Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
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me worst Of eollisiOns'-hunniAg
into debt.
A recent visitor 10 Buckingham palace
writes tho pictures there are peflshihe
for lack Of care,
The southern counties Oi California
are agitatiHg q proposition for secession
aud o new slate,
Augusta, Ga, has now IN operation
10000 spindles IN her cotton mills,
representing an investment OF s''OpoT
600.
The crown diamonds VI France arc
10 DO sold In order 10 provide Tor the
better maintenance Ot the public mn
seums,
A petition 1, heipg got NJ by tho
ultFa-radIeal ie0n0elasls tof lhe removal
Of tho statue Oi Napoleon ! ifom the
Venlome column In Paris,
A traveller was lately killed on an Eng
lisl railroad by his own pOrlmanleau,
which he had placed 0n the rack above
and opposite, and which In tho collision
struck him with fatal force,
The early fall wraps will be frost iack-
ei4 II moile and light cloth, IN black
and In shades Of bronze green, dark
blue, eeru, garnet aud in seal brown,
which will be tho iayOrlle color ior
cloth beaver aud chlnchilla cloth, as the
season advances, Nisltes 0f chenille,
silk, satin, and cloth will also be worn
Tho nihilisls arc said TO be quietly
carving on their plans aud pcffectihg
their organization, Count Baronoh
lately warned tho ear that within two
or three m0ntha they would make
some startling demonstration but o.
the count was In disgrace at court, his
information was received with great
coldness,
An extensive colony from saSony has
recently settled IN Southeastern Mis-
soud, 4 second colony II on route,
They bring their own machinery, and
within few days after landing the col
ony had thci, steam saw'mil IN opera
tion cutting timber for house'buildlng'
There are no bettcr immigrants than
tho Slyons, They arc educated, indus
trious, moral and thrifty,
A British scientist has been producing
what he calls composite portraits, ny
blending number OF faces pictured
upon magic. lantern slides, and carefully
placed with tho features coming to,
eother In every instance tho ideali2ed
portrait was better Joking than tho
faces from which II IL composed, which
seems 10 indicate that-to speak para
doyically tho average face 10 finer than
the face Of the average,
Tradition tells us Of Nanthippc, the
wife of Socrates, who was always worry
ing over many duties to perform, while
she seldom felt her waste OF strength
and ability, consequently she, did not
get all the comfort Of life she might.
Poor womanl perhaps her weighty and
astntc liegc did not, or could not, do.
vote tho time TO help tighten her cares
that less philosophical man might
have done, Hence the trouble and
grief.
Tho public schools Of Cincinnati are
to take new departure in respect to
grammar. They propose abolishing. 1t
in tho lower grades and substituting
elementary lessons in the use OF Eng
lish. That is, they are going to teach
children first to speak good English
rather than give them a set OF rules ior
speaking it, before they know what it IL
In other words, they propose putting
them into the water, instead of sitting
on the bank and reading to them set
Of rules about swimming.
II is a peculiarly Of South African
pastumge thatit is as often found upon
shrubs and bushes as among the grasses
of the field Some of the districts
where the merino sheep hourishes best
possess hardly n blade Of grass, but
there is abundance Of food to be found
in the shoots of various plants, chiefly
aromatic in scent, and adapted by habit
to resist long drouths. On these the
sheep thrive, and can produce as good
wool and mutton as upon any downs IN
England or Spain.
The young king of Bavaria is fond Of
travelling incognito, Recently, he made
trip into Switzerland, and there, while
crossing a secluded valley, he fell in
with three young Alpine peasants and
entered into conversation with them.
The young men had heard that the Ba.
varian sovereign was in the country, and
soon began to talk about him. Louis
the Solitary, as his aflectionate subjects
call him, readily joined in the discus.
sion of himself, and enjoyed it so well
that when he parted from his comrades
he left them considerably richer pecunl-
arily than when they met.
The head of the British school system
has lately reported to Parliament,
through Mr.. Mundella, that there are
now 1880 children registered in the
schools of England which are under the
inspection of the government. The
average attendance is 2,751 900, and 81
per cent of the children "pass" in aritll-
metic, reading and writing. There is
now expended for primary education,
:e5,O6S, 900, of which f1,9S2,OO is CON
tributed by the government, fl, 43l ,oOo
is paid by the children in weekly tuition,
and the rest by local taxation, endow-
ments and by other means.