Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-29
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England Is insured.
Nearly all the royal %personages OF
Europe are cousins.
1t is estimated that 700, 900 people In
London live by crime.
London requires 100000 COWS to sup
ply it with dairy produce.
In Poland 1t is a penal offense to
speak Polish in any public resort.
international money order business
is now trans. ctcd with forty-two coun-
tries.
A certain sect IN Russia considers
hair sinful and badness a sign Of
sanctity.
Over 1000 sheep were brought re-
Gently from Montana to Lansing.
Mich, to be fed there on sugar beet
refuse.
There are only four states in the
country which have ore than a mil
lion voters each--New York, Pennsyl-
yania. Ohio and Illinois.
A German proverb says that every
great wal leaves a country three ar
mies-One of invaders, one of mourn
ers, one Of idle persons ready to COM
NIT crime.
Hereafter nc physician who is I'M
able to speak the English language
will be given a certificate allowing him
to practice his profession in the Ha-
waiian territory.
The woman's building at the Charles
ton exposition is a beautiful colonial
mansion built 200 years ago and sur
rounded by gardens filled with old
fashioned flowers.
francs has been given to each of the
6remen of Reims who mounted guard
before the Hotel de Vile during the
visit of the Russian sovereigns.
When the French budget of war is
discussed, NJ. Gentil will ask for the
vote of a credit of 100000 francs to
establish and maintain the wearing of
chamois leather gloves by mounted
troops.
The carriage in which President Nc
Kinley rode when he was in Chicago
attending the peace jubilee celebration
in 1898 and which played a conspicu-
Gus part in the Mckinley memorial
services has been destroyed by fire.
In the thirty odd thousand dead let
tiers forwarded to Washington from
New York were 10000 arguments to
voters sent out by the campaign a
ayers of the late election, but improp-
erly addressed or sent to men who had
died.
Antwerp will hold a geographical
exposition this year to celebrate the
twenty-ffth anniversary Of the found
ing of the Belgian Royal Geographical
society. There will be exhibits illus
trating the science of geography from
it's beginning.
The London Gazette announces that
the principality Of Wales will be repre-
sented in the arms Of the Prince of
Wales. This change is in response to
the Welsh request that the principally
figure in the royal standard or in the
arms of the heir apparent.
The valuable collection Of portraits
Of the Lee family, including the por-
traits of the Washington, GUSTS and
Lee families. has been lent to Wash
ington and Lee university by General
G.. w. GUSTS Lee, and they will be
hung in the university art gallery.
The Negro Worlds Fair company,
originated in Alabama for the purpose
Of giving some great exposition. is now
on the lookout for a city that wants
the fair. The president, Fl. n. New
ome is pastor OF the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Opelika. Ala.
The smallest exhibit at the Buffalo
exposition was the fig wasp from Cali
formal. 1t can be seen only with the
microscope. The insect is an impor-
tant aid in producing the fruit. and the
United States government spent $780,
Goa III establishing it in the Pacific 1g
region.
4 proposed strike for the right TO
keep dogs is to be considered az ths
next meeting of the Northumberland
(tnGloDu) MlIleIS USSOSlulloh. nk ~
eral collieries the county workmen are
being forced by the owners to do away
with their dogs or themselves remove
from the colliery.
According to a decree Of the Prus'
sian minister of education, just pub
lished. children in Germany will have
to be most careful in addressing letters
to the kaiser in the future. Any re-
quests for stamps, dolls INT similar ar
ticles are to be severely punished by
the school authorities.
OF a total number of 100000 dwelling
houses in the boroughs Of Manhattan
! and the Bronx, New York. only 15.OW
are occupied by a single family each
The total population of the two Dor
oughs last June was 2,05O,OOO. n tn
tenement population at the same tlm'
was more than 100000.
For the first time in the history o
naval construction in Italy an eI,tlr'
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