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EDUCATIONAL
 DEPARTMENT.
THE SCHOOLS OF APACHE
 COUNTY.

Often times people in the smaller districts become discouraged be- pause of the smallnAss of their schools, but a glance at the follow ing list will show that the smaller schools often have the largest per centage of attendance. For the fourth from the smallest school in the County ranks first in. percent age of attendance, and No. 12 ranks next to last in point of average at tendance and next to first in per. noptoo,o
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Names of some of the Principal Brands Sold in this
 Vicinity.

The recent discussion in the papers of tue effect upon the human system of food made with alnm baking powders and the opinions that have been pub- lished from noted scientists to the eff feet that such powders render the food unwholesome, have caused numerous inquiries for the names of the various alum powders.
 The following list of baking powders containing alum is made up from the reports of State Chemist Nicholson of Nebraska, the City Chemist of St. Louis. the Food Commission Of Minne- sota, or other reliable authority:
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If the Philippine question is made an issue in the next National Cam paIgn there wifi be hundreds of demo crats in New York vote for Mckinley. The anti-expansion idea is not strong one. There are few who call them selves or are styled anti-eXpansionists but they amount to very little in New York" is the substance of a remark accredited to Ex- Mayor Strong.
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Baking Powders Containing
 Alum:

Baking Powders Containing
 Alum:
 K. .................C Contains Alum. Jaqae3 Mfg, Co. Chicago BON BON. Contains Alum. Grant Chemical Co, Chicago. HOME ................Contains Alum. Home Baking Powder Co, San Francisco. PERFECT ..........C Contains Alum. Perfect Baking Powder Co, St. Louis CLOVER LEAF..... Contains Alum.
 Pacific Mfg Co Los Angeles
 CALUMET. .... Contains Alum.
 Calumet Baking Powder Co.,, Chicago
 In addition to these, It is learned that many grocers are selling what they call their own private or special brands These powders are put up for the gro cer and his name put upon the labels by manufacturers of alum powders ill St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Sa' t l. Ike, San Francisco and elsewhere  The manufactures, 1t is said, find their efforts to market their goods in this way greatly aided by the ambition of the grocer to sell powder with his own name upon the label, especially when the grocer can make an abnormal profit upon it, Many grocers, doubt less. do not know that the powders they are thus pushing are alum powders which would be actually Contrahand Tn many sections if sold without disguise.
 It is quite impossible to give the lames Of all the alum baking powders il the market. They are constantly nppearlng in all sorts of disguises, un- q 1T all kinds of cognomens, and at all kinds of prices, even as low as five and ten cents pound. They can be avoid 9d, however. by the housekeeper who will bear in mind that all baking powd- 9rs sold at twenty-five cents or less per pound are liable to contain alum, as pure cream of tartar baking powders cannot be purchased at anything like this price.
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TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady, cured If her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave Sl0.0O0 to this Institute, 50 that deaf people unable to procure the ear Drums may have them free. Adress No, 153. The Institute, ''Long- cott," Gnnnersbury, London, w., Eng land
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

tn,> so," grinned the baggage master.
 "Does Ie jolting appear to affect him any,
 "Afeci vho, the dog?"
 No, the corpse"
 "You'lI keep your eve on him. won't you?" she asked, wlping a tear away. "O1 whs-, the corpse?'
 ''No. the dog"
 And having secured the baggage mans promise, she went back 10 her coach. apparently ontented.-Drake' TraYele- Magazine.
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en words, conveyed the idea that snp- per was ready. and such collection oi good things. It is needless 10 say that everybody enjoyed themselves. At the hour of12 the revelers withdrew wish ing the couple all possible joy and hap piness.
 'tRODY I"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

The United states now owns a. bout che-third of its own area, ex- cIus of Alaska; that is, this much la' is public land, but 8 large pro- rcltlon of it is used for grazing rarposas, the Government deriving
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TO b.nef;t from such use. The graz ing lands gre in many cases situat- ed m and adjacent to sections which ceuld be highly developed by irrigation methods. and there can be no question that iu some Of tLe grazing States great benefits would accrue to the States, to the people of those States and eventu- ally to the people of the whole United States if the grazing lands could be leased and made to bring in revenue, and if thIs revenue could the,. be applied directly to the construction ofirrigatiOn ditch es, etc.
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ADVERTISING RATES. inch 1 mos. $1. mos. $1 50 3 mos. g. 6 mos. $3. l year $5.
 inches l mos. $1, 50 mos. $2,50, 3 mos. $3 mos. $4, 50 l year $7 50. Rates ofi large contracts given on ap- plication.
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THE ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
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Show Low, Ariz.,
 Aug. 7th, 1899. Tie Editor cf St. Johns Herald,
 St. Johns, Ariz. Dear Sir =
 The following letter was received by me from the Forest Surt.
 Copy of Dept letter April 21, 1899. Department cf the Interior General Land Office
 Washington, D. C.
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ST. J0HN HERALD.

Entered in the Poslonice at St. Johns as second
 class matter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
He Was Born In Vermont"

Here we have it again, the same
old story, ale was born in Yer
mont" Why didn't he stay here ?
That's the question. OF course, it
is pleasure to feel that former YER
monters are successful, and it is an
agreeable thing to record their Sue
cess, as the Messengers friends
have just done.
But it all comes back to that same
old policy that docs not encourage the
young men to stay at home, and that
fondly mistakes for credit to Yer
mont the lustre that their subsequent
successes shed upon the state they
live in. It's all well enough to talk
about Governor Shaw being Il Ver-
monter bv birth, but, as a matter of
fact, the country knows him as the
governor of Iowa. he lives in Iowa,
his record rebounds to the fame and
the influence of Iowa, and there isn't
one man in thousand that will ever
link the name of Vermont with the
man or his deeds. st. Adams Mes
senger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
"MolIusks.',

1t would seem that if the contem-
porary is right it is decidedly UNI
complimentary to its own party that,
with the Vermont Republicans Of
SO low order of political life, the
Democrats have amounted to moth
ing in this state. 1t is just such
conditions always that bring parties
and movements, worth saving and
worth living, to life. The inevitable
conclusion, the only logical conclu-
sion, is that the contemporary is
wrong, that the Republicans of YER
mont have evidenced very high
order of life, else they could not so
long Observation-Disclosures News.
If the persistence of doctrine is
good evidence of its excellence, then
slavery was very good up to the time
when people saw its weakness and
folly, fifty years ago. If the Rut-
land News proves anything it proves
a good deal too much. 1t has some
imagination, but is slightly incohe-
rent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
A Dog Story.

Animals have sentiment, and they do
reason. Lord Sandwich had two intel
liGcllt, companionable little white dogs.
He was fond Of both. They were much
attached to him and devoted to each
other. One white pet fell sick, and he
watched over the little creature. But
bo care sufticed to save it. and 1t died.
The loving master said that he himself
would bury the dog. and he did so.
The living Pomeranian stood by, griev.
Ing as sincerely as the bereaved mas
ter. But the survivor could never
again endure Lord Sandwich, stunned
him and was utterly irreconcilable for
all time He thought that the master
had killed and buried his canine com.
rade.-xondon News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
Sufferers From Kidney Trouble
Cured This Year by
Dr.. David Kennedy's Favorlte Rem
edy. Sample Bottle Free.

Thousands who have written for one of
the free trial bottles of DR.. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy have literally had
their lives saved by u post Il card. They
got the trial bottle. aud it proved to them
that Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
was the only real cure for diseases OF the
Kidneys. Liver. Bladder and Blood, Rheu-
mltiSm. Dyspepsia, Chronic Constipation
and the sicknesse. peculiar 10 women.
They bought large sizel bottle o. their
druggists and it benefited or cured them
$ u Of careful inres igation,.
You can do the same thing If You are
in doubt us to whether YOU have trouble
with your Kidneys or Bladder. put some of
your urine i'll II glass tumber and let it
stand "a hours: it it has II sediment. or a
milky. cloudy appearance, il it is rupy or
striugy, pale or discolorel you should lose
no time in taking DIR. David Kenaedy's Fa-
gsts at ~ 90 n large bottle. or six bottles
for S5.o'. 1t is without question the sures,
medicine of the age to put u stop to such
dangerous symptoms us pain in the back q
frequent desire to urnate. especially at
night. scaldng burning pain IN passing
water. inability to hold urine nj all the
unpleasant and dangerous effects produced
on the system by the use of whiskey and
beer.
Send your full name and address to the
DIR. David Kennedy Corporation. Rondout.
n Y. AMI be sure to mention this paper
when IA rial bottle. with pamphlet of val.
liable medical advice. will be mated to you
paper guarantee the genuinsness of this lib
eTal ofYsY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
CLUBSiMC LIST.
A STREET CAR COMEDY.

The Girl and Her Purse ana Rive
Smart Young Men.
AS soon us the good looking girl en-
tered the Ear the five young men Oh the
opposite >"at began surveying her with
critical eye, and she hadn't yet made
out whether the ballheadcd man with
the medical magazine was to be In
cluded in the lot when the conductor
came in for his fare. The girl opened
her portemonnaie and began to take
out lutchkcys, samples of ribbon aud
little memoranda in the usual way,
and the five young men smiled, cnch
after Ills own particular style. Bald
headed was out Of 1t. The girl didn't
see any of the smiles, but she caught
OH just the same. There was II nickel
all ready for her fingers, but When one
pale faced young inan added Il giEgle
to his smile the nickel was thrust aside
for a 81 bill. She didn't hand 1t over
to the conductor us she tiShed it out;
but, leaning forward with winning
smile on her face, SHE began 1T the
head of the line and asked
Wv III you please ne 81 hILu us W
change this bill for me?'
1t was impossible. y young man
with only dime in his pocket has no
show to bust bill. The next one
had u quarter, but he had to decline.
and so it went to No. 5. His hand
sought his pocket as his turn came.
but it dlln't bring up any change.
The smiles had been replaced by sheep
ish looks. and they rubbed elbows and
trod on each others feet In trying to
look out of the windows. There was a
long minute Of painful suspense. and
then the good looking girl handed the
bill to the conductor. She hadn't a
word to say to the five young men who
had started out in life so gayly. but old
baldheaded al. When all was over,
he turned half around and growled
out:
"If We're you fellows, l wouldn't
try to be so blamed smart next tilne."-
Philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
The Age
to Jan. l. 1901, and
The Delineator
for one year
For $1.55.
SOUTH POMFRET.

Hattie, the six months-old daueh
ter of Henry Turner, died this week
Wednesday. Funeral services were
held Friday, the Kew. Mr.. Smith of
Barnard attending.
J. b. Hutchinson, trnant officer,
has been looking after children not
attending school this week.
Z. =. " illamson, one of our old
est citizens, will be IS Years old
Saturday, Dec. 9. MIR. and Mrs.
Williamson have been married Ga
years
l.. II. Atwood is getting together
material for Il new house next year.
There has been great demand
for wagons hrreabouts th, week,
as many people living on the hills
where the snow is seven or eight
inches deep and sleighing grand
started for Woodstock with slcighs.
but found so little snow here they
wcre glad to get wagons.
The Teago soclabie has been
postponed until Tuesday evening,
Dec. 10Th.
Lee Newton has finished his sea-
sons work for L. Perry and says he
shall start for Vergennes, his old
home, next Monday.
Mrs. Flint of kcndallville, Ind,
and daughter, Mrs. Foster of Chi
cago, are making a two.weeks' visit
with their uncle, ). Paul, and other
relatives about town.
Henry Totman and family and
Wallace Brown and family ate their
Thanksgiving turkey at MIR. Pau's,
where sixteen people were seated ut
the dinner table.
Mrs. l.. II. Atwood is taking
rest and vacation for week or two
will, friends in Massachusetts,.
Preparations are being made for
Christmas exercises at the hall
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
WHY SHE RESIGNED.
The Member of a Woman's Club Con-
founded the Two P0pca.

The Member of a Woman's Club Con-
founded the Two Popcs.
"For the last year or SO my wife has
light" said Smith, with chuckle. II
don't know how many clubs she join
ed, but If there were any that she did
not belong to 1t was because she had
never heard of them.
"The other night while l was read
ing my paper she interrupted me with
IL request for light about something
that | did not catch except the word
pope.
"'Well,' said l, looking over my pa
per.
81 want to know about him. she con-
tinued. I must read paper concern
ing him ut our next literary meeting,
and do not know single thing about
him. Who il hep
ADO you mean to say said |, that
you know nothing about the head Of
the Roman church,
oh, of course! she answered. How
stupid Of me! l can read all about
him in the encyclopedia
II resumed my reading and thought
that ended 1t, but 1t didn't. The 9TH
er night when returned home found
my wife in tears, and before had time
to inquire what the matter was was
called to account in II different kinds
Of keys.
"Well, when the storm was over
learned the truth. 1t was the poet
Pope and not the pope of Rome that
she was expected to treat upon. and
when she rose and read paper Oh the
pope It started row that did not end
with adjournment.
But, seeing that she has resigned
from all the clubs and that the chill
dren once more have a chance to get
acquainted with their mother. l do not
look upon 1t as a calamity. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
Her Objection.

A New Hampshire man wished to
have telephone connection between his
house and new one built for his
sons summer residence. The best
route took the wire over the cottage
Of an old lady. to whom he applied for
permission to make the slight use Of
her roof that was necessary.
The old lady gave her consent, but
made n firm stipulation at the same
time.
I'm willing you should run wires
over my roof and hitch 'em wherever
you see fit" she said pleasantly. pro
vided you don't use 'em after Q o'clock
at night. That's my bedtime, and I'm
a light sleeper ut best, and the noise
Of folks talking overhead would be
sure to keep me awake."-Youth's
Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
AN ENGLISH "TREAT."
The Difference Between the British
and American Methods.

The Difference Between the British
and American Methods.
was constantly struck, says Colonel
T. w. HigginsOn in The Atlantic. with
the genuine spirit Of hospitality among
Englishmen toward Americans, as such,
even those with whose pursuits they
might have almost nothing in common,
and for whom they had not the slight
est reason to put themselves out.
liked this none the less for its having
its definite limitations as to pecuniary
obligations, and the like, including ev-
erything in the nature of treating"
all this being In my opinion q weak
point in our more gushing or more self
conscious habit.
I remember to have once been taken
by gentleman, OH whom l had but
the slightest claim, to the country
house Of another, on whom l had no
claim whatever. The latter was not at
all literary and had not even the usual
vague English interest In American
affairs. Yet he gave up his whole aft.
ernoon to drive me to Kenilworth.
W AiSH uS hAu SceL tuOuSduu tliucS.
But that for which liked him best,
and which afforded me wholly new
experience, was that as we entered the
outer doorway, he, going first. looked
back over his shoulder and said simply.
"They make you pay threepence for nd
mission here" and then added. speak
Ing to the attendant, here Is my three
pence"
After all the time and trouble he had
given to his stranger guest he left him
to pay his own threepence, thing
which most Americans would not have
dreamed of doing. 1t would have been
the American notion Of good breeding
to save guest from expense, as 1t was
the English impulse to save him from
the sense Of obligation. l confess that
l prefer the latter method.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
For Over k'lill YEAR,

Mas. WNsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions Of moth
srsfor their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, sllays all pain, cures wind coli.c,
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
Tho President and the Pardonlng
Power.

While the dust that has been
kicked up by the Philippine war has
been filling everybody's eyes, few
men have taken any note of what
our benevolent assimilation" presi-
dent has been doing by way of the
exercise of the pardoning power
which is lodged in the hands of the
chief executive of our government.
This power was entrusted to the
chief magistrate, to be exercised
only in such cases as would meet
with very general if not universal
approval BY the people, or where
evidence discovered since trial
proves to be such as would lead IA
court to order an acquittal of pris-
oner if again on trial.
President Mckinley begun his
"beneicent'' work of pai doning
criminals two years ago by setting
at liberty defaulting bank cashier
in Maine after he had served only
four of the ten years imprisonment
which the court that sentenced him
thought he richly deserved. This
case was followed by another of
similar character in New York and
then still another in Kansas. Since
then, Mckinley has turned out of
prison no less than sixteen bank
wreckers, committed the sentences
of eight other criminal bank off,
Gals, pareloned sixty-onc postmasters
convicted Of embezzlement, and re-
lieved twenty-nine more bank off,
GERS of part of their sentences.
Would It not be we'll to abolish
our courts, thereby saving enough 10
pay our war expenses and at the
same time establish benevolent
Assimilation" society for criminals
so unjustly sentenced to prison?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
The Modest Lawyer.

A lawyer walked down the street re-
Gently with his length Of arms taxed to
hold lot Of law books.
Pointing to the books. friend said,
"Why. thought you carried all that
stuff in your head?"
Il do" quickly replied the lawyer,
with a knowing wink. "These are for
the judges"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09

"Arthur, dear" she said. II do wish
you would not use cigarettes"
"Why?"
because you don't know what IL in
them"
"Oh. yes, do! Why, for the tritling
sum that cigarette costs you get nlcO-
tine, valeran, possibly little NOR
phia and any quantity Of carbon"
She looked up into his eyes and muir
INJURED, Arthur, dear, 1t does seem like
a bargain. doesn't itY'-Brisbane Re-
view
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09
Manners In Public,

The person who has been trained
from childhood to consider the comfort
and convenience Of others at the ex-
pense Of his own will instinctiveiy
take the least comfortable seat IN a
ear and get on or or the car in n way
which will cause others the least In
convenience. The person who has not
been trained In this way will make
himself obnoxious and cause much In.
ward swearing among his neighbors.
Let the children be trained to be po.
lite Washington Times
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09

THE AGE offers a beau
tiful half-tone picture of Elm
street. with every subscription
of one dollar, or with IA trial
subscription of twenty-five
cents for four months.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09

The "war' in the philippines is
practically ended. We shall next
have to deal with the not altogether
easy problem of establishing some
sort Of government for the people,
who have already ma de considerable
advance in education and the arts of
peace. Possibly we are now to take
up the most difficult and responsible
end of the "whte mans burden. -
Boston Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-09

She-Glass doors are placed in
some of the new cooking stoves to
enable the cook to watch the food in
the oven without opening the door.
He-1t ought to make the bread
lighter-Stray Stories.