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New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

entertaining as well as instructing them. one
Of the original clauses OF Mr.. Birrelrs Education
bill empowered the local authorities TO provide
vacation schools. classes. play centres or means
OF recreation in school houses during their hoA-
days" This would not have interfered with the
systematic work undertaken by the Chidrens
Happy Evenings Association during the regular
terms OF school attendance An amendment
W.. however. inserted during the committee
stags which enlarged the scope OF the recreation
clause SO as 20 empower the school authorities
70 open and conduct play centres. not only dur
ing vacations but at other times when they
nay consider Il expedient TO do 50. II is evident
from the amended text and from the admis-
sions OF Mr.. Birrell. Mr Trevelyan and other
Liberals in the course Of the debate that the
plsn OF having play centres and putting teachers
IN charge Of school amusements IS 90 be pushed
upon the rates and that tie local authorities
20 have swinging powers Cor hiring build
ings and grounds and authorizing large expendi-
lures for this purpose In this way the volun-
tary work inspired by spirit OF self-denial and
duty 10 the lower classes Will be dispensed with.
and the recreation of school children will be
conducted by salaried teachers as a detail OF
educational routine II is indeed. a striking IL
lustration Of the socalistic formula that charity
IN any form OF voluntary effort lies outside the
range Of state relations and economies. The
children Of the poor have the right 70 be
amused as well as fed and educated. at public
expense and teachers must be paid 10 do IT. and
ratepayers must supply the money That is the
new way Of putting the case; and II fits in with
the assumption that suitable work must be
found for the unemployed. or food and lodging
equivalent for il. for those who have the
right 10 live with the analogous theory that
the state owes every workman old age pen
sion. and that the costs must be sweated out Of
rch taNpaYers. / y. F.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
STUDY OF AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOLS.
Value Determined by Attitude OF Teachers
Toward II

The value OF agriculture as a study in the rural
schools will be determined largely by the attitude
Of teachers toward II. II the high school and the
consolidated rural school employing three or more
teachers the problem Of teaching agriculture sue
cessfully IS not q difficult one. for in such schools
the facilities for illustrating the work better
than in smaller Ones and there. too, teacher
trained IN agriculture be employed 10 teach
agriculture and the other sciences. Even IN the
one room rural school the difficulties, while they
are numerous. far from being insurmOuntabe.
In such schools. Il Is true. teachers with college
education with special training in agriculture
seldom found. and teachers having sufficient orig
inality and energy free themselves from condi-
ton of absolute dependence upon the text book
soon command good salaries In other positions or
take up some Independent occupation.
In the high school OF Norton County, Kan. prior
tory. normal. business ard general science courses
leading INDUSTRY OF the county farming The county
superintendent Of schools. says u. j. Crosby in the
Arsiooph OF lLe lleIaL inellt or Aerlcllll4re had
hts attention forciby directed TO this lack in the
curriculum OF the high school by the experience
OF q young who 20 school from Of
the many large farms in the vicinity took the four
bank al $50 month and then concluded that he
would be the gamer hoy giving hack 10 the farm
g. the Norton County High School, would have
welcomed agricultural course. and would have
gone hack 20 the farm much better prepared for
the duties 90 life than he with a business train
ing II Therefore decided that agricultural
course should take the place OF the general science
course. and a graduate OF the Kansas state ACri-
aud other sciences In the high school Tie teacher
of agriculture reports that he Is well pleased with
ing popular in the school and is entirely free from
the prejudice he hai anticipated Al the outset.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

should not merely train young men 70 wipe
joints. place in position piping and set traps ana
valves. but should in addition put them In touch
with the mechanical principles involved In the
various forms OF traps. the composition OF SOL
der, its melting point. the physical phenomena
which makes IL unite with the lead. etc. With
this thought In mind IL is easy TO see that there
are I'm this country only few trade schools
teach the young men TO perform the manual op-
eratiOns. There are many Industrial high schools
which teach the scientific principles underlying
all trades but there are few schools which
treat Industrial subjects in a practical. technical
and commercial manner. To make a man think
while he Is working. to create thought through
work and 10 dignity and advance the trade
should be the aim of the ideal trade school,
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
WOOD RAT TYPIFIEs MAY
He Is Small, but HIS Acquisitiveu.w :, :.
satiable.

Too many Americans have the av,,..
stlncL' The wood rat the animal a, - - la /.
southern oregon. but the wood a. -a.Gs e
man IS not restricted 20 any small ,yy-ael .
state or nation, but is wellnizh 1n,,,o---.9a q 1
The wood rat Is small no larger ts-sl
mon rat, but his ambition and acsDs.sal n.
are unsuitable. His one insane dasi-s' .lse1as
be to increase the size Of his pile ~ S,e1ls
neighbOrtng field Is placed under tr,b,.a~ n
all the nearby sticks are gathered tn.S' - fts
Then. as these are cleaned up. he ~os. - u
and further away from home. and sTs-, .-,,s
eagerly seized upon 10 increase The 80. -
pile Of sticks. .
The wood rat regards his pile OF sr,.,.
refuge In time OF trouble. on the Ars, 80 - =
alarm he rushes for the pile and crawl, 80 ~.
meath. II is here that he often fnss 49, ,-''
structiOn. for summer fire sOmefi1s. .s ~ =
through the woods and the wood rar', ,sl 49,
sticks makes a veritable furnace. Ths 49,
pile the hotter the fire. and thus he bss.sssssii
the means OF his own agony PA7-7
We do not need 10 carry the cor,,,-.
further: the lesson is obvious. bur Si,r - .
las do not appear 70 realize that We ara 49,
wood rat. wOrshipping a pile OF stiet. =
marry a man because Of the size of his "A
sticks. and not from an innate atfra.,sss-'
We call this man a success becauss- -
gather sticks faster than any OF his con,,..I-- -
We call this mar sharp" and "sbrsy-
cause. after a fellow worker has Iah,s.ss y
made huge pile, he steps in and ousf, 80
low from the pile and approprtates all s.-ss-.
for his own. a
Let US take warning from the woos -,
the summer fre-the larger the pile On ss.,.... -
fercer burns the fire when the time os s.,--'
tiOn finally arrtves.-MOntreal Star
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
PAGES 4Nso.

In he little town OF c. lived ,hr,. -,
sisters by the name of Paige. They were -
as the villagers call it. IN It's most sces-r..,
form, and they loved the small boy bsst a. !.
In consequence Of which they were brr-- -
shining mark for the pranks that youth ss.r, :
Press" ~
one day the front gate strayed from IA, v-,,
place with the assistance OF two small nslg.sT
and barbed reDartee in return as usual: f5i-T-,
this exchange came a com paint 70 the uarsrr }
the offenders.
Al the table that night papa was rsqu.v.,s b
reprOve Jim and Ted for impertinence TO tssV ~,
Paige.
with the requisite frOWn.
Didn't scare them az al" replied IN. n /,
grin 7 only said Page 80. Page 80 and haF
an they got mad at itn'
Ted cauSht sight of pa tWiJching muxsu
added Gee, but thew were Just hODpu'' :
Well don't let IL happen again ansu.lz
as he hastily attacked a piece OF apple pls-xr,
nah News.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
MEN. WOMEN AND MEALS.

When men suppose that dinner goes on wheth-
er they are home or not they labor under a
curious misCOnceptiOu Arthur PeEdenys writ
ing about this melancholy fact. declares: Some
one once said that an ordinary wOman's favorite
dinner is an egg IN drawing room. All women
have passion for something on tray. To the
masculine mind things on "a tray are unsatisfy-
ing. but 10 the feminine body they embOdy the
very mamma from heaven" II is easy under
stand that Arthur Pendeuys any other mas
culine mind" might have trouble in comprehend
ing the why and the wherefore Of this debilitat-
ing taste. but no woman would be at a loss 30
explain IT, II comes from the fatigue which
woman suffers the result Of her colossal task
OF feeding man. To nOuish the human race IS
the appointed work Of woman. At the very
inception OF life this Is her labor, and never can
existence be fine free, heroic. or SO
beautiful. that she must not pause three times a
day-Or more-to bend her mind 10 the menu
that shall please her lord. She has been accused
Of writing no epics, il is said she is incapable
of composing an orat0rio, Of designing a Cathe-
draL or conceving an heroic statue or painting a
picture Of the first quality The retOrt is that shs
might have done something OF the kind If the
men had not been hungry so frequently OF in
sistently. To be the nOurisher OF the human
race is an undertaking prodigious that II is a
marvel that the mere eXasperatiOn OF being
chained 10 the larder has not made fends or
luuatics out Of wOmen-and from sQuaw 10
countess thair sunertngs In this regard have
points of similarity. is il any wonder then
that with the ever-hungry man out OF the wav
the woman seeks escape from the tyranny ~
food. aud "sat~ straw berries by moonlight on
a noWeIy bauEt''-Ihe Reader
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
SMALLPOX IN PHILIPPINES.
Almost Entirely Eradicated by Vaccina-
tinn.

The records OF the Bureau OF Health at Manila
show that within the last twelve months 23Cu0 peo-
nIa have been vGcc.r lted by officials and mauv
No. b,, nrivate physicians When 1t is rem ambcrsd
that Mana's population is rot more thin @'t'V. II
can he understood why in the year ended Dscem-
her a; ls0; there war, CH.y twenty-sevsn d. atns
from SMALLPOX. Ten OF the twenty-seyen were
Europeans or Americans who had neglected o.
avoided vaccination
During the Spanish regime law existed making
vaccination compulsory. but the chief good which
resulted from the law was that the people Dic'Ile
accustomed TO it's existence on the sldtuSe IOCAi
and did not greatly OBJECT 10 II OF iesASS
its application at the hands OF the AmerlgLhs. 1T
a few provinces difficulties were met III tt-eSe
cases vaccinatOrs were at withdrawn lni thc
pueblOs left themselves Within sax Hohlls tHSS
Contrast between the Vaccnated and unVlcciiit'S Sd
me MOS v-ns so marxed that the CHIEF men OF ths
ObjectinS municipalities rcQ1csled '9 'A-@'''''''N
10 return . 49,.
AS smallpox is both epidemic and pandemic IN tne
Philippines, the necessity for ClVlsOn g N'eCtlh
tion in the Board Of Health IS very BLe1eenn & ~
original plan was to organize a corps OF % Fdc-
cinators That number was cons1ercu ne, ne, ''.Iy y
in order vacciA4Je the Inhabitants OF h' Isl mos
OF the insular treas ms COmmlSsi9A Al i7 'Ceh
unable to authorize the enDlOyment II 50 l1rS' Il
able the question arises whether vaccln1'i'n VII
not have 10 be practised tonrnuousiT, l"l L,[uy
tants who in those islands and their cI-
spring II arrives.
advent OF the Americans. about the s3po positlon
in regard TO its frequency, its mortality and It's
prevalence that it did in Europe pIior 20 tae as
Covery OF vaccination, and as was the ease IN Eu-
rope in the Philippines. II seems 10 be almost a
disease of childhood The explanation OF TINS .
that all natives who have rcached ad9ll age NtIe
ex posed to smallpox i'm childhood. and those VINO
did not contract the disease may be considered I'M
nune. Smallpox in Manila IS no longer 10 pe 1eare
according To the annual report Of the Bureau Of ,
Health for the Philippine Islands. and not so many
cases occur In proportion 70 its Inhabitants As IN
the cities OF Washington and Baltimore
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21

TERRITORIAL congressional delegate from
Alaska, formerly lived in Underhill, and
he has sister whose home is in that
town and another sister who lives in
Burlington. He has been engaged In
mining I'm Alaska the past IL years, and is
widely known in that country as Honest
Tom" He received the nomination as
territorial delegate to the House Of Rep
resentatives from the Miners admins
tration party; made very strenuous
campaign and was elected for the long
term by a plurality OF 1891, defeating can
didates of both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties His election is regarded
in ALASKA as the miners protest against
neglect on the part Of the national govern
ment.
A monument to Revolutionary soldiers
buried in Waitsneld, the gift of their de-
scendants and a few others, was dedi-
Gated Saturday. A flint boulder Weighing
10 tons, was selected, moved to the
village cemetery and placed on a cement
foundation on the lawn In front of the
burial ground. TO this boulder has been
attached a bronze tablet, 36x27 inches,
bearing the names of Revolutionary
soldiers buried in the town. Matt b.
Jones of Newton Centre. Mass. a native
of Waitsheld, delivered an address cover
ing the military record OF the men whose
names appear on the tablet and giving
much new data regarding Gen. Wait, the
first settler of the town and one Of the
prominent men of the Revolutionary
period
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

The box shop at Westport leased by
Brindell q Adams of West Swanzey was
burned Saturday afternoon. 1t is sup
posed that spark from the SMOKE stack
dropped into the shaving room. The
papers and books In the office were saved.
but about everything else was burned.
The heat was so intense that the large
saws were melted and other machinery
so badly damaged that 1t can never be
used.
A fire which caused a damage of about
$500 and which threatened to destroy the
principal buildings OF Cheshire county
almshouse at Westmoreland was discovered
Wednesday evening, Sept. 70. About 80
o'clock. just after the inmates had been
placed in their quarters, a smell of smoke
was noticed and soon fire was discovered
on the third floor under the roof Super
intendent Whitman gave orders to first
release or remove every person in the
building and then all hands available to
turn out to fight fire. Some Is or 90
convicts, who were confined in the house
of correction adjoining. were released and
they did good work against the fire. There
Is an excellent equipment for fire pur-
poses at the farm, and IL was used 10
good advantage Several lines Of hose
were laid from the hydrants. The water
comes from a reservoir high above the
farm, which is always kept fun by means
OF pumps.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21

Thomas Alexander, head OF the largest
cotton firm in Augusta, Ca, who disap-
peared two months ago, a defaulter in
the sum of 100000, was arrested by de-
tectives in Pittsburg, Pa, Saturday.
Among the losers were three of the
large banks in Augusta. Alexander will
return to Augusta for trial
There is more excitement over dredg-
Ing at Dawson City at the present time
than there has been over anything since
the earliest days. The whole Klondike
population is wild over the success of
the dredging, and there have been STAN
pedes there almost every day for several
weeks past. Phenomenal success has
been attained by the Bear creek dredge.
at the mouth of the Klondike river. AS
quickly as possible every available creek
is being staked and some big returns are
expected shortly. Millions of dollars are
being invested in this industry. and it
is believed the output of gold for 1907 will
be more than double the best years
record. The arrival of the Guggenheims.
of New York, as well as other capitalists
has infused new life into Dawson City and
every one is talking in millions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21
WINDHAM COUNTY COURT ADJOURNED
Session Only 10 Days Shortest September Term in YearSSev-
era Prisoners List Of Divorces Granted and
Other Business Transacted

Halliday, ct ais, VS.. Dover and Somerset
petition for dscontinuance of highway
10. L. Waterman, 70. p. Adams and ]. II.
Merrifeld appointed commissioners; town
of Jamaica VS.. state of Vermont, petit
ton for state aid on highway, report of
commission accepted except as to repairs
already made, and order of court In ac-
cordance Herewith filed; town of Jamaica
VS.. Charles J. Howe, tax collector, Apt,
judgment for plaintiff.
The following divorces were granted:
Pauline Howard White from Chas w.
White on account of confinement OF pc
titionee in state prison for more than three
years; Myrtis A. Teachout from Homer f..
Teachout, for desertion; Luthera Il.
Church from Lyman II. Church, for de-
sertion; Margaret E Benson from John
l.. Benson, for neglect and refusal to
support Nellie e. Rush from Isaac w.
Rush. for intolerable severity; Mary
O'Conncii from John O'Connel for
intolerable sew Gritty and neglect and
refusal to SUI port; Reuel A. Dom
elson from Ella w. Donelson, for de-
sertion; Frank B. Lawrence from Mabel
A. Lawrence, for desertion; George l..
Hall from NJ Era Hail. for deser ion;
Frank A. Blood from Bertha A. 81 BOD,
for adultery; Mae Il. Howard from Fl aniS
A. Howard. for desertion; Bessie A. ] titus
from Frank ]. Titus, for REFUSAL to sup-
port Mary A. Reasoner from Earl p.
Reasoner, for adultery; Frances Ashcroft
from Henry C. Ashcroft, for desertion
Elizabeth s. r. Wheeler from Robert S.
Wheeler, for intolerable severity Mary
Tymon from John Tymon. for refusal to
support; Nettie NJ. Durham from William
S. Durham, for desertion.
DEGREES of foreclosure were granted as
follows: Ernest w. Gibson VS. Ira w.
Pratt ct ais; Edward o. Fitton VS..
Charles j. Howe ct ais: Mary A. Dunklee
VS.. Horatio N. and Estelle d. Burnett;
Albert w. Rockwell VS.. Lyman II. Knapp
ct all Charles b. Willard VS.. Hollis n.
Newcomb ct al; Benjamin f. Roberts VS..
Margaret II. Perry; Arthur ID. Howe and
Charles II. Turner vs. Zina Goodell
Jamaica Savings Bank VS. Frank o.
Emerson.
Special masters were appointed In
chancery cases as follows: o. Z. Butter
field i'm John B. Marley jr. VS.. John
Retting; A. p. Carpenter in Charles s.
wilkins VS.. Warren G. Doolittle and
Frank Larrow A. F. Schwenk in John II.
Cummings, Administrator, VS.. Henry c.
Allbee.
Chancellor Munson appointed Arthur p
Carpenter a master in chancery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21
Revision Of Legislative Rules.

Atty-Gen. c. c. Fits, Lieut-Gov. c. II.
Stearns. Speaker John H. Merrifeld.
Walter X. Farnsworth, secretary Of the
Senate, and T. c. Cheney. clerk of the
House. composing the joint committee
appointed in 1904 to revise the rules Of
the Senate and House, have completed
their work and their report is now on the
way to Gov. Bell who will refer to il in
his retiring message. This report recon-
mcnds dividing the committee on corpora
tions, which always has more than its
share of work, into two committees-cor-
porations and municipal corporations
and adding to the list OF committees one
on appropriations and one on street rail-
ways. revision committee is also rec
commended to which shall be referred all
bills before they are introduced in either
house to see that they are not covered
by existing statutes and that they are
worded In legal form.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21
Special Railroad Rates for the Valley Fair

The Central Vermont Railway company
announces special rates and special
trains for the Valley Fair. Round trip
tickets at reduced prices will be sold
over the company's main line from Hart
land to Montpelier and Barre, over the
New London division from Vernon to
Willimantic, and over the West River
railroad. Tuesday evening a special
train will be run to Palmer, leaving Brat
tleboro at p. M. On Wednesday and
Thursday mornings special trains will be
run over the New London division from
Palmer and over the West River road
from South Londonderry, leaving each
of those places at o'clock. Returning,
special trains will be run over both roads,
leaving Brattleboro at o'clock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21

DR.. d. ]. McCabe, a prominent physi-
clan in Berlin Falls, N. H., was killed in
runaway accident at that place Sunday.
His carriage collided with a post and he
was thrown heavily, striking upon his
head.
Charles Wilson, %, known as 1.-THE boy
broker" threw himself under the wheels
of a trolley car at Fort Lee, N. j., Satur-
day night, receiving injuries which re-
suited in his death soon afterward. He
recently recovered from an attack of
typhoid fever and 1t is thought that his
mind was unbalanced. He surprised Wall
street several years ago by his youthful
speculations, which resulted in large
profits. His subsequent investments
proved unsuccessful and he abandoned
the curb for a responsible position with
a business house.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21
DUNN ERsToN.

Jane S. Clark was born in Dummers-
ton, VT, July 1881, died in Clinton,
Aug. 25, 1906. She came to Michigan
with her parents at an early age and re-
manned a resident OF this state up to the
time of her death. She was married
March 20, 1854, to Enoch C. Cook. VINO
passed away five years ago, they being
residents of Tecumseh at that time. Mrs.
Cook returned to Clinton about four
years ago, feeling more at home in this
village. During her last illness she was
tenderly cared for by her sister. Mrs. A.
F. Tuttle, at whose home she was stay
ing. For many years she had lived an
earnest Christian life and was a member
of the Congregational church at the
time of her death. The funeral was held
Monday afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
futile, Rev. T. II. Ashby officiating She
was laid to rest in the family lot at
Riverside by the side of her husband and
Standardization, Mich, Semi Weekly
Local
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21

Charles N. Pray formerly Of Middle
bury, who attended the high school and
college in that town. has been nominated
by the Republicans in Montana as a can
didate for Congress. He is a lawyer
The girl who assassinated Gen. Min at
st. Petersburg last month and who was
sentenced to death by court martial
was executed Sept ~. She mounted the
scaffold with firm step and would not
be aided. on n photograph sent to her
sister she wrote the words, MY life was
all l had to give"
Plans are well under way for. the estab-
lishment OF a canning factory in Middle
bury. At least $4,000 must be raised TO
Insure the success of the venture but the
company will be organized so that the
capital may be increased to 100000 II
Is expected that the business the first
year will be canning OF corn, peas and
apples.
Three men bound and gagged Night
Foreman George Saben and blew open
the safe in the office OF the Lynn and
Boston Street Railway company at the
Lower Swampscott. Mass. car barn Sun
day night. They secured S125 and es-
capped. There is no clue TO their identity
corner OF the building was blown out
by the force Of the explosion.
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester.
who commanded the British squadron at
Manila during the Spanish American
war, died at Gibraltar Monday OF pneu-
monia. He was chief Of the sea transport
service during the South African war
His work in transporting a quarter OF a
million men 5000 miles to South Africa
won him great praise. II was Chichester
who, according to report stood by the
Americans in Manila bay at time when
friction between Admiral Dewey and the
German commander seemed likely to lead
60
the AFFAIR, printed in a London paper,
said that when the American and Ger
man fleets were grinning defiance at each
other In parallel lines, their decks cleared
for action, Capt. Chichester stolidly
steered the British squadron between
them, giving an exhibition of calmness,
tact and nautical good humor that prob
ably saved battle which would have re-
suited In disaster to the peace OF the
world"