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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
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(contnued from Thlrtyfourth Page) derson. who died in l1s9. six years after Garrck. Henderson was famous as Shy lock and Falstaff and was the first actor of Macbeth to dress the role in q Scot tish costume. Since Henderson none of the ilustrious players of the English stage has won a resting place in the venerable shrine until now in Irvins's case Macready missed it. although Sa rah Siddons and her brother, John Philip Kemble, are both represented by monu- ments. Mrs. siddons is shown as Sir Joshua Revnolds' Tragic Muse and Kem- ble as Cato.
 "'fhe old-time players who sleep within the storied abbey are Thomas Betterton. the RoscIus of the Restoration stage: Barton Booth who was the Cato in bd disons tragedy Spranger Barry Chr rick's handsome rival as Romeo In tha celebrated duel between the Covent Car den and Drury Lane theatres. Samuel Foote. the mimic, whom Dr. Johnson found to be such an irres'siiblv 'eomieal dog the unloue David Gnrricls greatest of them all: Henderson. and five actress es-Nance Oldfeld. Anne Braceglrdle, Su- sannah Cibber. Hannah Pritchard and Anne Crawford the wife of spranger Barry. The least remembered of these. Miss Pritchard, had her eptaph written by Whitehead, the poet laureate of het age, who praised her as by nature for the stage designed This makes a eount of only eleven, but I also include Ben Jonson, who was actor before becoming playwright.
 "Of dramatists there are thirteen, the roster comprising Beaumont Dryden, Shadwell. Rowe. Aphra Behn. Addison. Congreve. Gay, Goldsmith and cumber- land, to which should. indeed. be added Bulwer Lytton, Browning and Tennyson. On the day when Garrick's coffin was carried to the abbey by twelve players. each from Covent Garden and Drury Lane. and q military guard had to patrol the long line of carriages and populace stretching from Adelphi Terrace 10 West minister, Cumberland records: T saw old Samuel Johnson standing at the foot of Shakespeare's monument and bathed in tears Here by this spot is Sir Henry fttingly buried who nobly lived for his art and graced 1t anew in the eyes of the world"
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not have measured less than six and a half feet. It was strange among so many sad and weary faces to see one which was full of energy and resolution. The sight of it was to me like a fire in a snowstorm. I was glad, then to find that he was my neighbor, and gladder still when, in the dead of the night, I heard whisper close to my ear and found that he had managed to cut an opening in the board which separated us.
 Hullo, chummy," said he. whats your name, and what are you here for?''
 T answered him. and asked in turn who I was talking with
 - Pm Jack Prendergast," said he. and by God, you'll learn to bless my name before you've done with me-
 T remembered hearing of his case. for it was one which had made an im- mense sensation throughout the country some time before my own arrest. He was a man of good family and of great ability, but of incurably vicious habits who had by an ingenious system of fraud obtained huge sums of money from the leading London merchants.
 ''Ha, ha! You remember my easel said he, proudly.
 "."Very well, indeed
 ' Then maybe you remember some thing queer about it7''
 What was that then?'
 "''Td had nearly quarter of mil lion, hadn't I?'
 SSo it was said.''
 '"But none was recovered, eh?"
 '''No"
 - well where dye suppose the bal ance is?" he asked.
 :" 'I have no idea" said I.
 Right between my finger and thumb' he cried. By Godl I've got more pounds to my name than you've hairs on your head. And if you've money my son, and know how to handle it and spread it out, you can do anything. Now you don't think it likely that man who could do anything is going to wear his brooches out sitting in the stinking hold of rat-gutted, beetle-ridden, mouldly old coffin of China coaster. No, sir, such man will look after himself and will look after his chums. You may lay to that. You hold on to him, and you ma, kiss the book that he'll haul you through " That was his style of talk and al first l thought it meant nothing; but af. ter while, when he had tested me ano sworn me in with all possible solemnity he let me understand that there really
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Bows Knee Pants Suits.

lurking about, and it was believed by the police that he had done away with Bed does and had fled. For myself, l believe that the truth was exactly the opposite. think that 1t s most probable that Bed does, pushed to desperation and believing himself to have been already betrayed had revenged himself upon Hudson, and had fled from the country with as much money as he could lay his hands OH. Those are the facts of the case, Doctor. and if they are of any use 10 your col Lection, am sure that they are very heartily nt your service '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
COUPON 625 Get your friends to club
 with you.

Cut this out and return it. If you send us a ei0.0o order we will include FREE one full quart of whiskey or if ord @ T amounts to e20.00 we will send FREE three full quarts 10year old whiskey or for a e50.00 order we will send FREE 1e full quarts 10 year old whiskey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
The Woman's Life

The Woman's Life. From the Philadelphia Press. Now, you know. 1t is useless to deny that woman's life is made up of sacri- fices" said Mrs Browne. "Of sacrifices sales, yes" retorted her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
WAEtL.ER'S HOIEL

Jn the American Par. Only Hotel in
 the city. NJ. JOE WHEELER. Proprietor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
THREE BOYS DROWNED

Three boys, Frank Bianchi, aged
II. John Bianchi, aged 7 wears, and
Francis Broderick, s years, were
drowned in Stevens branch at Barre
last week Friday afternoon.
The boys with several others were
playing on thin ice when it gave
way, letting the Broderick boy into
the water, and in attempting to es-
cue him the others broke through.
John DrumgouId, boy some II
years Of age, heard the screams and
ran to the boys assistance. BY this
time three of the lads had disap-
peared and Drumgould dived into
the water, just in time to catch James
Crurckshank as he was going down
the third time Drumgould came
up under the ice, but it was SO chin
that he broke it with his fist and
managed to get to shore with his
precious burden.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
Plant Growth In Winter

Plant life is not dormant during
the winter when the thermometer
is below freezing point, as any OBJ
server of vegetation in winter may
note for himself. The Towering buds
Of the red maple, the dogwoods,
willows and many other plants,
scarcely discernible in the axis at
the fall Of the leaf, become so large
by spring as to be ready to burst on
"a moments notice." and this
though the thermometer may have
been continuously near zero. OBJ
servers in the Alpine regions of Eu-
rope have noted that gentians and
similar plants will grow and even
flower under the snow which has
enveloped them the whole winter
through, thawing out by their own
internal heat little chambers in the
protecting snow, And the same is
recorded of the American snow
plant, the Sierra Nevada's Sarcodeo
sanguinea. 1t is often found in full
bloom when the snow melts away
from it and indeed derives its COM
mon name from this fact,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02

a large number of manufacturers and
dealers, declaring that they had on
hand large stocks of the so-caled
medicines, that they acquired them
in good faith, and that the imposi-
ton Of the government tax would
cause them to suffer great loss. Ac-
cordingly Commissioner Yerkes di-
rected today that the rule be not APP
piled to manufacturers until Jan. /,
1906, and not to druggists and other
dealers until April /, 1906.
For several weeks the internal rev.
enue bureau has been Analysing
many patent medicines believed to
contain alcohol or spiutuous liquor
as their chief ingredient. The anal
Uses have not been completed in all
cases, but a partial list of the n,edi-
cines which fall within the terms of
the commissioner order was made
public by the bureau. These are as
follows:
Atwoods La Grippe Specific,
Cuban Gingcric, Dewitts Stomach
Bitters, Dr.. Bouvier's l3uchC Gin,
Dr.. Fowler's Meat and Malt, DUFF
TVS Malt " hiskey. Gilbert's Reju.
venating Iron and Herb Juice, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, Kudros,
Peruna and Rock Candy Cough
Cure.
The concluding paragraph of the
commissioner circular letter is as
follows:
Until public notice is given as tC
other Preparations than those namec
above, manufacturers of same, drug
, gists and others handling these prep
arations will not be held liable fol
-.NSprcttr, N-fr'r--''ti'v'-- '''-''Vlcs trlar
those set forth herein, provided tina
the compounds are sold in goot
. faith as medicines"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
cinehona.

Cinchona was originally called
"countess powder" from the fact
that it was said to have been intro
duced into Europe by the Countess
of Cinphopa, wife Of the viceroy Of
Peru. 1t was also called Peruvian
bark and Jesuits' bark, from the
country where it was originally dis
covered and from the Jesuit fathers
who used it in medical practice. It
was first used in the cure Of inter-
mittent fevers about 1910, The tree
from which the bark is procured
grows in Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela,
New Granada and many other parts
of South America and has been
planted with SUCCESS in India and
Ceylon. There are said to be over
a dozen varieties of the cinchona
producing plant, all Of which yield
bark of different quality. Quinine,
or quinia, an alkaloid contained in
the bark, was discovered by Pelle-
tier and Caventon in 1920. 1t is be-
lieved to be a probable constituent
of all the yellow cinchona barks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
The Chinese WAY,

In China the entire family is held
responsible for the acts of any of its
members, and for certain offenses,
such as an attempt on the life Of the
emperor, all are executed, even to
the babe in arms. The tepaom or
dean Of the village, elected by uni
Yersal suffrage, is responsible for the
conduct Of the families of his do
main. The subprefect, project, gov
ernor and viceroy are all responsible
in different degrees. An inundation
and famine are laid at the door Of
the governor or the yiceroy, who are
"father and mother to the people"
A number of years ago mandarin
was murdered by soldiers. AS re-
suit thirty-three functionaries-pre-
feet, subprefects and superintend.
ents-were declared responsible and
beheaded and the governor and
treasurer of the province were ex-
lied.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
The Case Of Mrs Rogers.
he Rutland Herald says:

The Rutland Herald says;
When 10 years of age and about,
to become a mother Mary Rogers
husband called the attention OF his
doctor to his wife's mental condl,
ton. A few days later Mary called
upon the same doctor and asked him
to prescribe for her certain danger
GUS drugs. Upon his refusal she
Aew into a violent passion and
threatened to kill him. He su bse-
ouently deposed that upon thor
ough examination he judged Mary
Rogers was temporarily insane,
caused as this deponent believes by
pregnancy" This was less than a
week of the murder Of her hus-
band.
This is the woman condemned to
be hanged at Windsor prison De
cember s, yet her every act since her
Imprisonment corroborates the testl-
mony of a reliable physician that
she is and was mentally irresponsi-
BILE and utterly incapable Of realizing
her situation.
The Vermont supreme court dis
missed the petition for new triaI
for Mrs. Rogers. In the dissenting
opinion Judge Haselton quotec
Judge Pierpont as saying some years
ago:
Insane persons may form plans
and execute them and manifest great
shrewdness and mental activity both
in forming and executing them. In
sanity does not destroy the intellect
1t perverts it, and often renders i
more active than it is in its normal
condition"
MARY Rogers would be better II
the hands of a physician than q
sheriff." says the Herald. And more
than this, she should never have
been put on trial for her life
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
Wanted Hanging.

Douglas Jerrold, the famous hui
morist and satirist, and Henry
Compton, the well known comedian,
figure in capital story told in
a memoir of the latter celebrity,
The two men were on intimate
terms of friendship and one morn
ing went to view the pictures in a
certain gallery. On entering the
anteroom they found themselves OPP
posite a number of very long look
ing glasses. Pausing before one Of
these, Compton remarked to Jer-
rold:
you've come here to admire
works of art. Very well, feast your
eyes on that work of naturel" point
ing to his own figure reflected in the
glass. "1ook at it, there's a picture
for youp
eyes," said Jerrold, regarding it
intently, Every fine indeedI Wants
hanging, thought"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
THE REAL SAHARA.
How the Vast Desert Appears to the
Caravan Traveller.

The Sahara is not at all as pop
ular belief pictures it, a vast plain
of moving sand, dotted here and
there with fertile GASES, somewhat
like leopard's skin. From Tunis
westward it is a vast depression Of
sand and clay not much above sea
level, in some parts perfectly level,
in Others hilly, with low depressions
containing water saltier than the
sea, which generally evaporates,
leaving a coating of brilliant crys-
tails which appear like snow in the
distance. The rivers from the Aures
mountains on the north serve to ir-
rigate the GASES of the Ziban. Some
times they flow above the surface,
but often below it. There is a fasci-
nation about the desert that is in
describable and that none can un-
derstand unless they have spent sew
eral weeks with caravan. AT times
the heat is very great, but, being
perfectly dry, it does not enervate
as our humid atmosphere does at a
temperature 40 degrees lower. Near
midday the desert appears to be a
molten sea of dazzling, vibrating
light. Now and then the mirage
appears, and the tired eyes of the
stranger are refreshed with visions
of beautiful lakes near the horizon,
even sometimes of trees and moving
caravans. Alas This is a case
::---->A- haliauinn A fboI
many disappointments Of IT, kind
the camels suddenly raise their
heads and snuff the air through
their curiously formed nostrils and
move at a quicker pace, instinct tell
ing them that water is near. In the
far distance a low black line indicat-
ed palm trees, and in a few hours
the oasis of Sid Okba appeared, dis
tinctly relieving the doubts of those
who feared it was only mirage
Our dragoman kicked off his slip
pers and climbed very nimbly up 6
fine palm to get some of the luscious
fruit growing at the top,-D. F
Elmendorf in Scribner's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
lar
Samuel Johnson's Preoisenes..

Goldsmith and Boswell and John
son having met at the usual hour at
the chop house, Boswell observed
that he had just encountered the
Prince of Wales on the street.
'Do you think" asked Gold
smith, turning to johnson, "that
the Prince of Wales will ever be
king?"
at is impossible!" retorted the
great doctor. "Utterly impossible!"
''Why do you think SOP" asked
Boswell.
"Why, condemn you" roared the
doctor, getting red in the face.
"Why, because, sir, the minute he
gets to be king he ceases to be Prince
of Wales"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
DIZZINESS AND weak
NERVES CURED,
Nothing Helped Until the Wonderful New
Medicine, CAL cura Solvent, Was Taken,
Dr.. David kennedy's Latest Medicine.

" very much wish," writes Loretta j.
Vail, of Hopewell Junction, N. Y, that I
might be able in few lines, without put
ting myself forward, TO let the people pns
derstand how valuable Cal-cura Solvent,
the ae,0 medicine discovered by DR. David
Kennedy, is in cases OF indigestion and the
like ailments, which are so common among
us. Isuffered from severe variety oliver
complaint, with dizziness, numbness, and
an exceedingly weak and excitable state of
the nerves. / employed the best treatment
within my reach, yet nothing really helped
Hptil began to use Cal-cura Solvent, and
that did,W
Rsa,embsr, Gel=curG SolUent cures 9s9S
ofGH cases If Kidney, Bladder and Liner
disorders. You may have q free sample
bottle Of this wonderful medicine. and de-
scriptiye booklet, by simply sending your
name and RddFess to The Cal-onra Conn
pany, Kennedy Row, RendeHt, NY. Large
bottles $1.00 (Only one Siss) all druggists,
or if they do not have it, send to the above
proprietors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian-,Rev c. A. MacDaniel
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at 1 2
O'clock. Junior Z. E. at S o'clock,
and Y. P :, c. E. at 7 O'Clock.
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. Welcom me to all.
Universaist.-Rev. H. L. Canheld,
pastor. Morning service at 1890
Sunday School at 1850. Y. P. c.
U. Tuesday evening at 100 o'clock.
Congregational-Rev. F. Z. Put
nam, pastor. Morning service at
go, sunday school at 1850, YES
per service at s. Tuesday evening,
PRAYER meeting at 7 80.
Methodist Episcopal Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at 1890; II.45 O'Clock, Sunda,
school; $50 p. M, Epworth League
evening service, 7 ,. M; TUESDAY.
md-week service 700 P. m.
Catholic Rev. +. 4. Drouhih,
pastor. Mass at II a M; evening
-ervice at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
sunday of each month at Village
lall, Quechee, at 9 O'Clock, and AT
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
,econd SUNDAY of each month at 9
o'clock
St. James First Sunday of each
month tlok Communion and SCI
non at 10, 80. Evening PRAYER and
address at 500. All other Sundays
Iolv communion att goa. M, morn
,ag PRAYER, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at (. e. H. Wells. rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
THE cow TREE.
A Vegetable Freak Found In Mountain
Regions of Venezuela.

vegetable Freak FOUND IN mountain
Regions of Venezuela.
The mountain region of Venezue-
la Is the home of one of'the most
remarkable botanical freaks known
70 grow upon the American CONT
rent. 1t is a tree which flourishes
only upon the mountain sides and
always at the height of about 5000
feet above sea level. 1t is lofty and
slender for its height and has broad,
stiff leaves OF q dusty white color,
which give it the appearance of be-
ing almost dead. What is queer
about this tree with the tall, slender
trunk and dead looking leaves and
branches? 1t is odd enough, sure,
for, although it is a very stupid
looking forest growth, it is known
the world over as the ''milk" OF
"cow tree''--the famous 'palo de
vaca," which Humboldt so glowing
ly describes. 1t is an evergreen va
riety, and those who have used its
"lnilk" pronounce 1t perfectly de-
licious," When the traveller, hunter
or native of the Venezuelan noun
tains is tired, hungry or thirsty he
needs but to cut the bark of the COW
Tree in order to be rewarded with a
copious flow of this milky sap, which
is said to be even sweeter and richer
than the milk of the best high grade
Jersey. If collected in vessels and
allowed to stand for some little time,
say from eight to twelve hours, it
grows thick and yellow, and the
Cream" goes through the process of
rising to the top" just as it does
in ordinary milk.
AT about the time of sunrise, ac-
cording to scientists, is the hour
chosen by those acquainted with the
trees peculiarities for tapping the
bark, At that time the milk is be-
lieved to be more palatable and nus
tritious than if taken after the sun
has been acting for some hours
upon the leaves. Attempts have
been made to cultivate the COW tree
both in Mexico and in the smaller
Central American republics, but SO
FAR all such innovations have been
failures. AS soon as it is removed
from the mountain sides, even in its
native land, where the natives have
tried to grow it in the valleys, it
withers and dies
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
HORSE TORTURE.
Sitting tho Nostrlls ls Not Yet
Wholly Obsolete Practice.

Sitting a horses nostrils is still
practiced in some parts Of the world,
as in Persia, Mongolia and even in
northern Africa, and ponies with
slit nostrils are often seen in the
Himalayas and in Afghanistan. This
mutilation is resorted to in the err
roneous belief that the horse can in
hale more air when going at a fast
pace and also that it prevents neigh.
ing, a disqualification of much inn
portance during war or when it is
desirable to travel as silently as
possible. 1t was practiced in Hun
gary not long ago, if we are to ac-
cept as evidence the copy Of a finish
ed sketch of a horses head by the
celebrated Zoffani, given in Colonel
Hamilton's work on horses. 1t is
rather surprising that the fashion
was not renewed in England, for two
or three centuries ago to prevent a
horse neighing it was recommended
to tie wooden band around the
tongue. Markham says;
off either when you are in service
in the wars and would not be dis
covered or when upon any other oc-
casion you would not have your
horse to neigh or make a noise you
shall take lyste (band) of wooden
cloth and tye it fast in many folds
about the middle of your horses
tongue. and helinvn it snlop0 as the
tongue is so tyed so long the horse
can by no means neigh or make any
extraordinary noise with his voice.
as hath often been tried and approx
ed OF"
A very harbarous and useless OPP.
Grafton for tie prevention of stun.
bling in horses was fashionable to-
ward the end Of the seventeenth
and beginning of the eighteenth cen.
turtles. This was the exposure Of
the tendon of a muscle that assists
in dilating the nostrils and twisting
it around two or three times when il
was divided. Gn doing this you
shall see the horse bring his hinder
legs to his fore legs almost wher
you have thus pulled and, turned the
sinew two or three times" Such {
statement will give some idea of thu
pain the animal experienced during
the senSeless operation, - Londor
| STANDARD
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
IMPORTANT TO DRUGGISTS
Tax for Selling Medicines Con-
tanning Alcohol TO Take Effect
April I, 1906.

Nearly every druggist in the
United States will be effected by a
circular issued bv Il { com missioner
of internal revenue Nov, "a, says q
Washington despatch. The circu-
lar, which is addressed to all colIec-
tors of internal revenue, is supple
mentary to the order issued on Sept.
IL last, when the commissioner
ruled that all dealers selling patent
medicines which contain spirituous
liquor as a chief ingredient are liza
bic to pay the federal tax as retail
liquor dealers, 1t was also held
that the manufacturers were liable to
the payment of the special govern
ment tax.
The order Of Sept. IL was to be.
come effective on Dec. of this
year, but protests were received from
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02
DEATHS.
In Reading, Nov 90, AmOricus " Hiland
aged IS years.

Two New York parties are inter
ested in the granite owned by A. Ii.
Becdle and situated on his farm
south Of the village of Randolph.
Samples of the granite have been
auaII zed and pronounced "xeellent
in quality. The analysis shows the
granite to be very hard, fine
grained, white, and contains but a
small quantity of iron. The only
question in regard to this granite is
the extent, but from the outside
showing there appears to be very
generous supply.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-02

Everybody likes a winner, The win
aer must possess the qualities that ex-
eel The winner In the Poultry Food
class is spoken Of in a recent letter
from Huntington G. Eastman, Washing
ton, VT, as follows: "There are sew,
eral so-called Poultry Foods on the
market here, but Pages Perfected
Poultry Food beats them all. We find
a ready and steadily increasing sale
for 'Page's.'"