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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
NEW LAW WILL
PROTECT TIMBER.
Louisiana Would Prevent Cutting
Of Trees Less Than Twelve
Inches In Diameter.

II the Legislature Of Louisiana
passes the forestry law proposed by
the Governor of that State, and said
to have the support of the largest tim
Der owners, 1t will be the most adj
vanced step yet taken by any State
to regulate timber cutting on private
lands.
BY the terms of the proposed
statute, the cutting of trees under
twelve inches in diameter, four feet
from the ground, will not be per-
mitted. The law does not apply to
those who In good faith wish to clear
the land for agricultural purposes,
or who need the timber on the
ground for roads or bitches, or in the
case of an owner or tenant who uses
the wood for domestic purposes.
The lumberman will be required to
fell his trees In way to cause the
least damage to young timber, and the
refuse must not be left where its
presence will invite fire or otherwise
endanger the small trees. The PEN
atty provided for violations of the
proposed law is a fine of $25 to 500
for each offense, and Imprisonment
may be added. Each tree wrongfully
cut will constitute separate offense.
The proposed law not only delimits
offenses and names penalties, but also
sets forth the reasons why such law
is thought advisable.
Timber is becoming scarce, 1t says,
and ought not to be needlessly vast
ed. Forest destruction will carry
with 1t other evils besides dearth of
wood. 1t will cause destruction, soil
erosion and increase foods and
droughts. to the damage Of the whole
people. The forests ought not be
wholly cut down, the proposed law
further says, because they assist in
obstructing' disastrous tornadoes.
The Supreme Court Of Maine re-
Gently ruled that that State may law
fully restrict the clearing Of privately
owned forest land II the public would
be injured by such clearing. Louis
iana's proposed law goes still further
In the same direction and follows the.
lines of the opinion rendered by the
Maine Supreme Court. 1t is worthy
OF note that the two States which are
FIRST to take this advanced stand in
forest protection are 1900 miles apart
and have forests not at all alike in
character, different soils, climates
with few points in common, crops Of
wholly different kinds, geography and
topography of opposite extremes, yet
each realizes the immense Importance
OF its forests and how essential their
protection is to the continued pros
perity Of its people.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

bylocalapplicatjons as theycannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies Deafness is caused byan
infiamed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in
famed youha q rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
recaused bycatarrh, which is nothingbutan
intlamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeafness (caused bycatarrh) that can.
not be cursdby Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars free. FL CHENEY & Co., Toledo,O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Asked and Answered.

Miss Mary Gawthorpe, the suffra-
gette who so completely turned the
tables on an interrupter who, in
clumsy attempt at ridicule, asker her,
Don't you wish you were MANI" by
replying, mo; do you?" has added to
her laurels.
Don't you think mothers should
stay at home with their children"
asked callow youth. eager to score
off a well-known married suffragette
who had just spoken.
Miss Gawthorpe reflected for a sec
ond.
We'll" she said, her voice taking
an earnest. intimate note, II don't
know about that; but do think chill
dren should stay at home with their
mothers. London Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Sugar as a Disinfectant.

Professor Trilbert, of the Pasteur
Institute at Paris, has demonstrated
recently that burning sugar develops
formic acetylene-hydrogen, one of the
most powerful antiseptic gases
known. Five grams OF sugar (77.16
grains) were burned under a glass
bell holding ten quarts. After the
vapor had cooled bacilli of typhus,
tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, etc.,
were placed in the bell in open glass
tubes, and within half an hour all
the microbes were dead.
II sugar is burned in a closed yes.
sci containing purified meat or the
contents of rotten eggs, the offensive
odor disappears at once. The popular
faith in the disinfecting qualities of
burned sugar appears, therefore, well
founded New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Passing of the TurkeY.

OF late years turkeys have been al
most a minus quantity in this part of
Ohio. While driving through the
country focks of turkeys might be
seen ON every farm not so many years
ago, but now the bird has almost en-
tirely disappeared. Wild turkeys
were once very numerous here and
quite hardy, but It seems they cannot
bear domestication and are heirs to
many diseases. Black head, cholera,
rheumatism, bowel trouble and many
other diseases have made turkey rails
ing a pTecarious business. Some
would-be turkey raisers make the
mistake of selling the old turkey
hens. These should be kept, for the
older they are, the more sense they
have. Old turkey hens may be kept
for ten years.
If healthy birds can be obtained
the owner may reasonably expect fair
returns for the time and money ex-
pended, but many of the birds are UNI
healthy, and If they or their eggs
are bought the little turkeys are
weak and diseased from birth. Some
times the flock is all right till half
grown, when one by one they droop
and die, and this is more discouraging
than to have them die when young,
as it is no small task to raise the deli
cate fowls. A few years ago we had
seven fine little turkeys that appar-
emily were perfectly healthy when
shut in one night. They were nearly
a month old and we thought them out
of danger, but in the morning every
one was dead. The coop stood on
clean plot of grass and they were
not killed by any animal, so we never
knew why they died
Eight or ten years ago turkeys
could be bought for nine and ten
cents pound in the market here,
and poultry wagons came in loaded
with them at Thanksgiving and
Christmas time from all directions.
The turkeys that then brought from
one dollar and half to two dollars
are now worth from three to five and
very scarce at that. In looking over
advertisements for turkey eggs in
poultry journals the prices run from
thirty, to fifty cents for single egg,
and this may be one reason why so
few are raised.-Margaret Whitney.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
REGIMES.

Tomato a rItaliene.-Allow half a
can of tomatoes, half cup of rice,
one tablespoonful of butter, half a
teaspoonful of butter, half a tea
spoonful of cayenne pepper and small
onion shredded, or a tablespoonful of
garlic. Stew all Of the ingredients
for two hours. Serve as a vegetable.
Tea Punch.--Make a syrup of one
quart of water and two pounds of
graduated sugar. Add one quart
of freshly made tea, the juice of six
oranges and six lemons, a pineapple
cut in bits, quart of grape juice and
dilute with water to taste. Pour over
the ice in punch bowl and decorate
each glass with spray of fresh mint.
Steamed Beef.-Take about three
pounds of canned beef cut in small
squares and put in a pail, then
sprinkle with pepper and salt and a
sliced onion. Do not put any water
in the pail; set the pail with the cover
on into kettle of water and steam
three hours. When done take the
juice from the meat and thicken.
Hollow Sponge Cake.--Bake plain
sponge cake mixture in loaf. When
cool hollow out the centre, leaving am
inch rim on the bottom and sides.
Cover with boiled frosting inside
and out and dust literally with fresh
ly grated cocoanut. At the time when
the cake is served fill it with whipped
cream that has been sweetened and
favored, heaping it high in the centre.
Plain Sponge Cake.--Put half a
pound of castor sugar into basin
and break in four eggs; beat well for
fully quarter of an hour with an
egg whisk, then add by degrees half
a pound of sifted flour mixed with
half teaspoonful of baking powder,
and little essence of vanilla mixed
with two tablespoonful of fresh milk.
Beat all together lightly, then pour
into well CREASED cake tin and place
at once in very hot oven. Moderate
the heat to GOODNESS and bake for
twenty minutes to half an hour.
To Dry Plums.-Peel the plums,
divide in halvesand remove the stone;
allow one pound of sugar to three
pounds of fruit; make syrup of the
sugar and a very. little water; put
in the plums, few at a time, and
cook gently for fifteen MINUTES. Take
them up on platters, boil the juice
until quite thick, pour over the fruit
and set In the sun to dry. When
quite drJ lay them lightly in a jar
with little sugar sifted between the
layers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07


the Russian authorities and hustled
to st. Petersburg. OF Savine and
Madeleine, Stambuloff said in his
memoirs:
There was in Europe at one time
an association much more dreadful
than that of the Thirteen celebrated
by Balzac, for the secret of 1t was
never discovered, and 1t was COM
posed entirely of two individuals, a
man and a woman.
Imagine two beings full of genius
witty to the tips Of their f1ngernails
knowing everything, able to describe
everything, disabused from every,
thing, believing In nothing, having
neither God nor soul nor conscience
learning, speaking all languages
young in spite OF Methuselah's ex.
perience.
Suppose that, united by an in.
comparable admiration, these two
beings should have given themselves
to each other unreservedly, and YOU
will comprehend what must have been
the invincible strength of these tive
accomplices.
The Russians having got hold OF
Sayine, made short work of sending
him to Siberia. He served a term al
hard labor at Tomsk and at its close
in 1894 was sent to Vladivostok as q
colonist. Thence he escaped into
Korea and took ship for San Fran.
cisco, where he posed as a contractor
for the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
In 1895 he beat his way to Chicago.
and there he was soon arrested for
larceny. He wriggled out of that and
came to New York, where he was ar.
rested, charged with assaulting a
Tenderloin cabby. The Russian Con.
sul-General made a statement in
which he denounced the count" as
an imposter, and the count challenged
the Consul General to duel as sooE
as he should be. released.
He was acquitted in General SEES.
sions. The Consul-General laughed
at his challenge and in 1900 he was
again arrested in Chicago on-a charge
of circulating 100000 worth OF
fraudulent Cuban war bonds. His
wife was with him at the time. The
arrest was made at the request OF the
Canadian police. He was taken tc
Montreal and sentenced to Ave years
in penitentiary.
He was released on parole,
Bwindled a number of people by an.
other stock and bond deal and was
nabbed in New York in December,
1901, just as he was taking a steamer
for France. He had no ticket, and
only $38 in his clothes when arrested
His wife had returned to France
while he was in the Canadian peniten.
tiary. The Canadian Government had
had enough of him and didn't apply
for HIS extradition, so he was re.
leased.
In 1903 he was arrested In Lisbon
and again turned over to the Russian
authorities, against the protest Of
Germany, which wanted him for a
number of frauds in that country
He was started off for Siberia again
for writing letters to various people
from the Emperor William down, es.
capped, and in 1905 was arrested at
Bremen and taken back to Russia
At this time he had $4,000 in his
possession. He was sent to Siberia
for third time, but again escaped.
Savine attributes the greater part
Of his troubles with the police OF
Europe and America to persecution
on the part of Russian agents because
of his attempt to be chosen Prince OF
Bulgaria. New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Flahennnn podped smordaah.

The fishing schooner Dorcas was
cruising OF Georges Thursday when
her lookout espied big swordflsh.
The man In the cradle drove the iron
and hooked the fish.
James Wallace went in his dory to
get the fish. The swordfsh saw him
coming and charged directly at him.
Wallace had just time to scramble to
the stern when the fish struck the
boat and the sword penetrated the
dory 80 that nearly two feet OF the
blade extended through the hole. The
fish was rendered helpless. and Wal.
lace knocked It on the head.-Boston
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
FRAMING 1T UP FOR HIM.
Fight in the Street Faxed For the
Disadvantage Of the Unwary.

Three or four small boys waited
outside downtown restaurant the
other evening until a man came out
who appeared to be little the worse
for food. AS he paused at the side.
walks edge two of the boys squared
of and began apparently to fight
with the heartiest ill-will.
One was short; the other tall. The
little fellow was seemingly having
all the best OF it, when suddenly the
big one ran.
Come on, get after him" said the
inebriate on the sidewalk.
'Bet you dollar can lick him, !"
said the big fellow, stopping in his
fight.
Then too the other small boys
about volunteered to bet with the
tipsy man.
He might have made the bets but
for friend who came out of the res.
taurant just then. The friend knew
the game and dragged his man away.
Gust plant to get bet down
Then the big fellow will lick him
and take the money. They split" he
said.-New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
SeIf-Convicted.

One day celebrated advocate was
arguing before very rude old Scotch
Judge, who pointed with one forefinger
to one of his ears, and with the other
to the opposite one. You see that,
Mr. X?' 81 do, my lord" said the ad-
yocatey
We'll, it just goes in here and
comes out there" said his lordship,
smiling with the hilarity of judge
who thinks he has actually said good
thing. Il don't doubt it, my lord"
replied the advocate. What is there
to prevent it?"-Independent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
An Ancient parsOnaae Of Maine.

The Congregational parsonage at
Kittery is one of the oldest houses in
the State Of Maine. 1t is the Oldest &c.
clesiastical residence in the State, and
the oldest one in present use in New
England. The house was built in 1923.
in the days of the Hon. William Pep
perell, father of Sir William Pepperell.
1t contains the library beQueathed by
Sir William to Dr. Benjamin Stevens,
for forty years minister of the Kittery
Point church DR.. Stevens in his turn
bequeathed the library to the Congre-
gational ministers of Kittery and York
for all time. Many of these books
contain the Pepperell coat of arms
Kennebec Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
FARAE ANp RoNIE.
Pointer on Hens.


From the time the chick is Matched,
correct feeding has much to do with
It's development. A chick that Is
stunted is more or less impaired in
vitality. Anything that has TO do
with improper management of the
intended layers affects the number
OF eggs they will be able to produce.
/ think a hen can lay from 400 to
600 eggs at a profit, but her greatest
profit ia returned from the time she
begins to lay until twelve months
have elapsed. The first years laying
is invariably the best.
Leghorns and Mlnorcas can be kept
until they are two and one-half years
old with profit. Quite a number OF
poultry raisers have told me that they
thought hens would return almost as
much the second year as the first,
even II they did not lay quite so
many eggs. They eat far less in their
second year, being matured. A pull
let Is always more voracious than a
hen. do not think that they re-
turn as much profit In the second
year: however, always keep my hens
until they are two years old.
Chicks intended for layers must be
we'll nourished from birth and never
allowed to stop growing until they
mature. A March or April Matched
pullet of the Leghorn breed will COM
mence to lay in October II she comes
from a precocious flock, II she has
been Matched in June or July, do not
expect any eggs until January. In
cold climates this means no eggs,
practically, until spring. A pullet
that has not commenced to lay before
cold weather is usually hard to coax.
Early matches and continued good
care is the secret Of early layers and
hearty fowls.-Commercial Poultry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
OKLAHOMA HONEY Mine.
OIL MEMS DISCOVERY IN THE
HIGH LAND NEAR SAPULPA.

E'h @TNtNS NEEH 9FtFGIFHs
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jerry Mckay, a well-known oil
man from Sapulpa, related a very ode
story to a Democrat reporter to-day
1t was that Of bee sting resulting
in the finding of a gold mine of honey
In the rock banks near Sapulpa.
M. l.. Kelley and John CLANCY, two
prominent oil men of Sapulpa, are
the parties implicated in the story
Mr.. Kelley and Mr.. CLANCY started
out Monday morning from SapuIpa to
drive to well they are drilling OIL
the Doggy land, seven miles west OF
Sapulpa. The men were about hall
way to the well when suddenly they
were attacked by large drove OF
bees. The bees swarmed about the
buggy and stung the men and horsei
until they were compelled to seeA
refuge. They whipped up their team
and drove to the cabin of an Indian
named Watahee. Here they told OF
their adventure and had the pain
alleviated by the Indian, who put
some kind of preparation on theil
wounds.
In conversation with the Indian
concerning the occurrence they were
told of the many bees in the hills
and caves about three miles west OF
Sapulpa. They did not believe this
story at first. He said that the In.
dians around his cabin were getting
gallons of honey in the caves every
day. This set the oil men to think.
ing. That afternoon they went tc
the place he told them of. On Their
way they met an old Indian woman
who was carrying two pals of spark.
ling strained honey. This encouraged
them.
They came upon big post oak in
the field. This had been hacked in
several places and the honey was
dripping from the cut in the tree
into regular pools on the ground.
They did not stop at the tree, but
went on to the caves. AS they
neared the rock cliffs hey could hear
droning like that of signing pine
trees, so many in number were the
bees. AS they came closer they could
see kind of black cloud lowering
before the rocks. There must have
been fifty big swarms of bees around
the rocks.
When they were close up to the
cliffs they noticed huge cracks in the
rocks, and large holes. In these the
honey was dripping almost In small
streams. There were some twenty
buckets and pals setting in the rocks
catching the honey. The Indians are
said to break the cobs of honey with
sticks, and let the honey run out into
pals. A pail will fill in two days
time. 1t Is said that the finding of
this great bee industry by the oil
men accounts for the great amount
Of strained honey the Indians have
been marketing. 1t was thought be.
fore that the Indians raised the bees.
The oil men say that the sand
stones in the cliffs are just saturated
with honey and little piece of stone
In bucket of water will sweeten it.
The discoveries are at loss to know
how the bees came to be there. 1t
is said by Indians and other old
timers in this section that about ten
years ago an old Indian who had a
few bees was killed. 1t is thought
by them that his bees went wild and
multiplied and increased in number
until at present there are millions OF
honeymakers.-Tulsa Democrat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
FIFTEEN YEARS or SUFFERING.
Burning, Painful Sores on Legs-TOr.
tured Day and Niglit-Trieu Many
Remedies to No AVail-Used
CutiCura; Is Well Again.

"After an attack Of rheumatism, running
sores broke out OH my husbands legs, from
below the knees to the ankles. There are
no words to tell all the discomfort and
great suffering he had to endure night and
day. He used every kind of remedy and
three physicians treated him, one after the
other, without any good results whatever.
One day | ordered some Cutieura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resell
vent. He began to use them and in three
weeks all the sores were dried up. The
burning fire stopped, aud the pains became
bearable. After three months he was quite
well. l can prove this testimonial at any
time. Mrs, V. V. Albert, Upper French
vile, Me-, July 81, 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
PUZZLE SOLVED
Coffee at Bottom Of Trouble.

II takes some people q long time to
and out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact 10 clear,
most people try to keep away from
the thing which IL followed by ever
increasing detriment to the heart,
stomach and nerves.
Until two years ago was a heavy
coffee drinkers" writes an III. stock
man, and had been all my life. /
am now. 56 years old.
About three years ago began to
have nervous spells and could not
sleep nights. was bothered by indi-
gestion, bloating and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
Il spent lots OF money doctoring-
one doctor told me had chronic ca
tarrh Of the stomach; another that
had heart disease and was liable to
die at any time They all dieted me
until ] was nearly starved. but /
deemed to get worse lnstead of better
Having heard of the good Postum
had done for nervous people | dis
carded coffee altogether and began to
use Postum regularly. ! soon got
better and now, after nearly two
years. | can truthfully say am
sound and well
II sleep wen at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not both.
cred with indigestion or palpitation
I weigh 80 pounds more than when
began Postum. and am better every
way than | ever was while drinking
coffee, can't say too much In praise
Of Postum. as ! am sure It saved my
life" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich Read The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A
new one appears from time 20 time
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-07
Just Helped the Joke Along.

"Mrs. Nightingale went to Kansas
City to-day to visit her aunt, Mrs
Singer" is the "joke" item sent to a
Western Kansas newspaper the Other
day. The editor promptly printed.
This paper presumes that she is just
out for a lark, or that the Joker is
trying to 'twit' her, and as the re-.
porter who took the item is no Jay
and thinks that 1t is a bird of d
joke, piece about 1t will be printed,
but not as piece of news. Kansas
City Journal.