Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Basel has the only geological garde
In Switzerland. .o p 20 ...-
Lacemrkng is declining as az In
dustry in Belgium.
Antwerp is about to spend 81. 400 OO
on the construction Of new docks.
Several cab drivers have been finet
In Johannesburg for driving coolies a
fares.
In mrridnal Russia people gain
reMun"rative living by fishing fo
leechcs.
q. j. Bodlry of Richmond lays claim
to the title of champion cornhllsker of
Kansas
The sonokoto, board, bridges and
strings. is the representative instru
ment of Japan.
SnowStorms and hail have ruined the
crops in Elnny of the agricultural dis.
tries in France.
Because of Il Disagreement with his
congregation. Drn!nark's chief rabbit
has resigned his charge.
Eubonlc plague has appeared AMONG
the kangAroos in the Zonfogical gar
Gcns ut Sydney, y. 5. W.
IF you can't raise 10 cents raise
whiskers," is Il sign in :. barber shop
III Il certain Indiana toWN.
portion of the conc OF Mount Vps,,.
vlus has fallen in, and precautions
are being taken against possible land.
sliles.
President 1.oulct granted pardons TO
or reduced the sentences of 21U French
criminals In honor of his recent visit
to Russia.
1t is estimated that more than mil.
lion pineapples are used every year in
this country by confcctioners and can.
dy makers.
Automobile stage lines have been cs.
tablished, or are to be established, IN
many states, according to information
In the Motor Age.
The famous Angel hotel, islingtor,
London, is being demolished and will
be replaced by an up to date structure
with granite front. |
Canadian boards of trade and manu- !
facturers are sending resolutions to I
the Dominion government requesting
a revision of the tariff I
The steady Increase in the price of
the necessities of life has become q
very serious matter to the poorer citi-
zens of Sydney, N. S. w.
\ storm recently tore down the
breakwater at Civita Vecchia, the sea.
port Of Rome, for length Of 600 feet
and completely blocked the entrance
to the harbor.
Great Britain's house Of commons
is turning more than ever into a club
house, 1t has already restaurants and
oars. and an attempt is being made
COW to introduce billiard tables.
Large orders for coal and rails for
he Danish state railways, which have
hitherto gone to Germany, will this
GEAR probably be given to English
irms, says the London Daily Mail.
Abraham Eisler, recently admitted ,,
nto the Budapest workhouse (alms-
lOuse), has for tifty-four years carried
bullet In his head which he received :
while lighting in the Austrian rebellion. ,
Because Manchester England cotton ,
peratives have decreased 20 per cent !
number within the last few years, :
While men engaged have trebled in
lumber, Manchester is no longer
nown as Cottonopolis.
Some one has calculated that If a
nan made $500 every day beginning
With the year and continuing to the +
resent day, consuming none of his
arnngs, he would just about have as
luch as Nh Rockefeller has today.
The London Chronicle says that the
'ord "loafer" came from Spanish
ord and that we got 1t via Mexico,
we did ''galoot;' but the Century
dictionary says it comes from the
erman and originally meant per.
IN who wandered
Cats have been known to mother"
lickens, but it is somewhat rare to
nd a dog displaying similar tenden-
es' Fritz, an intelligent terrier in a
lburban family; was observed to
lopt a half grown brood of chickens
lat had been left to scratch for them kss
Ives by the mother hen II
There are said to be thousands of =
'ople who make comfortable livings n
London by buying or manufacturing u
tlcles which are later pledged with
lWnbrolicrs, who advance more than
g goods are worth. 1t is hard to be- p
we paWnbroker SO green but Pear. III
MS Weekly voucles for the fact n
About twenty pickpockets. some of y
EN- with London experience, have
ana"ed TO make their way to 10
nnesburS, says the London Daily II
All. "l-oldon experience" has about
an air of supcrciliousness that will -
7 on the sensibili1ics of the cracks
IN on this side of the big wctness.
lhe United States department of ag
'ultUre now has we'll equipped labo
torres for the Investigation of the
SeaSes of plants in Washington city
orida and California;. There are
50 fifty experiment stations where