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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
A GIRLS WAKING.

What marvel have her still eyes looked
upony
In what new wonder hath she grown
adept?
Hath some bright miracle but lately
swept
Across the common sky? From what dim
lawn
OF fairy woodland hath she just with
drawn?
What secret tenderness that long hath
slept,
What love unrealized, what pain I'M
wept,
Now stirs and dreams and trembles for
the dawn
Yea, marvel, wonder miracle are hers,
And hers all treasure of wild fairyland,
And hers new gods intimate com
mand;
For see she holds, still tranced and listen
ing,
As listens one to unseen messengers,
A gray old volume where dead poets
sing.
M Leunah, in The Atlantic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Good Colors For Houses.

II is not generally known-not
even among painters-why certain
tints and colors wear much better
than others on houses, and the
knowledge Of just what tints are best
to use is, therefore, rather hazy.
One writer on paint, in a recent
book, says that experiments seem TO
show that those colors which resist
or turn back the heat rays OF he
sun will protect house better than
those which allow these rays to pass
through the film.
Thus red is a good color because
II turns back, or reflects, the red
rays, and the red rays are the hot
rays.
In general, therefore, the warm
tones are good and the cold tones are
poor. SO far as wear is concerned.
In choosing the color OF paint for
your house, select reds, browns,
grays and olives which, considering
the various tones these tints will
produce, will give a wide range from
which to choose.
Avoid the harsh tints, such as cold
yellows like lemon), cold greens
(like grass green, etc.), and the
blues.
II must be understood that no vir-
tue is claimed for tints in themselves.
irrespective OF the materials used in
the paint Any color will fade, and
the paint will scale off, if aduterated
white lead or canned paint is used,
but il one is careful to use the best
white lead-some well-known brand
of reliable manufacturer-and gen.
uine linseed oil, the warm tints mem
toned above will outwear the same
materials tinted with the cold colors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Encourage This Trade.

A curious lawsuit came up in a Lon
don court recently which involved a
balance against a corn dealers of 4
shillings for dried flies" What on
earth do you do with them?' asked
the astonished Judge
They are used in the making Of
chicken food, replied the plaintiff. He
explained that a bag of eighty-one
pounds of dried flies was supplied to
the defendant at pence a pound, and,
according to the custom of the trade,
the gross weight was charged for.
The defendant contended that he
ought to pay only for the net weight
You surprise me when you talk
about eighty-one pounds of dried flies
in bulk" said the judge. Where do
you find all these fies?"
They are imported"
Where FROM"
America"
1t is an export trade that deserves
encouragement-New York Tribune
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
smoke Nuisance in New York.

Electric light is a great conven-
fence, and even a necessity, but we
need not barter our glorious sunlight
to obtain it. There are some nuis-
ances entailed by modern progress
which must be endured, but for the
smoke nuisance there is no excuse.
Bituminous coal can be burned with
out this willful waste of carbon, and
it is strange that those in charge OF
power houses and other large con-
sumers of soft coal should not see
that the prevention of smoke by suit
able devices, or even by more careful
stocking, would effect very appre-
ciable economy in fuel. They should
be made to see it. One by one the
great cities of the East are being de-
voured by the black smoke beast
even tidy Philadelphia is becoming
grimy and soot-soiled-and if New
York is to be saved speedy and ener-
getic action must be taken by the
health commissioner. We have gone
back to dirty streets, but let us at
least keep the air clean.-From the
Medical Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
eolna to the Theatre bv eondoIa.

Going to the theatre in Venice is
like fantastic overtAre to the play,
and sets ones mood properly in tune.
You step into the gondola, which darts
at once across a space of half-lighted
water, and turns down a narrow canal
between walls which seem to reach
more than half way to the stars.
The tiny lantern in the prov sheds
no light, is. indeed. no more than a
signal of approach and you seem to
be sliding straight into the darkness.
Here and there light shines from a
bridge or at the water gate of house,
but with no more than enough light TO
make the darkness seen.
The gondola sways, swerves, and is
round sharp corner, and the water
rushes against the oar as it swings
the keel straight for another plunge
forward. You see in fiashes.-Arthur
Symons in Scribner's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Houses and Mules i'm the West.

"a pair of big, fine young mules
are easily worth $500, and they are
hard to get, even at that high price"
said Mr.. l.. B. Foreman, of Cincin-
natl.
Kentucky is the great mule pro-
ducing State, and one county alone in
that Commonwealth had $4,000
mules on its tax rolls last year.
There is good money in breeding
them. but not in localities where land
Is very high priced. Horses of high
quality are also very scarce in the
West, and the demand for them is
even keener than in the days when
automobiles were unknown. Good
horses, in fact, are SO high that sales
are exceedingly dull. "-Washington
Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
The BeTlIShipes.

The land of magnificent estates, pictur.
esque farms and comfortable summer
homes and camps-the Berkshire Hills!
Here in Western Massachusetts-only a
few hours from all the large cities of the
East-is a country that, for Years, has at
tracted to it both the wealthy and the
middle classes; the one to spend the sum
mer months upon extensive estates; the
other to occupy farmhouse, cottage, or
tent.
The charms of the Berkshires have been
told in story and poem. Many of our most
famous authors have found there the rest
and quiet that enabled them to give us
masterpieces that will live as long as the
old hills among which they were inspired
and written.
The New York Central Lines extend di-
rectly through the hill country and make
this fascinating region easy Of access to the
traveller from East or West. There are
few vacation spots in the world more at
tractive than these beautiful Berkshire
Hills on Americas Greatest Railroad"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
SALLOW FACES.
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.

How many persons realize that
coffee so disturbs digestion that it
produces a muddy, yellow complex
ion?
A ten days trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven a means, in thou
sands of cases, of clearing up bad
compilations.
A Washn. young lady tells her ex-
perience:
"All Of us-father, mother, sister
and brother--had used tea and cot
fee for many years until finally we
all had stomach troubles more or
less.
I'VE were all sallow and troubled
with pimples, breath bad, disagree
able taste in the mouth, and all of us
simply so many bundles of nerves.
I'VE didn't realize that coffee was
the cause Of the trouble until one
day we ran out of coffee and went to
borrow some from a neighbor. She
gave us some Postum and told us to
try that.
Although we started to make II
we all felt sure We would be sick If
we missed our strong coffee, but we
we're forced to try Postum and were
surprised to find It delicious.
I'VE read the statements on the
pkg., got more and in month and a
half you wouldn't have known US.
We were all able to digest our food
without any trouble, each ones skin
became clear. tongues cleaned OF
and nerves in fine condition. We
never use anything now but Postum.
There is nothing like it." Name Civ.
en- by Postum Co. Battle Greek,
Mich. Read the little book, THE
Road to Wellville" There's a rea-
eon
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
LAKE cHAMPLAIN TRIPS.
Central Vermont Railway Makes Low
Price to Famous Resort.

The sail by steamer from Burlington,
on the Verm ont shore, down Lake Cham
plain to Old Fort Ticonderoga, or north
ward among the beautiful North
Islands" to North Hero or st. Adams Bay,
is without question one of the most fas>
cinating water trips in America. From
end to end Lake Champlain is historically
interesting and Of its scenery there is at
this late day nothing new to be said.
Each new traveller has given a description
OF its manifold beauties, but no description
has yet been an adequate description. One
must see Lake Champlain for himaelf4o
thoroughly appreciate it.
With the end in view of making 1t posi-
BILE for all classes to visit this great in
land sea, the Central Vermont Ry.
offers from now until Sept. so, special
round trip rates to Lake Champlain from
Boston and all the principal New England
cities. These tickets are good returning
until Oct. 81 and afford the opportunity Of
a lifetime. The cost of trip from any
point outside Of Vermont will be promptly
furnished on application to I. H. Hanley,
Central Vermont Ry., $50 Washington
St. Boston, who will also send handsomely
illustrate booklet on Lake Champlain and
Vermont for 2-cent stamp.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
BABY COVERED WITH SORES,
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh I'm
less Hands Were Tied-"Would Have
Died But For Cutieura.n

DAeu nut
my little son, when about a year and
a half old, began to have sores come out
on his face, 1 had a physician treat him,
but the sores grew worse. Then they be-
gan to come on his arms, then on other
parts OF his body, and then one came on
his chest, worse than the others. Then I
called another physician. Still he grew
worse. At the end Of about year and a
half OF suffering he grew so bad had to
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep
him from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton
and was hardly able to walk. My aunt
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. 1 sent to the drug store and got
cake of the Soap and box Of the Oint-
ment, and al the end of about two months
the sores were all we'll. He has never had
any sores of any kind since. He is now
strong and healthy, and l can sincerely
say that only for your most wonderful
remedies my precious child would have
died from those terrible sores. Mrs. Egg
bert Sheldon, II. F. D. No. l, Woodville,
Conn, April u, 1906
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
AustraIiaIs New Cotton.

Australia, participating in the gen.
eral British movement for the estab-
lishment of cotton growing on a large
scale in the colonies, is pinning her
faith on a very superior variety which
has been propagated locally. The
new strain was originated by cross
ing a variety of cotton from the up
per Amazon region and one from
Mexico, both of which are of the IA
nous Sea Island type. The new va
riety has been designated the Cara
vonica, and is described as having a
staple which is very long, strong, reg
ular and of woolly appearance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Speaking of the Baker.

1.-THE baker," said the knovius
youth, lis the happiest man ever.
Everything he stirs up pans out we'll.
All he kneads is his, he has dough to
burn, and his stock is still rising.
He certainly takes the cake! He's
a stirring chap, and does things up
brown. Though he is we'll bred and
somewhat of high roller. he is not
above mixing with his hands. Be
sides, he is pious, and cheerfully
icing his favors for everybody. The
baker is the original wise man of the
yeast. "-LippincOtt's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
All Odd Birds Nest.

The oldest of all birds nests is the
one built by the tontobane, a South Al
rican songster. 1t is built of cotton
and always upon the tree producing
the material In constructing the
domicile the female works inside and
the male outside, where he builds a
sentinel box for his own special use.
He sits in the box and keeps watch
or sings nearly all the time, and when
danger comes in the form of a hawk
or a snake he warns the family, but
never enters the main nest,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

torture Invent through
now seems to have
been almost unbear-
able. | had backache,
pains in the side
and loins, dizzy spells
and hot, feverish
headaches. There
were bearing-down
pains, and the kidney
secretions passed toe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

frequently, and with burnIng SEN
sation. They showed sediment. |
became discouraged, weak, langUid
and depressed, so sick and weak that
I could not keep up. AS doctors did
not cure me | decided to'try Doan's
Kidney Pills, and With such success
that my troubles werS all gone after
using eight boxes, apd my strength,
ambition and general health is fine"
Sold by all dealerf 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn CO.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
His Divinity.

This is the way Colorado bachelor
POLITICALLY lays bouquet at the feet
Of his best girl: There is gladness
in her gladness when she's glad, there
is a sadness in her sadness when she's
sad. But the gladness Of her gladness
nor the sadness, Of her sadness is
nothing to her madness when she's
mad. "-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
A Choice of Evils.

It was during an epidemic of ty-
phoid fever.
DO you boil your drinking water?"
a man was asked.
mo, | freeze it, was the reply.
well" said the other. I'D just as
soon have an aquarium inside me as a
cemetery. "-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
lMIss RIcKA LEOPo2!4yPS5
MISS RICKA LEOPOLD, 1877 Main
In street, Menasha, Wis, Sec'y Lieder-


Three years ago my system was in a
terrible rundown condition and 1 waA
broken out all over my, body. I began to
glad to try anything winch, Would relieve
me.
"PerunG lCds recon- BseHded to me as
a fine blood remedy and tonic, ana soon
found that it was worthy of praise.
"A few bottles changed my condition
over my trouble.
II owe to Peruna my restoration to
health and strength. 1 am glad to endorse
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
A Lona Look Ahead,

Prof. Guenther, OF Freiburg Univer-
sity, predicts that the time will come
when there will not be water enough
remaining on this globe to support
human life. We are left to suppose
that our shrinking sphere will form
caverns in its interior into which the
oceans will sink. For a similar Tea-
son, as some astronomers believe,
there is no man in the moon, the
former waters on its surface, if there
ever were any, having retired into the
cavernous interior-London Tele-
graph
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
The Limit.

Tell me of Gladys Vanderfeller
who was married five years ago. She
used to keep society agog. Is she as
sensational as ever?"
More so. She actually has chill
dren!"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Pe.ru.na Restores Strenath.

Mrs. Hettie Green, R. R. 8, Iuka, H.,
writes: Il had catarrh and felt miser-
able. began the use OF Peruna and be-
gan to improve in every way, Ny head
does not hurt me so much, my appetite ls
good and 1 am gaining in flesh and
strength"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
Comes Natural to Him.

Sinkers-Did you ever notice Reel
toms hook nose and fishlike eyes?
Corker-Yes. 1t isn't any wonder
that he tells such fishy stories.-Cht-
cago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
You Never Can Tell.

A Peoria man killed himself be-
cause his wife was not at home.
Some husbands would have sung a
TIE Deum instead of ending life
Chicago Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

Sealing wax is not wax, nor does
it contain a single particle of wax.
1t is made of shellac and resin melted
with turpentine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

1t takes 10000 tons of copper
month to satisfy home and foreign
demands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25
COULD NOT KEEP UP.
Broken Down, Like Many Another,
With Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. A. Taylor of Wharton, N. J.,
SAYS: 81 had kidney trouble In its
most painful and severe forll, aud the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

FITS, st. Vitus Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manentlycured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesin1amma
ton, sllays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-25

Eggs are sold in Denmark by the
score more commonly than by the
dozen. NE34
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-12
COFFEE TRUST IN BRAZIL.
Price of South American Product to
Be Increased.

New York.-The financing of Bra
zil's coffee valorization plan has been
arranged. Bankers and merchants,
internationally known and all identi-
fed with the coffe trade. will advance
the money needed-about 10000, on.
The bankers and merchants are To-
Gated in New York, London, Havre
and Hamburg.
The object of the coffee valorization
plan is to maintain coffee at a re-
muneratiye price to the grower by
establishing a minimum quotation at
which 1t is to be upheld by purchases
of coffee on account of the three
states of Brazil-Sao Paulo. Rio and
Minas. Interest on the loans made
is guaranteed and paid by tax on
every bag of coffee shipped.
The three contracting states bind
themselves to maintain in the native
markets a minimum price of 80 to 35
miireis per bag of 60 kiIos for the first
year. This price is to be gradually
raised after the first year to a maxi
mum of 40 milreis.
The contracting states bind them
selves to restrict or discourage by dis
eliminating taxation the expectation
of coffee of inferior grades and they
further bind themselves to pass laws
preventing the extension of coffee acre
age for two years after Jan. 1, 1907.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-12
AT THE SUMNER HOTEL.
Experience Of Winston Churchill Fa-
miIiar to Many.

Winston Churchill in an address
that he made in Concord recently
praised the New Hampshire farmer.
Ours" he said, lis state fitted
above all others for summer resort.
New Hampshire, with its superb eli
mate, its mountains, its lakes and
forests, will in a generation or two
be one great pleasure ground-a vast
park, dotted with beautiful villas. to
which will come each summer fam
lilies from all parts of America.
In anticipation of this many farm
ers are learning to conduct hotels.
They are building cottages for sum
taking boarders.
And l am glad to say that the New
Hampshire farmer is in a position to
take boarders, because. unlike the
farmers in other states that l could
name. he does not send all his good
things to the city. l once boarded at
fine big farm, but the fare was
wretched-canned vegetables, con-
densed milk and so on.
"'By Jove,' l said one morning at
breakfast, as I pushed my egg cup
from me, these eggs are really not
as fresh as those get in New York
My farmer host snorted.
That's rank prejudice on your
part, Mr.. Churchill he said. It's
from New York that all our eggs
come"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-12
PECULIAR CASE is DECIDED.
Bigamist's First Wife Gets Half oi
Estate and Second Nothing.

Wichita, Kan.-Federal Judge Pol
lock has rendered a decision in an
unusual case that came up from
Comanche county. 1t was the result
of a bigamous marriage by James Nc.
Laughlin.
Mclaughlin was an old soldier who
deserted his wife in Pennsylvania,
and, coming to Kansas with a young
woman named Annie Scott, married
her and lived with her 30 years, raising
eight children. Upon his death the
second wife. who says she knew moth
ing of his previous marriage. applied
for a pension, and this led to the dis
covery of wife No. l.
The court decided that the Penn
syivania wife was entitled to half the
estate and that McLaughlin's children
by his second wife were entitled to
the other half, while the second wife
was entitled to nothing, though 1t was
largely through her efforts that the
property was accumulated.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-12
NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.
With Irritating Skin Humor-Hair
Began TO Fall Out-Wonderful Re-
suit from Cuticura Remedies.

about the latter part of July my
whole body began to itch. l did not
take much notice of it at first but it
began 10 get worse all the time. and
then l began to get uneasy and tried
all kinds of baths and other remedies
that We're recommended for skin hum
ors; but | became worse all the time,
My hair began to fall out and my
scalp itched all the time. Especially
at night, Just as soon as l would get
in bed and get warm, my whole body
would begin to itch and my finger
nails would keep 1t irritated. and it
was not long before l could not rest
night or day. A friend asked me
to try the Cuticura Remedies. and
did, and the first application helped
me wonderfully. For about four
weeks l would take a hot bath every
night and then apply the Cuticura
Ointment to my whole body; and |
kept getting better. and by the time
l used four boxes of Cuticura l was
entirely cured and my hair stopped
falling out. d. +. Blankenship. 3l9
n. Del. St, indianapolis, Ind, Oct. q.
1905
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-12
LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound by Eating erape-Nuts.

Proper food nourishes every part of
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
tle, teeth. etc.
All we need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it well-our
digestive organs take it up into the
blood and the blood carries it all
through the body, to every little nook
and corner.
If some one would ask you, rs
Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?"
you'd probably say, mo. don't see
how it could be-" But a woman in
Ontario writes:
For the past two years l have used
Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent
results. 1t seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways, builds up
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"a little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
tiring soothes my nerves and gives
sound Sleep" because 1t relieve ir-
ritability of the stomach nerves. being
predigested food)
Before 1 used Grape-Nuts my teeth
were loose in the gums. They were so
bad was afraid they would some day
all fall out. Since have used Grape
Nuts have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
"All desire for pastry has disappear
ed and have gained in health, weight
and happiness since 1 began to use
Grape-Nuts" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. Get the IA
nous little book, "The Road to Well
Yille." In pkgs. There's reason"