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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
Railroad Bonds.

For several months past the Northern
Pacific Bonds have been selling at the
rate of million a month, and Messrs.
Jay Cooke & Co., the agents, report a
brisk and undated demand thus far in
the month of December. This must be
highly encouraging to the company who
are building the second great highway to
the Pacific, bat it is not surprising in
view of the attractions which these
bonds present. A good railroad and its
traffic are usually considered security
enough for a first mortgage bond, yet
the Northern Pacific Bonds are not only
a first lien on the Railroad and its pro-
perty, but IN addition are u first mort
gage on valuable lands in Minnesota and
the Northwest at the rate of 90, 900 acres
for every mile Of road built, or upwards
of 50,000,000 acres in the aggregate.
Every bond of the denomination of
500, for instance, has so acres pledged
in its support, and it is specially pro-
vided in the Company's charter, that the
proceeds of all land sales must be applied
to the cancellation of the bonds, as long
as they can be bought at price not ex-
ceeding 10 per cent. premium, The
bonds, when used i'll purchasing the
Company's lands are worth ST. 10 now;
and it will probably not be long before
they reach that figure in the market.
Their present price is par and accrued
interest in currency, and they bear in
terest at the unusually high rate of 7 $40
per cent. per annum in gold.- Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
The International Platform.

Many of our readers have no doubt
been in quandary, as to the platform OF
the "Internationals." An officer of the
society in New York gives city paper,
q synopsis of this platform, as follows:
|. The total abolition of all class rule
and all class privileges.
2. Complete political and social eQuali-
ty for both sexes.
3. Naturalization of the land, and of
all the instruments of production.
4. "A reduction of the hours of labor,
so as to allow more time for improve
ment and recreation.
5. Education to be undertaken by the
State-to be obligatory, gratuitous, and
secular.
6. Religion to be ignored, as being a
speculative subject concerning the in
dividual. No religious differences or
creed to be recognized.
7. The substitution of a direct system
of taxation, based upon property, instead
of the present system of leyying taxation
upon industry; the taxation to be pro-
gressivc.
s. The abolition Of the standing army,
as being a provocative to war.
8. The adoption of the principal of
associative production, with a view to
the complete suppression Of the present
system of capitalist production.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
Warming WOrds.

Tho strength and nervous energy Of tse human body
ought to be increased during the winter for two reR-
In the first place, diseases of the mast deadly
character may be generated at this season and second
ly it is OF the utmost importance that during the cold
weather months the system should be put in condition
to withstand the effects of tho Spring masma and the
subsequent depressing heat Of Summer 1t is therefore
advisable in fact essential to tome regulate and nvigo-
rate tho digestive and secretvo organs at this period of
the year and of all the stomachics and Alternatives at
present known Hostctters Stomach BtIers te most
powerful the most harmless and the most agreeable.
The temperature Of winter would DO in itself glorious
tonic, If it did not unfortunately br ng with it volume
of chilling moisture and unwholcsome winds which
have bad effect the skin and lungs. These must be
guarded against there is security for health The
effect of course Of the Bters is to give vigor and tone
to the entire oreanzatonthe superficial muscles and
nerves as well as the internal vscera. regular habit
of body healthy and natural flow of bile an active di-
Reson, good appetite pure blood, and vigorous ch-
cuation OF that fluid, among the blessings dorivahle
from persistent Of Ho letters Stomach Bitters
which not only than supplies the place of the best
tonics cathartcs and antseptcs prescribed in their sep
srate forms by physicians but perform the threshold
work of invgoraton regulation and publication at one
and the same time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
Diet and Exercise.

DR.. Parkes, while investigating the
effect of diet and exercise on the elimin-
alton ofnitrogen, had for his subject a
very healthy, powerful, and temperate
young soldier. He conducted one series
of experiments in which the man WIS fed
on ordinary diet, and the amount Of
nitrogen content was kept as near as
possible constant, In second series
prepared food was given so as to keep
the amount of nitrogen introduced per-
fectly constant ana q third series was
made with Heterogeneous food. These
experiments showed distinctly an in
creased elimination of nitrogen in the
period of rest after severe exercise, con-
tirming DR.. Parkes former results, and
supporting the statement of Liebig on
this point, in opposition to that of Volt.
Whether it was diminished during exer-
else or not was not clearly shown by the
experiments. The non-nitrogenous diet
for five days neither raised nor lowered
the temperature in the rectum of the pa
tient, but apparently did not effect the
health, nor did it alter the frequency Of
the pulse but the hearts action became
weak, and the pulse soft. The expert
ments proved that force necessary for
great muscular work can be obtained by
the muscle from fat and starch, though
changes in the heterogeneous constituents
of the muscles also go on, which have, as
one effect, an increased elimination Of
nitrogen after the cessation of the work.
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Terrible Exncrience on a Raft.

A young blacksmith of Fort Smith,
Ark, named Engleberth Shuber, not
long since discovered a canoe lodged on
n drift pile in the Arkansas River, and
resolved to secure it. For this purpose
he tied two logs together with grape
vines, and pushed out into the stream,
which at that point is very deep and
rapid. About seventy-6ve yards from
the shore his craft encountered one of
those huge wayfaring logs so common in
Western streams, and was driven in
pieces by the shock. Shuber, as his only
chance, leaped upon the slippery log, and
chung for his life. A companion who
saw him start out, went back to town for
help, but when it arrived it was nearly
dark and Northern hurricane had set
in, dashing the icy waves over the log
which was the young mans only saliva
ton, and though his friends attempted
to reach every scow and flhtboat which
was put out, swamped at once and they
were obliged to leave him to the almost
certain fate of a lingering and painful
death. All night he remained upon the
icy-coated log exposed to the gale, and
to the waves until he was encrusted in
a solid armor of ice, and tumbled about
by the currents of the river. The next
morning it was reported in town that he
was seen on the log stiff in death. When
they reached him, however, he was found
still alive, but with his face and limbs
fearfully frozen. He had been eighteen
hours on the log.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
HShAnghAeingv Sailors.

When sailors are scarce and the de-
mand greatly exceeds the supply, says
New York paper, the landlords have re-
course to what is known as "Shanghae-
ing" for completing the lists of the
crews for which they have contracted.
They offer to the sailor inducements
which have not the shadow of founda-
ton, to induce him to 90 on board a
vessel, and once below deck, he is either
detained by force or cunning until the
ship is under way for her destination.
As complete list of the crew is requir-
ed to be presented to the Custom-Hcuse
on the day before sailing, it not unfrc-
quently occurs, when the crews are yet
incomplete, that such manifests are sent
in for clearance papers, with not three
names on which are bona tide. When
the allotment is filed by the adroit
clearinghouse shipping-master, the
names are changed to suit the registered
list-not the latter to match the former.
This accounts for the fact that sailors
frequently ship under assumed names,
and they are often found possessed Of
many aliases that their personal identity
is irrecoverably lost. Finding himself
then in the vessel bound for China or
the California Coast, the sailor is forced
to accept the situation and to sign the
articles, after which act he legally be-
longs to the ship, and should he leave
would be returned as deserter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
courage to do Right.

We may have courage, all of us,
To start at honor's call,
To meet foe, protect q friend,
Or face a cannon-ball ?
To show the world one hero lives
Tho foremost in the fight
But do We always manifest
The courage to do rightH
To answer No with steady breath,
And quick, unfaltering tongue,
When fierce temptation, ever near,
Her system song has sung?
To cure not for the bantering tone,
The jest, or studied slight;
Content il we can only have
The courage to do right2
TO step aside from Fashions course,
Or customs favored plan;
10 pluck AL outcOst from the street,
Or help fellow man ?
II not, then lot lis nobly try,
Henceforth, with all our might,
In every case to muster up
The courage to do right
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The DAY AFTER A DEDAUcH the pnrch-
ed tongue, nausea, shivering and febrile
symptoms, prove that poison has enter
ed the veins and arteries, and been Cir
culated with the blood through every
organ. More slowly, but not less GER
tainly, the use of the Alcoholic Astrin-
gents sold as medicines, depresses the
vital fluid and wrecks the nervous sys-
TEN. Touch them not, taste them not.
In DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs you
have a pure temperance tonic, blood
depurent, Alternative and laxative, of un.
paralleled efficacy, and absolutely harm
less. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
In the Dark.

An accident at the gas works m New
York left the portion of the city between
34th and 10th streets entirely in the dark
during Holiday season. By this accident
thirteen thousand householders were
compelled to burn candles or oil at their
holiday festivals. In the district are
nearly one hundred churches which were
lighted by candles during the week. In
the stores candles, were struck round in
the windows in all sorts of hastily impro-
viscd candlesticks, such as old bottles,
pieces of board with holes bored through,
potatoes and turnips cut in half, the flat
side of the vegetable forming the BASE
while hole rudely scooped in the round
part received the candle. That portion
of the city looked gloomy enough.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

There is an old saying which runs in
this wise -" Behold what a great fire a
little spark kindleth." The " misunder-
standing" between Prussia and Brazil
seems to have been an illustration of this
fact a tavern brawl seems to be a tri-
vial thing to cause trouble, ii not war,
between two great nations, and such is
said to have been at the bottom of the
matter. 1t appears that seven or eight
Prussian officers, being in a coffee-house
at Rio de Janeiro, got intoxicated and
then got into quarrel with some Brazil
ians. Hard words arose, general fight
ensued, and the Prussians, having elected
their opponents, went to work and smash
ed everything in the house. While this
pastimc was in progress the police ar
rived. The Prussians resisted the Off
GERS Of the law, more fighting took place,
wounds were given on both sides, and
finally the beligerant foreigners were cap
tured and taken to prison, where they
were locked up like common Migrants.
Among the prisoners is said to be near
relative of Prince Bismarck's, and the
whole business looks very disagreeable.
A diplomatic correspondence has been
exchanged, and the prisoners have been
set at liberty. But the report from Ham
burgh that German squadron was fit
ting out at Kiel for Brazilian waters,
seems to be confirmed, and it is not i'm
possible that serious complications will
arise from an absurdly insignificant oc-
cnSinn
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

AN OPPORTUNITY Lon PRINTERS. AS
will be seen by advertisement elsewhere,
a large and well-known and well estab-
lished Printing House in New York City
is offered for sale ON favorable terms. 1t
is supplied with machinery and mate
rails to completeness, and offers bargain
to any one desiring to engage in the
printing business in the metropolis,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The Secret of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
Grecian mould, well-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things to
have, and ladies who possess these charms have
reason to be thankful to Mother Nature yet, after
all, the most captivating of all womanly charms is
pure, fresh and brilliant complexion. This superla
tive fascination any lady may secure by using
HAGAS's MAGNOLIA BALM the standard Identifying
preparation of the present age 1t differs from all
ordinary cosmetics in three most essential particu
lars, inasmuch as 1t contains injurious ingredi-
ents does not contract shrive the skin all the
astringent "blooms," "lotons," and "powders"
eventually do, but produces lasting loneliness by
improving the health of the skin, Under its oper-
atop the texture of the epiderms becomes finer,
and the surface soft as velvet and smooth as por-
eelain. Features cannot be changed but complex.
ions can, and 1t is quite certain that lady with
no other charm than fresh and rosy complexion,
viii attract more admiration in company than her
neighbor with classic face but saliow skin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

We were pleased to see, not long since,
in one of our exchanges, some pretty
severe remarks addressed to several per-
sons who, during an interesting lecture
by Rev. Jno. S. G. Abbott, kept a con-
tinuous coughing, which prevented
many from hearing. People who cannot
refrain from coughing, had better stay
away from such places, or else take a
bottle of Johnson'S Anodyne Imminent
with them. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
There is money in How to Make tho Farm Pay.
Send TO GEO. A. DIETZ. Chambersbnrg. Pa.

CHAprED HANDS, face, rough skin, PIN
Piles, ringworm, salt-rheum, and othel
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the JU-
NrpER TAR Soar, made by CAswEII,
HAZARD & Co., New York. 1t is more
convenient and easily applied than other
remedies, avoiding the trouble of the
greasy compounds now in use.-Com,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

FROM all the information received,
there is every reason to believe that DR..
Livingstone is alive, and though age,
fatigue, hardship and want have laid
their marks upon him, yet he lives, and
the labsrs of his years will yet enrich
science and add to the general informa-
ton of the world.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

A New PLAN.-At the Worcester
Mass Insane Asylum the cottage
system" has been successfully tried the
past year with sixty-tour patients divld-
ed into two families. The feature of the
cottages is that they have no fastenings
on the windows or bars on the doors,
and are every way as free as the houses
occupied by these same patients before
the invasion of the disease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The Importance of giving Sheridm'S
CaralrV Condition Powders to horses
that have been out in the cold rain,
stood in cold wind, or drank too much
cold water, cannot be over estimated; no
man should be without them who owns
a GOOD horse. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
FINANCIAL.

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 Three-Tenths
per cent gold interest more than per cent currency
and secured by first and only mortgage the entire
Road and equipments and On more than Ell, 900 Acres
of Land to every mile of track 500 Acres OF Land to
each $1,000 Bond. The highest current price will be
paid for u S. FveTwenties and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange. Pamphlets, maps and
full information, well the bonds themselves will be
furnished on application by JAY COOKE & Co., Phila-
derhia, New York and Washington, and by most Bank
and Bankers throughout the country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

It is an easy matter to distinguish the
genuine DIR. Sage's COtarrh Remedy from
the spurious limitations in the market,
the genuine having printed on the out
side wrapper the words OR, V. Pierce,
M. D., Sole Proprietor, Buffalo, N. Y"
Also has upon wrapper the Doctors pri-
vate U. S. Government stamp, bearing
upon it his portrait, name and address,
which of itself is perfect guWontce Of
is qeNMincss. BIS
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

For AN IRRITATED THROAT, CoUGH or
Cold "Bro,cA'S BroncbiM IrocAes' are
offered with the fullest confidence in
their efficacy. They maintain the good
reputation they have Justly acquired.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

A Western journal offers this induce
ment: "All subscribers paying in adj
vance will be entitled to a first-clas
obituary notice in case of death"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

Any person after using half can of
j. Monroe Taylor's Cream Yeast Baking
Powder, if not satisfied, can have their
money refunded we call this a fair pro-
position. Try it.-C0m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The commerce Of Boston has been
very prosperous this year, both in ex-
ports to foreign countries and imports
from the same.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

Best and Oldest Family Medicinc.-Sdn
fordS Liver Mrgordtor.-A purely Vegetable Cdthdr-
tic and Tonic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility
sck.headache, Bilious Attacks, and all arrangements
of Liver, Stomach and Bowels Ask your Druggist
for Il. Rclnnrc of imiidtiOnG.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25
To C0nsunlptives.

The advertiser having been permanently cured OF that
dread disease, Consumption, by q simple remedy is
anxious make known to his fellow sufferers the means
Of cure To AL who desire it, he will send copy OF the
prescription used, free of charged with the directions
for preparing and using the same which they will find
SURE CURE for CoNsuMPIIoN, ASTHMA BRONCHITIS &c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON
25i South Third street. Wliamsburgh N Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

protudng toe is not slightly thing say nothinl
about health and comfort. SILVER TIPPED Shoe
never out at tho toe
For Sale by a.. Dealers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

First-class Railroad Bonds are the
best for investments. Write to CHARLES
W. HAss1ER, No. 7 Wall Street, New
York. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The Atlantic Gable unites worlds but not 90 close
or sure as the celebrated CABLE SCREW WIRE unites
the sole to the upper of Boots and shoe-they win not
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

NO heavy, stale sour or moudy bread where DayE
sons Preparation is used. See advertisement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

The favorite range of the buffalo, says
Gen. Custer, is contained in belt of
country running north and south, about
two hundred miles wide, and extending
from the Platte river on the north to the
valley Of the Upper Canadian on the
south. In migrating, if not grazing or
alarmed, the buffalo invariably moves in
single file, the column generally being
headed by q patriarch of the herd, who
is not onl y familiar with the topography
of the country, but whose prowess Gin
the field entities him to become the
leader of his herd. He maintains this
leadership only so long as his strength
and courage enable him to remain the
successful champion in the innumerable
contests which he is called upon to main
tain. The buffalo trails are always OBJ
iects OF interest and inquiry to the sight
seer on the Plains. These trails made
by the herds in their migrating move
ments are so regular in their construction
and course as to well excite curiosity.
They vary but little from eight to ten
inches in width, and are usually from
two to four inches in depth their
course is almost as unvarying as that of
the needle, running north and south.
OF the thousands of buffalo trails which
| have seen, [ recollect none of which
the general direction was not north and
south. This may seem somewhat sur
prising at first thought, but it admits of
simple and satisfactory explanation.
ROMANCE AND REALITY. Washington
Irving has epitomized the strange in
congruity of a graveyard in the midst of
a great city, where the "waves of active
life are beating against the very walls of
the sepulchre )" but there are other
sepulchres-evcn the sepulchre Of the
human heart - whence buried hopes
sometimes come forth and present as
strange q contrast to the unsentimental
rush and whirl that environ them. Wit
ness this mournful waif, picked up on
one of our busiest thoroughfares
"My eyes with tears is red and dim,
Cause he loves she and | loves him,
But they'll be better by-and-by,
When she cuts him and he loves l."
Poor heart She evidently thinks
littlc of the price of pork, or the proba.
billties of war with Spain.
THEIR WAY.-This is the way they re-
port an attempt at robbery in California :
latter walking half block, the sport
suddenly stopped and asked Mr.. Jackson
if he had anything with him. Without
any hesitation Mr.. Jackson pointed two
revolvers at the sport, and asked him
which would he prefer. The reply was
that he did not want anything to do with
him. jackson could not walk as fast as
the other man did, and consequently had
| to go to his hotel alone.
Open air and cold watera recommend
ed by celebrated physician as the best
] / e L.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-25

Open air and cold waterare recommend.
ed by celebrated physician as the best
cosmetics for the complexion.
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| GOOD BREAD FOR so cts.

a--a-- o-o-o- o--a-o-n -o-o-a--S
Upon receipt of 80 cts we will send to any address
method by which bread superior " Bakers Bread, cal
be made. This is no hmbu0, but process by which
superior quality OF Bread Biscuit &c, can be mad
from the cheapest grades Of flour Address,
nAWgDN 4 Itnlais
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knn6A AGENTS WANTED.-snmples
eDNpHDHV sent FREQ by mail, with forms to clear
from IS 70 $40 per day Two antlrely new articles sal
able as flour Address n III WHITE Newark n l.
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and 81 and 81 Commerce Street, New ORR
N5-S0LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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