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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13


when she took out the bag. 81 sup.
pose" she murmured, "that I'll have
to marry Arthur Dering now"
She began reading from the note:
my Dearest Pansy: / shall be back
in Houston Center on the sixteenth
Of April and shall hope"
"But no, | won't read you when
it's to be, because that is a secret
and you might tell"
She stood up, and the boys, aghast
at this last piece Of information, I'M
wound their legs from the rungs of
their chairs and filed sadly out. All
but Philip Grantwood he remained,
for though his pride told him to
leave this perfdious woman, his feet
refused to move.
"Pansy," he cried, sternly, when
they were alone, "aren't you ashamed
Of yourself?"
Poor little Pansy wilted at once,
and large, unmanageable tears began
to trickle down her cheeks. She
came over to Philip and buried her
face in his coat sleeve. eyes," she
sobbed, 81 certainly am. But it was
SO much fun to have all those rings.
And / didn't think anybody'd ever
find out"
Philip surrendered shamelessly to
the enemy. ''Don't cry" he begged,
tenderly, and then the same old
question, ssPansy, dear, will you mar
ny me?"
From his coat sleeve came a muf-
fled answer. eyes, Phil, tomorrow
if you say So"
"Not much," retorted Philip,
blithely, 'you don't catch me trust
ing you until tomorrow. Well go
and wake up the judge and get a
license and then we'll 60 around to
Preacher Browns. And, by the
way" he added, jealousy, ssyou're
not to answer that Dering mans
letter"
NO" came meekly from his coat
sleeve, 81 won't. I'll let you an
swer it."
Philip snatched it up from where
triay on the floor and was about
to throw it into the fire, when it fell.
open and its contents we're dis
closed. sMiss Pansy Borden" it
read, "for making one dress, $3.50.
To Miss Jemimah Slazey, modesto
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
AROUND
1l5 BASIS

Walter Johnson pitched 25 innings
before he was scored on.
The Chicago White Sox have turn
ed Catcher Tom Carney over to Sioux
City.
st. Louis has sold Hickory Johnson,
secured by the waiver route from the
Giants, to Omaha.
President Fogel has determined to
stick to $3.50 as the time for starting
games in Philadelphia.
Zimmerman's work at first makes
Cub fans wonder why Manager Chance
didn't think Of him before.
Pitcher Gaiser, returned to the New
York Americans by Rochester, has
been turned over to. the Wilkesbarre
Club.
Ty Cobb and Crumb> Kahler have
declared a vendetta Cobb says the
Nap pitcher purposely hit him with
pitched ball
The showing of Catcher Wingo with
the Cardinals every time he gets
chance makes one wonder why Bliss
is in the game
In spite of auto accidents, railroad
wrecks and defeats Hugh Jennings
seems to be as frisky as ever on the
coaching lines.
Manager Davis is repeating, 'T love
you, love you not" as he considers
Jack Graney and Heinie Butcher, his
pair of left folders.
They do say in Cleveland that Lefty
George is a warm weather pitcher and
will not be started. again until the
weather begins to boil.
Columbus used fifteen men and Min.
nesota thirteen in one game. The
score was just as bad, IL to 1e, with
Minneapolis on the long end.
Cleveland has turned Catcher Bert
Whaling back to Seattle. The Maps
are left with four catchers, Easterly,
O'Neill, Livingston and Adams.
Roy Hartzel is pretty lucky to come
out of his collision with Bert Daniels
with nothing more than a headache
1t was feared for awhile that he was
done for.
The American League is going up
The offices OF President Johnson have
been moved from the thirteenth to
the fifteenth floor of the Fisher build
ing in Chicago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
STRONG WOOD FOR CARRIAGES
Hickory 10 Most Important on Ae-
count Of LIghtness Without Los
ing Any Of Its Strength.

The most important kind OF wood
which the carriage maker uses is hick.
Dry The lightness. without loss of
strength, for which American made
vehicles are famous. is largely due
to the use Of hickory. It has great
strength and elasticity. There is no
other wood that equals 1t in these re-
spects, and all kinds have been used.
For one thing. the light wheels used
on some kinds of pleasure vehicles
would have to be fitted with very thick
tires II hickory was not employed.
Ash and elm have been tried in place
of hickory, but these woods split too
easily to be successful substitutes.
Many millions OF feet of hickory are
used every year in the carriage and
wagon industry. 1t is feared that its
rate Of production may not keep pace
with the demands of the trade, for
hickory springeth not up In the night.
Nevertheless, It does grow rapidly
enough to hold out some hope that
with careful supervision of the forests
the hickory tree may be made to yield
a sufficient crop.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
"cANADIuMv IS A NEW METAL.
Discovered by -Metaliurglcai Chemist
While Investigating Gold Mine
In British Columbia.

%Canadium" is the name given e
new metal discovered by A. g. French.
metallurgical chemist of Nelson, B. c..
when investigating large gold mine
In that province. While examining G.
deposit OF platinum metals, he dis
covered, sometimes isolated and some
times in combination, another meta
which was quite different from Other
members of the group. 1t has since
been found in many other igneous
bikes in the vicinity of Nelson.
Canadium is beautiful white metal
but little softer than gold or silver
and melting at somewhat lower tenn
perature. 1t is not furnished by damp
atmosphere nor blackened or affected
by sulphureted hydrogen, alkaline sui
phides or tincture of iodine, which
blacken both silver and palladium
When Furnished, 1t is much more
brilliant than either silver or pal
ladium. |N
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
INSANE PEOPLE ARE CUNNING
Guide at BloomlngdaIe Asylum Dlsoov-
cred LunatIo by Chance Remark
re Let Fall.

Several New York school teachers
paid a visit to Bloomingdale insane
asylum and were approached by man
who showed them about the grounds.
In the course of his remarks he dwelt
with particular emphasis on the fact
that como insane people were of such
cunning that they could not discover
their condition except by some strange
remark let fall by chance.
After two pleasant hours spent in
the company OF their guide the teach
ers were about to return. when one OF
them, wishing to take q not too abrupt
leave, remarked:
"Time must pass slowly here for you
among the lunatics?"
There is where you are wrong" re-
piled the man. II am engaged i've
hours day In my life work"
How Interestingly" cooed the teach.
ers.
The man produced roll of manu-
script.
"See, am making an index to Web
ster's tionary."-Springfiel Repub-
lican.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
P,a and o,s.

"Bishop Logan Herbert Roots Of
Hankow," said New York clergyman.
must be profoundly interested in the
Chinese revolution. Bishop Roots
stands very high with the Hankow
Chinese.
"He once told me that when he first
went to China he had a good deal Of
difficulty in remembering faces. He
mentioned this difficulty to a manda.
rim He said:
Pm getting over 1t now; but In
the beginning here in Hankow you all
looked as like as two peas
Two peasT said the intelligent
mandarin, smiling. But why not say
two queues?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

81 think that the late Frank Selee
was the best team manager and Frank
Chance the best first baseman l ever
played under" said johnny King,
manager of the Boston Wardmen, ac-
cording to a New York newspaper.
HSelee really made the Cubs cham
pions. He developed Chance into a
hrst baseman, discovered Evers. Reul-
bach, Tinker and Schultz, and gave
ME the first opportunity to catch be-
hind the. bat. Selee was natural
Judge of playing talent. He wasn't a
bllldozer on the bench, but an even
tempered. fair-minded critic OF the
mistakes made by his players. Had he
lived he would have received all the
credit for the greatness of the Cubs
instead of Chance.
II don't believe Chance can pick up
and develop young players, but he
knows how to make the men placed
in his care play ball. He is a strict
disctplinarian and great field gen.
eral. AS a first baseman and batter
lie was at the top of the heap and set
q winning example.
Chance has always believed in
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL,
& NOTESegg

Sixty per cent. of the Brazil nut
is oil.
Glycerine is bi-product of the soar
factory.
Both the Chinese and Japanese
manufacture alcoholic beverages from
rice.
The British empire supplies about
three-fifths of the worlds demands for
gold.
New zealaAders consume more thar
seven pounds of tobacco per capita
per year.
Russia supplies Great Britain with
the greater proportion of her poultry
and eggs. -
Over 100000 pedestrians and 10000
vehicles. pass over London bridge IL
one day.
A feet of $50 refrigerator ships Ii
engaged in carrying fresh meat to the
British islands.
The cod fish shipped out OF New
foundland each year are valued at ave
million dollars.
A little glycerine, well distributed
often will renew life In a much useG.
typewriter ribbon.
Shipping casualties OF all nationali-
ties last year totaled 10s vessels. with
a tonnage OF 114,23t.
British beer consumption decreased
from 36.841 900 barrels in 1899 to 49,.
SIG, 900 barrels last year.
In one month the yield OF gold in
Southern Rhodesia exceeded $4,000
ounces, valued at 100000
Fish Is sometimes -colored with ar
Inorganic dye. to give II the appear
ance OF having been smoked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

nm explanation" He paused, for
how could he say these dreadful
things to Pansy, with her dear, dis
ordered curls, her merry, brown eyes
and her sweet impartial smileP ooh,
Pansy," he blurted out, Show could
you do it?'
Pansy glanced from one to the
other of her lovers, then the gayety
faded from her face. "Oh," she
said softly, you've told each other.a
Pansy did not seem angry, but
she was deeply hurt. "oh," she re-
peated, "you'ye told and you prom
Used not to tell" She put her hand
into her dress and pulled out small
linen bag, opened it and shook five
shining diamond rings into her lap.
Each was tied with a different coll
ored ribbon.
keep mine," cried Henry Blaine,
savagely, as she held it toward him.
81 don't ever want to see it again"
And the other boys echoed, "Keep
mine."
''No," said Pansy, sadly, 81 could
not marry any of you now. / thought
that you could be trusted with a Sc
cret, but see that you can't.
This was SO manifestly unfair, SO
preposterous, that it simply took the
boys breath away. Had she been
man they could have answered her;
being a woman-and Pansy-they
actually began to feel guilty.
One by one they skunk up to the,
sofa and received back their dia-
mond rings, then Pansy opened a
note that had fallen from her, dress
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
DOE JAcKSoM,s STYLE AT BAN
Connie Mack Told Hard Hitting "Napn
Outfielder He Would Become a
Great Sluqaer.

Toe Jackson isn't stylish batter.
He pulls away from the plate, which
is decidedly bad form according to the
set standards for hitting. Joe plants
his right foot within six inches of the
plate when he faces the pitcher, but
as the ball comes up he takes long
step toward first base.
Theoretically batter who pulls
away from the plate as Joe does can
not hit the ball hard, and it has often
been remarked that Joe was lucky to
escape being taught different style
of hitting.
: 1t is generally believed. that ii Joe
had been changed he would have lost
his natural swing and ability.
Ono manager tried to teach Joe to
bat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mack.
When Joined the Athletics in
1908, Manager Mack told me would
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
Mlsanthfopy, or cautIonY

On his return from winter holiday
the greatest buttonholer in London
was telling his acquaintances at his
club in Pail Mall that he had been
occupying house at Dayos. not far
from Mr.. Labouchere. who, he added,
was In very melancholy state.
Il am truly sorry for that" said one
of his hearers. WHATS the matter
with him? 2"
Well" replied the bore, Il was out
walking one day. when saw Labou.
chere coming down the lane toward
me. The moment he caught sight OF
me he darted into a FIR wood which
vas close by. and he hid behind a
tree till had passed on Oh. very sad,
indeedl "-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

In Wilmington. Del, use is being
found for the waste products of paper
mills which, have been accommodating
for years and have been thought
valueiess. One factory has dumped
over 100. 900 tons OF residuum from it's
boilers on the neighbcring flats. Gov
ering about eight acres This 10 now
70 be treated by a process. for extract.
Ing tho carbon for the market and the
rest will be converted Into fertilizer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

Shaping on fines for boob plays. I
remember one day he fined King Co.'s
5000 for poor pitching Cole was "a
mad as halter. and turning to
Chance he cried:
"T'm going to quit the team and go
into the navy!
"'If you do I'll give you $500 and
remit the finel' replied Chance, earn
estly, and Cole decided to remain with
the Cubs.
Fielder Jones, in nay opinion, was
another great baseball leader. He
knew how to drive his men. We had
great team when the White Sox
called the hitless wonders, beat us in
fall series, feat that was entirely
due to Jones' pluck and pugnacity.
Too bad Jones quit baseball, for he
would have kept the White Sox al
ways near the top.
you've got to hand it to John Nc
Graw, too. He keeps the Giants hus-
Ting and that wins games. McGraw
has made baseball in. New York and
is entitled to all the praise he re-
ceives.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
Az a Counter trrItant.

Doctor, is modern medical science
really making any advance in treating
rheumatism?
Yes; 1t. has discovered what is be-
lieved to be an absolute specific"
Whats the name of til"
Observation-Disclosures acid"
''What?"
Il won't say II again; I'll write It."
How do you take it?"
Il don't suppose You take 1t at all
You practice learning to pronounce II.
and that makes you forget your rheu
matism."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
INDUSIE,
AND 60 ISL q \
MECHANICS
TWo-IN-oNE HANDY HANDLE
Hanas Paint Bucket Up and Holda
the Brush straIght-UsefuI for
Other Purposes.

A little wire handle devised by an
Ohio man will make life easier for
painters. This handle, designed prin
cipally for paint buckets, can be used
on other buckets. too. 1t has hook
at the top by means of which the
bucket can be hung up within roach
of the workman and second down
wardly projecting hook can be caught
in the rim of the pail. II necessary,
to shove the pail forward. In the
center Of the handle is a clip to hold
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
UnweIc,on,,e,I Caller.

Two cows were being driven along
Causewayend, Aberdeen. Scotland, one
recent forenoon. when they ran into
a house on Charles street Before the
animals could be elected, they smash
ed quantity of furniture. and one OF
them put foot through the floor. The
mistress OF the house, who was in at
the time, suffered severe shock from
the unexpected 'rtrusion on the do
nestle ci-c,A
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
Wax Removed.

Ificandlesticks or the pateift holders
IRE unsightly because of wax spots,
put them In the oven on folded
uewspa per; the heat win melt the wax
and most of 1t Will be absorbed by the
paper. Wipe them vigorously with a
soft cloth or tissue paper as soon as
they come from the oven. This treat
ment removes every vestige OF WAX
Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

become great batter If I went about
1t different way said Joe. "He
told me to quit pulling away from the
plate, and he hid my black hats with
which had been knocking down
fences In the south. He had me use
Harry Davis bats. l didn't hit near
1y as well, and made up my mind
then and there that / would continue
to bat as l had before
Joe's long step awaysfr the plate
has fooled lot of pitchers, most not.
ably George Mullin. The Detroit star
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
trick Didn't Work Out.

A Castleford. Yorkshire, England,
claimant to- an oid-age pension pro-
duced prayer book the other day,
with his name entered on 1t as having
been born in 1899. The ink used, how
ever, was composed Of a dye not In
vented till 1857, and instead OF PEN
sion the claimant got IA days for at
tempted fraud.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
Auto Lifting Jack.

threated on the inside, and into It
screws the arms, which are called
antlers because of their peculiar
shape, says the Popular Mechanics
The antler form was adopted as one
which would AT the rear axle of any
make of automobile. The short horns
are for lifting front axles, but the
others may also be used for this pur-
pose.
The jack is mounted on four rubber
tired casters. with both ball and roller
bearings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
JACK FOR LIFTING AN AUTO
Cleared Ratchet implement Embodles
Several Interesting Featuree-- e
Easy to Operate.

This geared ratchet automobile jack
embodies several interesting features,
among which are the lifting arms
or antlers. The working mechanism
is simple and easy to operate. pin.
ion meshes with the large gear wheel,
the motion being impaired from tho
gear-wheel shaft to a pinion engaging
a rack on the tube which slides up ano
down In the frame. The tube is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
FINDING LENGTH OF CIRCLE
Majority Of Mechanics Much Prefer
to Deal With Fractions With
DIvlder Points.

The mechanics handy method of
finding the length of a circle is as fol.
lows: He first divides the diameter
into 81 parts. and takes one of these
parts and adds 1t to the diameter
Then he sets the dividers to this
measure Il 1-21 diameters) and TAX
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

The town of Hope, Ark, wanted
to extend cement sidewalk for
three or four blocks, but had not
money to spend on the job. Still
they found a way. They marked out
the sidewalk in squares and offered
them to merchants for advertising
space.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

Following the adoption of stswat-
the-fly" resolutions BY the Woman's
club Of Montpelier a large number
Of fruit and provision dealers volun.
tarily placed covers over their wares
and the remainder have been or
dered TO do SO by the local health
officer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

predicted before last season that Joe
wouldn't hit $50. He hit ,40S
"Jackson's bat shy" said Mullin.
"Alr pitcher needs to 90 against him
Is to cut fast one loose at his head
and then put three balls over the out
side corner. He'll pull so far he'll be
lucky to make long foul
Mul,in tried it. Joe batted .435
against Mullin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

ing three steps with the dividers OBJ
tains about the exact circumference.
Tho majority Of mechanics prefer to
deal with fractions with the divider
points rather than with figures, which
must always be used In this calcula
ton. The measurement obtained IN
this way Is close enough for most
kinds OF work.-Scientinc American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

There are 3iI3 children of school
age in Rutland as compared with
3T4s last year. OF this number
1874 are girls.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

America eats,more than $4,000,
600 worth Of peanuts every year.
Not all, to be sure, are for ball games
and picnics, for il will be r:emem-
bered that the peanut is being used
more than ever before for oils and
food products.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

Mrs. Elizabeth ROBBERS, aged SO
years, of Brandon, while the guest
recently OF st. Adams friends, took
her first ride on a. trolley car and
her first ride in an automobile,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13
Sheep In Wojf's Clothing.

Il didn't know you owned q car
Smith"
II don't"
Then why In the world are you
wearing that auto rig7"
"To keep fool motorists from run
ming over me. They think I'm one Of
en-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-13

the paint brush, thus keeping the
brush from tumbling about in the
bucket or sinking over its head when
the bucket is full The braoing effect
produced by using the bottom hook
Is particularly handy, as 1t inclines the
handle so that 1t does not get in the
way of the workman as he dips his
brush into the pail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-09

The engine dashes around the corner and the firemen get down to business. A half dozen axes smash in the door and lower windows and the firemen enter. Ladders are placed at the upper windows, which are quickly demolished.
 A child Is brought out of the door, then three or four men and women are dragged through the upper. windows by the fire men and brought down the ladders to safety. The mob cheers the rescuers. A property man of the plant is one of the workers at the scene; little dog, Trixie. Is always at his heels, and as the man dashes into the burning building the dog fearlessly follows Presently the dog is seen to jump from one of the wii:sows and receives a round of applause. There is still one woman in the burning house. The smoke is now dense and the flames belch forth from the windows. The res- cued ones urge the firemen to save the heroine of the playlet One daring man rushes up the ladder to the top floor, he climbs into the window, the crowds shriek and cover their eyes at the fearfur sight presently the fireman appears at the window, one arm clasps May Buckley around the waist, and stepping out upon the ladder he drags the senseless form out and carries her, head first to the ground The mob embrace the rescued woman and the brave fireman. Miss Buckley quickly slips out of the picture and trots off back to the studio. The flames and smoke clear away; the house, except for the broken windows looks none the worse for the rehearsal
 How are the smoke and flames made? You must ask the chemist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-09
Doctors Fees

From the Westminster Gazette
 It is the complaint of doctors at all times and in all countries, says the Journ- al des Debats, that they are underpaid Larger sums have, however. been paid to doctors adds the same paper) than to any other profession. And in their deal ings with royalty the doctors have. had nothing to complain of. For instance, Sir Morell Mackenzie received an immense sum for operating on the Emperor Fred eric ILL, and we are told that Sir Will liam Gull, who attended Prince Edward in 1871, receiver el0000. According to our same information, the doctors who attend ed of Queen Victoria during her last ill., ness received as much as 92,0o0 each for a consultation Pepes seem to be equal ly generous to their doctors, for pr. Lap- pono was paid G5,O00 for an operation on Leo III Ernest Won Leyden, a celebrat- ed German surgeon, was paid the same sum for his visit to Czar Alexander III. The highest sum ever paid to a doctor for one operation was given, 1t is said, to Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna, who received e2D.- 000 from a multimillionaire of Chicago for an operation on his child. in addition to all his travelling expenses. which were paid on a lavish scale Royalty and mill lionaire do not differ from the rest of the world in regard to their payment of doc tors Many comparatively poor people would beggar themselves for a successful operation. But in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred doctors refuse to take fees which they know are more than their pat ients can offer It is fortunate. then. that every now and then they should some across patients who can afford to pay big fees