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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
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Crowley & Wilkinson,

Sign Painting, Carriage Painting
House Painting, Decorating, etc
First class work guaranteed, Shon
near South Main Street Bridge aud or
South Seminary Street. Telephone
connections. JOHN G. CROWLEY
6. A. WILKINSON.
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dickens Finances.

Dickens did not begin to save money
until he was nearly forty and through
ont life he suffered acutely and inces'
sanity from pecuniary worries ana
anxieties. He was never short OF READY
money after his great crisis OF 18Th
hut he was never easy about the future
until after his enormously profitable
second American trip in the winter o.
1Cn- 90
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
A Lottery.
~ hornened in the county clerh VI

fee. 4yho soid
"Certainly," replied the polite clerh'
Flo knew thing or two, did the CLERK.
A little thing like an old joke coulu Nv.
disturb him. 1--WE don't call 'em lottery
tickets but Of course they are much
the same thing" -
Then he filled out the marriage IL
cense and collected S3.-Chicago Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
DON'T DOSE CATTLE.

Try the newer and better wav of nree
venting and Gu ing diseases bv usine
:CREL OIL" the outcome of % vearo
vet rinary. practice. X medy for abortios
tuberculosis, lung worm. scours, catarrnS
dlstemper, hog cholera Destroys ali lih
and sheep ticks mo dipping.) For sale hH
NELSON DOWNING, Barre
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
LOOh For Good Points.

IF we'd spend only half as much
time as the photographer does trying
to see people in the best light" said
the philosopher, wed have much
better opinion Of everybody."-India
apolis News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11

No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone knew how
naturally and quickly Burdock Blood
Bi5ters regulates the stomach and
bowels.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
Favorite Nearly Evetvwhere

constipation means dulness a.
preston. headache, generally disorder.
ca health. Dewitt's Little R,sers
SIMULATE the liver, open the bowels bowels
ana relieve this condition ST.
speedy and thorough They neve '
g 3 Favorite pills. E. A. Drown
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11

No man can cure consumption. You
prevent 1t though. Or. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup cures ughs, colds
bronchitis, sore throat. Never fails.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11

Everybcdy's liable to itching piles
Rich and poor, old and young
terrible the torture they suffer.
Only one sure cure. Doan's Ointment.
Absolutely safe: can't fail.
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Sbounjnn in Havana

We have been asked to "give fits" to
Havana storekeepers who decline to
receive American money at the same
rates paid by the casas de cambio.
This seems to us rather illogical. The
storekeeper is not in the money chang
ing business, and his goods are priced
in Spanish gold and silver, in accord
ance with the well-established custom
of the country, and the Spanish law
which has been repealed. If the shop
per is dissatisfied with the store
keepers rate of exchange why does he
not change his money at a profess
sional money changers before he
starts shopping? He could not com
plain if the conductor of trolley car
declined to change Il ten-dollar bill ex-
actly as he wanted it done. His bust
ness is to provide himself with suit
able money before he attempts to
spend.-Hayana Sun.
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r.,re claimed G66, $40, or over 81 per
cant. of the total. But in 1899, which are
the latest complete and accurate fig
ures available, we find that of total
trade of s. 97,696,852 the British en-
pire controlled but & 2,349, COS, or ut
tie over "a per cent, a falling oil OF
seven per cent. in eight years. 80,
while Britain at the present time con-
trolls the bulk Of the import and eX-
port trade Of Australia, the tendency is
away from her and towards other mar
kets. and John Bull is not slow to
see that if this condition continues 1t
will not be many years before his
trade prestige in the island continent
will be undermined.
The commerce of Australasia, and
by Australasia we mean the i've col
onies Of Victoria, New South Wales,
Queensland, South Australia and West
Australia, and the islands Of Tasmania
and New Zealand, is a subject of special
interest to the people Of the UNITED
States, whose exports to the Austral-
asian colonies have grown from less
than $1,O0O,000 in 1853 to more than
years the growth in our exports to
Australasia has been very rapid, being
in 1850, $4,748, 500; in 1890, $11, 266.4S4;
in 1900, $26, 725, 702, and in 1901, $50. 1885,
GOT. During the same period the i'm
ports from Australasia have grown
from $2,920,812 in 1880 to $4,767,661 in
1901.
Comparing the exports from the
United States to the Australasian col
onies with those of Great Britain, it
may be said that the Iatter's exports
are far greater than those of the
United States, being $29, AT, 428 in 1900,
but the growth on the part of the
United States has been in recent years
much more rapid than that of Great
Britain. The establishment of French,
German and other lines of steamers
running between Australia and the
leading ports of the continent of Eu-
rope has also caused a decrease in the
value of the Anglo-Australian trade,
and an exceptionally heavy increase in
the value Of that between Australia
and the European continent. While
there has been a decrease of trade with
the United States, yet the latter's at
tempt at recovering lost ground will
probably be successful in consequence
of the adjustment Of improved
steam communication between Sydney
and San Francisco.
The principalexportsf from the United
States to the Australasian colonies
consist of iron and steel manufactures,
tobacco, wood, illuminating oil, paper,
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implements, chemicals, drugs, cotton
manufactures, scientific instruments.
clocks and watches. Comparing our
exports to Australasia in 1901 with
those of 1892, the increase has been as
follows: Iron and steel, from So ,270, 161
to $685. 1928; tobacco, from 81 SAT, $50
to So, $40; wood, from $1,722, 172 to
So, 400, 457; Illuminating oil, from ST.
015,S59 to So, 416,94 paper, from $780,
615 to $2,210,264; leather, from $312,663
to $2,0S2, 796; cars and carriages, from
$497,00S to 81 LAST, $3.50; agricultural i'm
plements, from $323,936 to 100000;
chemicals, drugs, etc., from $367,S24
to $7S6,1 cotton manufactures, from
1882, 1919 to 1904, 435; and scientific in
struments, from $12, 049 in 1892 to $685.
701 in 1901.
The value of the total commerce of
Australia per head of population is eX-
ceeded only by one country, Belgium,
one-half the commerce of which con-
sists in the transit of goods between
Antwerp and other ports and central
Europe. The average value per head
of population in Australia was 936
12s I'd in 1881; C 81 13s z in 1891, and
6 SO las cd in 1899. These figures in
clude not only the business transacted
with coun tries outside of Australasia.
but also the trade maintained by the
colonies with one another. And here,
by the way, an interesting situation
is presented and shows how figures
may sometimes lend their aid to give
an inflated condition to the commercial
statistics of country. This inter
colonial trade forms a considerable
portion of the total commerce of Aus
tralasia, being in 1899 G 3,551,2 88, or
a per capita value of ID IS Cd. But
these figures really represent double
the amount of trade which has been
transacted between the colonies, for
the reason that the same merchandise
figures as exports in one place and as
imports in another. The value of goods
passing through colony on their way
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lHE aged Empress Eugene

. HE aged Empress Eugene
MA is working daily on her
W JgI y memoirs. Four secre-
NWMlZ taries assist her in this
=a task. Although the rec
A ords of the Bonaparte
family intrigues have been destroyed,
there are over hundred boxes OF po-
1itical documents connected with the
joint reign of Napoleon III. and Eu-
genie to draw from, and every per-
sonal letter received by Eugene from
the day of her marriage has been
carefully filed by the empress her
self.
Eugenie's years now number rs. A
long life, an eventful and tragic one
it is the chronicIers are at work on.
The story of the life of girl of glo-
rious beauty, whose bright Titan
hair, dazzling complexion and other
wondrous charms conquered both
prince and peasant; the story of an
old, old woman, bent with weight of
years, sorrow and disease, whose
snow-white locks surround an ashen
face, from which look out eyes worn
dim by weeping. The plying world,
looking upon the widowed, childless
woman, remembers the words of the
psalmist: eff by reason of strength
they be fourscore years, yet is their
strength labor and sorrow"
The memoirs will make a book
worth reading, the record of impor-
tant events from the viewpoint of one
of the central figures. Shall we then
for the first time be able to get a true
picture of the woman about whose
life, character and ambitions it has
been difficult to obtain an unpreju
diced Judgment? Admirers have pre-
scented her saint, person Of keen
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intellect, a devoted wife, mother and
friend; detractors have tried to prove
her narrow and bigoted, filled with
vain ambitions, an eXtravagant, trlV-
olous creature.
Eugene was born in Granada, the
daughter of a Spanish grandee, Count
di Montiio. Countess di Montijo, her
mother, woman of great beauty ana
wit, was not overparticular about the
morality of the fashionable folk and
artists that frequented her salon;
but although she herself was inclined
to dare the proprieties, she brought
up her two daughters with such care
that never a word of SANDER was
breathed against them. With them
she travelled from capital to capital
in Europe, where they became famll-
lar with high society and conversant
with foreign languages and manners
At the respective ages of Is and 10
the sisters began to go into society,
and at once were surrounded with a
throng of admirers. 1t is no wonder
that Eugene, who had been accus-
toned to adulation from her infancy
I'D. after she became empress forgot
now and then to act with the dignity
and discretion becoming her high sta
ton. Impulsive, fearless, gay, used
as a girl to more freedom than the
average girl was allowed, she often
found the restraints of court irk-
some, and with her free manners and
CAV sallies alarmed some of the stiff
nobility. But her freedom never de-
generated into anything that would
give ground for scandalous comment.
Eugene, who has ever been a de-
vout Catholic, wearied for awhile of
gay life and thought seriously of en-
tering a convent. But she was swerved
from this purpose and returned to
the pleasures of the French capital
At the Elysee she met Napoleon, then
prince-president of the second French
republic. After he became emperor
he invited her and her mother to
Fontainebleau, and there in the for
ests was captivated by her daring
Craftsmanship and brilliant beauty
Napoleon, fearing an alliance with a
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nois state championship two-mile
skating race from a big field of am
ateurs. Langley was born in Toern-
berg, Norway, and when but five
years old joined the village squad of
skaters. He is "a years old now, and,
as one enthusiastic member of the
celebrated Sleipner Athletic club
once said: ut is hard to beat Lang
ley in any kind of an athletic con-
test. He's a Viking"
Prominent as Langley has been for
several years in skating champion
ships, he has never neglected his oc-
of helping to erect
great steel skyscrapers. The eye and
the nerve that are required to pre-
serve the human body from destruc-
ton in the web of steel trusses are
what make him worthy opponent
for any skater in the west.
/ recall the days when cycling was
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lady Of rank no higher than that OF
Mile. di Montijo might be detrimental
to his career, whispered to the
countess of private marriage; but
this suggestion was met with scorn
by both mother and daughter.
Although there was some objection
made to the marriage, on the whole
it was a popular one, involving no in
ternational imroglio, and the romance
of it, Napoleon's love for the bright,
beautiful girl appealing to the peo-
pie.
The religious ceremony was cele-
brated at Notre Dame, the bride ar
rayed in white velvet, adorned with
all the court jewels and wearing the
rose-diamond belt. AS the emperor
and empress rode through the streets
in the famous glass coach the crowds
along the way were wildly enthusi-
astic over the lady of Napoleon's
choice. The city of Paris had voted
100000 francs for the purchase of a
diamond necklace for the bride, but
this sum Eugene asked might be set
aside to found a home where poor
girls could be trained to earn their
living. The request added greatly to
her popularity. The buildings were
erected, arranged in a semicircle to
simulate a diamond necklace.
In penning her memoirs Eugenie's
thoughts must turn back to her hap
py, very prosperous early married
life as we'll as to the troubled days
subsequent; to the pleasant visit in
England, where was begun her long
friendship with Victoria; to the birth
of the prince and the added popular
ity and happiness occasioned by this
event; to the fetes that marked the
visit to Paris of Victoria and the
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prince consort; to the days of her
ing Italy to drive out the Austrians;
to the Te Deum at Notre Dame for
the victory at Solferino; to her in
auguration of the Suez canal, builded
by her mothers cousin, Ferdinand de
Lesseps.
And to darker merories. The whis-
pered truths concerning her husbands
infdelities. His siding against her
friend the pope. Her cruel telegram
to Napoleon, wearied, sick, fighting
the losing fight against the Pcus-
slams: "Come back victorious, or do
not come back at ALL" The telegram
sent to her by Napoleon after the sur
render at Sedan: ''The army is de-
feated and taken. I am a prisoner"
The cries of the Partisan populace:
can emperor dies, but does not sur
render!'' The mob at the Tuilleries.
her escape under the protection of
the American dentist, Dr. Evans; the
rough trip across the channel in The
Englishman's yacht and the landing
in England.
England has given safe asylum to
the unhappy woman ever since, Vic
toria repeatedly showing her love and
sympathy for Eugene. For years she
dweit at Chiselhurst, the country es-
tate leased to the Bonaparte family
by an English gentleman. Here the
young prince dwelt for a season with
his mother, here Napoleon joined his
wife and here Napoleon III. breathed
his last. From Chiselhurst the prince
imperial departed to engage in serv-
ice in the war in Zululand. To CHS
elhurst was brought back the princes
lifeless body, To Chiselhurst 100000
Frenchmen came to take part in the
last sad rites for the murdered youth.
For almost 20 years Chiselhurst
sheltered the deposed empress. In
1888, the owner himself wishing to
occupy the place, Eugene babe it
farewell and moved to a place in
arnborough, where she has since re-
sided much of the time. She visits
Paris quietly now and then.
KATHERINE POPE
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Little Stories About the
Athletes and the Sports

in its merriest time. John Langley
was the terror of the young men who
could not stand the hot pace. AS O
member of the old Viking Cycling
club Langley earned premier honors
in many a wheel race. Road races of
ten-twenty-five miles were to him
as ordinary spins. In the turner bund
meets John Langley earned honors
for his excellence in gymnasium
work. AS sprinter in track events
this iron worker proved the equal of
any runner outside the intercollegi-
ate ranks.
Two years ago he went home. 1t
was his desire to pit his prowess on
the ice with some of the acknowl
edged kings of the skates in Chris
tiana, but he found that he would
not have time to train properly for
such a tremendous effort. Comfort
ing himself with the minor attrac-
tions of his native city, he entered
the 500meter and the 800-meter
events and won them. 1t is need
less to say that over in Norway his
countrymen spend considerable time
discussing the ability of Langley. In
many respects Langley is like the IA
nous Johnny Johnson, the Minneapo-
lis boy who gained honors in the
cycling and skating world under the
management of the famous Tom Eek.
Both have the blood of Morse chief
tains in their veins and each made
his own ice skates.
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to foreign countries, as we'll as goods
imported from abroad and reeXported
also going to swell the totals of the
intercolonial trade. Thus the actual
movement is seen to be less than half
of the total values stated.
If Australasia be regarded as a
whole, and an elimination made of the
real trade which the provinces carry
on with each other, as well as the value
of goods which pass through one colony
on their way to another, the total and
average amounts will, of course, be
greatly reduced. Such an elimination
has been made in the following figures,
which show the growth since 1861 Of
what may be called the external trade
that is, trade transacted with all
countries outside of Australasia:
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ming tanks and there is so much in
terest in winter and spring events
that it is not unlikely that before
the outdoor swimming season begins
Champion Schaeffer will participate in
many tank events. Miss Ethel Gold
ing, the woman champion, too, had
an envia BILE record last season, and
she is to be reckoned in the list of
excellent swimmers this year.
1t was not SO long ago that DR.. Paul
Neumann, the Austrian soIdier-stu-
dent, was regarded as the American
champion. But Schaeffer, with a good
eastern record, defeated the doctor
and laid claim to the championship
because of this. Critics were slow in
according Schaeffer the title. How
ever, he has broken enough records
and won enough events both in tanks
and in outdoor water to demonstrate
beyond doubt that he is the Ameri-
can champion.
When asked recently for his prog
nostications for 1902 in the matter of
swimming the champion remarked
that he felt confident that there
would be more swimming contests
than ever this year. 'The people turn
out now to see swimming exhibi-
tions.'' said he. 'sThe swimmer is
not confined to appearances in warm
weather and he does not have to
break thin ice to contest. The big
clubs have tanks that are suitable
for races, and men who can do most
of their swimming under water-or
practically submerged most of the
time-fnd the tank events very excit-
ing and conducive to good sport"
e. G. WESTLAKE
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beat the Nottingham team, the inter-
collegiate athletes anxious to cross
over and give battle to their Oxford
and Cambridge rivals, the outlook for
a strenuous season indeed is good.
There are many sectional matches
scheduled for the spring in England,
to be followed by the regular cham
pionship in July. The American army
of racquet wielders will begin to go
over very shortly. American Cham
pion William A. Larned said the other
day that he would go. Former Cham
pion Malcolm D. Whitman, Holcolme
Ward, Beals C. Wright, Dwight Davis
and w. j. Clothier, of Harvard; Ray
Little, of Princeton, and Clarence Ho-
bart are among the tennis experts
who will cross. Mr.. Whitman's an
nouncement comes as a true surprise
to followers of athletics. He did not
play last season, and it was thought
that he had deserted the court game.
But the old love of a fierce SESSION
of volleying has conquered his deter
mination and he will play tennis in
two hemispheres. Some of the army
will be armed with a supply of ex-
perience, having taken part in other
foreign expeditions and with credit.
cts never too late to capture hon
ors from English athletes" is the
slogan of the Americans.
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pect of premier
honors remainin 6
this year with E.
Carroll SchaeHer.
L a S t S e a S o n
Schaeffer w o n
e V e r y scratch
competition h e
entered i n a n d
stood practically
without an equal.
So many of the
big athletic clubs
are equipped with
S
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Tndt ndI1On. 1ne Story
they tell may not always be what was
expected, but it can generally be re-
lied upon as a true indica ton as to
the healthy growth or the gradual de-
cline of the trade in question. Great
Britain is studying with some con-
Germ the figures which express the
trade relations which exist between
herself and Ee- colonies. AS John Bull
scratches his head over the problem,
the London Standard reminds him
that the main lesson is only too plain,
and that is that the business done by
England with her colonies is often
smaller than it should be-" and having
delivered itself of this self-evident
proposition, which J. B. already real
lied, and without suggesting any way
TO help him out of his dilemma, the
English organ goes on to apologize
FOR Canada by saying that sit is only
natural that her chief customer should
be her near neighbor; nor is it sur
prising that the United States runs
Great Britain very close in New Found
land and the West Indies" but, con-
tinues the London Standard, sit is dis
appointing to see that we are excelled
in Australia"
And if Australia is the country from
which England should expect the
most, let US turn our attention in that
direction and see what we can learn.
The statement of the Standard quoted
above, that British trade with Aus
tralia was being excelled by that of
other countries, is used, rela lively, and
means that the proportionate increase
of the trade of foreign nations as
against that Of Great Britain is in IA
vor of the former. For of the total
export and import trade of Australia
of 6 "a, 651, 483 in 1891, the British en-