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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
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st. PETERSBURG, Nov. Ambassador
Mccormick has gone to Moscow for
few days willie the embassy IL moving
into its new quarters, and consequently
there was ne Official Thanksgiving cele
bration W Il. Smith, d prominent
American resident Of this city, gave
dinner which was attended By the
American colony The toasts were to
President Roosevelt and the car.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28

Japan viii reach a satisfactory settle
ment- Or. BedIoe says the Japanese
are eager for war with Russia and
have no fear Of the result He thinks
that the japanese are stronger as q
naval force in the east than Russia
and are steadily strengthening then
fleet by converting a number Of man
steamers recently purchased into ar
mored cruisers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
rrlermInated ZEE rnmlIr.

oklahoma Okla, Nov. 81. Max Es-
troff, a grocer, shot and killed his
eight-year-old daughter Madeline, fa-
tally wounded bis wife and committed
suicide by turning the weapon upon
himself No reason is known
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28

San Francisco, N0y 81 John Good.
now United states consul general at
Shanghai, and DR. Bedl0e for a mum
Der of years American consul at Annoy.
have arrived here from the orient Con
sui Goodnow does not look for war hi
the orient believing that Russia ana
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
rtaflan Naval ainiater m A,nerle0

San Francisco Nov 27-Among the
passengers Or the japanese liner Hong
kong Marn which has arrived from the
orient. was Rear Admiral Carlo Mira
bello the new Italian minister Of the
navy on bis hurried way to Rome in
response 10 cablegram relieving him
from the command Of the italian
squadron IN Asiatic waters and making
him secretary Of the navy III tha new
cabinet
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
ralIea % cerner cheese Marl.el.

Lacrosse, Wis, Nov n. Under Tx
voluntary bankruptcy proceedings u.s.
rtituted by creditors the Lacr0 &
Cheese and Butter company has Deen
kdjudged bankrupt. The financial diff
ficulties were the result Of an effort to
corner the cheese market
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
Lord Mayor Ritchfe q Raronet.

London, Nov. q. King Edward has
conferred . baronetcy on Lord Mayor
Richie IN commemoration Of his recent
entertainment Of King Victor Emman-
uel and Queen Helena Of Italy at the
Guilahall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28

st. Petershugg, Nov 2TThe survey
has been completed for railroad from
hiakhta' Siberia, to Picking, by way Of
ougou. The length Of the road Will be
about 1000 miles. 1t VIII give a short
cut 70 the Chinese capital
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
College President stricken Down.

Allentown IA, Nov q. Rev DR.
Theodore 4. seip, president Of Mullen.
burg college and member Of the State
College and University Council, was
stricken with apoplexy at his home
and is critically ill
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
4 GUARANTEED CURE FOR Piles

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles Your druggist win refund money
II Pazo Ointment fails to cure You in 9 to
IA days. SOC.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-28
No soften SHOES.

The rubbing Of a little neat's foot oil
Into shoes renders them pliable and
water proof
The courier., 1903-01-24

for this type of engine until he Is told
that IL has a pull OF from 16 to 80 tons,
as against 9ls pounds! A locomotive
built not long ago for the Santa Fe road
weighed 1881 tons. Trevethick's engine,
built just century, ago. weighed FIVE!
Stephensons Rocket Q829) was several
hundred pounds lighter. Even between
1850 and 1860 the average weight Of q
passenger locomotive was twenty tons
and of a freight engine thirty.
One OF the first advances in American
locomotive construction was to mount
the front end Of the boiler by a stout
pivot upon a small Independent truck or
bogie.. Previously the forward wheels
were secured to the whole frame. That
plan made the machine exceedingly
rigid and awkward on sharp curves,
where derailment often resulted. An
other improvement was the link mo-
ton" for reversing, for which the credit
has been claimed both for an American.
James, and Stephenson. A more even
distribution of weight on the wheels was
secured by another Yankee notion,
'eQualixing levers"
At the close OF the fiscal year 1901
there were In operation in the United
States ls5.ss7 miles Of track, or within
ABOUT So,VOV miles OF the tOtal 1Or NOrtn
America II these roads could be stretch
ed out into one continuous line. they
would be long enough to encircle the
globe at the equator about eight times.
or to reach nearly nine-tenths Of the dis
tance from the earth to the moon.
In its Transportation" edition. THE
Scientific American" makes some strik-
ing comparisons to indicate the bulk of
material used in the construction of
these roads. 1t takes the Great Pyra-
mid OF Egypt as the starting point in its
calculation. That mighty structure is
756 feet square at its base and rises 4S1
feet. and contains about 81 500 900 cubic
feet. If a shell Of the same shape and
dimensions were manufactured II could
be let down over the capitol at WASH
ington without touching, and the apex Of
the pyramid would be two hundred feet
or more above the dome of the building.
II the steel rails used in laying the
track of these American roads were
melted up into a single lump Of a shape
that would admit Of measurement 1t
would be found to contain Is per cent
more material than the Great Pyramid.
The courier., 1903-01-24

dition to several others engaged in the
coasting trade. The best time made by
any of the vessels in this service is q
knots, achieved by the st. Paul and ST.
Louis in their best days. These steam
ships run from New York to Southamp-
ton. On the Pacific ocean the Korea has
for several months been winning honor
for her builders by a speed of 10 knots.
She will soon be joined by the Siberia, a
sister ship in size, power and equipment.
Two recent additions to the Red Star
line, the Kroonland and Finland, are a
trifle longer than the Korea, but are
good for only about seventeen knots.
A couple of the most notable American
steamships are now approaching compile
tion at New London, Conn. They are
intended for the Pacific service. and will
establish connection between ]. ]. Hills
railway system and Asiatic ports. These
closely approach the Cedric in size. be-
ing $50 feet long and 73 feet wide. If
The courier., 1903-01-24

loaded SO as to draw SO feet of water.
their displacement will be $4,000 tons. but
at 36h feet they will displace $1,000 tons.
x z 4
Naggsby-Its funny how women will
change their minds. When 1 first met
the girl who eventually became Mrs. NJ.
she declared she wouldn't marry the best
man in the world. Within year she
married me.
Waggsby-But what makes you think
she changed her mind?-Baltimore
American.
The courier., 1903-01-24
I H E COU RI E r

Another comparison can be made with
the Washington Monument, which rises
$50 feet above its base. This same mass
of steel would equal 1t In height II cast In
a rectangular block 436 feet square at
the bottom. Some of these rails weigh
from so to 100 pounds to the yard, but
most Of the track west of the Mississippi
Is considerably lighter. Probably $780,
900 tons would not be a wild estimate of
the total weight.
One can't mould wood like steel, and
even IL one could ii would doubtless be
impossible to cast in one chunk the tim
ber now employed for railroad ties. One
can compute volumes, though. and 1t Is
estimated that all the wooden. ties in
service to-day occupy a space equal to
twenty-four great pyramids. A similar
calculation for rock and gravel ballast
on these American roads gives a bulk
1876 times as great as the above mention
ed standard OF comparison. Following
the ratio Of length to height which Is
found in the pyramid of Cheops. the heap
of ballast would measure $500 feet on
each side at the base, and rise to
height Of 800 feet. or about half mile!
When 1t comes to rolling stock. equally
impressive results are reached. The
&c. ,729 locomotives in service are equiva-
lent to three great pyramids. 35.s11 pas
senger cars to three and a half pyra-
mids, and 1.409, ,472 freight cars to forty
two pyramids.
Over a million employees are required
to operate and keep in running order
the railways Of the United States. Nearly
half Of them (459, ,70D are trackmen and
laborers. These figures include switch
men, flagmen and watchmen as well as
section bosses and track repairers. Then
there are 204. 1874 machinists and shop
workmen, 127, ,141 station agents and sta
tion men. 1855 conductors and brake
men, 92.45s engineers and firemen, 3s,7o1
$50 general officers.
Just now the United States does not
enjoy the superiority which she once had
in shipping. Her clippers were at one
time the speediest sailing vessels in the
world. To Germany belongs the honor
of having built the fastest steamships in
the merchant marine today. England
has made the best record for speed in
naval vessels, and an American private
yacht, the Arrow, owned by Charles r.
Flint, has made the best time achieved
by a craft Of any description in the
world that is propelled by steam. The
two fastest Atlantic liners, the Deutsch-
land and Kronprinz Wilhelm, have de-
veloped an average speed of about 23h
knots for a whole voyage. The Kaiser
Wilhelm II. of the North German Lloyd
line. now undergoing the finishing touch
es In her equipment and decoration, is
expected to beat this speed by half a
knot. Two Cunarders, whose construc-
ton has been planned in a general way,
although their designs are not yet on pa
per, are to make Is knots The bulkiest
ship afloat is the Cedric, OF the White
Star line, which displaces 37,s70 tons, is
seven hundred feet long and rs feet wide.
This country can boast, however, Of rum
ming nearly a score Of lines Of American
built steamers to foreign ports, in adj
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
REGARDED AS DETRIMENT.
Opposed to the Use of the Sew
ing Machine.

st has not been 60 years since the
sewing machine made its appearance
in Washington" said an old timer to a
Star reporter, land there are quite a
number of not very old people who
remember the occasion. During the
great mechanics fair, which was held
in 1886, opening May 81, of that year,
in a specially constructed frame build
ing in Judiciary square, it was one of
the star exhibits. 1t was said at the
time that one of the main objects of
the fair was to influence legislation in
congress on the tariff to show what
the American w%orkingman could do,
and how little we were dependent on
other countries for the necessaries of
life.
II remember that the sewing ma
chine was the greatest attraction of
the fair and interested the crowds
about it, and there was difficulty ex-
perienced in getting near it. AS may
be supposed, the machine at that Pc
Rod had not been brought to the per-
lection it reached by subsequent i'm
provement, but it did its work to the
amazement of the thousands of visi-
tors, and as a labor saving machine,
together with McCormick's reaper,
then first exhibited here, caused much
discussion. Among the seamstresses
the sewing machine was looked upon
al the intrument which would deprive
them of a living, and it was predicted
that it's adoption would drive hun
dreds to poverty At that time the
price was high, and many hoped that
so much would be asked for it as 20
prevent its general use.
"The effect of its introduction was
to some extent discussed in the pa
pers of the day, and ] believe in some
of the manufacturing cities the work
ing people were much excited over the
revolution it's adoption was expected
to bring. | read an abstract of an
address by a pastor in one such city,
in which he said to the factory peo-
pie and seamstresses that they had
nothing to fear from its introduction.
He said notwithstanding so much more
sewing could be done by machine the
tastes o fwomen were such that should
the cost of making a dress or other
garment be cheapencd more elaborate
garments would become the style and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
BEFORE cHRIST'S BIRTHPLACE
strenEe History of n Chain Thai
Hangs over the G 'otte In
Bethlehem.

Tourists invariably inquire the his.
tory and significance of a rough IRON
chain which hangs over the entrance
to the grOtto in which the Prince of
Peace was born, and hear a remark
able story, says William Z. Curtis, in
the Chicago Record-Herald. 1t is ex-
planned to them that many years ago,
through the influence of an Armenian
who at that time was grand vizier
of Turkey, the Armenian monks OBJ
tanned permission from the sultan to
hang a chain to which lamps could be
attached, similar to chains already
hung for the same purpose by the
Greeks and Roman Catholics. When
the governor received the order he
notified the Greek bishop, who ap-
peared very cordial, after reading the
firman, and expressed his desire to
cooperate in anything that the sultan
had ordered. Permission was then
granted to the Armenians, who APP
peared with their chain ON the fol
lowing day, and when the governor
entered the church he was surprised
and delighted to find several Greek
monks assisting in the work.
The chain was put up without the
slightest difficulty, but when an Ar.
menian started up the ladder with
a lamp to hang upon the chain a
Greek monk followed and knocked
him off the ladder. He fell to the
floor senseless and bleeding. The Mo-
hammedan guard Immediately arrest
ed the Greek monk. The bishop was
sent for and, to the establishment OF
the governor, justified the assault
and admitted that it had been COM
mitted by his order. He explained
that the Armenian had permission
simply to hang a chain for lamps,
but the firman did not include per.
mission to hang lamps upon it. Upon
examining the document this was
found to be the fact. 1t read "a
chain for lamps and the Greek bish-
op contended that the Armenians had
no right to do anything further. The
governor insisted upon,a more liberal
construction of the order, but the
Greeks would not concede a point,
and the question was referred to Con-
stantinople for decision.
The authorities at the sublime
porte are in the habit of avoiding the
decision of perplexing questions
hence when the report from the gov
ernor reached Constantinople it was
poked into a pigeon hole, where il
has been lying ever since, and the
Armenians have never been able to
obtain permission to hang lamps
nDOn their chain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
Raised shOrtbread with FruIt,

Put into a large earthen bowl three
cupfuls of light bread dough; add to
this three eggs beaten for two min
utes; three tablespoonful of sugar
and three tablespoonful of butter
softened with a gentle heat before
mixing with the eggs and sugar.
Knead all these materials together
with the hand until the dough is soft
and smooth. Then put it into but
tered pans; cover the pans with a
folded towel and set near the stove
when a gentle heat will strike them,
and let rise for Is minutes; then
bake the shortcakes in a moderate
oven until a sharp knife thrust into
the cakes does not show any sign of
moisture. When they are baked tear
them open, first breaking the edges
apart with a fork, butter them and
spread fruit or preserves over them
and serve hot or cold. These are a
very near approach to the modern
fruit Observation-Disclosures Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
THE ALEXANDER COLUMN.
Largest Single stone Ever Cut and
Polished by the Hands
of Man.

The young king of Italy is a good
judge of art, and on a recent visit to
the czar he was struck by nothing so
much as the Alexander column before
the winter palace in st. Petersburg.
His w capital possesses the famous
Trajan and Antonine pillars, besides
Is great Egyptian monoliths shaped
hundreds of years before Moses was
born; but the Alexander column is the
largest single stone ever cut and pol
ished by human hands. 1t is said that
when Alexander l. entered Paris with
the allied sovereigns, as a victor, he
looked up at the Vendome column,
bearing Napoleon ON high, reports the
Art Amateur.
"God forbid" the young emperor ex-
claimed that I should ever occupy
so giddy a place! No man is worthy OF
it. To me it seems profane. I have
learned the littleness of even the
greatest of mankind"
After his death his brother, Nicholas
l., remembering his words, decided to
erect a unique monument to his mem.
DRY. He gave orders that a shaft 81
feet long should be cut from the gran.
lite rock. Impossible as the feat
seemed, it was more than accom.
plished. From the mountain was
cleared a stone 100 feet long, which the
literal-minded quarrymaster quickly
reduced to the required length. An
eyewitness says that Victor Emman-
uel III. Of Italy looked at the magnif.
cent shaft wistfully. Rome is building
a huge monument to his grandfather.
Will it, when finished, bear comparison
with that great granite shaft topped
by its bronze figure of religion, erect.
ed to the memory Of the car who was
great enough to be humble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
Beasts Born in Captiyity.

The birth of a litter of lions at
Haslemere park, a private menagerie
in England, leads one of the English
papers to note a fact that has for
long puzzled biologists, and that is
notorious among those who interest
themselves in the study of wild beasts
in captivity, this being that nearly
all the lion, tiger and leopard cubs
born in that country have a cleft
palate, which prevents them from
being properly sucked, and usually
leads to their premature death. But,
beyond this, a more astonishing fact
still-and one that also greatly puz.
zles biologists-is that which deter
mines that of all the wild animals
born in England those born in Bris-
toll are regarded as the finest and
as the most likely to live. So well
known is this to professional show
men and menagerie keepers that
"Bristol born" is a recognized brand
in the wild animal trade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

An inkeeper of Wilhelmberg, who
turns the scale at SOP pounds, is the
heaviest man in Germany.
At the next general election in Aus
tralia orc, 900 men and $4,000 women
will be entitled to vote.
The railway bridge which connects
Venice with the mainland is 12,050
feet long and has 222 arches.
Mining enterprises and limited
companies are now taxed two per
cent. of their net profits in Bolivia.
Bona, in the Congo Free State, has
a road nearly $50 miles long, which
is practicable for automobiles.
Since the recent great horse flesh
dinner in Berlin the business of the
horse butchers has quadrupled.
Striking resemblance has been
pointed out between the remarkable
ancient ruins at Zimbabwe, in Rho
desia, and antiquities in Cornwall.
An inmate of an Armenian convent
has recently died after being there
% years without once going outside
the convent walls. Her recorded age
was 115 years.
A comprehensive return of the
financial workings of the public util-
tiles" undertakings in British towns
and cities has just been given to the
public through a government board.
1t covers the four years ended March,
1902. The principal undertakings car
ried on by 299 corporations We're:
Markets, 22S; water works, 1873;
cemeteries, 143; baths, 1873; electric
ity, 1902; gas works, 81; tramways, As;
harbors, 43. The aggregate net pro-
fits were $23,417,52
By his method of feeding through
the stems instead of the roots S. A.
Mokrsezki, the Russian entomologist,
believes that trees and plants a be
cured of disease and greatly stimu-
lated in growth. His special appara-
tus is intended to introduce salt OF
iron-either solid or in solution
into apple and pear,trees, and he has
used it for applying chemical treat
ment to 800 fruit trees onNthe south
ern shore of Crimea. The weak and
diseased condition of the trees was
remedied, while an unusual develop
ment followed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30

There's an old superstition that a
bowling dog in front of the house of
an i'll person p%ortends death. One
prominent physician believes abso-
lutely in it. The physician has a won.
derfully acute sense of smell. Ere.
quently, he says, he can foretell the
coming of death within 4s hours of
a patients demise. Within two days
of death, he says, a peculiar earthly
odor becomes noticeable about a per-
son about to die. He tells Of one
case where he became aware of the
peculiar odor while talking to an
apparently healthy man. That night
the man dropped dead Of heart dis.
ease. The physician is far from at.
tributing the peculiar manifestation
to other than physiological reasons.
His W sense of smell is abnoymally
acute .--Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30
M WILL GROW TALLER,
Prediction That the Girl of the Conn
ing Years VIII he OF Larger
Stature,

The petite woman has had her day
and if the prophets are to be be-
lieved she will very soon be COM
PEELED to give way to her sister who
is "divinely tall" According to an
eminent eastern physician "the pres
ent century will witness striking
changes in the comparative physiques
of men and m During the two
final decades of the nineteenth cen
fury the average stature of the Amer
an inch. While it is absurd to think
of an indefinite continuance of this
progression, it is probable that with
in so years the siX-footer feminine
will be a common sight in our city
streets, and the average masculine
stature will not exceed five feet eight
inches.
That the increase of woman's
height has been due to her enthusi-
astic adoption of outdoor sports can
not be doubted, but why mans stat
ure should dwindle, instead of in
creasing or remaining in statu quo,
is not so susceptible of explanation,
writes Robert Webster Jones, in the
Housekeeper. The suggestion that,
with woman's growing prediction
for Il public life man has become of
a shrinking disposition must be re-
jected as trifling with a serious sub
,ject, for serious it is-to man. Equal
ly unworthy of consideration is the
theory that matrimonial expenses
keep a man short" Whatever the
explanation timely warning should be
accorded man that he is shortly to
be Cooked down upon" Whether
high-heeled boots or other artificial
aids can be utilized advantageously
by the dethroned monarch to main
tain his dignity remains to be proved.
1t is the condition of looking up to
his wife that confronts man-not the
theory. And it is a condition to
which many a husband would take .
long time to get accustomed.