Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-11-09
HRLR0TRD,

llpnnalfe,
Every man makes his own reputation
the world only puts on The stamp,
II isyeFy we'll 10 be promising youth,
but the hard part is TO keep your promise
ia after life,
liza burnt child breads. ile dfe, why
does person who has leen slnged Wy
Cupid's torch 50 often have lingering
regard for tho old fiamey
A party of lynehers, after hanging q
robber at AoeOrio. New Mexico, diseoy-
cred that two 0f their number we're
mounted on stolen horses An imme,
late trial resulted IN conviction, and
two more bodies were qnlckiy sus'
pended,
The number Ofplps ia different fruits
varies considerably A g0oseberry con-
tains from ab 10 80 q strawberry ir0ia
70 TO q 100, tbs average being ~ the
raspberry from 90 10 Gb, tho aver
age being G0I black eunants irGm ~ 10
a., tho average being 40, and white cur
rants contain only from . to o.
The geological garden Of Moscow IL
said to DO in possession Of d horse witll'
out hair, II was sent from TurkeEtan
by Gen, Kauimann, Tho color 0I tho
horses skin Is red. and his points arc
said 10 be admirable, lle Is, however
very sensitive to the cold, aud has 10 be
kept warm by thick wooden cloths,
Yachting IL an expensive luxury,
within reach Of the few Tho lowest
estimate for building one IL not less
than $4,000, and this sum can be eE'
ceeded 10 any limit, but the first cost N
the least. On the smallest yacht the str
Vices Of al least one man and one boy ara
required, whose wages aud keep average
At least siO0 q month,
A man was paralyzed by q stroke oi
lightning at Highwater, MINI, someoi
his friends reasoned that II earth would
yseeiyss. electricity from the buried end
manner draw ont the charge with which
they supposed him TO be filled, There
fore they dug hole and covered him uP
to the chin, He died In that position
The Chinese are emincntly practical
and have deep knowledge OF human
nature. Tho paternal government In
their country II not foolish enough to
make vaccination compulsory, but offers
a premium OF about ten cents for every
child duly inoculated, Curously enough,
parents prefer TO have tho operation per-
formed on tho noses Of their offspring
rather upon either arm or leg,
Speed IL the American idea, TO con-
dense time and annihilato space ~ tho
aim OF science and the struggle OF enter,
prise, II IN stated that the City OF
Rome, the new Inman steamer, Is to
make tho trip from Liverpool to Now
York in six days, This would be II
speed OF twenty knots per hour from
dock to dock k-about 40 per cent. faster
than any steamer has ever yet made tho
trip.
Thirty.iour years after the death Of
Sir John franklin comes further tidings
from tho ill.htcd Arctic expedition.
Capt. Adams OF Dundee whaling vessel
has returned from visit to the scene OF
the loss Of the Erobus and Terror, and
brings the story Of an Esquimauy atwhose
fathers house the last survivor OF tho
expedition died. Perhaps, however tho
clearness ofthe Esquimaux memory may
be doubted.
Round beads Of gold like the beads
our prandmothers wore q half century
ago, and which they believed to be
specific for all troubles with the eyes,
are fashionable again, and are worn close
around the throat. One, two and threo
strands of silver beads are similarly
worn, or string Of amber cut in facets
and graduated il clear or in smooth
beads in aesthetic olive shape, il in tho
more costly clouded amber,
Gen. NIanteunel, when he accepted
the office Of governor of Alsace, thought
his personal influence and efforts would
reconcile the conquered Alsatians tc
German rule. But lie was mistaken.
He was coolly received and snubbed.
In his veyation at the result OF his efforts
he has interdicted the French language
in the debates Of the provincial delega-
ton, has dissolved the corps OF firemen
of Strasburg, and has suppressed u
newspaI er.
The cholera is spreading in the East
and advancing toward Europe. 1t has
already made considerable ravages IN
Alden, and has reached Mecca. where
the Mussulmans are implorinS their
prophet. Two other epidemics attract
serious attention. The first is tie yell
low fever in Senegal, where the number
of victims has been great, and the Sec
and diphtheria, which has killed more
people in the south of Russia than any
other epidemic, not excepting the
plague. 1t has prevailed there since
1872. In Bessarabia, 10000 out OF 36,'
600 persons who were attacked have
succumbed to it. Out of $4,000 cases,
5000 ended fatally, and in Kharkot',
out of $4,000 cases there have been H.
600 deaths.
There lately died in England q man
who has done more service to his coun-
try than thousands whose names are
househould words. This was Prof. Post
gate. Working rs boy in grocers
shop, he became disgusted with the
adulterations he saw practiced, and re-
solved, when he got the chance, to try
and arouse public opinion on the sub
iect. This he was at length enabled to
do, through one of the members for Biz.
mingham, and the recommendations OF
the select Parliamentary committee,
now law, against adulterations were most
entirely based OH Mr.. Postgate's recon-
mendations, which have done very much
to secure the poor man especially tho
worth of his hard earned money.