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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
CUT OUT THE PARADE.
Rules for Handling Open Air
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Practical Rules for Handling Open Air
Political Meetings.
A crowd in the open air always af-
fords opportunity for kind OF in
terruption against which the speaker
is absolutely helpless. Small boys play
tag on the outskirts of the crowd.
Passing electric cars disturb the audi
ence. A e-engine dssipates half OF
it. Street fakirs tumble the cries OF
their wares with the argument till the
audience goes away with confused
general impression that the "Krect Of
fetal button of the Philippine islands
Is the popcorn five bag forced by
the trusts as peanuts fresh roasted by
the money of the people" | remember
once in South Dakota having to fight
for the attention of an audience against
the attraction furnished by bronco
buster who had just drunk enough to
regard the opportunity fine one
show off his tricks OF horsemanship
on the edge of crowd supposed to be
considering seriously the future OF
their country. At one station in Me-
braska an enthusiastic engineer backed
his locomotive toward the platform In
order to hear the speaking, and
change of wind suddenly enveloped
speakers and audience alike in dense
cloud of black smoke that nearly
stopped the entire performance.
II, however the meeting must be
out-of-doors. there are several rules
that will at least aid in its success:
/. Never hold a parade Immediate
ly before the speeches.
2. Let the speaker stand against
cliff, fence or building, or, il neces-
sary build board screen behind and
at the sides of the platform and roof it
in.
8. Get shady spot.
4. If the place is a treeless plain,
face the stand east or west, never
north or south.
II parade Is held before the
speeches the meeting is invariably
late and usually disorderly. Wander
ing bands crash their way into the
square, and If the meeting is held ~
night the small boy with that inevtts
able and hideous curse of political
parades, the Roman candle, is always
on hand to vary the chorus of fish
horns and bazoos which his friends
have been using to enliven the parade.
and by which, with fine liberality of
spirit, they seek in equal measure to
enliven the speeches Of their visitors.
From THE Spellbinder." by Colonel
Curtis Guild, Jr., in Scribner's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
DRASTIC PROPOSALS.
For Civilization Of Gypsies In Hun.
gary by Force.

Vienna, Nov. 2O.-Thc Hungarian II
government proposes to civiliZe the
gypSies by force. From the time of
the great immigration in the 10Th
century, il not before, the "Egyptians"
have always been exceedingly numer-
Ous in southeastern Europe. 1t is not
easy to take Il census of a nOmadic peO
pie. but If any dependence may be
placed upon official estimates. Hungary
may almost claim to be the promised
Land Of the race. If, as is believed,
its gypsy population reaches 100000,
it possesses more than Il quarter Of the
total for all Europe. Governments
especially of the paternal continental
pattern. have generally looked upon
these Bohemian wanderers as q nui
sance, and have sometimes taken very
strong measures for their suppression,
though in most cases with slight sue
cess
For the matter Of that, the proposals
now being considered at Buda Pesth
are sufficiently drastic. a commits
sion Of experts has recommended that
every town and village in Hungary
shall have Il number of gypsies allotted
TO it, whether they like II or not. They
are to be trained to handicrafts or to
agricultural labor. and such of them rs
refuse to bend their necks to the .'oke
are TO be gathered into two great re-
formatories holding 1000 recalctrants
each.
There is a touch of the grotesluc in
the notion that a people who have
been ceaSelessly on the move for many
centuries will at once reconcile them
selves to regular hours and to sleeping
under a roof. for all the world like the
stationary Gentlles for whom hey
often feel SO much contempt. But per-
haps the contemplated measures IRE in
tended less for actllal enforcement han
to frighten away the Romany. yho
might prefer to cross the Pennsylvania
frontier into ROumania
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Now (suns for the Nayy.

Rear Admiral ONeil, Chief of Ord
nance. has designed new models of
twelve-nch and elght-inch guns which
will surpass in power any now in use
or being built. These guns will be As
calibres in length instead Of 40, the
length Of the latest guns. The twelve
inch gun will weigh IS tons. To
prevent its dropping at the muzzle on
account of lack Of support, two tubes
will be used, one within the other, and
the hoops will extend almost to the
muzzles. This gun is expected to throw
a shell at the rate of 5000 feet a
second, as compared with the 2SOO of
the present gun, and to have a resist
ing power of seventeen tons instead of
sixteen. The same velocity is expected
from the new eight-inch guns.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
CONDENSED NEWS.

The new Roman Catholic church ut
Revere, Mass, the construction of
which was begun nine months ago, was
dedicated with the usual ceremonies.
In Il. collision between his wagon
and an electric car ut Boston, Patrick
Lyman. 80 years old, driver of Il coal
team, was thrown to the ground aHd
instantly killed. There is no blame at
tarhed to the motOrman.
Mrs Ellnra VAN Arsdalc Of Med
ford, Mass. took her life by hanging.
Despondcncy over i'll health is given as
the reason.
Mrs. Grace Hathorne, 21 years Old.
committed suicide at Ma"blehead
Mass. by taking rat poison. De
Spondcncy over the separation from her
husband is supposed to have caused the
deed
At the naval training station at New
port, II. L., there are reported to be so
cases OF pneumonia prevailing among
the apprentice boys. An inveStiga-
ton is being held to ascertain the cause
of the sickness.
John NJ. Shaw, the Oldest man in
Windsor county, VT. who was 100
years and 10 months old, died Mt
Bethel. He was born in Stockbridgc.
VT. ana his life was spent in that sec
ton
The house Of Arthur w. Pope ut
Ridycvillc. Mass. was burned, causing
Il loss placed mt $4,000 Of which $685.
600 is on the house.
Rowdoin college students in mass
meeting presented John C.. O'Connrr.
the football coach, with gold watch
as token of appreciation for hls work
The Isabella Stuart Gardner mu
scum in the Back Bay fenS Boston, prob
ably will be thrown open to the public
early next year.
p The wish of the people of Block Isl
and for fortiiications there will not ear
fruit, MS war department officials are
of the opinion that It would he Il waste
of money to fortify that island.
Gilman n. Smith, employed as Il ilan-
ofallwork at Winchester, Mass. and
who was ST years old, hanged himself
from raftcr in barn. He had been
i'll mentally.
A freight engine struck an unknown
man on n bridge near Duxbury, VT,
knocking him into the river. Every
effort was made to recover the body.
but the current had carried it down.
John +. Walker Of Bangor, Nc. a
member of the Y. NJ. G. A. dropped dead
on the gymnasium floor during a game
Of basket ball. Heart failure from
over eXertion is supposed to be the
cause.
The beQuest TO Brown university of
Sl0DOOO from the will of G. l.. Little.
field may be affected because of claims
which have been filed aga inst the estate
in the probate court at rawtuctet, II. l..
Fire in the storeroom Of the New
England Telephone and Telegraph com.
pany at Sanford, Me-, did upwards Of
$1,000 damage.
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THE DELINEATOR
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A comparatively small metropolitan

A comparatively small metropolitan
feature is the Beaver brook reserVa-
lion. with the finest group Of ancient
oaks in New England. and also the
cascade celebrated in poem by James
Russell Lowell. 1t il reached by H."
Waverley Oaks street ears from Park
street subway station.
or the metropolitan parkways the
finest example of the picturesque type
Is the Mystic Valley parkway, designed
by Charles Eliot, along The shores OF
the Mystic lakes and Abajona river
through Winchester to Middlesex Fells.
1t is reached by steam ears to West
Medford station.
Other leading metropolitan parkways
are the MiddleseX Fells parkway
Fellsway, Fcllsway East and Fellsway
West-from Broadway, Somerville,
through Medford and Maiden; the Re
we're Beach parkway constructed from
Everett to the beach. and the Blue
Hills parkway, from Mattapan on the
Neponset. toward the Blue Hills. Tho
first and last were designed by Charles
Eliot, the second by Olmsted Bros.
A beautiful example of formal
garden. simple in treatment and COM
manding fine view from the famous
longfellow homestead, or old Cragie
house, is the Ionsfellow Memorial
garden in Cambridge designed by
Charles Eliot.
Charming examples OF picturesque
terrace work in local pleasure grounds
are the Copps Hill terraces at the
North end, designed by Olmsted. Ohm
sted & Eliot. and Charlestown Heights
on Bunker hill, designed by Frederick
Law Olmsted.
Not to be forgotten is Boston Com
mon, long the largest public pleasure
ground in the United States. and the
Public Garden, with its lavish display
of flowers and exotics.
In Somerville Is notable feature In
the shape of the picturesque Nathan
Tufts park. with its historic powder
house a pre-revolutionary relic. 1t Is
reached by cars from the elevated ter
minal at Sullivan square to Arlington
Centre or Medford Hillside.
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Measured by Sight.

While Sir William Don, who was
one Of the first Englishmen OF title
to 60 on the stage, was still in the
army, he was noted for being one Of
the tallest men in the service. On ono
occasion, while strolling through the
streets Of the town in which his regi-
ment was quartered, he was stopped by
two tall country yokels, one of whom
said: "Sir William, me an my mate
has got bet as to whether you or me
is the tallest man, an II you'll put
your back against mine, man to man,
we can settle it on the spot" "Oh, 1t
isn't necessary to do that" answered
Sir William airily; my height is sis
feet four inches, and yours the height
Of impertinence."
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Makinq British Metropolis Secure.

London, Nov. 2O.-EffOrts of Il far
reaching cvlmractcr have been set Oh
foot to fortify the metropolis against
possible attack III case of war. An an
buildings have been completed l | miles
south of London for Use as a mObiiZ-
ing centre il the scheme for the defense
of London reveals tor the first time the
existence of important war Office OPP
pratiOllS
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He was followed ON the witncss
stard by Rev. Peter Roberts, -. d.. of
MahanOy City, Il Congregational minis
ter who has studied the anthracite coal
industry and has written book on the
subject. lie was still on the stand
when the commission adjourned for the
day. ~ III
One of the most important things
brought out during the cross-eXamina-
ton Of President Mitchell yesterday
was his emphatic declaration that the
miners were opposed to separating the
bituminous miners from the anthracite
workers, thus creating two OrganiZa-
tions. He made this reply to Il gnrs-
ton Of Mr.. WOlvcrton, counsel for the
Reading company Mr.. Mitchclrs an
swer was that lit would not be possible
or desirable. The anthracite mine
workers have had Independent
organizations in the past They have
had several. They have gone. They
are not here now and the men do not
want any more Of, their organizations
to go the S;.,nC way
Commissioner Wright, in his report
to President Roosevelt on tile coal strike
dated June % suggested among other
things as reasonable and just to pre-
vent industrial conflict IN the anthra-
cite fields that the ''anthratltc en-
ployes should organize an anthracite
coal miECT3' union, in its autonomy TO
be independent of the United Mine
Workers of America" but might he af-
tliated with it. There has been some
gossip among the small army of at
tOrneys at tie hearings that the com
mission may possibly suggest such a
separate union and the fact that Mr..
Wolvcrton touched on the natter shows
that it is being seriously thought of in
some quarters.
The nOnuniOn men, that is those who
remained ut work during the strike.
were made il party to the arbitra ton
plan yesterday by their counsel agree
ing to make public the names of the
men who petitioned the commission.
When the attorneys for the mon
striking" workmen, as Chairman Gray
designated them, and who number
about 2O0O, made demand to the COM
mission for n 20 percent increase in
wages with no reduction in hours, their
attorneys desired to withhold the ma mes
OF the persons they represented. The
commission, however, decided they
could not be party to such Il plan Of
secrecy. ~. ...
In connection with the ron-union
feature Of the investigation Mr.. Mitch
ell announced that he Is also repre-
senting thousands of non-uniOn men
who struck with the unonists and that
all the workmen would abide by the
award of the arbltrators "or get out Of
the union.'
The commissioners, while regrettiny
they have to do so. are still reminding
both sides that they would like to have
| the submission Of testimony expedited.
| Chairman Gray, several times during
the day. interrupted and showed tina
| ground then being gone over had al
| ready been covered. 1t has been sug-
| gested that counsel for both sides agree
| to rules for the submission of, evi-
dence, but nothing has yet been done
looking toward that end,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22

: Scranton, Pa, Nov. 2O.-Aftcr being
on The stand for four and a half days
President Mitchell of the Miners union
completed his testimony II I noon yester-
day before the anthracite strike com
mission. During his ordeal he was ey-
aminel by his own attorney, and those
Of the Erie company, the Delaware and
hudson, the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western the Lchigh Valley, and the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company. and also by the attorneys Of
the independent operators.
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President and Directors Disagreed. !.

Philadelphia, Nov. 2O.President
Walter of the Lehigh Valley railroad
yesterday rendered his resignation to
the board of directors. to take effect
Nov. 30. The resignation was accepted.
The only explanation OF President
Walters action that could be obtained
from the directors was that differences
of opinion existed hetween the preSi-
dent and the directors regarding the
management of the company's affairs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Trading in City Jobs.

New York, Nov. Discoveries that
certified laborers in the street cleaning
department were being imIcrsonatcd
by outsiders caused the municipal civil
service commission yesterday TO adopt
the Bertillon system of mea snremcpts
To ascertain the identity of any man en-;
pioyed 10y the city. Twenty eases have
been found where men were working
"n"er assumed names. using cards
gwen them by the original employe. 1t
was IN" plan of the original cmployr to
get other work and then sell his card
TO man who assumed his name.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22

The steamer city Of Para met evi
dentes OF the volcanic eruption soor
after leaving Odos. Great quantities ri
pumice We're found floating on the
water. When the vessel came off the
coast of Guatemala the shore was Scti
to be covered with ashes. At Cham
pericO there was about half an inch OF
ashes over the roofs of the houses ard
the ground was covered as with snow
Ashes We're then falling. although II
was IL days after the first eruption Of
the mountain.
Word has been received from Maza
tenango that OH Oct. % Santa Marin
opened crater on the west side. neal
its base, and all that night it belcl, 4
forth volumes of ashes and lava Oy @!
TOlhu. 1t was noted on Saturday morn.
ing that several more craters in the
neighbOrhoOd Of the mountain had
opened up and all were spOuting vel,
canic debris over the plantations OF
the district.
These new craters were further to tlto
west and for more than 24 hours they
were in constant eruption. The earth
was in continual cOmmOtion, shaking
down buildings and causing much de,
struction. All the territory about Pal.
mer, San Felipe. Pueblo UucvO and 10.
talquies We're buried under ashes. Many
of the plantations Were buried from
five to seven feet of debris and all hope
of ever reclaiming them has been
given up. The entire neighborhOod fol
miles was Il burning wilderness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothinu.

Lancaster. Pa. Nov. 2O.--A. q. GIas-
gov of MillerSvillr. who cloaked his
extensive horse stealing operations I'M
der the guiSr of Bible agent. an
energetic worker in church work and
the organization of Sunday schools,
was yesterday found guilty Oh II in
dictmentS. He was sentenced to five
years and nine months in Jail and to pay
Il fine of S14OO and costs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Quarry Etuded President.

Smedes, Miss, Nov. 19.-Presid' mt
Roosevelt's bear hunt in Mississippi is
ended and lie has not had even a shot
at Il bear. The last day of the chase
was simply repetition of the three
preceding days. Try ms the hunters
would, they could not get bear within
range of the presidents ride The
president left for Memphis last evening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Mexicans Deal Justice.

City of Mexico, Nov. 10. Three Mcy-
lean robbers who murdered Robert
Relnmet, an, Eng glishman, in 1901, were
legally shot yesterday upon. the. spot
where the tragedy occurred. Others
who werp concerned in the murder were
sent to prison for long 'tems. The
Mexican authorities spent over Il year
in tracing the robbers, all of whom were
captured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Nebraska Buys From Bay State.

Lincoln, Mob, Nov. 2O.-The SUI
preme court rendered an opirion last
night declaring legal the transaction
whereby the state of Nebraska will huy
$500, 900 in gold bonds from the com
monwealth of Massachusetts. The
money is an uneXpended accumulation
of the surplus school fund of the state.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
FLYING COL0RS
Miners Chief Em'rges From
Ordeal Of Examination.

Unsca cathed After His 4 1.2 Days Cues.
tionins by an Array Of Legal Lights
Important Point Brought Out at
Yesterdays Session Was Mitehell's
Emphatic Declaration That There
Was Only One Union for Coal Min
ers-Anthracite and Bituminous
Workers Must Not Be Separated
Miners Will Abide by Commissions
Finding or Get Out Of the Union.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22

alike to buyer and seller, the resume Of the
market, prefacing the quotations, should be
carefully read. In market of this character
i is impossible to give prices for every day OF
the week, Noting, however, the general ten
dency Of trade. sufficiently accurate quota
lions Will bC given on which dealers can SAFELY
base their transactions.
Trade in the market the past week has
taken on boom and a big Thanksgiv-
ing business is anticipated. Extra fine
turkeys are promised for the holiday
and all the staples with the excep-
tion of strictly high grade beef are OF
fine quality. Quotations show little
change from last week.
POULTRY-Young turkeys, choice,
16@lSc: fair to good, l3@l5c; north
crn roasting chicks, 10000; do broil-
ers. l5@ lie; western. 13@l4c; north
fowls, 14@15c: western, 13 l-2c;
live fowls, II 1-2@12c.
BUTTER-Northern creamery, 24@
"a 1-2c; western, 90 1-2@24c; north
ern dairy, 1S@21c.
HEESE-Northern twins, IL 1-2@
12 3-4c.
Nearby hennery 3S@40c;
eastern, 25p2Sc; western, 22@25c.
Marrow and medium, $3.50; |;
yellow eyes, $2.SO@2S5; red kidneys,
$3.1O@S15.
HAY-Best grades, 19@2Oc; good,
16@1Sc; lower grades, $l2@15. Rye
straw, $l3 50@15.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. greeh
mountains, 70075c; do hebrons, ESQ
zoe: N. Y. white, GSD70c; western, GO
MG5c. Sweet potatoes-Virginia,
$125@ l.G2 II; Jersey, S2@2.25.
APPLES-Choice eating, $2@3.5O:
do winter, $l.50@2; common, 75c@
SIPS.
GRAPES-Niagaras per pony bas-
liet, zoe; Catawbas, 13@l4c; black,
II 1-2@l3c.
TRUCK -Cabbages, each, 3@4c.
Onions. per Dbl, s1,75@2. Squash. SO
@75c. Yellow turnips. S0c@s1. To-
matoes. per bu, $l.50Q2. Beets. 400
soc. Hothouse cucumbers, per 100, 81.
Celery, per doz, 75c@$1.1G 2-3.
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DANNY Mahe RS Bio WINNINGS.

London. Nov, 20.--The American
Jockey, Danny Maher, who SAILED on
the Celtic yesterday for New York, has
the record for the highest average Of
wins in an English turf season. He
secured $4,000 for his employers dur
ing the season.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Caught by Decoy Letter.

New York. Nov. 20.-PostoHice in
spectors yesterday arrested Thomas T..
Murphy. Il letter carrier. on whom they
say they found IL marked 50 bill which
had been enclosed in Il decOy letter adj
dressed to Il publishing firm. Murnhy
had been letter carrier for 1S years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
Cleveland Ends Huntinu Trio,

:. Norfolk, Nov. Ex;;President
Cleveland and party returned to Nor
folk yesterday from the preserves of
the Back Bay Cunning; club. where
they have been duckins., Mr.. Clcve
lands return -was.nnexpected.t'. The
party left for New York. 'i.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
She Knew.

The grammar class was on the floor.
I'm the sentence. I love you,' what
Is the mood of the verb?"
Sentimental mood" replied one of
the larger girls, who had spent most
of the summer at the seashore.-New
York Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
DEVASTATION
Guatsma|an Refugees Bring
Tales Of Volcanoes Havoc.

Country 10 a Burning Wilderness
craters Spout Debris Over PIanta.
tions and Leave Them in Ruins
Report That the Dead Are Mostly
Indians, Who Were Asphyxiated or
Buried in the Storm Of Sand, Ashes
and Pumice-GhouIs Hoverins About
the Devastated Region Rob the Refu-
gees-New craters Belehins Forth
Debris.
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A Twenty.Five.Year Sentence.

Halifax, Nov. 20.-Morton McNutt
has been found guilty at Truro of at
tempting to murder his wife and was
sentenced TO 20 years Imprisonment.
He also received five years additional
for shooting at his mother-in-l"w.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22

The Marquise de Chambrnn died at
Paris. She was the last granddaughter
of Lafayette and her l.fe was notable
for her constancy in maintaining the
family's cordial feeling for America.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-11-22
The Stanton Murder.

Milo, Me. Nov. 2O.--COrOner Martins
jury last night brought in Il verdict that
Martin Stanton came to his death Oct.
II. 1902. by reason of gunshot wounds
inflicted by Edward Ballard. Only
thl en MitneSSe WCro vamined.