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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
E'.EiSRse
ss A Motley Grew.

With a crew composed of nearly a
dozen nationalities. from an Irish
man to a reformed cannibal from In
dia, and having on board a collection
Of weird devices used during the re-
llgious worship of the sailors, the
British tramp steamship Indra. load
ed with $500 tons of manganese ore,
10 locked of the Girard Point
wharves.
Lascars, wildly beating tom-toms
and chanting weird East Indian
strains; Malays, Frustrated about the
deck in a circle, listening to the ex-
hortation of diminutive, excited,
bearded priest, and finally half a
dozen Cinnamon huddled together in
another portion of the deck, softly
praying to their gods, are sights
which are nightly presented to the
officers of the Indra and persons who
reside in the vicinity of Girard Point.
philadelphia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
RUSSELL SAGE TN STORY.
Anecdotes OF the Dead FinanCier's Pecuares.
Called Loan to Save Cents
His Eccentric Methods OF Business and Close
Economy in Matters OF Dress,
Food and Other Domestic Affairs.


Sage gave him the address Of store
on Seventh avenue where he could
get shoes for so pair.
Ate Free Lunch.
To save time the Western Union
Telegraph Company serves a free
lunch 70 its operators, and Mr.. Sage
appeared every day at a certain hour.
A seat was kept for him at a certain
table up to the last day he came
downtown. He never paid fare on
the elevated railroad, because he was
director, and the ticket takers
had instructions to let him go by
without paying. He invariably helped
himself to newspapers from the stand
at Fiftieth street in the morning
when on his way downtown, and did
the same at Rector street when he
was going home in the afternoon He
had taken his newspapers for a gener.
alton in the same way, of the same
men, and they never dared say a
word about it. He had always com.
PEELED the bootblacks on the elevated
stations to shine his shoes for moth
ing. At first, years ago, they used to
demonstrate. He would climb into one
Of the chairs and wait until they had
served him. If they demanded pay
he would threaten to have them put
off the platform.
He has a quiet little country place
down on Long Island. with good
deal of lawn; but he did not keep the
turf shaved down like his neighbors.
He let the grass grow until it was
high enough to make good hay and
then would sell 1t for SO to livery
stable keeper in the vicinity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
MISTAKES OF REPORTERS.
Some Ridiculous Transpositions of
Famous Sayings.

Some Ridiculous Transpositions of
Famous Sayings.
r. l.. De Winnie, New York, in his
book, "The Practice of Typography,
gives some funny mistakes of report.
ers.
A speaker made this statement:
I'm these days clergymen are eX-
pected to have the wisdom and learn.
ing of Jeremy Taylor"
The reporter wrote and the COM
position repeated, 80 the wisdom
and learning of journeyman tailor"
Another speaker quoted these
lines
ooh, come, thou goddess fair and
free,
In heaven yclept Euphrosyne."
They were printed as the reporte
understood the speaker:
"Oh, come, thou goddess fair and
free,
In heaven she crept and froze her
knee"
Another orator quoted this line
from Tennyson's "Locksley Hall"
Better fifty years of Europe than
a cycle of Cathay:'
But the quotation was written and
printed:
Better fifty years of Europe than
circus in Bombay"
One of the worst perversions of a
no lnavo5 1nntntipp
given by the speakers this, which
seems to be the joint work of the
Jealous reporter and the equally reck-
less printer:
Anxious Plato, amicus Socrates,
sed major veritas."
" L may cuss Plato, may cuss So
crates said Major Veritas."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

MaFflaSeS between lGlCn ana FOOT.
Marriages are constantly occurring
In the United States between young
men Of great wealth and young wo-
men engaged in earning their own
living; but, despite the familiarity
of the phenomenon, no such marriage
ever fails to cause apparently aston
ished comment and, above all, copi-
Gus newspaper gossip. In Europe,
where those who have inherited
wealth are taught and really believe
that they are superior clay to the
class of inherited poverty, and the
! latter assent to the teaching, such
alliances may we'll cause a slight
shock, diluted perhaps with some
pleasure at the condescension of the
man. In our country, however,
where one family can hardly have the
pas of another by single century,
establishment is ridiculous and out
Of place. Few Of our richest men are
idle, and their work differs only in
magnitude from that of the poor.
If we grant that n century Of idle
ness can enervate a family marri-
age into the working classes" can
only be beneficial. Stock must be
enriched from time to time from
near the soil. Advocates of highly!
restricted interbreeding are fond Of
pointing to the race-horse as a SUI
perior product of their principles. A
race-horse, however, is poor Great
ure from the point Of view Of useful
ness; he Is a beautiful specialized
bundle of nerves and requires more
coddling than healthy human baby.
interviewing does not work out
well in the human species; the
naughty Austrian aristocracy, which
considers the nobility Of France and
England as upstarts, and ostracises
any member who marries into fam
lily much younger than the Caesars,
is not as class strong and healthy|
1T is from Austria in great measure
that our circuses secure their giants
and midgets, a fair proportion of
whom are illegitimate, and many
other of the various freaks" OBJ
jects of interest, certainly, but hard
BY of pride. Intellectually, we do not
think that the statesmen of Austria,
Spain and Russia are the equals Of
those of France and the United
States, while the English commoners
have given a remarkable account Of
themselves. We should be disposed
to applaud the good sense OF any
rich young American who married a
beautiful girl of poor but decent an
tecedents, in spite Of the fact that
such marriages depend upon unreas-
oning sexual attraction, like tho
great majority of marriages. AS it
is, we can only note the care Nature
takes of the race, however needless
she may be of the individual.-NeF
York Medical Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Hired MournePs,

at pays to be a mourner in St.
Petersburg, and there are agencies
which employ great numbers Of
Migrants and tramps for the pur-
pose" says q writer. These agencies
supply suitable clothing and pocket
Notwithstanding, in fact,
except boots, which the tramp must
show on his feet or he will not be
hired. When there is more or less
important funeral the tramps gather
at the Nikolski market and are Sc
lected by an employee OF the agency.
The wage for the occasion, with tips,
general equals about three shtl-
lings. London Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes it hard
to keep awake and do things in day.
time. To take "tsNhics and stimu'
lants" under such circumstances is
like setting the house on fire to see
If you can put it out
The right kind of food promotes
refreshing sleep at night and a wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way
of eating to Grape.Nuts and says
For about three years | had been
a great sufferer from indigestion
After trying several kinds of medi,
cine the doctor would ask me to drop
off potatoes, then meat, and so on
but in a few days that craving, gnaw,
ing feeling would start up and
would vomit everything i ate and
drank.
when started on Grape-Nuts,
vomiting stopped, and the bloating
feeling which was so distressing dis.
appeared entirely.
MY mother was very much both.
o~ed with diarrhoea before commenc.
ing the Grape-Nuts, because her
stomach was so weak she could not
digest her food. Since using Grape.
Nuts she is well, and says she don't
think she could live without it.
1T is n great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for | can sleep as
sound and undisturbed after a sup.
per of Grape-Nuts as in the old. days
when l could not realize what they
meant by bad stomach There
is no medicine so beneficial to nerves
and brain as a good nights sleep
such as you can enjoy after eating
Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Elas a Profitable Crop in Texas.

Some farmers have discovered that
figs are very profitable crop in this
section. Mr.. l. N. Rogers, who has
been experimenting with figs and a
good many other fruits, reports his
figs did remarkably well this year, In
spite Of the fact that we had very dry
weather at the time figs needed wa
ter. He had a good deal less than an
acre in fig trees, but if he had had an
acre and the whole orchard yielded as
we'll as the trees which he has, he
would have harvested $1,120 worth Of
figs from one acre. This Is based upon
the price which he received for what
he sold.-Bay City Correspondence
Houston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

II hereby offer my resignashum
as subscriber to yure papier, it
being a pamphlet of such small
knonsewuenc as not to beefit my
family by takin' it. What you need
in you're sheet is brains, and some
one to russell up news and rite edi-
torials ON live topics. No menshun
has been made in you're shete of me
butchern' a pollen china pig weighin'
800 pounds or the gapes in the
chickens round here. You ignore
that 1 bot bran new bob sled, and
that / traded my blind mule, and
say nothin' about 1t. Hi Simpkin's
jersey calf breakin' his two frunt
legs fallin' in a well, two important
chiverees have been utterly ingored
by yure shete & 3 column
obitchuary motifs rit by me on. the
death of grandpa Henery was left
out of yure shete to say nothin' of
the alfabetical poem beginning "A
is for And and also for Ark" rit by
me darter. This is the reason yure
papier is so unpopular in town. If
you kant rite eddytorials e. amt GO
ing to put no news in yure shete
we don't want SADIE shete. If you
print the obitchury in yure next l
may sine again for yure shete. -
Hudson Republican.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Gypsy GLAMOUR.

Dark frs upon Windhover stood round Inc
IN n ring
The dusk lay on the hillside, the dew lay
on the ling;
When the fox.red bceches and the swarthy
merry.tree,
And the wind across the heather threw
their glamour over me!
The grass around Windhover lies weather.
swept and bare;
BY night dream of a dark lass with the
rough wind in her hair;
BY day follow wheel and hoof across the
barren land,
For the rain and frs a.rocking and q
rauni's tawnie hand.
Red fires beyond Windhover blaze round
me on the moor;
Wild faces rise to greet me by gray kabitka
door;
Now with the kettle swinging, the Witty
and the knife,
And the Romany rakkro on my lips
travel on for life
Gold gorse upon Windhover blooms round
Inc in ring;
A kestrel skirts the hillside, the light lies
on the ling;
And the honey brown hOzels and the rose
stained merTy.tTee,
And the wind across the heath have gained
the heart and soul OF me!
Alice Il, ellington, in Country Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
He Got His Answer.

When DR.. John Dewey, now head OF
the department Of psychology at Co
lumbia, New York city, was professor
at Chicago, he had good deal to say
about the training of children. He
particularly urged that they should
call their parents by their first names,
says the Argonaut. About this time
he went home one day to find water
trickling through the ceiling of his
study, and, on investigation, found
his son converting the bathroom into
a natatorium. Mildly expressing his
surprise, he was greeted with: Don't
stand there shooting off your mouth,
John; get mop and get busy before
the old woman gets home"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
SimplOn Landslides.

There have been some serious falls
of rock in the Simplon tunnel, They
have not occurred In the main Dor
ing, and the railway service has not
been interfered with, but. enough has
happened to indicate the existence OF
danger. In the secondary gallery
the channel cut for carrying off the
river of boiling water has been
damned and the water itself divert
ed. Precautions are being taken to
strengthen the walls of the main
tunnel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

In form and appearance the bron-
saurs were quite unlike any living
animals, and are remotely related to
the lizard family, says Walter Beasley
in St. Nicholas. They had a long,
thinck tail like the lizards and croco-
diles; a long flexible neck like the
ostrich; thick, short, slab-slded body;
straight, massive, postlike limbs, sug-
costing the elephant, and remarkably
small head for the size of the beast.
The ribs and limb and tail bones are
exceptionally solid and heavy, while
the vertebrae of the back, neck and
tail, on the contrary, are lightly con-
structed. The ribs are half a foot
wide a number of them Weighing more
than one hundred pounds each. A
single footprint of the creature must
have nearly covered a square yard
uphn the ground.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

talk. Goodbye, old man-you was
good to me Glad to help you" and
the weary spirit fitted into the be-
yond.
Vinton stood holding the dead
mans hand. Tho man in uniform
touched him.
IT'S the queerest thing l ever
heard of in all Of my life"
"What?" asked Vinton, instructive
ly moving off.
The gun that fellow had wasn't
loaded. Say, what sort of gun was
he handing out to your"
He said he would forgive YOU"
said Vinton, as he folded the chilling
hands, pulled the sheet over the dead
face and turned away.-The House.
hold Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
A Non-Partisan Drum.

A story which certainly ought to
be true is told by the Irish Independ-
ent about the Orange celebrations
just concluded. All well informed
persons know that drum-beating
forms a most important part of the
ceremonies. Now it happened that
an Orange lodge in Armagh (where
Colonel Saunderson comes FROM
found itself drumless on the great
day; and no drum, no celebrations.
1t also happened, however, that there
was a Nationalist band in the same
town. Sub rosa, the Nationalist
drum was borrowed for the occasion.
1t pounded as loudly as the most
loyal instrument of percussion in all
Armagh. London Daily News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Whole Town Has the Habit.

"If physicians are right when they
advocate plenty of fresh air in winter
and summer as preventive and cure
for tuberculosis, then the people of
Evanston, ILL.,, won't have to worry
much about the great white plague"
said John r. DoAsld, OF that thriving
Chicago suburb, who is at the Plank
linton House. Nearly the entire city
has taken to sleeping out of doors or
in tents. Their is an open-air tent in
nearly every yard, containing cots,
and the fresh-air fad is in full blast. I"
Milwaukee News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Be One in the 1000 Islands

Yachting, motor boating, canoeing swim
ming, fishing, camping--or just loshng On
the broad veranda of a palatial hotel!
You can have your choice of any of these
sand Islands The air is cool, the days are
bright and sunny and the evenings iasci.
natfnely beautiful in full round moon, if
there is one-if there isn't, the powerful
searchlights are almost as good. Nowhere
in the world is it easier to rest than here
on the blue st. Lawrence. There is Ian.
guor in the air-you can't help resting
and it's the kind of rest that adds years
to your life, too.
On your summer vacation you ought TO
New York Central Lines, America s
Greatest Railroad" will take you to Clay
ton, the gateway to the Thousand Islands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

urine was badly disordered and for a
long time l had attacks Of gravel.
After l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills the gravel passed out, and my
osck got well. | haven't had back
lche or bladder trouble since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
,ox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
".
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
China For the Chinese.

It is difficult to understand what
could have occasioned the issue OF
the Chinese customs decree. 1t is
perhaps, part Of the growing China
for the Chinese agitation. 1t will
certainly strengthen the opinion of
the pessimists that a period of I'M
rest and agitation inimical to for
eigners is imminent, and the decree
makes it apparent that the agitation
has the approval of the throne
Shanghai Celestial Empire.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
WILD WITH ITCHING HUMOR.

EruptiOns Broke Out in Spots All over
Body Cured at Expense of Only
91.2B-ThankS Cuticura Remedies.
1.-THE Cuticura Remedies cured me Of my
skin disease, and l am very thankful to
you. My trouble was eruption Of the skin,
which broke out in spots all over my body,
and caused q continual itching which
would make me wild at times. l got
medicine Of q doctor, but it did not cure
me, and when l saw in a paper your ad.,
sent to you for the Cuticura book and 1
studied my case In 1t. / then went to the
drug store and bought one cake OF Cuti-
'cura Soap one box Of Cuticura Ointment
and one vial Of Cuticura Pills. From the
first application received relief. used
the first set and two extra cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap, and was completely cured. 1
had suffered for two years, and 1 again
thank Cuticura for my cure. Claude N.
johnson, Maple Grove Farm, r. F. d. 2,
Walnut, Kan, June Is, 1867
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
"Trousers OptiOnal."

The dispatch that tells us that
London society men will wear blue
evening coats this season goes on to
say: Trousers or knee breeches will
be optional" 1t seems as If one or
the other were essential. - Boston
Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
SNOWFALL For the Rent.

The English delight in odd rents,
but the oldest is a tenancy at Brook
house, in Yorkshire, where the rental
is one SNOWFALL in June and a red
rose in December. The rose is easily
arranged and the SNOWFALL is made of
shaved ice
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Superfluous.

women don't have pockets in their
skirts, do they?"
mo; they spend their money so
fast nowadays they don't have any
use for pockets.-Detroit Free Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

with Doan's Kidney
Pills. j. A. Haywood,
a we'll known resident
Of Lufkin, Tex, says:
IL wrenched my
back working in a
sawmill, was laid UP
six weeks, and from
that time had pain in
my back whenever l
stopped or lifted. The
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Another Viewpoint.

hapleigh-I-aw-ne associate
with those-aw-howid baseball play
abs, dOncherknow.
Miss Caustique-I suppose not
There are some things that even
baseball players won't stand for
Columbus Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
At the Ball.

He-May l have the next dance,
Miss Butte?
She-I'm engaged, Mr.. Gay.
He-Oh, what's the odds? Why,
I'm married.-Philadelp Public
Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
Conceit.

Hicks-Your wife is a mighty SEN
sible woman, isn't she?
Wicks-Sure! She married me-
Somerville Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

Wood in building is used much
more sparingly in France than in
America; hence danger from fire Is
less.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
The Reason,

Critic-Why don't you do something
worth while?
Poet-Because 1t isn't worth while.
Puck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

Those physicians in London who
are willing to be called at night, have
red lanterns attached to their houses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01
BACKACHE IS KIDNEYACHE.
Get at the Cause-Cure the Kid
neys.

Don't neglect backache, 1t warns
you of trouble in the kidneys. Avert
the danger by curing the kidneys
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

The total number of men in the
United States liable to military service
is 11,126,750. NE35
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

ABuet ,n Worst rime Of the Age-vaccination -
~ cause Of great white plague and untlmely dehAA
CT miiionsl0c C.L.SewRrd, Atty Law lisertJ'lno
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

60 Bushels Winter Wheat Per Acre
ThatS the yield OF Saizers Red Cross Hybrid Mlh'e,
wheat send &c in stamps for tree sample OF same as
olso catalogue ofwlnteTWheats Rye, Barley CloverN
Timothy Grasses, Bulbs Trees etc. for fall planuiS
sIIZER SEED CO., Box c, Lacrosse, WIS
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

FITS, St. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR. H r Kline Id. .Q8I Arch St, Phila., Pa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-09-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums reducesinflamma-
ton, allRys pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
THE PLUM cURcuLlo.
the Southern Fruit Grower.

From the Southern Fruit Grower.
 This insect one N the worst foes to the fruit grower, is the cause of wormy fruit and it's premature dropping, It is not confined to the plum but is found also in peaches. apples and cherries
 The adult insect or beetle appears in spring about the time of blossoming It Is a small, dark brown, rough back ed beetle not unlike a dried bud when shaken from the tree. It has the habit when disturbed of drawing up it's legs and remaining motionless for a time as if lifeless, It feeds upon the foliage and flowers until the fruit appears; ait then attacks the young fruit, gnawing at 1t to satisfy hunger and making crescent shaped incssions in the skin of the fruit into which It's eggs are deposited. In a short while the eggs hatch into little worms that feed on the pulp of the fruit They become grown in a few weeks by which time the infested fruit has general ly fallen to the ground and presents itself as ''wormy'' fruit.
 There are two remedies used against Curculio. The oldest plan is that of iarr- ing the trees, taking advantage of the disposition of the insects to curl up and drop when disturbed. By this plan it is possible to capture large numbers of the beetles by spreading sheets beneath the trees during the first stages of the fruit developments
 The plan is to use an inverted umbrella shaped frame covered with cotton cloth divided in the center so as to pass the stem under the tree for the reception of the Curculios. Mornings and evenings are said to be the best time to capture the insects by this plan.
 Spraying Is the other method relied on by some fruit growers. the spraying being done Just as the buds begin to ex- pand. Prof. Clarence M Wed suggests that trees should be sprayed three or four times at intervals of week or ten days, beginning as soon as the blossoms have fallen.
 Paris green mixed with water in the proportion of three ounces to forty or fifty gallons. Prof. R. l. Smith of the Georgia state board of entomology says: Ut is well to use Paris green in con nection with Bordeau mixture. four ounces of Paris green to each barrel, or arsenate of lead may be used. two pounds to fifty gallons of water, or in the same proportion with Bordeau mixture. Prof. J. l.. Budd of the Iowa state college of agriculture, another authority consulted says; The trees are sprayed just as tho