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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02
DEATHS.

In Ludlow. May 20. Wolcott Hazelton,
eyed II years and 10 months.
In Ludlow, May 20, Hepsibah, wife OF
Ira Pinney, aged 65 years and IL mos.
In Stockbridge, May Is, Mrs. Rachel
Town, aged &C years.
In Springfield, May 81, Mrs. Margaret
Looney, aged 80 years. Also, May 20,
Maggie L., daughter of John and Ellen
Sullivan, aged mos. and 10 days. Also,
sane day, Mary A., wife Of John D,
Spring, aged 90 yrs, mo. and dss.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02
Speedy Cough Cure cures consumption.
Speedy Relief cures pains and aches.

BABY Prizes, 5000 AN eminent
bankers wife ol---N. Y, has in
duced the proprietors Of that great
medicine, Hop Bitters, to offer 5000 in
prizes TO the Youngest child that says
Hop Bitters plainly, in any language,
between May |, 1880, and July 4,
1881. This Is a liberal and interest :
ing offer, and everybody and his wife
should send two cent stamp to the
Hop Ritters Mfg, Co, Rochester, N.
Y, U. S. A., for circular, giving full
particulars, and begin at once to teach
the children to say Hop Btters and
secure the prize.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

The colored delegate is slave
again, and is for sale to the highest
bidder. This time he acts as his own
auctioneer, and the radical Republi.
cans are the purchasers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02
BIRTHS,

In Woodstock, May 20, son to Mr..
and Mrs. Antoine Pecor.
In Pomfret, May Is, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Cowdry. Also, May 81,
q daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. AlistOn
Shepard.
In Royalton, May 22, q daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Z. Could
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02
MARRIAGES.

In Woodstock, May 30, by Rev. T. p
Frost, Willie E. Leonard of Woodstock,
and Alice M. Taft Of Bridgewater.
In Woodstock, May 20. by Rev. Moses
Kidder, Almond Moore and Sarah A
Lucas, both of Pomfret. Also, by the
same, same day, Edwin j. Thompson
and Lura Davis, both Of Rutland.
Windsor, May 10, by Rev. E. w. Culver
John L. Brown Of Windsor, and Emma l.
York, of Cornish, N. II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

hO Republican row at Chicago progresses finely aud tho bosss OF Tho
party great moral IDEAS Cameron Logon and conklns arc pushing
things for Grant Lar he aud "Secundrc words that ae very
much by delegates tho preliminary meetings To-day INC con;
yenOn organizes The Southern eae'baggers are on the ea1 ~ u
force and they watch tho oocd delegates closely Madison Wells
prominent figure and while btonhepg coored delegate Tor GIANT he
asked by ncma who he Tor Blaine Grant or sherman NC TO-
Piled With apcuar m Of the oc for all OF EN- An ardent Grant
reported have said that every cood delegate who opposed Grant
In any way would be shot Scalped II Is out there
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02
speedy Relief cures aches aud pains,
speedy Relief cures aches and pains,

A NV MrTnop N MKpIoMg,--Iy
this new method every sick person
can got a package OF the dry vegetable
compound, Kldney,Won, aud prepare
for themselves six quarts Of medicine,
1t Is . specific cure for Kidney Dis
eases, liver Complaint, Constipation
aud Pile,, aud grand tonic for f.
males,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

A splendid dairy ID one that yields
lts owner q good profit through tho
whole season, but 10 must supply
tho COWS with what they need In
order for laem 10 be able 10 keep up
their product, When their butter
gets light IN eulor no must make II
"gilt edged" by using Wells, Richard
son & Cos Perfected Butter Color,
II gives the golden color of June, anol
adds i've cents per pound 10 The value
oi the butter,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Mis-, Senator Logan appears 10 be
tho magnetic ioree IN The Grant camp,
Where is Gail llamlllOni Or has
blaine concluded that vinegar won't
catch flies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Never ask a dyspcptic person what
he wants TO eat, bnt let him take n
few doses of Bakers Mandrake Bit
ters and his appetite will be all right.
Price 25 cents per battle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Throat affections and bronchial dis
eases are relieved Immediately by
the use Of Browns Elixir.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Henry and Johnson's Arnica and
Oil Linimenl is an external remedy
for Man and Beast.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

The New York obelisk has "got
on board" at Alexandra, finally, after
a good deal OF hard work by Com
mandsr Gorrings and his men,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

MIOnN Rent paid two-and.a quarter
ANlIW years buys one. Best Cabinet
49, or Iarlor Organ in the world;
ANU winners of highest distinction
IrIlEr TIT at every worlds fair for thir-
HAM teen wears. Prices S51, $57,
HoEuats s66, $S4, sos, to $500 and mp
0UN ward. Also for easy payments,
UIluHND Is month or seas II quarter
and upward. Catalogues free. MASON &
HAMLIN ORGAN Co.. l54, fremont St. Bos-
toni; 46 East Nth St., (Union Square,
New York $50 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Use Speedy Salve for cuts and sores.
Use Speedy Salve for cuts and sores.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

Spoedy Cough Cure cures coughs and colds
Speedy Cough Cure cures coughs and colds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-06-02

AGENTS WANTED for the best and
"A fast selling pictorial Books and Bibles.
Prices reduced IS per cent NATIONAL Puso
Co., Philadelphia. Pa.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
Railroad Construction in the South.

That the railroads constructed in the
South fall far short of the necessities of
that portion of the coantry is not to be
doubted. The present outlook, however,
iustifies the belief that the commercial
prosperity of the Southern States will
before many years be assured a proper
system of railroad transportation, the
lack of which has greatly retarded their
progress. In the Western States east
of the Missouri River 1,5000 miles of
railroad were built, of which 1921 miles
were ordinary gauge OF this mileage,
however, 953 miles were built in Mime
sofa, Iowa and Missouri, leaving only
SAG miles constructed in the States be-
tween the lakes and the the Mississippi
River. Taking the Southern States
where railroad facilities are VIGOROUSLY
lacking, and the country west of the
Mississippi River, where railroad con-
struction means the development of
valuable lands, there appears to have
been 3,056 miles of useful railroad built,
leaving only 682 miles constructed in
that portion of the country where rail
roads have been already built to any
considerable extent OF these 6S2 miles,
213 miles were built in Ohio, ia miles
in Indiana, 80 miles in Illinois, and SO
miles in Michigan total for the four
States of 470 miles. This leaves only
PIP miles for the remaining States east
of the Mississippi River.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
Hair Parting-A Scientific Essay on
the Subject.

The scientific aspects of parting the
hair in the middle might answer for the
topic of clever paper in the Fort
aaiQhtLg ReUteaC of the North american,
and it is with some vague expectation
that the learned anthropolOgists con-
nected with those publications will take
up the subject that the following curse
rilv collected data are submitted: At a
recent meeting of college alumni, at
tended by 225 persons, of ages varying
from % to 20, a curious observer was at
some pains to take the statistics on this
point. OF the whole number, 43 were
found actually to part their hair in the
middle, and, forming judgment based
upon purely optical facts, (data OF APP
parent age), 80 out of the 43 we're less
than 50 years old, while the other four
were between So and so. In addition
to this class, there was still larger one,
numbering 81, in all, who parted their
locks a little to the left-half way on
the average, between the median line
and the line usually adopted, which, by
the way, is the line prescribed by the
laws of symmetry as maturity advances.
OF these, the majority were men of mid
die age, who had evidently shifted the
division gradually to the left to MAIN
tain facial and cerebral symmetry that
had ceased to be attainable in the use of
the middle line. ''Only left-handed
man." says a curious observer OF vital
phenomena, IS ever parts his hair on the
right side,n and, in verifcation of this
observation, which is a correct but
purely empirical one, it is found that
most active right-handed persons actu-
ally part on. the left side. The same
rule, which, in one collection of college
alumni, had led nearly all the older
members to shift the line insensibly to-
ward the left as maturity advanced, is
seen to be operative in general society.
The. competent anatomical observer
will not seek long in vain for the
solution of this apparently in
explicable phenomenon. With males
who are born right-handed the
DEVELOPMENT of the left hemisphere
of the brain, after 20 years of age, in
contact with actual affairs, advances
with considerable more rapidity than
that of the right, and its convolutions
are correspondingly more distinctively
marked and more clearly defined TO the
eve of the anatomist. At % years old
the difference in weight and volume,
and in the definition of the convolutions,
Is generally not very material; as
natural consequence, the two sides OF
the head ere symmetrical, and the hair
can be parted in the middle with good
artistic results. At 40, on the contrary,
the volume of the left hemisphere, and
of the left side of the Uranium, has been
increased by constant exercise until the
whole ensemble Is symmetrical with the
hair divided along the median line, and,
with the progress of this symmetry,
| the owner insensibly shifts the line,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29

barring the left side of its natural weight
of hatr, and urging it toward the right,
to compensate for the comparative lack
of convexity on that side. Exclusive OF
occasional cases of badness, where
there is an extrinsic reason for combing
the hair over, observation indicates very
clearly that few men who commence
with parting in the middle ever shift
the line by sudden impulse. On the
contrary, the result obtained at 80 is
generally a gradual one, brought about
by the increasing development of the
left hemisphere, and the progressive
necessity for restoring the symmetry of
the head and face as age advances.
With women, whose activities are less
of the motor and muscular, and more of
the sentimental type, than those of men,
the median line generally continues dur
ing life to be the line of symmetry
N. Y. Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
4 MOther-in-Law's Paradise.

1t is all the more remarkable, says a
London journal, that marriage should
be so universal an institution among
barbarous races, when it is considered
how seriously in some cases the husband
pledges his fortune not only to his wife,
hut her relatives as well. There are, Of
course, other cases, notably that of the
North American Indian, who has no OBJ
lection to half dozen wives if he can
obtain them. With him, if it is not
"the more the merrier," every addition
is a source of profit, since it is another
laboring hand on his estate. On the
contrary, in parts of Southern Africa
among the Makalold for iDstanee-the
Young fellow who takes wife is almost
a bond-slave TO his mother-in-law, and
until he has children of his own is hers
to command, to dig and delve, and cut
wood, and fetch water. In her presence
he must remain with his knees in a bent
position, SO as to avoid giving the old
woman offense by sitting with his feet
toward her.
The Young New Zealander, seeking
matrimonial bliss, is a worse case still.
With his bride he espouses the good or
bad fortune of her family, and is bound
to fight even against his own kin should
trouble arise. The New Zealander's
courtship is of peculiar kind Having
fixed his affections on an eligible party,
and announced to his friends that she is
the object of his choice, he is bound in
honor &c make her his wife, or suffer the
penalty for making the attempt. 1t is
no use trying to negotiate for the damsel
with her people upon peaceful terms,
under any circumstance; if a man
wants a wife he must run away with her.
The pair may understand each other
properly, but certain commercial con-
siderations must be recognized, and the
snaiching," as it is called, must take
place. The man lies in wait, attended
by few trusty friends, and, ayailing
himself of a favorable opportunity,
seizes on the young woman and carries
her toward his abode. If he is not an
eligible. sutton, her cries soon bring
neighbors about her, and the ambitious
lover either drops his prize and runs for
it, or his friends rally round him and
there is fight royal. s'isaf '''i2
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
Skates.

Frequent illusions occur in the old
Northern poetry which prove that pro-
ficiency in skating was one of the most
highly esteemed accomplishments of the
Northern heroes. One of them, named
Robson, boasts that he is master of nine
accomplishments, skating being one of
them; while the hero Harold bitterly
complains, though he could fight, ride,
swim, glide along the ice on skates, dart
the lance and row, "yet Russian maid
disdains me-" In the "Edda " this
accomplishment is singled out for spe-
cial praise: "Then the King asked what
that young man could do who accom-
panied Thor Thialfe answered that in
running upon skates he would dispute
the prize with any of the countries.
The King owned that the talent he spoke
of was very fine one" CLAUS Magnus,
the author of the famous chapter on the
Snakes of Iceland, tells us that skates
were made of ."polished iron, or of the
shank bone of deer or sheep, about
foot long, filed down on one side, and
creased with hogs lard to repel the
wet These rough-and-ready bone
skates were the kind first adopted by
the English for Fitzstephen, in his de-
scription of the amusements of the Lon
doners in his day (temp. Henry H.
tells us that "when that great fen that
washes Moorfields at the north wall of
the city is frozen over, great companies
of young men went to sport upon the
ice. Some, striding as wide as they may,
do slide swiftly; some, better practiced
to the ice, bind to their shoes bones, as
the legs of some beasts, and hold
stakes in their hands, headed with
sharp iron, which sometimes they strike
against the ice; these men go as swiftly
as doth bird in the air or bolt from
a cross-bow." Then he goes on to say
that some, initiating the fashion of the
tournament, would start in full career
against one another, armed with poles;
''they meet, elevate their poles, attack
and strike each other, when one or both
of them fall, and not without some bodi-
" hurt" Specimens of these old bone
skates are occasionally dug up in fenny
in the British Museum, in the Museum
of the Scottish Antiquaries, and prOba-
bly, in other collections, though perhaps
some of the "finds" are not nearly as
old as Fitzstephen's day, for there seems
to be good evidence that even in London
the primitive bone skate was not entire
ly superseded by implements of steel at
the latter part of last century. Mr..
Roach Smith, F. S. A, describing one
found about 1889 in MOorfields, near
Finsbury Circus, in the DOGGY soil pc
culiar to that district, says that g it is
formed of the bone of some animal,
made smooth on one side, with hole
at one extremity for cord to fasten it
to the shoe. AT the other end hole is
also drilled horizontally to the depth of
three inches, which might receive
plug, with another cord to secure it
more effectually. ''-BelgrGUia.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
Why a COckrOach is Entitled to Re-
spect.

am often asked whether the cock
roach can have any redeeming points
with regard to its relationship to civil
lied man, or whether it be not an I'M
mitigated pest which ought to be ex-
terminated wherever it is found. That
it is a nuisance is undeniable, but that
it ought to be exterminated is very
doubtful In the first place, it is like
the sewer rat, an invaluable scavenger,
eating substance which might decay and
breed fever, if allowed to decay. 1t is
never seen in dry and perfectly clean
places where it can find no food, and its
very presence is a sign that it is needed.
Perhaps people may say that they can
put up with cockroachesjn kitchens and
out-houses, but when they come into bed
rooms it is time they should be abol-
ished. very much doubt whether they
should be destroyed even under such cir
cumstances. Cockroaches are not like
ly to take the trouble of going up stairs
into bedrooms unless they have some
object in it, and that object is generally
the flatter and smaller insects which
prefer bedrooms to kitchens. Sailors
are Wei await VI Ills ldOt, anu thpe
Norfolk Howards'' and cockroaches
can not exist in the same ship, and a
curious instance of this fact is recorded
in the " Narrative of Fosters Voyage in
the Chanticleer :" COckroaches, those
nuisances to ships, are plentiful at st.
Helena, and yet, bad as they are, they
are more endurable than bugs. Pre-
vious to our arrival here in the Chan
ticleer we had suffered great incon-
venience from the latter, but the cock
reaches no sooner made their appear
ance than the bugs entirely disappeared.
The fact is, the cockroach preys on
them, and leaves no sign or vestige OF
where they have been; so far it is most
ralnahle insect ,,-Gnnd Words
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-29
Jones's Commercial College,
800 and Gil North Fifth Street. st. Louis. =

ST the Union the Commercial Metropolis
with the growing
kind
Off
)" - - JONATHAN JONES, 81 L
emily ks. ST. LOUIS,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
The Nathat Opera Company.

The engagement of the Nathal English Opera
company has already been announced in the
GLOBE. The company is now playing il Chi
cago, and the accomplished musical critic of
the Tribune pays this compliment to the mem
bers who compose it:
The Grand Duchess as presented by the
Nathal Opera mpany, at Hooley's theater, last
evening, was one of the best performances OF
epera-bouffe in English ever given in this city.
Not that there is aIy extraordinary amount Of
ization; but the voices of the principals are all
fair-sOme OF them better than that; the acting
is much superior to the common run of that
article; the chorus Is vigorous and well bal
anced; and an air of agreeable freshness per-
vades the entire entertainment. Miss Charlotte
Hutchings, La GFdg1de DucheSSe, has pleasant
mezzo-soprano voice, which she uses with nice
effect, and is delightfully."- arch and vivacious in
the dramatic portions of her role. Miss Agnes
Storrs Vedder gave to Wanda q much better
musical Interpretation than the part usually re-
ceives. Fritz was acceptaby rendered by Mr..
George s. Weeks, who exhibited light tenor OF
considerable strength and resonance. Mons.
Louis Nathal made capital Gen. Botns, July
equal - that of any imporsonatOr since
Duchesne was in his prime. His voice is effect
lively massive and he portrays the fantastic
commander with ludcrous force. MIR James
Vincent, the Puck, Is not a singer; but he
achieved great hit by the power he exhibited
of facial expression. His features are remark
able mobile, audi he utilities his eyes nose, and
mouth to much comic advantage. The smaller
parts we're all reasonably we'll sustained; and
the performance, as q whole, was really al en-
ioyable one. Applause was lavishly bestowed
by the audience, the encores being so numerous
that it was nearly midnight before the final fall
of the curtain.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20

Where to Worship To-day. and Oficfating
Clergymen.
CathoIic ChisrcLtes.

Catholic Churches.
Cathedral of st. Paul, corner of ST.. Peter
and Sixth streets-Mass at and o'clock A. M.
High mass and sermon at 1890 o'clock A. n.
Sunday school at 2:30 o'clock P. NJ. Vespers at
730 o'clock P. M.
st. Michaeps church, Sixth ward-Rev. P. j..
Gallagher, pastor. Mass at o'clock A. N. High
mass and sermon at $3.50 o'clock A. M. Yes
pers at 8 80 o clock Pm.
st. Joseph's church, Carroll street, between
Western and Virginia avenues-Rev. Joseph
Keefe, pastor. Low mass at O'Clock A. M.
High mass at 10 o'clock A.. NJ. Vespers at
o'clock 2. M.
st. Mary's church, corner of Ninth and Io-
Gust streets-Rev. D. Caliett, pastor Mass at
1880 o'clock A. M. High mass and sermon at
1890 o'clock A. NJ. Sunday school at 80
o'clock P. NJ. Vespers at $3.50 o'clock P. M.
Assumption church (German), corner Ninth
and Franklin streets-Mass at o'clock A. M.
sermon at 1920 o'clock A. M. Sunday school at
2 o'clock P. NJ. Vespers at o'clock P. M.
Church of st. Louis, corner of Tenth and
Cedar streets-Rev. A. Payett, pastor. Mass at
2 30 o'clock A. NJ. High mass and sermon at 10.
CALENDAR FOR WEEK.
June co. Sunday. Eighth Sunday after Pen.
tecost.
June 81, Monday.-St. Aloysius of Gonzaga,
ConfesOr.
June %, Tuesday. st. Francis Caraccioto
ConfessOr.
June %, Wednesday.-Vigil of ST. John the
Baptist. st. Ubaldus Confessor and Bishop.
June a. Thursday.-St. John the Baptist.
June Is, Friday.-St. William, Abbot.
June 20, Saturday.-St. John and Paul. Mar
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
Real Estate in West st. Paul.

The late high water does not seem to have
operated to check the rush for West st. Paul
property. for we notice among the real estate
transactions for the past month that Capt.
Stees has disposed of the following lots:
Ole Anderson, lot s, block IL, Irvine's second
addition.
M. T. Ryan, lot 2, block 8, Irvine's addition.
Edwin brewery, lot Z, block g. Irvine's Sec
ond addition.
Geo. Parr, lot 8, block 5, Irvine's second ad-
dition.
Ellen OHern, lot 8, block 1876, Irvlne's addi-
ton to West St. Paul.
Thomas Cannon, lot u, block 1, Irvine's ad-
dition of out lots.
August Moberg, lot IL, block /, Irvine's addi-
ton of out lots.
Thomas Trainor, lot 9. block 202, Irvine's adj
dition to West st. Paul.
Thomas G. White lots g. 10 and IL, block 6,
Irgine's second addition.
Mary A. Sloppy, lot O. block 4, Patterson's
addition.
The whole amounts to about S. 500.