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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

ECONoMY-Is one of the least-un
derstood words in our language. 1t is
not economy to starve the mind and
stuff the stomach. 1t is not economy
to "scrimp" and pinch and save to
keep up the style Of dress or living to
deceive other peoples eyes. 1t is not
economy to put half the cost OF
womens or children's garments into
''style" and trimming at the sacrifice
of good, honest, lasting material. 1t
is not economy to buy poor things
because they are "cheap." 1t is not
economy to go without flannels to
wear laces, nor give up comforts and
possible health for the sake of fashion.
1t is not economy to save money on
necessities to spend on "tom. .foolery:"
always remembering that necessities,
to soul that lives over six feet above
the earth in its aspirations, means q
a good many thing besides what we
eat drink and wear.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27
Dancing.

Tho Chief of Police Of New Yorl
says that three.founhs Of the abandon
ed girls in that city were ruined b!
dancing, Young ladies' allow gentle
men privileges In dancing which, !
taken under any other circumstances
these gentlemen would be reported a'
improper persons, ! have a siste'
who has passed away, On marble
block Is written "Willing to bC
present with tho Lord" ! had rather
60 there with my sighs, tears, flowen
and prayers, and visit her little grave
as q shrine, than to have her ono aighl
in the dizzy and promiscuous ball
room II requires neither brains, good
morals nor religion 10 be u good dancer
Itlcads to bad society, ! never. saw such
vicious crowd Of young men at our
college rs on night when there was
goiug to be a ball. II won't mix
with religion any more than oil and
water will mix. As the love Of one
increases the love OF the other decreas'
es. How many eminent Christians
are distinguished dancers 7 As GER
tain as the atmosphere around the
thermometer at zero will freeze things
as certain as the wind that is belly.
ing the sail will drive the boat, so
certain will dancing freeze the relig-
lous sentiments out Of the soul it
will drive its dovotee away from the
church it isa wild that blows in
that direction, No dancing is spoken
Of in the Bible that was done by
divine authority. In ancient times the
sexes danced separately.
Alcohol is the "spirit" of beverages.
Take it out and the young men of the
land would MS soon seek a beverage in
the swil tub as in the saloon. So sex
is the spirit of the dance. Take it
away and let the sexes dance separate
ly, and dancing would shortly be out
of fashion. Parlor dancing is danger
Gus. Tipping leads to drunkenness,
and parlor dancing leads to ungodly
balls. Tipping and parlor dancing
SOW to the wind, and both reap the
whirlwind. Put dancing in the CRU
cible, apply the acids, weigh it, and
the verdict of reason, morality and
religion is: "Weighed in the balance
and found wanting. ."-Rev. S. J. Tom
Hnson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27
WHOLE NO, 1901
Remarkable Brains,

A Confederate soldier, In one OF the
battles Of the late civil war, was
strack Oh the bead by q Minnie ball
which passed through the skull, and
the surgeons, afraid to probe tho
wound In search OF II, left the man 10
die. In the course oi lime he fecov'
cred, but had lost his reason aud was
sent to the insane asylum at stanton,
Va, where he remained for eleven
years. AT length Dr. Fauntleroy OBJ
tanned permission from the asylam
authorities aud friends Of the insane
man to make q surgical examination
OF the head, with tho hope OF finding
the ball, lle was successful, and
found tho ball imbedled on the IN
side Of the skull aud pushing against
the brain, Unable 10 extract II with
any instrument at hand, no took a
chisel and mortiscd II out. As soon
as the ball was removed, reason TO-
sumed It's control, and the deranged
ono was in his right mind. lie says
he is not conscious Of anything that
occurred during the interval Of eleven
years-trom the time he was struck
on the battlefield to the moment the
was removed from the brain,
all was blank to HIM.
Another case IN the same county OF
Augusta was that OF boy whose gun
bursted while shooting, and drove the
lock into the brain. The piece w
taken out by n skillfal surgeon with
out serious injury to the patient.
But the most remarkable case in
the same neighborhood was that OF q
woman subject to fits OF mental de.
and while in a spell OF
luuacy drove an eight.penny nail into
the top of her head, penetrating down
into the brain-the nail having been
driven up TO its head. The nail was
drawn out, and the woman has been
in sound mental condition ever since.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

A HEALTHY PLAcE,-"Yes," he
said, it was healthy place. The first
day 1 got there | saw an old man sit.
ting on door step crying as though
his heart would break. "What's the
matter?" Iiasked. Dad licked me,
he whispered. Your father whipped
you! asked in astonishment; 'how
old are you, pray?' 'Ninety-six, he
sobbed. And do you mean TO say
that your father is living' Living'
I guess so. Step around behind the
house, and you'll find him ctopping
wood. / went round and there saw
a hoaryheaded veteran swinging an
axe in way that would have done
credit to man of twenty-five. Did
you strike your son 7 asked. Strike
hims Course l did, and good en-
ough for him. 'spose I am going to
allow him to sass his grandfather =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

Man never dies. The soul inhabits
the body for time, and leaves ii
again. The soul Is myself; the body
is only my dwelling place. Birth is
not birth; there is soul already ex-
istent when the body comes to 1t.
Death is not death the soul merely
departs and the body falls. 1t is be-
cause men see only their bodies, that
men love lite and hate death. = Budd-
hist Scriptures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

Milliuer Ito Captain, who has been
buying hat for his wifs)-"Tell your
wife, if she wants it dressy, to put a
panache Of six feathers poised high on
one side, with feathers curling for.
ward, place lizard or beetle to hold
it, and put another lizard on the band
that covers the curtain. That is easy
to remember" The Captain Ito his
wite)-"She said, if you wanted it
dressed up, to put paucske and six
Teen poisoned feathers curled up forrid,
clap on some lizards and beetles to
Delay them with, and cover the lizard
On the band with your curtains.
Harper's Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

Now, as in former years, when a
political campaign is iminent, the sto'
rics of Southern outlages come thick
and fast and bloody. Among Radi.
cal politicians there is deadly fear
that if this leverage is lost their dis
honestly perpetuated power will come
to an end. The "Solid South" is
made the excuse for sounding the
alarm bell but on this point the coun-
sci for the defendant is entitled to az;
respectful hearing as the blackmail-
ing accusers. The Charleston News
and Courier is certainly as fully enti-
tied to credence as the Washington
radical and partisan organs which on
ly live to keep the ensanguined gar
ment tapping. That journal says:
"Time will tell the tale. The South
is ready to be judged by her ac-
tions. The South is not willing
to be judged by the fears Of her
friends or the hopes of her foes. BE.
fore the next general election shall
take place the South and the Union
will have had two years experience
of the solid South. The events of
these years will demonstrate, as facts
alone can, that the solid South means
good order, absolute freedom, justice
and respect for the rights of all class
es in the South, and, so tar as the solid
South can accomplish it, concord,
peace, honor, and public and private
faith for the whole American Union.
For this the people of South Carolina
strive and labor; but they and the
people Of every other Southern State
will find their difficulties increased a
.housand.fold by any conduct in the
North that will warrant the idea that
he South is not wanted, and that her
pest efforts for the highest purposes
Ire misjudged and even treated as
This is a patient and digni-
led response to Incorporate accuse.
ion, and it deserves consideration by
II who have been ready and anxious
o believe the worst things of the
;outh.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27
YALE-What's in name after all I!

YALE-What's in name after all !
According to the New York Times
"Elihu Yale, after whom Yale Col.
lege takes the name, gave it only
$4,000. A Mr. Dummer gave pretty
nearly as much, but Dummer is never
heard Of while Yale's name bids fare
to live forever. Mr. Yale however
had very little to commend him. In
India when he was president Of Fort
George (Madras), he murdered his
groom for riding his favorite horse,
was recalled to England in disgrace
but escaped the punishment Of death,
and only suffered a heavy fine"
Think OF that, great college named
after man who gave it only $4,000
and committed a murder on so small
a provocation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27
Our Silver Mountains.

One OF these mountain ranges, look
Ing west to the snow'eapPed sierras
with their zones oi black pines, ant
gazing at tho gllslenlng deserts Oh
the east, split and torn with deer
oanons, pitted with the traces of vol
canic disease, alike yalueless to border
or farmer has become famous The
world over, and has made the nation
rich, Other ranges, still TO the cast,
have won a lesser fame and smaller
wealth, Here IN this waste and
stricken land, and among these mount
aims, are cities, active populations, and
vast works nature gone and In stony
despair that woods and fields and
smiling meadows are not; civilization
living in spite Of nature, and wholly
given up dOy and night to a more in
sane toll, knowing no Sabbaths, no
rest, no night, The exhaust steam
from hundreds Of engines waves its
white banner in sunlight in starlight
alike the inspiration ofa giant by day,
the auitcring ghost Of toll by night.
These cities, with every appliance Of
modern silence-with hotels, theatres,
water works, schools, gus mines, and
every luxuy-have not sprung up
here because OF the beauty or conven.
ience Of the situation. There is no
river, no sea, TO bring commerce and
the arts no springs Of health, nor
even farms. These towns live and
grow on the most ilusivo and unsta-
bic of foundations, They were built
on a hope, and live on an expectation.
Their hopes have been realized in a
measure past dreaming or expression.
Their expectations may collapse in
night. The very foundation beneath
the houses is shifty and unstable.
The gas mains in the street bend and
snap underground, for the very mount.
aims groan and travail because Of the
greed of men. Some day the town
will sink into the grave that lies so
deep beneath its streets, or the people
will flee away to more reasonable
lands, leaving hotels, halls, and dwell
ings empty in the wilderness.
All this-these cities, this science
and enginery, this gigantic capital
spent in constructions more singular,
more complicated, and more effective,
than any machinery Of like nature
in the world-has but one excuse the
metal hid in the heart Of the mount
aims. These men live out their works
and days for a metal at once the most
universal, the most singular in its
manifestation, and the most useful
These great engines and vast works
Ire for the winning Of metal
hat swims in every gallon Of sea wa
.er; that may hang Invisible and dis
solved in glass of acid; that be-
comes black at the lnerest glance of
he sun that is now black, now white,
low a mirror, and then picture-a
it charm to wind about less stable
charms, and then welded 10 base met.
lis in menial duties.
Every where silver is found associ-
ted with the most common things
ron, copper, sulphur, antimony and
cad. 1t is scattered widely over the
world, and is mined IN Saxony, Bohe-
MIA, in Hungary and Transylvania, at
Ionsberg in Norway, in Spain, in
lexico, along the Cordilleras in South
America, and in parts Of this country
otably in Nevada, California, Utah,
lontana, and Cole: ado.-[Charles ,
'ernard, in Harper's Magazine for
December.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

An Ohio man went out and hanged
himself the other day because a Col
lumbus dentist told him his teeth was
affected with "nodular calclfication of
the pulp He.left note to his wife,
saying he didn't want to live on and
give it to her and the children
Burlington Hawkoye.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

House plants taken up in the fall
for window gardens through the win.
ter, may be kept more neatly in their
pots by covering the surface of the
soil with about an inch of clean,
coarse sand. This prevents the sides
OF the pots frem becoming dirty;
makes a smooth, even surface, and
prevents the formation OF anskerust
from watering
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Machine Jobbing of all kinds promptly
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

A correspondent writes to the Scl-
entifio American that the worst tooth.
ache, or neuralgia coming from the
teeth, may be speedily ended by the
application Of q bit Of clean cotton
saturated in a solution of ammonia to
the defective tooth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27

Adam is the first man who ever
owned a Cain.-CWhitehall Times. |
Yes, and he was the first man who
ever raised Cain.-[Albany Argus.
(Others would had they been Abel
I Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-27
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An Anxious Husband.

explosion fthchch Dhhpufy citizp
whose wife had sailed for New Yor
by tho way Of Tho boat, took the fin
train Tor Norwalk, lie was very mncl
excited and full OF tho dearest appre
hcnsIon, The picture Of the mutllate(
and liielcss body oi his wife was burn
lug upon his heart aud brain, The!
had never at the bcst been q yer,
loving couple, but they were eminent
y respectable, 1t fact 30 respectable
that neither saw III TO give up TO th,
other except IN case where 1t wa
absolutely necessary, lie had pursu
cd his way aud she had gone hers
each finding pleasure IN characteristic
channels, But now with the presence
OF her death upon him the old tender
ness with which he had won her came
back to him, and during that long
aud dreary ride to tho seaside his
thoughts were busy with the past
He could lecall with painful distinct
ness every help he had refused her
every coldncSs he had shown her All
the little acts governed by petty
sel6shness Of which had passed iron
his memory in the doing now rose "
before him as deeds Of monstrosity at
whose presence his heart sank trem =
blingly away,
Ills mind was torn by these agoniz.
ing reflections. lie cursed the day
he had been aught buta keenly SYM
pathixing husband. Her own faults
were lost sight Of in the horror of her
tragic fate, and hc could only see hls
own offending. And 80 the moments
dragged along, each one taking him
nearer to the dread possibility, and
each one increased the anguish Of his
heart.
At last the train reached Norwalk.
lie hurried out on his wretched
search asking here and there for intel
ligence of her, his white lips and
trembling frame testitying most
eloqucntly to his anxiety. AT last
his search was rewarded and he found
her. Not dead and mutilated, but
alive and unharmed.
1t was happy meeting-not dem.
onstrative, because both were sorely
out of practice in that, but he was
relieved Of ia terrible weight on find
ing her as he did.
$50 you are all right" he said.
eyes" she answered-"1 ain't hurt
a bit, but l was terribly frightned."
"You must have been-horrbly So.
1t was a terribly narrow escape.
Where is your satchel 7"
81 don't know. / thirk it must
have blown overheard"
"Did you have it with you?'
"No l left it on bench and had
gone to the front of the boat TO look
out on the water when the explosion
came"
"That was dreadfully careless. /
don't see what you could be thinking
Of to have gone off and LETT your
,atchel like that"
"Why l never thought the boat was
going to blow up, did | p
"lt don't make any difference" he
persisted: "Some one would have
stolen it as likely as not, if the boat
hadn't blown up There was no
'ense in it anyway, and it was fool
sh thing to do. l don't suppose
here's is any use to go looking for it
,ow."
81 know there amt" she answered,
because l was sitting right where
he boat blew out, because it was warm
here"
"Well it can't be helped, I suppose,
'ut it is to bad The next time you
% away you'll show more sense, l
ope than to go gallivanting all over
boat without your satchel. -
Danbury News
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General Jackson was once feeding
a tramp when the manner with which
the latter consumed food, caused "Old
Hickory" to say, "By the eat-ernal.'-
Whitehall Times.
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The way for man to secure him.
self from wickedness is to withdraw
from the examples Of it, Seneca.
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WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-25
Personal,

Mr. P j. Toomey. of the firm of Noxou
4 Toomey, ST. Louis, who have the
contract for the Harper opera house
scenic painting, arrived here this morning
and commenced preparations for the work.
They come highly recommended having
furnished some of the finest opera houses
in the country.
Geo. X Palmer, Mass. Z. w, Berry,
Chicago; T K Pnrmenter. Boston; " Y
Daniels. KeoKuk; H Brown, Keokuk
Capt d A Mcdonald, LaCrosse; L B
Bishop Boston; } L Cody, Milwaukee,
Saml Bowman. St Louis. are prominent
arrivals at the Harper House to day.
WIN. Shew. Cordova; G, r. Hamilton
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Womack. Drury: VIM Hammond; Pre-
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,. +. Everett and wife, Reynolds; l. w.
Newell, Corricana, Texas, are prominent
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Fl. +. Moon. Richmond, Ind; G. B,
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Boston; A. Whitney. Keokuk, Iowa, G..
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Caution, Ill; T. Il Candor, Clarence,
Iowa; Chas Heasley, Gloversville. N. Y.
are prominent arrivals at the Rock Island
House to day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-25
The Victim

of youthful indulgence, successes. &c;
he who is now suffering for past vices,
as indicated by weakness, losses, be.
posits sediments, irriation. dyspepsia,
nervousness, dependency, melancholy
tendency to mania He who is iii pre-
mature decline, will get immediate and
permanent relief and cure by using
wells Health Remover :" 1t is espec~
tally designed for just these cases and
for those who are older. and are lacking
in animal vitality and vigor. 1t enables
the system to recuperate rapidly and
supply the drain thereon, Don't fail to
try it. Sold by druggists at $1.0O, oil
sent by express on receipt of price.
Advice free. See circular with bot,
ties. Adde'S E. S. Wells, % Barclay
st New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-25
Reads Ritters.

There is no better specific for dyspepsia
than Reeds Aromatic Bitters, which is
commended by physicians and used in
their practice as a tonic for debilitated
systems. 1t is pronounced absolutely free
from injurious ingredients. by the best
chemists in the country. 1t has been in
use 10 the east for years, and wherever
known has a standard reputation. 1t is
also an excellent appetizer, acting directly
on the liver and kidneys producing healthy
digestion. For sale by the druggists gen
orally and at Wholesale by Geo. W. NJ
Reed 4 Co., New Haven. Conn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-25

PozGoni's preparations are standard
wherever introduced and in this vicinity
have ready sale with all the leading drug.
gists and fancy dry goods dealers. The
celebrated Pozzoni Complexion Powder
is very popular with ladies and pronoun.
ced valuable, delicately periumed, aud
harmless cosmetic. Unlike most prepare
tons of this class it Is free from injurious
ingredients and imparts natural healthy
glow to the face, without the vulgar ex-
IRENE. An excellent hair dressing is found
in Chemical Balm" which prevents hair
from falling OUT, and accelerates its growth.
is an excellent scalp invigorant and
thoroughly removes dandruff. These SUI
perior articles can be obtained of any drug.
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represented. A trial will convince the
most skeptical of their merits.