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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Rules For Flat pweIlers.

Do most of your talking near the
court windows. The neighbors will be
elevated by your conversation.
When you retire take off one shoe,
lift it high above your head and drop
1t hard. Five minutes later drop the
other one.
Let the bathtub overflow, and al
ways have onion for dinner the even
ing the neighbor above is going to en-
terrain her club.
If possible have bare floors in at
least two rooms, and get into the
habit Of pacing back and forth in them
after II o'clock at night.
Your piano should be played only
after 10 o'clock at night, when most
of the people will be at home to hear
you. If they do not appreciate your
music it is because their early educa-
ton has been neglected.
Let your small son ride his veloci-
pede up and down the hall. If pos
sable, get the family dog to scamper
after him. If the woman in the fiat
below sends up word that she has a
headache, advise her to study mental
healing. -Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
The American Lanauaae2

The bootblack who put up over his
stall the notice: English spoken;
American understood" was a pru-
dent youth. We can most of us I'M
derstand American, but 1t is more
difficult to speak It, Yet it is a fasCi-
mating tongue, and worthy of much
study. The great point to remember
is that American is really a separate
language, not merely perverted kind
of England. Unless we realize this
all our pleasure in the study of Ii
will be swamped by our Indignation at
the maltreatment of our native
tongue. When, for instance, we over
hear such a conversation as Say,
Mister, can you dahnce?" 81 can't
now, but / useter could" we are apt
to vince unless we realize that we
are listening to a foreign language.
To any one who really wishes to make
a study OF the American language, by
which we mean the language as it is
spoken rather than written, we would
recommend Mr.. George AIDES ia
bles in Slang" American slang be-
comes almost classic in that book
and its sequel. More Fables in
Slang" 1t is interesting to notice
that the great majority of the idioms
are borrowed from the baseball field
and the boxing ring. The ring, in par
ticular, adds to the language as it did
in the case of England a hundred
years ago. The essence of the Amer
lean language is surprise. An Amer
lean who really speaks his own tongue
never uses the verb which one would
naturally expect.-London Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
A New Portable Submarine.

Recent reports from Europe indi-
cate that in the construction Of sub
marine vessels for naval purposes
considerable attention is being paid
tothe development of type of craft
which is so small that it can be car
ried aboard large ships, and be lift
ed overheard and put into operation
when required. The French naval Of
ticials, who have carried on many ex-
periments with submarines during the
past few years, are now said to be
developing and constructing at least
one such craft, while in England a
novel submarine of small size Is NAM
ed the Volta, and is of cigar shape,
SO feet in length, and of six feet nine
inches beam at the point.-Harper's
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Fine onenIno for Criminals.

There is evidently a fine opening
for criminals in the French penal col
only of New Caledonia, in the west
Pacific. Residents of that island who
are in business or following agricul-
tural pursuits have addressed a petit
tion to the Colonial minister, M. Glenn
entel, asking him to send them out
more convicts. The colonists of New
Caledonia were formerly of differ
ent opinion as to the value Of con-
victs, for they once asked the govern
ment not to transport all the penal
servitude prisoners to their island.
Consequently fewer convicts were dis
patched there of late years, and now
the colonists find that they cannot do
without the help of the condemned
criminals, whom they are, In fact,
ready to receive with open arms
London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
MIGRATION OF FISHES
Something About Which Scientists Rave
Still Much to Learn.

@~"N'N
Still Much to Learn.
All fish are more or less regularly
migratory, though the extent and
range, as we'll as the causes of their
migratlons, remain meanwhile obscure.
1t is believed, for instance, says the
London Daily Express, that the sum-
mer herring fishery comes and goes
with the annual ebb and flow of the
great Atlantic inflow which sweeps
round the north of Scotland, grows in
intensity through the winter until early
spring and then subsidies until autumn,
two which Travelled about S8 miles in
% days, or an average Of not less than
three miles a day, and another which
went about 100 miles in 43 days.
DR.. Fulton has observed that adult
plalce, swimming leisurely in the large
spawning pond at the Aberdeen La
boratory, may move 100 to 140 feet
per minute, or considerably over mile
an hour.
Many Of the fishes perform consid-
cradle migrations from and towards
the areas where they are normally
most abundant. Thus witches and
megrims appear to migrate southwark
and eastward to the shallower wa
tiers in winter, withdrawing again be-
fore the spawning season. 1t is in
teresting to note that the turbot is one
of the most prolific of sea fishes. The
number of eggs in five specimens ex-
amined by Mr.. Fulton varied from
5,612,OOO to 1O,115,0OO The heaviest
of the specimens weighed only p
pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
qice Fun Address and Wrife PLAINLY.
"or," Not "And."

People who have had a wide expe-
rience with the ordinary summer
boarding house in place where the
season is short and hay must be made
while the sun shines have learned not
to expect too much. There are, how
ever, certain limits beyond which
economy seldom goes. These limits
are evidently unknown or disregard
ed in a mountain resort to which a
meek Bostonian lately strayed. On
the morning after her arrival she
seated herself at the breakfast table
with the hope stirring in her heart Of
a meal more generous than the last
nights supper. The neat stern-fea-
tured waitress brought her small
saucer of breakfast food and bent
over her.
1--WE have Graham mullins or white
biscuit, ham or eggs" she said with
a distinctness of articulation that left
no doubt of her meaning.-Youth's
Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Bees, Love Of Color.

The inquisitive modern investigator
has been prying into the secrets OF
the little bee. His curiosity has been
rewarded by the discovery that it is
the bright color of the flower and not
the presence of the nectar that at
tracts the honey-gatherer. In fact, it
is quite possible to coax the bee away
from dull-colored flowers Of nature by
artificial flowers of brilliant hues.
AS far as natures flowers are con-
cerned, those of the brighter hues al
ways receive more attention than
those of subdued shades. Moreover,
the belief that the perfume of flow,
ers exercised by the form and color
of flowers is approximately four times
as great as that exercised by per
fume, pollen and nectar taken to-
Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Mrs. Anna Potts

Frequent backache and distressing
pains, accompanied by offensive dis
charges and generally by irregular
and scanty menstruation indicate dis
placement or nerve degeneration OF
the womb and surrounding organs.
The question that troubles women
is how can a woman who has some fe-
male trouble bear healthy children?
Mrs. Anna Potts, of $40 Park Avenue,
Hot Springs, Ark, writes:
Ny Dear Mrs PinlIham:-
hDuring the early part Of my married lfe1
was delicate in health both my husband and
were very anxious for a child to bless our
home, but had two miscarriages, and could
not carry a child to maturity. A neighbor
who had been cured by Lydia e, Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound advised me to try 1t. l
did so and soon felt that / was growing
stronger, my headaches and backaches left
mo, had no more Darlington pains, and
felt like q new woman. Within year
became the mother of strong, healthy
child, the Joy Of our home. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound Is certainly
splendid remedy, and I wish every woman
who wants to become q mother would try it."
Actual sterility in woman is very
rare. If any woman thinks she Is ster-
lie, let her try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is
free to expectant or would-be mothers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Tho erlddIe Wln he Kent Rusv

Good news for all lovers of the
buckwheat cake comes from the great
buckwheat belt of America, comprised
in the counties of Butler, Armstrong,
Westmoreland and Indiana, in Penn
sylvania What promises to be one
of the largest buckwheat crops har-
vested in a decade is now ripening in
the fields, and griddle cakes galore
are predicted for next winter, In
those four counties, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, are grown almost four
fifths of Pennsylvania crop of this
cereal. Pennsylvania buckwheat is
eaten in nearly every large city in
America and is exported in many for
eign countries. Last year more than
100000 acres of land in the United
States were planted in buckwheat,
yielding 14,529,770 bushels. valued at
$S,G54, 704. More or less of the crop
is raised in rs different states-from
Maine to North Dakota and from Wis
consin to Tennessee and Virginia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
A close Norm carolInIan.

81 knew an old fellow down in North
Carolina who was a hard-nsted citi-
zen,' said N. b. Turner, of Whining
ton.
"He was well-to-do farmer, but
his meanness was proverbial. One of
his customs was to have breakfast be-
fore 1t was daylight in order to get
his hands out to the fields by dawn Of
the day. When the breakfast was put
on the table a solitary candle gave the
only illumination and even this was
but for second, You all see where
the victuals is remarked the head OF
thu fo-,.hs-, -----i,r--.fr, cut went the
pickering candle light, 1t was al
travagance in his eyes to waste even
a fraction of candle when people
could easily feel how to help them
selves. Washington Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
A True story.

AS the story is absolutely true, one
may be permitted to tell it.
A certain very little girl had been
taught TO say her baby prayers each
evening, these including "Our Father,
who art in heaven" Now lay me-"
and perhaps some others.
One day the tiny miss, being in
conversational mood, asked a question
of an adult friend, and this was it:
(Which one of the prayers do you
like the best?"
"Oh, 1 don't know" the friend re-
piled. (Which one do you like best"
II fink" the wee maiden answered,
"at l like at one best bout the wart
In heaven"
"About-what" was the astonlshed
exclamation.
Bout the wart in heaven"
(Which one Is thatT'
ivy, you know, course. It's the
one at gins Our Favver who wart in
heaven. San Francisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
NOVEL HEATING PLANT.
City Hall and Library Heated by Elk.
haust Steam.

City Hall and Library Heated by Elk
haust Steam.
The city of St. Thomas, Ontario, has
just installed a system Of heating for
the public library and the city hall
by utilizing the exhaust steam from
the street railway engines and the
electric light engines at the power
house, which is now a waste product
The system is as follows: The ex-
haust steam is carried through heat
err which Is filed with small, CORFU
gated copper tubes, these tubes being
filled with water In passing through
the heater the water is heated to a
temperature the same as the steam.
Then, by means of force pump, 1t is
forced through main pipe, four inches
In diameter, to the buildings, where it
is attached to the mains and the radia-
tors in the buildings.
There is also a return pipe which
carries the water back after passing
through the radiators, when 1t is again
heated to any desired extent, the heat
ing being regulated either by the speed
Of the pump or by control valves placed
on the mains as they enter each build
ing. The 4-inch mains and the return
pipe which carry heat to the buildings
are laid underground. They are COW
cred with asbestos wool to prevent the
heat escaping, and then wrapped in
hemp packing and inclosed in a 10
inch vitrified tile with cement joints.
The saving of this system will be prac-
tically the whole cost of heating the
buildings with coal. There will also be
the saving Of the labor attending the
firing of the furnaces.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
THE "coFFEE HEART"
1t IL as Dang rouS rs the Tobacco or
Whisky Heart.


COFFEE heart is common to many
coffee. users and is liable to send the
owner to his or her long home If the
drug is persisted in. You can run thir-
ty or forty yards and find out IL your
heart is troubled lady who was
once a victim of the coffee heart"
writes from Oregon:
II have been Il habitual user of cof-
fee all my life and have suffered very
much In recent years from ailments
which became satisfied were directly
due to the poison In the beverage, such
as torpid liver and indigestion. which
In turn made my complexion blotchy
and muddy.
Then my heart became affected. 1t
would beat most rapidly just after l
drank my coffee, ana 60 below normal
as the coffee effect wore Off. Some
times my pulse would go as high as
1877 beats to the minute. My family
were greatly alarmed at my condition,
and at last mother persuaded me to
begin the use of Postum Food Coffee.
II gave up the old coffee entirely and
absolutely, and made Postum my sole
table beverage. This was six months
ago, and all my ills. the indigestion.
inactive liver aud rlckety heart action
have passed away, and my complexion
has become clear and natural. The
Improvement set in very soon after
made the change, just as soon as the
coffee poison had time to work out of
my system.
"My husband has also been greatly
benefited by the nse OF Postum. and
we find that simple breakfast with
Postum is as satisfying and more
strengthening than the old heavier
meal we used TO have with the other
kind OF coffee" Name given by Pos
tum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little book,
"The Road to MELVILLE" In pkRs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Species of Book Collectors.

In this age of specialization even
so simple a subject as book collect
ing is sub-divided in a complex, sci
entific way.
Book collectors of the Goth century
fall naturally into these classes:
Bibliomane-An indiscrimnate, emo
tional collector.
Bibliognoste--a learned collector,
very expert in imprints, first editions
and the technicalities.
Bibiograph-A collector who writes
about his collections.
Bibliotaphe-A cautious collector
who keeps his books always under
lock and key in glass cases.
Bibliophile-A real lover of books
one who buys books only for the
pleasure of reading them.-Minneapo
lis Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
THE MAN At THE roLL.oArE.
By JEANNE PESDLErOS EWING


The white road climbs stubborn hill,
But where it dips e reach the plain
And horses bear W. scant goodwill
The Earring brake and frightened rein
The tol.gate's wooden arm is laid
Across the way, aud wheels are stayed
Till hobbies out that homely king
To whom the tribute must be paid.
A king of patch" but not of Shred"
For well his years of singleness
Have taught the trick of shears and thread
And how to olout his clumsy dress.
OF any time he has to spare
His tidy garden gets a share,
Yet at the first faint buzz of wheels,
The tollgate is his only care!
He mods and chats in friendly way:
The sweating teams, their weight or
speed.
The threatening cloud that dogs the hay
These furnish gossip for his need.
His guests Jog on but still he sees
Some little thing to move or please,
If but the sparrows' brawl, amid
The toll some hayrack left his trees.
And when there falls wintry night
When tolls are scarce, or early paid,
He sets his hickory logs alight
And plies, forsooth, another trade.
Hi mattress-needle works apace,
While, stretched against the chimney-plnee,
The purring mother ticks her young,
Soft-blinking in her masters face.
"a lonely life," the careless say,
But find their pity ill-bestowed;
Do not the legions come his way
And hustle up or down his road?
He feels king, and looks it, too,
For all his kind old heart and true,
Who, if he pleased to hold the gate,
Might balk the world of passing through.
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Observation-Disclosures
The Tree
OF Death
Hy Arthur L. MeserVe.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

.&OA WO men stood side by
wm side in the heart of the
q forest one autumn after
4 noon as the sun was going
EONR down. They were nearly
of tho soma a0A and iO
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Big Wolves Are Rare, Says Roosevelt,

Big wolves are found in both Texas
and Oklahoma, but they are rare COM
pared to the coyotes; and they are
great wanderers. Alone or in parties
of three or four or half dozen they
travel to and fro across the country,
often leaving a district at once II
they are molested. Coyotes are more
or less plentiful everywhere through
out the west in thinly settled districts,
and they often hang about in the im-
mediate neighborhood of towns. They
do enough damage to make farmers
and ranchers kill them whenever the
chance offers pIIt -this daaAA'on to not
appreciable when compared with tue
ravages of their grim, big brother, the
gray wolf, which, wherever 1t exists
in numbers, is veritable scourge TO
the stockmen.-Thcodo Roosevelt,
in Scribner's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
Her DARLING.

A fashionably gowned young woman,
after leaving her carriage at the en-
trance to a leading shop in West
Twenty-third street the other day,
gave a parting glance toward her seat
mate, a stylishly frocked pug. The
pug eyed its mistress wistfully, and
milady retraced her steps to her We
hicle and said sympathetically:
Come, dearie, you're lonesome with
out your mother. I'll take you along"
Promptly the footman saluted, and
transferred the dog companion TO
mothers arms"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09

There Is more Catsrrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
cure with local treatment, pronounced It In
durable. Science has proven Catarrh 10 be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrn
Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney 4 Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional oure
ON the market. It Is taken internally In doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
" on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
Rny case Il falls to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials Address F. j. oHENEY q
Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09

oak. beneath the branches OF which
they felt sure of finding the savages.
The trail led directly thlther, and there
was little need Of keeping upon It,
they thought so certain were they that
they should find there those they
sought
The night was come when at length
they stood close to It, and saw shining
through the trees the light Of camp
fire. One portion of their task was
over; their work of death was soon to
begin.
Silently they crept nearer and nearer
until at last they stood as close to the
tree that they could count the savages
clustering about the fire. They were
seven in number.
Simon Hart was so impatient for his
vengeance that he would have sprung
upon them at once, had not his COM
paniOn held him back, and at the same
time whispering in his ear;
Keep quiet, if you would not ruin
all. Wait until they are asleep, and
then our task will be an easy one, and
our vengeance sure. To strike now
might ruin all. No one of those red
fiends must on any account be suffered
to escape"
Simon Hart saw that his friend was
right. He must possess himself with
patience as best he could.
AS motionless as statues they stood
there, with their eyes fixed upon their
enemies. Slowly the minutes went by.
1t seemed that the time for them to
strike would never come.
The light Of the camp fire grew
paler and paler, and at last only a
faint glow remained. The savages
huddled about it, and to all appear
ance each and every one was buried
In slumber.
The hour Of vengeance had arrived.
Nolselessly the two hunters crept tow
ard their victims. In one hand they
held their rides and in the other their
knives A few steps brought them to
the side OF the nearest savages.
"For my wife, my children| ex-
claimed Simon Hart, in a whisper,
as he buried his knife to the hilt in the
heart Of savage.
The blow of Dick White was no less
strong and sure, and two of the saw
ages lay weltering in their gore, their
career ended forever.
So silently and surely had the blows
been struck that neither had uttered
so much as a groan. Their comrades
still slept on, unsuspiclous of the
doom impending.
After the knives of the avengers
were raised, and true to their aim
they did the work assigned to them.
But three of the savages now re-
manned.
Another blow for my murdered
ones" shouted Simon Hart in a tone
Of triumph which rang out like a
trumpet through the stiffness of the
night.
The remaining savages sprang ia
their feet, but before they could rise
and arm in their defense couple OF
bullets ended the career of two OF
them forever. The remaining savage
turned to flee, but he had hardly
quilted his tracks before Simon Hart
was upon him, and one blow com.
pletd the work of vengeance.
For years thereafter the Hollow Oak
was known to the settlers of that re.
gion as the Tree of Death.-New York
Vpaklv
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
rhe I,espectnble Tramp.

A most respectfully dressed tramp
called at certain door the other day.
"Hain't got any old clothes, have
ger" said he.
mo old clothes"
"Any hats?"
mo old hats"
oval, We must hev some old shoes
most anything"
Eyes" ruminated the housekeeper,
81 believe we have one or two pairs
of old shoes. Now, what size do you
wear|
"Oh, anything tibet kin get on, from
sevens to elevens w-Lewiston Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-12-09
STOPS BELcHlNc BY ABSORPTION
mo pRUcS-A NEW METHOD.

a BOX of Waters Wree-HaVe You Acute
Indigestion, Stomach Trouble, Ir.
regular Heart, DiHHy spells,
Short Breath, Gas On
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Bitter Taste-Bad Breeth-Impaired Ap.
petite-A feeling OF fullness, weight and
pain over the stomach and heart, some,
times nausea and vomiting, also fever and
sick heAdaoheg
What causes it? Any one or all Of these:
Excessive eating and drnking-abuse of
spirits-Anxiety and depression-men eff
fort--mental worry and physical fatigue
bad air-insufficient food-sedentary habits
absence of teeth-bolting Of food.
II you suffer from this slow death and
miserable existence, let US send you sam
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stomach
1t stops belching and cures a diseased
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we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt Of
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