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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother y unfit TO care for her chill
drsn, and heroondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
Rhe no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing down pains or
displacement, making life burden.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound u the unfailing cure for this
condition. 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and Irregularities.
Such testimony as the following
shoah convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"IwAnt TO tell you how much g0od Lydia T.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me
suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. | was nervous, tired and in
ritabls, and It did not seem as though could
sand Il any longer, as had iiTe children To
ere for. Lydia T. Pinkhams Vegetable
oompound was recommended and 1t has en-,
tirely cured me. cannot thank you enough
for your letter Of advice and for what Lydis
ID Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound has dom
for mo. Mrs PHI Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street. Brooklyn, N. W
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
Tree. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
A Sudden paeth in Persia.

When the shah was in Paris last
year he was accompanied by an Off.
cial named Mahmoud Khan. who is
not with him now. A French journal.
list who remembered Mahmoud well
put some questions about him the
other day to q member of the shah's
retinue. What has become of Nah
moud Khan?" inquired the journalist.
HE is dead. monsieur" was the an
swer. Poor fellow! But. surely, he
was young, and seemed to enjoy ex.
cellent health" 1T was excellent, y
assented the Persian functionary.
WAS he i'll very long?" mo, mon.
sieur. He was not i'll at all. He died
quite suddenly" Indeed! How did 1t
happen?" The Persian functionary
explained with a slightly embar-
raised air): "He was not sympathetic
to the grand izier."-London Chron'
icle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Despe.t HAM Ever nrnde.

The deepest haul of net ever made
in the world was achieved by Amerl
cans off the Tonga Islands in the South
Pacific. The trawl struck bottom 49,.
600 feet below the surface; that is con-
siderably more than -four miles down,
but even at that depth animal life was
found. Those strange beings lived in
water whose temperature was con.
stantly just above the freezing point,
and under pressure of 5000 pounds to
the square inch. To sink that net and
bring it back again took a whole day
of steady labor.--St Nicholas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

An old woman who entered conn
try savings bank not long ago was
asked whether she wanted to draw OF
deposit.
"Nayther; oil wants to put some
money in" was the reply.
The clerk entered the amount and
pushed the slip toward her to sign.
"Sign ON this line, please" he said.
above or below itY
"Just above it."
ME whole name?'
Eyes"
Before oil was married"
mo; just as 1t is now"
"Oi can't write" -Harper's Weekly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
DlSFIGURING HUMOR

Brushed Scales From Face Like Powder
Doctor Said Lady Would Be DIsBgured
For LiTe-CutIcura Works Wonders.
II suffered with eczema all over my
body. My face was covered; my eyebrows
came out. | had tried three .ooctors, but
did not get any better. l then went to
another doctor. He thought my face
would be marked for life, but my brother
in-law told me to get Cutcura. | washed
with Cuticura Soap, applied Cuticura Oint'
Fept and tkd GStas BRISK tn kes sGas5 o As ~
face like powder. Now my face is just as
clean as it ever was.-Mrs. Emma White,
CAL Cherrer Place, Camden, N. j., April
25. 'O5,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
LIGHTING LORE.
AcETYLENE Ex:ELs AS AN lLLU.
MlNANT.


Gas For Lighting Formerly Confined to
CItIss and Largo Towns, Now In Gen.
srRi Use In the Country.
The satisfactory lighting of suburban
and country homes requires that the
means used shall be convenient, safe,
economical and furnish brilliant, pen
etrating, etfulgent light,
Everybody admits that these are not
the characteristics of the candle or
kerosene lamp, which, formerly, were
the only feasible means of producing
light for domestic use in the rural dis
trlcts
For generations there was crying
need, yearning for something better,
which was not satisfied. A few years
ago dellverance came in the shape OF
the chemical compound, Calcium Car
bide, from which, by the simple appli'
cation of water. the gas Acetylene Is
derived. Acetylene meets all the re-
uuirements fully and admirably and Is
being generally used.
Common lime ana carbon III the Iorni
of coke or coal are the raw materials
which, fused in an intensely heated
furnace, make Calcium Carbide, and
there is no difficulty in obtaining 1t In
any part Of the country.
The machine into which the Calcium
Carbide is fed and from which the
Acetylene is distributed through the
building to be lighted, is but little larg-
or than thirty gallon milk can, and
OF the same general form. 1t is e0Eily
and cheaply installed, either in the eel
lar or In an Outbuilding.
The light from burning Acetylene Is
exquisite, and lighting experts agree
that 1t surpasses all other known illu'
minants. 1t does not faint the alp noI
strain the eyes, and is not objection
able in any respect. Every up-to-date
rural residence should be equipped
with Acetylene light.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
ME ELRPHANT,s MIX.

A schoolmaster had just finished a
lesson on food" when little boy put
up his hand; on being asked what he
wanted, he replied, "Please, sir. Jones
said he knew baby that was brought
up on elephants milk, and 1t gained
ten pounds In weight every day"
Zones ought not to tell you such
rubbish" said the master; then adj
dressing Jones, he said, "Tell me whose
baby was brought up on elephants
milk"
10 which Jones hesitatlngly replied,
please, sir, it was the elephants
baby THE Taller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
A Better Way,

"My man." said the preacher with
the widowed voice who was going
through the prison. when you get
out of here are you going to change
your ways?
"Sure," replied the convict safe
cracker. Pm never goin' ter bust
anudder safe or tap anudder till in
me life
That's a good resolution my man.
Such work don't pay"
Oats what l wuz thinkin'. I'm CO.
in inter de insurance business. In.
dianapolis Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
"PIns,, Arc OF Wood.

The candid correspondent of a Rus
sian paper hastens to correct a mis-
statement that the "plps" in raspberry
strawberry and currGnt jams that ore
not jam, are made of wood. He blunt
ly declares they are the seeds of Sc
same. "This," he reassuringly adds,
sis quite harmless and gives a pleas
ing air of reality to what would other
wise appear q palpable fraud"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Gold Mining in Britain.

In paper recently read before the
Institute of Mining Engineers in Lon
don, J. NJ. McLauen gave some curl
Gus facts about gold mining in Great
Britain and Ireland. In all, gold of
the value of $2,O04915 has been found
OF this EnglanI contributed barely
$1,000; Wales, $1,4O0,OO0 and Ireland
$145,0O0 The largest nugget, weigh
ing twenty-five ounces, was discov-
cred in ireland. 1t was made into q
SNUFF box for George III.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

"See that side of solo leather" said
merchant in "The Swamp" short
distance from the cul-de-sac known as
The Hague, pointing to what looked
like an extremely fine hide. well,
it is adulterated. 1t has been soaked
with chemicals until it weighs about
twice what is originally scaled. Our
leather export business is worth about
$40,000,0OO year, and England and
Europe are complaining of the adul-
teration. Since the war began in the
East we have sold to Japan something
like $4,OOO,O0O worth of sole leather"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
SUSPICIOUS.

"Russell Sage has a perspicuous
mind" said a New York broker. "He
can see through nearly everything. l
doubt If he was ever duped on an in
vestment yet.
"They say that two promoters once
called ON Mr.. Sage to try and interest
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
rrisOo,s arssI. Colony.

San Francisco has a Greek colony
and it protests against the appointment
of ]. Kapsimalls as Consul there. One
of the counts against him is that he
cannot speak Greek correctly, but Mt
tiers 1t, they say, "llke a tongue-tled
Hottentot telling about baseball
game"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
The Reason WHY.

The wedding ceremony was at an
end. Mamma shifted conyulsively, and
the bride dabbed at her pretty eyes
with filmy handkerchief One of the
bridesmaids was also affected to tears.
why do you weep" asked a
groomsman. ITS not your wedding"
The girl looked at him scornfully.
'Thats the answer" she snapped
Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Her Miserable Luck.

First Summer Girl-Did you hear
about the miserable luck l had yes
terday?
Second Summer Girl-No; what was
1t?
First Summer Girl-While in bath.
ing a man rescued me from drowning.
Second Summer Girl-Why, I'd call
that good luck.
First Summer Girl-But the man in
the case is married. Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Mothers Are Helped
THEIR HEALTH RESTORED
NapPlaaas Of Thousands OF Hemes Due
60 Lydia &. Plnkhams Vegetable Gem
pound and MFs. PiAkham's Advice.

A devoted mother seems to listen to
every call of duty excepting the SUI
preme one that tells her to guard her
health, and before she realizes it some
arrangement of the female organs has
manifested itself, and nervousness and
irritability take the place Of happi-
meas and amiability.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

A Maine farmer is credited as ST.. ing
that on a rough or WORKOUT piece of
land hogs are the cheapest plOw to use.
They save a great deal of hard work,
and they get rid of great amount OF
weeds, etc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Good Results.

"I got cold supper when went
home last night, and, you bet, I
kicked about it,"
my, did that do any good?"
"Well-er-my wife made it warm
Tor me."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
An AWFUL Finish,

Hen-What makes you look so
glum2
Rcoster-I've just been chased out
of the woodshed with a feather duster.
1t got so close to me that recognized
the tails of three of my family.-De-
troit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Statistics are now brought forward
to show that America has supplanted
France as the leader in the motor car
industry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
IN POOR HEALTH.
PAINS IN BACK.
SICK HEADACHES,
NTA RTYn mn

Mrs. Lena Smith, N. Cherry street, cor.
Line, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
~ have had poor health for the past
four years, pains in the back and groinss
and dull sick headache, with bearing down
pains.
"a friend lChO lUds Gerry enthttsts
Gstto about PerMnG Insisted that 4
try 1t.
II took it for ten days and was sur
prised to find had so little pain.
81 therefore continued to use it and at
the end of two months my pains had
totally disappeared.
"IhaVe been tn the best Of health
since aud feel ten gears younger 4
am very grateful 10 yOu."
Catarrh of the internal organs gradually
saps away the strength, undermines the.
vitality and causes nervousness, Peruna 10
the remedy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

FITSpermanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, $2trlal botteand treatise free
DIR. H. KLINE Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30
Adl,Iterated Leather.

The whole coast of the Gulf of California
abounda in pearls
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

The working classes in Mexico are
for the most part content with one
room for a family.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

do not believe Plso's Cure for Oonsump-
tionhasanequal Tor coughs and colds.--JoHN
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething ,softens thegums reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie, use. q bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Madrid still has the medieval night
watehmen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

ShellHsh were responsible for nine
cases of typhoid fever in London last
year. NE39
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Genuine Russian caviar is one of the
most costly commodities
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

Carrier pigeons are still part of the
German system of telegraphy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-09-30

1t is estimated that between $4,000
and 100000 tons of beef, mutton and
lamb will have to be imported into
Great Britain to keep the markets
supplied.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

worst storms that ever visited the
state would destroy in an incredit.
ably short space all the promise of
their fields. The people had Just
arisen from their beds and the COWS
were being MIXED and the horses be.
ing fed and harnessed for the work in
the fields where was being harvested
the finest crop of wheat and other
grains ever grown in that region. AS
they hurried about, hopeful and
happy, suddenly loud peals of thund-
er rent the still air, and the awful
roar of cruel storm drove everybody
IN terror to shelter. The deadly
hood of hail driven by a forty mile
vino swept the prairie. When the
fury OF the storm ceased it's desolat.
ing work was disclosed. The green
nelds mad became white as winter.
Everything, the rank grain. the luxnr.
ant grass in meadow and pasture tho
corh ana the gardens, all had been
pounded out of existence. The
prairle chickens huddled in the grass,
the wild ducks in the pond, even the
hawks struck down from the sky, Law
ueao everywhere. The path of de.
seructlon ten miles wide started at
the Missouri, across southern ramn
DELL M northern Walworth extend.
Ing eastward forty miles.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
The NEW YORK WORLD
lAICE-A-WEEK EDITION
Read Wherever the English
Language is Spoken

For the autumn season nov >.
hand the most valuable paper to vo,,
VIII oe the New York Thrice-a.Week
World, because it offers % moro ~
uale p'ice Than any other paper pub.
lisned anywhere in the world.
ms is a time of great events W.
are having great wars, and othar
changes OF a stirring kind are occnr'
my ing both at home and abroad. me
a nn,.ce.a-Week World comes to Won
every other day, except SUNDAY w atu
promptly told. anu
The Thrice Week World is f,i.;-
t,s political reports. You can Get the "
o,aoll from It's columns, whether Won
are republican or democrat YOU
is what you want. anu INA
roc ne lhrice-a-Week World ALWAYS
mas a serial story runnjn. ava a'"ay =.
a,ssa a first class story by a fl Is
Was,a au1hor. The Thrice.a.WaeL
morlo publishes better fiction we. tneh
any other newspaper in the rn .'1an
asaoes. Special attention is also sl, aia
gu 10 markets, and there ar a'u CIV
otner valuable features, - many
Inc THRICE-A-wEEK wop, n,e,
regular subscription price is on1n =, ~
pea year, and this pays for 15s ns9 aa.o
we we oner this unequallea new pape j
year for sl.65. 'oeeCher one
the e4 tsa regular subscription price 81
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Where Black Rust Spreads

we who escaped black rust vista
1lon TINS year should bear in mind
some northwestern localities were not
SO fortunate. Crop-expert Jones' re-
cent report contains the following:
The black rust spread quite general
ly over central Minnesota. and later
over northern Minnesota, and perhaps
nall OF North Dakota. 1t manifested
itself differently this year than last,
out 1T has done an effectual work in
the loss Of 30, O00,O 600 bushels from the
promise OF July 20 to 25. The straw
dled instead of maturing. 1t was
thoroughly infected With the rust
disease, becoming highly iuhamed
ana apparently ready to break out
With rust spots, which has been sup
posed to be the only sign of black
rust. The straw turned early to an
unnatural yellow, showing the same
rust shade as noted last wear. and
then the disease attacked the head
directly, killing the chaff before the
berry was fully formed, resulting in
shrlnkage OF the berry, and in a blight
or scab that prevented full filling. A
great deal of smut developed also.
Ihls being more general than noted
Tor many years.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
Historic Hail Storm

The farmers are as a rule weather.
wise. Their work in the open fields.
taxing note always of winds and
Clouds always realizing how intense.
~ weather conditions concern them.
they necessarily must learn to Judge
OF approaching change. But the
great storms generally take them by
surprise. Just as the grey dawn was
breaking cool and foggy on the morn
Ing OF Thursday, August 18th, there
was no way for the farmers Of Camp
bell bell and Walworth counties to know
that within a few minutes one Of the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

putting out willow cuttings, and the
SUGGEST that attended that experiment
convinced him that cuttings should
De put in in the fall if possible. Few
trees, by the way, if planted in low
spots or on sandy land will yield more
satisfaction to the planter than the
white willow. The planting of those
beautiful elms from the Jim river last
fall round the courthouse square in
Aberdeen is an instance that should
commend fall planting. Agood thing
about fall is that it is the earliest op-
~portunity to plant trees and it is a
thing that should not be neglected be-
yond the first opportunity. Men have
lived on farms in this county twenty
years without a tree in the door ward.
out because they did not like shade.
not because the planting was post
poned year after year.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

nutrltive elements. But there is a
physiological constituent of eggs
which is OF great value, yet it detcs
the search Of the scientist or the in
QUESTION of the statistician, and tn at
is their %palatability. Unless a food.
however rich in proteins, is relished,
IL loses much of its value. while, Der
contra, a less chemically desirable
Doc that is enjoyed becomes valuable
oy reason of that fact.-Franklin
fofoes IN Success Magazine
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
FARM NEWS and farm LOBE
The Plowboy's Daydream
By GEO. b. DAILY

In the stubbletield at daybreak, with pillow ollie,
and team hooked on,
Now two burrows swiftly turning straight to
ward the rising sun.
There's a vigor in the northwind it imparts t,
team and me,
There's a hint of frost about it and of winter
days to be.
In the looming elevators in the village Owe
Mount like towers of Babel skyward in the cool
transparent air.
Pigeon grass and Russian thistle, glistenint
with dew and green,
Burial premature are finding down in burrows
moist and clean.
As ! watch the widening plowed land, lyine
fertile, fallow, fair,
Grows my faith in certain reaping OF abundan1
harvest there.
Yearly year we go on trusting, notwithstand.
ing sore defeat,
That the coming season surely brings the bump.
or crop of wheat.
Ever as we pillow the future by Hopes magic
stands in view,
Showing wheat such as oid-timers say was
grown in eighty-two.
Ihlck stand shocks in cleanest stubble, plump
OF berry, strong of straw,
With a wonderous yield to equal that the early
settlers saw.
In the bounty of that harvest free of debt the
farmer stands,
Safe from loss to him by mortgage, lie his sunlit
Stubble lands.
AS for years my father plowed it, / shall turn
again the mould,
Patiently, but vainly, blowing for the tabled
crop of old.
But sometimes another vision in nv daydream
Is revealed;
Sodded thick with grass and clover in the
weedy stubble field,
An to reap a surer harvest than wheat farm
ers ever know,
On the hoof they say is golden, forth the dairy
herd will go.
Then instead of hurried blowing through Sen.
TENDERS early days.
We b speed the clicking binders day by day
In fields Of maize.
But again will come the gang-plow, turning up
another sod,
Fertile as the prehistoric which the shaggy
bison trOd.
No new field Of early eighties could a fairer
wheat crop show,
Than will on the mellow fallow Of the new-time
farming grow.
Wen, this finishes my tenth mile and it's not a
bit too soon,
For all round the threshers' whistles loud pro-
claim the hour of noon.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
The Value of a Hens Ey.

Here are some facts and fonros -,
aOlve W Che mems egg which NAV not
oe Without interest to the student ~
poultry possibilities. It's ,varoaa
iengtn is two and twenty-seven hun.
oredths inches, it's average diametar
at the broad end one and
hundredths inches, and if we;aho
ooa one-eighth of a pound. The
pullets' are smaller than those 90 aIs
hens. The shell constitutes about ~ !,
YER cent the yolk 30 per cent, and the
Chemically speaking, an egg consists ss
~ " nutrients-protein and fat
Cogether with some water and . sman
puantlty Of mineral matter. Popular
oellef to the contrary, there is no DIE
ien IN the nutritive Qualities of
1 usgs win T, dark shells and those With
tlgnt. Their flavor is affected hv tho
1ooo OF the fowl. for good or for evi,
exhaustive experiments hv
equipped investigators prove that tt ~.
egg deserves its reputation as an e.s .lle
assimllated and highly nutritinns
Sou svoa' u eaten raw or lightly cooked
nuoll experiments also show that egos
az Twelve cents per dozen are . chee es
souice q nutrients; at sixteen cents
eonewnat expensive, and at twentv'
I'VE cents and over, highly extravs-
sano. Ihe basis Of comparison was
foods n aaRs,s prices Of standard flesh
iooas considered in relation to their
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01

votoutuvim invite m friends hmna any day during hea above mentioned week aa We viii demonstrate
'' qualities of the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-01
A FASHION yqu

Golfers Weekly has IL
to say on a subject Of gn
ance--to the women d.
straight front corSets All
At least SO the dressmaiA
creed, and their usually :
time-serving word is law.
kind, whatever they be d
crush all the organs into y
one, are to be restored, lel1
to the female form and va
profession which fourishsl
new garments while the %
as good as new. Modern
is ugly and hygiene
European and American
parel substitutes an artlns'|
beauty for one Which Y
enough for Phidias. 10 y
covering which respecle' Y
lions and needs Of a hesl'4
animal, our women have u.
cage to decrease thelF w. ~
make a natural life dltfcas
Sheep rush madly about :
not in search OF any COUP
ideal, but because one sl''s.
and emotion increases "
sheep that joins. LlAe's :,
able is the tendency OF SVps J,
tate an hour-glass IN us'r !.
ture. The straight-lFon' '
been perfectly satlsfsc'a ~
and she has no idea VII! So
IN give H. up."