Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-11-03
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OF temperinS copper.
There are fifteen men under the age
of 80 years in Portland, Oregon, who
are worth over million dollars each.
Philip Pierce, II negro of Jackson.
vile, Fla, wants to bet $50 that he can
suck forty-eight raw eggs and drink q
gill of whisky within an hour.
Miss Lolita Darrell of Cambridge,
Mass, has been elected President of a
Greek college society-the first intro
ductlon of the barrel into college poll
tics.
San Francisco has woman's labor
union, 1t was Incorporated for the
purpose of manufacturing wearing APP
parcl, establishing laundres, eating
houses, restaurants, and rcading-rooms.
Gold discoveries were reported a
month ago at Yellow Pine basin, Idaho,
and as a consequences there are one
thousand miners on the ground. They
have staked of the surface in all drec-
tons for twenty miles.
d. o. Mills and Whilelaw Reid have
gone into Owens River Valley with the
intention OF founding a wine and grape
growing colony. They expect to take
up at least 10000 acres of land avail
able for the purpose.
Either your needle is dull or my
scalp is sore" is given as the shortest
reported sentence of Senator Evarts.
The uItcrance was when II surgeon was
sewing the learned gcntemans scalp
just after the memorable mishap.
A representative of a powerful En-
glish and American syndicate is at San
Antonio, Tex, negotiating for suita-
bic site for large smeting-works This
action is due to the trouble experienced
in operating such works in Mexico
1t has been asked by what right Gen.
Boulanger could stop the sale OF his re-
cently-published biography. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the book contained his
portrait, and in France mans portrait
can not be sold without his permission.
The naturalist Karl Plotz died re-
Gently in Griefswald at the age of II.
He was perhaps the greatest European
authority on butterflies. His works
comprise thirty volumes, with more
than 10000 illustrations from his own
hand.
The wealthiest coorcd man in the
United States is said to be Tonic Luton,
Il French Guadroon, of New Orleans,
whose fortune is estimated at 81, 100000
An organ of tho colored people in the
south says that they pay taxes on $780,
100000.
M. Grevy, like y pretty woman,
makes himself out much younger than
he really is" says Figaro. He was
born on the 18th of April, 1907, and not
on the 18th Of August, 1918. He is,
therefore, ~ years of age. 1t is always
well to tell the truth. "
The Prince of Wales has been quite
sharply lecturcd by the English Ch,rch-
man because he recently gave dinner
to forty guests Sunday. The dinner
was followed by variety show, in
which japanese jugglers exhibited their
skill and string band played.
William X. Vanderbilt has removed
the Emit OF 100000 originally placed
upon the cost OF his yacht, and is sail
ing in with II determination to have the
LARGEST and most gorgeous craft of the
kind ailoat. Then he will have little
difficulty in working off his surplus in.
come.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, who
had been visiting Mr.. Charles Morley
al Chiselhurst, were leaving that place
for London woman cried out. There
goes Parnellite." Mr.. Gladstone turn
ed round, and was about to say some
thing when the woman began to hiss.
Mr.. Gladstone smiled and passed on.
Don't sprinkle your milk punch with
nutmeg. The common nutmegs are
poisonous in large doses. In a case
which came under medical treatment Il
ady had eaten whole nutmeg and a
half, which caused extreme drowsiness,
then great nervous excitement, followed
by subsequent depression and pain in
the region of the heart.
Senator Malone is good billiard
player, but he missed difficult shot
while playing in Washington one even
ing. He dropped the end of his cue
hard on the floor in evident disappoint-
ment "Why, general. that was mag
niilcent," broke out his friends, 'eyen
if it didn't count" NO" replied Ma
hone, nothing is magnificent that
misses"
A California editor thus addressed
his subscribers: 1--WE would like a
of old gunny sacks that are
worthless for holding grain to be given
us on subscription by those in arrears.
We want to Use the gunny sacks TO
make us some underwear. Those who
have neither gunny sacks nor money
can bring us some wood. If we can't
have underwear we can fire up, provided
you bring the wood. Please send us
some flour sacks for Sunday"
Quite howl is being raised in Wash
ington BY the government employees
and the Working-people because the
Army and Navy museums, Smithsonian
institute, Medical museum, and Cor
coran Art gallery are closed on Sunday,
the only day the masses of the people
have chance to visit them. The kick
ing is very vigorous, and as the news
papers are backing the people very Of
feclively the chances are there will soon
be brought about change.
John G. Whittier writes to the Cen
tury concerning certain criticisms of
his famous poem: "Thc poem of Bar
bara Frietchie was written in good faith.
The story was no invention OF mine. 1t
came to me from sources which | re-
garded as entirely reliable; it had been
published in newspapers and had
gained public credence in Washington
and Maryland before my poem was writ
ten. had no reason to doubt its &C
curacy then, and l am still constrained
70 believe that it had foundation in fact.
II thought otherwise l should not hest
late to express it. l have no pride of
to interfere with my allegi-
lnce to truth"
Lord Randolph Churchill. the London
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