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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
A Story A bout n Serial.

A lady Of some literary distinction, re-
siding in Boston, was engaged to write
serial story which was to appear in in
stalments in certain publication every
month. The publisher bought pig in a
poke, but knowing the lady's talent and
experience as a writer of stories, he ran
the risk. The story ran along for scvo-
raj numbers, ard fully satisfied the pub.
lisher's and editors expectations. But
after some twenty instalmcnts had ap-
pearcd the publisher came to tho con.
clusion that he was getting rather too
much Of good thing, and 50 the lady
was requested to cut the story short and
print it in one more number. This the
lady rcsolutely declined TO do. So what
were the publisher and his editor to dol
They put their heads together and an
outsider was employed to dispose of all
the characters in the book, marry them,
slay them, or send them into oblivion, as
the exigcncics seemed to require, but
all in asinglc chapter. The indignation
of the lady who had written all but the
last chapter of the story can be better
imagined than described when the final
instalment appeared in the publication.
She brought suit for damages against the
publisher, naturally enough, but it never
came to trial, as it was satisfactorily
settled out of court.-B0st0a Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
"Thc Quickest yyny,U

Mr.. Brown wanted a boy. Charlie
Jones wanted the place. lie was told
to put screw in the gate hinge.
"Vh, yes, can do that" And he
seized hammer and gave the screw two
or three hard whacks.
"Stop! stop! that is not the way.n
"That is the quickest way"
but the quickest way is not always
the right way Iwont no boy who puts
in screws with hammer"
There are a great many boys who
drive screws with hammer, and great
many places that do not want them for
that reason. There are Charles and
Marys who will learn their lessons the
Quickest way" instead of the right way.
And in everything, whether it is running
an GRAND, sewing seam, or, as they
become older, doing more important
things, they arc not content with the
slower but surer way Of one patient turn
after another. They skim over the les
son, and then try to make up brilliant
answers in class, or double the thread
and take one stitch where they should
be three, or dash off before they half
half understand what it is about or how
wdat they say is going to sound No
boy or girl who drives screws with
hammer can succeed. --N,mmg Guide.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
uuniiug GnllS.

The gulls, and there are millions of
them about the mouth of the St. Croix,
furnish profitable sport for the Indians.
They take their soft, beautiful breasts
to the watering places and sell them at
IS cents to 81. so each to the ladies for mil
lincry and decorative purposes. Gulls are
easy game to bag, but for some unknown
reason they stay on the Canadian side Of
the line the most of the time, and the
Canadian authorities have forbidden
Americans to shoot at them in the Pro-
vincial waters. This is q great gricv-
ance to the gull hunters, who have peti.
toned the governor of Maine and his
council to take some action in the mat
ter. The course of the Canadians is
believed to grow out of the fisheries i'm.
broglio. -LeoistOOa (M.) Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

recently examined an orange, tho
seeds of which had all failed to develop.
have seen oranges in which some Of
the seeds had not developed, but have
never seen or heard of one entirely seed
less. Persons who examined this orange
had never seen one like it. This seems
to have been rare specimen.
The question of scedcss fruits is
very interesting one. The pcrsimmon,
grape, apple, pear and other fruits often
have individual trees that bear scedlcss
fruit This they continue TO do year
after year, and gratis taken from them
will perpetratc indefinitely the sccdless
variety. Now, as general rule, wO
know that if the flowers Of any of these
plants do not get pollen for their stigmas,
they do not fruit at all, 1t is to be pc
sumed, therefore, that these seedlcss
varieties really get pollen, or they would
not develop fruit. If we assume this
to be fact, then We have the curious
conclusion that some pollen is capable
of producing fruit, Lu. not capable of
inducing seed.
1t is, however, by no means certain
that it always requires pollen to pro-
duce seed vessels without seed, for that
is what scedlcss fruits practically are.
The Usage orange, and some kinds of
ash, and maple, will perfectly empty
seed vessels when wholly free from pollen
influence. -Garlcaers' W0attiy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
Rubber Milk.

The method of treatment for CONCEAL
ing rubber milk in the Para district is as
follows:
Small cups are attached to the trees,
and, when filled with juice, are emptied
into tin pals of a certain size, having
closed lids, the cups being again at
tached to tho trees. After going the
round of the trees the contents of this
pail are cmptied into another asize larger
and so on, till the covered pail of largest
size is filled and ready to be strapped on
to the saddle of mule for removal. BY
this plan the natives arc saved the trou-
bic of condensing and preparing the
milk for market, by smoking. The large
can of rubber milk, on arriving at the
magasin is emptied into bath of water,
the temperature of the water best suited
to the rubber being matter Of expert
ence. The Jumps of rubber that form
in the bath are Immediately pressed into
thin, flat sheets and carefully wiped.
BY this means the acid is forced out of
the cells or pores in the lump, thus pre-
venting the so-called 'rotten" appear
ance. The author is of opinion that the
African rubbers yielded by the Landol-
phias, prepared in this manner, will pro-
duce strong rubber. The African rub
bers now sent here do not yield, when
strained and cleaned, more than 80 per
cent. to 55 per cent. Of pure rubber
gum, owing to the natives adulterating
with sawdust, bark dust, etc., to over
como the inconvcnicnces of the sticki.
ness of the juice. The amount of resin
in milk varies largely.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

Don't neglect your house drains, nor
the drainage about your house. The
first condition of family health is dry
and sweet atmosphere. With dry walls,
q dry cellar, and drains that carry off
refuse without letting in foul gases, half
the battle for good health is won.
Don't let your wells or springs be in
fected by drainage, or from other causes.
Pure drinking water is indispensable for
health at home, or anywhere,
Don't keep the sun out of your living
and sleeping rooms. Sunlight is abso-
Iutcly necessary for right condition of
the atmosphere that we breathe, and for
our bodily ell-bcing.
Don't sleep in the same 1anncls that
you wear during the day.
Don't wear thin socks or light-soled
shoes in cold or wet weather.
Don't catch cold. Catching cold is
much more preventabe than is generally
supposed. A person in good physical
condition is not liable to colds and will
not fall victim to them unless he is gross.
ly careless. Keep the feet warm and
dry, the head cool, the bowels and chest
well protected; avoid exposure with an
empty stomach; take care not to cool off
zoo rapidly when heated; keep out of
drafts; wear flanncls; and with the ex-
ercises of little common sense in various
emergencies, colds will be rare. If colds
were penal offence, we should soon find
way to prevent them.
Don't neglect personal cleanliness, but
use the bath with moderation and in ac-
cordance with your general health. The
daily cold bath is right enough with the
rugged, but it is q great tax upon the
vitality of persons not in the best health,
and should be abandoned if the results
are found not to be favorable, and tcpid
water used instead. Each man in these
things should be judge for himself;
that which is excellent for one is often
hurtful for another.
Don't have much confidence in tho
the curative nature of drugs. Rcmem-
Der that DR.. Good-Habits, DR.. Dict and
DR.. Exercise are the best doctors in tho
world. - Youths Compani0n.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
TOUgIlcniug Wood.

1t is claimed that by new process
white wood can be made so tough as to
require cold-chiscl to split it. This re.
suit is obtained by steaming the timber
and submitting it to end pressure, tech
nically "upsctting" it, thus COMPRISING
the cells and fibers into one compact
mass. 1t is the opinion of those who
have experimental with the process that
wood can be compressed seventy five
per cent, and that some timber which is
now considered unfit for use in such
work as carriage building could be ma1a
valuable by this means. Iron Aoa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
The Cattle Train,

Somewhere above Fitchburg as VIC
stopped for 20 minutes at station
amused myself by looking out of win
dow at waterfall which came tumb!ing
over the rocks, and spread into wide
pool that flowed up to the railway. Close
by stood acattlc train; and the mournful
sounds that came from it touched my
heart.
Full in the hot sun stood the cars; and
every crcvice Of room between the bars
across the doorways was filled with
pathetic noses, shifting eagerly at the
sultry gusts that blew by, with now and
then ircsher breath from the pool that
lay dimpling before them. How they
must have suffered, in sight of water,
with the cool dash Of the fall tantaliz.
ing thcm and not a drop to wet their
poor parchcd mouths!
The cattle lowed dismally, and the
sheep tumblcd one over the other in their
frantic attempts to reach the blessed
air, blcating so plaintively the while
that was tempted to go out and see
what l could do for them. But tho
time was nearly up; and, while l hcsi-
tatcd, two little girls appeared, and did
the kind deed better than | could have
done it.
could not hear what they said; but,
as they worked away so heartily, their
little tanned faces grew lovely to me, in
spite of their old hats, their bare feet,
and their shabby gowns. One pulled
of her apron, spread it on the grass, and,
cmptying upon it the berries from her
pail, ran to the pool and returned with
it dripping, to hold it up to the suffer-
ing sheep, who stretched their hot
tongues gratefully to meet it, and tapped
the precious water with an eagcrncss
that made little Barefoot's task hard
one.
But to and fro she ran, never tired,
though the small pail was so soon
empty; and her friend meanwhile pulled
great handfuls of clover and grass for
the cows, and, having no pail, filled her
"picking dish" with water to throw on
the poor dusty noses appealing to her
through the bars. wish l could have
told those tender-heartcd children how
beautiful their compassion made that
hot, noisy place, and what sweet pic
turc took away with me of those two
little sisters of charity. IL. N. Alcou.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
CHILDREN'S COLUMN,
How Biey

How Bies
How big, how big Is the little lassl
Stand her up here near the window glass;
With her golden wig
And merry's grig.
"a grigis cricket in the grass;
Stand her up here and let us see
How tall may the little maiden be.
Who would suppose she would outgrow
Dresses and stockings and aprons sol
Not only outgrows
Her pretty clothes.
But to make herself tall would stand tiptoes;
Now measured See, my rule | lay
On the silk locks, floating every way.
She is just the height that best of all
Neither TO tiny nor too tall,
Large enough quito
To be polite.
A fair sweet lady, though, oh, so small;
So small, sucha mere little child she may
Be household baby for many a day.
Clara Doiy Bdtes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

The very sweetest and richest oranges
is the black or rusted-coatcd fruit. Pick
ont the dingiest oranges in the box, and
You will get the best. Another way to
choose oranges is by weight. The
heaviest are the best, because they have
tie thinnest skin and more weight Of
juice. Thick-skinned oranges are apt
to be dry; they either weigh less because
of having so much skin, or because the
poverty of the juice in these particular
specimens. A slight freezing On tho
tree causes this condition IN otherwise
tlue fruit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
A S of Rest.

y VI hbSts
o weary Handsl that, all the day,
Were set to labor hard and long;
Now softly fall the shadows gray,
The bells are rung for even song.
An hour ago the golden sun
Sank slowly down into tho west;
Poor, weary Hands, your toll is DONE
T'is time for st!-'tis time for restl
o weary Feetl that many mile
Have trudged along weary way.
AT last ye reach the trysting stie;
No longer fear to go astray.
The gently bending, rustling trees
Rock the young birds within the nest,
And softly sings the quiet breeze;
"'Tis time for rest!-tis time for rest!"
o weary Eyes! from which the tears
Fell many a time like thunder rain;
o weary Heartl that through the years
Beat with such bitter, restless pain,
Tonight forget the stormy strife,
And know what heaven shall send is best
Lay down the tangled web of life,
"ris time for restl-'tis time for rest!
FLORENCE Tulee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
Quicker Than Wall Street,

"No, ] wasn't cleaned out in Wall
street." he replied. as he chokcd back a
heavy sigh. "Wall street was too slow
for me. 1 got my $1,000 on a Monday;
on Tuesday l invested in short-horn
bull; on Wednesday morning l got up
and found that he had been kicked to
by $40 horse"
"Did you have anything left2"
"Only about SIS, and paid that to a
fellow to kill tho old horse and haul both
bodies to the woods."- Wall Street Ne,os
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
The Widows Pumpkins.

III was Drllllant OCTOBER morning,
the grass all sparkling with hoar frost,
the trees waving their red -jewclcd arms
to the sunshine, and Eliakim Ellis was
driving serenely down Hay Hill.
81 amt poet" thought he, "but if
I was, l could write a lot of rhymes
about like this. Why it's poetry all
the way through. And-ehG-how2-
what2 Who's that3"
1t was the Widow Hcpsy Hall, stand
ing at the door of her little one-storicd
house, and beckoning with her long,
lean arms toward him. The farmer
drew his rein.
"Hold on Sorrel" he apoStrophizcd
his stced. "You amt never in a hurry,
when l want you to be, so calccrlatc
you can stand still q bit now. Wal, Mis-
Hall, what can dew for yc this morn
ing2'
pve got some pumpkins that l want to
sell, said the Widow Hepsy. "Drcfful
likely Ones"
'Pumpkins2" echoed Elakim. "Nhy,
bless you soul, Mis- Hall, pumpkins is a
drcg in the market, just now. The
pumpkin crop has turned out powerful
good, thank Providence, and our folks
is fecdin' 'em to the caows."
Ashadow ofdire disappointment crcpt
over the old woman's face, as she stood
there, unconsciously picturesque, against
the curly hop-tendrils and crimson wood
bine leaves that garlandcd the doorway.
The tears came into her dim eyes.
"Thcn may as well give it up" said
she, in accents of dispalr. 'For l hain't
nothin' else to sell; and Belndy had set
such store on my comm down this
autumn afore cold weather set in."
"Eh1' said Mr.. Ellis; good -naturcdy.
"You was a-goin' down down to Bclin-
dys, ch2"
Il can't without no money!" said the
Widow l1epsy Hall. "And l was sort
O. calculatin' on them pumpkins. The
corn han't amounted to nothin', and
the weasels has TUX all the poultry, and
the dried berries mildewcd that last dog
days weather, and the carpet-wcavcn'
business is awful dull; SO what be ! to
dol"
"Can't ye put of your visit3" said
Eliakim, thoughtfulIy tlicking the top
off cluster of saucy ox-eycd daisies,
that grew close to his wagon wheels.
"Bclindy's little boys got the Group"
said Mrs. Hail. lugubriously. "And her
husband has fell off scaffold and broke
his leg. And If ever Pm wanted there,
it's now.'
II swamp CALCULATED honest Eliakim,
as he realized what the double meaning
of poverty and misfortune was. "Fctch
me them pumpkins; I'll buy 'em any
how"
"Tll let you have the lot for dollar"
said the Widow Hcpsy, wistfully.
"They'rc jest out in the corner lot"
"Ain't gethcrcd, eh2"
"Bless me! who'vc Igot to gcthcr 'cm2"
reproachfully retorted Mrs. Hall--"and
not soul about tho place, and me with
that crick in my back"
Eliakim Ellis heart smotc him. Who
was he, to complain of little extra
trouble, when the Widow Icpsy was SO
much worse off than himself2
So he alighted, and led Sorrel labor
iously down the stony cart track toward
the corn. field, where, amid the harvested
shocks, CLEANED the ruddy gold of pump
kins innumcrable.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

A New York physician says ''it is
dangerous to go into the water after a
hearty meal" A. d we presume if he
did 90 in after ono he wouldn't find 1t.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

pupils are glad to learn, and are singu
larly persistent in trying. But, after all,
there is something pathetic in their
struggles to talk a language that has no
meaning for their cars.--MeU York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

"Pumpkins!' screamed Mrs. Ellis,
when her husband drove into the Goor-
yard at noon. Pumpkins! Why, Ella
kim Ellis, what on earth are you bring
ing pumpkins here for7 Amt we got the
barn-chambers full, and the lots full, and
the very cattle won't cat 'cma BE you
clean gone crazy2"
Mrs. Ellis was high-chcck -boncd
female, with projecting front teeth, and
hard, greenish eyes, like badly colored
marbles. She was one of those who
worship gain as the fire worshippcrs far
down before the sun. "Moncy is
money" was her favoritc axiom. And
Eliakim felt his heart sink within him
as he faced her stern, uncompromising
gaze.
"They're jest fow-" he began.
"a fewr shrilIy echoed his wife.
"Thc waggin is hcapcd full! And we
a-throwin' of 'cm away every day!
That's jest mans calculatin' y
'Jest few" said Eliakim, hitching
desperately on the first section of his
speech, "that I've brung down here to
sell for Mrs. Hall. There amt much
market up that-a.woy, you know,
Loisy.
"And," he added to himself, "good--
ness knows how glad I'd be to sell 'cm
if l had the chanccl l amt YIN, no
how"
Miss Ellis gave prodisious sniff.
'Don't YOU fetch that there truck
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20

"a ER "a sSs1 not, life /. sweeping by, X
EHH az and dare before YOU di
ES r. u something mighty and sub
M U5 8 lime leave behind to oconIucr
time. SGG week in you
own town. IS outfit free. No risk. Every.
thing now. Capital not required We will
furnish you everything. Many are making
fortunes. Ladies' make M much us mon, and
boys md girls make grcn, pay. Reader il you
want business at which you make great pay
all tho time, write Tor particulars 10
Ii. uAILL1r & Co.. Portland, Maine,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-02
How a MIIwaukee NAN Sees IL.


A representative of the Milwaukee s. st.
Paul road W as asked yesterday what it meant
that the Rock Island should start in with SO
much vigor in cutting rates and then stop so
suddenly and accomplish SO little. He re-
Piled: Il do not know what kind of policy
they. call that. 1t seems TO me that if this is
all the cut the Rock Island proposed to make
it would have been better not TO have made
such ridiculous show of itself. Cutting
rates means business, and the road that be-
gins the cutting should continue it till the
opposition road is brought to terms. Stop
ping at the halfway point indicates lack of
sand, Willingness to commence q fight with
out the pluck and courage to carry it to a
proper conclusion, Mind you, we are simp ly
following suit. We follow the rate made by
the Rock Island We never attempted to do
anything else and do not now. We have
fat rate from Council Bluffs to Chicago which
cuts the Rock Island all to pieces. We are
taking all the business away from the Rock
Island. This, mind you, is in the Rock
Islands good territory, where the passenger
rates have been from some points as high as
S13. This is deadly cut, and 1 rather think
that we can stand 1t if the other side can.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-02
sTILLWATER NEWS.

The Duluth road viii run special to White
Bear Sunday, leaving at 2:30.
The festival for the benefit of ST. Michael's
church promises to be q grand success.
There is talk of the Red Caps CT ST. Paul
playing picked nine here next Monday.
The funeral of John Raiter at Marine yes
terday was attended by number of Saltwater
people.
Mr. Gannaway and w. W. Barnard have
arrived from Missouri to take part in the
foot races next Monday. These gentlemen
have made 100 yards in ten seconds.
Prof. F. T. Wilson, who was recently
elected superintendent of the Saltwater
schools. at salary of S1.s00 per year, will
succeed Prof. V. G. Curtiss, resigned, Aug l.
The steamer Centennial will run an ex-
cursion from Saltwater to Red Wing next
Wednesday under the management of E. ".
Duraut of Saltwater and L. n. Scott of St.
Paul.
The left leg of Alfred Roney, who recently
submitted to amputation for bony tumor,
was amputated above the knee yesterday,
hemorrhages and gangrene having set in.
The condition Of Mr.. Roney is very critical
The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Fuller Gail.
yesterday morning. was very largely attended.
Rev. Jordan of the NJ. E. church ofticiated,
and the pall-beaIers were Prof. V. G. Cur
tiss, Prof. T. L. vii son, F. Il. Ewing, Anis E.
Lee, John Barry and W. P. Sawyer.
Prison arrivals: VIM. Clark. robbery. 3
years; Geo. Currens, larceny, 2 years; Chas.
Quinn. larcenv 2 years ard months: Frank
Sanford larceny, 2 years and months; Den
mis- Weldon. larceny, 3 years, and John Simp-
son. larceny. years. all from Hennepin.
Mike Corcoran and Tom Scully, Mike Deno-
van and Tom Mccarthy, John Bremen, pro-
fessionals, will not take part in the bateau
race next Monday because the purses have
been reduced, and Jerry Donovan and Pat
Fitzgerald and John McGraw and Jim Broth
erton will not take part in the skif race for
the same reason.
Lon Capron's tarantula died last evening at
5:3T from gastrology. in the presence of DR..
Alex Donald and B. D. Fuller. Tom Smith
will embalu it and the funeral will not take
place until after the celebration on the Fifth,
by which time its friends will nave arrived
from South America. Muller and Cockburn
with an increased force of men are building
coffin and Peterson will furnish the monu-
ment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-02
Rail Notes.

The Manitoba yesterday issued a tariff Of
rates between st. Paul, Rice street, Minnesota
Transfer, Minneapolis Junction, Minneapo-
lis and Grand Harbor, OAK, and Church s
Ferry, Oak, the two stations west of Devils
Lake to which the road has just been ex-
tended.
The Milwaukee St. Paul will put on it's
9:15 p. N. train from st. Paul, at Portage, a
dining car which will run through to Chicago.
Leaving Chicago at $50 p. m, a dining car
will be put on at Milwaukee and run through
to st. Paul.
The Northern Pacific had $500 head of
sheep shipped from Washington Territory to
Chicago yesterday, and turned over 500 head
OF cattle to the Milwaukee road.
Judge Chandler of the Milwaukee s. St.
Paul has been confined to his house, for
number of weeks, and his health is not improv-
ing as rapidly as was anticipated.
Reduced rates have been made by the
Omaha, west as far as Mankato, and east as
far as Eau Claire for the trotting meeting at
the state fair grounds.
Vice-President Rhawn of the ST. Paul &
Duluth, with his party, returned from the
Yellowstone yesterday, and last evening left
for the East.
Mr.. A. E. Johnson. steamship agent, has
gone to Chicago.