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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

1t is a Fundamental truth in natu
raj science that the whole organized
world is created with an especial re-
gard to the stomach. Cuvier and the
other comparative anatomiSts have
demonstrated to- evidence that mem
braneous digesting sac is the simplest
primeval form of animal being, and
that as organization progl esses in COM
plexity the stomach is ever the nucle-
us around which heads, hearts, legs,
wings and tails are arranged, with an
all but exclusive view to the especial
interests of that part. While, there
fore, a stomach can do very well by
itself, in independence of all that we
are accustomed to consider as the ami
nal, no animal can carry on the war
for five minutes without Il stomach.
The stomach is in truth the immediate
cause OF all the endless varieties OF
animal form, and digestion the one
main end of animal existence. Man
himself, that perpetual object of his
own admiration, is but more compli-
Gated zoophyte, perfected zoophyte, a
perfected stomach, a transcendental
machine for the assimilation and elabo-
ration of nutritious particles. To eat,
and to be eaten, is the common lot Of
all living being; and if man be indeed
the lord of the creation, it is manifestly
only il the right of his omnivorous
faculty. BroohWn Fagle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

This is not the only country III the
world in which too many persons desire
to become lawyers. A French woman
has recently written an instructive little
work on Hungary, in which she says that
the entire country swaIms with lawyers.
1t is the ambition Of every poor man in
Hungary to educate one of his sons FOR
the legal profession An amusing story
is told of the son of small farmer resd-
ing in the ncignborhood of Pesth. lIe
was set apart for the law ut an early age,
and most OF the carning3 Of his parents,
brothers and sisters were spent on him. lie
WAS sent in turn to the primary, gram.
mar and high school, and to college, On
graduating from the latter he was en-
tered at famous law school. lie at
tended the usual time necessary to com.
plctc the course, but owing to lack Of
ability or poor application he failed to
pass the qualifying examination Not
daring to return home, efter so much
money had been wasted on him, without
diploma, he forged one on paper made
in imitation Of heavy parchment His
father was not 80 ignorant as not to
know that college diplomas were made
ont ON real parchment, aud asked his son
to explain why his was not written on
that SOFT of material. The boy, who
knew that heavy parchment in Hungary
was made of dogskin, promptly stated
that young lawyers had become much
more plenty than dogs, that there were
not enough dog,Ilins to 90 round, and
that the faculty Of the law college had
done the best they could under the cir
cumsauccs; they hal given him a
diploma written on paper that was as
thick as the dressed skin ola dog and Of
tn. same general appearance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05
Pouring Oil UpOn Troubled Waters,

The time Is fast approaching when
lhe now rising generation will wonder
at the folly of having ever neglected
such a means of salvation; for the
mass of evidence on this subject which
has recently accumulated has now COM
PEELED attention from the most skcpti-
cal, and the experiments so success
fully carried out on the stormy coast
Of Aberdcenshirc, at the harbor of
Peterhcad, have borne fruit far and
near.
Some of the fishers who had wit
messed them remembered them to good
purpose when trying to enter the har-
Dor at Stonehayen, and warned Of
their danger by the white-crestcd
waves raging on the bar. They had
with them only little col2a-oil and
little paraIline for their lamps (ccgeto-
bie and mineral oils)-so little that
most men would have deemed it mere
folly to cast such upon tempestuous
waves. But these men had proIlted
by their lesson. One man stood on
either bow, and just as the boat APP
preached the raging surf, they slowly
poured out their Offering to the waves,
which as if by m gle, ceased to break,
and rolled on in harmless green pillows,
which carrie the boat safe into port.
| have also just heard from Cornwall
that a party Of Cornish fishers who
CHANGED to be at Aberdeen at the time
of the experiments, and there wit
messed the sitting of the waves, re-
turned to their own granite-bound
coast with the conviction that they
had seen something which hereafter it
may be well for them to practice.
Now, thanks to the same large
hearted and energetic Scotchman who
planned and brought into practical
working the oil-breakwater at Peter
head, the men of Kent can tell with
wonder of its application to their own
harbor of Folkestono, and are eyC-wit-
nesses Of how quicklyOn very stormy
day, few gallons of oil have GAINED
the breaking waves, and made the
harbor smooth and safe. The London
papers, in reporting on these expert
ments, have stated the general belief
that by this simple use of oil, entrance
and egress to Folkcstono llarbor may
henceiOrth be made absolutely secure
in the scveres, Storms.-EOpHlay SCI
ence WoHthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
There are only six COWS, two mules,
and no horses in Alaska.

There are only six COWS, two mules,
and no horses in Alaska.
A sky-blue colt has lately been
born In Tennessee.
Three deaths caused by the stings of
flies recently occurred near ST. Peters
burg,
Lap!anders are able to attain an
average speed of over six miles an
hour with their snow-shoes.
At Garves Rub, in Silesia, there is
an echo which answers an exclamation
seventeen times before it dies away.
A stroke of lightning split open "A
hollow tree at Shasta, Cal, revealing
a skeleton and clearing up Il murder
/ mystery.
On the Bosphorous, near Constan-
tlnople, the fish are 50 numerous that
they darken the surface of the water
and run their noses into the sand on
the beach.
The musical composition known as
an oratorio gets its name from st
Philip Neri. De, Il devout priest in
the full tide of the Renaissance PERIOD
with the aim OF attracting young
people and keeping them out of mis-
chief, more especially on Sunday gave
at his oratory performances of orig
lnal sacred music, to which he gave
the name of oratorios. Many of these
early oratorios still sXist
There are many oranges, of curious
shape and flavor, which we seldom or
never see in this country. Such are
The pear-5haped kind grown in the far
East, the orange Of the Philippines,
which is no larger than a good sized
cherry, the double orange, in which
two perfect oranges appear, one with
in the other, and the Fingered citron'
Of China which is very large, aud is
placed on the table by the Celestials
rather for its exquisite fragrance than
for its flavor.
According to the London Graphic
there is living in Klycta, Japan,
family all Of whose members have
reached the age Of 100 years, and
there has been no exception since the
family was founded \. d. 40.
The earliest record we have of ma
lions trading with each other occurs
IN the Book Of Genesis, when Joseph's
brethren sold him to a caravan of Ish-
naelitcs who We're carrying spices,
oaim and myrrh into Egypt. The
balm was from Gileal and the myrrh
from Arabia. Thus commerce is of
great antiquity.
The custom of dotting the face with
black patches of different patterns.
was introduced into England and
France from Arabia, and was at its
height during the reign Of Charles |.
Of England, The Ladies, old and
young, covered their faces with black
spots shaped like suns, moons, stars,
hearts, crosses AMI lozenges.
The Indians found in the region of
5hs Gulf of Mexico and on the lower
Mississippi by the Europeans had I'M
loubtedly been in contact with the
higher civilization of Mexico and
South Amarica Mt that time. and We're
sun worshippers. In all of their in
vocations for blessing, the sun was
appealed to as we appeal to God.
May the sun guard YOU, may the
sun be with YOU were usual forms
Of invocation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05
A Dubious Endorsement.

"This chicken doesn't seem very ten.
der" venturcd one of the bOardcrS tC
the landlady.
"Oh, yes, it must be-" she replied
4 raised it myself in my own yard
"Tender?" interposed Dumley. al
you had seen this chicken as | have
seen it, extending its motherly protec.
ton to its little ones, and tenderly
shielding them from every danger, yol
would think twice before saving il
isn't tender"
After dinner Dumley received 8
polite note to the effect that he mus
either pay something on account ~
vacate his room at the end of the We q,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05
Real Nature of Rheumatism.

rheumatism is, as often as not,
caused by oVereatng, and especially
by over-indulgence in meat, which is
certain to cause an excess of uric acid,
and render the body liable,on exposure
to wet or cold, to an attack. We know
that old people are proverbially liable
to rheumatism. The reasons for this are
not far to seek. One is that joints and
ligamcnts are harder and sitter, and
very often contain deposit-urata of
soda. Anoth er is that, rs rule, peO
pie up in years eat more than is neces-
sary to support life, under the mis-
taken notion that they want deal Of
nourshment to keep them up. | say
that, on the contrary, the wear and
tear of tissue is but trining compared
to what it is in earlier manhood, and
that far less food is required. There
fore, if an elderly person WO Id live
long and be free from aches and pains,
and be calm in mind-fOr that is q
| great desidcratum--he or she must
live abstemiouSly, more or less
Chronic rheumatism is far more
common than most persons are aware
of. 1t is disease quite indigenous to
these isles Of mist and cutting winds;
| but it is often in character what we
may call suppressed-that is, it at
tacks the internal organs instead of
joints and muscles, though these may
suffer at the same time. But many a
time and oft person complains Of his
liver being out of order, or fit of in
digestion, when the real cause of his
trouble lies in the blood, which is for
the -&ime being poisoned with uric acid.
know IN old naval captain who
says he can always ward off fit of
threatened illness by days good
Starvation Well, it is a strange rem
ely, but it certainly gives the mucous
membrane rest, and affords the blood
.o,,,,. -. ~. - 20 49, i.--t.--ita--. ,ry
friend says he "wakens next day as
fresh as Il daisy" and do not doubt
it, though fear many would consider
the remedy worse than the disease it
is meant to Danish. AS to climate in
the cure of rheumatism, much might
he said, but what brooks it that one
soiourns at N,ntnor, Rome, Hastings
or lIarrogate, if he goes on manufac-
turing in his system the very acid or
acids that generate his complaint? No,
believe me, it is not in climate alone
that you are to look for relief, nor is it
from drugs you are to EXPECT radical
cure. Wemust 90 to the fountain-hcad
of the evil; we must attend to the
organs of digestion, and to regimen
calculated to crush the evil in the
ud.-CaSSeFS Maya:ine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

During the siege of Paris hippophagy
was a matter OF necessity; indeed toward
the concluding months horse meat had
become u luxury unattainabIe by the
vast mass Of the population. Since 1871
the consumption OF horse flesh has gone
On steadily increasing. In 1874 the
number of horses slaughtered for food
N Paris was 1859. Ten years later the
consumption had more than doubled
In 1883 Paris ate 0,ISj horses, 3O7 asses
and forty mules, or not far short OF five
million pounds weight of horse, ass and
mule meat. The explanation of this in
crease is, of course, the high price OF
beef and mutton in the French capital.
While the artisan can purchase horse
steak at less than siXpcnce a pound, he
has TO pay three times as much for a cut
of beef or mutton. Among the hippoph-
agists of Paris the flesh of the ass and
the mule is esteemed even more highly
than that of the horse. those delicacies
fetching price fifteen to twenty pei
Cnut hirhpr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

In every part OF the country the IN l.
roads have been much troubled by the
rank growth Of weeds on and near tc
their tracks, which have cost them .
great deal Of money AMI trouble &c
eradicate. A Western road is trying q
continuance devised to destroy these
weeds, and which promises to prove
quite successful 1t consists Of two iron
pipes projecting on each side Of the en-.
ginc in front, The exhaust steam is con
Quoted into these pipes n,tcad Of into
the smoke, stack and the steam and ga:
are thereby thrown out close to the track
in front of the engine on each side. IT
kills weeds and Grass for two feet on
each side of the track.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

Arthur Spring, of Monticello, Santa
Barbara county, California, killed a
vulture the other day which measured
from tip to tip of its wings, nine feet
nine inches; its talons between eight
and ten inches, and the carcass weigh
ed thirty pounds. 1t was capable o!
carrying off to its hiding place fun,
,rown sheep, and is said to be til,
lrgpst specimen OF its kind ever killed
A Santa Barbara county.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

Snocling, smiling aud coughing! This i
the music nll over The land just now. Anc
will be until June. GIVE GOT such IN nwlu
cold in my head Cure it with Ely Cream
Balm or it may end in tine ton, II st form o
CataIIh Maybe You have crurrh now
Nothing is more nau-cou- and dreadful. lhi,
remedy mast rs il H. no other ever dill. Not
Il snuff nor liquid. Applied by the finger to
lhn no.,gil. rLrNsnMt. certain. mdicnl.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

There will be G0o000,000 pounds Of
tobacco grown in the United States
This season. of which one-half will be
manufactured into chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff. There
are over 5000 cigar factories in the
country, which last year made over
".OOO,OOO,00O of cigars and 7j0,000,000
f cigarettes, using 100000 pounds
II tobacco.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

Repeated requests have induced the proprc-
tots of Lydia T.. Pnkhnm', Vegetable Com
pound to send by mail to various lady CORE
pondcnts, large mounted portraits Of Mrs
Pmkham; and now many u household wal is
ldoncd by the familiar, motherlv tucc OF The
Massachusetts woman who has done so much
or all women
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

The Andrews Parlor Folding Beds receive the
highest commentator wherever used, in llo
tells, in Boarding Houses and Private Families.
keeer's SO to 81 Washington street, Boston
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

A Webster (Ga.) farmer has p
that has been in continuous use in
family for 100 years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

" ROngh on Corrs,"
Ask for Well, Rough on tolnS.' ljc.
Quick, complete cure, Hard or soft corns
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

IF you are suffering from poor health or
'languIshing on bed Of sickness, take cheer
il you are simply aling, o. II you lcel
weak AMI dispiriied,
without clearly know
ing why, Hop Bitt"rs
will surely cure yJI
If you are minister, and
havoc crtaxcd yourself with your
pastoral duties, or II mother worn ont
with care and work, or Il man OF business or
labor, weakened by the strain Of your every
day dutics or man Of letters toliing over
your midnight worl; Hop bittcrs will most
surely strengthen you
If you are suffering from ovcr.catinS or
drinking, any indiacIgLon or dissipation, or
are young and growing to lasi, Us Is often
the case,
"Or il you are In the workshop, on the
fam, III thr dc *, anywhere, ana le"l
that ydUr system needs clean M, ton
ing, or stimUliiinS without lnLoNlCit-
ing if you are DID,
'b'OGl mi and impure, pa 50
feeble, nerves unsteady, luoU'iCs
waning, Hop hiDtcrS t. what yol nccdto
give you new life, heath aud ligor.'
If you afc cCs.iye, or dysprptic or suffer
Ing from any other of the numerOu-dls-
ua~cs of the stolda y UrbOwy.4, II Is your
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

Clears out rats, mice, rouchrs, lies, ants, bed
bugs, sl,unks, chipmunks, gophcrs. ljc Drug
gi~tS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

own fault If son remain Ill., II
lUu are wasting away win any form
Of Kidney disease, sop tempting death THIS
moment, and turn for Il cure 10 Hop Bllters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

cob, how do wish my s,n was as clear ano
soft Il, yours sand Il lady to her friend. ~ %
con cN-iy make II 20, answered lhe lElthu'
~ on =" IN luIrcd til" first lady
"3Y sing Hop BttHs Tat makes pure, rich
b o dand buomina Il alth. IT did it for me as yoU
observe. -"
.E-N ne genuine without biDch ni green liop'
ON Inc WHIT label SHIN all the vie, poisonous
sun with Hop or 'liop-' IN their lame.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-05

II you are sick with that terrible sickness,
Nervousness, YOU viii find Balm in Gll
enul in Hop NtteIs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
The Lasker Lush.

London, 22.-Tte Times in an ar
ticls upon the Lssker incident, say
At les. Bismarck has obtained an
opportunity TO show his dislike OF a
country Which an ualiy rObs him OF
thousands of conscr'ps. Congress
was i'll advised in sending the Teso-
luton and B sm 4 was nngfaci@us
in retaining it. Granting, however,
tnnt Bismarck was right in refusing
to praise their La-ker. his organs
are wrong in reviIing Min'ster
Sargent. The latter was only
hey ing his government and this Is
no reason why he should be held up
in def nee Of International courtesy
and almost international law to the
contempt CT the German peoFle.
1t Is said mat Sargent Is hardly care
full enough of forms and ceremonies
TO please 8 court go formal ss that OF
Berlin, but g wore NJ oment to Try
and induce him to resign could
hardly have been chosen than the
pre- eat, when his resignation: would
still further strain the relations OF
the two countries, which ought to be
Oh excellent terms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
Disposition Of the Bodies OF
the Jeanette Victims.
Was Tt Murder?-A Horrible
Suspicion.
The Democratic National Con-
ventiOn.
The Jeanette Victims.

New York, % This N ming she
remains CT DeLong and comrades
were taken from Brooklyn navy
yard, by the tug Mia to the Bat
terry, where the bodies were placed
in hesrses and a procession wa
formed. The procession conSiste d
OF naval officers and bsnd, ba =
talion OF marines, hea:seS, survivors
OF the ezpeuItion, and several regi-
mems of militia, a battalion Of
regular troops, carriages cont, ln!ng
invited guests, and various civic
societies. Among the prominent
people in the carriages were Senator
Warner Miller, chiefs of the naval
bureau, Nsjor General Hancock and
Secretary OF War Lincoln; the Rus
sian Minister, Postmaster General
Gresham, Secretary Chandler and
Commodore UpSbur, Of the navy !;
Mayors Edison and Low. The pro-
cession filed up Broadw ~ and across
Brooklyn bridge to the navy yard,
where the bodies will lie In state to-
day. The day was observed by q
general suspension of business and
the flying Of flags in the harbor and
city at half mast.
The body Of Collins was later
taken to the armory Of tie SO h
regiment, this city. Tomorrow
morning there will be mass of
requiem in the cathedral, after
which the body will be placed on
board the steamship City of Chi>
cago and taken to Ireland. The
other bodies will be taken to the
church of the Holy Trinity, this
city, tomorrow, where serv c,s will
be held. This is the church that
Mrs. De Long attends. After the
cere monies the body of DR.. Amber
will be sent TO Alexandria, Va. th-t
of Staman BOYD to Philad elphia,
and those Of Lieutenant Com
mander De Long and others to
WOOdlawn cemetery.
Philadelphia, o. The fody of
Seaman Boyd, of the Jesnnette, was
expected here to day, and great
crowds gathered at the depot Not
Withstanding the absence of the
body funeral services were held in
the Collegiate Presbyterian church,
which was thronged with people. A
funeral procession took place later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
RAILROAD RACKET
The Pool Business -Railu
Earnings.
Points and Pointers.

The earnings OF the milwaukee,
st. Paul and Chicago & North
western were very light In JannsrS
It is expected that hereafter NJ
less than ten cars OF coal per doo
will be received by the Utah Cent?
from their mines.
The Utah Central earnings n,
1884 are reported as heing SI.I74-
737; net earnings 1904, 45I; ear2incg
for December last 500,
For 1883 the Chic ago, Burlington
& Quincy gross earnings amounted
to S26, 10 $50; expenses. 81, 780, Gao.
nst earnings, $13,329 739.
The Evansville & Terre Hsute P
r. has ordered a general reduction
10 salaries of from Is 10 Is per cent
in all departments, only passenger
conductors and engineers excepted.
All roads ia this viciaity are now
reported free frcm SNOW, and trains
will p'obahIy con inu4 until the
tina . causes delar, which, consider.
ing the dig fall CT tnow, may be ex.
pected.
The Union Pacific collects Forty
cents per month from its en- ployees
for the ruain tenance Of hospitals and
medical service The D. 6 R G
collects fifty cents for the same
purpo e.
Mr.. A. G. Young has been ap>
p'irted uepcG freIght cashier Of the
Utah Central in this city, in place
OF Mr.. W. W. Macintosh, who viii
hereafter manipulate the telegram
in the train dispstcher's Office.
The track on the Oregon Short
Line Is now laid to Wei.er, Idaho,
ga miles from the junction With
the main line at Granger, Wyoming.
Weiser is twenty-eighr miles from
Huntington, Oregon. which is to be
the terminus If the road aud ifs
roint Of connection with the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company
nes, and the grading is sll in'sned
The pool hes at last got control Of
the Utah freight, and is BEING Oper-
ated quite successfully wi b On
overseer at the Utah Central and
Derys s. Rio Grande in this city.
and one at the Union Pacific and
Denver & Rio Grande at Ogden.
These gentlemen take an accurate
Account Of all pooled freight, and
have established themselves right
where there Is no chance Of the
freight getting away from them.
or the Central Pacific snow sheds,
the Reno New d0zette says: "The
snow sheds are rarely beautiful
now. Stuff lent snow has siteQ
through the cracks to cover the
track several feet. The ploWs have
it down and packed It intoa
solid white mar le pavement, with
only two streaks OF steel to afford
contrast. The sides Of the sheds are
oanked up on the outside, and
through the cracks the sunlight is
strained through snow enough to
C }l0r it sn exquisite blue, too deliz
cate aud transparent for imitation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
A Panic in the Family.

No wonder that family is panic
struck when one of its members is
seized with a violent cough. In
this country from Inflammation of
the throat or lungs to consumption
or bronchitis, is but a short step
But mark, the terrible consumma
ton which follows a neglected or
maltreated cough, cannot by any
possibility take place If "Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar" is
promptly administered. This grand
specific Immediately Quites the fri
tstion and soon restores ;he inflamed
membranes and tissues of the throat
and lungs to perfect soundness and
vigor. Sold by Druggists every
where at soc. and 81. Large size
being much the cheapest.
Pixies Toathabhe Drops cure in
one minute.