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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
FLOATING KIDNEY.
For One Real Case There Are Scores
of Imaginary Ones.


One of the bugaboos of the popu-
lar imagination which have caused
much unnecessary suffering is what
is known as a Floating kidney"
The word "bugaboo" is used delib-
srately, because for one case of
genuine floating kidney there are
scores that are simply the figment
of nervous imagination. In fact,
there is no physical disorder that
can be so easily imagined into exist
ence. In the case of confirmed
nervous patient who has run the
gamut of all the ills to which
"nerves" are heir, if the name of
floating kidney is mentioned, the
symptoms will promptly put in their
appearance.
There are, of course, some genu-
inc cases which may give rise to
much physical discomfort and even
pain. The normal kidney is held
in its place by the outside shell of
fat which covers it, although all
kidneys are more or less movable.
When a well nourished individual
suddenly loses great deal of flesh
the condition of floating kidney may
very well be the result, because this
shell of fat is reduced, and the or
gan loses its natural support.
The condition will be more no
ticeable in people who wear corsets
or very tight clothing round the
waist or in those whose abdominal
muscles for any reason have become
relaxed. 1t is quite possible for
this condition to exist without any
symptoms at all, especially if the
patient has been kept in ignorance
of it.
The symptoms when they do ap-
pear consist of pain in the side,
dyspepsia and extreme nervousness.
In most genuine. cases of this
trouble the loose kidney will be only
part of d general abdominal relaxa-
tion and displacement, and any eff
fort at cure must therefore in
clude all the other organs involved
with it.
Sometimes case of floating kid
ney will cause paroxysms of severe
pain, with nausea, vomiting, chills
and fever and general collapse.
These cases, happily, are not fire.
quent and are thought to be due to
the kidney being so loose as to be
able to twist round it's own ureter-
that is to say, the tube which leads
from it to the bladder. In these
extreme cases an operation may be
necessary in order to "anchor" it.
Occasionally kidney may be dis
located by heavy lifting or strain
ing. ;..
The treatment of most patients
is that which brings the general
nutrition up to par. The gaining
of few pounds of flesh will often
work wonders and will sometimes
be greatly assisted by the tempo
rary use of properly fitted support
aud the allaying of nervous fears
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Springfield Man Finds His Son
in Boston.

Pursuing at various times during
the past three months quiet hunt
for his l6-year-old boy, Jacob, who
ran away from home. the efforts OF
Peter Kisler of Springfield, Vt, were
rewarded Sunday night when, about
0 o'clock, in Maverick square, East
Boston, he found the boy who re-
turned with him to Springfield
Monday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Acco mmodating.

An American was showing some
artist friends from Munich the sights
of New York. As they stood In front
of the Shakespeare statue In Central
park discussion arose whether the
figure was resting upon its right or
its left leg.
"Er steht auf dem rechten bPiu."
"Nein." retorted another. "er sten
auf dem liukpn beiD." .s.f
"Auf dem rechten," argued several.
"Auf dem linken." retorted the other
faction.
An American gentleman, overhear-
ing the dispute. came over and politely
tipped his hat. Excuse me. gentle
men," he said. but this isn't Lincoln.
This Is Shakespeare."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Old Book Terms.

The words folio. quarto. octave, duo
,decimo and the like have almost If not
quite lost their original meaning. AT
first they had reference only to the
number of leaves into which the sheets
used In making the books were folded
Thus IL these sheets were folded ono
so as to form two leaves or four pages
the book was called folio; II the
sheets were folded twice so as TO form
four leaves the book was called a
quarto; If they were folded four times
so as to form eight leaves the book
was called an octave, and so on.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
RECKONING TIME.
The Sexasesir,al System, Which Was
Used In Babylonia.

Used In Babyionia.
Why is the hour divided into
sixty minutes, each minute into
sixty seconds, etc? Simply and
solely because, in Babylonia, there
existed by the side of the decimal
system of nations another system,
the sexagesimal, which counted by
sixties. Why that number should
have been chosen is clear enough,
but it speaks well for the practical
sense of those ancient Babylonian
merchants.
There is no number which has so
many divisors as sixty. The Baby
lonians divided the suns daily jour
ney into twenty-four parasangs, or
720 stadia. Each parasang, or hour,
was subdivided into sixty minutes.
A parasang is about German mile,
and the Babylonian astronomers
compared the progress made by the
sun during one hour at the time of
the equinox to the progress made
by good walker during the same
time, both accomplishing one para
sang.
The whole course of the sun dur
ing the twenty-four equinoctial
hours was fixed at twenty-four para
sangs, or 72O stadia, or $50 degrees.
This system was handed on to the
Greeks, and Hippalchus, the Greek
philosopher, who lived about $50
B. c., introduced the Babylonian
hour into Europe.
Ptolemy, who wrote about $50
A. d., whose name still lives in the
Ptolemaic system of astronomy, gave
still wider currency to the Baby
lonian way of reckoning time. He
popularized it.
1t was carried along on the quiet
stream of traditional knowledge
through the middle ages, and,
strange to say. it sailed down safely
over the Niagara of the French rev.
olution, for the French, when
revolutionizing weights, measures,
coins and dates and subjecting all
to the decimal system of reckoning.
were induced by some unexplained
motive to respect our clocks and
watches and allow our dials to re-
main sexagesimal-that is, Baby
lonian, each hour consisting of sixty
minutes.
Here you see again the wonder
full conference of the world and
how what we call knowledge is the
result of an unbroken tradition, of
teaching descending from father
to son. Not more than about 100
arms would reach from us to the
builders of the palaces of Babylon
and enable us to shake hands with
the founders of the oldest pyramids.
Scrap Book.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Here's a Range That's
ALWAYS Ready to Bake

and Aues are of special patented CON
struction.
They give you quicker heat, more
heat, aud perfectly distributed heat
That + why with the STERLING,
you can begin baking any time, and
get perfect results.
It's worth while to know exactly
why you can get such splendid bak-
ing with the STERLING
And tne whole story is contained
IN Booklet that the manufacturers
have issued. Send for it. It's free.
Address the Sill Stove Works,
Rochester. n. Y. And then come
in. Well gladly explain the SFER-
LING to you.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Difficulties OF womaniiness.

To be a man is the simplest thing
in the world-he has only to be as
nature has chosen--but the stren-
uousness of girls life begins when
she is quite little. At all ages wo-
men must keep up appearances, but
the ever present necessity to be bet
ter looking than she really is and to
maintain scme illusion about her
self is only one Of the difficulties Of
of being a woman.-Sydney Austria
liam.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Was Born in Norwich.

Edward p. Hatch, owner of the
Lord & Taylor, the big dry goods
house of New York, prominent
fnancier and large real estate owner
in Vermont, a public spirited citizen,
died Monday in Burlington, where
his family resides summers, age II
years,
He was II native of Norwich, Ner-
mont.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Not Exempt.

An evangelist was exhorting his
hearers to flee from the wrath to
come. 81 warn you," he thundered,
that there will be weeping and
wailing and gnashing of teethp"
At this moment an old woman In
the gallery stood up. "Sir," she
shouted, '1 have no teeth"
Madam" returned the evangel-
'st severely, "teeth will be provid-
ed, Success Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
The FOurth's Toll 215 Lives.

The Independence Day celebration
of 1909 claimed as its grim toll 2l5
lives, according to the figures com
piled in the current number of the
journal of the American Medical
association.
For the first time since 1908 te-
tanus. or l,cLjnw, was responsible
for more deaths than all the other
causes c, ,mbined. Tetanus claimed
l25 lives.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Retort Courteous.

you will think of all the cruel things
you've said to me.
Mr.. Saddensole-And it will be just
like you to go and die in order to give
me n chance to think of them.-BostOn
Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
An Easy Method.

Miss Fuzzle-I want to break my en-
gagement with Mr.. Sappie, but don't
know how to do it without driving
the poor fellow to suicide.
Little Brother-Why don't you let
him see you in curl papers just once?
-Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

agree a mung them selvs and it was
put upon Serjeant Jonathan Wal
dron to serve as ordly which he con-
cented and was excepted off by the
Commissioners and was Qualified
accordingly.
ATESr Cyrus Allin ordly Ser
jeant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

The new building at Kurn Hattin
Home, Westminster, will be dedi-
Gated September 30, the exercises
beginning at two o'clock in the
afternoon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
His Fatal Oversiuht.

He proposed to her by mail, and by
letter she replied. He read her brief
refusal. then committed suicide. Alas,
he'd be alive today and she happy
bride had he but read the postscript
penned on the other side.-St Louis
Post-Dispatch. ." 80 ..'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Two pisoouraaino Letters.

Hoax-How are you getting along in
your wooing of Miss Goldrox?
Joax-Well, she wrote me two let
ters today.
"You don't say So"
Eyes; they were m and 1.'"-Phila-
delphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
He's Been There.

"Pa, what is a scheme?'
81 can't define it, my son. But 1t Is
something that will fall through
quicker than anything else on earth"
-Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

r. w. Davies, for about lG years
connected with the Ludlow Bank x
Trust Co, and latterly its treasurer,
has resigned that position and gone
to Greenfield, Mass, where he has
embarked as a grain merchant
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
Both Appropriate.

Sweets to the sweet" is the line on
the car attached to the box Of candy
he-sent her.
"Sticks to the stick Is the line on
the card attached to the cane she sent
him.-Chicago Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

John Kelsey, of Salisbury, shot a
blue heron that measured 5 feet, 8
inches from tip to tip and 5 feet
from bill to bill.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25
y. 3. PINNEY
THE ELM TREE PRESS
WOODSTOCK VERMONT

This press does work of
the highest grade. 1t tries
always to treat Printing,
not only as If it were a
worthy Trade, but also as
if it were q Fine Art
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

The potato market opens in the
south part of the state with the price
at about 80 cents a bushel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-09-25

Bennington has rs home-owned
automobiles.
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30

Two DOLLARS PER YEAR
Enter in the Postoh1 winsow
bicato Of,e: MAJ Building
BAUER-wADDELL COMPANY, Proprietors
subscriptions payable stopped
at the expiration 0 subscription
A happy family is but earlier heaven.
The good ship Roosevelt will have it's Ananas Club too
"-
The freightcar shortage another sign of prosperous
times
If they nag Dr. Cook much more he will go down and
snake the old South pole, too.
Children need love- tenderness and sympathy much
flowers need air and sunshine.
Perhaps the why poor boys succeed oener than
rich boys is because they have
And DR. Cook has beaten Peary by about year to the
lecture platform and the box office
It's worth thousand dollars year have habit of
looking the bright side of things.
here a but just aching to tell some
vomon woman fhow. to do UP her hair.
-TFFT5v7-f+7=7f vlrpo aitl es,r ,tems 81
,,..>~..n says Cook found Epo daaldn6eadt
the hole And that's what al Th hofst nd 10
Only 5000 Smiths attended the Smith family reunion at
Seattle The others have been calling the onses
Kansas girl has been engaged times since June
This shows that the praes have many opportunities
the seashore
-
WI Ting Fang is to Washington and recalled so
often that wonder he doesn't sometimes meet himself
in midocean.
Eghtysix killed and 400 injured is the automobile
record i'll Chicago this year. up ago Chicago can
expect reach 100000 in population
The report that will sell for seventy cents dozen
before Christmas naturally anxious speculation
cernng welfare of beef cabbage outlook
AS Mr. Ballinger and Mr. Pnchot both record as
desiring preserve national resources the meeting may
we'll dsperse while the band plays, "Woodman, Spare that
Tree"
Virginia sued her husband for divorce on the
4l.o+ L. la~4a
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30
The Buyers
Guide

The firms whose names are repre-
sented in our advertising columns
are worthy of the confidence of every
person in the com munity who has
money to spend. The fact that they
advertise stamps them as enterpris-
ing, progressive men of business, a
credit to our town. and deserving of
support. Our adv ,rtising columns
comprise Buyers Guide to fair
dealing good goods, honest prices
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30

In the threecornered mayoraty flight being waged
in New York City Justice Gaynor be the favore
in the betting Mr. Barnard stand little show ac-
cordng the way the betting fraternity figure Hearst
the reformer has large following, of course natural
in large city where fools and fanatics plentiful.
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30

Virginia sued her husband for divorce on the
ground that he pesered her much with kisses ndi
away from her husband because wouldn't
kiss her You tell about these women
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30

py family is but an earlier heaven.
The Winslow mail., 1909-10-30

AS Mr.. Ballinger and Mr.. Pinchot both on recol
desiring preserve national resources the meeting
we'll disperse while the band plays Woodman, Spare
Tree"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
Rec HEIGHTS

Mrs David Watkins, of Oskaloosa,
Ia. came Friday night to visit Peter
Watkins and family. She had been
visiting her sons, Lewis and Lloyd,
at Lead. S. D.
The real estate office, Mrs Willet's
house. and Mr. Shermerhorn's have
been painted recently. Mooney &
Krebs doing the work.
Miss Clara Burke, of Chicago, is
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Mrs Leyson and daughter, Kate,
from Wisconsin. are visiting at
Everett Leyson's.
W. G. Gardner is on the sick list
with a carbuncle.
Mrs Robt. Wareing is on the sick
list. The weather has caused a
great deal of sickness in this vicini.
ty.
The ladies aid will have an ice
cream social at w. Y. Gardner's
new house Friday evening. Aug. q,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
BOLD HOLDUP
, NEAR HURON
Ten Men Are Relieved of Cash
and VaIuables

Huron, Aug. 24.-Ten men held
up at the point of guns and lined up
and relieved of their valuables is
the tale of a bold robbery perpetrat-
ed late Saturday night about one
and one-half miles directly north of
the city by two desperadoes. The
event was pulled off without any
jar whatever, in tie proceedings.
and the two highwaymen calmly
issued orders, secured their booty
and made their escape. according to
the Huron Herald.
Plans for the occasion had been
carefully laid and the two men in
charge showed every indication that
they were by no means without ex-
perience in such work or embarrassed
at functions of that nature. The
first consignment of victims. a
pleasure-seeking party of seven men
out for a big time. were the first to
fall into the trap. AS they reached
the chosen spot the two robbers ap-
peared with flashlights and guns
and all hands flew up. The seven
obediently alighted into the road
and were backed up against the
barbed wire fence where they were
relieved of their cash in twenty-five,
ten and five dollar lots and various
other articles Of value. The two in
charge of affairs then proceeded to
unhitch the horses paying special at
tention that the single tree was
carefully hid. Suddenly another
vehicle with three farmers driven
by George Baum arrived on the
scene. The robbers were ont for
business, however, and with the
same calm manner ordered the oc-
cupants to throw up their hands and
alight. They obeyed orders, but in
holding the horse Mr. Baum slipped
a SIS bill, the only money on his per-
son, in his mouth. The robbers
then commenced to examine the
pockets of the second consignment,
finding on one 10 cents, on another
Is cents and on Mr. Baum bank
book, a grocery book and jacknife.
Chagrined and disappointed the two
thieves dubbed their victims cheap
screws" and sent them on their way.
The seven others backed up against
the fence were then ordered to dis
perse and the highwaymen departed
into the darkness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
BOYS AND GIRLS
CONTEST AT FAIR
State Fair Offers Premiums For
Their Exhibits

The management is particularly
anxious to secure the interest and
cooperation of the boys and girls in
our efforts to make the state fair a
great educational institution and to
that end are offering generous cash
prizes to create honest, earnest,
competitive spirit. The Board has
taken pains to exclude from the
grounds all Objectionable features
such as immoral side-shows. gamb-
ling in any form. operation by fax.
irs. or anything else that is objeo-
tionable from a moral standpoint.
The Statutes of our state prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors on
the grounds or within a considerable
distance of them.
Boys Contest
The board has set aside $3.50 for
premiums for the boys. Fifty dol
lars Of this will be devoted to a con
test in judging stock and $50 to a
display by the boys of South Dako-
ia of Horticultural and garden pro-
ducts raised on their home farm and
$50 to display of grains and grass
es grown on the home farm during
the year 1909. These premiums are
offered by the Board with the sole
view of getting the boys of South
Dakota to studying and thinking
along the line of their life work.
Lectures will be given the boys on
stock Judging at the livestock pavil.
ion Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day mornings at 8 o'clock, and then
the boys who have taken all of these
lectures will be called upon Friday
morning to compete in placing GER
tain animals which will be presented
to them. and in giving their reasons
for so placing these animals. The
boy making the most points in THU
Continued on 4th page)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
in Spring over Sunday.

Mr. Luther Nelson's brother and
sister and brother-in-law are visiting
in the above family. They are
working over the country with a
thought of settlement,
J. J. Ernest. of Goudyville. drove
to Orient on Sunday.
Frank Matter is threshing at
home.
Thomas Daley, is building a house
on his farm near center Spring
school house.
Gertrude Hall is home from Selby
enjoying visit with her fathers
family.
Mrs Arther Leu. and her daughter
Alma, and her sister-in-law, Mrs
Wilkie drove to Orient Saturday.
Stephen Duckeck is expected back
from Aberdeen with new thresh-
ing machine Monday.
Mr. Waters of Harrison drove to
Orient on Saturday.
Will Shulty. of the same twp. was
also doing business in Orient.
p. H. Breckling living on the
Duckeck ranch, was in Orient Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs Donlin Of Spring
have gone on visit to friends in
Kingsley, Iowa.
Mrs Joe Struiff and Miss Tracy
Shaefer drove to Orient Saturday.
Mrs Ned Flessner, of Spring had
a runaway on Friday last. Forum
ately no harm was done.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
NORTH HAND

The grain teams are on the road
at all hours now. We must say we
rather like the sound of it.
John Alley. of Fairview had a
break down last week. and had to
stay in Orient two days before he
was fixed up again.
Gordon Rudd. Of Miller. has been
up in Spring for week helping his
son Harvey build granary. He re-
turned home on Monday.
Charley Weiblen was up from Mil
Ter, Thursday in his auto.
August Shaefer of Spring took
out a new surrey on Saturday last.
1t was obtained at Conway Bros.
Orient.
Carl Meissner who was doing bust
ness in Orient Saturday, has finished
ha, Vesting, and he had good har-
vest. but lost h orse getting it cut.
The steel bridge between section
IL and IL, was finished on Saturday
1t was built by the Iowa Bridge Co.
Adolph Salomo took his daughter
Lena to Orient, on Monday last.
Henry Vollmer, Max Ortmeier
and Joe Eggerling visited at the
Matter home on Sunday.
Bryant & Coomer started a house
for Albert Keil on Monday.
The school house in North Park
being built by Bryant & Coomer was
finished on Saturday last.
DR.. Mitchell made professional
visit on Miss Bruggeman at Majors,
Monday. She is still improving.
Miss Lena Salomo visited her home
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26

Mrs Gage, Miss Morrison and Mrs
Sheen, of Highmore, will furnish
vocal and instrumental music. Ne
ma and Gladys Watkins will sing a
song, Miss Mae Camp and Florence
Speirs will give recitations and the
orchestra will play one or two Sc
lections. Everybody is cordially
invited.
Mr. Lindsay must have been sur
prised to read in last weeks paper
that he had % bushels of grain
threshed. It was 1900 bushels,
Mrs Thos. Puffer and daughter
Mary, were in from the south last
Friday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
Notice

Notice
Notices hereby given that the
next regular teachers exan:ination
will be held in the Miller court
room. Thursday and Friday. Sept.
16 and II, beginning at 8 a. m. on
the opening day. Examination for
all grades of teachers certificates.
Margaret Duthie,
STA Co. Supt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26
Notice To Contractors and Build

els
The school board of Springlake
school district, Hand county, S. ID.
will receive sealed bids Until three
o'clock p. M. Sept. 10, for the
building Of frame school house to
be erected on S E 26-l09-67 in ac-
cordance with plans and specifica-
tons that may be seen either at the
Citizens Bank at Miller. s. d., the
clerks Office of said twp, or the
office of the architect, Geo. Issen-
huth of Huron, S. d. Board re-
serving right to reject any or all
bids. BY order school dist. board.
36t5 J. N. Winsell clerk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26

II you need loan to complete the
purchase of that adjoining quarter
call on E. F. Waite. at the Hand Co.
State Bank.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-26

Taken up at my place section H.
1870, August first. one white and
red spotted cow with halter on and
about twenty feet of rope dragging.
Branded on right hip Owner can
have same by paying charges.
36t3 Albert Kelly,
Valley View,
S, d,