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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
AWFULNEsS OF PRISON LIFE.
The Realization That the Brand of "Con-
yict'' Never Can Re Removed,

! The Realization That the Brand of "COn-
yict' Never Can Er Removed.
"The first aspect of prison lie that
strikes one who enters within the
doors is Its cut -ofIness from the world
outside" writes Mrs. Balington
Booth in the Ladies' Home journal.
"Thc man who has friends who still
care for him may receive stated
number of visits year, when for Il
few minutes he talks with wife or
mother or friend in the gnardroom, and
he is allowed t. write one letter a
month and to receive letters twice a
week. To him there is, therefore.
still this little bridge Letween his cell
and the world from which he has been
banishel. 70 many. however, there
does not exist this link--no friends
have they TO call ON them, and the de-
liyerer Of letters passes their cells
every week for years without stopping
to hand Il mes age through the bars to
them. Stern discipline, loaeline $,
lolg hours of work, u narrow little
cell with Just room enough for stool
and It BID, with II thick barred door
through which the light falls f!anked
with shadows rs Il constant reminder
Of coniinement-th in part, make
up prison life. The fclon of wealth
and the poor prisoner from the slums
may march next each other in the
lockstep and occupy adjacent cells on
the gallery, for to all intents aud pnr-
poses they are alike now. The striped
dress, close-cropped hair, the utter
stripping ofiof all comforts have lev
elina influence.
"The awfuness of prison life lies in
the memories of the past; the dismal
contrast between home and prison
cell; the longing for loved ones whose
hearts are aching away out of reach;
the knowledge that the wretched COM
partnership of misery must be theirs,
in the weary round of prison toll from
morning till night, for the long years
ahead, which seem interminable. Above
and beyond all this, prisoners have the
bitter realization of the brand that
has fallen upon them never to be re-
moved --cOnvicts--that they are de.
graded before the public and will be
looked upon forever as accursed."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

The elder Sothern once saw notice
in a country inn that IL convention OF
clergymen was to meet there the next
day. Each clergyman upon arrival
received note, signed with the land
lords name, requesting him to say
grace at dinner, the signal to be a bell
rung in the office. So,hern had no.
ticed that the landlord sounded bell
every day as the guests seated them
selves for dinner. Everything went
off to Sothern's complete satisfaction.
The bell rang and up rose every clergy
man and began grace, then stopped,
looking askance ut each other. Some
began again, some sat down and got
up again. The scene for some min.
utes was one of confused bobbing up
and down, with mutterings. The
landlord stared in establishment, and
Sothern put on q look of polite anx-
iety and surprise. He afterward en-
pressed sympathy with the landlord in
his anger, but left the inn that day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
CHEAP FOOD IN THE SOUTH,
Operatives in North Carolina Mills Live
on G5 Cents u Week.

Operatives in North Carolina Mills Live
on 65 Cents IL Week.
There are women operatives in mills
in Charlotte, n. c., who actually live
on 60 cents per week, yet have the
necassaries of life. This may seem in
credible to those who are unacquainted
with pris es of food in southern states,
yet it is fact. As already stated,
many OF the mill families pay nothing
for fruits or vegetables, their outlay
being for groceries, meats, wearing APP
parel and the few simple luxurics with
(which they are content. All provisions
are us cheap in the south as in New
England, while one can buy beef, NUT
ton and smoked meats as rule much
lower, partly on account of the abun-
dance of western products, which are
sold by the carload to southern deal
ers. Wearing apparel averages from
10 to 20 percent. more than in New
England, Tor instance, but the short
season Of cold weather--rarely more
than six weeks--and the higher tenn
perature demand but little heavy cloth
ing, and in some districts only what is
termed spring or fail weight is used
during the coolest portion of the year.
For the same reason little fuel is
needed except for cooking, and as most
of the mill towns are located near ex-
tensive timber tracts or adjacent to
the soft coal section of Alabama, fire
wood can be obtained frequently for
the cost of hauling it, while coal sells
at $2 per ton leli.ered. Really the
item OF fuel, both to employee and en-
ployer, such an important considera-
ton in the north, is so small as to be
insignificant. The low price of build
ing mater ial, by which comfortable
home for fair-sized family can be
completed for 5000, enables the mill
companies to charge but a nominal
rental. and in the vicinity of Spartan
burg, :. c.. no rental Mt all. At times
families are allowed to purchase their
homes outright, paying for them by
loan associations or instalments of $40
to Sl5 monthly. Several mills have
been erected in South Carolina also
on the cooperative or instalment plan,
the shareholders including the weav-
ers and spinners. As may be imag-
ined, this plan causes the employees to
take deep interest in the enterprise,
rs its failure or success means their
misfortune or prosperity. The Chau-
tauquan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Did You Know This About Caesar and
Nannlrnnc

Did you know that the two foremost figures
in the world : history, Caesar and Napoleon.
were ut ono timc the victims Of insidious
nerve weakness and disease? Caesar was an
epileptic. and the great Napoleon was the
victim Of nervous disorder. The secret Of
their later wonderful successes lay in the
fact that they used every effort to be cured
OF their Affections. Do you for moment
suppose that they could have succeeded if
they had nllo wed themselves to remain weak
lings, with exhausted nerves nervous debility
and strength and energy impaired by dis
ease? So 1t is with men at the present day.
Many young and middle age man through
Over-work indiscretion. ignorance, exec jscs
and folly has weakened his nerve power and
physical vigor until he feels hims, II lacking
manhood's powers to cope with The world in
this struggle for success. Remain In your
present condition Of weakness. and failure in
all your undertakings is inevitable. Follow
the example of Caesar and Napoleon-get
we'll, get back your physical and nerve
strength, powers ana energy, and the fullest
measure OF success in the world will be yours.
Remember that the strong SURVIVE and the
weak are forced to the wall. Success awaits
only him who is strong. What is tho grea:
lesson in this for nerve weakened and physi-
caly exhausted men? Byal means get back
your health and strength. Consult some II g 1t
specialist who has made the weakness and
diseases of mena specially, like DIR. Greene Of
81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. whose success
in the treatment and cure Of this class of dis
eases with harmless vegetable remedies. Won
derfrl in their strengthening and invigOrat-
ing towers, has made him the most famous
physician in the world. You can consult him
without charge and in perfect confidence,
either by calling or writing him about your
case. As it costs you nothing to get his coun-
sci and advice. we advise you to write him
at once. He will tell you just what to do to
be cured Of your weakness. Ono OF his Won
derful medicines, DR. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. you know to be Of world
wide fame : he has discovered other no less
marvellous medicines Also whose vitalizing,
invigoratng and regenerdting effects viii
restore you again to perfect manhood's
strength and powers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
A PCrilOus Nap.

A little way up the valley we come
to an ancient mill and bridge; new
bridge it is now, but / remember an
old one and a fright that I once had
upon it, says Bradford Torrey in the
Atlantic. With fellow itinerant-a
learned man, whose life was valuable
i stopped here to rest Of summer
noon, and my companion, with an eye
to shady comfort, c.ambercd over the
edge of the bridge and out upon II
joist which projected over the stream.
There he sat down with his back
against pillar and his legs stretched
before him on the joist. He has n
theory, concerning which have heard
him discourse more than once some.
thing in his own attitude suggesting
the theme-that when man, after
walking, ''puts his feet up he is
acting not merely upon II natural i'm
pulse, but in accordance with Il sound
physiological principle, and in ac ord
ance with that principle he was acting
now, as we'll rs the circumstances Of
the ease would lermit. We chatted
awhile; then hefell silent, and after IL
time / turned my head and saw him
clean gone in II doze. The seat was
barely wide enough to hold him. What
If he should move in his sleep or start
mp suddenly on b ing awakened? !
looked at The rocks below and shiv-
cred. l dared not disturb him, and
could only sit in n kind of stupid ter
ror and wait far him to open his eyes.
Happily his nap did not last long and
came to quieS termination, so that
the cause of science suffered no loss
that day, but | can never go by the
place without thinking of what might
have happened.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
"s%' ss:a. u rs. Ihompson's Eye Water
His HOnor's Puzzling Name.

Many Chicago attorneys, finding
their cases for the first time on the
calendar of Judge Slough, find them
selves puzzled as to the pronunciation
Of the judges nare.
"How do you pronounce his name,
anyway said Lawyer Barrow to
Lawyer Burres, the other day. 'Ts
it Slough to rhyme with tough:"
no." said Burres. 81 think it is
Slough to rhyme with dough"
us it," said Lawyer Stone. 81
thought it was Slough to rhyme with
cough; ut least always speak of him
as Judge Stoff.'"
II guess I'm wrong, them" said
Lawyer Myers. 81 always call him
Slough to rhyme with through.
Judge Stoo, you know"
"Well, maybe all of you are right"
said Lawyer Maxwell, "but l sup
posed his name rhymed with plough. I"
"Maybe it rhymes with hiccough,
after ALL" rejoined Barrow, "and is
pronounced Supp. Chicago Daily
Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES,
Uncle sam One of the Greatest and Most
Successful OF Colunizrrs.

Successful OF Coionizrrs.
Properly speaking, colony is a
territory not forming for political pur-
poses an integral part of the mother
country, but dependent upon her, and
reop!ed i'll part, at least, by her emf
grants, says Hon. A. Lawrence Low
ell i'll The Atlantic. If this is true,
there has never been a time, since the
adoption of the first ordinance for the
government of the Northwest Terri
tory in 1884, when the United States
has not had colonies.
The extension Of the boundaries of
the United States has been brought
about by every kind of process; by
purchase, as in the case of Louisiana
with the land then belonging to it.,
which stretched from the Mississippi
to the Rocky Mountains. aud in the
North all the way to the Pacitic-as
III the case, also, of Florida, of the
Gadsden purchase, and of Alaska; by
voluntary annexation. as in the case
OF Texas; by conquest, as in the case
OF California, together with the coun-
try lying eastward to Rio Grande, and
by far the greater part OF these ac-
QUESTIONS have been for time gov
erned as territories or colonies.
That the expansion to the Mlssis-
sippi and the plains beyond has been
II source of strength, that it has pro-
NOTED the welfare of the nation to an
inralculable degree. no man will feel
inclined to deny. In fact, to realize
1t one has only to recall what the po-
sltlon of our country would have been
today il the ocean or foreign power
had encompassed the boundaries of
the original thirteen states; if the
Alleghanies had been our western
frontier. Since the revolutionary war
the inhabitants of the United States
have increased twenty fold; and of the
present population one half live in com.
munities that have at some time been
organized as territores-in other
words, that have been founded by the
process of colonization. ltmay safely
be asserted, therefore, that the United
States has been one of the greatest
and most successful colonizing powers
the world has ever known.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

The Chances of Trainmen ana soldiers.
Robert W. Olmsted OF Orange City.
Iowa, makes n comparison between
the number of trainmen on the rail-
roads of the United States that were
killed and injured during the last year
and the number of soldiers who were
killed, wounded or died Of disease
during the war During the year
ended June 80, 1898, 1872, S73 train
men were employed. OF these 1913
were killed while in the performance
OF their duty and Is, 036 were injured,
which gives Il percentage OF .O0G5
killed and .097 injured. The whole
number of sold .ers in the army did
not at any time exceed 1850 OF
these 1924 were killed or died CT dis
ease, which number was .O0D9 per
cent. OF the whole, aud 1860. were
wounded, which was .005S per cent.
of the whole. In other words, one ont
of every l52 trainmen was killed and
one out of every tea was injured,
while in the army one soldier out of
every 10l either was killed or died of
disease, while one out of every 1853
soldiers was injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
VANILLA BEANS SCARCE
WHY THE PRICE OF PURE EXTRACTS
HAS ADVANCED.

Mexico supplies the Housewife with tn.
Basis for the Hest FIavoring Article In
Her Pantry and Recent Crops Are No'
Equal to the Demand.
A special from Vera Cruz, Mex.
confirms the rumorS of Il shor, age in
the supply Of Mexican vanilla beans.
The finest beans in the world are
grown in Vera Cruz, and upon this
crop the manufacturers OF first c,ass
vanilla havoring extracts are depend
ent for their supply.
Not pound of the best beans now
remain in the hands OF the curers,
either of the 'JS or previous crops.
The heavy frost of u destroyed
whole plantations. and in 30 the In
dians about Parantla got into Il clash
with the authoriti and, ont Of re.
venge, destroyed the vanilla plants
almost entirely. As fapantla is the
centre of the vanilla growing industry,
the decrease from the normal supply
ever since has been relatively enor-
nous.
The entire lack of areaerve supply,
however, has just become known, and,
as result, the price of the best beans
has jumped to IL figure nearly triple
that of ~. This will force the manu-
facture:s of pure vanilla extracts to
increase the price of their goods.
The above dispatch was shown to
the Joseph Burnett company of Bos'
ton by Herald reporter. This firm
has always been recognized as the
manufacturers OF the highest grade of
t,avoring extracts on the market.
well, this simply MEANS" said n
member of the firm, 'that the present
high prices for good vanilla beans will
be maintained for several years longer.
We have already been obliged to ad-
vance the Wholesale price of our vanilla
extracts and, conse, ue ltly, housekeep-
ers who want the pure article have to
pay little more for it, We had
hoped that the high market price OF
the beans would bring forth reserve
supply which would force prices
down again, but,if there is no reserve
supply, of course this cannot happen.
eve have always used the highest
grade Of Mexican beans we could get
and shall continue to do So In fact,
it is impossible to make perfectly good
and pure extract of any other variety
of bean. There are cheaper products
which the manufacturers of low priced
goods use, but the result is unsatisfac-
ry, and, in some cases, actually dan
gerous. Cases of poisoning have been
traced by chemists and physicians to
the use of cheap extracts made of the
vanil' on and other inferior varieties OF
wild or cultivated beans.
"The price of the best Mexican
beans has increased from Sc. so per
pound in '94 to $40 Mt the present
time. The normal output of these
beans is.abont 1000 cases per year, but
i'll 'aS only $50 were re eived, and the
recci pts were less the years before.
"Vanilla is the most popular fiavoring
extract used by housekeepers, and Bur-
nett's has always been the standard.
The increase in the price of our goods,
therefore, means simply that VIC are
keeping them up to the standard we
have fixed in purity and quality. If
other manufacturers are not increas-
ing their prices it is fair to infer that
the.y are not using Mexican beans, but
are palming of an inferior article on
the public
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smellaud completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
such articles should never be used except ON
prescriptions from reputable physicians,as the
damage they will do is ten fold TO the good you
Cure: manutact ircd by f. }. Cheney d Co =,
Tolodo, o., contains no mercury and is taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure o Ge: the genuine
IT is taken internally. and is made in Toledo
Ohio, by +. thcney & Co Testimonials free.
~ sold by Druggists; price. 15c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Cast Z. Doubt.

81 have not an enemy Oh earth, !"
she said, proudly.
At that moment. rs if to refute her
assertion, the letter carrier arrived
and delivered unto her box of candy.
indianapolis journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Clean blood means Il clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
purities from the body Begin today to
Danish pimples. boils. blotches, blackheads,
and that si,kiy bilious complexion by taking
Chscarets beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfac ion guaranteed, l0c. 25c, SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

A grain of fine sand would cover
about one Ii ,ndred of the minute
scales of the human skin; each scale
covers from three hundred to five hun
dred pores.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Already Had the Fool

"Dear father" wrote the student,
"please send some money for IL new
book. -
The n,w book had no leaves and
was easy to carry in an inside pocket.
Boston Courier
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Your Blood Is Poor and Thin, Your Nerves
Weak, You Are Run Down In Health.
Take Dr.. GreeneS Nervura, Best Of All Spring Medi
cineS, Most Wonderful Restorative and Strength
ener Known to Science makes Pure Blood,
Strong Nerves, Vigorous Bodies.
poor impoverished blood relaxed
without a

icTSN anu VIM YOU lCSl lilut
you are out OF order, without
being exactly sick, The cold
wind seems to blow clear
through you, Il storm chills
your marrow, and You per-
haps have rheumatism, rcu-
ralgia, biliousness or kidney
disease because of your dis
ordered condition. Youmust
take the best medicine to give
you renewed strength and Vi
tally, the best blood builder
and purifier, the best nerve
strengthened and inyigorator.
DR.. Grccnc's Ncrvura bleed
and nerve remedy is the best
medicine in the world 10 DO
all this. 1t purihcs and en-
riches the blood, feeds,
strengthens and invigoratcs
the nerves, in fact, it makes
the weak strong, the sick
well, and will cure your
stomach trouble. your bilious
ness, your kidney trouble,
rheumatism or neuralgia.
Mr.Danicl y. Foster, Went
worth, n. H., says:
81 had the Grip SO that was TN.
for several days for most
of the time. l have had the 'h,u.
enough to kill 4 man. w Ken
i had the Grip everybody thought |
would die was so weak, nervous
and run down. | saw DR.. Grecn,'s
Ncrvura blood and nerve remedy
advertised and got a bottle. That
did me SO much good that ! got
bottle, and that helped me
still more. | have now used five
bottles, and can truly say that it has
helped me more than all the oitcr
and doctors put togo thcr
that ever had. had the rhcuma.
tism so badly that could not Sit up
nor dress myself, and ! thought |
knew what pain WAS. bat not be.
fore. But now that is all gone: |
do not have an ache nor pain and
work every day and do rs much
work us any man in town."
v now for your spring mcdi-
lie as no other remedy has,
'r. Greene, 81 Temple Place,
the most cures OF any phvsi-
lrge by anybody, personally,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Cheering Her Chunl.

Ethel--l've been engaged six times,
and now I'm going to marry Charles
Simpson. How many times have you
been engaged?
Maude (demurely)-Only twice
to Charlie Simpson. --, Tit Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Coughs Lead to Communion.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Sold In Is and so
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
RUrOuS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

During the last tourist season Switz-
erland noted 1900, 900 travellers. The
hotels took in ~ 100000 and the
shops sold So, 00G. 600 worth of ''sou-
yenirs de Suisse"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves tho bowels each day, In order to
be healthy this Is necessary. Acts gently
on tho liver and kidneys. Cures sick hoad-
ache. Price rs and 500.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness alter first days use OF DR.. kline's Great
NcrveRcstOrer. ~ trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd 81 Arch St, Phila., Pa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

The public awards the palm to Hale's Honey
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one Minute.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Have used Dr.Scth Arnold's Cough Killer for
Whooping Coughwith good results ID. lHkEMr.
1915 No. Carey ST., Baltimore. Md. July II, lSH
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Great occasions do not make heroes
or towards; they simply unveil them
to the ewes of men.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Mrs. Winslow' Soothing syrup for children
teething. sOftcns the gums, reducing intamma.
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie ut. II bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

1t is estimated that Of the whole popula-
ton Of The globe, about 10000 die every
day. NET
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigur. take No-rO-
Bac, the wOnderworker,th hat makes weak men
strong. All druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guar
anteed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Crimes of violence are three times
as frequent in south Italy as in north
italy,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

Educate Your Bowels With Casrarets.
Candy atharJic. cure constipation forc> CT
lOt.. DO. rec. L. fail druggists refund money
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

In case of Il dispute between tho
parents the father possesses the legal
right to name child.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

! cannot speak too highly Of PIso's CURE
w. I'D St, New York, Oct. ~, 1924.