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The Winning Hand.

The poets love to rave about the hand
that guides the pen
And writes the grand, immortal truths
that shape the lives OF men;
With splendid zeal the barda endorse tho
hand wherein is held
That implement Of war. the sword, where
with the foe is felled.
The hand that rocks the cradle, too, has
won their highest praise,
To tell its wondrous worth they weave
their most convincing lays;
But here's tho gem that in the crown Of
truth should be impaired
The hand that makes the biscuit is the
hand that rules tho world.
Tor what had Shakespeares hand been
worth. the ono with which he penned
Those matchless lines that must endure
till time, itself, shall end,
Had he been fed on biscuit by some care
less hand designed
| To give him indigestion and fearful
state of mind?
'Tis what we eat that shapes our thoughts
for better,or for worse,
And every flight Of genius found in all
our prose and verse
| TO deep oblivion might have been by
faulty cooking hurled
| The hand that makes the biscuit Is the
hand that rules the world.
| Suppose that on that fateful day when
Wellington marched out
| Across the field Of Waterloo to put the
French to rout,
| A spell of indigestion caused by biscuit
poorly made,
| Had suddenly upset him, oh, what tricks
| it might have played!
For none is stout OF will unless the appe-
tite is strong
Tho heart is nearly always right unles:
the liver's wrong,
And soldiers rations may decide which
flag shall stand unfured-
The hand that makes the biscuit is tn
hand that rules the world.
'"Tis love that makes the world g.
round" so all the world has said,
But love would soon give up the ghos
We're there no meat and bread.
NIoonshiny dreams do we'll enough 70
''spoony' pairs, but when
A man Is married he insists on havinl
victuals then.
And II those solid dishes are not fash
Toned day by day
With incest care love spreads his wing
and futters far away,
For love has learned that while on
L
The hand that makes the biscuit is tn
hand to rule the world.
Nixon Waterman. In Good Housekecpln
The enchanted region of tho past In flC
tion grows more and more remote. Th
literary vivisectors of the present, scalpel
in hand, intent upon their realistic dem
onstratlons, are prominent enough t
obscure the vision that seeks to look be
You'd them. th
Tho question has been frequentl
mooted as TO how much longer. unde
present conditions, the novel could be en-
pected to survive, Certainly, 1t woul
seem, not many years, II the reallsti
cult continues. After a while the pul
suit OF realism will reach its finish. whic
will lie also the finish of the novel, Il
, that fine point arriving will demand II
object lesson, not in pen picturng, bi
in absolute action. 2
} Then the reader and thinker will be al
/ sorbed in tho doer. and the world w
] have witnessed q revolution and entcrt
i upon u new phase of existence,
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Our Shakespeare Contest


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ruary will Sunday
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better sign mine, as 1t had not been
forbidden.
Yours respectfully, NJ. w. E.
Virginia.
February IL, 1906,

February IL, 1906.
Editor of the Wonian's Page:
You will find enclosed a printed set
of questions. with my answers to the
same to be listed with tho February
competitors IN the Shakespeare contest
on 1.-THE Merchant OF Venice. am much
Interested In your helpful page, and es-
pecially In the Shakespeare contest.
Hoping that my answers may meet
with approval. ! am, n. w.
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February Questions.
Mrs. Early's AnsWers.


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February IA, 1906.
Editor of Woman's Page:
Dear Editor--l have prepared papers
for the Shakespeare contest for this
month and herewith enclose them to
you, ! have been a close reader and
student all my life, so am just in my
element in such tasks as tho above, and
can say. without egotism, that my
papers have been most carefully pre-
pared. ] send u picture Of the cele-
brated Rialto bridge, which you may use
If you think it win enhance the in
terest OF whatever article Is selected
But please do not destroy It II YOU DO
not use 1t, You said nothing about
whether the contestants should sign
their names or not, but thought had
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swers TO tho questions, for we have a
splendid library and have done great
deal of reading in connection with the
question on ''The Merchant OF Venice, y
and have been intensely interested in it..
Sincerely yours, e. l.. W.
M. ,Ylrglnia
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
LIGHTNING ROD CONSTRUCTION.
Recommendation Of a Committee OF
British Architects.

Five or six years ago two organlza
tions in England, the Royal Instituee
of British Architects and the Sur
veyors' Institution, cooperated in
the appointment Of committee Ia
investigate anew the subject OF light
ming rods, They reported not long
ago In favor OF continuing to use
such safeguards There appear to
be conditions when the lightning rod
will not protect but, on the whole,
these men are convinced that prop
erty is safer with them cir properly
designed) than without. Their re-
port contains the following practical
suggestions:
First-two main lightning rods,
one on each side, should be provided,
extending from the top of each tower,
spire or high chimney stack by the
most direct course to earth.
Second-Horizontal conductors
should connect all the vertical rods
along the ridge, or any other suitable
position on the roof; also at or near
the ground line.
Third-The upper horizontal con-
ductor should be fitted with aigrettes,
or points, at intervals of 20 or 30
feet.
Fourth-Short vertical rods should
be erected along minor pinnacles, and
connected with the upper horizontal
conductor.
Fifth-All roof metals, such as fin-
ials, ridging, rain water and ventllat-
Ing pipes, metal cowls, leads, flash.
ing, cutters, etc, should be connect
ed to the horizontal conductors,
SiXth-All large masses of metal in
the building should be connected to
earth either directly or by means Of
the lower horizontal conductor.
Seventh-Where roofs are partial.
ly or wholly metal lined, they should
be connected to earth by means of
vertical rods at several points
Elghth-Gas pipes should be kept
as far away as possible from the po-
sitions occupied by lightning conduc.
tors, and, as an additional protection,
the service mains to the gas meter
should be metallically connected with
house services leading from the
meter
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
LINcoLN'S WIT.
That and RidiouIe Were His Weapons of
Offense and Defense.

That and Ridicule Were His Weapons of
Ohenso and Defense.
Wit and ridicule were Llncolns
he probably laughed more jury cases
out of court than any other man who
practiced at the bar.
Il once heard Mr.. Lincoln defend a
man in Bloomington against q charge
of passing counterfeit money" Vice
President Stevenson told the writer
There was a pretty clear case against
the accused, but when the chief wit
ness for the people took the stand he
stated that his name was j. Parker
Green, and Lincoln reverted to this the
moment he rose to cross-examine.
why ]. Parker Green? What did the
j. stand for? John? Well, why didn't
the witness call himself John P.
Green2 That was his name, wasn't ii?
Well, what was the reason he didn't
wish to be known by his right name?
Did ]. Parker Green have anything to
conceal, and If not, why did j. Parker
Green part his name in that way?
And so on. OF course the whole ex-
animation was farclcal." Mr.. Steven
son continued, but there was some
thing irresistibly funny in the varying
tones and infections of Mr.. LincOln's
voice as he rang the changes upon the
mans name; and at the recess the very
boys in the street took it up as a slogan
and shouted j. Parker Green! all
over the town. Moreover, there was
something in Lincoln's way of inton-
ing his questions which made me sus-
picious of the witness, and to this day
have never been able to rid my mind
of the absurd impression that there
was something not quite right about j.
Parker Green. 1t was all nonsense,
of course; but the Jury must have been
affected as 1 was, for Green was dis.
credited and the defendant went free"
From TrederIoIN TreVor ..I4IIIy
coin the Lawyer" in The Century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
KillInp Blueiay. to Protect ouails,

The Orovllle Gun Club is waging
warfare against the bluejay tribe, in
order to protect the quail. The bluejay
is a ruthless enemy of the quail, de-
stroying every nest found, and so nu-
merous have they become in this vi
cinity that quail are getting scarcer
every year, and the sportsmen felt
compelled to take some action. The
club is divided into two teams.
The team killing the smallest num-
Der of jays during a specified time ban
quets the winning team. Prizes are
also offered for the highest individual
score made each week. The first week
Of the contest 432 birds were killed,
and the second week, ending Sunday,
March II, 4O7.-Oroyllle (Call Core
spondence Sacramento Bee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
MiuEn ma Jawyep

Unless early and correct Treatment
applied the patient seldom Survfl
when once the disease is fastened mn
her. We believe Lydia Il, Pinkh1r'
Vegetable Compound is the most !,
cient treatment for chronic kidDI
troubles of women, and is the onlym,
icine especially prepared for N
purpose.
When n woman Is troubled with MI
or weight in loins, backache, freou.,,
painful or scaldiag urina ton, swelIi0
Of limbs or feet swelling under IA
eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in m
region of the kidneys or notices
sediment IN the urine, she shopli
lose no time in commencing treatn.n
UjtRp5GMaAHi@ ID R iha sc tine fssSSs
saving her life.
For proof, read what Lydia Il. PinI
hams Vegetable Compound did for Mn
Sawyer.
" | cannot express the terrible suffering
bad to endure. A deraIgemgnt Of the tsma
organs developed nervous pyOstration and
serious kidney trouble The doctor attendt
Inc for year, but kept getting worse, uni
was unable to do ANYTHING, and made /
my mind could not live | finally decd,
TO try Lydia E. PinEham's Vegetable Con
pound as last resort, and am to-day VI
woman. cannot praise it too highly, and
tell every suffering woman about my case
Mrs. Emma Sawyer, Conycrs, Ga.
Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice
women address in confidence, Lynn
Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
BRAVE LOVE-.

He'd nothing but his violin,
I'd nothing but my song;
But we were wed when skies were blue
And summer days were long;
And when we rested by the hedge
The robins came and told
How they had dared to WOO and win
When early spring was cold,
We sometimes supped on dewberries,
Or slept among the hay;
But oft the farmers wives at eve
Came out to hear us play
The rare old songs, the dear old tunes
We could not starve for long
While my man had his violin
And | my sweet love-song,
The world has aye gone well with US,
Old man. since we were one;
Our homeless wandering down the lanes
1t long ago was done.
But those who wait for gold or gear,
For house or for kline
Till youths sweet spring grows brown and
seTe
And love and beauty pine
Will never know the Joy of hearts ~
That met without a fear Is
When you had but your violin
And | song-my dear
Mary Kyle Dallas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Robblno Peter to Paw Paul.

This saying had its origin in the riv-
airy between st. Peters Cathedral, now
Westminster Abbey, and st. PauPs,
when, in 1860, an appropriation was
made from St. Peters to make good a
deficiency in the accounts of st. Pauls.
Much opposition was shown to this,
and it was for the time a popular out
cry, "Why rob Peter to pay Paul?" The
saying was revived as a proverb upon
the death of William Pitt, Earl OF
Chatham, in 1878. The city Of London
argued that so illustrious a statesman
should be buried at st. Paul's, while
Parliament held that the remains OF
so great leader should be placed with
the dust of kings and that to bury him
away from the Abbey Of Westminster
would be again a robbing of Peter to
paw Paul
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Short Hand Typewriter.

NJ. Bivort of Paris has just patented
a short hand typewriter, which is de-
scribed in the Technical World Maya,
zine From one to three syllables
Of a word are printed in plain type at
each stroke of the key 1t is said
that so words minute can be written
after few days practice, while nor
NAL sped of from 125 to $50 words a
minute is obtained in less than two
months Speeds Of 200 words a min
ute and more are not unusual among
expert operators. Since no conven-
tional symbols but plain types are en-
ployed, the notes" are readable by
any one familiar with the process.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
A BUSY WOMAN
Can Do the Work of or If Well Fed

An energetic young woman living
just outside of N. Y. writes:
Il am at present doing all the house
work Of a dairy farm, caring for 2
children, vegetable and flower gar.
den, a large number of fowls. besides
managing an extensive exchange bust
ness through the mails and pursuing
my regular avocation as writer for
several newspapers and magazines
designing fancy work for the latter
and all the energy and ability to do
this | owe to Grape-Nuts food.
ct was not always SO, and year
ago when the shock of my nursing
babys death utterly Frustrated me
and deranged my stomach and nerves
so that ! could not assimilate as
much as a mouthful of solid food,
and was even in worse condition men.
tally, he would have been a rash pro.
phet who would have predicted that
It ever would be so.
prior to this great grief had suf-
fered for years with impaired diges-
ton, insomnia, agonizing cramps in the
stomach, pain in the side, constipa'
ton and other bowel arrangements,
all these were familiar to my daily life
Medicines gave me no Telief-nothing
did, until few months ago, at a
friends suggestion, began the use
of Grape-Nuts food, and subsequently
gave up coffee entirely and adopted
Postum Food Coffee at all my. meals
To-day l am free from all the trou
bles have enumerated. My digestion
Is simply perfect, 1 assimilate my food
without the least distress, enjoy sweet
restful sleep, and have buoyant feel
ing Of pleasure in my varied duties, In
fact, I am a new woman. entirely
made over, and l repeat, I owe 1t al
to Grape.Nuts and Postum Coffee
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
| Creek, Mich.
There's reason. Read the LITTLE
book, "The Road to Wellvllle, In pigs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Strategy.

She was a jaded London lady cyclist,
weary and wan with the stress and
strain of a week in a London shop. The
country was green and peaceful, even
though it was winter, but the night
soon fell, and she had to seek shelter
for the night - .-.---
Remember" she said to the land.
lady, before she retired, IF there is
anything | like it is new-laid eggs.
must have new-laid eggs for breakfast
tomorrow"
and so you shall, MISS" said the
dear, honest old lady. Our hens lay
all weathers, and you shall have your
wish"
But the partitions in country cot,
tages are thin, and the lady from Lon,
don was awakened next morning by
a conversation in the adjoining room
between her landlay and her spouse.
Get up, we lazy loon!" she said.
"The lady is mighty struck on new
laid eggs; so yen have to get half
dozen from the grocer while go and
cackle in the yard!"-Answers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
studded.

| He Is connected with the local
freight office Of a transcontinental
road, He does not play the races,
but on several occasions he has been
coaXed by the lady stenographer in
the office to take dollar of her mon.
ey and buy handicap from a tipster
in a nearby Office building. The lady
stenographer is real reckless plum
ger, and squanders something like 81
every now and then on a good thing
Give me one of your handicaps,"
he said to the tlpster in the nearby
Office building yesterday afternoon,
tossing the lady stenographer's dol
lar on the desk.
Say" declared the peddler of
stable information, as he handed
over the printed shoot. put twenty
on good thing I've got at Ascot,
huh?"
Never made a bet in my life"
said the railroad man, buttoning up
his Office coat, which was badly fray.
ed about the elbows.
whats that? Never made -
Never made a bet in my life,
never bet a nickel on a horse race,
and wouldn't under any circum.
stances"
Your surprise me-" said the man
Of sure things, carefully surveying
the frayed elbows of the visitors
coat. 81 should say, from your ap.
pearance, that you made your living
at it."-San Francisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

1t seems to me that the shortest way
to check the darker forms &c deceit is
to set watch more scrupulous a-ainst
those which have mingled, pnrer .rded
and unchastlsed, with the current OF
our life. Do not let us lie at ali. Do
not think of one falsity as harmless
and another as slIs hit and another as
unattended. Cast them all aside; they
may be light and accidental, but they
are an ugly SCOT from the smoke Of the
pit, for all that, and 1t is better that our
heart should be swept clean Of them,
without overcare as to which Is largest
or blackest.-John Ruskir.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
II.

Three weeks later two figures doomed
up on the crest of the little cape, and
were Shouted for a moment against
the pure blue sky. The lady had seated
herself upon the rock.
This is beautiful spot" murmured
the lady. 81 love to look out on the
bright, happy, sparkling sea-"
Yes" assented the man, "but how
much more beautiful 1t would seem to
man who could look at it knowing
that the only woman lie had ever loved
loved him, and was gazing at it by his
side"
The lAdy's eyes became more dreamy
as she turned them from the breezy
blue of the sea and let them rest ten
derby on the back of his head.
Esther" he said after q moment not
altering his position, and calling her by
her first name with perfect calmness,
though he had never so addressed her
before, "why did you refuse those
seven men this summer"
For the excellent reason that l did
not WISH 10 marry any one of them"
the lady replied promptly, and with a
slight asperity; IL did not love them"
as if her thought was of what love
meant, rather than of the unloved
seven.
"Yet you proposed coming out here
this afternoon" he persisted, without
changing his glance, ito this Rock OF
the Departed Seven. Why"
perhaps, because 1 thought the all
of the place would be good for you,
she murmured, regarding him with O
faint, arch smile.
He remained motionless and silent
for n moment. Then he shifted his
head so that his chin rested in the
hollow Of his hand, and said as II
! abstractedly: Seven plus one i;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Lived to Old Age Without Exercise.

A British minister, Rev. William
Davies, of Hereford, has confounded
all the valetudinarians. For 80 years
he took no more exercise than was in
volved in walking from one room to
another. He was a hearty eater, with
a taste for indigesttble things. Yet he
never had days illness and always
looked the picture of health, and he
lived to enjoy a hearty meal on his
105th birthday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
An Eye Test.

Most people believe that they sec
the same with both eyes. That this is
not the case one can easily convince
himself by the following simple ex-
pertinent: Cover one Of the eyes with
hand or bandage and let the ex-
perimenter attempt to snuff out can
die suddenly placed within few feet
of him. He will almost invariably miss
the fame, either overreaching, under
reaching or putting the fingers too far
to the right or left Of the fame. With
both eyes normal and open the accom-
mediation for distance and direction is
instantaneous.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

eight" with a somewhat fllppant air,
he added; Are you so very fond OF
addition, Mrs. WorthIngton"
He heard no reply Turning his head
quickly, he saw that the soft smile
with which she had been regarding
him had faded from her lips. Her
beautiful eyes were turned toward the
sea, with yelled expression in them.
Just then, too, there was the falntest
culver Of her lips.
He sprang to his feet, took Il step for
ward, sank upon the grass, so close TO
her that her knees pressed against him,
and grasped both her hands tightly.
His eyes, like sapphire lights which
love had klndled, and with the passion
breaking forth in his voice at last,
he said hotly: Esther, love you.
You shall marry me-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
"PE-RU-NA WORKED
SIMPLY MARVELLOUS"
Suffered Severely
With Headaches
Unable to Work,

Miss Lucy Y. Mckinney, 452 3rd Ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
tOF mana months 4 suffered Sc
CereLy from headaches and pa t1ts In
the eide ss-s5 A~"O"sJ oUUUOoCHCCS OSGfg
Hhobte TO attend 10 mig daily IUOI'lc.
~ AN better, HIOtC, thanks TO PerM-
ma, ana am as dcttUe as eVer and hare
nO more headaches.
1.-THE tO1y PerunG IUOrked tn my
case tCas simply marvellous.
We have in our files many grateful let
tiers from women who have suffered with
the symptoms named above. Lack OF
space prevents our giving more than one
testimonial here.
1t is impossible to even "pproximate the
great amount of suffering which Peruna
has relieved, or the number of women who
have been restored to health and strength
by its faithful use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
A Huge Cannon Ball.

The biggest cannon ball ever made
weighed 1900 pounds and was manu-
featured at the Krupp Works, Essen
for the Government Of the Gar. The
gun from which this proiectile was
fired is also the largest in the world
and is placed in the Notifications at
Cronstadt. This gun has range OF
twelve miles, and it has been estimated
that each shot costs $500.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
The GondoIa Must Go.

With regard to automobiles, the Brit
ish consul at Naples states that the
use of these vehicles is increasing very
rapidly in Italy, and they will soon be
adopted as public carriages. Two new
Milan companies plan to operate motor
carriages in Lombardy and eventually
place them all over Italy. The use Of
motor boats has spread very much
at Naples. They are becoming highly
popular for pleasure, and in summer
weather safe enough for practical pur.
bosses of coasting and running over to
The islands. -United States Consular
Reports.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
SAVED BABY LYONS LIFE,
Awful Sight From That Dreadful Com,
plant, Infantile ECzema-AIOther
Praises Cuticura Remedies.

"Our baby had that dreadful complaint,
lnfantile Eczema, which afflicted him for
several months, commencing at the top OF
his head, and at last covering his whole
body. His sufferings were untold and con-
slant misery, in fact, there was nothing
we would not have done to have given him
relief. We finally procured full set of
the Cuticura Remedies, and in about three
or four days he began to show brighter
spirit and really laughed for the first time
in year In about ninety days he was
fully recovered. Praise for the Cuticura
Remedies has always been our greatest
pleasure, and there is nothing too good
that We conld say in their favor, for they
certainly saved our baby's life, for he
was the most awful sight that ever be-
held prior to the treatment of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. Mrs. Mabelle Lyon, 1926
Appleton Ave, Parsons, Kan. July Is, 1905 >"