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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27

Victoria, b. C.-Although the latest
news from the wreck OF the Valencia
Is conflicting, it is probable that 1879
| lives have been lost, and that only 10
have been saved.
The report from the steamship
Queen that 25 passengers were cling
ingt to the vessels rigging, with lit
tie chance of saving any Of them,
was followed by the story that the
| wreck had gone to pieces. AS only
| Is survivors have been heard from so
far, 1t is probable that the loss of life
will reach 139.
There were 1874 persons, "a passen-
| gers and GO in the crew. on the Val
encia when she went ashore. Fifteen
reached land in boats, and about 30
others were drowned in an attempt to
follow suit, their boats being smashed
against the side of the steamer soon
after they Were put in the water.
Thus, about 1O9 are still aboard the
| Valencia.
According to the steamer Queens
report the Valencia is almost sub
merged, only the after part of the
hurricane deck being above water.
! There was slight chance of rescue on
account of the heavy sea.
The Queen reports that the 25 or
80 passengers clinging to the rigging
on the Valencia appeared to be mostly
women.
The steamer City of Topeka is near
the wreck, but owing to the heavy
sea, is unable to send boats to the
persons still aboard. 1t is thought
the sea will moderate by tomorrow
morning to permit succor to reach
those on board, If they can maintain
their position.
A Bamfleld dispatch says that mes
sages demanding that a boat with
coal oil and other supplies be sent TO
render aid. has been received. The
latest reports from Camp Beale say
the survivors at Darling have report
ed that there still remain some per-
sons alive aboard the ship.
Those on the ship, It IL SAID siAIf iAIf
as the rescuers are ready to fasten it
to BLUM for breeches buoy support.
Mayor Morley of Victoria has char.
tered the tug Lorne, which will leave
as soon as possible for the Valencia,
ALTHOUGH It is feared she may arrive
Beale reports the steamer breaking
up.
The mayor has made arrangements
with the commanding officer of the
naval station at EsGuimalt to send
life boats crew from II. NJ. S. Egeria
on Jne I4orne TO see II anything can be
done to succOr those in the rigging of
the wreck.
The doctor on the steamer Queen
said on his arrival that those seen in
the rigging had apparently reached
the limit Of endurance and could not
survive another nights exposure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
To Ruv Books In Lanan-

Hanover, N. H.-Dr. Kan-Ichi Asa
kawa, lecturer on the far east at Dart
mouth college, has just left here for
Seattle from which port he will sail
Feb. 10 for Japan. He has been grant
ed a leave of absence and will spend
several months in his native country
carrying out joint commission from
the library Of congress and Yale uni
yersity.
Each Of these institutions has set
aside $4,000 to be expended by DIR.
Asakawa in the purchase of a large
and systematic collection of books
from public and private sources. He
has been given full freedom and au-
thority in the matter, and will employ
the most efficient assistance available
in Japan. On visit to Washington
last week he received final instructions
from the authorities at the library.
DR.. Asakawa will also visit Korea
and China and possibly Siam, for the
purpose Of pursuing courses OF study
and observation impossible elsewhere.
He expects to return to America dur
ing the summer of 1907 and to resume
his lectureship at Dartmouth the fol-
lowing September.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
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Don't WdSte Your Time !
BY Beatrice Fairfax
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BY Beatrice Eairfae.

HE comes the
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time for doing what male ot
Make winter you
Will do something yourselves mentally physlcal
1t is easier to the cool weather one feels like
4 achieving
bEAz1mlaNuE8 Brains muscles exercise
II IAN i'm
oe during the winter spring will be conscious ina" you
nave decidedly grown in direction other.
If YOU suffer pick some line Oh
study and work at it with your ear nd energy.
the pene
Of mngng with physically
Or get together you and orm o your
walking club week, will ahord
its members o
Or might a reading aloud one or
MS
'ory and the other half over an interesting novel,
Then you could have coffee
You could take a
Make mind nave Deoe'
Put
say yourself this winter ana at e
OF intend to be of been before
Don't waste minute Time precious than diamonds ana
All your endeavo won't bring back lost moment never forget
the long
The public libraries interesting books can be pu
up at the secondhand nothing
do diversion at Will eep
mind
Get hobby kind nothing like hobby keep one IN
Don't let the winter getting good out of it.
Take Self Improvement motto keep the words pgh anu
shining before all winter
In the spring will be girl feel have lived up
mottoNew York ournal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
State viii Benefit.

Chicago.-The inheritance tax which
the Field heirs must pay the state may
amount to $1,000OOO.
The estimate of the Field estate in
Chicago and the state is $780, 900 .OOO
The state law requires l percent of the
market value Of the property devised
or bequeathed to direct heirs and 9
percent when bequeathed to nephew5,
nieces or Others. The county treasurer
receives a fee Of percent on his col
lections OF intritanc tax, so that Coun-
tyTrasurer Hanberg has prospective
Zee Of 5000 before him.
The bequest Of $4,000, 900 to the mu-
scum Is not subject to the inheritance
tax The appraising of the estate is
made by an appraiser appointed by
the court. 1t IS now said that the will
may not be offered for probate for two
weeks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Ate the Heart of Louis XIV.

There is no need to be skeptlcal
regarding Mr.. Laboucheres story
that the late Dean Buckland swal-
lowed the mummified remains of the
heart of Louis XIV, and that it now
rests in the deans body in Islip
churchyard, when one recalls the
many weird dishes that the famous
divine consumed in his life time. At
his dinner parties, which were at
tended by leaders of science and lit
erature, the menus were often of a
most eccentric character. On one oc-
casion pickled horse tongue was great
ly relished by the guests until they
were told what they had eaten. Alli-
gator was served up as a rare deli
cacy, and puppies occasionally, and
mice frequently. At other times
hedgehogs, tortoises, potted ostrich
and sometimes rats. frogs and snails
were prepared for the delectation of
favored guests. What more likely
than that the dean should have a
fancy for a royal heart?-London
Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27

Albany, N. Y.-Dr. Mary Walker,
with her short hair done in a new
tangled imitation of the marcelle wave
and her faint gray-striped trousers,
freshly creased, startled the assembly
committee on codes recently by mis-
taking Chairman Phillips new silk
hat for the last season block she
wears She also made the committee
sit up and take notice by saying:
81 have positive proof that an in
nocent negro was substituted for ne
gro guilty of murder and put to death
at Dannemora prison. This is only
one Of many cases caused by the bar
barrie death penalty"
The doctor, who is wearing the new
three-button frock coat this season,
by the way, was requested to furnish
names and dates. She was arguing
for the passage Of the bill to abolish
capital punishment. She promised to
supply facts later.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Blame on Congress.

Washington, ID. C.-Secretary Taft
was before the senate committee on
finance the other day to explain the
monetary agreement entered into by
the secretary and the isthmlan canal
commission with certain bankers on
the isthmus, as called for by resou-
tiOn by Senator Bailey.
Under this agreement the commits
sion Is supplied with currency by
these bankers, as 1t Is needed for the
payment of salaries and to meet 9th
er urgent demands in the canal zone
which relieved the commission of the
necessity of shipping currency from
New York.
when this agreement was made,
said the secretary, II had in mind not
to usurp the treaty making powers OF
the United States senate, but my let
ter TO the Panaman fiscal agents re-
veals the frailty OF the human men,
ory. II | had been asked concerning
this letter should have said without
hesitancy that the portion agreeing to
maintain the parity Of the fractional
silver with the gold standard had been
struck out. But it is there and my
name is signed to It, | must admit
it,"
The secretary added that so far as
the working of the agreement was
concerned no attempt had been made
by the Panaman government to carry
any part of the agreement into effect
beyond that which required the com
mission to give general circulation to
the coinage within the zone.
Secretary Taft said further:
II have been informed by the bank
ers that they will not consent to a
renewal of the agreement which eX-
pires in April. They claim 1t is not
sufficiently compensatory as it is diff
fcult to accumulate the amount Of
money we call for in country of this
character, where there is disposition
to hoard silver"
What will we do when this agree
ment expires?" asked Senator Alli-
son.
I'VE will have to make a new one
on more favorable terms to the bank
ers, paying them a higher rate of eX-
change" said Mr.. Taft. 1T amounts
to a premium" he added.
Would it not be better to provide
coinage of our own for use down there,
about 81 100000 was going to say, but
perhaps $3,OOO,OOO?" asked Senator
Teller.
81 think So" said the secretary. Il
think we should be independent in the
matter OF coinage to meet disburse-
ments."
The secretary said that congress was
responsible for conditions under which
the commission had to operate,
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and that congress could expect mis-.
takes TO be made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
NEWS
OF THE ENTIRE WEEK
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 1906
r. A. Gurley of Denver, brother OF
c. d. Gurley of the Proyident company,
offers to take over the affairs Of the
Boston bank, advancing $4,000 at once
as guarantee of good faith; Treasurer
l.. w. Burlen leaves Montreal for Bos-
ton.
Representative Mccall presents the
petition of the Massachusetts citizens
who want the frigate Constitution
saved; favorable action taken immedi-
ately by the house.
Delegates at Algeciras appoint COM
mittee Of five to draft plan to repress
dealing in contraband; Sigsbee finds
smallpox.
Miss Polly Bryant horsewhips an edi-
tor on the street at Sedalia, Mo.
Six more Of Balfom's ministry un-
seated, and liberals now have 2O2
votes.
William English Walling of Chicago
under arrest in st. Petersburg for al
legged participation in revolutionary
practices.
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The DELINEATOk
With Cbe Age
One Year $1.55
Four Months Trial Subscription
to The Age
rs CENTS
We Do Job Printing
UP TO DATE RECRUITING.
Phonograph and stereoptleOn Used
to Get Labor for Queensland
Plantations.

TO Get Lahor tor Queensland
Plantations.
Thousands of natives of Polynesia
are needed to work on the sugar
and other plantations of Queensland
These plantations are in the low coast
regions; and as the climate Is tropical
white labor is not successful.
For many years sailing vessels have
been visiting the islands to recruit
kanakas for the Queensland planta'
tions The trade gave rise to abuses
which have been suppressed by law,
but the natives are not so eager 10
emigrate as formerly and 1t is hard
work to fill the vessels.
A sea captain in the Kanaka trade
has introduced a new method of max
ing emigration attractive. Before he
sailed from Queensland year ago
he visited a number Of the planta'
tions where South Sea Islanders are
employed.
He had q camera and phonograph.
Going from one plantation to another
he photographer groups of natives and
known fellows from the New Hebri-
des, Solomon and other groups.
Then he brought the phonograph
into service. The best known natives
who had a large acquaintance in the
islands were induced to talk into the
instrument and tell their friends the
kind of life they led in Australia and
how they were getting along on the
plantations.
These Photographed letters were
obtained from Kanakas who formerly
lived in about a dozen of the islands
which the recruiting vessels are in
the habit of visiting. Then the ingen-
ious shipmaster had his photographs
turned into lantern slides and off he
sailed for the islands we'll equipped
to astonish the natives.
According to a Queensland news
paper the scheme has been great
success. The captain had an ample
supply Of lantern slides showing emf
grants from each of the islands he
visited.
Everybody was on hand to see the
show and the natives were bes''
themselves with delight when
saw the well-known visages of
friends and acquaintances thr>
upon the screen. But the create
wonder was when each. piGtpElee aeflyys
tones and accents which many Of the
auditors connected with the man
upon whose face they were gazing.
The man sent them greetings from
his plantation home 1000 miles away.
He told them he was doing well, that
he liked the life and that Queensland
was good place to come to. He
talked about the country, the money
he earned and the good treatment he
received.
Pictures were shown of the huts
occupied by the emigrants, the fields
they worked in and groups of labor
ers whose sleek appearance and
smiling faces seemed to show that
they were enjoying life.
The result is that the stereopticon
and phonograph have proved to be
valuable recruiting agents. Even the
natives who have had the worst mis-
givings about emigration become en-
thusiastic converts to the idea when
they see their friends actually before
them and hear their well-known
voices.
The captain had no difficulty in
making up a load and other captains
engaged in the Kanaka trade say they
are going to employ the same expedi-
ent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
THURSDAY,

! GSg lOSOa
Boston woman tells Brooklyn, N. Y.
police that her husband was known in
Boston as -. l.. Norton" that he said
at time of Page murder at Weston,
Mass, well, we did a good job on
| that"
Victims of wreck of steamer Valen-
cia on CancOuver coast may number
lS9; small chance of rescuing 109 still
on board.
Forty-degree drop in temperature
likely to be fatal to much early-start-
ing vegetation, especially trees and
shrubs.
Shoe manufacturers decide to raise
the prices Of their goods.
Hope for the life Of Gen. Joseph
Wheeler all but abandoned and all his
children gather at his bedside at
Brooklyn.
City Atty. Simpson of New Haven,
Conn, decides to drop Independent in
vestigation Of the Edwards case being
satisfied with coroner Mix's findings.
North American Ash and game pro-
tective association opens its annual
meeting in Boston.
Fatal battle in New York's China
town.
Harry s. Lehr testifies of his rela-
tlons with Town Topics at the Hap
good libel suit
Thomas W. Lawson wlthdraws his
declinatiOn to speak in Peoria, Feb.
22i and will be the guest of the Creve
Occur club.
Will Of Marshall Field offered for
probate; specific bequests amount to
$17 SOS, 900, the balance remaining in
trust for his grandchildren; several
bequests to New Englanders
Republican insurgents and democrats
go down In defeat on house statehood
bill; test vote 1872 to 165.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27

convention denOunces charges that he
sold out" In Colorado strike.
Legality of Col. William II. Dono-
vans command of 9th infantry, Mass,
militia, questioned by enlisted men.
Judge Sherman denies motion Of
Charles l.. Tucker for new trial, and
prisoner probably will be sentenced
on Saturday for the murder Of Mabel
Page at Weston, Mass
Poultney Bigelow tells Brown uni
versity students he was dismissed
from Boston university
Chicago packers claim immunity in
rebate case on strength of letter Of
President Roosevelt.
Charles h. Roberts driven insane by
the desertiOn of his wife and the send
ing of his four children to an institl-
tion, commits suicide by cutting his
throat at the Massachusetts, General
hospital in Boston.
Collision between trolley cars near
Portland fatally Injuries two and less
seriously hurts 10.
Liberals now have a majority Of 2S
In the British parliament.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, retired,
threatened with pneumonia.
Secretary Bonaparte remarks II con-
slider myself a public benefactor," :"
when he sees the Pape petition on "Old
Ironsides;" document not to be ex-
hibited to senate.
Aquidaban of the Brazilian navy
sunk by an explosion and 212 men, in
Guiding four admirals, perish.
Rev. Howard c. Durham, oldest
member of New England Methodist
conference, dead at Winthrop, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
War Neteran Dsad

Beverly, William A. Nor.
ean' Tor more than half a century en-.
gagged in the banking business in this
city, died January 2S at his home on
Bartlett street after long illness He
was a veteran of the Civil War and
was 1S years old He was a nromi.
nent member Of the ubjles Yonht
club. He leaves a wife and several
grown-up children.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
The kalser,s Health Rules.

The German emperor endeavors to
follow the "rules of life" laid down by
his favorite physician, as follows:
Eat fruit for breakfast. Eat fruit
for lunch. Avoid pastry and hot
cakes. Only take potatoes once a
day. Don't drink tea or coffee. Walk
four miles every day, wet or fine. Take
a bath every day. Wash the face
every night in warm water. Sleep
eight hours every night" The kais.
er ascribes his excellent physical con.
dition to close adherence to this ad.
vice.-London Tit-Blts
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Sues Standard OIL Co

MiddletOwn, Conn-Suit has been
brought against the Standard Oil Com
pany for $4,000 by Theodore H.
White of this city to recover damages
for burns received by the explosion OF
lamp at his home Jan 8, and for the
death of his daughter, Goldie May,
which resulted from the explosion
He seeks to recover $4,000 for the
injuries he sustained and $4,000 for the
death Of his daughter. MIR. White al
leges that the quality of oil in the
lamp was poor, and that its fash point
was considerably below that required
by law.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
The Real Thing.

"Ah, dearest" he sighed, would
these were the knightly days, that |
might don mine armor and go forth
TO battle for you"
"Skidoo! George" interrupted the
fair girl; "you can beat those old
knights 40 blocks if you'll don a we'll
padded football suit and go in and
wrestle with pa"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Can Talk Without ronnu.

There seems to be a mistaken i'm.
preston abroad" remarked n doctor
the other day in speaking of the case
of the actor in Chicago who had his
tongue cut out in an effort TO cure y
case of cancer of that member. that
when a man is unfortunate enough to
lose his tongue that thenceforth all
power of speech is denied him. This is
not So While it is true that not MANY
men survive this operation for any
great length of time. it is equally true
that they can speak so long as they
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Treat to EmpIoves.

The head of a well known wholesale
house on Broadway engaged in the
manufacture of specialties in mems
clothing attributes the fact that his
concern is noted for not having fric-
ton with its work people to his prac.
lice of annually entertaining the hun.
dreds of male and female help in his
employ to a year.end theatre and sup
per party.
AS an object lesson in fostering
ideal relations between staff and en-
ployer, this mode Of celebration is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
Proof of Democracy.

"Ma, teacher was tellin' us that we
should all be on a equality in our
schoolroom. Nobody should feel any
better'n anybody else"
That's right, George"
Say, ma, can l go to school tod3y
without washin' my face? None of
the rest of 'em washes theirs.-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
SATURDAY,
Jan. 20, 1906.

SR UHDArI JAM ~, 19Uo
Public sentiment in Massachusetts
forcing changes in liquor bills; modi-
fications Of semicolon, screen and
abutters laws proposed.
France decides to make a naval dem
onstration in Venezuelan waters as a
beginning of the punishment OF Presi-
dent Castro for his treatment of NJ.
Taigny.
Eggs extraordinarily low for this
time of year.
Car of the Brooklyn l. road plunges
off track, falling 80 feet; one man
killed and several persons injured.
Miners convention may not take ac-
tion on the anthracite situation.
Senate committee decides not to
make martyr of Poultney Bigelow by
Furnishing him for his recalcitrancy.
Dealers at New York auto shows
amazed by the heavy volume of busi-
ness they are doing.
Gov. Utter of Rhode Island prohib-
it's pool selling at running and trotting
races pending Legislative action.
Gen. Luke Wright OF Tennessee, gov
ernor general of the Philippines, will
be appointed the first American am
A'--------asE- to Iapan: lde and Smith will
succeed in Philippines. -
Brown university to have $500, 900
library, and to name 1t for late John
Hay.
Iiharal s";~--es-.ttIru0 DrIClSn
elections. reSult now stands liberals
228s. ppi9nists SO. nationalists 70, lab
Capt. James Cardiff, testifying In
an insurance suit New York, says he
set fire, by orders of owners husband
to the yacht Scythian which was
partly burned off MarblSh oad la 1000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27

live and with only comparatively
slight impediment in their utterances.
If you will hold pencil crossways be-
tween your teeth and speak while it
remains in that position you can get
just the effect it has on human speech
when the tongue is entirely removed"
New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27

Not only has Japan n large and in
creasing ocean marine of her own, but
one OF her shipping companies, the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, now has thirty.
four oceaRgoing steamships.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-27
WEDN z SDAY,
Jan. "a, 1906

Steamer Trojan of the Boston g.
Philadelphia line sunk by a collision
with the Savannah liner Nacoochee at
the entrance to Vineyard sound; her
crew rescued from the rigging.
Steamer Valencia of San Francisco
wrecked on Vancouver island and
many were lost.
Congressman John S. Weeks intro
duces bill to stop hazing at Annapolis.
Vermont supreme court upholds in
dictment against James Duncan and 10
Hardwick stone cutters, charging o"''
spiracy. .,,..o. -, ,D.or
,,ate and foreign commerce unani-
mously agrees to. report the Hepburn
bill on railway rates; number OF
changes made on demands of the Dem
l-ocratS.
Secretary Bonapu, to ISSUES orders
reducing the number OF employees IN
CHARLES 5. Newhall of Hyde Park
dropped dead in Boston.
Fortune Of late Marshall Field may
reach $3.50, 100000
1bSbullo vi IOIlLlSu GleCIlOnS SO lar.
Liberals 2S4, unIonIsus is5, -labarites
43, nationalists 70, socialist /.
President Roosevelt says the Ameri-
can navy could defeat the Japanese,
ship for ship, and is the best in the
world.
Standard oil inspector in Boston de-
clares that tests used in this state
make kerosene safe, thus contradicting
Wesleyan chemists statement.
Huge ocean liner barely misses run
ming down the Norwegian steamer
Gimle off Nantucket.
Assassination plot unearthed in
Washington county, Penn; Gov.
Pennypacker one marked for death;
arrests made.
Ex-President Mccall sacrifices estate
at Long Beach to take up Hamilton
fund mortgage given to the New York
life.
Ambassador White trying hard to
bring France and Germany together:
both feel weight Of United States pres
sure.
France will try simple blockade with
Venezuela; if that fails custom house
may be seized; understanding with
United States.