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THE
IT OF THE
Ubrary
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights A Representative Dercocracy f he Union and tfie Constitution Without Any Infractions.
VOL. L. NO.17 WHOLE NO. 4468.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
Roosevelt Club Organized.
About twunly follnwors nf tho Unll
Mooho mot in tho Imnd room Satur
day ovoniiitf nnJ nrfianized tlio
" PiogrcRsivo Lenguo of Woodstock."
Iih nunouncod pnf)OBO ia to Buppnrl
Tlioodoro Roimovelt for presidenS
Tlio ollicera aro :
Pieaidont, Rov R. LoBInuc Lynch ;
vico-piosidoiit, Frnnk Uownrd ; sec
rotnry and treaauror, H II. Spoar;
oxoontivo coinmittco, E. 13. Ilowes
Hal E. Puyno.
Tlio meeting waa callod to order
Iiy Mr. Paynp. Hirniri W. Johnson
waa choson tompornry chniminn, and
lie uccoptod nn condition tliat the
leaguo fllioujd not jntoreut itBolf iu
loeal politioB.
Rov. Mr. Lynch inado a briof
Rpoccli in whiuli lie neorod tho-older
p.irtiua and gavo his roasonB for join
ing the progroBBive movement.
Tho loaguo-fltnrtB,oII with alioui
iiiio hundred metnbers andmiich 011
thuainflm. A rally, with well known
Hpeakers, ia niiiiouncud for noxt
Jlondny ovoning,. and' tlio lcaguo cx
pectB to liavo a flng raiaing nt an
early dato.
VVHAT THEY SPENT.
Modest Expense Accounts of
Mr. Traihor and Mr. Elliott.
Editor of tlio Ago ; "
I nm a bejiover in tlio publieity of
campaign cxponsoa, and liand you
li.erowith nil itomizod account of thr
exponscs itcurred in my candidacA
for tho uomination aud oleciion t
tlio nifico of so;iator 011 tlio Republi
can tii-ketA -.'-.-
Postage
Telephono
Personal expenses attcnding
County Convention
Assessmcnt by Republican
County Committee to dofray coat
of convention
$ .24
.31
1.75
1.40
$3.69
Total
Youtfl vory truly,
David A. EUiott
Editor of tlie Age';
As I bolievo in tlio puhlicity ol
campaign expotses, I hereby publisli
my oxpenditnrofl in my candidacj
fnr nominatioa for stato's nttorney.
Poatage $1.10
Hotcl cxpcnses
Assessmcnt for exponse of Con
vention
2.50
1.40
$5.00
Total
Vory truly yours,
1 Raymond Trainor
Veterans' Reunion at; Bethel.
Ssveral huudrod pooplo attondod
tlio reuniou of tho votoruitB of Wind
sor and Orango oountios on TIjuif
das, Aug 22.
Congre8Btnan Frank Pluraley vvns
ouo of tho apoakora, giving nn ac
count of tho pension logiHlntion of
tlio present Hcsnion IJo said that a
tlmiisand applicatioiiB were boing
linndled daily, and ut leuat a ycar
would bo. reqnirod to reaoh thetn, nll.
Among other Bpeakers were Fratik
E. Ilowoof Bennington; Rov. Dr. V.
II. Rider of Glo.ucoater, Mass.; John
Jarvis of St. Albana, sdnior vice
cominander of the dopartmont o Ver
mont, Q. A It., wlib repreBontod
Cnmmandor Nilea ; H. S. Iloward,
divinion commander, Sona of Vet
erans, who told war atories of liis
l'Uo father; General O O. Iloward ;
Mra. Ilattio E. Sliipman, depnrtmcnl
presidont, Woman'B Rolief corps;
and Lietitonant liriilgonian of tho
Second Vermont iegimont, who came
with hor from Hardwick, and Fred
V. Tnller, formor division comninn-
der of Sons of Vetorana. Tho Itnn
dolph band was iu attondanco
tlirouRhout.tho day.
Tho Bothol ball toam boat Ran
dolph iu the morning, aud ih the
aftmnoon tho home tonni playod n
tie with Roclioator, rain etopping
the ffamo.
RUTLAND FAIR
Thcbig Fair ancl Carnivnl will
comc Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Look lor
special railrpad rates.
New England Fat Men at the
State Fair.
Whito Rivor Junotion.ug. 20:
Proparationa aro boing mado to
ontorlain tho Nq.w England Fat
Mon's Olub whiuli moeta hero in an
nual conolnvo nn tho flrat day of tho
Fair, Tuesday, SoptJ7 and it ia ox
peotod that 'tho big.four.day fair will
got a rousing Bond-off at tho handa
of tho jovial " corporxtions " who
will aasemblo from nll parta of Nov
England.
Tho new automobilo park !b well
undor way and when complotod will
hold moro tliau 1200 machinoa.
Rutland Caddies on Strike.
Tho Rutlnnd Golf Caddioa' union,
aftor mature doliboration, hau do
cidod thnt its mombers aro boing
cruBbod by tho iron hool of capital,
anij tho caddies aro " out." Tho Rut
land Country club grouuds is tho
Bcquo of thifl unuaunl upriaing.
A dozon or moro boys are affected
but thoro liiw boon 110 rioting, cool
hoadB keoping tho turbulont ouob in
chock.
Tho Btrikora claim that thoy liave
sulTorod a roduction. of commiasion
in tho matter of rocovoriug loet ballp,
and thoy also demand an increasev
por Iiour. Thoy Hny that thoso who
play at tho grouuda do not wish to
chango tho rato thia Beaaon, aB thero
aro only a few moro wooks to play.
ADVICE TO BOYS AND GIRLS
Snve your pcnnies n,ud send theni
to tbe Hyde Pitrk Snvings Bnnk.
Tbut fiauk receives either pennics,
dimcs or dollars.
VVhy ?
Hecuuso it vvishes to cncourngu
tlic cbildrun to bo fiugnl aud to have
a little bank account of their ovvn,
uvcn ihough the injtial dcposit is tlic
smallest possiblc sum.
Cbildren who commcuce an
nccoimt on a penny, a nickcl. or 11
diuie, often giovv into cnpitalists
Iater on. ,
The way to bcconic a cupitalist i
to communcu now to save the
pcnnies.
Aero Fire Departmeht Saves
Airship.
Chicago ia tho firnt chy" in tho
world to have, nn nero 'firo. dopart
mont. It wnR crcatod at the Cicero
flying fiel'l.
( A,0 Uoach 111 a National biplane
liad been flying ut the south end of
tho fiold noa'r Forty-cightli atreot.
and' waa proparihg to inuko anothor
asiiont whon his motor, took firo. The
bluzo attauked tho purte of tho wings
and supports around tho eugine and
the Binoko could bo Been at tho fiold
hoiiRo, almoat n half a tnilo away.
Field Diroctor Androw Drow
callod to Max Lillie to jump into his
Wright biplano. IIo also seizod Lil
lie'a mochanician and placing n
chomical extinguiflhor iu his' handa
puahod him in beside Lillio. I'lio
" nii" waa" mado h; lesa thana min
uto and tho flamoa oxtiuguished be
foro thoy did aerioiiB damage.
Seek Missing Heir to Fortune
In Vermont.
A KnusliB City lawyer ia in this
vicinity looking for Flora JjiPan, to
convey to he,r tho informition, that
she will flliaro iu tho $300,000 estate
left by hor brothor, who ,diod ro
cently in tho middlo VVeat. Her
brotlior loft n wife, who jb ontitled
to a share, eays a St. Albuns dis
patch. The location of Misa LaPan is vory
much aought. Whcn last hoard from
eho was working as a dpniestio in
St. Albada and also hnd lived in
Burlington and Rutland. She is
Buppoaod to be Hvingin Vermont at
tho present time. Hor brother left
Vormont about 35 yoars ago and
accumulated his large fortune in the
middlo West.
Morohant'a week will bo observod
by Burlington4 buaineBs mon Soptem
bor 30 to Ootobor 5, and it is planned
to tnako it'the moatsuccoaaful poriod
of businoaaliargainB yot hold under
tho ouspicos ofthe JJerclmnt'B Bro
toctive association.
After prospcctii'g in the. wilder
ncsa at the lied of Kobuk Rivcr, on
tlie AVtic coast of Alaska, fornearly
20 vcarSjVValtcr Koen has discoverccl
the mountain of jadcfor which pros
pectors have ucarcbcd many years na
n rcsult of Eskimo legends.
Political AdvertisingV
VERMONT TAXPAYERS
HERE IS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT
READ EVERY WORD
You nro nbout to elect a governor and naturally wanttho boat manyou
can find. Ono who ia intercatcd in tho welfare of nll tho peoplo ; ono
who is not controllcd by or undor obligatlona to the political dosscs ; ono
who will put a veto upon tho iniquitous special lepislation put through by .
the bbaaea one who will stand for the peoplo's rights all the timo.
Harland B. Howo, Domocratlc candldato for govornor, ia such a man.
Ho haa won hia way in tho world by his pwn offorta. Ho did not seek or
buy tho nomination it came to him becauso of hia abillty and fcarless
work in behalf of tho people. Ho is not boss-ruled or mnchino-controllcd. '
The politiciana aro against him, and therofore, you as a good citizen and
taxpayer, should bo for him. Thero can bo nothing in common botween
n political bosa and a taxpayer. Nor can thore bo anything in common
betwcen a millionairo and an ordinary every-day Vermonter.
What's the Matter with Vermont ?
Thero ia something tho matter with good old Vermont Bho is not
making tho material progresa she should with all hor natural advantagcs.
She is not gaining in population as she should. An increaae in population
mcans increascd markets for agricultural products and incroascd values
for your propertyj good roads moan tho same thing. But on increaso in
population will not come until tho stato is freo from boss rulo, political
graft and mismanagement.
.Thero are many evils to bo correctcd, but thoy will nover be corrected
so long as stato niTairs and law making powcrs aro controllcd by a politi
cal ring and sold to corporations. Tho taxpayers of Vermont aro beginf
ning to see this and are breaking away from the oldparty regularity. Thb
sooncr thcre is a comploto hango in tho adminiatration of statc aiTai'rs
the bettor for overy taxpayer and citizen in 'the stato.
Among the greatest of tho evils wo aro now suffering from ia unequal
taxatian as botween tho people and tho corporations.; llnder ropublican
bosa rule, all tho corporato special intorests, viz: railroado, express, tele
graph, tolephone, insurance, steamboat nnd parlor car companiea aro not
taxed on appraiaal of property as the pooplo are, but are taxed on their
gioss earnings, number of milcs opcrated, or any old way to avoid paying
thoir just aharo of tho burden of taxation. If thia is a good law for theso
companiea then it should bo a good law for the farmer, manufacturor,
merchant, or homo owner.
In 1908 tho republican tax comtnisaioncr reported to tha leglslaturo ( in
answer to a resolution) that THE TAX PAID BY THB RAILROAD3
AVERAGED $8.06 ON THE $1,000, AND THAT THE PEOPLE PAID
AN AVERAGE TAX RATE OP $16.73 ON ,THE $1,000. .This tax law is
still in force and the difTorenco in tho tax rato for' tho peopla and tho
corporations ia still as grcat $8.06 for tho corporations .'ano$16.73 for
tho peoplo. Think of that. Is it fair? Ia it; juatTuUnder this law tho high
eat tax rato paid by any rallroad ti 1909 waa" $10.99 oh the $1(000. and he
lowedt tax rato pafd by any railroad waa $2.43 on tho $l;000. The other
corporation8 do not pay aa much as tho railroads. Comparo these flgurea
($8.'06 on tho $1,000) with tho taxea you aro paying and you' will Bee tho
need of abolishing boss rulo in Vermont.
Mr., Howo has been misquoted by republican, apoll blnders and the ro
publican press. Ho does not favor havmg the taxea of these companiea
paid into the town. Ho favora paying thom into the state trcaaury aff is
now done. He does not purposo changing tho la,w in thi3 respect The
politiciana aro clouding tho Isauo. Mr. Howo propoaea only TO COMPEIi
THE CORPORATIONS TO PAY THE SAME AVERAGE TAX AS THE
PEOPLE PAY AS YOU PAY ON YOUR PARM, HOME, FACTOKY
OR STOCK OF GOODS. Ho only aska for fair and juat treatment for tho
individual taxpayer. Every taxpayer ahould holp to brlng thia about.
Whon this chango ia made bur stato highway and school tax may be
abolishcd and tho people relieved of this burden. Tho state treas.ury,"will
thcn be provided with more than sufTlclent money to pay all the state ex
penses, build atate highways, and leave a very large aum annually for
enlavglng the work of our agricultural schoola, extending f oreatry work,
and for such other purposea aa-the people may elcct.
Tax Dodging
Allcn M. Fletcher, .the ring rule eandidate for governor, has some ideaa
of hia own about taxation., He says that,tb,e equalization of taxation' is
ono of tho greatest governmental probloms of tho day. Fletcher should
know. He is ono of tho richeat men in the state and haa had a great ex
perience in equalizing, both hero and in Indiana. The republican papers
Bay he is a multi-milnonairo worth thirty milliona. Thia ia the Vay ho .
haa sdlved tho equalization of taxation for himaolf. Ho moved fnto Ver
mont from Indiana twelve years ago probably with thp idea of being
govornor. From 1900 to 1909 inclusivo Allon M. Fletcher refuaed to make
and awear to a tax inventory as tho law roquirea. He allowed the liatera
to double all tho taxable property they could find, accordipg to law, and
aa a reault, Fletcher, with hia milliona, paid on $331.50 aa hia highest
grand liat and $272.60 aa his loweat grand list, durlng this period of ten
years. When Fletcher commenced to groornfor the guhernatorial race he
had a chango of heart and gavo' in a tax inventory and ho is now paying
on a grand liat of $478.75. Oh, yes, Fletcher believes in equalizing taxa
tion ho is one of tho best little equalizors in tho Btate. The corporations
want him to do all their equalizing and will get him if the voters don't
do their duty anddcfeat him at the polls. Fletcher has. been in training
for the govcrnorship and has been a member of tho house or senate for,
the paat ten years, but during nll, that timehe failcd to exerciaehia equal
izing ability. Hia ducking. dodging' and tritnming ability are, howcv'er,
well known to every member of the house and senate for tho paat ten
years. Ask your representative or aenator he knows about Fletcher.
Now Then, Mr. Taxpayer
If you want to Bee good old Vermont dovoloped industrlally, increase in
population, havo good roads and bettcr schoola, you will have to vote to
eliminato' tho political boaaea ; elect honcst and ablo men to tho state
ofllccs who will cnact just laws alike for the peoplo nnd the interests.
This cannot bo dono through tho ring-ruled republican party which is
under obligatiort to tho interests nnd nas grown bold and defiant with its
long years in complete control. Juat think how the republican platform
promise8 havo been broken during the paat decado. Who ia itthat is
.going up and down tho atate making speech'es andpromiaes? Isnot
overy ono of tho apellbindera an offlco holder. or would-be.oflifce holder
under the samb ring rule. trying to pcrpetuato his job'7 State okpon8oa
have moro than doubled in the paat ton years whilo Vermont's population
has romained practically stattonary. Do you know why? Have you
forgotten tho scandals of the atate prison and tho astounding graft in
connection with tho Waterbury aaylum 1 Havo you forgotten the dia
cased meat which ropublican offlcials in authority allowed to be. put upon,
upon tho market 7 Who is reaponsiblo for tho iniquitous syatem of double
taxation still in vogiie in Vermont?
On tho whole, Mr. Taxpayerc whould it not bo botter.foryou personally
nnd for every taxpayer in Vermont-to join handa with Harland B. H6wo
in hia offorta to clean out the bossea and glve ua cqual taxation and other
lawa which will help ua to build up tho Btate 7 If you think ad voto .for
Harland B. Howo for govenlor votb tho straighb democratic ticket,
and thus rebuke the ropublican Boasea who turn thoir law making powers
over to corporations and selltho govemorahip to alien millionairos.
We repeat, voto for Harland B. Howo, and vote tho wholo domocratlc
state ticket. Scnd an ablo and honest man to the legialature this year.
Bring your f riends with you to tho polla Talkthia over with your
neighbors.
DEMQCRATiq STATE COMMITTEE
Political Advertising.
SQNGS OF I NAPLES
Rlch .Melodles Aro Evcrywhero
In This City.
In the Varltty Theater Voo Aro
Heard That Would Make tho
Ownsrs Hoadllnera on tho
Amerloan St'ags. ,
Naploo, Itnly. Tho dodbs of Naplofll
X thoso .perhaps Is the roal art of the
olty concentrated; and thoso aro llkely
to provo your moat ploaaant nusmorr
of the placo. You hear tho oeductlve
taolodlea overrwhoro and tho voloea
that fllng thom aro ueually very awoct
I you would havo an evenlng ot song
go to La Fenloo, a curlous small
"thoatro of varletiea," which conaiata
of a pit, n tior of boxes In the flrat
balcony, and a singlo row of seato ln
tho uallery. Th audlsnco la a nolsy
ono, and tho women are boautiful and
sorgcously dreaaod perhaps too ostcn
tatlouoto eult tho Purltanlcal taato. Th
performers, too, aro h'ardly modola
ethlcally spoaklng but vocally they
aro marvels, and they glro you the
best that Naplca haa to otlor in the
way ot nattro sonca. A dozon ulngera
or oo, follow each othor ln succeaalon,
hnd noaxly every ono of thom of a
quality that would wln tho Utlo of n
'hoadllnor ln Amerlca. And thor
aro aomo atunulng boautlea among
thom.
Ono ahould not fall, whllo ln Naples,
U ylalt the National museum; lt con
talns ono of the flnoat collectiona of an
clent bronzos ln .tho world, and some.
aplondld treaauroa of Horculanoum and
Pompoll; and by all moana do not fall
to tako ln Pompell ltself. If tho rulna
at Romo aro moro lmprossivo for their
grandeur, thp Pompelian rulna are
llkely to provo moro abaorblngly hu
man. Hero you wltneaa actual cvl
doncoa of human llfe, and lf you are
poasesaod of evcn a mbdlcum of lm
aglnatlon tho whole thlng ia capablo
moro or leas ot mental reconstructlon.
And as you look down pn tho oicollont
ly pared narrow atreets, imprcssed un
mlatakably by ruta of whcola; the nar
row aldowalka, ln nood condition and
aa eood as thoso. afc Na-plea; and aa
you exantliko tho valki and Int&riora ot
tho hounea; nnd orcr eo many ovl
dacea of tbo plaaaure-tOTlntr eharactar
ot the people, you cannot eacapo x
floettng upon eextatn Dhyolcal m
blancoa tt haa tn common wtth Naples.
It you aro a poet you aro llkoly as not
to write eonnets to tho present dcao
latlon of tho clty If you aro a philoso
phar you will perhaps roflocjt- upon tha
futlllty of thlnga, tho lnevltablo cycloB
of tlme, tho oternal recurronces of his
tory. If you aro a moraliat with ortho
dox tendencles and an ax to grlnd
you will think of Sodom, you will think
Caotlo dell 'Ovo, Naploa.
of Gomorrah and then you will think,
of Naples., And ln the end all threo of
you will return to Naples and watch
from tho embankment of Vla Carcclolo
tho smooth, sapphlre-hued watora of
tho Modlterranean; ln the dlstance, the
vaguo outlines of the lovoly Islo of
Caprl and, abovo all, tho still amok
lng mount of VeBuvlus, all gorgeoua ln
lta sunset ralmont of an lndoacrlblo
roBO-purplo, and bejow lt tho Bquattlng
dty with lfs hundrods of roofa, ro
sembling for a brlef spnce so many
patchoa of resplendent roso;gold.
REALLY P00R WITH $480,000
Couple Pennllesa Becauso BIq' Fund
la Tled Up In Trust by
Plttsbursh Bank.
Plttsburgh, Pa. Clalmlng they own
property worth over $480,000, yot aro
pennlleas, with no Incomo , for their
own aupporttor tolteep their son, who
18 a freahman at Prlnceton unlvorlty,
Thomas MacConnell and hia wlfo havo
flled a potltlon ln tho common pleas
oourt aaklng that tho Safo Deposlt
and Trust company bo compelled to
furnlsh them with an lncome., Tho
MacConnolls stato they placed the
property ln tho hands of tho trust
company' to manage, and chargo-the
trust company so-'manages the prop--o'rty
that ttm, Peoplo's Savtngs baTik.
.whlchIs allegod to bo cloaely connect
ed with 1 tho trust company, ntered
Judgment agalnst thd property and so
tled lt up that the plalntlffs are un
'ablo to borrow any monoy.
Stop Jlngllng Cotns.
Clnclnnatl. Jlngllng coins and
changing money la a church will bo
Bfopped by on order ot Archblehop
.Mtreirer ot southora Ohlo. Pew re'nt
will Uks the placo of contrlbMtlon.
L0ST RIVER fthe
WHITE M0UNTAIHS
LOBT RTVER. perhapa tho least
known and moat lnfrequontly
vlBlted of the natural wondera,
of the Whlto mountalna, will
Boon become accoaslblo to the
multltudo of tourlsta who vlBlt yoar-
ly that plotureoquo playground of tho
east, tho Now England ,Alps. Already
tho rlver and wlld and rugged tract
of wqodland about lt have been ao
qutred aa a publlo park by tho So
clety for tho Protoctlon of Now
Hampahlro Foronts. Plana aro on foot
for clearlng away tho tangled tralla
and openlng up 'good, practicable
roada through the roglon. py thia
raeana Loat Rlver will be found
agaln by hundreda of peoplo to whom
U haa boen only a namo.
The probloma which have arlsiin
through tho acqulaltlon ot tho new re
servo will come under conalderatlcjn
at the 11th nnnuol meetlng of the bo
ciely at tho Mt. Ilea8ant houBQl
Bretton Wooda. July 18 and 10
Thpre will bo a prellmlnary day, tbe
17th. whleh. will bo apent ln the Losl
Etiyet? toxrltory, to cnable membora to
tanilUactA thomaolvos with tho lof
catltpi .
In cc-operation with the socljty -
the etato foreetry cqmmlsalon will be
Toproeontod,. Tho -aiobtlngBi will have
as prealdlng offlcera, former"Oovern-
or nolllna, prealdent of the sociotyi
ana W. , arown, cnairman 01 iub
commlaalon. It la expected that
many of thoao lntercated ln foreatry
ln 'other Btates will bo ln attendanco,
lncluding tho dlrectorB of the' Amorl
can Foreatry association, state for
estera and teaehers of forestry, and
posslbly tho national forest resorva
tion commlsslon.
Among tho. toplcs which aro to be
dlscusaed are firo protoctlon, . forest
taxation, tho relatlon of forests to' tho
How of streama, the mnnagement of
foreat reservatlona by tho aoclety and
by tho state, state ownershlp pf for
cet landa nnd tho national forest ln
tho -Whlto mountalna,
LonQ Tlma Lost.
BltUatnd aomowhat off tho beaten
track and ln the heart of tho foroat,
the Lost nlvor tcrrltory, ln splto of
lta attractlvoneas, has drawn com
paratlvoly fow of thoao to whom tho
Old Man of the Mountalna, tho Fluma
and the numberlesa other blta of
nature'a handlwork havo loag beon
fnmlliar. It la only wlthin tho lost
fow .years that Lost Rlvor, lta mar
voloua Borioa ot caves and caverna,
fts shady poola and allvery watorfalls
hnye become at all well known ovon
to the moro nmbttlouo travelers. It
la expected that lncreaalng number?
of ralncoated, rubber-bootod dovoteerf
will Boon mako tho fasclnatlng undor-
ground Journoy along this strange.
8tream as lt dlpi, ond wlnds Ub way
far beneath, the Burfaqo. x , .
Seven mllea west of the villago of ,
North Woodstock, the wlldest portlon
of Klnsman's Notch, . Ho the doep
gorge, tho vlrgln foroat and tho over
ahadowlng mountalna which glvo the
rlvor its sottlns! Tho llttlo stroam
takea lta rlao on tho eteap slopoa of
Mount Mooallaukor. Dartlng downward
in lts rush to tho wators of tho Poml- j
gowasBot in tho, vlley below, it
plungea Into great vaulted caverna -of
llmeatone, now and then loaing ltaelf
ln aubtorranean paaaage8 bo far ln
tho heart of the earth that even tho
murmur ot lts. wators fados frpm the
ear.
Just a little mountain brook at the
outset, lt coursea hlong untll it
roaches,,Polnt Looltoff. Doforo lt to-t
glns lta doscoht Into tho underworld'
lt gllmpsea a vlew which la socond to
none in the whole roglon. To tbe,
south Mount Watorhquse and Mooal
lauk Jut abruptly Bkyward.' To tho
north Mount Klnsman and the Gordoh
rango towor ln tho dlstance. Stretched
out below lles the green length ot tho
Pemlgowaaset vhlloy. I
Leavlng Palnt Lookoff the brook
tnmbles down between two gfgan'tlc
bowlders into the flrst of the caroms,'
th'o Hall of SMps. Tho walls nbout
seom to be made of a nutnbor of pot
rifled keels as lf tho dlstant sea had
hldden thoroHho relles ot some for
gotten fleet.
Qreat Masses of Rock.
For a mllo ot' more tho bed twiata
botween and beneath great maBBoa of
rock through atrahge pasaagea and
wldening cha'mbers, one sciccoodlng
the other ln a beWllderlrrg B'erles.
Some are aa blx as good-slzed rooma.
capablo ot' holdlng as many as S0 poo
plo. Others aro juat blg enbugh to
crawl through. Hero nnd thero tho
Ilght alfta from crovlcea abovo. Eilso
whero the tho road ls black as nlght.
At tlmes tho stroam la moro than 120
foet bolow tho top of the gorgo.
Dlpplng downward atlll through tho
I ravlne, tho rlvor enters tho Gavo of
Shadowo, a placo of - weird boauty.
The llght fllters ln from a flssuro ln
tho rocka, cas'tlng soft reflectlong ln
a little pool below. Paat the Qulllo
tlno, a keen-edgod rook poisod throat
enlng abovo . a flnt bowlder, tho
Block, lt flows on through maaalvo
halla of an archltecturo the llko of
which man haa, never devlocd.
Hraorglng into the bright aunllght
for a few mllca,, lt soon dlaappeara
over aomo hlgh preclplce and then
drlvea bo deep down Into tho bowolB ot
mother earth that not even tho dls
tant oound of lts wators .can bo
heard. This plao.e la appr'oprintely
, colled Oio Cavo" of ailonce.
Ulrchbark torchca aro carrled to
Ilght, up .tho darlc caverna. In one of
these tho wntor falls over tho Jaggod
I edgq of a huge, flat rock, tn such a
r - way 'that torchea may bo carrled back
ofj.the cascado, giving a wolrd offcet
( dsJ the 'llght pasaos through the fall
lng water.
On lt goes, through Pluto'a Judg-
mont Hall. whore- the Ught stroams
dlmly through', making a perpetual
twlllght wlthin. Tho hugo maaaoa ot
rock which form the roof aro Jumblod
togothcr ln every concelvable shapo.
. Kdnyv moro cavt-'fl follow, the Quoon'a
Powor, tho Dungcon, tho Oente'r of
tho Earth, Titan'a WorUahop, Cavo of
Loat .Bouls, Elyalan 'LandjP'tlie Qlant'a
Pot- Holo and othbr.s. i.;Spmo of tho
cavca contnln bo.autlfu falls and caa
cadesj P&t Man'a' Mlsory la passod
with great dlffloulty by tho Btout vis-Itors,-,
on nocount ,pf ,ltB narrow on
trance. Pftrt way through, the gorgo ls Para
' dlae' Falls, ono of tho most beautlful
df .lts slze ln the ontlro White moun
tain reglon. AAt thls'polnt the atrenm
einorges Into tho open for a plungo
of 30 foet and then entera anothor
serlea of glactal cavornB bolow. '
Beljof In "Luck'y Stones.''
Amuleta and charma aro atlll wldoly
bellcved ln, Judglng from the lottera
of recommendation ln clrculars aont
through the matls by a Boaton Jowol-
or who Bolls "lucky atonos." "Tho
very day I recclved the luoky stone,
says ono of the gulllblo onea, "I mot
a than who hnd owed me scveral dol-
lars for'yeara, and he pald'me all that
waa .comlng .to me." Rhoumatlflm
and other bodjly 111b aa well aa ba'd
debta are,' so the lottera say.'curod by
tho lu'aky stono. Thero are pnlucky
stoncejr tpo, lt aeems. The famoua
Hope dlamond, which was bought by
a geni-lovlng Amerlcan, haa a reputa
tlOn for brlnglngnlafortune to its own
er. As lts moat rocent buyer, 'how
over, gavo $180,000 for lt (a record
prlce for a djamond In Amerlca), whllo
a few years ago it sold for only $80.
000, tho Hopo dlamond appeara to bo
llving down lta bad repute and llvlng
up to tho Blgnlflcanco of its namo.
Chanpe to Wln Wlfo and Fortuno.,
The lottory for a wlfo, 'which takcs
n1rn annually at Bmolens'k, has' been
sssful this1 year, all the tlcketa
1 uvlng been bought. The promotera
of tho lottery oelect tho young wom.
on, who has to be drawn for. Bho Ia
then ordered to 'remaln constantly at
homo1 for ton days to recelvo r tho
vlslts of candldates for her' hand. Tho
salo of 5,000 tlckets at a roqble each
is eontrolled by the munlclpal, cpuncll,
As' soon as they are sold tho "lottery
takea placo, ond the whmer haa the
rlght, to marry -the youifr-woman nnd
bor fortuno of B.000 roublea. Bho can,
however, refuso the man who. hpa
drawn the luolqr, mmber. In thia
cano she has tb dtvid.o her fortuno
with, him. Sinco-the lottorics wero.'es
tabllshed rofuaals have beon, rare.
Siiffered From Expoauro.
"Papa," quorl-od llttlo Lola, who waa
looking thrdugh a cntaloguo of agrlcu
tural lmplements, "what Is a chtlle'd
plowf
"I know,". exclafmed her str-ycar-old
brother, "It's a plow that haa stood
out ln the cold nll Wlnter," .
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