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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Ironinu Gu. the Germs.

Ironing linen mas greater effect
than is com monty believed. As The
temperature of the iron may great ~
exceed 266 degrees r.. II mas been sur-
gested that the process OF ironing NAV
suffice TO sterilize surgical dressing :
and hence be Of valuable service. e.
pecially IN rural districts and elise
where. In the absence of disinieiins
ovens and steriiizers. Nearly All ini-
crobes can be KILLED by suffirieutiy
long application OF a tenperAi ure If
15S degrees r.. but a temperature uf
266 degrees r. is required TO Kill r'er
tain spores Of bacteria and 10 produrs
absolutely complete sterilization. II has
been proved by experiment that II
is possible 10 disinfeC1 clothing very
satisfactorily by ironing CIuthinS
which has been worn toy children III
fected by various contagious Diseases
and which contained bacteria or pus.
diphthPria and the like was spriBk led
and ironed. II was then rubiJad un
plates of gelatin prepared for the S-U,-
ture OF bacteria. but not q single C'tI,,-
ny was developed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
PRODUCED AN ECLIPSE.
The Persian AstronOmsrs Were More
Diplomatic Than the English.

ne FCrklhn ABIT0uonGTh W DIC NlF
Diplomatic Than the English.
Official Chinese astronomers soins--
times get thelT heads cut OF tor not
correctly fOreteiling an eclipse Illus
trating this. ! am told By my friend.
the astronomer royal. OF visit paid
about thirty years ago 90 the observa-
tory In Greenwich park by the shan
of Persia Of that date. The shah made
a greht point OF visiting the British
Etate observatory In company with
King Edward. who was then the
Prince OF Wales.
Sir George Airey was the RstroDC--
mer royal and showed the party over
the building and gave them peeps
through telescopes. Now. show me
an eclipse OF the SUM- said the shah.
speaking In French Sir George pre-
tended not TO hear and led the way 10
another instrument dog OF an Rs-
tronomer." said the shah. produce me
an eclipse~ Sir George politely said
he had not got one and could not
oblige the king Of kings no. no."
ssid the shah. turning In great indie-
nation 10 the Prince OF Wales You
hear; cut his head OFF, Sir Georges
life was. as q matter OF fact. spared.
bur IN the course Of year he retired
and was succeeded by the present a.
tromoner royal
On his appointment that gentleman
WINS nstonished at receiving a letter OF
congratniaiioD from The shah Of Per
sin. The shah evidently thought that
his request had been attended 10,
though with some delay. he proceed
cd TO tell the new astronomer royal
that he had few days before writing
witnessed a total eclipse of the sun in
the observatory al Teberan. This was
perfectly correct but the suggestion
seemed to be that the Tebernn as.
tropomers knew their business and
had the good sense 10 arrange an
eclipse when a royal visitor wished for
one and so escape derapitHtion. Sir
Ray Lancaster in London Telegraph
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
American capita, In Canada.

II is estimated thai there are now
between $50 and 2OO American fa,.Io-
ries or branches OF American factories
IN Canada. fifty OF these in 1nroIii o
and twenty in Hamilton. and beiweeu
sl5o.OO0Oo0 and S20O.OOO.uOO ~ Amer
lean capital invested In Industrial eli
terprises In the Dominion. This trans
fer of industries and of capital rs
found TO continue. assisted by he Ca
madam tariff and the opportunities for
Investment which the dominion now
affords. RetaiiRtory measures an
proachlng commercial noniHter.nurAe
mny check the movement. tut only
for a rfrne and only partially. = London
Times
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
WORK NEVER STOPS.
Methods Of -Four Bis Banks In a.
Wall Street Disiriet.


Wall Street District.
-Four hie tanks IN The Mai Stres
district r~sembir ib, gr~aI geld ahu-
OF the west IN one striking ieatur
They har-.- Ihree elGhi houi ~nifiS
toilers. and The work never st,lrS. One
SET takes up the routine where the
other ieAves OF. An might long. SUI
days aud holidays. n stan OF uen tD
each OF these banks h busy Owning
thousands of letters. SORTING aud ltsl-
ing innuuIerAble rhtrks and drafts
that represent fabulous sums OF mon
ey and getting them ready for he da5
force. which Is the only one h+ puhlic
comes In Contact With or ever hears
about II this work was not earned
on incessanliy the bank would s"oD TIE
overwhelmed with mountainous at
cumuiatiop OF detail.
Two shifts--the scouting FORE" -
they caH themselves work between !
O'Clock In The afternoon and = the next
morning Each bank mas a hie drawer
In the general posIOfice. Messengers
clear this OF Its letters every hour AL
night long Three thousand Ielirrs a
day In the average mail OF one of
these large banks Two-thirds of II
comes In during the night These lei-
tiers In the case OF one OF the biggest
OF these banks contain from 3S.O0u 10
10000 clerks and drafts. At riu,es
these Enclosures represent n much as
S3o.OO0.o0O. Rarely does the total tail
below S30.oO0.oOO.
The letters are opened as faH as
49, nd b..
counted and the total verified with the
foolings of the lists. The IeTiers are
then stamped. whirh shows thai they
have been proven in" as the hanks
call IL. After that they are turned
over 10 the clerks who seud out the
formal acknowledgements OF The remit
taDces they Contain. The various
cheeks are assorted according To the
numbers OF the books IN whK'h they
are to be entered aud otherwise. ~
sight drafts are grouped according 20
the routes OF the banks mess-uE%rs,
and all is made ready for turning hs
night's accumulation over 10 The day
force. so II may toe handled hy II "a
ezpeditiously as possible.
Each Of these shifts OF night work
ers al the banks consists OF rrom
twelve to twenty men. Some banks
get along with but one extra Sel of
clerks al night These come on duIv
at midnight aud leave al u ~ TINS
plan OF working all night hong in order
10 keep up with the tremendous
amount OF business that comes in toy
mail WIS inRugurated about five years
ago. The tirsI bank that tried II found
thai SO much valuable daytime was
saved that one institution after an
other took II up until DOW there are
four thai have these three eight -hIur
shifts OF clerks and several more who
work only part OF the night Har-
per's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Iii. Quaint suuuertion

A FrenchmAn who appears to
oeen of thrifty turn Of mind
ceived the idea in 1878 that too
valuable time was being waste
cleaning sardines when preparing
for the market BE found a vi
preparing them without cleaning
and on this he took out letters ~
Apparently he had some slight M
ing as 70 whether the public wod
perfectly suited with his iDvs'
and SO In his claim ne NAKED
parentheticaI entry:
Fish put up by this process al
slightly unpleasant to the custon|
first. but ne soon gets used TO II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

bps managed to frame the appeal, and
almost instantly she was lifted by
strong arms and set sQuarely on bel
feet
Once erect, Gertrude was brave
enough and ashamed that she had LOST
her courage al a critical moment. She
looked curiously at her preserver. He
was a fine muscular fellow. BE must
have been OF course, or be could not
have lifted her 40 pounds Of avoirdu
pois so easily.
Nevertheless she ragged inwardly that
she should have needed his help.
The idea of this cool, collected, rath-
ar supercIlious Englishman laughing
ut her!
With an effort she collected herself
and looked her preserver in the eyes
at is a foolish thing to do the
young man said as be touched his
hat. ''You know. or perhaps you do
not know. that several persons have
fallen from the Top Of Barney castle
while endsRvoring TO kiss the blArney
Ttone. OF course you are an Ansri-
GAn- Only Americans kiss the bIarney
stone" And, with q smile of amuse-
ment- he again touched his hat and
turned away.
Gertrude was furious. What right
had he to be so impertinent even If
he had saved her life? He was an
odious Englishman. OF course. She
turned her back TO his retreating
form. but her sense of gratitude
would not allow her TO dismiss the
him:
Am I not TO know TO whom ] am
indebted for the saving Of my lffe7"
-You put IT altogether too strong"
he replied coming back at once. Il
am not SO sure that you would have
fallen" And he handed her bit OF
pasteboard on which was engraved,
Edward Harcourt. Hyde park. Lon
don"
-'Just as I thought. conceited Eng
hshman; thinks no one bat himself
knows anything" Gertrude did not
okfCeA AGA AAOat1As OhAs HAA@A-406 AtA
sweetest, she said:
al am Gertrude Clinton, Mr.. Har-
court, Of New York ! certainly owe
you my life. ! was foolish; but, as
you say. Americans do like TO kiss the
blarney stone. i am very grateful 10
you for your service"
pray do not mention 1t. Miss Gin
ton" responded Harcourt rather stiff
". 81 feel sure you would not have
fallen II was only temporary dizzi-
mess, which you would hive over
come. However. ] am glad you are
safe" And. lifting his hat. he was
gone
He is odioEs," muttered Gertrude
perfectly odious' But she wished
be had remained 10 go down the long
flights Of steep stone stairs with her
II was growing dark The stairs were
and there were man
dark hooks and crannies. She thong,
Of the tortured prisoners once confine,
IN the dungeons and OF all the DIR
tales told Of the castle and before sh
had reached the ground she had firm
made up her mind that II was not 81
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Suaolce Detector

A ScotchmAn, Jehn Lowden. has 10,
vented a smoke tiniomeier." which,
il Is thought, may be Of Use In prose
cutting cases of smoke nuisance" IL
consists of q rube with a single eye
piece and two object openings One
OF these is clear. but the other con
tains a revolving diaphragm. In which
are set Eve circles. one OF clear glass
and the other four of tinted glasses
corresponding with the standard riniE
Of scientific smoke chart" In ex
aiming smoke defiled air the dia-
phragm is turned until the tinted glass
comedies in darkness with the air
seen through tbe clear aperture. The
various glasses are systematically
numbered. so that giapre suttices 10
show the degree OF defiement Of the
air.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
ruharruInnis In chiIdr.n.

Based on the CENSUS OF 1904 il iE Fs-
timated by the National Assoriatiun
For the Study and Prevention OF In
bercniosis thar nearly lOO.OD children
now in school viii die OF tuberculosis
before they are eighteen years OF age
or that about 6.4Oo die annually from
this disease. Estimating that I'm an
average each child who dies OF tuip.-r-
culosis has had six years OF scheduling
tine aggregate loss TO the country 10
wasted education each year Amounts
10 81, la2.O00. According TO inresrisa-
lions made In New York. Session aud
Stockholm. the percentage OF childr'u
who are afflicted with ruI'sFs'niusis =
much larger than the death rate wound
Indicate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

A modern highway. 275 miles long.
through the short grass country in
western Kansas would not only prove
an Illuminating obiett lesson for the
entire state. but for all the country
as well The people OF western Kan
sas have started a movement to afford
the world just that object lesson in
road building. From Newton to the
Colorado line il is proposed TO con
struct continuous boulevard along
the Arkansas river and call II the
new Santa Fe trail Kansas City
Times
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Smoked Out IN. Bears.

Jose valdez. the t-rark shot uf Santa
Fe. N. M. Recently discovered rAve
twenty miles from santa re that
showed unmiStakable signs of Being
the winter habitat Of bears. He start
ed a FIRE al the mouth of the cave aud
smoked out the bears There were
just thirteen OF them In the cave. and
as they came out one by tine Valdez
killed them. the job occupying less
than one bour.-Argonsut
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
A LAUGH ALL AROUND.
And. AZ Usual. Those Vine LRUS
Last laoahed Best.

last Laughed Best.
Common deceney Is cheap Rbrol
said the uan who had Just nvtur
from his first trip 10 Europe -Du
AL the time ! was on the continei
was subjected TO disrourtesy n
one Instance. and ! think ! got o.
with Il then. al that
we were CRUISING one Of the ~
passes by diligence. OF coach,
stopped on for luncheon az some 1
town II was hot. and ! suppos
made rather comicai sight h
shirt sleeves and black glasses. !
handkerchief over my collar. 1
stepped out OF the vehicIe 10 the \
I suppose. TOO. that the brand
French In which ! tried 20 ask u
lions was pretty ragged.
Anyway. n group OF young Fro
men waiting In n carriage while I
team was changed saw In me
long lost original sfrenm. and the |
they laughed was convincing. III
Gathering They weren't back
about pointing OUT the real. racy
In the pirrure either. and they
laughed harder when ! glHred nj
mildly. ADotber American AID
trudged OF for lunch. and wberi
came bark there was the bunch r,
to tSke up the howl At me again
looked nj my compatriot and n
me. Don't think either OF Us
the idea In words. bui we began,
I'VE began TO laugh We fell
each Others arms aud laughed
held earh other up and laughed.
laughed rili the tears rolled down
cheeks. We laughed till we cou9
stand. We rocked into our coach,
laughing. taking inspiration for I
outbursi from n glance at the Ere,
men
We'll. sir. that bunch OF FreDch'
juN wilied First they closed d
mouths: then they lost their Il
then each oBe began squirting al
other. trying 10 make out what
wrong Before we'd been al II
minutes they all discovered they 4
ed drink and sDeaked OF 70 the
hotel We laughed rill we saw
last OF them. and then we laughs
the way We had turned the rrict
Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
MAKING ICE.
The Process Is Simple. Though u
zleo the Negro

1loo Nne NcBTo-
A sailboRi in which were q v
man and several negroes had just
the wharf near an ice factory al
foot OF Main street Annapolis.
was beaded Out the mouth Of Sc
river. toward a point on the Cl
peake.
-Ye-e-th. thir." an old time col
man was isping. Il like TO q
job wOrkin round that air ice 1
and see EN- make ice with fire"
I'll tell yOu bow II Is done. II
would like to hear my explana1
said the white man.
"Ye-e-th. thir. ! like to hear bout
We'll. In the first place, they
q tank of ammonia. 10 which q 1
amount OF heat is applied. IL doe,
take much heat TO convert the
moniA into vapor. and even that /
Is used up In Gu using the liquid II
paDd into gas. or become lateni
IL is called. SO that the temper'
is not materially affected.
Now. suppose the ammonia gs9
cupies q hundred times as much 1
as the liquid. II Is evident that
liquid contains q certain amoua
heat which is afterwnrd distrilf
over hundred times the space
occupied A cubic foot OF the
becomes a hundred cubic feet Of
and il Is plain that a cubic fol
gas will contain only one-hundq
part Of the heat originally In Z
foot Of liquid: hence the gas is 4
colder than the liquid.
Now. this gas or vRpor is allow
flow through pipes covered with
wafer. which becomes extremely
but does not freeze. owing 70 the
eDce Of salt. The fresh water I'd
10 be frozen is put into large &
cans and placed In the cold salt 4
and allowed TO freeze
There is nothing mysterious q
the process. IL is. In fact. very sd
Do make myself clear? ID
understand my explanationT'
"YP-e-ith. thir. yo' esplana,
plain. bui surtenly would II
Zee 'em make that air Ice with Is
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

my little love my wife that is to be
Never again viii trust you out OF my
sight
But the black eyed girl who called
you Edward and kissed yonr' sobbed
the thoroughly unnerved girl
WAS thnt the reasonT almost
shouted Harcourt -'You little goose
you blessed little goose. 1t just hap
pened 10 be my sister; that is all
viii Introduce you to her tomorrow"
Blissfully happy. yet with n little
common sense mingled with her hap.
piness Gertrude persuaded her lover
10 curb his impotence for n hasty
marriage. but II was only n few sborI
weeks when over in America another
alliance was made between England
and America which made rwo beRrtr
beat as one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
First Spring Item.

Last Sunday nornin when the
family WIZ fixin' 10 80 TO church 10
hear the new preacher the young I'M
Kept up SIGH squaIIin' an a-bawlin'
that II looked like the whole family
would have TO stay home But Miss
Sally. the Oldest gal. went out into the
nearby woods m kilt q six foot rattle
snnke an cut of his rattles. an they
80 amused the young 'un thar ne come
quiet an had a raftitn' good time all
TO hissef. an the family went On %
rhrunRA CaMsttsuranA
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
In. sunrenn. cnurt

The full supreme coufl of the Unit
ed States consists of nine members.
including the chief Justice. The pres
ent membership: Chief justice. Mel
vile w Fuller Of Illinois: aSsociaie
Justices. John NJ. Harlan of Keutuckv.
David j. Brewer Of Kansas. Edward
u. White Of Louisiana. Joseph MrKen-
Ra OF California Oliver W. Holmes az
Massachusetts. william R. Day Of
Ohio. William q Moody of Massachn-
setts and a E. LurIon OF Tennessee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
a Wife's Early Lesson.

A curious custom used to accon
an AnGlo-Saxou betrothal Ate
giving OF the ring the father CAV
son-fn-law one Of his daughters
with which the son-in-iaw hit hia
On The bead TO teacb her subjs
Inter On a more moderate f2i q
hon was suggested. and three
with q broOnstick became the cd
THE Months Of the Year" ~
Pemberton Lloyd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
KISSING THE
| DLARNEY Stone.
A Love Affair That Began on the
Famous Irish Castle.
By HARRIET BISHOP WATERS.

! by F1%HhtGA 6NSEI0F WI GnS-
ICopyriEht. 1910. by American Press Asso.
ciattun.l
/ II was on the top OF Barney castle
$50 feet from the ground, that the AT
fair began. They say there are q thou
sand shades OF green in Ireland, and
Gertrude, reaching back 10 the iron
bars OF the blarney stone, graspins
them in a wise of fear, thought when
she looked down that all the shades
were mingled In one may mass. She
bent her head down, pursed her red
lips and Pressed them to the cold un
dersurface OF the stone Heavens
What a depth down! Her head swain
her heart bent mAdly. her hands began
to crRmp. She was loosing her grasp
she WIS falling. ''HelpI" Her stiffened
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Boston & Maine lnrnrnn.

A Boston & Maine locumoti,
frozen 81 solidly to the raiit
c nth IS Rratrleb.ro last week
dav IN arninQ that it took the
bined effmrts 81 two atber enci
move It The machine was
water when the trouble began
"aiTA IN the penstork became !
I'D it was i'm ISL bic 70 shut Z
flow when the tank was full
yer onto the track and the icw
perature soon did the trick
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

'TiR four and twenty thousand miles
Around the globe. Marie.
But when my arms around your waist
And you are on my knee
'Tis four and twenty inches, dear.
For you're the world to me-
New York Tirnes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
a siun.

Tier husband Is either afraid OF
her or very much in love with her"
why SOP
When they go out together he never
thinks Of standing out on the rear
platform OF the chr TO finish tbs CT
gar."-Detroit Free Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

Sued for breach OF promise,
Yep"
ANY defense%
Temporary insanity. and
to prove II ny the love letters !
Louisville Courier-JournRl.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
We,-. All ALL.

THE Chinese worship ancestors"
'Hcw queer! BY the way. have you
heard the latest? Marjorie is engaged
to a real live charlottesville Con
rier-Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

la'pe r8l trer marks ccrr,t >
Of the towns Il Raltim re- W.aihrr
Fl Id, Che~it-r AM Springfield B b.
iIinf re has the 'lisiinrtit u az heinz
the smallest town in the United
States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

There Is great deal of fancy fur
used in the world each wear. but
ab0ut l ,000.000 hurhle pussy rsw
give up their hides to hslp Gun tine
mazAkk.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

There is a hill in Sweden that is
said to he solid irnn ore 1t is only
$50 feet high. hut tbearea in GGurva
~ NyS6 ~ NJ pxxzxe Ases.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

There are 20, Chinese students
NJ The University uf Wisconsin fins
year, and three nf them are in the
senior class.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

Seine big mind has figured it out
that there are &c. 300 anglewur1ms in
an acre Of land But Won won't be
lievs IL II yuu lavs sver tried ID dig
hAdt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

The government FISH hatcheries
have distributed SHY, 3Ol 500 fish
and fish eggs SO far during the cur
rent fiscal year
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

A report has it thar u rev tel,
ph ne company Is IN start in Chicap.
and that its wires will be ru1
through the freight tunnels It
hopes 10 start business with $1,000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

The order OF society fs founded or
human misery and imbecility. and
these are foundations which VIII never
crumble.-AnRtole France.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

A boy ten years old has been sent
70 pthoh m New jersey tur defh-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

SaaSs0c55e hur LIE Age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-10
FROG IN GIRLS BATHING SUIT
Fair Swimming Pupil Loudly Calls
Upon Woman Friend to
Fish Ii Out.

st. Louis, Mot is written in the
philosophy Of Capt. James Fitzgerald,
swimming instructor at Piasa pool,
that there is always way-that is.
nearly always. His way of getting a
nights sleep in flooded bedroom is
to put on bathing suit and way he
recommends of getting rid Of mos
ouitoes is to go swimming and smoke
cigarettes. But there was no way that
he could suggest when bullfrog
Jumped inside of woman's bathing
suit.
Captain Fftz was giving swimming
lesson when the jumping bullfrog put
him up against problem which
stumped him. He had a woman in the
end of a line teaching her how to
swim. A bullfrog sat in crevice at
the edge of the pool and watched pro-
ceedings with interest. "One, two
thurree," chanted Captain Fitz. and
inst as he said ''thur-ree" boy, run
ming by on the brink of the pool. star
tied the frog and he leaped wildly into
the pool
Not into the pool, either. The wom-
an wore a low cut bathing suit, tribe
loose at the neck. The frog landed in
side. That made two in a bathing suit
that was only built for one. 1t was
hard to- tell which was most anxious
to get out, the woman or the frog.
The frog did not know how and the
woman could not get out quickly
enough. She splashed and shrieked
and begged Fitz to rescue her from
the frog or rescue the frog from her.
While Fitz hesitated and stammered
another woman swan to the one In
need of nelp, reached inside OF her
bathing suit and caught the frog and
withdrew it, and thereby earned the
gratitude of the woman--and the frog.