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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Halliday OF.

New York, N. Y.-At the risk of his
life, John l.. Beaumont, foreman for
the Standard Oil company at it's Bay
onne plant, saved 100000 cargo of oil
recently, and as reward the corpora
tion allowed him a half holiday. The
cargo was being loaded on the Eng
lish ship Kentmair, when cigar stump
thrown into the hold caused fire. The
crew was panic stricken by the fear OF
an explosion, and refused to attack the
flames. Beaumont heard their cries,
dashed into the pitch dark hold, and
ran back and forth with buckets of
water until he had extinguished the
stubborn blaze. He fell down another
dark hole and strained his back and
leg, but continued his work.
A Standard OIL official saw that Beall-
mont had been hurt, and gave him per-
mission to go home to have his in.
juries attended to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
kaiser's Colonial War.

Berlin, Germany.-lt is expected al
Wilhelmshaven that Emperor William
will be present at the departure of the
German expedition to southwest Afri-
ca, which sails in day or two.
Prince Henry of Prussia reviewed
the departing battalion. In exhorting
the men to be faithful to their flag
and country tho "~inon cnid.
Germany expects every bullet to do
it's duty"
Personally, said Prince Henry, he en-
We'd the troops the opportunity of see
ing active service.
The reichstag has approved the final
reading Of the bills providing supple
mentary funds to suppress the uprising
details concerning which take up more
space in the press than the Russo-Jap-
anese situation.
One odd result of the stories of mas
sacre and descriptions of the country
is that an increased number of appli-
cations from would-be emigrants to
German southwest Africa has been
made to the colonial societies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
The Dentists Side fH

Nov, then, growl!"
l didn't know he thought it. Ger.
tatnly there was no murmur from his
lips, as the dentist turned away from
my chair. But, however that may be
| the complaint was stayed on mine, and
| looked curiously at the man as he
stood there where the sunlight shone
full upon him. gently brushing = slen
der, delicate film, oc steel with piece
Of suu chamOis skin.
Then he paused and turned toward
Inc. in my eyes he surprised ques.
tion. There was something of EN-
barrassment in his, like a man accus.
toned to certain amenities which he
had overstepped for the moment. l
put 1t into the word:
"Well?"
Yes, l almost said it aloud"
The dentist laughed. l Joined him
There was no denying it-he had
thought it.
TRY to look at it from my stand.
point" he said. II know it is main.
full to you, but think of the sacrifices
l make.
l said l would try-go ahead The
tooth had ceased asking for further
recognition.
Il can't make friends" the dentist
resumed, like the lawyer or the doc.
tor who relieves pain instead of Great
ing it, nor like the merchant who
sells you goods you really don want.
or the-but why enumerate? The den
tist stands alone"
But" | interjected, you charge
So"
Tut, tut" he said "The price is
reasonable compared with other skill
ed effort. But want to tell you my
side Of 1t. You look like a good fel.
low. Sit there and listen"
Flattered-and as the tooth had
ceased hurting-I was quite willing.
The dentist resumed:
"All day labor for the good of
humanity, without thanks. Do you
ever-any Of you-think of the sacri-
fees I am required to make? If |
want cocktail I must refrain: IL I
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Want $4,000, 900.

Washington, ID. CA delegation rep
resenting the Upper Mississippi i'm
prOvement association has called on the
president to enlist his support of the
project to improve the upper Mississ-
ippi for the benefit of the northwestern
section Of the United States.
They want the river placed in con-
dition to handle the vast commerce of
the northwest, and have asked congress
to appropriate $l5,00O,0O0 for the deep
ening of the channel to six feet at low
water, so that it may be navigable for
freight boats at all seasons of the year.
The delegation indicated to the presi-
dent that the building of the Panama
canal would enhance the Mississippi
river as a highway of commerce.
The president assured the delegation
he would lend them all the assistance
in his power.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23

| like onions with my steak | only dare
to look at them; if enjoy cigar
cannot take whiff of it, nor cigar
ette-until the day is DONE
He began rolling cigarette with
manifest pleasure.
"All day | must attend to the woes
of others-eye teeth. wisdom teeth,
| moiars--pains, aches, tears, howls
and unkind feelings when it is all
past" .-,- ,..---,
He blew tnicK clouds of smoke from
his nose with great satisfaction.
But it is pretty hard to feel friend
ly toward you when you cause us pain
every time we come to see you," I
/ suggested.
That's it. You only take cursory
view of the case. Don't I relieve the
pain finally? The dentist is looked up
| on by his patrons as skilled instru-
ment of torture-a sort of refined af-
| Fiction come to curse humanity. You
look at it yourself, as it appears to
me every day, and think how you
would like it. | don't have the satis-
faction of the barber. who may gag his
customer and tell him the neighbor-
hood news, or give him the freedom of
speech to which every citizen is en-
titled and engage him in a political
discussion while he operates on him."
But that wouldn't be fair when
You charge by the hour" could not
! help interposing.
"Oh, pshaw! That isn't 1t. The
patients nerves are in no condition
to enjoy interesting conversation-and
there is another sacrifice we are re.
quired to make. No odorous foods, no
drinks, no tobacco. and stand on your
feet all day for the benefit of human
ity, and then humanity gets grievous-
ly sore after it is all done. We are
only permitted to express our feel
ings silently, and sometimes we are
caught in the act at that"
The dentist drew another dense
volume of smoke in for delicious
visit with the air cells, and accepted
the sympathy of the thirteenth and
last Datient of the 1ay
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
A Good Investment.

A London architect recently bought
for $125 an old tarnished casket which
he found in a curio shop. When he
examined it closely he discovered that
It must have been a present from
Henry II of France to the fascinating
Diane de Poltiers. Their intertwined
monograms are found in no less than
ten places. There were also three in
terlaced crescents, Danes crest. and
at each corner the raised crown OF the
French king. The box Is eighteen
inches long and nine wide. exquisitely
decorated with beautiful gessO work.
Il Is valued at $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23

And again do they hear the words of
cheer from the women as brave as
they
The women who shared the perils dared.
young wives and Old mothers gray,
And as mem ories swarm how the hearts
beat warm as of CID in each brave
old breast,
AS the Pictures rise TO their brave old
eyes of the brave old days of the
West.
Oh! the joy and pain as they live again
those scenes of the stirring past;
Joy lights their eyes that they won the
prlze-a home in the West--at last,
And their tones grow low as they feel a
blow from the merciless hand OF
As they talk of~the braves they laid in
graves near the camp of the wagon
train.
Thus they often meet on the busy street..
those grizzled old pioneers,
And the pictures seen on the memory
screen oft start the unhidden tears :,
As the lips and eyes speak the thoughts
that rise from their founts in each
valiant breast ,
OF the weary tramps and the firelit
camps in the brave old days of the
West. ,
James Barton Adams, in Henver Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
WOODSTOCK VT. SATURDAY. JANUARY 2a 1904
FOREMAN SHOT.
officials Of Fore River shipyard After
hssailant.

Quincy, Mass.-Through the placard-
ing of the city OF reward OF $3.50
II developed that Winfield Scott Pote
OF Philadelphia, foreman OF the tube
testers at the Fore River works, was
mysteriously shot by some unknown
person, the arrest OF whom the COM
pany has stated in the placard II Is
anxious to obtain.
The police have arrested James
Riley, living on East Howard street,
near the works, but the charge Is that
of threatening Pote and not shooting
him.
1t appears that Pote was working
under the PROV OF the battleship Rhode
Island among crowd Of workmen
when he was struck in the back short
distance beneath the right shoulder By
flying missile
The fact that he heard no shot at
the time was undoubtedly due to the
noise OF the pneumatic hammers of
the riveters. Pote fell to the ground
and was at once carried to the emer-
gency hospital of the company, where
his wound was dressed and bandaged.
The shooting took place in the after
noon, and to an attending physician it
was stated that Pote had been hit by
small piece of flying steel. Later
hemOrrhages set In, and then 1t was
announced that Pote had been shot by
some unknown person.
1t was then learned that some one
had told Pote: IF you don't get out
you will be taken out, and | will risk
my life to see that it is done"
The police say that there has been
some dissatisfaction among the tube
testers of the company, and that there
has been some talk Of replacing the
men by other wOrkmen from Philadel.
phia.
Potes condition, while serious, is not
considered critical, although two at
tempts to probe for the bullet had been
without result He will be submitted
to an X-ray examination.
The Quincy police officials complain
that persons connected with the Fore
River company refused to give them
any information about the shooting
and denied that any such affair had
happened. The police say that but for
the delay caused by .this-tAey might
have secured the assailant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
The Brave Old DAVIS

You will see them meet on the busy
street. old fellows of tottering
walk,
And the eyes grow bright with the old
day light as their old hands meet
And it's "Heilo. JIM" and it's Hello,
TIM" and How do you do to-day?"
And they draw aside from the human
tide for a chat in the old time way
They talk of the time they were in their
prime ere they suffered from ages
pains
OF the songs they sang when the bull
whips rang way out on the dusty
plains.
OF the pioneer joke and jest,
AS they trudged through sand to the
promised land in the brave old days
of the West.
They recall the trays of those brave old
days with the demons with skins of
red.
OF the wagons parked and the guns
that barked and bit with their teeth
of lead.
OF the fiendsh yells and the jlngling
bells on the ponies of painted foes.
OF the arrows flight sent with arms of
might from the spring Of the bended
bows,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Pure Food Bill.

Washington, ID. C.--The house has
considered the Hepburn pure food bill,
but did not complete it.
When the house was ready to ad.
journ, on motion of Mr.. Hepburn, a
recess was taken. This course will re.
tain the bill before the house without
interruption for further consideration.
Just before the recess an amendment,
coming from the Democratic side, was
adopted, inserting the word "wilfully"
relative to the SAFE of prohibited adul-
terated goods by retailers, which
would axe 1t incumbent on the gov.
ernment to prove knowledge on the
part of retailers that the sale of such
goods was contrary to law.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23

be medicine-may be not so many. To
how what it can do by what it has done
be true and convincing way-we append
title letter from one who has no interest in
flling anything but plain facts:
In a communication dated August 9Th,
p2, Mrs. A. +. Chaffee of Rutland, VT.
is:
ri never took any medicine that did me 80 much
bod as Dr. David Kennedys new medicine, Cal-cura
|oivent. l am poor woman and have to work
ard for my living. Before commenced to use
al-cura Solvent, was not able to work at all owing
hy long. am fifty-nine years Of age, and feel
though conld do three days work In one II nee
Pssry. i know l can do more work now than
Puld thirty years ago"
What this good woman says is q thous-
pd times more to the point than any COM
snt we could make on it, so We will make
ne. Only this: we hope the women folks
Ill real it. Get the genuine. Make sure
bout the name. -Cal-cura Solvent. DR..
Pavid Kennedy's ae,c medicine.
Send to the Cal-cura Company, DR.. Ken.
|edy Row, Rondout, N. Y. for a free SAM
bottle. Large bottles $1.OO, all drug
"a One size only.
enember. Only one DR.. David Ken
~ ever lived in Rondout, City of Kings
r. ...-Iicinccs, the name Of his nsp and
C..l-cura Solvent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Suffers Huqe Loss.

Shelby, O.-The U. S. Steel corpora
tion sustained an indefinite loss by
fire late the other night at the plant Of
the Shelby Steel Tube company The
fire started in one of the smaller stock
rooms from defective electric wire,
and spread to the larger stock rooms,
completely destroying all OF them.
The product of the entire plant for
the past six months was destroyed
within an hour. consisting OF 100000
tons, making in all 25,000,O0O feet of
finished product and valued at $3,0OO.-
600.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION GUIDE.

The Illustrated Worlds Fair foldc"
issued by the Boston G. Albany X. r..
is valuable guide to all persons in.
tending to visit the ST. Louis exposi.
tion. The advance information con.
tainod therein gives very complete
idea of the tremendous amount of
work involved in bringing such a vast
undertaking to successful compile
tion. The passenger department Of
the Boston 4 Albany r. r. is to be
congratulated on being the first in tie
field with its guide TO the Greatest
Worlds Eair in History" Sent free
on application to A. s. Hanson, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Boston & AL,
bany r. r., Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Families Driven Out.

Chicopee-Tenants of the building or
Midway Plaisance, between Cabot ant
Perkins streets, were driven out ol
doors by threatening fire one morn
ing recently. The thermometer reg
istered 13 below zero, and the fire was
one of the most difficult the depart
ment has had to handle in many
months.
The building was occupied by the
families Of Oliver Felix. octave Bou'
lier, Victor Trembla, Ferdinand Bel
isle, Mary Mccarthy and Mary La
velle.
Mrs. Ferdinand Belisle lighted a
match, spark from which blew into
Iraperies. The fire spread rapidly and
had made it's way from the second
story to the attic when the depart
ment arrived
Six streams of water were in use an
hour. The furniture of the occupants
Of the building was badly damaged.
The loss will reach several thousand
dollars. The building, which is owned
by the Dwight Manufacturing COM
pany, is fully insured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
a y W(1 Huazaon,C
| ~ 50, s@eze

Despite the fact that the police con
tinue to make their lot anything but
a happy one, the devotees of motoring
contrive to extract a good deal OF fun
out of their pastime and Its opponents.
1t was recently reported that in the
Belgian capital the authorities have
fixed the speed at which motor cars
may travel through the streets at
three and a quarter miles per hour,
which Is no more than ordinary walk.
ing pace. The regulations declare that
the vehicles "may not advance" at a
greater speed. and q humorous motor.
ist is said to have started practicing
a retrograde movement, against which
the law has not provided.
Prowling policemen, harboring sin.
lister designs on motor cars, should
not be too eager to accept the offer OF
ride from bland and innocent look.
ing intended victims. The other day
a constable at Maryland held up" the
o~e"Pa"ts of au autUIuODIIe on a
charge of furious driving, and demand.
ed of the driver that he should accom-.
pany him to the police STATEN.
With a generosity which took the
man In blue completely off his guard
he was offered ride by his captives.
The offer was accepted. but as soon
as he had mounted the car It was set
going at tremendous pace. From
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
SPORTING BREvlTlES.

President Powers says the Eastern
League will not consolidate with the
american Association.
NJ. Lamberjack, noted French
fhauffeur, offered to II eet any Ameri-
ran racing automobilist in match
contest.
The Michigan University football
Team has turned over $4,000 profits
10 the Athletic Association from last
fall's games.
Jimmy Britt has been matched
b box Young Corbett, before the
tolma A. C., in San Francisco, Cal,
February.
Harvard won the intercollegiate
hess tourney. the final score being:
Harvard. 8; Yale, Z; COlumbi: IL;
Princeton, 3 Il.
The management Of the Information.
Chess Congress ut Monte Carlo
bnounceS that the contest will be
bened February !.
RHenry Ford. OF Detroit, Mich.
lpped 3-5 seconds Off the worlds
automobile recOi.' for Il mile His
Inc was 80 % seconds.
Clark Griffith, manager OF the New
ork Americans, upholds the magnates
b reducing salaries Of the players,
vhen new contracts are being drawn
b.
krhe salary list of the Boston Nation
League teanl for 1908 was $4,000
De biggest for fully ten seasons. OF
lis Willis got $500, and Tenney and
ittenger 1000 apiece.
There is 4 strong possibility that
Fam of women golfers will visit Cana
ia next season. The Canadian players
hade an excellent impression while
competing in this country last fail.
The signing of John w. Lush by the
Philadelphia National League team is
considered a clever move by baseball
Experts. Lush, who is Il left handed
pitcher, has record that woild ap-
pear TO indicate that he will be al home
In ma jOr league cOmnanr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Fear She Is Lost.

Halifax, N. S.-A. Parrsboro special
says grave fears are entertained for
the safety of the two.masted schooner
Leonard b. The vessel was loaded
with coal for Stonington, Me-, and left
here the latter part of December. She
was commanded by Capt. Stephen
Wagstaff, of Victoria Harbor. N. S.,
and carried crew of six men.
The Leonard b. was built in 1891 at
Port Greville. was 121 tons register
and owned by X. G. LAYERS of this
town. 1t is feared the vessel was lost
in the big storm of Jan. 3.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Chateau De Mortal Sold.

The Chateau de Montal. Paris.
France, has been sold piecemeal to
the great regret of art lovers and ad.
mirers OF historic monuments. The
cornices. porches, rose windows. each
work of art in itself. went separate.
ly. The bust of Almaric over the en-.
trance brought $1,000. The dormer
window, with its allegoric figures,
brought $4,000. The splendid frieze
brought $4,000. In all the stones sold
separately brought $29,20O.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Hay Goes South.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Hay
has left for Thomasville. Ca, where he
expects to remain 10 days or two weeks
as the guest of Col. Payne. The secre-
in making visit to the south at this
time.
Mr.. Loomis. the first assistant secre-
tary, is expected this evening from
Ohio, and he will act as secretary Of
state during Secretary Hays absence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23

do not know whether it is possible
to arrive at any remedy for this; but
If it is, the direction in which should
look for the remedy would be to make
every soldier work at some other trade
for a certain number of hours each
day. The number Of hours might be
shorter in the summer. when there is
more opportunity for training and mil
itary exercise, and longer in the win
ter. II this were practicable, no doubt
it would make an enormous difference
in the value Of the soldier as a citizen
when he leaves the ranks.-Lendon
Truth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
NEWSY ClEANlNCS.

There were 251 strikes in Chicago,
Ill.,. during 1908.
I The total commerce of Abyss!nia is
bout 80 lU0,o00 II year.
Russia has purchased all the availa-
De- horses at the chief horse market OF
Orthern China.
More than 10000 men and hoyS are
Employed ON the oyster boats IN Ches'
apeake Bay every winter.
Gepman bankers met recently in con.
entiJn to devise MEANS of rendering
be Imperial bond market more stable.
The Russian budget for 1904 eSti-
hates the ordinary receipts at $780,.
biz, ,2Ii against $94SSlG,33 for 1908.
Jewish emigration TO America is
Constantly increasing in proportions,
II consequence t the scarcity of work.
The investigation of Berlin theatres
eSul,ed in stationing six or more fire.
Yen behind the footlishts of each play.
)nse.
Indications are that the orange crops
Wv coming upon the market will be
e largest ever produced in the United
ates.
rhr increase for the year 1904 in the
hX assessments of New York City on
ealiy is S2S1 ,91S,2 ,2SS, and ON personal
property 500, l61,2SS.
| Tie Clarence River (Australia) Farm
&rS' Union has declined an offer to pur.
haSe sugar cane on the terms in
togCe in Queensland.
At an arbitration conference in
Washington, ID. c., resolutions We're
&dOrred urging an arbitration treaty
18th England and other nations.
Southern cotton manufacturers met
ecently at Charlotte, N. c., and in.
Fited other sections to join in n move.
)nent to curtail the output of mills.
Emperor William of Germany has
displayed extraordinary interest in the
Et. Louis Exposition, and it is more
han probable he would send one of
fhe royal princes to represent him
There.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
The Soldiers Idle Time.

Military life is necessarily made up
largely of loafing. You cannot keep u
man continuously at drilling. march
Ing. or any other branch of military
training for eight hours day and five
or six days a week. You have to IN
vent great many other jobs for him,
even to make a pretense of keeping
him occupied. But these jobs are
nearly all ''loafine" jobs. and when it
is all done the soldier has a great
many more idle hours on his hands
per diem than any other man in the
same rank Of life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
For Postoffice Sites.

Washington-Representative Ryder
OF New York has introduced bill ap.
propriating $2,O00.0OO for the purchase
of The site offered by the Pennsylvania
railroad in New York city for city
postotfice The cost of the building to
be erected is fixed at s6,000,OOO
He also introduced a bill appropriat-
ing Sl,OOO,O0O for the purchase of a
site for branch postoffice offered by
the New York Central railroad com.
pany at its new terminal. The cost of
this building is limited to $2,OOO,OOO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Weigh Heaviest in Winter.

Some curious experiments have been
made at one of the royal philanthropic
institutions in Copenhagen. For some
years back the seventy boys and girls
in the place have been carefully
weighed every day in groups of fif.
teen and under. Thereby it is proved
that the children gain weight mostly
in autumn and in the early part of De
cember. From that time till the end
OF April there is scarcely any increase
in weight. More remarkable still,
there is diminution till the end Of
summer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-23
Or. Clark at Auckland.

Auckland, New Zealand-Rev. Fran
els E. Clark, president of the Worlds
Christian Endeavor union, has reached
Auckland and received a warm well
come to New Zealand.
The Christian Endeavor movement
is fiourishing and vigorous throughout
the colony, and numbers many thou
sands Of young people. Large meet
ings are planned in all the principal
cities. The first meeting was held in
Auckland and was very enthusiastic
gathering.