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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

An interesting figure in English his
tory has passed away in the person of
Lady Inglis, who died recently at
'--aon aftar q short illness.
Lady Julia Salina lngrs .os the
second daughter of the first Lord
Chelmsford and was born in 1888.
She was the widow of the famous
defender of the British residency at
Lucknow, Sir John Eardley Wilmot
Inglis, X. c. b.. who died in 1882, and
in memory of whose services in the
Indian Mutiny she had been in receipt
Of pension.
Lady Inglis herself went through
the siege of Lucknow. and in addition
to the terrors of the siege and the
subsequent journey to the coast she
was shipwrecked on the voyage home
to England.
She afterward published the diary
she kept during her eventful life in
the besieged city, where her hus-
band, then Brigadier Inglis, command
ed the garrison throughout the eighty
seven days the place was invested.
She describes the entrance into the
residency, on a day when glad shouts
rang through the tortured CITY, Of "a
short, quiet looking, gray haired man.
whom I knew at once was Gen. Have
lock. He shook hands with me ana
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Asks Bryan's Removal.

New Haven.--Counsel for Mrs. Grace
Imogene Bennett appeared before
Judge Cleveland in the probate court
recently with petition that William
Jennings Bryan be removed as the ex-
ecutor of the estate of the late Philc
s. Bennett, the chief allegation being
that lie is dissipating the funds of the
estate in his legal actions in attempt.
ing to secure the probation of the $780,.
600 sealed letter" as a part of the will
A similar petition was presented to the
court in the earlier stages of the liti.
cation, but it was not pressed because
Of the more weighty questions theL
under consideration.
The new petition sets forth that al.
though a similar application for Mr.
Bryan's removal was filed in Decem
ber, he has since then actively prose
cuted an appeal from the decree Of the
probate court that the issues were
tried in the superior court, and pur.
poses to appeal if need be to an even
higher tribunal and in the meantime
he has neglected to perform his du.
ties and obligations as executor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
THE CONTRAST OF WAR AND PEACE,
Strife for "st the sweey BRING the
and the

Men hurl their bombs across the bays,
The hills give back tho cannon's roar;
With eager eyes the gunners gaze
Upon the havoc wrought ashore;
The war ships decks are red with blood
And on the swollen rivers banks,
Prepared to breast the angry flood,
Are soldiers massed in mighty ranks.
But in the dell
The slim harebell
VIII rise, ere long, to court the breeze
AS IL Ger all of Gods bright world
The battle flags We're softly furled
Ar>l white sails dotted placid seas.
Stark forms In frozen trenches lie,
The roll of drums IL on the air.
Men hurry on To kill or die,
Inspired by the trumpets bare:
The work of years IL battered down,
And stricken people leave in haste
heir hard-won homes back in the town
That soon shall be a smoking waste.
But In the glens
And on the fens
The nestlngs still shall try their wings:
he violet and huttercup
Tin soon he GLADLY wekins up
% sip the dew that morning brings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
A Heroine of Lucknow

said he feared that we had suffered q
great deal
Il could hardly answer him.
1t was moment of unmixed happi-
ness, but not lasting. felt how DIFF.
ferent my lot was to others.
trIeu u "'it~ i---'a. hut could not.
The relieving force had sunereu
most severely. The wounded
had been abandoned. The en-
emy had loopholed the houses and
shot the poor fellows down by scores
as they passed through the narrow
streets"
Once while on the dangerous march
from Lucknow to the coast the sud.
den command Halt" rang out In the
night.
Lady Inglis had baby with her NJ
this time, and thus she writes: 81.
lence was ordered and all lights 70 be
put out. shall never forget
my anxiety lest baby should com.
mence crying again and perhaps be.
tray our whereabouts" Fortunately
baby did not cry.
On the way to England her ship was
wrecked near the coast OF Ceylon.
and hope had been almost abandonsd
when the passengers. who had bssn
drifting about in small boats, were
picked up by native vessel and
takeS into Trim com alec.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

The public Is accustomed to think
OF gas as still the leading illuminant,
but while this is probably true IN
Europe, in the United States the scep.
ter of light has definitely passed to
electricity The figures t., Just issued s1..t ey
ling. Gas had nearly seventy-flve
years. start over its competitor, but 1t
now appears to be decidedly in second
place. Yet there is no denying the
fact that the Introduction of the bril-
liant electric light has stimulated the
use of gas. There are now close upon
-A,seo----i-,t-,c- lioht cantral stations
in America, but by the census or 1SUV
there were then only S77 gas plants.
and the number was not growing per-
ceptibly. The gas plants were earn
Ing an income Of $75,000,O0O. Last
year the central stations earned $685.
100000. The cost of construction and
equipment of both was over $500,000,-
900. Gas employed 22,400 men and
electric light 23.30o.
But this is only half the story. 1t
is estimated that there are over 50,-
900 isolated electric light plants in
this country, and that they represent
as many lamps as do the central sta
tons. New York city has 1000 OF
them, and some like that in the Wal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
waIIs and Floors Cave In.

New York.-The front and side walls
Of the four-story brick building at
Thirty-fifth street and Eighth avenue
collapsed April 13 and six men were
injured, one of them seriously.
The building was being renovated,
but only two of the injured were work.
men. The others were passing and
were struck by pieces of the falling
walls.
The building is occupied as saloon
and cafe, and is known as the Saga
more hotel. The front part had been
torn away in the remodeling process
The floors and front caved in, and fur
niture and furnishings were thrown to
the street.
The foreman in charge of the wors
was arrested.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
LABOR WoRLu.

here are 2i00 mineral water bot.
in New York City.
1bany. n. V, union tailors will sub.
/ new scale of wages.
! union of candy makers is about to
in Montreal, Canada.
ritish India employs over 1,O00,-
&peoplc in its cotton industries.
ans will be made for the thorough
(nizing of the stationary tiremen
Montreal, Canada.
mong the New York bricklayers
DowcSt wages is S2G.20 week, and
highest is over $50.
BOX County, Ill.,. has eight local
.bns of railway clerks, with a men,
Ship of nearly 10000.
Lontreal (Can) 'longshoremen have
5sed q resolution, insisting that no
pr bureaus should be opened by the
1pping men.
he Legislature of Kentucky has
Bed law requiring the union label
hi text books used in the public
lolS Oh tnut Stute.
Be House of Commons has practi.
b sanctioned the importation Of
Inesa labor into the Rand by ma
ity Of tifty.one votes.
Sreenock, Scotland, dock laborers'
Ike, which lasted seven weeks, has
lapsed. the men practically accept.
the masters terms.
because they have not been given
work. 900 hands employed at Arm.
png. Whiteworth Co.'s shipyards
the Tyne, went out on strike.
cleveland sailors are fighting bill
the Ohio Legislature to abolish
(ring elections. They say that is the
~ election at which they have a
nce to vote.
he Bakers International has con-
ted to take up the cause Of EN-
es IN the cracker industry. 1t is
eu that the average weekly in
pc is less than Sc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
NEWSY ClEANlNCS.

kships Of the world are insured
o, 100000.
ing operations in Richmond,
ere tied up by the strike of the
rriers for five cents day In
spring cleanup OF gold on the
peninsula is estimated at over
1000, greatly in excess OF any
Jus season.
resenlativcs Of many organiza-
protested vigorously against the
of New York City parks for
purposes.
/. Louis, No., couple, who had
land lost 100000 by speculation
Nv York City. committed suicide
{killing the cat.
bassador Mccormick is negotiat-
Sith the Russian Foreign Office
treaty granting wider rights to
can corporations.
retention of 300 Greek strike
hrs ut the works of the American
ompany, in Chicago. ILL.,, caused
90 employees to remain on strike.
ted States Supreme Court sus-
d Interstate Commission in its
htion that coal roads are obliged
low contracts at hearing Oh Ques.
bf rates.
ella Simmons and daughter
III from Lowell, Mass, nearly all
lay to Balti1l0IN Nd, made good
klaim TO an mFle's fortune and
[nish and British officers who met
er William in Spain noticed that
build only speak in a whisper, and
said his Mediterranean trip is to
are him for an operation that may
, him dumb.
suit was begun in the United
IS Circuit Court at st. Paul, Mimi,
btain a judicial decision on the
od of distribution of the Northern
tic and Great Northern stock held
he Northern Securities Company.
home in Pullman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

lPierpont Morgan has sailed for his
bal European trip.
bss Cecilia LOTUS, the actress. was
N i'll ut Buffalo, N. Y, with scarlet
cen Wilhelmina and her husband,
be Henry, have started for Italy
he Queens health.
User Wilhelm is now a yeA'
ger than was either Wellington
ppolcon ct the time &C Waterloo.
p. Jannusch"k. the actress. has
|cd to pass thn remainder of her
lin the Actors Home on Staten
hd.
hneral JimineZ, former President
Ban Domingo, reached st. Thomas.
Nv. l.. recently, fugitive from
pwn island.
kptain buchanan, who is in COM
of the American built Turkish
er, which is now on its way to
antinople. has. accepted a COM
BIZ in the Turkish Navy
Turkish Minister, Chekib Bey,
cottage mt Seville, aud when he
Pre. il is said. works almost all
RETIRING only when the other
hhers Of the family are preparing
rise.
be board of control of the Naval
titute has awarded the annual prize
k2N for the best prize essay to
htenant :. p. FLllenwider. u. s.
The subject was The Fleet and
rcrsonnel.'
filliam Seclcy, of Stoughton, Mass,
laid 10 be the only American who
wore the Victoria Gross. Mr.. See
|was OH board n British vessel at
.pneski. Japan, in 1864, and saved
A life of the ships captain.
hcob Romels, the former Congress
IN, who died recently at Toledo, o.,
we'd three terms us mayor Of TOl-
!. He began life as Il cabin boy on
bike steamer, and when first elected
eor WAS serving as a baggage
INT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

Americans often growl because on
arrival in Berlin they are obliged to
register and have their names sent
to police headquarters. But the sys-
tenn has its advantage even to them,
as when wrongly directed letters are
sent to the police station and thence
forwarded to the right address.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Counterfeits from China.

Washington.-Secret officers in the
ymploy of the government have dis
'overed that large quantities of coun-
erfeit silver coins of the United States
,re being manufactured in the Far
Cast, probably China, and are being
,hipped to this country by way of
Seattle. The coins are in the denom-
nations of half and quarter dollars,
md are of such fine workmanship as
defy detection by any except cx'
pert handlers of money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
THE DELINEAT0R
WITH THE AGE, One YEAR, SIS
Fo months trial subscription y
The Age
2S Cents.
We DO JOB PRINTING.

q many a wrctched mother stands
And gaZos out through fearful eyes
Ana many father wrinps his hands
And many n heart-sore maiden sighs:
Gray sorrow broods DER many a cot
Where plad contentment was before
Where children listen knowing not
why some ones step Ia heard no mora
But on the hills
The da afrodils
And dandelions still shall glow
As II the men who rush to slay
Were merely making holiday,
And all were brothers here below.
The anxious millions watch and wait,
Prepared to meet In oeadly strife
They give each other looks OF hate
And blood Is cheap and war Is rife:
The nations ache to ghit their greed,
BY lust of power kings are swayed,
And men are sent to kill or bleed
That other men may swell their trade.
But stil the spring
Shall sweetly bring
The glad. fresh fragrance and the bloom.
AS II the Lord above knew not
That there Is havoc To he wrought
su that tne se,ash may have room
g. Il. Kiscr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
TUESDAY,
Wireless Telegraphy in China

The announcement recently made
that the Italian legation at Peking
has been provided with a wireless
telegraphy station which enables d.
rect communication to be maintained
between the legation and vessels of the
Italian fleet in Chinese waters, calls
attention to the recent development
and application of this means of COM
munication which should have been
greatly appreciated at the time of the
siege of the legations in Peking in
1900 Thus the Italian legation will be
able to communicate with. its ships
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

For the rough purposes of war it
can quite be believed that the Japan
ese, with their extreme curiosity as
to what is new, have rigged up in few
ships instruments capable of taking in
signals with the assistance of some of
their skilled civilian telegraphists on
pard.
Ashore the army will run their field
tcleeraphs, at which they are adopts,
and afioat the navy will use dispatch
boats, flags and fishing signals. The
Japanese flashing lamp is peculiarly
powertul-in fact, better than anything
we have in the British navy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

at Taku and Tien-tsin without re-
course to the lines of the Chinese
go'eriment, and may even reach them
Vie cruising about the northern part
of the China sea. The use of wireless
telegraphy for such diplomatic work.
as we'll as in military and naval opera
tions, seems capable of considerable
extension, especially in semi-civilized
countries, where the capital is distant
from the seaport.-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

According to Cations law of inheri-
tance, one-half Of the heritage of any
generation is derived from the par
ents, one-fourth from the grandparents
and ore-eighth from the great grand
parents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Another Battle.

st. Petersburg-It was rumored
here that Rear Admiral Prince ouk-
tomsky (acting commander OF tho
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, en-
gagged 1S Japanese warships off Port
Arthur the afternoon of April 13.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Wanted to Know Too Much.

The Rev. DR.. w. G. Biting, pastor
of the Mount Morris Baptist church,
was riding on a car the other day
when he saw sitting opposite him q
little girl whose maiden aunt is a
member Of his congregation. The
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Affair of Outposts.

ST. Petersburg-An official dispatch
sent by an aide-de-camp of Gen. Kur-
oatkin to the emperor, dated April
., says:
Gen. Kachtalnsky Commanding
The Russian forces at the Yalu river)
'eports that April II, during an en-
aegment of outposts, our losses were
ne officer. one sub-offlcer and two
soldiers killed and two soldiers
wounded"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

Ninety-eight percent Of the $4,000
blind of Japan support themselves by
practicing massage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16

conductor, uncertain as to whether
she was old enough to demand fare
from, asked:
Little girl, how old are you?"
ASK that of Ann" replied the little
miss. Keep your statistics to your
self and accept this five cents from
me."-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
STRUCK A MINE.
Russian Admiral Drowned by
Sinking Of Bati|0shlp ,

Only 80 Out of Crew of 600 Men Were
Saved, tho Grand Duke Cyril Being
Among the Rescued-Accident Oc.
CURED at Port Arthur and Is the
Worst Of a Succession Of Tragedies
of Which the Russian Fleet Has
Been the Victim-AdmiraI Makaroff
Was the Pride of the Russian Navy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Electricity in the Lead

dorf-Astoria, would run many an am
bilious western city. Hence the No
ures against gas as doubled In mose
respects. The 10000, 900 incandesosnt
lamps burning nightly become 10000
oo9 The 4SSt s}stsps ts9s OF aFc lie deepHRssAsHha
100000. Were it not for the universal
use of the gas stove and the prsve
lence of the gas engine, one marvels
what would have become Of the ilumt
nant of our fathers.
Such Is the pace at which We live
to-day that while millions Of people IN
this country have not yet got up to the
the use of gas, but when iney encoun'
ter it casually employ 1t suicidally.
other millions have outgrown and dis
carded it, and will have, none Of q
even for curling iron or a chahnS
dish, let alone for lighting. To put
it briefly, tho use of electricity foS
lighting New York city alone has In
creased over 1000 per cent in ten
years, and the use Of electricity fos
power, also from central stations. has
increased in the decade nearly 1,zoe
per cent. And yet electricians are In
clined to think they have only 1use
started in.-Electrical World and En-
gineer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-04-16
Japanese Progresiveness.

The Japanese always want the latest
"tip" of science; they are all for prog
ress. 1t is interesting to note that they
the. Bay of Corea by wireless telegra-
ply. sending messages from Chemulpo
to Chefoo. distance of 270 miles.
OF course, the messages are not very
elaborate, and we can imagine some
simple signals being arranged before
hand. and the Japanese would Know
for certain that there was no danger or
their news being intercepted in any
way by the Russians.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
Teller County Mine r.ss..

Cripple Creek. Colo. Nov. 1.-THE
commissioners OF Teller county. situns
as \ board OF equalization. compro-
missed on the valuations on non-pro-
ducing mining properties. The rsduo-
tions are substantial. For the year
1901 they are 40 per cent. and for 1909
they arc 20 per cent.
II these reductions arc accepted
without further resistance by the min
ing companies. fortunes In taxes are
likely to be paid into the county treas
ury before the end OF the year. as there
are perhaps 200 companies owning
property in the Cripple Creek district
and in sections close thereto that have
paid no taxes for years, and that have
been awaiting the outcome OF suits
pending. or some such compromise -
proposed to-day by the county commis-
sioners.
During the last four years. or part
thereof. the matter has been In lidga-
ton. the companies supporting . few
Of their number in test suits that have
been fought in several courts. Ono 10
now pending in the district court At
Colorado Springs. In few instances
taxes were paid under protest.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
Black for the Cabinet.

New York. Nov. 1S.-The World this
morning says: Former Governor
Frank s. Black has been rendered an
offer OF the attorney generalship in
President Roosevelts Cabinet for the
term beginning March 4, 1905. While
President Roosevelt has not formally
invited Mr.. Black to become n member
of his official family. the tender of the
attorney generalship has been made In
way that carries with IL the assur.
ance of the President that he would
like to have New York's former gov.
ernor in his Cabinet of younger men,
which Roosevelt is understood to want
as his associates during the new ad-
ministration.
It is the view OF Ex-Governor Blacks
friends, both In New York and Albany,
that he will not accept the attorney
generalship. because 1t would mean
sacrificing a law practice which, It is
said, nets him nearly 100000 a year.
and which his friends say he could re.
tain II he should be elected to the
United States Senate. For this reason.
the governors friends assert, he
would prefer to take the senatorship.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
Working Girls Hotel.

A hotel for working girls and work.
ing women will soon be built in New
York City. II the plans now under con-.
sideration are carried out. Philan-'
thropy and business will be combined
In the running OF the hotel. Plans
have been submitted by an architect.
Involving the expenditure OF 100000.
Several well known men Interested In
the project think there will be no dif-
ficulty In raising whatever money II
necessary, because assistance has been
offered by men prominent In the finan-
ciai world. The hotel probably will be
In the neighborhood OF the large de-
partment stores on the West Side.
where many girls and women are en-
ployed. Their board at the hotel will
be about SO or 81 week. They will
have the use of the hotel laundry when
they wish to do up their collars. hand
kcrchlefs. cuffs. and such light arti-
cles. There will be a room with sew
Ing machines at their service when
they wish to do up their collars. hand.
kerch!efs. cuffs and such light articles.
There will be room with sewing ma
chimes at their service when they want
to do mending. and u number OF small.
Ter rooms on the first floor where tho
girls may receive friends.
Nothing viii be said to the guests
about religion or their family affairs.
II the girls arc out OF employment at
any time the management Will try to
tide them over until they get work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
Worlds Fair Guests peported.

st. Louis. Nov. 1.-two hundred
and thirty-two Cinnamon who have
been connected with the Worlds fair
concession since the opening Of the
exposition departed Thursday night in
eight special cars over the Wabash on
their way to San Francisco, whence
they will sail for China.
The party is in charge Of United
States immigration inspectors. and the
Cinnamon will be closely guarded on
the trip. as many of them do not want
to return to their native country.
They were admitted under bond and
Bertillon measurements were taken OF
each one.
In one of the cars accommodations
were reserved for thirteen Geisha girls.
who had also been filling an engage
ment at the Worlds fair. The Ja1a-
nese girls were deported on orders re-
ceived from Washington, where the
papers had been sent after hearing
before the local authorities to prevent
the girls from being sent out Of the
United States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
Japanese Railroad Building.

Berlin. Nov. 1s.-Thc Lokal Anzeigcr
prints a dispatch from Mukden to-day
saying:
"It is confirmed from various quar-.
ters that the Japanese have double.
tracked the railroad from Port 0alny
to Lao Yang. Thirty trains arc run.
ming daily.
Tho Chinese General. Ma. has re.
ceived reinforcements again and has
installed further Japanese military in.
structors. The Russians regard him
with deep suspicion and are keeping a
sharp watch on his actions.
General Kuropatkin has issued an
order OF the day thanking the sanitary
corps for the rapid transportation from
Mukden October Sth to October 2Sth.
OF S2S wounded officers and 2S,479
wounded men and 19l sick officers and
3.s27 sick men.
THE news Of the revolt OF the re.
serves in European Russia makes a
deep impression. The army newspa.
per says that people who betray their
country in the hour of need arc not
worthy to bear the Russian name"