davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

The directness Of the bees fight is
proverbial The shortest distance be-
tween any two given points is called
bee line. Many observers think that
The immense eyes with which to in
sect is furnished greatly assist if they
do not entirely account for the arrowy
straightness OF its passage through the
air,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

Included in the $2O,OOO,000 or more
Of property owned by the late Dean
Hoffman in New York was the Hoff-
man House. When, under the manage
ment of the late Ed Stokes, that hos
telry was the headquarters Of the ma
tional Democracy in New York city
and it's gorgeous barroom was the talk
OF two continents, a clergyman from
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04
Don't Believe All You Hear.

II congratulate you on the fine re-
ception which l heard you were hon.
ored with out in Indiana" some one
remarked to Senator Fairbanks, who
had just returned from the Republican
convention in Indianapolis.
"That reminds me-" said the senator,
"of an old but always good story. In a
sleeping car man was snoring most
loudly, and nobody else in the car could
sleep. Finally it was decided to awak-
en- him and compel him to quit snoring
or stay awake. So, after much diff
Guilty, he was aroused.
whats the trouble?" he asked.
Your snoring keeps everybody in the
car awake, and it has got to stop"
"How do you know snored?" ques
toned the disturber Of the peace.
1--WE heard you," was the reply.
"Well," said the man who snored as
he turned over to go to sleep again
don't believe all you hear. "-Washing
ton Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04
, Gentle Hint.

Lenders-l,v 80, ever think OF that
ten spot" you borrowed Of me?
Borroughs-Don't worry. | still have
it in mind
Lenders-Don't you think it about
time you relieved your mind?-Ex-
change.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

"Money talks" asseverated Glider
sleeve.
II am not so sure of that" retorted
ThrockmOlton at is no, on speaking
terms with me. "-Detrot Free Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

"Bridgct." asked Ms. Ep Leon, "can
you cook on scientific principcsT
Sure. nn'am. what's the matter
with cookin' on range" asked sen.
sible Bridget
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

There's no possibility of being witty
without little i'll nature. The malice
Of a good thing is the barb that makes
It stick.-Sheridan.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04
"Dhry" Eyed Grief.

Major Delafield, former superin-
tendent of West Point Military acad.
envy, was, to put tt mildly, not very
popular either with cadets or officers
After he left an Irish janitor said thai
when the major went down to the
wharf to leave the Pint he was fol
lowed by many dhry eye."-Chicagt
News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04
vQledictOFy.

1.-THE paper was here to stay" writes
a Georgia editor, but it accidentally
made money enough to leave."-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-04

"Soy. Chmmie. wot'd de boss call y
up fer
"T' call me down. Baltimore News.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
A GROWING ABUSE.

The constitution of this State needs amend
,nent TO prevent members of the legislature from
voting themselves into office. The instrument
purports 10 DO this already, and its trainers
doubtless thought they had covered the grounds
but they did not foresee the growth Of activities
of the government in new directions which
would offer fat in>&nes TO Senators and Assem-
blyInen. The present existing legislature passed
a bill creating purchasing agent for Monroe
County and vested the first appointment in the
County Clerk, County Judge and chairman Of
the Board of Supervisors These officials have
accordingly appointed Assemb.yman Gardiner
of that county, TO this office, at a salary Of
$500 a year He will hold the place till next
January. when the people viii elect the future
incumbent. who. Of course, is expected TO be
Mr.. Gardiner. Now, we do not know anything
about Mr. Gardeners fitness for this office, and
we do not question the motives of the officers
who appointed him. or the desrability of having
the legislature of which Mr.. Gardiner is MEM
Der vote to establish the office which Mr.. Gardi-
ner has secured for himself. If legislatures are
to create places for Assemblymen TO fill, this
transaction may be as proper as any other. 1t
is not the first of the kind. Senators and Assem-
blymen have before now voted TO establish
counselships to the State hospitals and then got
themselves appointed by the local managers to
those places. They have also secured from the
Controller fees as appraisers and counsel for
the collection Of taxes which they or their
predecessors had levied But ii is a bad CUSTOM
and If the makers of the constitution had fore
seen il they would certainly have prevented il
Section 4, Article III, of the constitution reads
No member OF the legislature shall receive
any civil appointment within this State or the
Senate OF the United States from the Governor
the Governor and Senate, or from the legis-
lature or from any city government. during
the time for which he shall have been elected:
and all such appointments and all votes given
FOR any such member for any such Office or
appointment shall be void.
This article for years did net contain the
words from any city government" Originally
the only source Of Objectionable appointment
was thought te be the Governor, either alone
with the Senate's confirmation, or the legis-
lature Our State government was very simple.
Less than thirty years ago the provision was
added forbidding the members TO take city office,
evidently because with the growth of cities
there was need of It. 1t is only within a few
years, however, that the functions OF counties
md various State boards have been so enlarged
N to give them patronage attractive to mem
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
A CHINESE REBEL.

The rebellion in Southern China assumes q
different aspect through the revelation OF the
identity of its chief leader. The first suppo-
siton was that ii was recrudescence OF the
Boxer and auti-foreign outbreaks of a couple OF
years ago 1t now appears 10 be the reverse
of that. Instead Of being anti-foreign and re-
dictionary it is anti-dynastic and progressive.
Its object apparently is TO get rid of the Tar
tars to restore the native Chinese government
and to bring the empire into closer touch with
the rest of the world.
Such view OF 1t is suggested by the an
nounced fact that DR.. Sun Vat Sen Is at the
head of the uprising. Now, the history of this
man is known to the world. The son of a rich
merchant at Honolulu, he was carefully edu-
Gated there and at Hongkong as physician.
Incidentally he acquired a fine mastery of the
English language, an intimate knowledge of
English and American principles or free and
progressive government, and also decided IA
cility in political conspiring Six years ago. at
Hong -Kcng he was at least suspected OF being
prominently concerned in a conspiracy TO de-
pose the present Tartar dynasty and to restore
that of the true Chinese-the same object as
that of the formidable Ta-Ping rebellion. which
also arose among the Cantonese and other true
Cinnamon Of the southern provinces. AS the
Dowager Empress was just then In blood
thirsty mood. Sun Vat Sen prudently FASTENED
to put the Pacific Ocean between her and HIM
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

bers of the legislature. In old umes couiiS
governments and State boards had hotnihs ~
give away but clerkships or fe" places do
deputies Now, however, they have tneir ii"
yers, appointlye commissioners and VAST HUM
Der of other well paid employees. ana clever PEI
sons going to Albany FOR year or TWO can
exercise such influence from the senate anu
Assembly chambers as to secure permanent
offices or establish lucrative law practices uhuer
government patronage.
The constitution as it stands does not lololu
this In the case of Stewart VS.. the Mayor Oh
New-York the Appellate Division in this depart
ment has held that local court in TINS city was
not a city office in the sense that its judge could
not appoint as his clerk an Assembyman VINO
had been in the legislature which established
the court Justice Hatch in his opinion SAID
We think the evil which the amendment
sought TO remedy and prevent the corrup-
ton OF the appointing power and the menper Oh
Assembly rather than to exclude tne Hleilpei
of Assembly from participation in the civil ser
vice of the State; and the reason appears qulte
plain in the fact that between the seVerai
sources of the power of appointment mentioned
in the constitution and a member Oh ASSellpIs ",
there exists a relation by which the one or the
other might be influenced in their offcia! acion-
The appointing power might, In CONSIDER az sr,ioii W
of a vote for a particular measure, nolu OUT ds
an inducement thereto a promise OF appot.ie p".,na
ment TO a particular office. So, on the othei
hand a member Of Assembly nnsht "ltIlolu
vote for a particular measure in order 10 coeice
the appointing power into compliance WIN
his demand for civil appointment
These dangers are to be seen in the accept
ance of offices by members Of the legislature
from the State boards and county officers not
included in the prohibitions of the CONSTITUTION
II is lust as bad for an Assemblyman 10 create
A new place for himself and confer the appoint
ing power some friends as to make such oai-
gains as Justice Hatch speaks OF. Ihui' iuuais
taking office like Mr. Gardiner. may be entreiy
honest. but the principle is a bad one and the
increasing frequency of such appointments indl-
Gates the need of further safeguards. Perhaps
il would be we'll TO amend the constitution so as
10 forbid members of the Legislature to accept
any civil office or any employment at the hands
of any officer of the State or any division thereof
except minor places like school trusteeshlps ana
offices filled by popular election.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
AMERICAN BREEDERS.

So many horses and mules have been shipped
from this country to South Africa that the rise
in prices for these animals has been startling.
So extensive. indeed. have been the shipments
of horses and mules TO Cape Town since
the beginning of the Transvaal conflict, so
great has been the increase in the sums paid
for cavalry remounts and draught animals,
that Western breeders VINO have already been
enriched by generous profits may be tempted to
so far more extensively into the production of
horses and mules with the expectation that the
boom may be kept up for several years.
They should not he too sanguine. South
Africa will doubtless he pacfed many
months have passed. and there is not the least
probability for a long period Of another war
in which America will be drawn upon for scores
of thousands of draught animals. Meanwhile
the auto vehicles of every ina aginabIe class
will loom larger and larger upon the horizon
and will be employed more and more plentifuly
both for the purposes of war and of peace
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
PERSONAL.

DIR William j. Tucker Is about finishing the first
decade of his presidency of Dartmouth College.
When he took charge there were 45s students and No
at present the number is over l,4Oo- over Sl.opV"
has been received in endoWmentS
Rolf Boldrewood' or Mr.. T. A. Browne. as he
is in real life" says THE London Chronicle, has
lust resigned the presidency OF the Australian Lit
erature Society the advice of his doctor He
is in his seventy-sixth year. and until about SIX
months ago was in the enjoyment Of remarkably
robust health for a of his age He is Wes-
sex man by birth. but as boy of four he accom-
ps MED his father to Australia, where he was des-
tined checkered career When he first be-
held Melbourne. in the thtrties, 1t was only ma
let of a hundred houses He is now living In It's
splendid city of half a million inhabitants He
was in early life souatter. worth s250Op; then
was ruined man Entering the government ser
vice a stipendiary magistrate and gold helds
Half dozen Of his realistic stories of Australian
life and character had been published In the Me- Me-
covered by the house of Macmillan in 1888
President Roosevelt has been invited to address
the great trenniaI Sunday school convention 10 be
held in Denver in June next
DR. Elgar Of London. 1t is understood, viii COM
pose an ode for the coronation, in June, which is TO
be heard the first time the state performance
Nine. Melba, the vocal representative of the coll
onies.
Admiral Sir Compton Domville. who has been ap-
pointed 10 the command OF the British Mediter-
ranean squadron. has had thirty-six years expert
enCe in the navy.
The committee of the Medical School OF the Johns
Hopkins University appointed TO erect memorial
to the late Jesse William Lazear. who lost his life
as the result Of an experiment the transmission
of yellow fever, reports that sufficient money mas
establish library fund for the purchase OF works
relating to tropical diseases
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

,, hr ooroinr +o tho Tinted States. Hence he
went to England, where sensauohal il'ein"
tional episode occurred. The Chlhese Aino"s-
dor in London had him kidnapped dpon 'n'
street and taken to the Chinese Embassy, "heie
he was held prisoner for some time the Onihe'o
Ambassador insisting that the embassy was
Chinese soil and that he had as good rlsht u
hold try and put to death the consplralor thelo
as though he were in Peking itself 1echhic'n
" the ambassador was right But the britlSh
Government succeeded in a diplomatic way III
securing Sun Vat Sens release and the lat'el
returned to the United States where he raised
a considera BILE amount of money for proSecu'
ing his revolutionary schemes He now appears
to have returned to China and to have piaceu
himself at the head of a formidable revolt
against the imperial government.
Such a leader in such a cause is likely 10
make serious trouble He has the advantage OF
n knowledge of European and American ways
and means He has the unquestioned SYM
nathv passive or active, of scores of millions OF
Chinese and they the most intelligent ana
efficient Chinese. who have never become recon-
ciled to the rule Of the Manchurian Tartars
He has also strong hold upon the sympathy
of the outside world which recognizes the I'M
satisfactory character of the present dynasty
and sees in it one of the most formidable oD-
stacles to the enlightenment Of China. Should
the revolt grow to menacing proportions the
attitude of the powers toward it would De
peculiar one However much they might SYM
pathize with the insurgent reformers, they
would be constrained to give their adherence
to what is after all. the only legal government
in China 1t is to be hoped the revolt will not
so involve foreign interests to call for inter
vention. We had enough Of that two years
ago. 1t would be out of the question to inter
vene against the constituted government Of the
empire and it would he most unwelcome to do
so against those struggling for the reform and
enlightenment of China. We can only hope
that the rebellion will be promptly disposed OF
by the Chinese themselves. and in a way that
will promote the best interests of that empire
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
TOO MANY CITY BONDS.

In present conditions the issue of SS 600 600
in municipal bonds for the increase of the
water supply would be extravagant and un-
justifable. The rapid transit excavations have
uncovered system Of pipes and tubes perhaps
unmatchabie elsewhere for rustiness. weakness
and leaks, and also for obvious botches on the
part of the contractors who laid them. and on
the part of the engineers and inspectors who
accepted them in behalf of the city
Stop the leaks. and refuse 10 issue millions
of bonds for Ramapo schemes and for schemes
similar to Ramapo
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
Amusemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s:Io-r-nder Two Flags.
AMERICAN THEATRE-s:l5-Through the bEeaAeis-
PIJOU-s-A Modern Magdalen- - ,,-.,- md
BROADWAY THEATRE-e-The Sleeping oeoU'' ~
CARNEGIE Halls :15-Concerf.
(,ASISO-s:15-The Lions Bride
CRITERION THEATRE-S-Du Barry
rAI.Y'S THEATRE-S-San Toy. - . w.
EDEN MISFF-Dav and EVenng-NoTld IN W
IcMIIRT. THEATRES -20-The Importance o. De--s
ruor;RTEETTH STREET THEATRE - s15 - Foxy
tARRfcK THEATRES .2O-ssy Farm -, ,,-,.
yJaRIFN OPERA HOUSE-S:l5-The Way OF the soii1-
gERsI,D SQUARE THEATRE-s:lir-Do!E NaTGet.
IRVING PLACE THEATRES -2o-Nathan Ger . " tise-
KEITH S-l2.3O lO:30-Co1tinuous Per
ENICK KERBOCKER THEATRES: In Aoi'@NO--
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-N--Clrcus-,,, ,,,,.o.
MADISON SQUARE TIEATRE-S-3V- ne ',IIuaaa,c
NaNHkT-TAN THEATRE :20-Her LORD anG Mas,e
MURRAY Hill. THEATRE-2-s-lhe fIai,I'I i'e
KEW SAVOY T14EATRE-s:l5 :l5--Solelers OF fortune
NFyW-YORK THEATRtI-s-HaH OF FHiIe
PASTOR 'S-C.oa-ia lous Performance ,o.ao r-o,
TROCTORS FIFTH ANENth~-l-So 10 i''"' - I'm
tented Woman and Narletles: ~ - IN .en
PFoCTOR'S TwENTY-TTIIRD STIREET-l%o 10 lo''V-
rRoCToRs 125TH sTREET-1ao to io@3o-The Brix'on
Burglary and Varieties. - -,r-,- On =. 1o.9n
PROC-TpRS FIFTY -"o u w.
The Royal Box and Varieties
RF,TpT- -RI,TC-SI5--As You Like It.
TIC~TORTA-S-I-s Belle Helene.
yATTACK,s TfIEATRF;-s:I5-Th Last Appeal
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

Mayor Low has wisely withheld his approval
from bills permitting the levying OF assessments
in the boroughs of The Bronx, Queens and Rich
mond in ten annual instalments. and reducing
the rate of interest upon assessments confirmed
after the first day of this year. AS he says with
force. the city is now burdened with S23.0O0.00O
Of unpaid assessments and the proposed bills
would make it increasingly difficult to collect
the arrearages. That total Of S23,0O0O0O is
staggering. If New-York could collect prompt
ly all that is justly due the local treasury the
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
s4NTOS-DCHONT VISITS EDISON

HE INQUIRIES ABOUT THE Use OF STORAGE BAT
TERIEs IN AIRSHIPS-
Orange April 1S (SpeciaD. -Durnont VISITED
Thomas A. Edison by appointment this aiternooI
at the Iatter's laboratory at West Orange ME-
Dumont asked Mr.. Edison whether storage oatteries
could be used in an airship- Mr.. Edison SAID thA'
their use would be ipractIcahle because they were
tco large and too heavy. He said that gaSoie1ts
or something like il might be used. he tnoUSn, :.
advantage The two Inventors conversed for abou.
an hour and Mr. Edison showed Mr. Dumont over
the laboratory.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

A Connecticut Judge is reported as saying that
no woman should feel that she knows more than
her husband But how does the learned occu-
pant Of the bench propose to overcome that feel
ing when in so vast number of instances. it
is a positive conviction based upon evidence
which cannot be distrusted?
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

A sanguine inventor the other side OF the
Atlantic says he is building submarine boat In
which he expects TO cross the ocean under
water. When regular lines of airships are
making trips from Europe 10 America and back
again far above the waves. vessels OF the pro-
posed type may be stealing silently beneath the
surface of the sea from shore to the other.
But not until then.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

The ambulance service in New-York is of in
calculable value. but some of the young am
bulance surgeons should be more careful IN
their examinations when summoned by police
men TO take charge of unconscious patients
There have been too many cases in which the
youthful doctors have declared that persons
who were insensible from serious injuries or at
tacks of disease had been overcome by liquor
only There Can be no excuse for such lament
ahIe bIunders
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14
outlook for expensive improvements would be
more encouraging than it is now

Children who have been taught to believe that
Arril showers bring May flowers are now ex-
pecting the most fiowery May ever known in
this part of the world.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

New-York newspapers repeatedly suggested to
New-York theatrical managers, season after
season. that for the information and conven-
ience of the votaries of the Manhattan muses.
the situations, hours of opening and prices OF
seats should be succinctly but lucidly set forth
in the daily advertisements of the places OF en-
tertainment. For long time most of the man.
ayers stubborniy refused to accept this counsel
Now however, many of them have opened their
eyes and rejoice in the new light which has
come to them: and these sages are prosperng
abundanty
New-York tribune., 1902-04-14

No doubt the Manhattan Il" management
saves a few dollars every evening by keeping
the cars in darkness until long after twilight
has set in To light the lamps when dusk be-
gins would cost something.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the order of woman's pref.
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo.
man. Even that greatest of all
Jewels, health, Is often ruined 10
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
coveted gem. then let her fortity
herself against the insiduous conse
ouences of coughs, colds and bron
chisl affections by regular use OF
Dr.. Boschee's German Syrup: II
will promptly arrest consumption
In Its early stages and heal the at
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. It Is not a cure all
bat 1t Is a certain cure for coughs
colds and all bronchial troubles.
You can get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Hendershot's
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04
OVER THE OCEAN.

There are only twenty-five factories
CT paints and colors in England
At recent wedding in Vienna the
bride was u great-grandmother eighty
ere years old.
Last year $1,000 London school chill
dren obtained certificates for competen-
cy in swimming.
Marseilles includes in its population
about 100000 Italians, who have
schools of their own.
Germany drills this year SO, 400 re-
serve troops. nearly double as many as
she drilled two years ago. .-s, ~.
Several st. Petersburg merchants are
organizing an expedition for the ex-
ploration of northern Siberia, with a
view to ascertaining the commercial
resources Of that region.
Elephants cause trouble in some
parts of Africa by rubbing against tel
egraph poles and making them fall.
These posts are of steel, as wood is
liable to be devoured by ants.
French epicures are delighted with q
new kind of spice named kissine pep
per. which grows wild in Guinea. 1t
is reddish powder, highly perfumed
and of a peculiar aromatic flavor.
An UNEMPLOYED cave In Switzerland
near the village of Stalden was recent
ly explored by four men, who penetrat-
ed more than a mile in three days and
reported the discovery Of subterranean
torrents. splendid halls with stalactites
and other wonders.
An eminent Swiss naturalist says
that the Arolla glacier, which in 1886
could be reached from the hotel in
five and twenty minutes, is now a good
hour and a quarters walk from it, and
the shrinkage can be paralleled in
many other parts Of Switzerland.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04

IA D. HANES'
ArroRNEY-AT-LAw'
vu, practice 1. state and Federal e'a''''
.,a s,.nosr.pner tn once Phone /"
.,.,r.c,,u. titles carefully and neatly a0n'
nMe. on the Diamoua Square
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-04
GOOD CONUNORUMS.

What word has five letters from
which if you take away two leaves
one? Answer: Stone.
Why is q dog biting his own tail like
q good manager: Answer: Because he
makes both ends meet.
Which is the most difficult train to
catch? Answer: The 1880, because il
is ten to one if you do catch it.
What is the difference between q
rchoomaster and an engine driver!
Answer: One trains the mind. the other
minds the train.
went to France and stopped there.
did not stay, there because I did not
70 there. I came away from there be
cause | did not 60 there at all. An
swer: A watch.