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The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
The Other Side.

An author who illustrates his own
novels has submitted to an interview
You find that it pays, don't you?"
you bet!-in lots Of wfys. For in
stance. | get naid for the story?"
YES"
"Then, the illustrations of the au-
thor of book are worth double those
of the ordinary artists?"
.Of course!"
"Then some fool of rich fellow
comes along and offers a fabulous sum
Tor the original drawings, and wants
an introduction to you, and invites
you to dine with him, and your fortune
IS made, and your future is safe! It's
a great scheme, tell you, and au-
ihors are fools who don't make the
most of it,"
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28

It was all due to the eclipse OF the
moon that the Business Womans
club had series of embarrassing
scsaes. the memory OF whieh
causes the members to blush and to
repeat their pledges never to breathe
4 word about what happened, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. The eclipse,
strange young man, and refractory
lock made all the trouble. 1t was the
eclipse that caused the strange young
man to ask whether he could look out
Of the window of the rest room.
81 an interested in athletics he
kaid, boldly, addressing the mild
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
PICKED MONEY FROM BUSHES.
Fairy Tale Was Real to Gang of Sec
tlon Men.

tion Men.
The fairy tale of money growing on
bushes was realized this week along
the right of way of the Burlington
railroad, between Hyannis and ALL
ance.
A gang of section men were at
work, when one of them noticed
something that looked like bill wav-
ing from the tangled top of a SUM-
flower growing by the roadside. He
investigated. 1t was a treasury note
Tor $40.
He walked few steps farther and
there, nodding from = branch of a
bit of dog fennel, was another bill
of similar denomination.
He called to his companions, and
the entire gang threw down their
tools and started on a money hunt.
For three hours they searched up and
The entire days cleanup Of the
eight was s2,135. When the find was
reported, word came from headquar-
ters that a money pouch containing
$500 had been lost from an express
shipment the day before.
The supposition is that the bag fell
out of the open car door and was
ground to pieces under the wheels.
and the contents were scattered to
the winds. This hypothesis is sup
rorted by the later discovery of por-
tons of the damaged pouch.-Chica
so Inter Ocean.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
LUXURY AS A HANDICAP.
Majority of Successful Men hsve
Risen from lndieence.


The history of our country is rec
ord Of the successes of poor boys who
seemed to be hopelessly shut of from
books. culture and education, except
that of the most meager kind-from
almost every opportunity for mental
development. The youthful Lincolns,
Franklins, Hamiltons. Garfields,
Grants and Clays-those who become
presidents. lawyers, statesmen, sol
diers, orators, merchants. educators,
journalists. inventors-giants in every
department of life-how they stand
out from the pages of history. those
poor boys, an inspiration for all time
to those who are born to fight their
way up to their own loaf.
The youth who is reared in lux
urious home, who. from the moment
of his birth, is waited on by an army
of servants. pampered and indulged
ny over-fond parents and deprived of
every incentive to develop himself
mentally or physically, although com
monty regarded as one to be envied.
is more to be pitied than the poorest.
most humbly born boy or girl in the
land. Unless he is gifted with an un-
usual mind he is in danger of becom-
ing a degenerate. a parasite, crea-
ture who lives on the labor of others,
whose powers ultimately atrophy from
aisuse.-O. S. Marden in Success:
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28

toned to giving public exhibitions,
and who was conscious that her ap-
pearance in "knickerbockers' was
good advertisement for her special
method of training, stepped to the
door. She examined it carefully, and
with smile announced:
at will open from the inside. Some
one must climb over the transom. l
will try it,"
OF course no chivalrous man could
permit woman to climb over a tran
som while he stood by, SO the
stranger was compelled to offer his
services, even though he knew he
would be placing his new winter suit
IN peril! He called for chair, and
with some difficulty managed to
reach the floor on the other side.
There was breathless silence.
Every one of the gymnasts quivered
with suspense while the man lumbled
';ith the lock.
The door will rot Open" the man
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
@@-f @s.-ssA-sS
Asked for the blessing of God to rest
unOn liz -

upon lis
ant I thank the God of Justice that
once more we stand face to face in
Gods holy temple. Or | shall not
harm you. You need not shrink. May
God forgive you for spelling my life.
I doubt II He ever will. l wish your
people to know your crime. Your kind
it is that makes men scorn religion
and violate Gods laws.
'Ah, my friends, my strength is al
most gone and l know l have not
much longer to live in this woeful
world. l hope to be in peace with God
before die. He never will be. VIII
you join me in prayer?"
And as the kneeling vagabond ut
tered simple earnest petition for
mercy and forgiveness and even
prayed for the villain who had so
wronged him, the preacher we had
thought the embodiment of almost
heavenly virtues silently passed into
the night.
We never saw or heard of him again.
AS the tramp asked for the blessing
of God to rest upon us all he attempt
ed to rise, but tottered. staggered,
fell,-was dead.
We never learned from whence he
came nor anything concerning who
he was. but we gave him respectable
burial and over his grave we placed
stone and on that stone this In
scription,
Here Lies Vindicated Prodigal.
Blessed are the merciful. for they shall
obtain mercy"
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
"Converted,"

The late Elizabeth Cady Stanton
was conversing with minister who
said:
81 object to the new fashion Of
changing names. There is no excuse
for it,
Mrs. Stanton looked at his rotund
figure meditatively.
Suppose she said, your parents
mad been of the Puritan stripe and
had named you Praise God Bare
Iones?"
"Think | would have changed" he
replied, you have converted me-
Glad of it," said Mrs. Stanton.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28

emotions play upon his face as we con-
versed about old college days.
MY God There must be sins for
which men cannot find forgiveness.
nor can they atone for them. This
priest, this friend bah. after but one
short week, stole my darling and was
left alone. Before . year Of misery
had passed away heard that tho Jewel
that I had once SO treasured and
priced, was dead.
That, my friends, is why I left the
church. That is why l took to drink.
That is why I am vagabond. That
is why I am here tonight Tho thief
changed his name and fed to new
pastures green and have searched
for him for five long years. but to-
right my journey is ended. Yes. your
preacher is the man l have sought,
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
Extinct Bison.

Now and then paleontologists are
able to obtain complete skulls. with
horn cores attached. of the extinct
"long- horned" bison, or buffalo, that
roamed over the whole of North
America before, during, and at the
close of the glacial era. but the
United States National Museum is
the only institution that is for
tunate enough to possess pair OF
horns of this animal. They were
procured by Professor Dali in his last
trip to Alaska in a glacial moraine.
where they had lain in ice. snow and
freezing water, perfectly preserved.
from the day the animal died. cen
turtles ago, In the late quarternary
period, to the present The old
long horned" buffalo was larger than
the modern plains buffalo. The
horns are as long as those of ar old
time Texas steer.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
SOME CALLED TOWER A DUDE.
American Ambassador Had a Duluth
Reputation as q Dandy.

HGputdtiON db q Odn0ys
The announcement of Charlemagne'
Towers new diplomatic position at
Berlin has recalled to many Duluth
persons his five years residence In
this city in the capacity of president
of the Duluth & Iron Mountain road.
He was much admired and respected,'
but was considered rather distant,,
despite the fact that he was really
quite approachab!e. A Duluth man
who knows Mr.. Tower quite intimate
ly says:
"Charlemagne Tower was at once
the most expensively and at the same
time the worst dressed man in Du-
luth. This is accounted for from the
fact that he had his clothes made in
London. In the early sos, when Mr..
Tower was here there not as many
fashionably dressed men here as now,
and l must confess that large num-
Der considered him dude. He was
nothing of the sort. He was an aris-
tocrat and that was all there was to
it, and he was gentleman every inch
OF the way. Mr.. Tower doubtless felt
the responsibilities Of the great
wealth of the Tower family, and as
president of the Iron Range road and
member of the executive committee
of the Minnesota iron company.
"The only time that MIR. Tower
ever showed the white feather was
when the mosquitoes got after him.
| recall that when he made his first
trip to the present site Of Tower he
was accompanied by William Bassett.
now a member of the soldiers home
at Old Point Comfort. and John Mall.
man, explorers. The trip up over the
trail had been difficult and tiresonie,
but Mr.. Tower stood it like a veteran
and found no fault with anything. :;
Bassett and Mailman had voted him u
trump. But he fell few notches In
their estimation the first night in
camp. Just as Bassett and Mailman
had fallen asleep Mr.. Tower called
out:
"'Mr. Bassett. Mr.. Bassett, there's
mosquito in the tent
is that so.' growled Mr.. Bassett.
Well, get an ak and kill it. Duluth
Tribune. .
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
PROPOSE TIC. BEAT NATURE.
Diamond Of Powerful Ray VIII Soon
Be Made by Niaeara's Power.


Be Made by Niaaara's Power.
The manufacture of artificial dia-
monds has long been regarded as ali
impossibility. A score of men learned
In chemistry and skilled as lapidaries
have spent years in a fruitless endeav-
or to equal the product of nature in
this direction. Now, however, the
prospect of the manufacture of dia-
monds by scientific means is consid-
cred SO likely as to be predicted in q
government report. 7. G. Martin, an
expert special agent of the census
office. has written long and very in
teresting report on the electrical in
dustries of the United States, in which
he incidentally refers to the attempts
that have been made to produce dia-
monds artificially. He recalls the
fact that Moissan. the Frenchman,
pushed the employment of the electric
arc so far as to produce minute frag-
mentary diamonds in his furnaces.
graphite from diamond heated in the
arc, and from the similar treatment
of sugar charcoal purified by chlorine
and of purified wood charcoal.
I'm fact" says Mr.. Martin, sit was
due to his investigation in this field
that he was led to his celebrated OBJ
servation on the formation of dia-
monds by the sudden cooling in mer-
curry or lead of molten iron saturated
with carbon. Out of all such work 1t
was but natural that fanciful specula-
tions should arise as to the possibility
OF establishing factories for the regu-
lar manufacture of genuine diamonds
at Niagara Falls, where the cheap
current and other essentials would be
available, but nothing has resulted
within the period under consideration
from these plausible and sanguine
theories. The fact remains. however.
that in our modern electrical furnaces
diamond dust has been produced, and
the steps leading. to the manufacture
Of larger crystals will be but sequen-
tial." DE-,
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
Protest.

Better the poets Alpine SHOWS.
Than deadly deserts of repose:
Better the martyrs hery hour
Than Buddha on the lotus Hover.
IT Is the level road that kills;
The secrets of the heavenward hills
Are ethics of an endless quest,
And the novitiate is unrest.
The opiate vapors of the plain
The clogging marshes-leave their stain;
oh, that we might take wings and fee
Where sky born winds blow healthtu!ly.
oh. for the glorious lack of gulls
that leaves the crowd to fawn and spl'la.
'xAe level road with all its Ills
the fine freedom of the hills.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
South American City Sinking.

Quito, in South America, is sinking
faster than any other city. 1t stands
now so feet lower than it did In
1850.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28

friend stationed in distant city,
who wrote that having some secular
business of importance in my vicin-
ity he would avail himself of the op-
portunity and privilege of paying me
a long delayed visit, renewing OLD
comradeship and further cementing
our friendship.
He came, tall, fair. handsome man.
and what was my surprise to learn
that my Mary was enchanted with him.
She would sit silently watching the
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
A THOUGHT.

A
ifs Il growth and s truly dead
hnds mo- ask 70 hear nor
head;
smooth n
to
perchance. ii .
For and
A store
he whoa his gifts for
wealth that
A.. n Weekly
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28
cos.Iv Implement of Warfare.

Krupp's 13O-ton gur fires two shots
a minute; each shot costs G30O.
The Springfield herald., 1902-11-28

Never trust ans one who cannot
win child's love.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03
TOLL GATE INN

The announcemt n. that "Foll Gate
Inn, the beautiful cononial play, is
to to return 10 t Barre opera house
on Saturday night Of this week, will
awaken the interest Of the better
class Of amusement lovers to no small
extent. This charming play was seen
here two seasons ago, when it scoreh
about the biggest nit OF anything that
had appeared in the new opera house
up to that time and The excellence of
the production still remains fresh In
the minds Of the people. The CON-
pany presenting the play 'hs season
comes highly recommended by The
press from other ciJies 1t includes
that excellent actor, William Beach,
formerly leadii e man With Joseph
jefferson, Ju ia Marlow, Nat Coco.
win and other altiaciions OF high
rank. His support is said to be :
mirable. IT ii Gate Inn' is an elab
crate scenic production and its return
to Bare will no doubt be greeted by
one Of the largest audiences of the
season. The sale will open Wednes.
day ami tickets are snre to be In big
dem nj.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03
NIlIIAMSTOWN.

The funeral of Sarah Rose. widow
If Daniel Boon, was held. at North
field Jan 29th aud the remains ought
here for burial She was the Oldest
daughter OF the late Elijah Edison, and
". uld have been II years old on the
2lst Of f b nary. Her home has been
in Northtield since 1870. Mr. and
Mrs. Cnarles M f ison and Mr. and
Mr,. George L. E1son of this town at
tended the funeral, also Mr.. and Mrs
Linus Edison OF Corinth and Mrs.
MarssAsGson Little Of Yonkers. N Y.
Ha old r navi. has bought the
farm Of H. NJ Jeffords, lying next the
Davis farm IN the uorth, and the pa
pers we're signed Jan. 30 This makes
the total acreage OF Mr.. Davis farm
some hing over 300
The Ladies Reading Club is to hold
it's mex MEETING on Saturday, Fen. 8.
with Mr. ard Mrs. George E. Wilber
Topic. Shell and Keats.
An encyclopedia OF some sort is
much needed to fill out the reference
department in the grammar school H.
bra'y Anyone having lately bought
a new set a d willing to sell the old
will please notify Belle Camp, teacher,
or Edwin G. Smith Of the school
board.
"a Peaceful Valley" with A den
r ,ss taking the leading part, is to ap-
pear this month in the principal cities
of Ohio and Indiana. The company
are expected in this state the latter
part OF the season. They are doing
good work and are highly spoken of by
both press and people where they have
plaved.
Mrs. A. G. w lber is visiting rela-
tives in East Randolph and East
Bethel.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03
HARTFORD.

John Barrows is cutting ice for the
Swift Co.
Mrs. Mary Bartholomew age1 SO
yea and months. died Jan. '2s A
m st charming Christian woman who
had retained all her faculties and was
as bright and iuter' sting. t. meet as
fancy could picture loving and kindly
to the last.
Guy Rarrows is running the Wat
$ N saw mill
One of the twin daughters Of Dan
Neal is seriously Ill.
Dorothy Busbee is rapidly recover
Ing from her recent Ines.
The peoI le Of he parish are inv ed
to a r. caption to be held at the par
so aye Fiday on evening Of TINS
week
The FAINT daughter of Fl zen West
is ! |.
Mrs. Della Smith and little daugh-
ter returned to their home in Unl n
Village Monday
Miss Alice Paddeford and sister,
Mrs. Smith are quite Ill.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03
IS SETTLED
Controversy Between Two
Granite Firms
ON BIG JOB
Maryland Concern SnrIenders
To Mount Waldo Co.

Bang n, Me-, Feb. 3 The contro-
versy between the MI. Waldo Granite
Co. Of Frankfort, Me. end Henry
Smith & Sons Of Maryland on the con-
tract for furnishing granite for the
new custom house at Bal! !impre has
,een amicabl adjusted, the Mary land
concern havi' G agreed to su render
their contract to the NJ line company
with the derstanding that tn gran
lite shall be quarried in Mary land and
not in Maine.
The Baltimore people we're insiste Mt
that granite for the building should
come from their own state, and as
there was difference OF only $4,000
in the bids, the Maryland concern hav-
ing bid S77l 900 and the Maine COM
pany $l2 600 less, the treasury de-
partrent agreed to he settlement ef-
fected.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03
AMERICAN BEEF
None Being Shipped To
England At Present
LORD RostBERRy
Mentioned For Rector Of Ab.
srdesn University

LONDON. fcb 3.-Anerican 3. beef is
t.romiDg a scarce article in England
,s tne importationS have fallen off to
almost nothing. Not single bul ock
~, received asst week from A merica
This is considered markable and in
view of le threatened shortage OF
tpe. wbicn it porJendS the govern
nent is advised to permit the impur-
tatjn Of cattle from A 'gentina under
scb restricti II, as would prevent thu
iur-oduciu of title diseases.
Miss Alice K ,oSeselt VIII bs receiv
Of with the most distinguished homer
!, the coronntion OF Edward VII, as
soe is the daughter of one of the chief
rpers in the world. Her position
viii be a very unique one. Those
who know say she will Ia X with the
unc Sc and mex to those in imme-
dit. stc essi n to the throne. he
she atte ds the coro latiun she will
wear a robe OF crimson, or royal pur-
pe as it is cal ed and De distin uiShed
from the peeresses by add ii nal bands
de miue She wul not wear a gold
en c0ronet Is her fathers till is not
hereaitary. But from the mo ne t OF
her arrival Miss Roosevelt will be re-
eeived with the most distinguished
bonDr and viii be lo1ged IN ont Of the
Ma palace. Sne is barely lS years
Of age Every American will r, ,joice
at every mark of attention she receives
as it will be i'm the nature If compl'
nent to the American democracy
| iluu the English ariStocracy.
Andrew Cam gle has been pr 0
ID FIR membership in the Reform Club
Of London bv George Armitstead OF
Dundee and Sir Francis Mowatt.
Lord Strathcona. lord r-ctlr OF
ABERDEEN Ufiy rs'ty, announces that
bis health and hi, inability to dis
charge The duties OF the position
compel him to decline re electi'
The ra1icaI Sruden s have agreed to
invite Lrrd Roseberrv to stand for
lJri rector III succession to L1ro
Snthc ma.
Tie statue of King Charles l.. a.
Cnarng Cross, was decorated With
H3eathS in the customary man er last
Thursday this b ing the anniversar
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-03

OF the beheading Of that monarch
Tne most noticeable wreath, which
WAS sent from Edinburgh, was In.
scribed. sacred to the ~ mry uf
KIM Charles the First, beh .aded by
his reb lious subjects at Whitehall,
Jan. 30, l64S F"
A despatch from The Hague says
that the reply OF Great Britain to the
Dutch overtures was received Friday
1t la a p,literefusal to accept the goo !,
offices Ut the Netherlands. IL aso re-
fuses to sanction a Dutch commission
visiting South Africa to obtain the
const Mt Of the B er leaders in the
field to peace proposals. Although
the reply does not close the door
wa, lily it actually dlsmisses hope. Tn
fact That the recent offer of Doctor
Kuyper, the Netherlands prime min
lister, ~ Great Britian, in the interests
of p ace, lacked authorization. proved
fatal. The Dutch government is
greatly disappointed at the outcome.
II seems that the English public is
being treated to ''beef' scandal
growing out OF the South African
war same as the United S ates had a
few years ago in the Spanish-Aner-
c war. Complaints having been
made regarding the Quality Of some
of the corned beef sent ON anada 70
use In the British army in SouthAfrica
theD ominion department OF agricul
culture recently appointed board to
hold An Investigation into H. matter.
The board has now completed its work
" tn he resu that the beef supplied
~ one of the four Canadian firms
which were concerned is condemned as
uuht tor human food OF another
tirm the bzef is rep r5ed to be fair
ia quality. The 9th r two firms came
hrou III the ordeal with fl ing colors
The Leyland Line steamers sailing
from New York for Liverpool during
he wear 1901, carried out totai OF
32 44l head of cattle, with loss OF
only eigh animals. The list OF sail
in- with he anima clrfied was as
follows: Steamers Cestrian. 10 voy
ages, 5S3S CATTLE LOST one; Pniladel-
phian, lour voya ges, 244l cattle. LIST
one. and Winlfredian, 10 voyages 22s9
cattle, | st one. The steamers of The
line Car led 9l3 horses and lost five Of
that number
The war secretary Nj. B O 'ericx,
supplementary army es
innate Of e5 900 600 in the Fl use II
mmons Friday said sthis brought
Ihe total 4 the cost of the war up TO
e6l, ,O.O 900. On Januar l. there
we're slill 237 500 Bcitl>h troops in
South Africa rne expenses OF the
i. a had now been reduced to about
f4 800. 900 month. Supplementary
estima rs were voted l59 to 56, Ihere
Vas Lalk about scandal IL buylng
DOrseS.