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his back. The cargadOres of Mexico
answer the purpose of express wag-
ons and drays in all of the principal
cities and towns. They meet the
trains at the depots and offer to carry
the trunks and baggage of passengers
to the hotels and other stopping
places. They handle practically all
the transfer business of the country.
These men are capable of carrying
several hundred pounds of weight.
One of the industries in the vicinity
of the town of SilaO is the gathering
and sale of wild sunfiOwers for fuel.
1t is formed into enormous bundles
and brought into town upon the backs
of the Mexican poems. Sometimes
these bundles of wild sunfiowers are
SO large that the man motive power
underneath is almost lost sight of.
They trot along the streets with their
loads. giving no outward sign OF the
great weight they are bearing.
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Diamond weiahs s.oOO karats.

Although the Cullinan diamond.
which Gen. Botha wants to present to
King Edward, weighs over 5000 karats
in its present natural state, there is
no telling what its weight will be
when cut. The KohinOOr was reduced
nv an unskilled stOnecutter from
7935s karats to $50 karats; a second
cutting brought it down to 1S6 1-16
karats. and a third to 100 lie karats.
or less than a seventh of its original
size The original weight of the Pitt
or Regent diamond was 40 karats, but
in the hands of the cutter tWo-thirds
DISAPPEARED, while the Star OF the
South. which was picked up in a
river by a negress, lost a little over
half its weight by cutting.
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his home and estates in Scotland in
1922 for America, because he was dis
appointed in love and. as he believed,
badly treated by the members of his
family. By an arrangement with the
crown he secured a patent for a tract
OF over 100000 acres of land in Vir-
ginia, and was the richest man in all
the colonies in his day. He was the
friend of Washington and employed
the future father of his country in
surveying. His manor house was near
Mount Vernon. Lord Fairfax, how
ever, died without children, and his
property was inherited by his brother,
William Fairfax, who married Sally
Cary, the "Lowland beauty" who jilt-
ed Washington.
They had no children and when
William Fairfax died Robert, the
younger brother, came into the title
and estate. From him the FairfaXes
of the United States are descended.
During the revolutionary war the title
was held by the Rev. Bryan Fairfax,
who was rector of Christs church,
Alexandria of which Washington was
a vestryman. He sympathized with the
colonies, was intimate with Washing
ton. and contributed money as well
as prayers for the cause of the rebels.
From him after two generations was
descended John Fairfax, who was en-
titled to a place in the English peer
age, but did not care to claim it, He
lived in Washington, where he prac-
ticed medicine and was high in pro-
fessional repute until the civil war
broke out, when his sympathies with
the confedeTacy caused him to be os-
tracised. He lost his patients and
his friends, and picking up what mon
ey he had bought a secluded planta-
tion in Maryland and lived there un-
til 1900. when he was called to his
last account. DR. Fairfax left two
sons and several daughters. Albert,
the elder. became a clerk in a bank
ing house in New York city, and hav-
ing social aspirations. recovered for
the benefit Of himself and his poster
ity the title and privileges that be-
long to the British peerage. It was
from the Fairfax famiIy's settlement
il Virginia that Thackeray drew thein-
spiratiOn for his novels. Henry Es-
mond' and The Yirginians"
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The Only Grace She Knew.

Well has the Duchess of Sutherland
been called The Children's Duchess, q"
for it is the chief object of her life to
improve the lot of our poorer little
ones-particularly those who are all
ing.
The other day she paid a visit to the
Stoke WOrkhouse Homes to cheer the
little inYaHds. She took a particular
fancy TO one little sufferer. and asked
her various questions. The child, &C
customed to seeing 10 other ladies'
than nurses, kept addressing her as
nurse"
You mustn't say nurse dear" said
one of the sisters. You should say,
Your Grace
The little invalid Immediately folded
her hands and repeated the short
PRAYER with which she always pref
aced her meals.
The Duchess could not help laugh
ing, but bent over and kissed the earn.
est little lips-LOndOn Answers.
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SITE OF CALVARY.
Letting ANCIENT REMAINS
Z.ovFREr in JERUSALEM.
and Gateway Undoubtedly Built
!, -, Time Of Constantine to In
.Ioss Shrinss Covering
Tomb of Christ.

Y0rk-With,n the past few
.,ma ancient remains have been
cred il jerusalem that are OF
IN interest and throw a clear
m the much discussed question
site of Calvary. The costly
~rosfns Russian hospice, to the
of the site of the Church Of the
Ss0u.cher, was reared for the
III purpose of inclosing and con-
rg biz of ancient wall and a
raw which we're unearthed some
ago The gateway is covered
2 large glass case.
The northern side of the rear
,f the Russian hospice there has
baea brought to light, by the re-
Of rubbish in preparing for
alterations and improvements,
sr bit of old wall which is on a
F.. With and part Of the wall within
Pgssian hOspice, and another old
Fay 1t is now clear that all of
wall and both of these gateways
from the time of Constantine,
been built by him to inclose
area on which he erected the
s covering the then recently dis
he'd tomb of Christ and Calvary,
gateway Just uncovered opens in,
toward the Church of the Holy
cher. the massive pillars being
tad on the western side. 1t is
n on a line with the two domes
church, thus opening almost ex.
upon the present church, which
5lss the site OF COnstantine's orig.
buildings. The place where the
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MAYFLOWER CAPTAIN
C. T. VoGELGESANG ASSIGNED TO
PRESIDENTS YACHT.
Is an Officer of Wide and Varied EX-
perience-President Impressed
BY Ability on Panama Trip
Influence Selection.

WashingtOn.-"He is a good ship
mate" is the opinion of the officers Of
the navy regarding Lieutenant Com
mander Carl 7. Vogelgesang, who has
just been assigned to the command Of
the Mayflower, President Roosevelt's
private yacht
He is not only one well liked in the
service, but possesses a high order of
ability and has had an eyentful and
successful career in the navy.
President RoOsevelts new protege
was born in 1867 in California, and
entered the naval academy Sept. 6,
1886, and was graduated July l, 1892.
From that time the department made
him lead a busy life. He did duty sue
Cessively on the wooden cruiser Mo
hican, the supply ship Celtic and was
in the bureau of navigation when the
war with Spain begaT and he was
ordered to the gunbOat Bancroft which
did blockade duty on the Cuban coast.
At the close of the Spanish war
Lieutenant Commander VOgelgesang
made an expedition around the Isle Of
Pines to gather information for the
government. AS a recognition for this
service he was given medal OF hon
or. Then he went around Cape Horn,
with Capt Barker, and to the Philip
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FAIRFAX NOW ABRITON.
is NATU RALLIED AND CAN SIT IN
HOUSE CT LORDS.
New York Bank Clerk, Head of Family
Descended from Scotch Peer
age, Gets Social Aspira-
ucns.

London.-AIbert Kirby Fairfax,
twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron in
the peerage of Scotland, has taken
out naturalization papers as a British
citizen and now viii be entitled to sit
in the house of lords. Lord Fairfax
was born in Maryland in 1870. He is
the son of John COntee Fairfax, M. D.,
and Mary, Baroness Fairfax, a daugh-
ter of Col Edmund Kirby of the Unit
ed States army.
Until a half dozen years ago Lord
Fairfax resided in the United States.
His family had been connected in
times past with that of George Wash
ington by ties of marriage. Possess
ing a Scotch peerage, he disdained TO
make use of it, preferring his birth
right as an American. He was thus
not only from an American but like
wise from an European point of view
a far more distinguished parsonage
than an impoverished Scotch peer, liv-
ing in London, with no land in Scot
land no castle, no seat in the house
of lords, no powerful relations, and
compelled to work for his living, with
nothing but his barren title by way of
capital
The Fairfax peerage was created IN
1927, and the fifth Lord Fairfax left
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Volcano with Top Blown of.

climbed the mountain, and the crater
was not visible from the plain below.
No lava was ever known to over
flow the lip of the crater. The erup-
tive forces sent columns of black vol
canic dust miles into the air, but did
not seem to be sufficiently powerful to
lift the lava quite up. to the top of
the cone. The symmetry of the noun
tain therefore was not destroyed by
Outpourings of molten rock.
The accompanying picture, from a
photograph published by the me-
teorlogical observatory of Mexico.
shows that a great change in the ap-
pearance of COlima has taken place.
The picture was taken in 1903 after
the eruption of March 2 of that year.
The blast coming out of the crater
simply tore the top of the mountain
TO pieces. The crater was enlarged to
many times it's former size.
All one side of the upper part of the
cone was torn away. The rim OF the
crater is now about a mile around and
presents an irregular border on all
sides with projecting points in the
form of a crown.
This is the latest example in Ameri-
ca Of volcanic energy so tremendously
powerful as to carry away the upper
part of a mountain and make a great
and permanent change IN its appear
Ance
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A HUNTING PARsoN.
Preached His Sermons Seated on a
Saddle Top Stool.

London.-At the picturesque old
church of Berkswell in Warwickshire,
there is to be seen a saddIe-top stool
made according to the wish of a form
er incumbent who was keen follower
of the hounds. The pastime almost
became the passion of his life, so
much so that he actually had the stool
made and placed in his pulpit, and
seated astride of it he preached his
sermons Sunday by Sunday through
out the year The proceeding was a
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novel one for this country, but in
Australia horseback services are not
so rare.
One of them took place some years
ago In a parish, which as well as the
surrounding district, had been visited
by serious floods. The dwelling houses
were many feet deep in water, but the
people were determined not to forego
their Sabbath services, SO they set
out on horseback for their little chap
eli, only to find on arriving there that
that was also flooded out. The min
lister was a man of resource, and he
suggested that they should hold ser
vice just as they were, mounted on
horseback, outside the church. Every
one Immediately fell in with the idea,
and hymns were sung and sermon
preached just as fervently as If the
wOrshippers had been seated inside
the church. Then when the service
was over the worshippers turned their
horses heads and rode home through
the flood.
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years he has been in the thickest Of
San Francisco's political fights.
Mccarthy expects to make a great
fight. He says his defeat will sound
the knelI of unionism in San Francis
co.
1t is asserted that President Sam
uel Gompers of the American Fedora
ton will come here in person to super
wise the campaign. even going so far
as to bid on the citys bonds as a
guaranty of McCarthys ability to re-
store confidence in the east
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Saw Stranue Meteor.

The captain of the steamer Castil-
ian Prince. which has just arrived
here from Fernandina, told of a brilliant
meteor which was seen one recent
night from his ship while off Barne-
gat. on the Jersey coast The mariner
reports that the meteor was so bright
that all the ships lights cast a shadow
"as black as your hand while the
heat was so intense as to cause the
tar in the seams 10 boil as if in the
grip of a tropical sum-. Y. Sun.
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TOP OF VOLCANO BLOWN OFF.
Mount Colima, in Mexico, After the
Eruption OF March. 1908.

Washlngton.-It was said until re-
Gently that Mount Colima, which dis
plays more volcanic activity than all
the other volcanoes of Mexico togeth-
er, was one of the three of four finest
and most regular mountain cones in
the world. 1t is nearer to the ocean
than any other volcano in Mexico and
is an imposing object from the sea,
for its entire height of nearly $4,000
feet is revealed.
No one until 1903 had ever looked
into COlima's crater, for it was merely
a great chimney, the top of which was
the point OF the cone. No one had
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
OMAHA MEN HoNoRED.
sascom II. Robson Elected President
Of American Life Convention.

Omaha, Neb.-At the second annual
convention of the American Life con-
Vention held recently at Indianapolis,
Bascom H. Robson OF Omaha was
elected president of the organization
and was also made a member of the
executive committee.
The convention was attended by rep
resentatives of Al companies. repre-
senting policyholders carrying more
than $500 100000 of insurance. The
convention represented practically all
of the old line legal reserve compan-
les between the Allegheny mountains
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
WILL SEEK scHMITZ PLACE.
San Francisco Unions Plan to Elect
p. II. Mccarthy Mayor.

San Francisco.-Will union labor
elect the next mayor Of San Francis
co, Notwithstanding the sins of its old
candidate. Eugene Schmitz?
The old parties fear the present Ia
Dor candidate, P. H. Mccarthy. He
himself boldly declares at his meet
ings:
Il am San Francisco's next mayor. "
Mccarthy is a wonder as an organ
izer For fifteen years he has been
president Of the building trades coun-
ell, the strongest body of affiliated
unions In the United States. For ten
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The Brute.

such an angel of a hat" chirped
the vain woman as she twiTled before
the mirror. yellow and white What
does it remind you of, my dear?"
The big man in the embroidered
slippers looked up from his paper.
yellow and white?" he repeated.
We'll, now, on the level, it reminds
me of a fried egg
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
GERMAN scc:hL,sr COMING.
Herr sebel to Lecture and Look for
Slow Growth Of His Cause.

New York.-One of Germany's most
remarkable pubic men is to visit this
city. Herr Bebel, the spectacular
leader Of the German Socialists. has
planned for a tour of the United
States at an early day He wishes to
study the workingmen organizations
here, the politics of the American Re-
public, and to learn why it is that in
the country which, in his view, has
suffered most from the great moneyed
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A MUSIC Lover.

do you think YOU will give any
musicales this winter"
Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox. Il
ike them They give me a chance to
keep still instead Of inviting criticisms
of my grammar from mother and the
girls. Washington Star
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Substitution.

Clifford had prayed heartily for a
little sister, and now a brother was
born.
That night he knelt by the bedside
and said, kindly but firmly: No thank
You. God. want what l asked for
Puck.
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Of Recently Discovered Wall of
Constantine.

bolt Of the door abraded the south
i is plainly visible. From this
/ Nay the wall extends south to a
within the Russian hospice,
Ee it turns eastward, and the
old gateway, so carefully con-
] ed is in this part of the wall, and
at right angles to the recently
TOyered gateway. The pilot sock
in the stone sill, made for the
10 swing in, show that it opened
'hward into the same area. With
bis gateway still exists, in stu,
snents Of the old pavement of Con
1ae.
lme eight years ago in digging in
barrow passage way on the north
Of the Russian hOspice, an old
fipuon was found, in Cutie char
Es. which had been cut into the
E OF COnstantine's wall on its out
face and a little to the south OF
gateway just discovered. It
! as follows:
/, the name of GOD the most merci-
he most gracious. The high COM
has gone forth from his ma
victorious presence for pro-
lg and repairing this place Of wor-
and that no nOn-MOslem should
2 it, and that no one should trans
s this decree. but rather should
ply with il"
hat spot this may refer to is not
ain. II could not point to the
Ich of the Holy Sepulcher. which
never been used as a MOhammed-
shrine On the contrary, it is re-
OF Omar, after he had taken Je-
Erm that he was conducted into
Church of the Holy Sepulcher by
christian patriarch SophrOnios,
place prepared for him in which
le. prayer. But he passed out of
church and prayed just outside
entrance, remarking, in reply to
patriarch. S question, that should
Pray in the church his followers
Id deem il necessary to take pos
Ion OF il as a mosque. Omar's 5
.ls there is a much valued item
.1s.em history, and is said to have
,ae reason for the mosque which
us TO the southwest of the Church
ct Holy Sapulcher being called,
-.m, Omareyeh. This was on
assumption that it was outside the
entrance ID the church that he
7a The above inscription, how
proves that il was outside OF
newly discovered entrance from
east
. photograph from which the ac.
--sns picture was made was
.oaang eastward and from a
"-Malla.e.y above the newly un.
~.- pillars af the time of Con
show in the other photograph
.. -."s he relation of the old
" .-a g-urJh OF the Holy Sep.
and h.w it opened straight
HE s..I-es # Constantine. The
. ".-- seen n the picture is
s r.Ja1-a Of the Hoy Sepul
-s.. while the smaller and
u-e IS over the Greek church
... tower of the church is also
.,-Ee TO the left. The wall on
with double windows is TIE
'-- Of the Russian hospice.
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Pertinent Question.

The lank, long-haired young man
looked dreamily at the charming girl
on whom he was endeavOring to make
a favorable impression.
Did you ever long for death?" he
asked, in a low and moving tone.
"WhOse2" inquired the charming
but practical young persOn--Youth's
COmpaniOn.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
Hadn't Met That Kind.

According to this paper" said
Homer, there are three varieties of
dogs that never bark.
That may be true replied Van
move, "but I never had the luck 10 live
next door 10 one of EN-
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and the Pacific coast and the lakes
and the gulf.
Mr.. RObisons company, the Bank
ers' Reserve Life, has more than ST.
600, 900 cash assets, more than $751;
OOO, 900 insurance in force and antici-
pates an income of over S1,000.00O
next year.
The Washington bee., 1907-11-16
THE MEXICAN cARGoDoRE.
Takes the Place of Drays and Express
Wagons in Many Cities.

Mexico City.-The Mexican peon Is
capable of bearing great burden upon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

Ira Prouty Ingraham of Mt. Vernon,
N. Y, formerly of Guilford. and Miss
Faith Marion Paddock of West Claremont,
N. H., were married Monday at Maple
Grove farm in West Claremont. the home
OF the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles " Paddock. The day was the
saith anniversary of the wedding Of her
parents. The ceremony was performed
at noon by Rev. ]. H. Mathen, pastor Of
the Congregational church in Claremont,
in the presence of the immediate fami-
lies. The couple stood in a bay window
which was banked with grasses, golden
rod and hydTangeas and the whole
house was well decorated with flowers.
The bride was dressed in a suit of blue
with blue and white silk shirtwaist and
carried a bouquet Of white asters. Miss
Gertrude Cowles of Claremont, who at
tended her as bridesmaid, was dressed
in blue and white and carried bouquet Of
pink and white carnations. Roy Ingraham
OF Guilford, brother Of the groom, was best
man. After the ceremony buffet lunch
con was served in the dining room. Later
in the day Mr. and Mrs. lngraham left
for a wedding journey of two weeks.
They were showered with rice and con-
fetti on their departure. They will live
in Mt. Vernon, N. Y, and will be at
home to their friends at 20 Adams street
after Oct. /. Among the out-of-town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs Alpheus In
graham and Roy Ingraham OF Guilford,
Mrs. Charles Maxwell Denne * Lowell.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20
BRATTLEB0RO LOCAL
STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE.

L. E. HoIden's Carriage Run Down by
Big Thomas Flyer Said to BE Running
40 Miles an Hour.
An automobile 6wned by John CASH
man Of Quincy, Mass ran into surrey 10y
driven by L. Z. Holden Sunday near the
corn canning factory on the vernon
road, taking of one wheel OF the car
riage and frightening the occupants pao-
ly. Mrs Holden was the only one hurt
and her injuries are not serious. Ihe
shock Of the collision threw her against
the front seat of the surrey orulslhs ner
somewhat. Mrs. L. A. Utley or HolyoKe'
Mr.. Holden's daughter, Gladys Holuen'
and Dorothy SchWenk also were in the
carriage, but escaped injury. The occu-
pants of the automobile went on theH
way without even asking If anyone was
hurt.
Mr.. Holden was driving toward Brat
t.eboro al leisurely rate when the auto
mobile came in sight, going toward YER
non. It was a 60-horsepower Thomas
Flyer and was going at such a speed
that when the driver turned out he mar
rowly escaped striking the fence, In
order to save himself from COLLISION
with the fence he turned suddenly pacA
into the road, striking the front wheel OF
Mr.. Holden's carriage with force enough
to take it off and bend the axle. The big
machine then struck the rear hub OF th'
carriage. breaking the rear axle, at the
same time tearing away the cap on one
Of its own hubs.
The occupants OF the automobile dis
appeared down the road in a cloud O
dust, hardly looking back. People Wit
saw the accident declared that the bil
machine was going at least 40 miles al
hour. Deep sand made II difncult an.
-. a. n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

It is computed that New York city
has 23 fires every day and that the cltys
YEARLY loss from this cause totals about
S10 o0O. 600. The majority of fires occur
between 6 and 70 o'clock at night, and
January is the worst fire month.
Justice Miller in opening the September
term of the Supreme Court OF New YORK
in Ithaca, recently, surprised the court
attendants by refusing all applications
for citizenship. I'VE have admitted too
many ignorant foreigners to citizenship
already" he said. II do not propose TO
admit to the franchise any person who
does not know enough about the consti-
tuition OF the country to cast an intelll-
cent vote. / will not grant citizenship
Gamers TO any immigrant who has not
q fixed intention Of staying In the eoun-
try and an intelligent Knowledge OF and
sent Al, iRnoraat electorate tends to
he a corruptible electoratei an unintel-
nsant use Of the ballot is dangerous 70
the success OF a democratic form Of