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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
ALMOST A SHADOW
Gained 40 lbs. on Grape-Nuts.

There's a wonderful difference be-
tween a food which merely tastes
good and one which builds up
strength and good healthy flesh.
It makes no difference how much
we eat unless we can digest It, II is
not really food to the system until II
is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says:
Il had been q sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got so bad that the least bit Of
food such as / then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
Il lost flesh until | was almost a
shadow Of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me-
First dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began to use Grape
Nuts, although | lad little faith il
would do me any good.
But | continued To use the food
and have gained twenty pounds In
weight and feel like another. person
IN every way. feel as IL life had
truly begun anew for me. ~.
Il can eat anything | like now in
moderation. suffer no III effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas a year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring have been able to do It my
self all alone.
my breakfast is simply Grape Nuts
with cream and cup Of Postum. with
sometimes an egg and a piece OF
toast. but generally only Grape-Nuts
and Postum. And I can work until
noon and not feel as tired as one
hours work would have made me a
year ago" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, -Ths Road to
Wellville, in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time TO time. They
: are 90 Auine, true, and fun Of human
tntsEesG
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Golfers Ready Excuse.

1t is notorious that golfers. like
anglers, have reputation for either
drawing the long box or making ex-
cuses. thought / knew every excuse
that could be made from the man
who missed a short putt because a
lark was singing just above his head
to the grumbler who complained that
a caddie moved just as he was driv-
ing, but this week heard new one.
1t was apropos of the international
balloon race. One of the balloons
eventually landed on the Ashford
Manor course. and the excuse adj
vanced by one player was surely
quite original.
When he entered the club he re-
marked: Who the dickens could putt
with balloon lowering over your
head dropping sand on you."-Lon-
don Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia K. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
II means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honest ly desired. Itmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
It means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made i'll the advertisements of Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told!
Come and See
Was there ever such erson as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there
any Mrs. Pinkham now to whom
sick women are asked to write?
Come ana See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only fol
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forshealso
might just as well regain her health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The use OF oil as fuel has engaged
the attention Of the British Admiral.
~ for some time, and it has recently
been decided to establish oil storage
tanks In various parts OF the United
Kingdom to insure convenient SOU.
es OF supply. Birkenhead, directly
opposite Liverpool, has been selected
as one Of the supply centres. The ex-
periments conducted by the Admiral.
~ during the past twelve years we're
not at first satisfactory, and two ad.
verse reports were made prior to
1902. Since then the tests have been
OF such character as to reverse the
original Judgment OF the Admiralty.
and 1t may now be said that the i'm
portance of oil fuel Is recognized by
that body and that its use will be ex-
tended In the future as rapidly as
possible.
The British Navy has in service
oil-using torpedo boats with a capac-
lty of "a knots. One Of the draw
backs Of the present time to the ex-
tensive use of oil fuel at sea is the
high cost and the difficulty IL many
instances OF securing IT, The cost
OF oil in Great Britain has no doubt
seriously interfered with its adoption
for steamships and for a variety of
Industrial purposes. With a reduction
in price the field for its employment
would be greatly enlarged, The advan-
tages OF oil fuel, briefly summarized,
are economy OF space, absence Of
SCOT and cinders, elimination OF the
loss Of time consumed in burning
down and cleaning fires when coal is
used, the ease with which oil can be
bunkered, and the quickness with
which full head of steam can be
generated-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Vice Versa.

There was a hopeful CLEAN in the
eyes Of the young man with a slight.
ly retreating chin as he approached
the father Of his lady love.
"Will you give your daughter to
me in marriage, slr?" he asked in as
firm a tone as he could muster.
I'm afraid you are not well enough
acquainted with her, young man." re-
marked the father.
Why, I've seen her twice a week
for nearly a year." said the acton
ished sutton.
THAT may all be-" said the par
emit; but If you knew much about
her character you'd have said, viii
you give me to your daughter in mar.
e?"-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
canada,a Avsrane wanea.

A correspondent chides the Ga
zette for saying that in Britain the
income tax was only paid by the
welI.to-do. and then he points out that
the import fails on all who have an
income of EGO or over A man with
such an income may not, perhaps, be
classed with the well-to-do; but he
is not In the hard-up class. either in
Great Britain or Canada. Even here,
where wages are generally higher
than in European countries, the man
with a steady $500 year would be
counted fairly wen hxed by the mass
Of the workers, who, recent govern
ment statistics show, have average
earnings of about $500 a year.--Mon.
treal Gazette
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

A man who was wanted" In Rus.
STA had been photographed in six diff
ferent positions, ana the pictures
were duly circulated among the po-
lice departments. The chief of one
of these wrote to headquarters a few
days after the issue of the set of por.
traits, reporting as follows: Il have
received the portraits Of the six mis-
creants whose capture is desired
have arrested five Of them. and the
sixth is under observation and will
be secured shortly. "-Harper's Week
ly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
san EraneIseo RedlvIvus.

Partly due to preparation for the
feet, but more largely to the general
progress of reconstructive work, down
town San Francisco has rapidly been
taking shape" during the past few
weeks. AS for buildings, few are as
yet fully constructed. but many are
completed as to upper floors, while
multitudes will soon be ready for Of
flee uses. AS to the streets, regard.
ed as whole, they are probably in
better condition than at any time in
the history of the city.-San Fran.
cisco Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
a senslbIe literary chan

I'm now runnin' ten-acre farm
in connection with the literary bust
ness" says the Sweet Singer of
Southwest Georgia. "and so, the out
look is more cheerful. hope to make
enough cotton to have my poems pub
lished in book and enough corn to
feed the family while I'm waitin' for
the public to buy the book. 1 also
take contracts for the digging of
wells, and these little side-Issues will
enable me to show American Htera-
ture just what can do!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
What He Got.

Miss Elizabeth Culbertson, Of
Wooster, Ohio. and her Scotch collie
dog went on visit to Pittsburg. The
dog got lost. and Miss CuIbertson said
she would do anything to get her dog
back. Haldane T. Plante (notice the
heroic name), member of the Fire
Department, found the dog, demanded
Miss Culbertson's hand in marriage
and got hand, heart, dog. millinery
bills. and all.-Atchison Globe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
PatriarchnI anll.

1t would be interesting to know
how long a herring gull will live in
captivity. In the year 1886, twenty
two years ago, brought from Corn.
wall young herring gull to London
This bird is now In excellent health
and plumage. He is very fond Of
mice and small birds, the latter he
catches for himself. have never
known him to eat a worm or snail
Cheese Is another food he never re.
fuses and catches very cleverIy, whey
thrown to him.-London Field.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

what brought you here, my poor
fellow" the Chicago settlement
worker asked.
Il married a new woman. sir" the
prisoner groaned.
Aha, and she was so dOmineerins
and extravagant that it drove you tc
desperate courses, eh2"
"No: the old woman turned up
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
The w oods of Idaho.

An example of the progress of the
Science Of forestry in this country Is
furnished by the cooperation just ar
ranged between the University of Ida
no and the United States Forest Ser
vice for testing the timber growing
in the state of Idaho. The tests will
be specially directed to determining
the fitness Of these timbers for use
as bridge stringers, railroad ties and
paving blocks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding HumOr on
Ankles-Opiates Alone Brought
Sleep 60 Eczema Yielded to
GuffcuTa

Il had eczema for over two years. 1 had
two physicians, but they only gave me re.
lief for short time and cannot enum-
crate the ointments and lotions / used to
no purpose. My ankles were one mass of
sores. The itching and burning were so in
tense that could not sleep. / could not
walk for nearly four months. One day my
husband said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three times,
had the best nights rest in months un-
less took an opiate. used one set of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and
my ankles healed in short time. 1t is
now year since used Cuticura, and there
has been no return of the eczema. Mrs.
David Brown, Locke, Ark, May Is and
July l3, 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
An Upwise Father.

Met with in the drawing room, q
certain German professor is an enter
tanning old gentleman. To him, re-
Gently a lady said. when one of his
compositions had just been rendered
by one OF the guests: How do you
like the rendering of your song?"
~Vas dot my song7" replied the
professor. Il did not know him. -
Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
The First Encyclopedia.

The honor of first bringing die
tionary of general knowledge into
alphabetical order belongs to Ephraim
Chambers. an English Quaker, whose
taste for literature was acquired in a
globe makers studio; he stole the time
belonging to his master to compose
behind the shop counter, the encyclo-
pedia published in 1727.-American Re,
view Of Reviews.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. was completely worn out
and discouraged when | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work we'll l have been
feeling we'll ever Iince."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
An omnlnotent A. %.

Dorothy, aged 5, who had been
very i'll, was much impressed with the
wisdom of the family physician.
why, mamma" she said one day,
IF l wanted to die, 1 couldn't, cause
Dr. Blank wouldn't let me."-Chicago
Daily News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Ministers wore wigs in the pulpit
down to the beginning Of the last
century, when Mr.. Bentley. Of Sa-
lem, Mass, at the death Of his elder
colleague. became the minister OF
the church and laid aside the wig
and the creed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Find Sanford's Ginger of great value in
promoting digestion, quoting the nerves
and inducing refreshing sleep. Priceless
for cramps, colds, ehills Besides it's al
ways healthful. ~ years the standard of
purity, flavor, and strength
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15


five months in a
hospital l was dis
charged az incura-
BILE, and given only
six months to live.
MY heart was affect
ed. l had smother
ing spells and some
times fell unoon-
scious. l got no I
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
uaa Apana0Had and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
London,a sont Production.

1t Is calculated that London pro-
duces $4,000 tons of SCOT yearly,
which would be worth as fertilizer
about s225,0OO. There are always
fifty tons OF SCOT suspended above
London in the form of smoke.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

A school for dogs has been estab-
lished In Paris. The object is to
teach them politeness. The animals
are trained to welcome visitors by
jumping up, wagging the tail and Civ.
ing allow bark. When the visitor
leaves the dog accompanies him to
the door, constantly wagging his TAIL
and bows his farewell by bending his
head to the floor. He is trained, like
wise, to pick up handkerchief, glove
or fan that has been dropped and re.
turn it to the owner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The sea anemone Is one of the
longest lived Of humble organisms.
One has iourished in captivity for
fifty years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Travellers Rely on sansord,a

Ginger as a panacea for stomach and bowel
ills due to change Of water, food, and eli
mate, cramps, pains, colds, ehills, and a
ing, and strengthening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The African peanut is less deli
cate than the American article Of
food, but It yields more generously
in oil. and is more easily crushed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Introsuection.

Every republic is seIf-made. That
is why it's manners are so bad and
It's habits so vulgar.-From Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

One firm Of four men having their
headquarters near the Illinois River
gather 100000 worth Of pelts every
year, which are sent to Europe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The art OF glove cutting requires
great skill. and In France some of the
best workmen are paid 500 a week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

A Boston woman who has been .
cook for fifty years in her own home
boasts that she has made and baked
$4,000 pies, 100000 doughnuts
100000 buildings and other dain.
ties, and, of course. no end of baked
beans Her recipes are all her own,
but she will not write a cook book.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The average price of the American
potato last year was GIT cents a
bushel. NE33
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

An interesting and picturesque
custom in Southwestern France is
that of going to market on stills,
Groups of young men and women
mounted on high stills may be seen
daily crossing the marshy plains
known as THE Landes." ''The
Landes" are cut up into small
bitches, pools and hummocks, and
stills are, in consequence, almost
necessary to those who desire to ira
verse them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Levi P. BrOckway, 8. Second Ave.,
AnokA, Minn.,. says: After lying for
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
FIVE MONTHS IN HosPIrAIA

Discharged Because Doctors COuI1
Not Cure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

instruction in the art of reading
railway time tables Is now being
given to his pupils by a schoolmas.
ter In Silesia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Black and white ostrich plumeI
come from the male bird, the gray
from the female. The feathers are
not plucked out, as one might imag.
inc, but are clipped off with sharp
knife, leaving the ends of the quill
In the flesh, where 1t remains for two
or three months, until 1t dies" wheu
it Ii pulled out with forceps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Mustaches are not worn by mel
exposed to the severity of an Alas.
kan winter. They wear full beardi
to protect the throat and face. but
keep the upper lip clean shaver. The
moisture from the breath congeals
so quickly that a mustache becomes
imbedded in a solid cake of ice. and
the face is frozen in short time.
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Because Washington Is Dead.
rom Harm er's Weekly

From ftarperS Weekly.
One of the most impressive of the
ceremonies prescribed in the chapter on
"Honors and Distinctions of the United
States navy regulations is that to be
followed when q vessel of the navy, on
it's way up or down the Potomac river,
passes Washington's tomb at Mount
Vernon. Unfortunately the observance
of tn is ceremonial is limited to smaller
ships, as for such only is the Potomac
at this point navigable. The dispatch
boat Dolphin, the Presidents yachts
Mayfiower and Sylph, and the smaller
cruisers and gunb oats that occasionally
visit Washington for presidential In
augura lions or similar events, observe
the ceremonial so strictly that it would
seem through infrequent occurrence it
gains in interest. When any naval yes
sci approaches Mount Vernon the ma
rine guard and the band are paraded,
the ships bell Is tolled, and the colors
half -masted. When opposite Washing
TONS tomb the bugles sound taps" tn e
marine guard presents arms, and all Of
ficers and men stand at attention and
salute. W
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patented for collecting and concen-
. trating the suns rays, with a view to
putting the heat thus obtained to me-
chanical use in a small way. Usually
refiectors of some sort, especially mir
rors, are employed for the purpose.
Devices of that kind have been util-
lied successfully for cooking, and In
south ern California so-called solar
heaters to warm water for bath,
laundry, and other domestic purposes,
are installed in tn ousands. of dwellings.
They are set in the roofs of the houses
at an angle of 80 degrees facing south,
and raise the water to a temperature
of 1870 to ITO degrees Fahrenheit.
such contrivances, 1t must be ad-
mitted, are of relatively small i'm
portance, but they are undeniably IN
teresting as Offering hints of the trend
of human thought in the direction OF
the economic revolution which is des-
tined before long to usher in new
epoch in the progress of civilization
the epoch of sun power"
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FEW OF MANY ENDORSEMENTS
FROM THE PRESS,
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival ana departure OF
passenger trains at the rev Terminal
Station, Birmingham:
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DRS. DOZIER & DOZIER'S
MEDICO-sURGICAL AND ELEc-
MOUNTAINEERING

MEDICO-sURGICAL AND ELEc-
TRO-THERAPEUTIo
INSTITUTE
117K N. Twenty-frst Street
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
A strictly high-class institute for the
scientific treatment of all chronic Nerv-
Gus, Blood, Skin, Rectal. Female and
Genito- Urinary diseases. Deformities.
Tumors, Stiff Joints, Cancer, Lupus.
Malignant Ulcers. Rheumatism and
Consumption.
HemOrrhoids, VaricOcIe, Hernia and
Venerial Diseases of every name,
nature, form and character, are
also treated and legal
GUARANTEE OF CURE WILL BID
GIVEN IN EVERY CASE.
Our equipment. consisting of we'll
kept Prescription Department. x-Ray
Violet Ray, Static and Galvano- Parade
apparatus. Super-Heated Air. Electric
Light Cabinet. Eureka Nebulizer and
Ozone Limitations for nose, throat and
lungs, and a thoroughly equipped Sur
gical Department modern and up-to-
date in every particular. give US a pres
tige over all competitors in Alabama
in our special line of practice.
Correspondence Invited-COnsuItstio ton
and Examination Free.
Terms liberal and confidence held In
violate. Office hours a. m. to D. M:
Sundays 5 a. m. to 1 p. m.
A FEW OF MANY ENDORSEMENTS
FROM THE PRESS.
The Birmingham Ledger: Drs Do
xier are without doubt the best known
specialists in the south, and their fame
is due entirely to their great skill.
The Birmingham News: Both Drs
o. T. and Byron Dozier are reliable
and experienced physicians and sur
geons, who deserve the great success
which has been and is theirs.
The Age-Herald: Drs. Dozier'sz long
standing and approved abilities entitle
them to the proud distinction of stand
ing at the head of their profession.
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Martins right hand with his own. That s
a flush I've got fours
MARTIN laughed. Yes, he said, but
it's straight flush and he started to
p,ill his hand away, but Patton gripped
it hard. He was a powerful man.
+" Straight flush hell! he yelled Who
ever heard of beating fours?'
AT this we all spoke up, but he went
red-headed on the instant. Seizing Mar
tins hand in his teeth. he bit it to the
bone raked in the pot with both hands.
and had two guns almost out of his
pockets before the chief and I managed TO
grab him. one on each side.
"Even then we had hard fight be-
fore we got him down. but we managed
it in time, and the chief had handouts
on him in short order. Then we had to
hold Martin but after he had cooled off
some he was satisfied with the sentence
Patton got for ma yhem
Remembering that and some other
things" said the elderly gambler, Il
don't want to see any more changes
made in draw poker
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For ages the energy of streams has
been utilized through the medium of
water mills of one kind or another.
But like the windmill, the watermill
has retained to a great extent its an
cient primitiveness, refusing to
be improved. Not until lately has
mankind learned how to apply scien-
tific methods in putting the rivers to
work-the new idea In this line being
most conspicuously. illustrated by the
catarac of Niagara, power from which,
transmitted through copper wires. now
lights the city of Buffalo and runs the
machinery of considerable number
of large manufacturing plants. Be-
fore long, indeed, it may be carried as
far as New York.
IT may say in conclusion that many
ingenious devices have already been
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W KNOW the of the Weekly and Daily and Sunday
AgcEerad the best do not have
fortified, having great newspaper and spSndd
Magazine in home
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Ads illustrated with good cuts are
trade winners-The Gawk makes good
cuts.