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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
REvERE'S LANTERN CHURCH.
The Famous Bells Chimcd by Grand
father, Son and Sons Son.

The Famous Bells Chincd by Grand
father, Son and Sons Son.
When the chimes of the Old Nortl
Church, on Salem Street, ring out "Bil
ly Barlow" "Rock.n Bye Baby ol
"Massa's in the Cold, Coz" Hr"nnd.
do you know what that means:
Celebrating a holiday, you say
Well and good, but when the holiday
Is close, warm, stury one lik" last
Fourth Of July, the Ginning of tn" bells
means something more.
1t means that Charley Jewell Is per-
spiring 10 beat the band and that he
has his coat, ha and vest off, and Is all
out Of breath.
Ginning is hard work. Charley Jew.
ell has been Ginning for ten years: his
father has chinlrd for thirty-live, and
his grandfather has a record of nifty.
THEY'RE a family of chimcrS.
| saw Charley Jewell chime the Odd
North bells AZ sunset on the Fourth,
and up in that little brlfry ! wondered
if anybody who heard the bells knew
or cared how much energy 1t cost to
give forth that melody
There are eight bells in the old church
and each Of them has Il rope attached
to ii, The ropes come down through
two stories, and in the Chimer's room
are fastened to a frame. When the
bells are tuned the frame shows eight
tight ropes, each the size of a clothes
line, and Ill about the same distance
apart That is the chimer'S keyboard.
lie pulls the ropes as an archer would
pull big bow, but the chimpr has to
hustle over the ropes just as n harpist
does. That is where the work comes in.
l. takes force to make the bells sound
and one rope has to be caught almost
before the other is dropped.
On a warm day that isn't pleasant
But the Ginning is not pealing, and
the bells on the Old North are also
pcaled. 1t takes six or eight men to
peal the bells, and that, too Is warm
work When they are chimed the bells
are stationary; when pealed, they swing
around and the tongues strike while
the mouths are up.
Pealiug is English, you know, and the
majority Of the old NOrth's pealer,
are Englishmen. They stand round ir
circle; each man has n rope and they
pull one after another. They reacl
high but the big ropes 20 through theil
hands, They catch them again in time
and keep up that program for half Al
| hour.
1t is great eXercise.-BOstOn Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
NEW YORK LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

If the substitution Of Roosevelt fol
Martin rs President of the Board Of
Police Commissioners means anything
it mems the substitution Of the reform
iden for the spoils system in the nd
ministration Of public affairs. If the
acceptance by Col. Grant of his mp.
pointment to succeed Kerwin means
anything, it means that in his warfare
on the organized alliance between par
tisanship and corruption he will fol-
low the example set him by his Illus
trious futher The country remem'
bors Grant as the man who, before
Ncksburg, declared that he would ac'
cept no terms except unconditional
surrender, and who wrote from the
Wilderness to Washington, 81 intend
to fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer.
The whole Police Board as now
constituted is understood to have ac-
copied Office with full understanding
OF its responsibility. 1t is charged
with tho enforcement Of the pledge
given by Mayor Strong to divorce
municipal government from party
politics and to administer its affairs in
the interest of good government. The
least Tint the people will expect from
the new Board Of Police Commissions
crs is Il strict observance ofthe priucl-
pie of civil service reform. In it,
light against corruption and partison-
ship it should eight ont on this line
ii it takes nil summer" and accept no
terms except unconditional sur
render
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
AFTER THIRTY YEARS,
THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIBUTES
THE STORY OF A VETERANS
SEARCH.

How Fred Taylor q Member of the Cal
liant isDth n. y, v. l., Finally
Found what He Has sought
Since the War Closed.
(Fr0m he AShtdJuin, ohio, BsdCo0.)
Mr. Fred Taylor was born and brought up
near Elmira, N Y, and from there enlisted
in the lS9th regiment, n. Y, V. l., with
which he went through the war and saw
much hard service. Owing 10 exposure and
hOrdships during the service, Mr. Taylor con-
tracted chronic Giarrhna, from which he has
suffered now over thirty years, with abso-
Iutcy no help from physicians. By nature
he was Il wonde rluily vigorous man. Had
he not been, his disease and the experiments
OF the doctors had killed him long ago.
Laudanum was the only thing which Afford
ed him relief. He had terrible headaches,
his nerves were shattered. he could not sleep
Al hour Il day ON an average, and he was re-
iuced To u skeleton. A ycnr ago he and his
wife sought relief in q change of climate and
removed to Geneva, Ohio: hat The change in
health cume not. Finally, On the Irroln-
monWHlIbu bl j u. Il'lIfT, Tue ltFlINR Drug
gist of Ge.oyR, who Wa r,RnYaut of similar
cases which PINK ril4 bad cured. Mr.. Taylor
was persuaded to ny box. "As Il drowning
man gIasIs straw, 80 took the pills -ays
MIR. Taylor, "but with no more hope Of
rescue. JMt after thirty years Of suffering
and illii.,ss starch fer relief at last found
II in Dr. Williams Pink Pills. The day aiterI
took the first pills commenced to feel better,
and when had taken the first box was in
met new man That WIS Two months ago.
MIR. TAYLOR has sine" taken more ot the pills
and his hoprcSs is steady, and he has the
Utmost cCntld,nce in then. He has rcgUined
iull control 81 hi- nerves and SLEEPS as we'll
rs in his youth. Color is coming hack to his
Jarched veins and he is Gaining flesh and
strength rapidly. He is Low able to do con-
siderable outdoor work.
As he conclude rHrratng his suiferngs,
experience and cure to ii EeGcon reporter
Mrs. THy who has been his faithful help
meet these nany years. said she wished TO
aGd her testimony in favor Of Pink Pills.
"TO the pills alone is due The credit Of Tais-
ing Mr. Taylor from II helpless invalid to tho
nan he is to-day said Mis-. Taylor. Both
Nh and Mrs Taylor cannot tind words to cX-
press the gratitude they feel or recommend
too highly Pink Pills to suffering humanity
Any Inquiries addressed to them ut Geneva,
O.. regarding Mr. Taylors ease, they will
ohcorfuly answer, us they are anxious that
the whole world shall know what Pink Pills
have done for them and that suffering hui
manitv may he benefited thereby.
Dir. Williams Pink Pills contain all the elC-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
/ 10 the blood and restore shattered nerves.
/ They are fol sale by all druggists, or may be-
had by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
/ Company Schenectady. y. Y, for 30 cents
| Ier box or six boxes for $3.50
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The polar currents contain less salt
than those from the equator.
The latest Vienna cane contains an
electric light and storage battery.
Sea water is said to contain all the
soluble substances that exist i'll the
earth.
Among the latest germ theories Is
the one which AYERS that ce lar block
pavements spread diphtheria.
During the last three years the av-
erage number of deaths from malaria
in Italy has been iorty-fye per lOo,-
900 of the inhabitants.
Among the Armeniaus it is e5timqt-
ed that from sixty to seventy per cent.
of the children die from the two dis
eases, typhoid fever and smallpox.
The difficulty of registering the
temperature at the bottom of the ocean
is due to the fact that at great depths
the thermometers are crushed by the
pressure.
Sergeant O'Keefe, who spent five
years in the observatory on Pixies
Peak, SAYS that the lowest temperature
observed was fifty degrees below zero !;
the highest, sixty-two degrees above.
The particles of sand, stones, shells
and the like, brought up in the tallow
with which the sounding lead is Gov
cred, frequently furnish Indications Of
great value as to the position OF the
ship.
A German has invented a chemical
torch which ignites when wet. 1t Is
to be used on life buoys. When one
is thrown to man overheard at night
he eau thus see the light and find the
buoy.
A great Photographic camera tor
taking full length life size portraits
has been made and used with much
success by Werner Il Son, Dublin, Ire
land. The camera takes plate seven
feet high and five feet wide.
The bacillus OF diphtherla is one
twenty-tiv -thousanlth of an inch
long, and when fixed in the human
throat it grows into network with
other bacilIi produced from it, all op-
Grating together to produce vIralent
poison, which, when taken into the
blood, causes the fatal consequences
so apt to follow from the disease.
As a result of series of scientific
experiments in hardening steel IN a
rotary furnace, the Engineering and
Mining Journal concludes that the ele-
mentary principle of hardening is
very simple, and that the only difficult
ties to be overcome are concerned with
the equal heating and complete trans
formation of large masses OF material.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

save tho babyr And then they saw u
little, black figure, clad only in n
short, white gown, showing weirdly in
the red light of the flames, creeping
carefully along the slender limb be-
meath tho nursery window.
'Breathlessly they watched her.
She reached the window, and without
u moments hesitation climbed into
the room. The throng below stood
with upturnod faces, still and silent MS
though turned to stone; the horrible
roaring and cracking of the flames
alone broke the silence. The minutes
seemed hours before she reappeared
with the beby, still wrapped in her
blankets in her arms
"Frmly she held the baby in one
arm, and nimbly and with cat-Iike
care she climbed out of the window
and settled herself astride the limb,
then she slowly 'hitchod' herself inch
by inch along the limb till shereachel
the body of the tree. There Hugh
Porter's arms received both her and
the baby and bore them safely to the
ground, and while the old house
burned shout upon shout OF thanks
giving arose to God. Penny. in her
little night.gown, did not look much
like the ideal heroines of romance,
not those real ones made immortal by
history; but children, / think she was
che of the heroines God knows and
will mark for His own.
Notwithstanding the terrible
events OF that night, the baby's chris.
tening occurred on Easter morning
and Penny, proud and happy, carried
her into the church and stood near
among the tall, white lilies, while
the old minister baptized her in her
own name, Penelope, and prayed that
God might bless both the baby Peno-
lope and her brave little rescuer for
whom she was named.
"Hugh moved his wife and baby to
Charleston, and Maum Dinah and
Penny, who refused to accept their
proffered liberty, were given entire
charge OF the baby and the nursery.
"Dear, faithful Penny! She it was
who, more friend than servant, cared
for her mistress tenderly all the years
of her suffering life, for she
never recovered from the effects OF
that terrible night--she it was who
closed the tired, blue eyes nj Inst, and
some time, when God wills, she will
close the eyes of the baby she 50 brave
ly saved, for Penny ut seyenty.two is
hale and strong, while my race, as
you see, is nearly run"
ooh! Was it our Maun Penny|
asked Teddy, eagerly.
eyes, dear, and the little baby"
"Was you, Grandma !" chroused the
children. --Sunbeams' Young People.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

The subject TINT is agitating the
social circles of the metropolis above
all others is the reported intention OF
the Prince of Wales to visit this coun-
try this summer. Pros and cons are
discussed with the greatest energy,
and there is indeed great deal to be
said for and against the execution OF
such n project-if indeed such pro-
iect has any foundation in fact. The
Prince of Wales follows Il routine
from which he has rarely devil
ated Of recent years. 1t is Il
matter of course with him that on
returning from the Riviera, he should
follow the ordinary course oft the Lon.
don season,put i'll m appearance at all
the race meetings from the Derby tC
ROYAL Ascot, and after attending the
Goodwood meeting in July cross the
Isle of Wight for the yachting season
in August aud thence proceed to HON.
burg. The Prince must be too tired
ont after all these rackets to come tG
America t, be feted and lionized, but
if he does come, hell get a royal We!
come
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Tomany people Spring and its dnties
mean m aching head, tired limbs and
throbbing nerves, Just as tho millor
weather comes, tho strength begins to
wane and THAT Tired Feeling is the
complaint OF all.
The reason for this condition is
found in the deficient quality of the
blood. During the winter, owing to
various causes, the blood becomes
loaded with impurities and loses its
richness and vitality Consequently,
as soon as the bracing effect OF cold
air ia lost, these is lan5uor AMI lack
OF energy. The cure will be found in
purifying and cnriching tho blood.
Hoods Sarsaparille IS tho greatest
and best spring medicine because it is
the greatest and best blood purifier.
It oyercomes That Tired Feeling be-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

strong ring of filtered paper which
keeps II spring intrusion. As soon as
This paper becomes wet it loses its
irmness, the spring jerks little knife
which cuts the neck Of the bottle The
gas at once fills the india rubber sack.
Three seconds after the shipWreCked
person has jumped into the water the
apparatus is transformed into Il buoy
which will keep him atloat. Special
precautions are taken in order to pro-
tcct the apparatus when not in use
against the humidity Of misty and
rainy weather.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Spring Makes Me Tired

causoitmakes pure, rich blood. 1tgives
strength tonerves and muscles because
il on iow1 the blood with new powers
Of nourishment. 1t creates mn appetite,
tones and strengthens the stomach and
digestive organs, and thus builds up
the whole system AMI prepares it to
meet the change to warmer weather
Hoods SarSaparillA is medicine
upon which You may depend. 1t is
the only true blooi purifier promi.
nently before the public eye today. 1t
has record Of cures unequallod in
the history of ne llcine. 1t is the mel
lcine OF which ~ many people write,
Goods Slrsaprilla dOos all that it is
claimed to do" You can take Hoods
Sarsaparllia with tho confident expec'
tation that it vii give you pure blood
and renew health, Take it now,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
DAY BY DAY.

Walking with patience where tho way is
rough,
Resting in quiet when the storm isnigh,
knowing that love Divine Is strong enough
To bear me mp rs weary days 80 by;
Trusting that sorrow Is but loves disguise,
And NIL Withholding. yet another way
Or making richer by what love denies
So grows the soul a littlc day by day.
Mary G., Seward, in Independent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Youngest Public School Teacher.

The youngest public school teacher
in the world is Amelin Mossopust, who
has charge of the primary class in
Public School No. ,. of Perth Ann.
boy, n. j., of which Charles Dietz is
principal. She teaches her class in
the coal cellar, preserves strict disci-
pine, and is bright, rosy-cheeked
girl of twelve, the only assistant Mr..
Dietz mas in looking after seventy pu.
pills. Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
HE'S A RICH MiS SOW.


a fooF N'rIh'h '"'hJ ''s'''e'N
Sl,0On,OOO for II Rheumatic Cure.
CHIcAGo, Feb. Special. LESS than
one year ago Frank Schragc did not possess
Il dollar in the world outside OF the small in
cone derived from small drug business,
and only few years ago he was a poor Ger
man immigrant To-day Mr. Schrage can
he called millionaire, as the result OF dis
covery he has made OF "Schrage's Rheumatic
Cure A syndicate paid him 100000 cash
for his discovery and arranged to pay him
500, 900 year until he has received Il ,OOO,-
600 in Philadelphia Press.
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company,
1C7-l60 Dearborn street, Chicago, are the
proprietors Of this celebrated remedy. Never
fails. Testimonials free.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Gigantic Wire Deal.

Within a few days two of the largest wire
rope and cable making companies In the
United States will combine in partial consol-
idatlon. They are the California Wire Works
of San Francisco, Cal, and the Washburn
K Moen Manufacturing Company of Worces-
ter, Mass. The California Wire Works will
sell out its entire fire rope and cable plaqt to
the eastern firm, the price being about $500,
0eO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
TO SAVE HUMAN LIFE.
Bacon Won Der Ropp Has 1nvented
New safety Device.

Baron Alexander Won der ltopp, OF
Berlin, has recently invented life.
saving apparatus which will greatly
'dn,f She danger of drowning In the
.asc Of sulr.,T,"ks and other maritime
.atustrOphcs. Its essential parts con-
list Of strong india rubber sack, u
cylindrical metallic huh and break
ng apparatus, The sack and the hull
are connected on one end and within
.he former is contained small long
lecked vial filed with chloro-nethylic
eas. A peculiar characteristic Of his
sas is that it evaporates in an instant
when given opportunity for expansion.
The breaking apparatus consists of a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on
every trip "a bottle of syrup Of Figs, as it acts
most pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches
and other forms of sickness. For sale in i0cents
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

John r. TAFT the defauItins paying teller
of the Chemical national bank Of New York
has been declared insane by Judge Benedict
in the United States circuit court on
the testimony of DR.. Allen MrLape Hamilton
and on the alillayits OF DIS. {. l.. Dana and
Hamilton. TAFT will he taken to the Eliza
beth hospital for insane criminals at Wash
nytOn d. G..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

MS possible In Jamaica the drinking
water is pcddled through the streets by
natives IN brccchclouts, who ride mules
the patient beasts Of burden bearing
two casks of water dashed 10 their
sides. one of these curious toilers is
presented here as an interesting illus
tration Of q custom Of the tropics.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
JAMAICA WATER CARRIER.

Picturesque Trndcsmen In the Tropical
West Indies.
The people Of the West Indies are
leisure loving class, going through the
world with as little physical eXertiOn
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

A drop of castor oil in the eye to
remove foreign body is as ciliclcious
and often more manageable than the
frequently recommended haxseed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18


One ol 'Ae mos, minimizing "c's
possible, III the judgment Oh a man OF
old-iaal'ioheu honesty, was uohe re-
Gently III Ne" l"rh c""t" M
helnn"rt' late president OF 'he A,ch'
lSon runway, having Oeeh charge" ny
one OF the Shnfeho'"eTS WIN '"''"S
fa'Sllled the accounts ana Reports oi
the railway company WIN inc poF-
pose OF ir""u'I'eil''S oGc'IN'"S 'Ho
pupIlc' Inc phPoI' III me cHsc SNOW
the details OF tine process. ny "hlch 'hls
was done, ana demanded lcDlN from
the rcSp"n""ilt II III" c''p' ne maze
none except gen RAJ "cil'"I ny HIS
attorneys, an cnilr''N pro form" pro-
c""d!ng' Al last he was cofhereu pc
fore II referee, and 1oyctt 10 answer
questions. And now ald he answer
Solely 10y declining to answer, on IN"
ground that to do SO might lhcfIiil'-
nate him. OAe shameinl aspect OF
this answer Is the TACT tha' IL Is SUD-
stantiNliy confession OF quit
10 admit any such excuse Tor not
answering III such case Is perN"t-
sion and an abuse OF the legal rule
appealed to- lhat rue was intended
only It's concession ny tine Peopl"
to an accused, guaranteeing MN
AGAINST being torrorlIed into confession
1t was intended as partial Shielu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Spacious.

Wife-What do you think of the
new walking dress, Charles?
Husband-Should think there was
room for quite an extensive prone
made in the sleeves alone, Boston
Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Deans Rheumatic Pills are a sure cure forall
forms of Chronic Il lnfammatory Rheumatism
d Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable, always safe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
The Greatest rledical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNE DYS
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,

Has discovered In one OF our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrotuln
down to common pimple.
He has tried ii in over eleven hundred
cases, aud never failed except in two eases
(both thunder humOr). He has now III
his possession over two hundred ccrtiti-
Gates of its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced iromthe
first bottle. and aperiect cure warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are Affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused 10y the duets
being stopped, and always disappears in
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious 1t Will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change Of diet ever necessary Eat
the best you can get, and enough oil it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

New York makes :sOOOO,OOO WORTH OF
clothing a year. NL2O
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

A captain is no longer master of his ship
when the pilot takes charge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
Which NInn Wins<

The one with steady nerves and a clear
brain. That means, in nine cases ont Of ten,
the man with good digestion. a Riptns
Tabule after dinner may save to-.norFowi
business,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

After six years suffering, was cured by
Pso's Cure MARY THOMPSON, wa Ohio Ave.
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, W
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

Sun spots were first discovered in
the wear 1911.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac ThOu -
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
GRANDMNS HEROINE.
DY EDNA q. ROBBINS.

" emit to lie e p
"AIaum' p c II n y
turned the other
children, Teddy,
Tom and Penelope,
ont Of the nursery
that he might rest
undisturhcd. For
IL minute or so they
stood Mt the hall
window feeling a
tiny bit lonely and
friend leSs. then