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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
esrmanv,s BID Potato Patch.

Germany is the largest producer of
potatoes in the world, growing as high
as forty-eight million tons in one
year. 1t offers a good field for a sue
cessful potato digger that would not
cost too much. Germany bought ST..
474,145 worth of agricultural machines
and implements last year. Russia
bought S4,152262 worth of such i'm,
Elements from the United States, and
the Argentine Republic $5,733,615
worth, which accounts for the rapid
increase of that Republic in the ex
portation of agricultural products
Mexico and Brazil appear to be invit
ing fields for such machinery. British
North America buys less, for the rea
son that Canata has increased heI
manufacturing facilities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
-NHrs GbuE EB"ouvu

Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the
Ladies' Symphony Orchestra, AZ Sara
toga Street, East Boston, Mass.p
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham;-
"For eight years was troubled with sT-
treme nervousness and hysteria, brought ON
by irregularities. could neither enjoy life
nor sleep nights was very irritable, nervous
WIS re fSd5S% uSSSasham,r MISUNDERSTANDING
remedy that helped me. | have daily inl-
proved 10 health until am now strong and
we'll, and all nervousness has disappeared"
Mrs. Charles F. Brown, VicePresi-
dent of the Mothers Club ri Cedar
Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkhami-
81 dragged through nine years of miser-
able eKistehce worn out with pain and ner-
vousnesS, until it seemed as though l should
ny. I then noticed a statement OF woman
troubled al was, and the wonderful results
she derived from Lydia Z. PinkhRm's Vege-
table Compound. decided to tly il. did so,
and at the end Of three months was differ
emit woman. My nervousness was all gone,
wAs no longer irritable, and my husband fell
in love with me all over again"
Women should remember that Lydia,
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the medicine that holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
female ills, and take no substitute. Il
Free Advice to Women.
MRS. Pinkhatn, daught ter in law of
Lydia r. PinkhHm, Lynn, Mass, invites
all si0k women to write to her for
advice. MIRA. PinkhAm'S vast expeFsnc
with female troubles enables herto adj
wise you wisely, and she will charge
you nothing for her advice.
IN Best Understands q NOman'S IIISu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29

In regard to stammering, has it ever
been noticed that many boys stammer,
and very few girls, some men, and,
virtually, no women? This difference
between the sexes exists not only in
respect Of the real stammer, which is
a mechanical impeachment, but also in
regard to the bad habit which is a
mere matter of nervousness, the repe-
titiOn of the initial letter. Moreover,
the other bad habit, which is quite
another thing, not a trick Of the
nerves, but an unreadiness of the
mind, the Introduction of inarticulatc
noises between the words of speech
and even of talk, is also masculine.
From woman in parliament there
would flow fluent, if not neat speech.
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
.MrE L2teSerG1

A nervous, irritable mother, often OF
the verge of Mysteries, is unfit to care
for children; it ruins n child's DISPOSE
ton and reacts upon herself. The
trouble between children and their
mothers too often is due to the fact
that the mother has Some female weak.
ness, and she Is entirely unfit to bear
the strain upon her nerves that govern
ing children d. en- IiaayyQtllEsfg jtlAly n""HN'hle
The ills of women act like a hrobranc
upon the nerves, consequently nine
tenths of the nervous prostration, ner
vous dependency, the blues" sleep
lessness, and nervous irritability o.
women arise from some arrangement
of the female organism.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlssSness, alternating with
extreme irritabilityP Are your spirits
easily affected, so that one minute you
laugh, and the next minute you fee
like oryingP
Do you feel something like ball ris
ing in your threat and threatening tc
choke you; all the senses perverted
morbidiy sensitive TO light and sound
pain in the abdominal region, and
between the shoulders; bearing down
pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost
continually cross and snappy?
If so, your nerves are in a shattered
condition, and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof Is monumental that nothing in
the world is better for nervous prostra'
ton than Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege.
table Compound; thousands and thou
sands Of women can testify to this fact.
Ask Mrs, PiRkham'S AdVICe,-A Won
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
a Calculating Bow,

A boy of seven, whose pranks and
misunderstanding caused his mother
much anxiety, was reproved by his
father with the remark: "Your
mother suffers a great deal on your
account, Johnny. If she were to die,
you would probably often think of
the trouble you have given her" A
day or two later the mother observed
the boy in deep thought. What are
you thinking about, Johnny?" she
asked.
81 was just wondering If you and
papa were to die at the same time
where I'd get the money to pay the
undertaken" was Johnny's shocking
reDly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Iwoas Abhor a Liar.

Among the Iowa Indians, who now
live in eastern Oklahoma, lying is
held to be one of the most heinous of
sins. They have a legend of an Indian
Of the tribe in the early days who in
vited all of his friends and acquaint
ances to great feast. When they
were all assembled he told them
amid shouts of dirision that he had
nothing for them to eat ct all, and
that the tales he had told them Of
sumptuous viands had all been lies.
According to the legend a bolt of
lightning came down from clear
sky to put him to death, and the
Iowas' belief is that such is the pun
ishment which the gods arc at any
time liable to infict upon a liar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Picture Postcards.

The picture postcard even here
has become nuisance, but on
the Continent, where the craze has
assumed really gigantic proportions,
it has proved to be the last straw
whicl has very nearly broken the
postman's back. In October, 1904,
the number of picture postcards
passing through the dead-letter
branch of the French Postohice as
undelivered was only $500 day,
but it had risen to 5000 during Au-
gust of last year, and it is feared
that this year will see tho number
more than doubled. Calculating on
this, TX" declares that the total num-
Der of picture cards posted during
this month must exceed two millions
day.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
MORNING PIE EATING.
Analytical and Comparative Reason
ing Of a New England Philosopher.

Analytical and Comparative Reason
ing Of a New England Philosopher.
Eating pie for breakfast has great
ly impressed the country as a New
England provincialism. This week a
Boston physician Of great skill and
erudition, but not more than ordin-
arily careful about his personal ap.
parel, took over to New York with
him a friend who had been his pa.
tient for many weeks during a trying
Illness at a hospital, the object Of
the trip being to shake the GONZALES
cent out of himself by interesting
him in new things. His hair had not
been cut during his illness, and in
other respects he looked like any
thing but a fashion plate model The
two men walked into the dnlng-room
Of hotel to get breakfast They de-
liberated for some time, indicating
uncertainty as to what they should
order, until the waiter saw fit to help
them out with this suggestion, why
not pie?"
- 40 ~ hhAiN iolN w uihSl SNuiih why
the consumption of pie in the morn
ing should associate itself in the
walters mind with untrimmed hair
and a general appearance of rusticity,
To be sure, pie is a sweetmeat, and
many people do not relish anything
sweet for breakfast, theoretically at
least, and yet the griddle cake with
pure maple syrup" is one of the
favorite breakfast dishes; while the
fondness of the English for marina
lade is shown by its appearance on
every hotel breakfast table, not only
in Britain's colonial empire, but
even in the ships under foreign flags
IN which BRITISH SUBJECTS traNel'
Japanese vessel, operated with Chin
ese servants, with the dining saloon
famed by punkas, regularly serves
marmalade at breakfast as a conces-
sion to recognized English tastes.
Logically speaking, why not pie? Why
should the waiter, moreover, judge
ones appetite by ones appearance?
New Workers are rarely successful as
mind readers-Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
FATE OF THE OLD ST. LOUIS.
The Second Oldest Ship in Our Navy
May BE Broken Up.

After years of buffetlng by the
celying ship st. Louis lies in tho Del
aware River at the foot of Catherine
street, Philadelphia, awaiting final
orders.
These may be to hand her battered
timbers over to unscntimental junk
dealers, or to preserve her as the old
est vessel, outside Of the famous
Constitution, in Uncle Sans navy,
According to the Philadelphia Rec
ord, it is seventy-eight years since
the then proud frigate was launched
at Washington, where she had been
built for service in the Far East. At
that time she was regarded as one OF
the best vessels in the young navy.
During the first ten years Of her
service pirates were the pest OF the
West Indies and the Pacific. The st.
Louis, then one of the swirtest YES
sells in the navy, was sent after the
men who sailed under the skull and
crossbones, and to her efforts is part
ly due the determination Of the
hooters.
On one occasion one of the rakish
crafts, closely pursued by the coming
Union Jack, ran aground on one of
the large islands and her crew es-
capped to the wooded interior. Lieu
tenant Horton, gallant young officer
of that day, led cheering company
of his men, armed with cutlasses and
pistols, to rout out the desperadoes.
over hills and copse the chase con-
tinuod, for mile, when the fleeing
buccaneers ambushed the pursuers
and a pitched battle resulted. After
a fierce hand-to-hand combat the pr
rates were all killed or captured and
the latter were hanged the following
day from the yardarm Of the st,
Louis.
At the time of the, naming of tho
st. Louis there was much opposition
to thus honoring Il city of such small
Importance and size as that place was
then. Much discussion finally ended
in victory for tho st, Louis partisans,
and it was only recently the Govern
ment changed her name to the Key
stone State, on account Of there being
another vessel in the navy called the
st. Louis. However, the new name
was hardly ever applied except IN
official ways.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
BOYS AWFUL ECZEMA.
For Two Years He Could Not Sit Nor Lie
StilI-SpeediIy Cured by Cuti-
cura Remedies.

"When my boy was six years old he
suffered terribly with eczema. He could
neither sit still nor lie in bed quiet, for
the itching was dreadful. He would irri-
tate spots by scratching with his nails,
and that only made it worse. Nothing
gave him any relief until used the Cuti-
cura Remedies, and 1 cannot praise them
too much. A doctor treated him, and we
tried almost everything, but the eczema
seemed to spread. 1t started in small
place ON the lower extremities and spread
for two years until it very nearly COW
cred the back part OF the limb to the
knee. Finally I got Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Pills, and l gave them accord
ing to directions. 1 used them first in
the morning and that evening before l
put my boy to bed used them again, and
the improvement even in those few hours
was surprising, the inflammation seemed
to be much less. 1 used two boxes Of
Cuticura Ointment, the same OF the Pills
and the Soap, and my boy was cured.
He has never had to return to eczema
since. Mrs. A. ]. Cochran, Jr., 1928 Co
lumbla Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa, April
10, 1906"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Mr.. Daniel Lambert.

Mr.. Daniel Lambert is supposed to
be the first authority on the articles
of cooking, shooting and greyhound
coursing of any man in E land,
though he himself is so fat as not to
be able to attend to any them, except
looking at them from seat. Lam
bert is sc years of age; weighs up
ward of so ST., IA lbs, to the stone, or
700 lbs; measures , yards 4 inches
around the body, yard inch around
the leg, and is feet II inches high
He has long been in high estimation
among the sporting amateurs for his
breed of cocks, dogs, etc.-Sporting
Magazine of 1906.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Advantages Of Walking.

Few things, if any, are so effec-
tual in building up and sustaining
the physical organization as walking,
If resolutely and judiciously followed.
1t is a perfect exercise, which taxes
the entire system. When you walk
properly, every member and muscle
every fiber, has something to do. Ev-
cry sense is employed every faculty
alert. Progress under such condi-
lions is the very eloquence of physl-
cal motion. What is the effect? The
flesh is solidifiod; the lungs grow
strong and sound; the chest enlarges;
the limbs are rounded out; the ten
dons swell and tougher; the figure
rises in height and dignity; and is
clothed with grace and suppleness.
Not merely the body. but the whole
man is developed Felix l.. Os-
valid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
OF a Clinnlnn Nature.

In Westboro, Me-, Percy M. Arnold
saw a deer the other day. The animal
allowed the man to approach it. Ar.
mold threw his arms around the deer's
neck The deer sprang off towards
the woods at a great speed, and the
man was afraid to let go. The deer
rushed through bushes and over walls
in it's endeavor to shake off it's strange
burden. At last the deer brought up
-aeyai,s0t- tr-oo, ana do MI. ATnolu nau
no wind left after meeting the tree
he dropped off Arnold will be forced
to buy a new suit of clothes to replace
the tattered rags which the bushes
left him-when the doctor allows him
out once more.-New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Different.

The lone man who was sitting at
the table of the small hotel rose gal
lantly as the head waiter ushered the
strange lady to the seat opposite him.
She bowed in acknowledgement of
his extreme courtesy
They fell naturally into converse
ton.
ut Is so refreshing" she sale.
sweetly, after the preliminaries, ito
see such old fashioned gallantry as
you have displayed"
Indeed" he replied, "it is second
nature to me. 1 was brought up that
way"
Were you?" she asked in surprise.
"How you have changed since the
other day-when l met you in the
New York subway.-Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29

A man cannot, afford to have an
enemy even a humble enemy. The
shabby fellow who storms your Of
flee today may be a power in the COM
munity next year. Therefore speak
to him gently, send him away with a
smile. Never affect contemptuous
manner. That is the way of the
fool. In the day of small things
plan patiently for the day of great
things. A polite word costs nothing
1t may turn out to be a good invest
ment. AS a spark of fire may turn
a city into ashes, so an impatient
gesture or irritable word may kindle
a hatred great enough to destroy a
career.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
John Morley on Henry DrumraJnd

JSIhl mOIlSy VII ElSHly GIhlI'siSIS'
The Rev. E. B. H, Macpherson tells
that he was some years ago a guest
with Mr.-Morley in a house in Scot.
land. The conversation turned on
Henry Drummond. How was it,"
asked Mr.. Morley, that your church
tolerated Drummond? His views OF
things were surely not the views that
are held by the Free church" mo-"
was the answer; but we never took
him seriously as n thinker No one
ever believed that he would seriously
influence the theological opinion of the
church. We regarded him rather as a
religious influence" "Ah, yes" Mr..
Merely replied, you are quite right;
he wasn't a thinker" For a quarter
of an hour or so the talk was Of other
matters. Then Mr. Morley returned
to Drummond. "You said little while
ago that Drummond was religious in
fiuence. How did he show that?" For
one thing, he cleansed Edinburgh Uni
versity life for several years" "Ah,"
did he? That's better than being
thinker.,"-From the Young Man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Enaland'e Way.

While the English government de
tlares itself ready to support a limita-
ton of ornaments, it carries out a
general mobilization of the navy and
shows the world by these sensational
manoeuvres that the British Isles are
well guarded. and that the united fleets
of all the other nations cannot fright.
en- England.-From France Militaire,
Paris.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Preparation Of Tapioca.

Tapioca is of interest particularly
just now, as there is comparatively lit.
tie on the market and the demand
seems growing larger. Tapioca is
produced from plant known as cas-.
sava or manioc, which is native of
Brazil The plant is easily transplant
ed and thrives in all tropical coun-
tries. 1t grows very rapidly, attain
ing maturity in six months.
Tapioca, the commercial product, is
farinacious substance prepared from
Casava starch, which Is made from
the large, tuberous roots of the plant
The plant itself is bushy and reaches
height of six or seven feet. The
stems are white, brittle and full of
pith. The roots are large and resem,
BILE turnips somewhat. Some of them
weigh as much as 80 pounds. From
three to eight roots grow in cluster.
Both plant and roots contain milky
fluid which is an acid poison. This
Is easily dissipated by heat and en-.
tireiy extracted.
ms lOOIS are WdShCu anu 6i"IC"
to pulp. TIL pulp is spread on iron
plates and heated. The heat is sufIi.
cient to cause partial rupture of the
starchy granules which buEst into
what is known as flake tapioca. Seed
pearl tapioca is frequently known as
sage. 1t is different from the ordinary
pearl tapioca only in size and shape,
caused by slightly differing methods
of production.
Most tapioca today is raised in
Straits Settlement and Is exported
through Singapore and Penang. The
cost of growing and manufacturing is
not very great-Dallas Retail Mer.
chant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Photographing Lightning.

Some new things regarding light
ming have been learned by photogra-
ply. For .insance, it turns out tn: D.
the line branch and curve, but they
are not jagged, as was once supposed.
The design formerly employed by
artists to represent lightning was
highly inaccurate. 1t is now suggest
ed that perhaps another question
might be solved in the same way, but
by the exercise of special skill and
apparatus. The suspicion is enter
tanned that the flash Is oscillatory-
that is, that the curr ut moves al
tornately in opposite directions sew
eral times in succession. With sta
tionary plate 1t is not likely that the
truth could be ascertained, but The
Electrical World threw out useful
hint the other day. Observers of
lightning will do we'll, it said, II they
could mount a camera on a suitable
axis and revolve it, with exposed
plate, at a reasonably definite rate at
night on the approach of thunder
storm, so as to gain evidence of the
duration or oscillation Of lightning
discharge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
A Revolutionary Relic.

Senator Bard of California was
once conversing with Jesuit brother
at the Georgetown University, when
he told this story illustrative of the
fine humor of Archbishop Ryan OF
Philadelphia:
The Archbishop had rebuked a
priest for wearing a most disreputable
hat.
81 would not give this hat for 20
new ones" said the priest. ut be
longed to my father, who fell in the
rising of AS"
"Ah," was Archbishop Ryan's re
tort, evidently he fell on the hat!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.

An ambitious but delicate girl, af-
ter failing to go through school on
account of nervousness and hysteria,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
From infancy" she says, Il have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost finally got to the
High School, but soon had to aban-
don my studies on account of nervous
prostration and hysteria.
my food did not agree with me,
grew thin and Respondent. | could
not enjoy the simplest social affair
for | suffered constantly from nerv-
BUSINESS in spite Of all sorts of medl-
cines.
This wretched condition contin-
ued until / was twenty-five, when |
became interested in the letters of
those who had cases like mine and
who were being cured by eating
Grape-Nuts.
II had little faith but procured a
box and after the first dish ex-
perlenced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that had never gained from any
ordinary food. slept and rested
better that night and in few days
began to grow stronger.
81 had a new feeling of peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great Joy, the headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS left me and life became
bright and hopeful l resumed my
studies and later taught ten months
with ease-of course using Grape
Nuts every day 1t is now four years
since l began 10 use Grape-Nuts, |
am the mistress of happy home and
the old weakness has never return.
ed" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" Read the lit
tie book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Considerate Lad.

We charged Young Hopeful with
cruelty to animals when he captured
three firefiies and held them clutched
in a little hot fist, He eyed us with
speechless reproach, then went his
way to the chipmunk's hole, down
which he. carefully poked his prizes.
There" he said in tone of relief,
now you can see to go to bed!"-
Lippincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Woman's Way.

$50 you made him promise to give
up smoking?" said one girl.
YES" answered the other.
But I never knew you seriously
objected to smoking"
Il don't. But l had to make him
do something to show his affection. u
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Yacht of Popular Build.

Miss Lakewood-What a lovely new
yacht Mr.. McSosh has! Is it center
board boat?
Miss observation-disclosures From what
they tell me, | think it's a sideboard
boat.-Cleveland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29

MY boy" said the father, you
should always strive to be an honora-
Die man."
why so, pa?" asked the son of the
period. rs there anything in it?"-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
Cure hY Letter.

1t ought to be some consolation to a
man with bad case Of catarrh to
know that there is a bare possibility
that the spelling Of the word will one
day be reformed.-Binghamton Press,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-29
The Close Of the Service.

"Why does she always so to church
Just as the people are about to come
out?'
Because she only cares for the
clothes of the service. Judge.