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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06

In January, 1888. Lord Darlington,
then governor of New South Wales.
laid the foundation stone of what was
intended to be gorgeous pile of par
liamentary buildings in Sydney. Dur
ing the fifteen years that have since
elapsed 1t has not been introduced to
a single companion, and has stood
in silent. solitary. satrical isolation.
once more the propricty Of providing
sydney with decent parliamentary
house is being urged. The collection
of ramshackle wooden sheds that have
served for sixty years are reported to
he in imminent danger of collapse
through the ravages of white ants.
How they have contrived to escape
destruction by fire is puzzle. They
were originally erected in the early
years of the last century by a trio
of cnterprising sydney citizens. who
undertook 10 build Il hospital If per-
mitted by the ruling military authori-
ties of the period to import $4,000 gal.
Ions of rum. Hence the original col
loQuial name of the sydney parliament
housc-thc Rum Hospital. London
Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
The SteriliZing Age.

If the psychologists tell us we must
scrub the mouthpieces of telephones
once day to get rid of dangerous ba-
cili, of course we must obey orders
from such course. But why once a
day only? The last user of the phone
may have deposited disease germs
in the muuthpiece. Is it not necessary
to scrub after each user? Why take
partial precautions? Why not be en-
tirely safe?
Then there are the doorknobs-terri-
ole lurking places of infection. Should
we not have these scrubbed as soon
Is use has. possibly made them dead
lyo And the straps and hand rails OF
street cals-it is an old story that these
are thick with bacterial colonies. If
his fear of possible and impossible in
lection from invisible sources gets
strong enough we may get as scared as
he Salemites in the days of witchcraft.
At any rate, the mania promises
% provide plenty of employment
for those who are out of work, il not
Tor everybody. If all the articles of
laiy use that need scrubbing, from
The bacteriologist's point of view, are
% be scrubbed the world will get bust
ar than it has ever been.-St. Louis
Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
HOUR GLASSES STILL IN VOGUE.
Used Chiefly by Cooks and by secret
Socletirs


Most people think that hour glasses
went out of style years ago. said a
clerk in New York store, Along
with perukes and knee breeches, but as
a matter for fact we have more calls
for them today than we have had at
any time within the last 10 years. That
this renewed popularity OF the hour
glass augurs its universal acceptance
as timepiece by the coming genera
ton, am not prepared to say, but If
such a Renaissance were to become as
sured it would be no more surprising
than some of the other recent fads
based on a revival of lost customs.
Anyway, brief study of the hour
glass will do nobody harm. There are
thousands in this generation who have
not the slightest idea what an hour
glass looks like, and it won't hurt
them to broaden their education a
little along certain lines.
of the hour glasses sold at present
the three-minute class is in the lead.
This glass is used almost exclusively
10 measure time in boiling eggs, and
its usefulness naturally places its sales
Il little in advance Of the more senti-
mental varieties. Next come the five,
10 and 15-minute and full hour-glasses,
which are bought chiefly by musicians
for piano practice and by lodges and
secret societies. e.
The sand used in an hour glass is
the very finest that the world affords.
The western coast of Italy furnishes
most of it, as it has done for ages past.
The cost of hour glasses is regulated
by the ornamentation of the frames.
A glass set in plain rosewood case
can be bought for 81, while mahog-
any frame comes to $l.5O or 81. Of
course. the price can be brought up
still higher by fancy carving and dec
grafton. Swell lodges sometimes go to
this extra expense, but most people are
satisfied with the cheaper grades. -
Jewelers. Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
A Nicety of Leays-Taking.

A little nicely of leave-taking that is
practiced by certain well-bred wom-
an, says the Dundee News, is to rise to
end the visit while she is the speaker.
In this way she is apparently leaving
while she is much Interested This Is
better than to start mt the end of a
pause, or to jump up the moment your
hostess's voice drops. One way implies
boredom, the other waiting for Il
chauce to get away.
This may seem n trifle Of observance.
but it Is worth while If only to train
ones self in the habit of easy leave
taking-a rare accomplishment even
among women with wide social expe-
rlence. Once standing, leave promptly,
and avoid spinning out a second visit
in the hall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06

prlStd ! was delighted. He soon
learned 10 say "Go way, Grip with
out effort, and not long after that !
heard him say, Come here. Grip;
come, Grlppy, come here" in the same
conyIng tone used 10 him.
Rainy days We're his delight, Then
he held high carnival On the woodpIlc
where he would chatter and laugh,
coax and scold by turns: Come here,
Grip, come here in soft coaxIns
tone then horshly, go way. Grip, go
way" 1t : unded rs If two children
Were quarreling.
Later he learned 10 say "All right"
"IIurry up ana almost any hour in
the day h. could he heard. If not seen,
practlcing his new accomplishments.
During that fall I taught the district
school, half mile from home. 1t was
pleasant walk in good weather Grip
was on hand to see me safely on my
way each morning. He would hop or
fly along, or ride on my shoulder, until
he came to the bridge which Spanned
the creek just half way to the school
house. Then he would fly up in tall
willow tree bending over the water,
Thus far would he go, but no farther.
One morning, however, he allghted
on the window OF the school house,
tapping loudly with his bcak upon the
glass to he let in. The children all
knew Grip. Tie was famed through
out the ncighborhood for his powers Of
speech and his impish ana cunning
pranks. Immediately the hands went
up to beg permission TO let him in,
with promises TO be good and to study
hard.
The unanimous request was granted,
and Grip few to my desk and began
picking up pencils and pieces Of chalk.
Then he went from one desk TO anoth-
En- looking for more pencils. No doubt
lie thought he had struck rich field.
I must confess that lessons were for
gotten, so intent were the children in
watching this strange bird. which
hoped from desk to desk and peered
into their faces in such a curious way.
Alas. he came TO an unimcly death.
One night he failed to meet me at the
willow upon my return from school.
No one had seen him that afternoon.
found him in shed, crouched upon
an old barrel looking very sick and
miserable, and with green stains upon
his bill. The can of Paris green was
found overturned in the barn. and that
told the story. The poor fellow had
been eating the poison. He refused
food, uttering plaintive little croakS rs
l stroked him and said Poor Grip. l
left him for the night, hoping his crow
constitution was strong enough to re-
sist the deadly poison.
In the morning l found him sitting
as I had left him, but no soft croak
greeted me. He was cold and stiff in
death. Do you wonder that my tears
fell freely. and that I felt no shame in
weeping for dead crow?-St. Nicho-
las.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
EXPERTS WITH THE WHIP.
One Man Could Crack on IL Snakes Head
mt Twenty Feet,

ut twenty rect
That grabbed old German, Schop.
enhauer. who said the crack of whip
was like drink from the bad place,
would have found but little to COM
plain Of il he had postponed his pass
ing for WHILE said thoughtful
man. for the whip is getting to be an
awful scarce article in this age. |
suppose the whip will finally pass ont
of existence altogether unless it is put
to Il new use. or course. The small
riding whip. the kind in which jockeys
use in urging the horses they ride,
will be used as long as horsefesh is
used.
But the kind of whip the old Ger
man had in mind was of large, long
or and older type, the kind the on
driver uses even now in some of the
more remote sections of the world.
Whips of this kind generally swing
easily on the end of a long handle.
Frequently the handle is eight or ten
feet long and is made OF hickory or
some wood that is supple enough to
DcUu Ill llt SlcCh oluNV' NV "''p
itself, which is generally a four and
siy-plait rawhide, is from 10 to 10 feet
in length, with a seagrass cracker on
the end, tightly twisted and knotteL at
spaces an inch apart. 1t is this artl-
Gle that makes the noise OF which the
old German pessimist complained.
and whip of this kind in the hand Of
an expert can be popped until it sounds
like the crack of doom. In quiet
forest where timbermen carry on their
work. this noise is even fiercer than
it is in the cities.
"Teamsters in the cities still use the
old whip to some extent, but 1T is
gradually going out. and The sharp
crack of the seagrass is rarely heard.
Speaking of whips, | am reminded
of the marvellous accuracy some mon
acquire in the use of whips. | sup
pose the Eskimo has reached a higher
standard of proficiency in this respect
than any other class OF men. l nave
seen boys of this race pop a silver
haIf-dme at distance OF ~ teet
every time they swung whip. They
can simply hit anything they want TO
hit as long as it is within reach OF the
whip. But here in the south | have
witnessed some rather notable per-
formances in this respect. UP in Ar
kansas | have seen OX-cart drivers
crack off a snakes head at a distance
of 20 feet. and they could do it when
ever it pleased them to do it.'--New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Reducing the Acreage For Sheep.

One of the steady improvements
noted in sheep raising is the gradual
reduction of the amount of acreage
necessary to support flock of sheep.
We have always been eXtravagant in
this respect. demanding two or three
times as much land to support sheep
as in any of the European countries.
In England, where sheep raising has
always been the best and most highly
developed, they have one sheep to
every three acres. while we have about
one to every forty-iivc, This, of
course, does not indicate that the Eng
lish breeders support more sheep to the
acre in every instance than we do.
There are instances in this country
where we do much better than any Of
our English brothers. But it does
show that we could expand our sheep
industry about fifteen times without
raising more sheep 10 the acre than
they do in England.
The improvement noted, and which
should be extended much further, is
that of making every acre supply
more food for the sheep, and in such
a way that it would actually cost less
to raise sheep than it does on the
free range. This, of course, must be
accomplished by raising the right
crops. and by taking advantage Of the
sleeps power to increase the fertility
of the soil. The weeds, briars and
bushes in field represent just so
much waste of space. The sheep Will
not eat them and they annually take
up so much room. by grubbing these
out 1t is possible to improve the pas.
ture without much help. The sheep
will keep them down and nibble Off
any new sprouts that may appear.
But we first must take away the
weeds, bushes and hrinrs to give the
sheep chance. The soil is always
highly fertilizcd by the sheep, and
their little feet compact the soil around
the roots Of grass plants so they are
less liable to injury by cold and thaw-
ing winter weather. Altogether sheep
improve our soil conditions. and a
farm properly conducted should be
able to support from four to six sheep
where to-day they are feeding one
horse or stecr.-E. Z. Smith, in Ameri-
can Cultivat0r.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Rather Hard on Himself,

One day Marshal MacNlahon was Vie
iting French military school, and.
having reviewed the pupils, he asked
to see the inlirmary.
The head doctor escorted him
through the wards. pointing out sew
eral OF the patients, to whom the Mar
shall addressed few words OF encour-
agement. AT last they came to young
fellow who was suffering from typhoid
fever.
This young man has been very i'll,
said the doctor, but he is now better,
and hope in few weeks he will have
quite recovered"
"Oh, | don't think so. doctor" re-
piled the Marshal. Typhoid fever is
very malignant malady, and general
ly the patient succumbs under the com
plant or remains imbecie for the rest
of his life
"Oh, Marshal think you are mis-
taken, and"
Il am aware of that altogether bet
ter than you, Doctor interrupted the
Marshal, for | have had it"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Slow Old Coaches.

Like all things old compared with all
things new, the pace of the old news
papers was slow. Mr.. Frank b. San
born, writing in the Bookman. recalls
some of the ancient jests about the
Boston press half u century ago.
1t used to be asked why one OF the
leading New England papers was like
a poor mans plaster. And the faceti-
GUS answer was, Because it's good for
a week back"
A veteran newspaper man once said
to a fellow clubman:
THAT happened on Saturday; | re.
member it because on that day my
son, Charles, was born"
No" said his friend. "Your son
Charles, was born on a Wednesday
but you didn't find it out till Satur
day"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
LIFE.
PRsSINIsT.

There is never thing We dream or do
But was dreamed and done III the ages
gone;
Eycrything's old; there is naught that ID
new,
And 80 1t viii be while the world goes on,
The thoughts we think have been thought
before;
The deeds we. do bave long been done;
We pride ourselves on our love and lore
And both are as old as the moon and
sun.
We strive and struggle and swink and
sweat,
And the end for each is one and the
Tine and the sun and the fros. and wet
Will wear from its pillar the greatest
name,
No answer comes for our prayer or curse
No word replies though we shrek in
air.
Ever the tactitnrn universe
Stretches unchanged for our curse or
prayer.
With our minds small light in the darl,
Glow.worm gimmers that creep about,
Till the power that shaped us, over us all
Posses His foot and treads us ont.
Unasked, He fashions us out of clay,
\ httlc water n little dust,
Aud then in our hole, he thrusts us away,
with never word to rot and rust
IT'S n sorry play with sorry plot.
This lite OF hate and OF lust and pain,
Where we play our parts and are soon for.
got
And all that we do is done in vain.
oPTIMIsT.
There is never dream but it shall come
And never deed but was wrought by
plan;
And lie is filed with the strange and
new,
And ever has been since the world be.
gan.
AZ mind develops and soul natures,
These two shall parent earth's mightcr
Love is fact and It's love endures
Though the world makes wreck of all
other facts.
Through thought alone shall our age oh,
tain
Above the ages gone BEFORE
The tribes of sloth, of Drawn. not brain,
Are the tribes that perish, are known
no more.
Within ourselves voice of awe.
And a hand that points to balanced
scales,
The one is love and the other law.
And their presence alone it is avails.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
AT WATERLOO.
Woman who Saw Napoleon Eeave the
Field OF His Last Battle.

Woman who Saw Napoleon Leave the
Field OF His Last Battle.
lie Gaulois gives an interesting &C.
count of conversation with one Of the
very few surviving spectators of the
battle of Waterloo, q widow named
Givron, the Tooth anniversary Of whose
birth is about to be celebrated in the
little village Of Viesville, Hainault.
She relates that on the morning of the
day of the great battle she ran away
from her parents and made her way
through the woods, being curious to
see what was going on. She was close
to Hougomont when the place was at
tackled by the French troops, and re-
manned in hiding for hours, not daring
to move. The cannonade having di-
minishcd she venturcd toward the
farm, but fed horror stricken Mt the
sight, the ground, rs she expressed it,
being red mud, so drenched was it with
blood. She ran across the fields and
reached the Bots dc PlanccnOit, where
she fell asleep, worn out by fatigue
and excitement. At dusk she was
awakened by the noise of horses hcofs
and saw a troop Of cavalry, headed by
man of short stature mounted OH 4
curvetting gray horse. He was riding
slowly on, as if in dream, looking
straight ahead and paying no heed to
what went on about him. The girl
learned on the same evening from her
relatives. when she finally reached
home, that the rider was Napoleon.
Nine Givron Is remarkably active, and
is particularly proud of her eyesight,
which, she declares, is as good as it
was seventy five years ago. When her
daughter, Marcelnc. who, as she says.
Is only seventy-two, sits down to sew,
her mother threads the needles for her.
The old woman had seven children and
her descendants number ninety-twO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
The Richest Milk.

Which is the richest milk? Expert
ments plainly show that the last milk
from the udder-the 'strippings"-is
much richer in fat than that first
drawn. Several tests in this country
have demonstrated that fact. and in
an experiment COW was MIXED until
the uddcr was completely empty, all
milk being weighed. The milk was
divided into three lots and tested for
butter fat. The first milk contained
only 90 per cent. of fat. the second
BOG per cent and the third lot 4.0G
per cent. AT the New York station an
experiment was made. the first milk
containing only three-tenths of one
per cent. of fat and the second 6.Sj per
cent. the two lots only being used, the
whole milk averaging 30 per cent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Advantages OF Weighing Food.

But few farmers weigh the hay given
stock. 1t is true that to weigh hay for
each cow every time herd Is fed is
tedious, but by weighing quantity n
few times one will be able to come
close enough to estimate the quantity
in feeding. The object should be not
TO overfeed. A great many non-pro-
ducing animals receive more than they
require, although they may consume
ii. Ten pounds Of hay day should
be sufficient for an ordinary horse that
is well supplied with grain. The
upon circumstances. Cows giving milk
will consume and utilize more than
Steers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Not His Name.

In some country districts of Ireland
II Is not unusual to see the owners
names simply chalked on carts and
other vehicles, in order to comply with
legal regulations. Unfortunately, this
custom lends itself to the playing of
pranks on the part of "bhoys' mali
ciously inclined, who sometimes rub
off the lettering and thereby get the
cartowner into trouble with the police.
A case of this kind having occurred, a
constabulary sergeant accosted coun-
tryman whose name had been thus
wiped out unknown to him. is this
cart yours. my good man."
"Av coorse it is. DO you see any
thing the matter wild ito"
II observe" said the policeman
that yer name is -bitherated."
Then ye're wrong, for me names
O'Reilly, an l don't care who knows
it!"-Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
MIMI IL NNild EnsI ShnM.

Hamilton King. United States minis
ter to SIAM has limited that King
Chualongkorn would like very much
to Visit This country as Il guest of the
nation. 1t is further said that his i'm
perial majesty has set apart l,0OO,OOO
,aels $3.50, OO0) to pay the expense of
such visit Secretary Hay computes
the cost of entertaining his royal visi-
tor AT $4,000. If for this outlay the
king will leave behind him the large
sum above named and give free show
all along the route, the visit will not
be a bad investment. A real king
travelling with full retinuc, will be
something new Foreign princes are no
longer novelties. but an Oriental mon
arch traversing the country in full re-
gala would be worth while. Let the
invitation sought be extended by all
means, even If its acceptance puts
Buffalo Bill out of business ior the
time being.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
OvrOttl's (lassic DuAt,

OXfo.d chambers are ancient; the
same furniture, sold from student to
student. has remained in them for gen
erations. and to the keen eyes of an
American housekeeper they cannot
compare with the spickand-span Yale
and Harvard rooms and all the up-to-
date improvements. But one has
passed many happy days at Oxford,
and learned to love its worm-eaten fur
niture and classic dust.-TOwn Topics.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
A Good Investment.

There is no better investment for the
dairyman than small steam engine.
One of the power of single horse will
be quite sufficient to do many small
jobs for which hand power would 9th
crwisc he needed. But its most impor-
tant use in winter will be for steaming
and cooking food. This adds largely
to the nutritiOusness Of the food, be-
cause it makes the starchy portions
much more easy of digestion. 1t Is
not necessary to steam or cook food
for fattcning animals. and in this re-
spect the practice has gone out of IA
vor. but it pays to steam the food for
mich cows. They require good deal
Of water, and can take it as well with
their food as by itself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06

\ barn or stable should be kept be-
tween fifty ana sixty degrees tempera-
turc in order TO derive the best results.
nicntly done, hut as the animal heat Is
about ninety degrees, the temperature
of the stable will have more or less in
iluencc on the quantity Of food re-
quircd, and hence, the warmer 1t can
he made in the stable in winter the bet.
Inr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Sweet Potatoes For Hogs.

The small and unstable sweet 20.
tatocs are just rs valuable for the fat.
tcning of hogs as those that are Of
marketable size. Sweet potatoes con-
tain n large proportion of sugar and
are. therefore, very suitable for the
fnltening Of stock. They should be
cooked and bran added. Being very
wholesome, they may he fed literally.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
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Destroying weeyii In Grain.

Destroying wccyll in peas or grain
can he accomplished by putting the
peas in Il box or barrel having tight.
fitting cover, placing bisulphide Of car.
bon in n saucer on top Of the peas and
leaving the covers on for twenty.four
hours, Then turn The peas out, air
them and return them into the barrel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
A G0ltlen OuO0rtunlly.

Cobwigger-I would prefer a literary
life, but as have business ability | owe
it to myself to go into trade.
Merritt--If you have the business in
stinct you can now make more money
at literature than anything else
Judge
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Comparative liability.

Fern luncheons are the swell thing
in society functions this season. There
Is no reason why the fern should not
rank as high in the edible class as
celery and beet-tops.-St. Louis Globe
EamOcrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06

DR.. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, as
4 blood purifier, strength and health restor-
ei and a specific for all stomach, liver and
kidney troubles leads all other similar med
icnes in its wonderful sales and marvellous
confidence of the people. especially our
vast German population. 1t is not a new
and untried product. but was made and
sold more than sixty years ago
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06
Cynical,

Faint heart never won fair lady,"
quoted the married man.
Quite true" replied the confirmed
bachelor, land that proves that even
a faint heart is not an unmitigated
evil. New York Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-12-06

FIT3pern insntly cured. No flts or nervous
nssssfterhrst d .y's use OF DR.. Kline's Gres.
NsrveRestorer. t2trial b D tile and trsatissfrss
DR.. R. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch st.. Phlla., Pa.