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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
The Royal House of Russia,

The foundation of the Russian mon
archy was laid more than thousand
years ago (S61) by Rurik, aprince of the
tribe known as the Russians. But the
present royal family is of much later
origin. For the House of Rurik, after
producing many rulers of rare ability,
such as Olcg, his immediate successor,
who was brave, energetic, and wise, the
wise queen Olga, Vladimir the Great,
laroslav, the patron of literature and
civilization, Ivan the Great, and Ivan the
Terrible, came to an end by the death of
the imbecile Fedor in 1888, and the ac-
ccssion of his usurping brother-in-la law
After many disorders the Russians ele-
waited to the throne Michal Fedorovitch
Romanotf, the first emperor of the pre-
sent family, He was the son of a Bishop
Fcdor of Rostov, and related to the
family of Rurik by the female line. The
present family has produced several
princes of rare ability, the chief of whom
was doubtless Peter the Great, the son
OF Gar bearing the same name as the
young Grand Duke now visiting this
country. Peters wife, Catharine l.,
who succeeded him, was equally able,
and indeed the family has been remark
able for its able women the two Cath
arines and Elizabeth have not been sur
passed by any other rulers of that great
Empire, We speak of the Catharines as
members of the family, for though not
descended from previous Emperors, they
were ancestors of the present Gar, and
have doubtless contributed to the hered-
itary ability Of the family. Catharine
the Great was low-bom woman of i'll
fame, sort of slave, when she came
into the possession Of Peter, and the ex-
tremes of wretchedness and grandeur
were never so strangely combined in one
life as in hers Nicholas, the father of
the present Gar, was a man of great
force of character, and Alexander H.,
now reigning, IS at least man of clear
intelligence. The Grand Duke Alexis is
his second son.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

NEVER TOO LATE. The Kennebec Jour-
nal contains the following incident: An
old farmer in the vicinity of Augusta,
about twenty years ago, after concluding
" trade" for large bill of goods with
an Augusta dealer in furniture, as he was
about to drive off, hailed the furniture
dealer with, flyer will throw in a look
ing-glass, 1 will bring yer down barrel
of nice apples. =" The mirror was "thrown
in, and this was, the last seen of the
farmer until a few days since, when an
aged farmer backed his apple cart up to
the sidewalk opposite the furniture store,
now occupied by sons of the former own
er, opened the door and shouted, "Here's
yer apples. The surprise of the sons
was great but the father, who was pres
ent, remembered the circumstances of
the trade, and heartily greeted his old
acquaintance, who, after a lapse of twen-
ty years, had not forgotten his promise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
To a Young Girl.

You think you love the man who
is coming this Sunday night to visit
you And he acts as if he loved you
Suppose he declares himself, and asks
you to be his wife. Are you prepared
to say to him, 81 love and will trust you
through life with my happiness, and the
lives and veal of our children ?"
He is jolly, gay, and handsome, and
all the darts of Cupid are twinkling in
his eyes, but will those eyes always find
expression from the love of true soul
Tonight he says many pleasant things,
and draws pretty pictures of the future.
Does he so tomorrow to work, which
gives promise of the fulflmeut of your
desires in life.
Do his ambitions and achievements sat
isfy you
Does his everyday life shine with the
noble endeavors of trustworthy man ?
If you think, and desire a companion
in your thinking-one who can unlock
the deepest depths of your mlnd-to
what strata of humanity does he belong
in the scale of excellence and morality
Is he doing all he can to build up fu-
ture usefulness and happiness, in which
you can share and feel blessed ?
These are the questions which the ex-
perience of after years make many wo-
men weep in bitterness of soul that
they had not thought of before they an
swered Eyes"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
FINANCIAL.
Investment securities.

JAY COOKE Co., are now selling, and recommend as
profitable and safe investment for all classes the First
Mortgage 7-3O Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Thrce-Tcnths
per cent gold interest more than per cent currency
and secured by first and only mortgage the entire
Road and equipments, and more than 23, 900 Acres
each $1,000 Bond. The highest current price will be
paid for u s. FlveTwentes, and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange. Pamphlets, maps and
full information as well as the bonds themselves will be
furnished on application by JAY COOKE Co., Philu-
delpha, New York and Washington, and by most Banks
and Bankers throughout the corntrv.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

A LARGE BUILDINa.- Gilmores old
coliseum at Boston was baby compared
with the one he is going to erect at Boston
for his big jubilee next June. The plan
contemplates building 800 feet long by
400 feet broad, with a tower 240 feet high
rising from the centre. The side towers
of which there will be four, are each 1877
feet high. The building, which will
cover eight acres, will have seating ac-
commodations for $4,000 people, and
will be located on the Back Bay, near
the Providence Railroad, and not far
from the foot of Newton street.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

A STAND.-The order of United Me-
chanics in Pennsylvania has taken ground
against the system of trade unions as
pernicious in their tendencies and incon-
sistent with the true principles of repub-
lican government. 1t declares further
that cit will take active measures for
the restoration Of the good old system
of apprenticeship, in order that the chill.
dren of members of this Order may be
enabled to learn trades thoroughly, SO
as to compete successfully with foreign
mechanism"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
The Fire.

Hush, bark, that'knell!
What means that boll2--
That rousing swellp
1t dies, it sinks in parted links.
Again it thrills Again it fills |
Waking, shaking, ledping higher,
Hoarse and deep with embodied fire.
See that smoke See that cloud
Darker, denser, wiGer growing,
Rising, falling, searching, blowing.
Again that stroke See that crowd
Rushing, pushing, shouting, yelling,
Love to save, each bosom swelling
Swelling, swelling, swelling.
Place the enginol Seize the hosel
Let the water boldly float
On the fendish fiery foes,
And the engine puff her throat.
o the famcsl o the flames!
Winding, waiting, twisting, turning,
Cracking, scorching, blazing, burning
Burning, burning, burning
Hear those names Hear those claims!
Save me, father Save me, mother
Sister save me Save me, brother!
o hear our angel bNby's cry
No more. Its lips in ashes lie.
Raise the stream Raise the stream |
Pure love and life are sinking, falling,
Midst seas of flame there's loud bewailing,
Whilst daring hearts the walls are scaling,
Sealing, scaling, scaling!
Hank, that cry! Hear that sigh
O that scream Horrors teen!
Mailed in might, stout hearts are welding
Axes bright, from danger shielding
LIES last throbs nigh before they die.
Hush ! that clash! Gods, that crash
Madly rising, tearing, dashing,
Wildly tlouncing, flaring, flashing,
Rcd flames lash the broken sash.
Hark, bark, wlthin-a breath, DIM
Groauing, moaning, clinging, grasping,
Life on fire, fireman clasping
Casping, claspng, clasping!
Such love OF kin should glory win.
Now, now you see the flames are free
Spoutng, spreading, waving, soaring,
PlungiMg, tossing, raging, roaring,
In one hot sea Of dread decree.
The high-raised throws from squirting hose,
Tending, bending, warping winding,
Seeking, chasing, meeting, binding
Each blast that blows from fiery foes.
O God, that vail! That prayer, that fall
Ruin, wreck, and dcsolatiOn,
Ravagc, waste, and devastation,
Spread Deaths sad pail dark over all.
Was it beam, or brick, or stone
Tore here the flesh, broke there bone!
al ii Y1,,i1l1 how nj thnrn
Clothed with blood, tuft Of hair.
Look on that head! See where the beam
Barred to the scalp, and round the seam,
Uprootcd, loose, flying away,
Hair by hair, wherever it may.
That lurid glare! That ghastly stare!
Bruised, manned, and gashed, soiled,
stained, and broken,
Of former looks scarce left token.
Could those lips speak, how they could tell
OF dlretul woe and fortune fell
For mothers grief those eyes have shed;
For brothers pain that still heart bled.
As on that shattered form l gaze,
Where deepening gloom emits its rays,
Where life might lingcr, yet is not,
/ waver in mans future lot.
On that brow a thought is nodded;
On those lips a word lies folded;
Immortal word-immortal thought
What scraph fleet the whisper caught?
What now il light or gloom or earth or air,
To that wild stare?
Or friend or foe, or JOY or woe,
Or frown or smile, or trust or guile,
To that dead glare?
Truth rests but in the tomb.
HUGH T. MCDERMoTT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
The Power of Lightning.

The concentration of power in stroke
of lightning, acting through an incon-
ceivably small interval of time, may per-
haps be realized after examining its work
of destruction, yet its inductive action
on the earth's surface is not less wonder
full. Prof. A. M. Mayer made an ex-
pertinent, some time since, which de-
monstrated the extent of this action.
He connected the wire of galvanometer
with the water-pipes of Baltimore, Md,
and joined the other end of the coil to a
gas-pipe of house in the south western
part of the city. Thus a vast metallic
system of electric nerves stretched three
miles towards the northwest, to the
reservoir, and about as many miles to
the east and southeast, over the city,
A thunderstorm was raging at the time
in the north, at so great a distance that
only the Examinations of the clouds told
when Il flash occurred. Yet whenever
that flash took place, the needle of the
galvanometer was instantly DETECTED
through ten or twenty degrees. So
nearly simultaneous were the two occur
rences that no difference in the instant
of their manifestation could be detected.
Shutting himself up in dark room
containing the galvanometer he signaled,
when the needle moved, tc an observer
of the storm, who also gave a signal
whenever flash occurred and the ex-
change of signals was always found to
be simultaneous. 1t was ascertained on
the following day that the storm was
more than twelve miles distant, thus
showing that over 800 square miles Of
earths surface was effected at each flash
of the lightning.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

ODD MArERTAL.-In the village Of Nun
ford, New York, there is church in
process of erection, which is being built
of petrifaction taken from swamp
near by, and consisting of leaves, roots,
twigs, muck, etc., together with lime
stone. The blocks are so cut MS to show
the material of which they consist, and
the building, when completed, will be a
decided curiosity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16


Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are not vile Fancy Drink, Made Of Poor
Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse
Liquors doctored spiced and swectened to please the
taste called "Tonics,n "Appetizcrs "Restorers &c,
that lead the tppler to drunkenness and ruin
arue Medicine made from the Native Roots and Herbs
Of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimu-
limits. They arc the GREAT BLOOD PURI-
FER md A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE,
perfect Ronovntor and Invigorator Of the System,
carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring theblood
to healthy condition. NO person can take these bt-
tiers according to directions ana remain long un"el,
provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral
poison or other means, and tho vital organs wasted
horord tlo mint of roroir
'Os o''N wv pun. " 'op"''
They hrc IL Gentle Purgntlve MS well ASA
Tonic possessing also the peculiar merit OF acting
80 - ,o,,a.s,t - +; .s,;.,,,,. n ,,,a..,., -. ra.r,
,t;a, - ,,,. ,or ad ~, tl yirooroI o,or.
ron EpwnTr CoIIpT,INTs 10 ror,, 49,
ola ,arroi st,,Io ~ dawn ~ ,omonbood or AZ
o turn NJ lifo tloso roric R;ttcrs have M enun,
Irgnmm,,orv md Cbronic Rbcumn-
,;sm and Cout. Dysncnsin or Indigcs,Iou.
HiIious Rc,,it,cnt md Intermittent Pe.
vers. Discosca or tho RIood. Liver. Kid.
noys md nj, dior these Rit,crs have heen rooEt
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successful Such Discnscs are caused ny fltiateu
Blood, which is generally produced by arrangement
~ tbo nioos,iyo O,o,ns
Vi u'o nisos'lNo ViE"hs. -
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ncbe Pain in the Shoulders Coughs Tightpess of thu
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p"S Nh. nr,o
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'he hea't' i"nuinn"'oho VI the huhSs' ram al nere
gons oil the Kidneys ana hundred other painful symp
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE WEATHER are
productive Of Throat Diseases, Coughs
and Colds. There is no more effectual
relief to be found, than in the use of
-" Rl'ONN'S bronchial Tt0cheS.n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

Butter and cheese are almost indis-
pensible articles of food. Properly
used, they are nutritious and healthy
but an inordinate use of either causes
indigestion and dyspepsia. PARSONS
PURGATIvE PILLS, judiciously used, will
remove both of these troubles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

Have you ague in the face and is it
badly swollen ? Have you severe pain
in the chest, back Or side ? Have you
cramps or pains in the stomach or
bowels Have you bilious collc or
severe gripping pains? If so, use JOHN
SONS ANoDYNE LINnIENT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

In THE WAY OF ROMANCE. "A colored
man, who gave his name as Edward Dye,
was brought to the Newark Police Station
in a wagon, being too severely wounded
to walk. Upon examination it was found
that he had been shot in the leg. His
wounds were dressed, and he was then
locked up to answer a charge of burglary,
for which crime the detectives had for
some time been hunting him. Dye told
a singular story regarding the ARRAY in
which he was hurt. He says he went to
East Newark with two men, members of
a gang of thieves, with whom he had for
a long time operated, to draw lots with
them to see whicfone should kill man
named Cole, who had betrayed them.
The lot fell to the negro, and when he
refused to commit the murder they shot
him. A squad of officers were sent to
East Newark to arrest his assailants, and
they succeeded in apprehending Michael
Lorton and Robert Quail. They were
found in cave dug out Of the ground
and boarded over. The men were held
to answer the charge of shooting Dye,
and all three are under arrest for several
burglaries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

Those who are afflicted with Cough or with Com
sumption read the following letter from prominent
merchant of Marine City, Mich, dated July %, 1870
Dear Sir,.--'The Aliens Lung Bllsam has arrived.
would not like to be without it, for it has saved my lite
took bad cold, and cough and finally consumption
every thing that was recommended and spent great
deal OF money aud got no help; | had Aliens Lung
not like to take it without knowing more about It, |
had not old bottle. When your agent called on me.
told him / could not sell medic ne knew nothing
about He urged me to try it myself did SO; and to
my grateful surprise the first bottle stopped my cough
and before the third bottle taken, my lungs were
healed and well and can speak knowingly TO my
friends and customers of the good qualities of Aliens
NuAe '1''' L. G. CofTRELL
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ALIENS LUNG BALSAM

Is warranted to up the most troublesome Cough
an incredibly short time. There is no remedy that can
show more evidence of real merit than this BALSAM
for curing CONSUMPTION, CoudHs, COLDS ASTHMA,
CRoUP, &c
1t is only about years since the Balsam was first
offered TO the public and in this short time II has be-
come known and apprec ated in nearly every town and
village throughou the United States and tho Dominion
of Canad. Hundreds of thousands Of bottles are an
nuay sod and thG S. Ct witnesses testify 70 ss
commended for.
1t L. Harmless TO the most delicate Child.
Il contains no Opium In any form.
It's Sold by Medicine Dealers generally,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

" Mercy to me, missus, what nice bis
cult [ have made from j. Monroe Tay-
lor's Cream Yeast Baking Powder"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

Information about any Railroad Bonds
can be obtained if you will write to
CHARLES w. HAssLER, No. 7 Wall Street,
New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

CHAPpED HANDS, face, rough skin, PIN
pies, ringworm, salt-rheum, and othel
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the JU-
NIPER TAR SOAP, made by CAswEnI,
HAZARD q Co., New York, 1t is more
convenient and easily applied than other
remedies, avoiding the trouble of the
greasy compounds now in use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

INcURABLEs RESTORED. DO not DIES
pair because your physician shakes his
head, Professional opinions are not
infallible and they are never wider of
the mark than when they pronounce
chronic dyspepsia an incurable malady.
TO mitigate its pangs, the faculty usual
ly prescribe air, exercise, and brdNIN
The first two are Gods medicines. The
last is satanic poison. The only medi-
cine needed in Dyspepsia and its con-
comitants, is Dr.. j. WALKERS CALI
FoRNGA VINEGAR BIrTERs, the great vege-
table tonic of the age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

The RUSSIAN ARMY,-A despatch from
London says: The reorganization of the
Russian army raises the total field and
landwehr forces for war to l, 800, 900 men,
and $1,000 officers, sixty-six regiments
of Cossacks not included. There is Gre
ated, further, a reserve force of 100000
men and $4,000 officers. The new AZ
tillery adds 1000 guns to the old force.
This enormous change in the military
forces of Russia is masked under the
creation of landwehr, called local forces,
which nominally leaves the old army as
it was.
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UniVerSalisrn.

Send for free sample copy of the CHRISTIAN LEADER,
first cl weekly journal published by tne New York
State Convention of Unyersass, and containing the
Sermons of Dr. F. II. Chaplin. Terms $3.50 per year.
Address, Publisher CHRISTIAN LEADER, 1898 Broadway,
Na,y VOrl,
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The Agricultural Bureau.

The report of the Department of Ag-
riculture for October says the influence
of drouth and of the unusually low tenn
perature Of September has been unfa-
vorable to the ripening Of fruits, and to
the maturing of corn and other crops.
No general or serious damage has re-
suited to corn, a large portion of the
crop being well advanced by the high
temperature of August before frost
appeared. The drouth Of Midsummer
has been almost unbroken in the West
up to the time Of these returns, inter
fering greatly with the seeding of grain,
and with the termination and growth of
what the farmers have been able to
plant.
The present condition of corn, ex.
pressed as percentage, 100 represent
ing n good crop, is as follows About
an average in New Hampshire of III /;
in Massachusetts of 1913; in Rhode
Island of 101 in Connecticut of 105 !;
in New Jersey of 1912 in Delaware of
1903; in Maryland of 1903 in Arkansas Of
102 in Missouri of 112 in Ohio of 106 ;
in Wisconsin of 1903; in Minnesota of
10; in Iowa of ia in Kansas Of 119 ;
in Nebraska of 112.
The product of wheat, as calculated
from county estimates, appears to be
about seven per cent less than last year.
The product Of oats will be about as
large as the crop of last year. As a
whole, the quality of barley may be said
to be fully medium, and the quantity
very nearly an average. The buckwheat
crop is comparatively poor one, the
average condition being low in nearly
all the States. The potato crop falls be-
low an average. The number of beeves
reported is greater than usual in most of
the States; Texas reports a reduction of
q per cent from last year, Kentucky 2,
Illinois 2, Indiana 2, California 5.
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TRIAL TRIP.
WHITNEY'S MUSICAL GUEST.
AGENTS WANTED FOR
CHICAGO and The Great CONFEDERATION.

concise history of the of this most wonderulo OF
cities and detailed crcumstantial and vivid account
of its destruction by fire with scenes incidents, &c
BY Messrs. Colbert Chamberlin City Editors Of Chi
cago Tribune. Fully illustrated from Photographs Ia
Address DENNIS BROS. Il SMITH,
Auburn, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

CAUTIoN.--Druggists are sometimes
careless and in purchasing their stock
get hold of an imitotion of Dr.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, ora counterfeit article,
and innocently sell it for genuine. New
er buy package without seeing that
the name printed upon it is DR.. Sage's
Catamh REMEDY, and not Dr. Sage's Ca
tarrh CWe, New Catawh Cure, Catarrh
Reliecer, OF some other similar sounding
name, Also that it has printed both up
on the wrapper and also the U. S. Gov
eminent Stamp, which is upon it the
words ar. V. Pierce, M. d., Buffalo,
N. y" In this way you will be sure to
get the genuine 571
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

CURIosrrEs OF THE CENSUS. Among
the curious social facts developed by
the census statistics is the appearance
on the rolls of Pennsylvania of one
family with seven pairs of twins, one
family with six pair, and another fami-
ly with four pairs. The mother of the
last group had six other children, and
was only hirty-eight years old.
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aSIjiIljli I'd |jij;y

BLISS, KEENE d CO.'S Fluid Extract, the won
derful remedy for Cancer, syphilis, Scrofula,
Ulcers, Pulmonary Complal nts, salt Kheum,
and all Chronic Blood Diseases, is prepared from
the Genuine CundurnngO Rark, from Lola, Ec-
uador secuted by the assistance the authorities of
that country. II is the most sfeirc prompt and certain
Alternative and blood purifier known. Sold by all
Druggists in pint bottles, having on them our name,
trade mark and directions. Sand for circular Office
and Laboratory No. 60 Cedar St., n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

LUoK,-An exchange tells us cit is an
old superstition that, at her bridal, a lady
should always wear some article borrowed
from friend, for the occasion, to bring
good luck" 1t is curious, but it is never
thelcss true, that the same superstition
prevails here. 1t was only last week that
n young man tried to borrow something
of friend to take to the bridal ceremony.
We believe it was a ten dollar bill he
wanted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16

A Louisville wife, wishing to get rid
of her husband at short notice, sent him
into the cellar with a kerosene lamp for
pitcher of cider She gave him just
time to get the cider in one hand and
the lamp in she other, and then shouted
" murder" She had calculated well.
The doomed man sprang up the steps,
the lamp fell, and-the woman was free