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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
reaohina hx Examnle.

William Dean Howells is a stout OPP
ponent of those novelists who. under
the pretext of reforming their readers,
write books about vice.
"Such writer's" said Mr.. Howells at
a luncheon at Kittery Point. Me-, IRE
mind me Of q lad whose mother said
to him:
"'Why, Johnny, I do believe you're
teaching that parrot to swear
"'No. I'm not, mother tho boy re
piled. I'm just telling 1t what 1t
mustn't say LOS Angeles Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
A cor,I.te Job.

"See that measuring worm crawling
up my skirt" cried Mrs. Bjenks.
'That's sign I'm going to have new
dress" "Well, let him make 1t for you."-
growled Mr.. Bjenks. "And while he's
about It have him send hookworm to
do you up the back. I'm tired of the
Job. Liverpool Mercury.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
saIIee Saws He is Best southpsw.

"Slim" Sallee of the st. Louis Car
dinals, rated one Of the best southpaw
pitchers in the business when he Is
right, loves to discuss his eccentricities
on the ball field and, more so, his fall
ure to down the demon rum.
Sallee honestly believes he is a beti
ter .southpaw than Nap Rucker, Lei
field or Wiltse and makes no boned
about saying so either.
There is not question of doubt
that Sallee is one of the finest lefl
handed pitchers when he is on the wal
ter wagon. He was fined couple Of
times last season for imbibing toq
much Of the red water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
What II Makas,

"This indictment Is detective" de-
clared the judge. Sin that 1t says the
with dirk. What are we going to
make out Of thatT"
probably more lynchers,' retorted
the district Pittsburg Post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
An Effective Notice.

A quantity worded notice is often
more effective than one framed In
more official terms. AT Aber falls
is a notice regarding the slippery con-
dition Of the rocks. making climbing
dangerous. The notice concludes as
follows:
"In consequence of the above notice
being disregarded a stretcher is now
kept at the cottage below the falls."-
Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Salmon Salad.

Pick one pound Of salmon free from
bones, fake 1t into small pieces with a
silver fork. Mix and add into 1t one
tablespoonful each of capers chopped.
olives and ghersin, pickles. Arrange
the mixture on lettuce leaves, garnish
with hard boiled eggs and cover with
good stir mayonnaise dressing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
MoAleer Has No Uso For coIlssians.

Jimmy 1McAleer doesn't think much
of college pitchers. Although he is
badly In need of good pitchers, Nc
Aleer refuses to scout the colleges for
material.
McAleer says the average minor
league pitcher has an easy time fool
ing college hitters, and college pitch.
err doesn't need more than a curve
ball, Most college pitchers have that
and nothing more, he says. He points
out for example of failures Walter
Clarkson, Harvard's pitching wonder,
who failed to make good with New
York, and later with the Maps, and
DeMott, who Ia having trouble to
make good with Omaha after having
had q fair trial with the Maps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Ruttermilk Bread.

Sift four cupfuls of -four into a dish.
add half teaspoonful Of salt, one
teaspoonful Of sugar, one teaspoonful
of soda, two of cream of tartar, one
we'll beaten egg and enough butter
milk to make soft dough. Knead
lightly, lay on buttered pan and
bake in a hot oven thirty-five minutes,
This makes one loaf,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Removinq MiIdew Stains.

II white skirt, put two tablespoon
fuls of chloride of lime In pail of
warm water, put skirt In and set in
the sun for few hours, then wiring
out and If 1t has not come out repeat,
Rinse well. 1t is sure remedy. If a
colored skirt, there is no remedy for 1t,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Cutlery Farilv.

II call 'em the cutlery family"
"why SOL"
''Well, the daughter spoons. the
father forks out the money, and the
mother knifes the other guests
Washington Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Approved.

Philip was a conceited youth. One
evening he called upon some friends
and picked up the new Webster's IN
abridged Dictionary which lay on the
table.
what do you think Of 1t. Philip"
asked the host. We'll" was the re-
ply, $50 far an have looked, 1t seems
10 be correct."-Spccess Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30

william Scott Ware, who seeks the
Republican nomination for mayor Of
Philadelphia, has been recorder Of
deeds for the past ten years. The
primary elections take place Sept. 30,
and Mr.. Ware has the support of
Mayor Reyburn, the present incum-
bent. Opposed to him are United
States Senator Boies Penrose and
State Senator James p. McNichol,
leader of the Republican party in Phil
adelphia. The machine candidate is
George II. Earle, Jr., banker and al
legged foe of trusts, who was formerly
a Democrat.
Recorder Ware has been In politics
since 1893, when he was elected to the
select council, to which Office he was
reelected. Three years later he was
chosen recorder Of deeds and has since
been twice reelected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
offside Polo Rule Abandoned.

Apparently the abandonment of
offslde rule has been an unmixed bit
Ing to polo. The day of wooden pI
has passed. and, best Of all, the Z
lish players have been surprised
cheered to find that the new order
made it possible to keep combinat
play up to the same high standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Credit Lost:

Backward, turn backward. O Time,
in your hightr' wrote the poet
"Still." he reflected grewsomeIy,
"some slant headed politician or wild
eyed reformer will get the credit of
having originated the recallr'-Chicago
Tribune
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
sons or corporation

sideration Of the resolution was not
asked, 80 the resolution went over un-
I'll congress reconvenes. Senators
Kern of Indiana, Works OF California,
Reed Of Missouri, Page Of Vermont
and Clark of Wyoming were named In
the resolution as the investigating
committee.
Senator Owens is a native OF vir-
ginia, fifty-hve years old and has
Cherokee blood IN his veins. He was
dominated in June. 1907, as the choice
Of the Democracy OF Oklahoma for the
United States senatorship in state
wide primary and was elected by the
unanimous vote of the legislature the
following December.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
His OVERSIGHT.

HE asked her when he proposed II
she knew how to keep house."
'ghat was happy thought"
Yes, and still he overlooked bet"
How was that?"
HE forgot to ask her If she knew
how to keep still."-Houston Post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Retert courteous.

He-Women are such slaves to fash
ions. Look what tight skirts they getl
She-And men are such slaves to
passions. Look how tight they get
hepselvesl-Balti American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
LIES TESTING GROUND.
The middle Of life Is the testing

ground Of character and strength.
There are many who hold a fore
most place in tho heat Of youth,
but sink behind when that FIRST en-
ersy is played out. and there are
many whose follies happily die and
whose true strength is only known
when serious existence with its
weights and responsibilities comes
upon them. Richard BrinslcySher-
idan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
soott,s LibeI on Woman.

20 woman, in our hours of ease
Uncertain. coy and hard to please
So wrote Sir Walter long ago.
But how, pray. could he really known
II woman fair e.strove to please.
Where did he get his ''hours OF ease7'
-Ltppincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30

Manager Connie Mack of the Phlla.
delphia Americans says that in Lapp
he has one of the most promising young
catchers In the country. The Athletics
leader believes that in another year he
will come pretty near being the best
receiver In the junior organization.
Lapp has strong whip and has good
head, Besides being a good backstop,
he is a heavy hitter. His batting av-
erage for forty-five games is BAG.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
CHILDREN's TEACHERS.

The teachers Of children should
be heldin the highest honor. They
are the allies Of legislators they
have agency in the prevention Of
crime; they aid in regulating the
moral atmosphere. whose incessant
action and pressure cause the life
blood to circulate and to return pure
and healthful to the heart Of the
nation. Mrs. Sigourney.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Lemon sherbet.

Juice Of one orange and three lem
ons. grated rind of one lemon. Stir in
two lrge cups of sugar and one quart
of milk with one cupful of water in
It.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-30
Prince Louis Saved to tho Navy.

Admiral Prince Louis OF Batten-
berg, who Is well known in America,
Is regarded In England as one Of the
men who would receive an important
command In case of war. Curiously
enough, Prince Louis wished to aban-
don the navy when midshipman be-
cause Of the difficulty he found in
mastering the English language. The
late King Edward, then Prince OF
Wales, heard of the boys intention
and sent for him. He persuaded him
not to abandon his career and 80
saved for the British navy one Of her
ablest admirals.
The evening world., 1911-10-19
HELD FOR SEEKING DEATH
ON GRAVE OF HIS WIFE.
Paul Newman Tells Magistrate
Fitch He Had Tried in Vain
10 FORGET Loss.

N,ua Newman. tMrty-one years old.
q machinist living al No. a3s East
Nlaety- fourth street. vas arralgned to-
day be!o.e Magistrate Fitch in the
FTushing Police Court charged with at
tempted suicide. lie came into court
from the Germsn Hospital with one OF
thru bu,cets still lodged IN his throat.
The other two bullets he had fired into
hirnDelf on OCT. 2 as he stood over the
grove o.. his wife and child In the Lu-
theran Cemetery at Middlev1l!age.
Queens County. had been extracted
from his forehead and ches..
Newman told the Magistrate his wife
and child died Aug. 10 and life was NOT
worth living when they had gone. lie
took a trip to Europe. returned late
In Ssptembe- an dtrted to forget his
sorrow by spending money on autcmo-
bite rides and theatres.
On Oct. 2 Newman hired a tlNicab ard
drove to IIoycmeyers' Marble Works
near the Lutheran. Cemetery. There he
bought a 500 tombstone. and told the
marble worker thac ne would return
IN q half hour and give him an inscrlp-
ton for the monument. He went to the
grave OF his dear mes ad fired three
shots. After being taken to the hos
pitai ami operated on Newman slowly
Y According to the police Newman has
Submitted that he Il now glad 10 be alive.
He was held for the Grand Jury.
The evening world., 1911-10-19
MAN Of MYSTERY
VICTIM Of MURDER
= ! FRIENDS INSIST
shoebridge, Whose Body Was
Found In Bay, Last Seen
In Best Of Spirits.

That Charles a ~shosordga. whose
body with its wrists siashsd. was found
on the beach at New Dorp, STATEN Is
Aland. yesterday, was a man OF mystery
WAS asserted by his closes. friends to-
Aay. They said ~Shoeoridss had n worry
OF previous days on his mind that made
him melancholy and mysterious at
times.
Harry Dcnnison. an editor OF TIL
} Arnerican Magazine, with which Shoe
bridge ana been employed for eleven
yeAra Since coming 10 this country
from England. said no had known tho
dead man longer than any one else IN
>ths onice.
~Shoebridge was a gentleman" said
Mr.. Dennison. but there was an air of
mystery about him I look upon him
- \ man with a past ne was seeking
10 forget In a new land. He never spoke
of lis previous history. The only thing
knew was that he had been assistant
librarian Of the London Public Library.
He neither drank nor smoked. He had
had IN excellent education and devoted
himself TO the best In life.
~Hs was economical and q man who
had . mani for good health. That Il
why I ~disapprove the theory OF suicide.
Hs must have had money, for I never
knew q more thrifty man.
List April he lef. The maga zine, say-
inR he was going TO take a long vaca-
ton. lie went to Charlestown for q
\ lme. lie had numerous offers which he
hN.id not accept. The last time l saw HIN
Pwas Friday. when he invited me to lunch
VITA him. Ne appeared prosperous and
In the best Of spirits"
Al Shoebridgc's former boarding
a house. conducted by Mrs. 'Ensminger.
No. SIC West One Hundred and Forty
second street. It vas said little wa.
> krrvn OF him.
The evening world., 1911-10-19

THIS picture shows
as Davenport. back
raised the sides open
wide for large bed or
lower to IN a X q "a
/ inc National
5 prin Y and stout
{ 7 ~ e.. Complete
with denim COW
Nrnl mnilrnRa.
The evening world., 1911-10-19
SUFFRAGETTE RUMPUS
THREATENS CONVENTION,
Three Leaders Are Under Charges,
and Their Districts Have
Elected No DELEGATES.

A deadlock Is threatened In the Woman
Suffrage party by the troubles OF the
Borough Of Brooklyn, whose Chairman.
Mrs. Robert Elder. IS under charges.
These charges. praferred by Miss Ida
Craft and Mrs. Priscilla d. liackstaff.
aIlege that the conduct OF the executive
meeting which returned Mrs, Elder TO
the chair was unfair and Illegal" The
meeting deposed the two accusers as
district leaders. all three OF the contes-
tsnts will remain without an occupation
until the Central City Committee OF the
party has decided whose Is the guilt
and what may be the penalty.
The CITY Convention will be held Oct,
%. At least three OF the Brooklyn As
ssmhiy districts have not elected dele
gates 10 this convention. The question
Of the legality OF a city election In
which all Assembly districts are not
represented, being debarred by reason
OF the delay IN establishing the status
M their leaders, Is the political nut the
s%ufYragettes are endeavoring TO crack.
, 1911-11-09
The Eyes and tho Voice.

A physician in London, DR.. William
Martin Richards. has had occasion to
observe a relation existing between
the eyes and the voice and has re-
Gently made a statement Of two cases
that came under his treatment where
actresses who had lost their voices
completely recovered them when
treated for defective eyes and fitted
with proper glasses.
He tells of one young woman in
whose family eye diseases were hered-
itary who found herself at the z
Of twenty-five losing her voice. Her
eyer were found to be in need of at.
tention and when she had been sup
piled with glasses she promptly re-
covered her singing voice.
When she discarded the glasses
some time later and her eyes were
once more neglected her voice also
relapsed into a husky state that pre-
cluded all singing. This practitioner
has observed a number of similar
cases and the discovery of the rela-
ton between the eyes and the voice
should certainly be valuable to stage
FOLK and others who depend largely
upcn their voices for their status In
the world.
, 1911-11-09
THOSE FAMILIAR PHRASES
Expressions That Are Nearly Always
to Be Found In Novels Writ
ten by Women.

Faces are proud" and ladies' with
an imperfect nose have "a pure.
proud, lovely woman's face, with glo-
rious soul-lit eyes," Heroines are
Slight" Chars, on the other hand,
are deep and after the accident
of a sprained ankle you almost carry
Elsie's slight figure to a deep chair"
In the important matter Of costume.
emotional dresses are worn, and vir-
ginial thoughts go with white frocks.
"Cinging white draperies' are essen
tial to the heroine and "colors" are
not worm.
Eyes are extremely significant. The
heroines have glorious dark-blue
soul-lit womanly eyes," Ladies Of a
%villianous type, on the other hand, are
recognizable by their green eyes"
On en%countering at a country house
eyes "scintillating like emeralds." a
bachelor should dispatch a telegram
%summoning himself to the %deathbed OF
"his grand-aunt, Barbara Bailey" In
Chapter "a Green Eyes are "unmask-
ed" Heroines with "pansy eyes," la
dies with orbs misty with unshed
tears" are delicate and unlike n ~
thing on earth. Though they have
shortened their hair and heightened
their skirts, "as yet no thought Of
love has entered their bright young
lives" and "all hat seemed too far
away from their young glorious
thoughts"
Gentlemen with "the most express
sive dark eyes," lead a harassed life
, 1911-11-09

scur1ties. nc mysteries"-
She spoke half to herself, but the
words fell like little whips on Mrs
Mason's ears.
What obscurities, what mysteries
are you talking OFF, she said sternly
81 don't understand"
mo more do mo more do II Anna
twisted and UNFINISHED her hands In
silence for a moment only this l
know" she said at last. when l
came here | could harden my heart
against the man with whom l had
come to wage war. | could continual
ly remember his responsibility for
Roberts Imprisonment Oh. l could
fight fairly and squarely. But now
"It's strange" she went on ref1ec'
dvely-"strange. Now | always have
to bring myself up with a deliberate
effort. | have to think to hate him-l
don't hate him intuitively any more
There's something about hfm"-her
voice softened oddly-T can't describe
It. He's strong. somehow. He's big
and deep and earnest and fllimitably
strong. He draws one"
, 1911-11-09
A Spanish Remedy.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait was con-
e atulated, OIL the sailing of the Amer
il a from New York, upon the huge
programme of work. she had achieved
Il is year.
I'VE Americans" she said, smiling,
" ct more value on time than do some
Of the people ! shall visit in my tour
p und the world.
"A Spaniard, for example, is amazed
at the Americans regard for time. l
ow an American who, having won a
" suit in Madrid, complained bit
rly about the time this law suit had
-uct him.
Three days lost forever he said
10 the judge. Time is money, and
those three lost days can never be
restored
"'Oh, o Americansl' cried the
Spanish judge. You amuse me, al
ways saying that time is money. And
do you want to know how to get your
three days back? Well, I'll tell you.
Take them out of next week. Surely
there are plenty Of days to come"
, 1911-11-09
SAFER METHODS OF MINING
System Used In German Provinces
to Lessen the Number of Disas-
trous Explosions.

There have been so many disastrous
explosions of dust and gases in deep
coal mines in various parts of the
world, caused in many instances by
the use of explosives in tearing the
coal asunder, making 1t easy for the
workmen to remove it with their tools.
that a great effort has been made
among engineers and mechanics to
find a safer method of putting the
coal in condition to be easily removed.
In Germany a system is being used
that promises to go into general use.
Instead of the powder or other power
full explosives being used, holes are
drilled deep into the coal vein just as
If blasts were to be inserted; but in
stead of the explosives that SO often
set off a lot of accumulated gas or
dust, a pipe is inserted and a heavy
pressure of water forced into the
block of dry coal. The water finds
Its way into the crevices and pro.
duces others and in a short time such
a pressure has been brought to bear
on the coal that it opens up and is
ready for the men with their picks
and shovels, and no dust or dry gas
has been formed. 1t is stated this
method is much safer, and is healthier,
even more rapid, as there is no loss
OF time by the men waiting for a
mine or shaft to clear itself of the
poisonous fumes produced by the ex-
plosives.
, 1911-11-09
JAPANESE AUCTION IS TAME
Even Tho A~uctloneer Has Nothing to
Say, n Bids Arc Made In
Writing.

An un-American Japanese auction is
Q kind of Oriental prayer meeting.
People do not exactly wait for the
spirit to move them before making q
DID, but they go about as silently as
II meditating in a Lenten retreat. No
body has anything to say, or IL he has
he exercises a powerful restraint over
MS emotions and refrains from say
ing 1t. Even the auctioneer holds his
tongue. Every article that he offers
for sale is simply held up for inapsol
ton.
The wondrous vocabulary with
which Occidental auctionesrs pro-
claim the merits Of their wares has
no place in a Japanese auction room,
the dramatic thrill of going, going.
gone is never felt. Purchasers write
their bids on q slip of paper and send
II up by a page. There IL NO hurry.
Everybody has time to count his
change and make up his mind how
much he can afford to pay.
When the bids are all in the auo-
toneer coolly turns over the article
to the clerk with the highest bidders
offer and takes up the next thing ON
list. Unless people wish to talk
nobody will ever know what
anybody else bid. not even the pries
pad hy tia -sueosasful 016AaA
, 1911-11-09
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, 1911-11-09
Notice For Publication
Department of the Inter-,

Department of the Interior
Not Coal l and. Not Designated.
Act February 10, 1909.
U. S. Land Office at Chenne, Wyo.
Oct 81, 1911,
Notice is hereby given that Isaac
Flood, of Saratoga, Wyo., who, on
Sept. 3, 1909, made homestead, Serial,
No. O4S55, for NE4, Section "a,
Township II, N, Range s3 W., i pr.
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Communication Proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before j. F. Crawford, U.
S. Commissioner, at Saratoga, Wyo.,
on the 4th day of Dec, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George E. Meason, Daniel NJ. Fore
man, Ira g. Want and Charles A.
all, of Saratoga, Wyo.
W, r. Chaplin,
ll-Z-SO Register
, 1911-11-09
BUILT A KITCHEN CABINET
Handy Mar Worked at It Sundays,
but Forgot to Measure the
Stairway.

He is the meat man in a street
grocery. Besides being handy at trim
ming spare ribs with a safety razor
he is also an adept with carpenters
tools. About a year ago he decided
to build a kitchen cabinet for his wife.
He chose the basement as the place
Of construction, ordered a lot of lum.
Der and other accessories and went to
work.
The only time he had to give to the
kitchen cabinet cause was on Sunday,
as he had to work early and late dur.
ing the week. He closed all basement
windows tightly in order to mufie all
the noise he made with saws and ham,
mers. He even had a set of signals
arranged with his wife that she was
TO stamp or the floor when the min
lister or some pious friend was pass
ing. Sunday after Sunday he toiled
away on the kitchen cabinet, picturing
In his mind how pretty and how use
full 1t would be in the kitchen.
Finally the cabinet was finished and
the builder asked two or three of
the boys at the store to drop over on
Sunday morning and help him carry
1t upstairs. The boys, anxious to see
the product of SO many days of toll.
accepted the invitation and wen over.
1t was a Jim Dandy kitchen cabinet.
1t was the best ever-even better than
the store kind.
We'll, boys, let's hike upstairs with
it," said Fritz, the cabinet constructor.
The boys took hold, tilted it and
started for the stairway. Fritz groaned.
The boys smothered q laugh.
1t was nine inches too wide for the
stairway.
The cabinet has departed this life
via the furnace. 1t is unlikely that
Fritz will build another.