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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-09

TOR SALE.-Pursuant to an order Of
II the Probate Court, the real estate of Henry
A. Cummings, deceased, situated near the vii
lage Of Furnace Hollow, in the town of stafford,
Conn, consisting Of one hundred acres of land,
with buildings thereon, known as the Edison
place.
Dated at STAFFORD, Conn.,, April 9, 1908.
EDWIN G. PINNEY, Administrator.
p. O. address. Stafford. Conn.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-04-09

lT HAVE a few of the incest White
i Plymouth ROCK Cockerels in the state; pure
blooded, genuine "Hawkins' strain - very large
and heavy. Price SIPS.
MRS. ALFRED COWLES, East Wilmington.
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Art and Literary Treasures
of the Vatican Library X ~
What the World Would Have Lost Had the Recent
Fire There Destroyed Them.

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IHEN the news was heralded
MYASH to the world the other day
sSHNN day that fire had occurred
H1Q2Si in part of the vatican, the
" GU great palace of the pope at
~ Rome, there were anxious
inquiries from all over the
world as to the damage done. Fortu-
nately the fire proved insignificant,
Notwithstanding the pope's force of
firemen in the vatican were not able
to cope with the blaze and were obliged
to call in the Italian firemen of the
city department. 1t is known that the
vatican shelters many of the worlds
greatest art treasures and rare manu-
scripts, and it was anxiety for the
safety of these which instantly aroused
the world when it was reported that
fire had occurred there. The section
where the flames were first discovered
was adjacent to the library and the
rarest paintings of the old masters arc
to be found, and it was the deep con-
Germ for these treasures as we'll as the
invaluable contents of the library
which led to the calling in of outside
assistance in subduing the blaze But
Notwithstanding the fact that the
flames did not succeed in devouring
any of the manuscripts or books of the
library, it is said that part of this
splendid apartment was flooded, and
some damage done as a result.
The vatican library which cuts across
the court of the Belvedere, was con-
structed under the direction of Sixtus
", whose chief architect was Fortana.
1t was during the winter of 1887 and
was almost completed by the autumn
of the following year. 1t is said to
have cost a thousand pounds Of gold.
But it was not until 1890 that the win
dows Of the library were provided with
glass. At this time the superb central
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whole, it is nearly in the state in which
it was left at the period of its forma-
ton. The rock is dark brown in color,
except about ten feet from the bottom,
which is discolored by the annual rise
of the water to that or greater height.
On the left side of the island we have
a good view of the mass of water which
causes one of the columns of vapor to
ascend, as it leaps quite clear of the
rock. and forms a thick unbroken fleece
all the way to the bottom. It's white
ness gave the idea of snow-a sight
had not seen for many day. AS it
broke into Cf may use the term) pieces
of water, all rushing on in the same
direction, each gave off several rays of
foam, exactly as bits of steel, when
burnt in oxygen gas, give off rays of
sparks.
In his account Livingstone rather
the dimensions of the
falls, the actual height being 420 feet
and the width 1886 yards, while the
height to which the spray rises from
the bottom of the chasm has been cal
culated at 1000 feet.
The native name for the falls is
Mosioatunya, meaning ''the smoke that
sounds" in reference to the vapor and
the noise. One of the most remarkable
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ton, and other rare paintings, might
have been irreparably injured or total
ly destroyed. The Pinacoteca is rather
a small gallery Of four rooms and COM
pared to many of the larger picture
galleries of Europe is rather unimpor-
tant, and yet possessing as 1t does
some of the great masterpieces, as
enumerated above, it adds glory and
value to the vatican palace.
The TRANSPORTATION has been called
the greatest picture in the world. There
has been some question as to whether
Rafael actually finished the painting
before his death, but Vasari declares
that he did and that it was placed at
the head of the painters bier. 1t is at
all events absolutely sure to the minds
of the best critics that parts of the
picture were the work of Giulio Roma
no, who for a long time was RafaePs
right-hand man. The concourse OF
people at the base of thte mountain in
the picture are credited to him. The
subject of the picture was given to Ra-
fael by Cardinal de- Medici, for whom
it was painted. He was obliged to
illustrate two distinct incidents, the
TRANSPORTATION on the mountain top.
and the bringing of the lunatic boy to
the disciples at the base of the noun
tain. Critics have found fault with its
double perspective, but the masterli-
ness with which Rafael has accom-
plished it must be admitted.
The Madonna G FOligno was ordered
by Sigismondo Cont, chamberlain for
julius H., and was intended to COM
memorate the chamberlain's escape
from a meteor during the seige of Fo-
ligno, an escape he credited to the in
tervention of Heaven itself. The pic
ture shows him in his red mantle and
cape with fur Innings, kneeling in the
foreground of a landscape, while the
bolt is whirling across the sky. jerome
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CORRIDOR IN THE VATICAN LIBRARY.

accompanied by his lion rests his hand
on the chamberlain's head. The vision
above to which they are both appealing
is that of Mary seated on the clouds,
surrounded by angels and cherubims.
and with Jesus upon her right knee.
In the center is a winged boy holding
tablet near the kneeling chamberlain
and to the left are st. Francis upon
his knees and the erect figure of John
the Baptist beyond him.
Domenichino's Last Communion of
St. Jerome, which hangs in the Pima
coteca, is by popular opinion second
only to the TRANSPORTATION in the
vatican collection. At the foot of the
altar at the right is the emaciated and
almost nude figure of the saint. He is
supported by young man, and is so
near death that it is only with great
difficulty that he can take the bread
from the pope, who, himself an old man,
is bending far toward him. On the left
of the pope kneels young deacon and
behind the latter a man holding in his
right hand the chalice. Other figures
are near the saint and above in the air
four little angels are flying. In the
lower left hand corner the lion is seen,
his head upon his paws, apparently as
full of grief as the human beings about
him.
Less popular, but of far greater beau.
ty than the st. Jerome, according to the
best critics, is the Madonna of San Mic
colo de Frari by Titan. The lack of
appreciation of this glorious picture
was early shown by most astonishing
act of vandalism committed against 1t.
Originally it was an arched panel. This
arched part has been entirely cut away,
and as it is seen in the Pinacoteca to-day
the dove which was shedding its rays
upon the head of Mary is gone.
One of the paintings of Rafael's stu.
dent days is to be seen in the Pinacote-
ca, The Resurrection of Christ There is
also another, The Coronation Of the
Virgin, probably executed in 1903. Pc.
rugino, the master under whom Rafael
studied, has several pictures in the Pin
acoteca, among them the Three Saints
and The Madonna Enthroned. Fra An
gelico has a painting here, The Virgin
Enthroned with Two Saints. Another
coronation of the Virgin is by Pintur-
icchio. The Madonna of the Monteluce
is by Rafael's two noted pupils, Guilio
Romano and Francesca PENN. And
lastly we want to refer to the two very
attractive canvasses by FEDERICO Baroc-
ci. One is the Annunciation, already
referred to earlier in this article, and the
other st. Michelina on Mount Calvary.
These are both fine, but neither of them,
it is said, represents the artist at his
best.
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gallery was divided into nine nayes by
the pilasters of stucco, and received
most elaborate decoration. These fres-
Goes, more prescious for their history
than for their art, are accompanied by
latin inscriptions which tell most in
geniously of all the works of Sixtus ".
The vatican library is the Oldest IL
brary extant, having been founded in
the fifth century Among its 225,O0O
found some of the rarest treasures OF
the literary world. Space would not
even admit of the briefest mention of
the more important of these, but we do
wish to refer to what may be right
fully termed the most priceless of all
the treasures of the vatican library.
1t is the ancient manuscript OF the
Scriptures, called the Codex Vaticanus,
and in critical authority inferior to no
other manuscript. 1t is beautiful
unical manuscript-thati is 1t is written
in Greek capitals with no division be-
tween the letters. 1t presents three
narrow columns to the page, except in
the poetical books of the Old Tesla
ment. which, as in the Codex Sinaiti-
cus-an ancient manuscript of the
Scriptures in possession of the Russian
government-are written in verses,
clause by clause, according to the
sense. in two columns. 1t is written
ON fine thin vellum and contains the
greater part of the Old Testament, and
the New as far as Heb. 9, IA. AS far as
can be learned, this manuscript has be-
loneed to the vatican library since the
fifteenth century. It's earlier history is
unknown. but it undoubtedly dates
back to the fourth century. The late
pope. Leo XIII, was instrumental in
opening several new rooms and ar
chiyes in the vatican library and thus
permitting the public to have access
to many of the treasures which had
hitherto been withheld from the pub
lie. He was lover of books and his
rare private collection Of books and
manuscripts in accordance with his
will are being rearranged and added to
the vatican library. This work, which
is in the hands Of Father Ehrle, was
being carried out at the time the fire
occurred and it is said that many OF
Leo's books were damaged by the wa
ter.
Another section Of the vatican which
the fire threatened was the Pinacoteca
the picture gallery where some Of the
choicest art masterpieces of the worlds
greatest artists are to be found. Had
the smoke and flames penetrated to
this place RafaePs TRANSPORTATION. his
Madonna di Foligno, Domenichino's
Communion of st. Jerome, Titian's Ma
donna di Frari. Baroccio's Annuncia-
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THE STRIKE SITUATION.
Street Cars Operated in Chicago with
Heavy Police PrOtectiOn-Sympa-
thetic WaIl<Out Planned.

Chicago, Nov 16.-Efforts, some of
them successful, to spread the walkout,
and the continued running of cars in
urday, the third day of the City Rail-
way strike.
Ten cars were operated in the fore
Enon's trip on the Wentworth avenue
and Clark street line from West Seven
ty-seventh street to Washington street,
under heavy police protection, practic
ally without interruption. Few arrests
were made and the crowds along the
way were small and manifested little
disorder. A second trip was made be-
ginning at 1920 p. m. Following the
strike of the firemen at the company's
power houses Friday afternoon the
union engineers went out at IL o'clock
Friday night and Saturday several of
the powerhouses were silent, while the
company made a fort of the TWenty-first
and State street power house and massed
nonunion engineers and firemen there.
Mail cars were reported in operation
on most of the lines.
At noon it was learned that the Of
ficials of the union were downtown urg-
ing sympathetic strikes and the word
went out that the electric linemen en-
ployed by the company are contemplate
ing a strike. The transfers working
for the company were also talking of a
walk-out. ,
The feature of the days developments
appeared to be an attempt on the part
of organized labor to tie up the COM
pany completely by sympathetic strikes
Officials of the company told of agree
ments which they asserted had been vio-
lated by the firemen, engineers and cable
splicers, the latter union having gone
out at the same time the trainmen
Str.1nk
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ever, that no such misfortune need
be apprehended, and that the British
South Africa company are fully alive to
the necessity of preserving this wonder
full work of Nature. The railway
itself will be quite hidden from the
falls, and the bridge spanning the Fam
best gorge will be some distance from
the cataract, and out of sight of it. In
fact, the railway and bridge will be
much less in evidence than is the sus-
pension foot bridge at the falls of Nj
agara In it's concession to the COM
pany formed for utilizing the power
generated by the Victoria falls, the Brit
ish Chartered company, following the
example of the American and Canadian
governments in respect to Niagara, has
been careful to insert provision to the
effect that 1.-The installation shall in no
way interfere with the supreme beauty
of these stupendous falls, the like of
which is not to be seen upon the earth's
surface" and the power plant is to be
installed in the second zigZag below the
cascade. Even the gigantic hotel, five
stories high, and containing 100 bed
rooms, which will be opened in time to
accommodate the members of the Brit
ish association on their visit to the falls
in 1905, is to be erected at distance of
two or three miles from the falls, and
with the idea of further preserving the
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tiyes paddled him in a canoe down to the

tives padded him in canoe down to the
island-now called Livingstone island
situated IL the middle of the river on the
edge of the lip over which the water
rolls. He thus describes what he saw:
81 believe that no one could perceive
where the vast body of water went; it
seemed to lose itself in the earth, the OPP
posite lip of the assure into which it
disappeared being only 80 feet distant.
At least, did not comprehend it until,
creeping with awe to the verge, peered
down into large rent which had been
made from bank to bank of the broad
Zambesi and saw that a stream of 900
yards broad leaped down over 100
feet, and then became suddenly COM
pressed into space. of Is or 20 yards.
Inc entire falls are simply a crack
made in hard basaltic rock from the
right to the left bank of the Zambesi,
and then prolonged from the left bank
away through 80 or 40 miles of hills.
f. In looking down into the fissure
on the right of the island one sees moth
ing but dense white cloud, which, at
the time we visited the spot, had two
bright rainbows on it. From this cloud
rushed up a great jet of vapor exactly
like steam, and it mounted 200 or 300
feet high; then condensing, it changed
its hue to that of dark smoke, and
came back in constant shower, which
soon wetted us to the skin. This show
er falls chiefly on the opposite side of
the assure, and few yards back from
the lip there stands a straight hedge of
evergreen trees, whose leaves are al
ways wet. From their roots a number
of little rills run back into the gulf, but
as they flow down the steep wall there
the column of vapor in its ascent ticks
them up clean off the rock, and away
they mount again. They are constant
ly running down, but never reach the
bottom"
On the left of the island on which he
stood Livingstone describes the mass
of water leaping down into the abyss:
1.-THE walls of this gigantic crack are
perpendicular, and composed of one
homogeneous mass of rock. The edge
of that side over which the water falls
is worn off two or three feet, and pieces
have fallen away, so as to give it some
what of serrated appearance. That
over which the water does not fall is
quite straight, except at the left cor
seems inclined to, fall off. Upon the
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Thanksgiving.

Gov. s. r. Van SAINT issued pro-
clamation, designating Thursday, Nov.
26, as Thanksgiving day. The procla-
nation reads:
During the year fast drawing to close
we have as a people been the recipients Of
innumerable blessings. Peace and happi-
ness prevail within our borders. The mani
fold favors showered upon us by the author
of all good, call for earnest expressions OF
our gratitude.
Therefore, in keeping with the time-hon-
ored and hallowed custom, / do hereby de-
signate Thursday, Nov. 26, 1908, as Thanks
giving day.
Upon said day let us all, in the church
and at the fireside, reverently give acknowl'
edgement of the blessings we have en-
joyed and make manifest our gratitude by
words of praise to Almighty God.
Also let us not be unmindful of the poor
and unfortunate, but unselfshly share with
them our bounty, remembering that ''He
that has mercy for the poor, happy is he. !"
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News Notes.

The livery barn belonging to Nelson
Brothers at Bagley, caught fire and
only part of the contents were saved.
A team of mules, one of horses and a
cow were burned, besides several sets
of harness, together with all cutters
and sleighs.
Never before in the history of north
ern Minnesota's great mining industry
have so many mines been closed down
SO early in the season. Thousands OF
miners and hundreds of railroad men
have been given their time.
Carl Axelson, 16 years old, was acct
dentally shot and killed by Axel Peter
son aged 10, at Two Harbors.
Frank Kelly, of .Shieldsville, Rice
county, who was working for Murphy
Bros. at Richland, has his left forearm
taken off in a corn shredder.
Six car of stock, two of fish and
six of shingles were piled up in a
mass of wreckage at Bailey Station.
The Firtile Commercial club organ
lied few months ago, has collapsed.
The Merchantile association has also
suspended. The merchants found their
interests could be best promoted by
independent individual action.
Three school boys, of Fosston while
playing truant, met with sad acct
dent. They took with them shotgun
and it was accidentally discharged, and
the contents burying itself in both legs
of Elmer Holland.
George Lehan of Green Bay, Wis, a
bridge carpenter of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railway at Chan
ming, was found dead in his bed.
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beauty of the place the Chartered COM
pany has set aside 1000 acres of land
on both banks of the river to be made
into parks. The park on the south side
is to contain no buildings beyond the
hotel, while the other will be peo-
pies park, with geological and other
gardens.
When the railway from Bulawayo
reaches the falls it will be possible to
do the return trip from Cape Colony in
IA days allowing the tourist four days
to spend at the falls. At present the
Journey between Bulawayo to the Vic
toria falls is divided into two stages:
"a Bulawayo to M'banji, 166 miles by
rail. Time occupied, IL hours. (2)
Mbanji to the falls, 120 miles by road.
Time occupied, four days and nights.
Once accessible by railway, no doubt
a constant stream of tourists will make
the Journey to visit the greatest water
fall in the world, for such indeed it is,
being twice the width and 21s times
the height of the Niagara falls. The
flow of water in the Zambesi is not as
constant as that of the Niagara, but
when the river is in food it is estimated
that the volume is about double that of
Niagara, with the result that about 35,-
600 900 horse power may be seen running
to waste. During the dry season this is
much reduced, but even in the driest
wears the volume passing over the lip
is very large.
The first white man to visit the falls
was David Livingstone, in 1855. The ma
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A Mystery.

Coroner Heimark held an inquest at
Pelican Rapids over the remains of the
man found in the woods near that
place. County Attorney Hilton was
present and searching investigation
was made.
The evidence proved beyond a rea-
sonable doubt that the remains were
those of Jacob Johnson who disap-
peared Sept. s, 1895.
The same night his shanty was
burned The verdict of the coroner's
jury was to the effect that the deceased
came to his death by having his
skull crushed by some instrument in
the hands of some person to the jury
unknown.
At the time of Johnson's disap pear
ance he was reported to have had a
considerable amount of money on his
person, and there is is no doubt that
he was murdered for his money and
his body concealed by the murderer.
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More Murders.

Another desperate train robbery
took place about midnight on an east
bound freight train of the great North
ern a few miles west of Maple Plain in
Hennepin county. AS result of the
robbery one man lies dead at the coun-
ty morgue, while another is very pain
fully injured at st. Mary's hospital,
and two more are limping about try
ing to find work in the railroad camp
at Maple Plain. The last of the vic
Tins has not been found so far
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Becomes a Candidate.

Loren w. Collins, justice of the SUI
preme court, announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
governor of this state.
The announcement created some
thing of a sensation in the state politi-
cal circles, as it was not looked for at
this time.
The formal announcement was made
through the columns of the st. Cloud
Journal Press
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Vienna, Nov. 16.-Boris Sarafoff, the
Macedonian leader, in an interview at
Kustendil, Bulgaria, said the insurrec-
ticn in the vilayet of Monastir has cost
the lives of 1000 insurgents and that
100 villages have been burned. The
revolutionary organization, he added,
continues operations.
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japan Not Satisfied.

Picking, Nov. 16-It was learned Sat
urday from a trustworthy source that
japan is dissatisfied with the progress
of the negotiations between that coun-
try and Russia The Japanese parlia-
ment meets December 5, and the gov
eminent of Japan desires to be able to
report that it has reached an agree
ment with Russia, as otherwise the OPP
position party is certain to attack the
ministry, violently demand war with
Russia and perhaps inf1ame public
sentiment to the war point. 1t is point
ed out that the negotiations have
dragged recently, especially while the
car and his foreign minister, Count
Lamsdorff, were absent from Russia,
Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister
at Toxic, representing that nothing
definite could be arranged while they
were away The Japanese claim that
the Russian tactics have been dilatory
throughout. They point out that Japan
first preached the subject of the Man
churian convention and that, when
Russia did not fulfill her pledge to evac-
uate the second province of Manchuria,
Russia suggested that the negotiations
be deferred until M. Lessar, the Russian
minister to China who was on leave
of absence, returned to Picking. Then
Japan renewed her overtures and Rus
STA proposed further delay until the
Russian war minister, Gen. Kuropta-
kin, had returned from his visit to
Japan. The japanese, consequently, ex-
press the opinion that the object Of
Russian policy has been to gain time
to reinforce the army and navy of Rus
STA in the far east so that she might be
prepared for possible war.
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Wolves Near Duluth.

1t is little early for wolf stories,
but farmers coming into Duluth from
Kenwood say that two timber wolves
appeared in front of the schoolhouse
that district about the time for the
children to be dismissed, and fright
ened greatly. The animals were fright
ened off by passing farmer.
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CaIomhia,s Protest.

Washington, Nov. 10.-Secretary Hay,
during a call at the white house Mon
day morning, placed in the hands Of
the president the Colombian protest
against the course pursued by the Wash
irgton government on the isthmus and
its attitude toward the new government
of Panama.
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New York, Nov. 16.-Camille Pts
sarro, the impressionist painter, is
dead, after an operation necessitated
by complaint of the bladder, says a
Herald dispatch from Paris. He was
born at st. Thomas, d. W. l., 73 years
ago, and ranked high in his art.