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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Had Better Draw.

Pellegrini was an artist with an ex
ceedingly liberal vocabulary, upor
which he would draw freely for the
which he was member. There was
one fellow member of the club. says
]. G. Carr In book called Some
Eminent Victorians," who was wont
to entertain the table with little i'm
promptu sketches and designs. which
he executed with n certain degree OF
facility.
This innocent display of artistic
power offended Pellegrini. who, posi-
bly, moved by measure of Jealousy
that any one should encroach upon his
special province, insisted. with some
vehemence, that club was not the
place for such exercises.
~ like the boy" he said to me ont
evening. land when he talk listen
but tits pity he draw"
1t was only few evenings late.
that l entered the room and found IT,,
young friend who had been the sub
iect of Pellegrinrs rebuke absorbing
the entire conT cT,'ation of the crowded
table. Pe!'errini was present and
could see that he was growing rcstiv,
under the artists unceasing flow OF
conversation.
In momentary pause he turned II
me and in an audible whisper deliv'
cred this laconic judgment:
"Joe, ave made big mistake. "Tis
better he draw"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28

Some of the London papers are Civ
ing attention to an enormous magnet
which has been patented i'm Germany,
and the Berlin correspondent of the
Standard. speaking of what it is hoped
it will do. says that. placed mt the
mouth of river or port IL is to make
scrap iron of all the iron and steel Of
an enemy's neighboring Dreadnought,
throwing all the machinery out of
gear and generally sending the mon
ster mad. A smaller ship, 1t is hoped,
may even be drawn out of its course
altogether and swept into the port by
the force of attraction, and a still
smaller one may be sucked right undet
water. Worse still. the magnets motto
is, "Desei.se, not defiance"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
A Dainty Apron.

a fancy little sewing apron seen
lately struck the keynote of ucwncss
and could be easily copied by the
clever fingers of any one so inclined.
1t was made of a fine muslin in a
deep cream shade, and the lower end
was turned up about four inches. An
inch wide hem ut the top of this peck
ct and another ut the top of the apron
were run with leaf green ribbons and
tied at the ends in soft rOscttcs. The
pocket that extended across the apron
and the tiny "hand" pockets above
were decorated with brilliant crctonne
roses, and leaf or two were appli-
qued to the material by buttouholing
in green embroidery silk.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Watered Butter.

An Ingenious fraud In the butter line
was brought to light recently in Eng.
land. In that country the amount of
moisture in butter Is limited by law
TO 10 per cent Australian and New
Zealand buffers. on the other hand.
usually contain only 8 per cent of wa.
ter. Taking advantage of this fact,
several firms imported large quanti-
ties of these colonial buffers, to which
s per cent of water was then added.
thus bringing them down to the Brit
ish standard. As the added water nat
urally cost nothing and the product
was sold at the current butter price, n
substantial profit was made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Ancient Mechanical Carts.

There is nothing new under the sun
The taXicab. which is probably sup
posed by most to be recent inven
ton. was in use ages ago. Ancient
documents plainly show. says Pr"
fessor Il. II. Parker in the Asatic
Quarterly Review. that mechanical
carts capable of registering distances
Travelled by counting and recording
the revolutions of very large cart
wheels connected by cogs with other
concentric or eccentric horizontal anf
perpendicular wheels of R&portionntt
diameters have Been well known tt
the Chinese for LOO or 1,S00 years.
On the top of the cart was the figure
of Il man holding drum. which ht
beat when one Ii. third of mile
was travelled. Some carts had in addi
ton figure holding a cymbal, which
was struck when the drum had beef
beaten ten times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
LOST CALHOUN STATUE.
Disappeared During Civil War and
Never Has Been Founu.

What has become of the handsome
which WIS brought 10 tlmr, sion from
Italy IN 1891 or 1870 and lu1'rd in the
city hail here; That Is II QursIIun
Nh'ch several members Ol Il generation
which Is able to recall events of n half
century ago have been asking each
other recently. The statue. which was
very much admired by all who saw II,
has not been seen since the war aud
has been practically forgotten. il ap'
pears. by all except Il handful of PEG,
pie none of whom knows certainly lis
fate.
The statue was made in Rome 10y the
American sculptor Powers. II repre-
scented Calhoun standing. wearing a
Roman senator's toga. In his lefl
hand. which was uplifted, was scroll
representing Truth, Justice and the
Constitution" The right hand of the
figure was pointing toward the scroll
The statue cost. II is stated. $4,000
The statue was shipped from Rome
to New York. In transit. II is said. one
of th" arms was broken just below the
shoulder. and under the direction at
Mr.. Powers il was repaired In this city
by stonecutter whose name was
Walker.
One story has II that the statue was
placed in the city hall and remaiuod
there until the civil war. that II was
then packed and shipped to Columbia
for safe keeping. that upon reaching
Columbia the boxed statue was placed
in the courthouse, hi that when Co
lumbia was burned the statue persisted
in the flames
There are other accounts given ms t'
the last chapter of the statues history
Some hold that the statue was never
sent to Columbia, but that II was bur
led in the lot around the city hail here
Others claim that the statue was ship
ped to Columbia. but that II was not
burned. They are of the opinion that
II was taken from Columbia court
house by northern soldiers and may
still be- in existence. However that
may be- the facts connected with the
statues history are as difficult to uh
tain as they would appear TO he Inter
esting. Charleston News and Courier.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Sino Sinu Prison.

Sing Sing prison is to be moved
across the Hudson river fifteen OF
twenty miles northward, just eight
miles south of West Point. where Il
large tract of land has been purchased.
and a gang of several hundred con-
victs has been working for two years
grading the ground and quarrying
stone to build the walls to shut them
selves in. The present prison was also
built by convicts in 1896 with mate
rial found on the grounds; but, al
though 1t has been enlarged every few
years and Is now one of the largest
renitentiaries in the world, 1t is not
large enough Exchange,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
A New Peril.

Sir William Bull writes to the pa
pers to suggest that appendicitis arises
from our habit of sharpening knives.
1.-THE head of every family invariably
sharpens his carving knife as he
stands before the joint. This means
n shower of microscopic steel shay
lngs on the meat" Appendicitis has
increased enormously of late years.
Perhaps our grandfathers always used
blunt knives or dissected the joint in
ways of which polite society has kept
no record.-We Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
ImperishabIe Wood.

A curious source of wealth is report
ed by the French consul at M"ngtze
in upper TOnkin. 1t lies in wood mines
The wood originally was IA pine forest
which the earth swallowed in some
cataclysm. Some of the trees are Il
yard in diameter. They lie In slant
ing direction and in sandy soils. whlct
cover them to Il depth of about eight
yards. AS the top branches are well
preserved. it is thought the geological
CONFUSION which buried them cannot
be Of very great antiquity. The wood
furnished by these timber mines is i'm
perishabIe, and the Chinese gladly buy
1t for cofiins.-L Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
EooIino the Fish,

II has been found by the owner Of
fishing boat at st. Abs, Berwick
shire. that net dyed as nearly as
possible the hue Of the sea, instead of
the traditional brown. results in 4
much better catch The discovery
was put to the test the other night
when of a fleet of siXty-five fishing
craft the boat with its nets dyed blue
made by far the largest catch. The
dye used is bluestone.- London Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Overlooked.

Here's new disease that affiicts
people that sit too much in automo-
biles."
Yes. And l remember there was a
special ailment for the users of bicycle
saddles"
"Of course the medical fellows are at
work on serious stunt for the chaps
who perch on aeroplanes."
mo doubt of It. But 1t seems funny
that they have all along neglected to
put something painful on the rural
hired man who continues to sit on the
fence."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
- a. - TT O E Ia
s.s,. tn. Nv sind You Have Always Bodghi
signature .s Iy NNIAl

OF all the European countries in only
Austria and Great Britain is 1t the rule
OF the road for all travellers to keep
to the left.
There were 40 boiler explosions in
the United States last year, one less
than the year before, but they cost 2S1
human lives.
1t is estimated that the known sup
ply of fertilizer in the shape of natural
nitrates will be exhausted by the
worlds demands in less than. twenty
HaaEa-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
Empire GirdIes In Vogue.

Empire girdles continue to be very
much worn. made of fine soft corded
silk or satin. They arc carried under
the arms and across the bust The
band is arranged of the silk or satin in
soft folds on shaped foundation, the
two sash ends of uneven length, with
n deep silk fringe at the end.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
AS Defined.

"Father," said the minister's little
daughter. "the paper says you 'oflici
ated at the wedding clad In the tradl
tional garb of the clergy What does
traditional mean?"
TRADITIONAL my dear" answered
the good man as he looked at his
cheap suit of black with n sigh. "re
fers to something that has been hand
ed down."-Detroit Free Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28

The Helen Taft collar is IL low turn
over of lace rather wide aud edged
with plain or plated rutllc and IL Hat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-08-28
The Tribune Farmer

Is the best Agricultural paper. II comes
every week. For $50 we send The AGE
and Tribune Farmer Tor one year. To new
subscribers, both papers for $1.25 tor one
year.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
TUESDAYS FIGHT AT mELlLLA

Meilla. Morocco, July %. The
battleship Numaaeia has been hastily
despatched To Alhucemas. around
which the tribesmen are concentrated
for an attack. The Moors outside this
place have been reinforced by 5000
men The Spanish forces that have
been fighting desperately are well
nigh exhausted, but are hoping hat
aid viii soon reach them
The battles Tuesday was
shambes, aid as a result the Muofs
abandoned their positions loa the
Spanish right flank and retreated t.
the other side of Mount Gurusa The
greatest heroism was shown by the
officers who led the troops up tn
hillside They We're the first to fal
from the Moorish bullets.
General Pintos was slain at the mo
m5nt he attained the summit aed
lieutenant colonel fell pierced by q
bullet while ii the act OF offering hi
water sourd 10 a dying soldier Tn.
Spanish dead were buried in the min
inc excavations leading TO Mount
Guruga.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
PreNentlne Of Ninhtmares.

n certain parts Of England there
lie a curious belief in regard to night.
mares. A correspondent writes 4
recently observed large stone. hav-
ing a natural hole through IL, sus-
pended inside a Suffolk farmers COW
house Upon inquiry Of a laborer !
vas informed this was intended as
preventive OF nightmare in the cat
tie My informant added that a simi-
lar stone suspended In the bedroom.
or a knife or steel laid under the
foot of the bed was Of equal service
to the sleeper. and that h. had him.
self frequently made use OF this
charm"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
Performed Two c.remonlss.

a marriage in England. Nth two
ceremonies. attracted some interest
The bridegroom was Charles Cooper.
who has long been associated with the
ethical movement ia England The
mother Of the bride objected to only
the civil marriage and he objected TO
a marriage in a church. So in the
morning the civil marriage was per
formed and in the afternoon an ethical
marriage at the home of the bride
The vows taken we're the same as
those taken by persons married in the
orthodox way. and the ethical phase
was not very evident
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
Rapid Milking.

Conclusive tests have shown that
rapidity is one OF the great essentials
in milking a COW. Massage by the
hand on the cows udder excites ner.
vous action. which in turn stimulates
action of the milk glands The more
rapid the massage movements the
greater is the nervous stimulation Oh
gland action. and the greater amount
of milk that will be yielded, says the
Journal Agriculture. Not only so
but the faster the milk is drawn I e
richer 1t will be in the butter fat
Often there Is a difference OF more
than 10 per cent of butter fat in milk
between fast and slow milking in ia
yor of the former. One can learn Ia
milk fast as we'll as to milk slow, and
when once rapidity is acquired it IA
easier than the slow process A good
mixer will sit down to COW and
draw all of her milk in very few
minutes, and the faster the milking
Is done the better the COW seems 10
like it and the fewer movements she
makes. The COW that is MIXED slow.
ly is slow about giving down her milk
and repeated slow milking will cause
a COW to dry up sooner than by rapid
milking.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30

bit more" Suppose for instance, that
your larder displays nothing much but
the tag ends of number OF Vege-
tables, both cooked and uncooked, Out
cf these you can concoct tempting
salad thai will serve as dainty nAin
course for luncheon or supper. Cut
the carrots into strips. the string
5eans-if large--into inch lengths, the
union into paper.thin slices, and the
potato into dice. Heap the peas, the
onion, the potatoes, and the lima
beans--if you have any otherwise kid
ney beans or diced beets-in the cen
ter of your salad dish. arrange them
IN a circle, and add the mayonnaise
dressing in q little mound in the
middle.
An equally attractive macedonia OF
vegetables consists of canned corn
drained from the milk, diced boiled
turnips. and picked cucumbers sur
rounded by a nest" OF cabbage cold
slaw French dressing is best with
this combination.
Where you have not a great variety
of vegetables, you can make sub
stantial dish of 1t by adding iced cold
meats, chicken and veal being perhaps
the dainties for company, though well
done" roast pork. beef or ham can be
used in the same way, The tart GU
cumbel or tomato may be combined
to good advantage with cold boiled po
.atoes and the meat, and picked beets
and asparagus are delicious with
chicken Canned salmon is also very
much relished with peas. celery let
tuce and beets. Being such an oily
combination, 1t is perhaps better with
CLAIM boiled dressing, or with vinegar
salt and pepper
If you have a little cauliflower and
Two or three onions left over, they
combine deliciously when boiled cut
up together and served with a cream
gravy
To turn to desserts; II you want
~eally lovely dish. open a can of free
stone peaches. fill each cavity with
he shredded Hawaiian pineapple that
Is now so plentiful In the markets.
add a sprinkling of chopped nuts and
serve with whipped cream
The boarding house" prunes that
he family sneer az may also be dis
guised into the form OF plum cake.
70 make the batter, take twothlrds
Of cupful of butter, one cupful of
sugar, three eggs, two cupfuls OF flour.
four tables poonfuls OF milk. quarter
of teaspoonful OF soda, a heaping
cupful Of prunes, two teaspoonfuls OF
allspice, two of cinnamon and one q
nutmeg. For this one tablespoonful
of baking powder will be required
Our last recipe is far from being a
new one, but there may be some
young housewife who does not know
the very very best way to make this t.
queen Of economy desserts, rice pud-
ding; One.half OF cupful of rice,
one cupful Of water. three cupfuls OF
milk, two eggs and three-eighths Of a
cupful Of sugar. Cook rice and water
over tie flame till the water Is abb
sorbed Add one pint OF milk. and
cook over water tn rice is tender
Beat the eggs. and add them to one
cupful of milk. pour this into the rice
add sugar. and pour all into
a buttered dish. Set over a dish of
hot water. and bake In aFslow oven
till custard is set Sprinkle cinnamon
or nutmeg over the top, and add rails
ms IL liked. I
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30

The proposed income tax will be a
tax on what men have Instead of
what they have not and must get, as
is tariff tax. II em5odies the cor
rect principal OF taxation in contra
distinction from the incorrect prin
ciple which has been in vogue ta this
country fer SO many years. Although
some people may insist on thinking
so, the principle is not necessarily
discredited because il was embodied
in the late Democratic platform.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
Under Anesthetles.

Nikola Tesla, the man who hsr.
nessed Niagara, was talking to an
interviewer about inventors.
THE successful inventor" said
Mr. Tesla, smiling, has an odd
quaint mind, a mind full OF surpris.
es. Thus Smethhurst, | am con.
WINGED, was an inventor at heart,
though circumstances had made q
grocer of him.
Smethhurst. during his seaside
holiday. was seen upon the board
walk with a large bottle under his
arm.
'Smethhurst.' said an acouaipt-
ance, what have you got in that
bottle that I see you carrying about
with you day and night?'
ChlorofOrm,' said Smethhurst.
What the deuce are you doing
with chloroform here on the board.
walk
That big dub Of a Jones' said
smethhurst. has threatened to give
me a sound thrashing the first time
be meets me. and as soon as | see
him coming I'm going to take
good dose. don't propose TO suf.
fer il | can help it.'"-Philadelphia
Record.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
DlhCltY RATES ON
GLOVES RETAINED
Concluded from First Page).
increase or Decrease?

The minority mem1ers OF the con
ference were in session most of tn
afternoon. Comparisons made by Ia,
tariff experts, they say. show that III,
new bill will be an increase Of from
one TO three per cent over the adya
yalorems of the Dingley law n Is
understood that in reaching this cal
culatlon the experts did not take into
consideration the transfers of article
from the dutiable to the free lisr
which the Republican conferees say
would reduce the average adyalor
ems considerably below those OF the
existing law.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30

AS It's good thought for yesterday
the evening contemporary quotes J..
r. Miller: 1T is not enough TO love
others we must let them know we
love them" 1t would be interesting
to know whether or not, IL the con
temporary Interpretation of the sem
timent, 1t would include Democrats,
or Republicans who do not bear the
machine" chalk mark on their
backs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30

The Democrat, OF Jackson copaty
are to have an organ in The News
of Mmphysboro which suspended
publication a few days ago and is to
be revived ty a 4tock company au-
thorizel to incorporate Tuesday. with
a capital stock of $4,000. 1t is an
nounced that J. C. Mccarthy. former
ly OF Jackson county but for some
time CO neeted w1a the ST. Louis
.ost Dispatch. is TO be the editor.
Murphysboro and Carbonate papers
are all Republican. the Democrats Of
the county losing their only organ
when the Independent forsook them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Man Kills His Baby, Fatally Shot
Wife, Then Committed Suicide
With Pistol

Hannibal Mo- July "A triple
tragedy occurred here 'oday when
Charles Beasley shot and killed his
baby fatally wounded his wife and
committed suicide. The first shot
was directed against me Daby Mrs,
Beasey fled but her husband caught
and forced her to the mouse. She slip
ped away a second time and he fired
al her as she ran. Then he stretched
himself on the floor beside his dead
child and killed himself The Shoes
ing followed a quarrel between the
husband and wife
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
Future May
Depend
on Present
Job
By T. BARLEY ALLEN

position with large coal company where the chances for
great
The head Of the coal firm in response the minister's queries, told
HIM years before This young api:mt job
ployer to the yards Of the coal company
watch the weighing of quantity of coal that was to be
delivered his employers The ad of the coal was doing
weighing himself But young attending to his
duties seemed keep far away from the scales possible spend
ing his time talking with other employees
GIVE that chap job concluded the dealer after tng this
little "We, CUES: He wouldn't do the work
his employer had for him and now do know but he would
shiTk mr. wel:"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
Peanut Scum

An excellent soup can be made
using sailed peanuts as the base
Grind the peanuts, cover with a pint
of water. and allow TO simmer about
two hours. Have pint OF tomatoes
an onion cut up fine, salt. pepper, 3
pinch of spice, a teaspoonful a sugar.
a pint of hot water. cooking ia another
vessel. When ready strain the nut
liquid into the other thicken with
-four. and serve in half an hour. 4
cup of peanuts will be requirsd for q
quart of soup
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30

We sttl think more Of a man than we
DO of a dollar, and more Of woman than
Of man. This may mitigate some of our
faults AMI shortcomings and | hope the
same may be said of our section for genera
tions TO opme. It was this sentiment
high estimate put on woman-that nm
doubtedly caused the establishment of pro-
hibition in 80 wide southern Territory
The danger to our womenfslks. as had been
time and again demonstrated, was from
those whose passions had become inhu-
enoed through excessive drink. It was
merely case Of removing the cause.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LEGAL DECISIONS
Observation-Disclosures
Water company-Liabiity For Fire.


Woodbury. VS.. Tampa Water Works
company Where defendant water
contracted with CRY to furnish wa
ter for fire protection. if because of
defendants negligent failure to fur
nish water where the fire started. and
because of usual natural conditions,
that were ordinarily likely to exist
under the circumstances, and should
reasonably have been contemplated as
probable to occur, the IRE, as a proxi-
mate result of the DEFENDANTS negli-
gence, spread to and consumed plain
tiff's property, defendant may be liza.
BILE If it did not so discharge its imme-
diate duty to plaintiff by furnishing
water at or near plaintiffs house, that
the water could reasonably. under the
circumstances as they then existed.
have been successfully used in ex-
tinguishing the fire when ii reached
plaintiffs property. n defendant was
not negligent in failing 0 furnish wa
ter for the immediate protection OF
plaintiffs property, but as a proXi-
mate result of defendants negligence
in not furnishing water as legally re-
quired when the fire started, or at
points covered by the conflagration
before it reached plaintiffs property,
the fire spread to and consumed such
property. because ii could not reason
ably have been extinguished at plain
tiff's house by the use of water fur
nished there. defendant may be liable
Supreme Court of Florida az S. R.,
$50.