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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
VOL. L.--NO. 30.
Endurance.

o tedious months of rain and snow,
OF pallid sky and cheerless sun!
To me your flight seems wondrous SLOW
Say, will your course be never run?
When will the naked boughs be leavedi
When shall we hear a robin sing?-
] weary of this winter land
My soul is crying out for spring
Too much your daily frost and wind
Chill with slow death the human heart
Since autumn passed, grleved to find
This friend grown cold-that turned
apart.
And like the vine upon the oak
That, with its falling, slowly dies,
rather will dead friendship mourn
In solitude, then seek new ties.
Seadfast, my soul. Fate hath not set
For thee bright sky, for thee soft air
Take, then, thy portion sobery
In mist, in SNOW thrive well-nOr care!
Thou are not cheated of thy due,
Thou needst not freeze, because not warm
The frs green spread deties the seet,
And life grows manlier, lived in storm
.-tE. Irenmus, Stevenson, in Independent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

GA snail's pace" need no loI ger be
used as Il term more or less indefinite; ;
those skilled in the science of "suail-
ologyn can tell YOU just to dot the
snails rate of travel. These interest
ing facts were ascerlained by some
wonderful experiments at the Flor
encc, Italy, Polytechnic Institution in
1889, aud those Inclined TO be exact
can now use figures TO support their
arguments.
1t was all done in this way: A half
dozen of the mollusks were permit.
ted TO crawl between two points ten
feet apart Exact time was kept
from the start to the finish, and thus
the average "pace' was ascertained.
The experimenters reduced their fig.
urges INTO tables of feet, yards, rods,
furlongs, &c, aud thus found that it
would take snail exactly fourteen
days to travel a mile. --[Philadelphia
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
TO CLEAN PAINT.

There is very simple method TO
clean paint that has become dirty, and
if housewives would adopt it it wonId
save them great deal of trouble.
Provide IL plate with some Of the best
whiting to lie had and have ready
some clean warm wafer and piece of
flannel, which dip in the water and
squeeze nearly dry; then take as much
whiting as will adhere to ii, apply ii
to the painted surface, when little
rubbing will instantly remove any
dirt and grease, after which wash the
part with clean water rubbing it dry
with soft chamois. Paint thus cleaned
looks as we'll as when first laid on,
without any injury to the most delicate
colors. 1t is better than using soap,
and does not require more than half
the time and labor New, York Re-
cordcr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
A Fairy Ship.

We are all of us more or less fond
of our toys, and some of them, fol
sake of association, appear TO be of
great value. One Of the most valuable
Of toys ever made is that recently con-
structed by jeweIer Of Turin, Italy.
II is boat made OLA single pearl.
The outlines of the boat are said by
those who have seen it TO be perfect.
1t has sail beaten from solid gold,
and is studded with diamonds. The
blnnacle light is ruby of wonderful
brilance, and for rudder it has an
emerald. The stand upon which it is
mounted is made of the purcst of
ivory; and the whole toy-stand, boat
and all-wcighs less than half au
ounce. The value of this marvellous
Thing in dollars is five thousand. AS
toy il is hardly worth two cents, il
the value of IL toy is measured by the
amount of fun to be got out of ii, fol
no child, however extravagant, would
find much pleasure in playing with all
object of sucl, rarity aud of such great
monetary Value [iIarpers Young
People.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

Scald and scrapc the hair off and
clean in the ordinary way. Fill the
carcass with small or sliced-up sweet
potatoes and sew up with a few
stitches of twine or coarse thread.
Scoop out hole in tho ground large
enough to hold your 'possum, wrap
him well in green corn shucks, or, if
they cannot be had, old shucks thor
oughly wctted will do. Cover with
one aud Il half or two inches of earth,
build good wood fire on him and let
the fire burn down to Goals. In a
half hour your your 'possum, together
with the sweet potatoes, will be done.
it is Il good plan 10 cook 'possum
this way at night and let it remain in
the ground until next morning, when
you can serve il for breakfast. When
cooked in this manner the flesh is so
lender that it just drops from the
bones like thoroughly slewed spring
chicken. All the fine aroma of the
meat is retained, which, with the deli
cate flavor imlarted by the sweet
potatoes, makes II dish that is abso-
Iutely delicious. While in Arkansas
we also cooked great many tsh in
this way. Indeed, it is the best way
that hate ever found 10 cook fish,
flesh or fowl. The cowboys often
roast q calf's head in This manner
when out in camp, wrapping it up in
a wet gunny sack instead of corn
shucks. Heavy brown paper, thor
oughly wet, answers The purpose of
wrapping first raie.-TSt. Louis
Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
Curta,g D0gs wan Collie.

1t is nothing unusual for dogs to
have collie, especially when fed high
and given little exercise. When al
tackled they are restless, moan, or
suddenly start up with yelp, and af-
ter walking about lie down again un-
til the next spasm comes on. The
safest treatment Is to give castor oil,
half ounce to one ounce, varying the
dose according to the size Of the ami.
nal. Dogs, when bitten by rattle
snakes, should be given spirits of
some kind, and IN pretty large doses
at first, until the poison is overcome.
The dog will usually be very stupid,
with little lift, for some days or
weeks after the effects of the first big
doses of liquor have passed off; and
TO preven; collapse give teaspoon
full of whiskey every three or four
hours, mixed with water or syrup, 10
make the dose more palatable. Battle
the wound with carboic acid and wa
ter, one part of acid to sixty or sew
euty Of water.-TNew York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

Clerks and those who write in their
shirt sleeves are often annoyed by
getting their immaculate linen ink
stained. If the stain is allowed to re-
main until the garment reaches the
laundry the process of washing will
produce all indcliblc brown mark, but
for few pence any writer can guard
against annoyance and loss of this
kind, for little chlorinated soda will
remove every suspicion Of ink-stain
Almost instantaneously. 1t Is only
necessary to rub the soda in and then
rinsc it or wash 1t out with few
drops Of water, and all trace of the
ink is gone. But the remedy must be
applied Immediately after the accident
10 be effective --[Geyers Slationcr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
WHEN HASH BECOMES A DAINTY.

WHEN HASH BECOMES A DAINTY.
That maligmCd dish, hash, if care
fully made and atlractively served,
becomes as dainty Il dish lis any sent
to our tables. 1t may consist of one
kind of meat or several, but all must
be freed from coarse, siringy fibre
and grislle, and cut in very small bits.
A cold chop, bit of bcefsteak, or Il
chicken may be used when there is r.Jt
cor"ed or roast beef, Chop the po-
tato and meat separately, and COM
bine them in equal parts, or in any
proportion you choose. Season to
taste with salt and pepper, and
moisten according to quantity with
stock, cold gravy, or milk. DO not
add too much liquid, Heat sauce
pa, put in enough butter TO prevent
sticking, and spread the hash fiat on
the bottom. Cook over the fire long
enough to brown the under side, then
cover and set in the oven where it will
cook slowly for fifteen minutes.
When dishing, roll the hash like an
omelet and garnish with parsley
| New York Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
I1ftbfiI RPtfM

New Girl-Young man has called
10 see you, mem.
Miss Lillian Languid (glancing al
carN -"Mr. Fitz-James McStab!"
Gracious! Pm not fit to be seenl Tel
him, Betty, that rm-Oh, she's gone.
New Girl "a moment later to young
mam-Yes, sir, she's in, but gracious
sle's not fit to be seen.-[ChicagC
Tribune,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

Most people know that oranges
make peculiarly strong resistance TO
frost and that they may be safely cx-
posed 10 Il pretty low tenn erature
without danger of being spoiled. TIE
reason is that the juice of the orange
contains large amount of citric acid
ilr solution. 1t also contains consider
able sugar, and us the juice is not ex-
posed TO evaporation, owing TO the
thickness of the skin, il does not easily
freeze. - Boston journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

There are more swallow-tail coats to
the square incl in Europe than there
are to the square acre in the rest of
world.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12


that he nearly ran over newsboy
right under the mirrors eye, and
when the boy made some rcscn,ful re-
mark the young man dismounted,
pulled out his pockeIbook, and in the
fullness Of his heart bought every
paper the boy had.
What took place between father and
daughter on their walk, hcw she eX-
planned her recognition of the young
man (for of course there must have
been an explanatory, the mirror does
not know, since it can only look down
the street; but few days later the
old gentleman stood at the cottage
gate as the wheelman rode home from
his days work and both lifted their
hats. The acquaintancesnip was grow
ing.
After that the wheel was always in
a great hurry before and after pass
ing the cottage, but wonderfully slow
in passing that domicile, and the mir
ror began to suspect the young man
Of strategy.
Little by little the pleasant comedy
Ill Inn
moved in finding its way past, until
one fine day it stopped altogether and
the rider dismoun:cd 10 tighten some
part of his machine. As 1t happened,
father and daughter were outside, and
he stepped to the gate and cut of 1t to
have a look at The contrivance. She
timidly followed. Then they talked
and laughed, became confidential over
tangent spokcs and ball bearings, just
as people will whenever they begin to
talk bicycle.
The leaves of the linden trees flut-
tered with ustonislimcni, the catDird
lost bar in his song, tho wcIl-bred
windows opposite seemed to liit their
eyebrows higher, and the law,-sprink-
Ter squ,rmcd all over the lawn with
excitement over this unconvcnliona'
occurrence. But it was not the last
time they saw it. 1t even happened
that the young man entered the gate
and was shown the wonderful roses
that grew on the place. Then the ant
full youth developed the same taste for
flowers, had read the same authors,
and held the same catholic tastes ms
the elder man. They found they knew
rcople in common. What could be
more agreeable So from the garden
the young man was brought into the
parlor.
Many an evening after that the
wheel leaned against the fence out
side, waiting for its owner, and when
he appeared, father and daughter
often came with him rs far rs the
gate, she to look at the patient steel
horse, and wish that she could ride
one. Bicycles are so fascinating!
Midsummer came and with it Il
ladv's wheel. For week at least,
every night, there was subducd laugh
Ter OH the avenue, glimrses of skirt'
and wheels much miXel in the dan k
ness, two male voices, one Young, one
old, and at last, Oh fine moonIl
night, the mirror saw the Young wO'
man and the young man ride down
the avenue abreast Oh wheels.
Now, you may often see these two
riding together of an afternoon OF
evening, while every morning its bel
rings its greeting and never fails {,
bring n joyous smile TO the lady's
face, who would not willingly mis-
being at the gate when the wheel roll
by. The father believes II bicycle tt
be a great institution, and one cyclis
the most perfect gcatlrmln in The
world. They say that the whcclman'
club has been invited to wedding il
October.- Herman Rave, in Outing
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
If YOU
own
CHICKENS

Tnr TGu rM MMATEooPAYrwT Y WV u Z Il
even II you merely keep them as a diversion. In or.
der to handle Fowls 1udiciously, you must know
somethng about them. To meet this want we are
selling q book giving the experience (elnlu Orr
II a practical poultry raiser for NvHiy EUCs
twenty -nve years. II was written by imam who put
all his mind, and time, and money 10 making sue
busIness-and II you will profit by his twenty-five
years work, YOU can save many Chicks annually,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12

"Rafsfng Chickens"
,nd make your Fowls earn dollars for you Ths
otnt ia that you must be able to detect trouble In
the Poultry Yard as soon as 1t appears, and know
how 10 REMEDY It. This took will teach you.
1t tells how to detect and cure dlsease TO feed lT
SreedIng purposes; and everything, indeed, you
sbou d Know on this subject to make 1t profitable.
Sent postpaid for twenty -hve cents IN lc or 10
q ook Publishing House,
las LzoHARs sT. n. T. QttI.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
SNAKE CURE FOR GROVER.
Sent as Present by au Enthusiastic
Native Physician OF Columbia.

A box of snake medicine for the
President was delivered at the White
House Monday. 1t came all the
way from Barranquilla. in the
United States of Columbia The
United States Consul at that place
had received it from the physician
who had prepared it, and had sent
it to Collector Kilbreth, with re
quest that it be admitted free OF
duty. Mr.. Kilbreth was uncertain
as to bow the President would take
so suggestive a gift, so he sent tn c
box to Secretary Lamont, asking
him to assume the responsibility for
its disposal, and Colonel Lamont
turned it over to the President.
In his letter to the President, in
viting his attention to the medicine
in the box, the Columbian doctor
says his preparation is sure cure
for the bites of insects and snakes.
If the President can find no use for
the preparation he may retain the
box with profit, for it is q perfect
little medicine chest, made of pol
ished cedar, and contains an assert
ment of heavy glass bottles. In each
bottle is some component part o f the
snake-bite cure. One of them is
plainly marked "water of ammonia.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
USE OF THE wORD"AIN'T."
II WOULD Be Great Relief IL IL
We're Dropped.

1t would be immense relief II that
dreadful Americanism, "ain't, could
be given a rest for all eternity. You
hear it so frequently. The few excep-
tions among educated people
scarcely makes an impression with
an observer on the lookout for the
phrase. 1t is surprising how easily
fault in speech NAV be acquired
by the ear, but in this part of the
world, where our public schools are
believed to really educate, it is quite
common to hear grammatical errors,
as in localities less intellectually
favored, II amt, you amt, he or
she amt, they amt" is the unpleas-
ant conjugation of what verb2
"Aint you going to the Fair?' asks
a well.set.up young person, who
would be highly offended if her So
cial status was questioned.
"Oh, | amt had half of the par
tyr is another from young lips,
and the nice looking car conductor
seares the life out of you by halo
ing wait till the car stops! We
amt got there yetr' Purists will
take no offense at this abuse of
grammar If it saves their necks, but
if anyone would keep watch over his
tongue as well and note the aints
that now afllict the American Ian
guage, that offensive and meaning
less contraction and negation would
be abolished, and even the primari-
ly educated masses might say what
they mean.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
THE cause OF PANICS.
The Editor of Bradstreet's Gives the
History of Panics Since 1914.

Mr.. Albert Stevens, editor of Brad
streets, who has made careful stu
dy Of the subject of panics, says in
The Neao York Press:
"The credit panic of 1898 will &C
into history as distinct in kind from
any that preceded it. There has
been some unreasoning fright, but
as contrasted with the ordinary con-
sequences of commercial cry OF
"fire" this panic is almost new
species. There have been nine pan
ic periods in the United States with
in the century"
Their features as outlined by Mr..
Stevens, are tabulated below:
1914. A result of war; closing Of
the ports, speculation
1918. Unsound banking; heavy
failures; factories idle; heavy emf
grafton to the west.
1869 Uusound money; wild
banking; expansion.
1887. Unwise banking methods
excessive speculation.
184S. Inflated values; overtrading
at home and abroad
1857. Unsound financial methods
wildcat business enterprises.
1864. An outcome of the Civil
War.
1873. Excessive railroad building
and overtrading following the war
period.
1898. Restriction of credits, liqui
dation in the stock market, bank
failures and the closing of industrial
establishments.
Mr.. Stevens says further: "Socie-
by at any given point has yet to de
wise method which shall effectu
ally quarantine it against the con
sequences of unsound business
methods, on the part of commercial
ighbors, for there is to day no civ
ilized community which exists ex-
clusively by it's own efforts or of its
own products.
Most important of all in relation
to this is the credit system. Aside
from the retail trade more than 95
per cent perhaps as much as SO per
cent-of the actual business of the
country is done on credit.
at is fair to assume that 1894
may bring with it the beginning of
revival. 1t would he remarkable
if there should be visible return OF
activity within the current calendar
year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
AN ALLEGED FRAUD.
A West Virginia Land Company owning
nothing Endeavoring to Dispose
of Its Bonds.

The Neto York World exposes the
Operations of a gang of land sharks
who have duped people of that city
and Philadelphia to the amount OF
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Theconcern in question is CALLED the
Standard coal and timber company.
of West Virginia. The officers are
Joseph H. Swift of Brooklyn, presi-
dent; Frederick j. Swift of New York,
treasurer, and James S. Kendall of
New York, secretary. The company
according to the prospectus, was
chartered April IS, 1892. The cap
ital stock, "full paid and non-as. SEES
sable" is 100000. There are ST.
100000 FIRST mortgage 5 per cent, 80
year gold bonds. The principal of
fee is in the Pennsylvania Mutual
building, No 925 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia.
The prospectus states that the
company owns 100000 acres of val
liable mineral, timber and farming
lands in Mcdowell county, w. Va,
which is valued at $7,500000, but
the fact is that the company does
not own one foot of the land The
deed under which the company claims
ownership has been decided by the
courts of Mcdowell county to lie a
forgery, and this is part of the order
of court concerning it:
And the court being further of
opinion that, in order to prevent
multiplicity of suits, circuity of ac-
tion, and to acquire titles and pre-
vent further litigation, that it is
right and proper that the cloud ere
ated by the pretended deed Of Feb
ruary 81, 1866, of Bowler to Henry
L. Morris as well as by all other
deeds and conyeyanees under through
or from said deed and Henry X. Nor
ris's title, should be declared void
and clouds upon the title of defend
ant Jaeger and others, who claim un
der the Bowler deeds made pursuant
of the agreement Of December Z,
1856.
at is therefore adjudged, ordered
aud decreed that the SAID deed of
February q, 1866, purported to have
been made by Michael Bowler of
Henry L. Morris, and all other deeds
and conveyances to parties claiming
under, by or to said deed, be and are
hereby declared void and of no eff
eet !"
As a matter Of fact, it is so well
known in West Virginia that the ii
ties to these lands are disputed that
warnings are published in the news
papers to would be trespassers on
the lands. 1t is 80 we'll known that
the newspaper called the Mcdowell
Recorder, published at WEIGH, w.
Va, so lately as Saturday, October
IA, 1893, is full Of these warnings.
1t is more convenient to publish them
than to put up signs on the lands to
keep of.
In spite of these facts the Stand
ard coal and timber company of
West Virginia continues to try to
dispose Of its bonds, which are worth
no more than the paper on which
they are printed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
THE UNIVERSITY.
The Enrolment for this Year the Larg.
est At the Same Time Of the Year
in The History Of The Uni
Fersity.
Charleston Gazette.

Prof P. B. Reynolds, acting pres
ident of the West Virginia Universe
ty. arrived in the city yesterday af-
ternoon, in the interest of the insti-
tuition and to attend the Baptist As
ISOLATION. To a Gazette reporter
who asked him about the Universe
ty he said that there are now 204
students enrolled at the University
q greater number than ever before at
this time in the year. Last year the
entire attendance was but 22S and
he believes that with the increase
during the winter and spring the
number will be larger this year than
last. The institution seems to be
moving along in the right lines and
good work is being done. The mem
bers of the faculty are in perfect
harmony with each other and the
best of feeling exists among the pro
fessors and the students. A large
number OF young men are IN cores
pondence with him. relative to en-
tering the University, and he will
make an effort towards systematic
work to get them in. The new
buildings are completed and in use,
through the contemplated purchase
of new instruments and apparatus
for the mechanical department has
not yet been made. Prof. Reynolds
desires to have the institution pre-
sented to those who have sons to ed
ueate in the true light and let them
know how excellent an institution
we have in our own State without
sending the boys from home. He
compliments Kanawha on its unus-
ually large representation this year.