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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

and the typewriter began to rattle
and jump like strike breakers motor.
ear.
At o'clock the waiter brought her
dinner and carried away the typewrit-
ten bill of fare. When Sarah ate she
Eet aside, with sigh. the dish of dam
helions with its browning ovarlous &C.
compartment. AS this dark mass had
been transformed from a bright and
love indorsed flower TO be an igno-
minious vegetable, so had her summer
hopes wilted and persisted. Love may,
as Shakespeare said, feed on itself but
Sarah could not bring herself to eat
the dandelions that had graced as or
naments the first spiritual banquet Of
her hearts true affection.
At 1870 the couple in the next room
began to quarrel The man in the
room above sought for A on his flute
The gas went little lower. Three
coal wagons started to unload. the only
sound of which the monograph is jeal-
Gus. Cats on the back fences slowly
retreated toward Mukden. BY these
signs Sarah knew that 1t was time for
her to read, She got out The Cloister
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Jefferson as an Inventor.

Mr.. Jefferson invented the copying
press. He writes to Mr.. Madison in
1857: Having great desire to have a
portable copying machine and having
studied over some experiments with
the principle of large machines made
to apply in the smaller one, planned
one in England and had it made. 1t
answers perfectly. l have set work
man to making them, and they are Of
such demand that he has his hands
full. l send you one. You must ex-
poet to make many essays before you
succeed perfectly A soft brush, like
n shaving brush, is more successful
than sponge" He also sent a copy
ing press to the Marquis de Lafayette
as Ii present. He invented the revolv-
ing chair, now a familiar and neces-
sary article of furniture in all offices
and counting rooms. The Federalist
newspapers used to call 1t "Mr. Jeffer-
sons whlrligig" and declared that he
had devised 1t $50 as to look all ways
at once"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Artistic JeWelrY.

Conspicuous in the artistic types Of
jewelry that have made their appear
ance this season is the combination Of
pearls and platinum in u number Of
beautiful ornaments. This blending Of
sheeny pearls With the soft. lustrous
gray of the platinum is exceedingly
effective, and the charm Is frequently
enhanced by the introduction Of bril-
liants.
An example Of exquisite workman
ship Is a necklace with two starlike-
flowers Of pearl surrounded by bril-
liant sparks depending from n pearl
strung platinum chain and caught to-
gether at the throat by another little
pearl blossom forming a slide.
Out of the ordinary is a circular
brooch set round with whole pearls,
the center a lacelike openwork Of
platinum mounted with a circlet Of
brilliants and single bottom pearl.
Another round brooch. with little gar
land of leaves, has a single drop dia-
mond lightly swung in the center, and
o double bar brooch of diamonds is;
topped with pearls.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
He Didn't Understand.

Wilbur Wright was discussing in
Dayton a very imaginative magazine
story about aeroplapes.
THE story" he said. twas full of err
rors. Aeroplanes can't do what this
chap claims. He doesn't understand
them. In fact, he's like old George
Kettle Of Trotwood. George rushed
into the Trotwood telegraph Office the
other day with a small package wrap
ped in newspaper under his arm.
Telegraph this to my wife down to.
Dayton, Harvey he said to the tele-
graph clerk, thrusting the package
through the little window.
mo, no. George; we can't do any
thing like that laughed the clerk. -.
"'Drat ye. said George angrily, we
got to do it. It's my wife's teeth -
Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Music Charmed Water.

Interesting experiments showing the
influence of a tuning fork on jets of
water have been made at the Royal
College of Science in Dublin. A jet
OF falling water consists ordinarily of
two parts. clear column and trou-
bled portion. When the troubled part
is photographed. with the aid of cleo
tricity, it is seen to be composed of a
succession Of drops following one an
other too rapidly to be separately per-
ceived by the eye. These drops are ir-
regular in size. shape and distance.
But if a vibrating tuning fork is placed
in contact with the stand from which
the jet starts the drops fall into order
with beautiful precision, drop being
cast off with each vibration. Many
remarkable effects can thus be pro-
duced. A continuous jet may be
thrown into form like that of a vi
brating string
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
UnexpIored Arabia,

The announcement that the Royal
Geographical society of Copenhagen is
fitting out an expedition to explore
''the countries round the Persian gulf
will surprise many who imagine that
there is little of the earth outside the
polar regions which now needs explor-
ing. As a matter of fact, the interior
Of the great Arabian peninsula is still
-waiting to be discovered, and not even
the poles offer such almost insur-
mountable obstacles to those who seek
them as the unknown land lying
around the Persian gulf. Some por-
tons are doubtless as void of human
beings as the frozen apexes of the
earth and will probably always remain
so, for the heat experienced there Is
fatal to almost every kind of life
Westminster Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Bridge Whist In Motorears.

That bridge whist is on the increase
rather than on the wane, as some peo-
pie wish to believe, Is shown by the
latest fad of the rich devotees of the
game-namely, the touring car equip
ped with bridge table and all the
appointments that go with it. While
1t is a fact that the bridge fiend would
rather play her favorite game than
eat or sleep, it was generally thought
that she was compelled to free herself
from 1t while taking the air in the
park, but now, with her touring car
equipped with all the essentials, she
can play in comparative comfort while
out In the open. IL merely for an
hours drive. for spin into the coun-
try or for trips into the suburbs. to
Lakewood, tuxedo or Atlantic City to
spend week end AS result 1t Is
not uncommon these days when out
walking along the country roads to
see large touring car go sailing by
and catch Il glimpse of the occupants
thereof completely absorbed in cards
and oblivious to the beautiful country
through which they may be passing. -
New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Romance Of a Boarding House.

Into Nine. Mirzevskrs boarding
house In the Rue Barbette, Paris,
walked a stranger. who asked for
lodgings. Nine. Mirzevski showed him
a room. but when she refused to re-
duce her terms to meet his wishes he
denounced her as a renegade and
traitress to the Polish nation. Nine.
Mirzevski ordered him out, but he re-
fused to 20 aud continued to pour out
n torrent of abuse. At last she lost
patience and administered sound
blow on his head. The next minute he
had seized her by the hair and was
dragging her round the room. Her
shrieks brought In the police, and the
two were taken of to the station.
When they appeared before the police
commissary the man was asked to re-
peat his name, age and occupation.
No sooner had he done so than Nine.
Mirzevski swooned. After she had re-
covered she explained that the man
was her long lost brother. They had
parted when they were children and
had completely lost sight of each 9th
err. Brother and sister fell weeping
into each others arms. Nine. Mirzev-
ski then escorted him to her house,
where he now lodges free of charge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

to an agreement. She was to furnish
typewriter bills Of fare for the TWEEN.
ty-one tables in the restaurant, q new
bill for each days dinner and new
ones for breakfast and lunch as often
as changes occurred in the food or as
neatness required.
In return for this Schulenberg wars
to send three meals per diem to Sa-
rah's hall room by WATERMAN OBJ
sequious one If possible-and furnish
her each afternoon with pencil draft
of what fate had in store for Schulen.
berg's customers ON the morrow.
Mutual satisfaction resulted from
the agreement. Schulenberg's patrons
now knew what the food they ate was
called even If Its nature sometimes
puzzled them. And Sarah had food
during a cold, dull winter, which was
the main thing with her
And then the almanac lied and said
that spring had come. Spring comes
when 1t comes. The frozen SHOWS Of
January still lay like adamant In the
crosstown streets. The hand organs
still played "In the Good Old Summer
Time With their December vlvacity
and expression. Men began TO make
thirty day notes TO buy Easter dresses.
Jonitors shut off steam. And when
these things happen one may know
that the city IL still In the clutches Of
~intor.
Ono afternoon Sarah shivered in her
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Two Part Skirts.


The prevailing fashion of the day Is
to have a skirt of two materials har-
monizing in tone. There is a plated
or circular lower part and washer
woman's tunic in any form one desires
for the upper part. This may be turn
ed up at the hem and attached to the
lower skirt with buttons and braid
buttonholes when the material is Of
rough cloth, or 1t may be left plain.
cut in battlements.
Some of the soft house fabrics are
merely twisted into graceful roll at
the jointing Of the two fabrics. and i'm
other frocks one sees a wide scallop
overcast with floss in a. buttonhole
stitch.
In walking frocks there, is long
knee yoke of plain serge or cheviot.
and below this founce of narrow
plaits of plaid cheviot.
When there Is not u straight around
yoke there is long, wide trout panel
that is shaped up at the sides and
rounded at the back.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
The Dome In the kIondike.

The Dome in the Klondike is $500
feet above sea level and is situated in
the center of the placer mining dis
trict, which has produced about $780,
100000 I'm gold. Bonanza, Eldorado.
Hunker, Dominion, Indian and Quartz
creeks and other streams that have
been so famous in the production Of
gold all have their source In the
Dome. The theory Of the scientists is
that the Dome at one time was many
hundreds If not thousands of feet
higher than It Is now and contained
quartz very rich in gold, but time has
worn it away. and the gold. being the
heavier substance. was deposited near
the base of the summit, while the
lighter substances were carried on by
the various streams toward the sea.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

Experiments made in the Jefferson
physical laboratory by Professor Trow-
bridge. of Harvard university show
that the astounding noise Of light
ming discharge is largely due to the
dissertation of water vapor through
the explosion of the hydrogen and
oxygen gases produced by such dis
soeiation. In his mimic lightning eX-
peraments the authority referred to has
produced a torrent of huge electric
sparks. The noise of the discharge
was so great that the operator had to
stop his ears with cotton and then
wrap heavy cloth round them. Bos-
ton Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
SPRINGTIME
A LA CARTE,
Fond Hearts United Through a
Dish of DandeIion Greens.
BY o. HENRY.
copyright. 1906, by Mcclure Phillips ~
Col


Col
1t was day in March.
Never, never begin story this way
when you write one. No opening could
possibly be worse. 1t is unilnaginative
fiat, dry and likely to consist of mere
wind. But In this instance 1t is allow
able, for the following paragraph
which should have inaugurated the
narrative, Is too wildly eXtravagant
and preposterous to be Haunted in the
face Of the reader without preparation
Sarah was crying over her bill OF
fare.
Think of New York girl shedding
tears on the menu card!
To account for this you will be al
lowed to guess that the Holsters were
all out, or that she had sworn ice
cream off during Lent, or that she had
ordered onions, or that she had Just
come from a Hackett matinee. And
then, all these theories being wrong.
you will please let the story proceed.
The gentleman who announced that
the world was an oyster which he
with his sword would open made a
larger hit than he deserved. 1t is not
difficult to open an oyster with a
sword But did you ever notice any
one try to open the terrestrial bivalve
with typewriter? Like to wait for a
dozen raw opened that way?
Sarah had managed to pry apart the
shells with her unhandy weapon far
enough to nibble wee bit at the cold
and clammy world within. She knew
no more shorthand than If she had
been graduate in stenography just
let slip upon the world by a business
college. So, not being able to stenog,
she could not enter that bright galaxy
of Office talent, She was a free lance
typewriter and canvassed for odd jobs
of copying.
The most brilliant and crowning feat
of Sarah's battle with the world was
the deal she made with Schulenberg's
home restaurant. The restaurant was
next door to the old red brick in which
she hall roomed. One evening after
dining at Schulenberg's forty cent FIVE
course table d'hote (served as fast as
you throw the five baseballs at the col.
ored gentlemans head Sarah took
away with her the bill of fare. 1t was
written in an almost unreadable script,
neither English nor German, and so
arranged that If you were not careful
you began with toothplck and rice
pudding and ended with soup and the
day of the week.
The next day Sarah showed~Schulen.
berg neat card on which the menu
was beautifully typewritten, with the
viands temptingly marshaled under
their right and proper heads, from
"hors doeuvre" to mot responsible for
overcoats and umbrellas"
Schulenberg became a naturalized
citizen on the spot. Before Sarah left
him she had him willingly committed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
THE PLANET JUPITER.
Startling Changes Are Taking Place
Upon Its Surface.

upon Tvs ouEIaCos
The worlds have been stirred M with
strange disorders from the center to
the circumference of the solar system
during 1909. II has been nm extrAOr-
binary year automatically and me-
teorologically.
The sun, which ought to have quiet
ed down from Its last spot maximum
several years ago, has broken out again
and again during the summer aud au-
umn with huge mistimed explosions,
followed by magnetic storms interrupt
Ing the wires and cables all over the
earth.
Our planet, responding perhaps to
the disorder in the sun, has passed
through paroxysms of unreasonable
weather and of internal disturbances
| producing earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions in unusual number.
Mars, coming to Its opposition at the
critical moment, has displayed signs Of
extraordinary change In its curious
web covered face.
And the great planets Jupiter and
| Saturn have coincidentally shown indi-
cations of the play of giant forces suf-
| ficiently powerful to distort their vast
cloud laden atmospheres. filling them
with mysterious balloon shaped mass
es and flushing them at times with
strange red patches, so extensive that
the least of them would have envel-
| oped the whole earth as In mist OF
blood.
The changes on Jupiter have been Of
the most startling description. Take
world 1900 times as large as ours,
heat 1t to incandescence, envelop 1t in
dense atmosphere a thousand miles
I or more thick. set II spinning so rap
idly that point on Its equator flies
round at the rate Of 27,5o0 miles an
hour and you have Jupiter.
Stir its heavy atmosphere to state
of the widest turmoil. where huge
dark masses, fiery red outbursts. dnz-
cling white puffs and long, torn stream
ers are mingled in a confusion indie
scribable, all eddying onward side by
side. colliding, intermingling, dissolv-
ing, overlapping, sinking. rising de-
stroying each other, presenting alto
gether a picture of chaos incompre-
hensible. and you have the surface OF
Jupiter as 1t has shown itself during
it's recent progress through our even
ing skies.
The investigations of Arrhenius and
others warrant us In assuming that the
seat Of the disturbance is in the sun.
The sun is a cooling star. and. like all
great, intensely heated bodies that are
radiating away their heat and concen-
trating within, 1t has its recurrent
paroxysms, and whenever 1t has them
its dependent planets must take the
consequences. A few hundred millions
Of miles of space will not save them.
From the solar explosions clouds Of
electrified particles go billowing out.
travelling tens of thousands of miles
In a second, and when they encounter
the earth or another planet they upset
the meteorological elements, producing
auroras, magnetic storms and other
effects that we are not yet in posi-
ton even to guess at.-Garrett p. Ser
viss in New York American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
praped Waist Line.

1t is season Of sashes. Tru e, they
are attached to the skirt inst ,ad of
being separated from them, but the
effect is the same. The waist inc is
draped. 1t is done I'm the high VIA listed
skirt as means of finishing the s. harp
edge. 1t is done with the tunic and
also with the separate bodice. cine
rarely sees the waist line without fol- Is
around It, And there is always a
buckle somewhere with long sash ends
that hang straight or cross the figure
and tie on the opposite side
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

DR.. Ponza. director of the lunatic
asylum at Alessandria, Italy, has cured
many of his insane patients by con-
firing them in rooms of some uniform
ROTOR. Patients suffering from acute
melancholia have become cheerful aft
err confinement In a red room. But
some forms of life are adversely af-
fected by certain colors. 1t has been
observed, for instance, that flies and
other insects do not flourish or are
killed outright by the light which
comes through blue glass or blue
gauZe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
A Quick Dodoe.

walking along Wall street the other
uay' ne was accosted by a stability
dressed man evidently armed with a
hard luck story.
beg pardon. sir" began the stran-
ger but could you help~a poor man
along? Now. I'm not looking for
money, sir, but
Weu," came the almost GREATNESS
answer, IF you're not. am. Good
day."
AND In moment the young man
was halfway down the street.-New
York Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

Tantalum, regarded as rare metal,
Is becoming cheaper and is being tried
for raZors and surgical Instruments.
1t seems to be superior to fine steel. A
thread of tantalum, almost too fine to
be seen by the naked eye. supports
great weight; also makes fine filament
for incaudescent lamps and is more
economical than carbon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
They All Chanun.

Mrs Younglove-Oh. dear Such is
life! Before we got married George
was tagging around after me all the
time. I couldn't get away from him
for a minute. That was year ago.
Her Dearest Friend - Poor child!
What has the wretch donea
He said last night that he thought
we'd move next month to some place
where he can have den so as to get
by himself once In awhile"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
First Public Pianist

OF all the myriads who play ths
piano how many know thar tom
Bowling Dibdin was the first man
who played the instrument In public ?
That was in 1857, and the feat was
performed at the FIRST night of THE
Beggar's OPERA"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Crystal Buales.

Evidently the crystal bugle. with
its half sister. the gold brlgle, is to
supply most of the trimming this sea-
son. 1t is from n quarter to half
inch long and is pendent from tulle.
net and chiffon cloth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
A Startling Greeting.

In Morocco foreigners are saluted by
the Moors on horseback in "a manner
which may well startle those rhnaccus-
toned to 1t. The Moor rides full speed
toward the stranger as If to run him
down. He then suddenly stops and dis.
charges his pistol oYfxn,3 I'D.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
The Verv CIosest.

"NIy boy" said the kind old uncle
to his young nephew, you are my
closest relative, are you not?"
mo, uncle" sweetly replied the lit
tie fellow. my father has that dis
tinction. He never gives me cent
unless ask him for it,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

An overdose of laudanum caused
the death of~Orlando W. Harvey of
Montpelier Friday, Jan. Ia, the poi
SON having been taken Thursday
afternoon, presumably for the pur-
pose of relieving pain, as he had not
been we'll for some time. There are
M circumstances to indicate that the
laudanum was taken with suicidal
intent, although Mr.. Harvey had
been addicted to the use of the drug.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Insult Added to Iniuru.

THAT woman editor hurt my feel
ings terribly"
did she tell you that she had
thrown your poetry into her waste
basketT'
mo; she said she had thrown it In
her trash basket"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

He-'Pon my word. L should hardly
nave known you, you have altered so
much
She tarchly)-For the better or the
worse?
He-Why. you could only alter for
the better. Illustrated Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
Poor. but Giftad.

Workhouse Matron-Mrs Faulkner
here is so fond of poetry
Visitor-Indeed? have some sim
pie books of poetry at home. Shall l
send you some, Mrs. Faulkner?
Mrs. Faulkner-No, mum. When
wants poetry makes it.--Puncba
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

1t is almost time for the baseball
news to be creeping into the sporting
page The teams will soon head
south for the spring practice and
then lot of men will have something
to talk about.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22
WOMAN AND FASHION
A Smart and Inexpensive Suit.

Made of heavy or light weight mix
ed suitings, with yoke and under.
sleeves of white gauze and trimmed
with collar and bands of either mate
rial or Of contrasting silk or velvet,
and with ornamental metal buttons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

The tax on playing cards brought
in over 81 900 more during last
November than during the same
month in 1908.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

The sixtieth wedding anniversary
of the Rev. and Mrs. Jasper Harding
of Stanford, was celebrated Thursday,
Jan. 6.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

A Louisiana doctor claims that he
has discovered that pellagra is con-
tracted from dogs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

A New York man now claims to
have seen HalIey's comet without the
aid of telescope.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-22

The closely plated skirt and long tail.
ed coat effect make this in the height
of style.
yards double width suiting at $3.50. 5000
III gauZe at 50 Observation-Disclosures. 450
Buttons ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Findings OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 40
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1615