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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
A WESTERN VERSION.

1t was in the Rocky Mountains of
Wyoming several miles north of Lara
mic. A visitor was called on to teach
class of boys whose ages varied from
seven to ten. The lesson of the Sunday
before had been about the Good Sa.
marian.
"NOw," said the teacher, (which of
you boys can tell me about the lesson
Ao Several Hand ands went up. One of the
boys was selected. "Tell all you know
about it," said the teacher.
swell, sir" said the boy, "the lesson
for last Sunday was bout the hold-up
in Jericho canon. Dere was man
travelin' and gang of toughs got up
wild i'm an welted i'm one and mighty
nigh killed i'm. Then they touched i'm
for is wad and skotted. Here comes
along doctor. He said, ugh, dat
amt none O. my medicine and went
on. Here come along a preacher. He
look at de fellow and say, Dat case
amt in my parish and he went on.
Den here come long a cowboy on his
broncho. He jump off an say, Hello,
here, dis fellow is hurt Den he put
i'm on de broncho and carry i'm to de
road house and say 20 the fellow, Now
here, dis fellow got into it down yonder
in de canon and got hurt. You take
care of i'm. He's my pal, and here's
my wad, and if you are out anything
when | git back from de ranch I'll
square it.'"-Biblical Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
cermanv,s TraveIinu schools.

Farmers daughters are educated in
many parts of Germany in travelling
schools, which go from village to viii
lage to give girls over sixteen years
of age, practical lessons in housekeep-
ing, cooking, and selection Of food,
care of poultry and cattle, the cultiva-
ton of vegetables, and butter and
cheese making. The results have been
SO satisfactory that ID is now proposed
to add instruction III nurslns, vvvl,i.-7
for the sick, mending and sewing. The
teachers, who are graduates of the
schools OF housework and have passed
government examinations, carry with
them an outfit of cooking stove and
the various utensils for cooking and
ironing. The classes are held in the
school-houses, the term lasts six weeks
and the cost of tuition is put so low
as practically to exclude no one.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
A NEW ENGLAND sPECITIC

Last fall an English woman of let
ters was staying as the guest of an
elderly lady at country house in
Western Massachusetts. While they
were driving one afternoon they had
the misfortune to meet the omnlpres-
ent automobile at sharp turn of the
road The horse, being spirited, SHE'D,
dashing the carriage against tree and
throwing its occupants out into the
road.
The English woman picked herself
up uninjured, but was Mortified to see
her aged hostess lying on the ground
unconscious. Running to nearby
farmhouse, she knocked for some time
before she finally succeeded in bring
ing sunbonneted woman to the door.
"A lady has been hurt-thrown from
carriage. She is lying down there in
the road. Can you give me some
whisky for her?" cried the visitor in
breathless anxiety.
"Well, no, we don't never keep no
whisky" said the native born after
some deliberation. would the lady
like piece of pieT-Lippincott's Mag
azine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
HIS FIRST LIVE ONE.

During one of my trips in the prov
inces," said Charles Hawtry, II found
myself in small village with no ra-
zors. They had been packed in my
handbag, which had left at the hotel
where l had stayed the day before,
There was no barber shop in the place
and 1 was in quandary as to how
might get shaved. The innkeeper told
me that there was man in the village
who occasionally shaved people, and ]
determined to risk a cut or two and
sent for him. The amateur barber ar
rived, and after q little hesitation he
said to me:
"'Will you please, sir, lie down fat
on your back while shave you, sir?
Thinking that it was probably the
custom of the country I stretched out
comfortably on my back and nearly
went to sleep while the fellow shaved
me, so light was his touch. When he
had finished said:
"T am curious to know why you
asked me to lie down to be shavedP
Because, SIR was his ingenious re-
ply, 4 never before shaved live man.
II may add that 1 sent for no more
amateur BARRIERS to shave me during
my trlp."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
UNEooNoMIoAL EcoNoMY.

In st. Louis there is a Yankee who
settled in the Mound City after the
Civil War and has there built up a for.
tune Of millions. The economies and
conservatism by which he has accumu.
lated his little pile have increased with
his years. Acquisition has become q
habit.
He has one son over whose expendi.
lures he keeps careful watch. Recent.
ly this offspring took an uptown car.
The father, who saw him board the
car, and knew his destination, judged
he had spent his fare foolishly.
That evening, after dinner, the elder
called the younger man into the Ii.
brary, saying he had something to tell
him. "But first" he interrupted, ris-
ing from his chair, II will turn down
the light. We can talk just as well in
the dark, and it will save the gas" He
then proceeded to give reasons why
the expenditure of the uptown car fare
was unnecessary. AS he went on ex-
planning the value of economy, out of
the darkness where his son sat he
heard fumbling and shutting. Much
to his distate the noise continued. At
length, heated to impatience, he cried,
"Sam, what are you doingp
Father" came from out of the black.
ness, II can hear just as well without
'em, and, while we're sitting here in the
dark, I'm taking off my trousers to save
EN-"
The rest Of that evening economies
were not Observation-Disclosures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
Wisdom From Novels.

Audacity stands in the place of an
cestors to those who are not vel
born.-Lucas Cleve.
Success In life rests upon one small
gift-the secret OIL the entry into an
other mans mind to lover what is
passing there.-Seton Merriman.
A long, slow friendship is the best;
long, slow enmity the deadliest.-
Seton Merriman.
Among the quieter satisfactions Of
life must be ranked in high place
the peace of man who has made VI
his mind.-Anthony Hope.
Many men have ability, few have
genius, but fewer still have character
character is the rarest thing in Eng
land.-John Oliver Hobbies.
Any fool can get notion. II
needs training to drive a thing
hrough-training and conviction; moi
rushing after the mrst fancy.-Rud
yard Kipling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
Hadn't Heard of That One.

The detective in the automobile
stopped at little repair shop by the
roadside.
"Have you seen anything" he asked,
"of short. chunky fellow with a
gray suit, in light touring car with
no number on it?"
Eyes, sir" said the man behind the
leather apron. "He stopped here about
two hours ago to get bolt frightened
up"
did he give you any idea of where
he was going?"
mo, sir; he didn't seem to know
himself. He was kind O. tangled up
about the roads, and wasn't certain
which direction he wanted to take. "
I'm a quandary, was he?"
"Er-no; it didn't look like one; it
was one of those dinky little runa-
bouts."-Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
Railway station Coating sI7.OOO.OOO.

midway htnuou NoeNAnk DAftoVuWVus
At the rate at which the improve
ments are being carried on at the ter.
minal OF the New York Central Rail-
road at Forty street New York
City, II is expected that three months
more VIII see the Grand Central Sta
ton RACED and work begun on the
magnificent structure which is to re-
place it.
Work on the improvements has gone
as far as II can 60 without entering
the station or causing an interruption
Of the train service. Where two years
ago stood several hundred homes, to-
day is an excavation quite extensive
in itself, but only n fraction of the
great hole that will be made in the
nineteen square blocks which the ter
minal will cover.
SO anxious are the officers OF the
railroad company to get their improve
ments into shape In time to be ready
to give station facilities to the new
subway routes planned for the city
that men have been kept working day
and night on the great excavation.
The plans of the railroad company
call for the expenditure of $26, 100000
on the improvements. All of the land
now occupied by station and tracks is
to be evacuated and an entirely new
terminal built. About SIT 100000 alone
is to be spent in new station. There
are to be two systems of tracks, one
raised above the other, one system
for suburban service and the other for
trains to distant points. Electricity
will also be substituted for steam
throughout the terminal.
1t may not be generally known that
the New York Central lines constitute
the Water Level line connecting the
East and the West.
They run along the Hudson River,
New York to Albany; along the Mo-
hawk River and Erie Canal Albany to
Buffalo; along Lake Erie, Buffalo to
Toledo and Detroit, and along the level
Of Lake Michigan from Toledo to Chi
cagO-965 miles of water level, with
water in sight nearly every mile of the
way.
The New York Central operates
more than twelve thousand miles of
railway east of Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. 1t is the direct line from
New York and Boston to Niagara
Falls and to the West, the Northwest
and the Southwest. by way Of the
great cataract and Chicago, st. Louis
or Cincinnati.
This is one of the reasons why the
press of two continents call the New
York Central Americas Greatest
Railroad"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
The shah in France.

The other morning he came upon a
kitten that Immediately charmed him
For a while the shah played with the
kitten, and at last he picked it up
and presented it to the grand vizier
with the instructions to take good
care of it. Its owner, the wife of a
gardener, ventured to protest. She
loved the kitten, she could not part
with it; but the grand vizier threw
her a piece of gold, silenced her with
an awful look, and walked off with
the kitten under his arm. have said
that Contrexeville rejoices at the
shah's visit. but the rejoicing is not
altogether disinterested. When last
he took the waters there he departed
without discharging number of
heavy bills. The creditors, after many
applications, at last brought proceed
ings-but thee ourts protested them
selves incompetent" to judge the
matter.-M. A. P.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
The Teeth and Good Looks.

Prof. e. Symes Thompson, Gresham
professor of medicine, in the course
of an address at the Polytechnic, Re-
gent street, on THE Evolution and
Degeneration of the Teeth" remark
ed that while the bones of man and
animals had decayed greatly during
the past 5000 or 1000 years, the teeth
had been preserved in much better
condition. Teeth were not part of
bones, but part of the skin-they
were, in fact, dermal appendages. Old
people were surprised to find that
when the teeth of the lower jaw de-
parted there was very little of the
law left. This produced what was
called the nutcracker physiognomy.
Referring to the fact that the croc-
odile had an animated toothpick in
the form of a bird, which removed
foreign matter, the lecturer enforced
the lesson of the necessity of attend
Ing carefully to the cleansing of the
Teeth, and recommended attention to
them at night as being more impor-
R0UttettRRa 32a 5B TIE sarl qA88sc In twas
given to the teeth, because every
thing was cooked for man, and that
was the cause of the deterioration of
our teeth in modern times Bad teeth,
Prof Thompson concluded, destroyed
good looks.-London Standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
NOT GUILTY.

''In Paris" said a lady who had had
the bitter experience Of being knocked
down by a cab, and then brought to
book for being in the way, "they run
over you and make you pay for the
privilege" Perhaps the old colored
man, quoted by the Valentine Demo
crat, was sufficiently travelled to fear
a similar outcome.
There had been railway collision
near country town, and q shrewd
lawyer had hurried to the scene of the
disaster. He noticed this old man with
a badly injured head, and hurried up
to where he lay moaning on the
ground.
How about damages?" he began.
But the sufferer waved him off.
"G'way, boss, g'way," he said. Yah
nebber hit de train. All nebber done
such ting in NAH life! Yo' cSain't
git no damages out OBJ me-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
FAMILIAR.

\ Mobile man tells the following
story Of an odd character In that town
who for many years has done a thriv-
ing business in hauling ashes. One
day, says the Mobile man, he CHANGED
to be In the rear of his house when the
darby in question was preparing to de-
part with the customary load. eve
seen you haul away many load of
ashes" said the owner Of the house,
"but, my good man, during all these
years I've never had the least idea Of
your name. What is itp
"Mah name is George Washin'ton,
sah," replied the old man, with duck
OF his head.
George Washington, ehg' reiterated
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
Came Near Finding Out.

Among examples of American hui
NOR recently given in the Nineteenth
Century and After" is story which a
bright ornament of the English bench
is said to have told more than once.
A speaker in western town had
started out to show that there might
be great differences between national
and local reputation. He had said "a
man can't always tell what his neigh
bors think of him" when he was in
terrupted by one of his hearers.
81 came mighty near knowing
once" said the man, with a reminis-
cent look, but the jury disagreed"
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09

rock you out Of tie country, er I'll
shoot you! Blast your lark and reap
ers-grain, neighbors and grumblln' old
farmerl He ought to have cut the
grain his own self, when it was ripe,
an not waited for help"
That's so, Tim," said his wife, quiet
ly laying her hand on his arm. THAT'S
what the Colonel means, telling his OA
stOry--you ought to dig the well your
own self, and you'll stop thinkin' about
it and get it done. The help can come
afterwards"
Tim looked at her, then at Sadie, car
rying her two heavy buckets up the
bank. He looked Mt me- A flush of
shame overspread his face. He took
his wife by the arm and turned her
toward the cabin. "Come on, jimmy"
he said, resolutely. "ShOw me where
you want the well, an I'll start digging
it tomorrow"
And he did. With pick and shovel
with the boys, girls, and jimmy herself
winding the windlass, hauling up dirt,
ShHu, gravel from SUNRISE W buhSSt'
he struck water and had the well
walled by Saturday night. wen let
her stand for the water to settle over
Sunday" he said.
The next morning, before breakfast,
he laid his hand on my shoulder and
said, "Come, Colonel. You shall haul
the first bucket of water"
We all went to the windlass, and
wound up rs pure n pail of water as
ever was filtered through mountain
sands. Rosy, laughing mouths tasted
it, and happy obs and abs pronounced
acceptble verdict.
Tim turned glowing face to me.
perhaps made redder by the SUMS first
peep over the mountain top. 'TThar,
Colonel" he exclaimed, joyously, "the
well I've been thinkin' about these
twenty year is done dugged! If you
ever say lark and reapers to me agin
I'll rock you out of the country, or I'll
shoot you. might be obliged to you,
though. I'll hist another bucketful
an carry it into the house, Youth%
Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
BILL NYE'S REPLY.

The late Bill Nye replied as follows
to correspondent who inquired about
his habits of work and life:
"When the weather is such that l
cannot exercise in the open air, /
have heavy pair of dumbbells at my
lodgings, which use for holding the
door open. also belong to an athletic
club and a pair of Indian clubs with
red handles. owe much Of my robust
health to this.
II do most of my writing in sitting
posture or in an autograph album.
When am not engaged in thought ]
am employed in recovering from its
effects am very genial and pleasant
to be thrown amongst.
~ II dress extensively, but not so as to
attract attention. In the morning !
wear morning dress, in the evening !
wear evening dress, and at night
wear night dress. denver Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
All HfEee tRfb BanB8itFYf RRg Of It's
Motor Car Sneak Thieves.

The increasing number Of robberies
of motor cars is matter which de-
mands the attention of every manufac-
turer to provide remedy. An or
binary sneak thief who would steal
horse and buggy could not even be
suspected of stealing motor car for
the simple reason that he wouldn't
know how. The motor car thief is
usually a worthless chauffeur or dis
charged mechanic who has picked up
his knowledge of handling a car while
honestly employed. He may never
have driven car Of the same make as
the one he steals, but he can learn
very quickly, even while he is running
away with it. To put it out of the
power of such rascals to steal a can
should only require a simple locking
contrlvance, say to the pedal clutch
the key of which the owner could carry
in his pocket when he leaves the car
at the curbstone. The words Cannot
be stolen" would make good addition
to an dvertisement.-Mo arr
Boating.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
GUST THE DEMON.
A Tnaale with CofEeo.

There Is something fairly demonia-
cal In the way coffee sometimes wreaks
its fiendlsh malice on those who use 1t.
A lady writing from Calf. says:
"My husband and /, both lovers OF
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness.
accompanied by most frightful head
aches In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort Of af-
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the head.
II was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew II to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine, and were puzzled as to
what caused the trouble, till a friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with 1t, and
advised that we quit 1t and Try Pos
tum Coffee.
1--WE followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and in
very short time both of us were en-
tlrely relieved. The nerves, became
steady once more, the headaches
ceased, the muscles in the back Of my
neck relaxed, my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had so
punished me while used the old kind
OF coffee vanished.
1--WE have never resumed the use OF
the old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did the for
mer beverage. And we are delighted
to find that we can give 1t freely to
our children also, something We never
dared to do with the old kind Of cot
Fee" Name given by Postum Co.. Bat
tie Greek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs Of any kind, but relieves the
coffee drinker from the old drug poison
There's reason.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
"uNDER FIRE."

The woman behind the preserving pot
Is surely deserving of fame;
She's not like the man behind the gun,
But she's getting there" just the same
The hero is trying to main or kill,
And great is his show Of nerve;
But praise should go, too, to the woman
who
Is using her skill to preserve.
10 time is she wasting in drill or march,
Which fits the brave soldier for strife,
But she gathers around her whate'er shell
attack,
And then gets to work with her knife:
She pares and she cores, and she slices
with care
Til fingers and muscles are sore;
Then, hither and thither in other tasks,
She skirmishes over the foor
She calamity stands at the firing line,
Unmindful of heat and toll;
All flushed IN her face and her fine eyei
strained
BY watching the things that must boil.
She spices and sweetens and stirs and
skins,
Til weary from head to her feet;
But bravely she stands till her work is
done,
With never a thought of retreat.
She carefully gathers The harvest of sweets
Her deft hands have patiently made;
The marmalades, pickles, and jellies, pre-
serves,
In jars. glasses, crooks are displayed.
She works not for plaudits, or chaplets
or praise:
Yet, while she no laurels may claim,
The woman behind the preserving pot
Is surely deserving of fame
The COmmoner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09

A "breed" and a white man were
engaged in what Old Man Donnelly
called 'ranicaboo" when Stag Hound
Bill stepped into Sam Jeffrey's saloon
one night. Sam Jeffrey's saloon en-
joyed monopoly near an Indian reser-
walton. There was faro game in full
blast and spirited poker game. Ba-
con-Rind Dick was drunk again and
squeaking like a mouse in the wall
The air was thick with smoke, and a
man had to order his drinks at the
top Of his voice in order to be heard
above the uproar of the tumultuous
cowboys and stockmen. Stag Hound
threw his pack-saddle in the corner and
sat down.
"My goshP' he said to his neighbor,
a smile Of contentment playing about
the corners of his mouth, "but it seems
good to be back in civilization again"
--Lippincott's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
Rescued the Fish.

Two Wellsboro gentlemen secured l.
fine trout one day last week in pecu-
liar manner. While on fishing trip
UP Strait Run they heard tremendous
splashing in one of the small pools Of
the stream, and upon investigating
they discovered a large trout between
the jaws of a huge water snake. The
snake had seized his prey just back Of
the head and the trout was struggling
desperately to escape. After watching
the strange sight for a few minutes
the fishermen released the trout from
the snakes jaws, both the fish and the
snake being too exhausted from their
struggles to escape. The fish was still
alive, but its back seemed broken, and
while the gentlemen were examining
their capture the snake slid under the
bank and disappeared. - Wellsbo'
pa AgitatOr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09

"Lydia Il. Pinllham's Vegetable Compound
made me web woman, and feel 80 CRATE.
IaI t mniTei s rec reco ~ 'e oroHghS NE
health new life and vitality"
What Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every woman who is in poor
health and ailing.
It's benefits begin when itsuse begins.
1t gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick women
well and robust.
Remember Lydia +. Pihlsham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from CRATE
full woman which are on file in the
Pinl1ham laboratory Merit alone can
produce such results.
Women should remember that a cure
for all female diseases actually exists,
and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound Take no substi-
tute.
If you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for special advice-it is
free and always helpful.
,Ound Succeeds Where others Fail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09
A FLOATER.

An Eastern newspaper says that
Jack London, on his last visit to New
York, was introduced in a cafe to a
musician.
II, too, am a musician in a small
way" London said. my musical tai
ent was once the means of saving my
life"
How was that% the musician
asked.
"There was great flood in our town
in our boyhood," replied London
when the water struck our house my
father got on bed and fioated with
the stream until he was rescued"
"And your" said the musician.
"Well," said London, II accompanied
him on the pianO."-Wasp.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-09

Muggins had just been introduced
to a bride of six weeks at a social
gathering and after a remark about
the weather he said, gallantly:
"And have | really the pleasure Of
meeting the beautiful Mrs. Smythe,
whose praises are being sounded by
everybody"
ooh, no, Mr. Muggins,' the lady
replied "The beautiful Mrs. Smythe
to whom you refer is the wife of my
husbands cousin"
"Ah, | see" rejoined Muggins. 81
thought there must be mistake
somewhere, Detroit Tribune.