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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28
Buried Alive.

There is now living in a county be-
low Athens Il lady who was for many
months deranged from a singular
cause. 1t seems that she had been
married by short time when her hus-
band was bitten by spider, from the
effects of which he died and was duly
buried. After remaining in the
ground a short time it was decided by
his friends to remove the remains, and
the grave was accordingly opened for
this purpose. One of the resurrection
lists, more inquisitive than the rest, de-
sired to have look at the body, and
removed the coffin lid for that purpose.
You may judge the surprise and con-
sternation of the beholders when they
discovered than the corpse had turned
entirely over and was lying upon its
face. There was no other sign that
the deceased had come to life in his
coffin, however, and it was agreed to
renter the remains, and say nothing
to the family about it, One of the
number, however, made it his business
to inform the widow, and it had such
an effect upon her mind that she was
a raving maniac for months Athens
(Ga.) Banner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28
Natures Artists.

The busy artists of tho air,
Unseen, came down the stormy stain,
10 carve tho wings OF cherubs fair
On crystal flakes OF snow.
On tho white ladder from alolt,
Ascending and descending oft,
From round to round, their steps so soft,
Disturbed no sleep below.
So softly fell their wirged feet
Upon the dritted snow and sleot,
No footprints marked the stainless sheet
That covered hills and plains;
Thoy graved devices here and there,
And srewed their art.work everywhere,
Their studio the boundlcss air,
Their autographs on window.paues.
On stoop and fence aud sill and door
Were notices never cut before,
In whito words of the airy lore
The skilliul artists know;
Eagles of crystal, stars and shields,
And every weapon battle WELLS,
Were scattered over street and fields,
Lined and engraved on snow.
Each artist with dainty hand
Wrote syllables of snow that stand,
Where falls the snow in every land,
For memory and love;
And when the cloudless morning came
Bearing aloit its torch OF fame,
We could not trace the artists name,
Nor tho white stars above.
-George w. Bun9ay
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28
Tad LincOln's Fast.Day Picnic.

If there was ever boy in danger Of
oeing spoiled" it was the youngest
son of President Lincoln. Much Of the
time it was impossible that he should
not be left to run at large He was
foolishly caressed and petted by people
who wanted favors of his father, and
who took this way Of making a friend
in the family, as they thought; and he
was living in the midst of most ex-
citing epoch in the eountry's history,
when boy in the White House was
in a strange and somewhat unnatural
atmospherer. But I am bound to say
that Tad, although he doubtless had
his wits sharpened by being in such
strange surroundings, was never any
thing else, while 1 knew him, but a
boisterous, rolIcking, and absolutely
real boy.
Great was Tad's curiosity, in 1864,
to know what was meant by the
Presidents proclamation for a day of
fasting and prayer. His inquiries were
not satisfactorily answered, but from
the servants he learned, to his great
dismay, that there would be nothing
eaten in the White House from sun
rise to sunset on Fast Day. The boy,
who was blessed with vigorous appe-
tite, took measures to escape from the
rigors Of the day. 1t happened that,
just before Fast Day came, the family
carriage was brought out of its house
to be cleaned and put in order. Tad
stood by, with feelings Of alarm, while
a general overhauling of the vehicle
went on, the coachman busting, rubbing,
and pulling things about, quite uncon-
scious Of Tad's anxious watch on the
proceedings. Pretty soon, drawing out
queer-looking bundle from one of the
boxes under the seat, the man brought
to light part of loaf Of bread, some
bits of cold meat, and various other
fragments of food from the larder.
Tad, now ready to burst with anger
and disappointment, cried, "Ohl oh
give that up, l say That's my Fast
Day picnic |" The poor lad, from
dread of going hungry, had
cautiously hidden, from day to day, a
portion Of food against the day of fast
ing, and had stood by while his hoard
was in danger, hoping that it might
escape the eyes of the servants.
He was consoled by a promise from
his mother, to whom he ran with his
tale of woe, that he. should. not suffer
hunger on Fast Bay, even though his
father, the President, had proclaimeda
day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer
for all the people.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28
WHOLE NO. 2lOS.
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Guns were used at the siege of Sara.
gosa in lll8,
The artichoke was brought to Eng
land, from Brazil, in 1920.
An artesian well Of Lillers has been
in constant flow ever since 1126.
H. Percival says that if population
goes on at its present rate, in PA years
the world will have reached the fright
full average Of 700 inhabitants to the
square mile.
Buffaloes in Dakota scratch their
ponderous foreheads against the tele-
graph poles so vigorously that much
damage and Inconvenience are caused
to telegraph operators.
A cowboy lat Prescott, A. T., was
running the town and carrying high
head until a Massachusetts comsump-
tive cracked his skull with club, The
natives never dreamed that a cowboy
could be laid out.
Concerning the eating Of snails in
Paris there appear many articles in
American journals. Perhaps it is not
generally known that snails are served
in some Of the restaurants Of New
York.
The Rev. Cummins Hallmark, Of
Etowah county, Ala, aged eighty-six
years, has never taken but one dose Of
medicine--a dose Of morphine-from
physician. He hasn't tasted whisky in
forty-hve years, and was never drunk.
He never used tobacco, nor has he
swallowed sip of coffee in over forty
years. Ellis, Cummins Hallmark's
son, aged thirty three years, has never
tasted whisky or tobacco, and has
never taken dose Of medicine in his
life.
The machine-made nail may be said
to be Of comparatively recent date
when the antiquity Of the handicraft
art Of nail-making is considered. Until
ninety years ago all nails were forged.
Some idea Of the number Of people
once engaged in the trade may be
gained from the fact that previous to
the era Of the nail-malng machine,
$4,000 nailers were employed at one
time in the city Of Birmingham, each
family forging its own nails at what
might be termed domestic forgers.
This is still done IN some sections in
Germany.
The rapid increase Of population in
Manitoba has stimulated the inventive
geniuses of the Dominion to contrive
houses that may be portable and
quickly put up. A man in Belleville,
Ont, has planned one that is in three
foot sections and dovetails together.
A house, for hotel or boarding estab-
lishment, has been put up at Winnipeg,
over 100 feet long, two stories high
and divided into apartments sufficient
to accommodate 250 guests. The
foundation was laid on Tuesday, and
the house was completed on the Thurs
day following.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28
LIINO. o. WOODSTOCK WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

"The pardons are forfeited" said
Fouche
"No," said the emperor. 'let him
pass"
Chavarri, with o look Of wonder,
wheeled slowly about and disap-
peared.
After his departure Napoleon
stoUd for short time in the center
of the room in profound revery.
Then, as his gaze fell upon the clock
and the automaton standing beneath
the suspended crown within, he bent
forward and regarded the figure at
tentively.
go" he said, "this was to have
been my successor"
1t is scarcely necessary to add thal
the clock proved, on examination, to
be an Internal machine of the most
ingenious and deadly description.
Concealed beneath the metallic slab
which formed the pavements of the
mimic chapel and which was con.
structed to fold back at the proper
moment, was found triple row Of
small wrought iron barrels, loaded
heavily with slugs and balls. arranged
to cover an arc Of forty-fve degrees, at
distance Of twenty yards from the
machine. No one within that range
could possibly have withstood their
discharge, exploded simultaneously,
exactly when the hands on the dial in
dicated the hour Of noon; but spring
on the outside Of the case gave the
manipulation power to alter the "set'
of the works, and discharge them
sooner if necessary.
A few months after the occurrence
of the incidents narrated above, Fouche
received a letter from Chavarri, then
in England, written in the vein in
which men who have played desper-
ate game, and lost, write occasionally
to those who have outwitted them.
The writer stated that the clock was
entirely the work Of his own hands,
and that he and his daughter alone
were concerned in the plot, which had
been frustrated by Pouches prompt
ness. AS for himself. he had had
little expectation of escaping, having
freely resolved to involve himself, if
necessary, in the destruction which
Should overwhelm the emperor.
His daughter, however, the only
person on earth for whom he retained
any affection, he could not afford thus
to sacrifice. He had made provision
elsewhere for her support and she had
departed at as early an hour as posi-
bic, while he himself proceeded to the
palace at eleven. No personal danger,
no promised honor, nothing in short,
but the cunningly devised falsehood
regarding his daughter, could have in
duced Chavarri to stop the hands Of
the fatal clock. He also confessed
that it was he who, two years before,
had fired the shot in the Rue de Ri
voli.
Chavarri subsequently died in ex-
treme poverty in London. Of the
after fate of his daughter nothing is
known, His clock, despoiled of the
murderouJ portion Of its machinery,
was preserved for several years in the
Tuileries and was finally destroyed by
an accidental fire and the falling Of a
wall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-02-28

Since the recent hotel fires, the lana.
lords find themselves, like the feeble
minded class, a little empty in the up
per stories.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

Tie London Lancet says, on Il e
subject OF diet, that "NcrvOus dis.
eases aud weaknesses Increase in u
country as the population comes to
live on the ilesh of warm bloodJd
animals. Meat il highly siimula.
ting, and supplies prolortionally
more exciting than actually nour-
ishing pabulum to the nervous sys.
TEN. The meat eater lives at high
pressure, and is, or ought to be q
peculiarly active organization, like
predatory animal, always on the
alert, walking rapidly aud consu.
ming large quantities of oxygen.
In practice we find that the meat.
eater does not live up to the level
of his food, and, as n conseq equcnce,
he cannot or does not take in enough
oxygen to satisfy the exigencies of
his mode of life. Thercnpon follow
many II not most OF the ills TO
which highly civilized and luxuri.
0Us meat-eatiug classes are liable" ]"
American women, with their seden.
tary habits, nervous diseases aud
their propensity Tor meat eating,
adds an exchange, furnish q stri.
king illustration of this theory.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

For s9me time there has been no
exhibition at the Lumberman's Ex-
change samples of curly pine from
the Pelican saw mill and the mills
OF Poiteycnt & Favre, which are
located on Pearl river. The sample
FROM the latter mill Is highly pol.
ished aud has the satiny gloss and
texture of the curly maple. This
formation of the pine is found in no
particular portions of the tree aud
the cause OF its formation Is u mys.
terry !; though some suppose it is
caused hy Wind shakes or other
outward cause which retards the
growth OF the tree or changes the
course Of its grain. The amount
found is small and no attempt has
been made to mako u special tea.
ture o. its manufacture; yet, enough
could be secured from the yards
for the interior finish OF q building,
IT any one were disposed to pay
enough for it to make 1t worth
while to select as the timber passes
through the process OF manufacture
or from the yards rs the lumber is
handled for shipnent.-Americdn
LumJermdn.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

Why is a pig like a tree' Both
tlr.ve by their root.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

During the past uine months the
dry goods imported into the United
States exceeded 100000, 900 in
value-a total not reached in any
corresponding period since 1872,
the year preceding the panic.
Added to our home production,
these enormous imports indicate q
part dress plays in the economy Of
nations nowadays. Trade with our
uperchants is obviously brisk, and
Tie outlay for handsome raimeut is
a proof OF prosperity; still tue les.
son Of 1873 should be kept in mind
lest competition lead to overpro-
ductiou and collapse.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18
john r. lynch, chairman of the

John X. Lynch, chairman of the
republican State executive commit.
tee has ordered the leading repub.
licaus OF the State to assemble in
the State capital on the 10Th of
June. We suppose the only object
Of the meeting is to let the admins
tration know that there is a
diminutive little concern In our
State that calls itself the republi-
can party. They will no doubt
meet, pass few resolutions con-.
plimentary to President Arthur
aud his administration and then
make u rush for Washington to
seek the reward due for their labors
by asking for an appointment to
some flice.-Raynsond Guzette.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18
The Coming Change Of Gauge.


The 81. Louis railway Register
Say ia speaking u the change Of
gauge on railroad
T" We understand that all the
large lines ia the South have been
quietly making preparations for the
Impending change. The equipment
has been 80 constructed that the
wheels caa be easily pressed back
on the axles and adjusted for a mar
row track. The change OF gauge
Of any Que line eau be made in
single day, aud there will be no
Inconvenience or interruption Of
traffic, because OF the wise prepa-
Hations already made"
This Information in confirmed by
the statement Of a prominent official
of the Louisville aud Nashville
road, made recently TO Il represen-
tative Of this paper. The official
said the Louisville and Nashville
has for quito while been making
preparations for q change to the
narrow track, aud that when these
are complete the change will be
made throughout the entire line in
ole day. Ii is not certain just when
the scheme will be carried out, but
il is c0nceded that when it is doae,
all the o.her roads in the South
xill have to fall into line. The re-
suit will be uniform trackwidth all
over the country, a condition of
things which will be very advan-
tageous to the railroad companies,
aud an immense, convenience to the
travelling public, rs it will do away
with the change OF cais, or the shif
ing OF car bodies at the Ohio river
crossing, with its consequent delay
aud trouble.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

Practical Farmer.
There IS certain number Of
pounds q team can draw day atter
day and nog worry them, bat i a
little more be added the horses
walk unsteady, fret aud soon tire.
Every pound taken from the
draught OF the ploagh is = gain to
them. For any soil, except sand
and gravel, use a steel plough, and
in ploagbing sod, the cutter does :
great deal of the work, aud should
be kept sharp by grinding every
day il necessary. IL will wear out
soon, but new coulters are cheaper
than Q new team. When the share
Is worn out replace it at once.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

A mustard plaster should never
make u blister at all. lfa blister is
wanted, there are other plasters far
better than mustard for the purpose.
When you want mustard plaster,
then. use no water. whatever, but
mix the mustard with the white of
an egg, aud tho result will be a
plaster that will draw perfectly, hut
will not produce blister even upon
tue skin of an infant, no matter
how long it Is allowed to remain on
the part. For this we have the
word of an old and eminent physi-
clan, as well as our own experience.
--Cleueland to- Uairerse.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18
A Cure Tor Corns.

Trke one fourth OF n cap 0! strong
vinegar; crumble in some bread let
it stand halt hour, OF until it softens
into q good poultice. Then apply,
on retiring at night. Ia the morn.
ing the Soreness will he gone, and
the corn can be picked cut. Ii the
corn is a very obstinate one it may
require two or more applications to
effect a cure.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

The Southern man who cannot
put the past and its slow methods
behind him will be left. A rush Of
progress is crowding upon us, and
the old toey must go. As the stage
coach was crowded ont by the rail-
road, 80 will the man who thinks
and acts "as dady did" be pushed
to the rear by the progressive men
who are shaping the destiny Of the
country. "Thc memories Of lang
synen may be cherished as a senti.
ment, but :" get up and 90" is the
spirit Of the day.--PansliaH.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18
BRIDGE NOTICE.

A contract Cor building new bridge
over Cypress creek according TO the specl-
iieatioBs on file win he let ont at public
outcry 10 the lowest bidlcr, by the board
Of supervisors, Mt the font door OF the
conrthouss. at Scranton, az ~ o'clock NJ,
Monday. June 4tl, 1853.
By order OF the board
A, @. DELMAs, Clerk.
Nay II, lsss. l0-td
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

A little girl in a London Sunday.
school, being asked why God made
the flowers Of the field, replied
''please ma'am, | suppose for pat.
terms for artificial flowers
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

The uses Of adversely may be
sweet, but We prefer Il little OF the
bitterness of prosperity in ours.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-05-18

Never ask q woman her age
that is, not that woman. Ask some
other woman.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-27


The October Century contains some
amusing experiences of "a Foreigner in
Florence" who says of Italian doctors:
'Physicians have, like Judges of the
criminal courts, no social position and
no knowledge of medicine, according to
our ideas. They are, as a rule far be-
hind the age. They still cling blindly to
bleeding-unless they have changed dur
ing the last few years-and weaken their
patients by the old system of dieting.
have seen cases conducted with such ig-
nOrance of the cOmmOnest laws of ma
ture as would make any of our
physicians faint with horror. Heat, star
Vation and dirt are their general remedies
for almost everything. In cases of scarlet
feVer-which are not common, however,
they order the doors and windows to be
carefully shut, that no breath of air may
get to the patient-absOlutely drawing
the bed-curtains around them; forbid
washing of any description, even to the
hands and face, and no change Of bed or
body linen during the entire illness.
'There is one malady prevalent in Italy
which l sincerely believe to be produced
nine times out of ten, by their doctors.
and that is military fever. Unless pa
TENTS symptoms in the beginning of an
illness indicate the disease very clearly,
the doctor, on the principle of when in
iare, but there being no eruption, which
is an evidence of that disease, they regard
it as suppressed, and so, very dangerous.
They then proceed to produce a
rash by covering the poor suf-
ferer with as many blankets as
he can bear, excluding every breath
of air from the room canning him. so to
speak J, and then forbidding any nourish-
ment saving the weakest of weak broths.
Now, as this special fever is usually
brought on by OYerheatingy and conse-
quently should be treated by a cooling
system, they succeed in producing the
disease in its full glory, rash and ali. and
they then set about curing it, which, of
course, becomes a doubtful undertaking.
so weak is the patient from heat and fast
ing.
"A friend of mine spending few weeks
in Florence, was taken Ill with what
proved afterward to be an internal cancer.
She sent for Doctor l., one OF the most
noted of the FlOrentine doctors. 1t was
August and very hot, and his orders were
not only to shut out the air and cover her.
self with blankets, but to remain entirely
imm0Yahle-not TO stir hand or foot. She
carried his wishes out faithfully for
twenty-tOur hOurs-nOt even raising her
hand to brush fly away-and then. be-
coming nearly crazy with nervousness
and weakness, she sent for an English
physician. If you had seen his look of
horror when he came into the ROOM
"s0pen the Window he almost shout.
ed; take Oft those coverings; ret rightunt
and lie on the sofa. In week Won viii
be able togo on to Paris"
"And in week she did 90 on to Paris.
'The Italians love medicine, and have
the greatest faith in it. They take it not
only Tor every little ailment, but after fit
of anger or grief''
Hills HAIR DYE. black or hrown 70
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-27
4 Slight Mistake


She was thin. narrow, dark-visaged
woman with specs on, and she carried
a package of tracklets and leaflets. which
she scattered broadcast among the sin
ners i'm the Cass ave nue. car on which she
rode. When only one or two of the
pamphlets was left man got in. He was
on Ms way to the depot. a cOuntryman
going home. evidently. He had a big
watermelon, which he disposed of ten
derly on the seat next TO him, and a glass
flask with a rubber cork stuck boldly out
of his coat pocket.
"Heughr he painted, as he stuffed his
fare into the box. 'HOtter than har-
vestin' up here, amt it?''
Everybody looked cold disapprOval at
him, as good, polite, Christian people do
when spoken to in a street car; all but the
woman with the tracks She had fished
one out and extended it to him.
"Thankee," he said, receiving it in a
brown paw. "COmic almanac. hey?"
NO, sir said the woman firmly. in a
htgh falsettO voice. Its to save your
immortal soul. Touch not, taste not. han
die not the wine,' and she pointed with
a crooked fOrefinger to the glass flask pro-
truding from mis- breast pocket.
''Oh. / see," said the man, smiling good
humOredly on his sour Yisaged vis-a-vis ;
'but this bottle amt for me, ma'am."
s'WO unto him that giveth his neighbOr
drink" quoted the woman fiercely.
He amt eggsactly my neighbOr
eyther." said the man. 'YOu see, it's the
new baby, and wife calculates to fetch
him up b. hand, and this bottles for him,
bless his poOtsy toOtsy. Where's the rig
ging OF it, and. diving into another
pocket, he iished out some india rubber
tubing, etc.
The woman didn't want to finish her
dissertation on temperance, but got out
without asking the driver to sion.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-27
DOUGLASS CONVENTION SEWERS
Republican Perpctuity and Arthur's
Endorsement the Bone of Contention.

Republican Perpctuity and Arthur's
Endorsement the Bone of Contention.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 26.-The only
point of Importance in the colOred con-
VentiOn this morning was a resolution by
w. ;. Wilson, of Louisiana, indorsing the
administration of President Arthur. The
resolution raised a great stir, and much
oratOry was indulged IN, which was only
quelled when l.. ID. Herbert, also of
Louisiana, moved to refer it to the Com
mlttee on Resolutions, which was adopted.
a strong feeling exists in favor of adopt
ing Frederick Douglass speech as eX-
presslve OF the sentiments of the cOlOred
people of the United States, and having
the same transmitted to Congress. This
afternoon a Kentucky delegate offered the
following resolution, which, like the one
this morning, caused a great uprOar:
ReSOtced, That we, tie cOlored people
of the United States, in convention assem-
bled, do affirm our devotion anew to the
Republican party, and will use our ut
most end for its continued ascendency
and control of the National Government.
believing it to be for the best interests of
the whole people.
The Chair rendered a decision sending
the question to the Committee on Resolu-
tiOns, and saved the convention from a
split.
The convention visited the Exposition
this afternoon In a body.
For tonight a long list of speakers was
named to address the convention, and its
business will for the time be held in
allegiance. The chances are fair for an ad-
Journment being taken without any
further actual result