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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
A Real Sucker,

An illustration of the difficulty OF
making a practical machine in which
She Coy eminent is vitality interested
Is the postage stamp sticking ma
chine. According to Machinery there
fs no practical machine for sticking
postage stamps on letters, although
the demand for such a machine is
considerable. The difficulty OF the
problMr0 lies in the fact that postage
stamps come in sheets gummed and
perforated. "A stamp sticking ma
chine should, of course, have the
stamps printed in strips which should
not lie perforated. but should be
slightly notched on each side at the
functions of adjacent stamps. With
the stamps prepared in this manner,
the problem of a successful sticking
machine becomes a comparatively
Simple one, but where the invention
is res:r lcted to the use of stamps in
the present form the difficulties are
so great as to make the scheme in ALI
probability impractical. To get the
Government officials to print stamps
in strips and supply them rolled
ready for use in such a machine,
would require great political and
business influence and pressure, and
is something that would certainly
cause II very great scandal on account
Of appearing to favor a patented de-
vice which must necessarily be q
onopoIy.-Sctentific American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Earnings of NoveIists.

Authors earn much less in France
than in England. The late Sir Walter
Besant ten years ago estimated that
there were fifty novelists in England
who earned upward Of a thousand a
year. There are now probably nearer
a hundred and fifty; while in France
there are almost certainly not more
than fifty who make a living at all.
An English novelist Of standing will
receive eighteen pence on every copy
of book sold Some noyelists receive
two shillings. Emile lola, who touch
ed high water mark in France, got a
franc, which is rather less then ten
pence. Seven pence half penny is con-
sidered excellent pay, and fourpence
and f1vepence are common.-T. P.'s
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
No Reward Offered.

"Have you lost anything, MADAME"
asked the polite fioorwalker of the
square-jawed, austere-looldng shopper
who stood before the '1ost-and-found"
window of the large department store.
Eyes, sir" she replied, 1--WE lost
ia pounds Of husband, in light
brown suit, with black derby hat,
small tuft Of hair on it's chin and a
frightened look. l lost it in a crush
at the fancy goods counter. It's prob
ably wandering through the building
in search of me, and 1 thought per-
haps you could find it easier than 1
can. want it on account of bun
die it is carrying under its arm. =
Woman's Home Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Amusing the Baby.

Roscoe G. Sutcliffe, who has fought
child-labor SO successfully for sixteen
years, said recently in Dallas:
These employers of child-labor
Seem to me to be lunatics. They fat
ten on tender little children, working
them eleven or twelve hoQTs a day,
stunning alike their bodies and their
minds; yet in zine cases out Of ten
they are pious, chlrch-going people,
and they assure you calmly that their
work benefits and gladdens the chill
dren instead of harming and sadden-
ing them.
"They reml4d one in their perfect
assurance of ray wife's niece, a child
of nine.
my wifels niece was once left ~.
charge Of her baby brother for some
hours.
when tbs mother reSGYEed home,
the first SCUM she herd was the loud
yelling and Sgualling of the baby.
She ran upstairs at once.
what is the baby crying for?'
she said.
And the baby's Juvenile monitress
answered calmly:
He's cross with me, mamma.
was trying to make him smile with
the glove stretcher.'"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
WHITE BREAD
Makes Trouble For People With
Weak Intestinal Digestion.

A lady in Wis. town employed a
physician, who instructed her not to
eat white bread for two years. She
tells the details of her sickness, and
she certainly was sick woman.
I'm the year 1887 gave out from
over work, and until 1901 1 remained
an invalid in bed q great part of the
time. Had different doctors, but
nothing seemed to help. l suffered
from csrebro-spinal congestion, fe-
male trouble and serious stomach
and bowel trouble. My husband
called new doctor, and after having
gone without any food for 10 days
tho doctor ordered Grape-Nuts for
me. / could eat the new food from
the very first mouthful. The doctor
kept me on Grape-Nuts, and the only
medicine was little glycerine to heal
the aIimentary canal.
when was up again doctor told
me to eat Grap3-Nuts twice a day and
no white bread for two years. l got
we'll in good time, and have gained
in strength so can do my own work
again.
My brain has been helped so
much, and know that the Grape
Nuts food did this, too l found
had been made III because I was not
fed right, that is, did not properly
digest white bread and some other
food I tried to live on.
II have never been without Grape
Nuts food since and eat It every day
You may publish this letter If you
like, so it will help some one else. Z"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Get the little book,
1.-THE Road to Wollville," in pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
The Solar system.

In all the heavens, with the eXcsp'
tlons of passing meteors or meteor
ties, not one body occupies position
closer to tho earth than the moon,
which is some 100000 miles away
very far, ef course, side by side with
any earthly distance, but a mere
fraction side by side with other as"
Economical distances.
Next to the moon our nearest occas
Bional neighbor is Venus, and then
Mars. Both Venus and Mars, how
ever, are often farther away from us
than the sun, which remains always
at somewhere about the same dis
lance, roughly at from 100000
TO 100000 miles.
This dividing space between sun
Rna earth is of great Importance in
thinking about the stars, and 1t
should be clearly impre ssed upon the
mind. Next to the sun in point OF
nearness come the more distant plan
ets-Jupiter, which is about five
times as far from the sun as our earth
ls; Saturn, near twice as far as Jupi-
ter; Uranus, nearly twice as far as
Saturn, and Neptune, nearly three
times as far as Saturn. All these
planets belong to our sun, all GRE
members of his family, all are part
Of the solar system. The size of the
solar system as a whole, consisting
thus of the sun and his planets, in
Gluding our earth, may be fairly well
grasped by anyone taking the trouble
to master two simple facts, They arc
these, that our earth is roughly about
100000 miles away from the sun,
and that Neptune, the outermost
planet OF the solar system, is nearly
thirty times as far distant from the
lun as our earth is.-Chambo
Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

M. Chasless, one of the most erudite
scientists in France, spent in the course
of few years $4,000 upon the pur-
chase of autographs from the notori-
GUS forger, Vrain-Lucas. Amnog the
collection were the false signatures Of
Pascal; Newton, Calico, Henry w., and
Francis l.
The acceptance of these emboldened
the rogue, who next supplied autograph
letters of Charlemange, of Vercingeto-
rix, of Pythagoras, of Archimeies, of
Cleopatra.
At none of these did the savant bog.
gle, and the next batch contained, in
all reverence, be it repeated, letters
purporting to have been written by
Lazarus, by Mary Magdalene and by
the Saviour
Calico was represented to have
written letter speaking of a planet
which was not discovered until 141
years later; Vercingetorix wrote, in
modern French, pass for Emperor Ju-
Illus Caesar! And the possessor OF
these precious relics died believing
Them authentic. New York News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
FARM LANDS GOING UP.
Some Have Increased in Value 4s
Per Cent. in Six Yeara.

Farm lands in the United States
nave risen In yalue more than 90 per
cent since 1900. This is the average
rise for the whole country says The
New York Sun.
In the South Central States the in.
crease has been 40 percent, in the
Western States 40 percent, in the
South Atlantic States SO percent
and in the North Atlantic States 10
percent.
Cotton land showed the greatest
increase, amounting to 4S percent.
Hay and grain land advanced 80 per-
cent and stock farms "a percent.
The Department of Agriculture
gives the following reasons for the
increase:
Rural free delivery, electric rail
ways and good roads.
The movement of townspeople to
the country.
The pressure Of population and the
scarcity of free land.
Better and cheaper transportation
and market facilities.
Better cultural methods, resulting
in improvement of the soil itself, by
draining, fencing, better fertilization,
ctr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Another Boss Out.

That there is startling difference be-
tween the temper Of the rising genera
ton and that of the youth whose young
ideas shot up according to the teach
ings of Mrs. Hannah More and San
ford and Merton has recently been
proved by little 7-year-old girl, who
was laboriously spelling her way
through reading lesson.
Always speak the TRUTH" she said,
land obey your parents
BE gentle and quiet. Never slam
the door and shout and scream about
the house
cat the table eat slowly; not in a
greedy manner like a pig"
Suddenly the little girl shut the
book with portentous bang and an
nounced with firmness and decision:
Pm not going to let any old third
reader boss me like thatW-Rocheste
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
THE TRUST IN GERMANY.
Is Called the Kartell and Limits Pro-
duction.

duetlon.
The American peril for the German
Is best represented by our trust, and
Germany is discussing means for
transforming her kartells, or pooled
industries, into economic fighting ma
chimes represented by our perfected
mergers.
The kartell does two things; 1t ad
iusts production and consumption and
regulates prices in proportion to cost,
thereby placing the industries on u
firmer basis, and assuring to the
worklngmen steady remunerative
work; and, secondly, 1t allows indus
tries to peaeeably divide the foreign
markets.
1t represents combination OF en-
terprises OF the same industry that
forms agreements as to price, mar
kets, output, etc, being, therefore not
a concentration, but coalition of In
dustries, The fundamental difference
between the German kartell and the
American Trust lies in the fact that
the trust manages and directs all its
factories and plants from one central
place, while the establishments form
ing the kartell are bound by agree
ment to observe a certain standard
only in regard to some branches OF
their enterprise, otherwise carrying on
their work independently.
The kartell Is at a disadvantage in
the fight with the trusts because 1t
does not, like the trust, Conduce to
the cheapening of goods or to the en-
largement of markets, but tends to
restrict output and keep up prices,
with the view Of BETTING manufac-
turers rather than the public. The
result is that the standard of produc-
ton does not rise.
Under the kartell wages have a
tendency to drop, and employees are
thrown periodically out of work when
the plants shut down in dull times to
stop oVer-production.
The great advantage Of the trust
over the kartell is that 1t diffuses its
stock among the public, and corpora
tions have encouraged employees to
buy their stock.-Philadelp Rec
ord
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Golden Prime of the Buffalo.

The total area inhabited by the buff
falo is about 100000 square miles.
OF this the open plains were one-half.
According to figures supplied me by
A. F. Potter of the forest service, the
ranges of the Dakotas, Montana, wy
oming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Texas and Oklahoma Ga total of
about 100000 square miles, or half of
the plains) were, according to the
census of 1900, carrying 24,0OO,OOO
head of cattle and horses and about
100000 head of sheep. This means
that when fully stocked they might
sustain a number of buffalo at least
equal to the number of cattle and
horses. The buffalo had to divide
their heritage with numerous herds
of mustangs, antelope and wapiti; on
the other hand, buffalo could find a
living where a range animal would
starve, many of the richest bottom
lands are now fenced in, and we have
taken no account of the 100000
sheep. Therefore we are safe in plac-
ing at 100000 the buffalo formerly
living on the entire plains area
Scribners Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Don't slde-Linc Your Pigs.

/ know a farmer who formerly re-
garded his hogs as side line to his
business OF grain growing. He
raised number every year, but they
were very scrubby stock; yet he al
ways looked to his hog money for
taxes, insurance, fence repairs, ETC.,
says Farm and Fireside. An old
schoolmate called on him one day,
and in one OF their chats he pointed
out to him how he was losing money
in raising such a poor quality of
hogs. He told him he would not
have a meat animal on his farm that
was not of the best quality. They
looked well and sold wen when
young, and invariably topped the
market when matured. He advised
him to sell off all his scrub stock
and buy three or four first-class
young sows and raise pigs he would
be proud of. He said: on'tsside-
line your pigs any more, but make
them leading product Of the highest
quality, and they will make you a
greater profit than the best crops of
grain you grow" This farmer dates
the beginning of his prosperity from
the visit of that old schoolmate..
When he obtained fine stock he i'm
mediately set about providing 1t with
the most comfortable quarters and
giving it the best care, and the re-
suits can easily be guessed. AS |
have said before: One who has a
small sum lying idle usually can find
place on the farm where it can be
employed to good advantage-where
it will earn much more than three to
five per cent. interest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

Thero has hesn a carriage accident
and you were stunned. You must not
talk yeti
The troubled eyes Of the injured
young woman searched the room
from end to end, then rested on Mrs.
Drummond'l kindly face as a feeble
hand was held out to her.
my husband?" she asked.
Mrs. Drummond had taken her
hand, and she still held 1t as she re-
piled. but in a trembling voice:
my dear, the doctor says you are
t9) weak to be told the TRUTH and
that 1t would kill you. Heaven help
you, for can't! !, too, am a widow"
There! She had done 1t, or bet
ter or for worse, and she was pre-
pared for the worst. But, to her
amazement, a strange ring came into
the Others voice, as she started p 4
bed, and cried:
Tell me again, and tell mo plainly
is he dead?"
Eyes. my dear, am sorry to say
he is"
Sorry! All, you don't know"
She lay back, r'umuring Dear
father!" and, liter long .lence, she
turned 10 Mrs. Drummond
You have beeN very good to me-"
sne said, "and | am afraid that
have only paired you by my want OF
feeling"
mo, my dear-nothing of the
kind!" q! rs. D.; mmond int. rupted,
"You will understand it better
when l have to-l you my w"etched
story" the othVr went on. my
father had got into financial di,l-
cultieg, and one man had it in his
Tower to ruin him. This man told
me ono day thai, If in twent"- '','r
hours l did not promise to marry
him, he would do so. He was coarse
and brutal, but to save my father
did marry him three months .go. 1t
sounds wrong to speak so OF tho
dead, but ha~, suffered horribly.
My lIfe-sacrifice was in vain. He
laughed at me VIII en- I reminded him
Of ms r"omise. 7 never before knew
tnat any one could be so treaCherous
ard vile. Tot bo had forced me
to so with him to see him turn my
father out of his old home. We had
missed the train at Charlton, and
were driving to Hazeldell, to go by
another route, when this acciuent
happened. Oh, il I had seen him n
the room when recovered, OF if you
had told NJ that he was waiting for
me downstairs, l do belize it would
have KILLED mel"
Tho truthful widow" had dis
tinctlY scored for once.
Whom the r--'-" .-.. she
had a good deal to say to hinI, and
she said it.-New York Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
How TO BE n Chauffeur.

If you have low front veranda
to your home or boarding house.
crawl under it, after first saturatiAg
the floor above with gasolene and
other greasy and ill-smelling SUBJ
stances that will leak through on to
your face. Lie on your back under
the floor where it leaks, and try to
trim your finger nails with dun
monkey wrench, swearing loudly all
the while. When you get out, go to
the police station and pay a fine.
This procedure, accompanied by the
wearing of pair of fierce goggles,
will make you feel like the real thing.
Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Owen rMR WEARS AWAY.


30 dear farm, q lost farm, ~
y fields that face the sea
d garden old, where the children strolld,
In the likeness of you and me,
How tho dreams call'd, and the lanes
calI'd,
Till our feet must needs obey,
Over the reckoning roads, dear,
Over the long gray roads, dear,
Over the roads away.
20 sweetheart, . sLrongheart,
y dearest of all to me!
Onr past is dead, our dreams are fled,
We stroll by vaser sea;
But the storms call and the waves call,
And we dare not say them nay,
Over the years we fare, love,
Over the lands of care. love,
Over the years away"
Frederic Lawrence Knowles, in the
Waterman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Utilizing All Eond.

All animals on the farm prefer
foods that may not be relished by
some others. The farmer should
take advantage of this fact and util-
lie all the materials that Nigh be
wasted IL there were some animals
that would accept them. A judicious
use of the feed cutter, mixing little
bran or meal with the food, and
tempting the animal with a variety.
will render serviceable even such
foods as wheat straw and corn fod-
der. There are several modes of
serving corn fodder that will make 1t
acceptable to dainty animals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Courteous to the Last.

yes" said the warden, "he was the
coolest and most thoughtful convict
who ever broke jail"
you don't say!" exclaimed the Wis
itor.
Eyes, he left behind him a note to
the governor OF the state beginning: 4
hope you will pardon me for the lib
erty I'm taking catholic Standard
and Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

bylocal applications as theycannot reach tho
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tuUional remedies. Deafness is caused byan
infamed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or impe1-
feet hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the intiam-
NATION can be taken cut and this tube re-
stored 60 It's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused bycatarrn, which, nothingbutan
Unnamed condition or the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeaTness Caused bycatarrh) chat can
not be curedbyHalls Catarrh Cure. Send TO-
circulars free. FL. CHENEY g Co., Toledo,O.
Sold by Druggists, &c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Study In VernaouIar

"HullO!
"Hullo! Ooozat"
"Smee-Mayme. Thatchoo, Moll?"
"Yeh, 'tsmee. Wotsup, Mayme?"
"Saymoll, nwajja mean b'tellingfan-
bout-can yeer me, Moll?"
"Yeh, l herja. Telliner wot?"
"Core shoe dunnol"
"Core 81 don't. Oozzbinstufin yur?''
''Nunna yerbiz. Betchacant guess
90"
"Bettacan! Fantole-"
"Awgit out! Haintseenersince-"
"Yesh av! Yoon her wuz-"
Jaw frezzin sake canchoo lemmy-''
LOCKER, Wayne! Owbout Billan
you cumminover-"
"Nuthindoon Gee, 1 gottastoppen
gobackstore! Goo by"
Autobiography. "-Chicago Trib-
une.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
Music I'm the Morkhonse.

The Isle of Wight Worlshouse now
boasts an official harpist. Her du-
ties are to tighten the dull hours OF
the inmates of the imbecile wardo
with solos on the harp and piano
The appointment was made by the
guardians on the recommendation of
the Lunacy Commissioners, and an
elderly woman named Grace has been
selected for the post. Grace pos
sesses her own harp and piano
London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

when everything was a blur before
me. The passages of the kidney Sc
cretions were irregular and painful,
and there was considerable sediment
and odor. don't know what would
have done but for Doan's Kidney
Pills. 1 could see an improvement
from the first box, and FIVE boxes
brought final cure"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
No Evtra CHARGE for the MarIks.

An American travelling through the
Ardennes stopped for cup of coffee at
a remote inn. Sugar was not forth
coming and the waitress begged the
traveller to be good enough to wait
until the party at the next table had
finished their game of dominoes, for
which the Jumps of sugar, duly marked
with pencil from l to double 6, were
serving City Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
FARM AND HOME.
Keeping Cattle broom Choking.

Keeping Cattle From Choking.
To keep a cow from choking when
eating potatoes and apples, which
you wish TO feed, tie a rope around
the horns and to the foot to keep
her from raising her head above
level; or. IL in stable, fasten a block
across the stanchion for the same
purpose.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

Width of the Old Via saIaria, Rome.
While making a new bridge on the
Via Salaria, on the Rome side of
Castel Giubilea, number of blocks of
the ancient road were discovered in
stu, from which it has been possible
to ascertain that the road was nearly
16 feet wide.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

81 was so weak
ened and general
ly run down with
kid ey disease
that for a long
time / could not
do my work and
was five weeks in
bed. There was
continual bearing
down pain, terri
Bile backache s,
headaches and at
times dizzy spells
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

A new fertilizer made in Norway
from the nitrogen in the atmosphere
is said to be very nearly as good for
plants as Chile saltpeter while its
cost is lower.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

The first melodrama was produced at
the Covent Garden theatre on Novem-
Der IA, 1902, and was called "The Tale
Of Mystery"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26
nYellnwsn Ave, Fading.

The yellow papers are fading, an
exchange asserts. The color proved
not to be fast. on paper. 1t is a
question, however, whether the
bleached yellow is more agreeable
than the vivid original color, which
was fresh, il disagreeab1e. Now it is
as disagreeable as ever, out is stale.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-01-26

Birds, when perched on trees or
bushes, are natural weathercocks, as;
they invariably roost with their
heads to the wind.