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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-06
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Lewisburg, O., Aug. 81, 'S3.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

There was Il musical entertainment
in the palatial mansion of Colonel
Duby Bigbug. Miss Birdie .Bigbug
plays on the piano She is nd much
of player, but her folks think there is
nothing more for her tolearn. Among
the guests was stranger, who hap.
pened to be musical genius. After
Miss Bigbug had pounded the instru'
ment until the house shook to its
foundations. young gentleman asked
the stranger what he thought of the
young lady's playing.
at surpasses my expectations" ha
replied.
"You don't say So" said the delight
ed young man.
Yes, | do. never expected thai II
was possible for any one to play Sc
atrociously as that" p
The young man was Tom Bigbng
the brother of the unsurpassed per
former "a fact that the stranger dit
not discover until heregainel con scious
ness in the hospital two hours alter
ward.-SVtings,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
Opium Cigars.
food.

There are few persons outside OF
those in police circles and dealers IN
articles consumed by opium users that
are aware how widespread is the use
of this noXi Dus drug in san Francisco,
Druggists can tell Of the numerous
calls for it in liquid and powdered
FORM and the police have only partial
knowledge of the number of places
where opium smoking is sutreptitious-
" carried on. Cigarettes impregnated
with the fumes of the drug have long
been sold. and in this way the habit Oh
opium smoking has often been uncon-
scously acquired, If the several
forms mentioned in which the drug Is
made to supply the demand were not
enoupb. another and more ihsinuatlng
at the same time as innocent III ap-
pearance as any, has been introduced.
Probably some of the readers OF lhls
item have recently seen small, elegant
" made boxes, an inch or III inch ana
a half wide By two inches loSg filled
with the tiniest of cigars-toy cigars
they look like--much better made than
the larger article. If curiosity mad
prompted an examination these little
cigars would have been found to have
been made of the best tobacco and
very fragrantly scented. These small
specimens of the cigar-makers' cratt
are the new form in which the appe-
tite of opium smoking is indulged IN
in more open manner than it can be
usually followed by the devotees OF the
pernicious habit Opium is too costly
to be mixed with the tobacco of these
small cigars, and it is question If 1t
is not in a more poisonous shape than
when used in the way of liquid such
as laudanum, or powder, or in the
usual pasty form. The tobacco--and
good tobacco is used--is put in a
brazier and held over burning opium.
until the weed is thoroughly impreg-
mated with the fumes of the drug, and
it is a question if it is not stronger
thus smoked than when inhaled direct
from the paste. Those who know the
terrible effects of drinking anything
from glass smoked" with tobacco
smoke can probably appreciate the
strength of these innocent looking
small cigars when saturated with the
fumes of opium These cigars arc not
sold by tobacconists, and are difficult
to get even by those who use them.
They are sold on the quiet, so il is
said, by Cinnamon who are strictly
mo sabee" to any one they are not
certain of, Two sizes were shown the
writer, one an inch long and over an
eighth of an inch in diameter, the
other nearly half an inch longer and
proportionately thicker, both kinds well
made. A small mouth-piece, simike"to
cigarette holder accompanied the
box, which contained fifteen cigars. -
San Francisco CaH,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
About the Hands.

Hands are divided into three differ
ent kinds those with rOund-pointed
fingers. those with square tips, and
those that are spade-shaped, with pods
of tesh on each side of the nail. Inc
first type, with round pointed fingers
belong to characters with perceptions
extra sensitive, to very pious people. to
contemplative minds, to the lmp''lsIVe'
and to all poets and artists who have
ideality as a prominent trait. The sec
ond type-those that are square-shaped
belong to scientific people, to sensl-
BILE, self-contained characters, and to
the class of professional men who are
neither visionary nor altogether sordld.
The third type--those that are spade
shaped. with pods of flesh at the sides
of the nail-indicate people whose in
terests and instincts are mostly mater
ial. people who have genius for busl.
ness, and who have high appreciation
of every thing that pertains to bodily
use and comfort. Each finger, no mat
ter what kind of hand it is, has a
Joint representing each of these types.
The division of the finger that is near,
est the palm stands for the body, the
middle division represents mind, and
the highest joint spirit of soul. If the
top joint is longer than the other, II
denotes character with too much I'M
agination, great ideality, and Leaning
toward the theoretical rather than the
practical When the middle joint of
the finger is long, it promises Logical
calculating mind "a very common
sense kind of person; and when the
lowest joint is longest, 1t indicates
nature that clings more to the luXu
ries than to the ,atinements OF life;
mind that looks Tor utility before beau
ty. Ii they are nearly alike, and espec
tally if the joint of the fingers equa
the length of the palm, it indicates
well balanced mind. Ne,c Yorl
Home Journal,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

The New York board of health
recommend the following rules for the
summer in regard to the nursing OF
infants:
Over-feeding does more harm than
anything else; nurse an infant
month or two old every two or three
hours.
Nurse an infant of six months and
over five times in twenty-four hours,
and no more.
If an infant is thirsty, give it pure
water, or barley water; no sugar.
In relation to the ieeding OF infants,
the board advises:
Boil a teaspoonful of powdered bar
ley ground in coffee grinder and one
half pint of water, with little salt,
for fifteen minutes, strain, then mix
it with half as much boiled milk, add
lump of white sugar, size OF a wal
nut, and give it lukewarm from a
nursing bottle. Keep bottle and
mouth-piece in bottle of water when
not in use, to which little soda may
be added.
For infants five or six moths old
give half barley water and half boiled
milk, with salt and lump of sugar,
, For older infants give more milk
than barley water.
For infants very costive, give oat-
meal instead of barley. Cook and
strain as before When the breast
milk is only half enough, change off
between breast milk and this prepared
/ fnnl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

A physician writing to the Ch''St'o"
Union on the subject of sleeplesshess'
remarks:
Physicians who used to prescribe
bromide of soda or potassium ior
sleeplessness now urge their patients
to take beef tea instead. The writer,
after trying various prescriptions with
little benefit. was at length 50 tortu-
nate as to receive such advice. At
first beef tea was used with some
light bread or biscuit broken IN IL,
slipped from spoon as warm us IL
could be taken. Afterward, mix JUST
scalded, not boiled, was substituted,
and 10 make it more easy OF digestlon
a teaspoonful of lime water was added
to a half tumbler OF milk To facill-
tate matters, pocket-stoye with an
alcohol lamp, or an arrangement 10Y
the gas-hxtnre should be at hand IL
neither beef tea or milk can be easily
procured, hot water with an infusion
of hops or mint may be substituted, OF
even hot water alone will quiet rest
lessness and induce sleep. A darkened
room that the moonbeams cannot
enter, a little fresh air from an open
fireplace or window; are Valuaole
assistants in making the sleep cohtlno'
GUS.
When once the habit of wakefulness
il broken up, the beef or milk may be
taken cold, but not iced. If you are
always poor sleeper, it will be well to
continue this late supper as u perlha-
nent thing in your daily life.
Provide for it in the case OF aged
and delicate persons who may be
under your roof; and as the troubles
of hfe appear most weighty when
scanned in the midnight hours, you
may be able to tighten the load for the
rest of their journey.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
T'hithcr.

A golden haze mets down the purple skies,
Where glows the lingering day the mour-
tains DER;
On noiseess wings lie idle butterflies
Drift DER the daisicd meadows veruaI floor;
The drowsy blossoms OF the sycamore
Breathe heavy odors ON the dreamy air.
Halt drowsed with honey, drones the weary
Across the marshes to his hollow tree
While from the east the salty breezes beaI
The iar-otf echoes OF the open sea.
The rosy tide of summers beauty dies;
From frosty skies The gales OF autumn roar;
The reaper's song is dCnc, and idle lies
His shining scy,he beside his lonely door,
The sweet bird carols TO the day no more
No moro the little bnebrd COOS his prayer;
But winters footprints thicken on the lea
And hush in ice the brooks low melody,
While louder iise, from rocky caVerns bare,
The iar.off echoes OF the open sea.
So change our lives! When childhood lit my
eyes
dreamed that life eternal summer wore
dreamed the earth would be paradise
My sect should through the shining years
eXpl lei
saw the gay birds into heaven soar,
And Mncied MS dear us JOY should share;
And when the cold world told oi death TO
me
could not understand what death might be;
It's sorrows nevel brought TO me care
Those ur-ofi echoes OF the open sea!
Just Lord, learn the change thy seasons bear
There is sweetness in the minor key;
Blest are we while we live, blcst wnen from
thee
We hear that summons low that calls us where
No echo answers from the open sea,
ErreSt W. ShWheb
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
Ruin0us Reading.

An example of the pernicious n.
fuence exercised upon the mind of the
Young by the perusal of the exciting lit
erature prepared especially for them is
found in an occurrence that took place
a few days since in Murkham, Ont. For
some time business houses and dwell
ings have been burglarized, and no clue
could be obtained to the perpetrators.
At last the suspicion of a bankers wife
were directed to a young man employed
in the office of her husband, and she
detected him in the act of hiding stolen
plunder He confessed his crime and
the mystery of the burglaries was re,
vealed.
1t appears that number of boys
sons of the most respectable people in
the town, had formed an organization
for the perpetration of crimes similar
to those related in the tlashy literature
they were permitted dread. Members
of the gang retired as usual with
others of the family, and when all was
quiet slipped out of the house and re
paired to the rendezous, which was a
cave near graveyard. The capture
of one of the thieves led to- the recovery
of much of the stolen property, and
the high standing of the parents pre-
vented prosecution Of the boys, who
were allowed to escape without suffer-
ing the penalty they richly deserved.
Comment is superfluous. The evil
effect of the promiscueus reading OF
the fash literature so prevalent among
the young of both sexes ut the present
time has been many times discussed u
the press. The only REMEDY lies in
legislative suppression OF the evil
| - rIer.LJuI OhiO) Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

TnE OLD MEETING HOUSE.
How the New Engianders Of Sixty Years
AGO Attended Church.

AGO Attended Church.
The Westinghouse of New England
was never lighted, except by the sun,
until singing-scho0ls made 1t necessary
to introduce candles and rude chande-
liers. Night meetings in the meeting
house were considered highly indeco-
rous and questionable even by the most
Jealous. No firing was provided for.
Stoves were utterly unknown and fire.
places were not TO be thought OF.
Even the rude and dangerous devices.
which afterward were matured into the
not uncomfortable foot-StOves were at
first unknown. The New England
meeting house was never warmed by
artificial heat till from 1910 TO lS2O.
OF a cold winter morning the breath
of the worshipers not unfrequently
would seem like smoke from hundred
furnaces as it came in contact with the
frosty atmosphere, The walls which
had been almost cOngealed into ice by
the fierce nOrthwesters of the preceding
week, would strike a chill into the
frame of many of the congregation.
That they should come TO such a place
rs this, on snowy morning, ploWing
through unswept walks, and plunging
through fearful drifts-man, woman
and child-and sit with half-frozen
feet under long discourses on knotty
doctrines, make lis shiver as we think
Of it and say from the heart therein Is
the patience of the saints And yet
the writer's memory can distinctly re-
call the observation and experience of
scenes like these. The experience was
not so cruel as it night seem. Mani
fold devices against the cold were pro-
yided. Some that are now deemed in.
dispensable were not needed. The
free-handed and open-hearted hospital
ity of the houses near the meeting
house was freely protfered and as read
ily accented. Enormous kitchen fires
were expressly replenished for Sunday
Uses, before which scores OF worship.
ers from distance warmed their per
sons and ate their luncheons, and at
which they replenished their foot
stoves The merchant. the inn-keeper,
the squire the doctor, the retired
mOney-lender, the wealthy widow OF
Lady Bountiful who lived near the
meeting house, all esteemed 1t thell
duty and their pleasure to manifest
this reasonable hospitality. Slight
and natural as it was, it helped to bind
and hold together the little community
by the ties of common sympathy. Tt
provide against all contingencies, ad
Joining neighbors from distance
would sometimes erect a plain struct
ur- upon the meeting house green-'
Sabbath.day house, so-called-ot one Oh
two apartments, with ample ilre-place'
which relieved somewhat the draft up
on the oyerburdened hospitality o
those who dwelt under the dropping
of the sanctuary. These structure
have nearly all disappeared with tn
occasion which brought them int
being Now and then the remains o
one are Identified by some village anti
quarry, as applied to some baser Use
of stable or granary,~-Ne'c E"glande'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

The largest milk pan on record has
has been made for an Iowa creamery.
1t will hull 600 gallons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

ELY'S CREAM
BALM eRectually
cleanses the nasnal
pa ,sages of Catsrr-
hal virus, causing
healthy secretions,
allays intla
protects the N en-
bi ane from addi
t!onal colds, COM
pletely heals tue
sores and restores
the sense of taste
and smell. Bene-
iiciGl results are
:. allied by a few
applications A
thorough treatm snt
vii, cure Ca,arrh.
lad fnr nnlls IN tha
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
WOODSTOCK, VT.WEDNFSDAY, JUNE 27, 1873;

NV must Hol tDllt mere again
exclaimed. II do not wish to see him
Tell him so, Mr.. Crawford! tell him
that | hal rather remain Edna Car
Fington as he made me promise, than
become Edna Crawford"
"And ht male you promise this =
was the reply. "rhe selfish fellow
But, Edna, what am | to do without
the little girl have been expecting?
| am very lonely-so lonely that | dc
not see how | can give her up"
glanced at him, and the room
seemed swimming around-eyerything
was dreadfully unreal. ] tried to sit
down. and was carried tenderly to a
sofa,
"Shal it be Edna Darlington or
Edna Cranford'" he whispered, "Iou
need not break your promise to John"
Edna Crawford" | replied. feeling
that | had left the world entirely, and
was in another sphere of existence.
If the thought crossed my mind that
Mr.. Crawford had rather cheerfully
supplanted his son the proceeding was
fully justified during the visit which ]
soon received from that young gentle
man. tried to make it plain to him
that | did him no wrong, as ! had
never professed to love him, though
not at all sure that | wouldn't receive
the shaking threatened on previous
occasion, and | endeavored to be as
tender as possible, for | felt really
sorry for him.
To my great surprise John laughed
heartily.
"Well, this is iollyv' he exclaimed
"And | am not a william after all
What do you think Of her, Edna?'
lie produced an ivory-type in a rich
velvet case--a pretty, little, blue-eyed
simpleton, who looked about seventeen
Rose" he continued, Rose Darling
the name suits her, decent it? She
was staying at my uncle's in Maryland
that's where have been visiting
YOU know, and she was such deal
little coniding thing that ii fellow
couldn't help falling in love with her
And she thinks ~ end of me, you see
says she's quite afraid of me and al
that"
John knew | wasn't bit afraid OF
him; but | felt an elder sisterly sort Of
interest in his happiness, and had never
liked him so we'll as at that moment
And this was the dreadful news that
his father had come to break to INT
when his narrative was nipped in the
bud by my revelations and the inter
view ended in far more satisfactor,
manner than either Of lis had anticipat
ed.
so kept my promise to John, afte
all; and as Miss Rose kept hers, he Il
now steady married man, and yer.
agreeable sOn-in-laW.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
Noble Blood.

'People don't want to pick on Inc l
tell yon, / come of a high-strung
family" said pompous fellow at the
depot the other morning -.
"Yes, know your father was hung
for horse-stealing in Texas" was by
stander's quick respon e.--Hd'athon
independent,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27

What is the difference between a
timid child and shipwrecked sailor2 ?
One clings to us ma and the other to
his spar
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-06-27
CATA r r n

Hay Fever, &c. Unequalled for colds to the
head. Agreeable TO use. Apply by tlia lille
finger iuto the noslrl 3. will deliver by mail
soc packs ge- hostage stamps. Sold by
wholesale and retail druggists
ELY'S CREAM BALM CO., Owego, N. Y,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-11-07
The Monkey and the Baby.

Some time ago an English lady, who
was living at Kingston, Jamaica, took
passage on q homeward- bound vessel,
taking her two-months-old infant with
her. A large, strong, active monkey
which was on board took violent fancy
for the child. The monkey would sit all
day long watching the mother as she
rocked and fondled the little one, and
followed her from place to place. Several
times the animal tried unsuccessfully to
get possession of the baby. One beauti-
full afternoon distant sail attracted the
attention of all on board, and the captain
politely offered his glass to the lady. She
placed her baby on the sofa and had just
raised the glass to her eye when a cry was
heard. Turning quickly she beheld a
sailor in pursuit of the monkey, which
had grasped the infant firmly
with one arm and was nimbly climbing
the shrouds. The mother tainted as the,
animal reached the top of the mainmast.
The captain was at his wits end. He
feared if he sent sailor in pursuit the
monkey would drop the baby and escape
by leaping from mast to mast. The child
in the meantime was heard to cry, but
the fear that the monkey was hurting it
was dispelled by seeing it initiate the
motions of the mother, dandling, sooth-
ing and endeavoring to hush it to sleep.
After trying in many ways to lure the
animal down, the captain finally ordered
the men below and concealed himself on
deck. In moment, to his great Joy, he
saw the monkey carefully descending.
Reaching the deck it looked cautiously
around, advanced to the sofa and placed
the baby upon it. The captain restored
the frightened infant to its mother, who
was soon-satisfed that her darling had
escaped without injury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-11-07

seemed stout fellows, ard lived under a
canvas awning. The small gunboats
whifb a foreign power--like France, for
inst& &ce-could send up Chinese rivers
would find immense difficulty in dealing
with such craft and I doubt whether
they could overcome the obstacles which
such junks could offer. A row took
place just afterward between my boat
men and the people on board another
craft They explained the difficulty to
each other and then beat one an
other with their oars; but this,
which was amusing to onlookers,
seemed at last unsatisfactory to the com
batants. The wind and tide finally sepa-
rated them, and then we moved into the
darkness and a rainstorm. The pelting
rain continued all night, and by the
morning the wind had changed, and left
us able to advance only by means of oars
and draught line. Hangchow was still
two hundred Ii distant. Midday did but
bring us on to Sacon, large struggling
town, also ornamented by graves and
battlements, like Kashin and Kasi, but
brisk breeze here springing up, we soon
afterward came in sight of the blue
mountains of Hangchow, and the vast
plantations of mulberry trees which sur
round it. We were now entering the
center of the silk district, and passing
through the towns of Samen and Ting-si,
arrived at Hangchow Just as the day was
closing. 1t was interesting to note that
this city, too, was inclosed with a tall
and strongly-built walk capable, in case
of need of making long resistance to
field artillery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-11-07
MurderOus Parrots.

The Standard has an amusing account
of the kea, variety of green parrot in
New Zealand, which has lately been
placed under ban by the Legislature.
Anybody is to have shilling who kills
kea. 1t appears that the bird, which is
naturally graminivorous, few years ago,
during a severe winter, found it impossi-
BILE to procure food and haunted the
carcass butchers sheds to eat bits of
mutton. Itapproved the mutton, though
mutton is not indigenous to New Zealand,
while the kea is, and presently dis
covered, whether by inductive ratiocina-
ton or experience, that sheep were made
of it. So it attacked the sheep. Flocks
of keas visit the folds at night, settle on
the Sheep whose wool gives bird a fine
purchase, and peck and peck till they
reach the kidney fat. which they eat,
while the poor sheep dies in agony.
English dogs, also, when they take to
sheep-eating, always gorge themselves
with the kidney fat, often neglecting the
flesh, and killing sheep after sheep for
their dainty. The shepherds in New
Zealand sometimes lose sheep a night,
and the kea is declared to be as costly a
pest as the rabbit t-LOndO1 Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-11-07
Zulu Hea2Ripgs.

Head-rings, worn by married men
only, are made of the dark gum of the
mimosa, and when well kept shine like a
newly blacked boot They are about the
thickness of a mans thumb, fitting close
round the top of the head, just above the
forehead. AS a rule, Zulus who wear the
ring shave their heads. The unmarried
gaan let their hair grow naturally, as alsC
the girls, unlike the Natal natives,
+. W twist and plait their wool into the
Shefhfantastic of patterns and devices.
[ WA before marriage the Zulu women
AiviI Enkair Of the scalp grow, which,
v and Raj enough, is worked into conf
caetic, sol.a anointed with red ochre
tR BEST s dr,sS; 9i and sparkles like mica,