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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
France viii Make No Apology

Paris-There is renewed anxiety
here over Germany's attitude In the
matter of the Casablanca incident.
This is the case of the desertion of
several Germans who had enlisted in
the foreign legion of the French army.
Germany asked arbitration for the
question of international law involved
in the right of Germany to protect
her subjects who had enlisted in the
foreign legion and who subsequently
deserted.
France accepted this proposal, pro-
vided that the arbitration should COW
er the question of fact, whether or not
German influences at Casablanca in
spired the desertions in question. Ger
many refused this counter offer and
France has declined to modify her at
titude.
An official statement sets forth that
France intends to insist firmly upon
arbitration, both in the matter of the
law and the facts. She Will make no
apology for the actions of the French
officers at Casablanca unless the arbi-
traitors decide that an apology is due.
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Sailors RentraInsd to erounda

Annoy, China.-Two thousand men
Of the second squadron OF the Ameri-
can fleet were allowed to land Sunday
and were served at the reception
grounds with an European luncheon
and a Chinese dinner. The men, how
ever, are showing great disappointment
because they are not permitted to leave
the grounds, restrictions having been
placed upon them because the authori-
Ties do not believe that the city is yet
free from cholera ana plague.
Admiral Sab OF the Chinese navy
gave luncheon in honor of Rear
Admiral Emory and the feet comman-
ders. One OF the features of the day
was tea served in the temple at
In the afternoon, at which the oficers
and the prominent foreign residents
were present.
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children of Prominent Family.

Brockton, Mass.-Children from Q
prominent family of Rhode Island, and
who can point to governors OF the
state as ancestors, were recently com.
mitted from the Brockton police court
as wards of the state, being brought
here from Bridgewater, charged with
being neglected chile. en-.
Three of them are Phoebe Evan and
Walter Bull, children of Evan Bull ol
Bridgewater a brother of Daniel P.
Mary T. and Phoebe Bull, of the mil
lionaire family of Newport. Mr.. Bul,
is also cousin of DR.. William T. Bull,
the famous New York surgeon. Two
other children, Caroline and Ida M
Bull, whose mother is Catherine Bull
also daughter of Evan Bull, were al
so charged with being neglected.
Caroline, Evan and Walter Bull
were ordered committed to the care Of
the state board of charity, while the
case of Phoebe was dismissed as she
is more than 16 years old.
Just before the children's cases were
tried Catherine Bull, mother of Caro-
line and Ida NJ, was charged with a
statutory offence, as was Edgar E.
Johnson, also of Bridgewater. They
pleaded not guilty, and their cases
were continued.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 in each case.
Johnson and Catherine Bull were ar
rested by officer M. U. Smart, while
Alice B. Montgomery, agent for the
Massachusetts society for the preven-
ton of cruelty to children was the
complainant in the cases of the chill
dren.
The case of Ida M. Bull, who is an
infant but three months old, was con-
tinued until Thursday, and she was
given in care of her mother.
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Miners ThrilIIna Ride.

Wilkesbare, Penn.--Alternately
hoisted and lowered at full speed up
the Lance colliery shute some 80 or
40 times, Charles Edwards, a mine
worker, recently had a thrilling ex-
perience and was saved from death
only by the coolness and quick ac-
tion of Engineer Charles Young.
The throttle valve of the hoisting
engine, which Young was running, be-
came clogged and he found he could
not stop it, There was but fraction
of a second to act when he made the
discovery that the cage containing Ed
wards was close to the top of the
shaft, but it was enough. Young r
versed the engine and kept reversing
It every time the cage was close to the
top or bottom, until other employees ar
rived and shut off the steam. Edwards
was in a state of collapse when TAX
en- from the cage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07

Havana, Cuba.-Tomas Estrada Pal
ma, Cuba's only president, died at San
tiago Nov. 4, Of enteritis. Before the
news of his death reached here, his
son, Tomas, working here as clerk
in the street railway offices, in COM
pany with George Belt, secretary to
Gov. Magoon, who acted in similar
capacity to Palma when president, left
on special train for Santiago. Belt
also went as Magoon's representative.
Although Palma was removed from
Office by the people, there was no
charge against him personally His
political affiliations caused the failure
of his government, The moderates,
who caused his political death, are now
in Santiago on a presidential cam
paign, and they were at his bedside
when he died. They will attend the
interment of the man whom they made
an outcast and drove prematurely to
his grave with broken heart. There
is already talk of the government pen
sioning Palma's family
Tomas Estrada Palma, who was,
perhaps, Cuba's leading statesman and
patriot, was born in Bayamo, Cuba,
about 72 years ago.
His father was rich and young Pal
ma was educated in the best schools
of Cuba and Spain. He studied law
at the university of Saville, but found
Jurisprudence too prosy and at an ear
ly age went into politics.
He took part in the Cuban revolu-
tion Of 1S687S, as a general of the in
surgent army. In the early part of the
revolution his mother was captured
and starved to death by the Spaniards.
Her death made him heir to a large
estate, which, however, the enemy con-
fiscated.
When the Cuban provisional govern
ment was formed in 1877, Palma was
made its president. At that time he
was made prisoner by the Spaniards
and imprisoned until 1878, when hostil-
tiles ceased.
Palma then went to Central America
and settled in Honduras, becoming its
postmaster general He married
daughter of President Guardiola of
Honduras and one child was born to
them in that country
A little later Palma came to the
United States with his wife and baby
and established a school for Spanish
American students in Orange county,
New York. He lived here for 18 years,
but neevr lost his interest in his ma
tive country.
During the last revolution he was
delegate-at-large and minister plenipo-
tentiary for the Cuban republic.
When the republic was organized,
May 20, 1902, he was elected president.
In September, 1905, President Palma
asked for American Intervention be-
cause his government could no longer
prevent rebels from entering cities and
burning property.
Since the Intervention of the United
States Mr.. Palma has lived in compara-
tive retirement.
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OLD TIME REFRleERAToRs.
Spring Houses of the ozarks and Their
Many Uses.

Many Uses.
you do not need to go far out OF
st. Louis to find the old time spring
house." said gentleman connected
with one of the Western railroads.
THE prime requisite of farm in
the early days was water, and nobody
would buy section of land any
where in the Ozark region unless 1t
was provided with spring. The
house was usually located as near
the spring as convenience suggested
and then after the home was secured
the next step was to build spring
house. The walls were made from
two to four feet thick of any rough
stone that happened to be handy. The
door was of heavy oak boards and fas-
tened with stout paddock. Inside the
house three sides were usually fitted
out with shelves to hold the great
crooks of milk, jars of cream and but
ter, and usually the spring bowl was
excavated so as to form pool having
a uniform depth of three to six inches.
In this the choicest dairy products
were placed in order that they might
be coolest, while overhead stout nails
or hooks were fastened to the rafters
to support huge roasts, legs of NUT
ton and veal, which at the temper
ature of 45 degrees or thereabout
would keep fresh many days.
Rats and mice were almost un-
known about the spring house, but
small snakes and half grown frogs
were numerous, and when the coun-
try maid noticed an unusual commo-
ton in the air of milk she was hand
ling she was not at all surprised or
frightened either when a water snake
slipped out of the jar and disappear
ed. Nor was the family alarmed
when the head of frog appeared in
the milk pitcher at breakfast. The
pitcher was promptly emptied into
the pigs trough, and the frog, IL not
devoured by the pigs, made bee line
for the spring branch. Nobody was
blamed, for every one knew that the
covers of the jars did not fit and that
frogs and snakes were to be expect
ed in spring house.
"These old fashioned refrigerators
are everywhere to be seen in the val
leys Of the Ozarks and fulfil the same
purpose that they did when Missouri
was territory-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
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The nsnake Cure"

Novel crimes are occasionally COM
mitted in Paris, as, for instance: An
old gypsy woman called on doctor
living in the Place Pierriere and asked
him to visit her daughter, who was
lying ill in caravan on the 6ortifica-
tions near by II have tried the SER
pent cure" she said, "but there was
no result. If you will allow me to
pay your fee in advance shall be
sure you will come"
The doctor consented, and the old
woman handed him 800 note AS
he was getting the change out of the
safe she again mentioned the serpent
cure" and he asked her what it was.
This" she said, and taking a box
from under her rags, she turned half
a dozen snakes out on the floor
The doctor was startled and rushed
out of the room. When he returned
with a stick he found that the woman
and the snakes had vanished, while
all the money in the safe had also
gone. He still held the 800 note in
his hand, but this proved to be for
gery.-Chicago News.
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October al, 1908
SATURDAY.


Mr.. Taft at Buffalo, in reply to
newspaper attacks on his labor rec
ord, gives names of labor leaders who
are for him and takes up the Rookie.
feller issue.
Mr.. Bryan finds text for days
speeches in Ohio in the Rockefeller
and Carnegie declarations for Taft.
Mrs. William Astor dies in New
York.
Rockefeller declaration for Taft pro-
nouneed at White House to be palpa,
BILE trick intended to injure the Re-
publican candidate.
Gov. Blacks audience resents his
attack on Roosevelt at rally in New
York.
Mack's charge that Standard oil has
made peace by contribution to Repub-
lican campaign denied by Hitchcock.
Supply of idle freight cars shown to
be rapidly diminishing.
A. B. Turner makes qualified identi-
fication Of man held in Chicago as
one who swindled Boston firm out Of
$4,000.
Pres. Waldron declares Republicans
are using money among Negroes op-
posed to Taft.
Theodore Whitmore found not guilty
of the murder of his wife in New Jer-
sey.
William T. Evans of Chelsea, Mass,
held for grand jury on charge of
burning horse with intent to defraud
insurance company.
Two steel men plead guilty to con.
spiracy charge and are fined $1,000
each.
Coastwise vessels seek shelter from
storm.
Morse under .. cross-examination
spars with prosecutor and answers or
secures withdrawal of questions; dis
owns verbal liability on notes.
Purchase Of four acres OF Park-sq.
railroad terminal property as site for
new Boston city hall advocated by
committee Of Merchants association.
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DEFINED BY PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Roosevelt Says "Frazzls" Is 4
Good Word, Il Not in pIctlonarIss.

Mr.. Roosevelt Says "FrazEle" 10 Q
Good Word, II Not in Dictionaries.
Washington, d. C.-"Frazzle' has
been defined. President Roosevelt, re-
joicing as strong man, gave a defin-
ition by asking those in doubt as TO its
meaning to consult the election re-
turns. The newspapermen who had
clamOred in vain for an expression Of
opinion on the result were the recipi-
ents OF the help to u definition. The
President took pity on them, called
them into Secretary Loeb's Office and
first rewarded them with brief state
ment as to what he thinks the election
Of Taft means.
Boys" said he then, Il see there
has been some curiosity over the coun-
try to know what meant by the SEN
tence We've got them beaten to
frazzle.' All can say is tell them to
look at the election returns for the
definition"
The President said he had learned
the word in the south while he was
boy, from his mothers relatives. They
used it every day and everybody un-
derstOod what 1t meant. He said he
could not help 1t If the word could not
be found in the dictionaries. He in
timated that many a good word has
thus far eluded the makers of such
works Of reference, and that perhaps
this was one Of them.
That he was pleased to have the
word taken up and commented upon
was very evident from the fact that
he brought up the subject Of its mean
ing without suggestion.
References to Judge Taft caused him
to utter words Of mock sympathy for
the Ohioan. He suggested that the
floor walking the judge will be COM
PEELED to do by the various problems
pressing upon him for an answer will
be good for reducing weight. He also
suggested that the Ohioan will not
have as much fun out of the Office as
he has been able to extract.
During the seven years he has been
in office he has had corking good
time, the President said. Seriously
speaking he said he hoped that Taft
would be able to retire at the END of
his terms-and he smiled when he used
the plural of term-feeling as happy
as he himself felt at that very min,
ute.
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EATING and DRINKING.

1t is estimated that canary bird
eats annually 234 1-2 times its weight
in seeds, etc. Don't you believe it?
Certainly. Believe anything. lake
1t on trust. What does man do? The
English and French army and navy
tests show that the. food, water and
air which man receives amount in
the aggregate to more than 5000
pounds year; that is, to about ton
and half, or more than twenty times
his weight. The tests for men are
actual; those for birds are all guess.
A canary bird wastes great deal
more than its eats Soldiers and sail
ors are not allowed to indulge in this
dlversion.-New York Press.
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WIII No JeopardIze Rrother.

Newark, N. J.-That Thornton ]
Hams would go to the electric chat
rather than jeopardlze his brotheri
reason by putting him on the stant
in his present mental conditio wa
the statemet made by Joseph A. Sha!
of counsel for the defence.
Mr.. Shay said that if Justice Aspin
wall set the trial of Thornton J
Hams for an early date, when the mat
ter comes up in the Flushing cour
next Monday, the defence would no
call Capt. Peter G. Hams to testify il
behalf of his brother.
A new form of insanity, to whicl
Mr.. Shay refused to fix a name, will
be the plea of the defence in the tria
of Capt. Hams, and according to tn,
statement just given out. competen
alienists will show that Capt. Hains
while insane for several days before
the shooting of Annis and insane a
the time of the commission Of the act
will have recovered his mental balanc,
when the case comes to trial; ;fprovidet
that the trial is delayed Tor seYera
months.
The contention is that Capt. Hams t.
now in precarious condition and tina
permanent insanity might result from
the excitement of taking the stand a
the present time.
Capt. Hams will testify, according
to Mr.. Shay, that up to the time hC
learned of the charges made by his
wife in her answer to the divorce pro
ceedings-at which time it is claimed
he lost his reason-Thornton Haini
had never urged or counseled him tC
injure Annis.
1t is believed that Mrs. Claudia Lib
bey Hams will shortly come to this
city from Boston for conference witt
Dist. Atty. Darrin of Queens county
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THURSDAY.
November 5, 1908

1
Incomplete returns from Missouri
give Taft a lead of 1850, and its Is
electoral votes may be Republican; Oh
unofficial returns Taft carries Mary
land by 1876; West Virginia surely Re
publican.
Pennsylvania railroad orders every
car it owns made ready for use; wage
increases and full time announced in
big plants; cut in steel rail prices re-
ported railroads having agreed to
place big orders.
Pres. Gompers of A. F. of L. says
labor's view of the election is that 1t
is temporarily defeated, but not con.
quered.
President Eliot will retire as head
Of Harvard University, May 10, next
Taft going to Hot Springs, Va, for
two weeks rest; belief that Gompers'
career as leader Of labor is at an end
Bryan still claims Indiana and Ohio
which states, he hears, the Republ
cans are trying to steal.
washington discussing personnel OF
Taft's cabinet.
Postmaster General Meyer explainS
postal savings bank scheme to Massa
chusetts savings bank treasurers.
Casablanca incident has disturbed
relations between France and Ger
many.
European press expresses general
satisfaction in election Of Taft,
Tomas Estrada Palma, first presi.
dent, leading patriot and statesman Of
Cuba, dies at Santiago.
Counsel for the brothers says Thorn
ton Hams will go to the electric chair
rather than jeopardiEe Peters reason
by having him testify.
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italians Getting impatient.

Rome, Italy.-The Tribuna, a gov
ernment organ, in an article on the
marriage of the duke of the Abruzzi,
says the majority of Italians, while
preferring that the duke should marry
a royal princess, do not deny that he
should follow the dictates of his own
heart, but they demand that the ques-
tion of his marriage to Miss Elllins be
officially confirmed or denied, thus put
ting an end TO the fusiIade of the Am
erican newspapers, which deeply
wounds the Italian sensibilities and
may result in reaction in public
opinion.
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Think Of This

Choral, morphia and the poppy must
took to their laurels as aids to ma
tures sweet restorer," for recent In
vention promises to Danish insomnia.
The invention is musical bed. The
sleepless and tired man goes to bed,
and with his foot released a spring
which sets musical box in motion.
The apparatus begins to grind out lul-
labies and melodies, and in short
time the patient is snoring peacefully
Kansas City Journal.
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CONDENSED NEWS
OF THE ENTIRE WEEK

FRIDAY, October 30, 1908
Letters disclose double tragedy in
Greenfield, Mass, was result Of mutual
pact.
Mr.. Taft, speaking in central New
York, ends his day with two big
meetings and an overflow at Syracuse.
Mr.. Bryan closes his work in New
York state with four meetings at Syra-
cuse, and turns westward to again in
wade Ohio.
Loudenslager claims next house OF
representatives will contain 227 Re
publicans and 164 Democrats.
Nathan straus declares Republicans
have record corruption fund.
Cardinal Gibbons declares Catholics
are free to vote as tney please.
White house denies that the Presi-
dent contemplates the issue of any fur
ther campaign documents.
John d. Munroe of Fall River elected
grand commander of the grand COM
mandery, X. T., of Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island.
Reduction in wages coming in Fall
River mills.
c. w. Morse cross examined at trial
in New York; asked about loans.
Richard f. Parker, suspected OF
swindling A. B. Turner G. Co., of Bos-
ton out on bonds worth $4,000, arrest
ed in Chicago.
John W. Hutchinson, Bard of High
Rock" dies at Lynn, Mass.
Bacteria from sewer air no menace
maintained at meeting of the Massa-
chusetts boards of health association!
E. A. S. Blake, in shadow of peni-
tentiary, confesses to bribery of a Ruef
juror and says he was promised $1O,-
900 to take his sentence.
Gale along the New England coast
keeps vessels in the harbor.
Mrs. Paul j. Richard, sister OF the
late James jeffrey Roche, dead.
Four Of six Sicilians found guilty OF
manslaughter in causing the death OF
Peter Needham of Boston.
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MONDAY,
Nov. 2, 1908.

About $4,000 men and boys, exclusive
Of 5000 musicians, in the parade OF
the Holy Name society in Boston.
Campaign ends at national head
quarters, both Chairmen Hitchcock
and Mack adhering to last weeks pre-.
dictions; Taft and Bryan continue
tour today; state election In New
York in doubt.
Game tally at Bangor, Me-, totals
1898 deer and A moose.
Archbishop O'Connell presented
with an automobile at the closing cen.
tenary observance.
Taft issues statement to labor;
Burke promises support Of independ.
ent oil men.
Bryan expresses supreme confidence
in his election
Counsel for Hainses deny assertion
OF captains wife that letters are forE-
cries. .a
Gompers at New York, makes final
appeal for labor to support Bryan.
Both parties to distribute election
cash in New York today.
Socialists hold large rally at Fan
eull hall, Boston.
Henry Clay Pierce leaves Prides
Crossing, Mass, on his way to Texas
to stand trial.
Germany wroth at interview dis
closures; Won Buelow may again re-
sign.
George Dunham, former Massachu-
sets state detective, reported dead in
Maine, is alive and well in Boston.
WELLESLEY, Mass, domestic thrown
down and robbed; man she accuses ar
rested.
Archbishop Farley announces arch
diocese gave pope 100000.
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admir-. Robblnn po.tmls.re,.

Winsted, COnn.-Archie Golden,
colored, who was arrested in Hudson,
N. Y. has confessed that he held up
and robbed Miss Agnes Burtch, post
mistress at Shefield, Mass, recently.
He is about rs years old and has spent
about all his life in Shenield.
He has previously been arrested for
larceny, as well as taking up a sub
scription for church which had not
given him authority to do so.
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on Almost Nothing a Day.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-That a man
can live on cents day. providing
that he subsists on the products Of his
own farm, is the assertion Of M. Wood,
who says he proves it by his own liv-
ing.
by that 1 mean," says Mr.. Wood,
that farmer should be able to live
we'll with the expenditure Of just 3
cents per meal for articles that he can.
not raise himself"
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Phlllnnlne Eashlons.

At Baguio the Igorrote ladies wrap
themselves in sort Of endless sash
evening dress" down to the waist.
With the men the - string is con-
sidered quite sufficient anywhere,
though to be sure the policemen of
Baguio supplement this costume with
a khaki blouse and straw hat; while
the choir boys in the little church Of
the Episcopal Bishop wear not only
blouses but "G'' strings of brilliant
crimson. This, however, is only the
pomp Of church and state.--Army and
Navy Life.
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oldss, Dated Decoration.

Probably the Oldest dated decora-
tion in the world has recently been
brought to light by the discovery of
the Itinerary temple of King Sahura,
who live $500 B. C. -.
1t lies between the Pyramids Of
Glseh and Saggarah, and has been
unearthed by Or. Borcharts, Director
of the German Institute of Archaeolo-
gy at Cairo. Sculptured bas reliefs
Illustrate Pharaoh conversing with the
gods, conquering the Lybians. and re.
eeiying an embassy. Besides this
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cure for pipsomanIa.

Flesh food is the chief cause of dip
somania. When men are properly
nourished upon non-infiammatory diet
that is rich in proteid and nerve and
tissue building substance-such as
nuts of all kinds and their products,
cereal foods, (wheat meal, oatmeal,
macaroni, rice, etc., legumes, (hari.
cots, lentils, and peas), fruits of every
sort, and dairy produce Cheese, milk
and eggs)--they do not crave for
strong drink, nor are they in danger
of taking alcohol to excess. s.--London
Health Record.