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New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

the emancipation OF the Roman Catholic 0nuIfh u'f
sro-, "prestly misrule and its rejuvenatlon win
TON Lroyvedge the science the democratic princi-
Pies and civilization of the twentieth century
croningen. Holland: Professor Edouard Montet
n n n OF the University of Geneva, switzerland;
H. 3ev Gertrude Won Petzold of Leicester. Eng
land the only woman minister in England; Pro,
fassor Otto Phiederer, D. D., of the University oi
Rsrn an authority on the history and philosophy
Of religion. and Professor G. Sub6a Rau OF the
2amorin's College Calcutta who was brought up
in the Rrahmo-Somat (Society OF Hindu nheists)
" The sessions Of the congress. which will continue
+hrnIeh the week will be presided over by the
,,Rav DR. Samuel A. Eliot, the president of the
Unitarian Association to whose Initiative
An 1oraanIzation of the international council seven
iaers w ago was due There will be excursions TO
concord. Plymouth and Fairharen for the dee-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
sYNDICATING STORIES POPULAR.

oh yes. my scheme recommended itself to
them. single newspaper might have 2Oooto
readers. and consequently the syndicate gave
wide publicity their work a. a period when no
magazine had a very large circulation More
over 7 created a new market. There were only
three magazines in the United States. and the
supply of literature exceeded the commercial
demand
What did You pay for short stores?
Frank r. Stockton received from 500 to
$50 Kipng even less. | bought the AmerI-
can rights Of great serials like a Gentleman
of France by Stanley J. Weyman. for 500
| paid A Conan Doyle 1870 for The White Com
pany.' but he wholly unknown and the
newspapers wouldn't take it. I sold it to The
New York Sun at cost. and The sun printed II
simultaneously with Lawson's News. in Chi
cago. 1t my practice to buy from authors
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
EDITOR AT 81 A WEEK.

''T had decided to be teacher. but IN my IaSl
year at college was editor Of a paper. and out o.
that employment came a pamphlet in when
gave q history of college journalism in the West
/ wrote TO manufacturers for ADVERTISEMENT -
which I scattered through the pamphieI- 'ite
of my patrons was a bicycle manu- actureT III
Massachusetts The young woman WhoW ! vas
10 marry went to New England to teach school.
! followed her with definite plans IN Fle".
.,coIlect that had Sc when l reached Boston,
Il walked the streets and looked for work
When l saw the sign of the bicycle c"lnPahH
which had given me an advertisement l asked
clerk in the front office for audience with the
president When the president appeared IN
formed him that he had been a customer oI
mine and liking the way ne did business.
wanted TO work in his establishment. wen. |
was hired 81 a day to teach customers now
TO ride bicycles I didn't know how TO ride my
self but l was ferocious for a job, and at my
first attempt although ! slow at such
things I didn't fall off ] went to see the preSl-
dent several times and showed him my new let
tiers of recommendation.
- DO YOU think you could edit magazine?
he asked one day.
Yes. sir I replied. believing I could learn
went along.
Accordingly. I was put in charge of a publ
cation called The Wheelman.' which finally
combined with a magazine known as Outing
Ny salary now 81 a week. I did everything
then that have done since-bought paper made
contracts with printers, solicited advertise
ments and subscribers. and arranged for con-
tributiOnS. BY and by l told my employer that
I wanted to get married.
:" Wait he advised
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
WORKED THROUGH COLLEGE.

This is & rich farming country I said TO
snyself. and the people Will not let boy starve'
Eeytng concluded that wouldn't die Of hunger
felt safe and tolerably comfortable I had an
abandoned room in the college dorrnitory where
for the first month slept on the ffoot and lived
on crackers and grapes. which We're very cheaL,
Soon found q place TO work in z fine family
Z was paid $50 q month on farm the next
summer i spent three years IN preparing to
enter Knox College 1t required four years. OF
course, TO get my degree But I paid my own
way.
summer learned stsnography and taught Il at
she college the following year. Occasionally I
had a school OF my own on the prairie. I sold
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
MARRIED At LAST.

I have waited seven years. I replied.
" Jacob waited fourteen years for Leah and
Rachel he answered
But don't want two wives I said
In a little while I was welded and my salary
Was increased from SD TO SO a week Before
long my work ceased to interest me- and l
went 10 Roswell Smith, the greatest magazine
man in our history, with a letter which recon-
mended to the Century Dictionary people
as person whose knowledge of comparative
phlIology might he useful Mr.. Smith got me a
place in the advertising department of The
Century Magazine while my wife was put to
reading the great body OF literature for selec-
uonS 10 illustrate the meaning of words in the
new dictionary. Her paw was 50 20 2 dav Put
l wasn't a satisfactory clerk. | forgot inpor-
tant things While a hymnbook was going to
press carried some uncorrected pages in my
ton and delay.
During this time 1 first thought of the news
paper syndicate business. which I later under
took on my own account On the whole il was
exchanged news in a limited way and in Eng
Iand eight newspapers, at the suggestion Of TIL
Iolsof had agreed 70 publish simultaneously
number Of stories and novels by 4Ereat writers
charles A. Dana, Editor of The New York
sun had also arranged with Bret Harte Henry
James and ". D. HOwells for short stories and
novelties and by correspondence sold them 10
editors Of newspapers in several other cities.
The idea seemed very big to me- and life.
thought would be failure if I couldn't carry
II out
Then the Century people said that the place
L had wasn't suited to me. that ! wasn't
suited to Il and they gave me a month. my
salary 10 continue In which to look around. II
failed to get another situation ! might remain
with The Century until spring l had a wife
ana baby, but not dollar in the world. The
escape from the drudgery Of clerical work, how
ever, sent me home happy man. I now deter
mined 10 try my syndicate scheme. l wrote TO
authors and newspapers, and on Sunday, No
Velnber 10. 1851 printed a story by H H Boye-
sen. Fiction from Conan Doyle. Bret Harte and
Harriet Prescott SpoffOrd followed.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

my morning mail without dread; some editor, L
feared. would withdraw his patronage Mine
a business of a racking terrible character
| might sell a story to twenty newspapers, and If
two three of them backed out | lost money.
/ had please different editors with varied
temperaments and tastes in different parts OF the
country with the same thing. After nine and
half years of the hardest kind of labor, of mental
torture and nervous strain. was exactly $500
ahead. and had dealt mind you. with the great
est authors in the world and the most prosperous
newspa pers in this country well as in Aus
tralia and India. When I had less than $4,000
in the bank would make contracts with authors
which called for ten and fifteen times that
amount. But I went and and learned how
TO Judge and edit"
And tla rrriSt vOI
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

a loungfnG place after the varied programme OF
the bath.
Every form oS scientific water bathing from the
popular Turkish bath the more modern electric
bath will be administered by professional! mas
ssurs. and n physician will be constantly at hand
for the purpose OF guidance and consultation.
Instead Of being dead and still. Is usually the
the Of the main pool will be kept
constantly alive and in motion by mechanical CON
trivanCes The entire 50oo gallons Of water VIII be
entirely renewed each half hour by the use %
special pressure and plumbing devices. The water
will come from artesan we'll.
The construction work IS rapidly nearing com
pletion. and the F1eischman baths will be opened
TO the public on about November :. IL is ex
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
LEADING WRITER
IN AMERICA.
s. 6. NCLTRE SAYS HE Is
HR. HCWELLS.
Remarkable Experiences in Buying
and Selling Literature.

Copyright 1907 10y 3. Morrow)
IN your opinion. who is The first man OF let
ters in America >" ! asked s. s. Mcclure. the
newspaper syndicate man. who buys and sells
literature as a market commodity.
Mark Twain some might say" replied Mr.
Mcclure hat think that N1r- Howells is easily
our foremost author
What IS Kipling doing?"
He is writing steadily but he is a slow work.
man imagine he gets between so and 20 cents
a word whereas the standard price is 10 cents
a word
Are editors and publishers really looking for
new writers?'
Their money is made on new authors. Fur
thermore it is my belief that the totally unknown
writer may have 4 less worthy story accepted
than a known author; less. You know. is expect
ed of him
What kind of stories are the most salable?''
There is no limit 10 the acceptance of good
hurnor and adventure. Love stories. too. are
wanted. Ten times as much poetry is offered as
can possibly be printed. There is also entirely
too much dialect-the conversation often of per-
sons in the lowest circles Of society
What is ordinarily paid for the work Of new
writer's"
From $50 to S125 for snort story. An author
who has done We'll for several years and is
sought after by different magazines, gets from
$500 to $500. BY and by he may demand and re-
ceiVe $1,000 Gilbert Parker and Booth Tark-
ington are in that class. So. fancy, is Robert
w. Chambers Mr.. Howells would be were he
not under contract
Literature depends very largely. I suppose. or
good business management"
"As rule form Of literature fourishes that
IS poorly marketed. Many years ago James
Parton said 70 that the French drama was
then the best literature in the world because the
dramatist had his man at the theatre door and
got his share Of the profits
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

specimens Of copper ore and thirty-cent - nlcdo
scopes for a dollar apiece on the street coInetS
of ST PAM MINNEAPOLIS Duluth and Cleveland
and in the large towns of Indiana, Illinois VIZ VIZ
consin and Michigan. One vacation uaIenIu uaI,I
5000 miles Again ! walked all over the Mlddle
West peddling needles. pins hose and handkeF-
chiefs to farmers / glad TO say thal III d
large district of Illinois | was called the ~hoesS ~
among the miners. While l travelled my IlNlhs
expenses ranged from Is cents 10 "A Genus d
week I enjoyed life in the open air and II WAS
profitable Some days I made much as -.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
HIS EARLY LIFE.

will YOU tell me- asked, about your early
life in Ireland"
Il remember that / was homeward bound one
afternoon joyful because had been at the head
of All my classes for seven weeks. when some
one Informed me that my father was dead lie
Was a carpenter was helping To build man
of-var in Scotland. and had fallen from me
ilrper deck 10 the hold of the ship. We We're
farmers as yen as carpenters, but decidedly
poor When I was nine years old my mother
brought her four children 10 this country, cross
l1lg the ocean in the steerage, and travelling 70
Indiana where she had brothers and sisters, IN
an emicrz7nt train. We arrived at our destina-
ton on July 3. 1866. The next day 1 shot fire.
crackers heard & patriotic address, and became
a redhot American, Northerner. and Republican
Later in the summer / read the history OF
the Civil War. and heard all the ruTnOrs and eX-
cited talk which agitated the country. In the
winter my mother married man from the
North Of Ireland. and we went TO his farm on
the edge Of the prairie. When l was fourteen
years old I walked 10 Valparaiso, fifteen miles
distant, where got a chance TO work for my
board and attend a newly organized high school
II learned to set type worked in an iron fOun
dry. and did some school teaching myself in the
country. When l sixteen l made up my
mind 70 be q tramp, but an English moulder IN
the foundry talked me out of II. When my
stepfather died returned TO the farm. and
with the help Of my brothers, raised the biggest
crops on record Nevertheless, I wanted an e5iu-
cation In q hotel in Ireland where 1 once
stopped for a day had seen a young priest
reading Latin. The impulse thus begun WITH
me remained in my mind ever afterward. So I
started for Galesburg, in Illinois, the seat OF
no money for railway fare. and only Is cents
lyher I (5alesburg
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
MIR. MCLUREs APPEARANCE.

Samuel Sidney Mcclure IS one Of the best
sudges in the world OF literature as q commodity
,He bargained with Stevenson, Kipling, Doyle
end Hope when they were new and cheap With
out ready money IN his purse TO buy butter Tor
his bread he paid Mark Twain $1,000 each Tor
1ravei letters from abroad. This honest little
pedler" as he was called when he sold pms
needles and handkerchiefs on foot, is a rich man
now but once he wanted TO be a tramp, ana
while ct college whittier he had gone with d
cash CAPITAL OF 10 cents. lived or crackers ana
grapes I followed him on gallop through
,offjces gorged with desks and around corners
where I nearly lost both track and scent. Then
we sat down IN his own room
An inventory Of the physical man showed a
r,sir of shoes that hadT't been blackened for
1Tnonth a coat rumpled in the back; trousers
that ought TO have been pressed and faultIess
linen in violent disharmony with all else. Inc
ATcCEures Of this particular tribe are OF Scotch
root and Irish development Samuel sidney :
ewes are decidedly dreamy at times he ADMITS
that he is blind TO the sheep. cattle ana trees IN
the foreground when there is a mountain or
waterfall beyond. I have seen MIN often, put ne
has never laughed and rarely has ne sn1liea-
The sr1ectre Of the ruin which harassed ms carry
wears has left its shadow in his lace ana WITH
erred all humor, except il he written down ana
,7a6a into bales and rolls Ike cotton ana leathef.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
BARNARD.

Ora Paul of Woodstock is with
his grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Maynes.
Christmas exercises were held al
at the Methodist church Wednesday
evening.
The next meeting of the Library
club will be held with Mrs. Eben
Lewis on Thursday, Jan. Is.
Mrs. Penn Atwood died Dec. IL,
in Maine, where with her husband
she was passing the winter. The
interment was at Potsdam, N. Y.
Miss Edna ellison of Charlestown,
N. H., has given nine volumes of
fiction to the Charles B. Danforth Ii
brary.
A very pleasant party was given
at f. NJ. Chase's last week Friday
evening.
Harley DeWolf lost a horse last
week, the animal being taken sick
while coming from Woodstock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
RRInGEWATER.

The wooden mill will start up Oh
full time again Monday.
There was well-attended dance
at Union hall Saturday evening,
G. R. Capron has returned from
White River junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cole of Tx
bridge, Mass, are visiting their par
ents.
MRS. WHITES 95TH. BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Tirzah White was 50 years
old Thursday, Dec. 26, and as usual
for a number of years her birthday
was the occasion of II gathering in
the afternoon of relatives and friends,
She makes her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs, Sarah Waite. Mrs. White
is still bright and active, remarkably
so for her years, and her guests had
a cheerful welcome on their arrival
The table at which the party sat
down to dinner was lighted by 50
wax tapers.
Among the guests was Alfred Sar-
gent, aged 81 years, who has attend
ed all these little reunions. The
others were Mr.. and Mrs. s. G..
White, Mrs. Inez Watkins, Mrs Lula
Watkins and little Inez, of Wood
stock; Mr.. and Mrs, Collamer Capron
and Mrs. Lois Cobb.
Mrs White received a number of
gifts, including money, etc, from
her guests, who thoroughly enjoyed
their afternoons visit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Annual Village Meeting

The legal voters of the Village of Wood
stock are hereby notified and warned 20
meet ut the town Hall in said Village the
first Monday Of January next, (beiug the
sixth day)lat Seven O'Clock p. M. for the
following purposes;
/. To choose Chairman
2 To receive aud act upon reports of the
Village Officers.
8, To Elect Village Officers for the year
ensuing
4. To see il the Village will accept tho
provisions of sections 4S0 to 1856 of the Vt
Statutes of 1894, regarding the collection of
taxes.
8. To see what action the Village will
take regarding the purchase of Steam
Roller.
9. To see what action the Village will
take regarding the claim of the Woodst ock
Country Club
Z. To see what action the Village will
take regarding the lighting of the Village
streets.
8. To see what action the Village will
take in regard to contract with the Wood
stock Aqueduct Company,
o To see if the Village will elect Tree
Warden, in accordance with Sec. l. of the
Laws of 1906.
10. To raise money by tax or otherwise
for the expenses of the Village already in
Cured, and for the necessary expenses for
the year ensuing
IL. To do any other proper business.
JOHN S, EATON,
Village Clerk,
Woodstock, Vt, Dec. "a 1907.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
SOUTH WOODSTOCK.

There were Christmas trees at G.
L. Walkers, P. G. Kendalls and at
Ernest and Will Merrills.
Mrs. NJ. A. Dutton and G. B. Chase
of Woodstock were guests at Mrs. r.
H. Kingsley's Christmas.
John Blake is putting in dormer
window and finishing off room in
the upper part of his house. G. M.
Rood and Frank Blake are doing the
work.
Clayton Holt has been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. j..
Holt.
The Social Circle elected officers as
follows at the meeting held Dec. 10:
President, Miss Mary E. Wood; vice
president, Mrs Julia NJ. Royce; sec
rotary, Mrs. Julia A. Wood; treas
urer, N. e. Wood. The annual meet
ing will be held Jan. 16.
A box social will be held by the
sisters of Orion Grange Tuesday
evening, Dec. 81. The boxes will be
seld at auction for the benefit of the
Grange. There will be a literary
program.
Bert Hoitt's dog was caught by a
falling tree and killed recently.
Guy Cade writes that he reached
Los Angeles, Cal, safely Dec. Is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
DEER KILLED
LEGALLY, 993.
Returns from Open Season-Last
Years Slaughter 634.


State Game Com missioner II. g.
Thomas reports the whole num-
Der of deer killed in Vermont this
year as 1914 as compared with 634
last year. These figures are not
considered complete, but include all
reports up to date.
During the open season in Octo-
Der, the number OF deer legally
killed was 993; illegally killed So
wounded deer killed Shy order of
Commissioners Thomas, ~.
The number of deer illegally kill
ed from June 80, 1906, to December
"a, 1907, was 337. OF this num-
Der there were killed by dogs, us
wounded deer killed by order of the
commissioner, "a; by railroad trains,
70; by accident and unknown causes,
is.
1t is believed that the number of
of deer legally killed during the open
season will reach 1000 with all re-
turns received.
The report of deer legally killed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
THE DAHL!A.


Story of the P3nt's Grange !ntroduc-
tioa In<o Ene'ca:.
Not long ago there appeared on
the table Of a lady who IS an en-
,thlsiastic gardener d dish which
puzzled her palate. She could not
decide whether it were Il singularly
'lurnipy potato or remarkably po-
tatoey turnip, and Whichever it was
she did not like it. She summoned
the cook, and inquiry presently re-
vealed, to her di2may, that it was
neither. but somc of her choicest
cactus dahIias, innocently mistaken
for a vegetable.
The error was less disastrous than
the famous one of the Dutch house
keeper who during the prevalence
of the historic tulip mania acciden-
tally boiled for onions ii handful Of
tulip bulbs worth a fortune. But it
was certainly vexatious as well as
funny.
According to historic tradition,
the original introduction of the dahl
Tia into England occurred through
an error exactly opposite in charac-
ter. 1t was imported for a yegeta-
BILE and turned out a flower
A little over a century ago, so the
story runs, Lady Holland, travelling
in the south of Europe, was RECALLED
upon a soup of delicious flavor,
which her hostess informed her was
called Palestine soup" because its
chief ingredient was the Jerusalem
artichoke.
Lady Holland, always on the
alert for interesting novelties, or
dered a root of the artichoke to be
sent to her gardener at Holland
House. This vas done, as every
body supposed, but when the strong
shoots, thrusting up boldly in the
vegetable garden, and, tended under
the watching eyes of gardener, cook
and great lady, arrived at maturity
and bloomed, they bore new and
splendid flower, inedible, but glori-
Gus.
The plant was transferred to the
parterre and became the pride of
the garden, although at first Lady
Hollands feelings were mixed, for
she did not like to lose her "Pales-
tine soup" But when a London
scotsman came to look at it and Of
fered 80 guineas for the root her
last trace of disappointment vanish
ed, and her husbands graceful trib-
ute, which was soon passing from
lip to lip through the fashionable
drawing rooms of London, added
the final touch to her satisfaction.
Lord Holland, who had a pretty
taste in verse, wrote CALAMITY:
The dahlla you brought to our isle
Your praises forever shall speak
In gardens as sweet as your smile
And colors as bright as your cheek.
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
PLYMOUTH UNION.

We wish everyone Merry Christ
mas.
Mrs. Cora Vahngilder is at home
for Christmas
Amos Coolidge went to West
Bridgewater last week Friday, re-
turning home Tuesday.
Miss Alice Brown arrived home
last week Saturday.
Very interesting Christmas exer-
cises were held in Thomas Moore's
hall Tuesday evening. Many were
made happy with Christmas gifts.
MI. and Mrs. Eugene Hall and
Miss Ada Hall were at E. A. Halls
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Bedell are
visiting at J. w, Pierce's.
Mr.. and Mis-. Henry Benham,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sawyer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Benham are
moving to Pinney Hollow, where
they will work in Jasmin's mill.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
WEST BRlDGEWATER

Bert Hill was in Woodstock
Thurs ay, J. E. Willis Saturday and
E. ]. Doyle Tuesday.
Miss Helen Brough went to her
home in Castleton Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Pearsons and
Lille we've in Woodstock Thursday
Myrtle Lewis is home from Castle
ton Normal School tor the holidays.
Velma Tarbell of Tyson was al
A. J Pinney's last week.
@. E. and Lee Pearsons we're in
Rutland Saturday.
Mable Spaulding has not been as
well the past week.
Mrs. Lidia Kennedy is sick again,
F. L, Goodnough is quite poorly,
Don't forget the ball at b. c.
Hill's hall is Jan. 2.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
A Well Advertised Saw
ingS Bank

A large list of depositors, wei
scattered over its legitimate territory
is one of the best advei Using me-
diums a Savings Bank can have
Such being the case, the Hyde Park
Savings Bank must be we'll adver-
tised in the State of Vermont. Read
what the Lyndonville Union Journal
says:
Ex-Gov. c. S. Page takes about
as much pride in the growth and
success Of the Lamoille County Saw
ings Bark as he does in the growth
and success Of his calfskin and hide
business. Gov. Page is the presi-
dent Of this bank. 1t was started
with the idea of not loaning a dollar
outside OF Vermont and this prin.
ciple has been strictly followed.
The bank is successful financially
because the people have confidence
in the business ability aud integrity
of the man at the head of it. If this
were not so the bank would not have
depositors from. practically every
town in the state.
This Bank pays 4 per cent. COM
pounded semi-annually on deposits
of 500 or more, remaining in the
Bank one year or more.