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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
Chinese Feeding Their Dead.

A recent issue of the Portland
Oregonjan says: Early yesterday morn
ing hacks and express wagons loaded
with Cinnamon, roast pigs, etc, COM
menced to pour across the Stark-st.
ferry on their way to Lone Fir Gene
terry to observe the religious ceremony
called feeding the dead. A reporter Of
this paper, who visited the cemetery
during the afternoon, found large
number of Cinnamon engaged in this
pious duty. The roast pigs and chick
ems were placed around on the ground
among the graves Of the Chinese and
at the head of nearly every grave
candles were burning. From the best
information to be obtained in regard to
this custom it seems that the food is
intended as sort of propitiatory offer
ing to the Chinese devil. The offerings
varied according to the habits and
tastes Of the occupants of the graves.
AT the grave Of one, his friend, after
digging holes in the hard ground with
his knife, stuck up two candles and
then laid out several sets of chop-sticks
and as many small cups, which he had
filled with wine; thea he placed some
bowls of rice and package of cigar
cites and small vessel of opium.
Then he made several bows and
genullections, as if inviting his dead
friend or the other party to set to, A
number of fires were burning in the
vicinity, and on these were placed
pieces of paper with squares of imita-
ton of gold leaf pasted on them repre-
senting gold coin, and smaller squares
punched full of holes represented the
brass cash, which coin has hole in
the center. Some burned small gar
ments made of paper and thus furnish
ed new suit to their deceased friends
at small cost, After the pigs and
chickens had been displayed long
enough to give the devil time to satisfy
himself they were carefully replaced
in the wagons and brought back to
town,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is
one of the great art centers of Europe.
Three hundred American students are
in the art school. The school is pre-
sided over by the ablest artists in Eu-
rope. One can attend the art school
for $50 per year for tuition. Expenses
are very low. Many students get along
on $3.50 per year. The course consists
of four years. A young man going
there should understand cast drawing.
That is all. The last year Of the course
is devoted to painting original figure
pieces. Models are furnished free, and
also studios the last year. The gov
eminent does everything to foster art.
The great gallery, one Of the best in
Europe, is open to students free. It
ranks with the Louvre, the Dresden
gallery, and the Hermitage, in 81.
Petersburg. In it are the master
pieces of Perugna, the tutor Of RAT
faelle, Correggio, Tintoretto, Murillo,
Van der Vert, Teniers, Rembrandt,
Rubens, Titan and Ralfaelle. In Mu-
mich are many living artists whose pic
lures sell from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
A Powerful Man,

Stanley, the African explorer, dcs
cribes strong man who was 6 feet
8 inches high and rather dispropor
tionately slender. He could toss al
ordinary man ten feet in the air ant
catch him in his descent. He would
take one of the large white Musca
donkeys by the ears, and with a sud
den movement of his right foot lay thu
surprised ass on its back. lie coul'
carry q 3-year-old bullock half wa,
round his masters plantation. One,
he actually bore twelve men on hi.
back, shoulders and chest a distance
of 800 feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

The new Upright Pianos of Mason & Ham
lin are highly praised by good judges They
possess refinement Of musical tone which
charms the connoisseur and all who hear 1t,
This is owing largely to the new system Of
their construction, The great experience OF
Mason & Homlin in their organ business,
with the aid Of their large corps of superior
musical and mechanical experts, has enabled
them, after several years Of expensive expert
ments, to produce piano which bids fair to
do more for their reputation than even their
famous organs have accomplished, Their
chief Improvement consists in securing tho
strings by metallic fastenings, instead Of PIN
held by friction, which renders it easy TO put
the three strings Of each tone exactly in uni.
son, and thereby produce tones of wonderful
sweetness and purity Mtssrs. Mason e.
Hanlin have made 10000 cabinet organs,
They can hardly hope to reach this number of
rights" will command very large SALE
Boston Traveller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

]. C. Gray of Dadeville Ala, writes us:
II have been using your DR.. VIM. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs, and I can say, of a
truth, it is far superior to any other lung pre-
roration in the world. My mother was con-
fined to her bed four weeks with cough, and
had every attention by a good physician
but he failed to effect cure; and when goi
one bottle of your DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam
for the Lungs, she began to mend right away
can say in truth that it was tie means Of
saving her life. know of five cases tha
lr VIM. Halls Ralsam has cured, and my
mother is better than she has been for twenty
,nnrS ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

/ write this as a
Token Of the great appreciation l have Of
your Hop
~ Il Bitters. was afflicted
With innanmatory rheumatism II
For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to do
me- any
Good !
Until tried two bottles of your Hop Bit.
ters, and to my surprise am as well to-day
as ever was. hope
"You may have abundant success
"In this great and
Valuable medicine:
Anyonel Il wishing to know mora
about my cure?
Can learn by addressing me, L. NJ
Williams, 1lO5 18th street, Washington,
D. c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

Mons. Pasteur, the Frenchman, whose
discoveries in the generation of disease
have attracted such wide attention and
are confessedly an invaluable public
benefit, shows that he is patriot and
philanthropist, as well as a patron and
devotee of pathological science. When
b French capitalist offered him 5000, 900
for his discovery of the method of pre-,
venting disease in cattle, Mons. Pasteur
refused the offer, saying that as he was
already in receipt Of a government au-
nuity which was sufficient for him, he
thought it right to give his discoveries
as gratuity to the public.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

A good story comes from boys boarding
school in Jersey The diet was monotonous
ami constipaling, and the learned Principal
decided to introduce some old-stylr physic in
the apple-saure, and await the happy results
One bright lad, the smartest IN school discov-
cred the secret mine in his sauce, and pushing
back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue. "No
physic, sir, in mine. My dad told me to use
nuthin but DR. Pierce's Pleasant Plrgntive
Pellets, ami they are doing their duty like a
charmn They are anti-bilious, and purely
vegetable
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

information is slowly accumulating
with regard to the great Javan eruption
last year, which proves this phenomenon
to have been unprecedented as series Of
violent explosions. Reports from vari-
GUS stations show that the sounds of the
explosion were heard in Ceylon, Burmah,
Manila, New Guinea, and on the western
coast of Australian fact, almost every
where within a radius of two thousand
miles; while across the Indian ocean,
with no land to intervene, they were
distinctly audible at Rodriguez, nearly
three thousand miles distant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

The ostrich farming enthusiasts having
tried California and Florida, have now
concluded to begin all over again in
Mexico. The government has granted
the promoters of the scheme 0,O6O acres
of land and $500 apiece for the first 200
birds imported. On these conditions it
looks as though the promoters would
make money, even if the ostriches died
as soon "a ir0norttd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

A company has been formed to estab.
lish New England colony in the high
lands of Florida at Belleviow, in Marion
county. 1t is desired TO form model
town which shall combine natural, social
and religious advantages, with freedom
from intemperance and pauperism. The
deeds to land will be given with the
provisos that no intoxicating liquors
shall be sold and that no dwelling shall
be built at an expense of less than $500.
A school of twenty-five pupils is no-y in
operation, good hotel is being built,
and church edifce and an academy are
to follow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
q TelenathVn is the new name for

Telepathy"is the new name for the
mysterious warnings which persons &C.
casionally claim to receive of the death or
dangerous illness of persons dear to
them, but distant. So numerous and
so well authenticated, apparently, have
been such instances Of late that a name
for the mysterious influence seemed
necessary, and the one chosen is good
one, meaning sympathy from long dis
tancp
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
All interesting exhibition is TO he held

All interesting exhibition is to be held
in Nuremberg next year, under the pro-
lection of the King of Bavaria. 1t is
to consist Of gold and silversmith's work
and jewelry; works Of art in copper, in
Guiding those in enamel; works OF art in
bronze and brass, in tin and zinc, and Of
the latter especially the limitations of
works in bronze, and galyanoplastic re-
productions of works of art Beside
finished work themselves, the material
used, tools, apparatus and machines en-.
ployed in their construction are also adj
mitted. An historical department will
give survey of the development of these
fields Of labor. Notice OF entries must
be given by December 20, 1884.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

Apropos Of published statement that
the English judges are all clean shavcn,
the Philadelphia Record remarks that be-
fore the war clearly sha9en faces were
almost universal among the men ia that
locality, aud in the case Of judges there
was not one exception. Now man is
seldom seen without beard or mustache,
nearly all tho judges falling in with the
style. A few years ago, in many parts
of the country, man with mustache
was regarded with suspicion, and would
find it difficult to gain admission into
private families.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

The new postofiice building at st.
Louis, just completed and occupied, is
one of the finest in the country. 1t covers
an entire block, and cost Sc, 03o, 900.
The top of the iron dome is al4 feet
above the street, and commands fine
view of the city, the river and the oppo-
site shore. The interior arrangements
are excellent in convenience, and the
Signal Service occupies the upper floor,
the offices being the best equipped in
the country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

In one jail in Egypt Mr.. Clifford
Lloyd found no fewer than seventy, five
of the. leading men Of the district
with their feet covered with blood and
fostering sores, weeks after bastinadoing
to which they had been subjected by the
order of the Mudir. Their hands still
bore the deep cuts Of the thongs by
which they had been suspended in order
10 extort q confession, and the thumb
lcrew had been unspairingly applied.
Two Of the prisoners had died under the
;ourbash, and the others were lingering
IN agony.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
As Seen without His Collar.

E1ith-What funny little jellyGsh
1t has such small body and such long,
thin feelers.
Georgc-That is not jellyfsh.
Edith Isn't itP
George-No; it's q dude In bathing.
z-PhilaGephta cal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
Black grenadine Is extensively worn
gracefully draped over black silk.
Flowers of all kinds are more used
for braiding patterns than arabesque.
Open crown bonnets of braided felt
are shown for winter wear.
Fichus of null trimmed with lace
are popular with all kinds Of evening
gowns.
Tea gowns are now made of black
lace over colored silk slips, cut in prin-
cess form.
The rage for yellow has increased,
and it is greatly used in fall dresses
and bonnets.
Black and white stripes are again
much worn, both in and out of mourn
ing, in cambrics ana silks. ,
All dresses and ulsters are furnished
with high collars, and the sleeves are
put in high on the shoulders.
White pongee is the newest fashion
able material for evening dress. 1t is
made up simply and trimmed with
lace.
Yak laces, of large design are revived
in gray and brown shades for trim
ming alpaca and bison cloth dresses
for the present season.
Anyone who wants fashionable
crown to her velvet bonnet can have it
by dotting the crown with clusters of
beads arranged in threes.
The small bonnets are made as high
and as narrow as possible this Autumn,
and the greater part of the trimming
is masscd in the centre, above the face.
Belts of Russia leather, alligator
skin and canvas are worn as broad as
the wearer's figure will allow. Those
with large buckles Of silver are the
most elegant.
Some very pretty, coarse, little,
black.and-brown straw bonnets have
come in for the autumn. They are
mostly trimmed only with ribbon bows
and perhaps flower.
The new mixed braid5 are used by
tailors for trimming costumes of cloth
or cashmere, which are mostly made in
the prevailing fashion Of ample-sized
plain round skirt, with a narrow box
pleating below
Skirts of soft silk-mixture twecds,
with hair lines of some bright color,
such as red on small blue and white
checks, are useful AID good. FIRE.
quently a bodice of plain cloth trimmed
with fancy braid is worn with them.
Turkey red cotton at thirty cents
ward, trimmed with red lace costing
five times as much, is Partisan con-
ception of tasteful frock. The
American woman is wiser and uses
cheaper lace.
Velvet hats will be trimmed with
China Grape for winter wear.
Among the felt bonnets intended for
use in stormy weather are some which
have a trimming of gathered felt set
on the felt crown, but cloth matching
the suit is preferable.
A very beautiful new ribbon is of
curled velvet with satin on the reverse
side, but it is so expensive that most
persons will content themselves with
out it.
Braid with drop pendants along one
edge is one Of tho new trimmings. 1t
is laid in rows on the waist in the
shape of waistcoat, and single bands
of it are laid between folds Of woollen
stuff as substitute for cuffs.
The kilt-plaited skirts used in many
French walking costumes are often
covered with embroidery from belt to
hem. Tho cuffs, collar and waistcoat
of these suits are also embroidered
and the different designs harmonic,
but are not precisely alike.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

The secret of the large and constant sales Of
Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound probn-
bly, lies in the fact that wi ere Is there arc many
Critters" and "Toncs" OF equal value, be it
more or less, the Vegetable Compound is SO
COM letey superior to al other preparations
specially recommended for the needs of women
that it has practically no rivals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
HAY-FEvER is atypc of catarrh having pee

HAY-FEvER is atype of cotarrh having pecu.
har symptors. 1t is attended by nm intlamed
condition OF the lining membrane OF the nos
trils, teNr-ducts and throat, affecting the lungs
An acrid mucus is sccreted, the discharge is uc-
compnned wi h burning sensation. There
are severe slasms of sncczjng, frequent attacks
Of headache, watery and inflmed eyes. Ely
Cream Balm is n remedy founded on a correct
diagnosis Of this disease and can be dep nded
upon, 50 cts at druggists; 60 cts by mail,
Sample bottle by mail 10 cts. Ely Bros,
Druggists, Owego, n. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

It's no secret noStrum. We speak of DR..
Pierce's Extract Of Smart Weed, composed of
best French Brandy, Smart Weed, Jamaica
Ginger and Camphor Water 1t cures chol.
era moIbus, collie OF cramps in stomach, diar-
rhra, HJScntery or bloody-nuS, and breaks up
odds, tevers and inaammatory attacks
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

that so many people sink into undmely graves
when we consider how they neglect their
health. They Lave disordered Liver, derans-
ed Bowels, Constipation Piles Or diseased
Kidneys, but they let it go and think they evil
get over it," 1t grows worse, other and more
serious complications follow, and soon il Is too
late to save them. II such people would take
K!dney-Wort it would preserve their lives. 1t
acts upon the most important organs, purifying
the blood and cleansing the system, removes
and prevent these sordcrs and promotes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

With every disease imaginable for the last
three years, Our
Druggist, T. J. Anderson recommending
"HOp Bitters' 10 Ine,
used two bottles
Am entirely cured, and heartily recon-
mend Hop Bittcrs to every one. j. d.
Walker, Buckner, Mo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

5fSH"To MATCH THAT bonnet? Feathers,
ribbons velvet can all be colored to match that
new hat by using the Diamond Dyes. l0c. for
any color at the druggists Wells, Richardson
& Ia RurlinpIon VI
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

When first caught sponges are Shiny.
ill-smelling things, looking like pieces
of raw liver. The sponge Of COM
MERGE is the dwelling of the sponge
fish.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
II consider your
Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, Kidney


Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
Compliant
"And nervous debility, l have just
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Than anything else;
A month ago was extremely
"Emaciated. ~
And scarcely able to walk Now am
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= 4 X
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

A baldheaded man, who has heard that In
hairs of mans head are numbered, wants e
know if there is not some place where he can
obtain the back numbers Carbciino vii
supply the 'dnmaud
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

New England has more seaside re-
sorts than any equal extent of coast in
the world
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Life Preservcr.
Ifyou are losing your gripon llfe,try "Wells'
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

The INSTITUTE FAIR.-It would be impossi-
Bile to speak in detail of all the attractions pre-
scented by this Fair in Boston, but in a word
the present exhibition is the most interesting
one ever held by the Institute
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24

Trough on ItCh.''
Trough on Itch" cures mmors, eruptions,
ng-worm, letter, salt rheum, chilblains.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-24
Hoods SarsapariIla

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S. Prepared only
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-06
THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS.

The management of the recent con-
duciur's bail desire to return thanks to
the ladies who = beautifully decorated
the Pickwict hotel at their first an
nuul eel, brutiun, especially Mesdames
j. NJ Hansel, John Hodges, l.. Wood
and Mrs Wood, niece of Captain Aft
Bailey.
The rai'roads are experiencing the
dull, st season in passenger and freight
traffic since last spring.
conducto. Tons EaNes had he sec
& finger of his lett hand mashed oil
Yesterday afternoon, while coupling
ears at Alvord. on the Denver road.
II is reported that the Fort Worth
and Denver i'll build fifty miles oil
road this spriug.
Mr.. Woo sey of the Texas " Pacific
freight Office has been confined TO his
room for about II week with chiils ana
fever.
Captain Mark Marley took charge OF
the west-buund Texas d Pacific train
from this point last night.
The Transcontinental passenger
| train was two hours late last night.