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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
OLD FASHIONED BROWN BREAD.

It is the New England housewife
who understands the art of making
brown bread in all its perfection
light, savory, delicious.
This excellent article of food is apt
to be at its best in the rural districts
because it is always possible there to
get the best rye meal always fresh at
the moment of need. In the large
cities it is difficult often to get it !;
grocers do not keep it, as rule, and
feed stores are the best sources of
supply. In the farming districts ten
cents will buy good sized bagful.
The real New England brown bread
is thus made: TO pint and half
Of rye meal add pint and half of
corn meal and teaspoonful of salt I;
mix thoroughly dry; then add a cup
ofmolasses and heaping teaspoonful
Of baking soda, wet in little warm
water. Add enough sour milk to
make q soft batter. Put the mixture
mo n buttered mold, with tight
Coger, and steam four hours. When
done take out, cut into medium thick
slDes and serve on platter. 1t can
be eaten with butter alone, or for a
company dish at tea serve 1t with
thick cream poured over each slice, in
witch setting it is most toothsome
compound. Philadelphia Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

The green carnation is upon us
again, as rordigris-tinted as ever, but
not rs fashionable. 1t is no longer
sold in shops at half crown bios.
som, but flourishes by the score on
the plated trays of the flower vender
on the curbstone. Meanwhile an
other flower has "come into fashion, ;"
perhaps not yet SO much among us rs
in France. 1t is the ox-eycd daisy,
not of the field, but of the garden !;
because, says the elegant French
woman who decorates the dining room
and the salons Mt her chateau whit
because it has rural look about it,
and it has the perfection of shape and
petal which only high culture can give
to any of the aster family. Mingled
with the daisies are the dainty white
convolvulus, and, in order to satisfy
the craving for mauves and puppies,
the common malva is introduced.
Small sunhowers, on long stalks and
in large vases, are also among the
fashionable flowers. Still, the "cul-
tured daisy" is the first favorite. -
New York Telegram.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

! JOHN WANAMAKER had saved only 800 at
the age OF twenty.three.
The last book read to DR.. Holmes was
"Alice in Wonderland"
, THE Empress of Germany rises at six and
makes her husbands coffee with her own
| sands.
PRIME MINISTER RosEBERY declared for
the curtailment or abolition OF hereditary
legislative privileges in an address ut Brad
ford, England.
IT is said President Cleveland did not
register in New York because he was told
by his advisers that he had lost his right
to vote there.
BY removal of cataract Giadstone's RICH
eye is good Tor the finest print, but upon his
left an immature cataract prevents his using
that eye in reading ordinary type.
GENERAL ELI s. PARKER. a full bIooded
Seneca, is the only Indian who held COM
mission in the Union Army during the war;
He is lineal descendant of the great Chief.
Red jacket.
DURHAM WHITE STEVENS, tho American
Secretary of the Japanese legation at Wash
ington, was appointed Secretary of the
twenty years old.
ES-GRESIDENT HARRISON ls 10 be allowed
to choose the artist who shall paint his
portrait 10 be hung in the White House. and
S25OO appropriation, already provided,
will cover the cost.
OswoLD OTTENDoRFER formed with Franz
Sigel and Carl Schur2 a trio OF distinguished
German-AmericlnS whose activity in the
revolution CT 1889 made it necessary to
leave Germany for America.
NOTWITHSTANDING his rough and unsocia-
BILE character-few persons have seen him
smile, much less laugh-Verdi the great
composer, is very charitable. Numerous
philanthrOpical works, and in particular the
hospital ut Bussetto, owe their existence to
him.
MISUNDERSTANDING ALEXANDER McCooK
will be retired next spring on account of
age. With the exception of General Schofeld
and General Howard, this last Of the fight
ing "McCooks' is the only officer in the
regular army who commanded an army
corps during the Civil War.
W. H. SHEPPARD, twenty years ago poor
little boy in the streets OF Waynesboro, Va,
is, at the age of thirty, perhaps the most
distinguished colored man in the Southern
Presbyterian Church and the only American
colored man that has ever been made fell
low OF the Royal Geographical Society.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
THE Spanish Ministry resigned.

1TALY's deficit this year Is s12, 900 1000.
THE remains of the late Justice l.. Q. G.
Lamar were inferred at Oxford, Miss.
The city OF Boston is selling its four por
cent. bonds at $l13.55 for the 300 bond.
The mines at Cripple Creek, Col, nre now
turning out 300, 900 in gold every month.
The appropriation for the New York City
Park Commission now amounts to $1,347,-
955.
NAVAJO uprisings in progress in Arizona
are traced to Mormon anxiety to obtain the
Indian lands.
A TEN-ACRE tract Of hone stone, valuable
mineral, has been discovered in Hardin
County, Iowa.
STATIsTIoIAN LIGHTS estimates the Euro
pean beet sugar crop at 4,675, 900 tons, as
against $3.50. 600 last year.
RoBBERIEs from the baggage of passengers
IN trains In Italy have begun again on a
larger scale than ever before,
In West Virginia 5000 oil wells are IN Cd.
eration, and lO,0OO,0OO barrels. worth 49,
oOo'oOO, will he the output this year.
GERMANY has made the sale OF Atlantic
tickets to persons barred from landing In
lhis country an ofrense punishable by fine.
THE steam whaler Narwhal arrived at San
francisco from the Arctic and reported a
eatch OF slxty-nine whales, valued at nearly
$5OO,0OO
MIR. AND Mrs. NELSON TURRELL, OF Litch-
Held, Mich, have just celebrated their ruby
wedding, making the sixty-flfth anniversary
oil their marriage.
EXCURSIONS south OF the Ohio to Southern
meaitn resorts will be two cents mile.
IlcKets at these rates will be sold from No
vember to May 10.
IRON industries are moving South. Nearly
as much pig iron Is already produced in the
southern States as was made in the whole
united States twenty years ago.
The South Carolina Dispensary law, where
IL comes INTO conflict with the United States,
IS imperative, according to decision rem
dered by Attorney-General Olney.
PRESIDENT SETH Low, OF Columbia COL
lege, New York City, publicly apologzed to
Or. Parkhurst for having criticised his re-
form methods two years and half ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
The Head.Hunt.ng Nagas,

Professor Peal, the ethnologist, re.
Gently described to the Asiatic Society
the condition of the head hunting
Nagas on the borders of Assam. The
women are to blame for the continu.
ance of the practice; they taunt the
young men who are not tattooed,
and the latter so out and cut fheads
to exhibit to them, fully half of which
are those OF women and children. The
area occupied by the tribe is not more
than twenty miles square, but In it
during the past forty years more than
twelve thousand murders have been
committed for the sake of these
CHASTITY trophies. Chicago Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
CLIPPINGS.

Wheat fed hogs are much thought
of in Missouri.
Every Mormon pays ten per cent
of his income to the church.
About so, 900 acres in this country
are devoted to celery growing.
Paving blocks made of compressed
hay are being experimental with.
West Virginia has 10000 square
miles of coal fields and produces an
nually 100000 tons.
All Saints church in Sedlitz, Bohe-
mia, contains II chandelier made en-
tirely of human bones.
While less than 100000 acres were
devoted to other cereals in Scotland
in 1893, 200, 600 were sown III oats.
The insect foes of the farmers are to
be experimentally studied in new
department Of the Pasteur Institute in
Paris.
Mcneil Whistler, the London art
list, was born in Lowell, Mass, and
was educated for IL soldier ut West
Point.
Hops in Oregon this season are re-
ported to be the best crop ever har-
vested and the output is estimated ut
GO, 600 bales.
An immense number of valuable
papyrus documents have lately come
into the possession of the Royal Mu-
scum in Berlin.
The cities of New York owe SILL,
600, OOO; the towns, 81 600, 600 and
the villages, s., GOO, 600, while the
counties owe less than $l4, 900, 600.
Three-tenths of the earnings of II
Belgian convict are given to him on
the expiration of his term OF imprison-
ment. Some of them thus save more
money in prison than they ever saved
before.
Professor Joseph Myrtle, Of Vienna,
who died recently, was head of Hun
garian ANTAGONISTS. He spoke and
wrote in both Greek and Latin, and
won the name Of the Aristophanes of
medicine.
The barefoot cure receives unquali-
fled Endorsement in the Scottish High
lands, where it is said dwell the health
lest children IN the world. They sell
dom wear shoes before theyare twelve
years of age.
Only eighteen of the $1,000 steam
ers recorded in Lloyd's Registry are
credited with speed of twenty knots
an hour and over, and only forty-fvc
can show nineteen knots. Twenty
five of this number were built on the
Clyde.
Sistbun Mikonbata, the brave Jap
anese who saved the life of the Care
witch in 1881, receives pension of
5000 year from the Russian govern
ment and has been exempt from mill
tary service in the present war by the
Mikado.
The ice business along the Kenne-
bee river has been good this season.
Many of the houses have been cleared
of all they had, and old ice has been
shipped. The demand for ice is in
creasing, despite the manufacturing of
artificial ice.
The Emperor of Russia has four
separate services of horses and car
riages Fifty horses comprise each
set, and in one the horses are perfect
ly white, with blue eyes, and any
thing more magnificent in the way of
trnppings than their harness can hard
y be conceived.
The 1894 report of the Irrigation
Commission of Utah shows that there
are at present |, 03j, 200 acres of land
watered by bitches and that there yet
remains an area of no less than 2,51S,
700 acres susceptible of such improve
ment. The increase in artiticially IT,
rigated land during the last three
years has been nearly one half.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
Glycerine in the Treatment of Coughs

The Medical Reporter, of Ca lcutta,
says that in severe paroxysms of
coughing, from whatever cause, n
tablespoonful of glycerine in hot milk
or cream will give speedy relief. If
any of our readers are disposed to try
it, we would caution them that the
dose of glycerine seems rather large,
especially as nothing is said about the
patients age or the frequency of its
repetition. New York Medical Jour
nal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
For TIE STOCK POT.

For n stock pot, porcelain-lined
,cttIe with bale, with cover fitting
tightly into groove, 80 that no steam
can escape but from the valve, which
is in the top of the cover, is the best.
A granite kettle, with close-itting
cover, is the next best.
All the bones and ends from unused
meats, broiled steaks, etc, should be
put in this pot and covered with cold
water; pint of water to u pound of
meat is the proportion for cooked
meats and it should be allowed to
simmer four or five hours. Then the
liquor should be strained off, the meat
seasoned with salt and then allowed to
stand and harden, so that the grease
may come so the surface. A quart of
soup will serve a family of six. If q
plain macaroni soup is to be made, a
quart of stock will be required, but
Gor tomato soup only half that guam
tity Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
CARE OF HOUSEHOLD LINEN.


Sometimes young housekeepers are
puzzled rs to the amount of linen re-
CURED in moderate sized family.
Three pairs of sheets to bed is quite
sufficient when the linen is changed in
the fashion common to most house
holds, by removing the under sheet to
the laundry, while the upper one
takes its place and clean one isadded
to replace the latter. If the beds are
of varying sizes, sheets to fit each one
should occupy their distinctive place
in tie linen closet. They should be
long enough and wide enough to tuck
in easily, Use the sheets in turn, thus
givin to them all an equal amount of
wear Ild tear.
For pairs of pillow cases and tour
bolst.r cases are the number allotted
to each bed. Old sheets should never
be clt over for the servants or chill
dren's beds, where they are pretty GER
tam to receive hard usage, but ought
to he kept for the purpose of emerg-
ency or else cut in half, sewing the
selvidge edges together and thus tax.
ing on a new lease of life and service.
Old table cloths should not be thrown
into the rag bag, but cut over so as
to make sideboard cloths. Napkins
that are worn will do for corn or hot
bread. In buying table linen double
danask is the most economical in the
enl. A dozen ordinary cloths, with
two or three extra size ones for din
ner parties, are enough to stock a
linen closet. Two dozen dinner nap
kils and two dozen breakfast ones are
quite sufficient. Always put the clean
things at the bottom of the piles,
beng sure that they are mended be-
fore hidden from sight. Use in ro-
tation and keep the gaps in the sup
ply we'll filled up, and your linen
closet Is certain to prove a continued
source of pride and pleasure. New
York Telegram.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

That night, as we walked back to
the White House through the grounds
between the War Department build
ings and the house, | fancied that L
saw in the misty moonlight man
dodging behind one of the trees. My
heart for moment stood still, but
as we passed in safety, | came to the
conclusion that the lodging figure was
creature of the Imagination. Never
theless, as l parted from the President
at the door of the White House, ]
could not help saying that L thought
his going to and fro in the darkness of
the night, as if it was usually his GUS
tom, often alone and unattended, was
dangerous recklessness. That night,
in Difference to his wife'H anxious APP
peal, he had provided himself with n
thick oaken stick. He laughed as no
showed me this slight weapon, and
said. but with some seriousness: 81
long ago made up my mind that i any
body wants to kill me. he will do it.
If wore a shirt of mail, and kept my
self surrounded by body-guard, it
would be all the same. There are a
thousand ways of getting at a man, if
it is desired that he should be killed.
Besides, in this case, it seems to me
the man who would come after me
would be Just as Objectionable to my
enemies-if | have any, Moab
Brooks in the Century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Fogg says that his maid of all work
is Il very thoughtful girl. When she
dropped a costly piece Of china on the
floor the other day, she was not at all
annoyed. She merely remarked that
it was lucky she dropped it before she
had swept. Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN BLACK DRESSES.

Here is preparation which Is ex.
celent for cleaning soiled black
dresses: Take two parts of soft water
TO one part of alcohol, or if there be
paint spots on the stuff, spirits of
iurpentine,
Soap II sponge well, dip in the mix.
ture, and rub breadth at time, on
both sides, stretching the material on
table.
Iron on the wrong side, or that
which is to be inside, when the stuff
Is made up. Sponge off with water,
not, but not scalding, before you
ron. Iron while damp. This pro-
,ceding will make the material appear
ike new.-New York Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

The readers of this paper will bo pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it,
Cure Is the only positive cure now known tC
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being II con.
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, thereby de.
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing III
work. Tho prOprietors have SO much faith In
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that il fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, y.
EB" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
Names of Chinese War Ships.

To the Chinese there is no confu
sion in the names of their cruisers and
gunboats, and if Ting Yuen and King
Yuen get mixed by the time they ar
rive in New York it will not seriously
affect the fortunes of war in the
China Sen. In colloquial Chinese the
distinction is preserved by the differ
ence of tone. In the Chinese charac-
tiers, or ideographs, the possibility of
confusion is absolutely nil, for Ching
Yuen and Chih Yuen no more rescm-
bic each other than do "New York"
and minneapolis" or than Bunker
Hill monument resembles the State
house. cling Yuen' signifies "fu'
turo security )" Chen Yuen, "suard-
ing the future The characters on
tho other vessels are rs distinct III
sound, appearance ana meaning as
these two. Boston Transcript
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
In OIdpu Times

People overlooked the Importance OF perma-
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with Transient action, but now that 1t is gener-
ally known that Syrupof Figs will permanent
ly cure habiual constipation, well-informed
people will not buy other laxatiyes, which act
for time, hut finally iniurc the system.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

She was the wife Of cavalry officer
and she was going to have some fun
with the lieutenant Of infantry,
81 suppose she said, "you have
often been chased by the Indians on
the plains?"
"Never," he responded politely.
"No?" keenIy sarcastic.
"No. You see, they are so busy
chasing the cavalry, they don't have
any time for us. Detroit Free
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
A Sure Thing of II.

"Be careful, my boy, not to break
any of the laws of your country"
"No, won't! Dads in the Legis-
Iatur', an he kin make 'em as fast as
| break 'em l"-Atlanta Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inti@mma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. u bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Send your full name and address to DObbins'
Soap Mfg, Co., Philada, Pa, by return mail,
and get free of all cost, Il coupon worth several
dollars, If used by you to its full advantage.
Don't delay. This is worth attention.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

There are fourteen Waterloo vet.
Grams alive in England, six in France
and three in tine United States
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
NnIlrR.

We have just issued II new list Of 100 new
Premiums found in every package of SAvENA.
Save the SAvENA wrappers and select your
premium
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Deans Rheumatic Pills are a sure cure for all
forms Of Chronic & lntlammatory Rheumatism
d. Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable, always safe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. NY.
800 Reward. 500.

Ostrich farms In California are not COM
Dlete success NE46
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21
IL Is OF No Use

to say that there is something Just rs Good
rs Ripans Iabules for disorders Of the stomach
and liver" Ii is not 50. This standard rem
edy will relieve and cure you. One tabule
gives relinf
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Wasps are the most inveterate enemies OF
flies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

ACTORS, Vocallsts, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey OF llOrehOuud and Tar.
Pixies ToOthache Drops Cure IN one minute.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

eases, or drains upon the system,
excuses, or abuses, bad habits, or
early vices, are treated through cor
respondence at their homes, with
uniform Success, by the Specialists
Of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. A book
of 1876 large pages, devoted to the
consideration of the maladies above
limited at, may be had, mailed Sc
cmrLr Sea(ra from observation, IN a
PLAIN CH1c(obc, by sending 10 cents
i'll one-cent stamps (for postage on
Book, to the World s Dispensarv
Medical Association, at the above
mentioned Hotel. For more than
a quarter of century, physicians
connected with this widely cele-
brated Institution, have made the
treatment of the delicate diseases
above referred to, their sole study
and practice. Thousands, have con-
suited them. This vast experience
has naturally resulted i'll improved
methods and means of cure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Marriage is growing popular againin Eng
land
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

California BOASTS OF II seyenand one
half pound onion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-11-21

Three.tenths of the earnings of n
Belgian convict are given to him on
the expiration of his term OF imprison-
ment. Some of them thus save more
money in prison than they ever saved
before.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-29
IsoRA M'FARLAND.
Her Aunt, Mrs. wadsworth, Says That's
Her Name.

Isora Mcfarland, otherwise known as
Isora Faley, the woman who had the fit
of hysteria some time ago in William
sons drug store, and was taken to the
Maine General hospital from whence she
was transferred to the Greeley Hospital,
is dangerously sick at the latter institu-
tion, and the matron said last night
there was a question as to her recovery.
Isora requested that despatch De sent
to her aunt, Mrs. Emma Wadsworth, 1876
Charter avenue. Providence, RI, Sat-
urday. announcing her condition.
Mr.. Roberts. at the Greeley Hospital,
has received an answer from Mrs. wads-
worth. 1t is very brief, but urges the
hospital authorities to send Isora to her,
where she says she can have the com.
forts of q good home. which has always
been open to her. She says Isora was
a good girl. She was engaged to be
married, but was disappointed in love
and never got over it, She has been
away from her aunt's home most of the
time but her aunt is always glad to have
her and take care of her. Her name is,
ass he finally stated, Isora Mcfarland.