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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Before the war Cuba contributed
about one-twelfth of all the tobacco in
the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

New York newspapers n few weeks
ago were full of extended accounts Of
the contingent" party in that city Of
Miss Adelia Randolph, stepdaughter Of
William g. Whitney. Money was
poured out like water. Tens of thou
Sends of rose buds, orchids by the
wagon loads, festive greenery In pro-
fusion and the choicest output
of the Conservatives were used
as decoration. The music was
the highest-priced that could be
secured. Editorials have been written
Justly condemning this profuse display
Of wealth. The poor who huddle in
their tenements read these descriptions
and hate the rich The ostentatious
showing makes their poor lives more
miserable by comparison. The transit
tlon from misery to viclousness is a
short one. Read Lies Miserables" or q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Plethoric wedding fees are in sight
for the minister who is urging women
to do the proposing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

rFromptness, good sense, physical
strength and modesty seem to be hap
PLY united in the person of fourteen
year-old. Illinois schoolgirl. She was on
her way to school one morning recent
~, when she heard cries for help, and
discovered that a man was struggling
In the water of nearby pond. She
promptly wrenched rail from fence
dragged 1t across field, pushed 1t out
over the ice and drew the man in to
safety. Then, being afraid she was
late, she ran to school. When the man
and his friends called later in the day
to thank her, he found her sitting un-
concernedly in her geography class.
She had not mentioned the matter to
any one. When the teacher compli-
mented her before the school she blush
ed and said, "Why, what else could
do? 1t was nothing much. Any one
could have done it. Only the rail was
pretty heavy"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Wigg-I never knew such generous
fellow as Bjones.
Wagg-That's right. The cigars he
gives away are just as good rs those
he smokes Observation-Disclosures Rec.
ord.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

1t sometimes happens that n bachelor
envies married man almost as much
as married man envies a bachelos,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Weak men swear off. Strong men
quit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Americans in Berlin,

There are several hundred Ameri-
cans residing In Berlin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

1t is a world where all men pay for
their mistakes, The Supreme Sacrifice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
SPANISH WAa MEDALS.
Considered the Most Artistic Ever BE-
signed In the United States.

In expectation of ceremonial pre-
sentation of a part of the medals won
in the late war with Spain, the Phil
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

whether it is marketable or not. And
don't forget to have plenty of milk
and cream at all times of the year,
as well as eggs for home use. If you
should occasionally invite city
friend to dine with you. 1t might be
the beginning of a line Of agricultural
industry radically different from the
one you are making a specially now
j. r. Patterson, in American Agricul.
turist.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB.

In which he has been spending money
In Rome and the Italian provinces.
Mr.. Schwab, so it is reported, has been
chartering steamships and railway
trains with as little regard for expense
as the average Italian gives to the cost
Of plate of macaroni. When appear
ing in public, it is said Mr.. Schwab has
attracted as much attention as the king
himself The cablegram says: Half
the professional beggars in Italy are
besieging Mr.. Schwab. He is referred
to everywhere as the wild American"
Friends of Mr.. Schwab say his lido.
syncrasies are the result of mental
overwork and that he delayed too long
his trip to Europe in search of change
and recreation.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Outward Show In Italy.

All over Italy social life is character
lied by great love of outward show.
Here is an anecdote which Mr.. Luigi
Villari relates in italian Life In Town
and Country" to illustrate this national
feeling:
An American gentleman who was
spending the winter in Naples had
taken a fat in a palazzo, the first floor
of which was occupied by noble fam
lily in somewhat reduced circum-
stances. He noticed to his surprise that
every day be met servant going up
or down the stairs carrying pair of
carriage doors. At last the mystery
was explained. The said noble family
shared carriage with some other peo-
pie, but each had it's own doors with
the family coat Of arms, to make their
friends believe that they both had
carriages.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
The Guillotine and It's Inventor.

The Guillotine and Its Inventor.
One Of the most widely disseminated
of popular errors is that DIR. Guillotin
invented the grim machine which still
bears the name. The real inventor of
this sinister contrvance was DR..
Louis, well known medical man and
permanent secretary of the Partisan
School of Medicine, or Academic de
Medicine.
DR.. Guillotin, who died in 1914, ener-
getically but vainly protested against
the use Of his name in connection with
this disa greeable subject-an evidence,
if one were wanted, of the great diff
Guilty there is of correcting a popular
error. Needless to say that the legend
that DR.. Guillotin was among the vic
tins of his friends ingenious and mer-
ciful instrument of destruction is
wholly apocryphal. He died at good
old age and in his bed, surrounded by
his children, who, however, obtained
permission to change their name
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Morse Stephens Popularity.


Cornell students will keenly miss this
year Morse Stephens, the big hearted,
sympathetic Oxford graduate who held
the chair of English and modern Eu-
ropean history, who has gone to the
University of California. Morse, as he
was familiarly spoken of, was consult
ed by the students on every occasion
and was in particularly great demand
as a speaker at their banquets and
smokers. His fondness for the weed is
proverbial at Ithaca. HE is asking for
the rocks" said a Jingle in the college
annual. ito build upon the campus a
professors smoking box"
Another Jingle that appeared in the
Widow, the students humorous paper,
was about "'the butts in front of Nor
rill," Morrill, hall being the building in
which Professor Stephens used to de-
liver his first morning lecture.
At the student gatherings Professor
Stephens almost always talked round
the corners of huge cigar"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Tons Of Food For the Atlantic.

Tons Of Food For the Atlantic.
Commenting on the tremendous
amount of food consumed on the aver
nge Atlantic liner nowadays, a writer
in the Springfield Republican says: "At
3 comes the monumental breakfast; at
II the deck steward fills up the coma
tose figures in the morgue with their
beef tea from those thick obese Eng
fish cups; at the magnanimous lunch
con; at 8 the sleepers assaulted by the
deck steward again; ut the awesome
English dinner; at $3.50 trifling lunch
to ballast you for bed. Besides this bar
barrie mounds of sandwiches. olives,
cheese, crackers, perpetually stare you
in the face in the smoking room. Food,
pursue the unwilling stomach in every
corner of the place; food tasted, vast
ed, thrown away There is one port
hole on the steerage deck, from the
galley apparently, which belches it
forth in continuous stream-half
loves of bread, great remnants of meat:
we have left trail of it across the At
iantic. III some one would only eSti-
mate the tons of wasted food which
are annually thrown into the Atlantic
or could calculate how much cheaper
these steamship companies could give
us our travel If they substituted plain,
self respecting fare for this gilded glut-
tony, it would certainly be interesting
and worth while.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
A MOTHERS CRUELTY,
extraordinary Charges Brought
Against Wife of Maristrate.

Against Wife of Magistrate.
London, Nov. p. Extraordinary
charges of cruelty on the part of a
mother to her child, recalling the Mon
tagu case in the north Of Ireland, which
created worldwide interest about ten
years ago, are being heard at the Old
Bailey.
In the present case Mrs. Annie Pen
ruddocke Of Compton Park, Wiltshire
the wife Of magistrate and a large
landed proprietor. was charged with
brutally assaulting and i'll treating her
seven-year-old daughter. The court was
filed with fashionably attired women,
many of whom We're leaders of the
county society Of Wiltshire and close
friends of the defendant. Several of
the best known counsel We're engaged.
According to the statement of the
crown prosecutor, which was corrobo-
rated by governesses and servants the
cruelties had been going on for two
years and included. beating the child
with nettles, systematic neglect. i'll
treatment, assault and partial starva-
ton. One form of punishment was to
make the child, which is named Lett
tia, stand on the bough of tree in in.
clement weather for hours at time
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Nellie Matthews VS.. Henry Matthews.
State Of Vermont, Washington
County.
In County Court, March Term, 1908.

Whereas, Nellie Matthews Of Barre,
in the County of Washington, has
his day filed In the Office Of the clerk
OF the County Court, her libel for d.
vorce against Henry Matthews of De-
troit, in the County Of -,
and State Of Michigan, setting forth
10 substance, that on the 18th day Of
October, A. d. 1900. she was united
in marriage to said Henry Matthews;
that she on her part had faithfully
kept her marriage covenant, but that
the said Henry Matthews, on his part,
has not kept the same, for that the
said Henry Matthews had treated the
petitioner with intolerable severity,
had neglected and refused to support
the petitioner, and had committed
the crime Of adultery, and praying
that for the causes aforesaid the
Court would grant her divorce from
the said Henry Matthews and also
praying for alimony.
And, whereas, it is made to appear
that the said Henry Matthews resides
without this state, where the process
OF this Court cannot be served upon
him; it is, therefore, ordered that the
said Henry Matthews be notified Of
the pendancy Of said libel and given
opportunity to make defence therein,
and summoned to appear and make
answer thereto before the Honorable
County Court next to be held at
Montpelier. within and for the County
OF Washington, on the first Wednes.
day after the first Tuesday in March,
A. d. 1908, at nine O'Clock In. the
forenoon, by the publication of the
substance of said libel together with
this order, three weeks successfully in
the BARRE EVENING TELEGRAM, a
newspaper published at Barre, in said
County, the last Of which publications
shall be at least six weeks previous to
said first Wednesday after the first
Tuesday in March, A. D. 1908, which
shall be deemed sufficient notice to
the said Henry Matthews.
Given under my hand at Montpelier,
in said County, this Sd day Of No.
vember, A. D. 1902.
Geo. A. Humphrey,
Deputy Clerk.
Richard A. Hoer,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
GREAT FIRE IN FRISCO.
Lives Lost by Burning Of the South
ern Pacific Depot

ern Pacific Depot.
San Francisco, Nov. 21.-The South
ern Pacific depot and ferry slip at the
end of the Alameda mole, which ex-
tends far into the bay from the eastern
shore, has been totally destroyed by
nre. A large number of passenger
coaches We're also burned, and it is
SAID that several lives have been lost.
The fire broke out from some un-
known cause soon after the ferryboat
oakland had reached the slip on her
last trip from this city. 1t was about
l o'clock and the kitchen crew of the
steamer had retired to their lodging in
small structure near the end of the
pier. Suddenly the flames burst out,
quickly spreading through the depot,
a big building of wood and glass. The
upper works of the Oakland caught
fire and her captain was forced to cut
loose and leave her men behind.
The burning slips We're inaccessible
Tor fire engines from the Alameda
county shore, but two fireboats were
dispatched to the scene from this city
ana succeeded in combining the flames
to the end of the mole. Nothing else
could be done, however, and every
thing on the broad extension of the
pier was soon totally destroyed. The
loss will exceed 100000, but cannot
yet be closely estimated
The depot was the terminal for
trains to Santa Cruz and also for trains
Tor Oakland and Alameda. The depot
was we'll filled with goods.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
A BLACK Eye.

Provided there is no abrasion or cut
Of the cuticle, black eye can he re-
moved in one night by an application
Of an ointment of black hellebore.
Rub some black hellebore powder up
with some lard and apply, leaving it
on all night. In the morning the dis
coloration has all gone ana the swell
ing also, only leaving slight wrinkle,
which soon disappears by cold water
applications.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21


New York, Nov. 10
FLOUR-Unsettled, but generally firm
Minnesota patents, $3.SOa4b; winter
straiehts, 3.46a8.bS; winter extras. $2.S0e
$40; winter patents. s.. 60a3.so.
WHEAT-Opened firm on the support
given by foreign houses, but at once
weakened and passed heavy forenoon
loading: December, soAas2c.; May. soxa
s1hc. w.
YORK: No, 2 western, 59Ac., I. Q. b., afloat;
No. 2, b4a541ac., track.
CORN-Soid off moderately with wheat
and on the improved weather west; De-
osmber, s1Aas1xc.; May. 4S7sa4SNe' ..
state 96a42c. track, white, western, SSa
PoRK-Quiet; mess, $lsa1s.so; family.
LxRD-Firm; prime western steam.
BUTTER-steady state dairy. aoasso.;
extra creamery, &c.
cgENsE-Firm: new, state, full cream,
fancy. small, colored, old, 12Na1Sc.; new,
i1Nc.; small, white, old, 19%alSo.; new,
19iIc. !: large colored, old, 18c.; new, lZ5fc.;
large. white, old, 1Sc.; new, 12hc.
EGGs-Firm: state and Pennsylvania.
average best. 2Sa2S1sc; western Fancy
candled, 26a27c. Az.
sTIGAR-Raw Arm: fair reclining, 3Ae.;
centrifugal, 90 test. SIC; refined firm;
cr,shed. $50; powdered. 47bc.
TTIRPENTINE-St Steady at 6sa6Shc.'
j MOLAssEs-About steady; New Or
leans, S0aAoc.
RICE-Firm; domestic, 4<aesfc.; Japan
lka5c.
TALLOW-Steady city, e1bc.; country
HAY-steady; shipping, ssa7oc. good to
choice S6a$l.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
MAIL R0BBER CAUGHT.
Craftsman Nabbed After Breakins
Into an Ohio POstoMce.

Cracksman Nabbed After Breaking
Into an Ohio POstomce.
Warren, O., Nov. 21.-Two burglars
robbed the pOstOf11ce at West Farming.
ton early in the day, securing only a
small sum of money and some stamps.
They escaped OH "A southbound Balti-
more and Ohio freight train.
The police here were notified and
several officers. armed with shotguns,
were in waiting when the freight ar
rived. One of the burglars jumped and
escaped in the darkness, while the 9th
err was captured.
He gave his name as Frank Howells,
Johnstown, Pa. He had pint of nitro
glycerin, some drills and two revclverk
OH his person.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Will study Our journalism,

Oliver A. Borthwick, kings messen.
ger, has taken run over from Eng
land to take peep in at some of our
big newspaper shops. Soon after his
arrival he said to reporter in Wash
ingtn: 1--WE just come over to study
American newspapers, their machinery
and methods, and shall visit New York,
Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia
to do this. am already amazed at
your enterprise and wonderful way of
finding out things and expect to get
uuch benefit while here"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21

Not . Bargain Day.
The Husband during the quarreD-
You're always making bargains. Was
there ever a time when you didn't?
The Wife-Yes, sir; on my wedding
day.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
e. ..e..l. Rival.


Miss -1.stNe.c-Gli just adore poets
What a SAD. soulful expression Mr..
Longhan has
Mr.. Sm;trtchap-IOu would have a
sad, soulful expression, too if you were
as far behind in your board bill as he
is.-New York Weekly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21

Dentist-Been suffering from tooth
ache, 1 see.
She-Yes; haven't slept wink for
three nights.
Dentists it back one Or
She-No; it's my husbands tooth.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Specialists Failed;
Ca|-cura Succeeded.
Mr.. Fuller Suffered for 25
Years with Bladder
Trouble, but
One Bottle Of DR.. Kennedy's New
medicine Cal-cura Solvent Cured
Him.

Matteawan, N. Y, Sept. ] 1909.
Estate Of DR.. David Kennedv,
Kenr edy Row, Kingston, N. Y.
Gentlemen
My case is so remarkable that l
want to tel. you all about 1T. suf-
fered from bladder trouble for about
IS years, and had tried all the doctors
about here, and also two specialists in
New York, without getting any help.
Last August I bought b)ttle Of Cal.
cura Solvent, DR.. Kennedy's new
medicine. l had not been able to
work at my trade (boiler making) for
some time, but after taking one bot.
tie OF Cal.cura Solvent, l began work
and have been working ever since.
Cal.cura Solvent has done more for
me in month than all the doctors did
In 70 years, and l don't complain OF
the doctors,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21

"The villa American.

According to copyrighted cable mes.
cages published in the Pittsburg Dis
patch, Charles M. schwab, president of
}be United States Steel corporation.
Aas been causing amazement in the
European mind by the lavish manner
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
Yours truly,
Martin E,,11or

Write to the Cal.cura Company,
Kennedy Row Rondout, N. Y, for a
free sample bottle.
Remember: Only one DR.. David
Kennedy ever lived In Rondout, City
Of Kingston, N. Y, and be sure you
get this new and latest medicine,
which is sold only in sl.00 bottles.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21

The Weather.
Fair; warmer; variable winds.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
ClesiAg Quotations Of the New YsSh
stock Exchange.

New York, New. 10
Money on call easier at per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 61ka6 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S7 for de.
mand and At N.s35oa4. 8S6H for 60 days
Posted rates, N.Sf1ia4.S5 and A.S8. Com.
nercial bills, n. 8775a4. $685. Bar silver, 4sc,
Mexican dollars, 39c. Government bonds
steady. State bonds inactive. Railroad
bonds irregular.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25
Stadent Conference at NorthfieId.

The student summer conference of
members and friends of the Young
Mems Christian association of Canada
and the east will be held at East
Mortified June 81 to July 6. Meet
ings will be held each morning and
evening in the auditorium and at sun
set on Round Top" Among the
speakers who will address the con
ference are Rev. G. Campbell Morgan,
Robert E. Speer, Profs. Edward l.
Bosworth and Henry C. Kink of ODER
lin college, Rev. John Kelman of Ed
inburg, Prof. Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton university and Rev. Charles
w. Gordon of Winnipeg. John R.
Mott will preside and will also address
the conference. The sunset meet
ings on Round Top" will be devoted
to the presentation of the claims of
the various Christian callings on stud
ents of ability by men whose exper-
fence in the different departments of
Christian work give their statements
peculiar force. Each morning a mis-
sionary institute will be held for the
promotion of missionary life and ac-
tivity in college,, while conferences
on the promotion of the organized
Christian work in college will equip
the officers of the student associations
for their work. Normal Bible classes
to help leaders of student classes or
groups will be conducted each day
under the leadership of Henry B.
Wright, Profs. Bosworth and King, w.
D. Murray and G.. c. Kitchener. The
afternoons will be devoted to athletics
and other forms of recreation, while
the evenings close with meetings of
college delegations for prayer, dis
cussion of the subjects considered dur
ing the day and the application of the
truths to the personal life of the dele
gates. 1t is expected that from 700
to 1000 students will be in attendance
The arrangements for the conference
are under the direction of the Stu
dent department of the international
committee, West Twenty-ninth
street, New York city.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25

At a meeting of the Vermont Poultry
and Pet Stock association held in Bur
lington it was voted to hold the next eX-
hibition in st. Adams in January Of
hcers were elected, including John Bull
lock, president, and II. NJ. Barrett secre-
tary and treasurer both of ST. Adams
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky has in
troduced a joint resolution in the United
states Senate approprlating money for
marble busts of the late Senator Justin s.
Morrill, of Vermont and the late Senator
voorhees, of Indiana. The memorials are
to be placed in the beautiful Compression
al library, the structure whose construc-
ton Senator Morrill, did so much to pro-
mote.-[ Burlington Free Press.
The Paran Stevens plot at Fifth avenue
and Nth street. New York city, has been
sold to a syndicate, and on its site will
be erected a 20-story hotel, one of the
finest structures of the kind in the
country by the New England Hotel com
pany, of which Percival Clement, presi-
dent of the Rutland railroad is president
The New York Tribune estimates the
value of the plot at 81, 900, 900 and figures
that the hotel will cost 50, 500, 900 more.
1t is reported that over 1000 imperialist
soldiers sent by Marshal Su against the
rebels, We're ambushed in a narrow de-
file and all were killed or captured. The
situation in the rebellious district of
Southern China is increasingly alarming
The Viceroy of Canton has telegraphed
Pekin, urging the immediate forwarding
OF reinforcements. Lack of news from
General Ma and Marshal Su is taken to
Indicate that the rebels have surrounded
the imperial troops and cut off commune
cation with these forces.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25
Interesting Experiment in irrigation.

One of the interesting and important
irrigation projects recently recommended
to Congress by the secretary OF the in
terror Is the st. Mary diversion canal.
This project contemplates taking water
from st. Mary river. in northern Mon
tana, which would otherwise pass north
ward into Hudson bay and carrying II
over low Intervening ridge to the head
waters of MIX river, a tributary of the
Missouri Its lower basin is a gently
rolling country well adapted to raising
hay, oats, wheat and barley. Owing to
the aridity of the climate irrigation Is
necessary for successful farming. but
MIX river, the only source of supply,
is extremely low in summer when water
is most needed. BY the construction
of an earth embankment 81 feet in
hcght az the outlet of st. Mary lake
sufficient water to irrigate 10000 acres
of land can be saved BY the building
Of canal ga miles long this water
can be turned into the upper MIX river
basin and used on the irrlgable lands
below.
The cost Of these works will be less
than So per acre. and the value OF the
land reclaimed, at S25 an acre. will be
100000, and will sustain a population
of 10000. For the complete develop
mert of the main irrigation system for
the MIX river valley. II is estimated
thai an expenditure Of S3.50O.000 will be
necessary, and that over 100000 acres Of
land. which is now only fit for grazing
purposes, can be brought to high state
Of cultivation, and have total value
of Sl3 600 600. The land thus provided
with water will be capable of sustaining
a population of 10000.