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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
THURSDAY,
April %. 1908.


Chelsea medical society expresses
warm criticism Of Chairman w. e.
McClintock OF the relier committee,
complaining Of unfair and unapprecia-
tive treatment.
Roundhouse burned in Somerville,
Mass, engineer, protected by streams
OF water, saves blazing locomotive;
fremen injured
Frank Gould and wife to be recon
ciled soon, says her mother.
Massachusetts, grand lodge, X. Of p,
elects officers.
Brig. Gen. Lawrence N. Duchesney
dies in Boston after long illness.
Total Of general Chelsea relief fund
reaches 1851 ,96s.50.
House judiciary committee says "for-
est reserve bills" are constitutional II
the objects aimed at in them favor
navigation.
Commission on commerce and indus
try transmits to house Of representa-
tives a 5xS packing case Of merger re-
port evidence and a 12-foOt roll OF
maps.
Vice-President Buckland denies
truth Of report that New Haven rail-
road is to be prosecuted under anti
trust act
Death Of Sir Henry CampbellBan-
herman, former British prime minis
ter.
Newspaper publishers Of the United
States banquet in New York; condem'
nation Of congressional action on pa
per inquiry.
WI Ting-fang says China is under
going real reform.
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stereotyper Does Needlework.

A horny-handed man who spends
large part of his time in the high
temperatured confines of the stereo-
tipping department of a daily news
paper would hardly be expected to
be an adept at fancy needlework, bub
Joe Gerdom, an empIoye Of the Jour-
nal, IS a versatile genius of this very
type. Gerdom's latest creation Is the
cover of a sofa pillow, upon which he
has designed in raised figure the
picture Of Teddy bear. The design
Is constructed OF Teddy bear yarn and
is made by the skillful operation Of a
tufting needle. Thousands of feet
OF yarn were used In order to proper
" raise the figure above the base,
which is Of very fine velvet, and the
actual time In which Gordon was en-
ployed was twelve hours.-Kansas
City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25

lature for commission to govern city;
18th body recovered from ruins; all
outside troops withdrawn.
Snow storms in New York state and
at New Haven, Conn.
Harry X. Thaw, through counsel,
takes first formal step looking TO re-
lease from MatteaWan.
Veteran Of 9Th Massachusetts, sup
posed to be dead, attends reunion at
Worcester.
A. r. Hannaford walks 100 miles
from Boston to winthrop in % hours
40 minutes.
Effective distribution Of relief in
Chelsea still a problem, especially as
pertaining to clothing and bedding;
frequent changes in system causing
confusion.
Senate committee reports naval ap-
preparation bill; it provides for only
two battleships.
Aurel Batonyi and sherifrs posse
take property from TwomilecOrner
farm near, Newport, r. /.
House committee tables the Vree-
land currency bill and decided to re-
port favorably the Fowler bill for q
currency commission.
Turkey gives in to Italy to avoid
naval demonstration.
Speaker Cannon introduces resolu-
ton providing for thorough investi.
CATION Of white paper situation.
criticized Harvard policy of minimiz'
ing athletic sports.
Young woman in Boston probably
fatally stabbed; two men arrested.
Wallace H. Ham, sentenced for II
to 20 years for larceny Of $214,OO0
dies in Massachusetts state prison.
Representative Roberts hopeful OF
securing appropriation for postonace
building in Chelsea.
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nr,ssonri School Mith One PuniI.

Worth County has a school dis
trict that we believe cannot be du-
plicated in the entire State.
1t is District q, 60, 80, Greene
township. There are only three chill
dren of school age in the district, and
only one of them is attending the
home school, the other two attending
elsewhere. The teacher is paid sS2
\ month to teach this one pupil, and
there Is no doubt about the child get
ting good instruction. A district
that viii keep school open for the
benefit of one child and pay a teach-
er $50 per month must certainly be
loyal to the cause of popular educa-
tion.-Grant City Times.
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Anstrallan RalIroad Honor.

Melbourne, Australia-Two trains
from Ballarat and Bendigo, respec-
lively, were in collision late Sunday
night at BrayIbrook Junction, about
eight miles from Melbourne. Forty
one persons were killed and 60 in
jured. The Bendigo train, with two
heavy engines, crashed into the rear
Of the Ballarat train. The wreckage
took fire and was almost completely
consumed. Many of the bodies were
unrecognizable when recovered.
The Bendigo train suffered but lit
tie damage, but the two engines were
piled on top of the rear coaches Of
the other train. Terrible scenes fol-
lowed the accident, many Of the in
jured being caught in the wreckage,
and with difficulty rescued. 1t was a
long time before doctors and nurses
arrived on the scene, and as conse-
uuence intense suffering prevailed
among the injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
Wheat in Canadian West.

Ottawa, ont-omcial reports re-
eeived by the immigration department
from agents Throughout Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta, show that the
total acreage under crop in the Can
adian west this year win be about 20
percent greater than last year, with
all indications pointing to q record
yield Of wheat Reports from agents
Of the department in the United
states Indicate that the arrivals Of
American settlers to take up land will
be this year very largely in excess Of
last year.
The increased influx of immigrants
from the western states will, 1t is ex-
pected, nearly make up for the falling
on in immigration from Great Britain
and other European countries, due to
the restrictive immigration regulations.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
PLucKY ENGINEER.
He Runs HIS Burning Locomotive
From Blazing Round House.

Ne Runs HIs Burning Locomotive
From Blazing Round House.
Boston, Mass.-A two alarm fire at
1925 Wednesday night brought Dep
uty Chief Grady, all the apparatus in
Charlestown and some from Boston
proper to a IRE in the old roundhouse
OF the western division, Boston &
Maine railroad, In SOmeryille. The
fire completely destroyed the building,
q low brick structure, and badly dam
aged eight locomotives that were
housed there.
Whe the fire was discovered there
were 13 engines in the roundhouse.
Three were gotten out by Harry Pease,
a freight engineer, and fourth by
Moses Adams.
Adams had a thrilling experience, as
the cab Of the locomotive he saved
was a mass of flames, and the fremen
had to keep two streams of water on
him while he was running 1t out Of the
house.
The fire started in the northwest
corner from an unknown cause and
was discovered by John Ray, a watch
man, who pulled in box 464, Cambridge
and Spice streets, CharlestOwn. The
roundhOuse is located Just over the
line in SomerVille, but the alarm from
box 122, Somerville, was not pulled
in until Ills, and when the Someryille
department reached the scene the fire
was all out
When the SomerVille department ar
rived Chief Grady turned the work
over to Assistant Chief Ring Of that
department and the Boston depart
ment returned to the city.
The fire was difficult to get at al
the building was in the midst OF q
maze of railroad tracks and long
distance from hydrants. The Boston
department had to lay more than 2O0C
feet Of hose to reach the fire and the
Somerville department more than 150C
feet
Master Mechanic Smith of the Bos.
ton & Maine estimated the loss al
$4,000, $1,000 on the locomotives ant
$4,000 on the building. The cabs ant
all the woodwork on the locomotives
we're completely destroyed.
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LIVING AN II HE CHEAP
Il Is UnattractiVe to the Average
American.

The "old fellows invasion" in the
Latin Quarter in Paris is discussed
by correspondent as a peculiar fea'
ture Of life in tho French capital
Many middle-aged American business
men and Englishmen, II Is stated
suddenly abandon work and money
making to drop out OF sight and re-
appear as Bohemians. Many of them
have only enough money to pay theii
bills at modest hotels, or pensions,
and some of them live in lodgings,
eating the questionable food and
drinking the watery wines of the
cheap cafes. Their compensation for
living an aimless, hand-to-mouth ex-
istenee Is that they are emancipated
from the grind of the ONCE and from
such responsibilities as attach to
being a person well known in a COM
munity. One American, who sunk
all OF HIS capital In an annuity of
$50 a week, is pictured as the most
contented and light-hearted of men.
He processes to know more about
French, Swiss and Italian boarding
houses at under dollar a day" than
any English-speaking man in Europe.
All Of the sunniest corners on the
Continent where poor man may
nestle In contentment and revel in
freedom from care, at less than 81
a week, are parts Of his pre-empted
territory.
Hear this philosopher upon a poor
mans paradise in Holland:
II know a boarding farm with the
use Of a horse, a piano and boat,
with table beer and coffee after
meals. at 81 week"
Another haven OF refuge and rest:
ct can take you to a green-bowered
white-as-snow cottage on the banks
Of the Adriatic, where delicious pink
wines, different fish every day In
the week, fruits galore, goats milk,
cheese, bread and cake, and all the
honey you want, come to what we
call in America, six bits day"
All of this seems alluring in print.
It is, doubtless, appealing in fact, to
many English remittance men and to
few Americans, but of the millions
who work In this country until they
reach middle life there will never
be many whose ideals of happiness
will ever be realized in third-rate
Paris pension, OF who will hRd con-
tentment eating bread and cheese and
drinking goats milk by the shores
Of the Adriatie at an expense of six
bits a day and the loss of their iden-
tity, their opportunities, their home
ties and their friends in America.
There would be less nervous ex-
haustion and heart disease in Ameri-
ca If a higher percentage of Ameri-
cans would be contented with mod
crate incomes and be happy after
middle life with bread and cheese
and honey and table beer, although
there might be fewer new skyscrap-
ers, railroads and other visible mani
Sestations Of American restlessHess,
energy and constructive genius and
there might be more real happiness
per capita among American men. But
water will run up hill sooner than
the average American will find hap
piness In idleness and contentment in
living within an income of $40 a
week, while he has enough of his
lifespark left to burn part of it each
day in pursuing the elusive dollar,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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New Rule Laid Down.

washington. II Is conshtu-
tional for the national government to
acquire land In the states for forest
reserves when It can be shown that
such acquisition is an aid to navi-
CATION, has been declared by the house
committee on judiciary. The adoption
OF a resolution to this effect followed
a vote holding unconstitutional the bill
providing for the creation Of the White
mountain and Appalachian reserves
in the absence OF the requisite infor-
nation concerning the effect OF the
proposed reservations on the naviga-
bility OF the streams which are fed
by the waters within their boundaries.
In the resolution adopted for the
guidance OF the house the committee
says that under its constitutional pow
er over navigation the federal
government may appropriate money
for the purchase of lands and forest
reserves In a state, provided 1t Is
made clearly to appear that such lands
and forest reserves have a direct and
substantial connection with the con-
servation and Improvement Of the nav
liability Of a river actually navigable
in whole or in part, and provided that
any appropriation made therefor Is
limited to that purpose"
This action by the judiciary commit
tee opens the way for the friends Of
the Appalachian and White mountain
projects to frame new bills within
the constitutional limitations outlined.
II such bills were introduced they
would likely be referred to the COM
mittee on rivers and harbors for de-
termination Of whether the acquisition
Of such lands can be held to be in aid
of navigability.
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Count and Bride Nearly Drowned.

Buda Pest, Hungary-The honey
moon which the Count and Countess
Lazsio Szehenyi are enjoying ended
almost fatally on Easter Monday. The
lately welded pair narrowly escaped
drowning together. Thanks to the
courage Of the bride, who was Gladys
Vanderbilt of New York, to the bride
groom's bravery and to the plucky aid
of their two boatmen, they reached
shore greatly exhausted.
A sudden and violent storm cap
sized the boat 400 yards from the riv-
or bank, and although the countess
was in extreme danger for a while,
she remained calm and assisted her
husband and the boatmen in the effort
to save her and themselves. They
reached shore near the Puzia farm
and were taken to the Ferenczys cas-
tie. There they remained some time
recovering from their exhaustion.
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WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY April ~ ISVo'
q. Monroe Boyden shoots divorced
wife at Norwood, Mass, and kills him
self.
Chelsea fire inquest begun; 14th
body and possibly another recovered
from ruins; general fund reaches $241,-
900 and work of distribution runs more
smoothly.
Henry A. Moebus, 73 years old, re-
leased from Concord, N. H., state pris-
on last Sunday, held on a charge Of
larceny Of $500 in Boston.
Senator Money of Mississippi says
United States must fight somebody in
10 years.
Opposition to the B. & M.-New Hav-
en- merger by labor men and others.
Quarrymen and manufacturers at
Quincy, Mass, reach agreement.
Mccall bill, providing for publication
of campaign contributions and expendi-
lures, fayorably reported to the ma
tional house of representatives.
Speaker Cannon names house COM
mittee that will investigate the paper
trust.
Salisbury gift transferred to Wor-
cester art museum; total endowment
So, 1882, 900.
Juan RObens given life sentence at
Houlton, Me-, for murder Of DiclHin-
son.
u. 8. secret service men said to
have been unlawfully loaned for use
In departments other than their own,
the treasury, and even for private ser
vice.
Miss Nora Callahan, aged 22, takes
her life with carbolic acid at her lodg-
ings in Boston.
Prof. Feilbogen of Vienna, who com.
mitted sacrilege in the pope's private
chapel, says he intended no insult.
Ivernia sails from Boston for Liver
pool; man ordered deported is allowed
to land two minutes before the ship
starts
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The snkworrn.

Upon attaining full growth, ths
silkworm becomes restless, stop3
feeding and throws out silkeB
threads. The silk is formed in
fluid condition and issues from th{
body of the worm in q glutinOu1
state-apparently in single thread.
From this silk the worm constructs
its cocoon, an interval Of from three
10 five days being required TO CONS
plete it's imprisonment in the ems
velope. In order that the silke1
strands may not be subjected to tbs
danger of breakage by the moth
emerging from the cocoon, tbs
coeoons are steamed till the enclosed
insects are dead. After this the silk
may be wound of.-The American.
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Rov Tells His story.

Paris, France.-Examining Magis-
trate Boucard has actively taken up
the investigation Of the case of Paul
E. Roy, the Frenchman who is accused
by his American wife, known as Gla-
ella Gala, of killing her brother, Geo.
A. Carkins, at NewingtOn, N. H, last
January. Roy appeared before the
magistrate accompanied by his law
yer, Antony Aubin, and presented his
story Of how the death Of Carkins oc-
CURED. The proceedings were secret.
Roy formally protested against the
accusation Of murder contained in the
document which Magistrate Boucard
read to him, declaring that he was
neither an assassin nor q murderer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
Holds out Small Homes,

Boston, Mass.-Bishop Lawrence, to
whom Mayor Hibbard turned over the
letter Of Mayor VisterwoOd Of Boston,
Eng, asking how to get at Boston peo-
pie for financial assistance to repair
his church and organ, has replied, say
ing that he cannot encourage the be-
lief that such assistance is obtainable
under present financial conditions. The
bishop reminds the mayor that Boston,
Mass, has put up memorial to John
Cotton in the First church in this city
and adds that perhaps Mayor Vister-
wood might get some individual re-
sponses from an appeal through the
papersA
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
sAruRpAY.
April 10, 1908.

IN SNhSFAg -
House committee on banking and
currency tables Aldrich bill to take up
Vreeland measure; indications point to
financial legislation resulting from
conferences between senate and house.
Systematic canvasses fix Chelsea's
missing at above rs persons. and the
number Of it's homeless at $1,000; re-
lief fund grows $4,000 during the day.
Jim Johnson, the insane colOred
criminal, who escaped from the Mas
sachusetts state farm, captured at Hy-
annis, Mass.
Frank ]. Gould, sued for limited d.
vorce, leaves New York for North Car
olina.
Congressman Llley defeats all ef-
forts to make him place blame for bad
submarine contracts upon any one
person.
Commissioner o'Meara warns Bos-
ton police force of danger Of moderate
drinking.
Congressman Lowering Of Massachu-
sets introduces an emergency cur
rency Dill.
Medical Examiner Magrath declares
IL bodies have been found as result
of Chelsea fire.
Southern hard yarn spinners' asso-
citation agree on 60-day shutdowns, af-
fecting 100000 spindles.
Swedish army officers invade Russia
by means Of balloon, although on
peaceful mission.
John w. Furlong, Providence car
penter, declares Augustus Saint Gau-
dens, the sculptor, was Michael Swee-
ney and changed his name.
Operators and miners in soft coal
fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana reach agreement.
King Edward pays unexpected visit
to the home Of Ex-Premier Sir Henry
Campbell -Bannerman but did not sex
him because of Sir Henry's serious I'LL
ness.
All New England may benefit BY
Thompson bequest to needlewomen.
National association of cotton manu-.
facturers elects officers.
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Indian clrIs skeIeton unearthed,

Quincy, Mass.-From grave, only
15 inches deep, the skeleton Of an
Indian girl was unearthed recently by
workmen who were excayating for gas
mains on Bell street, Hough's Neck.
When exposed to the air the skeleton
fell to pieces, the teeth and skull only
remaining intact. Medical Examiner
Jones gave it as his opinion that the
bones were those Of an Indian girl,
20 years old.
The worlImen will keep a sharp
lookout for Indian implements, such
as arrow heads, bows, arrows or wea-
pons Of warfare, as tribe OF Indians
fished the waters Of Quincy bay and
hunted seals and shore birds in that
vicinity a few generations ago.
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CONDENSED NEWS
OF THE ENTIRE WEEK
FRIDAY

FRIDAY, April II, 1908.
Bodies Identified as those Of Mrs.
Fenwick, Mrs. Barnes and Miss Boyer
found in Cherry Street ruins at Chei-
sea, Mass; the number of fatalities to
date is 10.
Mrs. Clara l. Won Hermann OF
Hamilton withdraws divorce suit In
which she named Julia Marlowe as one
Of the correspondents.
Capt. Rhodes drowned and Robert
Maker OF Lynn barely rescued when
schooner Lizzie is wrecked on Rock
port, Me.
Robbers raid st. Edwards Catholic
church at Brockton, Mass.
Eben P. Wooster Of Waltham, Mass,
browns at Ellsworth, Me.
Congressman Lttlefeld's resigna-
ton forced, declared Samuel Gompers.
Two liners In collision in New York
bay.
House after cutting submarines out
Of naval bill, restores them, but takes
Limitation as to contracts OF.
Senator Clapp made a chief OF the
Grow tribe Of Indians.
Paul l. Roy declares to French au-
thorities that he would welcome inves-
tigation of Carkins' killing.
Massachusetts senate passes to en-
grossment its own anti-monopOly bill,
without division.
Col. w. F. Stewart, coast artillery,
who was "banished" by the President
last September, ordered to a Florida
barracks
) President Is notified by congress
leaders that part Of HIS legislative pro-
gram is doomed to failure.
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Her AHeetlon's proof.

When Mr.. Ransom won his bride
he felt properly humble at secur-
ing such a prize, and in the after
years Mrs. Ransom never allowed MIN
to lapse into forgetfulness Of her con-
descension.
'You really cared for me, I'm sure,
said Mr.. Ransom. THAT is q great
comfort--to think I didn't urge you
against your wishes"
James," said Mrs. Ransom, IN q
tone suited to her imposing and some
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
DECLARED violation Of the Law

Chicago, nl-Judge Kohlsaat in the
United States circuit court has issued
an injunction against FIVE express COM
panies, restraining them from issuing
franks and from transporting property
in interstate commerce in exchange
for franks. The companies enjoined
are the National, American, Wells
Fargo, United States and Adams.
Judge Kohlsaat's decision, which is
the outcome of suits, filed several
months ago by Dist. Atty. Sims, de-
clares that the issuance OF franks by
the companies is a violation Of the
interstate commerce law.
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FeHcitous.

A New England man. who hatters
himself upon his aptness in saying
the proper thing at the proper time
recently revisited his old home in
Vermont, whittier he has not gone in
ten years or more.
Among those he met during the
first day of his visit was coquettisb
spinster, who. with a simper, said:
I'm Miss Mullins. You don't 10
member me, OF course
Remember youl" exclaimed the
New England gallant. AS if 1 could
help doing so, Miss Mullins! Why:
you are one of the landmarks Of the
townl"-HarpeE's Weekly, -
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Americans in Canada.

Next to the native Canadian the Am
erican is the salt OF the northwest
The conditions of life and Of produc-
ton are identical with those he has
Just left 30 that he does not come a
stranger. Canadians can say OF him
all that was said in praise Of the
Athenians in the Lacedemonian coun-
ell by their rivals OF Corinth-he Is
quick to plan and perform, always
alive, counting what he gains a mere
instalment, sanguine in difficulties,
ever ready 70 do a stroke Of needful
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-04-25
The RIqht Way.

Many persons using a coal fire keep
the firebox filed to the top Of the
stove or range. This is the way the
top gets cracked and the lids warped
SO they win not 1T; besides the draft
being choked so less heat is given out
A hot IRE Is q clear one with the draft
coming unchecked through the bottom
dampeF.-Grit.
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phIIIupIne shlppIng Act Repealed.

washington.-By the provision Of a
bin Just passed by the house the act
of April 30, 1906, regulating shipping
between the United States and the
Philippine archipelago, is repealed
This action has the effect Of removing
the inhibition against foreign bottoms
engaged in trade between the Philip
mines and the United States.
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Art and AIaterialisnn.

~Literature has to face many dis
eouragements," said the sympathetie
auditor.
YES" answered the man with INK
on his fingers. There is Just one
thing to be thankful for, and that is
that they don't boost the price Of
hostage stamps as fast as they do the
price Of white paper. washington
star.