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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
An Aid 10 Curing AlcOho llsm.

The Scientific american says: Eve
believe the best authorities are gen.
orally skeptical as to there being any
sure cure for confirmed habits Of inebrl-
ty unless the effort in that direction be
aided by a strong exercise lof the will
of the unfortunate subject of the bad
habit. There are, however, many
remedies recommended as aids in di-
verting or in a minor degree satisfying
the appetite for strong liquors, which
are undoubtedly Of great advantage in
some cases, and one of these is thus
recommended by "A self-styled "rescued
man; II was one Of those unfortu-
mates given to strong drink. When |
left off | felt a horrid want of some
thing must have or 60 distracted.
could neither eat, work, nor sleep.
Explaining my affection to man OF
much education and experience, he ad-
vised me to make adecOction Of ground
quassia, half ounce stepped in pint
of vinegar, and to put about a small
teaspoOnful of it in little water, and
to drink it down every time the liquor
thirst came on me violent. found it
satisfied the cravings, and it suffused a
feeling of stimulus and strength. l
continued this cure, and persevered till
the thirst was conquered, For two
years have not tasted liquor, and l
have no desire for it. Lately, to try
my strength, I have handled and smelt
whiskey, but l have no temptation to
take it. I give this for tho considera-
ton of the unfortunate, several Of
whom ! know have recovered by means
which l no longer require.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

are not angels; no more are men. But
Miss Dash devoted herself purely to
business and ignored what was not
pleasant. 1t could do her no harm,
because she paid no heed to it, In
due course Of time she had learned her
trade. Then matters became easier.
A place was found for her without
trouble in prominent business house.
Here, as everywhere, she was faithful
to every charge, and worked with en-
thusiastic industry, In time wages
were raised. BY and by, too, she
was given other work along with her
telegraphing, which increased her pay
to almost II princely sum compared
with the pitifully low wages most
women get, Indeed the young woman
is now in position where she could
support husband if she had one. She
really does help support her mother
and family, however, like the good
daughter she is. IT the truth was
known, more than half the girls and
women who work for pay have others
than themselves to feed and clothe.
When she had left the shop in which
she had be n, many of the girls there
nudged one another's elbows vowed
she was diSgracing herself, and in
formed one another that Martha Dash
never was like the other girls, which
was true, and n compliment to her,
although they did not intend it in
that way. Most of these friends who
did not approve her conduct are sales
women at three dollars a week still.
Her present position looks like an
earthly paradise to them. But Miss
Dash is not yet satisfied. She works
as hard rs ever. NV she is studying
stenography and type-writing. She
says she intends to continue learning
aud becoming more capable in bust
ness till she can command $500 a
year. She will do it too. That is not
Il fabulous fortune, but it is II good
round sum for woman to earn. AS
it is, though, she is quite comfortable.
she says sometimes to other girls:
Keep pushing on till you can do work
that is worth something. Keep your
courage mp. Don't stay where you are
put, fretting and waiting for some
thing to turn up to improve your po-
sition. Nothing will happen untilyou
make it happen. Particularly don't
sit down and wait till che comes
along. Maybe he won't come.--NeaO
Y0rh 1Orid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

1t is reported that at one of the
Gethin coal mine explosions collier
was able to traverse the whole of the
working in making an exploration
while the pit was yet full of gas, his
can. was saturated with cold tea and
held to the mouth and nostrils prov
ing an efficient safeguard.
In the Sinaitic range of mountains
there is a remarkable cone of sandy
rocks called Gebcl-Nakus. When a
traveller attempts in fine weather to
scale this miniature peak he hears a
sound like that of distant bells. When
there is no wind and the sand is damp
with dew the sound is not heard. This
phenomenon is attributed to the fric-
ton of the silicious sand on the decliv-
tiles of the cone. The atmospheric
vibration which is thus started is sup
posed to be intensified by cavities
which serve as sounding-boxes or
resonators.
The human pulse has rather wide
range, but the general average may
I've put about as follows: At birth, l4O;
at two years, 100; at from sixteen to
nineteen years, so; at manhood, 20; old
age, 60. There are, however, great
variations consistent with health. MAJ
poleon's pulse is said to have been only
IA in the minute. a case is also rela-
ted of healthy man of 81 whose pulse
was seldom over so during the last
two wears of his life, and sometimes
not more than g. Another man of
81 years of age enjoyed good health
and spirits with pulse of ", and
there is also on record the curious in
stance of man whose pulse in health
was never more than 40, and to be
consistent in his Inconsistency, when
he had fever his pulse Eel! to 30, in
stead Of rising, Us ! ) usual.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

OF very small bows Of velvet or satin
ribbon, dropping in their fulness.
The most elegant white dresses for
spring weddings will be made of white
China Grape, trimmed with lounces of
Valenciennes lace and plastrons of
crystal-beaded net, with also draperies
of this net.
Bonnet strings are now never tied
at the back or on the side. This fash
ion is a dowdy one, and was never
followed by women of taste. The
strings are tied directly beneath the
chin in a bow which is larger than
the ends. Ends are never cut but left
straight.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Feeling deeply grateful for the benefit no,
ceiyel from the use of Hunts Rene !y, fee
proud 10 inform you of the good it has done
me; for the great suffering have passed ana
am now saved by Hunts Remedy. desire
to st tie my case to the public. so that other
sufferers may obtain the benefit of its Won
derful curative powers some time. began
to suffer eycruclating pains IN the region OF
nv kidneys: had the most inte"se agony;
was confined to my bed and tot lily unable
to change my position or move l any way.
was tanned eight times. l then heard OF
Hunts Remedy; bought bottle and after
taking n few spoonfuls the result was ma-l,,
cal, aud in few days my pain was gone and
my water passed freely, and could eat most
anything: my swelling disapl cared. was
new person alto gether. The doctors, had
given ne up to die, said there was no hope
for me. | had one hundred and tifty-slx
pounds of water taken out Of me. Was
treated by seventeen different doctors, and
hunts Remedy has cured me. feel proud
over your medicine. Those who suffer with
the dropsy / hope will give it trial, and see
the good it will do. 1t works like a chgm.
would advise those having difficulty with
their kidneys to give Hunts Remedy trial.
! am sure that it will iyethem instant relief
and give them permanent cue. l am
willing to give all information in my power
in regard to this most valuable medic ne
Yours truly, MRs. DAVID NORTH,
Ecorse, Wayne County, Mich, May 80, 1889
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

at is really astonishing how many
different kinds of pads are being in
vented" remarked Fizzletop at the
breakfast, few mornings ago.
"Yes," responded Mrs. Fizzletop, "if
we are to believe what we read in the
newspapers, almost any kind of invalid
can he restored to health by some
kind of apad.'
"There is one kind of pad
that doesn't help man MUCH" inter-
rupted Johnny, who reads the papers
"What kind OF a pad are you talking
about ?"asked Colonel Fizzletop, harshly
"a footpad. l read in the paper
that man was knocked down in
New York and robbed by a footpad."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Everybody knows what "tbat tired feeling"s. Itaf'
li'ts the human family when the Weather grows
in the spring and early Just as Nature.
refreshed from hor long winters rest is preparing to
display herself in new beauty and power The contrast
between the changing season and tho condition OF the
body at this time makes one feel even more tirod,
dospond2nt ard miserable. The refreshing, toning
and nvigoratng influences for which the system ap'
poals Will DO found in Hoods Sarsapara, tho reliable
tonic and blood purifier
C. W MAELEY. Canton. o., says; ~ have used
Hoods sarsaparn and find ii all you advertise IL for
and cheerfuly recommend it to persons who are in
want Of good blood purifier"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Future analysts may well describe
this period of American history as the
wire age says the Boston Advertiser.
In no part of the economy of our daily
life are we divorced from wire. 1t is
our slave. and yet an ever present
master. Sleeping, we repose on wire
mattresses. Eating, we see foods that
have passed through sleeves and which
are sheltered from insect appetite by
wire covers. Calling. we pull wires to
ring curled wire gongs. Travelling,
we are conveyed by cable or electric
railways, hoisted by elevators hung on
wires and hurried over wire bridges.
We announce our coming by telegraph
or telephone wires, and we thread our
way by night through streets lighted
by means of electric cables Across
our fields are strung many thousands
of miles of barbed wire fences, against
which dumb brutes protest, Texas
rangers draw the knife, and lawyers,
juries, Judges and reporters whet their
intellectual blades. Our clocks are set
by wires, our books are stitched with
wire, our pictures are hung by wires,
and our politics managed by wires.
At recent entertainment given in
London to 200 blind persons, Mr..
Fawcett, the blind member of the Brit
ish Cabinet, remarked: within the
last few years l believe there has been
remarkable improvement in the meth
dds adopted in many of the institutions
for educating the blind. To take one
example-and othe.s might he selected
Il believe that of the pupils who leave
the Normal College for the Blind at
Norwood about eighty per cent. main
tain themselves in after life. Witt
regard to those who become blint
when they are adults, very different
considerations apply. believe it Is
! found that the fingers very soon LOST
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
THEY WERE RIGHT
When tho Doctors Called 1t Gravel,) and MIR.
Washington Monroe. of Catskill, Green
Cos n, ", was Fortunate in Using DR..
David Kcnncdy's Favorite Remedy, (which
Entirely Removed the Diseuse-The Wis.
dom of Following a Wife's Advice.

For many years1 had suffered from complaint
which the physicians called Gravel l had employed
of the noted doctors without obtaining any
permanent relief and for long time my case was re
gardcd as hopeless All who knew the circam tance'
said must die. Finally, my wife induced me to Try
bottle of DIR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVOR
TIE REMEDY, which sh, had somewhere hoard Of
or seen advertised Without tho slightest fat in it,
hut solely crafty her. bought bottle ofa druggist
in our village. fused that AMI two three bottles
more and--to max, a long story short--I am now {"
healthy man as there is in the county.
Since then I have recommended DIR. DAVID
KENNEDY's FAv0RITE REMEDY to others
whom know to have suffered from Kidney and LivoT
complalnts and. assure tho public. that the IA.
vORiTE REMEDY has done It's work with SINH.
lar completeness in every single instance AMI trust
some other sck and discouraged mortal may hear off,
undtry the FAv0RITE REMEDY. mI did
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
Plain cuffs are fashionable.

Plain cuffs are fashionable.
Black stockings are used with any
dress,
lifelong suede gloves are very pop
ular.
Wells are not as much worn as for
merly,
Butterflies are used in clusters on
bonnets.
Tailor-made costumes are still very
fashionable.
A great deal of ribbon velvet is used
on costumes.
The Byron collar isalways put on
the tailor-made suits.
Colored straws, matched to the
dress are fashionable.
Bonnet strings are made very short
and arranged in cravat-bow.
The position basque is much used
for Bingham and white suits.
The Venetian copper is another new
sha lie for bonnets and costumes.
BasQues do not change their shape
much from those worn all winter.
Embroidered nounces are very scan
tily gathered, and are made to lap.
Porcelain blue is color much used
on bonnets, with ecru lace or net.
A great deal of jet is used on bon
nets, but we find few colored beads.
Stockings come in all the mushroom
brown and blue shades in plain colorS.
Black stockings have gone out of fash
ion.
Silver bangles are coming in fashion
again. They are connected by tiny
gold chains.
They are still making dresses with
the back breadths ma5sed in cluster
of pleats.
The velvet ribbon dog collar is still
worn where the dress is made to show
the throat or neck.
The high aigrctte is still seen spring
ing from the side of Il bonnet where
loses are maSSed.
White satins are largely imported
this season and are much lighter in
weight than those of last year.
English turbans are seen again will
bruins rolling nigh in front and slopine
entirely away in the back.
Molierc vests of poppy red or blu'
satin, with velvet roscttes or cockad
bows to match, are popular.
For travelling dresses the gray an'
brown Ottoman cloth is selected
Narrow velvet is used on these suits.
Durable India pongees are agai
used, either quite plain or else EN-
broilered in sprigs, creacents or ara
bcsqucs.
The white embroideries on nets ar
, placed over satin and used as trim
= mings of very dressy nuns vellin
+ toilets.
Null dresses with drawn-work {
" DEMONSTRATING are made up with bel
ed waist and soft drapery for morr
l. ing wear.
= Colored straws are more largely ii
t ported than white. They come in q
+ shades and are selected to match t!
$ costume.
, Dotted net wells with border
< lace around the edge, like those Of
" mothers wore twenty years ago, a
~ fashionable again.
!" The Moliere coat basque is in hi!
V favor with the tailor-male suits. The
IL Dasoues are used only for street al
shopping costumes.
10 The garden hat of Leghorn, tril
,t med profuseIy with field flowers, is
,o high favor for young girls. They a
i very becoming to young faces.
n. Lace ilounces are gathered very fl
Is and sometimes have f0rkcd ENDS, Joe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
7 hat 7 iired ceiling

The children need tho aid of n reliable spring mod
cine as much az adults. Tho warm weather has upon
thom an equally depressing effect, which slight Vera'
lions and hard study school Nggrlyae making them
nervous, cross and ietful. Plmpes or scrolulous
humors are apt to manifest themsevos, adding dsOom'
fort to depression Hoods Slrsap9rila has in thou
sands of cases proved boon and blessing to suffering
children expeng all trace Of scroula nom he blood,
tonrg up tho body and giving to the digestive Organs
healthy action
Mr. j. N KETcHUM. of Barre, VT, says that his
boy had several very gy scrofuous sores on his les
Hoods SarsaptrilIa cured him. Mr. kotchum cor
daily recommends the medicine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Not long ago the experiment was
made of importing dead meat from
Russia to London, and it is now PROV
ing so successful that the practice may
appreciably affect the price Of meat in
London.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
Hoods SarSapariIla

~ could not sloop, and would got up in the morning
with hardly life enough to get ont Of bed. had no
appetite and ms face would break out with pmples
bought botto Of Hoods Sarsaparilla and soon DO
gan to sleep undly could get up without that tired
and langud feeling, and my appetite improved '-R.
A. SANFORD Kent, o,
"Every spring tako Hoods sarsaparilla. and know
nothing OF that terrible lauguor 80 prevalent at thai
season Of the year. Rims. j. NJ. CARTER, Boston
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
wisely Adop,ed by Dairymen.

The adoption by most Of the prominent
darymcn and farmers of the United States, OF
the Improved Butter Color made by Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT is n proof
Of their wisdom in business point of view.
Nearly all winter butter il cololed, in order to
make it marketable, and this color is the best,
in regard to purity, strength, permanence and
perfection of tint,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Young men or middle aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility md kindred weaknesses
should send three stamps for Part VII Of
Worlds Dispensary Dime Series oil books. Ad-
dress WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL As ,oCI-
ALTON, Buffalo, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

may be taken at liver and bilious disorders
with Dr. r. V, Pierce's pheasant Purgltive
Pellets" Mild, yet certain in operation; and
there is none Of the reaction consequent upon
taking severe and drastic cathartics. BY
druggists
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
I HAVE suffered from Catnlmh to such

] HAVE suffered from Catai1ph to such an
extent that had to bandage my head to quiet
the pain. l was advised by Mr.. Brown, OF
Ithaca, to try Ely's Cream Balm. When sut-
iering with Catarrh or cold in the head have
never found its equal.-C. A. COOPER, Dandy,
n. Y. (Apply with finger Price 80 cents.)
IuAvE used Ely's Cream Balm for dry Ca
tNrrh ito which every Eastern person is subject
who comes to live in high al'tude). Ii has
proved cure in my cas".-B. F. NJ. WEEKS,
Denver, Col (Easy TO use. Price 80 cents. }
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

Mr.. |. Carpenter, 4C3 Fourth avenue, New
York, after running a gauntlet of eight
years rheumatism used St. Jacobs Oil, the
great pain reliever, by which he was en-
trely cured and has had no return of his
COMPLAINT
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23
Makes the Weak Strong

"Ihavc used Hoods sarslplrlla for some time and
have derived benefit therer,m. It gives me an appe'
tite and strengthens the whole system. can ohoer
fully recommend 1t to all who need regulator OF tho
bowels or building up and strengthening medicine
JOSIAH W. CooE, Preside Cambridge Mutual Fro
Ins. Co. Cambridge Mass
Mr. j. v. A. PRoUDFoor. Of Chicago says his little
boy ha discharge from his ears after scarlet fever
Hoods Sarsaparila greatly benefited him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

No effort has ever been made to advertise
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound out
side our own America; yet frequent calls from
other parts of the world show that good news
will spread. Packages of this medicine have
even been sent from Lynn, Mass to China,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

1t is said that sixty thousand oranges
on an average, are gathered from Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stoves little grove in
Florida.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

1t is announced that the numerous cinchona
gardens commenced five or six years ago in
Java will soon begin to yield.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

The nitro-glycerine bomb is a recent
addition to destructive projectiles, its
serviceableness in reducing intrench-
ments being, it is claimed, uneXcelled
In it's construction heavy conical
shell is first cast, and so arranged that
one end is much heavier than the
other, one end being also closed with
tightly-lltting cap, screwed on after
charging. The interior Of the shell is
divided into three compartments, each
separated by heavy plate-glass cap;
the division furthest from the open
end is filled with sulphuric acid, the
next with glycerine, and the outer one
with nitric acid-these three elements
being the component parts of nitro
glycerine. A small opening through
the centre of the cap fitting the open
end Of the projectile admits steel rod,
to each end of which is firmly attach
ed a small circular piece of metal, the
inner end resting against the first
glass cap; the outer cap is then screw
ed on, and the projectile is ready for
service. According to the principle of
gravitation, the heavy end naturally
strikes the ground first, the steel rod is
driven through the plate glass parti-
tions, the chemicals are mingled, and
a nitro-glycerine discharge takes place.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

The Austraasian Medical Directory con-
tains list OF nearly LOO legally qualified
practitioners resident in the colonies
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

"Womnn and Her Diseases
is the title of an interesting treatise COG pageS)
sent postpaid, for three stamps Address
Bunnlo N Y,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

At the dawn OF womanhood, orin the change
of life Samaritan .Nerr,ae is the ladies rl' nd.
From North Hampton, \. Il, Mrs. J.. b, Tarl-
ton writes :" !Sam1rituR.t crime cured my SON
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

The yearly cost of the French Academy TO
the state amounts to $4,000 francs, or about
80 GOO
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

As the sable is to erminc; as smut to flower;
MS coal to alabastcr; as SCOT to driven snow,
80 is Carboline, the perfection of all hair re-
neWerS, to all other ORGANIZATIONS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

The startling prediction of astrolo-
gists and astronomers made some time
ago, that a cycle of crime, disaster,
disease and death might be expected
between 1880 and 1885. because the
four great planets, Saturn, Neptune
Uranus and Jupiter, will all be in
perihelion for the first time in 1000
years, attracted widespread attention.
1t was asserted that the perihelion of
these planets would affect the sun, and
thus indirectly disturb the natural
laws of the earth. A series of eX-
tremes of heat and cold, with floods,
hurricanes, epidemics and earthquakes,
was predicted. 1t was also asserted
that mankind would be so affected
that great criminal outbreaks might
be expected. Referring to this sub
ect, the Albany Eceni1g Journal says
that superstitious persons can claim,
with some show of reason, that these
predictions are being fulfilled. The
great earthquakes at 1schia and the
island of Java, the destructive floods
in this country, the cholera in Egypt,
the remarkable mildness of the wealth
er in Europe and its severity in the
Southern part of the United States,
the record of crime eliminating in the
riot at Cincinnati, all might be cited
as evidences of the fulfllment of the
prediction. But sober common sense
will listen to such logic with incredu-
lity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-04-23

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression ofspir
its and general debility in their various forms !;
also as preventive against fever and aguo and
otherintermittent fevers the "Ferro-Phosphor.
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswcll,
Hazard Il Co., New York, and sold by all Drug.
gists is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fevor ~ nther stctnnss '. has nnenual.