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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Died Fighting Flames.

New York-Nearly so firemen were
overcome, four of them probably ia
tally, by smoke and gas at fire that
broke out in the sub-cellar of the
4s$h' aahG ahGest9rv brisk building at Nos,
through to Mercer street. Half hun
dred employees were driven from the
building, and the damage inflicted by
fire, water and smoke was estimated
at between s150,OO0 and 100000.
The fire was so situated that 1t
was difficult to fight 1t and 1t burned
for more than two hours before finally
brought under control.
The smoke from the burning mate.
rial was so dense and so pungent that
the firemen could work in it for but
few minutes at time. and many of
those who braved it fell PROSTATE
where they stood.
Some who fell unobserved by their
comrades lay unnoticed on the floor
minutes, and in one case nearly an
hour, before finally discovered and
dragged to the open air to be cared for
by large relief force.
The breaking of gas mains inside
the building and the consequent flood
ing of the place with thousands of Gu
bic feet of Illuminating gas added
greatly to the difficulty and the dan
ger
Captain Levy and Firemen McKeev.
er, Wandress and Riley may die from
their injuries. while Battalion Chief
Guerin, Lieut.. Link and five flremen
are in a dangerous condition and 80
others were less seriously injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Determined to Lynch.

South Haven, Mich.-An attempt
has been made to lynch Charles l.. AL
lison, well known citizen and Sun
day school worker, who was arrested
on the charge of criminally assaulting
4-year-Old Edith Secor.
A crowd surrounded city hall, where
Allison was guarded, and several DEM
onstrations were made during the day
and evening, and SO citizens went to
the door demanding admittance. The
officers on guard telephoned for help.
A posse which the sheriff had sworn
in, arrived soon after, and a fierce
fight ensued in front of the city hall.
The prisoner was spirited away
through a basement door and taken to
Paw Paw.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Origin of Famous. Phrase

A Pike county Missourian is cred
tied with having first used the expires.
sion, ''If this court knows herself, and
she think she do"
Long before the discovery of gold
in California Pike county boy named
Blackburn, so 1t is said, ran away from
home and went to the Rocky noun
tains, where he grew to manhood as
Indian fighter, hunter, trapper and
mountain guide. He became feet 4
inches tall, proportionately thin, and
marvelOusly awkward. He had many
encounters with grizzlies and Indians.
He was SCARED from head to foot, one
eye had been partly gouged out, his
hair was thin and coarse, and stood
straight up on top OF his head and
hung in every direction from the sides.
Blackburn, as might be supposed, was
not an educated man, but he was not
lacking in keen wit and sound sense.
When gold was discovered Black
burn went to the mines, and the min
ers, as sort of joke, elected him
alcalde, an Office similar to that of JUS
tice of the peace. The first case
brought before the alcalde was that
of gambler who, while drunk and on
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
A St, Paul Mystery.

st. Paul. Minn.-With silk tie
knotted tightly about the neck, the
body of a stylishly dressed young
woman who had been strangled to
death has been found floating in the
Mississippi river, near here. The ap-
pearance of the body and the manner
in which the tie was wound about the
throat indicates that the woman was
murdered.
Later the body was identified as that
Of 18-year-old Ruth TeachOut of Min
neapolis. Miss Teachout left home
Saturday to attend school, and had not
since been seen. Her parasOl, purse
anu nut were Tounu Un the RIVER bnnK,
near the Tenth avenue bridge. The
police are convinced that she was MUIR
dered, but they have no clue as to the
murderer.
The girl was said to have been in
volved in a domestic tragedy some
time ago, which eliminated in sui
eide, but whether or not that circum-
stance had ANYTHING to do with the
present case the police have not yet
determined.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

st. Petersburg.-Th submarine boat
Neva, off the Baltic shipbuildng yard,
June 20, with the loss of an officer,
Lieut.. Cherkasoff, and 20 men. The
accident was due partly to the excess
Give number of the crew, mostly mex
pcrienced men, and chiefly to the un-
fortunate attempt OF a man to escape
while his comrades were screwhg
down the manho olo. --a-,--a.aa.-..a S.
The officers and men detailed for
submarine boat instruction had as
sembed at the Baltic yard, and three
officers decided to go down in the
DelGn, although her captain was not
present. relying on the experience of
her skilled crew. A score of novices
were anxious to go with the three Of
ficerS.
The Delfn's nominal capacity is 10
men, instead Of which 80 entered the
boat, bringing her manhole in dan.
gorous proximity to the river level. Just
then a tug passed, sending a heavy
wash against the boat.
AS soon as the water splashed into
the submarine boats interior it created
a panic among the novices and one of
them tried to get out of the manhole
which the older hands were screwing
down preparatory to the descent. the
submerging compartment having al
ready been opened.
The water rushed in and as the sub
merged vessel sank like stone the
officers and some of the men were
saved by being blown up through the
man hole by the rush of escaping air.
The Delfln shortly afterward was rails
ed.
Lieut.. Elaguin, who was one of the
officers saved said to the correspond
ent of the Associated Press: "The trag-
eAy Waf like a dream. | remember
siykening sense CI su!IOcatiOn from the
fumes OF the storage battery, and then
rush of air and water. The next
thing | knew | was ashore"
The Delfin is Russia best submarine
boat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Gods Angels in Disguise

When the lessons and tasks are all ended
And the school for the day Is dismissed
The little ones gather around me.
To bid me goodnight and be Kissed,
on, the little white arms that encircle
My neck In their tender embrace!
on; the smiles that are haloes of heaven,
Shedding sunshine OF love ON my face!
And when they are gone | sit dreaming
or my childhood too lovely To last
Of JOY that my heart will remember,
While 1t wakes to the pulse of the past
Ere the world and Its wickedness made
me
A partner OF sorrow and sin,
When the glory Of God was about me,
And the glory Of gadness within.
Az my heart grows as weak as a
Womans,
And the fountains of feeling will flow.
When ! think of the paths steep and
Where the feet of the dear ones mua.
OF the mountains of sin hanging DER
them,
x the tempest Of fate blowing wild:
Oh! there's nothing on earth half SO holy
AZ the innocent heart of "A child.
"'A.-..9Ee idols Of hearts and of house
They are angels of God In disguise:
iis sunlight still sleeps in their tresses.
Those truants from home and frola
They have made me more manly and
mild;
And know now how Jesus could liken
The Kingdom OF God to a child.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Coal is Still Supreme

with the large gas engine plant will
come, as an almost inseparable ad-
junct, the gas producer, taking the
place of the steam boiler now access
sorry to the steam engine installation,
so that the large coal pile will re-
main in evidence as before, and the
spontaneous ignition troubles as we'll.
even with certain precautions against
them, in the way of selecting and
storing the coal. Experience in some
cases has dictated the safe height to
which coal Of certain sulphur percent
age may be banked, but this height
will vary with some other governing
conditions easily enough imagined.
The gas engine, therefore, will, after
all, have to depend for favorable con-
sideration upon its several other we'll
known good points rather than upon
the one mentioned in the opening
lines of this paragraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

horseback, had run over a young Mex.
lean woman, knocking her down and
seriously injuring her. The trial took
place in the largest cabin in the neigh.
borhood, which was packed with
roughly dressed, much-bewhiskered
men. The gambler, who was rich,
hired able counsel to defend him. AL.
calde Blackburn called the young
woman, who told her story in broken
English, but frankly and honestly.
When she finished, the alcalde per-
emptorily ended the trial. The attor-
ney for the defendant protested We.
hemently, but the alcalde ran his hand
through his hair until 1t stood up
.traighter on top than ever and ie-
marked:
"lf this court knows herself, and she
think she do, fine you $500 damages
and assess upon you the costs OF put
tin this yere gal in good condition.
When asked what he meant by
good condition." he replied that the
"gamblin' chap" must pay the Doctors
bin and all other costs of the woman's
illness. A more learned judge might
have made more formal ruling, but
scarcely juster one.-Kansas City
Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Yankee Shippers Fined.

Halifax, N. S.-The Newfoundland
customs department is taking active
steps against American fishing YES
sells, several of whose captains have
violated the revenue law by SNUG
Cling tobacco and stores to the local
fishermen without entering or comply
ing with customs enactments.
Two vessels were captured last
week and fines of 5000 imposed on
each.
Another vessel, the Mabel r. Hines,
was wanted. but her skipper, on learn
ing this. hoisted sail and left port.
The customs officers at all the out
ports were notified to watch for her
and the cruiser Fiona was sent out in
search of the vessel.
The cruiser steamed north along
the coast. visiting the bait centres,
and Monday the Mabel R, Hines was
captured at Andror in Trinity Bay.
Captain Hines was brought before
the local magistrate there. who fined
him $4OO for smuggling and evading
the customs by leaving port without
a clearance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

The tendency to spontaneous COM
bustion of coal when stored in bulk
in masses of, say, 1000 tons or there
abouts-may appear to be some
what unusual point to make in favor
of the gas engine as large size pow
er unit for central station work. It
was, however, made as such recently
by a central station engineer, whose
contention was that the nearly always
present danger of spontaneous igni-
tion in the large reserve stock of
coal expedient for power station OF
any considerable size to carry, to tide
over possible temporary Interruptions
in the supply, from strikes or other
causes, was entirely eliminated by the
use of gas engines which took their
gas from central gas plants.
Curiously, however, the fact appears
here to have been overlooked that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
A Call for Justice

There Is one class of postal EN-.
ployes with whom the government has
certainly not dealt generously. These
are the men in the railway mail serv.
ice, who do more arduous work than
any other class of postal employees, be-
sides the peril which their service in.
wolves. In speech in the house, Rep.
resentative Emerich of Illinois made
an earnest plea in behalf of those en-
ployed in the railway mail service,
pointing out the exact nature of their
duties, the physical strain of their
work and the danger attending their
employment He said the railway pos
tai clerk leads the life of a nomad.
His waking and sleeping hours are
spent in the uncomfortable and nerve
racking environment of the United
States mail coach and his waking far
exceed in number his sleeping hours.
His duties demand his entire atten-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Russians Lost Three ShiDs.

Liaoyang-The Japanese are re-
ported to have retired 10 to 20 miles
from the posts which they recently
held.
Owing to local rains it Is thought
that the operations north of Port Ar
thur have been indefinitely postponed.
1t is unoficially stated that the Rus
sian fleet put out from Port Arthur
several days ago and encountered the
Japanese fleet.
In the ensuing engagement between
the two fleets three ships were lost.
No details of the engagement, how
yer, are available here.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
THE DBLINBhTOR
WITH THE AGE, ONE YEAR, $l.M
Fo months trial subscription -
The Age
SE Cents.
We DO JOB PRINTING,

| ask not life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done,
But that life may have Just enough
shadow
To temper the glare Of the sun.
l would pray GCd Ia guard them from
But my. prayer would bound back to
myself:
An II srlaph may pray for sinner,
But sinner must pray for himself
The twg Il so easily hsnded
! have hanished the rule and the rod
l have taught them the goodness Of
knowledge,
They have taught me the goodness OF
My heart IL the dungeon Of darkness.
Where | shut them from breaking u
rule;
My frown is sufficient corrections:
My love is the law of the school
I shall leave the old house In the autumn
TO traverse Its threshold no more:
All! how | shall sigh FOR the de tr ones,
That meet mo each morn at the door!
| shall miss the "Roud-nights' and kisses,
And the guile of their innocent glee;
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning for
me.
Their song III the school and the street:
] shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tread OF their delicate feet.
When the lessons and life are all ended,
missed!'
May the little ones gather around me.
To bid me goodnight and be kissed.
Charles Dickens.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

tion. The minuteness Of detail that he
must attend to is tremendous. He
must be man of good education.
quick, alert and indefatigable. He
must stand a frightful strain, which
inevitably undermines his constitu,
tion. His responsibilities are enor
nous. His labor highly essential. He
is in constant danger Of hiG life."
The description is not in the least
overdrawn. Only those who know
something Of the arduous nature, the
incessant strain and the great respon.
sibility of this service can appreciate
how hard and exacting it is, though
every one can understand the danger
incident to 1t. The men in the railway
mail service should be better compen'
sated than they are and it would not
be amiss to make some provision foI
those who are disabled in the per
formance of duty.-Editorial from
Omaha Daily Bee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
BattIeship Rammed,

Cronstadt- Russian second
class battleship Navarin while return
ing to her anchorage was rammed by
the Russian ironclad Netron Menia,
which struck her amidships The dam
age to the Navarian is not serious,
though it may be necessary to dry
dock the vessel.
1t is believed that the period reQuir-
ed for repairing the battleship will not
be long one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

and outposts in touch along the whole
line in Manchuria; aggregate Of 300,.
600 men; Kuroki and Oku join against
Kuropatkin.
Mrs. Della L. Little of Roxbury,
Mass, loses her own life in saving her
three,year.old daughter from being
run over by an electric car.
Hamburg dispatch to London says
that the body of Kent ]. Loomls was
washed ashore at Cherbourg.
Thirtythree persons killed by turn.
ing of water into big conduit in ia.
maica without warning to workmen.
Germany to act with France in
ffging, a warship to Hayti to punish
ministers. 'h'ns Vi their
Gerald Balfour proposes conference
between Herr Ballin and Lord Inver.
clyde to settle the Atlantic rate war.
Death of former City Clerk James
F. Harlow of Quincy, Mass.
Massachusetts Royal Arcanum hos.
pital fund association meets in Bos.
ton.
Charles Borland of Cambridge puts
$1,OOO,OOO attachment on property of
John J. Banigan of Providence.
Big shipment of books from Boston
to Chicago a total loss.
Coroner's jury on the Slocum disas.
ter visit the hulk of the burned vessel
and go over the course taken after the
nre was discovered.
Secretary of War Taft the guest of
the Harvard Law School association.
Fireworks explosion in PHILADELPHIA
kills three and Injuries half dozen.
Two arrests made in Chicago
bank On charge of promoting a lot.
terry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Ridiculed in Ianan,

London-The TOXIC correspondent
of the Times says that the report sent
out from st. Petersburg of Gen. Oku's
retirement is ridiculed in Japan,
where the delay in forcing battle IS
well understood to be due to the habit
of the Japanese generals of not strik-
ing before the deliberate completion
Of all their preliminaries.
The correspondent SAYS that an i'm
perial ordinance declares that all
graduates of merchant marine schools
which are officially recognized, and al
so all mariners who have served for a
certain time on merchant steamers,
are eligible for the naval reserve.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Accounts 100000 Short.

Chicago-Col. Jacob II. Plain, cash
ier of the German American national
bank of Aurora, has been arrested,
charged with the misappropriation of
100000 of the funds of the bank. The
peculations have extended over three
years, during which time bank exam
iners have several times gone over the
affairs of the bank and reported all
correct.
lin was brought before u. s. Com
missioner Foote. waived examination
and was held to the July term of the
federal grand jury under bonds of
10000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
COLORED BIRDS EYE VIEW or
LAKE WlNNiPEsAUkEE FOR
SIX CENTS.

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hamp-
shire's queenly lake, is one of the most
beautiful lake resorts in the country.
The nearby mountains afford a fine
view from the steamer Mt. Washington
on clear day, and the island dotted
surface of the lake presents beautiful
scene.
Persons who have ever visited Win
ripesaukee will be greatly interested
In the new publication issued by the
General Passenger Department, Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad, Boston. 1t Is
Birds Eye View map of lake Winni-
pesaukee, having the numerous islands,
coves, glens and ports on the lake and
a table giving the name Of each num-
ber.
1t will be mailed upon receipt of siy
cents in stamps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
THURSDAY,
June 80, 1904.

THURSDAY, June 80, 1904.
Hon. w. T. Cobb of Rockland nomi-
mated for governor of Maine Repub-
licans in convention at Bangor.
Boston police ordered to arrest
everybody violating the city ordinances
concerning Fourth of July celebration.
Forty-seven subpenas issued for ap-
pearance of witnesses before the U. s.
grand jury in its investigation of the
Gen. Slocum disaster; directors Of the
steamboat company cannot be found.
Prohibitionists holding enthusiastic
convention at Indianapolis; Miles can
ddacy meets with opposition.
Harvard university confers 116S de-
grees at its commencement, new
record for all American universities;
alumni association elects Rt. Rev. Will
liam Lawrence president.
Jacob H. Plain, bank cashier at Au-
rora, ILL.,, charged with misappropria-
tion of 100000.
Organized labor to make fight
against Paul Morton, the new secretary
of the navy.
Democratic national committeeman
arriving at st. Louis; Washington and
Oregon delegations, supposed to be for
Hearst, have but one Hearst man each,
according to members of delegation
German manufacturers memorialize
their government as to the conditions
of their trade in the United States.
Merchant marine commission con.
cludes it's hearings at Cleveland; to
resume at Milwaukee July 10.
Stone sloop Screamer of Rockport
founders off Gloucester.
Chekib Bey calls on Assistant Sec
retary Loomis to ask that warships be
not sent to Turkish ports, out receives
scant encouragement.
Japanese report capture of kaichou
after hot fight; armies effect juncture,
giving a battle front of 120 miles.
Report on cutting Santos-Dumont's
gas bag tends to cast suspicion on
some of his assistants, but this pos
sibility is vigorouly denied by the
aerial navigator.
Body of Rose Teachout, IS years old.
of Minneapolis, found floating in the
, Mississippi river with silk tie knotted
about the throat; murder suspected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Asks Favor of France.

London.-The Paris correspondent of
the Times says it is reported that the
Russian government has applied to the
French government for permission to
have all the vessels of the Baltic fleet
coal at French ports on their way to
the far east.
The Russian government, the cor
respondent says, is at present negotiat-
ing for large supply Of coal not only
in France, but also in Germany.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

A Paris artist whose pictures are
not hung at the Grand Palais became
so angry with the hanging commit
tee that a policeman had to be called
in. The policeman arrl, ed, took in
the situation at a glance, and indica-
ting the rejected portraits, which
were leaning against the wall upside
down. MY word" said he, quite the
hest pictures in the nlace!" What
a dramatic critic that policeman
would make. or what stage door
keeper for an actor-manager.:Lo
Free Lance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
Capture of kaichou.

London.-The Toxic correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph says that Sc
we're fighting took place at Kaichou on
June 25, which resulted in the capture
OF that place on the morning of June
&c.
The Toxic correspondent of the
Morning Post says that the Japanese
second army has effected a juncture
with the first army and that the whole
force now has fighting front of 120
miles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02

picture of a people indumitably pa
tient, dumb with the calio,sness of
despair, that yet has the secret of
happiness in its power to extract joy
from the most unsatisfactory mater
ial; nation stunned by the oppres-
son of the ages out of all moral and
mental vigor-yet still stout, and cap
able, perhaps, of both--a nation OF
sturdy apathotic sheep whose silent
Indifference beneath the driving lash
of the world may some day be found
unexpectedly to have its limit or its
possibilities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
GOOD FISHING AND LARGE
CATCHES.

The warm spell Of weather has
brought forth the anglers: and the
trout and salmon are now rising to the
fly in Moosehead. the Rangeleys and
the smaller ponds and lakes in Maine
and New Hampshire. 1t is better fish
ing than at this time last year. be-
cause of the late opening season. If
you contemplate trip. send two cents
in stamps to the Boston & Maine pas
senger department. Boston. for their
book, Fishing and Hunting" 1t tells
YOU where to go and what to find. a
booklet giving the fish and game laws
of Maine. New Hampshire. Massachu-
sets. Vermont and Canada will be
sent free. accompanying.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-07-02
The Strpidest Nation.

Tie wanderer leaves Korea, says
IN article in The Living Age. with a
ceiling of having seen how the stupid.
h" S'e happiest; or, could. were condi-
tiuns only triie more propitiOus. BY
he evil star Of TIE Koreans it has
been arranged that their land is to be
the Switzerland of the Far East-a
territory to be fought over forever,
but one that no nation can either
itself possess or allow any other 10
hold Korea is the victim of her own
geogra ph!oal advantages. And the I'M