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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
Deal In CHASTITY curios.

Two medical students living in San
Francisco, called on the president of
tanning company of West Berkeley,
CAL, recently and asked him to pre-
pare some human skin for commercial
purposes. With them they had two
pieces of cuticle. one about foot
square and the other a trifie smaller,
which they admitted they had stripped
from body in dissecting room.
They said they intended making slip
pers of the skin. The commission was
declined. Other tanners have also
been approached by embryo physi-
clans engaged in the ghoulish traffic.
1t Is alleged that articles made from
the skin of men and women have been
carried from California to all parts
of the Union. When tanned the skin
of a man is worth about $500. The
skin is soft and pliable, r. milling in
many respects the chamois
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

with tools of all kinds has stood the
colony in good stRad. Most of the
cottages are monuments to his skill
as an architect and builder, and very
comfortable cottages they are. too.
One of the women, widew, with
two children, is trained nurse, who
often gives her services to the vii
layers round about; another was
school teacher and a third a pusic
teacher. With the exception Of two
or three. all the colonists are of Eng
fish birth and breeding
Have Their Own Amusements.
1t must not be imagined that the
life at Whiteway is a mere refund of
sordid toll in the fields The colony
possesses some excellent musiciams
and couple of first class elocuSion-
lists, and there are almost nightly
concerts and readings in one or other
of the cottages.
Then. in the seasons when work in
the fields is slack, there are expedi-
lions on foot to some of the many
points of interest in the neighbor-
hood. That part of Gloucestershire is
rich in historic and antiquarian in
terest.
A mile from Whiteway is the vii
lage of Miserden. which was a Ro-
man stronghold in it's day, and In a
field outside the village are great
mounds, which the villagers declare
are the graves of the Roman soldiers
A mile or two away is perfectly
preserved Roman military road. and
on foggy nights the country people de-
clare that ghostly legions may be seen
marching along it, fighting over again
their battles with the ancient Brit
ons.
Gloucester has a fine cathedral, and
that at Cirencester, while smaller, is
said by experts to be one of the most
beautiful in England.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
No CHANCES.

This is the new year" said Mrs.
Brown as she and Brown sat down to
dinner, "and perhaps we ought to
make some little changes for 1906"
I am willing" he replied. Eyes,
have been thinking that | would make
a few changes"
THAT is nice of you. You know
that you swear and that don't like 1t
at all. 1t will be so sweet and kind
and considerate to give it up for my
sake
Give up swearing! Not on your
lifei"
What. then, did you mean by
changes?"
Why, 1 have been allowing you SIS
per week as pin money and know
that you simply fool most of it away.
One of the changes contemplated was
to cut the sum in half"
Samuel Brown" exclaimed the
wife, as she knocked on her rlate with
her fork to emphasize her words,
don't make any mistake on your wife
Mary. You will continue to swear as
hard as you wish and as often as you
wish, and my SIS pin money comes to
me every Saturday night or there
won't be any glass left in the front
windows TO last over Sunday!"-Balti-
more American.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

being at the west end. forty miles
away. On the south rise the sheer
precipices and snowy peaks of the
Alps, beyond which is Italy Through
a gorge the railroad comes down from
the mountains back of Chillon, after
its ascent from the south.
Along the lake end are various de-
lightful summer resorts, which derive
much business from their proximity to
Chillon.
Beyond the castle is "hotel Byron"
which did not exist in Byron's day.
The inn at which the poet wrote his
famous lines on Chillon is a dozen
miles away, and has been modernized
and spoiled as souvenir of the poet.
Chillon is a very ancient castle. It's
origin is obscure, but as early as 1888
it was mentioned as stronghold of
the dukes of Savoy. Its architecture
remains at it was in the thirteenth
century. Judicious restoration Is
going on in its various rooms under
government direction. and it is being
fitted as national museum. Some
of its ancient devices for torture are
still preserved, and show the sinister
spirit of the times in which 1t was used
as state prison.
identity of the Prisoner.
It was one of the line of fighting
dukes of Savoy who was imprisoned
here in 1880, the prior of a religious
order at Geneva called Francois de
Downward, who, by his political ac-
tivity and by bearing arms against
Savoy, then powerful dukedom, had
made himself Objectionable to the rul.
ers thereof. Downward remained in
the castle of Chillon until 1886, when
the place was taken by an army OF
Swiss patriots, who liberated him and
the other prisoners.
Some of the best lines in Byron's
poem describe the prisoners sensa-
lions on being liberated as follows:
My very chains and I grew friends,
30 much long communion tends
10 make us what we are:-eyen l
Regaind my freedom with sigh.
History shows that Downward re.
gained his freedom with a strong de-
sire for action. He repaired at once
to Geneva, where he espoused the
Protestant faith, married within few
years four times, founded library,
which exists to this day, and wrote
history of Geneva.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

lists visit to the castle. At the time
he thought the story a myth, and he
did not even know the name of the
prisoner whose sufferings he made
the subject of his glorious verse.
After the publication of the poem the
author learned of the name and char
acter of Downward, and added a pre-
liminary sonnet to the poem, in which
Bonnivard's name is used.
Both sonnet and poem are too we'll
known to need extended quotation
here, except so far as the lines relate
to the castle. In the sonnet the con-
Guiding lines are:
Chillon! Thy prison is a holy place,
And thy sad floor an altar, for twas
trod
Until his very steps have left a trace,
Worn. as if thy cold pavement were
sod,
By Bonnivard!-May none those marks
effacei
For they appeal from tyranny to God
The marks on the stone floor of the
cell supposed to have been occupied
by Downward, depression worn by
his feet, are still carefully preserved
and religiously shown.
Poem Not True to Facts.
In the poem the prisoner is rep
resented as having two of his seven
brothers to share his fate, and seeing
them die in chains. AS a matter of
fact he was alone, and had consider
able freedom of action after the first
half of his Imprisonment The verses
rum
There are seven pillars of Gothic mold.
In Gibbons dungeons deep and cold;
There are seven columns, massy and
gray.
Dim with a dull imprison'd ray.
And in each pillar there is a ring,
And in each ring there is a chain
They chain'd us each to column stone.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
Larkin Mason,s Renort.

The Hon. Larkin D. Mason of Tam,
worth. N. H. was Judge of probate
for his county. and very prominent
man in politics in his day. His SON
came home on furlough from the army
during the civil war, and brought the
army itch, and the whole family took
1t.
Mr.. Mason called in a doctor from
the neighboring town of Meredith,
who left some medicine to be taken ac-
cording to directions. The doctor told
Mr.. Mason that he wanted to hear
from him In few days.
Mr.. Mason reported as follows: I'VE
have used the medicine internally and
externally, the disease still RACES In
formally. and It looks to me as though
y would last eternally." =
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Inc poet described the prisoners
dungeon thus:
Below the surface OF the lake
The dark vault lies wherein we lay.
We heard It ripple night and day.
This again is an example OF the
poets license, as the dark vault" Is
not below the level of the lake, but
slightly above 1t, and is not a dungeon
at all. but rather spacious apartment
of crypt-like architecture, with two
rows of pillars, but having Windows, to-
ward the water, from which, on 1ne
days. the sun is reflected to the stone
ceiling of the room. In one of the Dill.
lars an iron ring is shown, and near
1t the floor is worn. doubtless by a
prisoner, who may have been Bonni-
ward.
In Beautiful Situation.
Chillon stands at the last end of the
lake OF Leman, the city of Geneva
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
A Will That Held.

December 26, 1901.
well. Magic, will you our home
stead and the children won dollar
each and pay the Diet with the stok.
az. B. ARMSTRONG"
This was written on slip of paper
five inches long and three inches
wide, III poor scrawling hand, and
thought by some lawyers who read 1t
to be valueless. turns out to be worth
$4,000 TO Mrs. Margaret Armstrong of
Waurika. Oklahoma Territory, and ia
the last will of her husband, who died
there on Jan. last Probate Judge
Glenn vt that city has held that the
document meets all requirements,
and has admitted it to probate.-Kan.
sas City Journal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
Fremont's Flao Preserved.

Locked up in a bank vault at Red.
ding. Calf, is the flag which Fremont
unfurled on the summit of the Rockies
In 1841. The banner was made with
Mrs. Fremont's own hands previous
to her husbands start on his explor-
ing tour in the far west The nag
differs from the standard u. s. flag
In field only, where large American
eagle, surrounded by twenty-six stars,
is skillfully wrought In hand EN-.
broidery.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
Fox Dies for Love of Child.

Pining for the companionship Of
his six-year-old owner and companion,
little Nettie Fox. who died on Satur-
day pet fox long in the family of
Clarence Douglass of Red Lion, this
country, died to-day.
Nettie took sick of diphtheria two
weeks ago and for the first time in a
long while was kept away from the
fox, which had been her playmate
and best friend.
The fox at once began dropping and
seemed to be pining for its little own.
err. She came not, and to-day, two
days after her death, the fox is also
dead.-York correspondence Philadel-
phia Record.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

The fact is that the colonists are
nearly all from much higher sta
lion in life and better educated than
their neighbors. One Is the son OF a
baronet who sacrificed his material
prospects in life for the sake Of liv-
ing in accordance with the primo pies
in which he believed.
Another was the manager of pros
porous bank In Scotland. and a third
was a large farmer in the south Of
England. There is sprinkling OF
city folk, clerks and the like, and
there is retired sailor. whose skill
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

For the same reason most of the colo
nists are practically vegetarians. and
practically all the cultivation is done
by hand.
The only animal in the colony is a
cow. which gives milk for the chill
dren, who, by the way, are as healthy
and happy specimens of English
childhood as can be found in the king
dom. Most of the children who are
old enough contribute to the family
support by caring for fowls.
Known as "Queer People,"
The Queer People is the name by
which the colonists are known to the
inhabitants of the surrounding vii
lagos, but there Is nothing invidious
In this title. Ask any one of the vii
layers about them and he will tell you
that the Queer People are good peo.
pie, and 1t Is not at all unlikely that
he will tell you how some of the
Queer People came into his cottage
when his wife or child was Ill and
gave. the advantage of skilled care
out of pure neighborliness, and how
the men have often given them valu-
able advice about the variation of
their crops and the best markets for
them
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

A New Jersey court holds that
man is not responsible for beer bills
incurred by his wife, as beer Is not
necessary OF life. A certain smart
set near New Jersey would like to
know whether the same rule applies
to cocktails and highballs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

There they go again, those Dress
makers. teaching our angels how to
make the men believe they are mod
eled after Venus. Is there no law
agin it?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Vegetarians are responsible for the
high price of shoes, according to a
shoe man. But how can that be,
when the high price of meat Is re-
sponsibie for the increase of vegetar-
ians?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

That New York dentist who has
been charging his patient at the rate
OF $3.50 day when she didn't keep
her appointment with him deserves to
have the jumping toothache
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

1t Is said that in the Russian douma,
If 1t ever meets. eight languages will
be spoken. many of the delegates
knowing but one Of the eight The
troubles of Russia have just begun.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Reports from Biarritz Indicate that
the Countess de Castellane will agree
to separation from Boni on easy
terms. Any terms that will render it
unnecessary for him to worry over
finances will be regarded as easy by
the count.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

And we were three-yet, each alone.
The situation of the castle Is thus
described:
A thousand feet In depth below
Lake Leman lies by Chillons walls:
Its massey waters meet and flow;
Thus much the fathom-I;ne was sent
From Gibbons snow white battlement,
This Is the broades. poetic license,
for the water beside the castle is shall.
low, and only at some distance from
the shore is depth of 500 feet at
tanned. The greatest depth In any
part CT the lake is bit LOTT feet.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

And now scientist declares music
enlarges the brain. OF course it does.
If 1t didn't what would the musicians
do vita their hair?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

The boys may be forced to write
'trauf,' ruff" "tuf," and "tung," at
school. but they will not use that kind
of spelling when they are old enough
to write love letters.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Mark Twain says every man should
be "a good citizen for all he is worth"
There are indications that in many
parts Of the country the advice is be-
ing needed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

1t has been discovered that George
Gissing, the celebrated English novel
list who died not long ago, once
worked in America as a gas filter. Ey-
identity he didn't go into literature
merely to make money.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

The Paris newspapers haven't print
cd line about Count Boni's trouble.
A little thing like that isn't a novelty
over there.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

In Philadelphia the other day one
man tried to kill another after they
had suarreled over a goat Even in
the case OF the goat, comedy and trag-
edy may be separated by but a whis-
ker.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

DR.. Wiley says bottled whisky is
the only safe kind" Shucks 1t isn't
safe for two minutes when the woods
are fxA of corkscrew toters.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Wac would ever guess now that the
one-time motto of John L. Sullivan
was: My right there is none to dis
pute"?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

In planning that forty-story sky
scraper to be erected in New York.
has the archbishop made any provis-
ion for an airship station on the roof?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Old Geronimo has been dethroned.
Poor Geronimo. His bad luck has
come I'm punches. He took his eighth
wife emily few weeks ago.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

1t Is charged that at the recent city
election In Pittsburg 1000 illegal votes
were cast. The conversion of city
Is exceedingly difficult.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Woman, says Fulda, the German
playwright. is first in modern art. Also
in the hearts of her countrymen.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

cheer up! All the French briar root
comes from Scotland, even II the
Scotch whisky doesn't.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Admiral Dewey has never told any.
body whether he thinks it is compli.
ment to have that dry dock named af
ter him or not.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

What are the men thinking about
that they do not come to the front
with an injunction against dressmak-
ers' conventions?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Spsiag shoes are moving, according
to the market reports. That's the
way tAey get worn out.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

In the Harlem district of New York
the other night, a woman, by simply
starting to play on her piano, fright
ened away two burglars. No home
should be without one.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Raaisn is good thing to speculate
on. In three years it has risen from
$25 to $3.50 speck.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

The price Of window glass is to ee
raised again. Well, that won't give us
paae.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

Castro, who says he will break up
the Monroe doctrine and clear out the
foreigners" should be warned by some
friends to stop mixing his drinks.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

A man is called soldier of fortune
because he generally averages about
$13 q n@th at his trade.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

when last heard from Castro was
threatening to knock the bottom out
of the universe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06
OLD "Hoss" PAST USEFULNESS.
Dire Necessity fer Some Other Sort
OF Bail Bond,

OF Bail Bond.
Senator Pattison, well-known
Vermonter some years ago. was seat
ed In the country court room. He
had been called upon by one of his
constituents to go bail for him. and,
as he had often done before, gave as
security on the bond an old "hoss"
which he drove.
1t was a sultry summer day, and
the judge was listlessly gazing out
Of the window as the case dragged
on. Suddenly he turned to the de-
PENDANT, and, in a sharp. exultant
tone, said:
That's enough for to-day, and your
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

The Court Adjourned Suddenly.
case, Jed Ashby is continued until
next Friday, and Senator Pattison
amt goin' yer bail. neither, cause his
DANCED old boss jest dropped dead
out thar in the square,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

out Of the water a sewer. Both arms and
body are brought into play by this exercise,
while the clement of fear by frequent rehearsals
of being suspended head downward in the air
and held by the legs is greatly eliminated.
Another vital requisite for a patrolman is to
roushs sets him and tries to wrest it from
him TO prepare the men for such an occur
renee, five or six of them, personating toughs,
are made to pouncc upon the woud-b be police
man, and Il rafting scrimmage follows to over
power him and get the club out of his hands.
The instructor shows just how to grasp and
hold the club TO prevent its being taken.
Climbing is also made q special feature, for
in chasing burglars high fences and
roof tops, and for effecting rescues at fires.
Much stress is placed the physical require
mcnts of applicants to the force The minimum
height demanded is feet ~ inches, the weight
13S pounds, and the chest measurement 33H
inches, while feet inches in height weight
JS5 pounds, and chest &c inches is the limit.
The body must be well propOrtioned of good
muscular development. and free from affections
of the joints, slrIinS, stiffness or other condi-
items, such as fiat foot or ingroWing nails which
would prevent the proper and easy performance
of patrolling The applicant must also be free
from color blindness, and be able to read with
either eye standard test types at a distance of
twenty feet The teeth must be sound, and there
must be at least twenty natural ones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
Trains WOULD-BE "COPS.
E.r-PeHceman Has Preparatory
School on NOUeI Lines.

A school for police aspirants, with a gen
uine ex-"cop" teacher, is the latest wrinkle
in municipal and Civil Service education just
row launched in New York. James d. O'Brien,
a former patroluan has recently resigned from
the force in order to establish preparatory
school along novel lines, embodying results
CLEANED from personal observation and practl-
cal experience while pounding the pavement
Police Commissioner Bingham's recent an
nouncement that two thousand additional men
are needed on the force has given extra
impetus to candidates to get in harness so as
to capture this popular job A few years ago,
before the present merit and competitive ex-
animation system in vogue, young man
often had to hand over from $500 TO $500 to some
intermediary with pull to procure an appoint
ment Now, with slight expenditure and with
the assistance of a Civil Service schOolrnaster
and gymnasium instructor, the position is IN
easy reach of the applicant without any political
influence whatever.
A Tribune writer the other day visited the
ex-policeman's classrooms where several hun
dred muscular and bright looking chaps were
being coached to wade right through the
required examinations. A candidate must obtain
average of not less than 20 per cent on the
mental tests and experience, and 10 per cent ON
physical development and strength.
Some remarkable results are said to have been
accomplished in the gymnasium. One too cor
pulcnt applicant has had thrty-five pounds
taken off his weight, while short fellows have
been stretched inch or more. Some of the
acr, battle stunts performed, both for limbering
up the individual, well for gaining prac-
teal experience in situations likely to befall any
pa.trolnan, remind of a circus. One of
these is a human chain, frequently used in vari
forms of rescue, such pulling person
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

when required it can be closed and completely
armOr cased. The top centre plate acts as a
coming tower, from which the quick-frer can
be laid in any direction, as it is central pivoted
The whole of the arrnored fittings can easily be
removed when not required for service condi-
tons. The wheels themselves are protected by
thin nickel steel bullet proof plating. while the
tires have puncture-proof bands. The car
can seat five persons comfortably and has an
average speed of about thirty miles an hour. 1t
is supposed to move over ordinary rough ground
at about ten miles hour though the speed
must necessarily vary with the conditions OF the
ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30

men kissing one another Not with the
French 1.-THE attitude of a Minister OF War"
says LIE Monde ulustre.- with perfect gravity
after decorating, nOn-cOmnnis-
stoned officer simple private IS alwayv
touching. AS cur photograph shows. NJ Etienne
Minister OF War accomplished it the other dav
with that good feeling and sincerity which al
ways characterizes him"