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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
.Dapan Sets Her Price,

1t is stated that France and Russia are de-
sirous of bringing about at the earliest pos
sible moment the evacuation of IaO-tung
peninsula by the japanese aud that they will
apply themselves to bring this about apart
from the conditions of conclusion ul a com-
mercal treaty with China. Tney hold that
the extra indemnity OF 90 900. 900 taels de-
manded by Japan for the evacuation of the
peninsula is excessive, Germany, whi'h
originally did not object to the amount does
not now Supp Ort Japans demand.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

After little maneuyering about the line,
just after the preparatory gun had been fired,
the two racers, both of them close haule |.
started off on port tack far to the north
ward off the line. They were running side
by side, very close together, Valkyrc being
to the windward of the Defender. Some
little distance north the steamship Yorktown
lay hove to. The two boats passed alongside
OF her and then gibing, came about under
her stern.
Coming down on the opposite side of her
from that which they had gone up, they
eased off little under he bows, and made
for tho starting line. Defender pointed
straight for the line, while the Valkyrie,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
MAY Close All uDte -,

As Il result of the mayors orders in Roch.
ester n Y. prohibiting the sale Of liquors
hereafter, all the saloons were closed. rs
were also all hotel bar-rooms. The drug
stores have refu- cd all applicants for liquor.
From reliable authority il is understood that
no more liquor will be sold in that city dur
ing the present administration, If it can he
prevented. The closing Of all hotels is being
seriously considered.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
10000 VETS IN LINE.
Grand Parade of the Defenders of
The Flag i'm Louisville, Ky.

The Grand Army of the Republic captured
the city of Louisville, KY, but not without
bloodshed, rs four of the most promising
youths of the city lost their lives by the ex-
plosion of a casson. They were members
Of the Louisville legion, an organi-
Zalion similar to battery A, Of
the NJ. V. NJ, and in its ranks
are young men of the best families of Ken
lucky. The accident cast u gloom over the
comrades Of the q. A. r.. and created much
excitement at the headquarters of the vari-
ions departments.
The heat has been terrible and hundreds,
both in the parade and on the sidewalk,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

coined. Then each yachtsman gave the
racers welcome in his own way. Mr..
Pierrepont Morgan hoisted four English flags
at the peak and m lsthead OF the Corsair On
several steam yachts the band played "God
Save the Queen" and on a dngy little cat
boat young man in blue jumper with
big bellows-like concertina played "Hail
COlumbia ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
PLAYED Ghost and Got Shot,

William Conrad and Frank Webb Of Mas
sillon, o., unwisey undertook to personate a
ghost that has been exciting the saperStitous
for several weeks. Conrad mounted Webb -
shoulders. Both were draped in black. They
encountered a searching party AMI wher
they refused to halt Henry Ryder opsns tlr'
with his revolver and the ball lodged in
Webb's body Thereupon he made him self
known with alacrity. His wound is painful
not but necessarily fatal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
NEWS CONDENSED.
Terse Dispatches From All Over the
Country,

Golaive Weant a relative of the late Judge
Weant, has been struck and killed by West
Shore Railroad train below West Nyack,
N. Y.
One thousand pounds of nitro-glycerne
exploded near Shannopin Station on the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad, nineteen
miles from Plttsburg, Pa, in storage house.
The building was shattered.
Highwaymen, at Pleasant Hill, Pa, as
sauted Anthony Urban with u sandbag, and
shot to death his brother Matthew who had
come to his rescue. The murder took place
at Urban's home, and the fatal bullet hit him
while he stood on the doorstep.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
Many Weayers go Back.

The larger proportion of the employees OF
the Lancaster mills at Clinton, Mass, who
have been out ON strike for II weeks, have
returned to work at the old schedule and
without conditions. In all about 1500 of the
2,l00 employed before the strike have re-
turned. This includes practically all the
weavers who are in town and some Of those
who left town, but who returned when it was
known that the strike had been broken.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

Liverpool, n. s., was almost wiped out by
fire, which started between 3 and 1 o'clock,
In the morning, and ragged nearly all day.
The loss will be between $50, 900 and S75, 900,
with about $50 900 insurance. The fire
burned from the waters edge up through the
business portion Of the town. All the princt'
pal buildings are in ashes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

Shortly after p. IN. the committee an
nounced its decision. Both Lord Dunraven
and Mr.. lselin assured the committee that its
conclusions would be accepted in IL sports
manIike manner. Lord Dunrayen, how
ever, made vigorous protest against the
crowding by steamboats,, and as an ultima
tum declared that he would not race again
unless the course is kept clear.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

Miss Dorothy Chestick, the English actress
who was stopped from riding horse astride
on Aug. s, may ride any way she wishes in
future in New York city She has never
ridden on side saddle, and very promptly
protested when prevented from riding as
tride in the parks. The police commission
ers have now decided that they have no right
to forbid her rid ing astride.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

A strike is threatened at the Portland, Me-,
rolling mills, and the $50 men employed
there may be forced to quit work. The strik-
ers have demanded 10 percent increase Of
wages. This has been refused. The rollers
are the highest priced men in the mills. At
the present time they can earn from "a to $5
day. In booming times rollers can earn
from $4,000 to ~, 800 year. They work by
the piece and average from 81, 500 year, so
the company says.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14


Defender protests the Valkyrie for fouling
her ut tle start. America cup committee
will hear all parties in interest and decide the
protest later.
Wind and sea Just suited the Valkyrie Tues
day, and contest No. 2 for the Americas cup
is now placed to her credit. 1t was as smooth
as mill pond and at times there was very
little wind, and under these circumstances
the Englishman kept an even lead almost
from the start.
The day for the second race in the series
between the Defender and Valkyrie for the
American cup did not dawn auspiciOusly for
the event of the day. Dense fog overhunS
the water at daybreak. There was breeze
blowing, but it was scarcely more than IL
knot breeze, and not very steady either. 1t
is from south-southwest, and if anything added
to the density Of the fog.
Sunrise off Sandy Hook was by no means
a peaceful spot There was faint rip.
pie on the water AS it flowed lazily against
the vessels sides, and it babbled like u brook
as it drifted through the anchor chains.
Loud above this murmurng protest was the
mOurnful moan of the whistling buoys and
of the fog horns from the lightship which
rang out at intervals like the cry Of some
fierce animal in distress. As the morning ad
vanced the sun began life and death strug
gle with its avowed enemy the fog
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

Valkyrie was favored in three ways-twC
minutes gain by the Defender breaking down
at the start, yards gained to windwarL by the
wind hauling and letting the valkyrie up,
and lastly by sailing against the Defender
bally crippled and of her racing form
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
BOATS COMPARED.

Great Work Done by Defender in
Spite OF Her Crippled Condition.
The official difference in time at the start
I'm. 2s, does not tell things as they were
Three minutes would be nearer correct, or
quarter of mile lead for the Valkyrie. With
handicapped shrouds and broken topmai
AMI three minutes to make up. the Defender
started off ON almost a forlOrn hope From
the start it was simply yacht in true racing
form racing against Il crippled one
Both held inshore on the port tack for q
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

The Matin Of Paris says the supplementary
credits which will be voted for the prosecu
tion of the French campaign in Madagascar
will amount to 81, 900, 900 francs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14

The Democratic city committee of Haver-
hill, Mass, accepted the resignation of ex-
Senator Brickett AS chairman OF the COM
mittee,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-14
VALKYRIE WINS.
Defender Crippled By Being
Fouled at Start.
Her Topmast Weakened and Unable
TO Garry All Sail.

SUMMARY OF THE SECOND RAGE.
Elapsed Cor
Boat Start Finish Tim, Time
INNS INNS HMs II Is
Valkyrie III. 1lOO13 2.55 % 500 3 81 90
Defender. =. ll.0l.l5 2.5740 3. 5j % 3. 50. 81
Vol Nil M
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
SHE WAS SPlTEEuL.
4 Woman Who Kissed in the Ear of MT.
 Gladstone.

A Woman Who Kissed in the Ear of MT.
 Gladstone.
 1t is an Illustration of the irritability of human nature that differences oi political opinion provoke bitter feelings and strong resentment. The venerable English clergyman, Newman Hall, tells in the Independent of an instance oi how spiteful politics may make Q woman. Says Mir. Hall:
 At the last but one Handel festival, when MT. and Mrs. Gladstone went out during the interval, saw two ladies, very fashionably dressed, go up be- hind him, one of whom hissed in his ear. was some distance off, by reason of the crowd.
 On returning to hear the second part of the oratorio, I heard lady say:
 Didn't hiss in his ear?'
 turned round and saw the same two ladies, and could not forbear saying, In loud voice:
 And you ought to be ashamed oi yourself. We may not agree with 1r. Gladstone in politics, but we ought tz honor him as one of the greatest men oi the day, who has spent . long life i1 the service of his country"
 Some people who claim they have not bowed the knee to Baal, are only waiting for him to set out cushioned ottoman.
 There is as much difference between reading the Bible and reading about it as there is between eating dinner and reading the bill of fare.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
ExPL0siVE COAL DUST.
Remarkable Energy Developed from Succession of Discharges.


 Succession of Discharges.
 The use of the safety lamp in coal mines has long been regarded as the proper and sufficient preventive for ex- plosions, but of late years there has been an accumulation of evidence going to show that fire damp is by no means the only danger to be guarded against The conditions under which coal dust will act as an explosive agent have been carefully investigated, and it is found that explosions often occur in mines where fredamp is unknown, but where the dust Is abundant. In one coiliery the roof of an incline was being blasted.
 A shot was ''blown out says the New York World, and the energy lib- erated from the powder, instead of be- ing absorbed in fracturing tho rock, was thrown directly on the coal dust lying around. The dust was thereby subjected to destructive distillation, and In the temporary absence of oxygen great volumes of hydrogen and hydro-carbon gases were given off Almost immediately after these Rsses were generated they exploded in com ing in contact with the air. The explosion naturally made more dust, and so there resulted a series of phenomena of the kind, no fewer than ten separate, suc- ,,cessive reports occurring in the space of about one thousand yards.
 The experiences in this direction call to mind the similar disasters happening in flour mills and other places where the air becomes surcharged with dust. Curiously enough, the returns in Great Britain as to the health of coal mines show that the rate of death among them from phthisis is remarkably low, and this immunity is thought to be due to the fact that they work in the dust laden atmospheres.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
JAPANESE MoRALlzINo.
The Only Place Where the Mosquito Is
 Considered Useful.


 An English teacher in a Japanese school discovered, by giving out sub jects for composition, that the pupils had been trained to find a moral in everything, animate and inanimate. MT. Hearn, in, his "Glimpses of Unfa- miliar Japan, gives few specimens of the moral ideas evoked from the native students by subjects for English com position. One boy thus wrote on ''Mos- quitoes:"
 "On summer nights we hear the sound of faint voices, and little things come and sting our bodies very violent ly. We call them l1a-in English mos quitoes. I think the sting is useful for us, because if we begin to sleep, the ka shall come and sting us, uttering a small Yoicei then we shall be bringed back to study by the sting"
 To another pupil was assigned the botan (Japanese peony) for compost tion, and he wrote:
 "The botan Is large and beautiful ts see; but it has disagreeable smell. This should make us remember that what is only outwardly beautiful in human society should not attract us. To be attracted by beauty only may lead us into fearful and fatal misfor- tune"
 All or our inUeIIocUuHI treasures come to us by an express train of ideas. The robe of righteousness can not be cut according to nineteenth century fashion. A pharisee is man who depends on cosmetics to improve the complexion of his character:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
REMARKABLE RUNNING.
An Account of the Fast Travelling Done
 by Rn Indian.


 by an Indian.
 A. w. Anthony, Q mining engineer and naturalist, now living in San Diego, tells of an instance of fast travelling so extraordinary as to put all six-day go- as-you-please records in the deep shade, says the Los Angeles Times.
 We were in San Fernando, Mexico, several hundred miles below San Diego, says MT. Anthony. A band of renegade Indians held up the camp, stealing all portable property. It was desirable to get message to the nearest governor, two hundred and sixty miles away, for assistance to chase the outlaws. One runner. Jose, a mission Indian, six feet two inches tall, weighing about one hundred and eighty pounds, all muscle and bone, was given the dispatch and urged to make haste over the rugged and sometimes mountainous road to the governor. He made haste. Ac. cording to the official records now in the Mexican archives, our message ask ing for help was delivered in just twenty-four hours after Jose left us. Such Q record of two hundred and sixty miles afoot in twenty-four hours is, believe, unprecedented. This courier or runner travelled ninety-fve to one hundred and twenty-five miles daily oA foot as a regular business, carrying mail. He could easily carry two sacks of ore, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds each, to the ore dumps. When running he was clad simply In overalls and shirt. His feet were protected either by sandals or thick-soled moccas sins. He carried q leather watar bet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
A WILD BIRDS SINGING LESSON.
Overheard by a Contemplative Angler ns
 tho Dusk Came On.

OVerheard by Contemp1ative Angler ns
 the Dusk Came On.
 l was present at a pretty perform ance during my last summers outing in Vermont, said the contemplative angler to the New York Sun. I had pulled out upon Groton pond one even ing at sundown to try for some fish, My skiff drifted against the shore and absorbed in the twilight beauties of the water sheet and It's wooded borders, let the oars lie idle and ceased to cast my line. At fall of darkness there came from tree above my head the clear call of @ whip-poor-wil1, concealed by the foliage and darkness. This call was followed by another from the same quarter--a weaker note which stopped half finished. Again there arose the full clear call that had first sounded, and again there came the unfinished whip-poo of a bird evidently attempting to sing in imitation.
 It was a whip-poor-will teaching her young their song. Carefully locating the sound, 1 at last could discern through the dusk, in dim outline, the mother whip-poor-will perched upon a high limb with a young bird upon each side of her. Again and again the les son was rehearsed, the 1edglings gain ing in confidence and proficiency at each new trial. I sat listening half hour to this charming rehearsal, but at last the younsters seemed to grow weary, their notes became reluctant and querulous, and after some low chirping conversation in whip-poor-will language, little rustic and hutter an- nounced that the lesson was concluded, and the young ones were sent to bed.
 All was silent for few minutes. Then the mother bird flew across an inlet of the pond in pursuit no doubt of insects for her after-concert supper.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
COMPRESSED WOOD.
A Practical and Inexpensive Substitute 1 s....-.-z

A Practical and Inexpensive Substitute for
 Certain Sorts of Hard Wood.
 , The advance in the price of some of the hard woods required in various special branches of trade has directed attention to the possibility of produe- ing some less expensive material as a substitute, and in one branch of trade this has been carried out with very sue- icessful results. For the manufacture of loom shuttles boxwood has hitherto been very largely used, but the price of this kind of wood has become almost prohibitive, and it has been found that by compression of cheaper classes of timber-teak being about the most suit able for this purpose-a substitute meet ing all the requirements can be ob- tained. For carrying out this purpose 8 Manchester firm has just completed 2 powerful hydraulic press to be used in compressing timber for loom shut tles.- This press consists of strong castiron top and bottom, with four steel columns and 3 steel cylinder, with a large ram. In the center of this ram Is fitted similar one, with a rectangular head, fitting into die which is placed ;Qn the top Qf the large ram. The tim Der Is put into this die, aud pressure of fourteen tons per square inch is ap- plied- The pressure is then relieved. and yhe large ram deseends. The ton preAaure block which fits the die. Ia snen sanaoyed end the small gags. ris.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
HOW THEY WERE PUNISHED.
A Mussulman's Method of Discipiinine
 His Family.

A Mussulman's Method of DIsciplining
 His Family.
 Dr. Jessuf Bloch, a native of Buda. pest, lodged upon the ground floor of 2 house on Bulak street, where he had an extensive practice among the Turk. ish population. The flat above was oc. cupied by bey and his harem, com. posed of three or four women, who as is the custom, were jealously secluded from the gaze of all male creatures.
 During the night of the first earth. quake, says French paper, Dr. Bloch lay on his couch sleeping the sleep ot the just, and all unconscious of i'm. pending danger, when suddenly the catastrophe came. The earth trembled, houses rocked, cracked and toppled over, and among the rest the house on Bulak street, which collapsed like a house of cards. The poor doctor started up from his sleep, when he saw, tc his horror, the ceiling burst asunder and amid a shower of miscellaneous articles, couple of ladies dropped down upon him In the attire worn by the harem.
 The doctor and the women escaped into the open air, and, in consideration of Dr. Bloeh's innocence, the stern Mussulman refrained from taking vengeance on the Giaour. The two women, on being questioned by the grand multi, were, however, drowned in the Bosphorus-i. C., not actually drowned, only symbolically, so to speak, for they were sewn mp in sacks snd immersed in the water, and imme- diately drawn out again, their expia- tion accomplished.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
The Statue Granary at Bamian.

The wonderful East Indian statues and temples cut from the solid bowl ders and stratifed rock are duplicated, If not excelled, by the Afghans. Prof, J. A. Gay, in one of his recent lectures on the far east, tells of stone statue of god which he saw at Bamian, near the Russian frontier. This particular statue was one of score, but was the giant of the lot, being one hundred and sev- enty-three feet in height and large in proportion. It was used as store house for grain, and at that time con- tained over two thousand bushels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-28
UlS, ano uepenaea upon ranches along the trail for food.
RUBBER AND auTrA PgRcHA.
Though of Recent Introduction Are Used
 for Any Number of Purposes.


 for Any Number of Purposes.
 At present 1t seems as if we couldn't possibly get on without india rubber and gutta pereha, Though both are of comparatively recent introduction, the number of purposes to which they are applied is so immense that the world without them would at least be very different in some respects. Without those two substances submarine cables would be almost impossible, telegraphyI would assume many unlike modifca-i tions, goloshes would not exist, water proofs and mackintoshes would be a, beautiful dream, and a rubberless world hideous reality. Elastic, in the sense In which woman uses the word, would never have been evolved, to- ,bacco pouches would still be of silk or. leather, combs would be of horn, and buttons, paper knives, penholders and pipes much dearer than at present. As for machinery, where would it be with out India rubber cinctures and tubes and cups and valves and buffers? Where would engineering be without the endless minute applications of the elastic gum? Where would surgery be- without the innumerable devices, tho syringes and squirts, the belts and bandages of which india rubber forms the sole and, as it seems to us now, in- dispensable basis? Fancy putting out fires without the invaluable hose; fancy whirring manufactories without the inevitable gearing The bicyclist would miss his pneumatic tires; the art ist would miss his ever handy eraser.