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The Monte Vista journal., 1910-12-31

Mrs. Laura Small and her moth
or, Mrs. Davis. came in from Pa
onia last Friday, to spend the win
ter here.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-12-31
LAMB SHIPMENTS

Thus far the lambs have been
doing nicely and Il few shipments
have been made. Next Tuesday a
train Of - cars will be shipped
from this station vim the Rock Is.
land lines.
The shippers are Newell Graves,
4 cars; Dick Worth. 2 cars; Chris
6eltsrs, 4 carr; Charles Clark. 1
cars; Ebert Richard. 3 cars; l.. b.
Sylvester, 3 cars; George Lilly, 4
cass.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Person, who
have been spending the last five
or six weeks In Denver, visiting
their children, returned home
Tbsssday morning.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-12-31
AN OLD RESIDENT

FULLER DRUG co.
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LORD ROCKSAVAGE
IN NEED OF FUNDS.

them. The winner claimed them and
had them carted away q few days
afterwards. and they have never since
e esns bse nor has ae vacant
Lord Oxford who, In order to raise tho
necessary money to pay his gambling
debts. sold what was In those days
the finest private collection of paint
ings in existence. They were purchas-
cd by Empress Catherine IL OF RUS
sla, and became the nucleus OF the
celebrated museum OF paintings at tho
imperial Hermitage Palace al St. PEE
tersburg. There are still. however.
some very fine pictures left at Hough-
ton Hall. including number of Van
dykes and Reynoldses.
Among thesfeaturcs OF the house arc
the door aud doorway leading from
the great hall to the saloon. the door
being cut out OF a solid piece of ma
hogany. and IL is stated that this door
and doorway cost the great Sir Robert
Waipole some $4,000 The state bed
room, with Its furniture OF green vel
vet, embroidered and laced with gold.
has. like the grand salon, ceiling
painted by Kent. The bed. which cost
10000, has been occupied in turn
BY George w and by Edward VII.
The latter had no fault to ind with Il.
host for having placed him in room
which he knew to be haunted. George
claimed to have seen and heard many
uncanny sights and sounds during the
night that he spent there and while
he refused to enter into any details.
he never afterwards spoke. either TO
his host or to the latter's brother. ais
though they had until that time been
favorite members of the monarchsi
household
Hough.on Hall enjoys the distinc-
ton of being haunted. not merely by
one, but by two ghosts. and 1t is pos
s s.,o that George ~. may have been n
be a little brown lady. believed to
have been that unhappy Dorothy Wal
pole who married Charles. Viscount
raj inhabitant OF Houghton Hall is as
serted to be the ghost OF a man who
was killed by his brother In duel
lin the apartment now used as bll-
Hall.
The shooting is the best in the coun-
~ OF Norfolk. and owing. TO the prox-
unity of the hall to SandrinEham. the
by enjoying a degree of intimacy with
the late King, with Queen Alexandra
and the members Of their family.
they could not hope to acquire by
! Lord Cholmondeley deserves some
|credit for having declined a most ad-
vantageous offer for the place from
Terah Hooley. the promoter, When
Edward VII. and his consort learned
ISandrIngham. Indeed, the royal family
felt that they would have to abandon
their Norfolk home II they We're to
thave the notorious Hooley and his
.Eequally Objectionable associates as
.Ineighbors. 1t was in Difference to his
feeling that the marquis with moro
Loyalty than regard for his purse, de-
4 clined to continue the negotiations
with Hooley. or to allow him to- rent
or purchase the place at any figure
W scopySight, 1910, y the Brentwood
Company.) 4
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much more excellent 1t ID to continue

much more excellent It liz to continue
II, year after year. AZ sl &; # 8
Very good" and excellent are the
only sadjectives used by the official
inspector in reference to this insti-
tuition. The military acknowledgements
on the esprit de corps of the
men who compose 1t, and this report
therefore, speaks clouuently of the
fine spirit that prevails at W. M. u.
Lacking the Observation-Disclosures of,some
other Institutions. not SO we'll equipped
as others in many ways the Institute
has never failed to turn out well
trained, efficient. manly men. The
high distinction Of the institution.
standing out clearly as IT does among
the military colleges of the country,
Isl an honor to Virginia.
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THE II. NJ. i, RECORD.

4 The report or Captain p. d. Loeb
ridge. OF the United States Army, de-
tailed to Inspect the Virginia, Military
Institute. shows that conditions are
weli-ntgh perfect In no instance is
there an unfayorable comment. The
Institute IS ranked as Class "A, Dis
cinguished.' This simply means that
iahe West Point OF the South" IS
5anaintaining the proud record which
E achieved long ago, 10 make
sbAHnya " worthy Of praise. but how
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THE oFFIcE-HoLDING HABIT.

~
"He.took my bread and butter away
from me- and I came over here to get
him. Ifgot him"
That sounds as If 1t had been made
up by some nimble writer as about
the thing that might have been said,
but 1T is reported to have been one OF
the utterances OF Gallagher, the as
sassin OF Mayor Gaynor. when he was
arrested yesterday. 1t shows among
other thisgs, the effect Of the office
holding habit upon the minds OF the
men who seem to think that. they hold
Office in fee simple; that what Is given
to them BY appointment or by cleo
ton Is theirs to have and to hold for
ever. Gallagher was a Waterman in
the dock department by appointment.
lie had been In the place for seven
years. and evidently regarded 1t as
his personal property. When he was
removed a few weeks ago he felt that
he had been wrongfully deprived Of
/ q personal possession and he determine
ed to Get even" with Mayor Gaynor
for his undolng. He did not stop to
think that he was about to take away
the bread and butter from the May or's
| family. but. being obsessed OF hts own
selfish concerns. he committed one OF
the monumental crimes OF the age.
1t was the Office holding habit: the
sense that he had been deprived of
something that belonged to him, When
linen lose their Jobs In the ordinary
vocations OF life they doSnot kill their
\ former employers; II such were the
case. the cooks and buffers and walters
4 and all the rest OF the employed would
A be melted to get event. is only
when 1t comes to the, offlce-holder, or
\ the disappointed seeker. after a place
A at the expense OF the public, that there
!, Is resort to personal vengeance.
a The great cities Of the country, and
a especially the city Of Washington, arr
u filled with those who have fed at tbs
5lpubllc trough; former Congressnlsu
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The Washington Star says. comments
ing upon the two new Southern Sena-
tors. Swanson, of Virginia. and saund-
ers. OF Louisiana:
But. although with no war records
Of their own. these men stand. Of
course. by tho war records made by
their people. They cherish the history
of their States IN all details What
we are all engaged In now is shaping
and executing policies for the benefit
of the reunited country. OF their own
experience. the younger men Of the
South know the country only in that
condition. What they think OF 1t. and
how far they are willing to go in sup
port OF it, was attested at the time
OF the Spanish War. when they offered
themselves freely to President McFin-
Icy. for service in the field. The South
would do well, therefore. In choosing
her representatives II the national
council, to hold the standard OF these
two men. They have proved their
quality, and are young in years. Should
they make good in their new placet
their services can be commanded for
q long time"
A few more years and there
will be none left In either House OF
Congress tc tell the story of the im-
morta. past.
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WHAT HIT rnA,Ip PATTERSON.


Since the election in Tennessee last
week, the esteemed Nashville Amer
lean has been explaining how it hap.
pened, ind why 1t was not exactly
as 1t predicted that it would be, ana
what a terrible thing 1t was alto
gether, and how it forebodes evil
times for the dear old State-the
adopted State of that Notorious South
Carolinian. Andy Jackson--and all
that sort OF thing We have been
much moved by its distress, because
having but recently celebrated IN
splendid style its ninety-sixth BIRTH
day, it ought to have known better.
1T explains now that "the contract be-
tween the boilers and Republicans was
carried out inviolate. and the Demo-
cratic candidates were defeated"
That looks very bad on Its face, but
the blow IS notso crushing ash might
have been, If any Republicans had
been elected. AS matter OF fact. all
1.-The candidates who We're elected are
| strafghtout Democrats and an analysis
of. the votes cast in the several coun-
4 ties would show doubtless that they
We're elected by. Democratic votes.
This would appear to be the case when
ut Is known that counties in which
1 there are practically no Republicans
and that wero never carried by the
Republicans, voted against the SO
called regular Democratic candidates.
Another thing worth remembering is
that the regular Democratic tickle was
/ supported by the Republicans openly
and after due advertisement. A man
printed by the American on Monday
! shows that the regular" ticket carried
only II counties out Of the &C counties in
the State, and split the vote in another
county while the Independents carried
IS counties, The only explanation Of
the result that can be made is thai
1.-THE Democratic voters OF Tennessee
4 determined to put down the machine
at Nashville, and they did 1t so thor,
A oughly that even the machine and 1t!
4 $thick-and- thin hackers should know
+ what It means, The courts of Ten
lnessee will not take their orders from
1.-the Governors office,
The American says: Forget IT.
a Tho best way for 1t to forget 1t is t
1 stop talking about 1t.
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. z lt
baseball. rhe younger clement mlnglc
With tile native vcrmonters Of their
own age and take up the great ma
tionnl game. and in this healthy ex:-
erclse dark and dangerous nisgiyings
are often scattered"
II there were a great deal of truth
iii this, we should not BIO surprised
baseball is a democratic game and
the people who assemble to watch y
game OF 1t are usually Ms typicnlly
democratic II gathering as can be
found in America. Tho people WHO
play IT and the people who applaud !!
are good Illustrations OF the fact that
this nation is q great composite OF tho
high and the low, the nativc-born ana
tile foreigner. Tile love for the game
Is well-nigh universal in this country,
running along the keyboard OF feeling
from the Shtmblest ditch -digger to the
inoneycd man. a three-bngEer makes
the bleacllers and the grandstand Kin
Even IL these young foreigners s, IRE mr.
brought up under the red wing OF
Emma Goldman and fed on anarchis-
tic doctrines, we doubt that they
will have tho violent and unfettered,
natures that might be theirs had they
not been in daily contact with their
more law-abiding fellow citizens. They
Will remember kindly their combats
with the hoys who were not brought
up under annrchlstic roofs. They Will
remember tho lessons of restraint and
GOODNESS and fair play that they learn
ed ON many dusty diamond. VIII they,
forget "thc rules Of the game?" VIII
they not carry with them through life
the impress Of the lesson that In bnse-
ball, as well as in all other things.
each individual may not do as he
pleascs? VIII they forget the value
of the rules and the necessity for the
umpire?
No. They have lived in tho open,
under clear sky, rubbingselbows with
the fair-playing lads native to the
soil. Lessons that are ground in I'M
der the stress OF tie in the ninth. or
when two men are down and the bases
are full and one run Is needed to win,
are hard to eradicate from the mind.
Baseball may take the place Of
the bomb, after all.
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Origin OF "nlnck Hnnd."
/ VIII you kindly print the origin OF

Origin OF "nlnck Hnnd.''
VIII you kindly print the origin OF
tho "Blnc,i Hand?
According 10 me United States So
e eI Service. the "Blnck Hand. Is a u,
criminals. operating under the direc-
ton Of some secret central govern
ment. These men are blackmailers,
using murder. arson. Kidnapping and
Mountaineering as punishments for
those who Will not submit to their
iniquitous demands. Black Hand" is.
in short n handy name for brand of
crime peculiar 70 Italian criminals.
who are successful III 1t because OF
the temperament of the foreign immi-.
grants and their Unborn dread OF tho
extortionist. Nhether the central gov
Hand society,";s located in the United
States or in italy Is something which
neither the Italian nor American All
thorities can discover. United States
officers say the name OF the American
BLACK Hand" emanated from Chicago.
about ten years ago. when one of the
first of many mysterious murders In
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BRAIN VS.. DRAWN.

Ne =.
Dean Sheppard. of the Lyman G.
Smith College of Applied Science in
Syracuse University, and Professor
Paul c. Nugcnt, of the same institu-
tion. were assaulted brutally last Fri
day by n student. Herbert w Faus.
rnis young man failed to get his de-
gree last June, but he had since made
up the work under a professor who at
the time OF these assaults was in
Canada. Professor Nusent refused to
| deliver the diploma to Faus without
| the consent of Professor Graham.
! Finally, Faus secured the diploma In
the Office of Dean Sheppard, saying to
1 him, .If you want to see what think
/ OF your instruction and the diploma 1
| Will show YOU" lie then touched
i match to the diploma and started to-
light cigar with 1t. The result was
that Faus insulted the Dean. The
/ Dean struck Faus and then Faus
whipped the Dean. Then he bruised
| up Professor Nugent.
College professors are not always
as broad in their sympathies as they
might be. sometimes their vision is
hopelessly limited by the red tape Of
3 college administrative forms; but, take
them for all in all. they nre fair. There
I is little reason to think that in the
case of Faus there was any injustice
done him.
The point of the matter, in our view,
is that he probably belonged to that
all too prevalent species Of college
! [4student--the genus athletic "strutter."
Taus is described as Commodore OF
the Syracuse crew'-"he was behind In
two subjects owing to his athletic and
social activities" In other words, he
was a man who placed social and
athletic activities first, and the mere
matter OF an education, a very far
= away second. The colleges are full
OF such mon, and tho example Of these
q men, taken as a whole, does more real
Z harm to the colleges than athletic ac-
Z 8cidents ever could do.
The modest athlete WAC divides his
/, time and work proportionately, and
does not become saturated with con-
ceit and insolence. is worthy OF due
praise. There are too few like him.
. On the other hand, there Is the big
. mix Of brute. upon whom the re-
snn,ns ,ntuences Of college have about
as much affect as they would have
mon Z Moro chief. He is arrogant.
-. ! 10, ring and If YOU lease In tho
!, ! \ 4 o,vs,s rs fomnlete a Dough.
! : any that ever fought over his two
. oont a. A. II i Rowerv. saloon. For
g. ,,oo,v ree NOM his Of tho YEAR he
ath,ate. 49, ha rast - tho fine
8 q 5 !, e, ferl M ro,a q IIe sneaks
:. ~ : : ], ) - 80 the ton M some.
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q. G. spaulding, the pioneer Of base
bali, is to make the race for the United
States Senate in California. II the "in-
terests" have representatives In the
Senate. isn't It fair that the, sports
should have one?
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Brothe :; Addison, OF Il the Lynchburg
News, refuses to consider the thought.
OF meeting Doctor and Vice Presto e mt
Anna Blount of the Chicago Wom nan
Equal Rights Associa ton In joint de- de-
bate. twill be recalled that Brother r'1:fi :
Addison reprinted a statement q Col Is
cnel II enry Watterson to the effect
that Mrs. Ella Fla So Young was not not
a suffraglst, and that the %Doct tor II and nc
ce-Presldsnt corrected the Tame Tame
Editor of L.ynchburg, eclaring hat
she found what he said amusing So. So
Brother Addison now hoists he white
flag, Ha! we shall CORE sp'onsd With 18th
tho Doctor and Vice resid ent and see
If she cannot be induced to go after
him In his lair far a bove the acragsy
cliffs Of the crystal James! It was vas
the English Addison that wet
My voice is still for war.
Gods! can a Roman senaye long de-
bate 43s
(which of the two to choose, slavery or
death?"' S5,is "a 35SsS NJ
o tempora! Q mores o Addison! ,5
1 T.
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gaining in power all over tho cotin-
8try--is tho man who shall har-ss
8fnoriously combine tho Drawn and
red blood OF tie athlete with the
brain and the sensibilitics of tho
scholar. Therewi always be college
men ofSthe other type--but they are
not on the increase Cleaner athletes
and cleaner athletics are coming into
their own. slowly but inevitably.
s--=--1l-----------------.--------=-=,.
Mayo orr Ar Any no NEWT.
The Colonel was .closeted with Loeb
at Oyster Bay last night. We haven't
the least idea what they talked about
but 1t must have been something very
irnportant--the Colonel never talks
about anything, however unimportanti IN
itself, that 1t does not Immediately as
sumo worldwide consequence. For all
that we know, he may have told Loeb
what he would do with the Vatican IL
he only had Eanalcjas's job, or he may
have related Some OF his Embarrassing
Iexperiences down in Africa. Possibly,
ne Tic ESllOOllIlB vi NIoJ
nor In New York, and announced tho
conclusion that, bad as It was. 1t wac
not half SO open to foreign interfer-
ence as the assassination of the prime
minister in Egypt Perhaps he and
Loeb merely talked over the good old
times in the White House, when Loeb
gave out statements for him without
authority, which he could repudiatc the
next day II they did not seem to hit
the bull squarely in tho eye. What
ever they talked about, we wish Kerby
had been there to take 1t all down for
such use as might be made of 1t after
the Ballinger conspiracy has succeeded.
Probably we shall hear to-day, as we
are informed by the Associated Press,
with which George Harvey has Moth
ing to do, that the volcano shows signs
OF renewed activity.
What took place last night at oys-
ter Bay, however, is not q patching to
what will take place there to-day.
when Garfield and Pinchot are ex-
pected. There Is really something in
this advertised visit Isn't 1t queer
how the whole thing revolves around
Garfield and Pinchot? How they al
ways appear when a new reef is to be
taken in Taft's sails? How they put
their heads together when the country
is TIC be saved when the fires OF In
suIgency Gre to be stirred from the
! smoulderirg embers? Isn't it strange
that these three tailors OF Tooley Street
are eterna'ly cutting out the political
clothing the people Will have to wear?
No mention OF CLAWS is made; we never
hear anything about Kerby; VIC do not
chestnuts the next time; but the con-
spiracy moves on.
In the meantime. old Taft IS taking
his vacation at Beverly. One of these
days, when he gets good mad. Il
lis hoped that there will be something
1 doing. An amiable man. once aroused
is the ugliest Of customers, and here.
i hoping that the President will get mad
We have heard that he is no. lacking
in the spirit OF resentment, and il
must be said that he has been unde
espionage long, enough to make hin
i the least bit tired Of having person
without authority attempt to manipu
late his movements and decide for hin
what he should or should not do.
=
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who fairly haunt the corridors OF the
Capitol and the streets feeling that
they have a right to continue to play
Fl In the national game, There are sew.
eral hundred thousand men in New
York II, every way as competent as
Gallagher who make their bread and
butter by work = ror Il as other men
do, thousands of men who have lost
out through no particular fault 8ofs
theirs, as they think, and yet who
never think of killing somebody 70
Get even for n fancied or n real grey
snnce. lis only the oflice-liolders VINO
Imagine that they have been wronged
to tho extent OF justifying them In tho
commission OF murder. 1t Is strange
how tho of1lce-llolding hablt perverts
the moral vision.
ssastst fite
sBUY EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN
RICHMOND.
Following the suggestion Of Tho
Times Dispatch the Chamber of Com
smerce has sent lette. to tho people
or this town urging upon them the
importance OF living at home, OF
lpatronizing home Industries. Of buy
ing what they need In Richmond.
That Is what they ought to do, in
the first place, because the merchants
are their neighbors. contribute a
great deal for tho support Of the In
stitutions Of the community, give full
weight ana n1easure-a pound for a
pound, gallon for a gallon, a yard
Ter c yard
In the second place. they can get
better bargains hero than they can
get anywhere else.
Tho buyers know the wants OF the
community and carry in stock pre-
cisely the things that tho people
want. II the goods are not precisely
what the purchaser expected. the
stradesman Is within ready reach nj
his customers and is prepared to
make good.
The styles are tho same as thosr
prevailing in the great cities OF the
North and Of foreign lands. The ex-
pense Of shopping here is less than
1t could be, possibly. in any other
town, to which long journeys would
have to be made.
Economy in buying, opportunity Of
personal selection. variety OF stock.
superiority OF goods. perfection In
style. Interest in the welfare of the
communtty-these are some OF the
reasons which should bring to the
Chamber of Commerce the unanimous
consent OF the people OF Richmond to
1 the sound gospel Of living at home.
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The Louisa Enterprise says; .,rhe
5 1'''tr from Richmond at the beau
5tiful suburban sub home Of Mr., charlesNY.
Sponnally, and q troupe OF frollick!ng
children, may be seen every evening
on the lawn Of the Louisa Hotel"
1vl g deaf * {, tasx No not "tnco 81
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The Norfolk virginian- Pilot says:

The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot says:
"The suggestion that Virginia spend
two hundred thousand dollars year
In advertising abroad the States adj
Santages In soil, climate. waterpower,
mineral and timber wealth Is not al
together without merit. No doubt II
properly and judiciously expended that
sum would prove beneficial In attract
ing population and accelerating agri-
cultural and industrial development,
but we seriously question whether the
returns would compensate for the an
nua1 outlay. II Virginia has two hun
dred thousand dollars year TO ex-
rcnd in advertising, it seems to us that
the amount could be devoted to much
halter a a dvantage to the construction
OF good road S and the further improve
,ment Of the school system. Good roads
and good schools are concrete evidences
Of progressiveness which cons ,o stitute,
even from, an advertising standpoint.
as profitable an Investment t.lr''eir as any
state can, make. \ s
n
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There is some talk in claremont,
Virginia. as to the need of dictator
for the town. How would the Colonel
do?
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There are three thousand two hum
bred and seyenty-hve cases OF tho ok %
Worm In North Carolina Evidently
Isplritus frumentl is not the UNIVERSAL
ipanacea 1t. is said 10 be.
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4 AN AN'rIDoTE FOR ANARCHY. h

The New York Herald recently pub
lished an Interesting story about the
new Anarchist colony at Barre, YER
mont lit says: Sinister as are the
Influences of anarchy. there are forces
in Barre that counterfeit them. One Is