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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

at his plate was unread Mr.. LenOX
liked his morning paper at first hand.
Ga this morning his selfishness was Il
kindness to them since they could not
know the news that awaited them.
The family consisted of two young
daughters and Mrs. LcnOX, a nervous,
fretful-looking woman, who had
master. There was a boy who was at
college, who had the distinction of
being the ''son Of DOmbey" LenOX.
Much was expected of him as sole heir
to the honors of his house. He had
seen his mother bullied and his sisters
browbeaten all his young life. and he
had his own ideas of life and liberty.
where was father last night that
he should be so late at breakfast"
asked one of the girls.
HE attended meeting of the Eel
lowcraft Club and gave talk on De-
vclOpment by Grace last night, and
naturally is tired this morning." said
the mother, fretfully adding: IL wish
he would be more punctual."
''Do say grace, mother, and let us
eat. | shall he ferociously wicked all
day If have to wait another moment"
this from the youngest daughter, a
merry maiden of fourteen.
He came in at that moment with a
churlish good morning." and the vig0r
with which he pulled out his chair and
dumped himself into it savOrcd strong
ly of i'll temper. For what we are
about to receive" was delivered in the
same wax spirit, and was followed by
a grumbling complaint because the
breakfast was cold. This incident
being disposed by new supply of hot
food there was the usual breakfast
chorus of rafting dishes and spoons,
and rs Mr.. LenoX fed himself with one
hand he turned his paper with the
other Suddenly he gave savage eX.
clamation. and. pushing the table from
him. nearly Overset it, when the front
door opened quickly and tall youth
entered hastily in outing costume. car
rying n valise in his hand. He did not
look at the women of the family, but
walked directly to Mr.. Lenox.
Father" he spoke in manly way.
but with strained. harsh voice. II
have been expelled. 1t wasn't any
thing bad-only some foolish tricks
we played on the professors. There
were five others-I was not the only
one. l asked their pardon and it will
just be suspension. but | am as sorry
as | can be. but 1t was not meant for
harm-nothng but little fun"
His mother had risen quickly with
the single word, DAVID One of his
sisters took his valise from his tremb.
ling hand. The other gave him n
chair. The father alone relaxed not Il
muscle.
so this comes of all we have done
for you? A disgrace that will follow
you to the end of your days, 1t is writ.
ten here-here where all may read and
know what my son has achieved"
The human document before the an.
CRY man seemed To shrivel us the cold
sarcastic tones and the scathing words
fell on the air.
Forgive me this time, father. am
not Il thief or a murderer. l have not
hurt any one-only played foolish
trick that night helped to hoist a
calf to the lecture room Of the college.
We did not hurt the dumb brute-we
tied the dinner bell to its neck. dare
say the professors themselves cut IN
such capers when they We're young
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
SE3B932;

X RECENT news Item to the
~ effect that several students
NJ We're expelled from one of the
minor colleges of Ohio for
FRANKS on Halloween night is of more
than passing interest to all who are
struggling with the great problem of
education. One naturally infrrS thai
these students had not done anything
hopclcssly bad or criminal. The coun
try is not agitated over the details of
their FRANKS. They possibly broke the
college rules and were in disgrace with
the faculty to he so arbitrarily eject
ed, but there is Il confession of weak
ness in the government of the college
dictators who could not enforce their
own rules. Men of experience and au-
thority who send boy culpritS home for
discipline which was lacking within
the college walls are exploiting the in
adequacy of their own educational
methods. Where were the professors on
witches night. when the spirits OF mis-
chief are abroad and license Is per-
mittcd for pranks? Why were they not
larking with the boys, renewing their
own youth and keeping the father of
the man within bounds? The revival.
lists method of salvation instruction
for the overflow" would be good for
some of our educational institutions.
Develop them into semi-savagery by
hazing and football; goad them through
their classics with whip and spur, but
have pity on them when they overflow
the rigid bounds prescribed by ethical
laws. and think twice before you cast
Il hoy loose on the world.
History repeats itself. Here is a true
story that fits this occasion. 1t hap
prned dozen years ago:
The family of Hiram LenoX, Prrsi.
dent Of the Home National Bank. Vice.
President of the Pennsylvania Natural
Gas Company. sat mt breakfast wait.
ing for the head of the house to ask Il
blessing on the food before they ven
lured to eat. His domestic laws. like
those of the Modes and Persians. We're
observed by his family as II matter of
personal safety for that good man
could make 1t exceedingly uncomforta-
bic for them If they transgresSed.
Therefore the oatmeal and coffee grew
cold waiting and the newspaper folded
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Huge Telescope.

There has just been completed at
the Fulton engine works. in Los An
geles. Cal, huge telescope. minus the
two 36-inch lenses, for the Lick OBJ
servatory on Mount Hamilton. The
tube is 40 inches in diameter and IS
feet long. The instrument will 60 to
Chilli and stay on some Andean peak
for three years for observation of the
southern heavens.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
An Aristocratlc Boat.


the year, hundreds of them moored to-
gether in rows after rows, forming
small towns, with streets and yards,
in which children and dogs romp and
play A picturesque sight it is, re-
sembling in many respects the sampan
villages OF China.
They are people by themselves,
these boatmen and their families, and
have their own ideas of what makes
a home. Through the curtained win
dows you catch glimpses of cosy par
lors and kitchens. Green plants in
flower pots and birds in cages are also
visible. Most Of the cabins are divided
into rooms. the parlors with carpeted
floors, and pictures decorating the
walls, and more than few have
shelves of books. Occasionally a cabin
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

The clock at the Greenwich observa-
tory is the most important one in Eu-
rope, for it furnishes correct time all
over that part Of the globe, says the
jewelers. Review. 1t is. therefore,
looked after and regulated with the
greatest care, and Is never allowed to
get more than one-tenth Of second
fast or slow.
or course, 1t is impossible to correct
so small an error by moving the
hands. but an electromagnetic serves
the purpose The magnet is near the
pendulum, which 1t attracts the least
bit when the electrical current is
turned on.
The current is so timed that it delays
the pendulum If the clock Is fast, or
ouickens it If the clock is slow. In
this way few thousand swings Of the
pendulum will correct the error of a
tenth of second.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
New York.


The shah is absolutely ruler within
his own dominions and master of the
lives and goods of all his subjects.
The whole revenue of the country be-
Ing at their disposal. recent shahs have
been able to amass large private for
tunes. That of the present occupant
of the throne is reported to amount
to about $50 100000, most of it repre-.
scented by diamonds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

1t is told in the feudist country that
certain man had Il wrong against
another, which could only be wiped
out in blood. One day this man saw
his enemy, and though 300 yards sepa-
rated them, he raised his rifle aimed
at the heart of his victim and fired
The man fell dead, but when the STAY
er approached and found that his Dul
let had fallen one inch he was greatly
chagrined and loudly expressed his
l.eslies Popular Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

County President OF W. Z. L. w., hansA
City, Mo.
with a softly breathcd blessing from
the lips of thousands upon thousands
of women who have been restored to
their families whcn life hung by q
thread. and by thousands of others
whose weary, aching limbs you have
quickened and whose pains you have
taken away.
~ know whereof speak, for have
received much valuable benefit myself
through the use Of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
for years | have known dozens OF wo-
men who have suffered with displace-
ment, ovarian troubles, alterations
and Inflammation who are strong and
we'll to-day, simply through the use OF
your Compound. "-MRs. H. +. ROBERTS,
l4O4 Niece St.. Kansas City, Mo. -
$4,000 forfeit if above testimonial Is not genuine
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pink
ham. She will understand your case
perfectly, and will treat you with
kindness. Her advice is free, and the
address is Lynn, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Fly. CHENEY h Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j Che
ney for the last Is years and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any oblisa-
ton made by their firm.
WEST 4 TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
wALDINa, KINNAN&MARyIN,W Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Not only on the Chinese river
Yangtse are floating villages found;
further than within New York harbor.
Not ten minutes walk from the Bat
terry, at the old Coenties Slip hundreds
of families spend the winter, listening
to the swirling waters Of the East riv-
er around ard under their home until
the incoming swell rocks them to sleep
of nights. Here it is that the canal
boats are tied up for five months OF
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Spearing Carp

Farmer boys throughout this and
other states are having sport spearing
carp. The fish are not protected by
law for the reason that they are be-
coming so numerous as to be nui-
sance and since they grow to great size
their spearing at night by the light of
a lack" makes exciting sport-New
York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
A WINTER DAYBREAk.

The cock crows in the windy winter morn,
Then must | rise and fling the curtain
by,
All dark but for strip OF fiery sky
Behind the ragged mountains, peaked and
torn
One planet glittcrs in the icy cold,
Poised like hawk above the frozen peaks;
And now again the wild nor''wester
speaks,
And bends the cypress, shuddering, to
his fold,
While every timber, every easement creals,
But still the sky.arks sing aloud and
bold;
The wooded hills arise; the white cascade
Shakes with wild laughter all the silent
shadowy glade.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Cullf,,rnin.

Year round Excursions three times per week
without chang" ffom Washington, u. c, t.
Los Angeles and san Francisco. Personally
conducted. Berth 800
q, G, DANIELS, Nrw England Passenger
Agent, 23S Washington ST Boston.
T., T., CrRRlrR New England Agent 40
Washington ST.. Boston,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
MRS. H. F. ROBERTS
Says to All Sick Women: "Give
Mrs. Pinkham a Chance, /
Know She Can Help You %
She Did Me-"

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM: The world
praises great reformers; their names
and flames are in the ears Of erybody,
and the public press helps spread the
good tidings. Among them all Lydia
E. Pinkham's name goes to posteritY
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 20th.-For many years
Garfield Tea, The Herb Cure, has been earn
ing II reputation that is rare-itis universally
praised This remedy presents unusual at
fractions to those in search of health it is
made of herbs that cure in Natures way-by
removing the cause of disease it is pure it
cleanses the system, purilies the blood and es-
tabiishes IL perfect action Of the digestive
organs; it is equally good for young and old.
Experiments have demonstrated that
doors of wood covered with tin resist fire
better than those made of iron
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

VUrK HH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
who, with the earnings of cruise or
two on blue water, have invested in a
barge, settled down and become semi
landlubbers. The majority have been
farmers up the state, but life on the
canal has made them semi-nautical
All Of them together, they form a
happy colony.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Many School Children Are Sicily.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children'1
Home, New York, break up Colds in "a hours
cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed
free Address Allen S OlmSINl LIE Roy Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

No matter what ails you, headache to n
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsCARETs help nature,
cure you without gripc or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
CARETs Candy Cathartic the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Nothing makes a woman quite SO mad
as to be told that some other woman Is
sorry for her husband.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

On the inside cover of Il newly de-
signed watch n thin pocket is pro-
vided having an open centre and n slot
in one side for the insertion of photo.
graph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Publ,sh Names Of Absente es.

At Salta in Argentina list OF boys
and girls who have failed to attend
school is published in the newspapers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Denmark leads toe world in per capita
interest IN agriculture, Each nhahitau,
hls on IN average u capital OF SiSi invest
ed IN farming,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

The street accidents OF London
amount to about $500 year nearly
10 day, NRi
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Mrs Winslow's thing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infammn-
tiOn allays pain cures wind collie. 25c a bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

AT the Italian restaurants Il small dish
of Parmesan or grated cheese is put on the
table with the soup tureen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FApFIHss
bNrs, rs they color all ilbers at one boiling.
Sold by nll druggists,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

\ German tourist IN Korea writes that
the usual hlIl at fare consists OF dog meat,
rice and beans
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

The United States produces about four.
ftthS OF the total OF corn reported for the
whole word.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25
Huge Iron Pillar in india.

The largest wrought iron pillar is al
Delhi, in India. 1t is sixty feet high
and weighs seventeen tons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

A misers face is like bank note, every
line of it means money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Numbers of men like to lean on other
men
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Youth strews flowers before beauty, old
age throws itself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
.. ENDsLEY Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-01-25

FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 93lArch st. Phila., Pa.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-25
FLOOR PLAN OF HENHoUsE.


ting, but the dust box is separated
from walk by doors made Of matched
boards or sheathing and is practically
dust tight.
The second part, or scratching house,
is 1Sx12 feet, with ~ feet posts, and
has one-half of the roof of glass, also
the side down two feet, and one-half
Of the end. Running along the glass
side the entire length, and level with
bottom of glass, is a box three feet
wide and six inches deep, containing
soil in which lettuce, radishes, ETC.,
are planted. This is shut off from the
chicken and protected by q door
which is made of poultry netting. Here
the hens live mostly in the daytime. 1
keep the floor covered four or five
inches deep with straw, leaves or
sawdust, and scatter the corn, oats or
wheat in this and make them work
for it. The entire house is underpinned
with brick extending 21s feet below
the surface of ground and six inches
above. Both houses have ventilators.
Ny yard fence is built of posts ~
feet long, made out Of old one-inch
iron pipe, sharpened out at one end
SO they can be easily stuck down into
the ground. Five-foot poultry net
ting and bottom board II inches
wide was put on. The fence is easily
and quickly put in place and can be as
easily moved to pillow, Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-25
POULTRY PARAGRAPHS.

The smaller the poultry quarters
the cleaner they must be kept.
After scalding poultry wrap for
five minutes in a heavy blanket. This
steams and loosens the feathers.
Care in emptying all water vessels
in the evening saves labor in the
morning, and loss from broken pans
and fountains.
Have all your henhouse doors, win
dows and gates fixed so there will be
the. least possible chance for slam
ming or rafting.
You need not expect hens to lay
in winter, when ''eggs are eggs
If wind and snow drift through the
chinks of their houses, and the dis
consulate creatures stand in bumped.
up punches Of misery warming first
one foot and then the other under
their feathers.
If big snowstorm happen along
take your snow shovel out and pile
the snow oil around the lower part
Of the poultry house. This will add
to the warmth inside and keep out
the searching winds that make the
floor 30 cold. When thaw comes
make gutter to carry the water
away from the house.-Farm Jour-
nal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-25
LINES SHOW AGE OF EGG.

about % degrees Baume and one gram
Of concentrated salicylic alcohol. A
fresh egg, it is stated, will go to the
bottom of this mixture and lie there in
an almost horizontal position. An egg
from three to five days old will be at
an angle Of about 20 degrees; an eight
day-old egg will describe an angle of
As degrees, a 14-day egg, of 60 degrees,
and q three-weeks egg will take .
position corresponding to 8. degrees.
An egg four weeks old will stand up
right on its pointed end; an egg Of five
weeks will be suspended in the liquid,
and an egg beyond that age or foul
egg, will swim on OF near the surface
Of the liquid.
If these statements prove true, this
apparatus will prove to be useful for
cooking, preserving, Matching and all
other purposes. The glass face of the
containing vessel is graduated to indi-
cate the aforementioned Degrees
Chicago Daily News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-25
PROFIT m BRRKREpmG.
10 otheP Auxillasy Farn lnAsse.
rays Better RetuRns IL Dolloru
% In En9oynent.

The inquiry Of how much profit there
10 in bees il Of frequent occarrenee.
The lack Of knowledge in handling bees
and the value Of the bee 40 money
producer is astonishing. Very few
persons know whether hive Of
bees will produce . dollars worth
of honey in season OF $40 worth.
Mrs. Gertrude Vandergen, in recent
number of Farm, Stock and Home, In
discoursing on this subject, says that
the bees will pay 100 per cent. on the
money, time and labor invested in
handling them. IfIhad the persuasive
power, says Mrs. vandergen, would
go to every farm, and if in some shady
nook L did not find the little indus
trious bees working for their owner
while they boarded themselves, I would
go to the master of the farm and tell
him how my husband bought two col
onies for me in the autumn, and how
they gave me 145 pounds of honey.
For what I sold of this honey I got
Is cents q pound, but for what we
kept and consumed in the family, we
got more than that in health, gratifica-
ton of the appetite and other enjoy
ment.
The next summer took two colonies
out Of the cellar. They were very
strong; from these ten swarms were
hived, valued at an average Of two
dollars each; 1855 pounds of honey
were produced, which sold at an aver
age of IA cents pound. Ignorance,
poor hives, moth-miller and robber
bees spoiled five of the weaker colonies.
Three doubled up; this left four ex-
ira strong colonies worth at least four
dollars each. Now, DO you think the
bees paid for the nectar they slipped
out of the white clover of the pasture.
artichokes and vine flowers? Could
we have sold it to any purchaser for
so much?
I am positive that If one had only
money enough to purchase one acre
of land and seed it with clover and
buckwheat, plant some fruit and
Eastwood trees, then purchase few
colonies of bees in the fall when they
are cheap, in few years he OF he
would realize q fine return from the
investment.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-25

The weather certainly was queer for
the last day ofsDecember. The sun
shone brightly down on leafless trees
and brown fields, and fresh warm
breeze blew from the south making it
like day in late September. The
wide expanse of meadows and wheat
fields stretching away back of the
dozen farm-houses that composed the
tiny village seemed to be basking in
the mellow, hazy sunlight that covered
the whole landscape as with garment.
With sigh Miss Julia Hunt hung the
yellow almanac behind the shining
stove IN the kitchen, where yellow al
MANAGES had hung for more than fifty
years, and then went to the dining
room to pack away her precious china
and ornaments.
"There's one thing" she said to
Mary Finnegan, the maid Of all work,
"those boys are not going into the
parlor. I'll lock the door tonight and
not open it till they are gone. I'm
mot going to have my mothers furni-
ture scratched and spoiled by q lot of
city boys. It was very, foolish of me
to promise Louise that would enter
tain part of permission class of news
boys and bootblacks, but she begged
so hard that couldn't help it.. She
says one day in the country is like a
glimpse of Heaven to those half starved
little creatures, but I'm afraid it will
not be like a glimpse of Heaven for us.
I had planned to have Mike take them
for a long sleighride in the bob sled,
but here the weather must turn as
warm as May and spoil my plans. II
we get through the morning, we shall
be all right, for have tickets for the
entertainment at the school-house in