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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Melcome, Nora, Jr.

Miss Nora Lake, Jr., arrived in the
home OF the editor of the News last
Saturday morning at 24O o'clock. Her
mothers name is Nora, and we have
wanted to name one of the girls after
their mother, but she has objected.
For fear that we might not have an
other chance we this time insisted and
now we have Nora Lake, Jr., and w.
II. Lake, Jr., one named after the head
of the house and one after the mother.
And the new arrival is one of the pref
test little girl babies that one ever
saw in weeks travel, and she resem-
bles her mother very much. Well,
how time flies. If this little speck of
humanity that has come into our home
shall live to be twenty years old the
editor of the News will be little over
sixty years Of AEGEAN old mainland
she will be the one to remain with the
old folks and take care of them as they
sit in the chimney corner and contem-
plate the years that shall have made
up their lives. If the new girl is as
good as our other girls we shall have
no regrets and will come down to the
end of life with no complaints as far
as our family is concerned. Children
are the greatest blessings given to men
and women, and we do not know what
we should have done in every way
financially as we'll as Otherwise-had
this blessing been withheld from us.
The mother and baby are doing nicely
under the care of Mrs. Boyer, and the
little boys are just beginning to come,
too. DR.. Mcdaniel undertaking
ton Qa.) News. -,..-
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Your First Play.

IF you are playwright in embyro,'
said an actor, don't for your first at
tempt, write a four-act drama, but
write little curtainraiser of one act
instead. There is demand for good,
strong, one-act curtain-raisers that the
supply doesn't begin to meet.
This demand has been caused by
the late dinner hour that has been
adopted by the fashionable world. In
The country the dinner hour, | suppose,
is still noon, but in town 1t is 100 or
8 o'clock. 1t is no longer possible, in
fact, for fashionable people to eat
without haste good dinner and reach
the theatre before 8 o'clock.
fashionable people, in the major
ity Of cases, don't reach the theatre be-
fore 9, and when the play is musical
comedy or something of that sort their
late coming doesn't matter. But when
the play is serious drama, to miss
the first act Is serious loss. Hence
dramas are now written-by Pinero
and the other big guns of the stage
to begin at o'clock, and before them
comes a one-act curtain-raiser.
There is dearth of good curtain
raisers and strong demand for them.
A strong demand, no supply-that
means large profits for him who can
produce the goods.
THE embryo playwright could not
do better than devote himself to cur.
tain-raisers. Chicago Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

An eminent physician says that
"Women are not truthful; they will lie
to their physician This statement
should be qualified; women do tell the
truth, but not the whole truth, to Il
male physician, but this is only in re-
gard to those painful and troublesome
disorders peculiar TO their sex.
There can be no more terrible ordeal
to delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions when those questions are
asked, even by her family physician,
This is especially the case with un-
married women.
Is 1t any wonder, then, that women
continue to suffer and that doctors
fail to cure female diseases when they
cannot get the proper information to
work on?
This is the reason why thousands and
thousands of women are now CORE
spending with Mrs. Pinkham. To her
they can and do give every symptom.
so that she really knows more about
the true condition OF her patients,
through her correspondence with them
than the physician who personally
questions them.
Ifyou suffer from any form of trouble
peculiar to women, write at once to
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and she
win advise you free of charge.
The fact that this great boon, which
IL extended freely to women by Mrs.
Pinkham,. is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters received by her prove.
Many such grateful letters as the fol-
lowing are constantly pouring in.
Ash Mrs. plnkham's Advice "A WOms
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
State should Regulate Births.

Lecturing before the Sociological So
ciety at the London School of Econom'
les the other day, DR.. Mott, pathoIogist
TO the London County Council Asylums,
advocated the State -laclng a check
upon the reproduction of the unfit.
This could be effected to some extent
by taking defective children under con
troll. The State might encourage reg
istry offices, where the contracting par
ties might obtain bill of health In ad
ditlon to a certificate of marriage. That
would be of some use, not only to the
professors, but to their children. be
cause the actuarial value of their lives
would be considerably improved, ana
they would obtain more favorable
terms from insurance Offices.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

that other-for a woman isn't gifted
with agreeableness like hers without
realizing 1t and longing to have 1t we'll
set on Yet she wasn't bitter or en-
vious, but just went on as II the poor
house was her own home and those
feeble, wretched creatures the pick of
the countryW
Mary's voice died away in sobblng
whisper, but presently she said,
There" in an even tone, and reln-
pushed her hold on the gray garment,
Lucy Thomas drew all its soft length
into her lap and folded her hands
across it.
Il don't see Jane Anne in just your
colors," she said, "but know now
why shO never touched your funny
bone. And If 1t is as you think, and
she couldn't find her way here, it's all
Strengthened out by this time, and
Jane Anne's stepped into the place she
was meant to FILL"
"Oh, hope sow said Mary Martin,
with tender fervOr.-YOuth's Compan'
ion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Janan... wava 81 AdvartI,Ino

Many Japanese advertisements have
certain whimsicallty about them
that is quite lacking in the posters of
America. According to the Youths
Companion one Oriental "hustler" an
nOunces: "Our silks and satins are as
soft as the cheeks of a pretty woman,
as beautiful as rainbow"
A merchant in Toxic after praising
to the full his goods and the appoint
ments Of his store, boosted, '0uf par
GELS are packed with as much care as
young married woman takes of her
husband" The following day rival
shopkeeper advertised thus: "Our
wrapping paper is as strong as the
hide of an elephant. Goods forward
ed with the speed of a cannonball."-
New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Tic Penalty of Grsatnss..

"Yes,r'- said the railroad president,
81 suppose am a bigger man than the
President of the United States, and am
probably looked up to on par with the
King of England or the Emperor Ger
many, but being great has its penal
ty."
What particular penalties do you
refer to-" lie was asked.
We'll, just had a sample of them.
AS | was about TO enter the office l
slipped and dropped my cane. A man
sprang forward and picked it up and
restored it, and when / bowed my
thanks he stepped back and said;
That's all right as far as 1t goes,
Mr.. President, but, you see, am look
ing for a deadhead pass to San Fran
clscOw-ChicagO News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Trees which Cause Headache.


A curious member of the vegetable
kingdom has been discovered in the
Far East. 1t is q species Of acacia
which grows to height of about eight
feet and when full grown closes its
leaves together in curls each day at
sunset and curls its twigs in the form
of a plg-tail. After the tree has set
tied itself in this way for n nights
sleep, like most sleepers, 1t objects to
being disturbed. If touched it will
tiutter as If agltated and impatient at
the interruption of its slumbers. The
oftener the foliage is molested the
more violent becomes the shaking of
the branches, and at length the tree
emits n nauseating Odor, which, in
hailed for few moments, will cause q
violent headache. Presbyterian Ban
npP
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

Mrs. Ella Lee, Frankfort, Ind. writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:--
% | want to thank you for what vour ynadi-
cine has done for me.
Three years ago had inflammation of the
ovaltes and ulcers on my womb. was under
the doctors care for about three months and
the only time was not in pain was when
under the influence Of morphine. The doctor
finally said l never would be better, and
would be an invalid the rest OF my life. ] had
given up in despair, but one evening came
across one OF your advertisements and decided
to write you for advice. did so and COM
menced TO take Lydia +. Pinkham's Vega.
table Compound began to improve at once.
and to-day Am well woman, and / know
it is all due to your advice and medicine.
Mrs. j. II. Farmer OF 2So9 Elliott
Avenue, st. Louis, Mo-, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
cannot thank you enough for what vo,rr
advice and medicines have done for me
They have done me more good than all the
doctors ever had.
g For the last eight years have suffered
with female troubles; was very weak. had
nervous Prostration, and could not do INV
work; but am happy to say Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made a
different woman OF me. l am In perfect
health and have gained In weight from 80
pounds to 1873 pounds"
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fled endorsement. No other medicine
has such record for actual cures OF
female ills as has Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pin khan invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health. Address,
Lynn, Mass
. Best Understands A Wonanls Ne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Cats Mysterious Disappearance.

A teacher in one of the public
schools has very attractive cat. The
feline is of an inQuiring turn of mind;
it may be beCduse OF assUUiutiUn with
the learned lady who is her mistress.
A night or two ago kitty was much
Interested in watching her mistress
re-arrange things in her trunk. Sud
denly the cat disappeared. How she
vanished was a mystery. Doors and
windows we're closed and there was no
chance of her getting out of the room.
Her mistress was much exercised,
and sought high and low for kitty
from whom not a sound was heard. A
day or two afterward the teacher had
occasion to go to her trunk again, and
when the cover and the tray were
lifted there was kitty reposing costly
on her mistress evening dress. A
new, shake, a stretch, and kitty
was herself once more, a sadder but
wiser feline.-Hartford Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

The number Of baseballs made
every day at the present time in the
United States is about 10000. There
are four large manufacturies-one in
New York, one in Philadelphia, one
in Bridgeport, Ct, and one in Attica,
Mass- The process by which the best
quality league ball is made is inter
esting. All the work is done by hand,
machines having been tried repeated
ly without permanent success. The
centre of a best league ball is of solid
rubber. Around this is wound about
three ounces of Shaker yarn of the
best quality, dampened. Then COW
ering of horse hide is put on. This
completes what is termed the first
finish. Then the ball is wound tight.
ly with an ounce of the yarn, which is
again wound with cancels hair to
make it of uniform smoothness. Over
this is put the final covering Of care.
fully selected horse hide. The rub
Der ball, which forms the centre of
all baseballs, is imported from Ger
Days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Elects Of Prosperity,

In the six years of the country's
greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1908,
average prices of breadstuffs advanced
60 per cent; meats, 231 per cent;
dairy and garden products, SOL per
cent and clothing 24.1. All these were
products of the farmer and stockman,
who profited more than any other class
of the community by these advances
The miner benefited 421 per cent. by
that advance in the average price of
metals. The only decrease in the aver
age prices of commodities in that pc
rlOd was in railway freight rates, which
decreased from .79S per ton.mlle in
1897 to .763 in 1903, loss OF "A per
cent. The report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission shows that the
average Increase in the pay of railroad
employees in that period was a tribe
above $50 per cent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
A rhounht.

And a tender boy who wears his
rusty cap and outgrOwn coat that he
may secure the coveted place in col.
lege and the right in the library. is
educated to some purpose. There is
a great deal of self.denial in poor and
middle class houses that has not got
into literature. and never will. but
that keeps the earth sweet; that saves
on superhuitles and spends on essen.
tails; that goes rusty and educates
the boy; that sells the house. but
builds the school: works early and
late; takes two looms in the factory,
three looms, six looms, but pays off
the mortgage on the Daternal farm,
and then goes back cheerfully to work
again.-Emerson' Essay on Couture"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
TWO POINTS OF VIEW
Ia One City the AnsotIonRte Are Weak
In Another, strong.

In One City the AneetIonRte Are Weak
In Another, strong.
az Tom Is nine, attends school In
New York and kisses Flossie," says
the Chicago Chronicle, "he will be
classed with the feeble-minded. But
If Tom is nine, attends school in Chi
cago and kisses FlOssie, he may be
reprimanded, but neither his sanity
nor his taste will be questioned, And
that is one difference between New
York and Chicago.
"In New York If Tom walks by the
side of the desk of Flossle, with her
faxen curls and laughing eyes, and
does not glance at her, he is immedl
Htely classed among the boys of prom,
Use. And in Chicago II Tom passes by
the side of Flossle, with her fiaxeT
curls and laughing eyes, and does not
glance at her, he is classed among those
who lack discernment."
The Chronicle is moved by the re.
Gently reported remark of DR.. Brann
physician to the New York School
Board, that affection in superabun'
dant proportion is a sure sign of feeble.
mlndedness," and that the child needs
watching who ''rushes into a room and
throws his arms about the teacher, de-
clarlng his most violent love for her."
Truant Officer BOdine, of Chicago,
has also something to say: "As tru.
ant officer l have seen many children
between the ages of seven and four
teen, and have rare opportunities OF
studying them. Always have discov
cred that when they were healthy they
possessed much spirit, which must eX.
haust itself in some manner Some
choose play, some affection, some tenn.
per. Never did suspect, however, as
1 gazed upon the display of affection
that 1 was gazing upon the proof of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
. Mrs. Fairbanks Versatility.

1t is not generally known that Mrs.
Fairbanks holds three collegiate de.
grees. She graduated from the Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware, o.,
in 1872. in the same class with her
husband. She was married to him a
few days afterward, and at once be.
gan the study of law. also with her
husband as a classmate. She received
the degree of bachelor of laws and at.
terward took a full course Of interna.
tional and parliamentary law. During
the infancy of her children Mrs. Fair,
banks studied medicine. and one of
the most charming traits of her char.
acter is her sympathy and generous
aid to sick and aillng children and old
peOple.-Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
HAVEN'T YoU FELT THAT WI ~
BY MAuRIoE sMILEY.

Haven't you often worn goggles OF blue,
And seeing hfe's sham and its shame,
Felt Il all was big scramble, and you
Might as well get into the game?
That nothing much mattered but big
bunch OF cash,
And the man who was good was jay,
And the whole blooming country was going
to smash:
Haven't you, haven't you felt that way?
Haven't you felt it was hardly worth while
To try to live up to your best?
And haven't you smiled cynical smile
And something way down in your breast
Whispered life had a prize that was higher
than gold
And sweeter than fame or display?
And the faith that had slipped took a
brand.new hold;
Haven't you, haven't you felt that way?
And didn't peace come near that was far
And urge you to strive toward it still?
And didn't you turn your face to star,
And didn't you say: Il will"
And weren't You stronger, and didn't you
find
The world was better, and didn't it pay
To be brave and patient and CHEEKY and
kind:
Haven't you, haven't YOU felt that way?
Golfers Weekly,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
R1OO Reward. R1OO.

The readers ofthls paper will be pleasedto
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
itsstages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
the medical fraternity. Catarrh7belng a con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cureis takeninter-
nally, acting dlre3tly upon the blood aud mu-
coussuriaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ingthe foundation OF the disease, and givin ;
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing it
work. Theproprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills fo- constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Al the Nlrht school.

Most pupils at night-school have
purpose which makes them more in
teresting than pupils who study under
the usual conditions. In each of the
ambitious men or women who seek
tar1ily what better circumstances
would have given them years before is
strong character, the kernel of n pa
thetlc story, the dignity of sentiment Of
secret hope or shamed emulation.
Pupils at night-school are indeed the
picked and chosen, or they would not
be seen there at all.-Youth's Com.
panlon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

"of course, Mr.. sophmore, you are
familiar with all the great plays" re
marked Miss Kulcher. NOW, do you
consider Goldsmiths as clever as Sher
idan's?"
"Goldsmlth?" replied sophmore. HE
must belong to some minor college
Why there isn't another halfback in
the country that can touch Sheridan Of
our varsity. philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
rhunderer and Poet.

An early copy of Swinburne's
Poems and Ballads" volume QS66)
came into the hands of Dallas, then
chief literary reviewer to the London
Times. who, after Eliminating on what
we call the pygmy poems, strobe OFF
to Moxon's with an ultimatum. Either,
said he, let them withdraw the book or
he would denounce it and destroy it.
AS they had no wish to be denounced
or destroyed themselves, they preferred
TO accept the former alternative. John
Camden Hotten brought out the book.
-Fortnightly Review
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
shInes Whan Abroad.

Deacon JOnes-"You must be very
happy in your family since your hus-
band became converted l never saw
a more Jealous convert; he actually
makes business of religion"
Mrs. Grimes-"Yes, suppose that is
the reason we don't see much change
in him at the house. He never was
man to bring his business home. -
Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Removed the Cause.

Miss Black-"YOu weren't looking at
all well when I saw you the other day;
are you better nOw?"
Mrs. Black Yes, the dressmaker
'phoned that the bill she sent me the
other day was meant for somebody
else. Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Paying For Gas.

"What is a retainer, pop?"
"a retainer, my son, is the money
people pay us lawyers before we do
any work"
"Oh, see. It's like those pay gas
meters. The people have to pay the
money before they get any gAsT-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Evidence at Hand.

"Ah!" sighed the man with the
scanty hair, shakespeare spoke truly
when he said The evil that men do
lives after them"
For be it said, the scanty-haired
man had recently married widow
with ten.yearold son who was a
terror. Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
FACE LIKE RAW BEEF

Burning Up With a Terrible itching Ec-
zema-speedlly Cured by CuticuTa.
from which / had suffered agony and pain
for eight years, being unable to obtain any
help from the best doctors Ny scalp was
covered with scabs and my face was like
piece OF raw beef, my eyebrows and lashes
were falling out, and l felt as il burning
up from the terrible itching and pain. Gu
ticura gave me relief the very first day,
and made a complete cure in short time.
Ny head and face are now clear and we'll.
(Signed) Miss Mary NJ Fay, 70 West Main
St., Westboro, Mass"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Spring Vacation in Washington.

The Royal Blue Line have arranged
an eight day personally conducted
Washington Tour, leaving Boston, Fri
day, March 31st. AS this covers the
period of the Spring vacation for a
great many of the New England Schools,
particularly arranged to interest the
teachers and scholars, and those joining
our party can look forward to both Il
pleRsurable and instructive eight days.
Other dates from Boston ARE April 14th
and 25th, and May 18th. Will be glad
to forward itinerary on application TO
Jas. p. Taggart, N. e. p. A., 800 Wash
ingtOn Street. Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

Ostend-"Paw, what is a platform
humorist?"
Paw-"A platform humorist, my son,
is chap who stands on the back plat.
form of car and makes jokes when a
woman steps off backward."-Chicago
News,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Chinn,s Coal yields.

China's resources of coal and iron
are among the largest and most favor
ably situated in the world. The extent
OF the great coal fields has been put at
100000 square miles-more than sew
enty times the aggregate extent of all
the coal fields of Britain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
The TransInItter.

Lillian-"Wasn't it sweet of your hus'
band to send you kiss by wire?'
Mabelle-"I haven't decided yet. ]
am suspicious that telegraph operator
was a wOman."-Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01

Teacher (at waits mission
wrote the Episte to the Romans
Swipsey de Bootblack- Wasn't dere
no name signed to it, ma'ami'-Chi'
Cago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Very Likely.

First Denver Man-"Wonder what
BulHum nad to say to his ass when he
found the animal could TALK"
Second Denver Man asked him
how he was going to vote at the next
election, l s'pOse." -HOustOn Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
The Beginning OF Knowledge.

IUU TtHIIy UUH UVIIV'VI IHVH' V''''
n man is ever too old to learn"
Certainly not. I've known men to
get married at the age of seyenty-fve
or more. philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
"A They Heard Him.

D'Auber-"I was certainly tickled at
what Crittick said about me-"
KnOx-"Why, what was that"
D'Auber-'You heard him. He said
was deft cOlorist."
Knox Il understood him to sGJ
daft philadelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Al the Concert.

Angelne--"Doesn't she sing hlaud'
fully"
Grace-"Sings well enough, but see
how her dress hangs! Isn't n sightT
Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-04-01
Willard HUMOR
IF TIL E DAY
LIhIo FerdIs.

There once was a laddie named Ferdie,
50 laxative, earnest and wordy,
Each scolding he got
Was as ii il were not;
OF no scoding syllable heard he,
New York Mail.