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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
mMetaIlizedn Lnnes.

According to the Paris Cosmos, a
French company has been formed to
metallic" embroideries, and wonder
full effects have been produced. Expert
ments have long been under way with
a number of articles, such as flowers,
leaves and branches, but practical re-
suits with laces were only recently Sc
cured.
The laces are made conductors of an
electric current and placed in a gal
vanic bath. There they become coated
with an exceedingly delicate surface,
the colors Of which can be regulated
at will.
The coating is so fine that not the
slightest irregularity can be noticed,
and the laces remain perfectly soft and
flexible. 1t makes no difference
whether gold, silver, copper, bronze or
other metals are employed.
The assertion is made that the metal
lized points, in spite of the thinness OF
the metal coating, can be united as If
soldered together, so that all sorts of
combinations are possible. These
metallic goods are used for table orna-
ments, decorating furniture coverings,
wainscotlng in parlors and for In
crustation Of fine woods, and the metal.
llzed laces can even be pollshed.-New
York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17

Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass is fully quail,
hedto give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dimmicks letters.
Her first letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
:" have been a sufferer for the past eight
years with trouble which first originated
from painful meflbtruRtiOn-the pains were
excruciRtinR, with Inflammation and ulceTa,
ton Of the womb. The doctor says l must
have an operation or cannot live. do not
bly, avoid IL. Please help me."-Mrs Mary
Dfmmick, Washington, D. c.
Her second letter;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
You will remember my condition when /
last wrote you, and that the doctor said
must have an operation or l could not live.
/ received your kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well. As my case was so serious 1t seems q
miracle that am cured. know that owe
not only my health but my life to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to your
a pain, and wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for them.n-Mrs Mary Dhnmick, 10th
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, b. G.
How easy it was for Mrs Bimmick to
write TO Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and how little 1t cost her-a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the replyl
As Mrs Dimmick says-it saved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
FEED YOUNG GIRLS.
Must Have Right Food While Growing

Great care should be taken at the
critical period when the young girl is
just merging into womanhood that the
diet shall contain all that is upbullding,
and nothing harmful.
At that age the structure is being
formed and if formed of a healthy,
sturdy character, health and happiness
will follow; on the other hand I'M
healthy cells may be built in and sick
condition slowly supervene which, If
not checked, may ripen into chronic
disease and cause lifelong suffering.
A young lady says:
Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach few years ago, that l
was compelled to quit using 1t. 1t
brought on headaches, pains in my
muscles, and nervousness.
II tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse than those
l suffered from coffee. Then for o long
time drank milk alone at my meals,
but 1t never helped me physically, and
at last it palled on me. A friend came
TO the rescue with the suggestion that
l try Postum Coffee.
II did so, only 10 find at first. that
didn't fancy 1t. But had heard of so
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that persevered, and when
l had it brewed right found 1t grateful
In flavor and soothing and strengthen
ing to my stomach. l can find no
words to express my feeling of what
l owe to Postum Food Coffee!
an every respect it has worked
wonderful Improvement - the head.
aches, nervousness, the paius in my
side and back, all the distressing symp.
toms yielded to the magic power of
Postum. My brain seems also to share
in the betterment of my physical con.
dltlon; it seems keener, more alert and
brighter. 1 am, in short, in better
health now than ever was before, and
1 am sure I owe it to the use OF your
Postum Food Coffee" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17

~ propose that we wait a little longer
before drinking the toast Undoubt-
eddy Grandma McCallum has sent for
Delight to quiet her with a hymn, as
she used to do in the old days, Sup
pose we Illustrate this little sacrifice
for 1t is real one-by delaying until
her return"
A chorus of acclaim greeted the pro-
posal, and in the midst of the clamor
the door opened, and Delight paused In
surprise on the threshold. you dear
girls" she cried, did you really wait
for me"
Eve really did" and Henrietta Soule
beckoned her to her place. AS she
reached 1t, the girls rose; LetHce lifted
her glass of lemonade. "To the one
who 'seeketh not her own, she said,
sclearly-"our Hearts Delight!
Across the trimming glasses affcc-
tionate eyes were turned upon the girl,
so self-forgetful so generous, so swift
IN loving service, so slow to claim re-
ward, so well-beloved.
why, girls gasped Delight, grow
ing very pale. "Why, girls|-Youth's
Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
CULTIvATING DRY SOILS.

In practice it is found that with Gull
tivated crops, on the soils indicated,
frequent civilizations with cultivator,
harrow or weeder, not over two inches
deep, prove most satisfactory.
1t is found, too. in practice, that
those who are most persistent in fire.
quent shallow cultivating find it profit
able practice.
The narrowing of grain crops is COM
Ing a good deal into favor. Going over
the winter wheat field one or more
times in spring with spike-tooth har-
row is found to give good results.
Some farmers in the West practice
narrowing their grains until they are
SO high as to be apparently consider
ably broken down by the harrow bars.
A layer Of dry soil is much more eff
fective in preventing moisture evapor-
alton than a layer Of like depth of
moist soil, and so it is sought by many,
in practice, to develop by frequent cul-
tivations a shallow dry earth mulch or
blanket" using the harrow, weeder,
and later, the many-toothed cultivator.
The use of the roller upon field Of
grain after the grain is well up gives
excellent results in cases where the
surface Is lumpy and dry. The reason
lies largely in the fact that in crush
ing the Jumps a dry earth mulch is de-
veloped to lessen the evaporation while
the packing of the soil may have the
effect Of improving capillarity below.
1t sometimes happens that because
of the looseness of the soil water is not
brought up sufficiently rapid into the
seed bed, or it may be that the evap-
grafton from the surface is so rapid
that the moisture from below cannot
move upward rapidly enough to bal
ance these evaporation losses. The re-
suit In either case is an insufficient
amount of moisture in the upper soil.
l. A well developed mulch would re-
duce the evaporation losses, and since
water moves more rapidly through
moist soil than through dry, the ten
dency would be to accelerate the up
ward movement of moisture and in
time to accumulate an abundance Of it
in the upper soil.
.. Rolling the land would compact
the soil and thus increase the upward
movement of moisture from below
The roller should be followed by some
mellowing tool to develop a surface
mulch and thus to lessen surface evap-
grafton.
8. Had this soil received good dress
ings of manure, and the same been we'll
incorporated in the soil, its presence
would have had the effect both to
gather moisture from below and to pre-
vent its loss by vaporation.-Bulletin
219, Michigan Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Lew Wallace Wa, Wealthy.

A very close friend to the dead Cen
eral said yesterday that he believed
the estate would be worth at least $780,
900, not counting the Blacherne apart
ment house here, which was several
years ago decided to his son, Henry
Wallace, to be held in trust for his two
children. The house alone is worth
100000
For THE Prince of India" General
Wallace received $4,000 in ten yearly
installments. His royalties on "Ben
Hur" are not exactly known, but its
sales are reported to have reached be.
tween 100000 and 100000 copies.
for which it is believed he received q
royalty of fifteen cents copy.
1t is also believed that the first yeai
of its production General Wallace re
ceived $4,000 for the dramatic rights
TO "Ben Hur." This source of revenut
has decreased each year somewhat
1.-THE Prince of India" will be produced
in the near future, though at wha,
figures are not Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Saves Money Not Time.

Economy in the use of electric ele-
vators is carried to a fine point these
days There is one of these elevators
in n five-story Office building on West
Twenty fourth street, which has hang
ing in it q sign which reads:
This elevator will remain on the
first floor for one minute"
The curious man who wanted to
know what the purpose of the sign
was asked the elevator boy for an ex-
PLANTATION. That's to save money"
was the reply. at costs about five
cents trip to run this car"
Although all the persons the elevator
could carry had crowded into the car
the boy held it at the first floor until
what he mistakenly judged to be a
minute of time had elapsed.
1.-The boss saves a dollar a day by
that rule" said the boy.
Maybe he does" replied on indig-
nant passenger, but 10 live man would
rent an office in this building. I'd fret
myself to death If l had to wait like
this more than once a month."-New
York Press. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
eelna 40. Inslde the Mast.

To go up inside" a mast to reach
the lofty altitude of the crows nest
would strike a deep water sailor as
proceeding that savCred of madness
or the part of any one who suggest
ed such thing, yet that is just what
the man on lookout duty does on
all the big liners now that are fitted
with steel masts
Any one who has ever observed one
Of these bare poles, with the shrouds
ending long distance below the
crows nest, must have wondered If
the little perch was simply put there
for looks, for there is no outward ev-
idence of any way of reaching the look
out. And no one would expect
sailor to reach it by shining up" the
mast.
AS a matter of fact. the crews nest
is reached by a steel ladder that is
fastened inside the hollow tube of the
mast, entrance being had to it by a
steel door just above the deck on one
side of the mast.-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
S3SSS SS9SSSS8SS SSYSS
FARM TOPICS.
SORGHUM AS FORAGE.

There has been much said in your
valuable paper of late about the feed
value of sugar cane or sorghum, and
there cannot be too much said in be-
half of 1t, for it is a splendid feed.
We are feeding some of it now, and
the stock all relish 1t; some Of the cows
will quit eating their bran or good mil
let hay to eat the came fodder; they
eat the stalks all up and so there is
no waste in feeding 1t, and the colts
will eat 1t in preference to any other
feed.
AS to the curing of it, the best way
is to go through and cut about half
the shock let them cure a few days
and then finish the shocks; or cut and
set in small shocks and reshock in
few days, by putting two or three
shocks together until it is we'll cured.
But we prefer the first method, as it
saves handling. AS soon as 1t is thor
oughly cured we tie in small bundles
and store in the barn. We intend run
ming some of it through the cutting
box and making chop feed. 1t is fine
for any kind of stock, and we want to
plant more of it another year.-Mrs. Q.
G. H., in Indiana Farmer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Caupht sIoepInp whale.

On her last trip from Portland to San
Francisco the steamship Despatch,
while in Monterey Bay, caught sleep
ing whale across her bows. There was
no perceptible shock as the soft body
of the leviathan doubled across the
cutwater. The Despatch was making
about ten miles an hour at the time,
and the pressure Of the water was so
great that the whale was not able to
llberate itself for some time. Finally
it managed to slide to one side and
thus escaped. Its presence did not
seem to retard the steamer, but it could
be plainly seen from the bow vainly
trying to free itself.-Portland Ore
ponian
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
CARRYING HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
The Problem Of Their Transportation
Calls for Solution,

AVN FlOglSU " lVNlF
Calls for Solution.
In speaking of the recent tragedy
on the lines Of the company near Har'
risburg, the superintendent OF passen'
ger transportation of the Pennsylva'
MIA railroad Is reported to have said:
1T was an accident which could not
have been avoided. Every precau'
ton known in train operation was In
effect, and so far as | can see, there
was not a single violation" II Is prob
able that this official, speaking as an
employee responsible for the obsery-
ance Of the rules Of this company,
was strictly within the facts; but. the
travelling public Is surely justified in
asking whether the rules for the ac-
ceptance, loading and carriage of high
explosives have been drawn with as
strict an eye for the safety of the
public as they have for the convent
ence of the railroads.
We understand that dynamite and
other high explosives are considered
as ordinary freight, and that as far as
any special precautions are con.
cerned, it is loaded into cars in COM
mon with other boxed freight, the
only difference being that the car con-
tanning it is usually labeled "Tigh Ex
plosives." Now, that such a condi-
ton of things is full of peril is
proved by the fact that disastrous eX-
plosions resulting from the carriage
Of high explosives are by no means
infrequent. 1t is only when such
deadly freight, as in the present case,
becomes the cause of an explosion
that results in a disastrous loss of
life, that the attention of the public
is forcibly drawn to this very serious
peril. 1t Is to be hoped that the leg
islation which is certain to be intro
duoNd with view to rendering the
transportation of high explosives
more secure, will meet with better
success than the recent attempt of
Senator Elkins, chairman Of the In
terstate Commerce commission, to
put through bill placing the regu-
lation of this matter in the hands of
the commission.
The mere lacking of an insignia
cant label upon freight car that
contains high explosive is surely a
very inadequate means of warning
and safeguard. A more sensible
method would be for the railroads to
reserve special cars for such freight,
and to give them broadly distinc-
tive color or a badge that would at
once distinguish them from the cars
for ordinary freight. The railroads.
of course. would argue that such cars
would be running for large part of
the time with but a fraction of a
load. But that could be compensated
by charging a rate sufficiently high
to meet the extra cost and inconveni-
ence involved.-Scientific Ameri-
can
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
A Useful Member.

The small son Of clergyman who
was noted for his tiresome sermons ov.
erheard two friends of his father say
ing how dry they were, and how hard
it was to keep awake during them,
The following Sunday, while the min
lister was preaching, he was astounded
to see his son throwing pebbles at the
congregation from the gallery. The
clergyman frowned angrily at him,
when the boy piped out in a clear
treble voice:
Its all right, pop. You go on
preaching; I'm keeping them awake"
-Harpers Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17

hSSeHOt UWuH ItUNG y tttttF SNOutu
De read bB every brain tCOI ker leGd-
ting a strenuous IUe.
Hon. John Tighe, No, 9S Remsen St.,
Cohoes, \. y, Member OF Assembly from
the Fourth District, Albany County, n.
y, writes as follows:
"Peruna has my hearty Endorsement as
a restorative tonic of superior merit AT
times when | have been completely. broken
down from excess of work, so that my
faculties seemed actually at a standstill,
Peruna has acted as healing restorer,
starting the machinery of mind and body
afrcsh with new life aud energy.
81 recommend it to a man tired in mind
and body as tonic superior TO anything
/ know of and well worthy serious consid.
Grafton. j. Ilghc.
Excess of work. so common in our coun-
try, causes impaired nerves leading to ca
tarrh and catarrhal nervousness-a disease
that is responsible for half OF all nervous
troubles
lsrIuna cures inns tlouOlv NvVaUsS II GU
catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of PerunQ,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full
statement of your case, and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, U.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
UNREASONABLE.

care You still offering your dow
town lot for sale?"
"Yes."
whats your price on it by this
time?"
Fifteen per cent more than when
you asked me about it a few years
ago"
"It ought to be about fifteen per cent.
less. There isn't nearly as much ground
in it now as there was then"
That's mistake. It's exactly the
same size it always was"
81 happen to know better. There
has been a bic tunnel bored right
through it."-Chlcago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17

Mr. Carnegie often rails very wittily
at scientists and their peculiar ways.
1.-THE late-the late-but / won't
mention the poor fellows name" said
Mr.. Carnegie, at scientists supper
the late Blank, as he lay on his
death bed, was greeted one morning
very jcyously by his physician. Poor
Blanks eyes lit up with hope at sight
Of the Doctors beaming face. There
had been consultation on his case
the day before. Perhaps, at last, the
cure had been found
"'My dear Mr.. Blank said the physi-
clan, L congratulate you!'
THE patient smiled.
"T shall recover?' he said, in a
weak voice, tremulous with hope.
'Well-er-not exactly said the
physician. But we believe your dis,
ease to be entirely novel and unique,
and, if the autopsy demonstrates this
to be true, we have decided to name
the malady after YOU"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Her,a WonI

The two women in the crowded car
carried on an animated discussion.
Suddenly the train slowed down, and
in the hush the voices became plainly
audible to everybody. your parrot
may be better talker than mine, al
though l don't believe it" said one of
the women. with an air of presenting
the final argument, "but you'll have to
admit that mine has the most beautiful
foliage. New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
To Baltimore and Return Via the Royal
RIua Inc RI2.bO,

To Baltimore and Return Via the Royal
Blue Line SI2.6O.
July is one of the most delightful of
months in which to visit the Middle
South, say as far as Baltimore; and at
the time of the Christian EndeayoT Coz
venIion in that city the early part Of
tho month such l,beral inducements are
offered by the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail
road that one who never has been in
that delightful part of the country
should not miss this rare opportunity.
This first-clnss road, which offers to take
tourists to that beautiful city and back
via the ROYAL Blue Line from Boston,
all-rail, for $14.05, or via Fall River Line
$3.50, with correspOndingly low rates
from all other New England points,
traveTses a most picturesque country;
the train service and I'LL its appoint
ments are pnlatial, and Christian En-
deaYorers auu others who may wish to
take the trip are promised every utten-
ton and courtesy. 1t is of interest also
10 know Il trip to Baltimore under SUCH
unusual conditions is especially ndvan-
tageous since one may run over to the
capital city of the nation in less than an
hour. A most attractive Christian En-
deavor folder, giving routes and details
of the convention. will be sent to any
address on receipt of 2-cent stamp.
Tickets for this low-priced trip are on
sale from July 8 to 8, good returning
until July 10, at the Boston Office of the
Baltimore & Ohio, $50 Washington
street. J B. Scott, n. E. p. A.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
MUzZLB FOR HORSES.

Horses sometimes act disagreeable
when working in the orchard or when
cultivating corn or grain by trying to
get mouthful Of the growing crop.
The best way to overcome such habit
is to smuzzle the horse, but in doing
this extreme care should be used that
the horse is not injured nor seriously
disconnected by the muzzle. Take
heavy white canvas, such as grain
bags are made from. Cut this in eigh-
teen-inch lengths and wide enough to
go around the jaws of the horse COM
fortablY loose. Cut two oval airholes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Robbie Han Seen rh.m.

"WhNt business is papa in, mamma|
asked little Robbie.
"Why, he's in the hardware business,
my boy"
"And does he sell cockroaches,
mammal"
"Why, Robbie! What question. OF
course he doesn't"
"Well, he's got sign ON the store
window which reads: we sell every
thing to be found in the Kitchen"
To protect the delicate silk stocking
there are cotton moccasins to be
slipped on between hosiery and shoes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
The Improved Feminine Physique.

Mrs. Standard declares that the mod
ern woman is not athletic, but that the
tall, finely developed young creature of
the day owes her appearance to the
fact that she is no longer scourged
by tuberculosis and that she has been
brought up more by her mother and
more in the dining room instead of by
persons of lower class in rooms at the
top of the house.-LondCn Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
MILK CRUST ON BABY

Lost All His Hair-SCratchel Till BlOOl
Ran-Grateful Mother Tells of
His Cure by Cuticura For 75c.
''When our baby boy was three months
old he had the milk crust very badly on
his head so that all the hair came out and
it itched so bad he would scratch until the
blood ran. got a cake of Cuticura Soap
and box of Cuticura Ointment. l applied
the Cuticura and put a thin cap on his
head, and before I had used half of the
box it was entirely cured, his hair COM
menced to grow out nicely again, and he has
had no return of the trouble. (Signed)
Mrs. II. 2. Holmes, Ashland, Or"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
He WAS REAL RIDE

"Just to show you that / am not
ashamed to have my age known" said
the bachelor girl, "I'll bring the family
Bible and you can see for yourself"
"All right" rejoined the giddy young
man. what chapter and what verse,
please Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
Chairman shontS and M. Bunau.varilla


Mr.. Shonts was asked the other day
what he thought of the scheme of NJ
BunauVarilla, who told the French
Academy of Sciences that he had a
plan for digging the Panama Canal in
four years. Mr. Shonts did not laugh
and declared that the Frenchmal
should have tried his scheme when h,
was employed on the canal work under
De Lesseps, but said:
"Mr. Bunau-Varilla Is very capable
engineer, and dare say there is much
value in his proposition. If he sub
mlts 1t to the commission we shall be
glad to consider 1t. We have Special
committee that looks after all these
matters. Brooklyn Eagle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-06-17
ONE POINT DIFFERENCE.

O-Nb IOANI D1p LhhNNb.
"What is the difference between mar
and womanY
II give it up"
We'll, a woman doesn't mean half
the wicked things he says, and a man
doesn't say half the wicked things he
means. Manchester IN. H. Mirror.