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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
Salt From the Ocean.

All the salt produced in California is
obtained by evaporation from ocean
water, there being but few salt springs
or wells, says the Technical World
Magazine. Probably not less than
twenty-five large salt plants are in OPP
Grafton around the lower arm of San
Francisco Bay. 1t is estimated that
the total output of salt per year in
Alameda County alone reaches 100000
tons; while not less than $4,000 tons
are annually produced in other parts of
the State. The salt produced from sea
water has no superior in the world, in
strength and purity. There is every
grade produced, down to the very
finest table salt by certain refining
processes. The salt output of Callfor-
mia is shipped to the Northern States of
the Pacific Coast, British Columbia,
Mexico, Central and South America,
Hawaii, Japan, Russia and even the
Philippine Islands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
A Cinderella Census.

The French census, which is taken
tomorrow night on the stroke of mid
night, is a rather serious affair for
the French householder-that is to
say, flat-holder. He is required to re-
turn the number of persons, not as
with us, who happen to sleep, but who
happen to be on his premises at the
time specified-their names, ages
professions, and so forth. He is liza
BILE for due return about the artist
who may be dressing his wife's hair
for costume supper, for the pianist
who may have enlivened the evening
and even for the burglar whom he
may find at his strong box. The cen
sus of dinner party would be trying
that of ball is simply unthinkable.-
Pail Mall Gazette.
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Bible Open at "ThOu Shalt Not steai.''

Bible Open at "Thou Shalt Not steal.''
A small cabin on the outskirts Of
Forestville, occupied by young negro
named Fred Davis, was broken into
and ransacked. Lying on the floor be-
side partly opened trunk were a small
pocket Bible and the remains of tai
low candle. The Bible was open and a
large grease spot was noticeable below
the words, "Thou shalt not steal"
The superstition is that the burglars
ran across the Bible and, in looking it
over, were filed with remorse by the
striking words and left without COM
pleting their work.-Hartford Courant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

The White House at Washington,
which has been the Kings Palace"
of the American People since it was
first occupied by President Madison in
1909, has recently undergone thor
Ough course of remodellng, renovation
and repair. Every American citizen Is
owner of an undivided eighty or
elghty-fve millionth part of the White
House, as well as of the ether Public
Buildings and Monuments in the Cap
itol City. An item in the renovation
Of he remodeled White House was
repainting. Every visitor In Washing
ton knows Why the White House is so
called-because ii is literally white
house" The exterior paint must there
fore be white. Now while the pure
white surfaces and simple lines of the
White House, set in the midst Of green
lawns and beautiful trees. produce
:" very satisfying effect of dignifed
simplicity, white paint from a practical
point of view, is about the most I'M
satisfactory kind of paint that could
haze been selected by the original de-
Sgners. First, because any white
paint is easily discolored by smoke and
dust, and, second, because ordinary
NhltC paint llSSll luTuS gray
or brownish yellow from exposure.
But white the White House is, and
NvnIJO ~ must remain
longer be the white House." So the
renOvators, making the best Of a dis
cOuraging situation. sought for the best
kind of white paint procura Bile. The
average citizen If asked 10 guess what
kind of paint they finally decided on
would probably answer-'white lead
and OIL" but he would guess wrongly.
The paint selected as the best obtain
able, was :. ready-mixed pant such as
can be bought in any well-furnished
village store, such as is used by more
than half of the eighty or eighty-five
million owners Of the White House on
their own homes. That one brand of
mixed paint was used instead of an
other is a mere accidental detail
there are fifty or a hundred brands on
the market lhat might have oeen Sc
lected in other circumstances, and, in
fact, a different brand was Used in
painting the Capitol.
Every property owner, therefore.
who paints his house with a high
grade -aady- mixed paint is following
the example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington, who used
ready-mixed paint, because they could
find nothing else as good.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of wonderfully sympa.
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac PinkhGm,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days II
was common for mothers TO make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only In specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained = won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took q great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully 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 peou-
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
out money and without price, as u
labor of love.
But in 1878 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were toe
much for the large real estate Interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
IearruI depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia ID. Pinlshora'u
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces to
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

morning when Percy Preston and his
sister entered Gayfords, Bond street
he looked eagerly around. Hats OF
every description greeted him on all
sides, but he saw no signs of the par
ticular person for whom he was seek.
ing. She had distinctly said 10 o'clock,
and 1t was now only a few minutes
past. Surely, she could not have come
md gone again so soon. That would
be too annoying. He had looked for
ward to seeing her so much, too, that 1t
would be a morning sadly wasted If
she did not come.
He watched the door eagerly each
time it was opened to admit some new
customer, but still she did not appear
Would she break her promise? At
last in despair, he turned impatlently
to his sister, who was busy trying on
large black hat
1T suits madam beautifully, does 1t
not?" exclaimed a voice at his side
He started violently. He would know
that voice anywhere. But surely-no,
1t was impossible. He turned in
amazement, and took one look at the
tall, black-rObed figure, who was now
trying on the hat herself in order to
show it off to its best advantage. For
one instant they gazed at each other,
he with horror, she with calm amuse-
ment. Then, without a moments hest
tation he looked quickly away again
and made bolt for the door,
Good heavensw he muttered. "What
an escape; Thank goodness no one
saw. 1 could never have looked soci-
ETY. in the face again. To think that
she was a By Jove! I've never
been so taken in before"
THANK goodness" she was thinking.
though she felt a strange choking in
her throat zone doesn't meet friends
like that every day" But aloud she
said:
ITO what address shall 1 send IT,
madam? The gentleman seems to have
gone"
This, by the way, was the first mis-
take of the kind he had ever made in
his life.-Evelyn Vanderzee, in Madame.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
PICKLES GOT HIM A JOB.

A Boys First Glimpse Of New York
Opened the Way to Making a Fortune
Il read a letter in The Sun in which
the writer told what first impressed
him when he came to New York"
said mRa in business over in the old
village OF Greenwich. ut scared up a
train of thought in my storehouse of
recollection.
Forty years ago got my first
glimpse of this city while coming
over from Jersey City, On one of
the buildings near the water front
saw the sign Of a brand of pickles
that had been in my fathers house
when was boy.
mo boy in our town liked pickles
as well as l did. have stolen more
pickles at night than | could carry
As soon as ! landed | strolled over to
the store where | had seen the sign
and walked right up to the boss.
told him l had come to New York to
get a job
He wanted to know how | came to
coll upon him. Then | told him the
pickle story. He said if l would get
a letter from my father to prove what
| said he would try me.
II gave him my fathers address and
said to him, You write him, and
meanwhile give me the job. 1t won't
take long to get an answer. If he
does not write Won what I have t,tld
you, you can fire me on the spot He
looked me over and said he guessed
| wanted a job pretty badly. | told
hin that was what | had come here
To-,
Which do you want the worst,
he asked, a job or pickles? Right
off the reel l answered, "A job then
1 can buy the pickles.
Il got the job. A few days later the
boss called me to his office and showed
me my fathers letter. The governor
said | would do the work all right if l
didn't get all the pickles wanted
The boss of the pickle house said
might consider myself fixture if my
appetite did not get the best of me-"
The man who tells this story is now
one of the firm. The storehouse
stands on the site of the first one
upon the wall of which the head of the
firm read the sign, when, as a boy,
he crossed the Hudson river, coming
from Jersey City forty years ago.
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
Snake in Horses Eye.

Dr. Murray, veterinarian, of Per-
ry, o. T., after examining the eyes of
horse belonging to reservation
farmer named George Blair, cut into
the eyeball and after fishing a short
time brought out wriggling, twist
ing snake of white color and perfect
ly developed head, says the Cincinnati
Commercial.
The doctor says he cot there through
the blood when young and would have
continued growing until the horse was
blind or dead. Such cases are men
toned in the horse doctor books. but
are exceedingly rare. The horses eye
sight is apparently as good as ever
since the operation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS.
Little Girls Obstinate Case of Eczema
Mother Says: "Cuticura Rem edleB
Household Standby"

Little Girls Obstinate Case of Eczema
Mother Says: "Cuticura Rem edles
Household Standby"
"Last year, after having my little girl
treated by very prominent physician for
an obstinate case Of eczema, l resorted to
the Cuticura Remedies, and was so we'll
pleased with the almost instantaneous re-
lief afforded that we discarded the physi-
clans prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs
were covered with running sores. In
about six weeks we had her completely
we'll, and there has been no recurrence Of
the trouble We find that the 'Cuticura
Remedies are a valuable household stand
by, living as we do twelve miles from a
doctor, and where it costs from twenty to
twenty-five dollars to come up on the
mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Paramount, Walden's Ridge, Tenn, Oct.
10, 1905"
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restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question Of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a Job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia Il. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons In
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, TO Il great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used IL
recommended It to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
hN hRDsd assyea. epough> money tn. cnus
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
table Compound have become house,
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture,
Lydia e. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done 1t
herself.
During her long and eventtul expe-
rience she was ever meth odical In her
work and she was always careful TO pre-
serve q record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman'S Ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled In any library in the
world.
With Lydia e. Pinkham worked her
daughter = in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when it's origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
Ave years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of n large family, took
it up. With woman assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo.
men, this advice is yours for Health"
freely given If you only write to ask
for 1t.
MAINS Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name 1t bears.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

1t was first named about hundred
years ago, chiefly as interesting to the
geologist and mineralogist, and of
little or no commercial value. About
1868 it was first used commercially in
the manufacture of roofing felt and
cement. Early attempt to spin this
fibre was unsuccessful, but the diff
culties have now been overcome, so
that single asbestos thread weighing
not more than one ounce per 100
yards, which has pretty fair
strength, may be made.
Asbestos ropes for fire departments
are made entirely of asbestos or as
bestos with a core of steel. With the
steelwire core a three-quarter-inch
rope carries nearly 1000 pounds
Chicago Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
The Make Up Of Trains.

Is it not practicable to enact law
regulating the makeup of railway
trains so that light passenger coaches,
whether smoking cars or others, shall
not be placed between heavy Pullmans
or between the engine and the Pull
mans? Frequently in case Of an acct
dent, as in that which occurred on the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad yes
terday, we read that coach Of light
construction is given dangerous place
between heavier and stronger cars,
where in case OF a collision it Is GER
tain to be smashed to pieces and a
large proportion of its inmates killed
or injured. If the light car is last
on train it will suffer, of course, the
brunt of a rear-end collision, but on
the whole that would appear to be the
safer place for the weak coaches. An
other pertinent question is, Why
should not all passenger coaches be
constructed as strongly as the Pull
mans or drawing-room cars? This is
not a question regarding comfort or
conveniences, but regarding safety.
The lighter cars usually carry the
largest number Of passengers and their
lives are equally precious.-,Boston
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
HAY AS A JOURNALIST.
Few Newspaper Writers Have POSSESSED

Few Newspaper Writers Have Possessed
S"SA a'A .s-s--..z----s-a.z-.-
Few newspaper writer's have brought
to their task the equipment which Hay
possessed whom he came TO the Trib-
une in the winter OF 1870. After pass
ing through the great period of the
Civil War as the private secretary Of
President Lincoln, he had Cerved sue
cessively as secretary of legation at
Paris, charge d'affaires at Vienna, and
secretary of legation at Madrid. He
spoke several of the langua ges of Eu-
rope as tluently as he spoke his own,
and he had that minute knowledge OK
their art and literature that only born
lover of art and literature can attain.
One has only to read his "Castilian
Days" to realize the full meaning Of
what l wish to convey when say this.
His conversation was literally "joy
forever" then as always. have heard
many good takers in my day, thank
God! but never a better one than John
Hay.
Scarcely less enjoyable than his talk
was his writing. He wrote mainly
upon foreign affairs, political, social
and literary; and whatever he wrote,
intellectual men everywhere, who read
it, talked about. Into whatever he did,
then and throughout his life, he put
his full powers. He was pre-eminently
good workman; he would do nothing
except his best. But while he always
did his best, he never made the mis-
take of taking journalistic work too
seriously. He had the saving grace of
humor, without which no journalist can
hope to attain the largest measure of
power and usefulness.-From Joseph
Bucklln Bishops "a Friendship With
John Hay" in the Century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
Submarines in Mnrfarn.

In the Italian Chamber the other
day Signor de Scalea, Under Secretary
of Stat" for Foreign fairs, replying
to question by Signor Santinl Mares
ca, announced that the Government in
tended to take steps to get the ques-
ton of submarine weapons discussed
at the next Hague Conference.
Signor de Scalea added that from
what the Ministers concerned had
heard there was ground for the hope
that the use of such weapons would be
regulated in /: manner compatible with
the principles of civilization. The state
ment Of the Under-Secretary was re-
ceived with evident atisfaction.-Reu-
for
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
BOX OF WATERS FREEING DRUGS
-CuRES BY ABSORPTION


Cures BelohiuE Of Gas-Bad Breath and
Bad stomach - short Breath
BlOating-Sour Eructatlon'-
Irregular Heart, Etc.
Take a MulPs Wafer any time OF the day
or night and note the immediate good eff
iect on your stomach. 1t absorbs the gas,
alsiniects the stomach, kills the poison
germs and cures the disease. Catarrh OF
the head or throat, unwholesome food and
oVereating make bad stomachs. scarcely
any stomach is entirely free from faint Of
some kind. Mull's Anti Belch Waters will
make your stomach healthy by absorbing
ioui gases which arise from the undigested
tood and by reinforcing the lining Of the
stomach, enabling 1t to thoroughly mix
Ihe food with the gastric juices, This
cures stomach trouble promotes digestion,
sweetens the breath, stops belching and
fermentation. Heart action becomes strong
ana regular through this process
Discard drugs, rs you know from expert
ehce they do not cure stomach trouble,
iry common sense (Nature's) method
mat does cure, A soothing, healing sensa-
ton results instantly.
we know Mull's Anti-Belch Waters will
u0 thls, and we want you to know IL, This
oher may not appear again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
The Spirit of Our New Prairie Towns.

These towns in their infancy, ris-
ing by scores on the prairie, are es-
sentially American in their spirit,
their purposes and their destinies.
They are being peopled, not by foreign
immigrants, but by the men and wo-
men of the Middle West who are not
afraid to take chances" The school
house and the church will follow the
grain elevator, the bank and the
crude, new "main street" which runs
into trail across the blank prairie
Some of these towns may collapse and
vanish, but most of them will grow
into solidity and lose their raw edges
For the brick and stone business block
and high school. the pavement, the
waterworks and lighting plant are
only year or two behind the pioneer
in such a movement as this.-Ralph
d. Paine in 1.-THE Builders" in The
Outing Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
Turkeys with Bells on EN-.

Mrs. Henry Ramsey of Chelsea,
who sold $3.50 worth of turkeys last
year, puts little bells on her hen tur-
keys, and the tinkle, tinkle of these
little bell keeps the "varmints"
away from the nests, as well as af-
fording a sort of protection to the
broods after they are Matched. Coy
otes and other prowling beasts will
not modest the turkey with the BELL
Eldorado (Kan.) Republican.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12
HOw's This 2


We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
-Hhlls Caiarrh Cure
+. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledO, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

Francis and David, six and four
years respectively, were standing by
the nurse, upon whose lap their little
baby brother lay crying Justify.
"Huhp said Francis, scornfully,
"what you cryin' for? You amt a
girl. JUS girls cry. Boys don't cry.
What you cryin' fOr?"
But David bent sympathetically
over the baby.
81 know what he's cryin' for" he
said, tenderly, she's cryin' cause he
amt girl, SOS he can cryg'-Harper's
Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-05-12

A Bostonian was talking about the
late Henry Harland. "Harland was a
graceful, gallant SOUL" he said. Even
in his boyhood he turned the prettiest
compliments. When boy he studied
Latin under a charming youry lady.
This young lady, calling him up in
class one morning said, Henry, name
some of the chief beauties OF educa-
ton
"The boy smiling into his teachers
pretty eyes, answered:
Schoolmistresses.' New York
Tribune. /.
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'oW e card I'm.

A London bus-driver had shouted,
Ugh Oborn!" says a writer in the
Daily News, till the passenger on the
seat behind him could no longer resist
the temptation to make a joke.
Excuse me-" said the passenger,
but haven't you dropped something's"
II see wot you're driving at" re-
turned the driver keenly, but never
mind. | shall pick it up when we get
to Hoxford street. youths Compan-
ion.