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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
French Government Denounced.

New York.--More delegations of
Roman Catholic priests from distant
sections Of the country having arrived
since the opening of the third Euchar'
istic congress of the United States
there was a still larger assemblage
at the solemn pontifical mass, cele-
brated at .Patrcks cathedral than
on the opening day.
At the conclusion Of the mass the
congress reconvened for the purpose
of hearing the papers by Very Rev.
James H. Mclean. Rev Edward Nc.
Sweeney, DID,, and Very Rev. Clement
NJ. Thuente of the order of preachers
all of New York.
Bishop Haes, acting on the sugges-
tion Of FIR. James Dougherty of St.
Gabriel's church that the congress
adopt resolutions denOuncing the
French government for its actions to-
ward the Catholic orders in that coun-
try, appointed committee to draw up
the resolutions to be presented at a
later meeting.
After the selection of the committee
FIR. Dougherty asked that copies Of
the resolutions be ordered sent to the
President of the United States and the
governor of the state of New York.
OF this suggestion, Archbishop Far.
ley said
Il think that would be going too
far and mixing up things. The task
of protecting the Catholic church does
not belong to the President of the
United States nor the governor of the
state of New York. 1t belongs to the
holy see."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
IN CLOSE CONTACT.
Russian Cavalry Maintains II Along
Whole Japanese Line.

st. Petersburg,-The only intorma.
ton received from Gen. Kuropatkin.
timed 3 p. m. Sept. o. is TO the ef-
feet OF the railroad along the outposts
east OF the railroad along the Shakhe
river continue to throw out small de-
tachments but they are Invariably met
and repulsed by the Russian cavalry.
which maintains close contact along
the whole Japanese line.
Daily skirmshes are occurring. but
none OF an important character, A
herd OF cattle and few horses have
been captured by Cossacks
According 70 information brought in
by Russian scouts. the main Japanese
forces are still concentrated along the
Yentai branch railroad and reinforce.
ments are still crossing the Taitse
river. using Two pontoons al Benshhu
five miles dae east Of Yentai sta.
tom
From the latter fact IL would appear
that the preparations Cor the Japan.
ese advance are more backward than
heretofore supposed
The information received At the var
Office concerning the situation at Port
Arthur Is not reassuring. The block.
ade at last seems to be effective.
Admiral Togo's ships are arresting
all the junks which try to enter the
harbor and are sending them to Port
Dalny.
II Is feared that this complete isola-
ton may react on the spirits Of the
garrison.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Insult to the Gar.

st. Louis. When the Russian ex.
hibit in the varied industries building
at the Worlds Fair was opened Sept
90, it was discovered that several val
liable oil paintings of Emperor Mich
olas had been torn from the wall and
mutilated by some unidentified person
or persons.
Another portrait of the emperor. a
handsome and valuable panel done In
colored silk. has been torn from its
support and subjected to the greatest
indignity.
The oil paintings were torn and
there were marks showing that the
features of the emperor had been
stamped upon.
The vandalism was reported at
once to the exposition authorities and
an investigation ordered The Jeffer'
son guards and members of the
worlds fair detective force have been
assigned to the case.
The officials in charge of the ex.
hibit have engaged private detectives
and every effort is being made by
both the exhibitors and the fair a,l-
thorities to discover the guilty persoD
or persons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Gurney Causes Annoyance.

London-The Westminster Gazette
sums up the official opinion of the in
cident resulting from the filming by
Judge Phelps of Lee, Mass, of Hugh
Guney, third secretary OF the British
embassy at Washington, for violating
the speed law relating to automobiles
and for contempt of court, saying:
at seems desirable that gentlemen
connected with the legations should
keep on the safe side of local law
when they use motor cars. but II per
chance they transgress the simplest
quietest plan is perhaps to waive theiI
privilege and pay the fine"
No little annoyance is exhibited In
official quarters here at the claim
made by Mr. Gurney for diplomatic ex
emption, with the consequent publicity
over a trifiing affair.
1t is recalled, however, that when
the son of Henry White. secretary OF
the American embassy in London, and
Spencer Eddy in 1899, when he was
third secretary of the embassy, were
summoned here for riding bicycles on
a footpath, similar exemption was
claimed and reference was then made
to the statute of l70S, whereby any
British official acting as Justice Phelps
did toward a diplomat became amen
able not only to severe penalties, but
even to flogging.
The Westminster Gazette commends
the attitude of the American press In
the Gurney matter as Showing its
good sense"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
l.
Shot Without Cause.

| Hartford, Conn.-Louis Ma2enter, a
butcher. % years old, was shot and
instantly killed by George l.etebzre,
boy Of 10, while working in an
ibattoir in Wilson's station, just over
the Hartford town line,
The victim was given no warning,
lie shot being fired as he vas dressing
steer. with his back turned to the
gun.
Lefebzre was arrested In this city,
and admitted that he killed Mazenter,
but said the shooting was accidental
He said that he was accustomed to
shoot birds in the vicinity Of the
building where Mazcnter was working
and that he supposed the gun went of
before he was ready to have II, Le'
teb2re IS alleged to be slightly unbal'
anced and his story Of the shooting Is
disconnected
Mazenter and rabbi named Show
loski, were In the building and the
rabbi saw a gun pointed in the win
dow Before he could utter sound
shot was fired and Ma2enter dropped
in his tracks. The rabbi ran out Of
the building, but he could find no
trace OF the boy. On account of the
distance the police were some tiue ""
reaching the scene of the shooting
and when they arrived there they
found the gun in tobacco shed near
by. 1t was taken to Lofeh2re's house.
where his mother identified il as that
of her sons.
The boy will be taken to the court
at Windsor where he will stand trial
as the shooting occurred in that town
He was locked up in the local police
station without bail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Where Money Is Made

Haiti, Sarawak, Tuscany, Venezuela
and Chile.
In some instances, notably In that
of China, the coins were not made In
Birmingham. AS a matter of fact, no
Chinese coin has, so far as is known.
ever been made outside the Celestial
empire. The pride and prejudice OF
the Chinese have to be humored, so
the firm sent out complete plant
with men to operate 1t, and the coins
were struck in China. No fewer than
eight separate plants have been sent
out to China in this way.
For the new kingdom OF Italy the
same thing was done in 1862, 1000
tons of blanks" being shipped to
furnish the raw material. Again, In
Marseilles, when the establishment
of the empire under Napoleon III.
rendered necessary a new copper coin
age, 75O tons of metal were In this
way turned into money on French
soil
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Judae Hangs Himself.

Montpelier, Vt.-City Judge c. E.
Woodward. aged 40, hanged himself
Sept. 2S in his private Office. The body
was warm when discovered. but life
was extinct.
He left his wife and two children.
He had been a member of Washington
county bar for 10 years and city judge
since December 1902.
He had been despondent of late over
fancied wrongs to himself and fam
lily and over the fact that he probably
would not receive reappointment
next December. On his desk he left
the following:
ITO my enemies | would like to pay
my respects and also to those whom |
have assisted that have now turned
against me and mine, to seek not only
their ruin. but mine as well. If all
could fall on me alone and save my
family from disgrace | would not mur
mur."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
A Flood of Fish in Kansas.

Over 10000 fish were caught below
the dam on Spring river at Baxter
Springs Kan. in day. C. l.. Smith
of the Baxter News and o. c. Rum
mel of the city council caught over
1000 after supper.
Most of the fish were young carp
and quite small, but very good to eat.
The river in places was perfectly
black with them, and fishermen
dipped them up in buckets and dip
nets. Next day the river was lined
with men, women and children, who
seemed to get all the fish they could
carry home in little while.
These fish probably come from
stocked ponds, which have been over
flowed by the high waters. There are
three varieties of carp and few bass,
perch and crappie. but all are small.
About Is years ago just such run of
fish came to Baxter Springs, but they
were all jack salmon. weighing from
a pound to a pound and half. About
2OOO were caught in one day below
the dam, but they never appeared
again in such quantities,-Columbus
Advocate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

And he chastcly murmured, Felix, we
are sure to win the state
wun Lung stumped the rural regions
with the glec club on his stan,
And conyulsed each prawny toiler. made
the guiekss rustic laugh,
"Tarantun Tom" would carol blithely
, of The strenuous pray,
"Piute Pete" would pick their pockets
In tender. dreamy way
Wun Lungs strolllng bunch Of grafters
folaged DER the country Wide,
And they argued over silver, selling gold
bricks ON the side
And the Courtt Gus green goods merchant
ntuspered like a millionaire
How lie cursed the Wall street shylocks
and the sharks and gold bugs there,
Wun Lungs troubadours meandered In q
gorgeous Pullman train,
And they held the masses spelloound
during all the fierce campaign,
And they worked the short change
racket and they defily threw the
Hungry Hiram Handout" mnrveled that
they wrought so wondrous well.
w"" cacRns sn SStSGs- 'bSs bS,ds!Iy, Frosty finger to
Who refused to cough UP Doodle when
they touched him for the freight;
Wun Lung used to swing the precinct
in the shuddcring :,,T days , Of yore;; yo; ~.
liegcmcn thirst for gore.
"Shadrach Snakeroots' Great Elixir" was
the medicine they sold.
Bolivar BoraX Bilious Bittcrs" cured
consumption, cough and cold
Roots and herbs and spicy grasses gar
nered on Idalian shore,
Brewed the old Tecumseh Bitters which
the Kickapoos adore.
But the Civic Federation nipped the
tuneful takers plan.
And no more he votes the corpsss or the
hairy lodging man,
Ciyil service makes him nervous, they
have spoiled his artless game;
And the knockers and the grafters cast
contumely on his fame,
JAMES Il. klNSELLA.
Registry Division. Chicago Postofiice.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Birmingham, England, has mint
which, in addition to turning out mil
lions of English coins, does more in
the way of supplying foreign govern
ments with coin than any other
money-making establishment In the
world.
A few days ago it shipped the hrst
installment of huge Egyptian order
for 100000 plasters. The consign
ment weighed five tons, was con-
veyed in sixty cases, and valued at
$15,OO0,00O. For well over century
Birmingham has taken the lead in
this literal kind Of money-making. AS
far back as 1897 one firm coined un-
der contract for the British govern
ment 1000 tons of copper coin. val
ued at about $4,O00,OOO. Among the
countries and governments which
have gone time after time to Birming-
ham for their money are India, Tunis,
Canada. Turkey. China. Hongkong.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
A Pledge of Constancy

Sweet, as the swallow finds its nest and
the robin finds a song,
AS the worn child turns to Its mothers
breast when the way is drear and
long,
AS the eyes of age feast hungrlly on
youth that is spent and sped:
AS Life shall drift like a river on to the
Ocean of the Dead,
AS season shall follow season, and the
swing of the stars be true,
So the love In my. heart shall falter not,
but always follow you.
Sweet. as the hope of Heaven springs
unsown, in the souls of men;
AS the seed shall bsrst with the germ Of
life and the grain grow ripe again:
AS the tide shall rise on the beaten
beach in the sweep Of the restless
sea:
AS the hungering heart shall find its own
and the prisoned soul be free;
AS Heaven shall ope at the word OF
God and the premises be true.
So the love in my heart shah falter not
hut always follow you.
j. w. Foley in New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
More Money, More Men.

Tokio-The government has decided
to float another domestic loan of $4O,-
100000 on conditions similar to the
last. The issue price will be 80 and
the interest percent. Business con-
ditions indicate heavy subscription.
The ministers will meet the bankers
of Toxic Thursday and of Osaka and
Nagoya on Saturday to discuss the
loan.
1t is probable that the conscription
law will be amended, increasing the
service in the reserve five years and
making the regular reserve service
total II years and months. This
means a large increase in the strength
of the army.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Lawyers Eject Officers and Adjourn.

st. Lous-The special committee on
title and real estate of the American
bar association has reported that 1t
had not finished its work and asked
to be continued another year, 1t was
so ordered. Invitations for the next
annual meeting were extended by De
troit, Mich. and Lookout Mountain,
Tenn. The matter of decision was
left to the general council. Officers
elected for the next year were: Prsi
dnt, Henry st. George Tucker. Lexing'
ton, Va, dean of the school of law OF
Washington and Lee university; sec
retary. John Hickey, Baltimore; treas
nrer, frederick Z. Wadham, Albany,
N. Y, and one vice-president from
each state. The convention then ad'
jOurned sine die.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Sweet, as the homing pigeon wings Its
wide, unerring way,
AS the dawn streaks the East at morn
ing and the twilight follows day,
Az the breath in the stag's red nostrils
speaks Of the wOod-sequeslered pool,
Where the fearful huntsmans chase be
done, by the water clear and cool:
Sweet as the trembling needle knows
the north, and the craft cruise true.
So the love in my heart shall falter not
but always follow you.
See We the birds! They know the Spring.
and up from the Sout hland ny;
See We the grass grow green again; not
faithful more than ]!
The CULVER of sap in the trees bare limbs
OF Love upstirred, as the thought Of
thee the sap of my passion stirs;
And the blush Of the rose at the KISS or
spring shall follow not more true
Than the blush of my love that falters
not but always follows you.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
In His Fathers Office,

New Haven-Graham X. Mellen, son
of Pres. Charles S. Mellen of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
and a Yale graduate, has entered his
fathers office as stenogmpher.
Young Mr.. Mellen assists Mr. Fabyan,
who is confidential man to Pres. Mel
len.
The entry of young Mr. Mellen into
business Is in line with the policy Of
his father to make railroad man out
of him by giving him practical ex.
perience. Pres. Mellen first started
in as clerk in the Northern railroad
of New Hampshire office.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

June weather, the unfortunate young
couple lay in their berths from the ba-
ginning of the voyage till its end, and
my brother says it was pitiful to see
how they suffered.
That is sample of what my broth
er is continually running up against.
Hence, of course. he is anxious to find
q preventive of seasickness. He tests
every remedy that he hears of.
MY brother says that sure cure
for NAL de mer would sell readily
aboard every ship for $25 bottle"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

crossed on my brothers ship during
their honeymoon. They mad $1,000
suite on the upper promenade deck
and they were not out of sight of land
before seasickness seized them.
The bridegroom sent for my
brother
III give you $500" he said "if you
can cure my wife and I, and keep us
cured till we reach Liverpool"
MY brother, you may rest assured,
tried hard to earn that money, but it
was no use. In their $1,000 suite, on
their honeymoon, in the delightful
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Tax on Each Cat.

The returns in London for the quar-
ter ending June 80 show a decrease of
revenue of G2,5O0.O00. A large meet.
ing under the presidency of digni.
tary of the Church of England, there.
fore. pointed ont to the Chancellor OF
the EXchequer that it would be adyis.
able to tax cats half crown a head.
He estimated that this expedient
would turn e5O0.OOO annually into the
treasury. decrease the number Of
cats, and elevate their social stand.
ing by removing the stigma Of cheap
Boston Globe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Baby Was Well Packed.

Mr.. Pett Ridge told an excellent
baby story at the ladies' summer din
ner of the New Vagabonds' club. A
lady and her little daughter were
walking through Grosvenor square,
when they came to portion of road
strewn with straw.
whats that for MAJ" said the child
to which the mother replied: THE
lady who lives in that house, my dear,
has had a little baby girl sent her
The child walked along for few
wards, and then turning back and nod
ding at the straw. said: "Awfully well
packed. ma. st. James's Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
sunerioritY Of Russian Cavalry

st. Petersburg-The superiority OF
the Russian cavalry is beginning to be
apparent. They have had the best OF
IL in a number of minor encounters.
1t appears that Gen. Rennenkampf's
movement to the southwark on Sept
10 extended beyond the distance indi-
Gated by first reports. His Cossacks
made a rapid sweep on Sept. 22 and
struck a Japanese force at Benzihu
threatening their communications and
causing considerable excitement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Separating Gamblers and Legislators.

I'm the old days when the capitol
Of Alabama was located at Tuscaloosa,
there was good deal of open gam.
bling at that seat of legislation" said
Mr. d. NJ. Lowrey of New Orleans.
ut was the custom in those times for
men Of all grades of society to risk
their money at games Of chance, and
the lawmakers who gathered at Tus'
caloosa were among the best patrons
of the gaming tables.
THE proprietor of one Of these re-
sorts, wishing to keep the State So.
Ions separated from the ordinary Gus.
toners of his place, put up big sign
in the apartment devoted to faro, pc.
ker, roulette and the like, which read:
"'Members Of the Legislature please
take the table to the right; gamblers
take the table to the left-it's hard to
tell you apart"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Heavy japanese Losses.

ChefoO-Russians residing here
claim to have received information
that the Japanese losses in the last
assault on Port Arthur, which began
Sept 10, were 1000. A Chinaman who
left the fortress on Sept 26 says that
the Russian losses were between 500
and 600.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Not Worth Oenyinq.

Washington.-The rumored engage
ment of Congressman Longworth and
Miss Alice Roosevelt, which has been
declared ready for an early announce
ment, is neither confirmed or denied
at the White House.
1t is pronounced by those in posi-
ton to know the facts as being too
silly for consideration and not worthy
of a denial.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Debt Of Panama Company.

The Panama company is not yet
free of its embarrassments in the liQui,
dation of it's old convention with the
Columbian government, The Frenc'
treasury has now put forward a claim
for the payment of a sum of 100000
for registration dues on the deeds
the original concession, and the re
newal of the same.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

A young man who was working for
the railroad company went to one OF
The directors and asked for a pass to
,ome distant point.
"You have been working Tor us
ONE time?" inquired the official.
Yes. sir" the Young fellow an
.we'ed.
Have You ever had any complaint
make?'
mo. sir" answered the empioye.
We'll, If YOU were workihs ior
iarmer would you have the nerve TO
ask him to harness his horses and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Wanted--a Remedy.

"Thcre 10 a fortune awaiting the
man who invents remedy for sea
sickness" said physician.
my brother Is chief surgeon of an
Atlantic liner, and he tells me that
some people have offered him as much
rs $500 tn keep them well during their
transatlantic passage. \ sea voyage,
If ones health remains good, is the
most delightful thing in the world, but
if seasickness comes on it is dread
ful agony.
"A millionaire and his young wife
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

take you to a certain part of the coun.
try?" the director asked.
mo, sir. But if he had his horses
all ready and was gsing to that point.
| would call him a very mean farmer
if he refused to take me-" was the
young fellows reply.-Philadelphi
Public Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
G O n d F. n s F. D
NEWS WEEK W 517
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ish embassy at Washington by Judge
II. c. Phelps of Lee, Mass, promptly
reported for redress to the state de.
partment, which turns the matter over
to Gov. Bates.
Nightwatchman arrested at Lexing'
ton, KY, for larceny Of $2S46 from
Puritan Trust company Of Boston.
Special Officer Charles II Cutler OF
Dracut. Mass. shot by bird hunter,
Priests gathering in New York for
the Eucharistic congress,
Bedford. Mass. has glorious celebra'
town.
Musicians strike barely averted at
Worcester festival rehearsal.
Annual convention of American bar
association at st. Louis attended by
many noted jurists.
Delegates of the Lower Austrian
Trade association close their visit with
trips to Lowell and Waltham. Mass.
Three men killed. seven injured and
many shaken up by a train wreck at
Lewiston. Me.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould inspects new
Y. M. c. A. at Salem, Mass, and Is
greeted by great throng at reception
Secret of extreme deliberation OF
Japanese advance found to be Oyama
has not yet concentrated his army;
vast tanking movement planned.
Harvester and Pullman car trusts
begin war on union labor at Illinois
works.
Frank BushaW of Buckton, N. Y,
accidentally killed by Lowell man
while hunting.
Schooner Nathan Lawrence OF
Bourne, Mass. abandoned off Florida
because waterlogged.
Turkeys and cranberries will be
plentiful for Thanksgiving at about
the usual prices.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
OFFENSIVE MOVE.
Japanese Vanguard Rspu|ssd
by Russian Cavalry.

Grand Duke Nicholas, inspector.Gener.
al OF Cavalry, viii Probably Soon
Be Given Post Of Commander.in.
Chief-The Gar Believes This Is
the Only Way to Prevent Jealousy
and Intrigues on the Part Of Subor
dinate ottcers-viceroy AiesieH TO
Return to st, Petersburg as imperial
Adviser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
About Port Arthur.

The Chinese name for Port Arthu
was IMnshunlow; the town had. q
years ago, only few thousand inhap'
tants, and was used as place for the
deportation of criminals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

A Singular Lack Of Fear.
I'm afraid | made fool of myself
on that OCCASION
Mercy, YOU don't mean to say
that's the only time you've been
afraid !"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.