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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
WINDS AND pRAuoHrs
Scientist Shows That the Former Al
Beneficial aud the Latter Dnnperous

Scientist Shows That the Former Are
Beneficial aud the Latter Dangerous.
Professor Max Herr, an Austrian
scientist, has just published an essay
upon the difference between wind and
| draught, which Is likely to convince the
public that the Old-fashioned prejudice
against drNughts is not altogether UNI
justified.
BY draught is meant the currents
of air in an enclosed space. Our fore
fathers attributed nearly all the evils
that beset them to draughts, and they
would not have slept in uncurtained
beds for anything. or course their
windows and doors were shaky' and
houses stood far apart, so draughts
were nearly inevitable. But the mod,
ern scientific world tries to deny
draughts altogether, and calls them
winds, which are harmless and even
healthy to a certain degree.
DR., Herr says that any one who cares
to find out the difference between q
wind and draught can do so in any
apartment which has windows on diff
ferent sides of the house. Let him
open window on windy day on the
side of the house toward which the
wind blows. The air which comes in is
quite harmless If the person exposed
TO 1t be dressed in warm clothes, ana
little children may take the air in a
room thus ventilated. But let him open
a window past which the wind blows,
and it will be found that the air in the
room is moved by number of cur
rents, all of which strive to reach the
opening. 1t is the passing wind which
sucks up the air in the room and draws
it out, and this causes the room to have
what is called a-draught.
The effect upon sensitive persons is
Immediately felt, like the fOrerunner
of pain to come. A draught will al
ways be felt as colder than the wind.
Very dangerous draughts are those
that are produced in railway cars by
the rapid motion of the train 1t is
not wind that gets into the carriages,
but the air of the car which is sucked
out. a lighted match held to the chlnk
of the window will prove this-as the
flame will be drawn toward the WIN
dow, not blown from il.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

He was one of the happiest kids"
in town. He stood in front of his
home and grinned enthusiastically as
he saw the others unwillingly vending
their way toward school.
Come on, Harold" shouted several
of the boys.
mot on your life" answered the re-
joicing Harold. mo school for me
to-day. I'm going to stay home
whats the matter, sick?'
NO"
your ma sick?"
mo"
"Well, why?"
ooh, cause. You see my gran'mas
come to spend the day with mamma
and gran'ma she's awful hard o
hearin Mammals got a cold on her
chest, and in her neck, and she can't
talk loud enough for gran'ma to hear
what she says, so I've got to stay home
to tell gran'ma what mamma says.
See?"-Indianap News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

reached me | was so weaH rom fright
and pain that they had IS carry me
home. On the way they tod me how
one of the neighbours. being out on the
Ice, had heard wolves bowling. This
alarmed my father as he knew ] was
away alone, and when | did not reutrn
at sunset he and my brothers started
out to meet mo, Well for me was 1t
that they did so.
The match came off the next day
and the Skagway team won, but with,
out any help from me. My spralned
ankle prevented my taking any active
part in the race. Presbyterian Ban
ner.
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The prlsoner,s Advantage.

The man up for larceny had admit
ted his guilt when aprehended, but at
the trial, the Green Bag says, his
youthful counse! defended him with
great obstinacy and unnecessary bril-
liancy.
Gentlemen" said the Judge, re-
garding the jury with benevolent
smile, 1.-The prisoner says he is guilty,
His counsel says he is not. You must
decide between them"
Then, after an effective pause, the
Judge added, "There is one thing to
remember, gentlemen. The prisoner
was there and his counsel wasn't"
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and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully Sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1913 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and .
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days 1t
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only In specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study OF roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease,
She maintained that just as ma -ure so
bouutifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends
Chief OF these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
labor OF love. --''thnnt nrice. as q
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
9farrR9Y1 s sir suffered most from
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces to
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Cntnrrn Cnnnot BE Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, rs they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is u
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
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A COUGH
What Causes This Initiative Sensation In
the Throat.

inc AnrOnts
A cough was intended by nature as
a means of removing some offending
substance from the air-passages, and
as such it is of the greatest protection.
If the irritation Of the mucuous men,
brane Of the larynX and bronchial
tubes, caused by the presence of some
secretion IN to0"gRfo tRR. usual mucous
excite the eXpulsive act which we call
coughing, we should be in constant
danger of suffocation every time we
had slight attack of bronchitis or n
cold in the chest.
If a cough were Occasioned only in
this way it would be a most useful
measure, and there would be no more
need for cough mixtures than for rem
edies to arrest breathing. But the hui
man machine sometimes gets out of
order, like any other mechanism. The
wires get crossed, and message sent
from some distant organ, like the liver,
for example, may get switched over to
the nerve-centre which regulates tho
complex series of movements prOduc-
ing cough; this centre, receiving a
stimulus from somewhere, responds as
if the message came from the larynX,
and a cough is established. This
"liver-c cough" does no good, and the
sooner it is stopped the better
Again, the mucous membrane of
some portion of the ATTITUDES, instead
of secretlng too freely, may become
dry. The nerve-centre is warned me-
chemically that there is something ir-
ritating the larynX or bronchial tubes,
and it starts a cough to get rid of it.
This cough, too, is useless, and worse
than useless, for it serves only to irrl-
tate still more the lnhamed mucous
membrane.
Cough may also be excited by abnOr-
NAL conditions in the nose, ears or
gullet. or may occur as symptom of
disease of the heart, kidneys or ner-
vous system. In such cases, it is the
endeavor of the physician to arrest the
cough by discovery and removal of the
cause, If possible, or If this cannot be
done, by the administration of cough
remedies.
In cough due TO dryness of the mu'
cous membrane of the air-tubes, the
remedies employed are those that will
promote flow of mucous to moister
the offending part. This can some
times be accomplished without medi
cine, by inhalation of the vapOr rising
from a pitcher of hot water to which
n tcaspoOnful of benzoin has been add
ed. Until the cause of cough Il
known the use of powerful cough med
lcines, most of which contain paregorit
or opium in some form, is most mad
| visable. Youths Companion.
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Chance 10 Get Even.

The Frlend-"I can't understand your
method of dealing out justice
The Judge-"YOu can't, eh|'
The Frlend-"NO. For instance, why
did you give that woman ten years at
hard labor yesterday for assaulting
neighbour"
The Judge" Because she once gave
my wife cooking lessons. That's ;he
answer" Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZE MA
Mouth and Eyes Covered with CrustS-
Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulous Cure by Cuticura.

ulous Cure by CutiCura.
"When my little boy was si- months
old he Lad eczema The sores extended
so quickly over the whole body that we at
once called in the doctor, We then went
70 another doctor, but he could not help
him, and in our despair we went 10 a
third one. Matters became so bad that
he had regular holes in his cheeks, large
enough to put finger into. The food
had to be given with spoon, for his
mouth was covered with crusts as thick
as a finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and suppurate,
as did also his eyes Hands, arms, chest
and back, in short, the whole body, was
covered over and over. We had no rest
by day or night Whenever he was laid
in his bed we had to pin his hands down,
otherwise he would scratch his face, and
make an open sore. think his face must
have itched most fearfully.
I'VE finally thought nothing could help,
and | had made up my mind to send my
wife with he cid to Europe, hoping that
the sea air might cure him, otherwise he
was to be put under good medical care
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came
differently, and we soon saw a miracle A
friend Of ours spoke about Cutcura. We
made a trial With Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resolvent and within ten days
or two weeks we noticed decided i'm
provement Just as quickly as the sick
ness had appeared it also began 10 disap-
pear, and within ten weeks the child was
absolutely we'll and his skin was smooth
and white as never before. i. Hohrath,
President OF the G. i. llohrath Company,
Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons, to 20
Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa, June
& l0O5 -
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Alphabetic Service.

A novel prayer service commenced
yesterday at the Hartwell Presby-
terrain Church which will continue for
twenty-six days. Yesterday the pray
ers were all for members of the con-
gregation whose names begin with
"a" To-day those whose names be-
gin with "B" will be prayed for, and
so on all through the alphabet. The
service was devised by the pastor, Dr..
Charles F. Wauier.-Cincinnati En-
uuirer. 1.-.-a-
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wanted II Cool.

"Pd like to have small piece OF
ice" said the millionaire in hades.
mo, sir" responded Satan. Money
was your god. You can have all the
money you want but nothing else"
"Well, then" retorted the millionaire,
recollecting that he was a member OF
the press humorists association, let
me have cool million. '-LouisviIIc
COurier-Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

Flames issuing from the top Of live
redwood tree is the sight that can be
seen in the State Park in the Big
Basin. This is the third time in four
teen months that flames have been
visible. The fire is burning constantly,
but at times so slowly that it is not
perceptible. The heart or the tree ie
decayed and it burns like a punk until
the blaze burns a hole through the
trunk. This forms a vent and causes
the smoldering embers to burst into
flames. The tree was 40 feet in
height when it first took fire.-Santa
Cruz Correspondence, San Francisco.
Cal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

Yesterday Ong Quee paid visit to
several itinerant vendors In China
street and made collection of 20
cents-for the police, lie said. Sikh
p. C. rs saw money passing and made
inquiries, arrest following. This MORN
ing he was charged by p. @. Taylor
with this. lie pleaded guilty, and as
he had already done a month in prison
Mr.. Seth sent him there for two
Straits Budget.
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they Cou,dn'l Fool Her.

Lady Frederick Cavendish, as presi-
dent of the Yorkshire Ladies' Council
of Education, tells the following story
I'm illustration of prevailing ignorance:
The other day some poor woman, in
discussing the proprety Of washing
her child's head, said: IL know bet
ter than 10 do that; I've heard enough
of water on the BRAIN"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
A Simple Man.

1t takes a neighbor to disentangle
a man from handsome setting.
A good many years ago, when
Wordsworth was poet laureate of Eng
land, a worthy Cumberland yeoman
walked many miles, in response to
widely scattered notices, to hear the
poet laureate" address a meeting.
When he discovered who held the
high-sounding title, he left the hall in
Indignation.
twas nobbut but OLD wadsworth
O. Rydal, efter avn" he said, scornful-
ly, on his return TO his family.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
Best ofReasoms.

The Poet-"I hope, sir, that if you
reject my poem your reason will be
an exceptionally good one. If that
poem does not succeed l will never
write another"
The EditOr-"Take back your poem,
sir. You have just furnished me with
the exceptionally good reason.'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Miser Counsel.

whats that sign you're making
"'FresD eggs, repiieGntnr new ,ler".
"NIake it 'Fresh-laid eggs.
hy-er-everybOdy knows the
eggs were fresh when they We're laid"
Exactly, and that's all that it's safe
for us to say about them. "-Philadel.
phia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
What Eddie Was Readina.

A New England father who believes
that children should be nourished on
good literature as well as on good
food, has always read the English
classics aloud to his only son. Eddie.
now SIX years old.
A friend Of the family, knowing Of
the practice, recently asked Eddie
what he was reading.
"a wavering novel," was his reply.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
MoTHERLEss.

He was so small so very small,
That since she ceased to care,
Twas easy just to pass him by,
Forgetting he was there's
But though too slight thing he seemed
OF interest to be-
One heart had loved him with a love
As boundless as the sea.
lie was so poor, so very poor
That now, since she had died,
He seemed q tiny thre0dhare coat
with nothing much inside;
But, alb, a treasure he concealed,
And asked Of none relief:
His shabby little bosom hid
a mighty, grown-up grief.
FLORENCE Earle Coates, in Harper's
Bazaar
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Was still I'm.

as your husband up yet?" asked the
early morning caller
II guess he is" replied the stern
looking woman.
I'D like to say few words to him"
"I'd like to say more than few. He
hasn't come home vAt''-Philadelphia
Press.
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He Could.

Mickey" asked the teacher, "can
you name three of the worlds great
est battles?"
Certainly, num-" answered Mickey
with the air Of one who knows. Deere
wuz de Fitzsimmons-Co rbett contest,
de fries-Fitzslmmons mlX-up. an, do
recent Britt-Nal"~-- %
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Knew His Man.

Eyes" said the pompous man, who
prided himself upon his familiarity
with the great ones of earth, "Presi-
dent Roosevelt once made a remark
TO me at dinner that was characteristic
of the man. He said"
81 think 1 can guess what he SAID
TO YOU" interrupted Knox.
"Yes?"
81 suppose he said: You may keep
the change, waiter. '"-Philadelnhn
Press.
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Popularity.

You say that official is compare
lively popular with the masses?" said
one member of the Russian cabinet.
Yes" replied the other.
What do you mean by compare
lively popular?'
Nobody has thrown a bomb at him
recently. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
Result of an Observation.

Debt Collector-"I have called TO get
payment of an account against your
master"
Servant (promptly)-"My master'snot
in"
Debt Collector-"Why, | saw him go
in Mt the door moment ago"
Servant-'YeS: hut he saw you, and
was over the back wall in jilfy."-
London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born In
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
ing from good old Quaker family
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman OF an alert
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

johnny" called the wife of the
Weather Bureau man, TASK your father
If it is going to rain today"
"He says no."
Fetch me my umbrella"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

"NIrs. Gaussip is going to call her
new home The Cables"
81 could suggest a better title"
"Say on"
"'The Cables"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
Human Nature.

"Scribbler, the novelist, is crusading
against the divorce evil"
"Why should he be interested?"
"Well, for one thing, he has just
gotten his divorce"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
They Are.

'AIrs. Upperten has invited me to n
Conversations tonight
"At her hOme?"
"NVhere else:"
"Well, a good many of EN- are held
in theatre boxes"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
No Secret.

Reporter Senator, what is the Sc
cret of your hostility to reformers"
Senator Graphter They're so
blamed superhuous. There's nothing
that needs mingw-Chicago Trlb-
me
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Just think what an outrage it is TO be
robbed of all the benefits OF the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
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Thousands tell Of
cures made by
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John c. Coleman, a
prominent merchant
Of SwainsbOro, Ca,
says: For several
years my kidneys
we're affected, and
my back ached day
and night. | was
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13
FiGisls.
"AIy hearts broken
WXVhot's the mattprG'

"My hearts broken.
whats the matterE'
81 was making love to my sweet
heart last night and her father came
suddenly into the ROOM"
"Well, that was awkward, but hard
ly heart-breaking"
Wasn't it? The old man merely re-
marked that it was pity she couldn't
stick to the same fellow two evenings
in succession. Then he left - ''p'
land Leader.
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wiz the Fanny
FeIIosVS


"That Mrs. Sawbones always alludes
to her husband as the dear Doctor"
"Well, that's the kind of doctor he
is"
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languld, nervous and lame in the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has been permanent"
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ldonot believe Plso's Cure for Consume
tionhasaneIua for coughs aud colds.--JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1909.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

Salow complexions are often caused by
unwise eating and torpid liver
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81 suppose you fairly fell in love with
those old English m0nors?"
Cant say did" replied the re-
turned tourist. Fer perlteness give
me the French"
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The First East Survey regiment of
the British army is never without
music.
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How He Knew.

She-What makes you think
would say yes if you proposed to
me?
He-Because l know you always.
like to be on the side of the winner.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

To Cure a Cold In Wne Dav
Take Laxative Bromo Ouinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. d
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FITS permanentlycurol No 1ts or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Dr n n KIISs ffds nt hi sd tFeatisefree
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Even hunger isn't an infallible cure for
laziness
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Robbed in Church.

Perspiring hands are almost always evl
dence of nervousness.