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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
visible Auto Numbers.

Details of the proposed organization
for the regulation of automobile traf-
fic in France have been announced. 1t
is provided that every automobile
able to run at a speed superior to
eighteen miles an hour must be pro
vided with two plates bearing the
number These plates are to be of
such size as to be plainly visible.
For use at night they must be made
either of ground glass with the num-
Der inscribed on it, lit up from behind
by a small lamp, or, II an ordinary
plate, it must be so placed that it is
lit up by lamp placed in front of it.
These plates must not be detacha-
BILE. The size of the letters must be
such that they can be read at night
at the same distance as in daylight
Paris Temps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Breeding Horses.

A successful breeder of draft
horses, Mr.. ]. P. Nunan, of Ontario,
Canada, gives some good advice in
the following:
If you want good, safe brood
mare, breed her young, and don't ex-
pect to raise good horse from a bro
ken down and worn out mare, as she
cannot transmit what she has not got
that is, the stamina and Vigor nee
essary for good horse.
Try to stick to the type you have,
unless it is bad and you want to
change altogether; then, buy good
sound mare or two and start fresh :
1t is surer and cheaper.
In choosing a sire, even il you
know there Is better horse in the
neighborhood, still stick to your type,
Don't quarrel with your neighbor
about the merits of the different
breeds. You might as we'll down a
mans wife as his favorite breed OF
horses. ANY of the heavy breeds are
good enough, provided you aim at the
best type of that breed, but IL you
like one better, that is the one for
you to breed.
Take the neighborhood in which ]
am writing, and for the last forty
years there have been two and three
real good heavy stations travelling
and doing a good business here every
year, horses that cost their owners in
many cases from $4,000 to $4,000, all
! imported, and last summer l asked
the owner of one how many mares he
was getting and he said about hul,
dred. l asked how many of them
were mares from which a man should
expect a good draft colt. He consid.
cred carefully, and said about ten
Think of it, after forty years, one in
ten, and have seen going away from
| the station by the carload the best
type of young mares, going because
they sold well; the culls were kept
at home. This is killing the goose
that lays the golden egg. II a farmer
has two FLIES, one worth $3.50, the
other worth SIS, and buyer comes
along, eight times out of ten he will
sell the good one and keep the other
and nine times out of ten he will
breed her and raise some more just
like her, and then blame the sire and
the man who has risked a couple OF
thousand dollars, often all he has, to
place good horse at his disposal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
OIL IN THE FAR NORTH.
Keeps oozIng From Ground, but Its
Source Hard to Find.


Source Hard to Find.
"The country that one passes from
Athabasca landing down to the Arc
tic Red River is full of vegetation"
says writer in the Geographical
Journal, land will in my opinion one
day be settled, In all the mission
gardens at the different posts that |
passed | saw wheat and barley grow
ing, potatoes, lettuce, turnips, car
rots and every kind of vegetable that
grows in ones own garden at home.
THE country Is thickly timbered
near the banks of the river, and there
are few places in which you do not
find large patches of prairie You
pass by a great outrush of natural
gas, and oil is oozing out for miles
along the river bank. An earth
movement has taken place, resulting
in line of fault, which is marked for
more than one hundred miles along
the bank of the Athabasca River.
out Of this oil has been oozing we
do not, know how long, and no one
has yet found the reservoir of oil
which may exist there, A German
noble, the Count Won Hammerstein,
has spent a great deal of his own mon
ey and time in trying to find the res
ervoir, and most sincerely hope
that he may be successful.
Coal and asphalt are to be seen
everywhere, and there are great salt
plains not far distant"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
REGIMES.

Good Batter Cakes.-Take six or
eight biscuits (cut off the brown
crust), crumble up fine, pour over
enough buttermilk to make thin bat
ter, add two eggs and one teaspoon
each of salt, baking powder and soda,
and enough flour to make real stir
batter. " %:J ~
Croutons For Cream soups.-Cut
stale bread into slices from one
fourth to one-thIrd an inch thick, re-
move the crusts; spread the surfaces
with butter, and cut the slices into
pieces an inch square. Set these into
the oven to brown, turning to brown
both sides.
COrnmeal Gems.-One cupful of
cornmeal, one cupful of white -four,
one tablespoonful of sugar, one tea
spoonful Of salt; two eggs and ta-
blespoonful of butter. Use sweet
milk enough to wet so It will drop
from spoon. If sweet milk is used,
sift two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der with the -four; IL sour milk, use
one scant teaspoonful of soda. Beat
all together into stiff batter. have
gem pans creased, and drop the mix
ture by spoonfuls into the gem pans
and bake in moderately hot oven.
Do not I'LL the pans quite full.
Orange JelIy.-One ounce packet
OF the best isinglass or gelatine, four
ounces of loaf sugar, six oranges, one
lemon, one pint of water. Soak the
packet of Isinglass or gelatine in half
a pint of cold water; boil four ounces
of loaf sugar in half pint of water
till It becomes syrup, then add the
juice of six oranges and one lemon.
and the peel of two oranges and half
a lemon. Place on the fire for min
ute, skim we'll, and add a wineglass
of cold water by degrees, to make the
scum rise; put in the isinglass. stir
till dissolved and strain through mus
lin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Cheese ImItntors DISCOURAGED

American imitators of foreign pro-
ducts are experiencing dificulty in
their efforts to duplicate Camembert
cheese. Considerable expense and
great pains have been given to the eff
fort, but the result falls far short Of
the genuine Camembert in all re-
spects except the outward appear
ance. Had the same outlay and en-
deavor been devoted to the manufac-
ture of an original cheese, named for
the locality in which it was produced
in this country, the venture would
have proved much more lucrative and
much less liable to failure. Ameri-
can greed to feed in the pasture of
trade built up by old-established pro-
ducts often leads to sore and costly
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Eat, the
Pure Food Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
FARM AM HoAlh.
Tread From Alfalfa.

state Veterinarian ID. r. LacKe.
believes that It will not be long be-
fore the leaves and stems OF the alf-
alta plant will be ground up and
made into bread. This adds a new
possibility to an agricultural product
that has attracted so much attention
in the Middle West and Western
States, and which is such great feed
for live stock. DR.. Luckey says:
Before long the leaves and stems
of alfalfa will be ground into a meal
and alfalfa bread made from It, This
bread will in great measure take the
place of milk I'M well balanced diet,
1t can be made very palatable. and
hay to some extent take the place of
cornbread.
III for any reason scarcity of
breadstuffs should occur in the Uni
ted States and the price of -four and
meal should go up extremely high l
believe that alfalfa bread would be
used extensively, provided, OF course,
that the alfalfa crop were not fall
ure at the same time.
1.-THE seeds could not be used, as
that would be too rich for a person s
stomach. He would soon die upon
the meal made from the seeds 1t is
tie stem and the leaves that will be
used"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
LIFE ON MARS.
II Should Be of a High Order Of In
tellieenoe.

telligence.
Whatever its actual age, any life
now existent on Mars must be in the
land stage of its development, on the
whole much higher one than the
marine But more than this, 1t should
probably have gone much further II 1t
exist at all, for in It's evolving of terra
firma Mars has far outstripped the
earth. Mars's surface is now all land.
Its forms of life must be not only ter
restrtal, as against aquatic, but even
as opposed to terraqueous ones. They
must have reached not simply the stage
Of land dwelling, where the possible
ties are greater for those able to en-
brace them, but that further point OF
pinching poverty where brain is needed
to survive at all.
The struggle for existence in their
planets descreptude and decay would
tend to evolve intelligence to cope with
circumstances growing momentarily
more and more adverse But, further
more, the solidarity that the conditions
prescribed would conduce to a breadth
of understanding sufficient to utilize it.
Intercommunication over the whole
globe is made not only possible, but
obligatory. This would lead to the
easier spreading over it of some dom
inant creature especially were this
being of an advanced order of intellect
able to rise above its bodily limita-
lions to amelioration of the conditions
through exercise of mind. What alb
sence of seas would thus entail alb
sence of mountains would further.
These two obstacles to distribution re-
moved, life there would tend the quick
or to reach highly organized stage.
Thus Marian conditions themselves
make for intelligence.-From the Cen
tIIY.U
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Champ CIark's Story on Arkansas.

Champ Clark, Representative
from Missouri, dearly loves good
story at the expense of the State Of
Arkansas.
zone day." said Mr.. Clark, in the
course of a political conversation,
and branching off from the main
subject, las a train from the East
pulled up at the dinky little station
of a most depressing town in the
fever-and-ague district of Arkansas,
a passenger, thrusting his head out
of the car window, demanded, in
bitter tones, of dejected-looking
citizen who was leaning against the
station door: Tell me, what do you
call this dried up, dreary, God-for-
saken placer That's near enough,
replied the native in a melancholy
voice, let it go at that. - Washing
ton Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Pigeon Service.

Simultaneously with the organiza
ton of pigeon postal service in the
French Kongo, where the climate
makes both ordinary and wireless tel
egraphy impossible, it is announced
that the British government has re
placed the pigeon post by wireless tel
egraphy in both the naval and the CO
lonial service, and that this years
budget contains no appropriation fol
pigeons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
AS TO Boards.

Within the memory of man all the
nuncios accredited to Catholic courts
have been obliged to sacrifice their
heards and mustaches. Those accred
tied to infidel countries, on the other
hand, can allow their facial hair to de,
velop at leosure. This is why M. Tue
ci, the new nuncio at Brussels, who
was magnifcently bearded at Con
stantinople, will be smooth faced al
Erussels.-L Independence Beige.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Genius for Chess.

Jewish chess players have retained
the championship at that game for the
last AZ years. Steinitz held it for 2S
years till 1894 and Lasker has been
champion ever since. DR.. Lasker at.
tributes this predominance of the
Jewish genius in chess to the fact that
its rules are entirely based upon those
of self-defence in the struggle of life,
and Jews are adopts in this art.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
o.conneIIps EIOauence.

O'Connell had got man off at one
time for highway robbery and at an
other for burglary; but on the third
occasion, for stealing coasting brig,
the task of hoodwinking the jury
seemed too great for even his pow
ers of caiolery. However. he made out
that the crime was committed on the
high seas and obtained an ackuittal
The prisoner lifted UP his hand and
eyes to heaven and exclaimed: MAY
the Lord long spare you, Mr.. O'Con'
nell-to mel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Tons of Peonle.

More than 100000 pounds of hui
man beings, or over 1850 tons of hui
manity, are transported through the
streets of New York every day in pub
lie cabs. In other words, more than So
900 different people use hired vehi-
cles every day to take them about the
city on business or in search of pleas
ure. Moreover, according to the cab
people who have made study of the
situation, there are fully 10000 peo-
pie, exclusive of babies and invalids,
who never use the street cars.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
noinn Good.

The request of Emperor Francis Jos.
eph to his people to celebrate the Goth
anniversary of his reign, If they wish
to celebrate at all, by doing good to
the people," has been regarded by DR.
Hermann Fische, large land owner
near Czernowitz, who has given 500,
600 kronen for the erection of a chill
dren's hospital at Czernowitz, to com
memorate the Francis Joseph jubilee
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
ROYAL Enaineer.

The Khedive of Egypt, whose great
fad is locomotive driving, had mar
row escape the other day while run
ing an engine on the stage railway
He suddenly found his way blocked by
a wagon loaded with pig iron. The
royal engineer showed wonderful
presence of mind. He reversed and
used his full brake power and stopped
Just short of the obstruction. He then
left the engine, walked back to sta
ton and had an interview with the
responsible official there which that
individual probably will never forget
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Nersed.

"He is thoroughly versed in the
drama, / understand"
81 should say So" responded the
beautiful girl. when geezer gets
gay in the audience he can tell in a
minute il it's genuine interruption
or just a part of the show, Wash
ington Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
HInh Prices a BLESSING.

The high price of meat is not hard
ship, but a blessing at this season, ac-
cording to DR.. Bosley, health commits
sioner of Baltimore DR.. Bosley Is of
the opinion that in the spring and
summer, when the body does not re-
quire so much heat, meat can be dis
pensed with the greater part of the
time. The doctor thinks that with
meat at its present prices people will
eat more vegetables and be the bet
ter for the change,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Neatness In Golf.

"Neatness is essential on the links, -
said H. ]. Whigham, the golfer, at a
dinner in Chicago. AT Shinnecock
Hills one day l played behind two
young and pretty girls. Overtaking
them, l heard the younger say: How
many holes on this course, Aileen?'
Nineteen, DEAR said Aileen, 1nclud-
ing the one in your stocking"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Butter In China.

1t is only few years since butter
was unknown in China and even the
milk from the cows could not be pur-
c, ased, But recently Chinese restau-
rants have taken to the serving of
European style dinners and the bet
ter class of Chinese are becoming
large consumers of butter and other
European luxuries. In the ports where
fresh butter is obtainable this is Civ
en- the preference, but in the interior
Chinese cities timed goods are being
largely used.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23

Few of our statesmen have receiv-
ed as much Of 100000 in Official sal
aries. Mr.. Gladstones total receipts
from office came to little over e102,-
900; Lord Salisburys fell just short
of 100000; the Duke of Devonshire
received approximately 100000;
Lord Cross, e74,OO0; Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, $4,000; Lord Goschen,
10000, and Lord George Hamilton,
eGS,0O0; while Lord Halsbury throws
all these into the shade with total
of well over 20O,O0O.-Tit.Blts
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Model of Holloway.

The suifragette bazaar in London has
attracted many visitors to see mo-
del of Holloway jail cell, which is
faithful in all details, even to the pris-
oner in correct prison uniform. The OBJ
ject of this fair was not only to raise
money, but to prove to the general
public that the suffragettes who agi-
tate are as capable needlewomen,
cooks, artistic and dressmakers as
their sister women. All the articles
sold were the work of the sulfragettes
and their sympathizers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Save Time.

The Parson-I intend to pray that
you may forgive Casey for throwing
that brick at you.
The Patient-Mebbe yer riv'rence
nd be saving tonne if ye'd just wait
till OF git well, and then pray for Ca
sey,-The Universalist Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23

The present power requirements OF
Toxic represent $4,000 horsepower
and hydro-electric plants calling for
10000 additional horsepower are in
course of erection. These figures do
not include the electric railroad from
Toxic to Yokohama or the elevated
road under construction by the gov
eminent in Toxic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
ETATE OF OHIO, CIlN q 4ULLDo, |
TUCAa COuNTY

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath 4 at he is
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. tHE Ely &
Co., doing business In the City vledo,
County and State aforesaid, and & al ga d
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF cATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use Of HALL g
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of Deem
SEAL. Der, AID, 1886. A.W. GLEASON.
t~0~-1 Notary Public.
Hall'sCatarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the systt m. Sen for testimonials,
lice. f. j. CHENLl q Co., Toledo, o..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
chean Amusements.

The following is taken from Chari-
ties and The Commons, New York
publication of national repute, devot'
ed to philanthropy and social ad'
vance.
For four months a joint committee
of the Y, oman's Municipal League
and the Peoples Institute has been
engaged in an investigation of the
cheap amusements of Manhattan Is
land. The committee has been com,
posed as follows: Michael M, Davis,
Jr., secretary of the Peoples lnsti-
tute, chairman; Mrs. Josephine Red
ding, secretary of the Woman's NUM-
cipal League, secretary; Mrs. r. II.
McKelvey, Miss Henrietta B. Rod
man. Miss Alice Lewisohn, Mrs. F.
r. Swift Michael H. Cardoza, Charles
H. Ayres, Jr., John Collier, and W.
Frank Persons. The investigation
has been made financially possible
through the Spuyten Duyvil branch
of the Woman's Municipal League.
The writer has acted as field inVes-
tigator, and expresses himself on the
subject as follows:
Not only the superficial aspect, but
the essential nature Of the cheap
amusement problem has changed
and changed for the better Con-
structive elements have entered and
triumphantly made good with the pub
lie, so that now the cheap amusement
situation offers an immediate oppor'
tunity and rousing challenge to the
social worker. The nickelodeon's the
thing, and the story of its develop
ment is instructive.
Five years ago the nickelodeon was
neither better nor worse than many
other cheap amusements are at pres
ent. 1t was often carnival OF vul-
garity, suggestiveness and violence,
the fit subject for police regulation
It gained a deservedly bad name, and
although no longer deserved, that
name still clings to it. During the
present investigation a visit to more
than two hundred nickelodeons has
not detected one immoral or indecent
picture, or one indecent feature OF
any sort, much as there has been In
other respects to call for improve
ment. But more than this: in the
nckelodeon one sees history, travel
the reproduction of Industries. He
sees farce-comedy which at worst Is
relaxing, innocuous, rather monoto-
nously confined to horseplay, and at
its best is distinctly humanizing,
laughing with and not at the subject.
Some real drama, delightful curtain
raisers, in perfect pantomime, from
France. and in the Judgment of most
people rather an excess of mere mel
odrama, and in rare cases even OF
sheer murderous violence. AT one
show or another a growing number
of classic legends, like Jack and the
Beanstalk or Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves, can be seen any night. The
moving picture repertoire amounts to
tens of thousands, and is amazingly
varied. One firm alone in the city
has two million feet of film" stored
away until it can be used again as
fresh material, after the public has
forgotten it, In addition to the NOV
ing picture, the nickelodeon as a rule
has singing, and almost invariably
the audience joins in the chorus with
good will. Thus has the moving
picture-show elevated itself.-John
Collier.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
SEVERE BLEEDING HEMORRHOIDS,
Sores, and Itching Eczema-DOctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-CutiOura's Efficacy Proven.


II am now eighty years old, and three
years ago was taken with an attack Of
piles themoThOidS), bleeding and protrud-
ing. The doctor said the only help for me
was to 60 to hospital and be operated on.
tried several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time sores
appeared which changed to a terrible itch
ing eczema Then began 10 use Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, injecting a
quantity of Cuticura Ointment with a Cuti-
cura Suppository Syringe. II took a month
of this treatment to get me in fairly
healthy state and then treated myself
once a day for three months and, after
that, once or twice week. The treat
ments / tried took a lot of money, and it
is fortunate that used Cuticura. ]. IT,
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y, Apr. 20, '07. 4"
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Sat on Again.

Again the supreme court of the
United States has decided that state
officer who exceeds his authority in
violation of the federal constitution
acts merely as a private citizen, and
as such is directly accountable in the
federal courts.-New York Evening
Sun,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
What's the User

Does wealth bring real enjoy.
,mentT
NAV. They won't let you eat the
grub you like, or wear the clothes you
consider classy, or listen to the music
you understand, or even put cast
iron dog on the lawn. philadelphia
Bulletin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23

In certain towns in Germany house
holders are compelled by law to sort
out their house dust. They have to
provide three receptacles-one for
ashes and sweepings, one for cooking
refuse, and one for rags and paper
The rubbish is utilized by the town
authorities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23

sediment. Not satisfied, Mr.. Finders
started using Doan's Kidney Pills.
~The kidneys began to act more reg
ulRrly." he says, "and In short time
l passed few gravel stones. l felt
better right away, and since then
have had no kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
White House Coffee.

Is an exquisite blend of only the most
careful selection of the choicest coffee
berries grown. Handled and packed
in an improved sanitary way, it is en-
tirely free from dust and impurities,
inseparabie from the old style of hand
line in hulk
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Mnthlnn nnlnn.

Miss Tersleep: What keeps you
here so late?"
Mr.. Stoplate: "Your glorious eyes"
Miss Tersleep: We'll, they needn't
detain you. can't keep 'em open
much longer.-CleVeland Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-23
Hangar In Anger

Unrestralned anger acts upon the
blood as virulent poison. 1t irri-
tates the nerves, invades the calm
ness OF the brain and leaves In its
wake the wreckage that comes after
the tempest.