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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Assorted Voices.

1t is a wclI known fact that voice,
differ greatly according to nationality
ami geographical position, Thus, in
Russia, one hears male voices whi,.
are absolutely unique in the lowue,s
of their compass. The Italians. on thO
other hand, are notable for their fine
tenor voices. Some Asiatic nations
according to Engel. sing in the shril
notes by straining the voice to MS
highest pitch; others delight in kim
of Vibrato or trCmOlandO. Some sine
habituaily in an uudertonr: others in
4 nasal tone. lichtcns,ein. in H.
scribng the singing OF a lottrnt"
congregation IN .louth Africa. observes
that among oil the singers, cunsistiuA
of about hundred IlOttentutS of bOth
SEXES, there was not one man with a
bass or baritone voices; all the m"H
had tenor voices. The Chinese voice.
seem to bear some semblance to al"
weak character of the people \ mi
naly man VINO had three years service
in the country declares that he never
once hcarl a .naman sing from h.
chest. -- Gentleman's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Tramps' Directions.

Take the one single incident of di-
rection of rendezvous, memoranda etc,
on water tanks and in stations. | have
looked for such with very small sue.
cess. considering the bulk of the le-
gends about them. though | have found
them. And although very striking
cases Of selection among houses for
begging purposes have come to my
notice, | have neve. yet found per
fcctly authentic instance of designat
ing mark. When. therefore, the resi-
dence of my friend, \. L., was visited
regularly, and that of his next door
neighbor. L. r., n lawyer, neglected
and that of his opposite ncighbor
Sheriff 4. NJ, stunned, l am confident
il is all due to oral communication.
And it shows what was possible in the
days before the telegraph and news
paper that when my friend Judge S.
patience finally broke down, and from
the defender of tramps in court and
their feeder at home. he told one of
them to let it be known from Hartford
to Boston that he would arrest the
next one who came to his door" inside
of forty eight hours the plague had
ceased.-The independent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Soldiers Homes.

The National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers at Washington, has
branches ut Dayton, Ohio; Milwaukee,
Wis; Togus, Me-; Hampton, Va; Leav.
cnworth, Kan; Santa Monica, Cal. {;
Marion, Ind, and Danville, III. Then
there are State homes in California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts.
Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri. New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Vermont, Washington,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. Disability
that prevents the applicant from earn
ing his living is Il common requirement
for admission. A veteran receiving n
greater pension that SIG month is in.
eligible, under ordinary conditions, for
the National Home; elsewhere the
practice varies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

have a chance at that drum. That's
to be reward OF merit IN the school
The best boy in each room will be the
drummer"
Tommy skunk away, an object of
renewed curiosity to half a dozen o"
his watching comrades.
"Whatr yeou rubberin' at?" he
growled at Clarence, the model pupil.
I'm goin' flick you tn first time yeou
beat the drum"
The next day the fire drill became
part of tho regular exercises. The
best boy in each room was intrusted
with a new drum and pair Of sticks.
The principal took them all in the
basement and gave them lesson in
beating march-time and quick
step. Tommy saw with suppressed
wrath that Clarence was the chosen
one, and as the good boy went past
his desk to accept the proud appoint
ment he saw dirty fist with q pro-
truding knuckle shaken threatenncly
at him.
I'm goin' flick yeou after school,"
murmured Tommy.
The fire drill proved n great delight
to everybody except Tommy and Clar-
ence. The former was devoured with
consuming desire to wallop the drum
mer, and the latter was hardly able
to keep time, so great was his dread of
the puissant Tommy and the promised
''lickin'."
Young Higgins kept his word too.
He whipped Clarence that evening
until the good boy agreed to give NJ
MS job as drummer. When Charlie
Jones, the secOndbost boy, took the
drum, Tommy issued another ultima
sum, with the result mat Charlie tear
iullN yielded the honor after first Sis
aiming Il somewhat vigorous pummel-
ing. No doubt Tommy would have
continued this line of action until the
drum had descended by inevitable
gradations to himself, but his teacher
found out all about it and Mrs. Hug.
gins was duly notified that if her
son persisted in his muscular pursuit
OF class honors he would be expelled
Now, If Tommy had any good quality,
which is more or less doubtful, il was
fondness for the poor old widow
who called him her baby" so he
promptly promised to quit ''lfckin'"
MS classmates, and she rewarded his
penltence with the girt of a new drum
This appropriate gift somewhat MA
Gated Tommy's disappointed venom
but it proved new source of annoy.
ahce Mt school. The boy insisted on
carrying II thither every morning for
the purpose, as he said, "Of shown
dem kids how t beat drum fur true
He would come to the school half nm
hour too early and march around the
building, beating all kinds of weird and
stirring music from his drum. When
the school-bell rang. he'd leave the
instrument with the fat old woman
who Kept the grocery next door, but
at recess. at noon, and in the evening
ne would reappear ready to challenge
everybody to n drum beating contest.
AS his skill waXcd greater his rivals
fell away and in due time Tommy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
DIR. David Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. Y.
came to be recognized as 9TH cham



came to be recognized as 9TH cham
poem"
Meanwhile the fire drills became less
frequent as the children became quick
and proficient in the mancuvers calcu-
lated to maintain order and safety in
case of fire. For Il while weekly
drills became the rule then fortnightly
then monthly, until, rs the warm days
came on and the fires in the furnace
We're allowed to go out, the fire drills
We're forgotten and dust began to ac.
cumulate Oh the class drums.
One warm May day sudden puff
of hot smoke swept IN through the
north windows of the building and
threw the school into sudden panic.
A rush Of cracking flames, the shouts
of people in the street, an explosion and
the sitting smell Of gasoline completed
the disorder. The forgotten school fire
bell did not ring, the teachers shrieked,
the children began to cry and rush for
the doors.
Tommys room was on the top floor.
His teacher, with forty scared young
sters pellmell at her heels, was rush.
ing down the steps when she and they
heard the first tap of Il drum. In the
whole building it was the only one
that sounded.
Rap Tap Rap-tap-a.tap."
Slowly at first, but with increasing
speed, loud, precise and vigorous until
every frightened child in the swarm
ing Railways heard it and instinctively
fell into the marching order of the al
most forgotten fire drill 1t recalled
the scattered senses of the teachers,
and its gay tattoo of rollicking strokes
seemed to mock at the fire. which was
now roaring into the north windows
and filling the halls with smoke.
The principal and teachers and the
awe-stricken children who first gained
the street and saw the fire department
attack the burning grocery store could
hear the wonderful vollcys for minutes
after they We're safe. The drummer
seemed in haste to escape, and the eX-
posed wing of the SchOOlhouse was all
ablaZe when he, the last of all,
marched out to the music Of his own
making.
1t was Tommy. They all chcered
him as he arrived ON the sidewalk,
and the women We're for kissing him.
but he seemed in 10 mood to quit
drumming. On the contrary, his stub
born, but ambitious mind seemed bent
on Il further display of his ability in
this line. He acted as though it was
his last chance to appear to advan-
tnge. ana he was rubbing it in on
the whole gallery of his rivals, his
teachers and the principal. So he
struck a few fancy measures. and,
perhaps with a furtive anticipation Of
an enforced vacation, made them as
merry as drum can yield.
Nobody ever could convince Tommy
that he was hero. But when school
reOpened he was permanently "class
drummer and nowadays even the
stern principal is lenient with the law
less boy.-John II. Raftery, in the
Chicago Record Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Manure and Fel filters,

No advanced agriculturist would
ever suggest TO Il farmer that he
should not use manure, for such al.
vice would be wrong. Manure con-
tains plant food, as every farmer
knows, but it is also valuable rs Il
mechanical agent in the soil. The Oh
lection to the exclusive use Of manure
is that farmers do not have suttic-
ency, and their farms deteriorate, al
though they use all the manure made,
owing to their selling off the farm
more plant foods than they apply to
the land. 1t Is also possible for the
.armer to purchase concentrated feed
ing materials for enriching his manure
and also for providing for the live
stock, but the best and surest way to
make larger crops, and ut the same
time maintain soil fertility, Is to use
fertilizers with the manure. When
this Is done all the problems of COM
plete plant food, humus and the me-
chanical condition of the soil will soon
be solved, for the combination is one
that cannot fail If the weather con
ditiOns are favorable. as the manure
will be present in the soil to perform
its part and the fertilizers will be there
to reinforce the manure.
Farmers must give more attention
to the preservation of their manure i'm
order to prevent loss of some of its
most valuable cons, ituents, and they
must throw off their prejudiceS
against the use of fertilizers. 1t is
true that the manure apparently costs
nothing, while fertilizers must be pur-
chased, but the expense at the be.
ginning of the year must be compared
with the possible harvest later. If
the yield OF Il crop can be doubled by
the addition of fertilizer to the land
then the fertilizer will really cost
nothing, as it will pay for itself in
The extra yield. The object of farmers
should be to increase the Yields of
their crops, whether they have enough
manure or an insuificiency, as the
profit is always greater when the
yield is large, provided prices do not
affect the result, and large crops mean
fertile ilS.-Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Last of Jack the Ripper"

A Bolton correspondent telegraphs:
James Ellington, the hangman, whose
death took place Il few days ago. de-
clared that he never hanged anybody
with greater satisfaction than he did
DR.. Neill Cream, whom he believed to
his dying day to have been Jack the
Ripper" DR.. Cream did all he could
to delay the execution, and Ellington,
becoming impatient, suddenly pulled
the fatal bolt. AS he did so he dis
tinctly heard Cream Say. ~ am
Jack" and believed in another sec
ond he would have confessed he was
Jack the Ripper Certainly. as Bill
lington put it, we never heard of the
Ripper decentralization Chron-
icle-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
WINTER USE OF A wHEELBARRow.

easily shape hardwood plank like
the above cut, the width of the wheel
rim. a blacksmith will shoe it with
iron for Il small sum, or the hardwood
runner can be used without shoeing,
The side pieces are made of iron one
eighth inch thick ana one inch wide
and fastened by either bolts or screws.
a particularly handy feature of this
winter wheelbalrow is the ease with
which the runner can be removed If
necessary. For instance, in bringing
wood on the snow to Il shed, the run
ner is used to the door, then by Il back.
ward turn of the wheel the runner is
removed, and the load may be wheeled
the remaining distance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
EIGHT MILLIONS,
\ Black Man Finds the Largest damon
In Iho MOrIl. Tho rriCr Mr snld IN For.

~ bIn'k wan iinNS the Largest Diamond
In the world. The Price lie sold iI For,
Some years ago Mt Kimberley, South
Africa, black man found what l. said TO
be- the largest dilmond in the world. He
GOT for It blanket. horse and five hun
lrod dollars, After cutting mot vet donc)
II will be worth eight millions. Up to this
time 1t has proiitri nobody hut the man
who found it. 1t might rs well have been
u cracked bottle for all the good it ever did
or is likely to do. Now, there ARE various
things but wait a moment, Perhaps the
most useful medic ne known is the nf,r
one called Calcu a-Solvent. This is a broad
assertion to make, but fncts seem to bear it
mt. Lit" most momentous incidents the
he discovery Of Calcura-Solvent happened
When it was not expected. For many
ears DR.. David Kennedy had been search
NJ high and low for combination of
ar Mess drugs that would really purify the
blood and relieve and cure our familiar dis
asses, such as rheumatism, complaints of the
liver and kidneys, and the nervous dis
orders that make the lives of hosts of people
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
ola vs.. Now strnwberrN Hcds.

II does not pay TO use old strawberry
beds If new one can he started every
year. If Il variety gives good results
Two years In succession II does well,
but too much labor is sometimes re.
qurcd to keep an old bed clean An
old strawberry bed should be plowed
under aud used for some other kind OF
crop that requires the hoe, which will
prepare the ground for II new straw.
berry bed the following spring.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Exercise For Sheen In Winter.


The sheep should like most other
animals, have II certain amount of
exercise in the winter as well rs the
summer. Close sheds and small yards
are among the chief causes Of all dis
eases of sheep, excepting, possibly,
those that are due to stomach worms
and the grub in the head Fevcrs,
constipation, shedding of wool, diff
Guilty in lambinc and lambs of weak
constitution are more often result
of Il lack of exercise than of lack of
food or any other cause. Even the
evils of Overcrowdng by having too
many in one flock are less when they
can have Il run in the fields every day
that they can 80 out without getting
the fleece wet. We used when we
kept them to take out their fodder
and roots in the day time nd scatter
on the SNOW, rods away from the
sheep shed. that they might travel to
find it. 1t might nave been some
trouble, but there WHN not much waste
of food, and they always seemed bet
ter for the travel. This has seemed
to ui to be one of the possible diff
cul'ies in the way of growing fall or
early winter lambs in the Northern
States that could be only overcome by
having the ewes in small fiockS and
ample shed room in which they could
exercise. Farther south. where the
fields are seldom covered with snow.
We should expect better success with
winter lambs, and we look for those
sections to make as strong competition
with the northern sections that now
produce them as Southern truck
farms have made with Northern
greenhouses and hotbeds OF early
veSeta Dles.-The Cultivator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

work, she wanted to keep him off the
streets and incidentally, she wanted
him to learn something. Tommy's
teacher had many reasons for wishing
Mrs. higgins would keep him at home
From the pedagogical point of view,
Tommy was Il Scour%c. Then he didn't
learn anything. or, if he did, he con-
trived to keep he fact rclgiouSly con-
cealed from those concerned.
The only time he ever showed any
-erious interest in the school exercises
was when the fire drill was introduced
and when he found that the children
were to march out of the building to
the beat of Il drum he Sncakcd shame
facedly up to the principal and hold
ing his tattcred cap in his dirty hands
behind him. said:
Mister Morgan, sir, kin | please
beat the drum"
The astonshcd principal fairly glow
cred at TOmmy's audacity.
"What" he snapped. you beat the
drum? Why, sir, you've been on the
truant list four times this month. No,
indeed, you'll have to improve your
conduct very much before you can
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depressed and miserable. Several times
DR.. Kennedy thought he had succeeded
but experiment showed that something was
yet wanting. So he continued TO work,
watch and wait Edison did when he
was looking tor the delicate thread you
see in the bulbs of the incandesceut cleo
trlc light. The story is too long to be told
here, Int at last DR.. Kennedy came upon
the ingredients needed the missing links.
The road was smooth after that, and be-
tween two and three years ago he present.
ed the world with Calcura Solvent, IA
treasure trove moro valuable than the
5000, 900, 900 in gold which was dug out of
the soil in Bendigo and Ballerat. There
are not II dozen drugs or medicines on earth
that do what they are said to; or within
thousand miles of it. That is, curative
mtd'ciHo-not poisons. OF drugs that
harm and kill there is II terrible list. Man
kind would be better off if they could be
wholly and finally destroyed. The mission
of the nem medicine Calcura-Solvent (stone-
DISCOVERY is to bless-not to curse. You
know the complaints that SOW pain and
death among us; every day you see them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
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die. heavy brace as shown in the
drawing. If the shelf be Il long one
two braces should he used. On the
back side of the shelf two hooks are
slip over the top board OF the fence,
The one here shown is made for Il
board fence but 10y varying the form
of the hooks and the brace it may be
made to suit any kind of fcnce.-New
England Homestead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Human Bones and Human Character

A well known scientist asserts that
the bony structure of man gives firm
ness of character. The great causes
in developing large bones are the pro-
portion of lime in food and water,
kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, IA
nous for tall men and fine horses.
are underlaid with lime rock. and the
water supply is largely impregnated
with lime. SO the grains grown in
these States contain large proportions
of lime, the food of the bones
Strength of bone structure is said to
be allied TO honesty and reliability of
mind. The prominent bones in Lin
coins face and body are cited to prove
the bone-honesty theory. The physi-
ognomists say that large men, whose
bones bear Il full proportion to the
other parts of their bodies. will be
found to be decided, firm, honest and
enduring,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
JAMIE HAS TOLD ME HE LOVES ME
ny CHARLES M'ILvAINE.


Whirr, whirr, spindle an wheel,
Naebody knows the rustlin' feel
Stirrin' an whrrin' me down to the heel
For Jamie has told me he loves me.
Flax, thread, trcadle an a,
Rinnin' an bouncln' an tcarin ava
Is naethin' to what's in my noddle at q
For Jamie has told me he loves me.
Snap, break, a things in mix.
Tange an knots in dell o a fix
Like to my heart wi its bletherin' tricks
Since Jamie has tod me he loves me.
Whrr, whirr, spindle and wheel.
A is now rinnin' as smooth as an eel,
For | know | love Jamie clear down to
my heel,
An Jamie has tod me he loves me.
The Delineator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
A Winter WheCIbarro w,

A most unique, ingenious and handy
device Is an attachment for a wheel
barrow. one adjustable runner is
made for the wheel, which is held in
place by the slight pressure Of the
iron sidepleces ON the rim. Anyone
handy with Il saw and Jackknife could
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
A Movable shelf,

All farmers have frequent uses for
shelves about the place out of doors.
The illustration shows one that is
where Take II plank. rather heavy.
and of any dimension desired, and
fasten to the under side, near the mid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
the Children's Home, in New York. Cur,
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Tecthing Disor-
ders. move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 50 900 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen :. Omstead, Leroy, n. Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

Brooklyn, MY. Feb. 20. The activity at the
laboratory of the Garfield Tea Go. is furt her
tions; over Three Million Families used Gar
field Remedies last year This vast public
approval speaks well for the remedies. They
are: Garfield Tea, Garfield Headache Pow
dcrs Garfield Tea Syrup, Garfield Relief Plas-
tiers, Garfield Bcll0lonna Plasters. Garfield
Digestive Tablets and Garfield Cold Cure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

No matter what aiIs you, headache to n can
Ger, you will never get well until your bowels
are put right. CAscAEErs help nature. cure
you without II grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to
start getting your health back CAsCARETs
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up III metal
boxes, every tablet has G.. G. c. stamped Oh
it. Beware of limitations
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

Mrs. Winslow : Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamna-
ton ,allays pain cures wind collie 25c a bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22
Soil For Bulbs.

Cured or dried COW chips, broken
into bits, make the basis of the very
best soil for bulbs, whether brdded in
the open or grown in pots. After the
litter from the COW stalls is in place,
mix with it in the black loan and
half decayed leaves from the forest
or from under Strawberries, vines or
trees. Old logs turned over, old stumps
Knocked away, and the line of old
fences, furnish splendid vcgeta Die
loan, rich in the phosphatcs. Mix it
with the COW chips, and have silver
sand to put directly under the bulbs,
and the soil will be ideal. This COM
post is rich and warm. life giving and
vitalizing, but light and porous.
The mulch over beds or borders of
bulbs, as well as over pots and boxes
is one of the finest auXiliares OF the
soil. Cow chips, crumbcd fine, forest
leaves and chip dirt make good
mulchcS. Leaves are likely to blow
about in heaps unless weighed down
by chip dirt or COW stall litter Cedar
and pine needles are fine for mulch
ing They lie Hat and are not dis
turhcd by the wind. The black loan
under pine needles is fine, also, for
mulchng. Out of door mulches ought
to be several inches deep. uphravals
are common in weather that freezes
and thaws alternately. When these
uphcavnls occur, Il mulch prevents
destruction to the bulbs. A rich mulch
not only protects the bulbs by regu-
lating the fluctuations of the weather,
in its effects upon the bulbs, but helps
the soil, as all it's fertility washes
down into the soil that covers the
Oulbs.-Agricultural Epitomist.