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WAITING FOR THE ATTACK.

of ore came hurting through the air.
They rang spitefully against the wood
en- sides of the shaft-house and tram,
and rolled from the slanting roofs
with rumbling notes.
Mccarthy was down and out. A
rock had struck him full on the fore
head, it's Jagged corners laying open
his scalp and telling him.
Sanders, disobedient at last, could
stand no more. He broke through the
opening, his 1.-the form bounding into
the open and hating in front of the
fallen man. He stood over him, try
ing with his little body to protect the
great bulk beneath. In desperation he
shrieked to the strikers to stop, to
wait, to do anything but throw more.
A few more scattering rocks fell
near him, but none struck the mark
The mob, robbed for an instant of it's
prey, hesitated to stone to death a
mere boy. There was something so
fearless and yet so appealing in his
attitude that it cried pause.
Sanders, in fury of rage, the blood
of fighting Irish ancestors coursing
holly in his veins, harangued them
even as they commanded him to step
aside or run away.
"You low-down pups he shouted;
there isn't one of you that would
dare tackle him alone. No, nor any
two Of you. You were afraid. You
knew he would lick you. You had to
come In a bunch in order to keep your
nerve up. There's half of you that
never were treated as white as ne
did. and there's one or two of you out
there that owe more than that to him.
That's right, Bill Burton" he shout
ed to one who was stepping from his
view. 'Td sneak. too. If l were you
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refused to ebey me yet. Get back, l
tell you, and stay there. This Is no
place for you"
Scurrilous epithets were being
shouted by the strikers. Mccarthy
took no heed, but stood as calmly as
before A harsh, insulting voice from
the rear of the crowd shouted some
thing in which the name of the man
ayers wife was coupled.
The leash on the big mans temper
was breaking. He had stood all he
would stand. There was time to
end all things, and even kindness no
longer played a part in this game.
"Stop!" he shouted, his face Grim
son with the rush of emotion, and his
hitherto unclenched hand thrown into
the air with a gesture eloquent OF
command.
The older habit of obedience and
the lurking respect for man in his
position compelled them to listen.
His voice was deadly quiet now, and
pitched in a tone of tensity that be-
tokened the strain under which he
was laboring. Those Of the mob who
would have jeered were hushed by
their fellows The manager waited
until the silence was so complete that
the chug-chug of the pumping-machin-
cry came through the boardings.
"This is no longer a strike he said
quietly; "it's a lockout. This mine
aas never opposed union. It has
never tried to import non-union labor.
II never had trouble with its own men
until you fellows came here from the
East. In all the months it has been
lied I'D, it has tried to recover peace.
rs old men are honest and want to
york as honest men. But you-you
dirty crowd of coal-heavers" His
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When your wife was dying, before
you took to booze, he made you d
present of money enough to tide you
over And you, too, Leopold" he Jeer-
ed another, "you ought to throw rocks
because when there wasn't hole in
the Blue Mountains would have you,
he gave you work"
Behind his sturdy little form, as he
talked, Mccarthy had risen to a sit
ting position, and consciousness was
returning. He weaved to and fro with
dizziness. but was wiping the blood
from his eyes It was all coming rap
idly back. He must get Sanders away
from there. They would hurt him.
He started to rise to his feet.
The crowd, hushed for the minute
by the tempest of Sanders speech,
was again violent. They wanted to
wait no longer. They were blood
hungry and tired of delay.
There was but one man in the mob
brutal enough to strike down a boy.
Swift as bullet and as sure Of aim
came a stone, striking Sanders CLAN
cling blow on the head. Like an ami
NAL stricken to death, his legs crum-
pied beneath him, his arms stretched
widely out, his head few backward,
and he fell inert on the body Of the
man he had tried 80 valiartly to pro-
tect.
The crowd, halted by the apparent
tragedy, was awed. Those who had
boys of their own, or who remembered
little Sanders as the stage-driver,
were shocked to heart and ashamed
The mob-fever was passing, and in its
stead stood shame. Shame that San
ders, one of their own people, after
all, was lying there, white and limp
and lifeless.
Mccarthy, sobbing with great dry
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Down below In the yard, or level
place between the shaft-houses and
the shops, was what looked like an
army of men The place was black
with them With his back against the
shaft-house, stood the manager, his
great, stoclzy form planted squarely on
widespread feet, his unarmed hands
hanging loosely by his sides, and his
whole attitude that of unWavering de-
termination. He was evidently ad-
dressing the men, because at some
thing he said Sanders saw the crowd
break into hoarse shouts and wild
gesticulation. Mccarthy stood un-
moved, and apparently was talking to
them again
more. He ran unobserved down to the
long tramway and entered it through
a place where board was loose at
the bottom. With glowing eyes he
raced through the semi-darkness to-
ward the shaft-house.
AS he dashed through the shaft
house he saw Glover, the loyal, stand
ing calmly by the side of the dark
opening with rifle in his hand. He
scarcely saw John, the grim old engi-
neer, who was carefully, but with
haste, loading a long-barreled and
blackened Colts. Here were those
who would make any attack bloody
one.
Outside, the noise Of shouting and
of wild voices came to him stronger.
The excitement seemed to be growing
with frightful rapidity. He would have
plunged through an opening near
Mack, IL the latter had not observed
him and said hastily and with en-
phasis: Sanders, get back In there
quick" He hesitated to obey, and the
big man said quietly: "You have never
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24
Too Progressive

"That man is at least '9n
ahead of his time"
what is he?" MI,
"The census taker who gave fo
town dts surprising popui@'l'
ures. "-Exchange
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24
Her Species.

Her Species ~ bs
1 notice your maid seems sorp.
popular with all the tradeSinoIi
one of them is continually rlng lie
Eyes, she is a regular do0i
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The Relation.

The Relation. .,tion
He-This is a general prop0th sr,
she-That is why I suppose -
are no private particulars
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
WOoDsToCk NEWS
" Bell and Wing. ("

A Woodstock friend has rec emily
received, with the authors compli-
'ments. volume of original verse
by Frederick Tanning Aver of New
York. who was frequent guest at
the Inn some years ago, usually
bringing several fine horses here.
The book is bulky one of upwards
of 1900 pages and the epoems cover a
wide range of subjects and are in
varying metre.
The following two verses are taken
from poem on "The Quechee
River ~:
What an hour in what soothing sun
have come in this afternoon
To lay me down where bloodhowers sun,
Ground-robin hops his rigadoon
Snug in his river bank
While I watch him at his bobbin
prank
Woodstock is one bundle of flowers;
Straight through runs the river
Past where such club-moss covers
AS have seen in the forest never !;
Cock 's-foot grass, all finger and palm,
Wind sweet as falls from lily-farm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Proctor viii Filed.

The will Of Fletcher d. Proctor,
probated at Rutland Tuesday, estab-
fishes a fund of $4,000 for the aid
of needy children of Proctor. who
wish to attend college; and a fund oi
$1,000 for the comfort ard pleasure
of the children of Proctor. lie also
provides for the control of the Ver-
mont Marble company by his SON,
Mortimer, after which all the estate
is divided between his wife and
children.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
A Sane and Safe Christmas.

The next move of the reformers is
for safe and sane Christmas. And
in a way there is quite as much sense
in it as there is in the attempt to
bring about a safe and sane Fourth
of July, says the St. Adams Mes
senger. The Christmas season has
come to witness very riot of
extravagant and misplaced generosity
that does nobody good in, the first
analysis, and that certainly does
many people harm in the second
A popularity mistaken notion OF
social aud neighborly obligation is
responsible for all this. It can be
corr ected in one year il the genera
ton will wake up to tn. b. And
more debts will be paid with money
now stuffed into stockings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Coffee Goes Up a Cent; Sugar
Lower in New York.

Leading roasters advanced the
price of package coffee one cent a
pound. to 23i cents Monday, but
families which use sugar in the bev-
erage may find solace in the fact that
a cut was made in the price of this
commodity
The Federal Sugar Refining COM
pany, of which Claus A Spreckles is
president, announced that it had cut
the price of granulated sugar a
quarter of cent pound. None of
ike other sugar manufacturers
announced what action they would
take, but it was said no immediate
reduction was contemplated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
( EnaIish Club Manners.

1t is contrary to the laws of an
infexible etiquette for one member
of the Athenaeum club-in London
to speak to another unless upon
formal introduction.
Thereby hangs tale. One MEM
Der of the Athenaeum was one day
walking down stairs. He trod upon
the toe and the corn of another
member. He apologized profusely.
The sufferer showed upon his face
signs of acute. physical agony, but
at the same time he showed signs
of lively moral delight. Wincing as
he was, he said to him who had
trodden on his corn, "Sir, may /
thank you?"
"Thank meP What for?" said
the offender.
'1t is true you have trodden on
my foot" said the sufferer, s9but at
the same time you are the first man
in twenty years who has spoken to
me In tins club. ruas 4,..,,,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Windsor Granite for Temple.

A block of stone was recently
blasted out OF the Norcross quarries
on Ascutney Mountain as large as
an ordinary house, the largest block
of the famous I" Windsor Green
Granite" that has ever been quarried
in this section. The mass was 20 feet
long, and something over 10 feet
square, and was estimated to weigh
675 tons.
1t was taken from the top of the
quarry and fell nearly 100 feet,
rolling over several times in it's
descent and landing right side up at
the foot of the cliff, where legs had
been placed to break the fall.
The large block is split into pieces
about six feet long by three and one
half feet square, and are sent from
Windsor TO Stony Greek, Conn,
where they are turned in power
lathes and then highly polished.
When finished they will be shipped
to Washington, d. c., and used in
the Scottish Rite Masonic TEMPLE,
which Norcross Bros. Co., contrac-
tors, are building in that city. There
are to be ten columns, each thirty
feet long, in the building
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Ethan Allen


Perhaps ndvu of equal advantages and station he
occupied toward establishing the independence of
country Ethan Allen The people whom he
unculvated yet bold and
consequently followed but strong
eRdoYmensf much decision and
preudces aud ncnatos Habit had rendered them
familiar with danger and of hence followed
that policy unless proceeding from in which they had
confidence gained their appreciation Upon Allen whose
undoube and whose Jealous devotion their interests
universally acknowledged they implicitly relied They had known
him adversely and prospthey had weighed him. aud found
nothing lacking To friend he the unyeng
therefore, upheld beneficial the of American
liberty found and efficient the friends with
whom lie associated, and by whom he was known.
From revolutionary struggle until its
Allen proved jealous and supporter
Whether in field counclwhetle home, free
the of Vermont loaded with the mancI of
despo foreign country his spirit quaed beneath the
the the harsh threats of nsoent authority
his opinions without disguise esIation
and oppesso he sought opportunity redress
the wrongs the oppressed 1t supposed however that
his obles yet lie wluly stubborn in either When
vnced of position he willing yield but
theory practice he contested inch of ground and only
yielded had left his antagonist This
his character least that he honest in Ills
conclusions the premises from which they
deduced
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
THE DATE LINE.
its zig1ss Course From the North Pole
to the South Pole.

lts zlgxao Course From the North Pole
to the South Pole.
There are some curious features
in what is generally known as "the
date line"
1t is easy to see that at every
point east Of that where it is just
midnight Of Saturday 1t is Sunday.
Since it is necessary that each day
shall be supposed TO begin some
where men have agreed that it
shall be on a line one-half. way
round the globe from London
that is, 1S0s degrees east or west
from Greenwich.
But convenience requires that the
line shall not be straight. The me-
ridian of $50 degrees passes through
the eastern peninsula of Siberia.
Russia treats the whole of her pos
sessions as being comprised within
the same day. Before the United
States purchased Alaska the Asian
day was extended even to the
American continent. It was day
later at Sitka than at places due
north from that place.
When Alaska came under the
American flag the day was changed
and the date line was shifted to the
west of the Aleutian archipelago.
These are not the only variations
from the one hundred and eightieth
meridian, but within these limits il
is not possible to notice them>st all.
1t is, however, interesting to trace
the date line from north to south.
Starting at the north pole, it fol-
lows the meridian adopted until it
approaches the Siberian coast.
There it bends to the east and
passes through Bering strait,
thence in southwesterly direction
SO as to take in all the Aleutian
islands. Next it curves back to the
one hundred and eightieth meridian
and follows it to the equator.
Again it bends eastward through
the midst of numerous groups Of
islands, leaving the Samoan group
on the east and the Tongas on the
west. 1t sweeps almost to the one
hundred and sixty-ffth meridian,
then curves back gradually to the
one hundred and eightieth meridi-
an and follows it to the south pole.
AS we all know, when vessel
crosses the Pacific from east to
west it drops one day from the cal
endar upon passing the date line
In going from west to east it re-
peats one day.-Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Homes In JtaIv.

Speaking of homes and ways of.
living, Mr.. Luigi Villari in "Italian
Life in Town and Country" reveals
curious state of affairs. In Italian
cities there are no slum districts.
The poorest of the poor may be
lodged in the same palace with peo-
pie whose income runs over $25, 900
annually. The poor are packed
away in the garrets or in the cell
lars, to be sure, and their misery
must be rendered all the more acute
by the sight and scent of such Law
ish living. High class Italians have
no objections whatever to dwelling
over a shop or place of business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
PLYMOUTH.

DEATH OF HILAND o. sTIcKNEY.
The Portland Oregonian Of Oct.
6 announced the death there, on Oct.
5, of Hiland o. Stickney, native of
Plymouth. He was born in Tyson,
Feb. Io, 1867, son of John w. and
Ann p. Stickney.
He was engaged in the real estate
business, and his greatest achieve
ment in Portland was the financing
aud construction OF the Railway
Exchange building, OF which he was
the manager.
MIR. Stickney went to Portland in
1907, after an athletic career, playing
on football teams and coacl,ing III
different parts OF the United States.
He was Harvard man and was a
star quarterback OF the Crimson
team-two years. After graduating
he coached and played with the
Boston Athletics two years, and with
other well known teams.
MIR. Stickney is survived by four
brothers and two sisters: DR.. v. III.
Stickney of Dickinson, NJ D., who
was at his bedside when he died
W. w. Stickney, two years gov
ernor of Vermont, >of Ludlow
R, w. Stickney OF Denver; Edgar
X. Stickney OF Boston; Mrs Eliza
beth Moore and Miss Frances A.
Stickney of Tyson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
rhe Parsn,ouht, End.

'The character itself should, be to
the individual paramount end,
simply because the existence of this
ideal nobleness of character, or of
near approach to it, in any album
dance, would go further than all
things else toward making human
life happy, both in the compare
lively humble sense of3pleasure and
freedom from pain and in the
higher meaning of rendering life
not what it now is almost unixer-
sally, ,,puerile and insignificant, but
such as human beings with highly
developed faculties can care to
have.-Jolfn Stuart Mill, System
of Logic" '
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
II Made a Difference Whose Head Was
an tlia QhouIdar

II Made a Difference Whose Head Was
on His Shoulder.
After he had roughly shaken or the
head of the third belated passenger
who had sought repose on his shoulder
the stout man proclaimed In a voice
loud enough to be-heard by everybody
in the car that the next time anybody
went to sleep with his head pillowed
on his shoulder he would give that
head good punching, that's what he
would do.
The stout mans wife said. "Sh-sh-sh,
james. Don't get so violent"
"Violent?' said the stout man. I've
a right to be violent. I'm no pillow;
I'm no feather bed. If anybody thinks
am, just let him come on and I'll
show him."
At the next station two women came
in and found seats near the stout man.
Presently the younger and prettier of
the two began to nod. Lower and
lower dropped her head, and soon it
found substantial resting place. The
stout man sat still; so very still did
he sit that his wife wondered what
had happened to him. She leaned over
and looked past his bulky frame to
find out. Her face flushed.
"Why, James," she said Indignantly.
"Don't you remember what you said Il
little while ago about punching heads2
There's head on your shoulder now.
els there?' said the stout man.
meekly. II hadn't noticed it,
1t was apparent then that if there
was any head punching to be done
somebody besides James would have
to do it, also 1t was apparent that
somebody was perfectly willing to
undertake the job.
James," said the stout mans wife
significantly.
He wriggled uneasily until the head
was gently dislodged; then the stout
man and his wife changed places
New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
A Japanese Invitation.

An invitation to dinner in Japan
commences as follows:
81 ask pardon for thus insulting
you in begging your company at
my house to dinner. The house is
small and very dirty, our habits are
rude, and you may not get anything
fit to eat, yet I hope that you will
condescend to be present with us
at 6 o'clock"
Then when the visitor accepts
the invitation he finds beautiful
house, handsomely furnished, de-
licious cookery and most refined
manners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
rbr.. stirs and . w.IIep.

Eighty years ago In Edinburgh,
Scotland, it was the custom for a
man to walk through the poorer
portion of the town every day at
noon, bearing a large shin bone of
beef. His cry was, '"Three stirs and
a wallop for a bawbeep "a bawbee
is halfpenny.) All the house
wives had their vegetables stewing
for the family soup and gladly paid
their bawbees for the privilege of
three stirs and wallop (the final
fourish) with the bone, which was
supposed to impart a fine meat
flavor to the stew.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
conaeniai.

Really modern couples are just as
apt to be truly mated as the old fash
ioned sort whom we read about in
the romances. A young Clevelander
who Is often described as a''man about
town" became engaged not long ago,
and he spoke as follows to the lady
who had honored him: III
.'I don't want to have anything that
I must hide after we are married, dear.
So I may, as well tell you that ! play
poker. / smoke cigarettes, drink, l
stay out late and-1 bet on the races"
, I'm glad to hear you say So" said
the up to date girl, brightly. II was
SO afraid that you and wouldn't be
perfect companions" ."-Clevelaud Plain
Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
Rembrandt's "MiII."

A new theory concerning the origin
of the famous landscape known as
Rembrandt's "Mill' is put forward in
Paris, where the authenticity of the
picture continues to be discussed. To
put 1t briefly. the suggestion is that the
landscape was originally by the hand
of HerSules Seghers. the artist whose
signature was discovered when the pic
,ture was cleaned, and that Rembrandt
beautified and improved it with his
own brush work before passing 1t as
his own.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-10-28
WOODSTOCK NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs, w. s: Dana came up
from Boston last week. returning
Monday for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Dana and
Grosvenor Dana returned to Newark,
N. j., Tuesday, closing their house
for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E Woodruff and
Miss Woodruff started for Detroit,
Mich. Thursday, going by way of
Rutland, and will be absent several
weeks.