Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-17
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Heaven trims our lamps whilewe sleep
Tennyson and Huxley delight IN clay
pipes,
Thirty years ago II cost Massachusetts,
sisl 10 educate each child now u
costs slBb5,
There sie 10000 brewefies 10 LlH
rope, which annually produce 1890, ,OOO,'
900 gallons Of malt liquor
In l7Ol France aud England had each
10000 landowners, To-day France
has 900, 900 England only 10000
II is asserted by Rir Gardiner Wilkin
son, that Egyptian mUmmies have been
discovered with teeth stopped with
gold, There Is nothing new under lhe
sun,
The government has spent $4,000 ~
inyesii eating Tho Locust, army worm ahd
gasshopper, aud The only iesIllt thus
far reported il that none " llieni wear
ssselAeles, ,-Ppcl,
The movement Of grain from the west
TO the seabOarl las become 10 heavy, u
IL said, that shippers have stopped ash
ing Tor lower rates aud arc asking lpf
ears At the present rate,
"The New Testament" fora penny, u
said 10 have found already quarter OF
a million purchasers IN England, Tie
publisher Intends 10 issue q French
edition lOr sou, for circulation W
France,
The car Of Russia has organized q
police for detective stations In London,
Paris, Berlin and all the large cities OF
Europe, 10 shadow suspicious persons
aud spy out cOnsplTaeies against lis
highness,
An auk's egg was sold In London not
long ago for five hundred dOllam only
fifty OF these eggs are known 10 DO In eS'
istence, but the tabled roe's egg could
scarcely command higher price u
offered for sale,
At tho great volunteer review ~
Windsor the appearance and drill OF the
majority Of the provincial corps was at
least equal TO that OF the best known
London regiments
A silver dollar Of the United States,
Of 1901, only eight OF which are IN on
iNence, was bought lately by $, l.,
Cohen for one hundred and tiity dollars,
The British museum has one, which
cost eight hundred dollars; no Il would
seem as II Mr. Cohen had made q bar
gain,
In japan the dead are always burio |
with the heads toward tho noitll
and their feet toward the sOull Z,
A living Japanese will never sleep IN
that position, In sleoping'rooms -
private Houses, and OF hotels even, a
diagram Of the points Of the compass IL
pasted upon the ceiling for the benefit
OF timid guests.
Ma,amoms has some interesting
police regulations. Persons found in
the streets late at night, and persons
cursing in the streets, are taken up and
fined housekeepers are required to
clean their premises and street in front
thereof once week, and TO whitewash
oil over once year.
The farmer who has neat, well'kcpt
garden is almost sure to have 0 neat,
well l.kept farm, comfortable and we'll
appointed home, tidy out-buildings,
and stock in good condition and tho
housewife who takes pride in the gar.
den generally has home to take pride
in and TO be proud of.
In the swimming schools of Berl'a.
experiments have been made with nH%
style OF life preserver. 1t is q sort Z /
cloak of silk, with three india rubbt.
bags or pockets, ono on each side aud
one at the back, On touching the water
chemical compound in the pockets
turns into kind OF gas which will sup
port man and keep him aAoat for two
days.
A compound is described for the
preparation Of what are termed safety
envelopes. That part OF the envelope
covered by the flap is treated with n
solution of'chromic acid, ammonia, sui
phuric acid, sulphate of copper, and fine
white paper. The hapsitself is coated
with solution Of isinglass in acetic
acid, and, when this is moistened and
pressed down on the under part OF the
envelope, solid cement is formed,
entirely insoluble in acids, alkalies, hot
or cold water steam, &c.