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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

Within the last few months the
women of the country districts of tile
United States have found new occu-
patton in the government service.
Some hundreds Of them all over the
country have been appointed rural let.
ter carriers. and the reports to the dc.
partment show that the women have
done wonderfully we'll in their new
occupation.
Indeed, only few days ago Supt,
Machen of the Free Delivery Division
of the Postotiice department received
reports that number of his female
rural carriers braved the severe biz
yards in the West, and while acting as
substitutes for the men carriers made
the daily deliveries in the deep snow
and sleet of the blizzard in a most
remarkable and satisfactory manner.
There are at present no less than
thirty-seven female rural letter car
riers. that is, thirty-seven women who
have stood the civil service examina.
tons and passed so well that they ex-
celled the male candidates and have
been appointed regular rural carriers,
not substitutes.
Under the rules for the appointment
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Train Men Sheriffs

Cumberland, Md.-Four highway
men were chased four miles along the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad by an en-
gine crew. while their victim. rescued
from almost certain death, sat in the
cab and guided the pursuers Robert
Mcdonald went to Connellsville in
search of work. While waiting in the
depot he asked four negroes where the
shops We're. They offered to show him
and he went with them At lonely
place he was knocked senseless, and
after robbing him they threw his help
less body across the tracks. An en-
gine stopped just before it reached the
body. In short time Mcdonald recov.
cred and told his story One mile east
of Dawson the -four negroes We're sight.
ed and the train crew arrested them
Mcdonald identified the men and the
money was recovered.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
FRIDAY,
April II, 1908.

'NP'' ~
Disorderly and riotous scenes in the
legislature, attending final house ac-
tion ON the voters police assessment
bill.
Notable inscription adopted for
statue to Gen. Joseph Hooker.
Postoliice investigation narrowing
down TO Il personal contest between
Marhen and Wynne, leading officials.
Old Hawes school (Boston) boys
have a jolly reunion.
Magnolia.
East Boston Citizens Trade assoca-
tion observes its 30th anniversary.
President Roosevelt reaches Fort
Yellowstone, after eight days horse
back trip, enthusiastic over lne good
time he has had.
Supt. Pierce refuses to send police
man to Brattleboro, VT, after James
Dowley.
THE Spy of Gettysburg" presented
by Sons of the Union at Dorchester.
Capt Henry J. Mckee Of the South
Boston Citizens association attacks
Mayor Collins and calls him boor.
Pittsburg and ST. Louis open Ma.
tional league season.
Mrs. Stephen Hughes of Lawrence
seriously burned.
Executive board of Massachusetts
Old Home Week association holds i'm
portant meeting.
T,dyo Dro low 1anlupc n rpnOrt fhn
Cambridge overseer of the poor cleo
ton to the full bench.
New York elevated railway employees
insist upon a nine-hour day, but are
not likely to strike at present.
Miss Florence Hastings Lowell of
Newton becomes brlue of John NJ.
Francis OF Troy, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt leave Bos-
ton for trip to Canada.
Phillips Exeter academy buys site
for preparatory school at West New
ton, Mass.
Barrel in which murdered man was
found in New York likely to connect
slayers With crime.
King Edward may pay visit to Pope
Leo while at Rome.
Project under way in New York to
form Morgan bank.
Every -four mill in Minneapolis and
spring wheat mills in Minnesota and
the northwest will stop making -four
indefinitely because of rate discrimina-
tion.
Schooner Ebenezer Haggett of Da-
mariscotta, Me-, picked up after drift
ing 2000 miles in Gulf stream.
Funeral of Rev. John Flatley of
Cambridge; 200 priests in attendance.
Henry F.. Youtsey tells of the assas-
sination of Goebel; says Howard did
the shooting; Gov Taylor directed ev-
erything that was done. and that tho
assassins depended upon the power of
the governor to protec. them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
SATURD DAY,
April 1s 1908.

Sir Thomas Upton says Shamrock
III will be on time for cup races, de-
spite accident.
Contents of the famous exhibition
hall OF the Boston Museum to be sold
at auction.
Two fires in ST. John, N. B., cause
$4,000 loss.
Series of battles of Venezuela when
the revolutionary forces were badly
beaten.
President Roosevelt left yesterday
morning to see the geysers: since then
no word has come from him.
Mrs. Jennie Aldrich held on charge
of causing death of Mrs. Mary Massey
at East HarLwick, Vt.
Victim of New York barrel MUIR
der mystery still unidentified.
r. l.. Borden, in Canadian house Of
commons, moves for revision of tariff
to increase protection against United
States.
Surigao raiders caught and dispersed
20 killed and many injured, disorder in
Misams spreading.
once wealthy WeStVllle, conn.,, man
drops dead because of poverty.
Wife of Bob Fitzsimmons dead and
the ex-champinon crazed with grief.
Project for Monte Carlo at Water
ford, r. l.. abandoned.
Students at Tilton seminary at Til.
ton, N. H., elope and are married.
Salem man awarded damages
against coal dealer who refused to
supply coal last winter at rates YER
bally agreed on.
Organized labor to take hand in
the postofice department investiga
ton; charges filed against officials of
the mail equipment department.
Moseley commission reports on visit
to United States: delegates agree that
British workman has nothing to learn
from America.
Democratic senators filibuster in
Massachusetts senate: intended to ha
ras assessment bill for awhile.
Hope that Manhattan l. road dis
pute will be settled without a strike.
John d. Rockefeller delighted with
his visit at Niagara.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

Boston, Mass.-Another new problem
has come up before the Elevated Rail-
way company. Mrs. Rebecca Victor
son. who on fine day of last month
was a passenger on the road from
Humboldt avenue to the Dudley street
terminal, when she arrived there
wished to cross the station so as to
get another line of surface cars. In
order to do this the lady waited for
an elevated car and then started to
cross In doing this she got one of
her feet between the cars and received
serious injuries. which. it was stated
in evidence, would interfere with mar
ital relations in the future. The plain
tiff alleges that the construction of
the platform at this place is defective
and that this led to the accident. On
the other hand, the company claims
that the woman when she attempted
to cross by means of the train. put her
self in peril and that she was not JUS
titled in doing so as tunnel has been
built at considerable cost just for such
occasions
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
CHINESE PIRATES.
They Ply Their Trade Under the Very
Noses of tho British.

Noses Ol tho B:itish.
Although piracy upon large seal,
has ceased to exist upon the China
cCust, it is still carried OH in Il small
way. and that right under the nose OF
the British authorities ut Hong Kong
and within shot OF the fleet lying quiet
ly at anchor in the shadow of NictOri,
Peak. says the London Globe. only
Il few months ago daring piracy
took place Oh the waters of Hong Kong
llArbor-at least, the first part of the
little drama was actcd there. a ferry
boat, a small steamer of some thirty
tons, plies between Hong Kong and
within shot of the fleet lying opposite
mainland. The whole trip only takes
fifteen minutes, and all the while the
ferry is well in sight of the fleet.
One night the ferry left the Hong Kong
side at Q o'clock. and failed to turn up
at Yau-ma-ti, the suburb to whica it
piled. Inquiries were made. and moth
ing was heard of the craft until cou-
pie of days afterward, when she re-
turned with her crew and passengers
and romantic tale of piracy. 1t ap-
pears that when the launch was in the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Moe Philippines Found.

Washington, D. C.-Oficial advices
received at the navy department from
the Philippines record the discovery of
number of valuable islands in the
southern part of the archipelago which
are not on any of the charts in the
possession of the government. Secre-
tary Moody has taken steps to have
the islands properly charted as the
property of the United States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
The New Idea.

Father (showing off his baby boy TO
bachelor friend)-Wcll, what do yon
think of him? Fine boy. isn't he?
Bachelor Friend-Yes, very fine boy.
but he's bald Still of course tglanr-
ing at the fathers bald head, chill
dren are not satisfied nowadays unless
they can begin where their father left
off.-Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Walter Smith, Il Clinton boy, II years
old, fatally assaults his father Thos
Smith, with an aX, and then gives him.
self up.
Woman's charge of plagiarism leads
to dismissal of Providence pastor.
Thirty thousand miners in the
Schuylkil region locked out because
Of a dispute as to the hours of labor
on Saturdays.
Massachusetts society, Sons of the
American Revolution, holds annual
meeting.
Roosevelt at geyser basin in Yellow
stone.
Lowell operatives spent holiday in
visiting historic places; rumor of
opening OF mill gates denied by an
agent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
President Roosevelts vacation near.
ly over; speech-making begins.

II Is not only in Connecticut that
blue laws exist which make kissing
IN public crime. Cherson in Russia.
las n local ordinance which provid $
hat every Jack who is caught kissing
his Jill in a public thoroughfare she'll
be lined II rubles-about Sil25. II he
$ caught with hi! arms Ground tie
waist of his believed stern Policeman
hauls him up before judge. who,ines
nm SS.25. and probably throws in Il
lecture upon the evil of the young
mans ways. Even in sunny Italy the
and whore il is supposed to he all
love. guitars and kisses, there are
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Fantastic Escapes from Death

fantasies escapes from death were
by no means uncommon features in
the late war. There was exhibited
some time ago in the museum of the
Royal United Service institution one
of the queens chocolate boxes, in the
lid CT which is still deeply imbedded q
Mauser bullet, and TO the same collec.
tion there has just been added an
even more remarkable relic. This is
a silver cigarette-holder case, which
was struck by a bullet at distance
of 1900 yards while in the pocket of a
captain of the Imperial Yeomanry.
The curious part about it is that the
officer was not aware until afterward
that he had been struck. although the
bullet also pierced the sovereign
purse and cigarette case which he
was carrying in the same pocket
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
The Restored White House.

1t being absolutely necessary to
adapt the residence and offices of the
president of the United States to in
creased executive and social demands,
it is our national good fortune that the
work was accomplished at time when
the arts or architecture and decora-
tion in America, having passed through
phases various, had at last arrived at
done not only with the highest struc-
tural skill, but also in thoroughly
sympathetic spirit. Previous and
slighter alterations showed either that
the time was in general unpropitious,
or that the wrong talent had been en-
ployed. But that the native tastes
and especial training of Mr.. Mckim
and, it may be added, of Mr. Glenn
Brown. his locad coadjutor-all tended
in the direction of fitness of equip
ment for the important work to be
undertaken must be acknowledged by
every competent critic in America
The Century
He Saw It.
From a school in the remote dis
tricts in the mountains of Kentucky,
says The Boston Transcript, a little
incident comes that illustrates the
Quaintness of the southern mountain
folk. Several of the pupils were six
fcoters. One quiet lad asked to be
excused for week What is the
reason?" asked the teacher. Got
some law business to do What
have you got to do with law busi-
ness" "Lawing over a killing was
the laconic reply. well, what have
YOU got to do with It? You did not
see it. did you?" Fl allow | did. I'm
the feller they tried TO kill
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Tho Blood IA a River,

Iu4 blood is very river of human
IL IS pulmonary and systemic cir
1lc1ons constituting an intricate net
'ock of canals. making the body n
1<t4f corporeal Amsterdam or human
ZEE, writes George Dana Boardman
Ethics of the Body" Each cor
e is Il barge. moving with varying
of speed in different parts of the
toiling through the capillaries at
tc of two inches a minute, rush.
lrouSh the arteries at the rate Of
Twelve TO twenty feet n second,
es'ly carrying on the organic
pms of the body by perpetually
pslng freight. dcpositing at the
e[ll OF this and that tissue oxygen.
"a Aaking up dioxide of carbon.
toaS money is 10 society, that blood is
. fht body; it is the means of ex.
!1a1ge. or the circulating medium
|eW York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
THURSDAY,
April 23, 1908.

Judge Emmons appointed to the
Boston police commission.
Unknown man dies as result of being
struck by car in Quincy.
Annual meeting of the New England
cotton manufacturers association.
Safe falls when being hoisted in New
York; one man killed, one fatally in
jured.
Engagement of Lieut. Charles T.
Owens, U. S. NJ, and Miss Laura Kel-
ton announced at Newport
Four highwaymen chased and caught
by train crew on Baltimore & Ohio,
with victim guiding them in the engine
cab.
Boston Presbytery session concluded.
Rev. Dr.. Archibald to leave Brook
line for East st. Louis.
Duane manslaughter trial at Ded.
ham; prosecution all in.
Representative Mccartney and Town
Clerk Flye debate on Socialism" at
Holbrook
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Grateful to the Government.

Mike" said Plodding Pete. are VOC
ever tempted to be an anarchist"
Not bit of ii" answered Meander-
ing Mike. ''If dere wern't no COVER
mint dere would be nobody to keen
de jailS warm in winter and collect
taxes to repair de roads in summer" 4"
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
DreYfus Inquiry.

Paris-Dreyfus has sent letter to
Var Minister Andre. demanding an in
quiry in regard to the documents in
which, it is alleged. Emperor William
in marginal note. declared Dreyfus
had supplied documents to Germany.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
WEDN ES SDAY,
April %, 1908.

Judge William Henry Harrison En-
mons of East Boston nominated for
chairman of the Boston police COM
mission by Gov. Bates.
Mrs. Charles l.. Tucker, aged 20,
drowned in the Charles at Newton
Lower Falls.
Nat Parodi rescues Fred Regis from
the river at Haverhll
Girl OF II catches in her arms a baby
boy who fell from a second-story win.
dow in RoXbury and saves his life.
State board Of trade council told that
Massachusetts has poorest railway ia
cilities in the world
Mayor Studley Republican, re.elect-
ed at New Haven.
Walter Smith of Clinton calmly
pleads guilty to the murder of his IA
ther and is taken to Fitchburg Jail.
Minister Powell tells how Admiral
Killicli died on his gunboat, the Crete
aPierrot; committed suicide rather
than surrender.
Mine workers officials order all min
ers back to work and appoint three
members of board of Cancellation.
Vanderbilt wedding to be April 90,
probably at the American embassy in
London, says oliver Hartman, bride
elects brother.
Man attempts to kill daughters as.
sailant in the Jail at Towanda, Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
First Indication.

Young Wife-l'm afraid Jack does
not love me as he formerly did.
Her Mother-What reason have
you for thinking SO, dear?
Young Wife-He is beginning to
read the paper every morning while
at breakfast.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
Not the Only Attraction.

Wife During the quarreD-Yes, and
people say you only married me for
my money.
Husband-People are wrong, my
dear. They overlook the fact that you
also had considerable real estate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
k;eian AND Surgeon
nUSY TELEPHONE DAYS.
0I1x16o Experts Had TO shit $500 Fri
3nte Lines In Moving Season.

~ EXPERTS Had TO shit 1900 Pri-
3nte Lines In Moving Season.
TWefty five clerks in the employ OF
the CXlcago Telephone Company are
tugt b&ginning to find the bottom or
wOrrl6omc stacks of paper slips and
ORDER tfblanks showcrcd down upon
them BIZ itincrant fiat dwcllcrs AND
bue16o6s concerns who participated m
ChicaGb'S great spectacular dcmonstra-
ti0n, moving day.
y E0rsthrcc or four weeks notices of
chankes in the locations of telephones
have kBen. pouring into the offices of
the a 61pany with overwhelming regu-
latlt3 Unlil ii was found necessary TO
~ hty-tivc men and young women
4eRt4 sorting them out and classify
to prevent chaos.
~ NX XCSt mated that fully 260O telc.
~ will have to be changed before
az Infected by the moving germ get
for another year. This does not
0e8 ike such surprisingly large
nd b. but when the fact that all the
4p4J tlnust be done in less than 4
pi6 is considered il becomes evi-
446& hat the telephone man is a pretty
|yg Fellow about May /.
4hanGe this number of telephones
aJ rcumvent the scores OF trouble
6d1 Incidents that are bound to crop
0nE such Il general shift Of location,
u X3ronlcm that requires not Il little
a. hlculation and uutiring Obscrva-
t1ouf II the first pla GO the service of
U~&yOn of the company cannot be cut
IN thc mover" is established in
Frequently some hitch
n&WOv!nG plans occurs ut the last mo-
m<& IT. and it is the business Of the tele-
d ne man to keep track of all these
it<Ie incidents and to know exactly
WIN the old line should be cut out
Al the new one opened for service.
is many times complicated
oy the fact that patrons refuse to al
low thcir old number to be changed,
DoNt04t often the same number appears
EWl&8 thus adding to the confusion.
Y08 general exodus would not result
h Stich great confusion il it We're not
lot tie fact that every one is in hurry
andWantS n telephone in the old loca-
fionGne long rs he remains there. and
nnot&er in the new when he moves in.
: :: :: !: : : : :: 4 +: !: 8 3 =: ::
ThnEOlk was considerably increased
Z ear by the fact that several big
otGN HhldlngS We're opened on May l,
thua &asily doubling the regular labor
usuoilX encountered at this time of
~ der to keep up with the change
u QOD4tion orders this year force of
200 Mmcmcn and telephone experts
WlF& put to work, and night and day
|b ave been struggling to catch up
WltH1h rapidly moving fiat dwellers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

A freshly cut slice of pineapple laid
short time, cause softening, swelling,
and partial digestion of the meat for
considerable depth from the surface.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

lie are forbidden, and the amorous
swain of Milan whC is caught kissiuf
his best girl in the public streets is
fined six lire,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

Electric lights now disturb the ghosts
of the Pnaraohs in the royal tombs in
the Valley of the Kings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25
TUESDAY,,
April 81, 1908.

Constantine Stefano, Yale graduate,
and brother of Nine. Tsilka, prisoner
of the Turks.
Joseph A. Grady of Vineland. N. j.,
kills himself in a down town hotel by
drinking poison in the presence of sew
eral bellboys; Edward A. Cole of Scit-
uate browns himself at City Point
''Jocko' Kelly, the famous criminal
released on a ticket of leave, after
serving II years of his sentence.
Victir of New York barrel murder
identified at Benedetto Madonna of Buf-
falo a relative OF a counterfeiter.
Eight persons killed and 10 injured
by collision of trains on the Erie
road at Red HouseN j., due to error
of 17-year-old telegraph operator,
seven bodies burned beyond recogni-
tion.
On the coast OF Vancouver Island. in
British Columbia. the nourishng town
or Naniamo with its GOOO inhabitants
has no tax for municipal pury ses save
on land values. levied alike on oCcl-
pied ana moccupied land, accor ling
to the orthodox Interpretation Of the
hsie TX tncC!y. The tswn is
miners town, wIere the doctrine OF
three acres and COW" !, almost uni
ieisAlly realized, as we'll as that c.
every man his own hcIse owner
"or t'is result the easy terms Cf the
london syndicate which owns the coal
ana land in the neighborhood are large
IL rnS nnn Sihln
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

Neither Hindus nor Japanese win
ever willingly sleep with their heads
to the north.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-25

"a 1E Her to keep up with the change
10IE zion orders this year n force of
)Amcmcn and telephone experts
r. put to work, and night and day
ave been struggling to catch up
R&1hc rapidly moving fiat dwellers
4n5&hilding tenants. 1t will he q
<4>r two yet before they finish
|I6b Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-12-04

There are more summer and wash fabric goods our
shelves than carry and the quickest get
rid of them is to cut prices.
Fer convenience dispatch have arranged them in
lots tables a follows:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-12-04
DnIry Exnerience.

At the Alabama experiment station
the average percentages OF fat left In
the skimmilk by the separator, deep
cans and shallow pans were .03. 1.3
and .06, respectively. Shallow pans gave
decidedly better results than deep cans
The separator is Indispensable to the
dairymen OF the south.
A ration consisting OF pounds OF
cottonseed. 3 pounds OF wheat bran
and 10 pounds OF sorghum hay gave q
butter practically equal In hrmness
and volatile acids 10 n butter from a
ration consisting OF bA pounds OF cot
tonseed meal, 8 pounds OF wheat bran
and 10 pounds VI cottorseed hulls.
Feeding cottonseed and cottonseed
meal to cows on pasture increased the
melting point OF the butter / to 8 de-
grees centignde. Three pounds OF cot
tonseed meal and pound OF wheat
bran gave as hard butter as eight
pounds of cottonseed meal and pound
OF bran. The volatile acids In the but
ter were not materially affected by the
different ratlons.
In churninA experiment OF five
trials the dash churn proved rs salts
factory as the barrel churn for churn
ing whole milk.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-12-04
Curing Lem onH.

A successful australian lemon grow
er IS said to cul1 his fruit as follows:
he gathers the lemons just when they
are turning yellow. The fruit is cut
off and short piece Of the stalk left
on. 1t is packed In ordinary cases and
stored in well ventilated cellar hav-
ing a temperature OF 53 to 81 degrees
r. 1t takes from seven to eight weeks
to cure lemons and sometimes longer
When cured. the short piece or stalk
left on will drop or when touched.
Lemons thus cured keep for twelve
months. Oranges are cured I'm a SINH
lar manner. but they must be better
colored before cutting than the lemons.
They must be handled more carefully.
and on no account must they be too
dpe..