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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.


High coiffures of very simple de-
sign are worn on full-dress occasions.
The back hair is taken up plainly from
the nape of the neck or else in a
French twist, and Is coiled on the
crown or arranged in small figures on
the sides.
Sometimes a straight bang is cut
across the back to fall on the neck;
in other coiffures there are merely
some short curls, or "scolding locks"
at the back, while still others are
creped and then turned upward.
A smooth bang, with the ends curled
under on the forehead, but not too low
upon it is now fashiOnably worn; just
back of this there may be a small and
soft Pompadour roll, or with low
Greek forehead the front hair may be
quite straight and simply parted to
show It's luXullant thickness, or else
drawn straight back to the coil on the
crown.
Jewelled pins are the favorite orna-
ments for the hair, and are thrust
through the coil.
Small aigrettes of marabout and os-
trich feathers are worn by older ladies,
and there is an effort to revive the use
of small flower sprays for those who
are young.
Jewelled side combs and the larger
back combs are worn by those who
cannot wear the very high coiffures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
Lace Collectors.

Mrs. John Jacob Astor is the best
known collector, and probably the
best Judge of lace in America. She
knows every stitch in the fabric of ev-
cry country, and can tell at glance
the date, the point and the value Of
anything in this line. The merchant
who happens in his travels upon some
thing wonderfully rare or beautiful in
antique lace, may be confident of a
purchaser in Mrs. Astor; but let him
beware attempting to palm off re-
production or a second-rate bit of old
point upon this critical Judge.
In Mrs. Astor's collection there are
two or three nounces and lengths for
merly the property Of sovereigns-
among them beautiful hounces be
longing once to Napoleon's second
spouse Marie Louise, an exquisite and
goSsamer like fabric, with the SYM
bolic bee" wrought in its meshes
with the imperial arms of France. She
is also very rich in jew els.
Mrs. Hugh Jewett, the wife of the
railroad king, is another lace collector.
Her taste runs more to the old Irish
and Italian laces, and she numbers
some exquisite flounces of old Irish
point among her treasures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
Arabs Fighting with Bashi. Bazouks.

A letter fl ON the scene of warfare
with the False Prophets rebels to the
London NelOs says; find that | am
the first correspondent who has reached
as far as Debbah, and this | have done
in a voyage from Dongola, in a little
lateen-rigged open boat. The village
was destroyed long ago by the Mudir
and there is now nothing but the fort
built, as all these forts are on the very
worst plan fort can be, that of a
square. For the little garrison of
Bashi-Bazouks / have great respect.
Time after tina it has been attacked,
and has successfully defeated the at
tackers. The last time the Arabs had
recourse to strategy. They beat their
tom toms very vigorously half a mile
off; meantime they crept silently into
the ditch underneath the low baston
where was the one gun Of the fort.
One Of them, however, let off Il rife
by accident, and the garrison were at
once alarmed. Though it was dark
they could perceive thousands in the
ditch, and they opened whitening
fire upon them. The enemy, however,
succeeded in actually Selling the
wheels of the gun and also the legs of
the Turkish commandant, who was
standing by, and pull devil, pull
baker took place. At length the Off
Ger was dragged within the ramparts.
Hundreds of Arabs were moved down
in their desperate attempt to enter.
In some places they threw skins over
the zariba, and thus walked over the
prickly abattis, At others, where
there was no ditch, but merely mimosa
against the wall, they mounted on
each others shoulders. At one time
they actually succeeded in bursting
open wicket near the gate, but all
who entered were caught in a rat trap
they found themselves in an open
court from which there was no exit
and they were moved down merciless-
ly, For two hours did the assault
continue. At length the Arabs,
having lost the greater part of their
number, retired. In these desperate
assaults by these Arabs one is remind
ed of the heroism of their ancestors,
the Saracens. The different points
where the besiegers made their attacks
were shown me. The ground was
still strewn with belts, torn garments
and sandals. The bodies were flung
into the Nile.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
The Strengthening of Cattle.

The process of killing and dressing
beef at the Western stock yards, says
an exchange, is not as expeditions and
wonderful in character as is that of
killing and dressing hogs. The features
most noticeable are the two methods
used in killing the animal at the start.
One of these methods is through the
use of the rifle, and the other the lance.
In both the animals are driven singly
from the yard into narrow box stall
open at the top. A dozen of these
stalls are in a row, and over their tops
are laid some loose planks on which
the slayer walks with rifle or lance in
hand. In the case of the rifle the exc
cutioner puts ball into the animals
brain at short range, which kills in
stantly. Not a groan is heard, not a
muscle moves. The animal falls like
a lump of lead, and is at once dragged
from the stall into the slaughter-house,
where the throat is cut and the process
of dressing is completed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

Miss Elizabeth Garrett is declared
the richest single lady in the United
States, and it is said that the estimates
of her fortune run all the way from
S15,OOU,000 to $50,000,000. The United
States contain great many wealthy
women. Henry E. Packers sister owns
a life interest in 100000 shares of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, the dividends
of which amount to $4,000 annual
ly. Mrs. A. r. Allen of st. Louis,
pays taxes on $4,000 annually, and
Miss Bernice Morrison, of the same
city, is taxed at S964,990. There is a
cattle queen named Rogers near Cor
pus Christi, Texas, who owns 10000
cattle, and is worth more than $1,000
900. She is the financial agent of the
ranch keeps the pOcketbook and over
sees the stock while she sends her
second husband to the Texas legisla-
ture. Catherine Wolfe of New York
the daughter of old Potter Wolfe, who
married Lorillard's two sisters and got
100000 with each of them, has an
income of 100000 a year, and she
owns real estate to the amount of
about 100000. Like Mrs. Rogers
of Texas, shells about so years old and
plain in all her habits. She is single,
too,and she lives all alone in big house
on Madison avenue and Twenty-fourth
street, New York city. 1t is said that
she was engaged to be married years
ago, but that her atlianced died few
days before the day fixed for the we'd
ding. Mrs. William Astor is worth
about 100000, and Mrs. Marshall
O. Roberts, the wife of minins king
who died some years ago, is said tt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
POmpciian Houses.

You would be astonished at the size
of some Of the Pompeian houses, and
the rooms and space they inclose. They
look small because they are so empty
but when you measure them you find
them very spacious. Houses of thirty
and forty rooms in the first story are
not uncommon. The great space was
the atrium, about thirty-Gve to forty
feet long, having an opening for light
in the center of the roof, and just
under this a marble basin raised above
the floor, into which the rain fell, and
on the margin of which were placed
bronzes and vases. Out Of this opened
bedrooms, and at the end a reception
room and dining-room. Beyond these
was a peristyle, or court, surrounded
by from eight to twenty columns, thus
making broad corridor running all
around. Some of the peristyles were
eighty or hundred feet square, with
a great variety of rooms opening into
them. Beyond the peristyle was the
garden, sometimes $50 feet square, or
more, with all sorts of arrangements
for plants and fountains. A good many
of the elaborate, niche-shaped fount-
aims are still perfect. The street en-
frances to some of the houses are ten
to fifteen feet in width, and had quad
ripple, or four-l eaved doors, In fact
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
Talking to Millions,

An improved telephone has been
placed in DR.. Talmage's church in
Brooklyn, to enable admirers of that
clergyman who cannot attend his dis
courses to hear his words in their own
distant homes. This is new inven-
ton, not yet patented, and it may not
be entirely successful at first; but all
who are familiar with all the possibili-
ties of the telephone unite in declaring
that speaking, singing. and iDstr.men-
tai music will in time be heard in ones
own home with almost as much salts
faction as in the halls where the
speakers, singers, or performers exer.
else their several gifts. Time was
when the orator was everything, and
the writer of little account, but the
invention OF printing made it possible
to multiply books without number,
while the speaker was necessarily con-
fined to the few thousands his voice
could reach. But in the whirligig of
time the orator and preacher threaten
to WELD a greater influence than the
writer does now. The Beecher Of the
future, by means of the telephone, viii
speak to millions, while the PATHS and
Maternas will thrill their melodies,
not alone in vast halls, but in hun
dreds of thousands of homes through
out the country. What an education
it will be to the masses when the gift
cd lecturer and preacher in the distant
city can be heard in every hamlet in
the country. The great cities will no
Longer have a monopoly OF tho nuulesJ
strains of music, for the telephone can
communicate them to the poorest as
well as to the richest lovers of music,
As yet the telephone transmits only a
muf1led sound; but experts say there
is no reason why the distant echo may
not be made as resonant as the voice
from the speakers lips. -Demorest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

Gallons and braids are worn ad-
nauseam.
There are no old ladies' bonnets this
winter.
Fichus of lace in various shapes are
much worn.
Woollen lace is favorlte trimming
for dresses and bonnets.
New black stockings have tops of
plain silk and feet Of escuriA lace.
Fleece-lined silk gloves should be
worn of large sizes rather than tight.
Violets and pink roses are now used
together, and Russian violets and
yellow carnations are also favorite
combination.
Some Of the new handkerchiefs are
composed of pure Irish linen, and
have deep borders striped with fine
hemsttching.
There is distinct return to the
low pointed bodice, falling off from
the shoulder, and to the short sleeves
of forty years ago.
Some of the felt bonnets have a
double row of eyelet-holes in the back
of the crown and through these a gilt
cord is laced and substituted for
strings.
Some of the new sealskin cloaks
have small close sleeves set under
their large capes, and drawn close to-
gether at the wrists to give added
warmth.
The mousquetaire glove is still a
favorite, but there are many ladies who
have pretty arms that always wear
long-buttoned gloves, and their taste
is commended.
Socks are now made to fit the feet
only of exquisite white merne. They
are useful to prevent the stockings
from crocking the feet as well as to
keep them warm.
The colored wooden laces make very
pretty trimming for white woollen
wrappers and jackets, and girls who
are quick to see the possibilities of
pretty things are using them for that
purpose
A dress recently worn by the Prin-
cess Of Wales was of crimson velvet
of violet tint, over petticoat of vel
vet and satin brocade in violet and
crimson, with close fitting bonnet of
the same tones.
One of the most beautiful brocades
that the Lyons looms ever wove was
recently imported by New York
house. Its ground was pale gold, and
the design was velvet poppies tied to-
gether by ribbon.
Walnut brown is the newest shade
in riding habits, the skirts of which
are now made little fuller than they
have been for two or three years, and
very little longer, although still shap-
ed to the knee and foot.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
a RnTaar In Japnn.


Last June the first charity bazaar
ever held in Japan was opened to
the public. The bazaar was entirely
worked by Japanese ladies, no foreign
ers, except Nine. Nishigawa and Nine.
Samoniza, English ladies married to
japanese government officials, being
asked to assist. The bazaar was held
in the new club, Roku Nerkwana, and
was well stocked with thousands of
both useful and ornamental articles,
chiefly the work of the lady stallhold-
ers, besides China basket work, bronze
lacquer and toys. There were thir-
teen stalls, each presided over by
"sangi' or minister of state, assisted
by three or four of the wives of high
government officials. The fair was
thronged from morning till night by
foreigners and natives eager to see this
new way or getting money for charity.
About two thousand tickets were sold
at ten cents each, and the crowds were
SO great that the police had several
times to close the outer gate and let
In only few hundred people at time.
All the things were sold before four
o'clock the first day, so the committee
were obliged to buy things from the
shops and sell them at about fifty per
cent. above cost price, as the bazaar
was advertised TO be open for three
days. On each of the successive days,
in spite of the rain, the crowds were
even greater than on the first day, and
on Saturday when they closed the doors,
hundreds were trying to gain admis-
sion, even when told that everything
in the place was sold. Such an i'm
mense sum of money was never
thought of, the receipts being about
eight thousand yen, or seven thousand
five hundred dollars. Every one con-
nected with it was surprised at the I'M
precedented success Of their first at
tempt of the kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
LOIS and Gain.
CHAPTER !.
q" was taken sick n year ago
NiLh billions lnXer.O

az was taken sick year ago
With bilious fever"
uMy doctor pronounced me cured, but got
rick ngain, with terrible pains in my back and
sides, and got SO bad
Could not novel
shrunkl
From 22s lbs, to 1901 had been doctorine
for NV liver, but it did me no good. did
not expect to live more than three months
began TO use Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains left
me, my entire system seemed renewed as v
by magic, and after using several bottles, J
am not only as sound as a sovereign, but weigh
more than I did before. To Hop Bitters
owe my life" X. FITZPATRICK
Dublin, June 8, 81.
CHAPTER II.
"Malden, Mass, Feb, /, 1880. Gentlemen
| suffered with attacks OF sick headache.
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or cure, until used Hop Bitters.
"Thc first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and strong az
when child,
And have been 80 10 tnls Gay
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
pronounced by Boston's best physicians
"Incurable"
Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him and
know Of the
Lives Of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your bitters,
And many more ore using them with great
benefit. I
"They almost
Do miracles 7" MRS E. D. SLACK. I
How TO GET SIcK.-Expose yourself day
and night eat too much without exerciset
work too hard without rest; doctor all tins
time; take all the vile nostrums advertised,
and then you will want TO know hotD 70 get
Cell, which is answered in three words--Iake
Hop Bitters
k.g-None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label, Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with 'Hop" or Hops" in their
mama
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

A new smoEeIess locomotive is on trla
on the Chicago and Northwestern rail
way, and gives great satisfaction, say
the Chicago Journal Of Commerce. i
burns the poorest quality of bituminou
coal, and emits only thin white smok,
from the smoke-stack. The latter is /,
round pipe, and is placed at the reu
end of the boiler, near the cab, instcat
OF being in front, as in the ordinar,
locomotive. There is double set o
fiues in the boiler, small set under
meath and larger ones on top. The case
pass through the lower hues to the from
and then return by the upper fues to thu
stack. Al the front there is a cylinde
chamber, with smoke arch, into which
the larger particles Of coal dust fall, ant
another chamber at the end of the large
tlues captures the lighter particles tina
have been carried that far The device
like most of the smoke contrivances,
not only convenience to the travelin,
public, but is economical, as it secures
considerable saving in fuel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
That Bow,

Ii HIS oisLer IS nIsseu NY ANY one, ne
is always the person to witness the
performance and tell of it before a
crowd. He is alway the one to give to
the world the fact that his sister uses
powder and wears false teeth, and is
80 years old. If there is a mortgage
on the place, the boy hears you speak
of it, and then goes around talking
about it as though it were something
to be pointed to with pride and pleas
ure. Everything you say in the DO,
som of your family that should not be
repeated the boy repeats, and always
has the faculty of repeating it at the
wrong time and to the wrong person,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

50 spurious arc VneSe dwellings on tno
ground floor that 1t is generally be-
lieved that the upper story rooms were
rented out. The floors Of the first and
second stories were of cement,in which
patterns of mosaic or tassellated work
were laid. Many of these floors were
uninjureI. The houses were admirably
planned to save space; and the decora-
tons, mural and otherwise, were far
beyond our conceptions of the art of
ornamentation. The workmanship s.
pecially the plaster and stucco, was
much better than can be produced by
our modern craftsmen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
A Peculiar Gift.

According to the London Lancet, a
young girl who has recently died in
the asylum at Hamburg possessed the
peculiar gift of changing the color of
her hair according to the state of her
mind. In periods of sedateness" her
hair was of its natural dull color; when
excited it became reddish, and her
anger was indicated by blonde color
Three days were generally required for
the change to be completed, and her
complexion also varied in the same
periods and in the same direction.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

"Frozon Facts" is q purely American OK,
preston, and one, too OF recent origin, It
has the merit Of attracting attention, and
also seems to bear conviction Of truthfulnesi
on its face We make room in our issue Of
today, for fact of this character. A cor
respondent Henry Whiting, Esq, of Boston,
Mass, says: CDR. R. V. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery has cured my son of a
our gratitude" We believe it to be fact
whether "frozen" or otherwise, that America
needs more men like Mr.. Whiting; men who
act, men who investigate truths, and seize
opportunities
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

A French newspaper informs the
world that America is the home of &c,
centricity, that in New York no church
bells are rung by hand, and that "the
Angelus is sounded by steam night and
morning the machine operates with tn,
regularity of q clock for five minutes. ,
1t also declares that when money il
needed for a charity the prettiest and
most exemplary girls in town ascend .
platform and let all corners kiss them TO,
81 head, but that "no one can take
more than ten kisses for the money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
Tall Oak. From Little Acorn, Grow.

Great and good results often spring from
small deeds and so fatal discusses come of a
seemingly trifiing neglect, Colds neglected
often lead to serious catarrhal troubles II
this is your case lose no time in becoming ac-
quaipted with DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy.
Its healing iitnes will surprise you. 1t is
discharges from the nose into the throat are
symptoms Of this horrible complaint.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

have asst s which will foot up $8,000,-
900. Mra A. T. Stewart has princely
income, no doubt. Mrs. Gammell is
said to contest with Mrs. Garrett the
reputation Of being the richest mar
ried woman in the country, and Eng
lands wealthiest heiress, l see, is a
Miss Hamilton, who has large estates
in Scotland, and an income Of some
where near 100000 a year.-Clece-
land Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

The VoLTAIo BELT Co.. oil Marshall
Mich, offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO
NoLrAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APpLI-
ANcEs on trial for thirty days, to men (young
or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss OF
vitality and manhood, and all kindred trou-
bles. Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis
and many other diseases, Complete restora-
ton to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed.
No risk is incurred, as thirty days trial is al
lowed. Write them at once for illustrate
damnhlet free.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

TIcasnnt valley, Duchess Co., \. "
His Final and Complete Recovery from
Gravel.
Plain words ere best. Mr.. Edward S.
Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., n.
Y, had suffered long from stones in the
Kidneys. He sought rslief, of course. Who
would not' What are time and money to
health, Mr. Hicks consulted the best physi-
clans Of his village and, also, Of Poughkeep-
sie-and none better can be found anywhere
but, unhappiy, without good result, A
friend in Rondout advised Mr.. Hicks to 60
to Rondout and see Dr. David Kennedy about
his trouble. This Mr.. Hicks finally did. Dr.
Kennedy saw at once what the suffering
mans difficulty was, and that " FurOrite
Remedyn was the medicine he needed. The
Doctor prescribed it, and Mr. Hicks went
home without much confidence in the power
Of Favorite Remedy y to do him mere good
than other medicines had done before. But
hope clings to straws, and be thought there
might be one chance out of many in his ia.
vor. He followed the directions and was both
surprised and delighted to find himself pres
sntly improving. To-day Mr.. Hicks is well
man.
While Dr. Kennedy is interested in intro
iucng Favorite Remedy" he continues to
practice his profession and performs all the
capital and minor operations in surgery
State your case. Letters promptly answered.
Address DR.. Darid Kennedy, Rondout, n
\. DIR. Kennedys Favorite Remedy" for
a Ia b,, all ,l,.urosts
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
8 4 most valuable medicine for ladies of all
ages who may be afflicted with any form OF
disease peculiar to their sex. Her remedies
are put up not Only i'll liquid forms but also in
Pills and Lozengcs in which form they are
securely sent through the mails.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31
Tho Pittsburrh woman who answered

The Pittsburgh woman who answered
newspaper personal and married by
telegraph the man whose acquaintance
sho made entirely by correspondence,
found when she met her husband that
he was ofnegro blood, An IndianapoIi.
court has on that account released heI
from her marriage by granting her .
divorce.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

The Andrews Pnrlor Folding Beds receive tho
highest commentator wherever used, in Ho-
le!s, in boarding Houses and Private Families
keclers, So to 81 Washington street, Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-12-31

New York has 500 photograph
galleries within three miles of Union
Square. Forty years ago there was
only one dsguerrotype saloon in the
city.