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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
The hoy who Helped Others.


Baby was sick and frctful the weather
vas warm and mother was busy. Ned
"ok all this into his thoughts and began
% consider how he could better things.
lie was pulling peas in the garden, but
y. left his work and came round to tho
titchcn door where the baby was.
Ned WIS fond of baby Ben and baby
Ben loved Ned, for babies can tell very
quickly who loves thcm lie was always
trctching out his chubby arms for Ned
o take him, To-day, as soon MS the
zig brother appeared in sight, there was
cry Of delight.
Benny, have a ride1" cried Nod, and
he baby crowcd again.
There was no baby carriage. How
,ftcn Ned wished they had one, SO that
,e could ride B!nny into the garden and
Up and down the road. But there was
10 money to buy baby carriages.
"We'll have to make tho old wheel.
barrow do for SPELL" said Ned, as he
iftcd the little one gently, Nc was
always gentle with the baby.
Then the ride. How it pleased tho
baby and pleased mother She could
low attend to her work, And was there
third one that va, plcasod' Yes, Nod
himself; and this third one was the hap.
oicst Of them ali, Why' Because ho
vas doing kindness, and there is ro.
ward which God gives for every kindness
lone, if it is ever 50 small
How can God give us a rcwardl Try Ii
md sec Do all the little kind acts you
IAN, to every person YOU can, whenever
you can, and sec if you are not happy.
Ned is the hoppicst boy l know, be.
,ausc he is not always thinking about
low he can please himself He thinks
of others, how he can help and please
hem, and the happiness is all the time
oubbling up in his heart and working
out at his fingcr-tips. --Phjladelphia CdA.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

At the close of 1873 there were only
1856 firms engaged in the silk manufac-
turc in all its branches in the country,
of which 80 were in New jersey, 81 in
New York, 25 in Pennsylvania, % in
Conn ,cticut, and the others scattering
The total capital invested in tht industry
was only SIS, 0SS, 81; the total products
were valued at $40, S94, ,S7i, and the op-
erativcs numbered only 1851. By 1919
the figures given for the whole c,ntfy.
six years before little moro thnn covered
the silk interests OF Paterson aIon',
which then had 1O2 firms anl corpora
tions engaged in it, employing l?,599
hands, with so, o55, 800 invested, and
produced s12, 179, O05 worth II Goods
that year. Since then the industry has
made still further progress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
4 Desperate Move.

"John," she said to the young man
who had been courting her for five long
years; John, | sat for my
photograph to-day. suppose yon want
one2'
ooh, yes, indeed"
"By the way, John, I had them taken
especially for some friends in California,
and they want my authograph on the
cards. Now, John, don't know wheth-
or to sign my maiden name, or wait a
few months until after l am mar
ricd. suppose you do intend to
get married in few months; don't you,
John"
1t was desperate move, but she
won, and in two months both will
bv made one. .--Pai'adelph,d Hrd,d.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

"Oh, papa" exclaimed a little boy pas
senger with his face to the window, ''what
a great high hill that isw
"Ycs, my son, said the mn, with II
weary look in his face and Grape on his
hat, "it is very high. That is a noun.
tain, Arthur"
"Shall we get of the cars and go and
climb up the high mountain, papal"
"oh. no; why should We do that, Ar
thurW
"Cmsc, pa, didn't know but maybe
We might climb to the top and then look
up and sec mamma. Do you think we
cculdf'.- Chicago Herald,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

Thirteen boys in the school at Arcola,
H., struck against further study when
called in after recess, The teacher, who
apparently is q born diplomasist called
up tho thirteen largest girls in the room,
told them OF tho state Of affairs, and
ordered them to march out and each
bring in a boy. Within three minute;
and half a bakers dozen Of lads with
very red faces were trying to study holes
IN their books, and have been too busy
since to talk about the sad affair.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

Tobacco blindness is becoming com
mon aflliction. AT present there are sew
eral persons under treatment for it at one
London hospital. II first takes the form
of color blindness, the sufferers who have
smoked themselves into this condition
being quite unable to distinguish tho
color of a piece Of red cloth held up be-
fore them. Sometimes the victim loses
his cyesight altogether. Although smok
ing is to a large extent the cause of the
malady, and so gives it its name, heavy
drinking is also partly responsible.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
Eai.LOre.

Cutting of the ears was among the
Romans the common punishment Of
thieves, pillagcrs of temples, fugitivcs
and slaves, a survival Of which was to be
traced in the English mode OF looping
off the ears of public offenders whilst
standing in the piIlory down to compare
lively recent times. Another Roman
practice was the pulling of witnesses
ears in q court of law rs reminder Of
the gravity Of their situation when vacil-
latin9 or hcsitating in their evidence.
Childrcn's cars were likewise wont to be
pulled Or soundly "boycd" by their mas.
tcrs. Another custom was the wholesale
stuiiing up Of the ears of offending gen.
tlcwomcn in tilaG of war. This was es-
scntially of Roman origin, first brought
under British notice by the followers Of
Julius CGscr; and thenccforth frequently
pcrpetratcd by the soldicry, particularly
during the English subjugation of Wales,
until it in due time gave way to less
sportivc and infinitely more barbaric
practices. Time-honored though these
several obscrvanccs may appear, they
must nevertheless be regarded as modern
side by side with one that carries us
back to the primitive periods of jewish
history. This was the boring Of the ear
of every slave who, his term Of scrvitude
having expired (siX years., yet declined
to claim his freedom, prcfcrring to re-
main with his lord and family for an
indefinite period. In such a case his
master was bound to take him to tho
door-post, and there bore his car with
nm awl, as a sign Of his voluntary at
tachment to that house. - Boston Budget
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
lie Couldn't Remember.

"D;d Ipay for that wine We had last
night, landlordl' asked Crimsonbeak,
coming down ono morning with his head
tied up in towel.
"Why, YOU ought to know, Mr.. Grim.
sonbcak," replied bystondcr, jokingly.
We'll" said Crmsonbcak, ~ con-
suited my pockc,book, and it seemed to
snv that did: but when ] consulted my
head came to the conclusion that ! WAS
paying for it this morning" --Ss'esma'a,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

A curious flower was recently discover
ed on the isthmus of Tchauntcpcc, Mexico.
1t has a faculty of changing its color dur
ing the day. 1t grows on tree. An
other popularity Of this floral chameleon
is that it only gives out perfume at noon
time. One of the strangest things about
this flower, however, is that it should be
found in Mexico, when its colors are those
of the United States flag, In the morn
ing it white, at noon it changes to red,
and at night i: adopts a soft blue
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
He Wanted n Remnant.

~ understand you are offering some
remnants for salc," said an Arkansav
man to dry goods clerk.
"Yes, sir, we have some choice rem
nants, which we are offering very
cheap"
"Wal, I want remnant for my dog Vt
''For your dog'"
'Yas, you sec, some feller's cut my
dogs tail off, an thought eff yer had a
remnant of yaller bull dog I mout find
piece at d fit. ."-GooldWs Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

Near Charlottt Harbor, Fla, is coast
where one can wade over fifteen hundred
feet from the shore. In certain seasons
this place is alive with men, axes in
hand, who await the large fish that seek
the place as means Of escaping from their
arch enemy the porpoiscs. The mon
easily kill the fish with their axes, as the
water is as transparent as glass, and they
can sec how to strike them without any
J;O,a,It,-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

During the trip of small steamer up
the Fox River, Wisconsin, which oc-
Cured one night recently, the crew was
startled by hearing a German call OUT
"vat you doing nit my bosturc" In
vcstigation developed the fact that the
steamer had wandered with the flood
over portion of the Germans farm,
and the iratc Tcuton thought they wcro
ohout To rob him
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
To NJ Ike tho Beds.

'Lavina-'If l am going to have a
flower garden this season you must get
somebody to make the beds"
Phaseius-"All right, my dear. I'll
drop into an employment office in town,
this very morning, and tell them to send
out chambermaid.
And dodging the coffee cup which she
hurled at his head, he hastened around
the corner, there to await an inward
car.---Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

American inquisitivcncss and ingcnui-
ty united have produced thread made
from the blossoms of the common milk
weed, which has the consistency and tc-
nacily of imported lnx or linen thread,
and produced ut much less cost. The
fibre is long, easily cardcd and may be
readily adapted to spinning upon an or
dinary fax spinner. 1t has the smooth
ness and lu,trc Of silk, rendering it valu-
able for sewing machine use. The weed
is common throughout this county, but
grows proruscly at the south. The ma
teriol costs nothing for cultivation, and
gathering is as chcaply done as that OF
npttOn
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

A Centralia, (Kan.) paper bursts into a
p9an Of JOY over the arrival of a family
as follows: "The glorious State of Kan.
has received an addition of thirteen vo'
tcrs in one family the other day by the
emigration to Senaca of Lora Grcnd0hl
and family from Lacrosse, Wis. Mr..
Grendahl is the happy father Of twelve
sons. Two years ago he had but six. A
pair of twins were then born, and two
months ago, he received a further re-
markablc addition Of four sons at one
presentation. The four together weighed
twenty pounds, and although they are
now two months old, there are as lively
as young crlckcts, and growing as though
determined 10 prove an exception to the
general fate of quadruplets Of dying
early.n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26
CHILDREN'S COLUMN:

Four Funny Fans.
-Four funny fans
II Maud and May
To cool the air
One Summer day.
A palm-lcaf broad,
A feather fan,
And one that camo
From far Japan.
And for the fourth
May took hor hat
And made a flno
Bi; fan Of that.
And then so strong.
A brccze had they,
They played 1t was
A Winter dayI
Babyhood.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

. 1A - not life if sweeping by, g
" and dare before you dit
something mighty and sub
hIO lime leave behind to conquer
time $66 a week in youi
own town. IS outfit free. No risk. Every.
thing new. Capital not required. We will
furnish you everything. Mnny are making
fortunes. ladies make ~ much as men, and
boys and girls mike grrat pay. Reader, II you
want business at Which you make great pay
| oil the time, write Tor particulars 10
II. HAILLTT & Co.. 70 tland. Maine,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-26

IV.-NO 36. WOODSIOCK w. "EDNEoDAl' MAY 10 looo
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
The Interior of New Guinea.

TIE farther inland the party went the
more Estives were seen. In fact. they
appeared literally to swarm in places.
They arr powerful mon and arr consum-
mate lis u. With the bow they are ex-
,trencly expert and are deadly shots.
For the fir5t couple of hundred miles up
the river the natives trade for tobacco
principally. but beyond the distance
mentioned the inhabitants met with
would sell or do anything for piece Of
red flannel. Sage is plentiful among
the b.. and the pigs are innumerable.
Jir la ty brings score of new birds
anu y .ricty of insects. The insects are
beautiful and valuable. and some of the
beetles. moths. butterflies. and grasshop-
peers are of sufficient beauty to send an
Ientomologist into ecstasies. There are
among the insects several which show
protective initiative markings, as one
Large leaf moth is 20 shaped and colored
fhat only the keen eye Of a naturalist
would take it to be an insect. The color
a the dead leaf is perfectly initiated and
.s1he back is lined with veins Just as in a
1eaf. There is also very large grass
hopper that resembles very closely a
green leaf, but the naturalist of the party
segrets that they kept to the water in
stesd of taking to the mountains.-Syd-
Dey Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
Goethe. Devotion To Pudding,.

Il is not, perhaps. generally known
Puddings. meats. and cakes were favor
lite dishes and he daily drank three hot
ties of wine. II was. however. simply
Rhine wine. Dreikopf sensibly remarks
that the wisest men that ever lived have
been unable to decide upon the compara'
tive merits Of pies and pudlings. Goethe
was devoted to puddings-the Charlotte
pudding. that did not require the diges.
ton Of warriors after battle 10 partake
much of il with IMMUNITY. This pud-
ding sacred Ia III" memory Of the pro-
found scholar, is rather like a cake,
were il not for the delicate sauce that ac-
companies it.-Clrvelaud Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
Removing Obsrructions from tn. Tube.

l.
The method pursued in removing oh
structions from pneumatic tubes in Paris
is that of simply firing apistol in the tube.
The resulting wave of compressed air,
travering the tube at the rate of 1000
feet second. strikes the impediment.
and is then detected back to lis origin.
where it strikes against delicate dia-
phragm, its arrival being recorded cleo
trically upon very sensitive chrome
graph. ON which. also. the instant of fir
ing the pistol has been recorded pre-
viously. The'wave of sound on reaching
the diaphragm is recorded, and thence
reflected back second time striking the
obstacle and returning Ia the diaphragm.
This operation being several times re,
peatssl. several successive measurement.
are thus made of the time required 10y
the sound wave to traverse to and FRI
within the pneumatic tube, Other means
have been resorted Ia for the accomplish,
ment Of the purpose in question. but none
has proved equal to this.-Paris Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
CURIOUS FEATURES OF NEW MEXICO


~ rtfea" t-aNa
THE Year of Fire.
sThrrr is one remarkable case in New
N, si,,, where the lost tributaries are
pl nj .ul but the main stream does not
LIST. This is in valley which lis be-
tween the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers.
The valley begins near the Sandia
mountains, and shut out the streams on
each side by broken mountain chains.
Il is well-defined valley, not very
broad. but having a length of perhaps
100 miles. Flowing into it. especially on
the western side near the upper end, and
On the eastern side toward the lower, are
numerous lost tributaries: but the primary
stream has so completely disappeared
that its bed can only b. found at inter
gals.
In this valley lie the ruins of the Gran
Quivira. the existence Of which is not
only att.stnd by the ruins themselves but
also hy the accounts Of the earliest
Spanish settlers. The records of the
Spanish up to tn. latter part Of the
seventeenth centu Y. when they were
expelled by the In iians, are incomplete,
~ the Indians destroyed all that was left
behind. That the Gran Quivira was well
known to them. however, is shown by
the fact that the most prominent ruin
there is that of church. There
ID now no water for many miles
from the river. That there must
have been once can well be granted,
for no large city would have been built
by human beings at a distance Of fifteen
AZ twenty miles from scanty water
supply. The valley may be named from
.this City. and would then be the Gran
Quivi,., LEY.
About half way down the valley il is
broken by long, narrow, thin layer OF
lava, now much broken up. and making
desolate region, locally known as the
Nal-pais. or bad lands The crater
from which the lava was derived was
near the northern end Of the Mal-pais.
Just above the Mal-pais an old river-bed
II reached at the depth of about $50 feet;
below il the river-bed. when found, is at
. slight depth. Southwest Of the Apache
observation the old river-bed runs into a
.E1fke SAIL Hldlsn. n stftdln vi nD mean
jsize seems to have once run down this
valley. Not only has it now disappeared,
hut its bed is covered by lava and loose
sQl Sometimes to great depths.
r A. Ia he cause Of the disappearance,
e may nave some connection with a ira
dition of the Indians. which tells of a
year of fire. when this valley was 50
flled with flame and poisonous gasses as
70 be made uninhabitable. When this
occurred the chronology Of the Indians
- not perfect enough to tell us. That it
Eas long ago is attested by the depth
70 which the old bed is covered by de-
tritus, probably washed down from the
motmtains. and by trees Of considerable
size, which are found in some places in
IT, But that il was not 80 extremely
long ago that il became entirely unin-
habitable is made probable 10y the com
paratively late desertion of the Gran Qui-
vira. II is entirely possible that the In
dian Va Of fire may have long preceded
the - up of the part of tide valley
IN whi IA Gran Quivia was situated.
Popular Science Muntllv.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
7 LATE FANcIes IN sARssRlNe.
Hair-oii. Pomatum aud Perfume Strictly
TRboo,I NV t,iit Edged Customers,

HaIr-Oii. Pomatum aud Perfume Strictly
rabood by GIT Edged Customers.
do you want your hair dressed?' asked
a barber a day or two ago, after he had
finished shaving his customer.
Yes, of course, said the customer.
You viii excuse M, for asking you,"
said the larber. but suppose you know
the style has changed now. so that the
5arberin, Business amt what it was 10y
about 500 per cent. Our swell customers
don't have their hair dressed at all. They
| simply run comb through it. make a
halfway part, ami let it lie as il will. IL
looks kinder careless and distinguished.
you know, and not as though gotten up
for the occasion. \ few of our custom
ers have their hair brushed dry and
parted accurately, but they are in the
very small minority, rs for oil. we no
longer keep it in the shop. though we
/ have lttlle grease constantly IN hand
I FOR the uld-fasiIioned customers, who
/ ike it. As near rs ] can understand
rom what our swell customers say. they
late TO smell rs il they'd come from II
barber-shop.
"A good many club men who come
here just have the razor passed over the
face once. and do not have bay rum put
on the chin or ON the hair. Ii looks
pretty well, too, TO my mind. because
people wear their hair short now. and if
the hair is cut short and allowed to grow
as it will, it is apt 10 give the appearance
Of the head better outline than if the
hair is oiled and plastered down solidly.
lit is the same way with men who
wear boards. Only few years ago Gus
toners always had little something 10
put ON their boards to make them stay
right, and they took kindly to a spray of
perfume after the work was done. Moth
ing Of that sort goes now, however.
Boards are usually trimmed close and
brushed dry. II is big difference from
what il was when went into the bust
ness. At that time customers kept bot
ties of lavender water at the shop. used
grease cosmetics and coloring matter,
insisted ON being shaved close to the
chin, and when they went ont Of the
shop and walked abroad anybody knew
where they'd been il he didn't come
within ten feet of them. Any man
could he barber nowadays: but it
took an artist 10 arrive at any eminence
in his profession when started in
New York Mail and Express
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
Poisoned Arrow. a Century Old.

Some Indian arrow heads were lately
shown at the Societe d'Anthropologie
which were poisoned with curare over a
century ago. but still retained their
deadly power. Small animals scratched
with them died in half an hour.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
Capital Invested in Farming Tools.

Some idea Of the vast amount of capi-
tai invested in farming tools in this
country may be gained from the fact,
shown by the last census. that the value
Of agricultural implements manufactured
in the United States in "a single year was
SGs. $40. 436.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
Food Of the Burmese Peasants.

The food Of Burmese peasants includes
Almost all kinds of reptiles, the grub Of a
-huIl-rolling BEETLE, kind OF ant which
constructs nests Of leaves in tree-tops
/. (eaten in curries) and hill-rats. Tho last
manned exist In such hordes that their
consumption is almost a necessity to
prevent tho rats eating tho Burmese
Chicago journal. .
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

A now industry has sprung up at New
Orleans. Heads of largo fish arc dried,
mounted. and sold for table and mantle
ornaments.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
The Cost Of African Ivory.

A German geographer and statistician.
Dr.. A. Fischer, estimates that an annual
slaughter of 10000 elephants is necessary
to supply the ivory exported from Africa.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06
King solomon I'm Arab Literature.

King Solomon, in Arab literature, as
well as in the writings Of the nations they
subdued, appears as the greatest magician
the world has ever known,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

A new stitching maching for book
binder and publishers l. out. which will
10 tho work Of ten Girls in day.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

A Dchool-houso built Of cobblc-stonc5 l.
ono Of tho curiositieS Of Antelope valley,
IN Tchema county, Cal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

An ounce Of mother is worth pound
Of clergy.-Spanish Proverb.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

Gold worth 500, 800, 900 wac dug from
Cnelo Same rich soil in 1884.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-06

There are in Now York city about 10
rifles Of street railway. -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-07


Richard Nixon, the secretary OF the
past and coming Exposition in New
Orleans. thus clascs an Open Letter in
the November century: lit is lifting
that New Orleans should % the pro-
moter Of this international enterprise
for tho additional reason that il was
through the Worlds Exposition that
the general public became aware OF the
great resources Of Mexico and Central
America, and the advantages newt
ably to follow a close commercial
reciprocity. Every one had Of course
read the tales of travellers and had
learned to speak Of the wondrous
wealth of Mexican mines and South
American forests in much the same
way as they spoke Of the magnificence
of oriental princes. vaguely and some
what incredulously. But the Worlds
Exposition gave unmistakable evi-
denco OF these and many other extra
ordinary natural resources. Indeed, it
was the immediate success of Mexico's
exhibit that has stimulated the other
Latin-American countries to take ad-
vantage of the opportunities presented
by the new enterprise.
THE management Of the American
Exposition is national in les organiza-
tion and is working for the prosperity
of the entire country. 1t purchased
the plant of the late Worlds EXPOSE
ton, and will open its doors on the
10th of November, unembarrassed in
any way whatever. With steam trans
portation from the heart of the city to
the exposition grounds, aud with un-
precedently low railroad rates. there is
veery assurance of success. The man
agement has set aside for the discus
sion of the great commercial problem
certain days, when leading minds of
the three Americas will meet for an
interchange of ideas, and give to the
industrial life of this country an inn
petus as irresistible as the mighty river
upon whose banks they deliberate.