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The evening world., 1908-11-24
If Length of Steps and Not
Endurance Counted Cham
pion Sheppard Would Beat
Both Dorando AMI Hayes
Easily.

IN orlando. the plucky little Italian
| who re-runs the Marathon race
- with johnny Hayes at Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night, has an
average stride of but four feet: Hayes
covers an average of five feet SIX !ncnes
with every step in race; Melvin Shep-
pard, the worlds champion middle dis
lance runner. strides all OF eight feet
when at top speed. The Marathon Race
IS twenty-slX miles and 3S5 yards. or re-
duced to feet for purposes of computa-
ton, just Us, i35 feet. Ii the race were
a question of stride and not endurance
Sheppard would win 1t easily, with
Hayes second and Dorando tuird. Esti-
mated by the length of SLeppardS stride
he would require 1854 steps 10 cover the
distance; Hayes's FIVE feet six inch s'r!de
would enable him TO run the race in
= 100 bounds. willie Dorando would have
10 take 34,6OS strides, OF nearly twice as
many as Sheppard
The evening world., 1908-11-24
Short Stride a Winner.

A race like the Marathon, however, is
NOT one OF strides, on the contrary II is
the short strider that usually sticks ii
out longest James l.. SULLIVAN, pres
ident of the A. A. L.. Is authority for
this statement Nh Sullivan says a
long strider like Sheppard couldn't la'i
in a race OF the Marathon length.
ITO run over SUCH distances l. Is ne
cussary 10 stride short and low, beep.Es
the feet as close TO the ground as pos
sible." said Mr. Sullivan. This requires
less exertion, and naturally man run
ming accordingly will outiast man
with high action.
"Shrubb. the great English professional
runner, perhaps the superior of any
man living al ten miles. runs with a
choppy step and low action. Hayes, too,
has very low action, differing slightly
from Dorando. The Italian runs very
close to the ground in front, but throws
his feet nearly 10 right angles behind. b
Speaking Of Dorando's ability as Il
runner, Mr. sullivan says the Italian IL
undoubtedly H. wonder.
a reorganization of the Marathon IN
England proves this" lie said. In that
race Dorando met the very best distance
runners of the world. not 10 mention
Englands stars. VINO are supposed 70
excel at his particular branch nt attn
letlcs. He didn't come from behind In
the las; few miles, but was right with
The front runners all the way and ran
them into the ground
The evening world., 1908-11-24
"BiW EdlUards a Great Arbiterr
in Annual Football Battles

Bill" Edwards. as he is familiar
Iy known to football players and
patrons. Is undoubtedly one of the
best umpires in the college game in
America. Few men could have
taken charge as he did of the Har-
ward Yale game and. aside from the
Intensity OF feeling and great sums
wagered. have carried 1t through to
a successful close with perfect salts
faction to all. During the season
he has been the arbiter at the Har-
vard-Navy. Harvard Williams. Har-
vard-Carlisle, Pennsylvania Mich,-
gan and Yale Harvard games an,
Thursday will act as umpire in IN.
Pennsylvania-Cornell game at PbIla.
dclphia.
The evening world., 1908-11-24

, STTNS ITaIHIhg.
vii yes ended his framing to-day He
~, SLtnp!! rest up from now until the
~ ~ OF the race. lie MA! take som
,"mS walks, hut he is through runni;'s
~ III .t ;oeS the mark with Doruado at
ISpeei i!ia. wac the fastest Of ne. car
re "a sixteen miles. While admj.ti,rr
Ia he was surprised at his own speed
cameron. would give ont Inc ti,,1n 81
, hayes weighed III pounds. one mound
pe'o" weight, when he finished his train
~ = afneroa saws lie VIII have nv,
NeISNlns about 10 when lie icgi~s ~.
race. he figures lie will lose abo.;r eve
pounds during tie running. ''e
The evening world., 1908-11-24
Cincinnati Rel. ssat.n In Cuba.

The AlmendSres team, OF havana. de-
feaisd the transforming Reds Yesterday
- Havana ~ a score ~ q 70 !
The evening world., 1908-11-24
Lonsboat Had to Quit.

"LonGboat. too, had 20 quit TO him. and
after outrunnng them all he was fully
one and one-quarter miles ahead 4
Hayes when lie reached the Stadium
NO wonder he little fellow tainted in
the Stadium. Hardly any human could
last under such a hard race. II was really
pitiful to see him staggering and falling.
II the English officials hadn't pic, ed
him up and helped him over the lns he
might have been there yet. lie certainly
would have been on the ground when
Hayes passed tie spot whers he fell the
last time"
II isn't likely that Dorando win col
lapse in Wednesdays race. lie says he
never was n better shape than right
now. lie ran a time trial at the as
time 4 G. yesterday that really was
marvellous. lie covered seventeen miles
In one hour and thirty-tWO minutes. or
an average Of mile In fye minutes and
forty-one seconds. At the end he showed
no trace OF being winded. and spirited
half mile almost at a . 10 clip. lie ha
The evening world., 1908-11-24
SHORT STRDERS
BEST IN RACES
LIKE MARATHON
HAYES Ends Traininn

t tfd OF half r'.es In 20 REGULAR
S.-.Ce ne began training hnre.
The evening world., 1908-11-24

Charley Harvey. manager Of Jem priscoll
and owen Moran. the clever English ,eat1rr-
+. nIghts has matched both his men TO fight at
the National 4. e. ~ Ph!ladephln. OF '~e
night ~ Dec > Driscoli will tackle Or yer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
Sheep Good Farm Stock.

In a review of the past and future
outlook for farm live stock, A. A,
Ward, noted sheep grower of New
York, says:
In considering the question Of profit
In sheep breeding 1t must be conceded
there is no product Of the farm that
has sold at such uniformly high prices
during recent years as has meats Of
all kinds, and the tendency is toward
still higher values in the FUTURE
while, in addition to the cash profits
IN connection with the production OF
meat, there is always the additional
advantage of a maintenance, if not an
increase, of the fertility of the soil
and consequently greater crop pros
1uction, and the ability to manage
The farm successfully with less hired
help.
In choosing between different
kinds Of meat-producing animals IL
should always be borne in mind that
In some reliable feeding experiments
at 'our experiment stations, as well
as in the experience of farmers who
have been close observers, it has been
clearly demonstrated that a given
amount of value of feed will produce
more pounds of mutton than of beef,
and, notwithstanding this fact of
cheaper production, the market value
Of mutton is ordinarily greater than
Of beef of a relative quality. In adj
ditiny ~ fIio oduopfooa oF opaofar
value of product this class of live
stock requires a smaller investment
Of capital to start with and cash re-
turns are sooner realized, as the lamb
goes to market in prime condition at
some time during it's first year, while
the steer will require at least two
years to mature. Then there is the
additional income to be derived from
the sale of wood, which should make
a substantial balance in favor of
sheep breeding as compared with
other kinds of live stock.
There can be no question as to
profit in keeping sheep, provided
those of the best mutton type are
bred and they are intelligently cared
for. AS to permanency of the de-
mand or prospect for a continuance
q the present high prices, every in
1ication points that way. There has
been no increase in numbers of sheep
kept on farms east of the Mississippi
River, and there are large areas of
country in the far West over which
sheep have pastured for many years
that are now taken up and fenced or
closed to the pasturage of sheep for
ever, and all this time, while the
ranges are being more and more lin
tied, the demand for good mutton has
been an increasing one. / think we
are justified in the belief that there
is no branch of farming that promises
greater permanence or more liberal
profits than does sheep breeding and
feed'~g.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
LADTRa, ooMUlEN.
Homes Of Their own.

The home is the kernel OF life
There is no danger that daughters
will despise marriage and home,
They viii take to It only too readily
when the magic hour strikes, but
parents may we'll deliberate before
they wantonly strengthen girls In
nate tendency to seek home of her
own. For there is a sweet dignity
iof maidenhood and womanhood
which is sacrificed in an inordinate
quest for a husband and home.
with sons 1t is different Many
men need to have the home princi'
ple fostered and built up. They must
be made not only good hearted, but
must have their nomadic Instincts
carefully repressed and taught to CEN
tire around the sacred idea OF home.
Then, when once the notion OF
home and it's paramount Importance
KS fixed in his mind, a young man is
perfectly free to go forth and find q
maiden to share it.--Woman's Life
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT.
Glow of Health Speaks For Postum.

1t requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop 1t for a time and use
Postum in place of it, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will APP
pear.
"Slx years ago was in a very bad
condition." writes a Tenn. lady, Il
suffered from indigestion, nervous
ness and insomnia.
IT was then an inveterate coffee
drinker, but 1t was long before ! could
be persuaded that 1t was coffee that
hurt me. Finally l decided to leave
it of few days and find out the
truth.
1.-THE first morning left OF coffee
/ had a raging headache, so l decided
l must have something to take the
place Of coffee" (The headache was
caused by the reaction of the coffee
-caffeine).
Having heard of Postum through
q friend who used It, bought pack
age and tried 1t. I did not like it at
first, but after l learned how to make
It right, according to directions on
pkg, would not change back to cof-
fee for anything.
when l began to use Postum /
weighed only 1T lbs. Now I weigh
ITO, and as have not taken any
tonic in that time can only attribute
my recovery Of good health to the use
of Postum In place Of coffee.
MY husband says am living adj
vertis0ment for Postum. ! am glad
to be the means Of inducing my many
friends to use Postum, too"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "1hs Road to
Wsllville," in pkgs. There's Rea-
SON"
Ever read the above letter. A
new one appears from time 70 time.
They gre genuine, true and fun Of hu-
m6n finbdEesE.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
A Queer Genius.

India ia now the fashionable win
Ter resort. / shall spend the winter
there myself"
The speaker, a wealthy spinster,
smiled pensively.
when l was last In india" she re-
sumed, "they were taking the census.
The returns were most remarkable.
'In the Allahabad census thirty
i've citizens described themselves as
men who rob with threats Of vio-
lencs.' There were 226 'Hatterers for
gain There were twenty-five her
editary thieves There were twenty
nine 'howlers at funerals There
were 145 'ear-cleaners.' There were
seventy-six makers Of crowns for
IDOLS There were fourteen 'hered-
itary painters Of horses with spots.
There were nine professional false
Witnesses
cit seems very remarkable, does
MT Il? Maybe, though, II we, too,
told the strict truth to the census
taker our own census would seem
quite as quaint as that Of India. -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
FARM AND HOME.
Founding a FLOCK.

NOumuiuN n FlNNAs
A recent bulletin OF the Oklahomi
Station gives the following notes OF
founding and managing the flock:
In going into the sheep business, -
Is advisable 70 start with a small
flock. Success is largely influenced
by experience. The small flock II
very easily handled and as 1t In
creases the owners experience m
creases so that he is able to cope with
the problems that may present them
selves. Many amateurs make fall
IRE of the business by starting In
with a large flock, as they nave
neither the experience nor facilities
tor handling them. Even though
,heep are easily managed, there are
problems peculiar to the business
which the shepherd is best fitted to
meet with the knowledge from prac'
.ical experience.
II you start with grades, use only
pure bred sires of some one particular
breed. Do not select a ram from one
breed one year and one from another
breed the next year, as no improve
ment can be expected where such
method is followed. The standard OF
4 flock can be raised very rapidly by
using good sires each year and culling
gut the inferior eve lambs.
In order to obtain the best results,
lambs should be taught to eat grain
as early as possible. Corn and oil
sake in "pea" form make very good
ration. The lambs should be fed
grain In a "creep," that is an en-
closure into which the lambs may
pass but the entrances of which are
not large enough to allow the ewes
10 enter. The first six months of the
lambs life are the most important,
and though the pasture may be
abundant, large profits will be real
lied ON the grain fed.
It is advisable to dip sheep twice
each year, in the spring and in the
fall. The spring dipping should be
done shortly after the shearing has
been done, at which time the lambs
should also be dipped, as the ticks
are likely to leave the ewes and get
on the lambs after the former have
been sheared. Any Of the standard
coal tar dips, such as kreso, zenoleum,
ETC., will prove satisfactory, though
some shepherds prefer sulphur
dip. In using the coal tar dips, we
have obtained better results by using
solutions than are recommended in
the directions accompanying the
preparations. Dipping is the only
practical method of keeping the flock
safe from the ravages of ticks, lice
and scab.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
When Governor smith slept

When Governor Smith of Georgia
was Secretary of the Interior in
Cleveland's Cabinet, he was once
called home to Atlanta on business.
The duties incident to his leaving had
thoroughly wearied the brawny Sec
rotary, so he retired early to his
berth for a good nights rest. Mr..
Smith never does anything by halves,
and the sonorous cadences of ever
increasing volume which proceeded
from his apartment gave evidence
that his utterances of the day did not
greatly exceed in forcefulness those
of the night. But after about two
hours his tranquil slumber was dis
turbed by the persistent nudging Of
the porter. That official was asking,
BOSS, is you awaken"
"Of course / am awake" Mr..
Smith replied. what do you want?"
"Boss, hope dat you will pardon
me, sab. but 1 was jest goin' to ask
you to be so kind as to stay awake for
jest about fifteen minutes tell de
rest of de passengers can git to sleep
-Lippincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
slavery of Dress.

The redoubtable Professor Thomas
of Chicago University, proceeds with
his dissection OF lovely woman in the
American Magazine, his particular
topic this time being female apparel
The subject is not new one. For
ages 1t has Afforded abundant oppor-
tunity to philosophers and moralists
for heaping abuse upon the heads Of
womenkind. But Professor Thomas
has something new to say about 1t.
From his point of view, the moralists
were all on the wrong tack. The OBJ
ject of their abuse is a mere helpless
victim, "only pawn in the industri-
al game played by man"
"Her individual possessor uses
her." says Professor Thomas, "as a
symbol of his wealth, and the cap
tains of industry make her the oc-
casion of market for the costly and
changeable objects which fashionable
habits force her to accept. New fash
ions are not always beautiful; they
are even often ugly, and women bRow
it, but they embrace changes as fire.
quent and as radical as the ingenu-
ity of the mode makers can devise.
Women do not wear what they want,
but what the manufacturers and
trades people want them to want.
The people who supply them also
control them"
The reason for the extreme differ
entiation in the dress of the sexes Is
not due to the nature of either, ac-
cording to Professor Thomas. Man
is naturally inclined to personal dis
play, he says, but he has come to
have more effective means of getting
results, and so he has given up or
nament. Money is now his main
charm" Woman, on the contrary
has to depend on her charm for ev'
erything. She is mot naturally spec
tacular," but when man had &C
auired a specialized skill which gave
him a mastery of the world and her
person as we'll" she began to specials
! ize the display which he was aban:
doning. Restricted in movement,
with no specialized skill, with not
even life to educate her in the broad
sense in which men encounter 1t, and
| limited in her interests by the pros
prietary tastes of man, her occupa-
| ton is to charm" And in this oc-
cupation she has become so absorbed
as even to forget its original purpose.
She almost loses sight of man-af-
ter marriage, at least-in her inter-
est in outstripping other women. Men
would prefer her more simply dressed
but this is her game-indeed, 1t is
almost her business" And here Is
retribution, for man pays the bills"
Underlying the charm Of woman's
dress Professor Thomas finds two
main principles, namely, its emphasis
of her sex and the helplessness to
which it reduces her. For instinc-
tive reasons which we do not control
and do not completely understand,
"signs of SEX" he says, have very
! powerful emotional effect" Hence
the emphasis of woman's most strik-
ing anatomical popularity, waist
which measures small In comparison
with the bust and hips" 1.-THE help
lessness involved in lacing, high heels
undivided skirts and other impedi-
menta of women has charm In the
eyes of man because 1t appeals to his
protective and masterful instincts
"It is his opportunity since the dis
appearance of large game and in the
piping times Of peace"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF thisp paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that Is Caturrh Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity Catarrh being con.
stitutiona disease requires constitutional
treatment Halls (atarrh Cure is takeninter-
nally, acting directly upon The blood and mu
cous surfaces OF the syst EN-, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF The disease and giving
the patient strength ~ tullding up the con-
stituton and ASSISTING nature in doing its
work. The proprlelors have so much taltn
IN its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure Send for list OF testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY \ Co.. Toledo. 0.
Sold BY Druggists Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
cromweIrs Sword is Sold.

After having been welded in battle
by Oliver Cromwell, sword belong
ing to the great commoner, and con-
signed to John d. Rockefeller, was
sold at public auction by the customs
authorities, and hereafter will grace
the walls Of saloon on lower Sixth
Avenue.
Although the domestic appraised
value of the sword at the time OF ex-
animation was set down at only $3.50,
the weapon was finally knocked down
to William G. woodbridge, laborer
in the customs service, at $3.50
Woodbridge was acting for a saloon
keeper.
The proprietor of the resort came
into prominence two years ago when
he purchased an unclaimed painting
of ]. Pierpont Morgan, and stuffed
monkey, formerly the property of Bos-
took, the Snowman. The general sale
netted the government $2,969.35.-
New York Commercial.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
A Rad Story.
Rr InuIsE OAss EVANs.

Even conservative women now
draw the hair away from their faces
In huge rolls, and nobody attempts to
deny the fact that she wears great
quantities of false hair. It is now
necessary for womRn's happiness
that she wear a rat in her hair. Yet
men do not admire the fashion. In
Western city recently, In penal
institution for girls, there was much
discomfort and the superintendent
saw mutiny ahead. He could not d.
vine the cause, so he summoned to
his aid a young Juvenile court at
tache-a girl who had been extraor-
dinarily successful in her dealings
with incorrigible girls. To her he
told the situation and requested her
to talk with the girls Of the institu-
ton for a while and endeavor to
learn in a roundabout way what was
causing the trouble. A number OF
the girls were summoned to the re-
ception-room and she chatted with
them amiably for a time, without
mentioning the impending trouble or
its possible cause. AS she was about
to leave, the superintendent entered
and asked casually:
miss u, what do you think OF
my order forbidding the girls to wear
rats in their hair?"
she laughed. II think It hasn't
been obeyed," she said, "as all these
girls are wearing them"
Impossible! have had every
rat burned"
She called one Of the girls to her
and, parting her hair, showed the as
tonished superintendent homemade
rata black stocking twisted and
pinned to the hair. The girls were
stockingless, though the weather was
cold. And this in reformatory
where no man would see them--ex-
cept the superintendent, and he did
not approve of rats. The juvenile
court lady advised him to let them
wear them-they might do much
worse things than to wear rats-and
once again peace and quietude
reigned where before an outbreah
had been imminent. Do women dress
to please the men?-The Bohemian
Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
What Hard WORK Is like.

OF Pablo Sarasate, the famous vio-
linist, who died at Biarritz, New
York musician said the other day:
II dined with Sarasate during his
last American tour. We talked Of
success, and he declared that success
was due in the main to excessively
hard work.
To become a great violinist OF q
great pianist he declared, one must
have the exaggerated ideas of work
that prevail among Scottish farmers
HE said that a young boy got q
job with a Scottish farmer once.
"'"Ye'll sleep in the barn." the
farmer said, land I'll expect ye in the
field ilka morn at foor o'clock"
"t'very well. sir" said the boy.
"'But the first morning he over.
slept a little, and 1t was half-past -four
when he reached the field.
"'The farmer, leaning on his hoe,
gave him black look.
"'''Where have ye been all the
forenoon?" he growled.' washing
ton Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
Mothers in Proverbs.

Practically every country has pro-
verbs about mothers. Here are
few Of the most beautiful and lesser
known ones:
"A mothers love is new every day"
Better lose a rich father than a poor
mother" "a fathers love is only knee
deep, but a mothers reaches to the
heart" These three are German.
The Hindus POLITICALLY say, Mother
mine, ever mine, whether be rich OF
poor"
From the Italians we have, Moth
err! He who has one calls her; he who
has none misses her"
The Bohemians say, "A mothers
hand is soft even when it strikes"
Mother means martyr" is Russian.
A striking one comes from the
Swiss: ut is easier for a mother to
keep seven children than for seven
children to keep mother. Glasgow
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-05
The Absent-Minded Candidate.

There is a certain Western Con-
gresham whose boundless affability
and habitual Observation-Disclosures have
occasionally led him into absurd mis-
takes. One day, during his last CAM
paign, as he stepped from the train
at the station of his home town, after
an arduous two weeks of stamping
and "glad-handing," his little daugh-
ter rushed up to him and kissed him.
The Congressman beamed upon her
with a proud and tender parental eye.
"Well, welll" he exclaimed, "if It
isn't my little AlbertaI" Then he
added, mechanically, and how Is
your dear old father "--Cleveland
leader.