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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
The Summer Fashions.

Grace Margaret Gould, the dress
expert, says in Woman's Home Com
pRnion:
"There are two distinct types of
dress this summer. both emphasizing
the straight up-and-down effect. One
is the tailored coat suit showing in
many instances a cutaway coat, which
gives the hipless effect, and a skirt
comparatively narrow at the bottom
that is, It Is made without the sud
den fare that the tailored skirt used
to have.
1.-THE other type of dress is the cut
in-one gown. and great will be Its IA
vor throughout the summer. In the
form Of the new princess jumper this
cut-in-one dress is. a most practical
gown to own. 1t can fasten in the
front quite as easily as the back and
It Is a model equally good for silk or
linen.
"This style dress is always cut out
at the neck, and Is generally sleeve
less, to show the guimpe, or trimmed
Just sufficiently over the shoulders to
give a modified large armhole effect.
Or 1t may be made. as number of
the imported models are, 80 that 1t
has much the effect of polonaise cut
out at the neck, but having a sleeve
which is cut in one with the bodice.
''Now, of course, there are many
variations of these two basic ideas in
dress, but whatever the fashionable
model this summer, 1t is sure to be
simple in design. lacking entirely an
exaggeration in form.
perhaps this idea is better shown
in the sleeve than anywhere else.
which has diminished In pronounced
way in size within the past six
months, and now in most cases fol-
lows very closely the outline of the
arm"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
School Gardens.

The simplest form of the back
to the soil" movement is the opening
OF six school gardens by the Philadel-
phia Board of Education. Already
1000 pupils have enrolled for this
work, which wise teachers recognize
as being of broad educational value.
The modern education system is
sometimes criticised as being in GER
tain respects, artificial and impracti-
cal. The school gardens, which teach
the children how to plant and care
for plots of ground with their own
hands, not only impart a certain
amount of useful knowledge, but they
also inculcate taste for the natural,
primitive joy of working in the soil,
and of seeing beautiful things grow
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Tobaccoless Smoke.

The American Indians who smoke
dried holly leaves, the bark OF the
willow tree and leaves of the stays
horn sumac use the least harmful Of
the substitutes for tobacco. Many Of
the other substitutes have the most
harmful effects. Indians along the
Alaskan coast inJure their eyeslght
smoking wood shaving saturated with
a strong solution Of pepper; excess
sive smoking by farmers of the leaves
OF the tomato and the potato plant
often causes insanity and suicide; a
variety OF Indian hemp which is
smoked by all classes in Jamaica has
terrible results, and weed known
as mountain tobacco which is smoked
in great quantities in Sweden causes
It's users to become mental and phys
ical wrecks.--Boston Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
LADIES' COLUMN.
Trousseau Gowns.

"Trousseau gowns are lovelier than
ever" says the fashion editor OF the
Woman's Companion. but as they
have increased in beauty. they have
lessened in number. Very few brides
of to-day, no matter how fashionable
they may be. order a trousseau con-
sisting Of a great number of cos
tunes. The reason tor this is that
fashions change so that II is neces-
sary every little while to have a new
style gown II one is to keep pace with
the capricious modes.
1.-THE bridal princess gown is a
style which will be in fashion for a
long time to come. One can wear II
as long as the material lasts by mere
ly changing the sleeves 10 meet the
requirements Of the prevailing fash
ion"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
American Iron and Steel.

We are now making more pig iron
than Great Britain and Germany COM
bined, which are our nearest COM
petitors. Our output was 100000
tons for 1905, as compared with 49,
100000 tons in 1901. The gain this
year will be comparatively small over
last years big output, but there will
be gain. Possibly the $4,000, 900
mark will be passed. We are now
far ahead of Great Britain in coal
production, and have been ahead
since 1900, and our lead is lengthen-
Ing. The extent of our coal and ore
deposits makes our continued suprem-
acy in iron and steel production safe.
England's growth in these fields is
now slow and Is likely to remain so.
Germany is making a rapid increase,
but she lacks the raw material to per-
NIT her ever to become a close rival
of the United States in any field of
iron or steel production.
Although the output Of the coun-
try's furnaces and mills Is at the high
est figures ever touched, the orders
which are ahead Of all of them keep
on increasing. Demand outruns sup
ply, large as the latter element is.
This is the principal reason why our
imports of iron and steel are at large
figures. We make more of these ar
ticles than any other two countries
In the world, but we cannot make
enough to meet the demand OF our
own people. For railway building
and Improvement and for the struc-
tural work in the big cities the de-
mand for iron and steel is larger now
than it ever was before.-St. oils
Globe-Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
YaIe,s seashore Laboratory

The Sheffield Scientific School has
purchased a site at the end of Rocky
Beach, off Bradley Point, Savin Rock,
on which an experiment and collect
ing station will be erected. The
building proposed is not an extensive
laboratory, but merely structure to
satisfy the immediate needs of the
school in the immediate needs of the
marine specimens. During the last
year Shelf voted to support one ex.
perimenting chemist at Woods Hole,
Mass, and the structure at Bradley
Point is intended for the use of ex-
perimenters during the months of the
college year when Woods Hole Is not
accessible Alumni Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
cheap Eatlnu.

Owing to the abundance and cheap.
ness of meat in Australia, restaurant
keepers have for years been able to
give astonishingly liberal meals for
IL cents. But they are not satisfied
with the margin Of profit, and they
have decided in conference to raise
the price to IA cents. One of the rea-
sons assigned for this step is the
abnormal appetites" of their Gus.
toners. 1t is the hospitable custom
in Australian popular restaurants not
to charge for a second helping Of
anything, and you can have as many
cups of tea as you please after hay
ing paid for the first one. 1t is the
freedom with which this privilege
unknown in Americans exercised
that cuts down the profits. -Mllwau
kee Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
lie CRUELTY on WAR.
The Fate Of the MindanaO BY Cannon
And Fire.

And firc,
II Is part OF wars eestruction,
when unable TO capture, Hpike your
enemy's guns" The port N6t Cayite
was equipped with battery OF the
latest Improved Krupp cannon. every
one OF which we wound with a band
age OF guncotton, Guncotton looks
just like cube sugar strung on copper
wire, When each gun had a string
OF 1t around its middle we switched
ON the current and the deed was done.
They were effectually choked, re-
sembling long rolls of butter that had
been grasped between the thumb and
finger, leaving an encircllng depres-
sion. or course 1t was u shame and
pity, just as 1t was pity and a
shame to treat the Mindanao as we
did.
She was n beautiful transport, fresh
from Spain, her cargo still aboard, and
during the battle she had been run
up ON the shoals off Las Pines and
abandoned. That very day, before
the sun had set, as IL our engines
were playing Behold Eel Capltan!"
we steamed out and our forard tur'
rets sent two S-inch shells full
length, clean through and through
her, then whirled majestically and re-
peated the salute from our aft tur-
rets.
In the morning she was still there,
and we sent the little Concord out to
set her on fire. She burned for a
week, and l never looked toward her
deVouring flames without wondering
how much provision they were con
Stunning; but we are obeying orders.
They distinctly read Engage and
destroy"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
When Young Men Call.

WHICH AOuAB Cssh'
How often a girl says, II don't ask
my friends to the house because my
mother sits in the parlor and talks
the whole evening. l go over to my
girl friends house and we have jolly
good times. Her mother lets us go
ahead and have fun just 30 we don't
keep the house awake with our
racket"
The girls mother can't understand
why it Is that her daughter won't stay
at home. She reasons to herself that
1t Is her duty to see her daughters
friends, to approve or disapprove
them; or else she thinks her daugh-
ter must be ashamed of her for not
wanting her around.
One feels like saying to all such
mothers. Give your girls the right to
entertain their friends in their own
way. Rest assured, If the company
they seek would not be such as you
approve, they would not invite them
to the house. If your daughter calls
you into the parlor to introduce her
Al4CAu6p WhANA ShS bhOhAA "a ~ W.
stay and talk 6 few minutes; make
your mental opinion of the callers
which you can tell to her afterward.
II you give your opinion in the
right way 1t will probably be regard.
ed, but do not monopolize the even
ing. Her friends may respect and
like you, but they are not calling on
you.
Do not force her to have Jolly
times" in other houses. Do not keep
all the men from calling by your
continual and watchful presence.
No one will regret it more than
you when she ia left without callers
and invitations, while the girls she
goes with are up to their ears in
good times.--New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
ouarrymen's superstition.

For many years past curious sup
erstitlon has prevailed In the Car
narvonshire slate quarries with regard
to Ascension day. Fatal accidents
frequently happened in the quarries
on that day, and the men would not
venture into the workings, and for
many years the day, known locally as
Holy Thursday" was observed as a
holiday. While the superstition has
lost some of its hold on the bulk Of
the quarrymen, some hundreds Of
them would not go near the quarries
on that day.-London Evening Stand
ard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
FEARFUL ECZEMA ALL OVER HIM.
No Nights Rest for a Year and Limit
of His Endurance Seemed Near

"My son Clyde was almost completely
covered with eczema. Physicians treated
him for nearly year without helping him
any. His head, face, and neck were COW
cred with large scabs which he would rub
until they fell off. Then blood and matter
would run out and that would be worse.
Friends coming to see him said that If he
got well he would be disAgured for life.
When it seemed as If he could possibly
stand it no longer, used some Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment; and Cuticura
Resolvent. That was the first night for
nearly year that he slept. In the morn
ing there was great change fot the better.
In about six weeks he was perfectly we'll
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Bells.

Bells are understood to have had
their origin in China, but at SO re-
mote time that no precise date car
be given. Their first use was to clear
the air Of evil spirits and to drive on
the storms. Old European records
tell how the tolling Of bells kept the
devils from assaulting believers;
hence their connection with churches
Bells may be traced In Europe back
to the sixth century, but were not
generally introduced into the West
ern church much before the eighth
York American
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Cut Too Soon.

On his way to the police court a
prisoner who was charged with fell
ony became confidential to the officer
escorting him, and remarked, There
is one thing | am sorry for" What
is that?" asked his captor, expecting
to hear a confession. 81 had my hair
cut last night" said the prisoner in a
detected tone. 81 might have saved
that quarter, but that's just my luck"
--Bellman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
No use tor a PesslmIst.

Freddie and his mother were haY-
ing thoroughly satisfactory romp
when visitor was announced. As
one topic of conversation after an
other came up it developed that the
caller was in an extraordinary pessl-
mistic frame of mind, and expressed
her disapproval, in no measured
terms, of everything and everybody
under discussion
This impartial knocking" disturbed
Freddies amiable soul nightly, and
he slowly drew nearer and nearer, I'M
Til he finally stood before the lady,
with his small face puckered and the
corners of his mouth drawn down.
She stopped in the midst of an "Oh
"a dreadful bore, my dear" to say:
"Why, Freddie, please do unscrew
your face. l don't like to see little
boys look like that"
Freddie surveyed her for moment
and then said trenchantly, but with all
obviously sincere wish for informa.
ton:
Il guess you don't like most any
thing, do you?"-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Northeastern Crisis.

We cannot congratulate the commit
tee instructed by the Northeastern
Railway employees with the negotia'
lions with the directorate Connected
with the "all grades" program on the
matter in which they have carried out
their duties. 1t is impossible to con.
ceiye of more utterly foolish and wan
ton counsel.-Northern Echo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Plant Line ocean Trips.

Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Ed
ward Island, Newfoundland. Charming
ships. Sailings till June "a. Saturdays at
noon for Halifax, Hawkesbury and Char
.lottetown; thereafter, Tuesdays for above
for Halifax only. Send stamp for colored
map, booklet and folder. A. w. Perry,
Gen. Mgr, Commercial Wharf. Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
decision on Newspaper Contracts.

w. s. Clark, Attorney General Of
South Dakota, replied to a request
from the State Press Association for
his opinion as to whether the State
Rnti-press law is a bar to the making
OF contracts between newspapers and
railroad companies for transportation
good within the State on an exchange
basis. The Acknowledgement holds
that contracts entered into in good
faith on such basis are not forbidden
by the law.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

a pioneer of Colo
RADIO, now living at
218 East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb.,
says: II had such
pains in my back for
a long time that !
could not turn in
bed, and at times
there was an almost
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Lion and Unicorn.

The animosity which was supposed
to exist between these beasts, as re-
ferred to by Spenser in his "Faerie
Queene," ia allegorial Of the deep
rooted ill-will which anciently existed
between England and Scotland. Ever
since 1903 the royal arms have been
supported, as now, by the English
lion and the Scottish unicorn, in to-
ken of the fact that st. George and
st. Andrew had at last shaken hands
and forgotten their old differences.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Conductors and RIouses.

There are women in London who
will sympathize with the women in
Atlanta who have petitioned the local
tramway company to order conduc-
tors not to assist them on and off the
cars. The Atlantans say the custom
is ruinous to blouses. We have heard
the same story from Londoners.-
London Evening Standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
The Gnrmnn Wnr

In Germany the adulteration OF
wine and beer is prohibited for home
consumption, but permitted for ex4
portation. 1t is an open secret that
wine from Vienna and beer from
Munich are doctored before shipping
to the United states.--New York
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

urine MY wife and / have both used
poan's Kidney Pills for what doctors
diagnosed as advanced kidney trou-
bles, and both of US have been com
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 50cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. z.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
wIth HIm In Il lt,s Mended.

John Morley once said that the
House of Lords should be ended or
mended. AS he is now member, the
critic has made choice in the dilem-
ma that leaves no doubt as to how he
has settled it in his own mind.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Owing to the spreading by rats OF
trichinosis among swine. the German
imperial chancellor has issued a re-
ceipt for the determination of the rat
in any district where trichinosis oc-
ours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
At Luncheon.

Little Sister with feeling: What
a shame to kill those cunning little
sausages!
Older Brother (scornfully) -How ell.
ly, sister! Don't you know? They
grow!--Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Men Have n Hard Time

The women are becoming SO much
in love with an Atchison married
man, because he takes of his hat
when he meets his wife on the street,
hat his wife has become alarmed and
equested him to disco 1tinue the prac-
ice.-Atchlson Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Warned.

could you give a starving woman
work."
Eyes; but l must tell you that we
have five children"
Thanks. I'll keep on starving
Houston Chronicle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Mathematical.

Are you going to make an example
of that grafter?" said one statesman.
Hes worse than an example now"
answered the other. He's a prob
lem."--Washingto Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Ennd Water Climate

Have no terrors for those protected by
timely doses of Sanford's Ginger. Never
travel without it. 40 years the standard
of purity, flavor, and strength. Besides it's
always healthful. Avoid cheap, worthless
substitutes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Parkave-I hear Miss Tiptoes made
her first appearance in 1892"
Frontrowe-You surely mlsunder-
stood the date. Must have been 1892
From Puck in New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
stomach Aches stop

When Sanford's Ginger comes, purest and
best Of warming stomachics for hot weather
troubles, insomnia, indigestion, cramps,
pains, colds, chills, and hundred everyday
ills. 40 years the standard of purity,
flavor, and strength.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Much of the tobacco grown in East
ern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta,
whence it is shipped to Burma. where
1t is manufactured into cheroots.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandso Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges'
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
te6thipg, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
ton allaYs pain, cures wind collie, 25ce bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

London and Liverpool are both at
the level Of the sea. Glasgow is thirty
feet above It, Manchester fifty feet
and Birmingham 500 feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
TASTY Chickens,

eyer see, mum, as these chickens
are fed on the duck food and the
pheasant food, you get three favors in
the one bird. "-Tatler.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Mrs. Pinkham, of the Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Company, OF
Lynn, Mass, together with her SON,
Arthur w. Pinkham, and the younger
members of her family, sailed for
Naples on May 20 for three months
tour throughout Europe and a much
needed vacation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Printing presses are being import
ed by the officials in Lhassa, and q
Tibetan newspaper is to be issued.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

It was 230 years ago that the So
ciety of Friends founded It's church in
lynn, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

The total wages paid to textile
workers in Germany increased from
So, 11S,OOO in 1886 to $122,57O,OOO in
1905.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
UncompIlmentary.

Howell-Im a man of parts.
Powell-Most of them seem to be
missing.-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Mukden, Manchuria. has 40 tanner
les and a large fur trade. both local
and export. Prices are 10 to 20 percent
lower than a year ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
YOU'RE TOO THIN,
EVN Slight Catarrhal DsraaEsmNSS
Of Ms Stomach Produce Aei6 Far
meatafioH Of the Food
IFS Stomach C0tQrvA

Some people are thin and always re-
main thin, from temperamOntal roa.
sons. Probably In such cases nothing
can be done to change this personal
peculiarly.
But therO are n large number Of peo-
pie who get thin, or remain thin, who
naturally would DO plump and heshy
but for some digestive arrangement.
Thin people lack In RdipoBe tissue.
Adipose tissue 10 chiefly composed Of
fat.
Fat Ia derived from the oily oonstit-
uents of food.
Tho fat-mRking foods are called by
the Psychologist, Hydrocarbons. This
class OF foods are not digested in the
stomach at all. They are digested In
The duodenum, the division Of the ALI
mentary canal just below the stomach.
The digestion of fat is mainly, II not
wholly, tho work of the pGncreatic
Juice. This juice is of alkaline roac-
ton, and Is rendered inert by the addi'
ton Of acid. A hyperacidlty Of the
digestive fluids Of the stomach passing
down into tho duodenum, destroys
the pancreatic fluid for digestive pur-
poses. Therefore, the fats are not di-
gested or emulsined, and the system is
deprived of it's due proportion Of oily
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin.
The beginning of the trouble 10 ca
tarrhal condition Of the stomach which
causes hypeSacidity of the gastric
juices. This hyperAcidity is caused by
fermentation Of food in the stomach.
When the food is taken into tho stom-
ach, II the process of digestion does
not begin immediately, acid fermenta-
ton will take place. This creates q
hyperacidity of the stomach juices
which in their turn prevent the PAN
creAtic digestion of the oils, and the
cancellation results.
A dose of Peruna before each meal
hastens the stomach digestion. BY
hurrying digestion, PerunG prevents
fermentation OF the contents OF the
stomach, and the pancreatic juicei Is thus
preserved In its normal state. 1t then
only remains for the patient TO eat .
SUFFICIENT amount Of fat-forming foods,
and the thinness disappears and plump
ness takes its place.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
An Eootist.

Mollie-Tell me. did you ever win a
prize at lottery?
Cholly-No, never did, but my wife
did.-Yonkers Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Over 1000 persons were assisted
in some way by the Travellers Aid
Society of New York during 1907.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

The first governor of Pennsylvania
under the constitution of 1890 was
Thomas Mifflin. NE2G
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

According to the report of the geo.
logical survey OF British India the
production of coal in that country in
1907 was 9,7S3,250 tons.