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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

So far as the question Of time is
concerned, it deserves notice that not
merely geology but almost every form
Of inquiry into the past throws further
back the limits usually assigned.
EGYPT, Tor lnstan.e, is contiuua,,, T---
nishing fresh proofs Of the antiquity
of civilization. 1srof. Flinders Petrie
expounded at Gwnns College, Man
chester, England, few days ago the
result of recent explorations at Aby,
dos, in upper Egypt from which it
appears that the ruins at that one
spot tell a continuous story that car
ries us back to 5000 B. G. Abydos was
the first capital Of Egypt and remain
ed for forty-five centuries the religi-
GUS center Of the land, and there the
Egyptian exploration fund has un-
earthed the remains Of "ten success
sive temples, one over the other"
From the age of the first temple a
group of about 200 objects has been
found, which throw surprising light
on the civilization Of the first dynasty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Chicago Accepts Propositions to Own
lts Street Railways.

ChicagO-In the municipal election
the Republicans elected Is aldermen,
the Democrats l6, and one Independent
Republican who repudiated the ma
chine" was chosen a member Of the
council.
The chief interest in the election CEN
tered in vote on proposed municipal
ownership Of the street railways. The
Mueller law, which was submitted to
the people, authorizing cities in Him
ois to construct, own, operate and lease
street railways, and to provide the
means therefor, was accepted, 152,434
to 30,1O4 on the proposition that the
city should at once take over the
street railways into its control the
vote stood 120,744 for, and 5O,S93
against.
On the question Of whether or not
the members of the board OF education
should be elected by direct vote OF the
people instead Of by executive appoint
ment. as is the present usage, the vote
was 1868 for and 5S,432 against.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Fuse Extinuuished.

Portland, ORA bomb containing 2
pounds of powder, heavily charged
with nitro glycerine, and containing a
box of 100 decorating caps, was found
on the guard rail Of the steamer AL
bany Of the Western Transportation
company.
The fuse had burned almost to the
cap but had gone out.
Had the bomb exploded the Albany
would doubtlessly have been complete
ly wrecked.
From the fact that a quantity OF
Chinese tissue paper and white sock,
such as is worn by Chinese. was
wrapped round the bomb, it is though
that plot to destroy the steamer was
evolved by Chinese. The transporta-
tion company has persistently refused
to employ Chinese.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

~ Sio"Sy ~~'S'> WV e'N SSS' wv
Threatened
Tho nerve Of newspaper men fire.
quently keeps them from serious trou-
BILE, as we'll as getting them into II"
remarked Representative Livingston
of Georgia, while talking to a group
of friends in the cloakroom. "As q
whole they are generally a pretty
clever lot and prepared for any emer'
gency, and suppose that they make
about as few mistakes as the average
run Of men.
81 shall never forget an incident
which happened several years ago in
Atlanta, and I laugh now every time
I think of 1t. A dashing young wom-
an came to Atlanta and engarged the
swellest suite OF rooms at the Kim.
ball, and she sported diamonds as
large as walnuts and drove a four-in-
hand. It was given out that the
young beauty was Miss So-and-So, the
cattle queen of the west. and that she
had money enough to burn up a stock
yard of wet cows.
ED Bruffey OF the Constitution had
an idea that the woman was fake,
and he soon had the wires hot with
messages making inquiries about her,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
WEDN E SDAY,
April 6, 1904.


Order of Dec. 3, annulling the de-
cree of divorce obtained by Mrs. Glenn
ence Dodge from Charles F. Dodge, set
aside by supreme court at New York.
Mrs. d. j. Sully assigns her interest
in Reynolds company profits to avoid
the witness stand in the bankruptcy
examination of her husband
Servia and London clubs commem-
crate trip of the Boston Ancients to
London.
Chicago in a municipal election in
which political balance remains prac-
tically unchanged, votes to take over
at once it's street railways.
Ex-State Senator Mattoon OF Con-
necticut pleads guilty to making false
entries in accounts, without standing
trial. and Immediately declares he Is
innocent.
Secret societies strongly criticised at
the state convention OF the New Eng
land Christian association.
Five persons, members Of pleasure
party from Florida Methodist college
at Sutherland, drowned by overturn.
ing of boat in the gulf near Anclote
lighthouse; President Walker escapes.
Roosevelt children with Archie's
pony Algonquin, give a private circus
performance on the White House
grounds.
At the end of eight weeks of Russo
Japanese war advantage lies with the
lotter. Slavs seem to plan to draw
their enemies on land into an attempt
to cross the Yalu.
One man killed in the strike rioting
in Chicago.
Clark Ridley, an aged New Bedford,
Mass, laborer, to give away his $4,000
savings.
Fire losses for the last three months
in the United States sl23,000,0O0.
Kaiser William said to have barred
the Cumberland princesses from the
| birthday festivities at Copenhagen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Elastic Marble.

In one account of Rome the author
mentions five or six slabs of elastic
marble as being in the possession OF
the Prince Borghese. Being set on
end they bend backward and forward.
When laid horizontally and raised at
end they form curve. II placed on
table and piece OF wood or any
other substance is lail under them
they fall into a kind of curve, each
end touching the table. The Able Fortis
was told that they were dug up near
the town of Moudagon, in the Kingdom
of Naples. The grain is like that OF
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

III,
n heeled ehoes, etc., Wi.houe he"i'n' arc
n 90 well as the women themselves. Be-
"a a woman can be good-looking and at
hctiye the digestion must be right, the
"a liver and kidneys must be right, the
blicate organs peculiar to her alone must
y right; in two words she must 6e 'oeA.
nd vet, poor things, what lot of ailments
lev are subject to-many of them lifelong,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Diet SQUAD Leaves.

New Haven.-The yale Diet Squad
composed of soldiers of the regular
army who have been the subject of
food experiments by Prof. Chittenden
OF Yale for the last six months, left
town April 5. They will go first to
Washington and then to st. Louis,
where most of them will be given hos
pital corps service at the exposition for
six months.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Possible Oriuin of a Phrase.

There is an amusing story by Athe-
naeus which suggests the possible orr
gin of the phrase. He does not know
enough to come in out of the wet"
According to the entertaining gram
marian referred to, a town in Greece
under stress of evil circumstances bor-
rowed money from rich man, who
took as security 70" the loan a mort
gage on the handsome portico which
surrounded the market place. He was
not an ungenerous creditor. for when
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
JAPANESE ADVANCE.
First Army Pushing on from AnJu Into
Wlju.

Seoul, Korea.-The Japanese frs,
army, consisting Of 5000 men, includ-
ing the imperial guard and the I'd
and 18th divisions, which had been
concentrated at Anju, is moving on
Wiju by three routes.
1t was the advance guard, composed
Of 45O infantry and cavalry, which re-
pulsed 600 Russians and occupied Ping
ju (Chongju), 65 miles southeast OF
Wiju, March 28.
Small infantry garrisons, with hos
pitfalls, ETC., make Pingyang their third
and Chinampo their second bases. Sup
plies are being landed at Haiju and
Chinampo, and are also being taken by
junks up the Chingchien river to An
ju.
The horses, $500 to division, were
landeu IN bad condition and many of
the soldiers are suffering from the eff
fects Of frozen feet.
There are persistent rumors here of
the landing OF Japanese troops on the
Liaotung peninsula and in the vicin-
ity Of Newchwang. The authorities
here are opening all the mails.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

Proof That Thousands Must Have Elapsed Between
savagey Early Education

! Early Education.
A part of a large glazed pottery vase
of Mena, the first king Of the first
dynasty, about 4700 B. c., showed
that even then they were making
glaze on a considerable scale, and also
i..I~,i--o ~ --'th -o~--,I ~rlc~ Tho
ivory carving was astonishingly fne'
a figure Of a king showing a sublety
and pow ,"" expression as good as
any worx. z Aater ages At about
1000 B. 6. an ivory statuette of
Cheops, the builder of the great pyra-
mid, was found, the only portrait
known OF him, Making every possible
allowance for the marvellous rapidity
of art development, must not many
thousand of years have rolled over
between the pristine dwellers in the
Nile valley and the men who carved
ivory statuettes and manufactured
glazed work inlaid with second COL
ors? 1t is long, long march from
flint implements to the solemn tenn
pie, ivory statuettes and human por.
traits.-London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

announce that the citizens had per-
mission to take refuge under the
colonadc. Strangers visiting the
town who failed to have the matter
properly explained to them were so
impressed by the extraordinary cir
cumstances that they spread abroad
the report that the people were so
stupid that they had to be told when
to come in out of the wet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Found Win Deserted.

Tokio.-Reports have been received
from Pingyang to the effect that when
the Japanese scouts entered Wiju on
Sunday they found the town deserted
by the Russians.
The Korean residents Of the town
informed the scouts that the Russian
forces on the upper reaches Of the Yalu
river consist of small detached parties
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

The breaking off Dy the Duke Of
Cumberland of rumored negotiations
looking to the engagement Of his
daughter, the Princess Alexandra of
Brunswick, to Crown Prince Frederick
Wilhelm, which were reported to have
been under way last year, is said to
have excited strong resentment on the
part of Emperor William.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

EA4Sc~NA~~..t ~ ~ ~. .2e~er/>r~or~C"eo(c D
G ON % F. II S F. D "
s NFWSOf 6he 6
March 81, 1904.

THURSDAY, March 81, 1904.
Death OF Miss Laura Shuman of Rox.
bury, Mass. as the result of a run
away accident.
Russians at Newchwang apologize
and rehOist the American flag which
had been pulled down; Japanese ad'
vance reaches the Pakchon river
Congressman McNary makes an ur.
gent appeal In congress for the full
appropriation for Boston harbor, $780,
900. appropriation having been cut to
$350,000.
Congregational church AMI dwelling,
both landmarks, destroyed by fire ut
Wareham, Mass.
Stepson, daughter and domestic
bring suits against East Dedham's
aged bridegroom "for services rem
dered.'
Boston negroes memorialize congress
against the disenfrancbisement of col.
ored men in the south.
Mr.. Bryan ordered to his seat at
the Bennett will hearing in New Haven,
being engaged in a wordy war with
Judge Stoddard counsel for the widow.
Funeral of Parker Dexter, boy slain
mysteriously at Randolph, Mass.
Hetty Green may win in the litisa.
ton over $1105 taxes which an insur-
ance company paid for her by mistake
Factory of the Derby silver plate
cutlery company almost totally de-
stroyed by fire at Shelton, Conn; loss
100000.
Bartlett of Georgia refers to the tar
ring and feathering at Marion, Mass
in a reply to structures on the south
Wy Gillett of Massachusetts.
FRIDAY, April 1, 1904.
Seoul reports that there is contin-
uous skirmishing from Pingyang to
Wiju and that many Japanese have
been killed.
Charles Lyons shot after quarrel
at South Bloomfield, VT; posse
searches for Bronson brothers.
Records of Newton, Mass, board Of
health destroyed in fire in city hail.
which officials tried to keep secret
Union trust company of Boston
closed, with liabilities of S1,595,S5S;
Federal trust company of Cleveland
fails.
Cruiser Denver, according to unof-
ficial time, averaged 16.7 knots on her
trial trip, the contract calling for II.
Miss Mabel Page of Weston, Mass,
found dead by her father.
Decision on appeal from the probate
of the Bennett will, heard in superior
lfYaaYGt lYaYEG Jennings Jei hiGgs Bryan.
Colombia and Wyse lose their suits
against the Panama canal company in
Paris, and Attorney General Knox
says the last legal obstacle to the sale
of the canal has been removed; $4O,-
600, 900 may be paid last Of April.
opponents score a point against the
maintenance of canteens at state and
territorial soldiers and sailors homes
in consideration Of sundry civil appro-
priation bill; talk OF lobby influence
stirs up senate.
Only soldiers Of the United States
volunteer regiments, 26th TO 49th, in
elusive, and those of the 18th u. s.
volunteer cavalry entitled to two
months extra pay.
British infiict heavy losses on Thib-
etans in two engagements.
Celebration in Boston of the seth
anniversary of modern spiritualism.
British Anutarctic expedition on the
Discovery passes Christ Church, N. T.,
returning.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
kalser's Resentment.

Berlin.-Crown Prince Frederick
William is going to Copenhagen, In be-
half OF Emperor William, to congRatu-
late King Christian on his seth birth
day, April 8.
The Vossische Zeitung says that the
visit occurs only upon the condition
that not one Of the Cumberland prin-
cesses is present at Copenhagen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
SATURDAY,
April 2, 1904.

On SnNN'' TF'' - - NV '
Vermont maple sugar crop looks
less promising than it did at opening
of season.
New Yorker commits suicide by
jumping from 21st floor window.
Miss Abby Morton Diaz, we'll known
writer and reformer, died at her home
In Belmont, Mass.
Frank Lyon tells story of the shoot
ing of his brother at South Bloom
field, VT. at preliminary hearing.
Floods in Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
make thousands homeless and causes
heavy damage to property.
Semi-official report from Port Ar
hur tells of the sinking of a japanese
steamer, probably the Hanyei Maru,
which was captured by the Port Ar.
thur squadron, March 2S.
Russia for a double reason will not
take official notice of the victory of
the British expedition into Thibet.
DIR. William A. Harroun of Denver
refuses legacy of $1,S00,0O0, turning it
over to his sister, Mrs. J. M. Lewis of
Portland. Me.
Train robbers hold up train in Cal
ifornia. kill one man. secure little
plunder and escape.
Havana express train burned.
Antrim, N. f.. citizens protest
against renewal of ex-Gov. D. H. Good
ellis commission as Justice of the
peace.
Sec. Shaw likely to call for $20,O00,-
900 more from banks on account of
payments on the Panama canal
Republicans in congress in frantic
haste to adjourn before postoffice in
vestigation is started. but Democrats
are we'll satisfied to stay on.
Lieut.. Commander Egbert Townsend
Warburton of the battleship Maine
commits suicide.
Fifteen murders in New England in
March, in seven of which the police
have made no arrests.
British Antarctic expedition ships,
which have reached Lyttleton, N. H.,
short of coal. report valuable geo.
graphical discoveries.
MONDAY, Apr. q, 1904.
Japanese advance to Sengcheng' ~
miles south of Win, and meet no re-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

ketball team from Columbia
~ will 60 to st. Louis this
10 compete for worlds cham.
Neary, Of Milwaukee, got
Sion over Dave Sullivan. of
Drk, in siX-round bout, at
kee, Wis.
will be no international yacht
Importance on this side of the
in 1904. Sir Thomas Upton
b be taking vacation.
Ian. who was formerly with the
lphia Nationals, has been
Is playing manager-captain and
baseman of the Denver team.
Yer Selee, OF the Chicago Ma.
says Pittsburg is not the team
hfraid of this year. He says
hti and New York are the teams
BIZ.
Ruhlin and Jack Monroe have
gned to fight six rounds before
the Philadelphia clubs two
after the Butte miner meets
rics.
ger McGraw, of the New York
u League team, thinks young
mick. who led the Eastern
! in hitting and run getting, Is
hough for any league.
such pitchers are Griffith. Ches.
DWELL, Hughes, Wolfe. Bliss and
n the New York Americans will
he season with a stronger staff
st year.
Hey Nichols and Jimmy McAleer,
|nnagers of the rival st. Louis
were teammates in Memphis in
1t the beginning Of their profes.
careers.
mr. Cripps, champion middle.
t fighter Of Australia, has issued
lenge to meet all comers in the
weight division. Cripps has a
'ecord, having defeated all COM
Australia, England and South
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
VIII AWAIT ATTACK

Russian Plan Said to Be to Draw the
Japanese Into Attempt to Cross
the Yalu.
Paris.-The st. Petersburg corre-
spondent of the Echo de Paris says
that the Russian general staff is con-
vinced that the Russians will await a
Japanese attack on the right bank Of
the Yalu, which they are fortifying at
it's mouth. The correspondent says the
Russians are seeking to draw the Jap
anese on by sending small groups
across the river
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Russian sianaIman Decorated.

Vladivostok.-A signalman named
Andronzenko, who. during the bom-
bardment remained at a small signal
station on Askold island, near the
enemys ships, and wired information
of the movements Of the enemy to the
fortress, has been decorated with the
cross of St. George.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

The American board has received a
cablegram from its missionaries in
Japan indorsing the Perry memorial
fund which has been started in Japan
by Americans and foreigners. Its OBJ
ject is strictly humanitarian, to aid in
the care Of widows and orphans of the
war. The American boards mission in
Japan vouches for the character Of
those who have this relief fund in
charge
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
CHANGE OF WAR PLANS.
japan Said to Be Forced to II by
Treachery Of an Officer.

Shanghai.-A japanese correspOn-
lent says the whole Japanese plan Of
campaign has been changed, because
It was disclosed to the Russians by
Japanese officer who is now awaiting
trial. The discovery has caused
great scandal, and utmost efforts are
being made to keep secret the fact that
the national honor has been greatly
tarnished The Russians are appar-
emily prepared to pay large sums for
information concerning the movements
of the Japanese army. They bought
one Japanese map, it is said, for $780,
600.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
TO APPEAL CASES.
Russia VIII Fight Condemnation Of
lts Merchantmen.

St. Petersburg.-Russia has complet-
ed arrangements through the French
minister at Toxic to appeal the cases
Of the Russian merchantmen now be-
fore the Japanese prize courts. Most of
the ships were taken before the actual
declaration of war, several of them
we're captured on the high seas, having
left port before the outbreak of hos
tilites and others were detained in
Japanese ports, Notwithstanding Jap
ans declaration allowing Russian ships
in port certain period of exemption.
The emperor has ordered the pay
nent of a gratuity, amounting to Is
months pay to the officers and men of
the Variag and Korietz.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
"SWEEI PEGGY" "

iinmortalized in
the old song, was
a plump, rosy
Irish girl riding
to market on q
truss of hay. She
was handsome
and healthy. The
foundation of wo-
mans beauty is
health. Paint,
atays fine GOWNS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
RUSSIAN DELAY.
This Seems 10 DO Their Pres
ent Plan Of Campalgk

War In the Far East Is Now Two
Months Old and the Advantage is
Now Wholly with the Japanese
Russians Are Simply Awaiting An
Attack While Rushing Matters In
Preparation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

In 1867 the Dominion banks had less
than $50 900, 900 of assets. They now
have. $500, 100000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
NO SHIPS IN SIGHT.

Neither Navy in Evidence In Vicinity
Of Port Arthur.
London.-A correspondent of the
Times cabling April 6, says that he has
been cruising for so house in the vi
cinity Of Port Arthur and that he has
seen no sign Of tho navy Of either bel
ligerent, not even scout boats, but that
he has seen large flotillas of junks
steering northwest, presumably going
to Liaotishin to land provisions for
Port Arthur.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

fine Carrara marble or perhaps Of the
finest Greek. They seem to have suf-
fered some attack of fire. A slab of
marble similar in every respect to
those described and highly polished
has been exhibited for years at the
British museum. NJ. Fleuvian de Bel
vac succeeded in making common
granular lemstone. granular quartz.
completely flexible by exposing it to
a certain degree of heat. In Lincoln
cathedral, England, there is an arch
built Of white marble. which is quite
elastic. yielding to heavy tread and
returning or rebounding to its original
position on true elastic principles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09
Servian Troops Not Needed.

Belgrade.-The committee which has
been enrolling volunteers in Servia for
service with the Russian army in the
war in the far east, has been dismayed
by the receipt Of a telegram from
the emperor of Russia thanking the
members of the committee and the vol
unteers for their Russian sympathies,
Int declaring that the services of the
Seryians would not pe required.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-09

In a report to the Department of Com
merce and Labor. r. T. Greener. CONNER
cial agent at Vladivostok, Siberia, says
that the Russian government estimates
that the total revenue in 1904 from the
liquor trade in the several provinces of
the empire, where the business is monopo.
lized by the State, will reach nearly $685.
500 900, and on July l, 1904, the sale of
liquor in Eastern Siberia will become a
government monopoly.
A prize of $4,000 rubes is offered by the
Russian Government for the discovery of
the best method of making alcohol unfit
to drink while not injuring it in any way
or commercial use.