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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17

White Island derives its name from
The clouds of white steam in which it
appears to be continually enVeloped.
its area is only 600 acres, and its
height about $50 feet above the sea
level.
In form and color it is like re-
posing camel, while its interior with
It's gray, weather. beaten, almost per-
oendicular cliffs, recalls the Coliseum
1t Rome. Overhanging the southern
anding place stands a column of rock
closely resembling a sentinel, which
mas been dedicated to the memory Of
Captain Cook The water of che is
and is of pale green hue, and any
thing dipped into it becomes of red
brick color. The fumes of sulphur
are always plainly perceptible.
On a fine moonlight night won
derful sight is afforded to any one
who will sit in an open boat in one OF
The lakes of the island. Covering an
area of fifty acres is an immense cal
iron, Kissing and snorting and send
ing forth volumes of poisonous steam,
while all chances of egress appear to
be denied by the steep, silent and
gloomy cliffs British Australian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
The cup is empty.
To our sorrow;
But hope it will
Re 6llad to-DnnrrOyv
A New Ice-Mnking Machine.

A new ice-making machine has
lately been placed on the market. 1t
works on the principle that water will
freeze when evaporated rapidly by
means of a vacuum pump and a pow
erful absorbent, such as sulphuric
acid. 1t is said that the machine can
be worked by hand and will turn out
carafes of iced water at the rate Of
one in three minutes, and blocks of
ice weighing about one pound in
twenty minutes. The apparatus, con-
sisting of the absorber and the carafe,
or the ice mold, are rocked by means
of a handwheel and crank, which
serves also to create the vacuum, This
apparatus is made at Reading, Eng
and.-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
How Trees Cool the Air.

Not one person in ten, perhaps,
looks upon a tree as a cooling agent
beyond the effect produced by its
shade And yet it acts on the hot
air around it just as lump OF ice
acts on the water in a pitcher Here
is the explanation; The human
body as you know maintains, when
in a sound condition a temperature
of about SO degrees, called blood
heat. Well, a tree as a body has a
temperature of about As degrees,
which is not affected by outside in
fuences. You see, therefore, how a
clump Of trees, irrespective of the
shade they make, can lower the temp
erature of the air around them; ana
when you consider the combined eff
feet of this and the shade they make
you readily understand why the woods
are so cool, and why it is wise to
have little parks all over a city and
plenty of. trees along the Streets
Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
WANTED TO KNOW
The Truth About Grape-Nuts Food.

1t doesn't matter 80 much what
you hear about thing, it's what you
know that counts. And correct
knowledge is most likely to come
from personal experience.
About year ago." writes a N. z.
man, Il was bothered by indigestion,
especially during the forenoon.
tried several remedies without any
permanent improvement.
my breakfast usually consisted Of
oatmeal, steak or chops, bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing SO much about Grape
Nuts, concluded to give It a trial
and find out II all l had heard of It
was true.
80 began with Grape-Nuts and
cream, two soft boiled eggs, toast, q
cup Of Postum and some fruit. Be-
fore the end Of the FIRST week was
rid of the acldity OF the stomach and
felt much relieved.
by the end of the second week all
traces Of indigestion had disappeared
and l was In FIRST rate health once
more. Before beginning this course
of diet I never had any appetite for
lunch, but now can enjoy a hearty
meal at noon time" There's Rea-
SON"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" 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, 1908-10-17
THE RRcoMPENsE.

In Tunis, once, rambled down
A winding Arab street,
When suddenly broke upon the wind
A strain OF music sweet.
II Pan had tuned his tabled pipes,
And blown them in my ear, 8
They had not made a song 80 sweet,
And fine and true and clear.
"What hand has touched so rare a chord
What lip has charmed the air
To music 80 divine" / said,
so wistful and so fairy" -
@They must have looked into che flowers,
And twined each fragant face
Into the melodies they play,
To give them such a gracel
"And every bud that has birth,
And every rose that dies,
Has breathed her first and last sweet
breath
Into their soulful eyesl o'%@S
"They must have stood at Dido's tomb,
Above the lonely plain
Where Carthage lies in tears of dust,
Thrice risen-and thrice slainl
How must they con the songs of old,
- OF Sappho, Schiller, Poe,
To sing so well the canticles y
OF freedom, love and vol" -
1 found them playing on the curb
A humble Arab band
With want on every magic VOL,
And age in every handl
dropt coin upon the plate;
For thanks of heart and mind,
Eight grateful eyes were turned TO me,
And all of them were blind!
-Aloysius Coll. in Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
81: a:7 VS.: &: ThOmpSOn'S
THE SECOND EMPIRE.
TWO Picturesque Episodes In Period
Of Unrest.

TWO Picturesque Episodes In a Period
Of Unrest.
Walking about the streets, riding on
buses, junketing up and down the riv
er in steamboats,, was profoundly
struck by the unrest among the PEG
pie, their intense hatred of Emperor
and Empress. One day caught a
glimpse of Rochefort, carried aloft on
the shoulders of mob of students
thronging the Boulevarde Standardized
never saw a man looking SO helpless
ly frightened as did the founder OF
the "Lanterne," then in its prime
Whether he feared the police or fall,
/ do not know. But his terror was
abiect.
In the summer time the Emperor
paid visit to Beauvais. On the chance
OF getting material for an article &C
ceptable in London, journeyed thitheI
with North Peat, who went down as
representative of 1.-THE Morning Star
The Prince Imperial accompanied the
Emperor, who drove through living
lanes Of people stretching from the
roadway to the open windows Of the
topmost chamber. They came to see.
but they would not remain to cheer
The occasion was the presentation OF
prizes gained at the local Lycee. The
head prize was never delivered, the
winner, lad Of fourteen, declining tc
accept it from the hand Of the hated
Emperor.-H. W. Lucy, in The Corn
hill Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
Rether, and until the last few yeaTs was sup.
posed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced il local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
SANITY failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
CatArrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con.
ternally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
full 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one hun.
dred. dollars for any caseit fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials. Address FL
CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17

The coming OF the Dreadnoughts.
rs all the world knows, has meant a
complete revolution in naval construc-
ton. In the opinion OF most naval
officers the future is to the Power
which possesses most OF these ships
and can use them well, writes II. w.
Wilson, in the London Daily Mail.
It will be interest, then, in view Of
the pause which has been made dur
ing the present year in shipbuilding,
to examine how the British Navy
stands In this latest type of ship and
what are the designs likely to be
adopted in the near future. The Ad-
miralty is committed to the large bat
tleship and 1t will scarcely go back.
Nor would 1t be wise to do so in view
of the fact that almost all foreign
Powers are faithfully copying British
designs.
For the present year two monster
ships--a battleship and a cruiser
have been voted. The battleship, con-
trary to the reports circulated will be
similar in all important respects to
the st. Vincents. That is to say she
will displace 1920 tons or there
abouts, will carry ten or twelve H.
inch guns, and will be propelled by
turbine engines actuated by steam.
Thus she will make up the group of
four st. Vincents, and when she is
completed for sea the British Navy
will possess two groups, each four
strong Of all big gun battleships. The
other vessel will resemble the Invinci-
bles, with improvements, and will
complete the group Of four 25-knot
cruiser battleships.
So much for the present. 1t will
be seen that there is nothing sensa-
tional in the design of the ships for
this year which are meant to fill the
gaps in the existing organization. But
next year it is possible that there may
be new and startling departures.
From hints which Ministers and 9TH
ers have dropped, the Admiralty will
be compelled to ask for not fewer
than five monster battleships. More
may be needed, but this must neces-
sarily depend on the progress which
foreign ships make in the next few
months.
Germany It must be remembered
has now building or sanctioned seven
battleships of Dreadnought type
against the British eight and two,
or possibly three, cruisers of the In
vincible type against the British
four). And under her fixed program
she will lay down three more mon
ster battleships and one more mon
ster cruiser next year, the battleships,
1t is believed, displacing $1,000 tons
or even more. A British program
Of five battleships and one monster
armored cruiser would bring the Brit
ish total of Dreadnoughts up to only
eighteen, as against the German to-
tai of thirteen or fourteen. The Brit
lsh margin of four or five ships, which
1t would give, would be far less than
what the strict two Power standard
demands.
If, then, we assume that the Brit
ism program consists of five battle
ships and one improved Invincible
and nothing less will satisfy the
claims of national secuDity-it is
probable that the Admiralty will lay
down one group of four improved st.
vincents-four battleships, that is to
say, each carrying twelve 12-inch
guns. But the fifth battleship may
quite possibly be an experimental
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
MOTORS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Cars Registered at Rate of Fifty q
Day-Duplicate Papers.

Massachusetts, is deriving from the
registration of motor vehicles a
bigger income than ever has been
yielded from that source. Cars have
been registered recently at the rate
of about fifty each day, and the total
number so far since January has
been 1877.
Returns for the first half year
which have reached the State Treas.
urer show that the fees collected in
connection with the automobile ac'
tivities by the Massachusetts High
way Commission since December
last amounted to $100,782.
According to the Motor World
about ten per cent. of the cars regis
tered recently have been those OF
owners having residence in other
States, but who have been coming In
to Massachusetts with their cars for
tours or for a stay on a summer out
ing. About 500 registrations were
reissues. 3svs-sS, ,-c'4d
This year since December last
the total of private operators has
reached 1857 and Of professional
chaffeurs 4480. It is worth noting
that out of slightly under 200 new
applicants for examination for pro-
fessional chauffeurs' licenses the com.
missions examiners rejected about
thirty per cent. ~ +S.>
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17

An agent sent by the Department Of
Agriculture to Juniata, Idaho, to in
vestigate the present status Of the So
called Alaska wheat, said to yield
more than two hundred bushels per
acre, made the following statement
by wire:
Alaska yielding twenty-five bush
els per acre. Badly mixed. Grain in
ferior. Quality soft and white. Or
binary wheat yielding fully as much.
Best varieties more"
An ANALYSIS recently made by the
Department Of Agriculture shows that
Alaska wheat contains only little
more than 8 percent OF protein, while
soft winter wheats average 10 per-
cent, hard winter wheats IL percent,
and hard spring wheats u liz percent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Unusual Case of Double.

"T have been told" said the thin
woman, that there is a woman over
in Brooklyn who looks just exactly
like me-"
"If there is, it is an unusual case
Of a double" said the photographer.
Thin people very seldom have doub-
les. In my business l meet many
pairs of people who look alike. In
every case the most extraordinary re.
semblances are between persons who
are stout. Scientifically | cannot ex-
plain the likelihood of heavy weights
possessing the same chin, nose, eyes
and expression. Maybe it is because
the flesh fills up all angles and hol.
lows and destroys individuality OF
outline New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
OLDEST LONDON POLICE CELL.
Supposed to Be More Than 200 Year,
old-Underground Passage.

Beneath a building known as the
Old Court House, Wellclose square,
Stepney, stand what are said to be
the Oldest police cells in London, and
under these Is the entrance to sub
way believed to have once led to the
Tower, nearly a mile distant.
This subterranean passage is now
blocked up, and at the entrance there
stands a skeleton.
The building was formerly known
as the High Court of Liberty and Ia
supposed to be over 900 years old.
The court house is now the home Of
the German Oak Club, and the fine
apartment in which trials took place
is used for dancing, while tie adjoin.
ing rooms provide accommodation
for billiards.
A winding stone staircase leads e
the two cells at the rear of the court
house. At the top of the stairs is a
massive and strongly barred door,
with peephole in it. This leads to
the first of the apartments. The only
light which penetrates these dirty
dens comes through gratings high up
against the ceiling, and each is fitted
with shutter, by means of which
the cells can be plunged into darks
ness.
Nearly half the floor space in each
room is filled by wooden bed, and
attached to the walls are the rusty
chains with which the prisoners were
manacled. Another object to be seen
is straitjacket made of stiff canvas,
with iron rings which can be fastened
to the chains.
Many names, inscriptions and pic.
lures are carved on the wooden walls.
One can still read the name of Edward
Burk, who is said to have been
hanged for murder. Close by is
carved Edward Ray, December 81,
1885," and another inscription runs
Francis Britain, June 81, 1853.
Pray remember the poor debtors"
On the floor of the first cell can be
distinguished the squares of chess
board, cut in the solid oak. Over the
door between the two cells can be
traced the words, 1.-The rule of the
house is a gallon of beer" and just
below, in neater character, are the
words, John Burn came in April IL,
1851"
One prisoner bro Ike into verse thus:
The cup is empty, -
To our sorrow;
But hope it will
Be filed tomorrow. 49,
Another prisoner signed himself
James Carr, smuggler, 1881" The
pictorial efforts include churches, a
crude representation of the Tower
of London, an armchair and the
triple emblem of the rose, shamrock
and thistle.
Running under the roadway of
Wellclose square is dungeon lined
with brickwork foot thick.--London
Evening Standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
WAS DELIRIOUs WITH ECZEMA
Pain, Heat and Tingling Were Excru.
ciating-Cuticura Acted Like
Magic,

"An eruption broke oat on my dauGh
ter's chest. took her to doctor, and he
pronounced it to be eczema of very bad
form. He treated her, but the disease
spread to her back, and then the whole Of
her head was affected, and all her hair had
to be cut off. The pain she suffered was
excruciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost unbeara
Bile. Occasionally she was delirious and
she did not have proper hours sleep for
many nights. The second doctor we tried
afforded her just as little relief as the first
Then 1 purchased Cuticura Soap Oint.
ment, and Pills, and before the Ointment
was three quarters finished every trace Of
the disease was gone. It really seemed like
magic. Mrs. T. w. Hyde, Brentwood,
Essex, England, Mar. 8, 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Wait for a Raise.

Augustus Marmaduke Uppische had
by inadvertence been elected mem
Der of the local club, but somehow he
did not seem to "catch on" as it were
with his fellow members.
In many ways they strove to make
him understand his unpopularity, and
one evening he rushed furiously up to
a member of the committee.
Look here!" he said. 1--WE been
insulted in this club! A man offered
me hundred pounds if I'd resign my
membership | must do something
What would you advise me to do?"
The committeeman considered a
while before replying.
I'D advise you to hang on for day
or two longed. You'll get better
then. Pearson Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
What She Had Done.

The singer arose and began ia
Paloma." The Englishman turned
around, he was sitting with his back
to the orchestra, to look at her.
Eight years ago, you know" said
he, that same woman used to get up
like that and sing La Paloma.' Eight
years ago. And here she is again.
The same woman singing the same
old song. Never done anything else
worth mentioning, suppose. Yes. ]
see. She has done something else,
too, when all is said and done. She
has grown a ffne mustache. New
York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Anyhow, They Bite.

The Landmark did ont at first know
what started the volley of inquiries as
to whether it meant fewer or smaller
mosquitoes when it said less mos,
quitoes." Now we learn that the Dan
vile Bee has made the point that less
refers to quantity, not to number.
Tut, tut! That is bubble. Less
is the opposite of more. More mos
quitoes" would be grammatical
phrase; by the best of rules-good
usage-"less mosquitoes" is just as
admissible with reference to number.
We are prepared to defend it with
pick, axe, and shotgun. (Va)
Landmark.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Russia Supplies Japan.

vice-Consul Harry Suslow, of Mos
COW, writes that the administration
of the Russian Dnieprovskiy Metal
lurgic Company recently signed con.
tract in st. Petersburg with the Jap
anese Government for the supply of
100000 pools (5SO6 tons) of steel
rails. The weight of the rails is to
be twenty-four pounds to the current
foot. The rails are to be delivered
at Port Dalny for the southern parts
of the Manchurian Railway.-United
States Consular and Trade Reports.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
NO MORE PHossY JAW.
White Phosphorus in Match Manu-
Racture to Be Prohibited.

White Phosphorus in Match Manu-
facture to Be Prohibited.
After many years of agitation the
use of the deadly white phosphorus
in the manufacture of matches is
soon to be prohibited. A bill, backed
by Herbert Gladstone and Herbert
Samuel, with this object in view was
introduced in the House of Com
mons last week, and fuller details Of
the measure, which was issued from
the printers Saturday, will give salts
faction to the thousands of people
employed in this dangerous trade.
The governments action is the in
direct result of the Berne labor con-
ference of September, 1905, when
representatives of France, Germany,
Italy, Holland, Denmark and Switzer-
land consenting to the prohibition,
Great Britain then Withholding her
agreement. AS the outcome Of a con-
sultation with the manufacturers the
promoters of the bill now before Par
lament have made it possible for less
Ava WAAIO paws
phorus, which are protected by pat
ents, to be obtained on reasonable
terms by all manufacturers.
The use of the poisonous white
phosphorus is not necessary in the
business of matchmaking. Its en-
ployment, moreover, is highly dan
gerous to the work-people, for. it
gives rise to the painful disease of
necrosis of the Jaw, commonly known
as "phossy jaw" This disease has
much the same effect on those at
tackled by it as that of leprosy, and
it works the same horrible ravages
on the face and hands.
The bill, If it passes into law, will
not only forbid the use of white phos-
chorus in the manufacture Of
matches, but will also make it illegal
for any one to sell or import matches
in the making of which white phos-
phorus has been used.--London
Chronicle. aaA.y.
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PERUNA ADVISED FOR
SUDDEN COLDS.
It Should Be Taken According to Dl-
reCtIons on the Bottle, at the
First AnpearanCe Of the Cold.

ST. JOSEPH, M1oH., Sept, 1901. Last
winter caught sudden cold lUhtch de-
VeLOped into an unpleasant CGtGrTt
of the head and throat, depriving me of my
appetite and usual good spirits. A friend
who had been cured by Peruna advised me
to try it and / sent for bottle at once,
the phlegm had loosened, and felt better,
my appetite returned and within nine days
l was in my usual good, health.
Miss Helen Sauerbier.
Peruna is an old and well tried remedy
for colds. No woman should be with
out it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Miser,s Gold is Moltec.

Afraid Of banks, Frank Marks, a
farmer, of Berea, Ohio, converted all
his money into gold coin and hid the
metal under the floor Of his pig pen.
While he and his wife were in
Cleveland, robber searched his
house, ripping mattresses and up
holstery to locate the hidden wealth.
The thief set fire to the barn and
pig pen. Upon his return home, Marks
surprised his friends by digging in
the ruins of the pig pen and drawing
forth huge lump Of gold. The coins
had been melted by the heat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
nlvIna lnsnlratlon.

Efie, the little daughter of a clergy
man, pranced into her fathers study
one evening while the reverend gen
tleman was preparing a lengthy ser
mon for the following Sunday.
She loked curiously at the manu-
script for a moment and then turned
to her father.
Papa, -"Ae began, seriously, docs
God tell'y3d what to writer" .
Certainly, dearie," replied the
clergyman.
Then why do you scratch so much
Of 1t out?" asked Ef1e-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Ianan,s Hnir Exnnrt.

Japanese hair now floods the hui
man-hair market. In 1904 this ex-
port totalled but 6O75 pounds, val
ued at $14O0. In 1906 these figures
had risen to 337,5O0 pounds, worth
$4,000. France-Japan's chief Gus
tomer--in 1905 bought $4,000
pounds of hair, while the United
States in that year purchased 42,5O0
pounds.
Such bales of human hair are not,
however, the luxuriant tresses of the
mousme sacrificed to benefit her fam
lily, but constitute combings.-Har.
per's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
Premature EXPLOSION.

Madame" said the street car con-
iuctor, lis this your boy?"
Yes, sir; he Is" she snapped. And
am not going to pay any fare for
dim either! He isn't five years old
YETI"
Il didn't dream of asking you to
Day fare for him, maam. l was only
going to tell you he's the brightest
ind handsomest little fellow I've seen
or many day"
Then he passed down the aisle,
eaying the portly dame speechless
md gasping for breath.-Chicago
Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-17
coIumbus's Tomb.

The history of Columbus's bones is
about as checkered as tkat of his life.
His remains, after burial at Vallado-
lid, Spain, were removed to Seville. In
1886 they were taken with great pomp
to Santo Domingo and inferred in the
cathedral. In 1896 what were supposed
to be his ashes were again removed
to the cathedral of Havana and bur-
led there with imposing ceremonies.
The American.