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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

The dervishes have lost nothing Of
their old valor They heed death as
little as ever. 1 saw them stand un-
dismayed in the open and fight with
logged determination in the face OF
our deadly volley fire; they fought
on with rife and spear and knife
when charged by the cavalry; e"ch
wounded dervish, as he lay bleeding
to death on the ground, was dan
gerous and treacherons foe until he
had breathed his last, they even did
what some authorities have denied
that any troops, however brave,
would ever do-they stood in groups
firing STEADILY into our ranks while
our Maxim guns poured their streams
of bullets on them, moving them
down like grass.
1 doubt whe ther any other men in
the world would have stood, as these
men stood, for nearly two hours,
against such fearful odds as were
opposed to them. But, if one may
judge from this fight, the dervishes
have changed their old tactics; they
have to great extent abondoned the
reckless rush of spearmen which used
to distinguish Sudanese warfare, and
rely more on rifle fire, in which their
practice has considerably improved
If trained and disciplined (but it is
very doubtful whether that savage
beast of prey the Baggara ever could
be tamed) these men would make
magnificent infantry.-London Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
7 q Right Way 70 Warm Buildings.

There ID ample evidence to prove
that the rational heating Of buildings
was well understood art several thou.
sand years ago. In the pnlmy days OF
Pompeiis early existence, before its
burial under volcanic ashes, the old
Romans baths in that town were
heated by steam, and IN petter
and far more scientific manner than Is
followed at the present time. The
walls of the buildings were double, and
the steam, at atmospheric pressure, no
doubt, was carried up through these
walls, nil around the rooms to be
warmed, bringing them to tempera'
ture approximating that OF the steam,
and the occupants Of the rooms were
thus exposed to n radiation OF warmth
from ali directions. In this we have
the true theory of heating. Follow
ing in u measure this early SYSTEM
some one in Gernnny, according TO
recent account, proposes to builu
a house of which the framework
is to he made up OF wnter tubing
through which warm winter IL to be
circulated in winter, and cold water i'll
summer, warming or cooling the en-
closed spaces as may be prompted by
requirements. All the floors and cell.
ings and walls aro to be crossed and
recrossed by water-piper, afording
heating and cooling surface exactly
where theory tells lis it should be to
give the most desirable results. The
building of that house would certainly
afford an excellent modern practical
demonstration of tho value of these
ideal principles. -Cassier's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Lived A Month without Sleep.

John Sullivan, au employe of the
Swedes iron furnace at Norristown,
Penn, has lived for thirty days with
ont sleeping a minute. and he wants to
wager that no one else in the wide
world can accomplish similar feat.
Some time ago Sullivan conceived the
idea OF subjecting himself to test to
ascertain how long he could live with
out sleep and suffer no distress as
result OF continually keeping his eyes
open.
His period OF sleeplessness began
March LIST, and he did not close his
eyellds once during the remainder OF
that month, except to wink. he
AYERS that at no time during March
or since has he felt any evil effect OF
his singular feat. :,
Sullivan is fourty five years old and
has a wife and six children. He says
that during the long periol OF sleep.
lessness he worked alternately each
week III the furnace on night and
div turns. When he was employed
by day he kept himself awake nights
by reading intensely interesting nc
ton, and when working nights he
devoted the greater part of the day in
moving about in the open air.
He never, he says, experienced an
inordinate desire to sleep. He Ind /"
good appetite, but abstained from
drinking tea and coffee. Having sat
istied himself that he can exist COM
fortably thirty days and nights with
out sleep, he challenges any man IN
the world to perform the some feat
each to walk mile every hour dur
ing the thirty days-Baltimore
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Furniture of Compressed Papers.

Just at present an experiment is
being made in building all the furniture
of unpretentious form of compressed
paper. This does for the living
rooms what aluminium has done for
the kitchen: literally decreases the
weight to a point where a child is
able to move the largest piece. 1t is
not proposed in this process to de-
tract in the least from beauty OF
shape or grace and elabo rateness OF
but to lessen the
price as we'll as the welgn,. Tho
first products in the way Of paper
furniture were finished in enamel
paint, and a double colonial bed of
paper, with all its clothing, its pillows
and mattresses, was lifted about by a
sixteen. year-old girl. "But will this
new material wear?" is the query sure
to be asked by housekeepers, who
are hopefully testing the new pressed
paper and aluminium bathtubs and
finding them much to their liking
Illustrated American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

its naked limbs today, and instead OF
rustling it's green leaves it rattles it's
dead branches. Soon tho old land
mark must come down, and it is
probable that within few years it
will be forgotten.
The last man who owned the prop
erty upon which stood the tree was
Curminu Cava, the Italian banker, who
sold it to the city. Mr.. Cava has ar.
ranged with tho contractor who IS
clearing off the ground to secure pos
session of the tree, and in order
to properly distribute it, will
give housewarming at his new sa-
loon and cafe, which is in the rear of
his bank, and every visitor will be
given piece Of the limbs as SOU
venir. All preparations have been
made tor gigantic time, and whose.
ever gets fragment will be lucky or
unluckv, just az he chooses to believe.
q is of the allanthus family.
Consuelo; duchess of Marlborough,
appears to be in danger of grounding
on social reef, and this, too, just
after her radiant entrance into English
society. Upon her first appearance
as mistress of the Churchills and
Spencers she created a most profound
impression, and British upper tendon
congratulated itself upon receiving
such an acquisition as the charming
and beautiful American duchess.
II the latest reports which have
come from New England, however, are
in any way true, the youthful mistress
of Blenheim has adopted radically
different course from that which in
former years made American girls who
had married into English families 80
popular among theirIhusband's friends.
The sudden social elevation from an
unsophisticated school girl eighteen
years old to the dizzy height of the
duchess of Marlborough has appar-
emily, for the time being at least,
turned the head OF the young peeress,
and the result has been matter of re.
greet to her friends, both American
and English.
Appointment leader recently said:
"Instead of modelling her bearing
and manner after the stately reserve
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Craze for Popular Airs.

The popular dir craze is an mex
plicable popularity. The composers
and publishers of these make lots OF
money Off Of them, but no one ever
knows what will catch the public's
ear. There is one thing certain, and
that is the general public has not a
very high artistic appreciation of
music. 1t must be something, the
artists say, that their musical con.
ception can comprehend. But the
composers of popular airs, who them
selves are rarely artists of the h'g b
class, answer that the popular mir
loving public is not always pleased
with the things they comprehend.
1t is the veriest closeup" what will
strike their fancy. Thousand of airs
are written every year with the fond
hope that they will bring a golden
harvest to their composer, but which
fall from the press ead.-Louisville
Commercial.
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An Expensive heath Vault.

Il The heirs of the late Charles Pratt,
a rich millionaire who died some time
ago in Brooklyn, decided to build an
expensive vault for the last resting
place of his ashes. The vault will be
constructed of the finest quality of
marble and will be elaborate in de.
sign. 1t will cost $3.50, 900, in ad.
dition to which the sum OF $50, 900
will be set aside for the proper care
and maintenance OF this handsome
monumental structure. In further.
auce of this plan agreed upon by the
heirs part of Mr.. Flats estate near
Glen Cove, L. l., has been set aside
as q private cemetery and there the
vault will be erected. Atlanta Con.
stitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

of the most substantial material When
Mr. Cushman built his homestead in
1921 the quarter contained the most
fashionable residences on Manhattan
island. Its lots were then selling for
nearly double the prices of those in
any other section of the island. While
land in Fifth avenue was selling by
the acre, in this locality it was sold in
small parcels. The nearest line of
stages approaching the city stopped at
Greenwich village, about half-mile
distant and were reached only by pri-
vnte conveyances.
The homestead has always been the
home of Don AlonZo Cushman or his
descendants. The present occupants
are his grandchildren, one of whom,
Joseph w. Cushman, is the agent of
the estate.
William Waldorf Aston is conspicu-
GUS in the list of people who have
made presents to the Princess Maud,
who is soon to we'd Prince Charles of
Denmark.
"Willie Wallie's" gift is magnif-
cent solitaire diamond, and the English
press, in commenting on it, declare
that our erstwhile would-be ropresen-
tative in Congress from one OF the
local districts is bent on attaining a
title; and the general opinion is that
he will succeed in his purpose.
"Willie Wallie's" methods are much
$l,ns Ia rps ktDn %, oh ,,,
place in the British peerage rs were
those he used when he tried to be
elected to the Congress of the United
States.
Many politicians now in New York
will recall willie Wallie's" method
of seeking votes.
He went about among the saloons,
trying to make canvass after the
Tammany fashion, buying drinks for
the crowd, and generally posing as a
hail fellow well met with the honest
sons of toll and the sovereign suffrag-
lists of his district.
He went SO far as to distribute
golden eagles among the people he
would have as his constituents
The game didn't work, however, for
"Willie Walic" was not returned, I"
as they say in England.
For the sake OF his ambition, it is
to be hnped that the giving of din
monds to royalty viii prove more eff
fective than the giving of gold to re-
publican electors.
KNICKERBOCKER.
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Government Suits.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. G-The secre-
tary of the interior has recommended to
attorney general Harmon the dismissal of a
number of suits now pending in the United
States courts Of Nebraska, Wyoming. Col
orado and Utah against the Union Pacific r.
r., and about 5000 settlers along the line Of
the road to recover title to lands said to
have been enormously patented to the COM
pany. These lands were supposed to DO
embraced within the limits of the grant
made by Congress TO the company and pa
tented some years ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Butter as q Medicine.

English experiments have shown
that good butter is equal to cod liver
oil for consumptives and others need
ing to be built up in flesh, and that it
Is much more easily digested hnd.hence
it can be used in larger quantities.
Many stomachs too delicate to digest
cod liver oil at all readily digest largo
quantities of butter taken on thin slices
of stale bread.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
CLIPPINGS.

1t is3,204 knots from New York to
Bordeaux.
There are about 10. 900 miles of rail
way in Illinois
The native population OF Mataheie'
land is estimated ut 100, 900.
The American Board of Mis- sions
has ten stations among the Aulus, with
thirty missionaries sixty-four NAIVE
teachers and 100 helpers.
A man in Glasgow, Mo-, bored u
we'll to a distance of Alb feet, and
struck an unlimited flow Of salt water.
Now he can enjoy salt water bathing.
The Connecticut Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution dedicated
u bronze tablet to be placed in iona
than Trumbull's war Office in Lebanon,
on Bunker Hill day.
Prince Christian of Denmark, eldest
son of the Crown Prince and ultimate
heir to the throne, is engaged to the
Princess Pauline, only child OF the
King of Wurtemberg.
At Sydney, New South Wales,a pro.
ccssion in connection with the grand
united juvenile temperance festival
was a mile and half long, and IN
cluded 1850 children.
A vile wretch sent bottle of wine,
anonymously, to William l.. Clough,"
business man of Springfield, Mass.
The wine was Analysed and found to
contain enough strychnine to kill hall
dozen men.
Fur bearing animals are becoming
so scarce that the feasibility Of breed
ing them is discussed. 1t is conceded
that Siberia would be the most desir'
able plnce for the establishment OF
farms for this purpose.
An esteemed friend was invited IT,
dinner by lady in Chichester, Eng
land. The friend, lady, while at the
table, was bitten by pet dog belong
ing to the hostess. The friend brought
suit and recovered $3.50.
An interesting find was made re-
Gently at Maycnce. in making some
excavations near the cathedral. The
treasure trove consisted OF two twelfth
century gold tiligree brooches, adorned
with large sapphires, amethysts and
pearls.
The Rev. f. II. Richards, superin-
tendent of the Methodist missions in
East Africa, who is now visiting his
old house in Ohio, has more than b.
100000 people in his parish He
lives in Inhambane, in Portuguese
Africa.
During 1895 the value of goods i'm
ported at Philadelphia was SAT, 27l,
435. OF these goods worth $3l $50,
1858 paid duty. The number OF
immigrants landed was 25,595, OF
whom $500 were from Ireland and
5,G2l from England.
A monument of King Victor En-
manuel has recently been unveiled ut
Milan, Italy. The ceremony took
place on the thirty-seventh anniveE'
sary OF the battle of San Murtin",
where, for the only time, he
commanded in person.
The invocation hymn for the recent
Christian Endeavor convention was
written by Colonel John Hay, Mt the
request of the Rev. DR.. Il. S. Hamlir
pastor of the church of the Covenant,
Washington. In the opinion OF many
it is likely to be very popular at siml
lnr gatherings.
BY order of the Porte, all the Lon
don newspapers OF certain dates have
been prohibited from entering Turkey
on account of the particulars OF til,
Shah's assassination contained i'll those
issues. The authorities continue tt
do their utmost to conceal the murder
from the people. Their efforts are
however, unavailing.
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A Rifle That Does Not Kill.

Another story discrediting the Lee.
Metford rifle comes from T-ansvaal.
A young Boer wounded at Kruegers-
drof by Jamcson's men was taken to
the hospital with four bad Lee-Met-
ford bullet holes in his body. One
Sunday morning he disappeared, and
he nurses thought he had become
,lelirious and had run off to die.
Later in the day, however, he walked
in and explained that he had gone to
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
CAPTAIN Ambrose Snow Dead,

WELLFLEET. Mass, Aug. 6--Captain
Ambrose Snow, aged sc. one of Wellneet's
most respected shipmasters, died recently.
Captain Snow at one time had large fleet
Of schooners engaged in oyster and mack
rel fishing. A large family OF sons were
given vessel apiece as they became of age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

pains caused by Ovarian and Womb
troubles. / cannot express my graft
tude. hope and pray that other suf-
fering women will realize the truth
and Importance of my statement, and
accept the relief that is sure to attend
the use of the Pinkham Medicine."-
Mrs. JAMES PARRISH, 25O1 Marshall
St., N. T., Minneapolis, MINI.
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Life Of q Locomotive.

Some careful experiments which
have been made in England prove that
the life of locomotive is about 500,
900 "train miles," In other words, that
a locomotive Of the latest approved
pattern will run 500, 900 miles before
wearing out 80 az to be useless. In
making this run of a half million
miles the fire box will have to be
renewed three times, the wheel tires
five or six times, and the crank axles
from three to five times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
ShreWd Young Woman.

A green looking couple came into
the ice cream palace the other day
for some. of the cool stuff. They
were served the regular amount in
the proper style, which speedily dis
appeared. "Do you know what this
ice cream tastes like?" asked the
girl. mo-" "Why, it tastes like
MORE" She got another dish. Yer
million Ill) Freeman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

Effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious.
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to
permanently overcome habitual constipation,
TO awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy
activity, without irritating or weakening them,
nj Ei,s
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
WILLIAM POPE ST. JOHN.
kNICKERBOCKER.

William Pope st. John, who presided over
the silver convention at st. Louis, has been
appointed treasurer OF the democratic M
tional committee. Mr.. st. John comes OF
distinguished ancestry and was born at Mo-
bile, Ala, in 1849. He was educated in this
country,i In Germany and England. In 1881 he
became cashier Of tbs Mercantile national
bank Of New York, and in 1888 became its
president He Is one OF the ablest workers in
the east for the cause Of free silver coinage.
On account Of his views on the currency he
was recently dismissed from the presidency
OF the Mercantile national bank.
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NEW YORK LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

1t is fair to George Gould, and fair
also to appraiser Mcclure, that the
public should understand that the
IS, 100000 legacy which surrogate
Fitzgerald La, exempted from the
collateral inheritance tax was not a
.'gift" in the ordinary acceptance of
that term from Jay Gould to his son,
but was payment for services rendered
and so explained by the capitalist in
his will. There Is no reason why
wages should be made to pay tax
simply because the sum is large.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

tT out, you old
scamp!"
It was O brill.
iant July day,
with skies of
cloudlesss blue,
the air scented
with clover BIOS
SONS, and the
brook vending
its melodious way
under 6 r o Q Il
masses of pep
permint, a n d
Mr.. Carey, who
had walked a
! ng distance
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Not Accepted.

"The butcher offered me his hand
this morning." said the hired girl.
"Indeed ?"
"Yes'm. He tried to sell it to me
with the ataak- hut 7 made him take it
off the scales. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Arc You Satisfied with W hat You Know,

Or would you gladly improve your stock of
knowledget You ~ not have ~ or S6o YOU
can spare for II lO-volume encyc ol'edia, but
YOU can afford to pay tty cents for u HAND
book OF General information. You won't want
10 pay even tn nm ess you are DESTROYS OF
hundred-p,go book. filled with ~ condensed
mass Of valuable knowledge. will be read d..
YOU. This valuable Encl c!opedin VIII be- sen.
furnishing House, 1874 Leonard ST., \. f.Nuf.
Every person who has not large encIciopW',a.
should take advantage Of IN great oi,er y.
once and store his mind MAIN the Naiu"o'e
facts culluted in this book.
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lH|!Zy<E9,
k| !Y,|l $;1
MI. f. B. Palmer, CITY editor OF

MI. f. B. Palmer, city editor OF
the Oskaloosa, H., Times, under
date Of May 9Th, 1895, relates the fol.
lowing experience: "Recently I was
compelled by serious siege Of dys-
pepsia to leave my Office work. and
thought to seek relief by II months
travel on the Pacific coast. The
rest and change helped me some-
what, but could fud no relief for
the awful fits OF indigestion. When
about TO return home to Iowa
entered prominent drug store in
Tacoma, Wash and asked for
something that would bring relief
from myiudigestion. The druggist
sold me box of Ripans Tlbules for
80 cents. In less than twenty-four
hours could feel change for the
better. From that day to this have
used Ripans Tnbules whenever felt
my old ailihent getting in its work,
and with most commendable
results"
Ripans 1abules are sold by drugs lists, or by M
the prica 90 cents a box Is sent to The Ripa
iemlcal Company, NJ. 10 Spruce st., New xol
mple vlRl, 10 cents.
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Demands 100000 of spain.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6-Mrs. Maria
Dolores de Durio filed q claim against Spain
for &200 900 Her plantation in Santa Clara
was burned by Spanish troops and she was
fred upon although the United States flag
foated over her house. She is Spanish by
birth, but married an American and was
naturalized In 1870
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

Two hundred pickpockets were
shipped recently from the City of
Mexico to the coffee and tobacco
plantations, where they will work out
their various terms of imprisonment
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until 1 took Lydia l
Pinkhnm's Vegetable
Compound. Oh! what
u relief it is, not to !
have that tired feel !
ing day after day, in
the morning as much
as at night after a
hard days work, and
c IL
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

An innovation has been made on
the British warship Revenge. The
names of the principal battles in which
her predecessors of the same name
took part have been printed on the
shelter deck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

the tunnel will be 8, 700 feet. OF this,
$500 feet will be between the Brook
Ign terminus-near the corner of
Willoughby and Adams streets-and
the river, $500 feet under the river,
and 1900 feet from the New York
shore to the terminus ut Ann street
and Park row. Right of way under
all private property on the line will
be procured by the company. The
cost of constructing the tunnel, pro.
curing rights of way and purchasing
terminal properties, has been estima-
ted ut 50, 500, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08

Work upon the excavation OF n tun-
nel under the East river connecting
New York and Brooklyn, is to be COM
menced on October / next, and it is
promised TINT it shall be completed
and in operation, rs part of the con-
uected service of the surface street
railways OF the eastern and western
sections OF greater New York within
eighteen months, possibly rs early ms
October 1897. The total length OF
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A New Line OF Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars.

Air Il Line, has recently equipped its Washing.
ton and South. Western Vestibuled Limited
between New York and New Orleans, with
Pullman's latest Double Drawing Room, Smok-
These cars were built by the Pullman COM
pany especially for this line, and are known
IS the Empire" style. They are most elegant
ly finished in every respect, and have all Of the
most modern conveniences that are necessary
to give the travelling public safety, comfort,
etc. The Southern Limited leaves New York
daily at 4:30 p. m.
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OH! WHAT A RELIEF.

81 suffered with terrible pains in my
left ovary and womb. My back ached
all the time.
81 had kidney trouble badly. Doc
tors prescribed for me, and followed
4Lo;r a 4 uina hut found no raliRf