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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
MAN BEAUTY's TROUBLES.
Winner of vienna Contest Pestered
with All Sorts of Oners.

Winner OF vienna Contest Pestered
with All Sorts Of Oners.
Everything has its drawbacks, as
Walter Raimund, the winner Of the re-
cent beauty competition for men in
Vienna, has recently begun to discover,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Since
his success he has been pestered daily
with offers Of marriage from various
matrimonial agents acting on behalf Of
fair clients
1t is further stated that he has re,
ceived an offer from well known
American impresario to exhibit him.
self for six months In the States as the
most beautiful man in the world. For
this be was to receive E20 per day.
The yiennese photographers have
also pestered him to allow his photo
graph to be taken for artistic purposes
But all these enticing offers Raimune
has been compelled to refuse, as he
has to put in his time for conscriptior
in the course Of this year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
NOVEL RuMMAeE 81.
Spanish CarnveIs ahd other world =
Fair Relies 20 ne sold.

Spanish CnrnveIs ahd other worlds
Fair Relies 20 he sold
The three Spanish carayels which
have lain for months almost forgotten
IN a jackson park lagoon at Chicago
are to BE sold 10 tile highest bidder
says the Chicago Record Herald. With
the replicas Of Columbus vessels viii
also be sold the statue Of the discover
err thar once adorned" the lake front,
but which in recent years has ignomin-
Iously reposed among the heaps OF ref
use Mt the Washington park barns.
This was the decision reached the 9th
er day by the South park board and
was brought about through the receipt
Of letter from man signing himself
captain NJ Schucnmann, 693 North
Clark street" The captain stated that
he had lost his own boat and asked
the board to sell him the largest Of the
three decaying caraYels
This inspired Commissioner Jefferson
Hodgkins with the idea of disposinq of
al the weatherbeaten craft, and he Of
fered resolution to that effect This
reminded Superintendent Foster Of the
big discarded statue Some one else re-
called the abandoned bicycles in anoth-
err shed, and others had various old
rubbish included liz the resolution.
Then Commissioner Hodgkins had q
brilliant idea. wen have a rummage
sale,1 said he. aan auction sale like
they have at these bric-a-brae places
downtown You can sell anybody any
thing at an auction sale, especially a
woman. SO guess we can get rid OF
little matter Of three caravels. a bronze
statue and other things Wen bold
the sale ii the board rooms here and
serve pink tea to draw the ladies', Then
If anybody insists on seeing what they
are buying III take them around and
show them the bulky things
There are n number Of desirable
things among the furnishings Of the
caravels which have been well taken
care Of Replieas of Spanish spears,
lances and armor Of the fifteenth CEN
fury viii be especially an attractive
bait for the artistically inclined and
| the lovers Of antiauities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
CHILDREN SOLD in FAMINE.
Parents, Says CantOn Consul, Are
Starving In Chinese Province.

parents. says Canton Consul, Are
Starving In Chinese Province.
Hundreds Of women and children
have been sold for 81 each in Kwangsi,
china on their starving husbands and
fathers, according to a report on the
famine which has just come to the
state department at Washington from
the United States consul at Canton,
MIR. McWade. Unless the. rice crops Of
July. August and September are plen-
tiful. he adds, the distress, now slightly
alleviated by American missionaries
and others. will continue in all Its In
tensity.
AIT certain mission chapels in Kwang-
81 thousands of natives are given lit
tie food each day-as much as the mis-
sionaries are able to give-and in some
places the gentry give the poor three
ounces Of rice per day The emperor's
temple at one place was given over to
the poor. Mr.. McWade appeals to the
people of the United States for help
and says that contributions can be
sent to him through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking corporation, the
Guaranty Trust company Of New
York and the International Banking
corporation of the same city. The con
sui several weeks ago telegraphed the
department that in certain parts o.
Ixwangsi the bodies of dead victims o.
the famine were eaten by the suffer
ers This, however, Is not mentioned
in his mail report, which bears date o
! NTaxs r
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
KING BARS PANAMA HATS
Edward Concerns Himself With
styles In Mems Dress.

Edward Concerns Himself with
styles In Mems Dress.
Court or official costume Is, Of course,
de rigueur. but king Edward is con
corning himself not only with regula-
tons for what costume men shall wear
at court functions and the parties he
attends. but is seeking to make an in
novation In the ordinary evening gaib
Of gentlemen, says London cable dis
patch to the New York Herald
When his majesty went to Lord and
Lady Rothschilds party q few days
ago he intimated to his hosts that he
would like all their male guests to APP
pear in knee breeches and decorations
to quote the Invitation cards, which did
not specify any other article Of habili-
ment Similarly, prior to the gymkha-
na which was to have been held at
Ranelagh, the kings equerry conveyed
to that club the notification chat King
Edward would expect to see all the
men wearing silk hats, panamas being
especially tabooed. However, rain pre-
vented the function
AS for the modification in evening
dress, it II one that will probably APP
peal to men Of portly build. For years
past the king has worn white vest
slip with a morning coat. This season
he has adopted the same idea for even.
ing dress. This will necessarily In
volve the wearing of black vests In
stead OF white ones, which now nine
out Of every ten men are wearing.
The king has also shown a decided
Partially for bright blue ties but no
body seems to be following his exam
pie III this particular.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
A Ner nfaeaxine.

A magazine has recently been start
ed In India which promises to an.
swer every objection against Islam
and to discuss every question bearing
upor religion. The editor, Mira Ghu
Lam Ahmad fof Quadian, promises al
impartial review Of the existing re-
iigions Of the world, Christianity and
Islam in particular"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
a RenI rock 81 refuge.

In Hawaii there is a spot called the
Rock OF Refuge. If a criminal reaches
this rock before capture he is safe so
long as he remains there. Usually his
family supply him with food until be
il able to make his escape. but he is
never allowed to return to his own
tribe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

The London and Northwestern COM
pany has announced its intention Of
putting on a train between London and
Carlisle which win make the trip Of
200 miles without a stop. This is 105
miles farther than any similar run in
Great Britain
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
WAR SHIP ON WHEELS.
How the Rebellion In Nicaragua
Was suppressed.

How the Rebellion IN nicaragua
Was suppressed.
The rebellion In Nicaragua has been
suppressed, says d Washington special
to the New York World. Managua, the
capital, Is on Lake Managua, upon the
mountains. The only boat on the lake,
the Victoria, a pleasure steamer, was
seized by the rebels They put guns
aboard and rowed about the lake, seiz-
ing government property and pressing
the natives living along the shore into
their ranks under penalty Of lombard
ment Of their villages. When the rebel
commander threatened to lombard the
capital the government was forced to
heroic action.
The only way a war ship could be
got into the lake was to put it on
wheels, and this was literally done. A
large fiat car was hastily built The
little gunboat Once de Julio, which
was ia the Pacific ocean, was hoisted
on the car and hauled over the railroad
to Managua. She was launched behind
the Notifications Of the city, sailed out
on the lake and, with her superior
armament easily captured the rebel
shin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
go rona roretaIa Id. peath.

Funeral services for Major James 3.
Pond were held on the night Of June 70
at his late home in Jersey City. Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills, who otiieiatea,
said he had talked with Major Pond
two weeks before, and the major said
he expected TO die that night. He be-
lieyed the first who would greet him
on the other side would be bis old
friend, Henry Ward Beecher
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

The vaca marina is the largest Of
fresh water fish 1t weighs up to ] 200
pounds. 1t is found only in the Anna
zon and Orinoco.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
rrnllevn In IndIn.

Electric tramways have been intro
duced in Calcutta and viii soon De IN
trodueed ID Bombay.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

Elliot G. Houston Of the Denver
Record Stockman, had an uncomfort-
able experience In travelling through
the water belt Of Kansas during the
recent foods on his way to his old
home at Louisville, Ky, says the Den
yer Post With forty-eight other pas
sengers he was water bound for six
DAYS on a Missouri Pacific train four
miles from Bridgeport, Kan. 1t was
impossible either to move the train for
ward or to 90 back and III a short
time the food supply was exhausted
and the male passengers rustied eat
ables among the farmers Of the neigh
borhood.
Eve exhausted the food the first
day. said Mr.. Houston. eat the start
we were told that we could have but
two meals instead of three meals a
day. Every semblance Of food was
quickly gone, and then It became nee
essary for the male passengers to get
something TO eat The farmhouses
saved us. Several of us got boats and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
FROM THE
FLOOD LANDS
Telegrapher Describes Incident
OF Orego1 Cloudburst.
HEPPEER A vBRITABLE TRAP.

Charles A. Taylor Says the Town
That was swept Away Lay In
Pocket In the Mountains-Nansas
Flood Drove Rabbits Into Railroad
Cars, and Passengers Thus secured
Food.
T. G. Hart, the telegraph operator
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton company at Heppner, recently
wrote for the New York World and
sent by wire an account of tragic mo-
ment III the food in which be had a
miraculous escape from death, taking
with him four children. James Ker-
nan, the station agent, and his wife,
whose daughter qxatie) Hart had with
him, would have escaped also had not
Herman stop. ed to cali Portland in an
effort to inform the outside world that
Heppner was being overwhelmed with
waters. Here Is the account from Mr..
Hart, dat q Lexington. Ore:
II was working IN the oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company's office
at the time that the food was coming
down upon us. / was writing letter
to my parents. who live in Hilgard,
ore. noticed that Il was raining very
hard, and, in company with Mr.. Ker-
nan, the station agent his wife and his
fifteen-year-old daughter, watched the
creek. We did not realize that it was
rising so fast until we heard terrific
roar. Then / called the attention Of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman to the hood
which was coming, with the water roll
ing over and over. picking up and
crushing houses as though they were
eggshells, cried; My God! Isn't
that awfulf Come. let US run for the
Ihills!'
Il took hold Of the little daughters
hand and those Of three other little
children that ran into the station be-
fore / started / rushed for the hills
Mr.. KEENAN, and his wife Following
Only BY the help Of Divine Providence
/ did succeed IN getting the four chill
dren out on high ground, and ais gain
ed the higher ground | turned to looh
and see how the best friend | ever had
on earth was making 1t. The rapidly
rising waters had caught him and bis
wife. and they were drowned before
my very eyes. Neither tongue nor per
can describe the scene, and it seems be
yond human minds to imagine the
sight
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

A reporter for the Kansas City Jour
nal at Topeka finds that 3l2 pianos
were destroyed In the North Topeka
flood. II these instruments had an
average value Of $500 the total would
amount to $4,000. One thing Is GER
tain, not single piano which passed
through the food viii ever be used
again. Pianos are commonly regarded
as Of strong ana substantial construc-
ton. To lock AT those which passed
through the Topeka food one would
conclude that they were as fragile az
house az cards. Their woodwork ~
swelled, bulged and split Their veneer
Ing has peeled OF ike paper from a
wet wall Their Intervals are warped
and twisted out Of al semhlance to an
orderly machine. They have been
thrown out In the streets without an
exception, to be hauled away with 9th
or rubbish.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

rowed from house to house each day.
and in this way secured food sufficient
for At least one meal a day One
means Of securing food seemed to be
furnished by Providence. The water
drove poor little rabbits up under the
yery wheels az tie cars. AS the water
crent higher the rabbits actually got
on top OF the wheels. Every morning
it was easy to collect as many rabbits
as we could eat. That seems remark
able. but 1t was really a fact"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27

Heppner, Ore, as described BY
Charles a. Taylor, the playwright was
q veritable trap for such food as the
one which recently brought death to
a large number Of Its population. Mr..
Taylor has several friends there and
believes that many Of them We're vic
TINS Of the cloudburst.
"The first time / went to Heppner,"
he said to New York Evening Journal
reporter, ..was iii November, 1901. The
town was twenty-six miles from the
main line and the trip there was slow
and tedious. The railroad ran along
Willow creek, which was strong
mountain stream IN a deep valley
'My company was the first that had
been to Heppner in three years, and !
never saw people 80 glad to see actors
There was no room for as in the
small but well equipped hotel, but the
landlord turned out enough guests to
make us comfortable. We were
treated royalty on all sides and moth
ing seemed too good for US.
"The very thought Of going TO see
play seemed to thrill them, and that
night the little opera house, which was
used for charitable entertainments III
most entirely, was packed to the doors
The same thing was true the next
night. and Mr., Crawford, proprietor Of
the hotel, told me that every man.
woman and child in the city who was
not i'll had seen the show.
eThe wealth Of the town was re-
markable. There did not seem 70 be
any poor people there. They seemed
perfectly satisfied with one another and
were willing to let the world outside
progress without their aid The hotel
was about the only building IN town
that was mp to date. The rest Of the
houses were built along the main
street, backing on the creek.
THE town was in a pocket IN the
mountains On every side We're high
| hills, sloping down to the houses and
being drained into the creek which
proved So much too small when the
cloudburst came on Sunday dune la.
The creek is like a raging torrent all
the time. 1t runs into the Columbia
river Just above Inc falls and a few
miles below Heppner."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-27
Indiaestion

is caused by trying to compel
the stomach to keep too rapid a
pace. 1t is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22
A GIRL DRUNKARD.
Moral Wreck Was Restored to
Useful, Happy Life.

The superintendent of New York
home recently related a story of her own
experience in rescue work, so wonderful
and so encouraging to wretched victims
of sin that it ought to be made public.
The story in substantially her own Ian
guage was as follows:
Il was sent for one morning many
years ago by one of the judges of the
court who had before him a girl about
16 years of age The girls father had
caused her arrest and had appealed to the
court to sentence her to some home as an
incorrigibe
THE history of the girl was this: At
IL years of age she had been put to serv-
ice in the dining-room of a saloon as a
waiter Her duties required her to serve
liquors and she acquired a passion for
drink and became drunkard.
Il never saw human being that loved
liquor as she did. She could drink glass
of clear whisky with the greatest relish.
and she had absolutely no control over
her appetite At Is she was confirmed
drunkard and a street walker. She was
devoid of any moral principle and had a
perfectly insane temper.
THE judge heard the case and SEN
fenced her to the home of which I was
superintendent When she learned her
destiny she flew into an uncomfortable
rage. She screamed and fought and
cursed like demon. She had to be taken
to the home by main force, and when she
got there we were at our wits end what
to do with her She was perfectly law
less, desperately ugly and her manner
was more like a demon than a human
being. We tried all sorts of treatment
for her; we tried to win her by love; we
tried reason with her; then we tried pun
ishing her-in fact. We exhausted our re-
sources all to no purpose. For three years
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22
WAR ON DRINK IN EUROPE.
in Germany. England, France
and Other Countries

The rapid increase of intemperance in
European countries of late has resulted
not merely in much more vigorous
crusade against the evil by temperance
societies, but also. in many countries, In
legislation expressly designed to reduce
the consumption of liquors. The Ger
man governments proposed bill. of
which yesterdays dispatches told, is
simply one more indication of the ten
dency
The German plan is, indeed. a very
mild one, though it may have exceeding
ly beneficial effects if adopted One fea-
ture of it is the forbiddir,E of the ex-
tension of credit by saloon keepers to
their customers; another is the require
ment that mountaineering drinks. such
as tea, coffee. lemonade and milk. and
also cold foods, must be sold wherever al
coholic drinks are sold.
In England legislation has taken two
forms. For one thing it is operating
through commissions to reduce the num-
Der of public houses. and for another it is
seeking to reform habitual drunkards by
placing them on blacklsts, and making
II punishable offense to sell liquor to
them over the bar.
France has been awakened to its great
need by clear evidences of the ravages
made by liqueurs. and especially by alb
sinthe. Medical statistics recently COM
piled indicated that the great increase in
pulmonary tuberculosis was due almost
aDtirpIV IN alcoholism opd a1eO hot tuo
thirds of the inmates of the insane asy-
lums were suffering from the same cause.
There is now talk of prohibiting the sale
of adulterated liquors and of creating a
state monopoly of alcohol, which will
supply only the pure article. and that at
a very high price
In Belgium the tax on spirits has been
increased, and at the same time the tax
on tea has been removed. with the OBJ
iect of encouraging the use of tea as
beverage. In Holland a league has been
formed to fight the use of spirits 1t
aims at legislation. but for the present
it is doing personal work by posting
agents at the doors of public houses to
urge the patrons not to enter
Austria is considering law which pro-
vides that drunkards shall after ten con-
victions, be sent to a reformatory, there
to be imprisoned till physicians certify
that their craving is cured. Norway has
similar system now in force. except
that it applies it much more promptly.
In Switzerland the police are required
to arrest every person showing the
slightest signs of intoXicatiOn. Alcohol
is sold by a government monopoly. and
each canton is required to spend ten
per cent. of the receipts from this source
on hospitals and other agencies for com
batting the evil-Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22

that girl kept our home in a turmoil.
Nothing we could do had any effect upon
her. She attended our Gospel service,
but TO all appearances they had no in
tluence over her.
AT the end of three years a change
came over her She began to pray and
to believe in God. After we had her I'M
der control, We sent her out to service in
a Christian family on farm in a neigh
boring state. She was small girl, not
very strong. but she took hold of the
heavy work of a servants place in a
country home with an amazing vim. 1t
seemed as if she couldn't do enough for
her employers.
But the work was too much for her,
and after the first year she returned to lis
quite WORKOUT and broken down Then
she took up fancy work and became an
expert. The finest kind of work seemed
to come perfectly natural to her.
When the term of her sentence ex-
pired. al q years of age. she left our home
and supported herself by doing fancy
work learned in the home. She was then
one of the most lovable, sweet-mannered
kind-hearted. gentle girls that | ever
knew. We all loved her and she used to
come and instruct the other girls in
fancy work. She-had grown to be very
handsome girl with fair complexion
and beautiful face.
A young man out of an excellent fam
fly in our city. became interested in her
and finally married her. and took her to
his fathers home, where she was ad-
mitted on equal terms with the other
sons and daughters, of whom there were
several. She became a favorite with
them all. and the father-in-law speaks of
her endearingly as his little kid
you asked me if knew of any cases
Of girls rising from a life of shame to a
respectable womanhood and my answer
is this true story of a girl who is now the
mother of a dear little girl, and who is
one of the loveliest Christian characters
of my acquaintance 1t is one of many
evidences that there is no limit to the
power and grace of God.
Jesus is able to save to the uttermost
all that come unto God by Him What
refuge the Lord is to every sinner who
will flee to Himfor help. National Ad-
Vocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22

The report of President Curley, of the
Distillers' Securities corporation, of the
operations of that corporation for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1903, has
been made public. 1t shows that the
total receipts from all sources for the
year were $50, 1870, 7O6; total operating
expenses, s7S7G4074 After charging
off the amounts paid for interest on
notes and loans, taxes, rentals, insur-
ance. ad&itions to reserve fund, main
tcnance and repairs. and interest on all
bonds, a net profit of s2,1S4791 is
shown for the year, an increase of $780,
436 over that of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1902
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22
Held No Grudge.

Walking about one day in the land
Of shadows, Charles Dickens uneXpect-
edly encountered Mr. Pecksniff
My dear fellow" said Mr. Dickens
Il hope you entertain no i'll will to-
ward me on account OF the unenviable
notoriety l seem to have given you"
Sir" loftily replied Mr.. Pecksnitf,
you owe me no apology. The name
of Pecksniff will be remembered long
after the name of Dickens is forgot
ten!'-Chicago Tribune