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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

snow, see what cruel, bad girl
you have been. You have hurt Its poor
little wings, and no man can ever
mend it, God made 1t, and no one has
ever discovered its pattern. l can doc
tor dogs and cats and children, nut I
don't know how to cure butterflies.
Put it on a flower and see IL 1t Will get
well. Dear me. what naughty girl
you are" said Auntie Violet sadly.
Dorothy sat down OH the grass and
began to cry In n sorrowful way, ana
VIII tried to console her, bat she
sobbed for a long time to herself. Then
she went to look for the butterfly with
the broken wing. 1t sat very still ana
auivered sometimes as IL in pain. Then
she talked to it in grooming baby talk
and lifted 1t up tenderly and TOOK
1t in the house and put it on gerani-
UNI in her mothers window.
The next morning Auntie Violet was
watering the flowers and picked up the
little butterfly and took it and showed
it to the children.
q "Deadw said Auntie Violet. Dead
Poor little innocent butterfly that never
harmed anybody" And she kissed the
little white wings and laid 1t away
among the flowers.
The tears came to Dorothy's eyes and
she said: do you s'pose bod will for
give DorOthy?"
1t seemed sad lesson for one so
young, but Auntie Violet took her in
her arms and kissed her and said she
believed God would forgive all little
girls who truly repented.-Chicago
Record Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
A Four- FOOted RObber.

"A paper carrier came to me the
other day." said a Harlem policeman,
"and told me that somebody was steal
ing the papers left on certain door
step every morning before the sub
scriber had chance to see them.
The man living in the house hauled
the carrier over the Goals and &C.
cused him Of not giving him his paper.
! watched the house.
The next morning l saw the car
rier throw the paper in the yard, and
concealed myself on the other side Of
the street.
I'm few minutes big black New
foundland dog climbed over the fence
from the adjoining yard and picked up
the paper In his mouth. He then
jumped over the fence and ran through
q back yard.
THE next morning waited for the
four-footed thief and gave him q ,repri.
mand with my club. Since then ne
has left the papers alone. New York
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
The ,Joyous Farmer.

This is the season Of the year that
the farmer arises at four q. H., builds
the fires, milks the cows, feeds the
horses, Stops the pigs. waters the
ducks, awakens the hired girl at five
a. ~. eats breakfast, harnesses the
horses. plows till noon, eats dinner and
reads letter from his son. who is In
college. calling for SIT more for ''neces-
sary expenses" resumes his blowing
till five p. M, eats supper, then plows
till shutdown. puts the horses to bed.
milks the cows, goes to town to at
tend the meeting and to send the
money to his son, returns home and
goes to bed at eleven p. m.-Councli
Bluffs QOwa) Nonparell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Here is game that gives one some.
thing to do and at the same time an
opportunity to exercise ingenuity and
taste. Get some stiff cardboard. the
kind that has one color on one side and
another on the back. II you want to
use cardboard taken from old paste.
board boxes, color the sides with waite:
c0lOrs. Then cut out two squares, one
an inch square, the other an inch and
three-quarters. Cut one OblOng an
inch and half long and one-quarter
Of an inch wide and another three
inches long and half an inch wide. Cut
out two circles, one an inch in diameter
and the other an inch and three-quar-
tiers in diameter. And finally two tri.
angles an inch and quarter and two
inches and quarter at the base. The
more colors you have on these pieces
the more combinations in mosaic you
can make, and If you wish you may
add to them by making other circles,
etc, of various sizes. II you have
made the parts well. cutting the edges
perfectly. the pieces will fit together
exactly and all kinds Of pretty and
amusing figures can be made on the
table or floor of the playroom. A few
of the funniest combinations are
shown here, but you will be able to
make all kinds of things for yourselves,
houses. churches, ladders, lanterns,
wagons, forts and boats. 1t would be
good practice to try to copy some
pretty picture from newspaper or
magazine with mosaic cardboard, and
perhaps you will be great maker Of
inlaid work some day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

The residents Of Ephraim, Utah, the
agricultural centre of San Pete coun-
ty. where the crops last year were
completely ruined by grasshoppers,
have adopted a novel method Of ex-
terminating the pest, which ~ again
threatening the crops. A series of
entertainments has been arranged, the
admission to which Is one half bushel
of grasshoppers. The first entertain
ment-a dance--was held, and rs half
bushels Of grasshoppers were present
ed to the ticket man at the door. AT
ter the dance the choppers" furnished
fuel for bonfire to properly top of
the occasion.-San Francisco Chron.
}cle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

sssssssssssssssss.s
Mrs. X. Schneider, 2%O9 Thirty seventh
Place, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"A(ter tsktm0 severaL remedies
1tfhowt result, / boOan II January.
1901, to take your valuable remedy,
Perwna. ,0Gs q ooas Photo Wreck.
Had psipttatfOn Of the heart, cold
hands a nd tset. female weakness. no
appetite. trembling, sinking feeifnO
nearly all the time. You said scas
s~0ertnO s0t h systemtc ca'arrh, and
! betteUe that received pour help IN
the ,stck Of time. 1 followed Jour
directions on rel ulivand eau say to-
day that am veil aga In. IcGnnof
thank yoa. enough Tor NV cure. I
VtiL aIUav W be your debtor. IhaVe
already reoom mended Per,ina TO
my friends aud netg'bOrs and theN
oil pra tse II. Wtsh that all suffer-
ing sOomen would try IL. TESTIFY
this according to tho truth. ''-Mrs.
4. Schneider.
Over half the women have catarrh in
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

to pry them out of her hands. She
cried and screamed and struck him In
the face.
"But. baby darling, auntie won't love
you II you kill the butterflies" said
VIII.
EYES," said Dorothy; then she
screamed and made hOrrid face. and
jumped straight up and down In the
grass till sis lost her balance and
tumbled over While she lay there q
butterfly few in her face and got tap
gled in her curls. She sat up and be-
gan laughing, while the tears trickled
down over her cheeks.
snow me dot one! See, see. It owes
me-" she laughed.
Then Auntie Violet appeared on the
scene.
"Why. my darlings, what are you
doing with so many white butteriies?'
"Nothin'," replied Dorothy, as she
held her hand behind her back.
eyes, she is, too, auntie; she has one
in her hand now"
"Tut, tut" said auntie. "come here
dear, and let me see II you have hurt
It,"
NO." said Dorothy.
"Wull, won't love you Bit" re-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
A Mica Veil Instead OF Goggles.

A Paris milliner has invented mica
veil for automObllists. which is said
10 be great improvement over tine
goggles hitherto used as a protection
to the eyes. 1t is intended chiefly for
women, who generally object to the
beauty-marring effect Of goggles. The
veil consists merely Of a sheet of mica
In the form Of visor, attached to the
cap, and set close to the face.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

pepsia. Hardly one person in q dozen
escapes indigestion in some form. Here
are small bundle of the signs You may
know it by: A sinking. all-gone feeling, as
If you were about to drop and faint away
a sense of worry and vexation in everything;
q feeling of being nervous, upset and I'D
getty; bad taste in the mouth and no APP
petite; gnawing feeling at the pit of the
stomach, as If some minute living animal
had taken up his abode there dullness
Of the brain and melancholy; and a
general low-toned condition. This is the
state of things that DR.. Kennedy's "neo
medicine" Calcura-Solvent, cures. If the
testimony of all the people who can testify
to this were printed in this paper there
would be small room for news and editor
ials. If, furthermore, there Is n medicine
that is worthy the abused name "speciic,"
probably it is Calcura-Solvent. 1t some
how contains the secret of healing-the
thing men have been chasing after ever
since the age of miracles died out. How
DR.. Kennedy got hold of the principle of it
he has never told US. And 1t makes no diff
ference. Get the medicine Of your druggist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
SEAlSKINS IN SUMNER.
People Who Know Nothing about Fl0wcri
The Bliss Of Ignorance.

IeOple w no nupW rioWorns
The Bliss Of Ignorance.
It is no use praising the odor of roses to
q Greenlander. Flowers mean nothing to
a fellow who wears sealskins in the sum-
mer time. Definitions don't come from
dictionaries and schoolmasters, they come
from experience. People who never had II
a pain or an ache in joints or muscles, what
is tho use of talking to them about the
agonies of rheumatism or rheumatic govt 7
None, of course. But to the tremendous
company-men, women, and alas children
too, who are racked twisted and tortured
by rheumatism, to them ! commend what
Mrs. Mary Scott, of Burlington, ILL.,, says:
my son, young man Of twenty-five took
Calcura- Solvent, the ne,o medicine discov-
cred by DR.. David Kennedy, of Kingston.
N. Y, for his disease and in q short
time it cleared all the rheumatism out of
his system and left him wholly free from
it," This common and abominable COM
plant arises from poisons in the blood,
bred by fermentation OF the stomach; the
original cause being indigestion or dys-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
The Chlnch hug.

The Ohio Experiment Station rc.
ports that the chinch bug Is especially
fond Of nlllet and similar grasses, and
where wheat fields are Infested. II
will be well to SOW a narrow strip Of
millet between them and other crops.
A strip of millet two or three yards
wide may be sown by the side of the
corn field next to infested wheat or
oats, and when the bugs have taken
possession of 1t the millet may be
plowed under with jolnter plow and
the ground narrowed and rolled. thus
burying the bugs. Another method is
to plow a deep furrow across their
tracks. as they travel from field to
field; the bugs in this furrOw will
have difficulty In getting out and may
then be killed by sprinkling them with
kerosene emulsion. This may also be
used where the bugs have attacked the
outer rows of corn, using spray pump
and throwing 1t with sufficient force
to wash them off the corn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
! Farm Topics
Cleaning Out Nests.

The only way to clean out n nest
should the contents become soiled. IL
to carry the box outside. burn the
hay, then dip sponge in kerosene,
aud apply lighted match to the box,
first rubbing 1t over with the sponge,
The oil will burn over the box for Il
few minutes and then cease. II there
are any lice they will have but a poor
chance. II an egg Is broken In the
nest. the result Is usually lice. unless
the nest is at once cleaned, The best
mode is to begin anew, with the box
very clean, and fresh.cut hay OF straw
put In.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
Milking.

MIXING
In milking do not use milking ma
chine: they do not give good service,
and in time injure the COW, besides
causing her to dry up more quickly.
The hand method Is the best. The
mixer should work both hands rapidly,
keeping up constant flow until the
udder Is empty. when, except In cold
weather. the milk will be crested with
fieecy foam. Cleanliness Is one
great point to keep In view. The best
time to milk is either before or after
feeding, never while the COW is eating.
Do not draw the milk with down.
ward jerk: 1t irritates the COW and
often Injuries the udder. Fill the teat,
and with firm pressure OH the last
three fingers. empty it. drawing slight
ly on the teat and udder at the same
time; so proceed alternately with
each hand until the supply Is exhaust
ed. The COW should be MIXED regu-
larry and stripped quite clean. The
milk should be strained into cans and
then set into cold water as fast as
the cows are MIXED. For butter let
the milk set at least twenty-four
hours; thirty-siX hours is the time in
which all the cream will rise. In
SWIMMING, the cream should be taken
off early In the morning or after sunset.
b. l.. Morris, In The Epitomist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
pePyersity,

This is a remarkable climate" said
the tourist.
ut is" answered the old nettler
Ever since l have been here I have
wondered how a climate could change
60 many times day and every time
for the worse. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
Laden Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures ollen. hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails. corns and
bunions. At ali druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
The human Voice.

The scale Of the human voice, from
lowest bass to highest soprano, is four
octaves. The average voice has only
IL notes. .
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
VIII PlOw Dozen.

When the Beers get back to farming
they will do well II they make burrows
with the same facility that they made
history.-Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
Fading Grit or ShalIs.

The illustration shows a handy box
for oyster shells or grit. 1t is filed at
the top and is self.feeding. For winter
use as grit nothing is quite so good as
the small quarry stone fragments
which may be obtained for almost
nothing at any stoneyard. These are
kept on hand, sifted to the right size
at the poultry supply stores and are
now quite commonly used by the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

best professional poultrymen. If there
is no quarry or stoneyard nearby. d
grit that will answer very we'll Is a
barrel or two of gravelly sand, some
of which should be shOveled into the
coop every week or two in winter.
Oyster shells are not hard enough to
take the place Of grit.-New England
Homestead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Dorothy was quite big girl. She
could creep about on the grass and
could stand "alonie." One day drove
of white butterflies came to camp out
on the lawn. and she got up and ran
after them. clutching them in her
chubby fingers and holding tie tiutter-
Ing things up to Will, ana saying,
"See, see, buerfies."
But Brother Will ran to her and tried
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Mrs. winslow's Sc othing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc. bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

There's difference between having
something to say and having to say some.
thing
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

FITS perman emily cured. No Ats or nervous
ness after irst days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. t2trisl bottle and treatisefree
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 98l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Poachers using small explosive, bombs
have killed q great number of salmon in
the River Dee, England.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

piled auntie as she sat down to her
needlework.
In a few minutes Dorothy came up
close to her knee and said: "See,
auntie; pretty"
But 1t would be prettier flying In
the air." answered Auntie Violet.
So Dorothy opened her chubby fin.
gers and let It 60. but 1t was crippled
and could not fy and fell In the grass
at her feet
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

The prospector who hopes to strike
oil is q we'll wisher.-Philadelphia
Record,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

8. Z. Coburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes: II
find Halls Catarrh Cure valuable remedy"
Druggists sell IT, 76c,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Tigers killed 357 persons and psnthers
295 last year in the Indian Central Prov
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for oil affections OF throat and lungs.-wn.
U. ENDsLEr, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
Merrill,s Foot Powder.

An absolute euro for all foot troubles
Guaranteed to stop oil odor and excessive
perspiration. Brings rod, burning, smsrting,
tired and tender feet to u perfectly normal
condition. A superior toilet article for ladies'
This powder does awav with tho use OF dress
shields. Druggists. or sent direct In hand
some sp indie top tin package for 26c
EDWIN F. MERRILL. Maker, Woodstock, VT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Chuck-chuck has become q rival to
ping-pong In Berlin. 1t Ia sort of in
door curling. NE2S
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Kamskatka has many volcanoes, the only
ones in Russian territory that are still &C.
tive,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

When We owe people money we
realize thLt patience Is o virtue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

The average duration of life In towns is
calculated at thirty-eight years, in the
country Fifty Ave years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

The law IL always respected BY the
man who feels that he is q law unto
himself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

About 100000 pineapples, worth
about $260.0OO. are exported from the
Bahamas every year. '"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
EXPECTATION.
The man with expectatio

The manwit The manwit expectations
In gloomy, OF the skies
May still May still hoping
Along the tolsome When around him
my own come to me- be IN there,
day III claim the Where .
That the And all the fair"
mi
Be realized still Beyond grave, still
him to labor He with faith bravey
Up hill Face fearsome i'll!
' S f. Kser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19

Satisfactory experiments with oil fuel
for fire engines have been made by the
London City Council.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-19
AGENTS Wanted

To make $1,000 q day selling "Cyclone" Rotary
Hand Fans. Greatest seller known. Big profits
Write today for agents terms. Sample postpaid
twenty-five cents. Enterprise Mfg. Co.. ia Lake
ST.. Chicago. .r. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-23

Growing Roots Prevent Washouts.
The earth will be more difficult to
wash away in case of an overflow.
Dur illustration shows a levee which
IS intended to apply this idea on a
more extensive scale, to conf1ne
liver safely within the entertainments,
80 that there shall be no danger of
It's breaking through the walls. John
Patten of New York City has OBJ
aimed a patent on this form of en-
oankment, and has designed several
methods of planting which are capa-
ole of holding heavy body of water
n place, the one shown having the
trees set in curves, with the earth
serraced up to the proper height.
Another design contemplates the for
nation of power canal along the
Top of the levee to a point where the
fall to the main body of water would
be sufficient to run dynamo to fur
aish power for operating boats and
trolley cars. It is not intended that
his levee building shall be done hur-
riedly, but that the deposits of soil
carried down by the current shall
gradually fill in around the roots
until the embankment rises and con-
fines the water in a narrow channel,
thus affording access to otherwise un-
available land without danger of over
dOw in floods.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-23
Meteorjc ELECTRICITY.

We now know quite accurately the
nature of lightning and the method
If production Of the enormous electri-
:al pressure exhibited by the flash.
When clouds are formed by the con-
1ensation Of very minute drops of
water from the vapor in the air, ,un-
Ter certain conditions these drops ex-
1ibit small electrical charge. AS
he drops coalesce the capacity in
:reases less rapidly than the quantity
II charge, for the reason that two
1rops Of equal size, when they flow
:ogether, produce one of only slight
y larger diameter, and the capacity
S determined by the diameter On
his account the drops formed by the
lowing together of the small mist
PARTICLES, long before they attain such
size as to be precipitated as the rain,
acquire an electrical charge of enor
nous voltage, sufficient often to leap
distance Of mile through the air.
This must correspond with pressures
only to be indicated by millions of
Folts.-Electrical Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-23
She Runs an Enuine.

In the city of Cleveland lives the
only woman engineer in the. country
"a Mrs. Marten, who understands the
business thoroughly and gives excel
lent satisfaction. She recently took
the place of her deceased husband and
has been faithful to every require
ment of the place thus far ~. WI e. -
Mrs. Marten had often been her hui J.
bands helper in his work, and 10
learned the ms and outs of his trade.
The day after his death she went to
the Office Of the building and asked for
the position that had been her hus
band s.. The owners of the building. ::
knowing that the family was in poor
circumstances and that the woman,
from her familiarity with the engine.
was capable Of holding the position,
gave her the place at the same salary
:thatthad been earned by her husband.
There is a janitor in the building who
carries the coal, but Mrs. SMarten han.
dies. the shovel and does not shirk4
any task. She keeps the engine-room.
as spotless as such a place can be-.
and the engine shines like new piece.
of mac hinery Chieago Chronicle ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-23
LIFE AFTER DEcAPlTATION.
F french Physician Asserts That Death
Is Not instantaneous.

French Physician Asserts That DeatF,
Is Not instantaneous.
Considerable attention has lately
been given in France to the old ques-
ton as to whether death follows in
simultaneously upon decapitation. A
French physician asserts that it does
not In his opinion the blood which
flows after decapitation comes from
the large vessels of the neck and there
is hardly any call upon the circulation
of the Uranium, says the London News,
The brain remains intact, nourishing
itself with the blood retained by the
pressure of the air. When the blood
remaining in, the head at the moment
Of separation is exhausted there COM
mences a state, not of death, but of
inertia, which lasts up to the moment
when the organ, no longer fed,
ceases to exist. It is estimated by the
physician in question that the brain
finds nourishment in the residuary
blood for about an hour after decapi-
tation. The period of inertia would
last for about two hours, he thinks,
and absolute death would not ensue
till after. the space of three hours al
together. Possibly this may be some
consolation to those about to be gull.
lotined. =. e.