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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
NOT POSTED ON BIBLE.

at happened this way" said James
Carter to-day to Justice Caverly in
court ~ was reading the Bible to my
little son Jimmy, about Cain and Abel.
Cain killed his brother and Cain was a
murderer 1 said. Just then Mike
Kane here rushed in and yelled, who
is a murderer? l was not thinking of
him, and said, Cain is murderer
with that he knocked me across the
room and then jumped on me and
choked me until 1 was nearly dead.
Take it back he said. Take what
Dack?' asked. That l am murder
or and killed my brother he said. i
take 1t back said; L meant the Cain
in the Bible
you're liar he said The Kanes
in the Bible are all right, aren't they 2
Then he choked me some more. Yes
l said, they're all right"
Ten dollars for you, Mike Kane"
said the Judge. "The Gains in the
Bible are not all right. Go and read
it."-Kansas City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
Ml1MayKoehne
Nervous exhaustion invites disease.

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and You break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face Pushes, and you grow excited and
shalKy at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out; you need building up
at once ! To build up woman's nerv-
GUS system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Here is an
Illustration. Mrs Mary L. Koehne, 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"Ihaveused Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for years in my family and it
never disappoints so when j felt that was
nearing Che change of life l commenced treat
ment with it. took in all about six bottles
and it did me a grs,sj deal of good. 1t
stopped my dizzy 81 els, pains in my back
and the headaches with which had suffered
for months before taking the Compound. l
feel that II ithad not been for this great med
icine for women that ! should not have been
alive to-day. 1t is splendid for women, old or
young, and viii surely cure all female disor-
ders."
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice Her great experience
IS at their service, free of cost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
nIGHTEous INpIGNATlON.

A minister of the Kirk of Scotland
once discovered his wife asleep in the
midst of his homlly on the Sabbath, so,
pauslng in the steady and possibly
somewhat monotonous flow OF his ora
tory, lie broke forth with this personal
address, sharp and clear, but very de-
liberate:
"Susanw
Susan woke up with n start and
rubbed her eyes, as did all the other
dreamers in the ediice, whether asleep
or awake.
Susan" continued her clerical
spouse, II dldna marry ye for yer
wealth, sin We had none. And, l didna
marry ye for yer beauty; that the hall
congregation can see. And If We hac
not grace, / had made but n sair bar
gain wi yew-LOndon Tlt-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A Roston surgestlon as to EtIquette.

Do you think it might help to decrease
the cases of pneumonia in our cold
country if the leading ladies hereabOuts
would say that during the winter sea-
son men might omit the customary
lifting Of their hats in the street when
bowling to them?
In town in Sweden the respectful
d0fiing of the hat has been declared
unnecessary through the winter sea-
son by prominent ladies-but there a
gentleman will insist on having his hat
in his hand during his conversation
with n lady. The Swedish ladies', at
all events, believed that they have in
troduced an important health measure
into social life.
Undoubtedly many Boston men who
have found themselves called upon to
raise their hats a dozen times on a
windy day coming down fremont
street and passing through West street
have wondered if their next attack of
influenza would not be the result OF
this manner of showing respect to the
fair sex-BostOn Evening Transcript
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
TALE or A TALKING TREE.
Kentuok Citizens Scared by Mysterl'
GUS Voices.

GUS Voices.
Out on the farm of viii Albert, near
Heath, this county, the people are
wrought up over the talking tree"
that has been there for some time,
Enormous crowds continue TO gather
there almost every Sunday to hear
the strange noises that come from the
tree. The voice can be distinctly
heard, and says There are treasures
buried at my roots"
A party, comprising the most trust
worthy citizens of the county, visited
the tree to make a thorough investi
cation for themselves as to the noises
being heard They listened patiently
for several hours when sudden crash
which has been given many times be
fore the marvellous production or the
human voice. came. The mystery yet
remains unsolved, and so great has
the number of people been who nave
gone there in the last several months
that the tree is now dead, caused by the
continuous tramping on the earth sur
rounding the tree.
The only theory that has been sus'
gested is that a man was killed under
the tree in 1862, and while many DO
not believe in Spirits" the facts are
so plain and the voice can be so dis
tinctly heard that they cannot dispute
the fact. A family of people who liv
ed there several years ago became SC
frightened at the voice that they sold
their farm at a sacrifice, went wes'
and are now living in Texas.-NeW
York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

or something OF that sort, Jessie was
overwhelmed. An impartial critic
might have expressed serious doubts
and perhaps the nelghbors didn't say
all that they thought. TO Tessie, Tins
voice was the acme of perfection, or to
sum II up in her all-inclusive word,
grand"
They had two children, One, n gir
OF eight months, died last March. The
baby was sick quite n while and the
doctors ana the undertaker's bills were
considerable. That was the beginning
of their bad luck The loss of the child
was n hard enough blow, and, besides,
the little girls sickness and death not
only absorbed their trifing savings, but
plunged them into debt, But they had
another child left, a boy, "going on"
four years. They concentrated theiI
love on him and faced the world with
courage.
Three months after Tim lost his
place. 1t was 10 fault Of hls-just 6
streak of bad luck. He tried hard to
get another job, no matter at what
He couldn't.
Now a couple with child and debts
and great self-respect must get along
independently somehow. Confidence in
each other doesn't satisfy the landlord,
and grOcers, butchers and bakers
haven't vet acquired the habit of sup
plying provisions on good Intentions or
future prospects.
Tessie had mettle. She hadn't for
gotten her old trade. Her eyes troubled
her great deal, but she was deter
mined to keep things going without APP
plying to anybody for assistance. she
went to one of her former bosses and
got job making boxes for tobacco
cigarettes. The material she would
carry home and there make up the
boxes. The pay wasn't much. For
every thousand boxes she col. So. II
rOUn ner II week, working ten hours n
day, to make thousand boxes.
Since July Tessie has stuck to the
Job. 1t is difficult for woman to keep
house, bring up n hoy, and work ten
hours day, but Tessie has managed
it. 1t is especially difficult for one
with graduated eyelids to bend over
such task all day long. Tessie, how
ever, didn't complain. She knew that
Tim was really looking for work and
was willing to take anything he could
get She knew lie had run of hard
luck.
The So a week Tessie earned has sup
ported the whole family since July.
Their living is simple. Sixteen or eigh.
teen cents a day for meat, loaf of
bread a day, and two quarts of pota-
toes week. Tessie and Tim dispensed
with butter. They had some, but it
was reserved for the boy. The cost of
their living, not including rent, was
about thirty cents day. Then Tessie
paid fifty cents a week for insurance
for herself and the boy, and the same
sum for insurance for Tim. They
didn't mind scrimping along on So a
week. 1t was the back debts which
worried them. They could pay only a
little on account now and then.
The other day Tim finally got job
There was happiness in the little home
when Tim came home and told the
good news. 1t was an event.
This is a simple, true little story
whereof Tessie is the heroine. Does
she not deserve to be?-New York
Post,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
IAE PATA oE IHE MOOR.

The moon has dropped bridge upon the
sea,
Golden, yet pale with the strange silver
light
That, melting midnight shadows, changes
white
The yellowest rose and bIeaches roof and
tree.
The moon has made path OF mystery
From earth unto herself the great sea S
might
Is held in check as when to maiden
slight
The lion knelt, obeying loves decree.
Oh, whittier do you lead, slim, radiant way,
Attending as the glistening pillows turn
Like children in their sleep when
mothers hand
Has gently touched them? BY this dream
like ray
Do YOU not tempt? For there arc souls
that burn
Through the dim sea to find an un.
known land.
Maurice Francis Egan. in Lippincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

All sugar is not sweet, or rather
sweet enough TO come up to the re
quired standard of sweetness, so somt
kinds must be sweetened artifcially
There are many establishments where
this process is carried on. A cone OF
sugar is placed over an apparatus ape1
downward, many little holes in the APP
paratus coming in contact with the
point of the cone. A thick liquid il
poured on the fat end of the cone and
the machinery is set in motion. The
holes become the mouths of the sue
ton tubes, and the sweetening liquit
is drawn through the cone, giving J.
the necessary quality.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A RECOMPENSE.
answer.

Young Edward, aged six, was quite
tired of staying in the house. His
mother was i'll, and had tried to keep
him in the room with her because her
room was warmer than his playroom,
but his toys were all in the playroom,
and he became restless to go to them.
"Good-by, mamma" he said; 81 will
come back in thousand years"
II will be dead and buried by that
time son."
The little fellow stopped moment
with his hand upon the door, and,
thinking of the Greed, he replied:
Never mind, mamma; you will rose
again. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
JvvvUvUUUvUU UUUUUUvUUUU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DROLL STORIES OF THE
PASSING MOMENT.
Observation-Disclosures

hail the vlolator OF his theory: "My
friend, don't you know 1t is wrong to
give those hogs feed that has not been
cooked? Don't you know that il you
would cook that grain before issuing it
they would digest 1t in just one-half
the time II takes them as 1t is now eat
en-" "Wall, stranger, suppose they
would; I'd like to know what IN the
- time is to hogW-New York Fri
hume.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A PREREQUISITE.

"Now my dear children" said al
archdeacon, II will ask you few
questions in your Catechism. Which
of you can tell me the two things neces
sary in baptism? Quite right, water.
Water is one thing, and what is the
other? What! Can none of YOU think
what else is necessary? Well, little
girl, what do you say?" "please, sir,
q baby" was the reply.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
HOW He INDORsED II.

Bishop Potter tells of young and
inexperienced clergyman who had just
been called to a city charge. At the
end of the first month his salary was
paid by check, and he took it to the
bank and passed it in at the paying
teller's window. The official looked
at it and then passed it back. ITS
perfectly good" he said, 'but L will
have 10 ask you to indOrse it." The
young clergyman took his pen and
wrote across the face of the check
II respectfully subscribe to the senti
ments herein expressed."-Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
PREACHER BECAME PERSONAL.

President Roosevelt relates a story
Of negro minister who, delivering a
forceful sermon on the sin Of theft, be
came personal, and said: Il see before
me twelve chicken thieves, including
William Sanders" Sanders resented
this, and under threats Of violence
made the preacher promise TO retract
This he did on the next Sunday by say
ing that he wished TO amend his state
ment of week before. "What should
have said" he concluded, was this:
L see before me eleven chicken thieves,
not including William Sanders
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
Remarkable Cures
Effected
BV Pe-ru-na,

Under date of January 10, 1897, DIR,
Hartman received the following letter:
"My wife has been sufferer from a
complication of diseases for the past TWEEN
ty.fve years Her case has baiied the
skill Of some of the most noted physicians,
One of her worst troubles was chronic
constipation of several years standing.
She was also passing through that most
critical period in the life OF a woman
I'm June, siioOu, / ..,rot, In Won about
her case. You advised course oil Peruna
and Manaliu, which we at once com
menced, and have to say it completely
cured her.
About the same time wrote You
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of twenty-five years standing,
At times l was almost past going
commenced to use PeTWnG accord
ing to your Instructions ana con-,
tLTLued Its IIse for about a gear, 1ltd
u has com pLeteIy cured me. ''--J0hn
o. Atkinson.
In letter dated January l. 1900, Mr..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
Rough on the solicitor.

The other day n coal merchant sen
the following letter TO customer after
having lost all patience in applying
several times for an unpaid bill: Sir
If you do not pay me for the ton o.
coal and chaldron Of coke before mex
Saturday / shall place the same in In,
hands of my solicitor. "-London Tit
Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A GLUTTON'S REGRET.

A glutton ones made a bet that Ii
could eat ten apple dumplings at ont
sitting. After the ninth dumping
however, lie declared himself beaten
Sadly he regarded the tenth dumping
which still reposed on his plate. Shall
ing his finger at it he said: "Ah! i
I'd known you'd be left over I'd have
eaten you first"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
HOGS WANT No HOLIDAYS.

A professor in an agricultural college
mad hobby. He believed and
preached on all occasions that the food
of animals should be cooked. just like
that of human beings. One day, while
out driving in the country, he passed q
farm, the owner of which was stand
ing in pen near the road feeding to n
drove of swine generous quantities of
corn in the ear. This caused the
learned theorist to stop and forthwith
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

pounds Of weight from the ground, the
pain was so severe. This was my con-
dltion when / began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They quickly relieved me,
and now am never troubled rs was.
My back Is strong and can walk or
ride long distance and feel just as
strong as l did twenty-five years ago.
l think so much of Doan's Kidney
Pills that have given supply Of the
remedy TO some of my neighDors, and
they have also found good results. 1t
you can sift anything from this ramb-
ling note that will be of any service to
you, or to any one suffering from kid
ney trouble you are at liberty to do So"
A TRIAL FREE - Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Some day a great reformer, in whose
aspirations sense is duly blended with
enthusiasm, will make and win great
fight for pockets in women's street
clothes. WHY woman does not have
more and better pockets in her clothes
is one of the mysteries OF civilization
Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Atkinson says, after five years experience
with Peruna:
~ lCiU ever continue to speak a
good lCOrd JOr PPIYiHd. 1 am stiLL
cured Of idrrh. ''--,IOhn d. 1tktn-
son, Independence, Mo-, BOr 25".
Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sonborn, Mimi,
writes:
"IhdUe been troubled ICith TheUmG-
tism and cGtdTh IOr tCentU-fce
UeGrS. could not steep day or niDht.
HTter having tscu I'eI'itHu lean sleep
! and nothing bOthcrS me HOlC. If
ecer am dBected Wib any KIND Of
sickness, PerunG 1Cii be me medf.
ciItc ShGI use. My SON CdS cured
Of cdtarTh Ofthe LGrynT by PcrWmd."
Mrs. Ala SchlCaILdt.
When old age comes, catarrhal diseases
come also, Systemic catarh is almost uni
versal in old people.
Address DR.. $. b, Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio, who viii be pleased to give you the
benefit of his medical advice gratis.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

this offer which is made to get you to
test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable Seeds.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Turnips,
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1900 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers,
ALL FOR BUT 16o POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above a package of fa-
nous Berliner Caulifower. "A. @. L.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
Liuht Literature.

You're getting gloomier every day"
said the sollcitous friend. "Why
don't you read some light literature?"
That's the trouble now. I've been
reading my gas bill. Washington
Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A Dissection.

Hes nobody"
"Ah?"
"And she's next to nobody"
"No!"
Eyes, she thinks he's Somebody, and
q woman who isn't next to her hus-
band is next to nobody."-Puck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Mother Gray'S Sweet Powders For Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
the Children's Home in New York Cure
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teethng Dis.
orders move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. 0lmsted, lie Roy, n. y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

When the Editor read 10000 plants for
Ice, he could hardly believe it, but upon
second reading finds that the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, than
whom there are no more reliable and eX-
tensive seed growers in the world, makes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Lake Chad is gradually drying up
and recent researches tend to show thai
its complete disappearance is only u
question Of time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

lido not believe Plso's Cure for Consume
tionhas unequll for coughs and colds, --JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1909.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

FITS permanently cured No fits or nervous,
ness after first days use OF DR.. Klne's Grea.
NerveRestorer, T2tral bottleand treatise freq
DR.. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

The King of Portugal is so good marks.
man that he has been called a modern Tell
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

To Cure Cold in Ono Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
L. w. Groves signature is en- box. 25c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
SALT RHEUM ON HANDS

Suffered Agony and Had to Wear BandageS
All the Time-Another Cure by Cuticura.
Another cure by Cuticura is tod of by
Mrs. Caroline Gable, of Waupoca. Wis,
in the following grateful letter: "My hus.
band suffered agony with salt rheum on
his hands, and had to keep them band
aged all the time. We tried everything we
could get, but nothing helped him until he
used Cuticura. One set OF Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Pills cured him entirely,
and his hands have been as smooth as pos
sible ever since. ] hope this letter viii be
the means OF helping other sufferers"
Justice Clark, of New York, has decided
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

EIrs. Wihslow' s Soothing Syrup for children
teething tten the gums, reduces inaamma-
ton ,allayspain, cures wind cole, 25c. a bOttlD
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

An expert is a person who knows a lot
about things interesting to no one else.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles.

Some men are cynics because they are un.
abe to make living at anything else.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

An international league for the eX-
termination of rats has been formed
in Denmark. NE9
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

English women universally condemn the
American short-skirt habit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Berlin's population by the new cen.
sus lacks 713 of reaching round p
600 900,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Itching Blind, Bleeding or ProtrudinS
Ointment fails to cure in to IA days. SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Rear-Admiral Rojestvensky is ffty,six
years OF age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Cleyelands three electric suburban
lines carried 100000 passengers in
1902, as against 1302G4 carried by the
competing steam roads.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought strength
and Health TO the Sufferer Making
Hin Feel Twenty-Five Years Younger

j, Is. COftOh,
farmer aud lun-
herman, of Dep
pc, N. Co. says:
IL suffered for
years with my
back. 1t was so
bad that / could
not walk any dis
lance nor even
ride in easy bug
gies. l do not be-
lievc / could
have raised ten
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
Donrnesa Cannot Be Cured

ylocalapplicatlons as they cannot reach ths
diseased portion ofthe ear. There is only ono
way to cure deafness, and that IS by consti-
tutional remedies Deafness ls caused by an
infiamed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Euataehlan Tube. Whenthis tube Is In
famed you have a umblingsound or imper-
feet hearing, aud when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, and unless the inham-
nation can be taken out and thi3 tube re-
stored 10 it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothingbutan
innRmed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for AM
case OF Deafness (caused by catsrrh THAT can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Sendfor
circulars free. -. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Tjc.
Take Halls Family Pills fos constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04
A HEALTHY Old AGE
OFTENTHE BESTPARTOFLIFE
Help for Women Passing Through
Change of Life

Providence has allotted us each at
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and it is generally
our own fault if we die prematurely.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-04

Justice Clark. of New York. has decided
that a sandwich is not a meal
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A Story Of the TenementS.
-~S++3s--
When the Baby Died and Tim Lost His
Job. the Wife Saved the day.
She Preferred Being at the Head
of Household TO SIP
Week at BOXmaking.
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HE was a frail woman, of
medium height, with a pre-
mntnrely furrowed face,
and the dropping, squint-
ing, strained motion Of her