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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
THE POLITICIANS VIEW.

Senator Shugar-"Senator Sniffikins
Is in hard luck"
Senator Staele-"HOw sO?'
Senator Shugar-"He's got the scar
let fever"
Senator Steele-"Shucks! thought
you were going to tell me he'd got the
nomination for the Vice Presidency
Pittsburg Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
NEEDED A DAY OFF,

NEEDED x D.k UT
First Busy American Committing
now, are you? How do you like the
place you're living imp
Second Busy American-"Well, you
see. l haven't spent a Sunday there
yet, and it's pretty hard to ju'gn y
place in the dark. Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
THE LIOKY DAY.

THE LUCKY DAY.
"What day of the week do you think
Is the luckiest to get married On?'
queried the soft and sweet young thing.
The eighth" replied the confirmed
bachelor, refusing to be sentimental
even for minute.-Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

inches from butt. Now take a piece
of iron ten inches long. link to bolt as
shown in cut and make hook at other
end to hold wire. This stretchcr will
do good work and work nicely .-Johr
jackson, in The Epitomist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
WIRE STRETCHER.

A good wire streicher can he made
cheaply as shown in cut. Cut hole
five or six fee, long, and size preferred
Get bolt, cut off head and bend
back; put through hole about twelve
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
A DEFINITION.

John, what's an uninstructed dele.
gate?'
why, I reckon it's one that never
had no schoolin' ."-Pittsburg Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Successful experiments have been
made in the treatment Of neuralgia
and hysteria with radium at the Sal.
petriere Hospital in Paris.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

FITS permanently cured. No nts or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer, S9tral bottlennd treatise free
Dr.. r. II. KLINE Ltd, G3l Arch ST., Phia., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

= -
health was complete
~ broken down, My
back ached and was
so lame thar at times
] was hardly able to
dress myself. ! lost
my appetite and was
unable to sleep. There
seemed to he 10 relief
until | took Doan's
Kidney lis; but four
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
How to Make q Flute.

A little flute from which a good deal
of amusement may be derived can be
made by wrapping a piece of paper
around pencil to make tube. Paste
the edge fast, and to one end of the
tube fasten triangular piece of paper
somewhat larger than the opening. To
play the flute, draw in your breath
through the open end of the tube; the
difference in pitch will depend upon
how hard you breathe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
T hey Do,

Here's an item that says storks
are very seldom seen ON the American
continent"
They get there just the same, -
Houston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15


The new proprietor Of popular
roadhouse in Warwick has been great.
ly annoyed by the idle curiosity dis
played by some Automobiles as to
the identity of others who patronize
his place.
1t is quite natural for man who,
being out for turn in the evening
with his wife, drops into the resort in
question for cooling drink or little
lunch. to prefer to remaining incogni.
to. But when the automobiles run
under a shed from which the reg
istry number shines forth for all to
see, like good deed in a naughty
world, it is the easiest thing in the
world for some other party to drive up.
look over the numbers and when out
on the road pull out registry book.
find out the names Of the persons who
owned the machines and cause them a
good deal of discomfort over the tele-
phone the following day.
This, according to the roadhOuse
keeper, has been favOrte pastine
ever since he took hold of the place,
and he gave a good deal of thought to
meeting the difficulties. Finally he
evolved a scheme. Nowadays. when
inqusitive people seek to learn, by
looking at registry numbers. who Is
in the hotel, they find the number
plates covered with bag, which ef-
fectually thwarts their sinister de-
signs.-Providence Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

During last season Australia and
Tasmania exported 703 cases of APP
pies To London and lost by their EN-
terprise $25O,OO0.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

The railway mileage of Germany
was 26.631 miles At the close of 1892,
and 32,242 at the end Of 1902. an in
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

A song called the Hymn to Apollo"
written $50 years B. c., has just been
sung for the first time In England.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

There arc twenty four crematories in the
United States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

do not believe Piso's Cure for ConsumD-
ton has unequal for coughs and colds. dom
F.BoyER, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. l5 1907
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
SCotch Wisdom.

Railroad salaries in Japan average about
$l2 80 a mouth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
jess TELL THE WORLD "HELLO.'

We had some ofish neighbors once that
moved in, down the road,
We reckoned they was bout the proudest
folks we'd ever knowed.
An when we passed EN- now an then We
held our heads w high
To make dead sure they couldn't snub us
II they was to try,
IL really made me nervous. So | jes'
braced up one day
An Thought Id go ahead an show my
manners, anyway.
One Sunday, Std o turnin' round an
gain at the view,
! looked at them an says, "Hello!" an
they says, "IloNdy do?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Military men say the mule never
kicks man, comic papers to the cen
trary Notwithstanding. NE42
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

British India now employs over one
million people in its cotton industries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Natal has a newspaper, Ipepa 10
Hlanga, printed in the Zulu language.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Mrs. L. c. Glover, Vice.Pres.S
ident Milwaukee, Wis.,, Business
WOman's Association, is another
one of the million women who
have been restored to health by
using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound
DEAR MHs. PINKHAN: II was mar
risd Tor several years and no children
elesssd my home. The doctor said
had . complication of female troubles
and could not have any children I'M
less could be cured. He tried TO cure
me, but after experimenting for sew
eral months, nv husband became dis
gusted, and one night when we noticed
the testimonial Of . woman who had
been cured Of similar tronble through
the use Of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. lie went out
and bought = bottle for me. used
your medicine for three and one-half
months, improving steadily in health.
and In twenty two months . child
came. l cannot fully express the joy
aud thankfuincss that is in my heart.
Our home il a different place now n
We have something to live for AN
all the credit is due to Lydic
81 E. Pinkham's Vegetable, Com.
pound. Yours very sincerely, Mm
L. c. GLOVER, Ga Grove St.. milwaukee,
Wis." Vice President, Milwauk'
Business Womap's Association.-S5 $50
forfeit II original Of aoovs is.ts, proving ssnah
ssss Cannot be DSo6'"r~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

want the cod an formal greetin that
you've sometimes heard;
hey smiled and said 1t hearty, like they
meant IL, every word,
s solemn to reflect what we miss along
life's way
y not jes be natural an good humored
day by day,
here's lots o folks who fling the simple
joys OF lie aside
ecause they dread the shadow Of their
own unconscious pride,
nd nine times out o ten you'll find the
answer "liowdy do"
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15
aslssH
AL BROKEN DOWN.

No sisep-No Appetite--Jast y Continual
tat BackAche. t..
Joseph McCauley, Of IN sholto
street. Chicago. sachem OF Tecumseh
Lodge. SAYS: 1.-TWO years ago MY
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Radium in1ames the skin and de-
stroys various kinds Of life, bn, its
place in medicine + vet to be deter
mired. When it shall have been found
useful. DR.. Il. s. London. n Russian
physician, proposes to make its energy
cheaply Available. Experimenting
with various substances, he has shown
that wool absOrbs large Quantity OF
the radum emanatiOns and that the
"emanated' wood produces physiolO.
gical effects similar to tn ose of radium
itself The wool, narrower, can be ap"
piled to any part of the body. Five or
ten milliprammes of radium may be
made to energiZe 'arse quantity OF
wool, and. as the rad.o-actvlty is re-
taircG long time in Theoretically
sealed vessels, "emanated' wool may
be transported long distances and may
soon become part If | pharmacists
regular stock In trade.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

In order to determine the possiblli-
ties of ilkwOrm culture In the United
States, the Department of Agriculture
is now sending free to applicants a
few cocoons of eggs and manua. or
instructions. The applicant must state
the numba" and kind of mulberry trees
or Usage orange plants which he has
on his anu. otherwise the eggs will not
be sent. Tie proper food for silk
worms consists of the leaves of the
different varieties of the white null
berry and the Usage o"ahse. The pa
per mulberry, with fuzzy ltaves, and
the common red mulberry a. not suit
able.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

Some naturalists claim that swans
are never Matched except during q
thunderstorm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-15

thunderstorm.
In Enrmars' Rnllctin = -. So, Issue"
by the Department OF Agriculture, 1t
is shown that many Of the common
weeds growing in fields and gardens
may be made a source of revenue to
the farmer on account CT their medi'
cinal properties. AS mary MS twenty
four species are described did figured
in the Bulletin, and directions are CIV
en- for collecting and curing them and
suggestions offered as to the means
Of getting them 20 ma kc..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
Virginia News.

The board of visitors of the University
Of Virginia will meet Tuesday to elect a
president of the institution.
The centennial celebration of the
Baptist Church of Fredericksburg com
menced in lhe church Of that denomi-
nation yesterday.
The democratic committee of the First
Congressional district has fixed July 10
as the date for the primary. All cand-
dates for Congress must file their names
by May IA.
Judge William Hodges Mann, OF
Nottoway, in a communication address
ed to the democrats of Virginia, has
formally announced his candidacy for
the governorship.
William Bradley, who was indicted
for criminal assault on his fourteen-year-
old siepdaughter, was triedin the Circuit
Court of Leesburg, and the jury, last
week, returned a verdict of not guilty.
The Oldest resident of Richmond died
last night in the person of Capt.
William Taylor, who was nearly "a.
He was the father of R. NJ. Taylor,
mayor of Richmond, and of City Coroner
w. II. Taylor.
Capt. j. E. Willard is spoken of as
chairman of the next State convention.
Among those mentioned as candidates
for Lieutenant Governor are Messrs. j.
R. Cation, of Alexandria; Senator Banks
dale, OF Halifax, and Mr. c. I. Bland,
of Portsmouth.
Mrs. Ella Precise, the twenty-five
year-old wife of j. E. Precise, of Peters
burg, committed suicide on Saturday by
sending pistol shot through her head.
The couple were married Easter Mon
day, and a separation followed after
three days. The girl was at her mother
home when she killed herself. An un.
happy marriage is said to have caused
the deed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
Fire at Fairfax.

Atl1:30 o'clock on Friday night fire
was discovered in the building at Fair
fax owned by Joseph d. Watkins, Of
Washington, and occupied by Hugh G.
Sauls as dwelling and store. 1t was
soon under control, and small damage
was done the building. The fire was Of
incendiary origin, as the portion of the
building which first caught had not
been occupied for several months. An
attempt was also made about the same
time to burn another building on the
opposite side of the street. This is the
second fire there of an incendiary origin
within the past week. Friday Of last
week dwellings owned by Gertrude
Skinner, Esther Peabody and Misses
Powell, all of Washington, and the
Farr estate were destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
Brutal Murder.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 1S.-The peo-
pie of the little town of Swoyersville,
several miles from this city, were startled
yesterday morning, when they learned
that during the night foul and brutal
murder had been committed, one of their
citizens James Cassel, having fallen a
victim of bloodthirsty gang. There
is no trace as yet OF those who committed
the fiendish act. Cassel was alone in
his home and it is supposed that the gang
entered the house and after a quarrel, q
fight ensued in which Cassel was struck
by heavy axe. His body was badly
mutilated, several deep gashes being in.
flicted in the back and in the head.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
A Terrible Tragedy.

Joseph Ii. Copenhayer, prominent
farmer of Clarke county, on Saturday
shot and instantly killed his wife at their
home near Boyce, and then for five hours
defied arrest. The shooting was the
outcome of a protracted spree, and when
it occurred Copenhayer's mind was de-
ranged.
He had been drinking heavily for sew
eraI weeks and that morning was in
surly mood. He cursed his wife for not
having breakfast ready, and when she
told him it was already on the table he
went to the dining-room and ate. Mrs.
Copenhaver had gone to the back yard
and her husband started after her, carry
ing a revolver.
His sister, Miss Mary Copenhaver, en-
deavored to prevent him from following
his wife, but he burst the door open and
stepping to the porch, fred at his wife,
who was standing about 20 feet away.
The bullet entered the back and pene-
trated the left lung. Mrs. Copenhaver
fell forward and died in few minutes.
The frenzied man, realizing his deed,
caught his wife in his arms and, calling
her by endearing names, vainly regretted
his deed. The only witnesses to the
tragedy were the sister and Thomas Jen-
kins. IT.. hired man, the latter fleeing
when the fatal shot was fired. Miss
Copenhaver carried the body of her
sister-in-law into the house and the hired
man aroused the neighbors.
After the shooting the murderer armed
himself with revolvers and repeating
rifle and barricaded himself in a room
adjoining the room where his wife's dead
body lay. For five hours he kept at
bay crowd of men who had gathered.
His sister was the only other person in
the house. Finally, he fell asleep and
was then oyerpowered by Sheriff Small
wood, of Berryville, and-Sergeant Tay-
Tor, of Winchester. He was placed in
Jail at Berryvllle.
Mr.. C,penhayor had always been re-
garded as genial, hlghmlnded gentle
man. His wife was Miss Mamie Hig-
gins. of Winchester, a daughter Of
John B. Higgins, and was AZ years
of age. Two children-John, at home,
and Miss Katie, a student at the EPis-
copal Female Institute, Winchester, sur
vive her.
4 pathetic incident of the tragedy is
that Mrs. Copenhayer, realizing her hus-
bands condition, had sent message to
Winchester, imploring DR.. Mcclure to
hasten to treat her husband. Just at
the time the note was received the
murder took place. Mr.. Copenhaver
admits the killing and is now in crazed
condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
Fires in Indianapolis.

The Occidental Hotel in Indianapolis,
Ind, was burned early yesterday morn
ing, and 300 guests had to flee to escape
the flames, rome having narrow escapes.
While the fremen were at work at the
Eotel an alarm was turned in from St.
Vincents Hospital. When the first
fire company arrived one life had been
lost and several we're seriously injured
in the panic that followed. The panic
that ragged on the third and fourth floors
continued until long after the fire had
been extinguished. Many of the patients
VINO had recently undergone operations
became frantic, and made violent efforts
to escape. The attending physicians
are fearful that fatalities may result to
those whose wounds from operations had
not vet healed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
TOday's Telegraphic News
AGGRESSIVE JAP'NEsE.

London, April Is. - The Central
News has dispatch from Rome stating
that telegram received there from Har-
hin Manchuria, conveys the intelligence
that squadron Of japanese warshiPs
has arrived near VladivOstok. The COM
mandant of the town is preparing to re-
sist the attack of the squadron and the
work of completing the notifications Is
preceding with feyerish energy.
st. Petersburg, April 1S.-The Port
Arthur correspondent of the Novoe
Vremya wires that reports are current
there that japanese transports have been
seen off Yin Kow, the seaport of New
chwang. The correspondent adds that
the Russian troops are impatient to meet
the japanese on land.
St. Petersburg, April lS.-According
to information received in naval circles
here, the japanese have abandoned their
project of bottling up Port Arthur.
Henceforth they will strew mines every
where to catch, if possible, some unwary
Russian battleship. In the meantime
the japanese fleet will wait outside the
harbor cruising about or lyingat anchor.
London, April lS.-A dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegram Company reports that
on April u japanese destroyers, acting
as scouts, appeared in Korea Bay. They
were received with heavy fire from the
land batteries and subsequently retired
to the flagship. The dispatch adds that
Admiral Togo later recalled nine trans
ports on their way to land troops for
Ping Yang, Korea.
Tien Tsin, April 1S.-A report reached
here today that 20 japanese transports
have been sighted heading for Kin Chau,
about IS miles to the rear of Port Ar
thur. on the Lao Tung peninsula. A
landing by japanese here would mean
the beginning of the investment of Port
Arthur by land.
St. Petersburg, April 1S.-Replying
to a question by the Gar as to why he
was not taking any prisoners, General
Kashtilinski, commanding the Russian
forces at the Yalu, has telegraphed: 81
don't find it convenient to keep prison
ers, as l am not well supplied with
rope" As there has been continual
skirmishing along the Yalu, thus giving
General Kashtilinski ample opportunity
to capture prisoners, there is considera-
BILE curiosity manifested as to what dis
position is made of them whether the
general releases them, or, finding this
impracticable, kills those taken into
| cnsfndY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
Probable Murder and suicide.

Chicago, April 1S.-Love for girl in
Austria resulted yesterday in the proba-
bic fatal shooting OF Thomas Patio, p
years old, and the suicide of Ignatz
Ramanzo, 25 years old, both of whom
met in the saloon of Frank Vargo, in
Whiting Ind. They were formerly school
mates in a small town in Austria. Both
loved the same girl and several years ago
they quarrelled and threatened to kill
each other. In consequence of the quar-
REL the young woman refused to have
ANYTHING to do with the men and, in the
hope Of forgetting their troubles, they
came to America. Each obtained employ
ment in the plant of the Standard Oil
Works at Whiting, and yesterday they
met in Vargas saloon. Romance drew
a revolver and shot Patio in the abdo-
men, causing wound which, it is be-
lieved, will result fatally. Then, before
any of those in the saloon could inter-
fere, he turned the revolver upon him
self, and fred bullet into his brain,
Romance died almost instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL IS, 1904.

In VIEW of the widespread clamor LOT
increased incomes on account OF the high
or nrices of the necessities, statement
complied by Bradstreets agency up 70
the first of this month is of unusual In
terest. 1t indicates that the wave OF high
prices is subsiding as compared with
wear ago. While an increase is shown 10
cereals, provisions, leather, cotton, WOOL
petroleum, ETC., decline is noted IN
beef, pork, sheep, horses, milk lard, but
ter. cheese, rice, peas, lemons, hides
union and oak leather, Australian wool
pig iron, steel billets, tin plates, copper,
lead coke, nails, glass, quinine, paper
bay. cottonseed and other items. Out OF
1O7 staple articles ofgeneral consumption
taken for comparison 40 are found to be
lower than year ago, Al are higher and
II are unchanged. During March AZ
staples declined, p advanced and AZ re-
NAMED stationary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

Most of the session of the Senate on
Saturday was given up to the considera-
ton of a bill for the modification OF the
agreement with the Indians of Devils
Lake Reservation, in North Dakota, for
the sale of their lands. Senators Dubois
and Teller opposed the bill, because it
did not provide for the acquisition of the
lands in the reservation under the home
stead law, and it was defended by Sena-
tors Hansbrough, McCumber, and Others.
No decision was reached.
The routine work on the general de-
iciency bill was nearly completed by the
House. Preceding this the District of
Columbia was legislated for in several
minor matters.
The feature of the day was a speech Of
criticism on Theodore Roosevelt the re-
publican Presidential candidate" by
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs

The Chicago Federation Of Labor again
refused yesterday to rescine its action
placing Mayor Harrison on the unfair
list.
The Pettingill Newspaper Advertising
Company which failed some weeks ago,
was today adjudicated bankrupt in the
bankruptcy court, of Boston and the case
was assigned to referee Farmer for hear
ing.
L. [. Reynolds & Company's shoe
factory in BrOckton, Mass, was destroyed
by fire this morning, entailing loss Of
$780,, 600, and throwing 300 hands out
of employment The fire followed a
terrific explosion in the factory. Several
buildings nearby were slightly damaged
by the flames.
Peter Niedermeyer, one of the car
barn bandits sentenced to be hanged in
Chicago this week, was found with the
arteries in his wrists cut, this morning,
and vomiting from the effects of having
eaten off the heads of number of
matches. He had opened the arteries
of his wrist with the sharp point of a
pencil.
The Pennsylvania State democratic
convention will meet in Harrisburg, to-
morrow, to name a Supreme Court
Justice, Presidential electors, and dele
gates to the National convention. The
convention promises to be harmonious.
The unit rule will be adopted and the
national delegates will be for Parker.
The convention will name Samuel Gus
tine Thompson of Philadelphia for the
Supreme Court. The platform will ig-
more Organism and tie dominent issues
of the party in 1896 and 1900.