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Daily globe., 1883-06-06

PETERSBURG, Va, June 5.-Sergeant p.
H. Boisseau, of Danville, arrived this aft
ernoon and summoned twenty-four jurors
for the case of the commonwealth VS.. W.
T. Dodson, for the murder of a negro
named Jas. Reid. 1t was impossible to
get jury IN Danville. Boisseau and the
jurors left this evening for Danville.
Dodson recently insured his life for $4,000
for the benefit of his wife and children.
That they might get this sum he murdered
the negro and placed the body in house
and then set fire to it, that the body might
be burned and passed off as his, Dodson's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

Eh0r # BpSon Herrhi
DEAR StR-Durng my term of service in the Internal
Revenue Department of the United States at the time
my office was in this city was afflicted with severe
attack kidney disease, and at times suffered intensely
received the medical advice of some Of our best phy3
clans for long time, without being benefited by then
prescriptions Being discouraged by the failure of the
doctors to help mo, and icing urged to use Hunts
Remedy by friend who had tested its nsr ts though
reluctant to try patent medicine was finally induce
to try the Remedy and procured two bottles of it, and
commenced taking it faithfully according to the direc.
tons. Before had taken it three days the uciatng
pains in my back had disappeared and before had usnd
two bottles was entirely cured. Whenever from over
exelon violent cold the pains my Kidneys return
few doses of Hunts Remedy quickly effects a cure.
Before closing beg to mention the remarkable cur
of friend Of mine III New York City, to whom recon-
ncndcd this valuable medicine. He was suffering
severely from attack which prom ounccd by his
physician decided of Bright's Dseas, of the Kid.
neys. | obtained two bottles of Hunts Remedy for
him. and he commenced takngi and began to improve
at once and speedily restored to health, and no
attributes the saving of his life under the blessing OF
mcrciful Providence, to Hunts Remedy.
Another friend Of mine in New York. to whom recon.
mended Hunts Remedy was suffering severely from
kidney disease, and entirely cured Of it after using
this wonderful medicine only short period
Feeling deeply grateful for the great benefits expen
enced by my friends and myself from the of Hunts
Remedy feel it to he my duty, well great prlvi-
ege, to furnish you this voluntary and unsolicited
ment of facts for the information of your large nunbc.
OF readers, many of whom undoubtedly suffering
from this widelypreadnE scOurgc and believe that it
the b medicine now known, and that it will al.
cases of kidney diseases that can be cured.
] shall be pleased 10 confer with any one WHO lray
desire interview regarding the statements hercir
contained. Truly yours,
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His lambs were strong,
His bread was long.
TRANSPORTING q Coffin in China

One of the strangest features in the
Obscquies ] witnessed was the erection
of a structure in front of the house in
which the death occurred, to enable
the cotlined body to be brought down
to the roadway from the room in
which it was lying. The house being
a three-storied one, and the body lying
in one of the topmost rooms, the cree.
ton, which furnished sloping foot.
way of planks from the room to the
road, and a landing at the top, had
necessarily not only to be lofty but
substantial. Communication was of
course had with the room through the
window. These structures are, be-
leve, erected for two reasons first,
because strange families in a house
object, on superstitious grounds, to a
corpse being taken through their
rooms; and secondly, because it is
almost impracticable to get a heavy
Chinese coffin down the narrow, tortu
Gus stairs of many of the native houses
For a similar reason, no body in course
of transportation from one part of
China to another for the purpose of in
terment is allowed to pass through any
walled town. No corpse, either, is
ever allowed to be carried across a
landing-place or to pass through a gate
way which can in any way be con-
strued as pertaining to the emperor
The Chinese are indeed so superstitious
in regard to death as seldom to men
ton that word itself, preferring to take
refuge in circumlocution, such, for
instance, as "having become immortal.
- Chambers Journal.
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tripod grass are shown for country

striped grass are shown for country
wear.
Chicken down - the color of the
newly Matched --.. is the latest shade of
yellow.
Large pillows are going out of fash
ion, and with them are disappearing
the "shams" that were so difficult to
keep in place.
All sorts of materials are used for
afternoon tea-aprons; embroidered mus
lin, and lace are all in favor for these
fanciful additions to the dressy house
toilet.
Skirts arranged in triple box pleats
held together by many small bows are
made by London dress-makers. They
look rather pretty, but are barbarously
heavy.
Printed percale collars with white
grounds, on which are stripes dashes,
rings, dots, and figures of bright color,
come in standing bands, and these will
be worn in place of plain white linen
band colors, with house and utility
suits.
The white muslin shawl bordered
with embroidery or by hem with
vine worked above it will be worn this
summer as it has for the last two or
three seasons. 1t will be drawn close
about the figure in Marie Antoinette
fashion, holding the arms close to the
side.
Velvet ribbon criss-crossed in lattice
designs, forms side stripes for nuns
yelling dresses. There are pleats down
the front and back of the skirt, and
the farthingale overskirt is pulled out
on the hips and flat behind. Garnet
or blue velvet, on cream, white, or
pale gray dresses, is worn by stylish
young ladies.
Knots of narrow ribbon or of che
nile of many colors are tied at the
throat in long Topped bows without u
brooch. They are generally arranged
so as to suggest flower, two or three
tints of rose being combined with
green; scarlet with olive; carnation
with stem green, or violet with light
green. The number of shades in che
mile is limited, and yellow seems quite
unknown to the manufacturers, which
is a pity, for it is prettier and more be-
coming than ribbon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A new gun has been constructed il.
France which is Twenty-Five feet six
inches in diameter, and weighs fifty
tons. 1t cost $4,000, is bound with
wire, and will put a ball through fiji.
teen inches of armor at a distance Of
seven and a half miles.
A French chemist has invented an
odor that will hold any fort and the
land within half mile of it for a
week. The smell is not deadly, but
no mortal can stand before it. The
new agent is expected to work a revo-
luton in the art of war, beside serving
in obstinate civil cases. 1t produces
sensations of nausea and disgust like
the worst sea-sickness.
DR.. w. Soper has recommended a
mixture of equal parts of glycerine
and castor oil, slightly favored with
Oil Of almonds or lemon, as an agree
able substitute for castor oil. TO
insure the ready mixing of the two
liquids the castor oil should be very
gradually poured into the glycerine
while the latter is being well stirred.
DR.. 5. pronounces tea-spoonful of
this mixture an effective dose.
"A novel method of draining very
wet swamps is being practiced in some
countries. 1t is known to botanists
that most large-leavcd plants give off
about their own weight of moisture in
from thirty.siX to forty-eight hours
Upon this principle certain plants have
been grown in swamps which were
not wanted for immediate cultivation,
and in few years the swamps became
dry and had borne in addition crop
of hoop poles or other products. The
great eucalypti of Australia are
especially useful for this work, but
many of our own trees answer the
purpose admirably.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
The Revival of Knitting.

The Hartford Post rejoices at the
advent among fashionable young
women of what it calls "a practical
renaissance" by the revival of the old
fashioned art of knitting. BY this,
says the Post, we do not mean to in
clude the knitting of afghans and
robes, fancy hoods and scarfs, Macrame
lace and all that class of knitting
which comes under the universal head
of fancy work" Not at all, but the
actual revival of the art of knitting
stockings. Wonderful isn't it, that
after so long time the existing "craze"
should take SO practical a turn? OF
course, this art has not yet progressed
in the hands of the latter day maiden
to that intense practically exhibited
by our grandmothers, who were mis-
tresses Of the art, and knit long, strong
wooden stockings That the keen tr0StS
of winter could not penetrate; this is
not be expected at so early stage of
the revival. No. the renaissance has
progressed 50 far as the knitting of
silk hose, but it will do for the seaside
season. What can be more charming
than to wander by the seaside Or the
brooklet in company with one of those
gentle dove-cyed knitters of silk hose
kindly assisting her to pick up the
stitches she may drop, and entering
into rhapsodies with her over the
beautiful cloclling of the stocking she
is slowly and carefully knitting? And
then, what IL practical sound it will
have to hear it said "She is the most
charming young lady at the hotel. She
knits beautifully
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

Mrs. Langtry, the English in1uen
tal beauty, in an interview with {
New York Heyald reporter, said: or
the first place, think American womer
have very pretty faces, 50 bright ant
winning. One sees many more pretty
faces in England. Then | think they
have beautiful hair and very pretty
hands and feet"
"And their tingers?"
"Well, | must take the liberty tc
say that | think their fingers are gen
orally bad. The American standard OF
figure is altogether too plump to please
me-"
"Whom do you consider the most
beautiful American woman you have
SEEM"
MARY Anderson, decidedly"
"But Mary Anderson is not over
plump
"She is not. | should have said
that the over plumpness l spoke of re.
fers principally to the married beauties
have seen"
"ln which town did you see the
prettiest women?'
"ln Baltimore. 1t struck me that
every woman there was u beauty
And | think that Baltimore was the
only town that did not boast of its
native beauties"
"Do you admire the dress of Ameri.
can women?'
81 cannot say candidly that I do; on
the whole, | think they dress too smart.
ly for the street and too simply for the
the theater. think they mix theil
colors badly and have too many bows
and ends on their dresses. TO my
taste a woman cannot be too simply
dressed for the street. A dress of sim
pie neutral tints pleases me best.
saw woman in the street the Other
day wearing a gray ulster, a blue dres:
and scarlet kid gloves. Just think Of
that" and Mrs. Langtry almost shud
dered with horror at the thought OF
scarlet gloves, "and she also had q
bouquet de corsage of daffodils. That
was rather gay mixture of colors
was it not?"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

DR.. Mary Howard, an American
woman doctor, is creating quite a stir
in social life in China. She attended
the mother of Prince Ii Hung Chang,
and although she did not save her life,
she showed so much skill that she was
called in to treat the wife of the great
minister. From all parts of North
China letters from the wives of man.
darins and high officials are pouring in
on her, entreating her to come to them
or to "send other wise women from
America" Eastern women of rank
die with obscure diseases rather than
submit to operations performed by
surgeons. An American physician
who spent some time in Turkey was
called in to prescribe for the wife of
the hey ill with typhoid fever. The
patient was wholly covered with a
sheet in which one hole was cut large
enough for him to put his fingers in to
feel her pulse, and another through
which she thrust her tongue, Dr.
Howard has been loaded not only with
fees by her grateful patients, but jew
elry, furniture and priceless curosities
enough to stock a bric-a-brack ware
house. Go East, young women, 90
Fact
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
Fashion Notes.

Bottle-green velvet trims ecru cash.
mere admirably.
Plush boots, foXed with kid, are not
very pretty novelty.
All elegant street dresses are de rig
uer, dark or neutral tinted.
Brides dresses are made with elegant
simplicity this season.
Irish point collars appear in the
standing military form.
Black silk stockings will be much
worn with white dresses.
Flower necklets or dog collars are a
pretty novelty for evening wear.
Talmas of jet-beaded grenadine APP
pear among midsummer wraps.
Tucks on skirts, draperies, sleeves,
and corsages are very fashionable. =.
Neck ribbons an inch wide are worn
again, but mostly with linen collars.
Bonnets of straw braided to initiate
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
A School on the Pacific Stone,

The school was in rough boarded
room which had been originally bull
for store. The hats, bonnets, books
and states were piled on the shelves
and the thirty children sat on high
benches, their feet swinging clear Of
the floor. There was not robust Oh
healthy-faced child in the room, and
their thin, pale cheeks were a sad com
mentary on the condition Of their lives
Later in the day, as | walked from
home to home, and saw everywhere
slow, trickling streams of filthy water
blue, iridescent and foul-odored,
wondered not that the children were
pale, but that they were alive. The
history class were reciting memorized
list of "epochs" when went in. They
had them at their tongues ends. |
suggested to the teacher to ask them
what the word epoch meant. Blank
dismay spread over their faces. One
girl alone made answer She was an
Indian, or perhaps half-breed, fourteen
years of age; the healthiest child and
best scholar in the school, the teacher
said. "The time between was her
prompt definition of the word epoch
given with a twinkle in her eye of evil
dent amusement that the rest did not
know what it meant. The first class
in reading then read from the Fourth
Independent Reader, in stentOrian
voices, Trowbridges poem of "The
Wonderful Sack" The effect of slight
changes of a single letter here and
there was most ludicrously illustrated
by one sturdy little chaps delivery Of
the lines:
His limbs were strong,
His beard was ny.
With loud and enthusiastic emphasis
he read them:
His lambs were strong,
His bread was long.
Not a member of the class changed
countenance or gave any signs of disa-
greeting with his Interpretation of the
text; and the teacher, being engaged in
herculean efforts to keep the poor little
primary bench still, failed to hear the
lines.-Atlantic Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.

A writer in an exchange says. "Oh,
ye tired mothers aud daughters, listen
now and let me tell you a secret a
secret worth knowing, This taking no
comfort as you go along, but forever
looking forward to all enjoyments,
does not pay. From what | know of
it, | would as soon chase butterflies for
a living, or bottle moonshine for a
cloudy night, The only true way to
be happy, is to take the drops of happi-
ness as God gives them to us every
day of our lives. What is work but
something to keep us out of mischief;
and she who does too much of it, in
stead of keeping out of mischief, is
playing the very mischief with herself.
How can a woman be at her best to
entertain her husband, or to instruct,
or amuse her family, who makes per-
petual slave of herself, and keeps her
poor tired body in state of drudgery
and physical weakness. Better let
some things go undonc than to so COM
pletly unfit ones self for all enjoyment
at home. The great thing is to learn
to make the most Of ones self, and to
he happy over our work. 1t is so the
world over The boy must learn to be
happy while he is plodding over his
lessons: the merchant while he is
making his fortune; the farmer while
he is following the pillow. If he fails
to learn this art he will he sure to get
tired out and to miss his enjoyment
when he gains what he has sighed for"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

AT Falmouth, Ind, a lady with a
baby in a little carriage was talking to
another lady and letting down the top
of the carriage. The baby's finger lay
across the side and was cut entirely
off. The lady did not know it until
she saw its bleeding finger on the side
walk at her feet, as the baby was
asleep and did not cry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
An Easy Lob.

"Aminadab," said Deacon Gilpin,
=" what is your ideal of easy employ
ment; that is, a position that would
be a kind of earthly paradise to you?'
"Well," answered the boy, for an
easy job think / should like to clerk
it for a man that don't advertise
--Marathon Independent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

There are 10000 miles of under
ground wires in the towns of Great
Britain and Ireland, and there is a con-
slant cutlery for them in the country
in England, owing to the destruction
to open lines by gales and snow-storms,
but the cost of the underground wires
confines their use to large towns.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
Taking His Fathers Advice.

An Arkansaw boy, writing from
college in reply to his fathers letter,
said: $50 you think that l am wasting
my time in writing little stories for
the local papers, and cite Johnson's
saying that the man who writes ex-
cept for money is fool. l shall act
upon DR.. Johnson's suggestion and
write for money, Send me fifty dol
lars" Arhansaao .71aceller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

The Georgia gold mining belt ex-
tends from Virginia to Alabama and
Florida, with an average width of 1870
miles. Thousands of men are engaged
in working the mines. In one place
in Lumpkins county there are q stamp
mills, each employing from 10 to
80 men. This statement of the extent
and value of the gold mines of Geor-
gia will probably surprise most North
ern people
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

John Pearson, trembling old man,
who has been resident of Fort
Smith, Ark, for forty three years,
claims to have been the actual inven-
tor of the revolver patented by Colonel
Colt, He says that in 1884, while he
was working in Baltimore with gun
smith named Baxter, Colonel Colt hired
him to make experiments, which re-
suited in the perfected revolver, with
six charges in the cylinder and one
barrel. Pearson never received anv
reward for his invention.
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like of him. If this be SO the fact re-
fleets more strongly against the queens
wisdom than upon Lord Beaconsfeld's
character. / am told that the grand
old man himself was always very at
tentive to Brown"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
REVISED.

IT EAR this, all We people, nj give ear oil
ye mroiidS of the world. Hop Bltters
Will make you well and to rejoice.
:" 1t snail cure all the people and put sick.
moss and suffering under foot.
B. Be thou not AFRAID when your family is
sick, or you have Bright's disease or Liver
Complaint, for Hop Bitters will cure you.
4. Both low and high, rich and poor know
The value of Hop Btters for bilious nervous
and Rheumatic complaints.
8, Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and shall
lave robust and blooming health.
6. Add disease upon disease and let the
worst come, am safe if use Hop Bitters.
7. For all my life have been plaguedwith
sickness and sores, and not until year ago
was l cured by Hop Bitters.
s. He that keepeth his bones from aching
from rheumatism and Neuralgia, with Hop
Bittcrs, doeth wisely.
0, Though thou hast sores, pimples freckles,
salt rheum. erysipelas, blood poisoning, yet
Hop Bitters will rcRlore them all.
10. What woman s there, feeble and sick
from female complaints, who desireth not
health and useth Hop Bittels and is made
reU.
II. Let not neglect to use Hop Bilters bring
on serious Kidney and Liver complaints.
u. Keep thy tongue from being furred, thy
blood pure, and thy stomach from indiges.
ton by using Hop Dittels.
10. All my pains and aches and disease
so like chat befo,e the wind when use Hop
Bitters.
H. Mark the man who ,cns nearly dead and
given up by the doctors, after using Hop
Bitters and becometh WELL
IT, Cease from worrying about nervous.
ness. general debility, and urinary trouble,
n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

1t is custom in the Prussian royal
family that every prince shall be ap-
prenticed to trade, in order that, in
case of a revolution, he may be able to
earn his living. In pursuance of this
rule the present crown prince was
taught Matchmaking and is said to be
q fair workman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
A Re .arkable Cure of s.croimia.

William $. Baker, of Lewis, vego count Ind.
writes as follows: NJ son was taken with scrotuIa
in tse hip when only two years old. He tried sew
era physicians, but the boy got relief from their
treatment. Noticing your Scovills Sarsaparilla and
Stillingia or Blood aud Liver Syrup, recommended
so highly, bought some of it of you in the year
1852 and continued taking it till the sores finally
healed up. He is now twenty-onc years OF age and
being satisfied that your medicine did him so much
good when he used it, we want to try it again in an.
other case, and now write to you to get some more
ny;t
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

1t is said that the Bible revisers find
the ravens which fed Elijah We're
gypsies, according to the original, and
that the originally word used was
growers"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

The indifference concerning Jefferson D0vis's
serious illness must convince him that no great
sorrow will be cvinccd at his death.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

HATCIEs STATION, "a, MNFch Y, IB7G.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. d. Dear Sir--My wife,
who had been i'll for over two years, and had
tried many other medicines, became sound md
well by using your "Favorte Prescription"
My niece was also cured by its use after sever
al physicians had failed to do her any good.
Yours truly, THOMAS j. METHyIS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30
That Tired FEELING

There is no infrmty oppressive and burdensome TO
the human mind as that tired feeling of which invall1s
complain the approach of serious disorder. The dc.
preston and dependency of spirit attending this state
are Unreasonable. The lassitude, languor and debility
peculiar to this condition wholly overcome by taking
Hoods Sarsnparilla 1t purhes, ytazes and enrlches
the blood, invgorates the SYSTEM and impars
life and energy to all the functions of the body.
lady tells the first bottle has done my daughter
great deal of good her food does not distress her now
nor does she suffer from that extreme tired feeling
which she did before taking
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

who gathered around his tomb; and
the funeral in Pere La Chaise of
the celebrated French jurisconsult NJ.
Robert de st, Vincent is said to have
decimated the senior ranks of the
Paris bar, one of the victims being
Brillat Savarin, the author of the
Physiologie du Govt"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

Sick and bilious headache, and all derahge.
ments Of stomach and bowels, cured by DR..
Picrce's "Pellets" - or anti-bilious granules.
% cents vial. No cheap boxes to allow
waste of virtues. BY druggists,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-05-30

Ioung men, and middle nged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses,
send three stamps for Part VII Of Dime Serie,
Books. Address WORLDS DIspENsARY MEDI-
CAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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British government figures estimate
that one-lifth of e35O,O00,O00 earned
by the British workingmen and women
yearly goes for beer and liquor.