Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-10-20
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Henry M. StanleyiS to deliver q series
of fifty lectures in this country during
the coming season. Thus are the fear
full forobodings based upon the sun-spots
fully justified.
The University of Mississippi pays a
larger salary to its professors than most
of the northern institutions do, yet it
has four vacant chairs-Latn, Greek,
mathematics, and literature.
George Story, aged Sc years, of San
Francisco, Cal, hasn't gray hair in
his head. His hair is luxuriant in
growth and is nearly jet black. He
has been resident of San Francisco
since 1S49.
Lieutenant A. L. Howard, OF Con-
necticut, who commanded y Calling
gun platoon in the war against Louis
Riel, has received from the Canadian
Government several medals commemor-
ativc of his services.
Mr. Tilden's lcgacies for benevolent
purposes will probably aggregate S.
100000. Excepting only Senator Stan
ford's munifcent donation to the State
of California, this is the grandest public
benefaction of modern times.
Glass floors are coming into very gen.
eral use in Paris. Although they cost
more at first, they are found cheaper in
the end. The rooms below can often
dispense with artificial light, and there
is iar less fire risk. Glass, too, will out
wear wood many times.
If you listen attentively to the ticking
of n watch there will be intervals when
the sound becomes inaudible. These
come every few moments. 1t is said to
be because of the inability to keep the
attention fixed steadily, and not be-
cause the watch-sounds grow faint,
Hon. c. G. Cole, late chief-justicc of
Iowa, adds the weight of his distin-
guished authority to that of the numbers
of jurists who have expressed concur
renee with Mr. Hamilton Wilcox's
opinion that the New York constitu-
ton does not exclude women from yot-
ing.
A correspondent from Paris says;
1.-The ushcrs were all ladies, and were
to be seen waiting upon the ladies and
gentlemen all over the house during the
intervals between the acts" usher
ladies" is new term to be added to
"sales ladies, )" washer ladies" and the
others
Joe Harris of New London, Conn,
found fat pocket-book, and as soon as
he could find the owner restored it to
/ him. The man was delighted. There
was $50 in it," he said. "Tm awfully
! glad you found it. Here, smoke this. "
/ The cigar was bad enough to almost
make an honest man turn thief,
Recent experiments have been made
in Germany in the employment of paper
in piano construction. The case is made
entirely of paper rs substitute for
wood, the material being SO compressed
MS to be susceptible OF a high polish.
The color is creamy white, and the
tone Is characterized by sweetness rather
than loudness, producing q soft, full
sound.
Moderately thick plates of sheet-brass
may be cut chemically by drawing a
line or mark with solution of mercury
in nitric acid. The acid attacks the
copper, while mercury amalgamates
with the zinc. This seems to be the
explanation. At any rate the brass be-
comes as brittle ms glass on the place
where the line is drawn, and is easily
broken OIL.
Figures, which proverbially can not
lie show that the corn-iields of the
United States cover territory rs large
as England, Scotland and Belgium
united, while the grain-felds surpass
Spain in tcri''.,l extent. The acre.
age of our farm lands under cultivation
is equal in extent to all of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
France, Belgium, Portugal, Germany,
and Austro-Hungary.
Mr., Jeriah Bonham, of Lacon, Ill.
disputes with Mr.. L. w. Blaisdell OF
Rockford the honor of being the first to
name Abraham Lincoln for the presi.
dency. Mr.. Bonham claims that he
first suggested Mr.. Lincoln in q ring.
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