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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
When the Stove Was Elevated.

During the college days of eX-Mayor
Bessom of Lynn he had two of the
professors of the college as guests at
hunting camp in the Maine woods.
When they entered the camp their at
tention was attracted to the unusual
position of the stove. which was set
on posts about four feet high.
One of the professors began to COM
ment upon the knowledge woodsmen
gain by observation. Now" said he,
this man has discovered that the heat
radiating from the stove strikes the
ened that the camp is warmed in
much less time than would be re-
quired If the stove was in its regular
place on the floor"
The other professor was of the opin-
len that the stove was elevated to be
above the window, in order that cool
and pure air could be had at night.
Mr.. Bosom, being more practical,
contended that the stove was elevated
in order that q good supply of green
wood could be placed beneath 1t to
dry.
After considerable argument each
man placed dollar bill upon the
table, and 1t was agreed that the one
whose opinion was nearest the guides
reason for elevating the stove should
take the pool. The guide was called
and asked why the stove was placed
in such an unusual position.
WELL" said he, when l brought
the stove uD the river lost most of
the stovepipe overheard, and had to
set the stove up there so as to have
the pipe reach through the roof"
He got the money.-Boston Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
On Food Reforms.

The housewife who wishes to change
the dietary of her household should
go about it automatically. The flesh
pots have a firm hold on the modern
Egyptians. Even the Promised Land
of health and success cannot keep them
from turning about unless you are mis-
tress of the fine art of finesse. First
of all you should learn to make per-
feet vegetable purees and soups. To
cook vegetables so they will appeal
to palate and eye require no mean
skill. Nothing is more unappetiZing
than badly cooked, watersoaked Vege-
tables. Begin by substituting a we'll
made PURGE for the meat dish at the
supper or luncheon table. Try eggs
instead of meat for breakfast Reduce
the use of meat to once a day. Then
once in a while have eggs or fish on
vegetables as the principal dish for
dinner. 1t is a great Mistake to cram
any new theory down your family's
throat. Give 1t to them a taste at a
time, and they'll grow enthusiastic.
Change all at once and you'll arouse
opposition which will make change I'M
possible.
Most people eat altogether too much
meat. This induces a hankering for
stimulants. A well known student OF
sociological phenomena ventures the
opinion that the increased use of veg
etables and fruits will do more to pro-
mote temperance than all the argu-
ments of the prolibitionists.-H arper'5
Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20

Among our circle of friends there
was a very warm supporter of the S.
p. G. A., who, though earnest and
sincere, sometimes bored by overzeal.
We set traps to lead her into an adj
mission of the evil in animal nature,
but she always managed to make out
a good case for her dumb friends. One
day we felt that we at last had
case In which she could have no pos
sible sympathy for the animal. 1t
was a dreadful story, published in a
newspaper of baby who had been
literally eaten alive by large and
ferocious cat. We gave her the clip
ping, and watched with satisfaction
the tears gather in her eyes as she
read. "We've got her now!" we
murmured, triumphantly. Finally she
looked UP, and we all held our breath
to listen to her comment She spoke
in heart-broken tones. Think" she
said, Just think how hungry the poor
cat must have been!"-Harpers
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Handle Work With Gloves.

81 hope" said the women who was
ordering pair of slippers made of
Powered satin, that you will tell your
workman TO wash his hands before
he begins to make these up
Wash his hands," repeated the
clerk. why, madam, he never will
touch these with his bare hands"
Then the clerk explained that all
worlmen employed in making slip
pers of light colors worked with white
gloves on.
TRY to keep them clean!" he con-
tinued. Il should say they did. They
try so hard that they change their
white gloves three times a day"
Which is not so fantastic as it may
seem, for if A shoemaker soils ma
tcrial of this kind the expense to him
Of replacing the material. to say moth
ing of the loss of his time, makes it
worth his while to work in gloves and
keep them clean at that.-New York
Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Don't Fold Your Arms.

BY folding your arms you pull the
shoulders forward, flatten the chest
and impair deep breathing. The posi-
lion you hold your body in most of the
time soon becomes its natural position
Continually folding your arms across
the chest will develop Il fiat chest and
a round back just us many another
bad habit works harm.
Here are a few hints which you
would do well TO make habits: Keep
the back of the neck close to the back
of the collar at all possible times. Al
ways carry the chest farther to the
front than any other part of the an
terror body Draw the abdomen up
and down hundred times each day.
= -------' a--F1a ls.-> eaoh d,y
Take dozen deep slow breathS GOH-
en- times each day. To do these eX-
ercises properly dress loosely. You
can not do them properly otherwise
Answers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE.
Too Many Women Garry the Heavy Load
of Kidney Sickness.

Mrs. E. W. Wright, Of 172 Main
Street Haverbill, Mass, says: In
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
UNscoNcIoUS POISONING.
How 1t Often Happens From Coffee!

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81 had no idea," writes Duluth
man, that it was the coffee had been
drinking all my life that was RESPONSE
BILE for the headaches. which were
growing upon me, for the dyspepsia
that no medicines would relieve, and
for the acute nervousness which un-
fitted me not only for work but also
for the most ordinary socia! functions.
"But at last the truth dawned upon
me, forthwith bade the harmful bev-
erage a prompt farewell, ordered in
some Postum and began to use it. The
good effects of the new food drink We're
apparent within a very few days. My
headaches grew less frequent, and de-
creased in violence. my stomach grew
strong and able to digest my food with
out distress of any kind, my nervous
ness has gone and | am able to enjoy
life with my neighbOrs and sleep sound
" o'nights. My physical strength and
nerve power have increased so much
that can do double the work l used
to do, and l feel no undue fatigue af-
forwards.
"'rhis improvement set in just as
soon as the old coffee poison had so
worked out of my system as to allow
the food elements in the Postum to get
hold to build me up again. l cheer
fully testify that it was Postum and
Postum alone that did all this, for
when 1 began to drink It l threw
physic to the dogs" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the famous
little book, THE Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves OF
the body. Personal experience with
thousands prove the general statement
true, and physicians have records OF
great numbers of cases that add to the
testimony.
The following is from the Rockford
ILL.,, Register-GaZette:
DR.. William LanghOrst, of Aurora
has been treating one of the queerest
cases OF lost eyesight ever in history.
The patient is o. A. Leach, Of Beach
County, and In the last four months he
has G9ctored with all Of the specialists
about the country, and has at last re-
turned home with the fact impressed
on his mind that his case is incurable.
A portion of the optic nerve has been
ruined. rendering his sight so limited
that he is unable to see anything be
fore him, but he can see plainly any
thing at the side Of him. There have
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
story TeIIers.

The American truth-teller was in
form.
Talking of ants" he said, we've
got 'em as big as crabs out West.
guess I've seen 'em fight with long
thorns, which they used as lances
charging each other like savages."
"They don't compare to the ants
saw in the East" said an inoffensiVe
individual near by, THE natives have
trained them as beasts of burden
One Of 'em could trail a ton load for
miles with ease. They worked will
ingly, but occasionally they turneed
on their attendants and killed them
But this was drawing the long bow
a little too far.
Il say, old chap" said shocked
voice from the corner, what sort Of
ants were they?"
Elephants" said the quiet man.
Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Ennllsh as She Is Wrote.

There has recently been an out
burst of English signboards on the
outside of shops in Japan. These
signboards manifest laudable desire
to cater for the needs of English
travellers, but the method Of oHpros-
sion is curious:
Barber to Shave Beard or to Dress
Hairs Away" appears several times,
the hair cutters being apparently in.
debted to a public translator for the
rendering.
The Genuinely Bier by the Health
for Drink
"Of Smokes Our Tobacco Is Pres
sure to Our Tongue and Give the
Healthiness to Hers and Hes. Also
All People by It,"
Another sign is an odd blend of
English and Japanese:
"Cowmeat and Pigmeat and Ra.
mune SCUBA Sacupre Tin Sinbiya jim
jyael."
The latter, being interpreted, is:
Beef and Pork and Lemon Soda,
Sarsaparilla, Ginger Beer and Ginger
Ale."-Chicago Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Handsome Pete Becker

The Hon, p, A. Becker was an Enid
visitor Monday en- route to Western
Oklahoma, where he goes to attend
to Bull Tick business. Col. Pete says
there is no place like home, and all
is well that ends we'll Peter enjoys
life, laughs much, and eschews "look-
ing wise" He says that these wise
looking marks seldom pan out; that
the wises of things he knows of is the
Poohadaption burro. and that In reali-
ty is the most ignorant of boss flesh,
Pete was as jolly as ever, and just
as good looking. He always has sew
eral Enid maids going sideways.
Somebody has mentioned Pete for
senator after Statehood, but he re-
fuses to discuss it-merely cusses it.
Pete is a good Indian.-Enid, Okla,
Events.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
A POLAR BEAR
Biography of One White Bruin of the
Northern Regions.

Northern Regions.
amid TINS teeming life, which the
returning sun had brought back to the
Ice fields, the old she-bear, with her
cub close at her heels, moved craftlly.
She lurked behind piled-up Ice cakes,
crept from shelter to shelter, and
moved as nOiselessly us wrath of
snow on the hair-tufted pads of her
great feet. Sometimes her tirelesG
hunting was promptly rewarded, par
ticularly when some inexperienced seal
had been foolish enough to lie basking
close beside an ice-cake large enough
to give cover to the summing hunter.
Sometimes her sudden rush would take
unawares a fulfilled gannet half doing
on a rocky ledge. Sometimes a light
ming plunge and sweep of her armed
paw would land cleaning fish upon
the ice, pleasant variation to the diet
of red-blOoded seal meat.
But not always, by any means, was
fOraging matter so simple. The
supply-her own, and that of the Wig
orous youngster beside her, who kept
draining unremittingly at her sources
of vitality and strength Sometimes
the seals were unusually alert and shy,
the birds vituperative and restless, and
the fish obstinate in their preference
for the waters far off shore. At such
times, If there were no greenlng hol-
lows near by, where she might make
bloodless banquet, the old bear would
call to her aid those great powers OF
swimming, which made her almost as
much at home in the water as the seal
itself. Marking group Of seals at
rest by the edge of some far-jutting,
naked ice field, where there was no
possibility of her creeping upon them
unobserved, she would slip into the
water in the seclusion of some little
cove. and swim straight seaward,
| swimming so low that only the tip OF
her nozzle was to be seen.
This moving speck upon the waters
was not conspicuous even to the keen
est and most suspicious eyes. 1t might
pass for a fragment Of ice with sea
weed frozen into 1t, or for Dit OF
floating moss, save for the fact that II
moved steadily through the dancing
of the waves, paying no heed to tide
or wind. AS the seals We're not ex'
pecting danger from the direction OF
the sea they were not inclined to scru'
tinize a thing so insignificant as that
| steadily moving speck among the
waves. Arriving within well-calculat
ed distance of the unsuspecting bask
ers on the ice field, the old bear would
fill her lungs, sink beneath the surface
and swim forward with all speed. Al
the very edge of the ice she would
rise up, lunge forward, and strike
down with her paw the nearest seal
before any of them had time to realize
the direction from which death haC
burst upon them.-MetrOpQlitan Maya
zine
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20

been but few cases OF its kind be-
fore, and they have been caused by
whisky or tobacco. Leach has never
used either, but has been a great cOf-
fee drinker, and the specialists have
decided that the case has been caused
by this. Leach stated himself that Tor
several years he had drank three cups
Of coffee for breakfast, two at noon
and one at night. According to the
records Of the specialists of this coun-
try this is the first case ever caused
by the use of coffee.
The nerve is ruined beyond aid ana
his case = incurable. The fact that
makes the case queer one is that the
sight forward has been lost anc the
side sight has been retained. Accord
ing to the doctors statement the young
man will have 10 give up coffee or the
rest of his sight will follow and the
entire nerve be ruined.-Re0fsteT Ga
sefte.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
LIVES BY RAISING WORMS.
Patrons Are Song Bird Lovers All
Over the Country.

Patrons Are Song Bird Lovers All
over the Country.
There is a prosperous old German
In East Fifteenth street who has ere
ated for himself a unique calling
that of worm farming. The common
or garden variety of worm holds small
attraction to any one except the small
boy with the fishing rod, or the early
bird, but this worm cultivator has a
business that nets him nearly $40
a day all the year around.
His customers are bird lovers, and
to them he sells yearly over 100000
wrigglers which are reputed to give
splendid singing voices to nightin-
gales, hooking birds, larks and other
song birds. Strange to say, canaries
refuse to eat these meal worms. ac-
cording to their cultivatOr, whether
from daintiness or inherited apathy
he does not venture to guess.
1t is claimed by bird fanciers that
these succulent worms will strengthen
and sweeteh the song birds voice,
and give him pretty plumage and
new interest in life. This trade con.
tention is backed up by the fact that
many geological gardens throughout
the United States and Canada are
steady customers of this old German,
whose original stock of wrigglers
were imported from Germany in his
baggage when he came to this coun-
try.
After taking the caller through the
large dark cellar where the meal
worms" were undergoing the stages
OF egg, slug and lively worm, the own
er was considerably surprised that his
unique business should attract atten-
ton, because he said the merit OF
the meal worm had long been recog-
nized in Germany among bird lovers,
and he had learned their cultivation
there. The wrigglers are confined in
large boxes, which are not over
burdened with mother earth.
Frequently" said the worm cultiva-
tor, pointing to his charges with
visible pride, Il send away by express
5000 of those fat boys in a patent
box of my own invention, packed in
broken bread and bran. My regular
customers-private families through
out the North and West-receive their
pets food by mail, and many of Uncle
Sans y, .s letter f GaagyyieFf would be greatly
the innocent packages they handle
are full of wriggling worms.
Il am not the only man in the bust
ness. There is a big dealer in West
Snnnarville MaSS"--NeW York Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Autho IS Two Sides.

Most of us mean to be acquainted
with the great writer's of the English
language, at least, and 1t is only fair
to them and to ourselves to begin our
acquaintance as pleasantly as posi-
BILE. For that reason 1t is wise to ask
advice of some older person who is
fond of the author we mean to read,
Often an author will have written in
several differing styles. Some writ
ings we may exc; others may offend
us, and prevent us from inquiring fur
Their.
No author has written always we'll;
and there Is trash published under all
great names.-St. Nicholas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
snunrs Trunks in Vogue.

The current popular demand TOT
souare-top trunks owes its origin 10
Thesplan preference. When this shape
was first introduced, the only market
worth while was found among theatri-
cal folk. A metropolitan manufactures
Is authority for the statement that
Handicapped trunks are to-day being
relegated to the bargain sales.
Everybody seems TO want this
souare style Of lid nowI' said the man
ufacturer. t'No. don't suppose it's be-
cause the square effect bears the actor
Endorsement. The widespread call 10
most likely owing to the fact that the
capacity of the square tsunk Is great
err, notwithstanding that the cuDic
measurement of the round make may
be larger."-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Uatarrn that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trRusac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST h TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDINa, KINNAN d MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls CRtarrh 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, 1906-01-20
Sympathetic.

All druggists. Sc. per box. or by mail
upon receipt O. price. Stamps accepted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
The Money.Lenders.

1nere are many examples of Lord
Palmerstons ready W., in Sir M. f..
Grant Duff's recent book, Notes From
a Diary"
In debate about the Jews an ora
tor rather bored the house ny enumer.
ating many of the tm.ngs which the
English owed to Hebrew initiative.
Lord Palmerston in reply gave the
discussion a sprightlier turn.
II quite agree with the honorable
gentleman" he remarked, MANY of
us owe q great deal to the Jews"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
LOST EYESICHT
Through Coffee Drinking.

Let It he remembered that the eyes
NAV he attacked i'll one case and the
stomach in another. while in others It
may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gen.
pral nervous proslratlOn. The remecA
Is Oh 'iGIs ana SHOULD be adopted be-
fore too la e.
Quit coffee II you snow incipient
disease
1t is easy If one can have welI-boiled
Postum Food Coffee TO serve for the
hot morning beverage. The withdraw
at OF the old 5ind OF coffee that lS
doing he harm and the supply OF the
elements in the Postum. which Nature
uses to rebuild the broken Gown nerve
cells, insures qIick return to the old
joy of strength and health, and It's
we'll worth willie to b. able again TO
do things" and feel well. There'S a
reason for
POSTUM
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Candid.

Candid.
cannot sing the old songs now
That oft OF yore Id chant:
And all who ever heard me sing
Thank heaven that | can't.
San Francisco Call.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Just a slight jolt.

Miss Cutting" Some men are as easy
TO read as a book"
Sapleigh-"Yaws, pwesume so. But
can you--aw--wead me that way?"
Miss Cutting-"Of course not read
you like paragraph. "-Columbu Dis
patch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Conservative But Enicient.

"What did you do about those colon
izers that conspired to corrupt the bal
lot of Crimson Gulch"
we nelu 'em till the census could hH
took" answered Piute Pete; IAN then
turned 'em over to the law and rider
committee. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
The Point of View.

Henry; If were a young man ike
you aud Expected to have to make my
own way in the world some day l
should fry to make my expenses come
within, my income"
Father If were as rich as you are
and had only one son I'd try to bring
his income up to his expenseS"-Cht
cagO Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
Careful GIrlie.

These newspaper statements thai L
only knew my husband for one day
before our marriage are all nonsense
declared the heroine OF the latest sensa-
tional elOpement.
Then you really knew him longer"
why, of course. knew him two
weeks"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
TERRIBLE SCALP HUMOR.
Head Covered With HumOr Sores, with
Loss of Hair-AnOther Speedy Cure
,-L by CutIcuIa Remedies

III ny life had been troubled more
- 70, with humor in my scalp, but about
Was VI q ,ako it became worse. and my scalp
itched SO it nearly mod d,'e sore, sores which
hair also began to get dry ana s ssS~y my
tried all kinds of hair restorers with no
effect, and was nearly discouraged, but
one day l was reading in paper what
the Cuticura Remedies had done for scalp
Diseases, and decided to make trra,.-
got cake or CutIcu',-- hoy os Ca
ticura Ointment and Cuticura Resoivent
Pills. l used them according to dfrec.
tions, and soon noticed a difference; the
tiny sores on my scalp began to heal, the
itching stopped, and my hair began to
grow thick. l have used only the one
cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of ONT
ment and one vial of Pills. and now L
hsv-o no huEnor on my scalp and my hair
is soft and silky. Miss Maybe G. Atkins,
Box 80, East Orleans, Mass, Mar. 10,
1Qn5
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
STOPS BE, CHING!
Cures Usd Rreath-P0SItlVe and Tnatant
Cure Frse--No Drugs-Cures
nv Aba0rDtIOu
4 sweet breath |. nriceless.

A sweet breath IL priceless.
MulPs Anti.Relch Waters viii cnre bad
breath and had taste ipslartsy. Fetching
and bad taste indicate offensive breath,
which IS due n stomach trouble.
Mull'a Arti-Belch Waters purify the
stomach and ston belching, nv absorbing
foul gases thar arise from undigested food,
and Nv sunplving the digestive organs with
natural solvents for food
Thew relieve sea or car sickness and
nausea Of any kind
Thev quickly cure headache. correct the
III effect Of excessive eating or drinking.
They will destroy n tobacco, whisky or
onion breath instantly.
They stop fermentation in the stomach,
acute Indigestion. era nons. cnNrc. gas IN the
stomach and iItestirrs. dstended Nh.
domen. heartburn. bad complexion. dizzy
spells or any other affection arising from
a diseased stomach.
Wo know Mnlps Arti.Ralch Waters will
do this, and we want YOU TO know it. This
offer may not appear again,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20

were so distressing dreaded their
approach, This was my condition for
four years, Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me right away when 1 began
with them, and three boxes cured
me permanently
Sold by all dealers. % cents q boz.
Foster Mllburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-20
strongly recommended.

"And what recommendations has this
man whom you are pushing so vigor-
ously for the presidency of our insur-
ance company"
''He is an unmarried orphan with no
brothers or sisters. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.