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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
A Story of Industry.

The French papers have a story about
the beginning Of M. Theirs career which
is pendant to that Of the first intro
duction of the great banker, Latfitte, to
the tide that led on to fortune. Young
Laflitte being rebuffed by q banker to
whom he applied for employment, and
turning sadly away, spied pin on the
floor, and stopped to pick it up on
which the banker called him back, made
him clerk, and finally partner, and
SO made his fortune. The Theirs story
is that soon after he came to Paris to
seek his fortune NJ. Coste, the editor OF
the Temps, and M. Belief, one of his
chief collaborators, noticed a light al
WAYS burning in the attic of a house
they had to pass about 2 a. NJ, as they
left the office to go home. This excited
their curiosity 50 strongly that one night
they knocked at the door and asked the
porter who it was that lived az Gin
ovieme He said it was an industrious
young man, working hard to fit himself
for journalist Upon this they mount
ed to the garnet, and presenting them
selves to the youth, like Providence ii
human shape and, a brief conversation
satisfying them of his competency, the
editor gave him Immediately place OF
the staff Of the paper, Which was the frs
round of young ambitions ladder,
which has conducted him to the highes
places of fame and power. We tell thu
story. as the French papers say i'll sucl
cases, arec toutcs les reSerre$, by no mean
guaranteeing its authenticity. There i
no inherent improbabflity about it
and, at any rate, it is It good story.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
Ladies' Wearing Apparel.

A New York fashion Journal says
Cloth paletots are so convenient and
iaunty that they will remain III favor.
They are also most reasonable in price,
Among those imported from Berlin are
fine cloth jackets, slashed, and in Gothic
points, with velvet collar and cuffs, made
in the best manner and sold Tor SlS or
800. Others of coarser cloth, though all
wool, trimmed with fringe and velvet pip
ings, cost from SIS to SIS.
Ponsons blue-black velvet, three
fourths of yard wide, is the quality
found most available for this seasons
garments. 1t costs from Sl1 to $50 n
yard. The double capes of velvet are
much less expensive than polonaises,
are graceful and stylish-looking, with the
advantage, in addition, Of not cutting
the velvet in small pieces. A pretty vel
vet Inverness, with gimp and fringe, is
sold for S75 double cape, or a sacque
with cape, for S35, Ladies who have
velvet basquoins, or loose sacques made
two or three years ago, are undermining
them by adding large taima, open only
halfway up the back, ana thus cohceal-
ing that part of the velvet that has lost
its lustre or become worn.
Bright and warm jackets for the house
are made of flannel cloth Of two or three
red shades, scarlet, cherry, or crimson,
braided with white worsted clrrled brait
in Gothic patterns, and fringed Or seal
Hoped. White flannel cloth is braided
with blue or scarlet, blue with white
and black with white or blue. The col
lar, cuffs, and breast pockets are pointed
in Gothic fashion. Price $40.
The most comfortable garment 10
midwinter is a fur cloak. Seal will b.
most worn this year, and the shape is
loose double breasted sacque, bordere'
with sea- otter or with beaver. TIL
small round muff must be bordered also
Astrakhan cloaks are given new ettec
by borders of another skin, such as fu
seal or that of the Persian lamb. Ihos
are in fitted jackets, slashed in each sean
and cost from $50 to $l20.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
WyOming's Great Legislative Joke.

The accident, for such it was, by which
woman suffrage became the law Of Wyom-
ing happened in this way The President
of the Council of the first Territorial
Legislature OF Wyoming strolled into the
office of the Secretary of the Territory
one morning IN November, 1869, to talk
about local politics, Woman suffrage
came in for its share of attention. Said
the Secretary, who was staunch advo-
cate of woman's right:
''Mr. President, doyou know you have
the greatest opportunity OF any man IN
America to immortalize yourself"
GLOW" inquired the president.
"By introducing II bill to the council
extending the right of suffrage to wo-
man, replied the secretary.
"By Jove! I'll do it if you'll draw up
the bill, responded the president.
"Agrccd," answered the secretary
and Mr.. President smiled the quiet smile
of satisfaction incident to the birth OF n
new idea, pulled away at his cigar,
Strengthened himself and walked to the
Council chamber to ponder on his future
greatness. The bill was drawn, intro
duced and passed the first reading of the
Council-more for the novelty and no.
toriety than because its members were in
its favor. ,,,
Tn the lower house, however, the bill
met opposition, and became the subject
of earnest discussion ON the part OF
minority. The majority looked upon
the whole thing as joke ofthe rollickine
secretary, and were disposed to let hin
have his fun, while they would enjoy
the big supper promised them by the
secretary il they would pass the bill
Thus the bill passed the House, notsup
posing the Council would confirm it OF
its final reading. The Council, however
did pass the bill, whether from indjf1er
ence OF to appear consistent with it
former action it is impossible to say, n
it is equally impossible to account fo
mostoi the laws passed by this Legiala
ture on any known hypothesis. Bn
whether joke Or design on the part OF tn
secretary, the members of the Hous
we're certainly victimizcd, for they neve
got that big supper, and the bill didposs
1t only waited now for the Governor
signature under the great seal of tn
Territory to make this bill law in til
land. In few days the. bill was return
ed with his Excellency's familiar o. X
and woman suffrage became both faC
and law in Wyoming.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
Leading the Jews Back to Palestine.

An ambitious project has been formed
by q small knot of rabbis at Frankfort,
viz. to lead the scattered children OF
Israel back to Palestine, and to estab-
lish Jewish kingdom there once more,
Invitations to join the project have been
printed in great numbers, and are by
this time circulating among the numer-
Gus members of the ancient race through
out Germany and, if we may credit the
report of newspapers friendly to Judaism,
influential moneyed men in the old i'm
perial capitalize headquarters of Ger
man Jews have given it their substan-
tial support. The originators endeavol
to prove that the undertaking is by nc
means as impracticable as it at first sight
seems, and remind their fellow-creeds.
men that it is what they pray for-it
they pray ut all-three or four times
every day-viz., in the "Shemoneh
Esrech," in their noon and evening, and
in fact, in every prayer sanctioned by
their law. Moreover, they interpret thu
Bible passage. Return to Tue and vii
return to YOU" us meaning literally thai
on the Jews returning to Jerusalem the
Lord, and with Him power and prosper
ity, will return to them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

An UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE. - One
Allison Weaver had narrow escape
from being roasted alive during the fires
in the north woods of Michigan. He
was employed in a shingle-mill, and
finding that the fire was coming that
way, he determined to stay and see the
thing through. So he dug himself q
well, filled it with water and covered it
with four-inch planking, having saturat-
ed the ground around with water. As
he said Gle kalkerlOted it would be
tech and go, but it was the best he could
do" When the fire reached the mill he
jumped into his well and drew the plOnks
together over his head. The smoke
poured down upon him and his den was
so hot that he could hardly breathe ;
the planks above him caught fire, but
he put them out by dashing water on
them with his hands the water in which
he was standing became uncomtortably
warm, but he could not help himself,
and busted himself by making observa-
lions as to the progress of the fire. Al
ter it had passed by he was obliged to
wait two days for the ground to cool,
before he could pick his way to the near
est village in order to get something to
eat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

NEW YORK HOTEL EMPLOYEES. The
porters and chambermaids of New York
hotels are Irish, but the walters and
cooks are French and Germans and must
be thoroughly qualified hands. They are
seldom paid less than $50 per month,
while in thekitchen department the sala-
ries are as follows: Head cook, $50 per
month second assistant, $3.50 per
month third assistant, 500 per month
fourth assistant, so per month sculll-
ons and other heads, $50 to $50 per
month. Besides this the loss from break
ages of crockery, and injuries to frrni,
tnre and i'll other ways is large item OF
expense. In most hotels a large extra
stock of all the articles in daily use is
kept on hand to replace those that are
broken or defaced, while one or two me-
chanics are kept constantly employed
making repairs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
Chicago.

Bluckened and bleeding, helpless, painting,
prone,
On tho chNrred fragments Of her shattered
throne
Lies she who stood but yesterday alone.
Queen Of the West by some enchNnter taught
TO lift the glory Of Aladdn's court,
Then lose the spell that all that wonder
wrought,
Like her own prairios by some chance seed
sOwn,
Like her own prairics in ono brief day grown,
Like her own praires in one fierce night mown'
She lifts her voice, and in her pleading call
We hear the cry Of Macodon to Paul
The cry for help that makes her kin to ALL
But hoply with wan fingers may she feel
The silver cup hid in the proitercd mcul-
The gifts her linship and our loves reveal,
October 10, 1871. BY bret Hdi2c
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

SYsTEMATI2ING MENTAL LABOR. AS Il
marvellous instance of what one man
may achieve by doing Systematically and
thoroughly whatever he undertakes, we
can not do better than consider the life
of Alexander Won Humboldt There
was no part of the world he had not
visited, and he had been nowhere with
out acquiring the most exact knowledge
of the whole country, its geology, its
animal life, its botany, all its physical
characteristics, us well as the language,
habits, customs, laws, religion, and his.
tory Of its people. He led this life till
he was ninety years of age, and even
then no fact, in any part of the world,
that had any bearing on scientific truth
escaped his notice. His mind was a
museum, where all the knowledge that
had been brought into the world was
placed in order, carefully guarded, and
always ready for use. We are not wrong
in attributing the boundless learning and
prodiglous memory of this great man to
his habit of systematizing his mental
labor, and to his power of self-concen,
tration and to his belief in the wisdom
of God. - Scientific american.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
Home. Wife, and Saturday Night.

Happy is the man who has a little
home and little angel in it, of Satur-
day night 4 house, no matter how lit
tie, provided it will hold two or SOHO
matter how humbly furnished, provided
there is hope in it ; let the winds blow
close the curtains. What if they are
plain calico, without border, tassel, or
any such thing? Let the rain come
down, heap up the fire. 10 matter ii
You haven't candle to bless yourself
with, for what beautiful light glowing
coal makes, rendering cloudless, she'd
ding sunset through the room; just
light enough to talk by, not loud, as i'll
the highways norrapid, asin the hurry
ing world, but softly, slowly, whisper
ingly, with pauses between, for the
storm without and the thoughts within
to ill up with. Then wheel the sofa
around by the fire ; no matter II the
sofa is Il settcc, uncushioned ut that, il
so be it is just long enough for two and
hall in it. How sweetly the music OF
silver bells from the time to come falls on
the listening heart then. How mourn
fully swell the chimes of "the days
that are no more" Under such circum
stances. and at such time, one can get
at least sixty-nine and a half miles neaS
er "kingdom come than any Other
point in this world laid down in "Nlaltc
Blrm." May be you may smile at this
picture; but there is II secret between
US, viz: it is a copy Of picture ruddely
done, but true as the Pentateuch Of al
original in every human heart,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
FaciS and Fancics.

The world is Ike q trcadmill which
turns necessarily and leaves no choice
but to sink or climb.
A Tennesseau, who is already blind Of
one eye, has been obliged to have his
teeth extracted to save the other one.
Many young ladies are accused OF
wearing their engagement rings in Their
pockets except when she" is around.
1t is said that the three hardest words
of the English language to pronounce,
consecutively, are" [ was mistaken"
1t is sweet to have friends You can
trust, and convenient sometimes to have
friends who are not afraid to trust you.
When see mans name
Scratch'd upon glass,
| know he owns u diamond,
And his father owns an ass.
A vermont contemporary is in favor Of
keeping hens, for the reason that every
kernel of grain they eat they give a
peck.
A cover-lid knit of shell-work pattern
was recently exhibited at a fair in Maine,
that contained 786, $40 stitches, all knit
by hand.
Young ladies declare that this season.
bonnets are "perfectly lovely. Ihen
shape is something indescribable; they
become most girls, and cost outrageous
ly.
1t is claimed that when the necessary
works are completed coal can he mlne(
in Alaska, and delivered at San Fran
cisco at cost of from $500 to So pc
ton,
In northern Iowa, Notwithstanding tn
ravages of the potato bug at the be%lu
ming of the season, potatoes have no
been so largc or plentiful for years as 4
present. They are selling at twenty-five
cents bushel.
The prize of the Cleveland Count,
Tenn. Fair for the best butter exhibit
ed. was awarded to Mrs. Patterson, VIII
was mistress OF the White House du
ing the administration OF her father, eS
President johnson.
A lady teacher in an Iowa school mad
a boy stand up and show how he klsse
the big girls in the woodshcd, in hope
; that he would she'd tears and promise
do so no moro, all the boys are lcayin
the other schools now, and going to tn
: lady teacher.
| \ witty clergyman, occostod by a
old acquaintance by the name OF Cob
replied: Il don't know you, sir.
Only name is Cobb reioined the MAJ
! who was about half seas over. A
sir," said the minister, "you have
much corn on you that did not see Il
cob.
= 1t is said thata number Of Freuc
. soldiers, who were taken prisoners /
> the Germans and afterwards escape
, are now lurking in the forests Of &c
many, and that many Of them have fon
ed themselves into regular bands OF OF
laws, who subsist Ivy robbery and de
1 relation.
!, \ Chicago young lady writes to h
# lover postponing the wedding Il yes
J. and remarks that he would be surpris
), to see her after the fire, from which s
Ii emerged with wardrobe consisting
y a pair of pantaIoons, one slipper, and
= waterproof. After that suit the you
l. failed to press his, He, too, iSa Chlca
e sufferer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
A Wonderful BnlSam.

\ manufacturer and vcndcr of quack
medicines for rheumatism and the
growth of hair combined, recently wrote
to friend for a recommendation Of his
the manufacturer's) "balsam." In a
few days hcrecciyed the following, which
we call pretty strong:
Deo' Sir:-Thc land composing this
farm his hitherto been so poor that a
Chinaman could not get living off it,
and so stony that We had to slice ON
potatoes, and plant them edgeways but,
hearing of your balsam, | put some on
the corner of ten,acre field surrounded
by rail fence, and in the morning !
found the stones had entirely disappear
ed, and a neat wall encircled the field
the rails were split up into firewood,
and piled up symmetrically in my back
yard. l put half an ounce in the mid
die of huckleberTy swamp; two days
saw it clear of, planted with corn and
pumpkins, and a row Of peach trees il
full blossom through the middle. As an
evidence of its tremendous strength,
would say that it drew a striking Likeness
of my eldest son out of mill-pond
drew blister all over his stomach. drew
load of potatoes four miles to market
drow grease out of flint, and eventu
ally drew a prize Of nmety-seyen dollars
out of a defunct lottery"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

Could THEY. - Some one recently
asked Mrs. Cady Stanton if she thought
that girls possessed the physique neces-
,arv for the wear and tear OF college
conrse. "I would like to see you" said
she, "take thirteen hundred young
men, and lace them up, and hang ten to
twenty pounds of clothes to their waists,
perch them upon three-inch heels, cover
their heads with ripples, chignons, rats
and mice, and stick ten thousand halr,
pins into their scalps if they can stand
all this, they will stand little Latin
and Greek
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
Salvation Through Poverty.

Dying alone
Because ho is poor,
Going through the invisible door
To the unknown,
All unattended
All unbcEriendcd--
No one 10 sec it all over and ended,
Priestly or lay;
No one to pray
No one to say
Goodbye to the spirit departing to-day
Because he is poor.
OpcN your doors,
Ye angels that take
Entriended mOrtals for ch0rlty's sake
Up to your floors;
Say have We places
Where Loves lighted faces
Shall welcome him, freed from the oarths cold
embraces,
Where he was torn
BY talons of scorn-
Manfully borne
All night through, though ever more crying
for morn
Because he was poor
10 died alone,
Because he was poor;
None fingered OF watched at the sad earthly
door,
For hearts are atone
Not one to ache
For his ptifu sake
Alb well that the morning was only to break
There by his bed;
None at his head
Save invisible dead
Who como in our places to watch, it is said
Because he was poor.
see how it is
How it seems to mo.
He treads the bright floors, which barely sec
And the Heavens are his;
His sickness, health
His penury, wealth
And bliss insupportable comes, as by stealth
From endless skies.
This is the prize
or one who dies
gnsunned in the warmth Of our human eyes
Because he is poor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

FRfaHrru1 D1sAs1BR.-Another fright
1ul colliery disaster is reported An ex-
plosion took place in the Seahan Mine,
near Newcastle, England. Thirty-three
men were in the pit at the time, none OF
whom where saved. The families OF
the victims with numbers OF people gath,
cred around the mouth of the pit, and
former scenes OF excitement and distress
were renewed,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

RULES FOR THE JOURNEY OF LIFE. The
following rules, from the papers Of DR..
West, were, according to his mcmoran-
dunn, thrown together as general way
marks in the journey of life Never to
ridicule sacred things, or what others
may esteem as such, however absurd they
may appear to be. Never to show loyity
when The people are professedly engaged
i'll worship Never to resent supposed
injury till I know the views and motives
of the author Of it nor seek occasion to
retaliate. Never to judge persons
character by external appearance. Al
ways to take the part of an absent person
who is censured in company, so far as
truth and propriety will allow. Never
to think the worse of another on account
of his differing from me in political OF
religious opinions. Never to dispute il
l can fairly avoid it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

AMMONIA INJECTION IN CHLoRoFoRM
Po1soNING.--An application has lately
been made of Mr.. Halford'S method Of
ammonia injection in another case OF
medical practice than us aremedy for
the bite of poisonous scrpents. In this
instance man had been suffering from
delirium tremens, brought on bya long
course of drinking, and under its in
fuence procured and swallowed an
ounce of chloroform. Insensibility i'm
mediately supcryencd, and his eyelids
could be opened and the pupils touched
without his showing the slightest indi-
cation of irritation. When the nan was
apparently dying an injection of two
drains of ammonia was made IN the
veins of the arm, with the most promis-
ing effect. Sensibility returned, and
the patient was able to sit up and talk
for five hours. The next day, however,
he died, apparently from congestion OF
the brain but it was thought that il
his habits had not been so Incorporate
he probably would have entirely re-
covered from the effects OF the chloro,
form.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09
The First Newspaper in America.

In Buckingham's newspaper SPECIE
mems" we find that the first attempt to
set ND newspaper in North America, so
far as can be ascertained from existing
records or from tradition, was made in
Boston in the year 1890. Only one copy
is known to be in existence, and this is
deposited III the state paper Office III
London.
Number one Of this paper, and proba-
bly, the only number ever published, is
dated September %, 1890. Immediately
on its publication the Legislative author
itics spoke OF it as pamphlet, stated
that it was contrary to law, and con-
tanned reflections of avery high nature. "
They strictly forbade any thing in print
without license first obtained from those
appointed by the government to grant
the same" This paper was printed by
Richard Pierce for Benjamin Harris.
Mr.. Pierce is said to have been the first
person who carried on the printing bust
ness in Boston,
Benjamin Harris, who vas the proprie-
tor of this paper, had a printing house
in Boston, and in 1892 and 1894 printed
the acts and laws of Massachusetts, and
was "printer to his Excellency the Coy,
eruor, and Council" Harriss commits,
sion to print the laws was in the follow
ing words:
"By his Excellency-I order Benjamin
Harris to print the acts and laws made
by fine GREAT and general court or assem-
bly, of their l[ajcsty's province Of Massa
chusetts Bay OF New England, thaS w
people may be informed thereof.
civilian PH1pPs.
Boston, December l6, 1892"
This i" a curious, interesting and i'm
portant history, showing that the advent
Of the newspaper to this country tool
place a hundred and eighty years ago!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

SUCCESS IN CALIFORNIA. Col. HOLLIS
ter, Il former citizen of Licking County,
Ohio, emigrated to California shortly
after its acquisition to the United States.
He began in small way near Los An
gelos, raising sheep and cattle. His
present possessions are immense. He
has an almond grove covering seven
hundred acres, aud over sixty thousand
almond trees yielding fruit. He has
planted, and is successfully growing, one
hundred thousand orange, lemon and
olive trees, had at one time over one
hundred and fifty thousand head OF sheep
and cattle owns about one hundred
thousand acres of land divided into three
ranches. He has recently purchased in
Japan twenty-six bushels Of Japan tea
seed. and sent over for and obtained two
OF three japanese to cultivate it and
expects to meet with great success in
this new experiment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-09

WILL PARENTS TAKE HEED. On all
hands complaints are made of the in
creasing ill health of our school children,
Now who is to take the matter in hand :?
Who is to say there shall be absolutely
no lessons learned out of school, unless
the present duration of school hours
shall be shortened ? 1t needs, we think,
only that the parents shall themselves
insist upon this to effect it. Why wait
till brain-fever has set in -? Why wait
till little spiues are irretrievably crooked 7?
And OF what mortal use is it to keep on
pouring anything into vessel when it is
incapable Of holding any more, and is
only wasted upon the ground?
FANNY FERN.