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New-York tribune., 1903-01-20
LOSI.

500 REWARD will be paid for return of
sable overcoat taken from East 6Sth-
St. no questions asked.
BANKBOOK No. 800. .525 of the Union Dime
Savings Institution is missing. ANY per
son having a claim to it is hereby called
upon TO present the same within ten days,
or submit to having said passbook cancelled
and new one issued.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-20

COOK. &c--By n competent. middle aged
cook and Iaundresss 10 objections 20
boarding house; 70 cards answered Can
for three days at ~ Johnson-st-. Brooklyn.
care Mrs. Harris
New-York tribune., 1903-01-20

COOK-By colOred nan. as plain cook
PETERSON. 219 West 61st-st
New-York tribune., 1903-01-20

DAYS WORK-By young woman, To %
cooking. waiting. laundry or cleaning bv
the day; good reference. FREEMAN. %
West 69th-st-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Hard Work Of Piano PLAYING.

In a lecture at recent conference
of musicians in Dublin some interest
ing particulars and astonishing statis-
tics were given relative to the amount
Of work accomplished by the brain
and nerves in piano playing. A plan.
ist in view of the present state of pi-
anoforte playing has to cultivate the
eye to see about 1900 signs in one
minute, the fingers n make about
1000 movements and the brain to re-
ceive and understand separately the
1,500 signs while it issues 1000 orders.
In playing Webers "moto perpetuo"
a pianist has to read 4,541 notes in
little under four minutes. This Is
about 10 in a second; but the eye can
receive only about ten consecutive i'm
pressions in second SO it is evident
that in very rapid music player does
not see every note singly but in groups,
probably bar or more at one vision.
In Chopin's ''etude in E minor" Tin the
second set) the speed of reading is
still greater, since it Is necessary to
read $3.50 signs in two minutes and a
half, which is equivalent to about
26 notes second.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

81 went to half n dozen hairdresslng
parlors the other day before l found
one which was not crammed full"
said the woman as she settled back
in the chair for a shampoo. What's
the cause of all this rush to the hair
dressersT
This is always the busiest season
of the year with us" said the attend
ant. "We always have more to do in
the spring months, and it is due to two
things: the dust which flies in great
quantities from the streets the minute
the snow is off the ground, and house.
cleaning. Yes, really, housekeeping
always makes work for the shampoo
ers. You see, the women get so eX-
cited in the midst of scrubbing, carpet
beating and furniture whipping that
they neglect to put OH Il sweeping cap
or other protection, and by the time
their houses are clean their hair Is
anything but clean. So we have troops
of women coming in here this time Of
the year.
ut is a great season for facial mas
sage, too, and 1 think that hOuseclean-
ing is responsible for that also. You
know there is nothing that will bring
the wrinkles TO a woman's face like.
anxiety over her housework. OF course
the dust which flies at this time Of the
year is bad for the face. 1t fills up the
pores and makes facial massage nec-
essary; but it is housework that causes
the wrinkles."-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

Since its organization in 1925, the
fee in New York has printed and dis.
tributed throughout the world nearly
1O,OOOOOO,OOO pages OF religious lit.
erature. The extent Of this work can
be realized by comparison. II the
pages We're on an average six inches
square, the entire number would
form a complete cover for about ST.
600 acres. They would make tent
OF paper over whole county The
work of distributing tracts and re.
ligious books continues and in
creases, developing along most inter-
esting lines.
The whole number of distinct pub.
lications issued by the Tract society
In New York since its beginning, not
including periodicals, is 1896, Of
which 2,O32 have been books. The
society has aided, also, in the publca-
tion Of 5,013 different books or tracts
In foreign countries, making a total
OF 13,349 separate varieties of books
and tracts which the society has sent
out. or each one Of these books and
pamphlets a great number has been
issued-more than 100000 books
and more than 446,000,O 900 tracts. Be
sides, the society publishes seven
distinct periodicals, monthly and
weekly papers, of which more than
100000 are circulated every year.
The total number of copies Of periodi.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Marriage Licenses shibboletbs.

"Friday is the especial day every
week when our tongues get twisted at
tempting to pronounce and our ortho-
graphy spoiled for the next twenty
four hours trying correctly to write the
names of foreigners who come here to
get licenses" said a clerk in the mar
riage license bureau at City Hall re-
Gently, as lie glanced wearily at the
clock to see If the noon hour, which
would end his weeks work, was near.
"Why these people should so mark
edly prefer the unlucky day." he Dur-
sued, II can't guess, but so it certainly
seems to be. Here are few that we
issued licenses to yesterday: Abe Kan
trowitch and Rosa Abramowitz, Grega.
rio Raspa and Lunciata dl Cicco, Jonas
Petryk and Maggie Avizenuti, Wasyl
Karpiak and Mary Zienciak, Jacob
Kivlatowski and Anna Margulowa,
Grzegorz Mirchel and Agata Skwiot
These are only average specimens but
they are types. Still, in spite of the
strangeness Of the names to the every
day American, the people themselves
hre apparently just as full of sentiment
hs the applicants who bear good old
English names, and they almost al.
ways appear to be very comfortably
Endowed with this worlds goods
Philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Birds Used to Tend Sheep
Natives Of Venezuela Use Crane In Place OF Does-7hey
Are Very Readily Trained and Are Invaluable to
the Indians Jealousy Predominant Trait

The natives of Venezuela and ad-
joining countries on the north side Of
the river Amazon often avail them
selves of the services of a native crane
to care for their poultry, and also In
the place Of collies or shepherd dogs
used by North Americans and Euro
peans to guard and herd their domes-
tic animals. This remarkable bird,
which the Indians call yakamik. Is
found in wild state in the great for
ests that lie between the northern
coasts of South America and the ANA
zon river, particularly in Venezuela
and British Guiana.
The yakamiks are very readily
tanned, and prove valuable servants to
the Indians, who domesticate them,
and as they are courageous and will
protect animals intrusted to their caro-
at every risk to themselves, even dogs
are obliged to yield to their authority.
They may be trusted with the care of
a flock of sheep or domestic fowls,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
The Farthest South.

New York, N. Y.-Lieut. e. II.
Shackleton, r. NJ, who was one Of the
three members Of the British Antarctic
expedition to reach the furthest point
south yet attained by explorers, has
arrive here from San Francisco on his
way home to England. He and several
other members of the expedition were
taken to New Zealand in the Morning,
the relief vessel sent out. He intends
to make report on the results of the
party's explorations, and parliament
will then be asked to appropriate $780,
600 with which to carry on the work.
The Discovery is still in the Antarctic,
icebound. Lieut.. Shackleton said in
speaking Of the expedition, that Com
mander Scott Of the Discovery, DR..
Wilson and himself were the three per-
sons who reached so degrees AZ min
utes, the furthest point south yet at
tained by explorers. They got so far
only after great hardships.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Yale "Cabby" Must Stop.

New Haven, COMMIT is said that
the dean of the academic faculty of
Yale university had notified Theron r.
Strong Of New York city, the Yale
senior who has license from the sup
erintendent of New Haven police to
drive hack for a non-union livery
man and who was fined for getting in
to row while working as a "cabby"
that he must give up driving a hack.
The penalty for not complying with
the deans orders will be the with
holding Of his degree when he comes to
graduate the last of this month. 1t
is understood that Strong will at once
stop doing this work.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

and every morning will drive the
ducks or poultry to their feeding
places, and carefully collecting any
stragglers, bring them safely home at
night. A yakamik soon learns to
know and obey the voice of his mas
ter, follows him. when permitted, wher-
ever he goes, and appears delighted at
receiving his caresses. 1t pines at his
absence and welcomes his return and
Is extremely Jealous Of any rival.
Should any dog or cat approach 1t flies
at it with the utmost fury, and, at
tacking it with wings and beak, drives
it away.
1t presents itself regularly during
meals, from which it chases all do
mestic animals, and even the negroes
who wait on the table, If 1t is not we'll
acquainted with them, and only asks
for share of the eatables after It
has driven away all who might aspire
to favorable not from the gathered
family.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
: THE DELINEATOR
WITH THE AGE, ONE YEAR, $l.55
Fo months trial subscription 10
The Age
25 Cents.
We DO JOB PRINTING.
Do Great Work for RELIGION
SplendYd Showing Made by the American Tract Society,"
Have Turned Out Ten Billion Pages of Bibles in Seventy
Five Years Almost All Languages Represented

Gals which the society has issued 10
more than 255 100000.
This vast publication enterprise Is
remarkable not only for the volume
of its output but for the variety and
character Of the books and papers
which come from its presses. Among
the home publications are works in
twenty foreign languages. These are
In German, French, Spanish, Portu-
guese, Italian, Welsh. Dutch, Nor
wegian, Danish. Swedish. Hungarian,
Finnish, Bohemian, Polish, Armenian.
German-Hebrew, Lithuanian, Croa-
tian. Hebrew and Chinese. And In
the issuing OF literature to the people
OF other lands the society goes even
further than this. Ii prints books
and pamphlets in tongues that have
never been written before. In West.
Bulu, which has no written language
of its own. The Christian missionar-
les among these people have record
ed the native sounds in English let
ters, and have thus produced vo-
cabulary which many of the natives
have learned to write. And In this
new language the Tract society has
already printed and will send trans
alton in the new Bulu language of
Fosters story of the Bible. Thus do
education and religion go hand In
hand into the darkest corners Of the
world. .-Leslie's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
A SeIf-Denyino offerjno.

Some young girls at summer re-
sort were giving a vaudeville perform.
ance for local charity. A young man
who thought himself facetious tossed
upon the stage after one of the
turns" bouquet whose chief ingred.
lent was head of cabbage. The girl
who received this offering of appre-
citation read the card that accompanied
it, and advanced to the footlights.
1T gives me great pleasure" she
said, ito know that Mr.. Edward Nor
gan has enjoyed my performance. I
hoped that the audience might like It.
but l never expected for moment
that Mr.. Morgan would so far lose his
head as to throw it upon the stage!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
FOR ANOTHER MODEL VILLAGE.
George W. Vanderbilt to Spend $1,000,
600 More In North Carolina.

Asheville, N. C.-George w. Wander
bilt Is to establish railway station
and build another model village be-
tween Hendersonville, N. c., and Bre-
ward, N. c., about thirty miles from
Asheville. The work Will begin soon
and 100000 will be expended In
bringing it to thehigh standard OF his
other model village at Biltmore. II this
plan Is carried out many acres OF for
est land will be converted into sites for
handsome residences and stores. This
Is what has been done at Biltmore VII
lage.
Mr.. Vanderbilt owns many acres OF
timber land around the proposed vii
lage, and further to the east, toward
Mount Pisgah, are his great hunting
preserves of 10000 acres. The Bilt-
more estate has contracts for the deliv-
cry Of a great quantity of timber pro-
ducts from this region. Mr.. Wander
blt has expended approximately $1o.-
OOO, 900 in western Carolina, and in
Buncombe county he pays taxes on
something like $l,200,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

Glen Falls, N. Y.-An Interesting
case of troubled conscience is brought
to light by a letter received recently
by A. F. Root Of this village from a
man in Oregon. Forty years ago he
stopped at store in Schroon river
kept by Roots father. and bought sew
eral articles. When the amount was
figured up the storekeeper cheated
himself out of five cents. The man no.
ticed it. but said nothing. In the letter
received by Mr.. Root the writer re-
counts the circumstance and says that
"it has troubled him all these years,
and that it was the one dishonest act
Of his life" He inclosed a money
order for rs cents. being principal and
interest. He says he can now rest
easy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
WIPED OUT.
On|y One House and Hall
Left Standing.
New Brunswick Village Has Disas.
trous Fire-Forest Fires are Threat
enins Many Other Towns-People
Lose Practically All They Had.

st. John, N. B.-A telephone mes
sage from Norton says the villJge OF
Briggs Corner, Queens county, has
been wiped out by fire. only one house
and hall being left.
Included in the burned buildings
were the large sawmill, general store,
managers residence. four barns and
three warehouses of Sayre 4 Holly OF
this city. also large amount of sawed
lumber. Their loss Is probably $780,
600 or $4,000 and 80 far as can be
learned the insurance is $4,000.
Reports as to the destruction OF the
other houses in the village are indefi-
mite as to number. but it is estimated
that probably a dozen homes were de-
stroyed. The people lost practically
all they possessed.
The fire started from the mill
refuse pile.
The forest fires have been worse
than ever in many sections Of New
Brunswick. Bonny River in Charlotte
county, on the line of the New Brun-
swick Southern railway, is reported to
be wiped out. The fire is threaten
ing st. George, Charlotte county.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
The Gar Moves,

Washington, d. Cit is said at the
Russian embassy that advices from
st. Petersburg are to the effect that
the evacuation of Manchuria by Rus
sia is steadily being carried forward,
and that the final withdrawal will
take place in September, in accord
ance with the Manchurian agreemnt.
Further, it is said that there can be
no foundation for the statements that
Russia purposes to remain permanent
ly in Manchuria and to restrict for
eign trade in that section OF China.
On the contrary, it is said that it is in
the interest of Russia, because Of the
railroad, to afford every facility for
foreign commerce in Manchuria.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK

four-hour talk with Rev. Dr. George
G. Lorimer.
Textile strike In Philadelphia rem
ders $4,000 operatives idle.
Lawrence, Mass. begins three-days'
celebration of semi-centennial Of in
corporation of city.
Henry Wade Rogers elected dean Of
Yale law school.
dwelling Of the statue of William
Ellery Claiming in the Public Gar
den, Boston.
Case of A. w. Machen, in connec-
ton with postal frauds presented to
grand jury at Washington.
Curtain goes down for the last time
at the Boston Museum amid impress
,sive silence.
Topeka threatened with an epidem-
ic; food abating and worst Is over;
"a known dead.
Two Italian girls obliged to get mar
ried before being released by Boston
immigration officials.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
WISE WORDS.

To live long 1t is necessary to live
slowly.-Cicero.
There are more men ennobled by
study than by Nature.-Cicero.
An extreme rlgor is sure to arm
everything against it.-Burke.
Every man is a volume, If you know
how to read him.-Channing.
An obstinate man does not hold opin-
ions-they hold him.-Bishop Butler.
Never suffer the prejudice of the eye
to determine the heart.-Zimmerman.
Great trials seem to be necessary
preparation for great duties.-E. ThOm-
son.
We are immoderately fond of warm
ing ourselves; and we do not think, or
care, what the fire is composed Of
Landor.
Regard yourself as superior to the
evils which surround you. Learn to
dominate your environment, to rise
above depressing Influences. Look for
the bright side Of things, not the dark
and gloomy side.-Success.
Whatever it be which the great
Providence prepares for us, 1t must be
something large and generous, and in
the great style Of His works. The
future must be up to the style Of
our faculties-of memory, Of hope, of
imag agination, of reason.-Emerson.
II think as my land thinks" said
land owner; a saying full of meaning,
that we may apply every day. Some,
in fact, think like their land, others
like their shops, others like their ham
mers, and others like their empty
purses aspiring to be filied.-Joubert.
knowledge is mental food, and is ex-
actly to the spirit what food is to the
body. 1t may be mixed and disguised
by art until it becomes unwholesome;
it may be refined, sweetened and made
palatable until it has lost all it's power
of nourishment; and even of its best
kind 1t may be eaten to surfeiting and
minister to disease and death.-Ruskin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
WOODSTOCK
TOOLS TELL THEIR NATIONS.
Machinery and implements Carry Ear.
marks in Their Designs.

marks In Their Designs.
"Show me piece of machinery or a
tool and III tell you what nation made
It," said a member of the Steel Trust.
"Everv nations character is very
strongly marked upon the tools that it
turns out.
"The English and the Scots are con-
servative. The cling. in their ma
chimes, 10 safety, to rigidity. Hence
their output has for its earmark heav.
iness that might be called cumbersome.
These machines are very reliable and
strong and massive, like q dray horse.
They have no finish, no style, no ele-
gance. The English and the Scots
leave such considerations out of their
minds altogether
"The French are a nervous, delicate,
sensitive people, with highly devel-
oped sense Of the beautiful. Hence
their machines and their humhIest tools
have style an air Of elegance. The
finish Of the cheapest French tool is
good. For elegance and good taste the
machinery OF France Is unsurpassed.
This trait the French automobile
shows.
German tools are good, but not ee-
giant and not light. They incline to
curved surfaces. This trai. is well
shown in them by contrast with the an
gular, race-horse-like contours Of the
American tool.
American tools and machinery are
characterized by their direct, plain,
simple design; by the use in them Of
the lightest, best alloys and the newest
steels; by saving Of weight that re-
suits in hollow structure wherever pos
sible; by race-horse leanness Of .ap-
pearance. In simplicity the American
tools are by far the best. In elegance
and finish they excel the tools Of all
other nations but the French" "-Pllila-
delphla Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
VACATION PLACES
Where Health and Quiet, Sport and
Enjoyment Can BE Found.

IuJSyIhCik Seii ~ ~S'~'
1he warm weather is fast approach
ing upon us, and this is the time for
the intended vacationist to think
about his or her place of recreation
and enjoyment for the coming season.
New England first of all appeals to
the tourist, and when it strikes him,
it generally strikes him rather forcibly,
for among the numerous resorts Of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
Massachusetts, the summer tourist
will find everything to suit his or her
want and comfort. The hotels are
modern, and at the principal summer
resorts they have become luxurious
palaces. The wealthy visitor who de-
sires to stop at one of these magnifi-
cent palaces with first class stable
OF fast horses attached has but to
journey to the White Mountains, to
Rockland or Poland Springs, Maine, or
to the celebrated Bar Harbor.
The youth who wishes to put in the
summer at the favorite game of golf,
should visit the mountains and his
wish will be consummated; the base.
ball enthusiast, who desires to while
away his time at the favorite pastime,
baseball can find his enjoyment at
these self-same resorts; the fisherman
who prefers the beautiful expanse Of
a CLASSY New England lake can find
his rendezvous in Winnipesaukee or
Sunapee in New Hampshire and
Moosehead or the Rangeleys in
Maine; the hardy mountain climber
who wishes to test his skill and endur-
ance in tramp will find the lofty
summit of Mt. Washington waiting for
him, or the less fatiguing climbs of Mt.
Monadnock or Mt. Saddleback; the
yachtsman who finds his joy in stiff
wind and good boat, can battle with
the snowy waves from Marblehead to
Bar Harbor; the canoeist can paddle
his bark through the poetic waters
of the busy Merrimac or through the
pine lined streams of Maine, chief of
which are the Penobscot and Kenne-
bee; the man who likes life and sport
at all times and who desires the free
atmosphere of the country and all the
health-giving compartments, but
who desires a bit of city with him,
should visit Saratoga. He can find life
and amusement to suit the most fas.
udious taste; he can enjoy the ex-
cltement OF the race track and the
quiet of the mountain valley.
Choose your resort, there are hun.
dreds of places on the line of the Bos.
ton & Maine railroad.
Send to the Boston & Maine rail.
road passenger department, Boston,
for their 1903 tour book. 1t contains
"a pages of useful information. the no.
tells and their rates and accommoda-
lions and the round trip railroad rates
from Boston, Worcester, and Spring.
field. This book will be mailed free
to any address upon receipt Of address.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06
Great Salt Lake Goinu.

Salt Lake, Utah.-Great salt Lake is
doomed. Readings taken by United
States Section Director Hyatt show
that despite the unprecedented rainfall
OF the last three weeks, the lake level
is two feet and six inches below nor
NAL
The readings amazed DIR. Hyatt, who
expected. in view of the heavy precipi-
ation that rise would be shown.
Scientists are puzzled by the drying up
of the lake. Some attribute it to a
subterranean outln' others to evapor-
alton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-06

peantifying Of masculine raj.
thing much to be desired.
the artist, but it suggests an
new set of social complications,
sent male costume has at least
vantage of harmonizing with
|ior woman chooses to wear.
zen serves to throw into relief
Puties Of feminine apparel. But
men took to wearing colors,
would certainly want to com.
'mself to Angelina by wearing
mat would harmonize with
iu what would be his feelings
(ere obliged to escort the lady
P'art through a fashionable as.
ln n coat which 'swore at her
mere would be endless devices
~ a definite forecast, and much
aterial would be provided for
elist."