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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

families now 1--we there. Two rGil.
roads passing through the project al
ford ansportation facilities anG
i,ur small towns with stores anC
btsinees houses are exhibiting a
steady growth. A telephone system
which now reaches about half OF
tie farmers win soon be extended
20 cover the entire project, and thir.
teen modern schools, employing trai
ed instructors, provide for tho edu.
cation OF the children. The fertile
soil Is We'll adapted TO alfalfa, oats,
wheat, sugar beets, vegetables, small
fruits and berries, and many farm
ers are adding 10 their incomes b,
the steady demand for dairy pro
duets, hogs, and poultry. In.ordei
To be successful the average maj
needs from one TO two thousand dol
lars TO cover the cost OF necessar,
house, fences ant
preparing the land Tor crops. II,
must also provide for himself ane
family until his farm begins TO pa.
expenses and this viii require al
least one crop season. Forty acres
Of this land intenslyely farmed vii.
Yield net annual profit of from
$500 10 $1,000, and this Is not
theory but simple statement OF
results already accomplished. VIII.
previous farming experience 10 de
sirable. II Is by no means essential
and $ ONE of the most successful.
homesteaders on the various Gov.
eminent irrigation projects had new.
er handled pillow before they made
their filings.
On the Huntley project there are
now eighty-fiye farms ready for set
tiers and canals have been complet
ed to supply lands In several othel
projects located In Montana, South
Dakota, Wyoming, and Nevada.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18
Many Children Are sickI,

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children Break up Colds IN - hour
relieve Feyerlshneess Headache
Stomach Troubles. Teething Dlsor-
ders. and Desrtoy Worms. Al all
druggists. 2gc- Sample mailed free.
address. Allen 8. oimsted. lie Roy.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

Lawrence. Mas. has a strike Of
10 Emnll dimensions on It's hands
ana Tie authorities have called Oh.
tie state for military aid with oY
O. 10000 haEcs On a strike aud q.
different natlouailgics making up III.
$4,000. il would certainly seem 70 b.
TOO large a sob Tor the local eonstab
ulary 70 handle
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

While Northneld, VI With q
tcmpeI AZURE OF 30 degrees below &c
10 vas tho eoldest place Ia the L. s.
officially. last sunday morning, stiA
VIC Seto not 20 bad or rs might b.
imagined Think Of 20 degrees be
lov 10 Maryland. 20 below 10 old
Virginia, 10 below ia Washington. b
G. on. We arc oil right up here
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

Now that Elroy Kent has been
hanged according to law.let the case
rett and have 10 DO With live AZ
fairs Ma DC the next legislature
viii 90 away with hanging and sub
ststete tie more modern method Of
removing murderels. by means VI the
o,e.tfie chair Let us hope 80 any
way.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

The favor with which tho mention
OF tie name CT Hon, John L. Lewis
OF Orleans County "a being recely.
ell rs a candidate fer one of the
district delegates 10 the National
Republican Convention, Ia highly
g.alifying 70 that cstimabie gentle
maas many fliends throughout the
state
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

mar gbe coming d tho Grand
Tfuk Ralwaj Into Boston shouie
BE- hailed With delight gees without
saying TO DO telnlinua Of one O.
RI greatest traasc0utlneutal rail
rCaIs on the continent u a fact O.
ir@eEHe importance
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

0w that tuberculosis germs
h. been found 10 creamery butte
ms 4 Ia esftaia sections about bui
nAgJ0B. Il will bs 81 order 70 aene
sApples q taFmaf butter 10 Bur
llaWOn for anaiyEla.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

Senator Carroll S Page has been
~ Giving ne congratulations Of his
hoal 81 friends a, the passing Of
81 ee,h iallcstoue 10 bis lie. SEN
atof Page q n pretty rugged spcei.
men 81 a man who has devoted an
NV yeaR 10 the strenuous lIfe.
His has beea a good ne. wen spent
Hgt Ah wofk is slll before him.
co1nclaent with this celebration.
conoa the warning given out by our
Government 20 Cuba that she must
shake herself together or Uncle sam
wlil 81 obliged ID take hold again
Az Senator Pegs Is chairman u the
Senate Committee Ga Cuban Rels-
lions ~ zee where BE vii Be bus.
i,r than eyeF from now Oh
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18
rnE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT.
~ President John NJ Thomas Mid
dietary gollgge.

II tN7IHF Ht 8NTlH " NIfWNlHN NIFHs
dichnry College.
TAls is abe frat q series -
srsie!ts fSlatlrg 70 tho general sub
itst 9. tie Conservation 81 Natural
REQUIRES. There articles ARE bolng
pmgafsd by Different tlilEene At
The request 81 The Commission On
coaservailca arpolnied 81 Governor
Mead by direction of me Legislature
otl91o II 10 Aopea last they VIII
prove educational. aaa hcsHfui to
he tadaNsEial life q The &atc For
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

RA 80 Zee, o. tnov 80 NsN
3 aadiaAa tits section u ms eouu
IA certainly 10 beng looked aisc
Ga good Shape
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

Another son Of Vermont - hon
ofed "a the selection 81 Hon chas.
A pruu,y Is chairman Of the Inter-
81 Ia Commerce Commission Mr.
Freuty has long been recognized az
oas q the biggest men on the Com
mission aud his opinions are coaiin-
ua'iy bclng written into railroad
lau The Journal cougratulatcs the
people a. weil as Mr. Promty
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

The Journal 10 IA receipt Of fine
calendar ftcm both the Mortified
Neet and BENJAMIN a, Buckley. the
latter a representation cf that great
sire 81 trcttlpg horeos. Rysdicks
Habletonian. fer which Il is said Rol
Ell Bonner once made an offer OF
$500. oo9, which Mr. Rysdick re
fused, This grand old sire lived to
tbs coed old age Of ~ years
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-01-18

tgrl0 D. riNNEI1
lim and Pfegr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

are among the Easter season street deco
rations.
Martial music throughout ia capital
ushers in holy week. No work is permit
ted. no dancing, cock fighting, horse rae
ing or other sports are permitted The
Cubans generally at this season are re-
ligtously inclined.
THE mandates of the old mother
church, the church "Catolica, Apostolica
Romano" have complete spiritual guild
ance of the Cuban women and a goodly
number Of the men.
THE holy week services reach their in
tensity at 10 o'clock Thursday morning
and continue undated until the same
hour Saturday morning. All labor ceases
vehicles and horsemen are not seen. shops
are closed and streets practically de-
serted. The populace generally is mostly
clothed in black.
The former famous Cuban antiques
processiones' (antique processions) are
partly modified since the Spanish Ameri-
can war and establishment of religious
freedom in the island, yet there remain
some very ancient and peculiarly Cuban
religious customs.
In the older parts Of Havana the
stranger is even now astonished early
Good Friday morning by curious sounds
in the closed houses along the narrow
streets. The devout residents within are
pounding on the marble floors. boards and
the walls IN medieval expression of their
grief for the death of our Savior on Cal
vary. The church bells are silent. the
only noise heard being the constant drum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

though somewhat abated, Is then partici-
pated in by the Cuban men and youth, to
the accompaniment of firecrackers. passe
eggs, stuffed clubs, stones, explosives and
pistol shots. The scores of figures are
paraded and dragged through Ia capitals
streets for several hours early Saturday
morning. The throng of lookers-on cast
curses upon Judas, who is usually a straw
efhgy, covered with old clothes resem-
bling somewhat our field scarecrow.
1.-The figure is set upon by the religious
ly maddened crowd, beaten. torn, hanged
to lamp post or rope stretched across the
street, and finally annihilated about 10
o'clock Saturday morning. The favorite
method Of destroying this eff1gy mass OF
filthy rags and protruding straw is to
touch lighted torches to the hanging
Judas. The explosives within are igntted
and the betrayer is literally blown to
pieces while the gloria in the mass for
the risen Christ is being celebrated in the
churches.
Holy week ends Easter Sunday morn
ing, when Havana Is a veritable bower
of the islands wonderfully beautiful fora.
Tall, pearly white and yellow lilies, callas
Of gorgeous hues as seen only In Cuba,
mammoth red, pink and white roses, vio-
let's twice the size of ours, heliotrope and
tessamine are everywhere sold and worn
by the worshipers. The great cathedral
bells and hundreds of minor ones
throughout the city, mellowed by centu-
ries of service, plaintively call the deyout
From all the region about la capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
The F0rerunner.

NINE. MAETERLINCK. on the French
AVA line pier in New York, praised the
Harlem fat ardently.
''Our foreign fats. beside your Harlem
ones" she said, seem as slow as-as
slow as-well, as a Provencal railway.
In white. sun-drenched. glittering
Provence there is a railway remarkable
for its slowness.
one day, and my train was three hours
behind time. Out of patience at last, /
said to the stationmaster:
Isn't this train coming soon?'
"Just then a dog came trotting up the
line and the stationmaster smiled.
"'Oh, yes, madam he said, it is bound
to arrive soon, now. Here comes the en-
giDeer's dog''
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ming, drumming OF the faithful through
out the day Early In the morning the
most impressive religious scene witnessed
In Spanish-America begins. the grand pro-
cess.on Of the Virgin. This startling cere-
mony, somewhat modified in recent years,
retains much of the original grotesQue-
ness. A motley band leads. q stalwart
youth follows carrying large silver and
gilt wooden box holding a big stone,
which he rattles vigorously.
"A curious personiflcation Of PLATE fol-
lows, with some attempt at Roman official
attire. helmet and sword; then Judas.
carrying what appears to be a red and
white striped pole. and box supposed to
contain thirty pieces OF silver. Bearers
of the cross. nails, hammer and other In
struments to complete the representation
of the tragedy on Calvary follow. The
figure OF the Savior, surrounded by tall
lighted candles. Is borne upon a bier be-
meath a canopy OF purple and gold.
Priests walk before it chanting in mono
tones, and the band, rendering a most
painful dirge. follows. Throngs line the
streets and fall in at the rear, bearing
lighted candles In their hands. A gold
and silver foil catafalque borne by six or
more stalwart men contains the erect fig
ure OF the Virgin, her hand upon her
heart The Saturday hanging of Judas,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

Too long the thug has had all in his
favor. It is difficult to prove the guilty
guilty. Regular police dread making mis-
takes; and the crooks slip between their
fingers AS in the adapted Hymn or
New .Ysork":
They take life very easy,
They go about well heeleds
You're just safe in Paris
As battlefield
Arreetations prealables, arrests before
the fact, only, can nip planned crimes
of bar x1s: and only powerful and popu-
lar secret ervice will dare attempt them.
Lepine famous project of police, has
pointed the second remedy. At the fu-
neral Of the murdered policeman Of the
Care ST. I.azare he made sensational
declarations
ITO protect my men, I will speak, he
said. "Pa gis is full of dangerous ban
dts By law. they should be at Cayenne.
Every day the courts sentence old offend
ers to terms whose totals should auto
matfcally transport them on coming out
of French prisons. Yet. on pretext that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

when the Apache jumps back from an i'm
aginary sword thrust he gets five balls
in quick succession, unexpected. Or re-
peating cane-which is a fve-shot gun.
cunningly dissimulated. Price, from $40
to $40 Is a workingman to be denied
brass l1nuckles or a dollar pistol?
Defend yourselves! has born fruit all
over Paris. Night before last, descend
ing from a Montrouge street car, re-
spectacle artisan and his wife imagined
themselves in danger from a quartet Of
teasing young men, also quite respecta-
BILE. and shot two dead.
Mere palliatives.
I'VE must be protected says the Ex-
celsior.
I'VE must have a new kind Of police -
says the Matin.
The plan to be presented at the meet
ing of public safety is sensational. The
uniformed police of Paris are heroes of
courage and honesty, but not numerous
enough. Increase them; they keep pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

but so encroached on by routine, political
inquiries and divorce court work that
only one flying brigade-the elite Of the
force-does actually, all the criminal
sleuth work.
The Flying Brigade should be increased
tenfold perhaps twentyfold. This will
be shown at the meeting of public safety.
1t should be well paid and honored. Po-
Hcemen who have shown detective genius
should be promoted to 1t. Thus is Scot
land Yard, in part, recruited. High-class
private detectives should be attracted to
it. Brilliant exploits should be published
--omittng details that might post crimi-
nails.
Thus vast secret service force. they
say, must ferret day and night in Paris,
associate with crooks. connect with
bands, make wide acquaintance, an occult
army of experts, not held down by court
rules of evidence. able to nip crime In
the bud before it is committed.
The Matin proposes to enlist g1lded
youth.
Rich young men who. for excitement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

robbed on the street, with snuff thrown in
his eyes. and another. before his own
door, has a paper full of stick mud plas-
tered over his face to distract his mind
from the abstraction of the bank roll. In
the same week two bank runners have
been held up in full daylight. AS for
night hold-ups. a SHIT in the Excelsior
shows a couple prepared to go to the
theater.
Madame FINISHED dressing): This un-
der vest in steel scales is inconvenient,
but II turns any knife or dagger"
Monsieur: MY dress coat lined with iron
shavings and short front of flexible armor
plate give me a stuffed look; but thank
goodness, they stop bullets. Wear no
jewelry. to escape attention; and no bag
or reticule. I leave my chronometer.
and shall carry the janitor's nickel
watch
Madame: Put our nightgowns and
tooth brushes, dear, in your overcoat
pockets. The theater let's out late, and
if we don't like the looks of the auto
taxis on the rank. we can sleep at the
hotel next door,"
Monsieur descending the stairs)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

HAvys.:ss..sa and 's: ;: ct sss
of Easter in their solemnity and
picturesqueness are wonderfully impress
sive,'' writes Cassidy Cook, who visited
the Cuban capital several times. especially
to pass the last weeks of Lent there.
Nowhere in the western hemisphere"
he writes. ARE the people more truly de-
vout. The fiesta loving Habaneros at this
season pay ceremonious homage to the
memory of the risen Lord. and for this
enjoyment alone their city Is well worth
visit. American tourists will always
find 1T the most interesting fiesta OF the
year in Moorish old Havana
Only ninety-five miles south of Florida g
shore is this city. founded nearly two
hundred years before our country was
settled. In 150S Velasquez gave II the
name OF "Llave del nuevo mundo' Qkey
of the new world.
II Is truly said that Havana is more
Spanish than Madrid, with its medieval
religious customs now being enacted. The
bountiful Cuba nora, myriad roses. large
and red. heliotrope and lilies in profusion,
great stacks of golden bananas, pyramids
Of luscious oranges, the cocoa and palms
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Greeks aver, folly has remained on the
earth
Dionysus mentions a transaction among
the Romans and Sabines falling on the
tain was responsible for the customs OF
the day. We are told that during the
infancy OF Rome her soldiers, having lit
tie success in persuading the neghboring
women to become their wives. resolved to
resort to strategy. Accordingly the LIST
day of April, the Romans held games in
honor of Neptune. The celebration drew
families from every direction, so it was
Of the Sabine women and carry them off
by force.
But the thought that our cherished day
is the outcome Of brutal scene like this
is not a pleasant one. We would rather
consider other possibilities. Formerly
our new year began on the 10Th OF March,
which was supposed to be the 1ncarna-
ton of our Lord. Among all peoples the
time Of the new year has ever been
great festival season, and since 1t was
the custom for these ancient celebrations
to continue eight days, and the first and
last days to be those chiefly celebrated
certain ones have reasoned that 1t would
be natural for the Romans to make
hilarious day Of the New Year octave
falling on the list Of April.
The ancient Britons in their "festum
fatuorum," furnish still another legen-
Diary origin. 1t was the habit of the
early Christians to attract the pagans to
a better life by yielding to their ancient
customs whenever they could do so with
out interfering with their own doctrines
BY so doing they kept many people from
returning to their first belief The feast
of fools was one Of these concessions
AT this feast" writes Helen Patten,
in the Years Festivals, part of the
jOllity Of the season was a burlesque
election Of mock Pope, mock cardinals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

look. do you not see that crowd of folk
in holiday gear, dancing. singing and
eating? l think it would be great sport
to send a shower to spoil their finery.''
Thy thought is witless as 1t stands"
responded Zeus, but it may be i'm
proved. Let that serene priest below tell
the people that shower is about to
descend. but that 1t shall wet only fools :"
The sound of thunder drew the atten-
ton Of the priest, and in obedience to the
gods command he announced their
message. So eager were all the people,
however, to see the drenching of the fools
that not a single person. save one, pre-
pared to avoid the downpour. This sensi-
drew to his study at once. and did not ap-
pear again until the shower had passed.
Then, to his establishment he was greet
ed as fool" They plucked his beard.
tore his gown, threw stones at him and
heaped abuse on him.
In turn the wise man said, Wait for q
single minute, and 1 will prove to you
that 1 am not such fool as I look"
And turning his eye skyward he went on: :
"Oh wise father Of the witty and the
witless, send down upon me a deluge;
wet me to the skin even as these fools
are wet; make me as great a fool as my
neighbors. and help me in consequence OF
being a fool, to live at peace among
fools" His prayer was answered, and,
moreover, when he rose. dripping, from
his knees he found himself wittier than
before.
The request so pleased Jupiter that he
drank with his divinities Ito the health
of the first of fools" Later he rewarded
the philosopher for his sagacity On this
occasion by appointing him jester at the
court of a great kingdom. a position held
for centuries by men of more than ordi-
nary wit. Ever since this time, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
Not a Real Throw.

Joseph H. CHOATE. at the Three
J Arts Club benefit at the Republic
Theater I'm New York, told, after his
witty speech, story about pair OF
sweethearts.
Two young girls he said, were
drinking tea at Sherry's when young
man passed. AS he passed the first girl
blushed. displayed a beautiful ring on
her white hand. and murmured:
We'll, Jack and are to be married
Easter week.
but. said the other girl. I thought
you had thrown Jack over"
g oh. SO / did, the first replied: but
but you know how q girl throws"
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comfort for his toes: to carelessly lay n
hot iron where IL may be picked up; to
place purse where, when the uninitiated
seek to grasp II. IL may be speedily
paper to the coat-tails OF a dandy. only
to have the pleasure of informing him
that there is something on the back OF
his coat
Century after century adults receive
these WORKOUT jests with smiles and
kindly refrain from telling the youthful
perpetrators that their jokes have long
since ceased to be fun. Nevertheless the
monotony OF these jests is often relieved
by one worthy OF the day.
Great men have not felt Il beneath
their dignity to observe this popular day
Dean Swift in his journal to Stella
under date OF March 81. 1713, says that
he and some friends had that evening
amused themselves by ''contriving a lie
for tomorrow" 1t was their plan to
circulate. through their servants, q report
that certain person hanged a few days
before had come to life and could now
be seen in the flesh as q guest OF the
Black Swan in Holborn. Thus would
they keep the host busy attending to the
curious visitors. But the merry scheme
failed, for Swifts colleagues did not
keep their agreement.
81 love a fool as naturally as II were
kith and kin to him." declares Ella
land take my word for this. reader. that
he who hath not q dram OF folly in his
mixture hath pounds of worse matter IN
his composition"
Whether we carry our thoughts to this
extreme or not, We can all truthfully
affirm that the man who cannot enjoy
a laugh has a serious lack I'm his nature.
And furthermore, what medicine IS bet
ter for the mind than a hearty laugh:
So let us join with enthusiasm I'm the
spirit OF the day and wish IL the sur
vival OF many generations yet to come.