confident
that the price on brush will be much
higher before cutting time. From 800
to $40 per top is being paid at the
present for good corn"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05

asked for the doors to be opened. The
commandant demurred for a moment
Mr. Gritfith's credentials We're explicit
and the doors were opened.
"Out of the corner in one came
something in human shape, crouching
forward rubbing his eyes and blinking
at the unaccustomed light. 1t had
been three and a half years in that
horrible hole, about three feet long by
one and half broad. l gave him a
feast of sunshine and outer air by TAX
ing his place for few minutes.
After the first two or three the
minutes heightened out into hours. l
had absolutely no sense of sight. I
was as blind as though I had been born
without eyes. The blackness seemed to
come down on me like some solid thing
and drive my straining eyes back into
my head, and the silence was like the
silence of upper space.
when the double doors opened
again the rays of light seemed to strike
my eyes like daggers. The criminal
whose place l had taken had a record
of infamy which no printable words
could describe, and yet l confess that
pitied him as he went back into that
living death of darkness"
1t is scarcely three years since Mr..
Griffith witnessed this atrocity. 1t is
relief to know, as he informs us in a
note, that since then-not however by
legislation, but on the authority of the
Minister of Colonies-this terrible pun
lShment has been made less severe.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
"HEADS OR TAILS"
History of the Familiar Phrase and
of Some Less Familiar synonyms.


of Some Less Familiar synonyms.
From the London Globe.
Not many days ago a morning news
paper had a paragraph in which it
was sagely remarked that the influence
of Kings and Queens extends to many
OF the minor things of life. And then,
by way of illustrating this indisputa-
BILE remark it was stated that before
the accession of Queen Victoria people
who tossed with a coin usually cried
Man or woman"-the woman being,
as was shown by a quotation from
'PickWick," the figure of a dragon-but
that when the Queens head appeared
on coins some confusion probably arose
and hence" we were told the popu-
lar cry became heads or tails" Fur
Their, the question was asked, "Will
the Kings accession bring about the
revival of the almost obsolete term?'
The appearance of His Majestys
head on the coinage in place of that
of the late Queen Victoria is hardly
likely to affect the popular formula
'Heads or tails" The phrase was in
use generations before Man or wo-
man" was ever heard of; and by the
way, the latter did not die out of use
at the accession of Queen Victoria, any
any more imam mead or tan then nrSt
came in. So long ago as 1854 Otway,
in one of his plays, talks of the way
boys played with farthings-they 'go
tC heads or tails for EN-" The tail"
is, of course, a mere fashion of speech
used simply to denote the reverse of
head" In Ireland, when the reverse
of coins bore a harp, the cry naturally
used to be head or harp" A more re-
cent English version is head or wo-
man'-the woman being the figure of
Britannia, which is hardly so absurd
as the identification of the dragon
trampled by st. George with a woman
The Pickwickian allusion mentioned
above occurs near the beginning of Mr.
PickWicks adventures at the Bull Inn,
Rochester. on the occasion of the Char
ity Ball Mr.. Jingle and Mr.. Tupman
are about to purchase their tickets
mot worth while splitting a guinea"
said the former; toss who shall pay
for both-I call; you spin-first time
Woman-woman-bew woman"
chronicler, with the dragon Called by
courtesy woman) uppermost"
An older English phrase used for
tossing purposes was cross and pile"
This was only applicable, strictly
speaking, when the diverse of the coin
bore the design of a cross, but the
words were used occasionally long af-
ter the cross had disappeared from the
coinage. The origin of the pile" is
uncertain. The phrase came to us from
the French, who played "a croix ct
pile" before we did. 1t is, indeed, at
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
INSPECTION OF CABS.
Example Set by Atlanta Might BE
Probably Followed Here.

Atlanta has been afflicted, like Sa-
vannah and other cities, with street
cabs and hacks unfit for service. If
not the vehicle, then the horse, in
many instances, was in such a condi-
ton as to arouse pity in the hearts
of many fares and induce some to
walk or take some other hack in or
der to avoid inflicting labor upon the
beast.
Atlanta now has a rigid cab inspec-
tion, through which all the vehicles
and the animals that pull them must
pass, and IL is said that this inspec-
ton has already resulted in a great
improvement. Such an inspection
would doubtless operate to the ad-
vantage of the service in Savannah,
and it would certainly retire from the
streets number or rattletrap hacks
and sorry steeds.
The Introduction of hanson cabs
and the efforts of some of the hack
men to make their own rigs worthy
of competition with the hansoms have
caused a considerable Improvement
already. but there are many rigs still
left that would well warrant an in
spection and retirement
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
HURLED FROM TRACK BY CAR.
But Fate That Guards the Drunken
shielded Harris From Harm.

William Harris, colored, was struck
in the back by the last car from Thun-
derbolt to the city last night, was
hurled from the track into the ditch
and somewhat painfully, though, Gu
riously enough, not at all seriously in
jured.
The car had just passed Bonaven-
ture and was coming along at a good
rate of speed. certainly as high as that
usually maintained, when Harris was
struck. He was walking along the
track and the motorman felt he had
had right to infer he would hear
the noise of the gong and step to one
side. When he saw that this was a
strained construction and endeavored
to reduce the speed of the car, it was
too late, and Harris was struck full
in the back and hurled, like a stone
from a catapult into the ditch.
1t was an instance in point to illus
trate the truth of the old saying that
THE devil looks after his own" Har-
ris has accumulated a jag of large
and gaudy proportions. which, while
it prevented him hearing the gong and
possibly from knowing what hit him,
seemed to protect him also from any
very serious injury.
He was taken aboard the car by the
crew and passengers and brought in
to the sheds. DR.. Simmons was sum-
moned and gave him medical atten-
ton, and in the course of a few min
utes the negro was able to walk out
of the shops. He was carried to his
home
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
MARYHATTIANNA POSToFFICE.
The Postmaster Named 1t After His
Wife and Two DauGhters

Washington Letter in New York Sun.
Recent Investigations under the pre-
MUM publication clause of the postal
regulations into the circulation records
of the Marion (Ark) Herald have
served to show how the town of Mary
hattianna in that state got it's peculiar
name. The Marion Herald is pub
hshed in Maryhattianna, and the edi-
tor, c. r. Weber, has a wife and two
daughters. He also has two sons but
they had nothing to do with christen-
ing the town.
When the PCstoffice Department de-
cided to establish postofffce at the
place now called Maryhattianna, W.
X. Weber was appointed postmaster
and told to select name. The Weber
family went into executive session to
decide on a title. Mrs. Webber, whose
name is Mary, thought it would be
delicate compliment if the postoffice
was named after her. The two daugh-
tiers, Hattie and Anna, thought the
same with regard to themselves, and
each considered her own name the
prettier. To conciliate the family
Weber was finally obliged to name the
postoffice after all three and called the
town ''Maryhattianna."
The postofice inspector who looked
into the case of the Marion Herald
wrote to the department the other day
that the population of Maryhattianna
consisted of six persons-all Webbers.
The circulation of the Herald, he said,
was not confined to Maryhattianna.
He also mentioned that the address
given as the office of the Herald, :
Rush avenue, corner Grand, was cor
rect. He adds:
mo. 2 was the office of the Herald
all right, and No. l Rush avenue IS
the residence of the editor of the
Herald the postmaster of the town
and the entire population of Mary
hattianna. The other numbers on Rush
avenue have not been erected as yet.
The roads were right bad, so 1 Dor
rowed a mule, but I could not ma
Grand avenue. The editor, postmaS-
ter and population explained to me
later, however, that the sign, 'Grahu
avenue had been nailed to a tree
and the tree struck by lightning anu
destroyed shortly before my arrival
The postoffice inspector said in au5
dition that Maryhattianna is gooI
ways from the regular star rouls
which serves that part of Arkansas,
and daily trip to the town to setNs
the population of six takes the CARRIE
four miles off his course.
The department is now trying
find out how a postoffice happened ~
be established at Maryhattianna.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
LEAHY WILL REMAIN.
Popular Passenger Man VIII BE
With Coast Line Here.

Popular Passenger Man Will BE
with Coast Line Here.
Mr.. w. H. Leahy, who was chief
clerk in the passenger department of
the Plant System, under Passenger
Traffic Manager B. w. Wrenn, return
ed yesterday from Wilmington, where
he met General Passenger Agent W.
]. Craig. They had a talk about the
organization of the passenger depart
ment of the Atlantic Coast Line on the
second division. but the conclusions
reached could not be learned from Mr.
Leahy. He declined to discuss the pas
senger departments affairs.
1t is known. however, that Mr. Leahy
will remain at the head of the Coast
Lines passenger department in Savan-
nah, and his authority will probably
extend over the second division. This
will be gratifying information to his
many friends. The patrons of the
Plant System. who come in contact
with Mr.. Leahy will be pleased. too,
to learn that Mr.. Leahy is to be re-
tanned by the Coast Line.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
Horrors OF The Black Cell.
From the Scotsman.

1t was in lie Nou that Mr. Griffith
saw the terrible Cachot Noir or Black
Cell-''that engine of mental murder
which the sentimentalism communards
have substituted for the infinitely more
merciful lash. The Cachots Noir were
never opened except at stated inter
Vals-once every morning for inspec-
ton and once every thirty days for ex-
ercise and medical examination of
the prisoner. Mr.. Griffith stopped at
the doors of two cases of ten years
solitary confinement in the dark" and
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
Hit with SIing-shOt.

Rufus Castelar,, 10 years old, colored,
was arrested yesterday afternoon,
charged with hitting J. E. Weekly
with a stone from a stlingshot. Week
ly claims that CASTELAR, aimed the
stone at him. He is not badly injured,
although the stone inflicted a painful
cut He had CASTELAR, arrested, and
will appear against him in Police
Court this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
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FOR SHOOTING TOY PISTOLS.

Three Boys Lectured and Two of
Them Fined.
The three boys who were arrest I'd
on Thursday for shooting toy pistols
in the street were arraigned before
Recorder Myrick in Police Court yes
terday morning. The Recorder deliv-
cred a severe lecture and fined the two
Colored boys each 81 or two days.
Ed Raby, the white boy arrested for
the same offense, was permitted to
go on his own recognizance, after
warning.
Willie Smith, % years old, colored,
who was arrested early yesterday
morning by railroad detective, for
stealing brass from the yard of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, was re-
manded over to the City Court, charged
with larceny by Recorder Myrick yes
terday morning at Police Court.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
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GOING TO THE SOUTHERN.
Mr.. s. A. Williams VIII Go with
That Line at jacksonville.

Mr.. Stephen A. Williams. who has
been assistant to the paymaster of the
Plant System and whose position is
one of those that is to be abolished.
will leave soon for Jacksonville where
he will have place in the Office of
the general agent of the Southern Rail-
way. His many friends here wish him
success with the Southern.