The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-11

Tacoma has tTebled in size during the
past nine years
The death records Of the railroads
have been lessened by the compulsory
adoption Of safety devices and systems
Time was when the telegraph operator
who could send four or five words
minute was considered a wonder.
English trawlers claims that they get
much better results when they use a net
which has been dyed a dark brown.
Whalebone used TO cost IS cents
pound so years ago, but now II is worth
about S. a pound. A single whale may
yield 1900 pounds.
India is big country, but many will
be surprised to know that quite 200.
100000 Of her people are dependent on
the soil for existence.
Concrete acquires c0mpactness and re.
sistant powers when brought in contact
with water until il attains its maximum
qualities, which it holds indefinitely
Neptune, which has been considered
the outside Of the solar system, is now
Thought to have rival in planet
which is still further away from as. The
theory Of its existence Is gained through
the irregularities in Neptunes orbit.
The making Of tin plate originated In
Bohemia, hammered iron plates having
been coated with Tin there in 1900. Tin
plate making was introduced into Eng
land in 1868 and into France in 17tf-
Tin plate was first made at Pittsburg
in 1872.
The Erie canal was begun III IT'S and
finished in 1895, at a cost 81 $1,000, 900.
The canal is now 20 feet wide at the
surface and 56 feet at the bottom, with
an average depth Of seven feet. There
are 81 double locks in Il and rs single
ones, while the canal is 1868 miles long
There are % battleships in our navy,
the Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts,, Ore
gon, Kearsaree, Kentucky, Illinois, Ala
hama, Wisconsin, Maine, Missouri. Ohio,
Virginia, Nebraska, GEORGIA, New Jer-
sey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Louis
lana. Vermont, Kansas, Minnesota, Miss
issipp, Idaho, New Hampshire, South
Ctarolina, Michigan, Delaware and
North Dakota.
A big commission house Is expert
menting with kilograms instead OF let
ters. and says the members can tend
10 business correspondence best with
short messages, as it takes less time 70
dictate them than letters. which have
10 be more or less formal and long
Some Of the out-of-town customers get
miifed and feel sighted at short, sharp
letters. Again, farmers and town mer-
chants pay more attention 10 short
teegrams than to long letters.-New
York Press.
'Dogs," remarked man who travels
a good deal on suburban railroads, "haye
a pretty easy time il New York. but
never saw anything to equal the soft
trip that a collie made the other day IN
from East Hampton, 4 woman came
aboard the train leading him on 2 chain
and settled him in the seat in front Of
her in the parlor car When the con
ductor came along he punched two
tickets, one for the woman and the 9th
er for the dog, and the woman paid The
double price, York Sun.
Football is a game whose origin dates
back TO the Danish invasion Of England
IN the year 982 the citizens Of Chester
captured a Dane, and after beheading
him kicked his head about the city for
sport which proved SO attractive that
Il was repeated whenever the head Of
an enemy could be not. In after times,
as it was not possible always to obtain
a mans head for the purpose Of enter
tainment, the shoemakers Of the city
were bound by their charter to provide
"a bale Of leather called footballe,
Of the value Of four shiings."
Hogge's House. at Buxted, Sussex,
Eng, states a contemporary, the center
of the Cd iron district was formerly the
residence Of Ralph Hogge, an ironmaster
lie Is celebrated as having been the first
to cast cannon in one piece. This o.
CURED in 154s. Originally, big guns
were hooped and dangerous TO manage.
The worthy merchants discovery revD-
lutionized the trade and brought him
wealth and fame. His ancient home,
embowered in trees, is still in good con-
dition. we'll worth seeing and quite close
to the church On its facade is a hog
in herself
"A martyr in the cause Of italian
liberty says the Rome Gazette, Ere
Gently died IN that city. Annibal Lu
oatelli was IS years old In the sos
he was active in many revolutions
against the church, having been one Of
the 10 hotheads who melted the revolt
Of 1851, which failed. His brother was
executed. and he was sentenced to the
bagnio for life. Together with mum
Der Of colleagues he was pardoned IN
1870, and received professorship at the
industrial museum, where he was known
as King Humbert's personal friend.