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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02
Suicide by Shooting

Delbcrt Carlisle, a section boss on
the Bartonsville and Chester section
Of the Rutland railroad. shot and
instantly killed himself Apr. .4th at
his hone in Bartonsvillc. His wife
was present at the time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

"A real daughter of the Revolution
has been discovered IN the person
OF Mrs. Hannah Fellows. living
near Passumpsic. MIS-. Fellows is
95 years old and is active for her
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02
Tvs Of Woodstock.

W. Smith returned home tni,
IEN ss#
saH Chapman OF Philadel-
I AZ Ia Town over Surdly.
re9ulS i meeting of W. X {.
hetstthis afternoon at 80.
ms MA Annie Perry returned from
AIs, lhursdal.
,nmsHt. Elton A. Smith was here Il
pas two1his week.
MAY meeting of the hing $
(G|terSWill be held with Mrs.
%.s- H. Brown.
Iw Inter-Statc lournal. ont this
P".jhas b Sketch with portrait of
. Hosea V. French.
S,IdR. Riehbera, son If J. G..
lgpf Chicago, and u student
~ La" school, is at A. b.
ard S. Southgate returned
st Law from Cambridge. Mass,
he has been visiting Roger
Haskell. who passed the
in Lawrence, Kan, is at
Tor the summer after a visit of
weeks in Brookllne, Mass.
rye /. and Herbert Il. Wal
;Fitchburg, Mass, sons of the
! clodnex w allacc, have given
10 to ostablish Il scholarship at
college, rs Il memorial to their
Tier N, Wood, the we'll known
ian, Is expected nome soon
ew days. He has been play
\ Ysnkton, S. d.. and has been
Ed as loader of the band con-
= with Herbert Cunning &
vs. combined shows.
ny to The great call tor DR..
y's skill in correcting compli-
visual defects, he vii! be in
oragain Tuesday and Wednes-
t., Law Izland -. See his ad. in
|Ifir celutnp:
f.. and Mrs. a. :. Sturtevant of
yn, M. v, summer visitors
II several Years, are expected
fd They will again occupy the
hvuse ON Lincoln street.
aY, Ma, /, was the Feast Of
Hip ma amcS. and the d,v
" ~ VII at st. lanes church
DyniUR ptaNcr at 10 o'clock and
" prayer at : O'Clock. The
on sunday will be for aged
firm clergy.
MerrilI sold one of his
lQue gasoIenc engines to Ma
Jenic OF llaltlaud last week.
engines, for which MIR. Mer-
the local agent, seems to I've
cessaryspart of the equipment
good many manufacturing
in the Vicinity.
els Lo0kout. only eight miles
lie village. is one of the best
in the vicinity for days ont.
I'd no visitor here can afford
5 it. Tbs road up there is q
one and the view is the fines,
had mn, where about here.
.uce Is usually at home and
d l.O name the distant mountain
If his services are wanted.
lookout has been put in en-
l. repslF.
WoQdstock Railway company
u1l II addition to its car
q 81 x Fcomnodate the new
aat!s car ordered some
"A n1~ The addition will I've
v "a kth. The engine. ed
4. WMams," is just out OF
'air shop and is putting proud.
It Ia NEW coat OF vmnisb.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

"Strength and vigor come of good
food, duly digested. Force a
ready-to-serve wheat and barley
food, adds no burden, but slstans,
nourishes, invigorates."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02
POST C.sICE NOTICE
NAILS CLOSE.
Nal Business Notices.

y n SHE-llouse, barn and
\ acres Of land, known as the
r.. Osmer place, on the bank
ly across the river from lalts-
VT, rHilroad station Also,
Of gootl stock hay at Tracy
one-third mile below Iatts-
, Mustbc moved before June
address, William NJ. Kendall.
"a Manchester. y. II.
.'7-il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

NTEO-An experienced table
It lso kitchen gill or woman by
az, conmencing May 18TH.
II to C0llegc Hill House.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

David Eastman of West New
bury, So years old, has sawed six
cords of hard wood during the
spring.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

The Age and Delineator for one
year, $i.S5.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-05-02

NTED- \ cheap horse, kind
,aceable. Apply at Age office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
Jobs Stuavs Mil.

Describing his impressions Of Jshl
Stuart AilI. Sir Leslie stephen said: II
heard him speak in the house Of com-
mons. Instead Of an impressive Philoss-
pher ] saw a slight. frali Squire trem-
bling With nervous irritabIlity. He
poured cut a series Of perfectly formed
sentences with an extraordinary rapid
fty suggestive of learning by heart and
when he lost the thrpzd ef his discourse
closed his eyes FOR TWO or three min
utss till after regnintns his esmpe surr
he could again take MP his parable. Al
though his sratsry was defective. he
was clearly speaking with intes<e feel
ing and was exceedingly sensitive ts
the receP:ioa BY his audience. Some sf
his doctrines were specially irr;fa rine
TO the rows of stslia country s-atien,ea
who began Wy Hs;eo.Rg cuFieusiy 70 So
strange an animal as = philosopher and
discovered before lsss thrt the All
nals hide could be pi-rcra By scsrnfu
laughter. To Mil they rcpresea.ed
Grass stupidity. and h- h-sne unssi
either to coner.zi his contempt Or krel
his temper
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
Thornx Path of the M..ics.. ..

It is the bitter truth that fairly good
musicians too often find after years or
study and expense that ii Is almost i'm
possible to secure hearing and that
money must go ont where II is expected
TO come in. The debut Of singer not
infrequently involves serious outlay,
including paid manager whose duties
cover not only such details as the rent
ing of hall. advertising. purchase OF
floral tributes. etc. but the drumming
up of paper audience rs well. and
free tickets are not always rewarded
by applause or press notices. The great
est check to an artistic career IL TO be-
come fad with the 50 called smart
set. whose interest Is fieeting and un'
| discriminating. yet bills must be paid.
patronage represents money. and few
can resist the temptation to seek It,
Finally it Is shortsighted policy for q
| novice 10 appear side by side with an
| experienced artist. II may bring finan
ciaI retuyn. hut when an obscure youns
person makes first bow to the public
assisted by" n celebrity. comparison
is inevitable.-Ev Everybody's Magazine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

Lake Baikai. in Siberia. is by far the
deepes. lake known ian the world. IL is
in every way comparable TO the great
lakes as regards size. for. while its
area is more than o.C0O square miles.
making IL about equal TO Erie In su-
perficial area. its enormous depth VI
between 1000 and 400 feet makes the
volume OF its waters almost equal to
that of Lake Superior. Although Its
surface IS 1850 feet above sea level. Its
bottom is nearly 5000 feet below 1t.
The Caspian sea has q depth In lis
basin OF more than 5000 feet. Lake
Maggiore Is the same depth. Lake Co
mo nearly 1000 feet. and I.ago de Gar
da. another Italian lake. has a depth
in certain places of 300 feet. Lake
Constance is more than 1000 feet deep
and Huron and Michigan reach depths
OF 900 and 1000 feet.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

To the person who knows nothing
about bees they represent the supreme
type OF industry. But even the bee CON-
munities are disturbed by those OF
their own kind who break through and
steal. Robber bees are always a source
OF anxiety TO beekeepers. says the Lon
don Chronicle. and In the autumn the
marauders seem particularly active.
Having gathered no honey. or. at any
rate. an insufficient supply for them
selves. they will descend upon a hive.
kill its Industrious occupants aud car
ry of the golden treasure in an aston
ishingly short space of time. We know
OF one instance In which the attack was
developed and the home bees killed In
a couple OF hours. Sometimes hive
will attack neighboring hive. In such
cases the old straw skip" was better
than the modern arrangement. for q
knife thrust through the top would
break the comb and set the honey free.
at which the thieves would instantly
return to seal up their own store. 1t Is
not primarily in their industry that
bees are human.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
Arithmetic.
S. L SMITH, Examiner.

l. Find the cost of 80 days draft
for $50. money being worth s per
cent, and exchange / per cent pre-
MUM. No grace.l
2. 12<3+lS+6+l1-25 -25+5-l5X3=?
8. A field in the form of a right
angled triangle has its perimeter 49,
rods. Its base is IA rods. Find its
area in acres.
4. The square root of certain
number is nine times as great'as its
cube root, What is the uumbe
5. The Goth parallel of North lati
tude is half as long as the equator
If a man starts from longitude 7C
west upon that parallel, and travel:
south to the equator, then west tC
the Goth meridian, how much farther
will he travel than If he had gone di
rectly west to that meridian, theI
south to the equator.
6. Explain the process of finding
the sum of an arithmetical series.
!. If pipe two inches in diameter
will fill cistern in Q hours, in how
IN any hours will a pipe = inches il
diameter ell it?
S. What is the time, when the
time past noon plus Il hours equals
the time to midnight?
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE-l
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE

An issue of Extraordinary beauty
and interest will be the Christmas
tDece mber) Metropolitan Magazine.
While space will not permit more
than a brief meution of the more
striking features of this great holiday
issue. a sufficient number of items
from its contents may be quoted to
give some hint of its charm. This
number will be in effect demonstra-
tion of the advancement of repro
ductive methods and the art of print
ing. 1t will be prOfusely illustrated
in color. There will be some seventy
five pictures. most of which will be of
full-paee size. No more attractive
mating public during the holiday
season than the Christmas Metro
politan.
Stephen Bousal, the well-known'
traveller and cOrrespoT dent, contrib
utes the leading article which is SUI
perbly illustrated in tint. In this
article Mr.. Bonsal describes with
vivid and sympathetic pen the return
| to Jerusalem of an aged Hsbrew who
goes to the Holy Land to die. Incl
dentally the conditions of today as
they exist in the land of the Bible
are graphically told.
George Wharton Edwards, artist
and author attributes ashOrt story
charmingly Illustrated with color
drawings by himself. Mr.. E3wa 6s
has chosen a theme with which he
i is well acquainted His story deals
with Holland at Christmastide and
| is full of the outdoor freshness and
| healthful g1yety OF the Dutch at the
Il time when 'Sint NiC'la as" olds sway.
1t is typical Christmas tale of the
bright. laue hing, human kind.
Richard Le GlIlienne contributes a
strong, artistic story entitled ''Tl e
Youth of Lady COnstantia." II is a
piece of litearature as good as any
thing written in 4 decade and dis
PLAYS Mr.. Le o ,llienue's splendid gifts
at their very best. Tire story will he
beautifully illustrated by r NJ. Cros-
bv.
There will be twelve short stories
in the Christmas number of the Met
ropolitan Magazine-an of the m
spiendidly illustrated and all from
the pens of the cleverest fietionists
of this country and England.
Hamlin Garland will appear in the
Christmas Metropolitan with an ap.
probation of New York City. viewing
the metropolis from the standpoint
of the Westerner and commenting
critically on the big town in Il way
that has neytr before been done
Mr.. Garland does not denOunce mol
4 vet praise. He states plain facts.
! The sixth inStallment of The
Q1een's QUAR-" which is he love
= story Of Mary Qieen of Scots, will bt
one of the fictiOnal features If this
holiday number. The novel is by
Maurice Hewlett, whose "FOrest
: Lovers" made him famous, although
, literary critics are unanimous in de
, claring the QIeen's QUAR-" a more
mastery work
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
Mr.. Dolan's Carriage.

Mr.. Dolan. through the agency Of
butter and eggs. had reached that
stage of prosperity where he was able
TO set up an establishment with = horse
and carriage. and nobody begrudged
him his success.
But what's the reason your wife
drives round In carriage with the let
ter c on if:" inquired one Of Mr.. Do
lan's friends. You've not changed
your name, Terry?'
Nav, man." said Mr.. Doian gayiy;
me name has stood me fifty years. an
II II last ont me tolme. But the car
riage was u great bargain at sicond-
hand. man. and the c. was On IL.
'Twud cost bit to change It to q d.
and says to Mary Ann. ID IN q koind
Of a broad lukin' letther. whsile c
is more dilicate and oruamintal,' I
says And. besoide that. it's the very
next to ID in the alphabet. and. more
than all,' says. 1t stands for con.
tinted. and that's what livery Dolau
that roides In the carrisge will be. %
let IL stand and Mary Ann agreed
wild me."-Youth's Companion.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

An amusing story Is told Of Mssse-
nets solitary experience with a gun.
1t was when lie was Prix de Rome
musical student at the Villa Medicis,
which has given 10 the world SO many
composers. He bought a brand new
gun and beautiful dog. which ran
between its new masters legs at the
first shot and nearly prec.pitated q
disaster. Somehow Massenet was al.
ways late with things that either dew
or ran; but. noticing pike basking
near the edge OF pool. he fired at the
fish and killed il. afterwari returning
to Rome with it on the end OF bis gun
ms the local custom is. This was Mas
scners first shooting party; it was also
his last.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

Caterpillars accommodate themselves
wonderfully 10 circumstances and dis
play 1T critical periods of their aeyel-
spnent very high powers Of instinct.
which may seem akin TO reasoning.
Huber describes succession Of pree-
esses by which one Of them constructs
Hsest complicated hammock fer It's
approaching change into chrysaiis
fern. He found that a caterpillar
taken from its hammock and put in
another nest at an earlier stage Of
construction did not seem puzzled. but
took up the work methodicaIIy as he
found il and carried it 10 completion
from that point.
II. hewever. caterpillar was put in
to q hammock that had been carried to
. later stage than its own had reached,
instead OF feeling any benefit ffen
work thus done for it. II became EN-
barrnssed aud would go over the al
ready advanced work from the stage
with which it was itself familiar BE-
fere IL could complete the task.
From these facts we may gather
that each condition leads on In definite
order to the next and that results are
due to q proper sequence apart frsn
any actual calculation
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

Abraham Lincoln was a man whose
keen wit aud pleasing humsr extricat-
ed him from many an embarrassing
situation. On one occasion lie was pre-
sented with two fine hats. each 10y a
different hatmaker. neither knowing
that the other had made such u coniri-
button. In the course OF events they
called upon the president. and II 40
happened that both called at the same
time.
When both found themselves in the
presence OF the executive they asked
how he had liked the hats they had
sent him. aud. taking advantage OF the
opportunity Of securing q statement Of
superiority Of one or the other make.
the president was asked TO state his
preference.
To many men such question would
be very embarrassing. but TO Lincoln
not at all. He took the hats. one in
each hand. aud then replied gravely.
but with mischievous twinkle in his
keen eyes.
Gentlemen. your hats do mutually
surpass each other
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

Lord Oxford. an eccentric English
nobleman. once had team Of rcd deer
stays that he frequently drove TO q
light coach. All went well until on-
day there happened 10 be pack Of
staghounds on the road from I.oadoR
to Brighton. along which Lord Orferd's
picturesque team was merrily nceting
There followed the. strangest chase
that ever mortal man Witnessed. The
hounds buntel the team and its owner
hard to Newmarket. aud with such a
smash into the Ram inn yard the whole
lot went that there was no more coach
left and little norr Of driver. Lord
Oxford took TO hur>es after that.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

At a time when .he fashionable opera
was In highest vogue Irnny Lind sase
to America and achieved her greatest
triumph by singing such silapie airs as
"Comin' Through the Rye" They
touched q popular chord. and Il sisrat-
ed throughout continents II is the
touch OF nature that makes the whole
world kin. And just as the staple
songs Of Burns gave pleasure without
initiating against the culture Of a
taste fer the higher creations in vocal
music. 80 the enjoyment of the simple
melodies which we know ~ agtime
are harmless and without danger Of
taking the place OF the morp ehevated
style OF music. We caanot play tras-
edy all The time. but uiusi have the
melodrsma and the farce as the lighter
features Of The stage And - In mu-
sic. literature and art the philosophy
applies with the same ferce.-lIsuisville
Courier-Journsl.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
Logan County
Teachers Examination.
Educational Hall. BellefOn,
tdine. Ohio. Dec. 5. 1908.
Physiology.
S. L. SMITH, Examiner.

!. Define periosteum, pericardium,
ptyalin, coucha, emulsion.
= Name three particulars in
which food is improved by cooking
3. How Is voice produced? lis
tinguish between SPEECH and VOICE.
1. Represent, by a drawing, the
union of the spinal nerve with the
spinal cord, and the function of each
nerve root.
). What is meant by the special
senses? Wha. Is the lowest form of
sensibility?
6. What impurities are contained
in re pired al : What natural pro-
cesses tend to keep the air pure:
I. How does alcohol. used as a
beverage, effect the temperature OF
the body?
s. What causes the ruddy face
and blood-shOt eye of the inebriate:
8. Describe the POISON IVY: its
stem, its leaves. its poison, its cure.
10. How are children benefited by
the culture of flowers and trees?
NOTE:-For the February examin-
alton read Hodges Mature Study
and Life" to page 2O2.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

Wearing false hair Is very wide
spread cnstom. In the language Of the
tradesman. hair grown on the heads Of
northern natiens II the most valuable
both because Of its superior finrness
and gloss and its color. Germany and
Sweden provide the most valuable hair.
especially u IL be golden blond. which
Is OF the finest texture and Of color
impossible TO obtain by artificial dyes.
Italy and other southern nations pro-
duce only coarser and less costly vari-
eties. Most precious OF all. however.
Is hair OF true silver gray color.
which In sufficiently long plaits Is al
most impossible TO procure. chiefly from
the fact that Its very rarity causes
those women lucky enough to possess II
to refuse to part with IL. The most
constant supply OF human hair for the
worlds market. however. comes from
the peasant girls In countries such as
Russia and Gal.cia. where Immediately
after marriage q headddess is assumed
which makes the lack of its natural
covering unnoticeable. In Bohemia.
Noravia and Galicia there are regular
hair markets 10 which the women
take their hair for sale.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08

William simpson. British artist.
who accompanied the army during the
CrirIcnn war. said thai Lord Cardigan.
the commander. examined his early
sketches Of Bniaklavn with "A vacant
stare curtiy rrmarkiag. 1T Is all
wrong Still Simpson persevered and
was rewarded in the end with the eK'
preston OF lord Cardigan's highest ad'
miration." The real truth WAS" he
adds in his simple way. that in the
last sketch I had taken greater care
than IN the first two To make his lord
ship conspi ,uous In the front Of the
brigade"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
THE Willy POSSUM.
How the Csnninx Animal Leads HIS
Pursuers Astrny.


The possum will usually go home by
tree trunk road. Through the open
country on the boundaries Of his range
he trots along without mindiug his
steps. The dogs may have all the fun
here with his trail that they can. He
intends only that they shall not find his
home tree nor even the vicinity OF ii.
So rs he enters his own neighborhood
swamp his movements change. The
dogs may be hard after Linn or not. If
they are not close behind be knows by
long experience that they may be ex-
pected and never so far forgets his pre-
cious skin as to 20 straight TO his nest
tree
Instead he trots along q boundary
fence or in the stream. leaping the
crossing lo.s and coming out likely on
tIc bank opposite his home tree. Far
ther down he jumps the stream. runs
hard toward big gum and from a
dozen feet away takes dying leap.
catching tie rough trunk up Just out
OF the reach of the keen nosed dogs
He goes on up little and leaps agnin.
touching the ground ten feet out. thus
leaving u blank Of twenty or more feet
in his trail.
The stream or fence has puzzled the
dogs. but now at the tree they begin
TO worry. They circle and finally plck
up the scent beyond the first gap only
TO run instantly into a greater BLINK.
one that the widest circling does not
cross. for the posSum has taken TO an
other tree. out on the limbs OF this to
still another and on like a squirrel from
tree to tree for perhaps q hundred
yards. on. II may be. to his own high
hollow.-National Magazine.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-08
COSTLY PRICE FOR A BATH.
IL was So Much . Pouad. and the
Woman Was Heavy.

Woman Wns Heavy.
when was connected with the
hotel at Lake Minnetonka several years
ago" remarked a hotel man. we had
as u regular summer guest q woman
from the south who was remarkably
stout. weighing something over 200
pounds. One day she called q bell boy
aud inquired:
What do they charge for q bathT
81 don't know said the boy, but
I'll find out
After being gone short time the
boy returned and said:
Seven cents a pound
WHAT
"'Seven cents n pound. said the boy
second time. while the womsR's face
became scarlet as she made her way
10 the clerks desk.
"'l want my BILL she exclaimed
I have been grossly insuited and shall
leave your house
she stated her grievance. the boy
was sent for and explained:
"'She asked me what they charged
for bass. | told her I didn't know
but would find out. I asked the stew
| ard and he said cents a pound
AS the ludicrous blunder Of the boy
dawned upon them both the clerk and
the guest made the hotel Office resounc
| with their ughter."-Milwaukee Sen
tinel