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An Unsolved Mystery Of $1,000
Bill.
From the Boston journal.

A singular incident is mentioned in
connection with Conductor Mckinney,
who was recently killed upon the New
York and New Haven Railroad. He
vas running on the owl train south. and
one night, very soon after the great
robbery at Northampton, Mass, a pas
senger in the smoking car gave him in
payment of fare what he supposed was
a 800 bill. He took the bill and said
he wonld return the change when he
passed through the car again. After he
had gone into the baggage CARRIE dis
covered that the denomination of the
bill was 81, 900. He at once returned
to the smoking car and going to the
man, as he supposed. who gave him the
bill began to explain the mistake, but
the passenger denied having giving HIM
any bill whatever. This puzzled him
and as he could find no owner he turned
the money over te the railroad company.
The railroad company deposited the
money in a Hartford bank, where it re-
manned for three or four years and was
then given to Mckinney.
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rpee Your Pardon.

A civil word is the cheapest thing in
the world, and yet it is a thing which
the Young and happy rarely give to their
interiors. See the effect of c%ivilitv up
On a rough little street-boy! The other
evening young lady abruptly turned
the corner and ran against a boy who
was small and ragged and freckled.
Stopping as soon as she could, she
turned to him and said: 81 beg your
pardon; indeed / am very sorry" The
small, ragged and freckled boy looked
up in blank amazement for an instant:
then taking off about three-fonrths of
a cap, he bowed very low, smiled until
his face became lost in the smile, and
answered: "You can hev my parding
and welcome, miss, and yer ma IL
agln me and knock me clean down, an
| won't say q wors." After the young
lady passed on he turned to q comrade
and said, half alphabetically, II never
had any one to ask my parding, and it
kind o took me off my feet"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-20
Domestic Recipes.

GREEN PEAs.-Peas should be fresh
ly shelled and not too large. Ii neces-
sary to be taken from the vines a few
hours before using, they sll&uld be left
in the pods, which may be kept in cold
water. This is Ii way Of cooking peas !:
Shell, wash andprt themt to cook in fresh
water enough merely to cover them:
season with salt, pepper and butter;
boil till done, when they will have taken
up nearly all of the water: then add
creamy sweet milk. enough for a pleas
ant accompaniment of moisture; let
them come nearly to boiling heat, add
ing more salt if necessary. Nice, served
alone; also excellent poured over light
" toasted bread, and served Immediate
~.
To Cook BEANs.-Break off both
ends, cut them in peaces of an inch or
so. wash and put them ina kettle with
water to V them well. Add half a
teaspooniul of salerat,s. Boil them
fifteen minutes. drain off the water, add
cold water, drain it right off again.
then put over the fire, add enough hot
water to nearly cover them. Season
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Raising Thrifty Hoes.

Professor S. r. Thompson, of the
Nebraska Agricultural college, writes
to the American Agricultural that green
food makes thriftier and larger hogs.
Farmers who raise many pigs, and feed
them exclusively on corn, know that
some of the shotes will cease to grow at
an early age, begin to lay on fat, and
never reach the size of good merchant
able hogs. This tendency to fatten pre-
maturely, at the expense of Done growth
IS mo- seen to any great extent in grass.
fed hogs. A pig fed on bulky green
food will develop a larger stomach than
one fed on concentrated food like corn;
and when You come to fatten it this en-
larged capacity will enable him to eat
and digest more corn, and thus fatten
faster than the other and be q more
profitable hog to grow for market.
Grass-fed hogs are healthier than those
grnn-fed. Every intelligent breeder
10Y the advantages of feeding green
food to SONS about to farrow. They
have less difficulty with their pigs, are
less liable to destroy them, and give
o milk, and nurse them better.
Grass-fed hogs are less liable to disease.
The dreaded hog cholera is not much
to be feared where hogs have therun of
a good clover pasture. Undoubtedly,
II exposed to contagion, they would take
the disease, but they arenot likely to
develop it. For example, a farmer had
his hogs in a small pen, destitute of
grass, with no water, except a muddy
pool, which soon was made as vile as
possible by the hogs. After a while
the hogs began to die in considerable
numbers, with symptoms resembling
cholera. The wne was alarmed, took
them ont of bis pen, turned them on a
patch OF green rye, and gave them wat
er from a we'll. The disease was checked
and the deaths ceased.
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Feeding Pigs.

II begin" says a Vermont farmer, so
feed my pigs when small on knocked
food ofall kinds, such as apples. potatoes,
green grass and weeds, corn fodder. etc.
with a little water and SOM milk to
drink. Sour milk is better for them
than sweet, for it gives them M appe-
ute and keeps them healthy, so that
they Will grow faster. When I am
ready to begin ~fattening the animals |
feed dry feed or corn, and a little while
after they eat it | give them a little sour
milk, if have it, and if not Il little
clear, cold water. This method of feed
ing saves labor and food, and conse-
quenti,y saves expense. The dry meal
will stay on the stomach until it is en-
tirely digested, while sloppy food will
pass through the animal more quickly.
and before it has had time to do half
service. / have tried a good many ex-
perlments in pig feeding, and have fin
ally settled down upon this as the best.
You must begin the use of knocked
food when they are young"
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IT Goldsmith. who WROTE &c ar,

IT Goldsmith, who wrote Of "The
Deserted Village" were alive to-day
he would find ample material for his pen
in the deserted villages of the Pacific
coast. The San Francisco Chronicle
says all of the old California mining
towns are in a decayed or deeaying con,
dltlon. Some Of them, most tiourishinp
from lS40 to 1854 OF 1856, are blotte3
from existance and lost to memory saye
IN the immediate n~eighborhood where
they one stood. The Chronicle de-
votes a column to interesting reminiscent
ces OF these once busy scenes Of human
activity and hopes.
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It is now given out in government Circles
that the failure of the negotiations with Tur-
key for aid IN the Soudan difficulty was due not
to dlssentions in the cabinet over Lord Gran
yiile's prospects, but the greed of the snltan
WHO wanted altogether TOO large a finger in tbs
lnteTnationM pie, and held out for the paw a
sast subsidy in return for the services of b;s
troops, the government is now uneasy and ner'
yo!ls over the silence Of Admiral hewitt. which
Is interpreted as indicating the failure of his
mission to King John OF Abyssmpia
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is a good way for those who do not pos.
sess cedar boxes, and the articles need
have no other care, if every spot is
treated MS directed, and the garments
are not left hanging in the closet too
long before putting away for the season.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Pay of American Authors.

The pay of authors is apparently an
affair Of private business and public
concern. What man is paid for
picture or a book, a sketch or poem
is always a subject of speculation. A
iudicious interviewing of publishers
reveals some light on the matter. Mr..
Stedman is a broker and banker
happily for him, poetry and prose TO-
gether would not pay for his house
rent. Mrs. Burnett gets $1,000 for a
novel published serially and as much
again when put in book form. Mr..
Howell gets about $1,000 for a serial
and a percentage on the book publica-
tion. Mr.. Marion Crawford has aver
aged about $4,000 apiece for his stories.
Mr.. Stoddard has to do an enormous
amount of work to keep the pot boil
ing, and if he had not a regular salary
as literary critic of the Mail and
ErpreSs he would find it hard to get
along. 81. S. Of Dale" is a hard
working Boston lawyer, who takes
novel el-writing as recreation. John
Borroughs is farmer and also Uni
ted States bank inspector. Frank r.
Stockton travels from place to place.
finding material for his stories and en-
joying life after the fashion of the
good Bohemian. DR.. Holmes has
"riches, honor troops of friends" be-
side his literary profession. Colonel
Higginson devotes himself wholly to
writing, both in original work, editing
and compiling. Mr.. Aldrich devotes
himself to editing, which many of his
admirers rebel against. feeling Pegas-
sus is put to the plough. Mr.. Cable
was formerly book-keeper in cotton
house, and his public readings have
already given him more substantial re-
turns than his novels. Charles Dud-
ley Warner is an editor, and his purely
literary work is side luxury. Julian
Hawthorne and Edgar Fawcett write
everything and everywhere, and re-
mind one, intellectually, of those
gymnasts of Barnum's who keep three
balls in the air at once with their
hands. Henry James had an ample for
tune to begin with, and he is novel
ist made rather than born, and very
creditable article of self-manufacture
he is.-BoSton Tr0celer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Note of Carl TOWne,

An enterprislng base ball manufac-
turer has got out new ball, which he
calls the "Election." 1t it evident,
therefore, that when some crippled
clubs come together, say seven or
eight, the election will be thrown.
A victim of a bank failure has writ
ten apoem about the man who wreck
ed the institution. AS the latter fel-
low was already imprisoned, | think
the swindled depOsitor might have
spared him the unkindest cut of all.
The man who runs for Congress Of
ten finds that he might have walked
and saved his wind.
"I'll be blowed if he buys me-" said
tho cornet. as the man asked the
price of the instrument.
Indiscreet females are all the time
sueing men for trying to kiss them.
Just let fellow succeed once, and see
how this sort of thing will be for
more.
Baggy trousers are kind of male
bags that never go out of fashion with
Uncle Sam.
A Philadelphia girl faintel light in
front of an ice-cream saloon. When
will the rash creatures learn from ex-
perience?
Business men may complain all they
please, but trade is always good
among politicians, for there is always
a chance to sell each other out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Chinese Politics.

The Chinese have peculiar theory
that the proper duration of dynasty
should not exceed one hundred years
term which the reigning family has
already greatly overstepped. Beside
this singular superstition the Chinese
have another deeply-rooted idea that
the line of descent has not been pre-
served intact by the reigning dynasty.
A court intrigue, supposed to have oc-
CURED during the reign of Yang
Ching, the successor of Kang-Hi, is
said to have occasioned the rumor,
which nowadays is widely credited
And so both superstition and national
antipathy have part in the prevailing
strong feeling against the Ia Using
dynasty, so that now it is not little
difficult to define the real position of
the people with regard to their present
sovereign. China is overrun with
secret organizations whose real aim is
the abolition of the Tarters and in
stallation of a Chinese monarch, YER
sus &C merus. The famous White Lily
sect of the northern and central provin-
ces, as we'll as the Triad society of the
Southern States, have one and the same
object in view. The raison aetre of
Chinese secret organizations was origi-
nally not so much of political as. of
theosophic or Masonic character. Men
formed leagues together for the pur-
pose of practicing certain forms and
modes of worship, as well as uphold
ing certain doctrines which were a.
variance with tho recognized creeds OF
China. At present these early tenets
have been lost sight OF, and Chinese
secret societies hold only to the old
formulas of initiation and craft in
order to conceal their true political
character. They boast numbers of
members throughout the length and
breadth of the empire, and are con-
slant source of anxiety and worriment
to the Peking authorities. The Ia
ping rebellion itself, as well as many
Others of less Importance, was the out
come of the White Lily sect; the riots
at Canton and the widespread sedition
along the Yang-tze, were due to the
schemes of the Triardists. No won
der then that thirty thousand troops
are constantly employed about the cap
ital, or that the viccroy Of Canton has
to maintain his thousands Of Tartar
soldiers. Yokohama Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The census show S that the average
number of persons in family through
out the country is five.
The fibre of silk is the longest con,
tinuous fibre known. An ordinary
cocoon of well-fed silkworm will
often reel 1000 yards, and reliable
accounts are given by Count Dandolo
of a cocoon yielding 1926 yards, or
fibre nearly three-quarters of a mile
in length.
The power developed by the explo-
sion of pound of dynamite is equal
to 1866 tons raised one foot, or
1866 foot-tons. One pound of nitro
glycerine similarly exploded will exert
a power of 5,452 tons, and one pound
of blasting gelatine similarly exploded
7105O tons.
There is less blood in cold -blooded
than in warm-blooded animals. The
larger the animal, the greater is the
proportion of blood to the body. Man
has about gallon and halt Of blood,
equal to one thirteenth of his weight.
In India cats are sometimes attack
ed by cholera, according to a French
authority, and may communicate the
disease to man.
The toad, frog and chameleon cap
ture insects by darting out the tongue,
which is tipped with a glutinous sali-
va. The boa constructing serpents
crush their prey in their coils before
swallowing, and venomous snakes
have poison fang.
Silveroid is the trade name given to
q new, close-grained, brilliant, white
alloy, regarding the composition Of
which little is known beyond the fact
that cadmium enters into it. 1t is
intended to take the place of the brass,
bronze, and gun metal clas es Of alloys,
and if all turns out to be true which
is spoken in its favor it will soon do
so, especially in the manufacture of
articles which must be strong and
capable of taking a fine polish.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

the will improve as she grows older"
Mr.. Hervey spent the summer at
WindGeld. He was revising the proof
sheets of theological volume, and
liked the quiet and seclusion of the lit
tie village.
Perhaps, too, he liked something else
about it. At all events, although he
did not make the parsonage his home
he spent great deal Of his time there.
"Theo," he said, one day they had
become fast friends by this time-"you
have tasted so many Of the petty trials
and annoyances of being minister's
daughter that wonder if you would
ever consent to be minister's wife,"
"Well," said Theo, half laughing,
half blushing, "it would depend a good
deal upon who the minister was"
Suppose it was Henry Hervey%
"Do you really mean it?" said Theo.
suddenly growing grave.
ut is strange, isn't it" saidh he, "that
should lose my heart to such aEttle
termagant as you proved yourself the
first day l ever saw you? But it is a
foregone conclusion-I am entirely at
l.
your mercy. Sweet Theo, will you be
my wife?'
And Theo placed her hands in his,
with lovely look of awe and happl-
ness, and answered;
81 willl'
Deacon Powers could not compre-
hend it at all.
"If he marries such high-tempered
girl as that" said the deacon, che does
it at his peril. Why, | never was so
berated in my life as 1 was that day at
the parsonage"
"But, pa" said the deacon's daughter,
"every woman finds her master soon or
late. Now, think Theodore Reed has
found hers Forrest GraceS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Life Is But q Day.

A blithesome maid, at early morn,
Comes tripping lightly DER the lea;
OF all Gods creatures ever born
The brightest, gladiest heart has she;
And owning by her speech the sway.
OF rapt emotion, she doth say,
"How glad a thing is lfe,"
o'ercome at last by midday heat,
And we'll nigh unremtting toll,
A man of care lay down to sleep,
And snatch repose from life's turmoil
He rose and with sigh he said,
AS Care reigned in Oblivion's stead;--
Chow sad a thing is life!"
An aged pair at eve draw near,
With faltering steps, lone churchyard;
Death long to them has lost its fear,
Although, in youth, to die seemed hard,
All hope in time has passed away,
Yet from the heart each one doth say;
GLOW grand thing is lifc!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

pOlCCiii'tl ipu iiCi ~ oi'O
"Now I've caught you," said he
sternly. "What did you do that Gor?"
"Do what, sir?" was the reply, turn.
ing up her large black eyes TO him and
looking like some wild animal just
caught in trap. Mother is coming;
please let me go home"
"Who is your motherT'
"She is Mrs. Wilde, and she works
in that store" pointing to the store
she had Just left. "She is 30 years old
to-day, and Ralph gave me twenty-five
cents that he earned selling papers,
and have just bought her a birthday
present. I see her putting on hel
shawl now. Please let me go, sir; 1
want to get home before her and have
the lamp lighted and my picture on the
table beside it when she comes"
The policeman looked at the wrap
per. 1t bore the name of a firm on
fremont street. Inside was bright
chrome representing two childres
crowning woman with wreath of
amaranth, and underneath was printed,
"Our very dear mother
Here, sis, take 1t and skip" said the
kind officer. "You are right and l am
wrong. But could have sworn two
minutes ago that | saw you grab it
out of thai store window"
Katie was out of hearing long be-
fore he finished his speech, and when
her mother came along walking very
fast minute later, he had half a
mind to go up to her and apologize for
the injustice he had done her child.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Taste in Jokes.

There are jokes and jokes. George
Eliot says: "a difference in taste in
jokes is very trying to the affcCtions,'
which wise expression is put to the
test more frequently than you would
think, if you didn't take the trouble to
think about it at all. How often has a
friend told you something that he con-
sidered a good joke when the recital has
betrayed lack of sense, taste or heart
which you did not suspect before and
which lowered him very much in your
esteem.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

Somebody with mathematical turn
has made the following computation,
which is curious, if not essentially
correct. He says German mile
about five English miles s-contans
25,S56 feet; square German mile
contains 66S,5OO,O00 square feet. The
superficial area of the lake of Con-
stance, being eight and a half German
square miles, therefore is 5,6S2, 100000
square feet. There are living on the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

1t is said that the barbarous custom
of suttee still fingers in India, and a
caseis reported from the Rajportana
states within the last few months.
A thakoor's widow burned herself in
the Duni district of Jeypore, but the
district court brought those concerned
to justice, inficting sentences of from
three to ten years imprisonment
The British government long ago en-,
acted severe laws against the suttee,
but the superstition is difficult to Grad,
icate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

A writer in HarpeTS Neehfey gives
an interesting account of the schooi
savings banks in several European
countries. lie says the plan was sug-
gcsted in France many years ago. ana
has already extended to Germany
Hungary, Italy, Belgium, and llol-
land. The system is very simple
The teacher tells his children that he
is ready to receive their small savings
and explains to them how they may
be made to increase. lie gathers IN
the pennies and centimes, Keeps
register with the name of each depos-
itor, and, when the sun amounts TO
franc or more, places it in nelShDor-
ing savings bank or lends it to the
State. The pupil keeps a duplicate
account of his deposits, and can only
draw any part of them with the con-
sent of his parents or guardian. The
plan has proved very attractive to
children. In Client, out of $4,000
pupils, there are $4,000 depositors,
each for more than one franc. In
France, the number of school banks is
1O,26l, with 2l3,l35 depositors. The
whole amount deposited by the chill
dren was in 1880 more than one
million dollars. The system is worthy
the attention of educators everywhere
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

G. W. Lindquist, one of the survi-
vors of the Polaris expedition, declares
that no arctic voyager need expect to
be made hero of very long after his
return. He holds a masters certificate
and was once toasted from town to
town, but now, as he laughingly ad-
mits, is able to to find no better
position than quarter-master on a
coasting steamer. Nevertheless he is
in favor of polar expeditions and is
sure they are productive of good of
several sorts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

A letter from Germany notes that
nearly 6,OO0,OOO acres of land in that
part of the world have recently been
diverted from the cereals to the cul-
ture of beet root The refuse, after
the extraction of sugar, forms a fine
feed for live stock, and tends to make
the people there less dependent upon
us for meat than they used to be, but
the contrary is the case with regard
to cereal food.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
Rutland Business Cards.
BERWICK HOTEL,
@ r RICHARDSON, Pro

@ L KICHARBSON,P PrOpr,
RUTLAND VERMONT
Heated Throughout by Steam,
Good Sample Rooms, Billiard Room AMI
Livery Stable connected with the Hotel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27

The business of making wooden
houses in the United States for custom
sale is stimulated by b:isk demand
for these products in Brazil. Several
large shipments have been made to
Rio Janeiro, and they were all sold
soon after their arrival, Fifteen hun
dred of these have already been
erected IN the new City of La Plata,
the new capital of the province OF
Buenos Ayres.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-08-27
WHOLE NO. 2lS5.

surface of the globe at this moment,
in round numbers, about ,43O,OOO,OOO
human beings. Let every man have
four square feet allotted to him, and
if the lake were frozen over, the whole
human family might find standing
room upon its surface. Should the
weight prove too great, the ice break
and the whole human race be sub
merged, it would only raise the level
of the lake about six inches.
The bark Doctor Mezger, from San
Francisco, recently unloaded at Glas-
cow the first entire cargo OF sequola
or California redwood imported into
the Clyde. The sequoia grows to an
enormous size, and if it would serve
any practical purpose planks l5 feet
wide might be imported. In this
shipment planks could be seen Il TO
q feet long, and up to 40 inches WIDE
The woods are of a beautiful red color,
clean as a ribbon, mild in quality, and
therefore easily wrought; it is admi-
rabIy adapted for pewing churches
making wainscot panels for walls
doors, Innings, mouldings and turnl-
ture. 1t varnishes and takes on a
beautiful polish, and on account OF its
natural color it does not need to DC
stained. The same vessel brought lo3
packages containing the material OF a
California villa entirely constructed OF
seouoia, and which was Immediately
erected on the lawn OF the forestry
exhibition, Edinburg.