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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
THE VERMONT FARM AGENCY
Now offers for sale fire selection of Extra nduCemen
those who buy before July |.
Rcad tile tolloming Anuo~nscmeut:


NO 234-llouSc and t within miles OF large village
river road Oncsory house. and pantry, woohed hen
house With repairs would make good home. Excellent neigh
bohood; chance work Price $780, half down. balance $50
yearly.
no. 2 Old homestead location unsurpassed buildings in good
fair orders best spring house and barn about ~ good
land: nice orchard; estimated cords of wood handy
ket fruit Just the place for quiet residence. "a
mile from small village miles from Woodstock Park Railroad
NO. A. Farm of about 10 moving and tagc;
moving rolling rocky but nearly all hay be with
chine House and barns fair ondion good sugar orchard,
wood fruit. One mile from factory village This for
81 an
No. l3.o acres $1,000 moving and tlage 90
pasture and wood small house painted and Blinded fair
repair horse stable and barns Pleasantly tuacd school house
sight; miles to three viagrs-a river farm.
moving and tagc; fine
c estimated 100 cords wood plenty fruit good house and cell
lar with hchw0y barns 3oN4o running water at house and barn;
productive hill farm healthy and pleasant location TERMS
half cash. balance easy
We have twenty all desirable, which must be sold
If none the above described places suits kindly send description
just what want We feel suit price, soil buc
1ngS and location, thus saving genuine hunt.
JUN FORGET-H buyers do not wish to onto Farms th
spring. will take charge of owned thcm free expense
and give them oneha of the of 1906 bought before July
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

DR.. w. Seward Webb, so a cor,
respondent of the Springfield Re-
publican says, has the promise OF
the govcrnorship of Vermont. He
will have to wait until 1893, us the
plum goes next wear to some on the
east side of the mountain who has
been longer on the waiting list.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

In 1875 peaches cost in Italy II
cents thousand. They were very
small, hardly exceeding the size of
almonds
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.

II find Hoods Pills an excellent
remedy for headache and constipa-
ton" Mrs. j. S, Hunt, Perkins
Vile, VI,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castorla,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

"Hi. Jimmy, volts dc natter
Backs blistered.' "Swrmmin OF
lickin;" Both. Chicago Rec
ord
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The price of The Age and World
remains the same, 81 IS year, not
withstanding the increase in the
number of pages of The World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

A correspondent writes: "Is it
all right Tor the mother Of family
TO ride BICYCLE" "les, if she
says - Atlanta Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The st. Adams correspondent OF
the Boston Sunday Globe noted the
fact that though the legislative re-
union is a gathering Of lawmakers,
past and present Of Vermont, among
whom there has always been pro-
portionatc sprinkling of Democrats,
only one member of that party was
announced to take any part in the
exercises.
1T is but natural that this slight
should occasion some comment
among the faithful old democratic
minority, who claim, with some de-
gree of propriety it would seem,
that, on an occasion SO essentially
non-political as this, their represen-
tatives should be included among the
speakers. The legislature is, in
theory if not quite in fact, as much
of a democratic as a republican in
stitution, and the practical exclusion
of great political party on such an
event is scarcely to the credit of the
party that appropriateS the honors."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
Oyster Shell Houses.

Houses built of oyster shells can
be seen in a large number of Texas
towns" said &. A. Holland, well
known newspaper man of Dallas re-
Gently. THE state was at one time
undoubtedly Il part of the bed Of the
gulf of Mexico. How many years
ago biologists do not know, and
natural historians are puzzled at tho
forms of life, so different are they
from any to be found elsewhere. "
Mr.. Holland then proceeded to un-
fold remarkable story. Running
across the state from north to south,
he said, is an immense ledge Or
sheet of rock formed of oyster shells.
This ledge averages about 20 feet
in thickness and is used for building
purposes in some places, while in
others it is ground up and placed
upon the ground as a fertilizer.
There is large quarry near Hen
rietta, in the northern part Of the
state, and number of handsome
blocks havo been constructed from
it. When first taken out of the
earth, it is white and soft, but when
exposed to the air it becomes hard
and turns to a beautiful buff color.
1t was formerly used for founda-
tons only, but during the past few
years Il great many handsome blocks
and residences have been built of
it. New York Telegram.
Modest Wordsworth.
Wordsworth was present at pub
lie dinner one night when no was
informed that Stephenson, the cele-
brated engineer, was present. While
the latter was building the Skerrie-
wore lighthouse he had been III the
habit of swinging in a hammock
during the evenings reading 1.-THE
Excursion. This was told Words
worth, who was delighted. At the
end of the dinner he was called upon
for II speech. He rose and said:
Gentlemen, / cannot mallea speech,
l never did and am afraid | never
shall. But there is a gentleman here
present, Mr., Stephenson, the great
engineer, and if you call upon him
to speak he will doubtless tell you
something that will interest you
moro than anything could SOY. He
will tell you how he passed tho long
summer evenings when he was build
ing the Skerrievore lighthouse. -
San Francisco Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05
EXPIRES. Bartlett Rides a Wheel.

Dunkanc-lt seems that there was
no massacre Of whites by Indians at
Jackson Hole. Gaswell-lt seems
not. The Indians were not as red
as they were palnted.-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telcgraph.
IL noticcd,' SAID the editor to the
foreman, "that YOU knocked that
man down with Il chair" II did,. "
swell, don't do it again; furniture
costs money. When YOU have 4
little job like that ON hand step out
and collar Il fence rail. '-.Atlanta
Constitution.
The Age and the Thrice-a-week
w nrlI For ono tpDr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-10-05

The Age and the Thrice-a-week
World for one year. $I.65.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02

fried t. Cross Track In Front Of .


Fried to Cross . Track In Front Of .
Train.
Steubenville, O., Oct -Four men
were hurled into eternity yesterday
morning at Miller's Station crossing
On the Panhandle Railroad, by east
bound accommodation train No. IS.
The men were from Youngstown, near
Latrobe, In Westmoreland County. Pa.
Their bodies were horribly mangled.
Iheir names are Edward Cogan. a
GrlVer, eighteen years of age: Samuel
Cogan. Jr., a plasterer, aged twenty;
samuel Cogan, ST., plasterer; John
Campbell, hod carrier, aged twenty
Elk. The men were working for Jesse
logan, who had a plastering contract
Under George G. Anderson & Sons. The
men started for Miller's in q wagon.
" hen near the railroad crossing they
saw the accommodation and started
The horse On the run to cross the tracks
in front Of the train.
ihe engineer Of the train says he did
not see the wagon until he was right
On top OF it, as there was a sharp curve
approaching this point, and the engine
struck the wagon about the middle. de-
moilsh1ns it and killing all four men
The horse escaped uninjured. After
the coroner's inquest the bodies will be
shipped to Youngstown. The engineer
claims to have applied the air pressure
as soon as he saw the wagon, but
couldaot- check the train in time to-
prevent the accident
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
Returned the Wedding Presents.

New York, Oct "A package con-
tanning jewelry intended as wedding
presents to the Duke of Marlborough
and his bride-slect, Miss Vanderbilt,
was received by steamer on Saturday,
ind held for duty. The value of the
presents as appraised by the customs
officials was about $3.50. according to.
the statement of Col. Phelps, chief OF
the ninth or law division. The Duke
was notified Of the arrival of the wed
ding presents, and was required to pay
he duty. He did not respond, but yes
.erday Mr.. Fraser the British Consul
allied upon Col. Phelps and secured
permission to return the glittering
oaubles to the senders in Europe, as
he Duke did not care to pay the duty
thereon.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
Good-Natured Napoleon III,

1t was few evenings before the EN-
peror's departure for the Franco-Aus-
TRAN war. Gen. de Cote was on duty
at the time. and after dinner went down
to the smoking room set apart for the
military and civil household. THE thing
Is settled" he said, aloud, lighting a
cigarette; "in day or two we shall be
on our way to Italy, unless providence
and the lunacy commissioners stop us at
the first stage at Charenton." (Charen-
ton Is the Paris madhouse.) Half an
hour later the General went upstairs to
the Empress drawing room. He had
scarcely entered the apartment when the
Emperor came up to him with a smile
My dear General" he remar-ad quiet
ly. II have too much resp - for tn.
opinion of others, even when they are
Numerically opposed to mine, to ask
people to fight battles the causes for
which they do not approve. You will
remain in Paris with the Empress"
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
Santa Clara Laid Waata.

Havana, Oct "A cyclone has
caused havoc In Santa Clara province.
The wind blew at the rate of ninety
miles An hour, uprootins trees, wreck
.ng houses and laying waste cane fields
The damage in enormousA The people
in the interior villages are thoroughly
discouraged at 80 many successive ca
lamitiss. The danger for Havana is
now over. 1t has been raining all over
the island more than twenty -four hours
incessantly. and there are fears of an
other disastrous flood In Vuelta Abajo
and in Havana, Matanzas and Santa
Clara provinces.
The storms trajectory shows that ii
will strike the southeastern portion of
Florida, and perhaps will be more vio-
ieEt there than here, as 1t was momen-
tarily increasing in intensity while
passing over this island. Communica-
ton with Matansas IL stopped. as every
wire is down and the railroad track is
isoded.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
College Diplomas and Debts,

Ann Arbor boys. says the Detroit Tri-
bune. are ordered that they Cannot be
graduated" unless they pay up all
their debts" The enterprise smells OF
the shrewdness Of the thrifty townspeo-
pie OF Ann Arbor. A little board bill
here, little beer bill there, a laundry
bill somewhere else-no diploma This
is sheer nonsense. The faculty Of the
university should never descend to such
trucking with local merchants. Is the
Board Of Regents to be regarded as a
collection agency? Is the terror Of with
holding well-earned diploma to intim-
idate the boys into paying all their bills
on certain day? Well, some Of them
have not the money, and what then?
Are they to be disbarred? 1t is about
time that some one out in that town was
bold enough to make test case. We
would advise the young gentleman to
do as they please about their bills. and
not construe the faculty as a bill col
Letting agency.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
HOW THE POST WAS NAMED.
Sergeant Apersen, who Died on the Dane
Ing Shadow Of the Flag.

sergeant Apersen, Who Died on the Dane
Ing Shadow Of the Flag.
Col. VIII L Visscner tells a nathetic
story N correction with the orraniza.
non OF G. 4. r. post at Tacoma. The
average post b named after some one Of
the great generals who were conspicu-
GUS in the war. But there are many
names which. though perhaps not pre-
n1eo oy any grand titles, are fully as
worthy OF the honor as any that have
been used. Col. Visscher felt this most
smphattcally at the time of the organi-
zation alluded to. When the question of
a name arose. there were dozens offered
and no doubt that Of some noted gen
eral or brigadier-general would have
been selected had 1t not been for the
Colonefs story. AS It was, however, the
post was organized. Col visscher was
elected commander and the name Of
Coleman r. Aperson was adopted, amid
the greatest enthusiasm.
Coleman r. Aperson, Of Kentucky"
said Col. Visscher. when he had the
nooor. was one Of the warmest, dearest
friends ever had, and the keenest grief
i ever felt was when he was shot
through the heart while at my side. IL,
the trenches Of the battle of Resaca. We
were Damon and Pythias II there ever
were two such personages. Coley, as I
used to call him, held no higher rank
than that OF quartermaster's sergeant,
and he had no business whatever In q
battle. But he would 90 in, and many
times we have fought side by side Just
before ResacA I asked him to keep out
Of the tight. but he would not.
Don't 60 into this. Coley,' I begged.
But I shAh.' be REPLIED; 7 want
some mere Of that same Chickamauka
fun
Our regiment was the Twenty
Fourth Kentucky Infantry, and ut that
stne was the color sergeant Of the regf-
2ent Notwithstanding all my plead
ing. Coley was fully determined to enter
the Aght. He succeeded In getting the
second sergeant Of the color guard, who
sarries the State nag, to give up his
place. and thus We were close together.
Once more I tried to dtssuade him. T
had an underlined feeling that II he
went In he would be killed.
Why. what's the matter with you to
day. WinT he exclaimed. What makes
you 30 nervous about me? You never
were 80 before
know It. Coley.' answered, but
fS-day i have fear. I can't ten why,
but for some reason I feel as Il you
were going to be shot
He looked st me a moment brightly,
and then spoke words I have never for
gotten. They are as poetic as anything
ever heard In my life. Waving his COL
ors gracefully over his head, he cried
out:
Well. suppose am; I shall die on
the dancing shadow OF my country's
flag"
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
WHAT WOMEN DRESS FOR.
One Of Them Says It 10 to Please the
Taste Of Men.

One Of Them Says It 10 to Please the
Taste Of Men.
group OF young women sat around
dainty tea table discussing dress and
their waters almost in the same breath
IT am only beginning to take an inter-
est In my gowns" said sun-browned
maid who had just returned from a
summer resort where there were TWEEN
ty-six girls to three men. Although
my summer costumes were perfectly
lovely I did not thrill over them once
for what was the use of donning the
most becoming frock when there were
no men to be overpowered by the effect
! argue that we dress to please the men.
therefore I state in all candor that !
don't care button what sort Of gowns
l have unless I know that men are 60
Ing to see them
But a woman knows more about
their value and their STYLE" put in a
brown-eyed creature who always looks
well.
That's all very true" argued num-
Der one. but the influence that men ex-
ercise upon women's dress is certainly
underestimate. The taste of the hus-
band. the taste Of the lover, Of the init
mate friend, and even Of the brother,
has always to be deferred and submit
ted to. and in each and every case is
acknowledged to be superior to that
possessed by his fair subject. The Sc
cret OF this is. perhaps, in a measure
due to the fact that the masculine eye
sees and judges from the effect pro-
duced. and verdict is passed accord
ingly. whereas the feminine mind is Of
ten distracted by the choice of color.
material. trimming and style offered:
and when and where natural good taste
does exist it Is frequently dominated
by the will Of another actuated by self
interest. and thus good judgment is for
the moment overpowered. Again, the
ceslre to conflne expense within a GER
tain limit Is another fertile source OF
sacrifice on the altar Of good taste.
Still, allowing all this and more, the fact
remains incontrovertible that man in
tuitsvely knows what suits q woman
better than she does herself
With convincing air the speaker set
ner cup down, gave herself a furtive
glance in the mirror, and departed to be
seen soon after on Walnut street look
ing perfectly radiant as she walked
along quite conscious that the man by
her side regarded her get-up as emf
nently fetchins.-Philadelph Times.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
A French Board and Its Lesson

in the country districts in France
boards are put up telling people what
animals and insects should not be killed
ana the reason. and also which ones
should be exterminated in order to at
ford protection to the farmer First on
the board is this:
This board Is placed under the pro-
lection of the common sense and hon
esty Of the public
And. OF course, after that no boy or
man would mar or remove the board.
Then follows these instructions
Hedgehog lives upon mice. snails and
wire worms-animals injurious to agri-
culture. Don't kill q hedgehog.
Toad helps agriculture. destroys
twenty to thirty insects hourly. Don't
kill toads.
Mole destroys wire worms, larvae and
insects injurious to the farmer. No
trace OF vegetables is ever found in mis-
stomach: does more good than harm.
Don't kill moles
Cock chafer and its larvae-deadly
enemy to farmers: lays seventy to 100
eggs. XIII the cock chafer.
"Birds-Each department of France
loses yearly many millions of francs by
the injury done by insects. Birds are
the only enemy capable of battling with
them vigorously; they are great helps to
farmers. Children. don't take bird 8
nests"
And so on the instructions read.
Among the animals which need killing
on farm are mice and rats, and the
reason they increase in spite Of the con.
slant warfare Of cats and dogs Is be-
cause the boys on the farm kill the ami
mails that would destroy the pests if
they had a chance.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARRH THAT. CONTAINS
MERCURY

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable ply
SicianS, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheny &
Co., toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
spon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
Is taken internally and is made in
Toledo. Ohio, by r. ]. Cheney & Co.
testimonials tree.
&c Sold by Druggist, price 75c. per
bottle.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
Don't Get Red-Headed.

The general supposition is that to "get
red-headed" is slang for getting angry.
This is based upon the prevalent belief
that red-headed persons are more ex-
citable and liable to sudden passion
than other people-a belief hardly in
harmony with the fact that the dark
haired, dark skinned races Of southern
chimes are more highly strung and VIC
lently passionate than the fair haired
natives Of the north.
But does not the hair really and &C.
tually change hues under the more vio-
lent emotions, just as does the COM
plexion? There are plenty Of instances
where intense fear and mental suffer
ing have blanched hair to snowy white
in few hours. Will it turn red with
passion?
81 know 1t to be fact" said lady
friend Of mine, with light brown hair in
which there isn't a tinge of red under
ordinary circumstances.
IT got terribly angry one day." she
continued, laughingly, and my hair
turned red as could be. Fortunately, 1t
went back again to it's normal condt-
ton. A brute in human form cut off
the tail Of my pet cat I could have seen
CQdt man hanged without the culver OF
an eyelid, believe. My husband came
in about that time, and, without know
ing the cause of my wrath, suddenly ex-
claimed:
why, Allie, your hair is turning
red
well, you'd get "red-headed," too
said thinking of the slang for getting
angry-'if somebody had chopped your
dogs tail off,
But I don't mean that he replied;
it is actually getting red! Look in the
glass. 1t is queer I never noticed it be-
FORE
And, don't you know, looked in fhe
mirror, and, sure enough, my hair was
Of distinct reddish tinge! I was so
astonished-fo:' 1 then supposed, with
him. that my hair had been changing
for some time and that we hadn't no.
ticed it up to that moment.
I'VE laughed so much about it that
soon got in good humor again. And
then I went to the glass again to look at
it-and let it down about my shoulders
and we both examined 1t. But, don't
you know, it was just as usual. It
wasn't red at all!
After that noticed that whenever !
lost my temper got red-headed for the
time being."-New York Herald.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02

Rudyard Kipling's new story, which
4 ne Ladies Home Journal is about to
begin, is romance of India, really a
strong love story and has for its title
William the Conqueror."
James Whitcomb Riley has COM
fleted new series of poems in which
mt varies the treatment of each one to
SUCH an extent that they are said to
snow the Hoosier poets versatility to
. femarkable degree. He has given
NE series TO The Ladies Home Journal,
~ which the first is about to be pub
hShed. "A. b. Frost has been engaged
Vy me magazine to illustrate the poems.
Not long before his death the poet
LonStellow told hezekiah Butterworth
one evening In his library how he came
y . wrlteS ne Psalm of Life, " The
bndge," Excelsior, "Hiawatha, >"
he Old Clock on the Stairs" and
some OF his other great poems. Mir.
Dulterworth has now embodied the G.
tehIng talk In an article on Chow
+: .E?tellow Wrote His Best-known
fe bari I, which The Ladies Home Jour
"a jNbllsh in its next number.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-02
Burned 70 Death.

New York, Oct. George Winter.
Who lived in a little cottage on John
rtreet. Sag Harbor, l.. l., was burned
o death yesterday morning. Winters
wife was absent from home at the time
II the fire. The firemen did not know
that Winter was in the burning build
ing until after the fire was extinguish-
ed. His charred body was found in
the kitchen. 1t is thought Winter acct
1ertally upset a lamp, which started
the fire. and that he was overcome in
his efforts to extinguish it. Winter
was a German, forty years old.