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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

lent all their poetry to make INC scr
vice impressive in this wonderful
cathedral Of nature.
What n welcome Rogers servants
gave the new bride, s'rewing rusheS
far up the road under the feet OF her
bearers and smothoring her with roses
and jessamine.
"Aloha! Aloha!" "Ka walllhc
haolcp "Aloha! Aloha!" they re-
pcatcd, with smiles of welcome.
at is Paradise" cried Mary, as size
caugh, sight of the tropical garden anu
the ilowcr-strewn path up 10 her new
home.
"Ycs, darling" answered Roger
drawing gently into its quiet shade
"This is the garden Of Eden, and we
arc spending our first Christmas IN
Paradise together. '-[Thc mdepcnd-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

The King OF the Belgia S has issued
an order forbidding any Belgian TO
capture or destroy frogs, to expose
them for sale, or to buy or sell them.
His object, according TO the Chicago
Herald is to wean his subjects from
their habit of eating frogs, which hc
believes TO be an efirminatc diet The
Belgian king can hardly have formed
tho pnion from reading history. Tho
Frcnchman, called in derision Johnny
Crapaud, or johnny Toad, from his
wcl-known fondness for frogs, makes
n brave, patient and impetuous SOL
dicr. The American Indian used
to devour the hearts of brave enemies
killed in battle, thinking thus TO gain
courage. Tho history of the French
untion would seem TO indicate that
frogs were more courageous food even
than hero's hearts. The Old Guard
that fought at Waterloo certainly had
not been reared on efieminate food
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24
Origin of DistillatiOn.

The decisive step in the knowledge
of dstillation were taken in Egypt.
There was invented first real disiiIling
apparatus during the first centuries Of
Christian era. They are described pre-
cisclv in tie works of Zosimus, an
author of the third century, from the
technical trcatscs OF two woman
chemists named Cleopatra and Mary
In the margin of Greek text of ST.
Max are lle drawings of the appara-
tus, IN they agree exactly with the
authors descriptions. The apparatus
consists of boiler or balloon-shaped
receiver, in which the liquid was put;
but tho cover was replaced by largo
tube topping the balloon. and ending
above in a cap shaped like an inverted
balloon. to serve as a condenser. The
can was furnished with lateral conical
tube, inclined downward, which were
intended to collect the condensed
liquid and allow it to flow out into
small bottles.
All the essential parts Of distiling
apparatus are here defined. These
Literal tubes and their recipients con-
sltutc the chief improvement, and
are what constitutes the alemblc.
Among the distinctive characteristics
of the primitive alcmbic described by
Zpsimus is The multiplicity of the alb
ductor tubes. He distinguishes be-
tween two-bcakcd and three beaked
alcmbics. The flow of vapor was
simultaneous, though there were
several bcaks, and condensation took
place in two or three receivers at once,
Another figure represents an alcmbit
with single bcak, to which a large
copper tube was attached. - Popular
Scicucc Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24
Lifc's Seasons.

When all the world is May day,
And all the skies are blue,
Lord Life and Youth take play-day
Among the Buds and dew;
When all the world is May.day,
And clouds are far and few.
When all the world is Summer,
And dusks are poppy heads,
Love is the shy newcomer,
Who nests in liy-beds;
When all the world is Summer,
And clouds are rosy reds.
When all the worlds September,
And morns are golden mist,
Regret may still remember
The long-tOrgottcn tryst;
When all the worlds September,
And clouds are twiight-kisscl.
When all the world is Winter,
And all the sky, alarm,
Ghosts eyes, that burn and splinter,
In Ages ashes form;
When all the world is Winter,
And clouds are driven storm.
Il Madison Cawcin in Youths Companion
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24
%JOB WORK<
--. SUCH AB.-
POSTERS, HANDBILLS,
BILL HEADS, LETTER-HBADS,
CIRCULARS, ENVELOPES,
CARDS, ETC, ETC, ETC,
Done at This Office
with Neatness and Despatch.
Prices Away Down.
w. ID. McMASTER,


Nothing TO do but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes,
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as flash It's gone;
Nowhere to fail but of,
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but IN bed,
Nothing to weep out tears,
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing TO sing but songs,
Ah, well alas! aIack!
Nowhere TO 90 but out,
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quenCh but thirst,
Nothing TO have but what we'Vsgot;
Thus through life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but gait;
E;eryhing moves that goes,
Nothing at all but common sense
Can ever withstand these woes.
-LChicago Mail,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

81 have just returned from Europe
said Howard Hoffman, "wherc have
sojournel ever since my return from
Iauzibar, six months ago. | have
been pcr,uing course of invcstiga-
ton in the British Museum that | had
hoped would throw some light on the
recent discoveries that have been made
in Africa. Not far into the interior
of Africa from Zanzibar !, in com.
pany with others, recently discovered
traces OF a prehistoric city of no small
dimensions. This city that speak of
must have been a capital of some an
ccnt province or kingdom. 1t was
some five miles square and was sur
rounded by II wall of masonry, the
foundations, with few projections, of
which sill remain and Indicate an cX-
ccIlcnt know edge of masonry. The
wall was undoubtedly meant for pro.
lection against enemies, for it was
strongly built and must have been at
least 90 feet high. 1t is now over
crown by great tropical vines, and
parts of it extend through impcnctra-
bic morasscs.
"Insihc few re mains OF houses
still exist, and the outlines of n great
temple or palace on the highest ground
within the enclosure. Some cXcava-
tions have been made and few relics
brought to light, such as pottery of
the Egyptian type, and broken bits of
welded copper that may have come
from suit of mail. Some idea of
symmetry must have obtained in that
distant period, for the houses were
built along streets or winding lanes,
the precursor of our modern thorough
fares. The whole is overgrown at
present by Il mass of tropical plan ;
and great old trees that have been
standing for hundreds of years. Tc
what nation those people belonged
cannot be told, but the ruins would in
dicutc that once Africa's shores wcrt
the scat of great civilization and i
great commerce, = st. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

THERE seems to be little hcrhage
growing In the path between the
przc-ring and the mOrguc. And the
alfalfa waving in the path between
the prizc-ring and the penitentiary
appears to be in danger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

TIE atmosphere Of the American
continent is death to monarchy. lla-
waits kingdom might have lasted
longer il it was a little farther from
thn ITniLNl StAtNS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

Tie Legislature of the State of Ohio
has passed a law making it obligatory
on the part of ufacturers of jellies,
preserves, &C., to conspicuously dis
play upon packages the ingredients
used in the preparation of such goods.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24
The Preservation of Valley Forge.

Every American who takes patriotic
Interest inplacea with historic assocla-
tions will sympa hizn with the move
ment to set apart tho Revolutionary
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

A BANK cashier at Atlanta, Ga,
named Rcdwinc, has abSCOndcd with
S65, 900 in coin. There is no woman
in the case this time. Red wine
did II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

COLORADO courts have just injected
happiness into one domestic circle
that had long been short In the
staple. 1t was done by changing the
name Of the family to Miles. IL had
been Mules, and naturally the family
had kickel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

THE young Princess of Hawaii Is
named Victoria Kawekiu kaiuIani
Lunalilo Kaiauinuiahlapalapi. She
uses it to scratch her back with when
n hair gets down under her dress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

STRANGE Things happen so oILcn IN
Kansas that the news OF the birth OF
a child in trolley car at Topeka
hardly created surprise. II the child
had inquired the shortest way to the
capital and started across lots fol
Congress his advent might nave
caused local ripple.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

JOIN LoURIE, who recently died in
a pcnnilcSs condition in New York
hospital, was at one time worth
$4,000. 900. But he could not "lcarc
well enough alone" and wasted his
means in backing his opinions on the
fluctuations of the grain market. He
was swampcd in the wheat pit
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-05-24

WHEN you pass farm, )" says a
writer, and see large barn and "A
small house, you may know the man
is boss. When you see fine house
and a dilapidated barn, you may
understand that the woman has
things her own way; and when there
is new house and good barn, you
may take it for granted that the
woman and man are about equals"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
Barton, Vermont, March IS, 1898.

be done then. Strike directly across,
and miss your picket. We can make
the Towhead by a hard pull on the other
side-at least | can
AT daylight Will was in his fathers
room again.
SIS it all right, WHIP"
"All right, father. and am not sorry
went
The talk of the town found the COM
mandant's boys intimacy with the Pres
colts nine days wonder, and scoffed
not little at the Prescott boys. But
the intimacy continued, to the secret
amazement of Colonel Denning, and in
after years ripened into the friendship
of a lifetime. Mary Stewart in Youths
Companion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
An InexcusabIe Folly.

One very important lesson is to be
learned from the destruction of the
Calumet clubhouse, and that is the utter
folly of intrusting valuable relics to the
care of club organizations. Many of the
rare old treasures which had been gath
cred together in the Calumet club had
no right to be there, and their loss is one
which the public can with propriety de-
nounce as an outrage, for there are GER
tain relics in which, no matter whose
money has purchased them, the public
has proprietary right
Mighty cold comfort is it now to hear
that the Calumet clubhouse was ga YER
liable fretrap," and that it is ''surpris-
ing that it did not burn up long ago."
Can it be possible that, cognizant of this
danger of fire which is now SO naively
confessed, the Calumet club solicited the
loan of curios which can never be re-
placed?
A much more magnificent clubhouse
can be erected, but no money can restore
the art and historical treasures wantonly
sacrificed. We hope to see an utter
abandonment of the silly practice of do
mating and lending valuables of this
character to the qualification of the pass
ing vanity of social clubs. = Chicago
News-Record.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
Amy Work Away From Home.

What pity it is that SO many girls
and women are bitten with the craze for
''any work" from home! The manager
of one employment agency recently in
formed as that two girls were wanted in
The Office of newspaper, remuneration
5 shillings week. Nearly 800 women
young, old and middle aged-applied.
The duties were to cut open the letters,
unfasten the newspapers and prepare
them for the editor and his assistants,
and the hours were from to 5. What
a sacrifice for the sake of deserving the
joys and comforts of home lifel And all
because presumably they were to develop
into full blown journalists in week or
two, the universal impression being that
journalism is all simple and such a jolly
life. London Lady.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
The Dumb Restaurateur.

Some years ago | was stopping in a
western town. During the night a fire
alarm was sounded and crowd quickly
gathered at the scene of the confagr&-
ton, which was in building occupied
by grocer, the basement being used as
a restaurant The fremen soon had
stream Of water playing on the burning
building, which flooded the floor and
soon began 80 trickle down to the res
taurant below. The proprietor, who was
asleep, was soon aroused by the con-
fusion incident to fire. and in a half
dressed and half dazed condition rushed
up the steps and into the street shout.
ing at the top of his voice: 81 can't
speakl can't speak!'' The ludicrous-
ness of the scene can better be imagined
than described -Detroit Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
Winter Amusement an bOsron.

The most intellectual amusement of
this arctic season has been punging.
with a hard e, not a soft one.) Small
boys and girls engage in it chiefly. and
it is a great education for the mind as
well as for the body. 1t trains the per-
ceptive faculties beautifully. You see
an elegant pung coming along, with a
projecting runner behind, which you can
easily stand upon. You have only an
instant in which to look at the driver
and guess whether he is the sort of man
who will let you catch on" You guess
that he is; he has a whip. but he looks
mild and gentle.
You scramble onto the rear of his We
hicle. Swish! slash! whack! Cit off O
therel Git off, durn yer SWISH whack!
You find out that you have made a ter
rible error of judgment. A few expert
ences of this sort, with whacks from nice
looking men and, on the contrary, some
beautiful rides on the pungs of men of
very dark and forbidding cOuntenances,
teach you that things are not what they
seem and make you much better judge
of human nature than you would other
wise be-
Moreover, punging is excellent exer-
else and develops both strength and
agility. 1t also cultivates fertility of
resource. One small boy rode all the
way to Newton Highlands on series of
hospitable pungs, and then had to find
some way to ride home, and as most of
the pungs were going the other way
this taxed his ingenuity pretty sharply.
But he got home just the same. And it
was immense fun.-Boston Transcript.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
Reading to the Children.

A child's tastes for reading and the
style of books he or she learns to admire
are governed largely by the parents
Nearly all children enjoy having some
one read to them Now, if before they
can peruse interesting books for them
selves their taste becomes cultivated
through the selections they hear, there
will be no danger of their wandering
astray into those bypaths of literature
that are not healthful, mind invigor-
ating resorts. Some skeptic probably
observes that we would advise reading
the ''Iliad" to 4-year-old listener. In
deed mol That would be very silly, be-
ing far beyond the comprehension of the
infant mind, but there is poetry as
worthy and as pure as Homer's that lit
tie folks learn to appreciate and love.
Then in prose, what child will not de-
light in Andersen and Grimm's fairy
tales, and later on Robinson Crusoe,"
''Swiss Family Robinson" Arabian
Nights" .sGulliver's Travels" ''Nicho-
las Nickleby" and David CopperfeldT'
Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Cooper, Irv-
ing and Hawthorne are all as delight
full to the youths and maidens in their
teens as to the aged bookworm. Read
ing aloud around the evening lamp Is
family delight that has laid the founda-
ton in many youthful minds of knowl-
edge of the best and noblest works in
English literature. Philadelphia Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
Why Eggs Are High.

The star boarder showed the eggs away
from him.
What's the natter inquired the
Iandlady.
Il don't like these eggs" he replied.
What's wrong with them? Eggs are
scarce now and cost a great deal of
money"
Il don't doubt it," he ventured. Il
notice that the fashion in antiques has
increased the price quite beyond reason"
Detroit Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
The Sensitive Turquoise.

The turquoise breaks on the death of
its proprietor, and it changes color when
he is i'll. This last observation Is per
fectly true, and is certified to by ali
lapidaries. The same thing has been re-
marked of coral mot only do precious
stones live" says jerome Cardan. 'but
they are liable to get sick, to suffer from
the intirmities Of old age and at last to
die" Paris Figaro.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
A Lesson in Natural History.

"There! Another mosquito has bitten
me!' exclaimed Mrs. Snaggs, as she
made rapid slap at the insect and only
succeeded in striking the spot where it
had been operating.
Il think you are mistaken" replied
Mr.. Snaggs.
mistaken? Indeed I'm mott l know
a mosquitoes bite when feel one"
THAT is precisely where you are mis-
taken Mr.. Snaggs went on. Il know
you merely follow colloquial usage in
saying the mosquito bit you, but never
theless usage is wrong. 1t is always
well to be accurate, and in this case it is
not accurate to speak of mosquitoes
bite. The mosquitoes operations in search
of food are truly interesting, especially
when he is operating on some other per-
sons epidermis. He carries with him a
remarkable kit of tools, consisting Of
two saws, lance and pump. With
the lance puncture is made in the skin,
but the perforation is not wide enough
for the insertion of the pump, which is
to transfer a portion of your blood to the
insects stomach. So the saws are i'm
troduced and they commence to widen
the puncture. 1t is the operation of the
saws which causes the irritation 10
which you allude as a bite. You see,
my dear, how inaccurate it is to talk of
mosquitoes bite. Don't your
''Mr. Snaggs!'
"Well?'
You irritate me great deal more
than the mosquitoes do. Now l want
to ask you one question"
$50 ahead"
"What constitutes bitter"
'Well, there can be no bite without
teeth
"Then, Mr.. Snaggs," exclaimed his
wife, triumphantly, Il am right after
all. The mosquito bites with the teeth
of his saws. Mr.. Snaggs, it is always
well to be accurate. Now
But she did not finish. A yell and a
vicious slap from her husband indicated
that one of the mosquitoes was giving
him lesson in the use of the saws
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
From "a Single Farley Stalk.

Tests made under the auspices of the
Royal Philosophical society with Il sin
gle barley stalk unfolded wonders which
but few have ever thought even posi-
bic. By sleeping and watering that one
plant with saltpeter dissolved in rain
water they managed to produce 249
stalks and over 1900 grains. -PhiladeI
Dhia Ledger
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13
A Weather Shnrn.

Little Boy-What does the paper say
about the weather for Saturday?
Papa-Well. let me see. 1t says there
is a depression in the southwest
Little Boy s'pose the folks there
feels bad for fear it won't sncw.-Good
News
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-13

The following resolution was adopted
at a recent meeting of the San Francisco
County Medical society: That any mem
Der of this society whose name shall APP
pear In the daily press, describing his
professional powers in an unprofessional
manner and who cannot give satisfac-
tory explanation of the same, shall, az
the next meeting, be expelled from the
society,""
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-20
STREETS. SIDEWALKS. SEWERS.
Routine Matters Acted Upon at Last
NIRhta Meeting,

Routine Matters Acted Upon at Last
Nights Meeting.
The road and sewer boards held ad-
journed meetings last evening. Mayor
Webster presided and there were pres
ent Commissioners Kelley, Coughlan,
Stevens and Tracy.
The hearing on the Wall street matter
was postponed until the next meeting.
City Engineer Cairns was authorized to
advertise for bids for the construction of
sewers ordered by the council at the
last meeting. A new hearing was or
dered in the Luke street matter and the
city engineer was instructed to prepare
map of the street. The petition for the
extension of jefferson street to South Elm
street was advocated by Rev DIR Martin
in the interest of the German Catholic
church and the property owners in that
vicinity. The engineer was Instructed
to make a map of the proposed extern
| sion and it was voted to cite in prop
/ erty owners interested, for a hearing al
| the next meeting. The board voted tc
/ visit the localities affected by the petit
| tons for the acceptance of Rutledge
| street; for the opening of a new avenue
| northerly from the Third Congrega
/ tioDal church to Washington avenue
| for sidewalks on Third street between
Bank and Leonard streets, and for re
lief from surface water on Round Hill
street. The city engineer reported
grades for Bank street from Third Il
Fifth street, and Round Hill street from
Wood street southerly, and it was voted
to recommend to the council that tn,
work be done. A hearing will b,
| granted at the next meeting on the lay
out and grading of Walnut street. Thu
board voted to recommend that TIVE
policies of 81 900 be taken out in tn,
Mutual Steam Boiler Inspection and In
surance company. Thomas Callahan
Sr, wanted to be heard on some matter
but as he did not get to the point with
out denouncing the members of tn
board, Mayor Webster ordered him t
Il aft
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-20
NAueA1uck AND VICINITY.
DoinRs of n Day In the Valley BE 1ov
This City.

This City.
NAUGATUCK. July 20.-Rev Father
Pagan, who went to Saratoga a few
days ago, suffered slight shock at that
place yesterday. DIR Delaney, who
was with him at the time is of the opin-
ion that no serious results will follow.
Father Fitzgerald was also present and
the doctor advised that all return home
at once. They are expected to arrive
this evening.
The Cuban Giants are battling with
the Naugatucks here this afternoon.
John Connors was summoned to ap-
pear before the warden and burgesses
last night to show cause why he had not
removed his bees two rods from the
fence line as ordered by the board some
time since. Michael McCabe. who is
crippled by broken leg, says he had
business to an clubhouse near the line,
when the bees attacked him, he being
| obliged to throw himself on the ground
and roll to get away from them. MIR
Connors came up last night to answer
| but there not being a quorum present,
nothing official was done. He says it
| was not his bees that stung Mr. McCabe,
but hornets, nest of which was on the
fence line. He also said that he was ar
ranging place to move his bees and
/ would do so in short time.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Naugatuck savings bank took
place last night.
Master Mechanic Payne expects to
/ have the engines at the new shop of the
United States company ready to start il
needed early next week. The old fac
i tory will take week or more to get
ready, as they are making quite exten.
sive repairs. The probabilities are both
factories will be running about August
| LIST.
We hear that Joseph Flynn has go
track of the horse he hired out to go tC
Waterbury on Monday last. He being
reported at a livery stable in Ne
Haven. Flynn went after him to-day
The horse was found wandering arounC
on the outskirts of Bradford.
| Miss Maher has resigned her position
in the Union City district school, ant
will probably occupy her old room il
the center district.
The next open air concert by tn
High Rock band will be given on tn
green on Friday evening if fair, if no
the first pleasant evening, Sunday ex
cepted.
August Schafrer, who has been il
With lung difficulty for long time
SAID to be gradually failing, with yer
little hopes of recovery.
Superintendent of Streets Schmid
had the cutters of Maple and Waite
streets cleaned out yesterday. Tn
, cutters of the latter street need tn
i, cObble relaid badly.