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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Ivory In Vogue Apain.

1t is remarkable how the cycle Of
fashion wheels round and round, bring
ing back into vogue that which has
been formerly vulgarized and, there
fore. set aside by connoisseurs of beau
ty who can afford to satisfy their
whims. Ivory toilet sets. for instance.
are again in fashion after years of
neglect. during which time silver back
ed brushes have been in vogue, which
have been superseded by gold ones, and
again by tortoise shell sets mounted
in gold, Mt present the apex of extrav-
agance and fashion.
Some people say it is the interest we
feel in the japanese at this moment
that has brought back the ivory toilet
sets into favor. but others declare that
it is simply the moment for ivory. A
jeweler says that there is another
cause, and that is that ivory is not
quite so expensive as it was. 1t is be-
ing used either plain or carved. and
sometimes delicately colored with art
nouveau tints and designs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

Boston.-One whole section of the
A5O-foot hay and lumber shed of the
Fitchburg division of the Boston &
Maine railroad in the Charlestown
freight yards, containing hundreds of
tons of hay and thousands of feet of
lumber, was consumed by fire, proba-
bly, caused by spontaneous combustion,
entailing a loss conservatively esti-
mated at $4,000, Tuesday night, while
property valued at more than $780,
600 was barely saved from destruction
by the combined efforts of the Boston
and Somerville fire departments.
But for the effective work of the
fire boat, which arrived on the scene
after experiencing considerable trou-
BILE getting through the many draw
bridges on the way, the flames would
have in all probability ragged un.
checked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the vener-
able author of the Battle Hymn OF
the Republic" who received the de-
gree OF LII. d. recently, listened philo-
sophically the other day to the com.
plants of woman whose sons educa-
ton at Harvard was costing a great
deal of money.
MANY sons educations cost great
deal of money" said Mrs. Howe. And
yet it is the most expensive education,
usually, that is the least valuable.
81 had this fact brought home to me
a short time ago. was visiting a
certain family, and one morning at
breakfast the father said, as he hand
ed his son, sophomore. a $40 bill:
"Your studies are costing me a
great deal
"I know it, father, the son answer
ed And | don't study very hard.
either New York Tribune Supple
ment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
What ROYAL Blue Line Tour Means.

First-Royal Blue Line is the trade
mark of one of the largest trunk lines
i'm the country, the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad, and all tours are under the
company's direct supervision; this fol-
lows the st. Louis Exposition tours we
are calling your attention to.
Our dates from Boston are August
27th, Sept. 10th24th, and the rate 80;
this includes a double lower berth in
each direction, all meals in dnina-cnr
Ave days with board at the Fair. (in
Guiding admissiOns), visit to Wa. hing
ton and New York; by registering W tn
us you are relieved of all annoyance
and assured of high class accOminOda-
tions, at less rate than Won could pro-
cure as an individual. Drop us Il pO ,tal
and we will be glad to send you ali itin-
erary
Jos. p. Taggart, n. f. P. A, 800 Wash
ington St., Boston, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
I'm A HARD ROW FOR STUMPS.'

And the saying grew, as sayings will grow
From hard endeavor and bangs and
bumps;
Hes got "A mighty hard row for
stumps;
But he tried, and died trying to hoe his
row.
o brighter and better that ten.pound hoe,
Than brightest, broad sabre of Waterloo!
Nor ever fell soldier more truly true
Than he who died trying to hoe his row.
The weeds are gone and the stumps are
gone
The huge hop.toad aud the copperhead,
And million bent sabrrs fash triumph
instead
Frcm stately, clean corn in the diamond.
sown dawn.
But the heroes have vanished save here
and there.
Far out and aiield like some storm.
rlven tree.
Leans a last survivor OF Thermopylae,
Ieahess and dcsolate, lone and bare.
Joaquin Miller, in llarper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

You ask for manifest, martial deedsg
Go back TO Ohlos METAL MORN
Go back to kenlucky's teld OF corn;
just weeds and stumps aud stumps ana
weeds
just red men b'azns from stump aud tree
Where buck.kinn'd prophets midst
suite and stress
Came crying, came dying in the wider
ness,
That hard, 6,st, cruel half century!
WHIST psalms, they sang. what prayers
they said
Cabin ar camp, as the Wheels rolled
west;
Silently leaving their bravest, best t
Paving nations path with their dead!
What unnamed battles. what thumps and
bumps.
What sabre s,ashes with the broad, bright
hoe!
What weeds in phalanX! what stu'nps in
row,
What ranl; vines fortressed in rows of
stumps!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
The Mnntel lli-ror.

A mantel rirrCr rscd to be c0nsil
cred necessity. Then cane the reign
Of The peer glass. after which people
grew tired of mirrors. probably be-
cause they reflected Sd much ugly fur
niture and silly bric-a-brac, and ban.
ished them all. The mantel mirror is
good in simple room. Almost better
are some of the beautiful over-mantel
paintings and low reliefs seen at re.
cent exhibitions of the Agricultural
League. A notable example was by
q well-known artist. 1t was in three
panels. with charmingly posed fig
IRE in each, illustrating with graceful.
digniiied gesture the old motto: See
no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

and sometimes was unable even to ride
in car. My condition was critical
when l sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
l used three boxes and they cured me.
Now | can 60 anywhere and do as
much as anybody. sleep well aud
feel no discomfort at ALL"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

st. Petersburg. With all Russia
hanging breathlessy on the fate OF
Port Arthur, even such national
event as the christening of the care
witch Is robbed of much Of the promi-
hence which would otherwise be ac-
corded to it, and st. Petersburg is dim
and silent, with no sign of festlvlty
Although the iairy.like grounds OF
Peterhoff are gay with flags and dec
orations in readiness for tomorrow's
celebration and though the great pal
ace Is filled with distinguished guests.
the scene resembles more one OF a
weighty International conference than
that of a gathering Of merrymakers.
The capital is filled with sinister ru-
mors of Port Arthur's desperate
straits. The superstitious are predict
ing the fall of the fortress on the day
of the baptism of the czarevitch, but
this is easily traceable to the fact that
several big Russian reverses have oc-
Cured on Russian fete days.
1t is reported that a message was
received from Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel to-
night, which was sent from Port Ar
thur nfShC nu6. -, ny way
of Chefoo saying that a desperate as
sault by the japanese had been in
progress during the previous As hours.
No confirmation of this report can be
had. While the general staff does not
conceal its anxiety, the best military
authorities have not abandoned the
hope that Gen. Stoessel will be able to
hold out.
This more hopeful view is somewhat
borne out by an unofficial dispatch
from Liaoyang saying that in two
days aseoult-on Aug. 10 and Aug. 20
the ATTACKERS, like thei1 pr-ueces7o's
were beaten of with heavy loss.
The situation at Liaoyang itself is
quiet, but the improving weather pre-
cedes the renewal of military activity.
1t is believed that if Gen. Kuropatkin
is contemplating diversion in favor
of Port Arthur it will not be long de-
layed.
Conservative critics, while they are
not chary in giving the Japanese due
military credit for past performances,
say in plain language that the pace is
too fast, and that every day Gen.
Stoessel holds out will render the Jap
anese position about Liaoyang more
precarious.
Even the most sangune, however,
admit the gravity of the situation
from the Russian point of view, and
the most serious news from the front
would not be received with great sur.
prise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Our Agricultural Department.

While it is universally admitted
that the administration of the depart.
ment of agriculture is probably the
most effective in the world. it is in
teresting to note that this service
costs the nation far less than that Of
other countries. A German paper
states that Russia expends annually
for this purpose as much as the Unit
ed States and France. Austria and
Hungary about ss,5OO,OOO each. while
America spends but $6,OOO,0O0.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Factory Workers Children in France


The French Academic de Medicine
discussed recently the rights of chill
dren and their working mothers
against those of the employers. Near
ly One-half of the children who die un.
der the age Of one year are victims Of
diseases Of the digestive tract. the
great cause Of which is artificial feed
ing. 1t should be made possible, there.
fore, for working mothers t. nrr-e
their children.
In Italy, speaker declared, law
required a nursery in every factory
employing as many as fifty workers.
and he urged that q similar law BE- Ell
acted in France The Academic dc
Medicine approved his suggestions AM
sent them to the Minister Of tie In
terror.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Old Curiosity Shops.

Many of the local curiosity shops
planted in the back streets Of most
county and country towns are simply
kept up by large London firms, who,
from a prolonged study of human ma
ture have discovered that people who
are shy of buying old furniture or old
silver in Bond street or Piccadilly are
ready and eager purchasers Of pre-
cisely the same objects. at rather
higher price, when they come upon
them In the back streets of country
town,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Early to Bed, Etc.

"Oh, yes, I've opened an Office" said
the young lawyer; you may remem-
Der that you saw me buying an alarm
clock the other day"
"Yes," replied his friend; you have
to get up early these mornings, eh?"
ooh, no. use 1t to wake me up,
when it's time to go home. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Schooner Two.Forty Seized.
Halifax. N. S.-A special from Digby

says:
THE Gloucester fishing schooner
Two-Forty has been seized at West
port by the customs collector, on in
structions from the customs inspector,
for having landed goods at Woods
Harbor last November.
THE vessel is held pending the de-
cision of the minister of customs The
American schooner S. T. Willard was
also seized at Pubnico for violation OF
the customs regulations Of Canada,
and is held pending the necessary de
posit."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
ROYAL Actors.

Actors belonging to the Court the.
atre, Vienna. are not allowed to per-
form for charitable purposes except in
payment of certain fixed fee, which
is handed over to the pension fund
of their theatre.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
To lrrirnie CnIorndo

A new irrigating canal being built
on Williams Fork, near Hot Sulphur
Springs, Colo, will be twenty miles in
length. 1t will bring under water
about 10000 acres of land which Is
now worthless, being merely sage.
brush hat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Different Here,

"In Japan" she said the sk0ppe
lie considered the merchant S guest
and Is treated as SUCH
That's all right where 1t is neces.
sary," he replied, "but it isn't neces
sary here"
why not?"
why, gather from what hav
seen of shoppers in this country thai
they own any store they happen to bd
in. They don't have to have courte
sizes extended to them either; they
can reach for them. New YORK
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

farm of Mr.. William Robinson, Love
lady's Farm. Altcar, England. Dur.
ing all that period he had slept in
one room and on the one bed. On
several occasions he had won prizes
for longest living in farm service
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

Slept Fifty-tWo Years in One Bed.
A farm servant who holds re-
markable record has just died. He
was named Peter Houghton a:d for
fifty.two years, without a break, had
been iu the employ and lived on the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

cines to cure
my kidneys. |
do not think
that any man
ever suffered as
| did and lived.
The pain in my
back was SO
bad that | could
not sleep at
night, ! could
mt ride n horse
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
TORTURlNC PAIN.

Half This Mans Sufferings Would Have
Killed Many . Person, But Doan's
Cured Him.
A. G. Sprague, stock dealer. of Nor
NAL, ILL.,, writes: "For two whole years
l was doing nothing but buying medi-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

What is said to be the largest electro.
magnet in the world has been installed
in the Bridgeport Comm Hospital. 1t
will be used for extracting pieces Of
iron and steel from the eyes of machin'
lists and other metal workers who may
be injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
ANXIOUS CAPITAL.
All Russia Awaiting Fall Of
Port Arthur.

Even the Christening Of the Czaf
witch is Robbed Of Much OF Its
Prominenee--The Superstitious are
Predicting Fall of Port on Day of
the Baptism OF the Heir to the
Throne-Best Military Authorities
Still Hope General stoessei viii
Hold Out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

Night ascensions Of the Lebaudy bal.
looms are facilitated by an acetylene
searchlight on the Eiffel Tower, the
pencil of light following the airship.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

FITS permanently cured. No flts ornervouS.
ness after first days rse Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, $2trisl bottle and treatise free
DR.. R. H. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch st., Phila. Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

The International Seamen's Union has
10000 affiliated members.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
Educational.

Neuralgia is said to be successfully
treated in Italy by the use of blue light.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

The solar engine of Captain w. A.
Jacques has small steam boiler in
the concentrated rays of the sun and
condensing steam engine. A motor
of ten-horse power, costing about
$4,000, has refiectors about thirty-six
feet in diameter and containing 10000
square feet of surface.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

There are now l5O,3S3 employees II
the executive civil service of TIT
United States, NE35
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF throat and lungs.-WN.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

or ten-nOrSe power, costing ABOUT
$4,000, has refiectors about thirty-six
feet in diameter and containing 10000
square feet of surface.
The American Inventor tells of
narcotic bomb invented by a surgeon in
the Austrian Army, which may be fired
from any gun. This bomb has time
fuse. and when dropped amid regi-
ment of the enemy will not explode,
but will fill the air with narcotic gases
strong enough to make 1000 men I'M
conscious for several hours. 1t is an
application of the principles on an
aesthetic surgery to war.
The recent excitement in the cotton
market has served to attract attention
to the possibilities of cotton raising
in various places where that industry
has not yet been developed. From
BOgota, for instance, comes the infOr-
nation that in some parts of Colombia
cotton can be seen growing wild on
land chat has never been TILED, and the
newspapers of that country are trying
to create sentiment in favor of the
cultivation of cotton there.
Our knowledge of glaciers has been
considerably advanced by some eXperi-
ments which have recently been car
ried out on glacier in the Tyrol. The
ice was bored at n distance of about
a mile and quarter from its tip, at a
point where its breadth was over 1000
feet. The bed rock was there reached
at depth of 800 feet. The tempera-
ture was found to be at the melting
point throughout the whole extent of
its tongue. and it was also ascertained
that the glacier bed is trough shaped,
and that the surface ice moves more
rapidly than that at the bottom. The
holes which were bored have been
plugged with pieces of wood, which for
long time will serve as induces of the
rate of motion, and also of the rapidity
of the melting process.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27
MAUREEN'S Lover
BY Constance Craigie HaIkett

= course, l know that any
number of men have been
guardians sometimes (as !
ann to q young and pretty
ward.
Rut nv wife and | agreed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

II will wonderful remedies and hope that
may others who suffer did your
remedes"-MRs T. c. WILLADsEN, R. R. No. l, Manning Iowa
Such testimony the Of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound over diseases of women . ,.
they privileged consult
Pinkham Mas about their Illness entirely free
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-27

suffered much pain; would daily have
bearing down pain, and was so weak that
II used your medicine and treatment
Is directed, and after taking three bottles
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
snd my , ~Sms aUr
since. I used fourteen bottles Of
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier
together, and am now restored to
- perfect health. Had it not been for
you, l would have been in my grave
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-01

moisture in the root bed, but of pre-
venting the hardening of the layer
Immediately above the roots. A simple
practice which has come into quite
general use in our section is to attach
a bar of iron, heavy chain, or piece
of hard wood behind the cultivator,
properly hung and of sufficient weight
to crush the moist clods turned up by
the shovels. A slight impact pulverizes
the fresh Jumps, which a few hours
of sun would turn into hard clods.
The simple device also levels the sur
face, reducing evaporation. The fire.
quent use of the fine tooth harrow is
coming more and more into use to help
make and keep the important fine sur
face blanket of soil. The great need
today is more intelligent and compre-
hensive labor in our orchards. There
is no automatic labor in the success
full orchard
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-01

provide, and the efforts of our most
advanced fruit growers are required
to supply the demand. The horticul-
turist tries the merits of the different
varieties and develops them to their
full extent These efforts have proven
so successful that the Puyallup val
ley is known all over the west and in
many eastern states for its prOduc-
ton of berries of all kinds.
1t is not to be expected, however,
that everyone who attempts the cul-
tivation of small fruit will be success
full, any more than that all will be
successful in any other line of bust
ness. A great deal depends upon the
man himself. If he fails to succeed
in this valley the fault is his own, for
here nature has furnished all the con-
ditions of soil, climate and moisture
required to make the growing of small
fruit pay. 1t must be remembered
that there is no such thing as general
cultivation. Some attempt more than
they can accomplish, and others i'm
agine all that is required of them is
to obtain plants, set them out and then
sit down and wait for the harvest.
Such people are always disappointed,
as they ought to be. Their fate is far
different from that of the men who
hustle-who cultivate the ground,
prune the vines and carefully assert
the product.
The chief object of those who grow
fruit is profit, and to secure the largest
returns for the capital invested re-
quires judicious selection of varieties
suitable for this climate. This demands
experience on the part of the growers.
Prompt, energetic work, applied at the
right time, is really more essential
with the small fruits than with the
large ones An apple or pear tree
may struggle along, and often success
fully, against weeds, unsuitable soil
and like adverse conditions, while
strawberry or raspberry plant would
perish in a short time under such cir
cumstances Cultivate your berry
patches and success is sure.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-01
Bees and Fruit Growing

The bee-keepers of certain fruit
growing section of California once got
into an alteration about pasturage
for their bees, and, as a result, bee
keeping was abolished in that part OF
the state.
During the next few years, the fruit
crops fell off in yield fully one-half. The
question was investigated by the
alarmed growers, and it was found
that the decrease in fruit had been
coincident with the giving up of bee
keeping, the pollination, for the most
part, having been effected by the bees.
To remedy this, bees were brought
in large numbers, and, in a year or
two, the fruit output went back to it's
normal capacity-a big argument why
every fruit grower should keep at
least few colonies of bees to insure
the proper fertilization OF his fruit
blossoms
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-01
cuItivating the Small Fruits.

Robert Montgomery, in Puyallup
Valley Tribune: Every year the i'm
portance of growing and cultivating
the small fruits for market is call
ing forth the attention and energies
of the most skillful horticulturists in
the Puyallup valley. 1t is only neces
sary to look back few years to ascer-
tain what has been done in cutivating
and improving these fruits.
In the early times nature supplied.
though in a haphazard way, most OF
the small fruits used by man; but now
our markets require greater quantity
and better quality than the forests