Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-14
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lalion Of the city statutes A movement
is on foot 10 put q stop 10 II, on account
Of the moral dangers to which girls are
subjected,
Eggs Of every shade Of brown are laid
by Asiatie breeds Of fowls from light
coffee color 10 deepest chocolate, and
however preiudieed by their appearance,
travellers assert them 10 be OF excellent
flavor Culinary taste is, after all, y
mere matter ofpreiudice or Of education
One would think that near relations,
who live continually together, and a.,
ways have done 30, must be pretty well
acquainted with one phothers character
They are nearly in tho dark about ~
Familiarity eOntOunds all traits OF dis
iinetiOn interest and prejudice take
away the power Of Judging
Germany will have q combined land
and sea fight shortly Her fleet Of iron
elads will attack the port Of kiel, which
will be defended not only by the land
batteries but by squadron ~ its hafbor
Several experiments will be made with
tOrpedoes, and tho hulls Of old Unsea'
worthy ships will DO freely blown up
Don Carlos declares that he has never
abdicated his rights ile holds abso'
lutely intact his claim 10 tho spanish
throne, and he asserts that his partlaans
arc faithful TO him, ile does not wish
vt present TO interfere with the peace OF
his country, but he thinks that its pres
ent government will end "in moral and
material anarchy" II Is the old story
OF tho "Outs" versus the tins"
The duke Of Sutherland, who can run
q locomotive OF command hre depart
ment, II no slave TO tyranny in dress
There was O garden party At Marlborough
house given by the Princess OF Weles,
and among the bidden guests was the
duke. Tho weather was warm, and In
paying his respects TO their royal high
nesfes he astonishcd every one by ap'
pearing In q white linen suit OF clothes
The border towns arc infested by real
and pretended heroes, each answering
to q dime novel kind Of nickname, ana
telling wonderful stories OF exploits IN
lighting Indians, A close observer says
that nine In ten Of these fellows are
frauds, but they bluster and swaggcr so
much that few have the courage TO face
them down, They are thieves, ~ q rule,
though some arc merely actuated by
vanity.
Acting on theory that human beings
we're made to stand upright, and there
fore ought never TO lio down, q Caliior'
nian sleeps in an apparatus which sus'
tains him comfortably in q porpondicu'
lar position. A Nebraska physician iS
equally certain that the vital organs are
injuriously affected by being iolted down
ward in walking, and to counteract this
ho grayely stands on his head five min
utes every day.
Shells OF peculiar kind, in which tho
convolutions are from left to right, are
regarded by the Hindoos as talismans,
insuring their possessor perpetual pros.
pcrity. Ono OF these shells was recently
sold in Calcutta for seven pounds, tho
owner having mortgaged II and subse-
auently got into difficulties, owing TO
having parted with his fetch, according
TO Hindoo belief. Larger shells, with
the same virtues, have been sold for over
eight hundred pounds.
A ordinance made necessary by the
licensed saloons in Sacramento, CAL,
makes IL n misdemeanor for minors
under l6 years OF age to be on the street
after certain hour Of the evening, un-
less accompanied by guardians or pro-
vided with n pass. When this appears
in history century hence, the boys and
girls who sit studying by the evening
lamp, will laugh at our stupidity, and
say, "Why shut up the boys and girls
and leave open tho saloons"
A scientific English contemporary
says: "The juice Of the papaw apple
has the remarkable property OF render
ing tender the toughest meat. When
fowl is hastily killed for the table We
are accustomed to slice q ripe papaw
apple and envelop the fowl in it until it
is put into the oven. The flesh is sure
to become perfectly tender" That the
papaw may quickly make its way into
hotels and boarding houses is consum-
nation which will be devoutly wished by
tens Of thousands.
A fish propagating company Of Cali.
fornia is experimenting with frog farm.
New Brunswick furnishes the material
to start with, 1870 frogs being sent from
there packed in fresh moss in box
plentifully supplied with perforations for
the admission Of air. The moss was
frequently moistened on the way. On
the arrival of the box at its destination
only 1l2 frogs were found, and OF these
ten We're dead. 1t is supposed that the
eighteen that were missing had been
eaten during the journey by their COM
panions in confinement.
In the district of Saratow, in Russiaa,
new religious sect, called "The Under
ground Sect" is said to be gaining fol-
lowers. The peculiar name is derived
from the habit, practiced by the follow.
ers of this eccentric form of belief, OF
seeking out caves and other subterranean
places of refuge as habitations. They
live an ascetic life, taking only bread
and water for food and drink, and toler-
ating no union of the sexes. Their dead
are buried under cover of night, from
which the notion has gained currency
among the peasantry thnt they throw the
bodies into the Volga.
The London Garden strongly com
mends the barn owl for its valuable strS-
ices to cultivators, and states that game
keeper found an owls nest with only
single young one in it. He visited the
nest for thirty consecutive mornings,
and in that time found in it portions OF
one hundred and five rats, forty-nine
mice, eleven shrew mice, two robins and
one sparrow-a pretty large statement,
it is true. There are some birds in
America which doubtless perform useful
services of similar character, which are
not appreciated, among which are our
hawks and owls, the harm they do being
more imaginary than real.
We may say, if We please, that tact is
the essence of good breeding; but this
is to confess that, without sympathetic
insight, self-control, and some versatile
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