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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
H0W SOME PEOPLE SLEEP

The Japanese stretches himself on
rush mat on the floor and puts a
hard square block of wood under. his
head
Chinese beds are very low. scarce
ly rising from the floor. but are often
carved exquisitely of wood
The inhabitants Of the tropics often
curl themselves up like monkeys at
the lower angle of suspended ham,
mock and sleep very soundly that
way.
The Russian likes no sleeping place
so well as the top of the big soap.
stone stove in his dwelling. Crawling
out of his blistering bed In the morn.
ing, he delights in taking plunge in
cold stream. even If he has to break
through the ice to do SO.
In Lapland the native crawls. head
and all, into a bag made of reindeer
skin and sleeps warm and comfort.
able within 1t.
The East Indian, at the other end
OF the world, also has sleeping bag
Itc purpose is to keep out the mo-
squitoes rather than to keep its occu-
pant warm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
NAVY RECRUITING GAINS.

The navy department has announced
hat hereafter It will be possible for
applicants for enlistment in the navy
% be examined In cities where there
marine recruiting ONCE. but no
navy recruiting ONCE. The new order
will apply in Peoria. ILL.,. Rock Island
IL; Lansing Mich; Tiffin. o.; Front
Royal. Va; Grand Forks. NJ. d.. and
st. Joseph. Mo. There will. however.
De no recruiting for the marine corps
at navy Offices. as the complement Of
he marine corps is filed. Men whose
preference Is for the navy may apply
n any OF the cities mentioned and be
given preliminary examination. II
accepted they will be sent at govern.
nent expense to the nearest recruit.
ng station to complete their enlist
nent
The navy now IL short about 5000
nen. or between and 10 per cent. Of
ts authorized strength The British
navy is short about 10000 men, or
ibout the same proportion. but the
British face greater difficulties. be-
sause their larger number must be
1rawn from areas in which recruits
previously have been gathered and
ire thus practically exhausted.
Recruiting in the United States
navy Is found to show a decided gain.
The greatest single factor in enlist
nents. according to navy officials, be-
.ng the recommendation OF men in
:he service or who have been dis
charged ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
COLONEL FEARED His FATAEn
Roosevelt Writes Of Vain Flight From
Parent When, as Boy Of Four.
He Bit Sister on Arm.

New York.--There has been only
one man of whom Theodore Roosevelt
ever was afraid. That was his father,
who inspired terror in the soul of
his son when the latter was four
years old that remained with him ever
afterward.
In Roosevelt's Possible Autobiogra-
ply" now appearing as a magazine
serial. the colonel relates how he bit
his older sisters arm. and. conscious
that he had committed crime tried
vainly to escape punishment. first
escaping to the yard.
From the yard" he writes, Invent
into the kitchen, gotS some dough
from the cook and crawled under the
kitchen table. In a minute or two my
father entered from the yard and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
COW WITH FREAKISA H00FS

A. G. Davis OF Dennysville, Me-,
Owns the freak COW here pictured,
The animal has four hoofs, each one
f which is no less than twenty-five
inches In length, and so badly twist.
Id and contorted that the animal can
&nly walk with difficulty When a
Aalf she developed ungainly hoofs,
Which grew as she became older: and,
2hough the horny grow tn was fire.
N #uently pared away, it returned again
|Ind again. until at last the owner gave
Np trying to effect any improvement
the creatures anatomy, and began
VI take her round to local fairs and
Axhibit her as curiosity. The hoofs
IRE of deep green color. and closely
Resemble lobster in conformation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
plant ImmIrrents Hello Feee us.


After experiments covering nineteen
years the Smyrna fig was introduced
in California. where 1t now is being
successfully grown More han one
half the rice now grown in Louisiana
and Texas Is the Kiushu ICE of Japan
imported here in 1899 The Corsican
citron. superb variety. has also beer
naturalized In California: udo. Jap
anese salad plant of great value. is
now being grown here; experiments
are being made by the bureau OF
plant industry with the date palm
in arid regians of the west; the carob
tree. or st Johns bread. from the
Mediterranean region. is fourIshing
near Los Angeles Egyptian cotton,
introduced in the Cole crado river val.
ley. may mako that territory the
American Egypt; the development Of
alfalfa In the west Is well known;
the malin horseradish from Bohemia
is being grown in New Jersey: the
mangosteen. a delicious tropical fruit,
is new in Porto Rico. as we'll as in the
Panama canal zone through the efforts
of the bureau --Leslie's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
MaItlna AM ImpressIon Upon Him.

Making an Impression Upon Him.
Bob Dwyer. fresh from college, open
ed real estate ONCE in an attractive
suburban neighborhood and hoped TO
make his fortune. For days he sat
undisturbed in his little once. staring
out at the dusty roads or twiddling his
thumbs. On the afternoon OF the
fourth day he saw n man crossing Og-
den boulevard diagonally. headed for
his door. Surely this was a customer
He must be made to feel that business
was fiourishing.
AS the man stepped over the thresh-
old Bob had the telephone receiver at
his ear and was talking earnestly into
the transmitter.
That's correct" he said as the man
stood before him. Right. We will ac-
cept your fifteen cash tomorrow and
let the thirty thousand remainder
stand ON ten year mortgage What?
Yes, III bring the deed around at II
tomorrow morning. Good morning. =
Bob hung up the receiver and turn
ed an important visage to the Wis
itor.
why. just came over" said the
man, grinning. TO connect your tele-
phone instrument with chs wiSes-"--
a}aspev'S wbaoEly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
BIGGEST OF THE MAMMoTHs

a The skeleton of mammoth Just set
Hp at Stuttgart is the largest eyer dis
&bvered Bones were found in the dilu
3ial deposits of the river MUIR. ir
3wabia and months of work since then
\ AVE Leen rewarded by the obtaininf
\ nd removal of nearly complete skel
ton. The great size Is indicat j by
Pie fact that the skull weighs nearls
Ahree-fourths Of a ton. while the up
er foreleg is four and one-half fec
Rng, The specimen is remarkable fol
pc great length of the legs. the ger
pal li5htness OF frame, and for thu
hortness Of the curved tusks--les
ban eight feet long. 1t seems to rep
esent transition type between the
post ancient mammoth and the fleet
and smaller modern elephant
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
USED ENGINE TO SAVE WIFE
Switchman Summoned Home by
Spouse When Robbers Break
Into Home.

Chicago.-"Jim. burglars are break,
ing into the house. Come home quick!"
Mrs. James Powers, wife of switch.
man on the Rock Island railroad, liv.
ing at 9618 Houston avenue, teie
phoned the message to her husband at
the railroad yards. eight miles away.
Mrs. Powers was alone. She had
heard some one prying open a win.
dow In the back of the house. She at
once tiptoed to the telephone. Then
she returned to her room to walt
She heard two men walking through
the dining room. In a moment they
had discovered her. She was bound
and gagged and thrust into q clothes
closet
Then the robbers took sheet from
her bed and started filling it full OF sill
verware and other family valuaDIes.
But Jim" had received the mes
sage. Calling his friend. John Alling-
ton, an engineer, he uncoupled a To-
comotive from a freight car. James
Hern, a fireman, and two other switch.
men were taken aboard. The engine
and its crew thundered down the track
to Jim Powers home. The railroad
right OF way Is 20 feet from the Pow.
ers home,
The husband had key to the front
door. He opened 1t and entered, ac-
companied by the two switchmen
Warned by the noise of the engine, the
robbers had stopped their work. They
heard the door open, and. leaving their
loot behind them, jumped out OF the
back window. through which they had
entered. Powers searched the rooms,
found his wife and liberated her. The
police OF South Chicago were notified.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
RETAIN THE LARIAr.

The lariat has been retained by the
cavalry equipment board as part Of
he new equipment OF mounted troops.
As cavalry marches for considerable
period of years repeatedly have ira
versed regions affording facilities for
rail transportation of forage, and an
plenty of forage is laid down at the
picket lines In manuver camps. q
great many officers accept these con-
iitions as those that probably always
will prevail AS natural result many
have given little attention to the prob
lem of subsisting horses In the field
under circumstances that always have
prevailed in war and probably always
will--lack of transportation.
There are those that have main
tained that the growth of rail and
water transportation in every direc-
ton during recent years has created
the probability that our cavalry in fu-
ture wars can look confidently to the
ample supply Of forage. and therefore
a resort to grazing win be unneces-
sary. This view has been disturbed
ea recently as last year. when for
severai months our cavalry was con-
.ronted by the possibility OF service
In Mexico. country strikingly bar
rem c. transportation facilities In most
districts
has been retained. In order that horses
under restraint may be put out to
Craze.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
FAMILY CAT THWARTs RoBBER
Mr.. o'Meara Gives His Pet Credit for
Saving $4,000 by Acting az
Burglar Alarm.

New Rochelle, N. Y.--A useless sort
sort of white cat curled up in a chair
at the home OF William O'Meara, a
30 Elk avenue, Forest Heights. could
see much good in her Today Mr..
0'Meara knows her value IL $4,000.
No one else would say she was
worth $4,000 because her cries early
he other morning saved that amount
only for Mr., O'Meara. She played
the successive roles of detective.
guardian OF the family valuables and
alarm clock; she lifted her voice In
one foreboding yowl and a strong man
saw visions of prison walls.
The burglar left by the window
through which he had entered and
Mr. O'Meara reached the sill to find
the cat upon 1t. singing requiem, but
only for his departed coat and trous.
ers. The rest, $3.50 in bills upon bu,
reau. gold watch and several thou.
sand dollars worth of silver and Jew
elry, remained at home.
Mr.. O'Meara found trail OF burnt
matches from room to room until II
reached the buffers pantry. where the
light fell on a partly consumed cofd
chicken. tongue cake and an empty
wine bottle On the floor was another
piece Of chicken. untouched. to show
that the cat had scorned bribery Fol
lowing the trail with the disconsolate
,cat. Mr.. O'Meara returned to his dress.
ing room to look upon shabby coat
and pair of trousers. together with
soieless shoes. where his. own attire
Raa been placed the night RsfpYe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15

asked where / was. The warm-heart-
ed Irish cook had a characteristic con
tempt for informers, but although
she said nothing. she compromised be
tween informing and her conscience
by casting look under the table. My
father Immediately darted under the
table. l feebly heaved the dough at
him, and. having the advantage OF
him because l could stand up under
the table, got fair start for the
stairs. but was caught half way UP
them. The punishment that ensued
fitted the crime and hope--and be
lieve--that it did me good"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
SAYS NEW YORK is lawful
Never Heard Of Worse Place, Penn
sylvanIa Farmer Tells Gotham
Magistrate.

New York.--Michael Casey. thirty
Ave years old. farmer OF Athens,
Pa. told Magistrate O'Connor. in the
west side court, that as result OF
his experience since he arrived here
he has come to the conclusion that
New York is the worst place he ever
heard of.
According to Casey's story he had
been here but one day, had taken a
drink with stranger and awoke In o
hospital minus 500 and gold watch
Later three men relieved him Of 80
cents, all the money he had left
At Thirty-eighth street and Eighth
avenue an officer arrested two of the
men and Casey appeared against them
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
AskInu Too Much.

The stage property mans life is not
strewn with roses. nor Is there any
thing even about the tenor of HIS way,
says the Youngstown Te.egram
One of them was recounting his ex-
periences
II have initiated al kinds Of ami
mails and mechanical effects In the
wings" he said, "and .iavs danced
with soubrettes. assisted jugglers.
handed objects to wire walkers and
started the swinging trapeze for gym
nasts. but the extreme limit was
reached today"
Now. what's up?" inquired scene
shifter.
"One OF the comedians Just came up
to me-" he replied "and wants me to
act as an infuriated mob"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
WELCOME THE PEON
Enormous Migration Of Mexicans
to the Southwest.
Laborsre Are Needed and There 10 ete
"Browp Psrli"---ttais- Starved i@mb
grant speedily Becomes Well
Fed American.


According to the last census there
were In Texas then 10000 Mexicans
In Arizona. New Mexico and California
there are many more thouaands.
they are mosely OF the peon ciasa
How many thousands have come du-
ring the two years since the census
was taken cannot be accurately known.
It Ia stated. however. that for nearly
year every passenger train depart.
ing for the north In nlled with them.
And there are some people who talk
Of brown peril"
Only few years ago Il was rare
10 see y Mexican In central or north
srn Texas. Now they are 20 be seen
In great numbers IN every part of the
state. all through Oklahoma. and even
Nebraska. Railroad section gnngs IN
the southwest are. made up Of Mexi7
cans. all but the foreman. who lords
1t over the lowly greaser.. and shouts
his orders In mixed patois OF Span
ish and English-
Here. you hombrei Pick up that
rail. muy pronto and underly along
with it."
On the cotton plantations OF Texas
Mexicans are rapidly taking the place
OF negroes; thin 10 particularly true OF
the more southern parts. And only q
small percentage who come into Tex
as for the cotton picking season ever
90 back. Between seasons tney nno
employment In the towns or ON the
farms. Complaint IL made that the
Younger negroes ara unreliAbln.
There is hardly town In Texas
that does not have its Mexican colony.
In San Antonio. which was cr1Ginaiiy
occupied almost exciusiveiy py meAr
cans, there 10 very iarge hexicAn
settlement In ~ Paso. AUSTIN ana
nearly all tho other larger cities IN"
Mexicans live In colonies TO tnem-
selves. In the border territory All tne
smaller towns arc divided into Ameri-
can and Mexican residentiai diseracts'
The Mexican settlements are usually
known az Little Mexico. Little Cnt
huahua" or BY some other RexieAM
designations.
There are In Mexico Approximately
i2.00o.0o0 Of the lower peon class De-
ring the last two years war ana con-
sequent business Depression have conn
pelled thousands TO seek employment
In the United States. so great mas 10
come tnis exodus tnst tne Mex'c@n
government has Doen ssadyans nov
to stop It
The Mexican peon ~ devotea 70 nis
family, In practicaiiy every inssAncs
where married man OK tne sower
class comes mere ne prin9s wa.n nin
his entire family Tner WAnts az
comparatively tew.s susp'.stn1
TO see now rapidly tney emesSe Ito
poverty ana snaoo'ncss wnen 'ney w.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
rhlrty-fIve Knot Torpedo Boat.

The British destroyer Lurcher. dur
irR an official sea trial OF eight hours.
achieved a mean speed OF 35.34 knots.
or 3.34 knots above the contract speed
OF 80 knots. The trial OF course was
run In deep water The Lurcher Is
one OF three destroyers ass feet in
length by 25 feet inches in beam.
They are driven by twin Parsons tur-
bines, and these vessels will con-
stitute the fastsst OF THAR claas IN the
world
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
Maanetieians Sen, to Timbuktu.

The department OF terrestrial mag.
netism OF the Carnegie institution OF
Washington has dispatched two mag.
reticians. Berky and Sawyer. from
Biskra. Algeria to Timbuktu The,
are accompanied by a caravai,
party. End win spend four or Ave
months in the trip. in the course oil
which important additions will be
made to the great body of magnetic
data that the department is gathering
from unsettled and unciviiized regions.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
ssouohton BOTTLES.

The term "Stoushton bottle 10 Q
synonym of bump on a log or other
description OF useless idiencss. origi-
mated more than nfty years ago. when
stoughton bitters were az common ON
every bar as vermouth In today
They were not ms much used. and
as a consequence the -Stoughtnn
bottle" was more or lass idle oruM
ment. and to the frequsnfar oS has
rooms--there were NO cafes In theHa
days--it became 40 eRsalQ ppppGns@pN
Erstrb te s9!eRSVk v iyIt ~ :
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15
case of Meeesalsy.

Speaking OF table etiquette soma
time since. Gen. q. Burd 0rubb told
a story about man who wan 1usti.
Ned In eating pic with knife. Smith
was standing in . hotel lobby cns
day. according to tho general. talkins
to Jones, whom the conversation turn-
ed TO a dinner that had been. given At
the home OF mutual acquaintaacs
named Brown.
'You should have seen Barton" 70
marked Jones'. referring TO one OF the
guests. ''T thought he had better n,
BILE manness. When the pio was
served he actually ate n with Q
knife"
II don't blame him for that" was
the startling reply OF Smith.
You don't blame himY" repeated
yones III amaxement.
mo" smilingly reJoined Smith. =
have eaten pie Mt Brewn's myself
and It ID q wonder 70 mo that Barton
didn't take an AZ
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15

Leaves Spouse. Cat and Old House.
Laurel, Md.--Mrs. William A. Rug
gin left her husband worthless house
and seventy-two cats, and beQueathed
$4,000 to- her alsteg ssass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15

Barnegat, N. ia savings banb
here will give every baby born here
this year handbook and nest egs
deposit of SIG.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15

lis o
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-15

and OF reseoe IN
As time o. Cron
exceiient MOST OF
on tne
ca'eo
with walls
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h which
In OF the casue ~
Photography calsd Hsn7nns island wnero 70 pa
'amentary ther rcyaist, ,priscnsrs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-08
By Garrett P. serviss.

was almost startled on SEEING in
the current number of the magazine
called "Motor," picture Of an auto
mobile furnished with the new French
device of movable electric eyes,
Even when the autos great glaring
eyes are fixed in direction its resem
blance, at night, to a demon of unim
aginable swiftness and power is stun
ming, and one gets out of-Fts way with
panicky haste. But when it bears on
each side of its head a glowing eye,
which turns magically in all directions,
searching out the fleeting pedestrian
in his retreat by the fence or by the
hedge and detecting every obstruction
along the borders of its way, the veri-
similitude is complete. Man has never
yet made anything so thrillingly life
like, but inspired with life that seems
more than humanl
Yet while, to the excited imagination
these movable mechanical eyes may in
crease the terror of the auto rushing
through the night, they are, for all
wanderers in the ways, all nomads Of
the night, a means and an assurance
of greater safety. They proclaim,
again, that the modern demon Of the
road is a kindly demon, who means no
harm, although he speeds so swiftly,
and who would not, willingly, hurt a
hair of our heads. He is as desirous
as are we who look upon him with fear,
and jump at his croaking voice, to
avoid all evil.
Making Automobiles Safe.
If those who still carp at the auto
mobile, and nurse an antagonism to it,
would consider what has been done,
and what is still being done-as wit
ness this latest device to eliminate the
peculiar dangers which its invention
has introduced into the highways, they
would find themselves taking a more
philosophical view of things, and would
cease their opposition to one of the
greatest advances in locomotion that
science has. ever promoted. You have
only to glance through the pages of
the magazine I have mentioned in or
der to convince yourself that the in.
ventors and manufacturers Of auto.
vehicles hold nothing more dear than
the question Of safety; safety for those
who ride and for those who only look
upon the riders.
Put Bad Roads Out of Business.
1t is the same with the roads them
selves. Unthinking people sometimes
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-08

prominent in all history-brave cap
tains Of their souls, from Moses to
TOlstoy-men who were able to slough
off the influence of their environment
and to fight the good fight as their
spirits directed them.
We cannot all he great personalities,
but the crying pity of our civilization
is that it is not until we are no longer
young that we have the courage to be
ourselves-and some of us never get to
that point of self-reliance. Were the
forces for good in this world more than
the forces for evil the human tendency
toward imitation would be a virtue in
stead of a fault
1t is not the man strongly founded
convictions who is overwhelmed by the
warning forces of society.
It is the imitator, the person of half.
beliefs and easy scruples, who goes
down under temptation because he fol.
lows instead of standing firmly on his
own feet and being master of, at least
his own desires and appetites
The passion for imitation shows it.
self early in life.
The lad with a good home training
goes out into the world to shift fol
himself Before him lies the double
problem of keeping on good terms with
mankind and with his own inner being
Too often he mistakes the minor duty
for the major and sacrifices his self
esteem that he may keep what he be
lieves to be the liking or admiration Of
his associates.
He swears because he hears Other
and older men swear; sometimes he
drinks because other and older mer
drink; he changes his ideals and stand
ards because he see that those of Other
and older men do not agree with his.
If he has the rudiments of strong
character az may adjust himself to the
new condition with certain reserva
tions. If he is weak, he "goes in
for everything, wholly and blindly. H,
compares himself with his associates
and notes, with a thrill of pride worthy
a nobler achievement, that he measures
up pretty nearly to the standard o.
more mature men. He feels that he il
now a man himself.
If the creature has brains enough Il
think, the crouching monkey in tn,
cage out at the zoo may have thought
as he initiated his keepr's actions, az
am becoming man"
"This gown is perfectly dreadful
said woman. "The skirt is so tigh
around the hem that l can scarcely
walk. 1t measures just one yard ant
an eighth all around. have mos
frightful time getting on and off tn,
cars. But everybody is wearing sucl
dresses this spring"