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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Bible Concentrations.

DR.. Hook, father of the Bishop of
Kingston, when taking the service in
Chichester Cathedral, of which he was
dean, was frequently overheard to say,
Here endeth the first lesson, and a
very good lesson, too-a most excel
lent lesson!" Dean Burgon, his sue
cessor, had similar habit of think
ing aloud. He once concluded a read
ing with; Here endeth the second
lesson, though why on earth it should
end there l am sure cannot imagine"
The late Rev. Dr.. Norman Mcleod, a
noted Scottish preacher, used to make
some curious comments while reading
the Bible in the pulpit. One Sunday,
at the Old Barony church, Glasgow, he
read from the Psalms: Il said in mine
haste, all men are liars" and added:
"Ay, David, and had ye taken time to
think the matter over ye'd probably
have reached the same conclusion"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
wind He wouid Lie to See.

1 should very much like TO see a gal
lery Of pictures painted by fine-art
critics, and TO read notices thereof
written by real painters. should also
like TO see play enacted by dramatic
critics and hear review of their per-
formances as penned by experienced
actors. should thoroughly delight in
such a combination of circumstances;
but suppose such joys are not for the
likes of mel. Ashby-Sterry, in the
London Graphic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
ORIGIN OF STYLES IN COATS.
cutaway Frook and Sack From Eight
zenith century-Black Dress Coat.

eentn Century-black Dress OodI'
The modern cutaway sprang from
the body-htting justaucorps of the
French as known 10 the cOurtiers of
Louis XIV, and Louis XIV. and the gar
ment was in turn probably evolved
from the frock or tunic, worn in the
fourteenth century.
The first trace of a cutaway in any
thing like its present form. says the
Sartorial Art Journal. Is seen in old
prints Of French military uniforms,
early in the eighteenth century. For
civilian use II was worn In England
about 1855 as a riding coat. the tails
being very long. In 1898 1t was adopt
ed in France for walking as well as
for riding and was then in shape and
cut much nearer the modern cutaway
than any Of its predecessors, though
It was usually double. breasted.
Early in the nineteenth century the
cutaway had eight or nine buttons,
only the fourth. fifth and sixth being
used. This admitted Of the wearer
showing his neckcloth. fancy waist
coat and friled shirt to the best ad-
vantage. Not till 1910. or thereabout,
did the cutaway become almost identi-
cal with the modern garment and
since then the changes in its shape
have been comparatively slight. In
1871 the word GETAWAY" became fix
ture in the Language.
The old colonial uniform worn by
Washington, with its flaps buttoned
back the coat worn by Nelson at the
battles of ST. Vincent. the Nile and
Trafalgar, and the coat worn by Ma
poleon when on his way to st. He
lena, were all in a general way SINH
lar to the cutaway frock.
The conventional dress coat of our
time is refined younger brother, so
to speak of the cutaway frock. and
for II we are indebted TO the French,
who on the other hand credit the
English with originating the coat that
has evolved into our double breasted
frock The coat last named was in
troduced into France by Montesquieu
in the year 1850.
Incidentally, we may add. the pres
ent black dress coat has. by the Eng
lish speaking nations. been restricted
to evening wear little more than half
a century. In some Continental coun-
tries the dress coat is proper form
for wear at court or other important
formal assemblages held in the day
time.
The sack coat probably dates from
the "Macaronies." who introduced it
into England in 1872. though a gar
ment somewhat similar WAS worn by
the "Round-heads" of Cromwell's day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
why Prison DOOrkeepers Are surly9

why are the dooTkeepers of prisons
always surly? l guess it is because
they have to answer so many foolish
questions" said prison doorkeeper.
only this morning a ring comes at
the bell. halt in the middle of my
breakfast. tramp down the long cor
ridor l unlock my seton door with
my ah-pound key Outside stands
tough man, his hat on the SIDE OF ms
head, who says: Boss. when'll Joe
Mace get out? Me and another Teller
has got a bet on it, People come here
and ask me when this prisoners trial
and that prisoners trial take place.
They come here without permits and
demand to see a prisoner with the
same air as you'd go to a friends
house and demand to see your friend.
They bring presents to prisoners
boxes of cigars, bottles of rum, scarf
pins and poker dice. 1t is the constant
rebuffing of all these foolish persons
that makes the doorkeeper Of prison
surly. Philadelphia Bulletin,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
NERVOUSNESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE.RU-NA.
Miss Sadie Robinson, A Ran,

MISS NNule NoOmsOnl MANU- sITVtII
Maiden, Mass, writes:
"Peruna was recommended to me about
year ago as an excellent remedy for the
y.sa.NV,. -s-d 7- I fUuh'A
that all that was said of this medicine was
true, am pleased to endorse it.
~ BEGAN to as 10 about seven
months ago for zee tbhesS aud mere
BUSINESS, ca Msrd from OreriC0rh and
sLeepLess1Le ~, and found hHt ia a
feLO days began TO grOIO strong, my,
appetite Increased and l began 10
sleep better, COnSe ILentjU my Herr-
business passed array ana h' lCedk-
ness IN The pelUtc organs S0On dis
appeared aud hare been IOelL
aud strong eUer since"
Address DR.. S. b. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
o., for free medical advice. All cores,
poudence strictly confidential.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Twenty Miles an Hour.

The chauffeur is the type the symbol
of the modern, says Country Life in
America. The driver in action leans
over tho motor bonnet like an aimed
arrow. His left hand is or the steel
driving gear, his right hand opens and
closes as he feels for the emergency
brake that will save a life at the next
blind corner, bis feet clad in buckskin
shoes, are pliable and acutely sensitive
and play the clutch as if it were soft
pedal. His goggles throw off a steady
fusillade of sand. His slave of the
race, the mechanic at his left, is feed
ing oil to the friction chafed chassis.
The machine is throbbing as If it were
n great heart, and the pulsations go
through him as part of the system.
The wheel-tires get egg-shaped from
the momentum. Chewing dust and
blinking wind he feels the speed gath
ering from all parts, from the hub bolt
to the inmost nut of the body, like a
rising lido What wordor that tho
greatest triumph since Goethe was
crowned at Welmar came to Fournier
when he had hurtled through three ma
tiOns and rolled into the crc1s ground
of Berlin, receiving the prize of the
Emperor of Germany, of the King of
the Belgians, of the Grand Duke of
Luxembourg and of the city Of Han
over
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
A sHlRN

It's work, it's work.
There is always work.
But I'm goin' away
And I'm going to shirk,
And I'm going TO find
Me a daisied bank
Where there's sun and shade
And the grass is rank.
And all III do
Ever dadburned thing
Will be to watch
How the daisies swing
On their slender stems,
And the wild birds sing;
That's all I'll do
Ever dadburned thing.
Houston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
The Property Mans Troubles.

The company was playing Romeo
and Juliet" the ether day. and in the
balcony scene a cannon went of. He
sent for the property man, who eX-
planned that it was a cannon. which
should have gone off in the perfor-
nance of Henry V" two days before.
He spoke to that property man more
in sorrow than in anger.-Frcm an ad-
dress by F. r. Benson in London
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
A Slow Journey.

The cable car crawled slowly on,
with an occasional long pause at a
threatened breakdown. At last an old
man with long white beard rose
feebly from a corner seat and totter-
ed toward the door. ne was, howev-
er, stopped by the conductor, who
said:
"Your fare. please"
81 paid my fare"
when? l don't remember it."
"Why, paid you when l got on the
car"
where did you get on?"
"At Neither LibertCn."
THAT won't do! When l left Meth
err Liberton there was only little boy
on the car"
"Yes," answered the cid man, 81
know it. was that little boy."-Auck-
land IN. H. News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Colonel Frank Hume, former Con
federate army officer, is making an eff
fort TO get the Grand Army of the Re
public to indorse his plan to have a
bell cast, to be the largest in exist
ence, to be hung in the Arlington Gem.
etery, to be tolled during the funeral
rites Of soldiers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Above Suspicion.

What a fine thing a reputation for
scrupulous honesty Isl"
"Apropos of what?"
81 was thinking of DR.. Goodman. He
walked down the street this morning
with an umbrella under each arm and
nobody nked!"-Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Kidney FlllS l tOlu
the readers Of this
paper that they had
relieved me OF kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed l have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when L
noticed warnings Of
~ ottontr On paph
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

John Writ Randell, of Annapolis,
Md, who is a descendant of William
Writ, has in his possession the orig
inal letter of Thomas Jefferson, offer
ing Writ the presidency of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

and every occasion the results obtained
were just as satisfactory as when the
pills were first brought to my notice.
Just as emphatically endorse the
preparation to-day as l did over two
years ago.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo NJ. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price so cents per box.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
SOME GREAT FLOWING.
Munchausen.Like Tales of Western
Story Teller.

Munchausen. Like Tales of a Western
Story Teller.
About the biggest yarn in the way OF
a story about blowing that ever
heard was told by old man Hobbs, who
used to work at the Caldwell Pottery
years ago. Old man Hobbs used tG
tell of the big farming he did out West
in his younger days, and said that ir
working twenty yoke Of cattle to n
pillow going around 10OO-acre field he
turned under brush and all never stop
ping for even saplings as big as your
arm-plow cut chem off slick as a
whistle and went right along. Old
fellow said that one morning, just as
he had got the cattle strung out and
hltched to the pillow, his old lady called
to him and told him breakfast would
be on the table in about half an hour
He told her he would go once around
and be back in plenty of time, ano
started around the 1O00-acre field as
fast as the cattle could travel, with his
old dog at his heels, following in the
furrow. He declared he got back tC
the house in exactly thirty-six minutes
from the time he started, and as he
knocked the dirt from his shoes at the
door previous TO his going in for his
breakfast, Mrs. Hobbs asked him what
had become of the dog. Going back
to the field, he found the dog drowned
in the furrow, about forty rods from
where he stopped the plow, and de
clared that the sweat that streamsd
from him as he went around that land
that morning had run in the furroW
to such an extent as to drown the pool
dog. Hobs could tell that tale without
cracking smile, and it was only fail
sample of the stories he used to tell
down at old Caldwell.-Kansas City
Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Ocean trips to Nova Scotia, Cape
Breton, Prince Edward Island or New
fOundland. Six days cruise 400 miles
for $lS. From Boston, every Tuesday
scenery. This don't half tell it. Send
stamp for booklet, maps, etc. A. w.
Perry, Gen. Mgr, Union Wharf, Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens FOot-EAse.
A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions. swollen, Sore, Hot, Gal lous, Achln
Sweating Feet and Ingrowlng Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores, rs cents. Ac-
ecpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE,
Address Allen 3. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Irish RAILWAYS,

A tourist writes from Ireland to
complain OF the desperate management
of the Irish railways. She was re-
strained from entering an express by
the awful warning of the porter, This
train sthops nowhere at all."-London
Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
AN AWFUL SKIN HUMOR
Covered Head, Neck and ShOuIders-Suf,
fered Agony For Twenty Five Years
Uniil Cured by CutIcura.

"For twenty five years l suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely covering
my head neck and shoulders, discharging
matter of such offensiveness to sight and
smell that | became an object of dread. |
consulted the most able doctors far and
near, to no avail. Then l got Cuticura,
and in a surprisingly short time | was com
pletely cured. | advise all those suffering
from skin humors to get Cutcura and end
their misery at once S. Z. Reyes, l49
Congress Street, Boston, Mass
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

FITspermanently cured. No fits ornervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveR estorer, $2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd. 1881 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

A pig is usually kept in every stable in
Persia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain, cureswind collie, 25c bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THOMAS ROB
ERTs, Maple ST., Norwich, NY, Feb. II 1900
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Concrete Ties a Failure.

Oyama says he attributes his success to
the virtues of his Emperor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
AL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South
Walnut street, Urbana, ILL.,, says: "In
the fall of 1899, after taking Doan's
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

A Partisan complains that kissing is out
of fashion in France.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

One Of the great pyramids of Egypt has
been struck by lightning.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
! IS HZNGS
RWORTH KNOWINGLY


Tame snakes are used IN Morocco
to clear houses Of rats ana mice. The
sight Of snake seems to terribly the
rodents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Mrs. I. ]. Gulllck, the widow Of an
artist, was waiting for a train at Oul'
ton station the other day, when she
suddenly fell dead, says the London
Mail. She had walked mile to the
station, and was apparently in her
usual health. About ten years ago her
husband fell dead in exactly similar
circumstances.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

Major Powell Cotton, who was on an
expedition from the Nile to the Fam
best, has secured skin of the northern
white rhlnoceros, OF which only one
specimen has ever reached Europe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
The Real Issue.

Prisoner-Good morning, judge! How
is your honor this morning?
Judge-That's not the question.
Hows Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24
Nervous Women
Their Sufferings Are Usually
Due to Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unexpected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES

Can we dispute
the well = known
fact thatAmerican
women are ner-
Ivous ?
| How often do we
hear the express
sion, IL am so ner-
lvous, it seems as if
u should fly " or,
g." Don't speak to
me-" Little things
)onnnv Won and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

r. S. Terry, business man OF
Downs, Kan, forwards a postal card
on which are written 400 words, or
1900 letters, all done with a common
pen and without the aid Of magnify
Ing glass. One sentence OF ten words
is repeated 440 times, aud each sem
tence is about an inch long and about
One-tenth of an inch high. The letter.
Ing is scarcely legiblo without glass
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

One hundred years ago the fastest
land travel in the world was on the
Great North road, In England, after 1t
had been put into its best condition.
There the York mail coach tore along
at the rate of ninety miles a day, and
many persons confidently predicted
divine vengeance on such unseemly
hAste.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

The attempt to acclimatize Siberian rein
deer in Alaska has proved to be great
success.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

1t is estimated that the Parisians
alone spend $4,000 on confetti every
year. NE25
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

A curious ceremony is perfor ned in
Japan by the court musicians at Ger.
tain Shinto festivals. Both strlnged
and wind instruments are used, but it
Is held that no sound should be allowed
to fall upon unworthy ears. and, as
some of the ears present might be un
worthy, all the motions Of playing are
gone through by the musicians, but
not a single sound is heard. This
strange custom dates back many gen
erations, but since the advent of clvi
izatlon has rapidly lost favor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-24

GONE TO MoNTANA---A.-e you thinEingo,'cl arg.
wing locattJnt n 4 Dec. In taYtpa | info
nation 81 to soil, olima,e. prcA farm lard snd n
dncemenia TO me see s.We nd yo. grain sam.
pies ana reliable statistits. Address Jones Kelly
bozeman, Montana. Reference Com'l Ma y Bank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
Suits $40 tO $35. OvercOatS $1O $45. RaincOatS $15 10 $35.

cry street railway will be finally set tied on December 15, when $90,000 of the first payment of $100,000 is to be paid. The balance of the purchase price will be paid January 15 next, though all may be turned over on December 15 if 1t Is desired The trade is no doubt a go, and will mean much for the city and its trans portation.
 It is thought that the price to be paid for the property will not fall far short of million dollars altogether No one seems to know just how much it is. How ever, all agree that the sale meshls that Montgomery is to have an up-to-date street railway system, reaching all parts of the city and suburbs and three or four parks. 1t is also regarded certainty that there will be one or more lines sent out to towns in the surrounding country. especially Wetumpka where a partial survey has been outlined.
 In the meantime both companies are getting in equipment. The Montgomery company. which is to lose its identity by the purchase, put on today several hand some combina ton cars which are an inl- provement on the open cars. It Is thought that not less than $2.000.000 will be spent on improvements and equipment by the consolidated owners.
 Has Case Under Advisement.
 Taylor Smith, a convict from the city court of Birmingham. sought by habeas corpus today to be let out of prison. His case is peculiar. He was convicted of assault with intent to murder in the lower court and the case affirmed by the supreme court. He was then sent to serve out his sentence. Later, however, the supreme court. recalled the affirmation and sent the case back for retral.
 When 1t was called the prisoner could not be found. He was thought to be in jail. but had all the time been serving in the penitentiary. Today he came here, with his attorneys, B. M. Allen of Br- mingham, and Phares Coleman of this city and taken before Judge A. D. Sayre of the city court. It is claimed that he should be turned loose Judge Sayre heard the case and took it under advisement.
 Sheets Sentenced.
 w. T. Sheets, an old man. plead guilty today to the killing of his own son, and on a charge of manslaughter. was given. a term of eight years. He killed the boy last summer. They had fallen out and the boy came back to the house. As he got into the yard he was fired upon by the old man. and dropped dead. There is much sympathy for the old fellow, who is a glazier by trade.
 The grand lodge of Masons will meet here Monday. H. H. Mathews of this city, is grand master The grand chapter will hold forth Monday and the grand lodge will open Tuesday.
 New Appointments.
 These appointments have been announce ed by Dr. Thomas M. owen, commander in chief of the United Sons of Confederate veterans:
 Commander of the Florida division. Hugh McCallum Jacksonville, to succeed G. c. Mathews; of West Virginia divsion, F. B. Hooff of Charles Town, to succeed " T. Churchman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

them to share in the general prosperity enjoyed at this time by the cotton farm CTS. Cotton picking and ginning is now almost over for the present season. Con sderabl fall blowing and preparations for another crop has already been done. The recent high prices in cotton have been taken advantage of by cotton grow CTS of this section, and many of them have turned their entire crops in to cash There seems to be less cotton held in the country at this time than was being held for higher prices in June.
 Sam IT. Cobb and Miss Evie A. Rogers, a prominent young couple from Sand mountain, came In yesterday and were married by Probate Judge John H. Car ter.
 Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Margett Miller and Albert M Ayres, Jr., December 6, Miss Miller is prominently connected, being a grand daughter of the late Albert G. Henry, formerly of this place. MT. Ayres is the only son of ex-Probate Judge A. M. Ayres of this county and grandson of the late General Foster, at one time promi- nent in the politics of this section.
 Attorney Jeff D. Davis has gone to At lanta, where he will accept a position with the Southern railway.
 The preliminary examination of Clay Peppers of Albertvile, confined in the county jail charged with shooting Cooper McNaron, also of the same place, has been continued until the 18th of Decem- ber pending developments in MT McNo- ran's condition, who is now in Copeland x Berrys infirmary in Birmingham, where he was carried to have an opera tion performed for the removal of the bullet. McNaron was shot on the 18th of October, and was thought to be fatally wounded at the time but as he survived the first shock hopes were entertained for his recovery. His condition the past few days has been very critical and it Is feared that his wound may yet prove fatal. The shooting was a most regreta- ble affair as McNaron is a very popular young man at Albertville and the as- sault on him seemed to be without pro- vocation.
 Oleander and Warrenton precincts In this county will hold stock law elections December Is and 19 respectively. It is thought that these two precincts will vote to adopt the stock law. If so this will make all of Marshall county south of the Tennessee river, except Wakefield pre- cinct a no fence district. So far none of the counties north of the river have adopted the stock law.