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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
M. Aurelius, Irishnnan.

The inscription on the huge statue of
Marcus Aurelius on the Brown univer-
sity grounds puzzled one of the at.
PENDANTS for some time. But he
wouldn't inquire. because he liked to-
have those young chaps at the college
think he was as well informed as they.
For one particular student he formed
a strong liking. however, and in a
burst of confidence he told of his ig.
norance. He was well repaid for his
confession. for he learned that the tig.
ure in stone was of fellow country.
man.
Ask that janitor about the statue the
next time you visit Brown and you'll
learn that the statue is Of Mike
O'Reilly-fine fellow too. But these
college folk put his name in Latin or
some strange language. and few peo-
pie know who is meant. But it's Mike
O'Reilly, all right."-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Their ONLY Wish,

Two little girls emerged from a low
er west side public school the othel
day when the mercury called for win
ter wraps. They paused a moment on
the curb as II surprised to find the ali
so keen. They were poorly and thinly
clad-in marked contrast to most Of
the other girls hurrying by.
The two children looked at each 9th
er and shivered in harmony.
"Geew said one. 81 wish it wal
summer again"
80 do l." said the other, and thej
started homeward.
No expressed longing for clothing Al
good as these others had. no note 4
protest against poverty, only-"Ged
] wish 1t was summerv-New YorI
Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Albion and Columbia.

Albion, the Gem of the Ocean," was
ltten and composed by Jesse Ham,
md. an English government dock Of
ial. about 1920 and was heard above
others in the theaters. music halls
ID on London streets. 1t is apparent
mt gem of the ocean" fits an island
Yore aptly than our large tract of con.
lnent, and borne by the red and the
lue" Ohe red of the British army and
lue of the navy is more logical than
he meaningless line borne by the red.
yhite and blue" The lines of the Eng
sh songs are almost word for word
lentical with our version, 1.-THE Red.
White and ue."-Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
A Bunch of Kicks.

"I'm In hard luck!' sighed the steel
rail.
Look at me! l get nothing from
morning till night but hot air." groan-
ed the pumping engine.
I'm always in hot water" sighed
the boiler.
Consider my plight" cried the mac
adam road, Invariably walked over
and trodden under foot"
I'm used to 1t, for I'm always up
against It," philosophically remarked
the wall paper.
you're none Of you as badly of rs
l am said the furnace, "for, no mat
ter where l go. I'm generally fred
Baltimore American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Your mothers just come out OF

Your mothers just come out OF a
faint"
Mechanically she walked with him
down the narrow path. away from the
ruin that had wrung her heart. Final
ly she could stand It no longer. She
burst into sobs.
John, John, the books are gone
toow
John put his arm about her.
mo. they're not little girl. They're
in Dobson's hearse."
Lucy broke or In the midst of a sob
and stared at him In the moonlight.
Its a fact. dear. When the tire got
beyond your mother and me- the books
were the first thing we thought OF saw.
ing. Dobsou's hearse was standing III
his barn. and we ran II right through
the fence, up against the library win
dow. and your mother showed the books
into the hearse an fast as | piled them
out to her. Jimmy Dobson helped
too"
Lucy burst into laughter. The alb
surdity OF the situation reused her
from her misery. The Dobson under.
taking establishment was next door To
their home. and the hearse. the only
one in town. was the glory of its owner.
Il hope you didn't hurt It," she muir.
INJURED.
That's not what's worrying me. It's
how much insurance your uncle car
ried on the house and whether we
spoiled the chances of selling the
books. Some OF them got wet"
Lucy and her mother remained that
night with the hospitable Dobsons and
the next morning. with John. went out
to look at the books and ascertain the
damage before the buyer appeared on
the scene. They made an odd picture.
the anxious group pulling the old vol
umes through the end doors of the
gloomy hearse. Suddenly Jimmy Dob
son, who by reason of his brave con-
duct the night before was privileged
to join the party, gave q long. low
whistle.
Gee, look at the money!
In one hand he held a worn leather
bound volume. In the other a hundred
dollar bill.
Mrs. Leyden clutched her daughters
arm and stared at the wonderful
greenback.
"'Emmy. there's thousands In it
thousands. Those were his very words.
And he didn't mean books. He meant
money. real money. 1t was one of his
queer ideas to hide 1t there"
When the book buyer arrived he was
graciously received by Lucy in the
Dobson parlor. There was suspicion
of happy tears In her eyes when she
told him the offer was withdrawn.
She would reimburse him for his rail.
road fare and asked him to accept any
volume he might choose In return for
the trouble she had caused him. where
upon that gentleman selected one of
the rarest books In the collection and
departed with the mental comment that
women were certainly most changeabie
creatures.
For how could he know that be-
tween the leaves of that collection four
excited people had found that old Hen
ry Leyden was no false prophet?
There were thousands In it. Neither
did the good people of Leydenville
know just how many bills had been
discovered on that eventfui morning.
but this did not prevent their rejoicing
greatly over the turn in events or their
attending in body the wedding of
John and Lucy. which six months later
was duly solemnized In the First
church, the largest edifice in Leyden-
willie.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
TelIurium.


No use has yet been discovered for
tellurium, and many tons of this ele-
ment are annually wasted in western
mining districts. Tellurium. which is
elassed as a metalloid, is supplied as
a chemical curiosity in the form of
black powder and as a metallic look.
ing substance with a fine columnar
crystal form. in color somewhat resem-
bling tin. Some of the compounds of
tellurium have an offensive. all per-
vading and ineradicable odor. Chem.
lists who have been experimenting with
tellurium say that after three months
exposure to sun, wind and rain the
clothing worn by them while they
were making these experiments, al
though it had not come In contact
with the tellurium compound, was still
so unpleasantly scented that it had to-
be acknowledgements.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
A $4,000 damage suit has

A $4,000 damage suit has bi
fled in Washington county col,
Maurice Lamontague of Barre, +
through +. L Laird his couIl
brought suitagainst Jones BROTH
claiming damages for that amAt
for fractured skull and imped
hearing. Lamontague claims ut
while he was employed in SepteIer
1908, in the quarry of Boutwell,, he
x Varnum, a stone from a blaH in
the Jones Brothers quarry SICK
him. Negligence of the own. OF
the Jones Brothers guar is
claimed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Lafayette A. Spaulding of New

Lafayette A. Spaulding of New
port committed suicide January 7
by shooting himself through the
temple with 80 callbre revolver
Mr.. Spaulding had not been work
ing for few days and is said to
have had trouble with his wife and
to have turned her out of his home
January 5. Afterward he tried to
induce her to return but his efforts
were useless.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
An order has been signed by p

An order has been signed by Pos
master, General Hitchcock establis
ing-sub-agencies for the Distribute
of stamped envelopes, newspap
w appers and postal cards. Bellov
Falls is the sub-agency for til
state. These sub-agencies will
supplied with carload lots by freigll
thereby removing heavy shipmen
from the mails and at the same tin
effecting large saving in the co
of mail transportation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Tho Editor Won.

London paper described chill
dren's excursion as a ''long white
scream of joy" and was called to ac-
count by a correspondent. who said
that scream could be long. but not
white. whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that "a hue is often
associated with a cry"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Iceberqs.

a cubic foot of ice weighs about $50
ounces, but the same volume of sea
water weighs 1.2So ounces; hence ice
floats on water, and but one-ninth of
the volume of an iceberg is exposed to
view. There are several well authent-
Gated instances of icebergs u thousand
feet high having been sighted in the
southern ocean, so that this would
give the total height of them as about
1900 feet .... ..-...
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

The mill of B. M. Newton of
Felchville was destroyed by fire last
week, and it was only by hard labor
that nearby property was saved. A
fire was started in a stSve in the
mill and then it was left about an
hour When the ownei returned.
the inside of the mill VAS ablaze.
This was the third time n thirteen
years that Mr.. Newton has had
pr0perty destroyed by fire.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

Though he is not candidate
there is considerable sentiment
among the parishioners of the Com
gregational church of Bethel, which
is without pastor, in favor of ex-
tending a call to the Rev. f. Wilson
Day of Franklin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

The 35th annual meeting of the
Western Vermont Masonic Union
will be held at Orwell February 9
Following the meeting concert and
ball Will be held at the town hall
and at IL 90 p. IN. banquet will be
served at Eagle Inn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

Brat'lehoro vital statistics show
1915 deaths during 1909 hut II OF
these were inmates of the Bra I eboro
retreat. thus bringing the mortuary
rate somewhat under that of former
years. There were l48 births during
he year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

The United States geological sur
vey reports that in 1908 California
produced $lS,7Gl $50 in gold,
l.G47, PTS ounces of silver valued at
$S73,057, and zoo ounces of refined
platinum valued at $l3,4l4.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
a MANLY Norman.

"Why do you say she Is a manlr
woman?" asked Jinks.
"She always gets Off a car proper
ly." said Minks.-Buffalo Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Lovers of Chocolate.

Mexican ladies are fond of chocolate
Even in church they have 1t brought
to them during the service.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

Tomorrow ia not elastic enough in
which to press the neglected duties OF
today.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

A wishbone won't do a man much
good unless along with it goes a deal
OF backbone. Farm Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Moro Necessary.

Every heart contains perfection's
germ.-SheIley.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15
Spurious Mummies.

Spurious Mummies.
Spurious mummies are made In
France. Many of these frauds have
been detected by the Roentgen rays
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-15

SGsscrise tor The Age. $T.es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
CORPORATIONS

INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESS IN ARIZONA.
Least Cost Transact business keep books anywhere Pres
dent Stoddard former Secretary OF Arizona Free Laws,
bylaw and Forms Reference: Amy Bank in Arizona.
Sioddard Incorporating Company, Box 800. Phoenix, Arizona
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

expert, being advised of the particular shade
of meaning it is desired to convey, also fur
nishes an opinion as to what IS the right
word, supporting his statement by list of
such legal decisions as may apply. All these
reports are carefully bound together and be-
come part of the mass of papers, sometimes
weighing many pounds, that acCumulates
while the mortgage is being drawn. They
are filed away when it Is finished.
After the mortgager's counsel have COM
pleted drawing up the instrument as they
think it should be- it passes to the attorneys
on the other side. who pick as many flaws as
possible in it. They too pay special atten-
ton to the exact meaning of words, and fire.
quently their experts question the dehnl-
lions of those on the other side. After the
two firms of attorneys have settled all their
differences, the mortgage IS generally sub
mitted to another set of expert legal advisers,
who criticize it from every possible point of
view. All this takes great deal of time and
costs great deal of money.
The total legal expense of drawing up
big corporation mortgage frequently runs
into more than a hundred thousand dollars.
1t is not uncommon for a single firm of eX
perts to receive as high as fifty thousand dol
important legal documents. When it has
been tested in every possible way and is
finally passed upon and approved, it is print
ed. 1t may cover between one and two
hundred pages and contain from forty thou
sand to eighty thousand words. The latter is
about the number in novel of the ordinary
size. If the interests affected have property
in more than one county or State, the mort
gage has to be recorded in each of these.
1t is not until all this work has been done
that the bonds secured by the mortgage
are placed on the market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
DRAWING up a big mort
- gage, especially when it is
By T. S. Dayton

o be the basis for an issue
f bonds it is desired to dispose of in the
pen market is task far greater than most
| eope have any idea of. Sometimes months
f continuous labor elapse between the be-
inning of the first draft and the final ap-
)roval of the last revised copy by those
most directly concerned. The primary OBJ
| ect of such a formidable legal instrument
S, of course, to define clearly and exactly what
the mortgager will do. The individual or
company in whose favor the mortgage IS
Ito protect himself from every possible con-
|tingency Some of these possibilities that
are sought to be guarded against appear to
be absurd to the lay mind.
Some years ago a boat line whose vessels
|plied on a certain river, desired to mortgage
Its property and issue bonds. One of the
provisions of the legal instrument provided
what should be done in the event of the river
drying up or becoming impossible to navi-
gate As the stream was a mighty flood OF
water at all seasons, the possibility of this
contingency arising seemed out of all reason;
but the attorneys for the mortgage insisted
Upon its insertion. Nothing has happened
to the river as yet.
The commonest weakness of a mortgage,
and one that may escape the ordinary eye,
is not the use of the wrong word to express
the desired meaning, but the use of not ex-
actly the right one. After the mortgage has
been worked into shape so that its provisions
are satisfactory to both sides, the lawyers
who draw the mortgage in the first instance
prepare a list of words about whose meaning
they fear there may be some dispute and
turn this list over to the expert etymologist
who is in charge of the library in every big
office. This man prepares report which
shows not only the dictionary definition of
each one of these words, but also furnishes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
Why Cats Fall On Their Feet

A SCIENTIST has constructed an in
~ genious model to show why cat in
falling invariably alights on its feet This
model, roughly speaking, consists of card
board cylinder wherein are stuck four rods
to serve for legs, together with tail devised
on similar principles. The object of the ex
pertinent is to show that feline's peculiar
faculty depends on the rotation of its tail
with sufficient vigor.
This faculty is one specially developed by
climbing and leaping animals, such as men,
bers of the cat tribe, monkeys, squirrels, rats,
and most lemurs. AS mentioned, the tail
plays an important part in the turning proc
ess. According to the investigator all tree
inhabiting monkeys have long tails, and
there is not the slightest doubt that these
tails are of great aid to all climbers in enabling
them to turn in the air. The tail also serves
as balancer, as evidenced in the case Of a
squirrel, which may be seen walking along a
tightly stretched wire or string swinging its
tail from side to side much after the manner
of tight-rope walker balancing himself with
pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
Ears and Source of Sound

TT is a source of wonder to the thinking in
dividual as to how the ear can tell from
what direction a sound comes. From latest
experiments along this line there seem to be
two we'll defined methods which the ear un-
consciously uses. In the first place, it would
be we'll to state that if a sound is made at
distance, either directly in front of or behind
an auditor, he cannot possibly tell from which
direction it is coming. In all such cases the
auditor, unconsciously or by will, turns his
head to the right or the left. Then usually
1t is simple matter.
When a sound is made not directly in
front or behind, the direction is deduced
from the difference in loudness of the sound
received by the two ears, the nearer ear per-
Ceiving of course the louder sound, and con-
sequently. as we know by experience that
the farther a sound is away the fainter it is
the brain unConsCiously uses the result of
such experience. If the right ear is toward
the sound, the left ear hears a fainter sound
than the right, not only because it is slightly
greater distance from the source of sound,
but also on account of the heads throwing
what is called sound shadow over the left
ear. The difference is appreciate on account
of the sound shadow only when the wave
length of the sound is small compared with
the thickness of the head; but in long wave
lengths Lord Rayleigh has shown that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
How Far the Blood Travels

THE mileage of the blood circulation re-
veals some astonishing facts. 1t has
been calculated. for instance. that, assum-
ing the heart to beat sixty-nine times min
ute at ordinary pressure, the blood goes at
the rate of two hundred and seven yards in
a minute. or nine miles an hour, two hundred
and twenty miles day, and eighty thousand
could have had one single blood corpuscle
floating in his blood all his life. it would have
travelled in that time nearly seven million
miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
Fifty Men and One Elephant

INTERESTING tests were recently made
in London to determine the respective
pulling power of horses. men, and ele-
plants. Two horses weighing 900 pounds
each, together pulled $3.50 pounds, or $50
pounds more than their combined weight.
One elephant, weighing 10000 pounds,
pulled $3.50 pounds, or $3.50 pounds less
than its weight. Fifty men, aggregating
$500 pounds in weight pulled $3.50 pounds,
or just as much as the single elephant; but,
like the horses, they pulled more than their
own weight. One hundred men pulled 12,-
600 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
M VOTT KNOW7 Perhaps You Do
~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ w Perhap You'll Don't

phase at the right ear is ahead of that at the
left, and that the ear unconsciously takes
advantage of this in determining the direc-
ton.
In hearing complex sounds, as the music
of an orchestra or band, unless the ears are
equally distant from the source the farther
ear will be subject to the sound shadow
caused by the head in varying degrees, the
high overtones throwing the greater shad-
ows, and as the quality of a musical sound
depends on these overtones the ears will
hear sounds of different qualities.
AS to the operation of the sound shadow,
only the analogy to shadow thrown by an
object in the light need be pointed out. The
same rules apply. In light shadow no
light falls, and in a sound shadow varying
amounts" of sound fall-the reason any
sound at all falls in sound shadow is on &C
count of its wave length. AS the wave length
gets shorter and shorter,-that is, as the
pitch rises higher and higher,-less and less
sound falls in the shadow. We know that no
light falls in light shadow. This is because
the wave length is extremely short compared
to sound wave length. AS result of this it
is easy to see why we can hear around a cor
ner but cannot see around one.
Laurence HOdpes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
A MODERN MORTGAGE

a list of all legal decisions that
have been made relative to
its exact significance. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
LAND PRODUCTS
ARIZONA REAL ESTATE

BUY LAND IN SALT RIVER VALLEY, ARIZONA
Roosevelt Dam Raise oranges fruit, alfalfa, melons
Get highest returns; failures Land selling $oo
up Write to-day for booklet and six months
Ihe Earth, free CT Seagraves, Gen. Col
onzaton Agt, At g. ST Ry, 1890 Railway Exc, Chicago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
PHOTOGRAPHY

FILMS DEVELOPED. per roll; all sizes Velox
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-08

published of late to the effect that a
large number of local architects are
now engaged in preparing competitive
plans for the proposed new high school
building which is to be erected on the
east bench.
ITO correct this erroneous idea, the
Utah Association of Architects. which
includes in its membership practically
all the architects in the state, wishes
to make the following statement:
This association. in response to a
request from the board of education
has submitted a statement of the points
which should be covered by the pro-
gram of this proposed competition, and
the board of education is now consider
ing the different points involved and
will il Is expected in the near future
consult with this association regarding
the framing of q definite and final
program. Until this program, com
prising the official statement of the
requirements of the proposed building
is published, none of the architects
deem il proper to prepare competitive
plans