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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
A Tragedy Of the Wires.
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=" HE was only child Of seven.
~ teen years when she sat down
the little station at Sussex to
send her first real dispatch. She never
forgot that first message nor the fright
ened. hesitating manner In which she
slowly pounded out its dots and dashes.
to city firm ordering a car load Of
Ice. She was fearfully ratified. and
the operator at the other end had to
break in three or four times before
the short message was understood.
where's ]. KIP" asked the city op-
orator. when the girl had finished her
message.
HE took a night off. I'm just here
10 take his place for one night. I'm
beginner It's my first real work."
"Your first real message III bet"
ratified the key.
How did you know" The fair
haired girl was blushing now; was
1t so bad?"
The sounder laughed for nearly
minute and Helen didn't know whether
to get angry or smile, too.
you're all right, II. NJ" resumed
the expert, "all right little girl"
How did you know I was girl?"
the new operator pouted, with puz-
zled frown on her pretty forehead.
"Oh, that's easy. They all send alike
at first"
"Oh, thank you!" pettishly.
keep cool. little girl, keep cool"
ooh. I'm not angry" The scared girl
was afraid she was offending the mer-
ry fellow at the other end.
THAT car load of ice'll be along pref
ty soon. You ought to be able to keep
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Rig Eeayer Dam in Maine.

The biggest beaver dam ever seen
in Maine is now attracting hundreds
of people to Caribou, on the Aroos-
took river. Two miles from the vii
lage the beavers have built dam of
logs and mud $50 feet long, turning
the river back upon the lowlands for
distance of three miles, and thus Great
ing great lake.
Trees foot in diameter have been
cut down by the beavers. the branch
es trimmed off, and the trunks in some
mysterious name: brought to the dam
and submerged. The dam is better
than many on the river that have been
built by men, and the Caribou people
are rather proud Of it. Over 1000 bea.
vers have worked hard on this job for
several months. and they will be al
lowed to remain in possession all win
ter.-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Pruning Old Apple Trees.

Professor Taft. in the New York
Farmer, says that it is we'll to go slow
in saving off the lower limbs in neg
lected orchard sufficiently high to per-
NIT cultivation. The injury might be
greater than the benefits that could be
secured from cultivation.
Ordinarily the best time to prune old
trees is just before the growth starts
in the spring, but as this is generally
a busy time on the farm, the work may
be done in the late fall or winter. If
the branches are not frozen when the
pruning Is done the injury will be
slight.
If the trees are making rank
growth and are unfruitful, it will Of
ten be found advisable to delay the
pruning until the last of May. Then
the trees, being in leaf, will be sub
iected to check and the formation
of fruit buds will be promoted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Unable to Stand For Months Because OF
Sprained Ankles.
CURED BY ST. JACOBS OIL.
(From the Cardiff Times.)

tFrOm the tAfulH llncb')
Among the thousands of voluntary endorse
ments Of the great value OF st, Jacobs Oil for
sprains, stif and soreness, In that of Mrs
@. Thomas, 4 Alexandra Road, Cell, Ysbrod,
near Pontyprdd, South Wales, who fays--
at IL with great pleasure that add my will
Ing testimony to the Invaluable excellence OF
your celebrated st. Jacobs OIL ~ experienced
In my own case. | spraned both my ankles
In walking down some steps 80 severely that
was unable to stand for several months. The
pain suffered was most severe, and nothing
that used helped mo until applied 81.
Jacobs Oil, when they Immediately became
better daily, and in a short time was able to
70 about, and soon after | was quite cured.
am now determined to advise all persons suf-
fering from pains to use this wonderful rem
edy, which did SO much for me-"
Mrs. Thomas does not enighten us as to
what treatment she pursued during the
months she was unable to stand, and during
which time she was suffering SO much, but we
venture to suggest that had she called in any
we'll known medical man he would have at
once have prescribed st. Jacobs Oil, for 1t has
conquered pain upwards OF fifty years, ana
doctors know there ia nothing 30 good. The
propriotors OF ST. Jacobs Oil have been award
ed twelve gold medals by different intsrna-
tion,l exhibitions as the premier pain killing
remedy OF tho world The committees who
made the awards were in each instance COM
posed largely of the most eminent medical
-
not know the high opinion in which st. Jacobs
Oil is hold by almost every progressive med
zeal man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
ClOseness and Thrift.

Two prominent Wall street brokers
while at luncheon at the Hoffman
House INDUCED in series Of good
natured recriminatiOns about the ten
denotes of each to refrain from spend
ing money. One said to the other:
II don't blame you for being close.
1t is in the family. Why, l remember
your father when he ran grocery
store. He was SO close that II ny
settled in the sugar barrel he used to
catch the fly, dust its feet off with a
broom and let 1t CO."
SOP said the other. "You needn't
get chesty. Your farmer was a farmer.
I can remember when he raised bees.
He made those poor bees work hard
all day, and. not satisfied with that,
he crossed them with lightning bugs
and made them work nights"
That's right" said the first good
humoredly. 1.-THE old man was n
thrifty chap. Why. 1 remember when
he crossed strawberry plants and milk
weed and got strawberries and cream"
New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
WHAT PEOPLE EAT.
Some Curious Insect Dishes for the
Allaying OF the Appetite.

Allaying OF the Appetite.
The ancient 1sraelites ate 1ocusts,
fried in oil, and many modern travel
ers in Africa have pronounced we'll
cooked locusts to be both succulent
and nourishing, with something of the
taste of boiled eggs. The old great
philosopher, Socrates, who knew sew
eral things, considered dish of we'll
cooked grasshoppers to be more tooth
some than quail on toast, and the
French army in Alglers found that
grasshoppers, simply boiled in salt
water, were not only good eating, but
valuable addition to army diet, and
the old campaigners carried the GUS
tom back home with them, so that to-
day grasshoppers are valued in many
French provinces as an article of food.
In Poitieis, France, the children catch
grasshoppers in the fields and eat their
legs raw. The natives on Lake Nyassa
Africa, catch in nets small flies called
the koungo and make cakes Of them
They are said to have the taste of
caviar. In many of the South Sea is
lands spiders are the chief table deli
cacy. In portions of Central and South
America caterpillars are choice titbit
and have been approved by some tray
elers who have tasted them. The
French bon vivant enjoys his dish of
| snails and in many French country
| districts a cricket called the cockchafer
is regarded as excellent food In fact,
a resolution once offered in the
French senate, to provide funds for the
| destruction of the cockchafer because
Of its injury to vegetation in certain
| seasons. met with strong opposition
from many learned senators because of
Its value to the people as food prod
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
"Turn" and "Cue."

As rule Il performer waits for his
turn in the wings, having already
been called from the dressing room.
The word is almost exclusively in this
sense used in the music halls and on
the variety stage. On the stage prop
er--the word cue is used. An actor
waits at the wings for his "cue,
which is the last word of ~ actor
or actress speaking. which gives him
his entrance, or which. supposins him
the perfOrmer-to be on the stage,
indicates to him that it is his turn
to carry on the dialogue and the ac-
ton OF the play. Extra turn" al
most invariably means that a new
performer is having his first public
trial at that particular house. If he
goes we'll he is tolerably sure of secur-
ing an Engagement Notes and
Queries
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

We are informed by an expert who
has given four years to gold mining
in the northern part OF this country,
after years of experience in the work
elsewhere, that there is practically no
longer doubt that gold may be mined
here at a profit Gold there is in
abundance, but the problem has been
to perfect a process that shall make
mining profitable, and this appears
to have been reached. If results in
practice proved to be as foreshadowed
by laboratory tests then the success
of the venture is assured. And if it
be once demonstrated that gold mill
ing here can be made to pay, then are
we likely to have a great influx of for
tune seekers. for the yellow metal has
always proven to be a drawing card,
as witneA california, Austalia South
Africa I'd later the ice-bound
territory of the Klondke.-B
AyreS Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

Most of the insects common to house
plants dislike tobacco as much as does
the clearly housewife. The best way
to use 1t as an insecticde upon window
plants is to secure a good handful Of
tobacco stems, place them in an old
basin, pour boiling water upon them,
and let them stand for several hours.
len drain off the liquid into basin
or tub deep enough for immersing the
tops Of your plants in, and dilute 1t
with warm water until it shows only
a faint tint of brown. Then take up
the plants one at time, and hold
them, tops down, in the water, wash
ing them clean.-Ladics' Home Jour-
nal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
An Intelligent POnlle.

"Have animals reasOn?" was one of
the questions raised by Lord Avebury
in an interesting address given at the
London Institution, and certainly il
seems hard to deny to the intelligent
poodle Dan, with whom Lord Avebury
experimental, some glimmering of the
faculty which is said to separate men
from brutcs. Dan was able after
time to distinguish between the nun.
Der of cards Inscribed with such sug-
eestive words as Food" Tea"
Water" and when he required any
thing. to bring the right card. Lord
Avebury thought it was hardly posi-
bic to study closely communities OF
ants without allowing that they were
possessed of reasoning powers i'll some
degree and even of moral feeling. On
the other hand the professional cater
pillar appears to be an insect of Il very
low order of intelligence. Professional
Caterpilars when out for an expedition
weave a thread, by which they find
their way back. and small party was
Il flower pot, and round the top. He
then cleared away the ascending
thread. and for eight days did those
caterpllars walk round and round the
top of the flower pot, following the
circular thread which remained, until
they dropped off from fatigue and ex.
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

What can we 10 Aor? We have learned
much. We can mitigate and modify all
Diseases and many We can cure. A sick
body is worth more prospectively than 1t
used TO he. Once, when bucket brigade
WIS the highest form of fire organization,
the flames usually had their own way.
Nowadays CAT least in large cities) disas-
trous fire is rare. Great medical progress
marks the age. Now and then II discovery
like that of the new medicine known Ms Cal
cur,-Solvent shines in the sky like newly
created star Diseases of the blood, liver,
kidneys, yield to- il, and cures of nervous
affections are made that astonish the doe
tors us greatly us they delight their patients.
1t proves that one more wonderful secret
has been surrendered by nature for the
good of mn The elements of Calcura-
Solvent have not yet been made public, but
it is certain that the day when the dis
coverer, DR.. David Kennedy, of Kennedy
Row, Kingston, N. Y, came upon them
was fortunate one for him and for the
world.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Increase of Population.

The increase of population during
the last 100 years of people of Euro
pean origin, according to Sir Robert
Gittin, the famous English statistician.
has been from 17OOOO,OOO at the be-
ginning of the century to 51O,OOO,OOO
ut its close. The growth of the United
States alone has been from little
over 5,oOO0OO to nearly SO,OOO,OOO. The
English population of the British En-
pire has increased from about 10000
200 to 55.00O.00O. Germany and Rus
STA also show remarkable growth, from
100000 to ~. 100000 in one case, and
from 40,OOO,o0O to 135,0OO.O00 in the
other. France has increased from 25.-
100000 to only 40,OOO,OOO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
ct. The palm worm of India, a white,

uct. The palm worm of India, a white,
oily insect about three inches in length
is considered delicacy by the natives,
whether eaten raw or cooked in vari-
GUS ways. 1t is sometimes united with
flour and made into cakes, or its oil is
extracted and used as the base OF
gravy and sauces as an appetizer with
other food products. The white ant Of
India and Africa, fried in butter. is
also choice article of food. In Aus
tralia the larvae of the horned cater
pillar are regularly sought for food.
They are found in decaying trees and
have value and flavor according to
the species OF tree they have been
taken from. The natives eat them raw
but the civilized tribes prefer them
fried. We can imagine the lady of the
family. with her market basket, dick
ering for her favorite brand Of cater
pillar eggs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

Some idea of Earl Cadogan's wealth
may be gathered from the fact that
some thirteen or fourteen years ago
he expended S1.Oo00o on the purchase
of the Clifford estate, in Suffolk. and
the rebuilding of the house. Shortly
after this he presented an extensive
site in Chelsea, known as Blocklands.
to the Guinness Trust. for the erection
Of workmen's dwellings. 1t is proba-
BILE that during the next few years his
wealth will be doubled.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure il the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much faithin
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
New York city OBJ
iects to Boins Ruled
by Country Losisla-
tors. - - - -
City Versus Country

the general trend Of feeling In the
metropolis to be in favor OF change.
DR.. Parkhurst says: There are
three reasons why feel like advocat-
ing the opening of saloons on Sunday
In the first place, a little law, an i'm.
perfect law, If enforced, Is far better
than an ideal law that is utterly
ignored. The excise law Is case In
point, as everyone understands. In
the second place, 1t would take out
of the market of crime one Of the COM
modities in which the police are at
present dealing and from which Tam
many Hall is deriving much of its rev.
enue. In the third place, 1t would be
dealing in what l consider would be
perfectly square and honorable way
with our German citizens"
Rev. DR.. Rainsford, pastor of St.
Georges Episcopal church, says:
Il have been advocating for the last
twelve years that the peculiar condi-
tons of our people OF New York city
make the opening OF the saloon on
Sunday.
A Social Necessity.
The saloons of New York should be
opened ON Sunday at meal time and
in the evening. I deplore that 1t
should be thus, but conditions cannot
be changed. and we cannot conquer
them by ignoring them. l was oppos-
ed to the Raines law from the first.
and | believed that the Raines law
hotel would be the source Of almost
infinite mischief, as they have since
proven to be"
Bishops Potter and Huntington,
leading Episcopal divines, have placed
themselves on record as favoring the
revision of the excise laws.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Volunteers on the Ice.

During the severe frost of 1850 a
numbcr of Lincolnshire Volunteers con-
ceived the happy thought Of carrying
out their drills on the ice, says an
English magazine. Three companies
of them accordingly put on each man
his skates and met at Stamp End Lock
on the Witham River December 20.
Here they performed the movements
of their drill as firmly and precisely
AS on land. Then, rites in hand, they
skated in fOurs to Boston, keeping
time and step with remarkable skill.
Other musters took place, all success
fully carried through. The men could
do the march past in line and in col
umn and at the dolble eXcellently, the
only thing that troubled them being
the marking Of tlTe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Baleful Ignorance.

Little Willie-"Paw, WHARF is tn
Isthmus us Panama." Father-"Th'
Isthmus OF Panama? Willie, do you
mean to tell me that you've been
studying grammar two years and don't
know where the Isthmus of Panama
is! II you amt able to conjugate the
Isthmus OF Panama for me by tomor-
row night I'll make you go to bed at
6 oclock!'-Ohio State Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

During the cold season plants are
placed in the cellar TO remain until
,pring. 1t is not required for them to
grow, hence at no time should water
be applied to prevent the soil from be-
coming dust dry. Keep the plants
back in growth as much rs possible
until the time comes to place them
outside in the spring. The tempera-
ture Of the cellar must also be consid-
e:ed. as too much warmth is not con-
ducive to success with plants stored in
winter
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
One Fruit Growers Method.

A strawberry grower found that by
removing one-third of the berries from
the vines, allowing only the best to
grow, he got one.third more berries
by measure, and that when sold in
market they not only paid for the la
Dor, hut increased the profit. This
fact demonstrates that If farmer or
fruit grower expects to secure good
prices he must give extra labor, which
will be more than paid for in the crop.
The experiment made with strawber-
res may also be made with other
fruits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
THE HEART OF THE WORLDS DESIRE

Somehow there's always a statesman
To. guide our ship Of state.
The kings OF the world are many
And 50 are the sons of fate,
The wonderful untamed masters
Who harness the sky's wild fire;
But let me whisper secret
The heart of the worlds desire
Is not in the child OF genius,
Nor yet in u royal masque;
The heart of the world is yearning
For the man who sings at his task!
Enough Of birth and genius,
Which dazzle our tired eyes!
Let us turn, like simple children,
Wherever the sunlight hes,
And praise, as king and master,
Where no deep shadows Turk,
The man who teaches freedom
The man who sings at his work!
Clinton Dangerheld, in Success.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Deyreps Of SllrCcSs.

NO" said Lowe Comedy. the show
uiun't 10 wvN at DauSNNho. They rot
ten-egged us there
so" remarked Hi Tragedy "And
did you larry at all at Barntown?'
Eyes, and we Jared much better.
They used fresh eggs there. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
The Swiss Teach Democracy.

The Swiss girl is taught to be humble
and practical from the moment when.
at the age of 4, she enters the infants
school, until at Is, when she returns
finished from pension. There is abso.
lutely no difference between the treat.
ment of the masses and the classes
They sit together at school, are taught
the same subjects by the same masters
receive the same punishments and the
same praise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
We ARE AFRAID OF IT.
And with Good Reason. We; Science Does
Much tn Abntc Its Former Trrrors.

And with Good Reason. We; Science Does
Much Ia Abatc Its Former Terrors.
"All men, says an eloquent writer,
''nre afraid of disease and have ever been.
II is the one universal enemy of our race.
II pains ii kills. For ages it has been a
mystery il is n mystery still. The nature
of it has puzzled the brightest minds that
have ever delved into it. Definitions are
almost as numerous as doctors, and seldom
do two of them agree. But tie thing itseJ'
is always before us-always with lis. It'll
the purveyor of death and plays Into his
hands. OF all who die the majority die of
disease. Consumption alone carries of one
seventh of mankind. Save for the disease
the average of life might be one hundred
and fifty years-possibly more. Men have
always been fighting disease and trying to
understand it. What have we learned
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Habits,

Ned was watching grandpa put on
his shoes. "Why did you turn 'em
over to shake 'em before you put 'em
on?" he asked
Ibid IL" said grandpa.
"Why, yes, you did; but didn't see
anything come out. l have to shake
the sand out of my shoes most every
morning"
Grandpa laughed. 81 didn't notice
that shook my shoes, Ned but l got
in the habit of shaking my shoes every
time before putting them on when ]
was in India"
"Why did you do it there?"
"TO shake out scorpions or cent?
pedes or other vermin that might be
hidden in them"
But you don't need to do it here
for we don't have such things"
81 know. but formed the habit; and
now l do it without thinking"
Habit Is queer thing; isn't it?'
said Ned.
Its very strong thing said grand
pa; remember that, my boy. a habit
is chain that grows stronger every
day, and 1t seems as if bad habit
grows strong faster than a good one.
If you want to have good habits when
You are old, form them while you are
young, and let them he growing strong
all the while you live.'-Mayhower.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
Winter Tourist R..e.-s...on 1901 1s

Winter Tourist Kstes-ssason 19O1-19Oe.
The Southern Railway, the direct route to
the winter resorts of Florida, Georgia. tbs
nounces excursion tickets will be placed on
sale October 18th to April S0th, with final
limit May 81, 1902 Perfect Dining and Pull
man Service on oil through trains. For full
particulars regarding rate, descriptive matter,
call on or address New York Once, 27l and
1885 Broadway, or Alexis. Thweatt, Eastern
Psss Agent 1855 Broadway.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
An Ideal Yachting Life.

An ideal yachting life is that lived
by Russell Gardner, a wealthy Mis-
sissippian. He stays on his luxurious
ly fitted boat, the Alice Mary, almost
all the year. In summer he goes
north. In the winter he cruises on the
Gulf of Mexico,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21

Iyp.kiiled Labor Wage Ratio In Spain.
In Spain man who works on q
farm receives about rs cents. In the
vineyards wages range from IA cents a
day for women and boys to q cents for
unskilled men, and to AZ to Sc cents
for those upon whose skill the whole
responsibility Of the raisin crop
rests.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-21
5HoRTICUCTUREy
Il A9B|IS a. - Il
IT, &&M ~
The Peach Tree Borer.

An enemy of the peach tree is borer
which eats its way into the twlgs
near the end of the seasons growth,
killing the twig at that point 1t then
burrows in the forks Of the tree and
remains until spring, when 1t enters
upon new campaign.