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WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights--A Kcprescntalhe Ecirociacy TheJUnion and the Constitution Without Any Infractions.
VOL. L NO. 47 WHOLE. NO. 4498.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1913.
IAT RULERS READ
ii.. f- t - . i i ?
temporary Events.
Qeorge and the Knleor Bletsed
th Retentlvo Memorlea Klng
papera.
at majeaty thnt hema ln a crowz
orcea ino wonrer to nuopt a moue
a quuo apart irom inat 01 omor
affords, ono may thlnk, but Uttla
rtunlty for klnga to corao tn con
with tho probloms whlch confront
subjocta, London Anawers ob-
3.
Ib, bowovor, ia not tho case. Mod-
rulors. at ony rnto. do not bury
solvos ln aecluslon, but sook, as
op ln touch wlth tho dolnga ot the
t ls only by moans ot tho newa
rs that any man can becoine nc-
tod wlth happenings outslde hla
restrlctod sphoro flf llfo.
o lato Qucon Vlctorla. lt la truo,
raroly lookod at.n nowspaper por
lly. None tho losa aho hud tbe
a read nloud to hor ovory day.
nll artlclea of porsonal IntsrcBl
cut out and paated up ln booke
uiuro ruioroncc.
ilarly, Klng Edwnrd, though nev-
ry fond of reading, had all tmpor.
forelgn tolegrotna latd beforo hlm,
the pnrliamontary reporta; whlle
hoovcd tho flrot sportsman of Eu
portlng pngesot tho nowapapora.
ng Georgo, howover, bolng a won-
who bollevca ln dolng thlngs foi
elf, rcada tho papers carotully
whlle dolng so Jots down notoa
lly ln tho fonn of qucstions uboul
ier uiiou wuicu uiu Bucreiuriut
cniien unon m iriva iuiior lmnrmn.
lator ln the day.
o knlsnr. tno., Ia n ernat rHnrtor".
a memory no leaa retentlvo than
of hla cousln, the klng of Eng
What la moro, so far from con-
g hlmself sololy to papera of gen
Intoreat, tho kalaor la alao un as-
. . .. .1 . . . I T J . . 1
that Ib to aay, whlch doal wlth
rmany Ib rcally an autborlty, and
to convorao aa euch wlth experts.
klng of Spaln bas a passlon for
uppllod wlth. London newapapera
magazlncs. For accounts ot the
enlnga ln hls own domlnlons he
b malnly upon hla socretaricu and
bfl1clal8 of hla court.
la udmlratlon for Brltlah Journal-
kvas aharod by tho, lato emperor ot
, who, althougb unable to read n
of Engllsh. had all tho prlnclpal
les from tho London newapapors
rovlowa tranalntcd lnto tho Jnpa-
languago ror ma speclal bentllt.
o klnga of Ituly and Doumark
are dovotcd rcadors of maguzlnes,
; Abdul Hamld, tho late sultan
irkey, who wa8 commonly rogard-
s the moat excluslvo ot Orlontala,
good caro to bo well lnformed of
waa golng on ln the world.
relled for hla Informatlon for the
part upon French papera. nnd at
Royal palnco two ofQcIala werp
anently kopt whoao aole duly It
to read through thoao papers and
alt to memory such pasaagcs a?
deemed llkeiy to prove lntorest-
Lvlng llstcnod to n recitatlon o'
pfliows, tho sultan would soraetlraof
doubts upon certaln or tbe Mato
s mado. The odlclals then werp
d upon to subatantlato them, and
betlde them lf thoy fallod to nro-
sufllcleut evidence.
oAt ln thla respect tho famoua Jowa
mpress of Chlna was prohably thc
exacting of all the world's rulers
nformatton ot lmportanco culltd
tho nowapapora had to Do coplcd
n shcota ot vtry flno rlco paper
s. Tbe newa was then read to
mpress irom tnese acroiis ny nn
al of tho court, whoi aeaing that
as not decmed worthy of gazlng
o great lady a faco, waa compelled
rtorm Iils unenvlablo tasic wnnc
prostrato on tho floor bchlnd a
i.
I'Jvlously onough, tho monarch most
i iuucn wim iuo uoiiigo ui mc
la a EuropeaA. The czar of Hua
n fact, haB a newspaper nll hls
prlnted Bpeclally for hlrn overy
lng. Two coplea only nro iup-
h-ono for tho zar hlnrself. the
for hls prlvato sccretary. But,
wcro a largor clrculatlon pcr-
d. tt la doubtful lf tho papor
1 flnd ono, for thla two pagc nhcot
exceedlng dullnoas, anytblng cal
ed ln any way to dlsturb thc
nov peacu ot mlnd bolng carotully
iftBdcd.
5
Glvlng Hlm Hls Duo.
lawsuit waa recently' ln tull
, and durlnc tto progrcas a
as was crosa examlned as to the.
s and cbaracter ot tho dofond-
a8 Mr. M a reputatlon for
abnormally lazy I" asked coun
rtskly cll. slr, Ifs thla way M
111 you klndly anawor the quos-
aakcd?" struck ln the lraaclble
jell slr, 1 was golng to say It's
ay: I don't wnnt to do tho,
man ln quostlon an lnjuatlce,
Won't co so tnr ns tn nnv, elr.
Iho's lazy. exnctlv- bnt lf tt riv
1 any voluntary work on hla parti
eai nia rood why. ha'd dlo from
of nourJsUoeat, tf," Lendo
. NEW 80CIAU SETi
Washington 0 Boctal scason tlils year
..I'omlsea to bo purtlcularly intcrostlng
l bougb tho lnaugural ball waa aban
oncd at tho suggestlon ot Qovernor
vMl8on, tbcro wlll bo plonty ot soclul
tunctlona lator.
Futuro aoclal atfalra- nro , uncon
eclously abaplng themaeivea' to tho
philanthroplc and artlatlc tondcncloa
o( tho Allsaoa Wllson, nnd from all
ovcr the country aro conilng whom
connocto'd wlth olllclal Ufe who wlll
add much to tho lntorest ot partles,
balls and rccoptlous. Socloty Ib pra-1-arlng
to set up a now Intollectual
tnndard ln tta toa-drlnklng and trlvo
ittea AIIsb Elsle HIU, daughter of Repro
:entatlve Hlll, of Connecticut. Ib one
f the young women now ln Waahlng
on who wlll bo raore or less proml'
uent ln the llfo of tho coming season
Another attractlvo young woman ln
Washington socloty ls Mlss Lllllan
-ronnp, daughtor of Scnator and Mrs
A. J. Gronna, of North Dakotn, whose
engagonient haa Just bcen announced
o Dr. Oscar N. Begtrup, of that atato
The weddlng wlll tako place ln Wash
ington. Mrs. Wllllam P. Jackson, wlfe of the
now scnator from Mnryland, wlll cn
tortaln cxtonslvely. thoy havlng leaaed
a handsomo resldenco ln the clty.
Ono of tho mtt charmlng and popu
lar hostosses wlll bo Mrs Edwln S.
1'iiderhlll, wlfe of tho new congress
nun from New York. Sho haa a Wldo
clrclo of acqualntances and Ib a wom
an of attractlvo personallty.
Mlss Dorothy Shuey. daughter of Mr.
and Mra. Tbcodore Shuey, of Washing
ton, D. C, la one of tho "buds" of the
season.' Sho haa bcen cducated nbroad
and haa Juat returned nfte spendlng
nluo years ln schools ln Swltzerland
tnd .Franco. Sho ls very talentt-d and
an acconipllalmd muslclan and llngulat.
An Intcrestlng glrl of tho southern
colony ln Washington ls Mlss Shlrloy
Curry, who ls spendlng the seahon ln
Washington wlth her grandfatlior.
Senntor Bacon, of Qcorgia. Thla la
hor flrst season nt the natlonal capltal,
and sho Ia alrcndy a grcat favorlto
among the youngor sot. : ;
AN INTERESTINQ FLAG.
Tho flag whlch lcd Indlrectly but
none the lesa cortalnly to the capture
of John Wllkes Bootb ls now one ol
tho maln objccta of (ntcrest ln tbe
treasury buildlhg. For many yeara
tbta famoua ftag occupled a pla.e on
the wall of tho northwost corrldor" ol
tho treaBury and dlvided honors wlth
tho monoy vrfults as an object or popu
lar Intcrest. lt waa for many yeara
about the flrst thlng guldcs polntcd
out to visltora. Then the flag was
loaned to Capt. O. H, Oldroyd and for
a long ttrae had a promlnent place ln
tho museutn of Lincoln relics Not
long ngo lt was recl'almed by tho
treasury and hnnga once moro ln thnt
grlm and classlc buildlng.
It waa ln the knottcd frlnge of thlK
old flag that one of Rooth's sptirc
caught when ho leaped from Llncoln's
box nt Ford'a theffter op the alg,ht of
Aprll 14, 18GG, after havlng mortally
woundcd thb prealdent and stabbed
Ma. Rathbono. Had not the spur
caught, Booth's leg would ln all prob--ablllty
not havi been fractured or ln
Jured and hls capture would perhnpp
bavo been vcry much, moro dlfllcult
-"TAMBO" IN CONGRESS.
Ono of the grcatest plcces of m'ln
strql mtmlcry ever seon or hcnrd
comes annually from Representntlvo
Hoffln of Alabama, who, la known n',
the typlcal southern orntor of ilip na
tlonal leglslature. .
Toward the end of -the soKflo"
when the house and senate nrp fl'
tlng up nlghts to get rld'of bultv'B'
and to walt for presldentlnl slgnaturf
to Important bllls. the hou'e dpmatfd
that Mr. Heffln glvo hls camp nnTt'ii'
sermon.
It Inats for thre-qunrtcrs of nn hp'ir
and nover falls to convulsc thf m'm
bers as well aa tho. watchprs m ib'
gallerles. It nevcr apppars ln thp c
gresBlonal Itecord,- although oncp thf
stenographera took hn)f of It dowr
before a motloii was presented to ills
penso wlth the servlcos of o" h I
working men for tho occaslon
Plantagenet's Lon(j P-d!"rre
The longost authentle prjll5:pp or
rocord waa probably that of thp la'
Ge.n. Plantngenet Harrhon" whlpji
Inscrtcd ln hls "Ilfstorv of Yorkphlrp"
It beglns wlth Odln. ICIns of Ascardla,
70 U, C,. and among thc gnpraVs nn
ceBtors aro nunibered the Emperor?
Claudtua, Dlocletlan nnd Maxlmltlanus,
Gonderguglus, Klng of the Vnndnls
our own ISdward III and many lessor
Unown monnrchs.
Gcncral Harrison. who- dled only a
few ycars ago. nlwava clalmpd to b
a legltlmate prlnce'of thp b'lood royal
of England and grandlnavla Hp was
known nmons hla frlends aa fho "Last
of the Plantngenets." a tltlo whlrh
Otted hlm well' as ho Vtood 6 feet A
lnches ln hla socks nnd looked every
lnch a klng. London, Chronlcle
EARLY SPRING SftLE
OOATS AND SUITS
Wednesday and Thursday
2 and 3
April
We-shall have a line of Fine Tailpred- Garmaats,
selected from six prominent makers, includinjg a
good assortment of Woltex Suits and Coats.
All of the ladies who werc present at our previpus
sale can give good testimony as to. selection, qu'ality
and price.
All of these goods will be first class, the latest styles,
and reasoriably priced. ' :
Coats for Ladies, Mis.ses, Children
Suits for Ladies and Missee
Ladies' Coats $10 to $25
Ladies' Suits $15 to $35
Ladies1 Stout and.Iarge.Sizes a Specialty
-Alterations Free, and First Class Work Guaranteed .
A few Choice things in Waists, Petticbats and
Skirts will be shown at this time " a
MRS. M. L. SPEAR
Woodstock Vermont
Ottauquechee Savings Bank Block
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F I r. J 1 uu t :
Dr. Cup.iu. i,.c.
tUUU lO LU ...ol ....
IlIBl tCl.lj-.u. IU U.,
IS FQUND VVRONG .BRIDE AT TftE ALTAlt
a'or at tho Col
,.J tho aood for-'
i-Buiuini ot' tho
uorlu, burlbd ul
GHEMI3TS AT SEA
Formulas That Havc Baffled
Scientists for Centurics.
iho fuuc ui lua Ui-Htorpleco. uxecuted
eutno oO.oOU years uDo.
Lut year thu arcaaeologlcal world
'was duuply etirred by tbe uneurthlng
undcr the pick of JJr. Lalanne of lior
dqaux of a prohistoric Venua, carved
In the natlvo rock 6f a grotto neur
Lausallo.' Iho rocky pocttot ln whlch
Lhis momcntoua ditcovery was mado
was llllud wlth archaeological duposita,
boncs of nnlmnla, especlully relndeer,
- ln Jj wcro common gamu for. the
hurdy hunters of - tho Magduleulan
epoch ln Ddfdogne. Many utensils
of tbe hunter, tho flsbcrman and tho
cirtlst were also found dollcato
LhtEcls, scrapcrs, harpoons and speara
of bono.
Most of thcao, ovldontly, could only
bavo sorvcd for thb hunt, tho houae,
tho kltchon or warfaro; but there wero
Dthors mlngled wlth them, oxceptlon
ally blg and heavy whoeo use remaln
ed uncxplalncd untll tho duat of agea
havlng bcen clcancd from the. wall of
malned uncxplalncd from tho wall of
the grotto, ilvo llfe-slzed horses. cut
ln tho rock ln a froe and Hvlng' work
mansblp, were revealcd.' The oxcava
t'ons were contlnucd and coon a spade
stniclt on tho ekull of tho autbor. The
bl'd artlst lay crouchlng on hls loft
-Ido, somethlng in thc attltudo of
Rcdin's stntuo, "Th THInker," whlch'
stn'nds outfldo thd Pa'ntheon .at Paris.
Subatltute for Rubber,' Qutta Percha,
Camphor, Cork, Rust and Mortar
Deflea tho Sklll of tho Most
Noted Inventore.
It waa- announced a tow weeks ago
that h noted' chemtst of tho Impertal
Tecjinlcal nchool of Moscow had solved
the problom of maklng artlflclal nib
bor, and that-ho could sell the new
product at about -32'conta a pound
Tet. ln splto of thils wldoly dls
aemlnated plcce of nows. tho prtce of
rubber romatns pretty much the same.
Tho reaBon may bo found by exnmln
lng the patent ofllco records, aays
London Tlt-Blta. Durlng tho past ten
or twelve years nearly v300 patonts
for.i artlflclal rubbor have boen tnkcn
out
Subatltntea have been mado from.
pctroleum. from coal tar, turpcntlne.
peat, from nltratod. llnseod oil and by
treatlng cereala wlth phyalln.
The lattor Invcntlon made a consld
ernble senantlon bo long -ago as 1806:
yot Judglng by the 'conatantly ln
croaalng' demand for the natural prod
uct. tt haa had little effect upon the
real rubber markot.
Tho cbcmlst. working In tte labor
at.ory, can tako any substance and
analyre lt that la. broak It up lnto
ita OTigtnal conotltucnts.,and toll you
what thoy aro. and how much of oach
eloment the.substance. ln queatlon la
cornpbaed of.
But when It comna to bnlldlng nn
xtte orlglnal substnnce jbiit of Hp
prlme con!Mtuonts there ho ls at sen
By dlnt' of long and - pntlpnt expprl
ments, or. pprhapa by puro chance. hp
may Bdcceed In rcproduclng aome
natural produc'ts. .but that la aa far'as
he, rnn go. v
Indlgo dye took.- many years to
aynthealze. A dorman' cbemlst nc
oomnllshed Itat Inst. but the cuVloun
dlflcovery was mado that. lf blpnrtpi
wlth tho natural product made from
tho Indtgo plant, the ;color prodiicPd
waa both more durabte and brlhtei
than thnt mnrt bv elthpr dve alonp
.So arttflrlal Jndlgo haa not y'et ruineH
the Indlo planter .
Artlflclat cnmphor haa nlso bppn
"odnced tt I nqw md from nlnp
turpentlie But the chpmlst ha
rot yet nticcepdpd' ln - svnthealzlnn
j Odd Cme Saispensioii Bndge
Tbe atory ot a bridesroom -flndlKa
the wrong brlde at hla . ildo for th
weddlng coremony was told, ta Bobb
bay hlgh court -a short tlme ago. -.A
member of the renglou. wb.m -,il!rT,na .p. .wtWnroiaity growr
cuatom to aeek for a brldo for" hlm-
tcen "vieweq oy ine jain at a rau
wny atatlon ho agroed pay -th
proapectlvo brlde'a father$l.poo, and
$30 to an lntermedlary, and part p(
the monoy waa pald "ln advance. At
the ceremonr .tho, ""brldia'' wb' a
heavy vell, and when the Jala asked.
her to romove lhe found-that sow
one had been trylng .to. paa otf a-aub-stltu.to
for hla brlde. Theao advion
tures are not. uncotnmoq, In Ind(a.
Sometlmes a very ugly fl la paascd
off on a brldegroora ,
VVOIJDERFUL ROCK CHIMNEY
Ralolno Flowera Indoors.,
Bulbs havo tbygreat advantago of
belng clean 'fo keep In tho. house no
soll belng requlred PII1 the pota to
wlthln ono lnch of the top wlth peb
bles. sotlo bulba In nnd cover thp
-whole ,w,Hh(l wntor Put nway lt? a
dark cobi plrtce for two or threp
woeka.,'bat,1iSkp care to kepp the wa
ter at -thoiamp hpl?bt nll the tlmp
Then brlpj them out nnd glve them
as much lleht and alr as possthlp
rhanplns np watr evpry cUht dtrye
by dralnlng It oft nnd rnlirlnK H
bv WatorM'atwth snmp femnprnture
The bstlop,,,of,i.k?eplng the watetj,
at am?.dprBtk.itemneraturo all Uw
What la perbapa tho moat wonder
ful rock chlmney tn tho whole .of
Amertca Ia shown In tho photograph
horo reproduced. It atands near Htgb
rirldEo, Ky., itaelf one of the won
ders of the world. Thla natural chlm
ney la aeventy-flve feet hlgh and only
four feet by alx at the basa. It ls
so deltcately moulded that lt looks aa
lf a puah would send it-over; yet lt
haa auccessfully defled tho storma of
unknown nirea.
HEALTHY. TWIN DIES. 700
' ' - "
A romarkablo lllurtratlon of the "af.
finlty between twlna la found, say phy-'
nlolans of Bayonne, J... ln thp sud
den death of .Patrfck -.Carr, flfteen
month'a old exnotly flve rnlnutp?. nftor
hls slston Ellzabethy had dled tStlza'
beth, who had bcen 111' of summer com
plalnt, dled at mldnli;ht. Fjre. mlnutp?
aftorward ,Mra. Carr..went--lntp the.
next room to see-lf Patrlckwaa asleep"
She bent oyer, bja -crlb to tuck hl'
arm under the . cowrs and found the
nr'm atrancely llmp. Sho llfted hlm.
i and reallzed the trutb. Tfra. pecullar-
lty ot tne ooy s. aeatn ne?,.in, .ine raci
thht he had no.t been III . ,A11 that tbe
famlly p.hylclan ,7c,pUld isayiwns,4hat
the heart uimply had Htppped bcatln'g
without appbren.i c'uufa. 4
SURE
SHOT
WIT.H,JtfAMMER
John L'upton of FbrtLuptbn.'ColdV'
has nover" takcftf 'any'"nHed'alfor-hStt7
mlr throwtng'biir bPllpe'Bthat U'f'ls
eEjtltl'ed to onp'rtic'. hH exploitii
thlln he'wal rit work brf'the Toof 'of'
a. houa'e'no Wna .butllhg a1it;of'town
tte aaw a coyoie- Boouiimy leei-away
runnlnfT off wlth a hcnr In 'ita Jaw.
Although tho nnlmal waa on thb' nat
torcoran throw ttvham'mor- so. effoc
tlvoly that. he' klllt'd' tho anlmal, aod
llberated -the.'chlckeni"-rwhl.ctt--warf bUU-'
llvp and -unlniured' . t s-J
Mrs. .Lupy.. ''Janii 'oi iiarre(!
e cahles iA fortune,. awalta thp
plpverj rnon . j?ho cnn make artlflclal
rtitta nprpjin, nt K nrlro whlfb wjll-nl-inw
lo comrfp wlth tho Jiilce of
thr bltToplR rutta
Cork ln nnothpr niibtatipp of p.vpry
inv usp whlfh pfjsm'n to rtefv the In-.
en'tor Th ,only Ptihftltute for rork
ln paofir trpated wlth pnmffln v ,wnx
Put pueh o rork could not bo nsed for
n. bottln of wfne So far"nothlnr hn
b"n Brtjflctallv Tnsd.e to compete
wlth thp bark of the rork oalt.
At Dplhl the nw capltal. of Indln
ottid nn anclent . Iron monumpnt
whtrh thouch pxnp"pd at nll wenthpr
efr op'ver'rusts or dpcays ' Yet It has
"jjq. protpcttvo coverlng Hero' ls" n
ijpret whlch would bn slmplv lnvnlu
hble to the world, whlch 'has',ben dlf
rovpred bv' some .Indlan axtlflcer of
.old tlme and most unfortunately been
'lott..
At a recent mpetlntt of the.lrnn'nnrf
!?tpel Inatltufp. Mr Cuihman ,pld that
wp ponljl face the future wlth com
'plarrncy, t' we- could . rpdlsrqvar th
nrrpt To,.sbto ownprs alo'no lt would
np.ih a 'eatilv aavfnij ot mtlllona
Pntt 'ts"the reat 'enemy of th'o steel
pbln an6T'"BKe' h'ns c'onstantly to go
lrfo dock'to have1 her hulf coated
wltn antl-cqrroslvp solutlon.
" Th1' rnortar niadp by tno nnclpntfi
rtn'opn otir laboratorywork'ers ;of to
-davf Jifanv anctept dves-i aro ' mor
- durablt'vthaii.-a'nj. modem one "and ot
the toRliwe,hvff lost the aecretraf
well ns""of the wonderful' and prac
ticnpy'everlastlnB Iflk' whlch was us'ed
,by ha-imoriks .of old. .
ft s
A .?i nepalrlnfl- 8t. paul'a.
; Tfio' rcpalrlhg to De done to St
Paul'a ''cat'hedrar., whoao stabllity' ls
tboUght to 'be th'rtateried"t)y modern
tf'afOo condltlbnB, remlrida que how
Wfett, tho' afchltqct, .had long to con
ten'il Wlththoae" who, aftof; the great
flro," propbse'd' a mere patchlng up ,of
old St. Paurs" rathcr than tho buildlng
of tho ricw..-PepyB, th', Lls dlory for
ibbK; noiea iwo yiaits fo ,tno totterlng.
wreik'of tho old'cathedrali "I stop
ped'at 'S't 'Pa'urs'-v.roto heT Vand dld,
;Beoa hldeoua- slght 6t tho " walls of
the churth ready to fall, that I was ln:
tear aa long aa l was in lt. A scc-
"yp botlmea, and
,-'.' ? M' . ., raiin b, wnoro sirango -now , uie
was, made uiu,so!d it. JPlymouth, very a,ent ot tno 8toneg fnlnK from
Conn.- Tiie. cIock;lormerly-l)clongt;d the lop of thfr-itccple-do-inako tno sea-
io the. parenttr-of Mti Aarti8i'-,ol,!?" OncP-notea" tho Jphraao as com
o i' Ai x? ' "J . , lng t from a.socrotary to'tho -admtral-
Upston. Globc. . , . ty.--London Chronleio.
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Brattleboroimay.ha.ve,n;bigraajivr Tmmy- Camr homV ; fron! school
factory ' to niake maclnliiea 'Iw'-'mb'fwtC' ' ..
. "' '- : : , .".- T, . "Wellr my-Bon-. observed hls father
xutomatic stamning stamp,ng.. It i cheertuUy -now dld you get OII. Bt
expected that the concern vill bring flchool today?" - - -
bo had been
250 fiimilies to the tqwn.
Tommy sald that
whilpped nnd -kept ln.
"It-.wna becauae- you .old' me .,the.
wrong nnawer," be added. "Last nlghr'
liaked you. .now mucn was a milllot.
it 'waa a
Capt. A., N. BoearduB,. .for iy
yeurt the champion Xvmgahot of the " dollara. and yoa sald
world, died Sunday night, at hi of a lot.' Ibat jsn't tbe rlW an
On the northcasterrv borders of Indla are to bo found sotrte most extra
qrdlnary examples of brldge buildlng by prlmltlve-' peoplcs. One of the most
IntjenlouB of these ia the cane suspenslon brldge ovar tho Slyom rlver, a
plcturo of whlch ls hero presented.
ANCIENT ENGLISH CUSTOM
Early ln July a custom older than
Domosday ls followed ln tho Oxford
shire vlllage of Ynrnton. ' On a glven
day tho thlrteenr balls hero illustrated
placed on a little flower support 'for
tho convenlence of tho photographor
are drawn ono by ono from tho canvas
bag ln whlch thoy have restcd for tho
last Uyclvo months, each carrylng wlth'
K tho rlght to mow a dellnlto portlon
of' tho common mcadows'. Threo hun
'dred and .flfty acrea of etosb aro thua
apportloncd by lqt, a aurylval of the
cuatom bf open fiel'd cultlvntjon when
both arablo and meadow ldnd were
apportlpued ln. strlps to -the vlllage
houscholders. ' The meadow land belng-leaa
ln quantlty and therefore
more yaluablo wfta sottlcd by an an
nuo,l lot-drawlng so -that each man
'mlght'hnvc an equl chnnc'o of obtaln-lng-tho'
better strlps of grass. The
nrbltrnry dato for'.tho lot-drawlng,' tho
flitt Monday after St. Petor's day,
haa been' abandoncd tn tnvor of 'the
wlser plan of lettlng the dato dcpend
on.tho state of the hay, so thdt at
present lt falls on Bomo dato .between
July 4 nnd 17.
Thcso thlrten pollshed woodcn balls
are In tho custody of-th'o meadsman,
who brlhgs them down lnto the mead
ow b on the arranged mornlng nnd tho
drawlng beglns. On each ball ls a'.
nnme. "Boat," ''Wllllam of Dladqn,"
"Itothe," "Hnrry," and othors. lt Ib
ccnlectured that these hdmea are pos
elbly those of. tho orlglnal tenants of
tho rarms whlch held tho mowlug
rlghts. A week beforo the drawlng
the rlghts ' of tboso owners who do
not wlsh tp mow thelr strlps them
bclves are sold by auctlon at an (nn
ln the vlllage, but the man who buys
tho rlght denotcd by . "Harry" wlll
not know untll ho ls ln the meadows
and drawa out tho ball so named
whjch ploco of land wlll bo hls. Little
poats tnark the-strlps, and tho mends--mah
wallts along halting at each .post,
whoro a drawlng - takos place. Tho
ball at the posta say' tho flrst ls
"Harry" marks-'that' strlp of land aa
belonglng to tbe man' who bought
"Harry" at the salo. That drawn at
the next poat may bo "Bont""-and may
belong to a hian who 'haB not sold
hls Tlght. Followlng the drawlng the
mowing takos placo, and whon'that la
over the meadowa aro thrown opep''
for grazlng, and tho parishloners whq
havo had a placo In the drawjng havo -a
rlght to graze ono hcad ot cattle to
the acre or ono horso to two. acrea.
IS-GRAY-HAIRED AT FIVE
Physlclana are piizzled-'ovor the
case of the fly.e-yearKld:.spn.!of John
Do Frabls of West '.Borwlqk, Pa.,
whoso halr Ia AS'' gra'y 'nS mlght bo
found ln a person of fourscoro yeara..,
Tho parontB, who are normaj, have'
Where FawkesWas Sentenced
ta "Please,ito remember- he fifth of K.ovember," chant,tl; ErfgllshT. chlfdren
- on that date each year, In memory of the gunpowde plot pf, 1605 for tho
btowtng up of Klng 'James f ipd parllament. '0(3r lllustratlorr'BnoWB. tho
'councll, chaniber in the' tower In whlch Guy Fawkea rwhb'Wai-?ttrihavo ex
pToded tho powder, was cxamlhed and eentenced to bo dravvi.oTi'.a-hurdlo
to the palaco yard and thero hanged artsl dlsBrnbowelyd. Vr'
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