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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

The following letter was received
from his sister by New Yorker who
was away from home on visit:
II am sending by mail parcel con.
tn'ping the golf-coat you wanted. AS
the brass buttons ace heavy, have
cut them off to save postage. Your
loving sister, J..
"P. S.-You will find the buttons in
The right-hand pocket Of tie COAT
Earper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Pension for old EmpIoyes.

Portland, Me.-The Maine Contra
officials have decided to adopt the sup
eranuation pension system. 1t con-
sists in taking two cents day from
the pay OF every man on the road and
making with 1t superannuation fund.
which is to be augmented by direct
appropriation from the company's
treasury until the fund itself reaches
a self-supporting basis.
Men must retire upon their 65th
birthday and will be given half of the
nay they received when they retired
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
reaehlnu hls Doc Grammar.

Talking about that question OF the
sitting versus the setting sum-" said
a man, "I have a friend who has spent
months intrying to teach grammar to
his dog. He didn't want the animal,
which is very we'll trained, to pay any
attention to the command, Lay
Down. He said such atrocious gram
mar should meet with no response
from well-educated dog and that
Lie down was the only thing his pet
should obey. Now. II you've ever no
ticed 1t, nine persons out Of 10, gram
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

marians or not, are sure to say Lay
down when speaking to a dog. My
poor friend had to do his training
whenever the need arose. and his Ell
forts to make the beast understand
the very slight difference in the
sounds of the two words have nearly
given both dog and master, to say
nothing of other people, nervous pros
tratioa. At last the master has yield
ed and says the dog understands that
when he is told to Lay down II
means Lay himself down. "-Phila
delphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
s4nner,a LIttIe surprlse.

Washington letter from Paris,
Stanley Stoner informs the state de-
partment that he has decided not to
accept his appointment as consul gem
eral at Calcutta, because Of the poor
health of his wife, and has asked to
be given employment in the diplomatic
service instead. 1t was supposed by
the state department that stoner was
already at his new post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Transfer Of Canal Work.

Washington.-Secretary Taft will, at
the first opportunity, take up with the
president the proposition to transfer
the control of the whole matter of the
construction of the Panama canal from
the war department to the state de-
partment. Secretary Taft, it is known,
is willing that transfer should be
made, basing that disposition on ex-
nadianl,V
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Oct. s. 1905.
THURSDAY,


Dress suit case mystery grows des-
perate, but the police keep bravely at
it.
Loans to himself below market rates,
family in houses at excessively low
rents, sons and relatives employed by
company at high salaries, huge con-
tributions to lobbyists, some Of the
points brought out by examination of
Pres. Mccall before New York in
surance investigation committee.
James H. Vahey and Charles Fl.
Innes, attorneys for Charles L. Tucker,
awarded $4,000 for their services by
Judges Sherman and Sheldon of Bos-
ton.
Ratifcations of the Russo-Japanese
peace treaty will be exchanged at
Washington.
Death in Paris of Prof. Joseph b.
Claus of Boston.
Unknown man killed by trains at
Faulkners Crossing, East Milton, Mass
Pat Grove denies alleged confession
duplicating young Cudahy In hdnap-
ping plot.
Young Gassaway, nephew Of Senator
Henry Gassaway Davis, lived in dis
guise Of locomotive fireman at Home
stead, and now he has disappeared
Young Danvers, Mass, girl saves
three people from drowning within six
! weeks.
Chief Murphy of Tammany hall says
strong municipal ownership plank will
be inserted in the democratic county
platform this fall.
Japanese merchants in Boston con-
ferring with New England capitalists
on the establishment Of cotton mills in
Japan.
President reiterates his views on the
railway rate question, and the Esch-
Townsend bill will be reintroduced
early in the session.
President and Sec. Matcalf said to
differ on the Chinese exclusion ques-
ton and the latter may retire from
the cabinet.
President Roosevelt will visit home
of his mother at Roswell, Ga, on
southern trip.
James H. Eckels warns the public
not to cripple railroads by legislation
SIS. Saxonia arrives in Boston with
1000 passengers.
Sec Taft disputes the Bowen yer.
sion of the interview with the Presi'
dent.
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Grove Denies "confessIOn."

Butte, Mont.-Pat Grove has admit
ted that he was in Omaha six weeks
ago and engaged in a pistol duel with
the police, during which an officer
was shot.
He denies absolutely the alleged
confession published in Butte and re-
flutes the statement that he had said
that young Cudahy plotted with him
to extort money from Mr. Cudahy, Sr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Japs Lose by Fire.

Tokio.-A fire that broke out in an
army storehouse at Hiroshima at l
Sunday morning and continued for
more than three hours, destroyed 20
temporary buildings, together with
COrTcITcp,- saa,aIIi-
sions and clothing.
A later telegram says the fire was
still burning at in the afternoon, and
that in addition to the 20 buildings
containing clothes and provisions, sew
en- others filled with fodder were
destroyed.
Although the buildings were con-
structed of light material they con-
tanned an enormous amount Of stored
goods, and the structures, being OF III
fammable nature, the flames were diff
ficult to extinguish despite the desper-
ate efforts of the troops.
The fire spread with great rapidity.
1t was probably of incendiary origin
The loss is variously estimated at
from $2,O00,000 to $5,00O,0OO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Happy Paraguay

In Paraguay the women are in the
proportion of seven to one as com
pared with the men. The consequence
is that the men are taken the
greatest care of, and everything which
is unpleasant or might be risky to the
life OF a man is done by the women
The streets are cleaned. ships are
loaded, oxen are driven by them, and
It is even said that they have taken
part in their country's wars, acting
as substitutes for their men folk.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

flexible that 1t will bend nearly to
the back OF the hand.
Cards are invariably the beginning
of a magician's education. In hand
ling cards the thumb is especially in
the way, and this is the reason why
this trickery with the pasteboards is
selected for the beginner To change
one card for another in front OF ones
very eyes and still to have made no
perceptible movement of the hand is
a trick that the boys learn to perform
before they have been in the school
for any length Of time.-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
The Black Art of MaaIe.

In every sort Of magic the mag
ician's thumb is his worst enemy. If
he could strike OF that thumb and
still have its assistance when neces-
sary he would be happy man. In
closing the hand the thumb usually
bends toward the palm in advance
Of the fingers. In this way 1t many
times is much in the way, and prac'
tice is necessary to get magician's
thumb In perfect training. But when
he has practised in the school for
some time the thumb becomes so
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Only Opportunity.

"In heaven" remarked the bachelor,
reflectively, there is neither marriage
nor giving in marriage"
mo, nor in the other place, eithers'
replied the anxious spinster There
fore. it is up to us to attend to such
matters while on earth.-Chicago
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

Malodorus automobiles and motor
cycles are not allowed at Pontresina,
the fashionable Swiss resort.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
MONDAY,
Oct. 2, 1905.

MONDAY, Oct. 2, 1905.
Bandstands collapse at Lawrence
and Fall River, Mass, during Italian
celebrations; several people hurt in
each place.
John F. Foley of Maiden shot and
robbed between Salem and Swamp
scott, Mass.
Martinique laborers, who refused to
diSembark at Colon to work on the
canal, brutally beaten by police and
driven ashore by force.
rTcE5IucnO- TTUoSeVSIC ABHlH ScOTes
Bowen in letter to Loomis.
Fifth incendiary fire in Chelsea,
Mass, within a week. believed to be
set by boys, damages blacksmith
shop.
Rear-end collision Of freight trairs
at New Haven results in engineers
ankles being broken. brakeman hurt
and tracks being blocked all day.
Senator Platt resumes fight against
Odell and Higgins.
Deer hunting season opens IN
Maine.
GE6SluGUI lOOSStClL 4 iSO'
Mitchell of miners to White House
for a conference.
Twenty.seven army storehouses at
Hiroshima, Japan, burned, entailing
loss exceeding 100000.
One killed and scores hurt in q
railroad collision at st. Paul; Mr..
and Mrs. w. =. Haskell of Boston
slightly Injured.
Body of Maj. Gen. Kendratenko
reaches Odessa and is paid honors oi
the foremost hero Of the war.
Two fatal hunting accidents report
ed in New Brunswick.
Girl missing from the Back Bay
Boston, may be suit case victim; two
men held by police, one on suspi
cion, the other as a witness, but both
will probaly be released.
Robert M. Burnett Of Boston ant
Southboro seriously injured in an au
tomobile accident at Swanzey Mills
N. H.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
CASE DESPERATE
The Famous Winthrop Mystery
Battling The Police.

Nevertheless the Various state and
City officers Are Keeping sravely
at lt-Now Known That the Friend
and Confidential Adviser Of the Man
Suspected Has Left Boston and
Cannot at Present Be Located.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
EPITOME OF THE
Week News

body as the second man in the empire
Gov. Lanham of Texas orders out
troops to protect negro accused of mur-
der, for whom posses are searching.
John D. Rockefeller sends checks for
$40, 1000, 900 to general education fund.
Pat Grove, the kidnapper, caught at
Butte.
Frederick e. Carlton, bigamist, SEN
fenced to 10 years at Sing Sing, and re-
moved from county court building at
BROOKLYN amid a -ho-vIi'aes raobs ---.'r-
FreeIing grows stronger that there
will be no coal strike, even at the ter
mination of present agreement.
Decrease of crime in Boston the past
year.
Two children and others made sick
| by poison candy thought to have been
sent by father of dead victims.
Bloody Monday" probably dead for
ever at Harvard.
Dist Atty. Jerome gives evidence
that he contemplates bringing criminal
actions in the Equitable life matter.
| SSe .'SSS'
Man arrested in New York said to be
escaped murderer from Devils Island,
where Dreyfus was confined.
Annual convention of Massachusetts,
Sunday school association opened at
| Salem.
President Roosevelt meets his cabi-
net for the first time in three months;
all present but Shaw and Metcalf; Chi
nese and far eastern matters discussed.
Mrs. Chadwick in her petition for
writ of error alleges that man sat
on the jury which convicted her whose
name was not properly drawn.
Man under arrest at Butte, Mont,
positively identified as Pat Grove;
! Cudahy anxious to prosecute.
Young Leonard of New York, who
secured securities valued at 1853, 900 by
forgery appears in court to enjoy his
notoriety; his family says he is shield
ing a man and woman; young forger
held in $4,000.
New York bankers take preliminary
steps to bring trust companies with
| III llG COullOl VI lhC hOuoS.
Herbert w. Bowen issues a state
ment charging President Roosevelt
with the admission that his purpose
was to hush up the Loomis scandal" "
Justice James NJ Barker of the Mas
sachusetts supreme court found dead
in his bed at the Union club in Boston.
Funeral of Capt James r. Selfridge
at the Charlestown navy yard the most
imposing ever held there.
William Travers Jerome on Official
DaIIor as CanuTuHJe TuT uTsrTTcr
torney in New York.
Andrew DeWet, nephew of the Beer
general, Christian DeWet, arrested in
German Southwest Africa on accusa-
ton of plotting to overthrow German
rule there.
Samuel Untermyer makes offer In
behalf of James H. Hyde that the lat
ter will appear before investigating
committee if he be allowed counsel.
Train robbers near Seattle, Wash.
secured $4,000 in gold bars, the prUp
erty of the government.
Hugh Hamilton, pottery manufact'
urer of Greensboro, Penn, shot al
Pittsburg by A. w. Oleson, whom he
never saw before and who may be the
man who entered the White House
Oct. 5, 1903.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
Woodstock BusInoss Cards.
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS.

TO make the appended quotations of value
alike to buyer and seller the resume of the
market, prefacing the quotations, should be
carefully read. In a market OF this charac.
Say tbe week SotinR r'SeS Soweyer tSr e'tbs fbss
general tendency OF trade, sufficiently ac-
curate quotations will be given on which
dealers can safely base their trnnsactlOns.
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SS77sasSsSsSs5s sSsssaiasa8sS5la11
cS|&r~~OND "VO"~S"<I
| Concerning Sinners

BY Margaret DelGnd.
V.&rsn'W~

respectable lives
their back
in this cowardce. Take extraya'
means affection, which
distrustandis not
of the mind II not Of the lips? take
ills which selfish
&@%@%&%AA~% the Ten Com
mandmens we Indeed, it is most dsa-
easier work for other
,a saw Mesdames X Y ourselves For instance
cowarden her extraEagance That
though she hasn't paid her
ashamed
place she can't
she buys the carpet
ne she could perfectly the old and have decent
80 the for realities Hence
Mr. when another month goes by and ne su m
wrinkle Coward!
of the price Of that carpet
@ come out fool the Sinner adds severely For being
Mrs X she understands the dignity and
refinement O economy)-Harpers Bazar
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

love that "Dasseth all
those
Keeping
neghbors the higher Pointing that heroes In
history reminded
us that III we should tell the neghbors would
sound like poetry"
girls boou tasks and
n
providing
the
des for their widowed struggling to conceal
and finally to the daughter There are wires
bearing silence the brought them
chidren their hoe
There are husbands their offspring steel their e
against the impulse
of holding heads
hold There battling
their triumph i'm
self
he who
takeh
The sacrifice and
fral
mighty brought
the
moving dangerously o
Bad the be good
of THAT
which mods bids the
ourseThe Common
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

FRIDAY. Sept. 20. 1905.
Massachusetts, police appeal TO pub
lie for aid In solving the Winthrop
murder mystery; description Of suit
case buyer sent ont; searching the
private hospitals; Pierce says young
woman has not yet been missed prob
ably.
Escaped convicts Francis and Wiley
fire shot at pursuer in Norwood, Mass.
and get away; Francis broke in house
at Acushnet and stole weddjAg OUT
fit last Saturday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

Jacob II. Schiff of New York has
81" $4,000 to Harvard.
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sATuRpAY.

SATURDAY, Sept. 80, 1905.
Cab Driver Timothy Howard of Bos-
ton says he took two men and heavy
suit case, which they would not let
him touch. to the Chelsea ferry on the
night of Tuesday or Wednesday, Sept.
10 or 20.
William r. Travers. a New York
millionaire and active in Newport So
ciety, commits suicide in the former
city.
Massachusetts men in an auto wreck
nine miles from Syracuse; chauffeur
Barth of Fall River killed.
Master makes report on tangled af-
fairs of Charles F. Berry of Boston,
missing trustee.
Bitter attack on former commission
ers of pension fund at state firemen's
convention at New Bedford, Mass.
Capt. James R. Selfridge, ordinance
officer at the Charlestown navy yard,
dies of epilepsy.
New England Shorthand Reporters
association gathers for convention in
Boston.
Handling of state department ci.
pher messages taken from the hands
of Col. W. H. Michael; information
said to have leaked.
Nigoghos Bidrassian dies at Chel'
sea, Mass, the result, his friends say,
of drinking roach poison by mistake.
Father of youthful Mrs. George L.
Tucker of Lynn will try to have her
marriage annulled.
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) Higher Tests of Manhood
By Rtchard Z. MetcaIfe.

THIS day the world hears much to the dseredt
of men, will do It harm be reminded that the evil
that do lives after them; the good oft inferred with
their bones 1t will do and women no harm to nave
their attention distracted dark pictures OF cruelty
Of passion of inhumanity to the brighter
view where sacrifices made where burdens are borne
where mighty obstacles instances by
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07
aaaasssaissssss5sssssss.lsassIsl sIslssasIasI.aa.as1i
BY ". D. HitliS.

ATURES forces their atmosphere The sun glshes
forth light unquenchabe Goals throw off heat volets are
larger influence than bulk; pomegranates and spices
the house with sweet odors Man also has his atmos
phere He forcebearer and forceproducer He jour-
neys forward exhang influences Thinking OF the evil
emanating from bad Bunyan made Apollyons nos
tris Edward Everett insists that Daniel Web
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-10-07

l Edward Everett insists that Daniel Web
sterse speeches. literally emitted
If his
with sefshness he chis
against its fellows for light warmth and nsorm
through society
others
the thousand
sensitive soucente
and realm In the uni
in world lies
centre the great network Of voluntary
mpotent
of to
ing whole nations
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
Annual Meeting of Baptist Mis-
sionafy Union Wednesday.
PROMINENT WORKERS COMING.
Visiting Ministers to Occupy Several
PuIpits Today-Announccmcnts Of
services-Rcv. Milo Atkinson Back
From C. E. Convention.

The Womcn's Missionary Union of
me Peninsula Baptist Association will
noih us annual meeting at he Second
baptist church next Wednesday,. Dele
gates from all of the Baptist mission.
airy unions on the peninsula will be in
attendance and interesting sessions
are expected.
me llrSt session will be held nj 10
CLOCK "Wednesday morning. lasting
uIitil about noon. Al . o'clock i'm The
afternoon the union will convene again
10 close It's business for the year Miss
bnhiinaicr. IL missionary, ana several
o,her prominent workers will be
among these To attend the convention.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
CHARGED WITH
WIFE BEATING
n. S. Snyder Lands at Police Station
After Lively Bout With
His Spouse.

H. 5. Snyder and his wife engaged
Ill family row at their home, 33S
Twcnty-iiith street, last night and up.
on complaint of their neighbors. Sny-
der was arrested by Officer Tyrcc ON
the charge of wife heating.
When he WAS taken To the police
station Snyder bore the marks of
battle, rs he had his lip cut and was
bruised about his face and body.
According to the reports which were
received Of the affair at the police
station last night. Snyder and his wife
had Il very lively time and the latter
scincd to be able to take care of
lcIsclf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
theatrical

The scenic, spectacular meludrama,
The DEVILS Mine" will be present
ell hy the Gagnon-Pollock Stock Co,
at the Bucliroe Beach theatre the first
half of the week commencing tomor-
row night. -
The play is thriller" depicting
life i'll tic great and bounding West"
and the two principal roles afford full
scope for the co-Stars, Bert G. eng
non and Miss Edith Pollock. Rcnliy
Tic scenes of the mining camp
Shown with elaborate mcrcllanicul CT
fcct3 and the pcrlls that besct The
men who toll iii the bowels of the
earth are illustrated i'll stirring cpl.
Sodcs
In the company supporting Mr.. Gag-
non and Miss Pollock will nypear
Cccil Owen, Jack Goodwin, Percy Pol.
lock, Clarence Jones. Den Howe,
George Caatellanc and Misses Minnie
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
Half Of Local Xix Delegation is
on tlle Way.
OTHERS BEGIN JOURNEY TONIGHT
Entire Week to be Spent Attending
Grand Lodge Meeting and Partic.
pating in Festivities of the Occasion.
"Wc Build en-"

Hail of the delegation of local Elk.;
VINO VIII attend the annual convention
OF the Grand Lodge, ls u. o. Elks in
6niialo, n. y, started for Buffalo. via
Baltimore, on the Merchants and Min.
erS Transportation Company's steam
or last night. The tourists will lock-
horlis with The Baltimore Elks this
morning at . O'Clock and will proceed
With them Ia The scene of The meeting.
Those who left last night were.
Mcssrs. ~. j.. G.. Klur. X. G. rctZoId
H. llmntcr Harvey, j. j. Frazer. Frank
holh, ~ E. Hanger, Harry Heath. II.
IT. Do'ld. James l.. Ballard, John Cum.
Ter. j. Y. iialIcntinc and Miss |. V.
Ballcntinc.
Among those who will leave for Buf.
fnlo tonight will he Rev a. O. Sykes
Charles II. Fralcy. j. H. Burchcr, Ed.
win l.. Vaughn, G. W. Guick, l.. w
Milstcail. Il. j. OIIara. Mrs. OITara i
ID. lIohlken and J. Il. Dcvilbiss.
The local lGlks will wear ON the trju
a pretty blue silk badge, bearing a
button upon which appears an excel.
lent picture of the battlushp Virginia.
On the button is Inscribed 1--WE build
en-. M uniform is worn this time.
The party will return home next Sal.
urday or Sunday. During their stay
IN Buffalo this week the Newport
News crowd will make Its; hcadu,l,,r-
tcrs at 3l1 Franklin street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
Examination of -,achers.

Tho State uniform examinations for
certificates to teach In the public
schools Of this city will he held next
week by Prof. w. c. Morton, the new
superintendent of schools. The ex-
animation for white teachers will he
conducted ut the High school building
on Tuesday and Wednesday,, July IS
and dc. and the colored teachers will
be examined i'll the colored school
building, No. |, on Wednesday and
Thursday, July 20 and 81. itii, !
Prof. Morton will return TO tho city
i'll few days from Staunton, where
he has been attending the conference
of superintendent
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
Social Personal

Mrs. a. w. Graves. of Norfolk is
spending IL week with fricnda in this
city
Miss Georgia Garrow. who has been
tho guest of Miss lIiltla Curtis. has re-
turned to her home in Dcnbcigh.
a cablegram has been received an.
nolncinE the safe arrival in England
ct Rev. J. w. Porter. ID. D.. pastor of
me Newport News Baptist church.
Dr. Porter will attend the Worlds
baptist Congress III London which he.
gins Tuesday. and will return home
about August /.
Miss Fannie Davis has returned
home from wit 10 Norfolk.
Mr.. William Stewart and daueh-
Ter, Miss Florence. who have been
spending the past week with relatives
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-09
Fought on Street.

Tony Tcrrybucker and John Morris,
Two white men. engaged in a
Nfht on Huntington avenue near Tit.
t.'sevcn'l street last night just lie Ora
y o'clock and were arrested b, vi.
iccr Pearson on the charge of being
c':"rdelly. Both men were blllcd
on their own recogBizance to appear
be ore Justice Brown In the police
&C 'ir' tomorrow morning for trial.