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WOODSTOCK, VERMOMT
The People's Rights A Representathe Democracy The Union and the Constitution Without Any Infractions.
VOL. L. NO. 31 WHOLE NO. 4482.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912.
GE
THE SPIRIT OF' THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
THE PARCELS POST.
Information- of Interest Con
cerntng the System Which
Goes Into Effect January 1.
I'lii) f.llwiiig informntiiin eon-
I'orning Ihe new pnrcels post syHlem
whieh goes into ell'eet, .lun Ut, will
be of iniereHt.
Some ol tlii- iinpnrtimt fentiiruK of
pureoln potit rcuiilaiiiiiib uro :
1. L liilt ilisi im-tivo pnn-els pnot
Htllllips lllllHt llt' HKL'll 011 illl lollltll-
t-liiHs niutter bi'giuning limiiury 1,
1013, anil ilial siii'l) nmttor beniiiig
nrdimlry p"slngo Klainps xv i 1 1 be
treaioil us 1 1 l I lur I'ostuge.'
2 'I'liat. purceln will liu inailulile
ouly at posl-i'Hii'cd, lininch post nl
fiees k'ttcreil, and Incal naincil sin
tions an iuay I t dehignuied by the
posliuaHtur.
3. I'lmt all puivols immt licar the
retnrn card oT ilio sendor; othi'rwise
tliey will iint lie aci-rpieil lur nmiliiig
A uiri'iilar rerent ly nont ont, eon
tains miii'li iiifoimatinii in regnrd tn
this sysH'in 'I'lit! i-ircnlar mivh:
" Tlie paiveln posl law wliirli lie
cinniin i.'lTcnl ivu .la, uai 1 191.'! pi'i-vidt-H
:
" 'I'liat lioreuflpr lniiil IicImsr inail
innttor shull einbnice all olher inul
tor, itududiug fann nnd fiirtory prn
ductn, iuit. ihhv emhiiu'ed liy law in
either tlie iirst, Nermid, ir tliii d class
llOt (,X''''ding t'll'VIMI i Ji n 1 1 1 1 1 m in
weight, ncr grenler in k'izh tlian i-ov
onty-lwo inclit's iu It'iigth aml girlh
coiuhined, nor in foim or Kind in iu
juro tho person of anv pnstal oni
plnyeo or dninnge tho ninil equipmeni
or other inail mutter and not. of a
eharactor pnriHlinhlo within a poiiod
rensonnhly requhod fnr tninnpnria
tion and dulivery."
A oondensed tahlo of llit! cxpciiso
of sending pnrceU thtongh llin inaiN
is as follows :
Each atUl.
IMstance ist pound pound n lbs.
Loeal delivery $.05 $.01 $.15
Within 50 miles .05 .03 .35
" 150 " .06 .04 .40
" 300 " .07 .05 .57
" 000 " .08 .06 .68
" 1000 " .09 .07 .70
" 1400 " .10 .09 1.00
" 1800 " .'11 .10 1.11
Over 1800 " .12 .12 1.32
"Tho loeal rati! 18 applicaldo to
pnrcelH ir.tendod fnr (lelivry at tho
offiee of nmiliiig or on a rnral route
stnrting thorofrom.
It will be ohserved that. tho ratew
of postago aro largoly rednced and
that tho liinit of weight is iiicrensed
from fonr to tlevon pnnnds. I'aro.ols
will bo (lt'livoreil at all freo-deli very
offiees and to patrons reHidingon rn
ral and star rontes; thoy may bo re
gintored and inay benocorded Hpecial
dolivery sorvioo on paymont. of tho
usual feos, and they may bo insnred
againHt Iors in an atnount I'qnivalont
to thoir aotnal valne, bnt not to ex
cood $25, npon paymont. of a foo of
fivo oontH Disttnotivo stamps nniRt.
bo iiBed on all parcoln, bnt thoy may
bo inailed in qnantitics of not Ipsb
than 2,000 identical pifwn withont
stamps alfixod, the postago be'mg
paid in nionoy.
Lent Begins Early.
For otdy the fonith time since
17SS. 125 jcnis iijo, Lent will begin
this winter as eatlv as Febiitaiy 13.
Enster will-lall on Maicb 23. "l his
,o day season picsctibed by tlw
church as one of l'asting and prayet
never has bt'Klin anv earlier, except
in one year, 1S1S. Easter that year
fell 011 March 22.
Two Killed by an Engine.
Oeorgo Toland, agcd 55, nnd his
son llarold, aged 17, were struek by
a ligbt engino whilo crosaing the
traeks of tlie lloston & Maino rail
road in Lebanon. N. II.. Nov. 29.
and both wore infltanlly killerl. Thoir
wagon waR Hinashed to kintlling
wood
M.r? Toland leavea n wife and eight
ehildren, llarold having been tho
youngeat of the family.
HUNTING SEASON
COSTS 103 LIVES
More Fatalitiss This Year Than
Last- Two Killed in Vermont
Ohioago, Dec. 2 Tho hunting
Heason whieh ulosed Sal.urdny night
u-as 111010 deadly tlian tho soason of
1011. Tho dead and injurod inini
hor 103 and 51, roRpeetivoly, uh
aga'niHt 100 and 37, rospoutivoly, for
1911. In 1910, tho doadlioRt year
of whieh thoio is rerord, 113 lost
tlioir livo.s whilo hnnting.
, 1 11 Vermont two huntora wdro
killed and two injnred ; in Maino
thoro woro 13 deathfl, in MaRHai'hn
Ri'ttR '1 dcatliR
Tho I'tRt of aceidents in Michigau
is appalling, 2(i pcrRoiiR having been
liilled and 18 iiijiued
A glanee at the onuseR of tho ac
eidenlR !h inli'resling. Tho follow
ing taldo rIiows how they happcned:
. Shot by companiniiR . 35
Shot thomselvoR , . 30
Mistaken for deor . . 112
Shot, by nnknown hnntoiH 7
TIkiso killed in Vermont wnre:
Ilonry Gilmore. Lyndonville; Rhnt
by o'linpanion, wlm mintnok liim fnr
a fox
(Mmrlen .Snmei'H, Arlington neek
brokeil by fall whilo deor hnnting.
Tho injnred in Vermont werp :
lliiHsoll Allon, Harre; Rhot. by a
I'nmpanion.
I'anl Preston, Montpelier; Hhot by
eoinpanion aR latter fell
NORWICH.
.laek Donahne haa gono to Lyme,
N II., whoie he has work for tho
ivinter
Deor were Rcarce dining the open
seawon this year Thoso in town wlio
neenred cino were liert Cook, Seolt
riiomaR. Ilarrv SwaHey, llenry llas
kolt and Mi' UiihkoII.
Mi-h ICgbert, HlaiKilell liad for
Thanksniving gneHtH her brnther,
OharlHH ltuss and hod, Mi'r. Aiim
wortli and Mih Feteh, from the
norihern part of the stuto.
MiR Mi'Long, a trained nnrRe, ir
i-aring for Mr Mary linrton.
Jliss Naney Hlair Iiuh been a reeent
giu'Ht. of Miss ISIanehe llaskett.
A Ron waR horn to Mr. and MrR
.1 1) llnntloy Novemlier 30
lesfie Miadley is rei'ovoring from
a Hovero attaek of heart tionble. Ue
iR ablo to bo abont the hoime.
The next. enlertainment in the lit
crary elnb eouiHe of leetnreH will bo"
a litorary reading givcn by nertrnde
.Mae Whirk of SyraetiRe, N Y
MrR U(d)ertR and baby of Lyme,
N II , havo been gueatH of Jlrs. II.
Wheeler.
Mrs Ellen M Orey died at tho
homo of her ilaughter, Mrs Hartwell
N'elHon, Kov. 30 She had been in
failing health stnee a fall lafltRpring
She was G(i yearR of ago and for tho
luwt threo yearu had mado her hnme
with her danghter. The funeial was
held at Mr NoIroh'r hnme Monday
and the remaiiiR taken to Loudoti,
N'. 11.
NORTH POMFRET
Floyd Cleveland and family Rpent.
ThankHgivingat V. II I larrington'R,
Mrs Cleveland and the rhildren ro
maining a few dayH
Fred MoHher and family were in
Pittsford, N II., 1,'iHt week.
The M'ikrcr King Rtarted for Upton,
MahR , wh?re they will rcRiime their
nsual winter'R oeeupation.
MiKR Ilaehel Thaeher was hnme
hiHt week, aH were hIbo JoRephino
and John Dana
M!rr Angie Harrington and Mth.
Carh'R Oliffoid aro added to tho siek
list.
D. Fationf h improving a little.
C E Melendy of Jeffernonville
was in town Monday and Tnesday
and bonght threo .lerseya of E. Y.
Dana
Mr. French and wife aro in BnRton
thiH wetk and V. II. Harrington iR
tho effieient Rtorekeeper and poRt
maslor in their absenee.
PLYMOUTH UNION
Frank Moore waR in Ira last weok
on bnsiiicHfl.
10 A ilnll, Mr and Mir Qeorgc
Woodbimi Rpent Thanktigiving in
Ltnllow.
Tom Ijenham is moving liisjfnmily
from North Shrewsbury to hlo homo
hero.
Mr. and Mrfl. Frank Qoodrieli vis
ited rolativeR in Rutland lnst wcok
Mr and Mtr. Daviw havo moved
into the Earle houflo.
loromo Taylor if North Sutton,
N II., Mr. and MrR. Lewis Woy
month, and Mth. Julia KeoW of
Woodfltock, and Mr. antl Mrs. Ilyland
Taylor Rpent ThankRgiving at Myron
Spragno'a.
Bradford Hnxton went to Wood
Ktoek Monday on eoiinly eonrt. btiRi
noflfl, A heavy rain on Monday, Tnoflday
nico and wnrm for Decomher,
HARTLAND.
Luther 15. Spanlding, an employee
of Harry Slmpard, eommitted snieide
Nov. 27. llo waR 53 years old.
Mr. Spanlding for many years waR a
proRpcroiiR jiink dealer, had lived
in Plyni'Mith lJriduowator, Barnard,
TaJiRville and llartland. II'ib wife
died Nov 27, 1911. fiineo which he
Iiur seemod very deHptindont antl
Ii'ih aet waR premoditated aR he left
lettoi'H written to liin two roiir and
Harry Sheparil.
Mrs l P. Marlin and b'other A.
.1. H liRington were in Woodstock
Monilay, Dee 2, to at.lend tho fnn
oral of their aged nncle, Nortnan
lloiHington.
An opidemie of lagrippe, e.ildn
and qiiiiiHV HiireH is prevalont among
onr townspeople.
ScIiooIh openeil in town Dee. 2,
with the exeeption of llartland vil
liago scIiohIr whieh wdl open Dec 9.
I'eacheiN havo been asHigned as fol
lows :
Hartland, Grammar
Miss Lcna II. Parrell
Hartland, Primary
Miss Dora Penniman
No. Hartland, Grammar
. Miss Annie Haley
No. Hartland, Primary
Miss Edith Haley
Hartland Four Cornera
Mrs. Mae Bugbee
Center Miss Annette I. Lasure
Wcbster Miss Emmeline Webster
Grout Miss Mary Hatch
Bates Miss Christine Brown
Weed Miss Nellie Washburn
Ficldsville Miss Olive White
Jenncville Miss Ruth Lobdell
Densmore Hill Miss Clarissa Green
Hartland Hill Miss Eunice Bassett
The Ladies Aid Society of tho M.
I?. Chnreh will Iinld their annnnl
fair on Dee. 13, in the vestry. Thoro
will be a display of artiules, eandy,
etc. Salo opens at 2 30 p. m Snp
por at 5. 3', 20 eentR por plato.
STATE POULTRY SHOW.
Sixteenth Exhibition to be Held
in St. Albans, Jan. 14-17.
The offioers of tho Vermont Stato
Ponltry AflRoeiation nre bnsily at
work npon tho details of their six
teenth show which is to bo held in
City Hall, Jan. 1-1 to 17 inelnsivo.
There have been many assnranees
given from many prominont breedors
of a largo entranco of exhibits nnd it
is expected that this ehow will
eolipsonny show ovor held by this
aR.toeiation whieh has tho ropntation
of holding one of the best shows in
New ICngland.
D. P. Shovo of Fall River, Mass..
and II. It. May of Bo.ston will again
aet as jndgcH.
Over 30 Hilver cnps aro offered for
eotnpetition
Tho premium list will boready for
diRtribntion nbout Dec. 1st. Anyono
desiring a copy.shonld writo to the
Roerotary, W. B. Witters, St. Al
bans, Vt.
Smallpox at Windsor.
A eaRO of smallpox was diseovered
in Windsor last weok Fridav. The
loeal boanl of health haa taken pre-cantinnai-3'
measnres to onforco n
striet qnarantino of tho caso, nnd to
prohibit any pnblic gatherings
Plnees of amnsement will be cloued
for two weoks. Tho school board
htiH extonded tho Thanksgiving re
cess until December 16, for tho same
reaRon, nnd it is expeetod by that
time that tho dineaso may bo
stti'tnped out.
Twenty-tvvo Bellows Fnlls mer
cbnnls, in all branches of mercantilc
bnsiness, have formed an association
for pieservinu their intercsts. This
docs not inteiiere with the work of
the board of trade, but is for the
pnrpose ol co-operating along busi
ncss lines.
T
Income Exceeds $30,000,000
and Is Growing Rapidly.
Itebuke for Treaiurer Emporor An
Qry at Baron Monchlhoff
for Hls "Undtgnlfled
Comparlsons."
St. Petorsburg. Whtle Ilussla ls a
frequent and lnrgo borrowor among
tho natlons .of tho eartb, Umporor
Nlcholas, nccordlng to a statemont
presentcd to hls majesty by tho lmpo
rlal trenaurer genoral, 1b tho rlchest
raan ln tho world. Tho Btatoraont ls
couched In fanclful languago, but the
facts which lt recltes nro satd by St.
Petorsburg bankers to bo beyond dls
puto. "Your majesty ," aaya Baron Menchl
koff, "necd havo no foar of over com
Ing to suffer the stlngs of povorty.
Flnanclally you aro solvoncy ltself.
With one hand you could buy out tho
Amerlcan multlmllllorfalres, Rocltefel
lor and Morgan, and still have suffl
clent In the other to talk buslnoaa
with Daron nothschlld. Or, If you
prefor, you can take over the Krupps,
although I would not recommond tho
lnvoBtmont."
The ciar ls very angry with Baron
Menchlkoff and hls playful ways, and'
rebuked hlm soundly for indulglng ln
"such undlgnlfled comparlsons."
Tho czar'u clvil 11st amounts to
nearly two mllllona Bterllng, lncludlng
tho amounts paid to the grand dukex,
and of this num more than a mllllon
Ib avallablo for his own prlvate pur
poBos. Thcn he owns lands ln Russta
tn Europo which cover an arca equal
to that of the wholo of Nevada, of
which the revenues reach tho vaat
sum of $20,000,000 a year, of which
$5,000,000 ls paid to tho grand ducal
famillos. The czar's lands ln Slberia
brlng hlm ln another $7,500,000, al
though they are at present largoly un
developod. Altogether, lncludlng In
terest on savinga, tho crar'B lncomo
oxcoeds $30,000,000, and ls lncrcastng
rapidly. He Bets aslde oach yoar a
largo sum for each of hls four daugh
ters, bo that lf any one of the royal
prlnces contracts a marrtngo ln that
quarter he will do extremely well
from a worldly polnt of vlew though,
of course, the exact dlsposltlon of tho
crar's huije fortune la known only to
hlmsolf and hls flnanclal advlser.
0DD SUIT AGAINST D0CT0R
8urgeon Must Pay for Accldent to
Patlent Durlng Op
eratlon. Parls. A curlous action agalnst n
doctor conBldered of great lmportance
from the standpotnt of the responsl
blllty of surgeona has Just been fought
out ln the Parls law courts.
A fow wceks ago a doctor waa call
cd upon to perform an operatlon for
appendlcltla on a hoaplt&l patlent. The
latter's body, ln accordanco with the
general rulo ln such coaea waa prevl
ously rubbed over with nlcohol, but
owlng to the pecullar conformation of
the man's Blde, some Uquld remalned
tn a small hollow lnstead of belng
wlped oft again.
Beforo uslng tho acalpel tho dlrector
declded to burn away a small outer
turnover, which mtght havo lnfected
tho wound, but ln doing this he set
flre to the splrlt, causlng tho patlent
severe lnjurlos. Medtcal oxperta, who
lnvestlgated the affalr for the hospltal
authorltlea, reported that the burns
wero due to tho patlent'a abnormal
Bhape, wore, bo far as the doctor was
concornod. a puro accldent.
On tho caso belng trled before the
Parls courts, however, the latter de
clded that for the patient'B body to be
of sllghtly dlfferent shapo from normal
doeB not rellevo the surgeon from any
of hls responslbllltles, Blnco he haB
evory opportunlty of observlng what
thcso differences are, and theijfforo
awarded the patlent $3,000 damagea.
WAY T0 TEACH CHILDREN
Amerlcan Women Vlilt Rome to
Learn Montlsiorl Methods of Traln
Ing Youngsters.
Rome. Dr. Lllllan W. Johnson of
Memphla, Tenn., an authorlty on ed
ucatlonal subjects, ls ln Rome with
Miss Foa of Chattanooga, having come
to study the system of tralnlng young
chlldron lntroduced by Dr. Marla Mon
ttssorl, wbose Inatitute at the Porte
San Pancrazlo has a European repu
tatlon. The fundamental IJea ls to
let each chlld devclop without rc
straint occordlng to Its speclal aptl
tuflo and to mnko tho acqulrement of
knowledgo a pleasuro lnstead of a
paln. Clever chlldron advance with
grcater rapldlty and backward onea
show unoxpected powera of develop
men. ln branches of self-chosen study,
It ls said.
W0MAN GETS $500 FOR SMILE
Wlfo of Essex Baik Caahler la R
mcmbcred In Will fbr Belng
Pleasant.
London. Among bequcsta by th
lato MIbs Alico Johna Hodgoa ol
Chelinaford, Essex, ls one of $500 tc
Mrs. Wnlkor, wlfo of a cashler at the
loeal branch of tho Capltal and Coun
tlos bank. Mrs. Walkor recelved the
legacy slmply for smlltng plcasantly at
Miss Ilodgcs as they left church.
When told of her good fortune, ahe
cald ahe used to slt near MIbs Hodgea
In chucch, and as they came out she
smlled at her and cxchanged a fow
pleasant words.
RCHES
NEVER SICK IN 89 YEARS
Qrand Old Man of Pennaylvanla Town
Celebratei Elghty-nlnth
Blrthday.-
Royersford, Pa. Wednesday eve
marked a red letter occaBlon in tho
caroor of Ilouben Winter, Sr., Royors
ford's grand old man. It was thcn ho
celebrated hls elghty-nlnth btrthday
annlversary, aurrounded by hls family
and a few lntlmato frlenda, at hls
homo on Maln streot. Four gonera
tlona wero represented at the utfalr,
Ileuben Winter, Sr., hls daughtor, Mrs.
Kllzabeth Gelaslnger; her son Carl,
and hls eon, Robert.
Ileuben Winter has been a resldont
of Royersford Blnco ho was 24 years
of nge. For a quarter of a century ho
.waa statlon agent of tho Reading nn.il
way and poatmastor of tho town, hav
ing recelved hls flrst commlsslon from
Presldent James Buchanan. For a
half-century Mr. Winter was a dlrec
tor of tho Natlonal Bank of Phoenlx
vlllo, and only reslgncd last year be
causo of the necesslty of maklng the
trlp of four mlles each weok on tho
rallroad to attend the mectlngs of dt
rectors. Ho ls still a dlrector in the
Royersford Trust Company.
Reuben Winter la a eelf-made man,
emphatlcally. He accumulated a com
petency by dlnt of hard work and
strlct cconomy ln hls younger daya
and through careful lnveBtments haa
provlded a very substantlal lncomo.
For 23 years, Blnce the Graco Luther
an congregation was organlzed in Roy
ersford, ho has been one of its most
actlvo members, a member of the ofll
clal board of tho church slnco Its or
ganizaticn, and a dovoted attendani at
all the Borvlces, both of the church
and the Sunday school, and overy Sun
day ftnds hlm teachlng hls blble class.
Ho has never been slck a day ln hls
llfe and never usod,olther tobacco or
strong drlnk. Hls facultles are brll
llant today, and barrlng a Bllght ton
dency toward weakness of slght ho ls
as bright as ever. He readlly recalls
, lncldents ln hls llfe slnco he was 6
: yeara of ago, and ls an acknowledged
authorlty on dates of occurrences of
I the dlstant past.
On his annlversary he was tho ce-
clpient of a handsome chalr, the glft
1 of hls chlldron, and numerous em
bloms of flowers, one a handsome bou-
quet of 89 carnatlonfl from hlB chll-
dren, and another .a bouquot of very
I large white chrysanthemums, the gift
i of John Dismant, of Phoenlxvllle. aged
84, a closo frlend.
SEPTUAGENARIAN T0 JAIL
Callfornlan Aged 77 Convlcted ot
Counterfeltlng, Once a Dlspatch
Bearer for Sherldan.
Los Angeles. An affectlng scene
was enacted ln tho federal court as
Judge Olln Wellborn sentenced
George K. Osborne, 77 years old to
cleven months ln tho county Jall 011
a chargo of counterfeltlng.
It was the Hghtest sentonco ever
lmposed on such a charge.
Tho aged offender, who was dls
patch bearer for Gen. Phll Sherldan
ln tho CIvll war, ln a statement to
tho court declared that he was drlven
to crlme by hunger, although he had
been twlco convlcted of counterfelt
lng beforo.
"He was pardoned by Grover Cleve
land, then presidcnt, aftor servlng
three yoars, followlng convlctloti ln
Chicago, 25 years ago.
Osborne was arrested here foui
months ago with counterfelt molds
and colns ln hls posseBslon. He ls
said to have Invented a number ol
useful mecbanlcal devlces.
Tho pollce declare Osborne ls want
ed ln Denver for blgamy.
CHILD AND M0THER EL0PE
Wldow and Her Daughter Become
Brldet on Same Day at
Wilmington.
Wilmington, Dol. An elopement ol
mothor nnd daughtor, the most slngu
lar ln the hlstory of this Gretna
Green, occurred rocently. Mrs Mln
nle C. Scott, aged thlrty-nlne, a wld
ow of Trenton, N. J., ls the mother
She was marrled to Isaac Holt. Miss
Ellzabeth Scott, aged nlnetecn, is the
daughter. She was wedded to Harry
Botty.
Tho two couplea met on Market
street.
"What are you dolng here, dear?"
asked the aatonlshed mother.
"Why, what are you dolng here,
dear mamma?" querled the cqually
surprlsed daughter.
The mother was the flrst to rcgaln
her composure. "Wo have Just been
marrled," she said.
"And bo have we," answered the
daughter.
Tho two wedded couples returned
to Trenton.
DIDNT PRINT BEST ST0RY
Uto Melton Prlor, tho Artist Corre
tpondent, Kept Slr Evelyn Wood't
Qulp Out of Book.
London. The remlnlscences of the
late Melton Prlor, the artist war cor
respondent, Just publUhed, do not con
taln, for obvlous reasons, perhaps the
best Btory told of that trrcpresslble
little man.
At a dlnner glven to Mr. Prlor, the
chalrman, Slr Evelyn Wood, who waa
scated next to the gueat of the ove
nlng, commenced hls Bpoech thusly:
"Our honored guest, Mr. Prlor, has
been ln 21 engagements." Prlor,
promptlng, "Twenty-two, ray lord, 22."
Slr Evelyn continued, "In 22 engage
ments, and he haB never Been a shot
fired!"
wwm &
IT Is truo that ln Australla, as
everywhere else, thoro aro so
many ktnds of homes that it Is
dlfflcult to typlfy tho llfo of the
country. I tako, howover, tho rec
tory ln a country town as falrly repro
aentative, belng, broadly speaking, ln
the mlddle of thlngs and comlng In
touch . with all klnds of llfe, wrltes
Vnna Woodward ln tho Chicago Dally
News.
Tho rector hlmself is half way on
tho road from tho bush to the blg
slty, whlther hls next promotlon will
tako hlm tho road which so many
Australians tread. His wife, at all
events, ls glad that the years of com
parativo lsolatlon are over. Tho coun
try town, with lts electric Hghts, its
telephones, lts shops, lts considerablo
population, is a wonderland after tho
Immense spaces and solltudes of tho
brush.
Australla Is a country so east, lts
population outsldc tho towns Is so
scattered, that the brush parson may
flnd hlmself In chargo of a really vast
terrltory. With six or seven churches,
wldely separated, to minlster at, hls
fiome must be ln somo spot moro or
less central to hls work, however cut
off from the world. Hls dally dutles
will carry hlm far afield, and will
often make lt Imposslble for hlm to re
turn to hls family at nlght.
Australlan Horse Skillful.
He cannot, of course, conduct sorv
lces at all hls churches every Sunday,
but to reach even two or threo ln tho
samo day he must bo In tho saddlo
beforo dawn, and lf ho returns at tho
end of tho day it will be by the light
of the moon or tho stars. It is no
easy matter to make ono's way at
nlght through tho vast forests of eu
calyptus, through the almost Impone'
trablo Bcrub, perhaps across gulllcs
and creeks, and over hllls and moun
talns; but tho Australlan horse ls al
most as Bkillful, as the native blacks
ln flnding a path through tho brush.
As lt ls very surofooted, the rlder may
sometimes fall asleep ln the saddlo
without danger.
If homo cannot bo reached, tho par
son ls sure of a welcome wherever Ue
calls, at somo wealthy squatters
house, at somo little tlny shanty that
serves as a homestead or even at the
hut of a native. Hls wlfo durlng theBe
intervals ls left ln charge of the houso
and chlldren; perhaps with a white or
black glrl as servant, perhaps qulto
nlono.
I was told by the wlfo of a clergy
man who had llved slx years ln tho
brush that she never conquered her
dread of those lonely nlghts, thatsho
eeldom slept while her husband was
away, but at every sound would slt
up in bed holding ln her hand a re
volver. Welcome, therefore, ls the change
to a rectory ln the shady street of a
country town. To such a homo tho
reader ls now lntroduced.
To this one-story house come many
clerlcal visltors, expected and un ex
pected. Brother clergy who havo
drlven ln from tho bush for a meal
or perhaps to ask a bed for the nlght.
A blshop, an archdeacon, or lt may
be a speclal preacher comes for. a
vlslt of a few days or a week. If
the spare room la occupied a bed can
always be put up on the veranda.
But the clorgyman's wife, even lf she
ls fortunate enough to have a serv
ant, has much to do besldes the rou
tlne of tho houso and the cnro of her
chlldren.
Make Morning Calls.
In Australla the morning, so far
from belng free from callers, ls the
usual time for women to drop ln to
chat. At 11 o'clock lt is expected
that tea and cakes will be served and
the vlsltor, not content with a few
mlnutea' stay, will often remaln tlll
dlrlner time, perhaps produclng her
needlework and settllng hcrsolf com
fortably on tho veranda; begglng, no
doubt, her hostess by no meanB to ln
terrupt such work as she may havo
to do. In the afternoon and ln the
ovenlng como other visltors, and there.
are vlslts to bo paid ln return, besldes
expcdltlons to the markcts and shops,
and such work ln thp parish. as falls
to the Bhare of a clergyman's wife.
You may picturo hlm as one of the
buslest of mon so busy that he has
to keep two horses, which he looks
after hlmsolf. He riscs early to feed
and groom them or to turn tliem out
ln tho paddock bchlnd the house.
Thoro are Jobs to be done ln the ynrd
and the garden; carta to bo washed,
harness fo be ollcd, blts nnd stlrrup
Irons to bo pollshed, flowers to be wa-
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tered and boots to bo cleaned beforo
he haB time to go down to tho garden
gato and plck up theMnornlug pnper,
which has been thrown on tho lawn.
The Australlan breakfast is general
ly a substantlal mcal at which mcat ls
sorved. When lt is over, if thoro Is a
class to tako, tho rector may saddlo
the horses and rldo with hls little glrl
to her School. The streets of tho
town are hard red roads, shaded with
plane trces, but' thoy soon become
sandy red tracks, with broad borders
of turf.
Whilo tho rector ls engaged on his
parochlal dutles hls wlfo, as wo have
seen, ls entertalnlng visltors, doing
snatchcs of housework and Iooklng
after the baby. At one o'clock dlnner
ls served, and later ln tho aftornoon
the wlfo may rldo or drivo with her
husband as he goes out again on hls
parish work, stopplng at tho newspa
por ofllce ln passlng to learn tho latest
scare in some cricltet match. All
Australians take a kecn Interest ln
sport, as they do ln loeal polltics.'
Peoplo llve largoly out of doors.
At the rectory the voranda 1b more
commonly UBed than any room tn tho
house. With tho protectlon of a
rnosqulto net you can sleep out all tho
year round.
In an Australlan country town
every orie gots up early and goes to
bed early. Supper Is Berved at slx
or Hnnti nftnr n ttitrd Biihstantlal meal
! with meat. But flrst there are the
, horses to bo fed, and if tho rector. is
dclayed by hls work his wlfo will flll
! the buckets from the great iron tanks
besldo the house and mcnsuro out
the feed Into tho mangors. After sup- ;
per visltors of nll klnds drop ln. Bothc
tlmes bringlng tho entlre family with- '
them, having no one with whom- to
leave the ' chlldren at homo. Then .
more tea may be served; tho tealto'li
tle seems always on tho boll.lnvan.
Australlan home. .. . . ,
Wo slt on the veranda and brea(he'
the cool alr scented with oucalyptus,-'
and look up at the southeru crpss
through the drlftlug clouds.
Chess Solltalre. ' !'
Here ts a new and lntere'stlng'gamer'
of solltalre. All you, need ls a ehpflg, 1,
board and 32 pleces', or the.sarno num-f-ber
of draughts or counte'r's. ' Nutn-'" '
bered counters are used?' 'Th6' puzzle1''
ls to remove all tho counters,. except -,,
two, and these two must orlglnally..,,
have beeri orr tho satno slde o'f'ttid !'r
board; that ls, tho twcJ left must eitbV:''.
er belong to the group 1,. tp 1.6 OK'tOj,
the other group, 17 to 31.' Vou mu8t..),
remove a counter by ' J'ump(ng''ov'er'
It with anothor counter to .thbrfioxkr'
Kquaro beyond lt that square ,JeC v,p.-,:
cant, but cannot make a leap(ln a dl
agonal dlrectlon. Thfe fol'l6'wing 'movfe's!'5 "
will make the play qulte cloar: 3-11,
d-12, 3-4, 13-3. Here 3 Jumps over 11,
and ypu,.remoye. 11; 4 JunipsOver-'li y
and you remove 12, nnd so on. It'wlU
be' found'a fasclnatlng llttlo-Saniei'o'f
patienceand ,tho solutlon. requlrethe ,
cxerc'lse 'of some lngenulty. ".
Former Newsboy Wlris Al-tPrlze:'
J. Mi'Hobinson of PrpvidenQe, .R.,.1.,
carried away the laurcls ln tho annual
pastel co'niest or the' 'Edst" Slde Art
olub ln cfpen competltion.
Robbjppn's rise to tho top has . been
rapld. As a youth ho peddled rows
papers ln Ti'ls 'hom'e towri. Gover'nor
HlgginS took a: iltklng to- the small
merchant,, qpH arnlng(J.hat ..hqj Wja.s..
nmbltious to, become an artist, ,ob-
tained a ' 'sc'hb'ldWU'p''' lfi""tie":iillho'd'd
Island School of Uoslgn for- hlm.
Roblnson studled at the school for
olght y.ears. ((Iricy)p,lte was. awarded; f
hono'rabre meft'uoif'. ' S'fiortly after this
ho came tqih'otcUy'Hhe're he..refiewed
his studies. Though but twenty-four
years of age,-. Roblnson plriady. .haa'
made a 'name fpr htmsejf,.,j(, . ,,,,,'
Strande' Ele6trl'c"Plant.-
There has. been diecqvretlfto (thdi'i-
forests ofIndin a strnngepjanjt , whjch (
possesseB ln a very liigli' degr'oo ' as- '
tonlBhlng electric' nnd' rnagrife'tl'c' po'w!
er. Tho hand tht breaks'a leaf fromh
r recehes lnstantljf a shock equal to .
that which ls produce'd by the' con-'
ductor of an inductlve coll. At a dls
tance of 20 feet a magnetlc needle ls
affectcd by lt The energy of. this
slngular force varles, but It ls most
powcrful when the sun is hottest, and
ln tlmes of storms lts lntenslty ln
creases ln strlklng. proportjon. One
never by any chanco sees a blrd or an
insect llght on the electric plant; na
ture seems to warn them that they
would flnd their death.
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