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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Uncle Ins,s New GnveI.

Speaker Cannon called the House to
ORDER with a new gayel which has just
been presented to him, and connected
with which there is story. The gaVel
is carved from a piece Of dogwood
which grew on the farm where Uncle
Joe" was born, near Guilford, N. c.,
and on the banks Of the very creek III
which as boy he took his daily swim.
Mr.. John e.. Cox, of Guilford, who Is
familiar with all the cherished tradi-
lions of the place connected with the
birth, boyhood and early life OF the
statesman who now calls Illinois his
home, chopped down a sturdy dOgwood
tree and turned from Its roots u hand
some and demonstrating mallet cal
culated to stand repeated blows upon
the Speakers, desk.
Representative Joseph NJ. Dixon, of
Montana, introduced Mr.. Cox to Uncle
joe Mr.. Dixon, who was also born
near GuilfOrd, and who has n kindly
feeling In his heart still for the quaint
place. explained the history of the gavel
which MIR. Cox then presented. Speak
er Cannon was delighted, and promised
to use the gavel the very next time he
makes use of such an instrument of
discipline. ~
"The life of a gavel in the House Of
Representatives is short, merry, and
difficult one" said "Uncle Joe" in ac-
cepting the gift. ut has rough road
to travel, and is subjected to a, great
many hard knocks. 1t doesn't lead the
simple life by a considerable sight,
Washington Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
The panama Canal and He.ltn.

There is a widespread belief that the
construction of the canal can only be
accomplished at an enormous sacrifice
of human life. Both malaria and yell
low fever may be said to be to-day
practically under control, and these are
the two diseases which are most to be
dreaded when the great construction
camps are Assembled and work Is in
full swing throughout the length of the
canal. According to General Abbott,
the records Of the hospital of the old
Panama Canal Company shows that
the total death rate among the 'laborers
was far less than is commonly sup
posed, being in fact from fOrty-fOur
TO siXty-seven per 1000.
1t seems, moreover. that the rainfall
has been the subject of as gross exae-
geratiOn as the diseases. 1t varies
from about 1870 inches on the Atlantic
to siXty-fve inches on the Pacific, a
record that can be duplicated in the
United States, where the average rain
fall on the Atlantic coast is about fifty
inches and the fall on portions of the
Pacific coast compares in total precpi-
tatlon with that of the Atlantic ter
minus of the canal. Furthermore, it
will be news to many residents of our
northerly latitude to learn that the
temperature ranges at Panama from
seventy degrees to eighty-fve degrees
Fahrenheit, and that it is very rarely
that the thermometer reaches the high
temperature which is experienced
when hot wave passes over the
Cnited States--Sclentlfi American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
THE KING OF FRUITS.

sugar, and pour II over the apples.
Place the dish in the oven and bake
about one hour. This pudding should
he eaten cool, with sweetened cream or
custard.
For New England apple custard
pie-Stew quartered apples in a very
little water until they are tender; then
rub them through colander. For one
pie allow one pint of cooked apples,
While they are still hot stir into them
a spoonful of butter, one cup of Sugar,
two well beaten eggs and half cup
of cream. Line a deep pie plate with
rich crust rolled thin, and Oil the plate
with the prepared mixture. Bake in a
quick oven. A meringue may he PUT
over the top II desired after the pie Is
baked.
A surprise pudding Is made thus:
Cook a cupful Of rice IN milk until the
grains are tender. Butter mold or
basin. and make waffle an inch thick
of the rice around the sides and bottom,
pressing it closely around. Hill the space
In the centre with quarters of stewed
apples, and put over them a thick lay
er of rice. Cover the mold and bake In
pan OF water about half an hour.
Set it away until the pudding Is per-
feetly cold. Turn the form carefully
ont on a pretty dish dot the rice over
with bits of currant jelly and serve
with whipped cream. - Washington
Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Momen,s STRANGE Pets.

The prevailing craze for unusual
pets was exemplifled at the Opera
at Covent Garden the other night,
when a well-known lady brought with
her a chameleon, with delicate chain
around its neck, which enabled it to
run up and down the curtains of the
box.
Nine. Bernhard and her tame Loop
ard we're the sensation of a couple of
decades ago Mrs. Arthur Cadogan,
Lord Cadogan's sister-in-law, had
fancy for poisonous snakes One small
snake she frequently wore on her arm
as a bracelet
More pleasant as q .Jmpanion was
the tame otter which used to follow
Lord Linlithgow's sisters. Lady Doro-
thea and Lady Estella Hope, like
dog.
Lady Anglesey possessed maTmo-
set no bigger than mouse, which she
used to carry about with her, but it
has not been seen of late, so some
evil has doubtless befallen 1t. Lady
Constance Stuart-Richardson has given
up her snakes. Another lady kept a
hedgehog, which followed her about
with great intelligence, but 1t had its
drawbacks as a companion
Daily Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
THE WORLD CAPITAL.
New York City to Become the Fin.
anelaI and Commercial Centre.

ancial and Commercial Centre.
1t takes ages to change the com
mercial and financial centre of the
world. When one is once established
it shifts tardily and only long after it
has ceased to be the most convenient
place for the greatest number of peo-
pie. There have been but compare
lively few such centres in the history
of commerce. For centuries their To-
cation was on the Mediterranean Sea
or it's tributaries. Carthage, Rome,
Constantinople, Vienna, followed one
another at long intervls. With the
growth of the AnglO-SaXon and Ger
manic races and the development of
ocean traffic the location shifted to
northern Europe. Then came Bruges,
Antwerp Amsterdam, and finally Lon
don, where it still remains.
But the signs of the times now
point to another change. The United
stock of gold and controls over one
third of the worlds banking power.
In round figures, the worlds supply of
gold is $4,000, 2OO,O 900. OF this the Unit.
ed States holds 1920, 100000. The
worlds banking power is approximate
ly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. III CnTs 9roJoIoJoooJ
900 belongs to the United States. Dur
ing the last decade the United States
has gained 16S.47 percent in this par
ticular to the 1857 percent gain of all
combined foreign nations.
If this rate continues, and it seems
that it will, then London must eventu
ally yield her primacy to some city in
the United States. New York will, OF
course, be that city, owing to it's mar!
vellous advantages, due to its access
to the lakes through the Erie canal,
to the conveyance there of most of
the transcOntinental railroads, and to
its superior situation as a port fol-
European trade.-Kansas City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
WHEN PAPER is EXHAUSTED
VIII the Big Sunday Newspaper and the
One-Cent Daily Disappear?

VIII the Big Sunday Newspaper and the
One-Cent Daily Disappear?
At the rate at which forests have
disappeared and are disappearing be
fore the advance CT the electric tree.
telling machine and the pulp mills, Il
is only a question of years when the
supply will be exhausted and either
other fibres must be used or the prices
of paper return to somewhere near
those of forty years ago.
The straw of all the cereals includ'
ing rice, are used for paper making to
considerable extent, but for the white
blanket with wHich the newspapers
cover the earth morning and evening
wood pulp alone is used
When we think of this it Is very in
teresting to speculate as to the effect of
Il failure of this supply ard a rise in
the cost of paper upon civilization.
The first result would be the dlsap.
pearance of the blanket sheets and the
abolition of big head lines. Our news
papers would become compact publ.
cntIons, or the pattern Of the Outlook,
Independent and smaller magazines.
The penny paper and probably the
two cent paper would disappear Copy
would be ruthlessly condensed because
of the limits of space for a three, or
even five cent paper would be small,
Advertising space would be reduced
and the prices for it raised.
The effect Of such change upon
the habits of thought of a nation
would be hardly less radical than the
changes of climate from the deforest.
ing of our mountains which has long
seemed probable.
The destruction Of the forests would
certainly bring abont the small and
high priced newspaper. We may be
saved from both, however, If the own.
ers of the vast tractse Ito which for
est lands are now being consolidated
by the great paper making companies
will follow a judlciOus, business-like
course in their operations.
This is not to strip the land of Its
trees with no regard for the future, as
n mere temporary affair; but 10 make
the ownership of forests and the man
agement of great pulp and paper plants
permanent investment and to so cut
the trees and conserve their future
growth that they may be depended
upon for all the future.-Bangor Com
mercial.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
SLOW ut CHORES.

President Palmer, Of the Worlds
Fair Committee of 1893, in one of his
speeches at that time told story about
a boy, whose father was a stern man,
who used the boy very harshly at
times. One night he sent the boy TO
he wOOdplle to get backlog. The boy
went out, but he did not get the back
log, for he took that time to run away.
Ten years later he came back after
many voyages. He felt sure that h"
had not been a dutiful son, so
thought he would go home and see
old father and beg his forgiveness. A.
he neared the old familiar place his
eyes filed with tears. The thought Oc.
cured to him to look in Mt the win.
dow, and there sat his father in the
same old place, just as he used to sit so
l6aG4 ago. The old scene rose to the
sons mind, and going around to the
,wOOdplle he picked up backlog, anr,
putting it on his shoulder, he walked
in. saying:
dad, here's the backlog"
The old man looked up and said
calmly:
''tWell. Bill, you've been a good while
about it."-Kansas City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

The famous Beecher-Tilton trial is re
called by the death of William H
Davis, the last of the twelve men who
made up the jury which sat at the
trial. In all the time which has
elapsed since the Beecher trial, Mr..
Bayjs, according to the statement of
his relatives, never told how he voted
on the jury, nor expressed an opinion
in regard to tha guilt or innocence of
Mr. BeecheF. After the jury returned
to the court room and reported a d!sa
greement 1t was discharged. The indl
vldual members were asked for OK
pressions of opinion in regard to the
case. None of the twelve men would
consent to say anything, and it was
learned that before the verdict was
brought in all had agreed never to di
vulge what had taken place In the
Jury room, even to theif own families
1t Is believed that with the death of
Mr.. Davis the last chance that the pro
ceedings Of the jury would become
known has vanished.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
some CLEVER DOCS.
SagaCity Displayed by Well Bred Pointers
When HuRtinE.

When Hunting,
The sagacity displayed by well.bred
pointers and settlers in everything con-
ShEcteu Win Dird Admitting and their
eagerness to be off when their master
appears with his gun and game bag
QstOnishes all who are not accustomed
to these animals. An incident which
occurred on Thanksgiving Day indi-
Gates that these dogs are possessed of
even more intelligence than they have
been credited with. Dr. Harry Mckay
is the owner of a couple of fine hunt
Ing dogs of which he is very fond, and
which he usually takes out shooting on
Sunday as much for the pleasure of
his pets as for his own amusement.
The appearance of things Thanksgiving
morning caused these dogs to imagine
to 60 hunting and were on the lookout
for their master. He, hOweveR being
provided with calendar, knew thar it
was not Sunday, but Thanksgiving
Day, and that it was his duty TO be
present at the football game. In some
way uC GNhuNu lhC uO6S, dh"
they, after waiting some time, con.
cluded he had gone down to the hunt
ing boat, expecting them to follow,
Fearing that they might be late they
started for the wharf, and, arriving
there just as the boat was pulling ont
for the COwlitz, went aboard. Captain
Kamm, who knew them well, imagined
their owner must be close at hand.
10 make a long story Short, they went
down to their usual landing place, up.
parently enjoying the trip very much,
passing the time of day with other dogs
ops board and comparing notes in re.
gard to their feats in the field, but, un,
Ike some hunters, telling no fish
stories" Just how they spent the day
has not been ascertained, but they
were at the landing In tlme to catch
the boat on her return trip OF course,
as they had no gun along, they had
shot no birds, but there were other
hunters on board who had guns who
were in the same fix, so they were not
in the least cast down, but looked as
if could they speak they would say,
Better luck next time,"-Portland ore.
gonian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
poNr 10y DREAM eUT poI

Don't idly dream There is no time for
dreaming,
No time to 1rone and loiter on the way.
With opportunity each day Is teeming,
That, till you deign to waken, will not
stay.
Be then, alert, for all around you calling
Are voices, to press onward, heard by
few;
Heed them and venture, with no fear of
falling
Don't idly dream, but do
Don't idly dream! Great deeds await
your doing,
Deeds that win live, and you in them
may live.
Noble your thoughts, each day your
strength renewing,
Be you but true, that strength your
faith shall give.
Life striving round you bids You, then,
awaken;
Look, where the future grandly stands
in view,
In God press onward BE your trust me-
shaken
Don't idly dream but do!
George Birdseye, in Boston Globe,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
A Street Doctor.

A feature of low street life In Toxic
is the ''kuisha," or mOxa doctor, who
applies small pads made of certain
dried herbs to the skin, then setting
them alight, the ensuing blisters being
supposed TO be most effective as cure
for various ailments. Among the doc
tors remedies, too, are rhlnOceros pills,
warranted sure cure for tlghtness OF
the chest. gnashing of the teeth and
depression of spirits, and ''furidashi."
a popular remedy for coughs and colds,
which is said 10 expel the devils and
promote circulation; while musk pills
are prescribed as an infallible cure for
every i'll, from a red nose 10 sea sick
ness
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Was Not In the Senate.

One of Senator Frye's sclntlllations
as presiding officer, when the Philip
pine Bill was near hts passage in the
Senate, should not be lost to the world.
Such measures, till perfected, are con
sidered in committee of the whole, not
in the Senate, as the term goes. The
distinction is OF little popular signIti
canoe, but of great parliamentary lm.
portance.
Senator Bacon, wishing to make a
certain motion, was informed that the
bill was not in the Senate, but in com.
mittee of the whole.
"Oh, thought we were In the Sen.
ate" replied Mr.. Bacon.
I'VE are in the Senate" Mr.. Frye re.
sponded, but the bill is rOt."-Wash.
irton Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Tn. NECESSARY rhlnas.

$50, you think you'd like to have
your son enter our college. Is he fitted
for it, do you think?"
Sure; he reads, writes and speaks
seven languages.
He's great on geometry, psychology,
history, algebra, trigonometry."
Excuse me for interrupting; but
these things are SO irrelevant. Can he
play football, sprint, or pitch a curve?'
Houston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

at her husbands J. nd, until the fancy
died a natural death.
And a pretty little coquette, who was
staying at the DeXt-door neignbor's,
and made eyes" at Adolphus when he
was smoking his after-dinner cigar,
was surprised by having her acquant-
ance promptly cultivated by Mrs. Adolf.
plus, until the gentleman was fain to
stay at the Office to avoid an overdose
of Miss Pauline Pelham.
After ALL" said the husband, there
Isn't one of the lot to be compared to
Gertyw
And so his tendency to Irritation died
out by degrees, without his being
aware Of it, and Gertrude had con-
Quered.-New York News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
An Accident.

In the days when the state of Iowa
was just beginning to grow up vii.
lage school was held in a room of
farmhouse, says, 1.-The Youths Com.
panion." The farmer had swarm of
bees, in which he took great pride,
and told the children that they must
not bother his bees One day when
he was working in the field little
girl, who was a pupil in the school,
waiting to catch her breath, explain
ed:
Please, sir, my brother Willie step
ped on a bee, but it was an accident
and he got right off"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Great rImber Waste.

The annual consumption of ties on
the 203,1 1872 miles of railroad track in
this country is 114,0OO,0O0 Every year
finds it harder for the railroads to get
their supply. Granite, metal and con
crete ties have been experimental
with, but nowhere permanently adopt
ed. In Europe the railroads have for
a long tine been treating their ties
by various chemical processes, which
have more than trebled their lives,
The Bureau of Forestry at Washing
ton has been conducting experiments
along these lines for some time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
The Locomotive AS a coal.Eater.

The Locomotive AS a Coal-Eater.
The total coal production of the
United States is now at the rate of
l 100000 tons per day, and the con-
sumption ofecoal by railroads is equal
to 40 percent of this, or 100000 tons
per day. The fuel bill of a railroad
contributes about 10 percent of the
total expense of operation and 80 to
40 percent of the total cost of running
the locomotives. A locomotive will
consume on an average $4,000 worth of
coal per annum, and for road having
an equipment of 1000 locomotives the
coal bill is approximately $5,000,O 00-
Railway Age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

OF an attack. On each and every ocCa-
sion 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 did over two years ago"
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y,
proprletors. For sale by all druggists,
price so. cents per box.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

Kidney Pills | told
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 should
der blades. Dur
ing the interval
which has elapsed
/ have had occasion
to resort to Doan's
Kidney Pills when
l noticed warnings
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
Tablets For Ind n.

Tablets are to be placed by the Brit.
ish Government on buildings In India
which are famous in the history'or the
country. -Four of the buildings Sc.
lected are the houses of four early
Christian missionaries. The Govern
ment thus officially recognizes the fact
that the missionary bears the torch
which lights the way for explorer, SOL
der and governor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO,

FRANK J. CHENEY make oath that he is
senior partner OF the Arm OF +. J. CHENEY &
Co., doing business In the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of oATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
,--- presence, this 9Th day Of Decem-
SEAL. Der, A. D., 1886, A.W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood aud mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. +. J. CHENEY h Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by ell Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
MEDICAL EXAMINER
OF the United States Treasury Recon-
mendS Pe-rU-na.
Another Prominent Physician Uses
and Endorses Pe-ru-na'

IN. LLEWELLYN JORDAN. Medi;
Deal Examiner of the U. ). Treasury
Department, graduate OF Colnmpl4
COLLEGE. and who served three years
West Point, has the following TO say Oi
Peruna:
"ALLOaD mo 70 express my graItt"ae
20 VOts for the benefit derived IRON.
,,O1Is. OOOSsderfOIL remedy. one S"Or'
snOntAhGs bro ought forth a Udst cHa''ge
and 1 ssOW consider myself a Noelt
wan after months Of suffering. Eel
IOGS su1erers, PerWnG Dill cure y0N'' -
A constantly increasing number OF ply
Gicians prescribe Peruna in their pTactice'
It has proven its merits so Thoroughly thal
even the doctors have overcome thelf
prejudice against so-called patent medr
zines and recommend it to their patients;
Peruna occupies unique position ~
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarTh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
every one will admit, il the cause OF one
half the diseases which aflict mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases atflict one
half Of the people OF the United States
:
Robert R. Roberts, Nj. D., Wash {:
Z ington, d, c., writes:
Z "ThrOMOh my OWM 0Dpertence !.
GS 1UeIL as that Of many Of my !
$IS.teWds and GcqUGtntGHces N0hO !
ShaUe been CARED or relieved or
cGtGrrk by tie use Of HGrtmGn'ss
PerWRG, IcGR confidently recon- !
nSeRd e 20 those suffering from !
eOlCh disorders, and hGUe no hesi- !
tGttOn Ia prescribing Il 20 nay !
patients. "---RO6ert Il. RObSrts
S~~%~~@~@@~@~~%%~~~
Catarrh is a. systemic disease durable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must ann directly at
the depressed nerve centres. This is what
Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centFes which gives vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh disap-
pears Then catarrh b permanently cured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
The Real Egotist,

Father" said the small boy, what
is an egotist?"
AN egotist, my son, lie man who
has the imp 'dence to think he knows
more than you do, instead of giving
you credit for knowing more than he
does. "-WashingtOn Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

The day of the brass negaphone
over. The latest thing in Il megaphone
Inouthplece is one built like big
morning glory. and colored accordingly.
red, white or blue, They nre very
SNOWY and dealers expect big sale
for them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
A LOVELY COMPLEXION
New York Lady Proves That Every WO.
man May Have It by Using
Cutlcura Soap.

Mrs. r. Reichenherg, wife OF the we'll
known jeweller of l46 Fulton St., New
York, says: Il had a friend who was just
ly proud OF her complexion. When asked
what gave her such brilliant and lovely
complexion, she replied, A healthy
woman cen be sure Of fine skin if she
will do as | do, use plenty of Cuticura Soap
and water She insisted that follow her
example, which | did with speedy eonvic-
ton. find that Cutcura Soap keeps the
skin soft, white. and clear, and prevents
Tcdness aud rOughness"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14
On Display.

Husband-Why in the world do you
keep your new fur boa hanging out on
the line?
Mrs. Fluffy-Because | nearly roast
with it on this kind of weather, and
it's the only way | can let people
know that I'd got it.-Detroit Free
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-01-14

"A proposition is now on foot to irri-
gate certain parts of North Dakota and
eastern Montana whereby the govern
ment is to put in irrigation canals and
the settlers are to pay $25 an acre for
the service, payable in ten annual in.
stallments OF $3.50 each.