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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
The Practical suitor.


Senator Kean, at dinner in Chi
cago, said of political maneuvre:
Il smell rat In this contract. 1t
reminds me of contract made by a
willy earl.
Lord Reginald Bareacres courted
ardently last year the daughter of a
New Jersey millionaire. At a sea-
sonable moment, in dim conserva-
tory, he laid his heart at the young
girls feet. She, however, being of a
rare type, spurned him.
Rising to his feet, Lord Reginald
said:
I have barred to you the most
sacred feelings of my inmost heart.
May / ask that you will never reveal
to a living soul what has passed be-
tween us?
II am not a gossip, Lord Regi-
nald,' the girl answered haughtily.
But promise me-, he said. Give
me your solemn promise
Il promise, she said. But why,
Lord Reginald. are you so persist
ent?'
Because he answered, signing
with relief, I purpose tomorrow to
turn my attention to your older sis
ter Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
The Cleveland Romance Holds.

The romance Of President Cleve-
interesting in our Presidential his
tory, relates the Kansas City Times.
1t was the first marriage of a Presi-
dent of the United States while in
office. Mrs Clevelands father had
been a law partner of the President,
and when he died his daughter, then
young girl, became Mr.. Clevelands
ward. At the time of the marriage
the President was forty-nine and his
bride only twenty-five. Such a dis
parity in years is ordinarily frowued
upon, but the circumstances of this
match were extraordinary.
Mrs. Cleveland became one of the
most charming mistresses the White
House has ever had. She bore her
self with great dignity, reserve and
distinction, yet was quite as demo-
cratic as her station would Justify
her in being. Her attitude toward
her husband was at all times wholly
exemplary. She exalted him, but
without ostentation and without in
the least belittling herself. In pri-
vate life she maintained the reserve,
even the seclusion, that her distln-
guished husband sought. Through
out Mr.. Cleveland's illness, in their
common joys and sorrows, in her hus-
bands long period of suffering, and
now in her own bereavement, she has
set an admirable example of wifely
devotion, patience and dignity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
LADIES COLUMN.
Womnn,s CInim On Glacier.

N@AANN@~NN
Mrs. Mary u. Hart, formerly of Los
Angeles, who has Just returned to
Seattle after visiting Alaska, has the
distinction of being the first person
to stake out a mining claim on u
glacier while 1t was still in action.
Sidney Noise, with the local archi-
tect firm OF Hunt & Gray, was on
board the Seattle, which has just re-
turned from a trip to the Klondike,
and he states that for the first time
in nine years passengers were able
to make a landing at Muir Glacier,
near Skagway.
The glacier is considered far from
safe, but Mrs. Hart, with natural love
of adventure, stepped triumphantly
ashore and was followed by others
eager for the experience of landing
upon the forbidding ice field.
It was found that the moraine, a
deposit freighted with precious ore,
which is always carried with the ice
In this section, had already become
quite solid, and Mrs. Hart forthwith
staked out claim.
Mrs. Hart has passed a number OF
years in Alaska and is conyersant
with the mining situation there, hav-
ing owned and superintendent the
work in several claims. In order to
gain experience she at one time
worked with a pick in her own mine.
Los Angeles Examiner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Had Seen the LIGHT.

One of our popular New England
lecturers tells this gmusing story:
A street boy of diminutiye stature
was trying to sell some very young
kittens to passers-by One day he
accosted the late Rev. Phillips Brooks,
asking him to purchase, and recon-
mending them as good Episcopalian
kittens, DR.. Brooks laughingly re-
fused, thinking them too small to
be taken from their mother. A few
days later Presbyterian minister who
had witnessed this episode was asked
by the same boy to buy the same kit
tens. This time the lad announced
that they were faithful Presbyterians,
Didn't you tell Dr., Brooks last
week that they were Episcopal kit
ens?" the minister asked sternly.
"Yessir," replied the boy quickly,
but they's had their eyes opened since
then, sir EverybodS's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
A Plea for an Affidavit.

Senator Fulton at his annual Ore
gon salmon dinner in Washington,
folding tipping story:
"In Astoria he said, there used
to be an old fisherman who brought
me, the first of every month"; a pres
ent of a splendid salmon from his
master. always gave the old fisher.
man tip.
But one morning | was very busy
and when the old boy brought the
fish thanked him hurriedly and, for,
getting his tip, bent over my desk
again He hesitated moment, then
cleared his throat, and said:
Senator, would We be so kind as
to put it in wrltin' that We didn't
give me no tip this time, or my wife
will think I've went and spent it on
rum. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
BoRAx IN THE DAIRY.
A Matter Of Profitable Interest to the
Farmer and DairYman.


The problem OF keeping sweet all
the utentils used in connection with
milk and cream selling, and butter
making, has been serious one with
the farmer.
He has come to realize fully that
the slightest faint or hint of staleness
left In a can, tin or churn may ruin
whole output; that the faint which
is left Is in the form of bacteria
which grow and multiply in milk or
butter, producing disastrous results.
The farmer has learned that hot
water won't rinse away the greasy
residue in dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves q
residue of its own which is, IL any
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue, and it is little wonder that
there has been constant clamor for
dairy cleanser and sweetener tina.
will meet modern requirements.
A few of the largest creamery es-
adjustments have called experts into
consultation on this problem and have
with this scientific aid hit upon a
product of nature which exactly fills
the bill-boraX.
Scientists have long known borax
as cleanser, sweetener and an
antiseptic destroyer of bacteria and
germ growths. Destroys all that 3
harmful and promotes and preserves
freshness, sweetness and purity, re-
lleving the dairyman and dairy house
wife Of drudgery and of needless
work and worry.
It's cheapness and value should gre
1t first place in the necessities Of
every dairy.
The cows udder is kept in a clean,
healthy and smooth con iition by
washing it with borax and water, a
tablespoonful Of borax to two quarts
Of water
This prevents roughness and Sore
ness OF cracking teats, which make
milking time a dread to the COW and
worry to the mixer.
The modern cleanser Of all dairy
utensils consists of-one tablespoon
full of borax to every quart Of water
needed. Remember-a tablespoonful
equals four teaspoonfuls.
Be sure that you get pure borax.
To be sure, you must get go Mule
Team Borax"
All dealers. A dainty book In col.
ors, called "Jingle Book" sent free to
any Mother sending name and adj
dress Of her baby, and tops from two
pound cartons of "2O Mule Team"
Package Borax, with &c. in stamps.
Address Pacific Coast Borax Co.,
New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
GASES OF CHILEAN DESERT.
Part They Play in Development of
the Great Nitrate Beds.

EdrC Aney Ildy ia DeVeIOpHnehI Vi
the Great Nitrate Beds.
Northern Chile, which is so largely
mountain or desert, is generally re-
garded as a forbidding wilderness,
but in spite of its natural desolation
the landscape presents scene of
great beauty under the softened hues
of sunset, and here and there in the
waste of sand and salt may be found
by looking for them a number of
GASES, the most conspicuous of which
are Plea and Matilda,
These GASES are supplied with wat
er from the high Andes, but the par
ticular streams that support their
life are not certainly known. 1t has
been found that in various parts of
the great Atacama desert the earth
underneath the surface layer of sand
or salt is sufficiently moist to grow
crops, capillary attraction spreading
the water through the soil. The
rainless Atacama desert is the scene
of the greatest industry of its kind
in the world, yielding enormous
quantities of nitrates used to enrich
the fields Of Europe and the United
States.
The GASES play very important
economic role in the industries Of
the region, supplying vegetables and
foodstuffs for the support of the
workmen, alfalfa for the cattle and
various fruits, and also serving as
timber producers for the nitrate
works, which require much fuel.
There is no part of the world where
agriculture is more intensively car
ried on than in these green spots in
the Atacama desert.-Zion's Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Jumplnu at a Conclusion.

In the amiable way of villagers, they
were discussing the matrimonial af-
fairs of couple who, though recent.
ly wed, had begun to find the yoke OF
Hymen burden. "'Tls all along o.
these hasty marriages" opined one
caustic old gentleman who had been
much to the fore in the discussion.
They did not understand each other;
they'd nobbut knowed each other for
matter o. seven year" well, that
seems long enough" said an interested
lady listener. Long emo! Bah, yere
wrong! When a body's coortin' he
Gamma be too careful. Why, my coort
ship lasted a matter o. nineteen year,"
you certainly were careful" agreed
the lady listener. "And did you find
your plan successful when you mar.
rled?" "Ye jump to conclusions" said
the old man, impatlently. 81 under
stood her then, SO didn't marry her."
illustrated Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
NIqht SWGaiS & Cough.

E. W. Walton, Condr. 8. p. Ry-- III
Van Ness st., San Antonio, Tex,
wYltesi "During the summer and fall
OF 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage whorei IL was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as q very deep-seated cough,
night sweAts, and pains in the head and
chest. experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
TO take a thorough course OF Peruna-
"Two of my friends had gone 80 far as
to inform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek
higher, more congenial climate. Every
one thought had consumption and i
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
cided TO give II thorough test and ap-
piled myself assiduously to the task Of
taking It, as per instructions, in the
meantime.
"The effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully asg good
10 1t had ever been in my life.
"I have resorted to the use Of Peruna
ON two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself of bad colds"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
''THE PALE GIRL"
DAd Not Know Coffee Was the Cause.


In cold weather some people think
p cup OF hot coffee good to help keep
warm. 30 It is-for a short time but
bhe ug--caffeine-acts on the heart
20 weaken the circulation and the re-
action 10 to cause more chllliness
There is a hot wholesome drink
which Oak. girl found after a time,
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
Having lived for 1--WE years in N.
OAK, have used considerable coffee
owing to the cold climate. AS a re-
suit had dull headache regularly,
suffered from indigestion, and had no
life in me.
Il was known as the pale girl and
people thought | was just weakly.
After q time | had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what 1t was to be real we'll Took
medicine but 1t never seemed to do
any good.
Since being married my husband
and both have thought coffee was
harming US and we would quit, only
to begin again. although we felt 1t
was the same as poison to us.
Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headachs
gone, and have a great deal OF en-
ergy l had never known while drink
ing coffee.
II haven't been troubled with indl-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have a little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on It and
Grape-Nuts."
-There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville, in pkgs
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time. TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Mrs. Rorer's Dalrymald.

Mrs. 8. T. Rorer, cooking expert,
had been congratulated in her New
York restaurant on her attendants
deftness and skill.
"They never break thing!" the
visitor concluded.
"a rare gift, that never to break a
thing" said Mrs. Rorer, "Only the
other night, dining with some friends
of mine, saw maid drop and break
superb platter that contained two
roast canvasback ducks.
"Our host did not permit this ac-
cident to ruffle him. While we waited
for some other course to be substi-
tuted for the last one, he said:
"'You must excuse that maid. She
really couldn't help it. These acci'
dents happen almost daily with her.
/ think 1t is a disease. She was | be-
lieve, a dairymaid originally, but she
had to abandon that occupation on
account of her inability to handle the
COWS without breaking their horns "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
WILL TEACH THEM TO FISH.
Denmark's Latest Plan to Help the
Esquimaux of Greenland.

AdlCSD ~
Esquimaux of Greenland.
A Danish expedition has gone to
Greenland to put the 10000 Esqui-
maux who live on the southwest coast
in the way of earning better living.
1t is hoped to open new branches Of
industry for them.
For some years they have been
depending more upon hunting the
hair seal than anything else to pay
for the supplies that Denmark sends
to them. But the quantity Of sea oil
the natives have to sell is declining
every year.
The herds of reindeer in Alaska
are thriving so we'll that the Danes
hoped to make the introduction of
these animals into Danish Greenland
a source of profit to the Esquimaux.
The experiment, however, has failed.
The animals did not thrive, and no
further effort will be made to intro
duce them.
The Esquimaux catch many fish,
but their methods are primitive. They
depend, for example, upon their har-
poems to capture herrings. If they
were skilled In the use Of nets they
would increase the amount of their
catch a hundredfold.
The Danish visitors intend to coll
lect practical facts about the coast
fisheries and to study the problem of
making them more valuable to the
natives. Experienced fishermen are
in the expedition and the ship is
equipped with every appliance for
study of the fishing grounds.
When all the facts have been coll
lected the Danish Government pro-
poses to train the natives in the best
modern methods and to provide them
with the latest appliances used in
European fisheries, including motor
boats to replace the native skin boats.
The expedition will also inquire
into the question whether 1t Is worth
while to establish a whaling station
on the Greenland coast. The Danes
are inclined to think it will pay to re-
establish a whalery in South Green
land, especially as the Scotch are
finding 1t very profitable to hunt for
whales on that coast a little north
Of the Danish colony. New York
Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
NANkEEN TRt--rSa.ss.
The Sight Of Pair Takes This old
Gentleman Back to Another Day.

The Sight Of a Pair Takes TINS OLD
Gentleman Back to Another Day.
Saw man yesterday" said a
more or less elderly gentleman,
wearing pair of nankeen trousers
nankeen being, as perhaps you know,
a yellow cotton goods, First pair OF
nankeen trousers | had seen In quite
some years; and in old times PEG
pie used to wear such quite consider
able, And in those days good many
men too wore white trousers,
II fancy good many men wear
white trousers now, on yachts and
that sort of thing; not owning a yacht
myself | wouldn't undertake TO set
up as an authority on the subject of
white trousers in special uses. but
in old times plenty of men wore white
trousers who didn't own yachts
you'd see people out In them, for in
stance, on Sundays, a good many In
white trousers; and on week days In
summer you saw enough cool and
comfortable nankeen trousers so
that they didn't seem rare.
but now you don't see many white
trousers, in city streets anyway; and
that pair of nankeen trousers-well,
we'll! 1t takes me back quite some"
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
The Retort courteous.

DR.. Copeland objects very strongly
TO being interrupted during a lee
ture by late conner One day, while
lecturing to a roomful of young la
dies, he was annoyed by seeing the
door open and tardy girl come in.
II suppose you consider this an at
ternoon tea. VIII you take your tea
with or without, sugar, lemon or
cream?"
And the startling answer he re-
ceived was: mo lemon, thank you. "
philadelphia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy OF
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
neserrinr n Reunrd.

"Well, young man." said good st.
Peter, what was your occupation
down on earth?"
IL was a chauffeur" responded the
new arrival.
Ran people down, 1 suppose?"
"Never ran over a chicken"
'Violate the speed laws?"
mot once"
well, young man, you are indeed
an exception. AS long as you ran an
auto with a record like that am go
lug to let you play an autoharp. Just
step right in. Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
EYEsIeHr WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible EczemR--Baby's Head
q Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
Disease Cured by Cuticura.

sour little girl was two months old when
she got rash on her face and within five
days her face and head were all one sore.
We used different remedies but it got
worse instead of better and we thought she
would turn blind and that her ears would
fall off. She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This went
on Until she was five months old, then
had her under our family doctors care, but
she Continued to grow worse. He said it
was eczema. When she was seven months
old started to use the Cuticura Remedies
and in two months our baby was differ
ent girl. You could not see sign of a
sore and she was as fair as a newborn
baby. She has not had sign of the eczema
since. Mrs. H. f. Budke, LeSueur, Mimi,
Apr. Is and May Q, 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Certain TO Work.

There was suburban lady whose
with moths. A tramp told her that
in return for a square meal, he would
give her an infallible moth cure. She
set square meal before the tramp,
he devoured it, then he said: "All ye
need to do, maam, is to hang yer
moth-filled clothes and carpets and
things on line and beat 'em with a
stick Good-by to yer moths then"
will that kill them "?ask shrdluuu
Twill that kill them?" asked the
lady. yes, if We lit EN-" said the
tramp.-The Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
The Artistic Britisher.

Nowhere else in the world are the
true artist and true art more appre-
ciated than in England. Society opens
its doors to all who honestly use their
talents, whether it be in acting, paint
ing, music or authorship. The higher
a man rises in the world of art
by his own ability-the more his is
respected by the English people,
Mons. Coquelin in Cassells Maya
zine,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Qua of Harmony.

"The sounds of the city streets are
iike the sounds of the country" said
the woman. "The screech of the pull
leys as the washerwoman draws in
the lines is like the song of birds.
The whirr OF the elevated. IL you lis
ten long enough, is like the waterfall
over the mill dam. The electric fans
at the cafes are like the humming Of
bees. The cry of the q cash .cloesP
man has the gutteral sound of the
bullfrog. But the yell OF the Line
up man is like nothing on the earth,
above the earth, or under the waters
thereof. New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
That's How II Looked.

The door opened and the young
man hit the sidewalk.
This, however, was no achievement.
The sidewalk presented more than a
fair mark.
Whats the matter?" a passing
friend said, assisting him to rise.
1--WE just asked the girls father
for her hand"
Brace up, advised his friend. GO
back and try it again"
Nope" responded the elected suit
or. 1--WE had my fling. Chicago
Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
Conscientious.

During a very bad performance Of
Hamlet" by a barn storming party
in one of the small towns in Devon,
the audience in its entirety com.
menced to hiss with the exception OF
one man. At last the man next to him
said:
why don't you hiss this show?"
ut wouldn't hardly be fair" he
said. "as | came in on compliment
airy; but if they don't do better pretty
soon, id if | don't go out buy a
ticket and join you."-Pick Me Up.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
stumping Pa.

Ethel - Papa. If lion should
swallow me should die?"
Papa-"Of course, dear"
Ethel--"And should go to heav-
en?"
Papa-"Being such good little
girl you certainly would"
Ethel-"And would the lion have
to go, tSo2"-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
Not Mentioned BY Herodotus.

Xerxes was meditating upon his good
luck in having been made king by his
royal father in preference to the cid
est son.
STILL" he said, eff the succession
mad been determined by a primary
election l would have got it just the
same. Naturally everybody would have
marked an X opposite my name.
Subsequently, however, the Greeks
gave him the double cross at Plataea.
Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
STATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO, |

LUCAS COUNTY. '''
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior partner of the finn of +. j. CHENEY&
Co., doing business in the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
finn will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
sworn TO before me and subscribed in my
49,, presence this 9th day of Deem
SEAL. Der, A. D., 1886, A.W. GLEASON.
'~-r--] Notary Public.
allsCatarrhC Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. send for testimonials,
ice. i. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19
One Woman's Wisdom.

Her Husband-My dear, how did
gou happen to employ such pretty
nurse girl?
His Wife, didn't happen to do it.,
did 1t because | wanted the children
to have police protection when they
are in the park or the street.-Pick
Me Up.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-19

Portugal's budget for 10000
gives $50, 100000 revenue and $751;
5000 expenditure, deficit of ST.
100000, or 100000 less than In
1907-08.