davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Church Moved Forty Miles.
AND COURT HOUSE TAKEN ON
TRIP BY RAIL.
Two Incidents Readusment Going On In
the West IF Of Deserted Towns--Loss of Whole
County Som Moving.
THE OLD BAMBOO ROD.
A New Use In Golf For lhe Old Fishing
Pole.

A New Use In Golf For ,hs Old Fishing
Pole.
About New York the old, one piece
bamboo fishing pole Is nov used more
ashore than ahoat There Is still good
sport going on wherever its supple end
waves aloft, but 1t is recreation OF
landsmen and not Of the jewellers by
salt or fresh water, who would go
u fishing.
This modern use of the long canes
Is to mark the blind holes on golf
links. The cup of iron or tin that
forms the hole is changed about fire.
quently OH the putting green, to keep
the turn from being worn off too
much in one spot; and save when a
hole intervenes the disk or flag will be
in view all the way from the tee.
To know the exact location Of the
hole is an aid to the golfer on the
approach shots: and when a hillock
or a bunker hides the signal, the hole
is a blind one and the approach has to
be played in state of doubt.
Now, American ingenuity has done
much to relieve the blind holes of
their terrors by the substitution of
an old-fashioned bamboo tishpole on
such green's for the short iron rods.
In Britain, doubtless, where the exist
ing condition, like the microbe-haunted
moss on the cottage thatch, is often
preserved because 1t is old, the blind
holes may still have to be approached
by blind reckoning. But on the golf
courses frequented by New Workers,
unless the hill that guards the green
is an exceptionally high one, the ex-
act location of the hole is apparent
by the sight of the flag fluttering oil
the tall cane rOd.-New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
The Dawn of HistOrY.

So far as the question of time is con-
cerned, it deserves notice that not
merely geology, but almost every form
of inquiry into the past. throws further
back the limits usually assigned.
Egypt, for instance, is continually
furnishing fresh proofs of the an.
tiquity of civilization. Professor Fin.
ders Petrie expOunded at Owens Col
lege, Manchester, England, a few days
ago, the results of recent explorations
at Abydos, in Upper Egypt, from
which it appears that the ruins at that
one spot tell continuous story that
carries us back to 5000 b. C. Abydos
was the first capital Of Egypt, and re-
manned for fOrty-hve centuries the re.
ligious centre, the Canterbury of the
land, and there the Egyptian Explora.
ton Fund has unearthed the remains
of "ten successive temples, one over
the other" From the age of the first
temple u group of about 200 objects
has been found, which throw surpris-
ing light on the civilization of the first
dynasty. A part of a large glazed
pottery vase of Mena, the first king
of the first dynasty, about 400 b. c..
showed that even then they We're
making glaze on a considerable scale,
and also inlaying it with second
color. The ivory carving was aston.
ishingly fine, figure Of king showing
a subtlety and power Of expression as
good as any work Of later ages"
At about 1000 h. c. an ivory statuette
of Cleops the builder Of the great prya-
mid, was found, the only known por-
trait Of him. Making every possible
allowance for the marvellous rapidity
of art development, must not many
thousands of years have rolled over
between the pristine jewellers in the
Nile Valley and the men who carved
ivory statuettes and manufactured
glazed work inlaid with second cOlOrs?
1t Is long, long march from flint i'm
plements to the solemn temple ivory
statuettes and human portraits.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
WOMEN AWAKEN EASIER.
The Difficulties Of the Hotel Clerk in
housing Hen.

ut is UNNECESSARILY harder to awak-
en- men In the morning than it is wO-
'nen'-- George ". Collins, hotel pro-
prietor. informs me. "A tap or two
ut Il wOman's door in the morning is
sntfi"ia..ts--hI- s.sattcI now iate Sue
may have retired. no matter how ex-
hansted she may have been, 10 matter
how faint the yes in answer to the
knock, that comes from the bed, you
can bank on it that within half hour
or so that woman will walk into the
dining room bright-eyed and cheerful;
but with maxwell, it's different.
"A man may leave a call for o'clock
in the morning with the warning that
he must be up at that hour. A few
minutes before Z you detail boy for
the purpose and tell him not to stop
pounding until the man avail es.
The room may be on the top floor. but
yon can hear the thump, thun.p.
thump on the door way down in the
office. Does the man wake with
faint yes and scramble out of bed?
Not he. The boy knocks until his
knuckles are sore, and then suddenly
a stentorian voice rOars from the
room. Yes, yes, what in blaZes is the
matter with you? DO you think I'm
dead| The boy retires, turns in his
report at the office and goes to ease
his hand in cold water.
Three hours later swOllen-eyed
individual with wrinkles in his brow
walks up to the desk. I thought I
left a call here for Z o'clock in the
morning You did, and the bellboy
woke you promptly at e. That's a
little too strong is the answer. and
aker you've argued with him for
half an hour you haven't convinced
him that he was actually awakened
as he had ordered. So 1t goes day
after day. The women get up prompt
ly in response to call, while the men
invariably turn over to have another
nap."-St Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
CLIMBING.

] stand at the bottom and upward gaze;
The fruit that ! see l should think
would be sweet.
] mean to have some OF it one OF these
days;
The climbing, however, must be quite
feat.
The iootholds are slight and at best inse'
cure
Some ladder rungs rotten I plainly can
see,
That it's worth all the risk I'm not per
feetly sure.
But I'd like to get up to the top OF the
tree.
To get to the top I must make up my
mind
To care noting for rubs, and my hands
I must tread on the heads OF those strug'
Cling behind,
As I'm trod on by those who above me
still toll,
1t is not nice thing just between me and
you,
As look from the ground it seems cruel
to me.
But, of course, III be gwen much broad
When once I look down from the top
of the tree.
Some climb pretty swiftly and others are
slow,
But few OF the climbers are stopping to
rest,
All brea'hless and struggling stin upward
they 20
To where, high above, is the fruit of the
best,
And the ones who climb hardest are those
at the top,
Which is really as strange as thing
may well be.
There is not the least chance that they
ever viii stop.
For there's not any top to this wonder.
full tree.
Chicago Daily News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Speed of y Landslide.

The latest report of the Canadian
Geological Survey contains interesting
details about the great landslide at
Turtle Mountain in the Canadian
Rockies last year. The area of the
slide is 103 square miles, the thick.
ness averaged fortyfive feet, and the
weight of the mass Is estimated at
3d. 96 tons.
This rock slide came down the noun
tain, rushed across the lowland. and.
like u wave, threw its solid spray 400
feet up the slope of the opposite noun
tain. From the beginning of the slide
to the end is about two and One-half
miles, and this distance was covered
in about 100 seconds-that is, at the
rate of mile in forty seconds.
Even this speed is thought to have
been surpassed by smaller slide in
Switzerland, which covered a mile and
half in about thirty seconds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
What Not to Eat.

In the annual report of the North
Dakota agricultural experiment sta
ton, Prof. Il. +. ladd expresses his
qualification at the results achieved
in the last six months along the lines
of Improvement Of foods.
In his work in this direction, he has
followed three guiding principles,
namely:
First. Harmful chemical preserva
tives are not To be used in food pro
ducts or beverages.
Second. Harmful coloring matters,
or coloring matters which would de-
ceiye or tend to deceive the purchaS.
err with regard to the character of the
goods, are considered as adulterants
and their use prohibited.
Third. All food products and bev'
erages shall be labeled true to name,
and the substitution of cheaper or in
ferior products is considered as adul-
terants,-What to Eat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Russian Field Nurses.

OF special interest at this time is
the history of Nine. Bakonnlna,
known as the Russian Florence
Nightingale" At the time of the Grim
can war she was head of the Rus
sian order of Sisters of Mercy and
attended operations at the field hos
pitfalls regardless of danger. She and
her sisters also had the courage to
discard their uniform and don sheep
skin coats and long boots and go out
in the snow and render first aid and
help bring in the wounded The or.
der Of nurses, $hich was founded by
the Grand Duchess Helena PaVloVna
in 1854, has many members now at
the front and keeps its jubilee in Oc
tober.-London Hospital.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Ernest jenkins. young man OF
Marksville district. this county, was
buried at his home on Farmers Ridge
recently.
To reach his home the coffin for the
young man had to be carried several
miles by four stalwart young men
from the base Of the Blue Ridge
across the country and through noun
tain gorges to the top OF Farmers
Ridge, where Jenkins lived. Elder d.
w. Stricken of this place, who con-
Quoted the funeral, left Luray about 9
o'clock in the morning, and did not
reach there until 10 o'clock at night
having driven and walked about ~
miles.-Luray correspondence Rich.
mond Times-Ditpatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
THE HEAVIEST TAX.

The heaviest tax a farmer pays Is
the one he inficts upon himself by
economzing in room in the stables
He keeps too many animals in proper
ton to space, and they do not thrive
In connection with this is the tax paid
in food by keeping stock in quarters
that are not warm. In the winter
season the animal is warmed by the
food, and the greater the exposure tc
cold the more food required. Warm
shelter saves food and also prevents
the chilling of young animals and the
checking of their growth at al early
age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

We parasols-if l am parasol-
sex Of our owners. l could see be
fore the week had passed that both
men were in love with Myrtle, and J
felt sure that ! knew what her an
swer would be should both declare
themselves before she left for home
And hoped I'd be there to hear hei
say mo" to John ellison to pay hin
for all the mean things he'd said about
me.
The two weeks passed very quickly
and It was soon afternoon OF the
memorable Friday. Myrtle was tt
leave the next evening, and Mr.. vii
bur managed to get her out in the
orchard and made the declaration J
had been expecting, hut did not se,
the answer ] was looking for him tt
get
1t was decided the next morning to
have one more boat ride before Myrtle
left So all four took the boat and
rowed up the river for long ways,
and then went on shore, Sue and Mr.
Wilbur strolled away together, leav
ing John ellison and Myrtle alone
She had sat down on an old log, and
he sat on the ground at her feet
gether," he said. MS he lit cigar. ~
wonder IL you will look back to II with
MS pleasant memories IS l will?"
1--WE certainly enjoyed my vaca,
tiOn.' said Myrtle. "and I want to
thank you, Mr.. ellison, for having
made It rs pleasant as you have"
II made 1t pleasant?" he answered.
"Why, l haven't done anything, l am
sorry to say. l only wish had.
Come to think it over, think I've
He drew up little closer, letting
his arm rest on the log on which she
sat. He had toh"- or MS straw nat,
..u as he sat there with his negligee
shirt open at the neck. his sleeves
rolled up, and the breeze blowing
through his silky dark hair, John Gil.
son looked handsomer than I'd ever
seen MIN DeIOre.
Il have almost made 1t a point to
differ with you on every subject" he
continued. But do you know that |
paid you a complement when l did
so? When first met you-well, l will
be honest-I thought you We're too
pretty to have much common sense.
Now, don't get angry as she looked
up rather Indignantly. wait till l
get through. 1t did not take me long
to find out that You We're not that
sort of girl, and when l found that
out. I-well-began to love YOU"
"iou-have-a queer way-of show
ing-it," said Myrtle. why, you even
used to make fun of my poor little
cheap parasol." She seemed strangely
nervous as she spoke, and kept punch.
ing holes in the sand with me and her
eyes turned away from him all the
time.
II felt jealous-even of the little
sunshade," he answered. ut could
protect you from the sun and rain, and
wanted to do all that myself, and
you remember 1t almost blinded me
once. But l loved it, too, because 1t
was yours. Myrtle, dear, tell me, can't
you try to love me?
She trembled and her eyes fell. Then
she traced something with me in the
sand, and, following her movement,
John ellison saw the one word:
"ies."-Charles d. Batwell, in the
st. Louis Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
10 EyTERAIlNATE FLEAS.

Fleas become pests ol some lorl'
lions. An excellent mode of eXler'
minatng them Is to use the wen
known kerosene emulsion, first adding
to every gallon of the emulsion gin
@, crude carbolic acid, ana then ten
gallons of water, applying with II
sprayer. Add the acid ut the time OF
mixing the soap and Kerosene. 1t Is
also an excellen, wash for lice on cat
tie. Apply the mixture on the build
ings and ground with n sprayer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. \
FARM TOPICS.
| $AAAAAA&&AAA&AAAAA&A
SHELTER THE HOG.

The hog is very sensitive to cold and
should be well sheltered when the sea-
son becomes severe. He VIII try 10
keep warm by burrowing into his litter
and when hogs are in largo numbers
they will crowd together, or upon each
other. for the same purpose. TINS Is
injurious. as 1t is opposed TO supply
of pure air.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

back. but since using poan's Kidney
Pills | have lifted 600 pounds aud felt
no bad effects have not felt the
trouble come back since. although |
had suffered for five or six years, and
other remedies had not helped me at
ALL"
For sale by all dealers. Price 10
cents. Foster Mllburn Co, Buffalo, n Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
TO PREVENT VERNIIN.

A handful of sawdust sprinkled with
carbolic acid and thrown IN nest box
will prevent vermin. II sawdust so
treated is scattered In the stalls and on
the floors of stables, flies and insects
of all kinds will he less troublesome
Crude petroleum will be found excel
lent as liniment for sores ana WiV
also assist in keeping vermil away.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
South African Proxresa.

The Cape to Cairo railroad head Is
now at Victoria Falls. more than 1900
miles from Cape Town, on the Fam
best. The Victoria Falls Hotel Is In
progress, and at last accounts had al
ready accommodation for forty guests.
the accommodations including electric
lights. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
The First bomb Outrage,

The first "bomb outrage" was com.
mitted on Christmas Eve, 1900, by
Saint Nejant, who wished to remove
Napoleon, then First Consul, in the in.
terest of the Royalists. Napoleon es.
capped, but among his escort and the
bystanders there We're about l3C Gus
ualties.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

nry Pills did me
n great iot OF
good, and IL It
were not true |
would not recon.
mend them, Ii
was the strain OF
l.ifting I h n I
brought on kid.
ncy trouble and
weakened NJ Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Gallantry.

Is gallantry dying out? Several
newspapers headed an item of news
last week "A Woman Burglar" We
may be old fashioned, but we prefer
the more courteous expression, "a
Lady Burglar. London Punch,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Philip Hichborn, Rear Admiral United
States Navy, writes from Washington. d.
C.. rs follows:
carer me use Or Peruna fora short
period, 1 can nO,U cheeFJMity rec
ommend yOur rdiuabie remedy TO
nun one ,cLO Is IN need Of az fnUty-
Grating tonic. ''--Phiifp Hichb0rh.
No remedy ever yet devised has received
such unstnted euIogy from. SO many re- n,
Peruna.
Our army and navy are the natural pro-
lection of our country. Peruna Is the nat
ural protection of the army and navy IN
the vicssitudcs of climate and exposure.
Ii you do not derive prompt and satisiac-
tory results from the Use OF Peruna, write
at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a full state,
ment Of your case, and he will be pleased
to give. you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
How They Escnned

Stealing the front door key from the
pocket of the mother superior, three
young novlces escaped from the con.
vent Of Santa Clara In Lisbon and dis.
appeared.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

The enormous increase in the pro-
duction and the sale of copper, espec.
tally in the United States and Europe,
is due to the general increase of elec
tricity used.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Doofish in Maine,

Dogfish are eating up many of the
best food fishes in Names waters
and frightening away most of those
that escape their ravenous maws.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

FITS permanently cured. No fits orneryons--
ness after first days use of DIR. klinc's Great
Nerve Restorer, S2trial bo,tleand treatise free
DR., Il. II. KLINE Ltd, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Missionaries are at work in 247 of the
walled cities of China.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Pisos Cure Is the best medicine we everused
Tor all affections OF throat and lungs.-WM.
U, ENpsLEY, VauDuren, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

The most magnificent geysers in the
world are found in.th crater of New
Zealand volcano. NE4O
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
TAs STRAIN OF WORK.
Rest Of Backs Give out Under the Burden
OF Daily Toll,

Lieutenant George g, Warren, OF NO
8 Chemical. Washington, u, C., says:
Its an honest fact that poan's Kid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01

Among the japanese one divorce takes
place for every four marriages.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Identified.

PA, what is repartee?"
"Oh, merely an insult with its dress
suit on, my son. Puck.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
ADVERTISEMENTS
What Sulphur Does
For the Human Body in Health and
Disease.

The mention OF sulphur win recall "a
many Of us the early dayH. when ouI
mothers and grandmothers gave US oul
daily dose of sulphur and molasses
every spring and fall
It was the universal spring and fall
blood puriner." tonic and cure-all, and,
mind you, this old-fashioned remedy
was not without merit
The idea was good. but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable, and a large
quantity had 10 be taken to get any ef-
feet
Nowadays we get all the beneficial ef-
1ects OF sulphur IN q palatabIe, conceu-
trated form, so that a single grain Is
far more effective than a tablespoonful
Of the crude sulphur.
In recent years research and expert
ment have proven that the best sulphur
for medicinal use is that obtained from
Calcium Calcium Sulphide) and sold
IN drug stores under the name Of Stu
arts Calcium Waters. They are small
chOcolate-coatedp pellets and contain the
active medicinal principle Of sulphur in
q highly concentrated, effective FORM
Few people are aware Of the value Of
maintaining bodily vigor and health;
sulphur acts directly on the liver and
excretory organs and purifies and en-
riches the blood by the prompt elimina-
ton OF waste material.
Our Rrandmothers knew this when
they dosed US with sulphur and mo-
lasses every spring and fall. but the
crudity and impurity of ordinary flow-
ers Of sulphur were often worse than
the disease, and cannot compare with
the modern concentrated preparations
Of sulphur, Of which Stuart's Calcium
Waters is undoubtedly the best and
most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles, and cure
constipation and purify the blood In g
way that often surprises patient and
physician alike.
DR.. r. 81. wilkins while experiment
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium was su-
perior TO any other form. He says:
For liver, kidney and blood troubles,
especially when resulting from consti-
patton or malaria. have been sur
prised at the results obtained frem Stu
arts Calcium Waters. In patients suf-
fering from boils and pimples and even
deep-seated carbuncles. I have repeat
edly seen them dry up and disappear in
four or five days. leaving the skin clear
and smooth. Although Stuart's Calcium
Waters is a proprietary article. and
sold by druggists. and for that reason
tabOoed by many physicians, yet
know Of nothing so safe and reliable
for constipation, liver and kidney trou-
bles. and especially in all forms OF skin
disease, as this remedy"
At any rate people who are tired Of
pills, cathartics and so-called blood
purifiers" viii find in Stusrt's Calcium
Waters a far safer. more palatable and
effective preparation.