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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
MARCHING UPRIGHT WRONG.
Arguments in Favor of Soldiers Walk.
ing With u Stoop.

Arguments in Favor of Soldiers Walk
Ing With u Stoop.
Sir Edward Verney comes forward
in support Of the arguments advanced
by two French authorities in favor of
bend or stoop in marching as con-
trasted with urrightness of carriage.
He says that this upright posture is
the one taught to the soldier, but that
it requires the greatest expenditure of
energy and is against prolonged effort
In the case of savage tribes, noun
taineers, country folks and hunters
the body is inclined forward. the
knees are moro OF less bent and the
sole of the foot falls flat on the
ground. The instance is quoted of
two officers, two sergeants and thirty
rank and file of the 10th Regiment Of
the French Army, who were put under
training at Nantes. After three
months instruction they marched,
carrying their rifles, bayonets, 100
pounds of ammunition man, and
food for one meal, along hilly road
distance of twelve and half miles
in an hour and forty-six minutes,
which is at the rate of over seven
miles an hour. Not one man fell out
by the way. After rest of two hours
they returned in three hours and five
minutes, including two halts of ten
minutes each, which gives an average
speed of over four and half mile an
hour. Two days afterward these
same men. in heavy marching order,
covered distance of six and seven
eighths miles across field on billy
ground in IN hour and twenty min
utes, which works out at about five
and one eighth miles an hour. At the
end Of their march they were at once
told off to target practice, when their
shooting proved superior to that Of
the best company Of marksmen in the
regiment. This was done to test
whether the exertlons of their rapid
march had injured their capabilities
as rihemen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Pittsburg or ittsburg u b.

There is diversity of opinion on
the spelling of Pittsburgh or Tits
burg. Lippincott's Gazetteer gives
You Your choice or without the
h. The Pittsbnrg Press insists on
dropping the Ii. The hotel letter
heads, rs rule, employ the h. The
century dictionary says either way of
spelling is correct. PROFESSIONALLY
The Ii was originally in favoG, but since
1869 in has 10 business in the word,
rs the ''manor OF Pittsburg" was Of
tcially me ltioned in the survey. In
1916 the place was incorporated as a
city under the style of "Alayor, AL
lermen and Citizens of Pittsburg.
Now let us have done with the Ii. -
New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
A Letter to Mrs. Pinkham Brought
Health to Mrs. ArchambO.


DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For two
years felt tired and so weak and dizzy
that some days l could hardly go
around the house. Backachc aud head
ache all the time and my food would
not digest and had such pains in the
womb and troubled with leucorrhna
and kidneys were affected.
AFTER birth Of each child grew
weaker. and hearing so much of the
good you had done, wrote to you and
have taken six bottles of Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. one
box of Lozenges, one box of Liver Pills,
one package Of Sanative Wash, and to-
day am feeling as we'll as ever did
When get up in the morning feel as
fresh as did VIII, girl and eat and
sleep we'll and do all of my work. If
ever l feel weak again shall know
where to get my strength. know
yourmedicine cured me. "-MRs. SALINA
ARcHAMBo, CHARLEMoNT, MASS.
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled; for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
Of the correspondence department Of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as hundred thousand siling
women year. All women who suffer
are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn, Mass, for advice, which will
he promptly given without charge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
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BY FRANK LILLE POLLOCK

that ] could win the race to the school
house. But there was nothing else
to do and l did not waste time in
thinking. Indeed, my whole action
was less the result Of conscious DELHI
Grafton than Of automatic impulse. l
scarcely thought of my own personal
risk, but swung the wheel around and
struck out for the road / had just left.
was not many seconds in reaching
it, but the hurricane was less than q
mile behind, and the school mile
ahead, with the prospect Of having to
reach the next cross roads after pick
ing up Ethel. The road was smooth,
and I flashed down it ut tremendous
rate, but not SO rapidly as the storm,
which I could feel to be creeping up.
The wind at my back pushed me
onward, and it seemed only few
seconds before I reached the school,
after all. AS approached I looked
about for my sister; she was nowhere
to DO seen. was in an agony OF des-
peration. shouted and called, but
the wind behind drowned my voice. 1
dared not dismount to search for her.
Sho might have hidden herself in the
building, or she might have gone
farther up the road. The latter hypo-
thesis proved to be correct. just as
l reached the gate I saw the little blue
dress about seventy .five yards beyond,
where she had been partially con-
cealed by the fence. She was run
ming rs fast as she could, apparently
crying, and looking back in terrified
manner, but she stopped when she
beheld my approach.
Ileaped off headlong at full speed,
swung her astride the upper tube, and
commanded her to grip the handle
bars for dear life. In ten seconds we
were off again, but even with this
slight delay the sound of the tornado
had come up louder and nearer. 1t
was gaining rapidly, and appeared
not more than 200 yards behind. As
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
GOSSIP.

America has 100000 working
women.
The Princess of Naples is said to be
the most beautiful member of reign.
ing family.
France employs over 5000 women
in her civil service, telephone and
telegraph offices.
Mrs. May Preston Slosson has beer
appointed Chaplain OF the Wyoming
State Penitentiary at Laramie.
The Princess of Wales has made
such loving hobby of music that she
plays with much skill the piano, har-
monium and either.
Mrs. Tower, the wife of the Ameri.
can Ambassador, has the reputation OF
being ono of the best gowned women
at the Russian court.
Miss Cree Stanley is the first woman
member of the Sidney (Australia)
Trade and Labor Council, being the
delegate of the Female Employe
Union.
The women who have interested
themselves in the case of Mrs. May.
brick are greatly disappointed that
Mr.. Choate had failed to obtain favor.
able action on her case.
The National Council OF Women OF
Holland is now fully organized, hay
ing adopted constitution and by laws
and elected officers. Mrs. Klerck van
Hogendorp is President.
Nine. Melba caught cold at boat
ing.party ON the Thames not long ago
and had to give up singing at Mrs.
Ogden Goelet's party, where she was
to have been paid $4,000.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has
received from the Dutch journalists
five large bound volumes containing
all the accounts of her cornation that
were written by the foreign journalists
who attended it.
The first Irish woman to be elect ed
municipal councillor is Mrs. Maurice
Dockrell, who was third in the polls
in the Blackjack district of County
Dublin at tho last elections, with nine
vacancies to be filled.
n Five women, Clara Barton, Anna
Bouligny, Margaret Chanler, Annie
Wheeler and Helen NJ. Gould have
received the thanks of Congress fol
their valuable services in the cause OF
mercy in the late war.
1t appears that Miss Enid Yandell is
not the only woman sculptor member
of the National Sculpture Society. In
addition to Miss Yandell the society
includes Mrs. H. H. Kitson, of Bos.
ton, and Miss Bessie Potter, who,
like Miss Yandell, now lives in New
York,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Carried se5, 900 in a Newspaper.

A quiet looking, smooth-shaven
man, with straw hat pushed back
from his forehead, registered from ar
adjoining parish at one of our big
hotels and laid package on the coun.
ter. The package was about the size
of an unabridged dictionary and was
wrapped up in an old newspaper that
bore tho stains of travel. 1t was tied
with piece of white cotton string.
II wish you would take care OF this
little bundle for me overnight" said
the stranger Cali right, sir" replied
the clerk, and reaching for the receipt
book proceeded to fill out q blank.
whats the value?" he asked me.
chemically. "Sixty. five thousand dol.
lars," answered the smooth. shaven
man in an off.hand tone. "What!'
gasped the clerk, his pen sverted in
midair and his eyes as round as cart
wheels. "sixty.five thousand" re.
peated the guest; "and, by tho way, l
guess III just seal up that wrapping.
1t seems about to fall off,"
He opened the paper and disclosed
rectangular block Of $40 bills, packed
as tight as sardines. They were nearly
all we'll worn, but nevertheless the
grimy mass looked strongly tempting.
Its tremendous potentiality drove a
spur into the imagination Of the dullest
chap in the corridor, and everybody
began to tell what he would do il he
were rich. Meanwhile the smooth.
shaven man readjusted the cover,
secured it with wax, pocketed his re
ceipt. and walked off. He was coun.
try banker bringing deposit to his
local correspondent.-New Orleans
Times. Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
A Hind Man nm Opticlan.

Blind people are often found in
walks of life where least expected,
and some Of their performances are
really wonderful. Who would think,
for instance, that one so affected could
follow successfully the occupation Of
an ortician, and yet some years ago q
man in Scotland did good business
in that capacity. He could grind and
polish lenses with the gpsatest aoour.
acy, and 1T them with q precision
truly wonderful; and II IL indeed 70.
markable, whom ono contemplates the
performance, that . blind man should
be capable Of selecting pair Of spec.
tacles to meet tho needs Of another
person whose eyesight was only lit.
tie defective.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Skau Gulls I,out the Eagles,

In Fonda, one OF the Shetland ISL
ands, the natives make business of
rearing skau gulls in order to rid the
island of the eagles that congregate
there and commit many depredations.
The magnificent red sandstone cliffs
that skirt tho northwestern coast be-
came favorlte haunt of the eagles,
and in this inaccessible spot they in
creased so rapidly that they became
q terror to the simple people-far.
mers and fishermen who dwell on
this isolated spot. The skau gulls are
also strong and fierce and the inveter-
ate foe of the eagle. In battle it is
the gulls who are always victorious,
and so the inhabitants of Fonda hit
upon the novel plan of feeding and
caring for the skau gulls, which,
though formidable to their feathered
enemies, are very eaceful and docile
when brought in contact with man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Gleanings From the Shops.

White cotton shirt waists are deemed
smaller than colored ones.
Much blue staff onery, with ant
without narrow white border.
Travellers safety pockets made O.
chamois and fastened with a patent
clasp.
Gray silk opera glass cases ant
shopping ~lgs showing effective stee
headings.
Ornaments for the hair made of very
small feathers spangled delicately will
silver or gold.
Broad showings of cycling outfits,
rs well as all kinds of leather goods
for travellers use.
Tiny watches with. vatican cases
having the dial surrounded with small
pearls OF rhinestones.
White chiffon parasols showing diff
ferent arrangements of fine BLACK
chantilIy lace inserting.
Novelties in feather boa clasps made
of gilt, silver and gun metal set Will
pearls, rhinestones and other jewels
Numberless wired ribbon and vel.
vet bows for the hair distributed
throughout the ribbon stock as sug.
gestions for use.
Fluffy parasols covered with chiffon
plaitings in contrast having handles
of crystal or pearl incrusted with deli.
cate silver tiligree. Dry Goods Econo'
mist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

Western newspapers are full o.
stories of Funston. Here is one that
does more credit to his capacity tc
"get there than to his ethics as an
angler. Ho was ono of seven Kansa.
university students who camped with
Chancellor Snow one summe" in Colo
RADIO. The waters were full of fine
trout, but the boys were not sufficiently
skilled to land ereush of them to
satisfy the yoracious appetites Of the
camping party.
One day, however, Funston took q
com,ade and started out TO do or die.
They went up the Big Thompson to a
place where very short fall formed q
pool below.
In passing up stream the fish jumped
this fall, and ut times as many as q
dozen were in the air ut once. With
u net the two scientific sportsmen
captured 312 trout in three hours, and
for the first time since Chancellor
Shows advent in camp he had enough
fish to eat. 70 get their catch home
the boys filled knapsark and game
bag and put the rest on two strings,
fifty on each.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

o'clock every afternoon for the mall
1t was on these journeys that l con-
ceived tho idea Of utilizing wind
power by means of a sail Oil my Wheel
Almost every young cyclist has at
tempted something of the sort, and
my first attempts were no more sue
cessful than the average. But after
few failures I improved in mechanical
skill, and was not long in discovering
that bicycle is almost as sailable as
boat.
The lateen rig seemed to offer most
advantages, and I strapped my mast,
4 six foot bamboo, to the head of the
machine so tightly as to make stays
unnecessary.
On the 18th of June, 1898, it was
hot-unbearably holland it had been
so for week. 1t was by no means
The sort of day one would select for
bicycling, but was especially anxious
to go to the postotflce, and in spite of
sun and dust I mounted my wheel at
half-past three and rode off.
In half mile I passed the country
school house, where my six.year-old
sister Ethel vas no. doubt just then
engaged in the perusal of the First
Reader. As she knew that I usually
returned that way at about half.past
four, she often waited for me after
school, when the weather was fine,
and she expected me to mount her
upon the saddle while I trundled the
wheel, to her extreme satisfaction.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Whnt Golf Form Is.

"Form" is everything in golf, as it
was thought to be in rowing aud other
athletic sports, until the youngsters
came forward who utterly without
form and merely by pluck and skill
won the laurels from the brows of
those who had so long worn them.
Whether or not form is all essential
in the modern game of golf will prob.
ably long remain an open question.
Whether it is right or wrong, with
professionals form is the whole thing.
BY this is meant not the appearance
of the player to the eye of the ordin-
airy spectator, but the correctness of
his swing and that particular attitude
OF his body when playing which ex-
perience has demonstrated to be the
proper attitude and the proper swing
for getting out of the game all there
is in 1.-THE Pathfinder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

1t has always been believed that as
mankind becomes mere intelligent lie
seeks to live in higher attitudes. Yet
the most intelligent races like to
build tunnels and many live in I'M
derground homes. In l., ndun Ia &c
tunnels have Ieen built, in B st II
one has just been completed, and in
Greater New York another is ab nut to
be commenced. In the salt mines ut
Cracow, the cal mines of England and
many mines in the United States,
Mexico and ether countries human
beings live underground and enj y
good health. There are more people li>-
ing underground today than ever be-
fore, and the number is increasing
YEARLY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

Thoughtless people in America
often snecr at duels as n harmless
amusement They are wrong and ey-
pose their own ignorance in doing So.
A duel took place Il few days ago at
Angouleme that narrowly escaped Il
fatal termination. Two editors =
one engaged as chief on Le Martin
Charentnis, the other ON the staff Of
La Charente got into journalistic
argument and insulted each other 50
generously that meeting with
swords was judged to lie indispensa-
BILE to regulate the quarrel. NJ.
Mairat, our confrere of the La
Charente, in stepping aside to avoid
his opponents thrust, by some acct
dent lnnged out aud ran one of his
adversary's secoAds through the feshy
part of his thigh. This brought the
encounter to an end, and proves that
even duels with swords may be
dangerous for onlookers. Paris Cor.
respondence in New York Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Young Woman Runs a Mill.

Miss Clara NJ. Stimson is a young
woman of Maine, who has shown that
woman can run shingle mill with
profit and satisfaction to her EN-.
ployes.
She is now assisted in her work by
another woman, who is lecturer and
reformer, cultured and travelled, but
able to put into her work real bust.
ness effort and ability. Miss Slim.
son S father was the owner of shingle
mill, and when lie died, ten years
ago, the daughter determined to keep
OH with the mill. She has succeeded
beyond her expectations, and now has
customers all over the country.
Her mill is ut Masardis, in the heart
of the lumber district. The machinery
that went into the building Miss
Stimson herself bargained for, max
ing better arrangements, it is said,
than any man had done in that coun-
try before. She is successful at the
markets in Boston and New York,
and visits them regularly. and she
rays contractors and laborers are al
ways equally courteous to her.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Collar and BELT Buckles,

So many dainty little devices are
necessary now in the way Of jewelry
that it would be hard for most people
If it were not for the importation of
the imitation jewelry, that is so ex-
tremely attractive nowadays.
Tho newest effects are in the belt
and neck buckles wora with the al.
most too popular shirt waists. Just
how to finish o shirt waist at the
throat and belt is always problem,
particularly if woman is inclined to
be stout. The broad belt and the
high stock collar are all very we'll for
slight young girls, but as shirt waists
are supposed to be correct for older
women, it is time TINT something else
was found to make them possible.
The new style of wearing belt made
of piece of soft satin ribbon quite
wide, and then putting the ends of
the ribbon into the buckle, is very
satisfactory fashion. The ribbon is
soft enough to draw down at the back,
where it can be fastened to the skirt,
thus avoiding tho ugly gaping apart
of skirt and waist. Tho buckle, quite
small one, can be in silver
studded with precious stones, or in
enamel, oxidized silver. or fire gilt.
The designs are charming, and the
buckles most expensive. These waist
buckles, however, are not so fascinat
ing as the neck buckles, which fasten
soft ribbon just at the throat. The
idea is to have piece of ribbon from
two to four inches in width and three
quarters OF yard in length, or even
longer if necessary, 80 that it will 60
around the neck twice. The ends are
put into this small buckle, which is
worn just ct the throat; little bow
of lace being put Oh underneath.
Tho prettiest buckles arc very
small, and are of gilt, sometimes
studded with jewels. They look par
ticularly we'll with the white peau de
sole ribbons. This style OF neck
wear is quite the coolest and most
comfortable yet invented. 1t is very
attractive when the neck aud belt
buckles match, but there is no law
that they should be in ono and the
same design.-Harper's Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02

Gus temperatures required by cheese
in it's differ ent stages.
If butter making is taken up rs the
chosen work of the dairy, the three
great points to be remembered. and
which require a mistress care, are,
first, the feeding OF the cows-that
only tho sweetest and best food is
given; then, to secure really uniform
quality OF butter, use a separator; and,
above all else. let perfect cleanliness
be the rule of the dairy and cowsheds.
1t would be great thing for the flu
ture OF butter if the milk from all
small diaries were sent to large fac
tories. AS it is, from the small diaries
with tneir two or three cows much Of
the bad butter comes.
1t is to be wished that there was a
keener interest among women in the
interesting and heslthful work of the
dairy farm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
A knOtty Problem,

"Biscome is peculiar fellow" said
Smith.
81 don't know him."
"You would find him amusing. He
moved out on the lake shore for the
summer and bought Jersey COW.
Then he hired small boy to drive
her up from the pasture every after
noon. One day the boy fell sick and
Biscome didn't know what to do about
the COW. He said to himself when he
looked ut her in the morning: She'll
certainly forget to C, me home If III,
boy isn't there to call her attention to
the fact that she has home Then
he looked ut the COW some more, and
pretty soon he stumbled on what
seemed to him a brilliant idea"
"Was it?'
"You must judge for yourself. He
tied knot in the cows tail to remind
her that there was something she
mustn't forget. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Now Slha.ie OF Gloves.

Truly heroic efforts have been made
n the present season to down the white
glove, and enforce the adoption of q
more serviceable, less expensive lux
Try, and number of women persist
wearing gray castor beaver for all
save social occasions of distinct for
nality. The smart new gray glove is
heavily stitched in white, has in place
If buttons a puckered elastic wrist,
md the three-inch length on the wrist
Odds back, as far as the base OF the
thumb, in a widish cuff. A revival
aus been successfully carried out in
.avor of the biarritz sack glove, than
which there never was more COM
,ortable hand covering ever invented.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-02
Dairyinu as Wo,nen's Work,

Lady Vernon, who is the daughter
of tho tenth Earl OF Haddington, is
deeply interested in agricultural en-
ployment for women. In order thor.
oughly to inform herself on this sub
ject she spent some time in Normandy
studying the methods of cheesemak.
ing. Her article is as follows:
Dairying in all its branches is pre-
eminently women 8 work, and it would
in many ways be better if more of the
charge of the cows and calves, as we'll
as the actual dairy work, was in the
hands of women. The question OF the
great difficulty of obtaining good
mixers would be easily solved il in
England, as in Scotland and Wales,
women were employed, and encour.
agement should be given to this work
by County Councils.
am often asked, Can dairyiug be
made to pay? and without hesitation
can answer in the affirmative. The
branch of dairy work to be adopted
must to great extent depend upon
the position of the farm. If near q
town. then milk selling is most profit.
able, but this has it's disadvantages
and expenses, and probably the most
paying line of work is combination
of butter and cheese making, with q
home sale of surplus milk. strongly
urge cheesemaking; not tho common
kinds, but the smaller make of Eng.
lish cheeses, and also the various
kinds of French and cream cheeses.
There are now several schools in
England where the process Of this sort
of cheesemakiug is taught, but ia
learn the art in perfection I advise q
short stay in Normandy at some Of the
splendid dairy farms that are to be
found there, for nowhere else can 90
thoroughly be learned the important
secrets Of the care needed in the vari.