Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-09-08
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Cows may have scarlet fever. 1t at1
tacks cows with fresh calves before
others.
Coupling cars is duty in which, &C.
cording to Prof. Arthur L. Hadley, there
are Is, 900 persons injured every year.
OF ancient Persian paintings there are
low no remains or information. Tho
walls of the buildings were no doubt
plastcred and colored.
The Wars of the Roses lasted thirty
years from the first battle of st. Adams
to the last one on Bosworth Field, and in
that time there were twelve battles fought.
DR.. ]. S. II. Fogg, of Boston, has a
complete set Of the autographs of tho
signcrs Of the Declaration of Independ-
encc, having paid $50 for one signature
cut from the fly-leaf of book.
The ancient Britons, before the coming
of julius Caesar, were very clever at bas.
ket work. They could even make boats
of wicker, covered with the skins of ami
mails, and very good wooden boats also.
John spaulding, of Louisville, Ky,
owns big mastiff. Not long since she
captured and killed cat, the mother Of
three kittens, and then, as if conscious
of having done an evil decd gathered
the little orphans to her side, and has
since tcnderly cared for them and fed
them with the faithfulncss of mother.
Farini saw many strange sights during
his recent passage through the Kalahari
Desert in South Africa OF natural freaks
and wonders the supply appears to be
considerable One of them is a bug
which, on being touched, cmits a per-
fume, and two or three of which, carried
in his wagon, scented it delightfully."- for
weeks,
The national health statistics, prepared
by DR.. Billings, show that in proportion
to the population there arc more deaths
from pneumonia in New York than in
any other part of the country. DR.. Draper,
of the New York Meteorological Observ-
atory, attributes this to the presence of
ozone in the atmosphere; other authori-
ties, finding that the air of New York is
very deficient in ozone, think it due to
the absence of that healthful element.
The phrase "man alive originated in
Rugby School, England, and belongs in
the vocabulary of public school words.
1t is an exclamation of impotence:
"Man alive, what are you doing that
for9" i. e: "You are living man with
your wits about you, haven't you moro
sense than to do thatN Il is interesting
as one of the comparatively few cases in
which, in ordinary English an adjective
follows instead Of preceding the substan-
tive. These instances are often of re-
ligious kind, as "God Almighty "Liio
eternal" Faith unfeigned."
Girls of a manageable age do not like
to tell how old they are, but you can find
out by following the subjoined instruc-
tons, the young lady doing the figuring.
Tell her to put down the number of the
month in which she was born; then to
multiply it by two then to add five; then
to multiply by fifty; then to add her
age; then to subtract 865; then to add
'115; then tell her to tell you the amount
she has left. The two figures to the
right will denote her age, and the re
mainder the month Of her birth. For
example the amount is 1922, she is TWEEN
ty-two years old, and was born in tho
eighth month august. Try it.
"a barrel wouldn't be sufficient to
carry you over Niagary,' said the con-
ductor to man who was trying tosprawl
himself over four seats in crowded pas
senger car. "You would need hogs
head. "-Teras SJtings.
II you have an enemy do not buy his
boy drum. Your enemy would proba-
bly, kick through the sheepskin within
twenty-four hours Buy his next door
neighbours boy drum. 1t will work
lust as well and no can't get at it
S0mergille Journal.
AN ENGAGEMENT BROKEN.
The maiden took her chewing gum
And placed it on chair
For she had heard her lover come
With swift feet up the stair.
Upon the chewing gum he sat
The joyous hours lew past
But when he rose to take his hat
He found himself stuck fast.
"Ohl wore disaster never was"
She cried as out she ran:
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