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that he does not need the prop to
given a pardon by the governor. This
occurs usually two years after his
release. Thus does the felon meta
morphose into a citizen-and a good
tation has proved
The fact has long been recognized
that busy man has no time to get
into trouble. Acting on this axiom,
the first and most vital thing for a
man seeking parole is to secure a. Job.
Therefore it is arbitrarily demanded
that some responsible person has to
stand sponsor for the paroled prisoner
and make written agreement to en-
ploy the convict on his release. Under
no circumstances is felon put on pro-
baton before position is procured
That the employer is able to carry
out his promise made to the prison board
must be attested bw the county clerk
of the county in which he resides. No
chances are taken on crooks employing
this means to get their pals out of
durance vile.
Before this stage in the procurement
Of parole is reached. however. the
petitioning convict has a long road to
travel. First, his record for the pre-
ceding six months must be 100 per cent
good. A searching investigation is
made into his past. The advantages
and disadvantages which were his up
to the time of his Incarceration are
made note of. Written opinions from
the warden of the penitentiary, the
prison physician, captain of the yard,
the district attorney who prosecuted
the case and the judge who sentenced
him are received with view of ascer-
tanning the mans fitness to be at
large. When these reports are favor
able the prisoner is given blank
form.
In the fewest words possible he is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18
By Clarence Ludlow Brownell, F. r. C. S.
Auh rofe L..~+ &


somewhat from an American shop in
being much simpler, the shave is the
same sort of shave, whereas the Jap
anese shave is different. 1t is much
barber goes over the whole face. in
Guiding the forehead, the eyelids and
the lip of the nose. He even shaves
the nostrils and the ears.
The men from the far east who went
TO the English shop this day sought
to explain In their FIRST reader English,
assisted by Peter Farley. Lord Give and
Warren Hastings. how complete a
shave the Japanese shave is.
Explaining to an Englishman some
thing which that Englishman has
never seen before usually leaves the
Englishman just where he was before
the explanation began, and 1t was so,
or nearly so. in this case.
The English barber listened to the
Peter Farley. Lord Give. Warren Hast
ings explanation with many my
wordP and "Blyme meg' and Aye" BY
aye" ne meant 81 understand" which
is humorous when one remembers 1t
was an English barber speaking.
He conceived the idea, however. that
the japanese shave was "all over,'s so
he lathered his man until his face
looked like SNOWFALL and went to
work. He gave him the compietest
shave he had ever given any one.
When the young sailor from the land
OF the Rising Sun stood UP there was
not hair on his countenance, not
even the vestige OF an eyebrow.
He might not have cared so much
had he been woman. for in Japan.
women. that Is. married women. often
shave their eyebrows. In the rural
districts this custom still obtains. But
1T was not for men. especially for men
on lighting ships. They should look
fierce rather than effeminate.
There was lot said in japanese
about those departed eyebrows. Had
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-18

EYEBROWS do not often enter into
politics, especially into interna-
tional politics. but they did once
and caused much trouble in the chan
celleries of two great powers; powers
by the way, that are now hound to-
gether by treaties for mutual defense
and offense. too. They caused a won
derful tangle. in the red tape office of
the greatest of European capitals.
nesses are snarled UP in a way per-
fectly unintelligible to any but q red
tape expert, and they put SO great q
strain upon International relations that
only the most delicate diplomacy eff
fected any moderation.
The two great powers concerned were
Great Britain and Japan--the eye
brows were Japanese.
1t all happened in this way: Japan
had sent crew to England to bring
home a new battieship. 1t was a
grand excursion for the sailors. There
was plenty of work, of course. but
there was shore leave, too. for their
government wished them to learn all
they could while abroad and come home
full of information.
All of them knew a little English.
They had learned it on the American
plan from American schoolbooxs in
their native schools where native
teachers had taught them of the great
and good George Washington and the
legend of the cherry tree. and had
read to them from Peter Farley and
from Lord Give and Warren Hastings.
Though their sentences were broken
and stilted, the men got along pretty
comfortably on shore and delighted
in the huge buildings. the underground
the street scenes. the innumerabie
parks, in everything in fact; for all
was strange and wonderful. Several
of them even went to an English bar
Der shop one day.
Now though an English shop differs
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ito him he cIambered up the ladder ths
machinist had left and enlarged
through the top OF his prison cell inst
In time to meet a circle OF slant oysd
races which displayed as much ex-
preston as Japanese faces ever do
that Is next to mono at all.
The BARRIERS climb up the ladder was
Just enough to exhaust his motive
power He rolled over on the deck
and lay there quite still whiIe a sur
geon operated on him and eventually
discovered that he was white.
There was no end of a ito do then.
A British subject kidnaped-most I'M
douotedly British--and kidnapped on
board a foreign battleship lying IN a
friendly sport: a consul general from
the most remote east without precedent
70 guide him. minister plenipoten-
tiary In the same predicament. two for
elgn ofaces on opposite sides OF the
world eager to conclude most I'M
portant treaty. and also at a loss for
presidents. police force searching day
and night. a bereaved family. and a
coal black barber whom none OF that
family could recognize made a mess
which. as they say IN England. was
bad to beat
The British newspaper reporter, how
ever, saved the day. He failed TO get
hold OF so much as an inkling OF what
had happened. Disappearance OF them
selves do not interest him There are
$4,000 disappearances annually in Lon
don, and OF course not an off1cial OF
either Of the great powers mentioned
the investigation that went on among
the men of warsmen- That was alto
gether subrosa, and the treaty existing
today between Great Britain and Japan
Is evidence that the affair was adjusted
anicabIy. The apologies are estimated
to have weighed upward OF half a
ton
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The swift curtainng night of tropical lands
Is falling all around;
And the mighty peaks screen the sinking sun;
While their fearsome sleeps drowned
In pald mist which settles down
Steadily over the quiet town
The wide, ancient town, quiet now
It's houses, roofless, too,
With their teeming life forgotten long
Past the reach of conqurring blowl
In that city that crowned the mountain side.
Desolation and ruin reign far and wide.
In the darkening depth. L wandering. dream
OF vanished home and
On the thronged slopes, that distant time
Which bequeaths so little trace
Save the terraced, fruitful farming lands
Wrought of these sleeps by their patient banda
They did water and wall them. foreseeing not
They dug their unknown graves;
And resisting, they should still become
But crowd of servile slaves
To band of 'venturers crude and bold
Conquerors alone by the greed of goldi
Could those ancient peoples from their dust
Arisen be today
What-to US, Goths and Vandals here
Would those gentle 'habitants sayl
If the conquerors' horses made them gaze.
A mute with terror and amaze.
Would courser FIRE breathed, with ribs of steel
Give pause, as she drives along,
Like the spirit of speed, and not less free
Free and beautiful. 1.-THE and strong9
Fuming their ehacras old
Through their ancient huacas' sacred moldl
The cold gray mist and the darkness still
Have travelled the slopes down,
Shutting out alike from my straining view
Heaven kissed srest and stream and town. 81
But-one great rudy steadfast light
From the camp shines out into the night;
Where do sleep of Asia's children brown.
Above eleven score
Till the early mornings strident cab
To pick and spade once
Yonder their sounder brethren lie
To awaken more, meath foreign skyi
1t is said that in ages long agone,
The voyagers finding Peru
From the far off Flovocry Kingdom came.
To begin their life anew
Be it true-'tis strange, these Mongol slaves
Met thus kindred dustin their alien gravesl
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The San Francisco Sunday CAN
NlighffaN in The
Upper Andes
By SubiI Russell BOgue

(Tbe author of this poem The pe of H1gd o. Bogu p'ee president
and chief engineer Ct Western Pacific and mas De Mr. Bogue mas
bd,o ,oood roueb The Andes she became familiar nth those
dsu mountains Mrs Boguc The mother Of Miss Vago bOsue DhO
to be queen of the PortoLa feshva)
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
The Color of Lakes.

Some lakes are distinctly blue, 9th.
ers are of various shades Of green, SO
that In some cases they are scarcely
distinguishable from their level, grass
surrounded banks. A few. too, are al
most black. The Lake of Geneva is
azure hued, the Lake of Constance and
the Lake of Lucerne are green, while
the color of the Mediterranean has
been called indigo. The Lake of Brienz
is greenish yellow, and its neighbor,
Lake Thun, is blue.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

Miss Alice Lazell and mother have re-
turned home after spending two weeks
vacation in Hghgate.
Hon. Mason S. Stone is at Willoughby
LAKE this week attending the district
superintendents' conference there.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. h. Foster and Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Foster are camping for
two weeks at Greensboro pond.
Charles J. Brown, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at Heaton
hospital some weeks ago, was discharged
on Saturday from that institution and
went to his home.
The painter, Svend Svendson, who has
been in this city the past week, left Sat-
/ urday for trip through the state visiting
places Of interest. He will stop here
again before leaving for his home in
Chicago.
Arthur Merrill, who has been employed
for some time in the Megrath drug store,
will leave in few days for Mechanics
Falls, Me-, where he will become a part
ner with his father in general store,
having purchased an interest.
Miss Annie Dale, who has been at
her home in Waitsfield for short
time, was in the city Monday
on her way to Island Pond, where
she is employed in a bank. Miss
Dale formerly attended school in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donohoe,
who were married June 18th at
Easthampton, Mass, are the guests
of Mr., Donohoe's mother, Mrs. FL
| len Donohoe. Mrs. Donohoe was
formerly Miss Dora Cauchon and
Mr.. and Mrs. Donohoe will reside
in Graniteville.
Rev. L. j. hamburg will occupy Beth
any church pulpit the first two Sundays in
/ August. relieving Rev. S. F. Bloomfield
who will take his annual vacation at that
time. Rev. Mr.. Bloomfield will occupy
the Baptist pulpit the remaining weeks in
August while Rev. Mr.. hamburg takes
his vacation. In this way one church will
remain open during the entire month, the
congregations uniting.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L Hindley of the
Rutland Herald, Miss Eva Rundell OF
Canton, N. Y. Mrs. J. G.. Hindley Of
Derby Line and Charles A Webb, former
editor of the Journal, are spending two
weeks vacation at Cairo Lodge on Spring
Lake near Shrewsbury.
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pallid face from the glittering stars
that came into the evening skies long
before the skiff reached home, herald
ed by the rhythmic beat of her oars.
It's sheeted dead lay IN quiet state
Perhaps results might have been
different if David Sturms at the cru
cial moment had not insolently taken
a little blue silk handkerchief from his
side pocket and drawn it with affected
Indifference across his brow before re-
turning it to the pocket which covered
a towards heart.
A bit of the blue and white remained
in view. John Ralston's strong right
arm dropped nerveless. He could not
aim at the kerchief which had lain on
Katie's bosom.
II warn't worth it," Black Prince
moaned, groveling in abject misery be
fore a houseful of stricken women.
1t was Miss Martha who answered
him with note of melancholy pride
In her voice:
''It was not for you, you foolish boy
1t was for his names sake. A Ralstor
could have done no less"
1t is Katie Vernon who spreads the
wild plum blossoms over his grave
every spring. In her heart she vows
that no wedding bell shall ever swing
above her head since she has slain the
one love of her life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
HE CONFRONT SEQ.
A Story John 3. Cough Told In His
Temperance Lectures.

temperance Lectures.
John B. Cough, the temperance lee.
turer, was noted as story teller, and
his stories were always well suited to
his argument. w. A. Mowry in his
'Recollections of New England Edu.
Gator" recalls one of them:
Compromise. compromise! What does
compromise mean! | will tell you. A
colored man met u friend one day and
said:
"Sambo, Sambo, do you know dat
toder night was sorely tempted
You know | used to steal. Well, since
l j'ined de church l stopped stealing,
but you know Mr.. Jonsing's shoe store
Well, toder night l was in dat shoe
store and | looked on de shelf and
see pair Of boots, jes' de incest pail
of boots-jes' my size, No. IA.
"Dere was de debil, and he say, Take
'em, take EN- Den de Lord say, Let
'em alone; OATS stealin'.' But l want.
ed dem boots; mine all out at de bot
tom and sides. Dere was de debil and
me, and we both say, Take EN- But
de Lord say, Don't you take EN-; OATS
stealin'.' Now, dere was a clear ma.
jority of two against one.
"Jes' den Mr.. Jonsing he leeb de
store, and he ieeb me all alone. Der
de debil say, Take 'em quick and ske-
daddle.' l could take dem boots and
chuck 'em under my coat and go right
away an Mr.. Jonsing would neber
know nottin' about it. But Dress dc
Lord, l stood de temptation! com
promised and took a pair Of shoes in
stead"
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seen ner, Two years now Since hhue
had dealt him that blow under the
wild plrm trees. The plum trees were
in blossom agafn. He could catch the
perfume of them as he spun rapidly
toward the barbecue grounds. The
scent of them had always haunted him
since that day.
Perhaps he could persuade her to
drive home with him behind his hand
some bays. She dearly loved fine
horse. He had started late In order
to make more imposing arrival. He
wanted Katie to see him. His first
glance was cast toward the fringe of
woods where the carriages already
stood IN serried ranks. Yes, the old
Vernon coach was there, but empty.
The girls would be gathering wild
flowers until called to take their places
at the long improvised tables.
AS soon as he could find Prince, who
had gone ahead with the hampers, he
would hand over his team and 60 in
search of Katie. But the boy was
singularly hard to find. In and out
of the laughing, dancing rollicking
crowd he wound his way in increasing
Irritation.
On the outskirts Of the grounds he
hitched his horses and pursued his
search on foot. At last, curled up on
the roots of a willow tree which over
hung the waters edge, he found his
foster brother. He sat with his wool
ly head buried in his clasped hands.
'Princel Drunk?"
A wet but sober face was lifted in
response to the sharp demand.
rs been hit, Marse Johnsie Me yo'
vey own niger Marse Dave Sturms
done it. 1t were this way: Miss Katie
Vernon an a passed. er young ladies
went by this away with their hands
full err viii flowers, and when they
been gone a little ways 1 seen some
thing blue laying on the ground. l
pick it up an see 1t was a little blue
silk handkerchief Miss Katie had wore
tied about her neck. | pick 1t up an
were foldin' it up, meanin' Nv cose
for to follow Miss Katie up with it,
when Marse Dave Sturms he step out
of the bushes an ask me if / see any
thing Nv lady's silk handkerchief
l say yes an how l meant to carry 1t
to Miss Katie.
"Then he laugh an say he reckon
not much, an then I sass him a little
an say l warn't nuther a thief nur a
har-you done teach me better man
ners. Then he say he teach me better
manners then l kin ever learn from q
milksop like John Ralston an with
that he haul off an hit me a lick. II
warn't the lick minded, Marse John
sic, but he didn't talk respectful of
you"
1t Is probable this last clause was
lost on Johnsie. He turned away
without a word beyond an order for
Prince to look after the bays. Sturms
was not hard to find. He was stand
| ing beside the improvised bar drinking
| julep. Johnsie asked him for pri-
| vate interview. A two mile tramp car
| ried them far enough from the barbe
| cue grounds for all practical purposes
| There was but one way to settle it.
! Would Mr.. Sturms apologize for the
J blow struck Prince? No? Then
1t was not practicable to carry hin
home behind the bays. He was laid
in skiff, and white sheet hid his
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of old Daniel Ralston, who, having
opened q plantation in the swamp
lands of Louisiana before 1900 had
been calendered, had fought Indians
and malaria with even handed Impair
TALLY, vanquishing the first until van
quished by the last.
In the bitter moods which came to
him later in life-that is, after a girl
had slain hope in him by word of
negatioD-he was given to declaring
that he might have attempted some
thing worth the doing if his whole
family connection had not drilled ii
into him that he must follow in the
footsteps of his fathers. Now, as his
fathers had never done anything but
fight at the drop of a hat or bully.
rag" their neighbors into attitudes of
deferential respect, there was some
thing in the more refined fiber of the
last of the Ralstons which made him
shrink from following in their footsteps.
His mother gentle monitress, i'm
proved her opportunities while comb.
ing the tangles out of his wiry, curly
hair to pour into his boyish ears sto
ries Of his fathers splendid dash dur
ing the Mexican muddle." She could
never insure attention save when she
had her fingers closely intwined in his
black locks, and as her reminiscent
pride waXed warmer she would bring
her comb charging through the serried
ranks of his tangles in a fashion to
make him wish he had been born with
out a father.
In burst Of chagrin his aunt Mar
tina communicated her Disappointment
to his aunt Jane soon after he had
completed his short term Of schooling:
"1'm afraid we've got a milksop in
the Ralston family at last Jane. Not
that ! want the boy to drink or race
horses or do lot of things the old set
did, but his father warn't afraid of his
toddy, and he was a man that was a
man when it came to a pinch"
In response his aunt Jane mourn
fully admitted that she was afraid the
boy had "kinks in his brain,' which,
being a species of disorder no previous
Ralston had ever been afflicted with,
caused Miss Martha to ask tartly:
what sort of kinks, JaneP'
ooh, scruples-scruples about not
fighting, about its being more manly
to dwell together in amity with every
body and all that sort of impractical
nonsense. I'm afraid he is tame, Sis
ter Martha dreadfully tame and he
could whip any man in the parish with
one hand tied behind him. He's favor
less utterly"
His sense of having disappointed 10
cal expectation was sharply empha'
sized by the cruel directness of girls
tongue. OF course he loved her; 9th
erwise her scorn would have faller
harmless.
Such a small creature, a dimpling
Gus despot when the mood was upoI
her, girl with the cooling voice of {
wood pigeon. and yet under the blow
she dealt him the great fellow wen
down as If heavens own bolts ha(
struck him. All the sunshine, all thu
of exquisite pain.
One short hour out Of the long
sweet May morning he and she hat
consumed searching for the pale wilt
violets she loved and she wanted. Thu
soft spring air was perfumed by tn
lacelike blossoms Of the WILD plums.
He had come of age that very week
The Cross Bayou place was his owl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
Fashion, Not Health.

In nine cases out of ten, says the
Iowa Health Bulletin, If physician
tells a woman that in order to improve
her health she must wear her clothes
In a certain way she will follow the
advice of her dressmaker instead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-15
MOSES WILLARD GOULD.
Venerable Man Passes Quietly Away
On His S4th Birthday. A Long
and Useful Life.

venerable Man Passes Quietly Away
On His s4th Birthday. A Long
and Useful Life.
Moses Willard Gould, stone mas
on, teamster, fruit vender, and
philosopher, passed away very
quietly at o'clock Sunday after
ternoon his Saith birthday, at the
home of Mrs. Z. N. Nichols. his
daugbter-in-law, at 26 Bailey
avenue. Mr.. Gould was obliged to
give up active work about thirteen
weeks ago and had since been fail
ing gradually, although the hope
that he might see his Saith birthday
seemed to buoy him up for weeks
Realizing that hope on Sunday, his
death came very peacefully.
Mr.. Gould bore the dictinction of
being the oldest native male resi-
dent of the city. He was born on
July II, 1926 and married, April II,
1925, Lucy Ann curtis, who died in
1883. Two children were born OF
this union, John z. Gould, who died
in 1887, and Edwin Gould whose
death occurred in 1864. In March,
1889, he married Lucinda B How
land, who died in 1897 and Mr..
Gould had since made his home
with Mrs. Nichols.
Mr. Gould was a stone mason by
trade and, in his earlier days, work
ed for James r. Langdon and the
Central Vermont railroad. In 1874,
he laid the foundation for the city
clerks office on State street. In
1887, he began trucking, a business
which he carried on over ten years.
The past ten years, he had esta!b-
| lished in a corner of the local Cen
trail Vermont station, a small fruit
stand from which he dispensed or
| anges and apples, smiles and phil
osophy, until he won the frienship
! of every trainman and passenger
who had occasion to visit the sta
| ton. He was a Democrat, as re-
CARDS politics, and democrat as
regards his attitude in life and his
sound judgment and kind hearted
philosophy made him many friends.
On birthdays and holidays, the
trainmen and newspaper men were
in the habit of making up a small
purse which Mr.. Gould always &C
copied most gracefully. He read
much and, in this way, stored up a
great fund of knowledge which he
shared with his acquaintance in
many an argument, and the empty
corner at the station has been
noted by countless people who had
been accustomed to see Mr.. Gould
at his stand for years.
Mr.. Gould had miners outfit
and had varied experience as
gold miner. 1t is said that he found
gold in Worcester Branch in this
city, in Frost brook at Worcester,
and Mad river in Moretown.
Surviving relatives include E. O.
Gould, grandson, Almon H.
Moore, great grandson; Mrs. Ben
jamin Daley, Mrs. Aida Daley,
nieces; Albert Bundy, W. W Will
son, nephews; Misses Harriet and
Ruth Wilson, grand nieces; Mrs.
f. n. Nichols, his daughter-in-law.
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