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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
Tree Planting on pixies Peak.

A very interesting experiment and
one Of great importance TO the people
Of the west will be conducted this sum
mer on Pixies peak, says the Pueblo
Chieftain. a party from the United
States forestry bureau under charge Of
one Of the government experts will
plant d large number Of trees on the
slopes Of Pixies peak and the neighbor-
ing mountains. The trees thus planted
win not only be Of great benefit TO tie
Pixies peak region, hut the experiments
viii be most valuable In solving gener-
al problems relating to forestry IL the
| west
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
Novel, Foot wear.

Miss May Van Allen brought from
England something decidedly original
IN footwear, appearing ut the Casino in
Newport the other morning for the first
time with morning slippers made Of
rattlesnalse leather with the heels, Of
French style, IN red, says the New
York American. The front of the slip
per Is set OF with d dark silver buckle
and adds to the design.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
TRAIN AND TRACK,

One Of the Inconvenience Of travel
on the Siberian railway is that bag
gage is apt to be stolen even if it has
been checked.
In the first half Of 1908 i've railways
in the United States went into the
hands Of receivers, but they aggregate
but seventy-nine miles Of track
In England, where automatic coup
ling Of cars il vet unknown 10000
railway employees are killed or in-
Jured in ten years n making couplings
as shown by reports Of the board Of
trade, This offsets ia way the NOR
tally for passengers, which is very
much smaller than on our railroads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23

time. a number, name. i'm the course
Of an hour Richardson received three
telepathic messages from Franks. The
first was that Of time. 100; the sec
ond was that OF a number, '7T7' and
the third was the name Scotland
'These were the identical things that
Mr.. Stead's secretary had telegraphed
earlier to Franks at Nottingham. The
telepathic communications were in
Simultaneous.
"When the test had ended there was
not one who had been privileged to
witness the extraordinary demonsra-
ton who felt himself assailed by the
least doubt as to It's genuineness."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
New Use for Aluminium.

Aluminium can now be rolled into
sheets so thin that 1000 laid together
measure only an inch in thickness. 1t
Is proposed to use these for writing
paper where lasting records are de-
sired
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23

1t has been proposed seriously sever
al times to put out the fires Of vesu-
vius by letting In on them the waters
of the Mediterranean. The experiment
has been prevented by fear that gil
gantic explosion would result which
would blow up Italy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23

Inc ideal Of Kafir is to have sew
efal wives, who work for him while he
loaIs' The desire to earn the money
necessary TO buy wives is what makes
nm Keep at work in the South African
mines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
Louise 4 vow ! c,nnntnaa

Dresden, July 16--In compliance
with her request King George has con-
ferred on the Princess Louise, former
Grown Princess Of saxony, the title Of
Countess Montignose
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
~ sn1tnn.s TIonsehoId.

1t is estimated that nearly 10000
pounds Of bread are eaten daily in The
sultan Of Turkeys household,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23
london renemnnta-

Many rooms in London tenement
houses are occupied by one family in
the day time and another at night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23

Among the anecdotes related about
James NIacNeill Whistler, the Amerl
can artist, here is one dealing with q
visit Whistler paid Sir Alma Tadema,
the famous artist. On the night Of his
arrival Whistler's host announced that
he intended to give q breakfast next
morning. There VIII be a number Of
ladies present, Whistler, lie said and
want you to pull yourself together
and look your best"
"All right, said Whistler.
Early the next morning Whistler's
voice was heard ringing through the
magnificent halls of the Tadema man
sion "Tadema! Tademal / want you,
Tademaw
Thinking nothing less than fire, Sir
Alma rushed to the room Of his guest.
"For heavens sake, Whistler, what's
the matter? You've walked up every
one ia the house. What Is it27
"Oh, don't get SO excited, Tadema,
drawled Whistler II only wanted to
know where you kept the scissors to
trim the fringe of cuffs with. Thought
you wanted me to pull myself together
for the ladies' Ladies Home Journal
"A Colorado millionaire who was get.
ting up an art gallery once went to
Whistler's studio in the Rue du Bac,n
said Vance Thompson in his Paris let
ter to the Saturday Evening Post "He
glanced casually at the pictures on the
walls symphonies in rose and gold.
in blue and gray, in brown and green.
How much for the lot2' he asked.
with the confidence of one who owns
gold mines.
-Four Millions said Whistler
"FWhatn
my posthumous prices, and the
painter added, Good morning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-23

In the printed records Of Boston ia
the Public library the birth of RALPH
Waldo Emmerson" Is entered
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Christening = Railway.

Engineers are, as a rule, sternly utii-
tartan, but there are occasions on
which they indulge in sentimental
practices. One of these occurred the
other day on the completion of the first
transcontinental railway in Africa.
When the plate-laying gangs from Bu-
luwayo and Salisbury, respectively,
came within 20 chains of each other a
telegram was sent to the contractors
and engineers, who at once arrived on
the scene. The rails were joined and
two engines proceeded slowly toward
each other from each side. Attached to
the drawhead of the engine from Sails
bury was a bottle of champagne and
as the two engines met it was broken
and the new railway was named in the
orthodox manner-London Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
PERSONAL AND 1MpERsoNAL.

AS compensat ton for the loss OF an
eye while at work, a Derby miner has
been awarded two cents a week.
In Vienna poverty -stricken must
clan, aged 63, has made 40 attempts to
commit suicide.
Representative Cyrus Sulloway, of
New Hampshire, the giant of congress,
insists that he is still growing. Ac-
cording to his latest figures he meas
ures six feet seven and one-half inches
in height, and weighs 276 pounds.
The marquis Of Anglesey was visiting
an orphan home in Sweden a few
months ago, when suddenly little girl
laid hold upon him and addressed him
as daddy" Without hesitation he ac-
cepted the situation invented by the
infant, prevailed upon the authorities
to let him adopt her-and there she is
at Anglesey castle.
Here is the extremely delicate way
in which Kansan states his chief rea-
son for asking that he be freed from
matrimonial bonds which gall: ''The
defendant has acted in such a way
that the said husband has had difficulty
in distinguishing her treatment of him
as a husband from her treatment of
others who bore no such relation to
her"
Gov. Bailey, of Kansas, takes the
stand that as a rule one ought not to
aspire to Office until he has made
some Roadway in the worlds material
prosperity and has something laid
away for rainy day. He points to the
impossibility Of ones saving money
when holding Office, and pictures the
hardships that fall upon multitude
who must inevitably yield their places
in the public service to somebody else.
President Jacob Gould Schurman, of
Cornell university, was born in Nova
Scotia. Last Fourth of July his son
used up all his firecrackers before dusk
and begged his father for some more
money. "I'll give you some more, my
boy" said the professor, "if you will
tell me what you are celebrating"
THAT'S easy, dad" said the lad, who
was born in New York state. "This is
the anniversary of the day when we
licked you fellows" An extra and un-
expectedly large supply of cash was
forthcoming on the spot.
Lord Wemyss has the unique distinc-
ton of being the only man who ever
struck the present king of England. It
happened during debate in the house
of lords, when the king, then prince of
Wales. occupied seat in front of
Lord Wemyss, who was speaking with
a great, deal of animation. While en-
phasizing a point, he brought his fist
down on top of the princes silk hat
with such force that the hat was
smashed in and pulled down over the
eyes Of the royal listener. Apologies
followed. The prince remarked that
he appreciated the force of Lord
Wemyss' remarks and then moved out
of range of the lords energetic arm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

this morning. It contained just thir-
ty-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.
I don't care so much about the money
as for some-some scraps of paper
which-which were in the purse.
They are merely little odds and ends,
Of no value to any one but me, but
am most anxious to. get them back
again." she said with bewitching
smile.
/ advised her not to advertise, and,
above all, not to let her husband
know of her loss. She looked at me
long time, in silence. Then she
murmured, ''Thank you. think per.
haps you are right" and went back
to her cab.
And thought-well thought that
perhaps the drinks were not ON Wilt
Walton, after all.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
He Used Tack.

AS the story goes, an Irish under
taker was laying out the deceased hus-
band of weeping Hibernian widow.
The corpse wore wig and it was very
difficult to induce it to stay on
straight, as wigs ought always to do,
even if they don't. The bereaved
widow was called in to assist. go an
git me pot of glue, Mrs. McGovern,' -
said the undertaken, $50 that I may
keep his wig where it belongs
Mrs. McGovern set out after the
sticking material, and after time she
returned. .'Here is the glue for We, y
she said with a sigh.
''Mrs. McGovern, you kin take back
the mucilage," said the undertaken,
.the difficulty is fixed. | used tack"
Buffalo Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

escape until I've fully unmasked your
villany," said jack, as his friend
again uneasily endeavored to break
away.
.What do you think of. this saint,
this Joseph he continued. 'Look
at him. The preacher of morality,
the man who lectures me because
I'm on speaking terms with two or
three footight fairies!
love letter from him to some un-
known charmer. To the owner Of
the lost pocketbook. It was one of
the most sugary things you ever
read, my boy. It began, My own
sweet love. My Queen among wo-
men, Ha! ha! Look at him! Why,
he's positively blushing!"
This was true. I never saw man
look more embarrassed at joke
against himself than Will Walton did
at that moment. With sickly smile
he endeavored to break away, but
there was no escaping from Jack who
seemed determined to have the full
amount of fun to be derived from
his friends evident agony.
I'm this note the sly young rascal
made an appointment to meet his
poor, neglected darling as he Incl
Gentally called the fair unknown, at
the same old place." roared Jack,
digging his victim in the ribs, and
laughing boisterously.
sArl do Won %hinL ho cinuo1
himself?" Ever yours in the links
of love and by the law of hearts,
Will Walton There's poetry for you!
BY Jove, WILL" he said, "You can't
deny that the drinks are on you this
time. sHa! ha. hal"
The drinks were brought. Will
slipped away after paying, leaving his
drink untouched.
was going into the newspaper Of
flee where, for my sins, I am COM
PEELED to work, an hour later; when
young and lovely woman stepped
out of a cab. AS I stood aside for
her to pass I recognized her. She
was Mrs. Jack Rollins. Seeing me,
she bowed and stopped, as it seemed,
in some embarrassment. Then ap-
preaching. after a timid greeting,
during which found myself wonder
ing how a man with so fair a wife
could waste his time with such s.
Dolly Dimples, she fatteringly said,
would it be too great favor to
ask you to render me little assist
ance? I want to put an advertise.
ment in the newspaper, and ! don't
quite know how to word it.
1.-THE fact is, I lost my pocketbook
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

some fellows regard as "a good time.
Even although he had married the
reigning beauty of couple of seasons
ago, on his return from prolonged
honeymoon, spent in Europe, he had
plunged into much the same sort OF
life as had earned for him the nick
name of Jack the Lady Killer" in hi:
bachelor days.
His bosom friend and constant com.
panion, Will Walton, was of much
quieter disposition. OF late he had
often demonstrated with Jack for his
conduct, especially when he had such
q sweet young wife awaiting him at
home.
This time Jack had got back at Will
Caught the saint red-handed, as he
expressed it, and it was with much
his companions evident discontinue
Greatest joke in the world, old
man." said he to me. But l noticed
that Will Walton did not seem to en-.
Joy the situation at all. Indeed, he
abruptly turned as if about to leave
the bar, but Jack took him by the
arm and made him listen while he
told me the following story:
II dropped in to see little Dolly
Dimples, the pretty girl in the
theater chorus, this afternoon" he
said, land found her bubbling ove1
with delight because she had just
found on the sidewalk well-fillec
pocketbook. There was just thirty
zine dollars and thirty-nine cents II
It. Odd sum, wasn't it! Maybe more
than ample to pay Dolly's salary fol
two weeks at the theater. But that's
not where the laugh comes in. The
joke of the thing il that there was q
lot of scraps of paper in the purse,
such as woman loves to carry about
with her; and Dolly and / amused
ourselves by reading these over:
Hold on there, Will. You don't
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Bin-"What do you consider the
luckiest day of the week?" Jill-"Why
pay day, of course. ''-Yonkers States
man.
81 hear you done got married, Br'e1
Williams?'' 81 sho did," "Well, wha1
yo' wife?'' "She whar I live at. She
didn't mon have money huff ter pay fer
de, license en- SEN me on my honey
moon!"-Atlanta Constitution.
There Are Better Seats.-'He is now
they say, on the very pinnacle Of fame,
and yet he isn't exactly in comfort
able circumstances" "That's not sur
prising. Did you ever sit on a pin.
nacle Of any sort?"-Philadelphia
Press.
In the Silly Night.-"What is it?'
the druggist sleepily inquired from his
bedroom window t.This ish drug store.
amt it," said the man who had rung
the night bell. Eyes. What do you
want p want to look in your city di-
rectory minute, an shee where live. :
-Philadelphia Ledger.
''I'm so glad,' said the militia cap
tain's wife, shat the boys of your
company presented you with that fine
revolver. We need have no fear now
OF the burglars infesting the neigh
borhood." "True for you. dear" he
replied. Give got it locked up in the
Office safe, where they can't get at it. y
Philadelphia Press.
Concerning Home Runs.-"Charley,
DEAR said young Mrs. Torkins,
doesn't it depress people when some
one makes home run at base ball
game?" 81 should say not! How
could it," 81 should think it would re-
mind lot Of men who are late for
dinner of what they oughtffo be do
ng.'-Washington Star. q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
a PEsSlMiSTIc BOY.

1 don't kick and romp with glee
Cause the summer days are here.
I'm not filled with joy to see
Scented flowers all appear,
And the balmy atmosphere
Doesn't make me hep with vim.
What's the use? Ma jest said: :
Don't you dare go down to swim"
Merry thoughts don't rise in me,
As the daisies they come out.
I'm not filled with ecstasy
AS the bees they buzz about;
I'm not filed up to the spout
With a lot of lazy wishin'.
What's the use? Mc:-jest said:
Don't you dare to go off fishin'."
don't dream the liyelong day
Underneath shaly tree,
And If winter'd cared to stay
'Twouid have been the same to me:
Summer don't fill ne with glee
And / wish that it would pass,
What's the use? Ma jest said:
Don't you lie on that damp grass"
IF p. Pitzer. in N. J. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
FAIR SEX THE HARDER.
work Stockings When Men
Bundle Themselves.

It is yet to be proved that women
who wear low shoes are more subjec,
to colds than those who wear high
shoes. AS yet, it is to be proved that
those who are constantly on their
guard against what is called exposure
live longer than those who do not care
When women not only survive tickle
climate, but come out of its most try
ing changes in clothing of weight
that men would hardly feel, it is diff
cult to see how their health can suffer
because they wear low shoes, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Now, take man--take the average
man. He puts on five thicknesses OF
clothing on cold day. He is not con-
tent if the temperature is below IS in
his office. He would not think of step
ping across the street without putting
on his overcoat. In most cases, he
would not venture out without his
muff1er and overshoes. And take that
mans wife. She wears two or three
thin thicknesses of clothing. She
doesn't mind the weather. She will
meet the blasts of winter with uncon-
Germ. In her home, she will allow the
furnace fire to get low. She will follow
a caller to the door, cut on the veranda,
and talk and talk, entirely unmindful
of wraps.
Her husband takes colds all kinds
of colds-every kind that is going. He
wonders why he takes cold. His wife
is good enough to wonder with him
and tells him he must be more careful
of himself. Maybe she will insist that
in addition to all of his other precau-
tions against exposure he shall wear a
chest protector or porous plaster.
But she takes no colds. That is, she
seldom does, and, if she does, she at
tributes the cold she takes not to care
lessness, but to the fact that she has
inadvertently undertaken to be too
careful of herself.
II sheer any other woman-fnds
greater comfort in low than she does
in high shoes, why blame her for wear
ing the former? Even if she wears
low shoes and openwork stockings
from pure vanity, why blame her? Are
not the women of America healthy
Are they not strong? Are they not
harder than the men-as rule? Then
why not let them have their own way
about low shoes, openwork stockings
and everything else that gives them
comfort or pleasure?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04

young herons, after having called thei.
parents in vain, at last die of inanitiors
LET us hope that women. may b.
horror-stricken at the thought that a.
abominable fashion threatens the tota.,
destruction of the immense mass o.
charming little winged creatures
which constitute the most brillians
and the most delightful adornment of
nature in the two worlds"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Carbon Poisoning.

The modern method of mixing coal
gas with water gas greatly increases
the amount of carbon monoxid in the
gas supplied for illumination. Hence
an alarming increase in the number
of cases of carbon monoxid poisoning
has recently been noticed.-Science.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
APPEAL FOR The BIRDS.
xvomea in Europe Urged Not to EN-
courage the Slaughter of the
Crested Heron.

The. League of Women for the Pro-
lection of Birds in Europe is now more
active than ever in its campaign
against the fashion of wearing plu-
mage on hats. Berries and flowers are
decorations all sufficient for the men,
beers.
This league is spreading with sur
prising rapidity, reports the New
York Sun. It was founded in 1899. 1t
has branches now in England, France,
Switzerland, Germany, Austria. Rus
sia and Holland. The Geneva branch
az the league has just issued an appeal
In women asking them not to encour-
a0e the slaughter of birds for milli-
merry purposes. The appeal says:
..One Of the most fashionable orna-
ments of hats is light and delicate
rlnme called an aigrette or crest. taken
from the white heron OF North Amer
Goa Some naturalfsts in the United
states have made known to the entire
-orld the barbarous manner in which
+his ornament is obtained, and our ap-
neal is addressed to women in the hope
mat those who read it may cease to
rear adornments which are obtained
Nv such cruel fortunes.
.The aigrette is the nuptial orna-
nent Of the species of heron in ques-
tion. 1t grows only during the mat
TO- or nest-building season. Hunters
az over the world spare the lives OF
hirds during that season, but rapa-
cious and pitiless fashion does not
mare them. Bright feathers must be
procured at all costs.
..The poor herons gather together in
aock. ia the marshes. They build
the;r nests in willows and other trees
- the same nature, and while they
- -. occupied in feeding their young
,,;rds. unable to fly, the dealers come
upon them.
.sThe massacre is easy; the creatures
Z. almost tame. They never fly far
s-om their nests and they fall by hun
sreds victims of the instinct which
s,nnels them to protect their young.
/ at the close of the slaughter the
hnnters go away happy in the pos
-s.sion Of the crosts torn from the
q ..de az the unfortunate birds whose
Needing little bodies lie in heaps on
~. Ground around the tree. And the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
nL1TERAcY AND THEATERs.
Namber of Playhouses Highest In
States where Education II
Most Prevalent.

Since the United States imposed an
internal revenue tax on theaters there
has been no great difficulty in ascer-
tanning their precise number, which is
now 1900, and comparison Of the
number of theaters in each state with
the rate of illiteracy establishes q
curious connection between the two.
Whether the theater is ian agent Of
education or not-a long disputed
point-it is fact that where the rate
of illiteracy is high theaters are few,
and where the number of theaters is
large the ratio of illiteracy is small,
says the New York Sun.
New York, with an illiterate popula-
ton of those over 10 years of age of
51a per cent, has $50 theaters; South
Carolina, with an illiterate population
of 36 per cent, has a theaters. North
Carolina, with total population Of
1900 900, has "a theaters only and
nearly 80 per cent. Of illiterates.
Massachusetts,, with a population Of
1900, 900, has 50 theaters and less than
6 per cent. Of illiterates.
There is no state in the country
which has not at least one theater.
Nevada, which has the smallest MUM
Der, has 4. Next to New York, PENN
sylvania has the largest number, 1852.
There are fewer theateTs in Ala
bama, a state having 1,50O. 600 popula-
ton, than in New Hampshire, state
OF 100000 only. The rate Of iIliteracy
in Alabama is "a per cent; in New
Hampshire it is 6 per cent.
Kansas and Nebraska have very
low rate of illiteracy, 80 in the former
and 80 in the latter. There are 1877
theaters in these two states, one less
than in the three states of Texas, Ar
kansas and Mississippi, which, with a
very much larger population, have Is,
20 and SO per cent. of illiterates re-
spectively.
There are only 81 theaters in Geor-
gia, which is 20 less than in New Jer-
sey, and only Is in Florida, which has
twice the population of Utah. with l6
theaters. All through the country the
number Of theaters corresponds very
closely with the ratio OF illiteracv.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-04
Cheap Gas for Balloon..

The gas works at Rueil, France, have
made an arrangement by which aero
nauts can be supplied with coal gas
cheaply. Three balloons took adyap.
tage of this arrangement on a recens
Sunday. This is the record from one
gas works in one afternoon. The gaA
supplied at Rueil is specifically manu-
featured for balloons, which are now
filled SO cheaply that ascents will b..
numerous from Rueil this season.