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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
GRANT AND WASHINGTON.
Two Wonderful Serials Whicn "rhs Cen
tury Magazine" Has Secured for 1897.

Two Wonderful Serials whicn "rhs Csas
tury Magazine" Has Secured for 1887.
One OF tho best friends that General Grant
ever had was Horace Porter. Their hrse
meeting WAS at Chattanooga in the autumn
OF 1865, and soon after General (then Captain(
Porter became member OF Grants stan ana
served with him constantly until Lees sur
render, When Grant bHcame President
Horace Porter was made his private score.
tary. and until General Grant breathed bis
last at Mt, McGIeyor the two men were close
lr ends. Nor did General Porter's love Tor
his chief cease with death, or to him Is due
the success OF thu movement TO ra'se the
half million OF dollars which The Grant
monument in Riverside Park will cost. The
inauguration Of the tomb Will take place
next spring, ON General GRAMS birthday,
and General Porter will be the orator OF the
occasion.
Du ing these years OF intimacy with Grant
General Porter kept diary and In his mo.
menls of ;e.sut he has arranged bis unique
stores Of Rnec tote and memoranda INTO .
ser es OF twelve articles entitled, Champaign.
in, with Grant," and The Century Magazine
has secured alrlghts In the series and Will
print 1t during the coming year. Since the
famous "CeEtury War Series," for which
General Grant himself wrote four articles
Uhe beginning OF his "Memoirs") no maga-
zine has had such treat to lay before Ns
Another great serial In The Centuryis .
novel OF the American Revolution, written by
the well-known Philadelphia physician, DR..
i, Weir Mitchell, whose literary reputation 10
as high rs his standing In his own profess
sion. The story Is supposed to be the auto
biography OF the hero, "Hugh Wynne, FREQ
Ounkrr," who becomes an officer on General
Washinvton's staff. Social life In the CAPT.
tai. Philadelphia. IL most Interestingly do
picte,i, IN | the characters In the story In
clude Washington. Franklin and Laft yette.
The readers Of "Hugh Wynne, Free Quak-
en-" will obtain clearer idea OF the Revolu-
tionary War than can be had from any other
sing . source. 1t Is believed that DR..
Mitchell, has written "he great American
novel; for which We have been waiting 80
many years.
Thess are only two OF the features Of The
Century Tor the coming year-the magazine
that len Is the world OF periodical literature.
Very few OF our read ers will be without 1t In
| 1897. 1t costs a. 20 q year-not too high
rice for what The Century gives; but many
people are arranging to club together IL
groups OF four, paying one dollar each, and
securing the reading Of the magazine one
week in the month. The publishers advise
the making up OF clubs early. Send 500 4
The Century Co., Union Square, New York
with the name OF the person to whom thu
magazine Is to be sent. II you begin YOU
subscriptiou with tho December (ChristmaS
number, the publishers will send you q cop!
OF the November number Tree, in which tn
two great serials here described begin
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Cuiouc Characters of Indiana.

Noble County, Indiana, lays claim
to having as citizens five unique char'
ncter-. 1t has within its borders tho
smallest married couple in the United
States and also the largest and small
est men from a physical standpoint III
Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shade, living
in KenduIlville, are the midget mar
ried couple. Both lack three inches
of being three feet in height, and nave
lust passed the half-century mark. Mr..
Shade has a luxuriant growth OF hnir
and wears IL heavy beard. He usual y
wears it in braids, often covering IT
with net. Mrs. Shade is few years
the iunior of her husband. Her form
er home was in New Haven, Conn
They were married several years ago.
George Washington Walker. also "a
resident of Noble County, is without
doubt the heaviest man in Indiana, II
MT in the United States. He weighs
500 pounds, is now but Al years old,
and has been adding to his weight for
the last quarter of a century. He is o
feet 10 inches in height and Is stu
growing. His waist measurement is 10
inches, chest under arms sixty-eight
inches and arm twenty-five inches He
is in excellent health, but finds locomo'
ton rather difficult, thon gh he rides
about the CITY in specially constructed
conveyance. He is the father OF two
bright and interesting children. In
the heated season he lives almost en-
tirely in the cellar of his residence.
Jesse Allen, his neighbor, who Is
nineteen years old, possesses body
of fair size, but his legs are only
twelve inches in length. He is three
feet three inches in height and weighs
seventy-tve pounds. Chicago Times
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
COLLAPSE OF NAIL TRUST.
Wire Nail Combine Levies Tribute
No More.

wire Nail SOmOlUc AICNiCD AHsoso
No More.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 25-The great wire
nail trust which has levied tribute on tn
people Of the United States and Canada
since June i, 1895, has collapsed, and will
endeavor to wind up It's Affairs by Dec: !.
sales agents representing mills within the
pool are scrambling to sell nails at S!.W
per keg here, which Is just u per keR below
the trusts circular price. Jobbers are
selling in lots OF from One to I 900 kegs from
their stores at ~ per key. Before the end
of the present week the price will undouot.
edly be down to 81. 25 per key, or within ~
cents OF the lowest price they ever sold here;
The trust has thrown up both hands, ana
In circular to the jobbers gives them ip,
erty to sell at any price they please. Al
the money made by the trust during the
early months OF its career had to be used 10
buy up at round prices the opposition mills
which sprang up on all sides, as well as to
meet multitude of other expenses. Not the
least OF these was the maintenance OF
regular force OF inspectors about as large
as the government secret service TO keep
watch on all the mem bers Of the pool.
The advance OF 10 cents per keg, ordered
by the trust at its March meeting, put the
base price of nails at pittsburg 1T s2.oo,
which meant 1920 In Chicago, and made
the range OF commercial nails to western
consumers from - to % per key. This re-
suited In an immense curtailment of the de-
mand, and in turn forced the trust to close
UP 90 percent OF its mills in order to reduce
the oltUllt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Sunset Personally Conducted Tourist Ex'
cursiOns to California without
Change Ot Cars.

Leaving Washington, ID: e.. every SATURDAY,
the southern Railway "Piedmont Ar Line
and Sunset Route will operate PersonnliyN 'n-
Quoted Tourist Excursions to San tfsncseo,
CAL, without change Of cars, cSnaae'0fs , w
pOrters. The route Is through Atlsn'x' M",
Nav Mexico, Arizona and southern CalifSrn u.
The cars are the very latest pattern OK ru,im ny
Tourist Sleepers, beds equal to amy standard
sIeeper. lunch, iavatOry lprivate apartment
proved style. Three. and ne.ha'f DAYS 20
and Southern California. and Ave days TO san
Francisco. Portland Oregon. through the semi
tropical Vardsns of the South, and via p,ctur-
aso,,e Wt' Shasta in seven days with only one
eSanre OF cars. Tao ma and Seattle, Wasl,-
ington, the afternoon OF the seventh day. such
ssrylce and facilities for Trans'C continental
travail have never before been offered. tn.
tourist car fare less than any other route , ana
railroad fare the same, efectlnH saving OF
aSS. do 10 $500 For further Information anu
rsssryations, enquire at telephone southern
Railway, Gele a. Eastern Once XII brosawsy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
An Interesting Experiment.

Here's little experiment with
which you may amuse and surprise
your friends.
Place two chairs facing each other
with a glass goblet on the edge OF
each. Take a stout stick OF almost
any kind and place it SO that each end
will rest on the rim of one OF the
goblets.
Having completed your apparatus,
take a stout broom handle and strike
the suspended stick violent blow in
the middle.
Every one will be certain that both
the goblets will be smashed in pieces.
But they will remain intact, and the
stick, stout though it may be, will be
broken in the middle.
The philosophy OF this experiment
is simple. The force of the blow
breaks the suspended stick before ii
can be communicated to fhe goblets.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
MANY MORE AT WORK.
Nearly 400 Concerns Started Up
Again Since Election.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25-R. G. Dun Il Co.'S
weekly review says:
More than 800 establishments have started
work since the election which were idle, and
at least 800 increased their working force,
making $50 concerns which are known to
have added largely to the number of hands
at work, and these ale only part Of the
whole number. Every day thus adds thou
sands to the number of those who are able to
to buy weeks supplies and to make up
gradually for many months OF enforced
economy.
Business men are all anxious to prevent
anything like the fictitious excitement OF
last summer, and In nearly all branches an
excessive rise in prices Is prevented. But
with more hands at work. there is inevitably
greater demand for supplies, materials and
products.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
MADE HIM FAMOUS.
Death Of G. w. G. Ferris, the In
ventive Engineer.

Death of g. w. 1t. Ferris, the III.
ventive Engineer.
ris. designer OF the famous Ferris Wheel
died at the Mercy hospital from typhoid
Ferris was born in Galesburg, ILL.,, in 1859.
When four years old he moved West with
his father and mother. The elder Mr.. Fer
ris had gone out to the coast when the gold
fever broke out, and having done well there
had returned to take his family with him,
first to Carson City, New, then to Virginia
City.
Young Ferris graduated as an engineer at
the Rensselaer, polytechnic school, Troy, N:
Y, in 1881. For 20 months he was engaged
In railroad work in West Virginia. Later he
assisted in building the big bridge at Hen
derson. KY; He also built the immense can
tilever bridge across the Ohio river at Gin
cinnati.
The ferris wheel OF his invention was an
inspiration OF moment at q chop dinner.
But it took time to actualize the inspiration.
Ferris received about $100,000 as his share
in the profit OF the big wheel. After the
Chicago success the wheel company lost
money and caused Mr.. Ferris considerable
worry. It is said he lost all the money he
received,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Ringing

Noises In the ears. sometimes roaring,
buzzing sound. or swapping like the re-
port Of a pistol, arc caused BY cstsrrn'
that exceedingly dtsagreesble and very
common disease. Loss OF smell or hear
inp also results from catarrh. Hoods
sarsapsrilla the great blood purifier, 10
a peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease. which 1t cures BY purifying the
blood. II you suffer from catarrh, try
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
A Dual Confession.

A student at Williamstown College
had been married short time previ.
GUS to entering the college, and was
led to fear that this fact might debar
him from enjoying some OF the privi-
leges of the institution. Accordingly
in great state of perturbation he
called to see President Hopkins. Al.
ter some conversation the young man
at last managed to stammer, with q
crimson face, apropos of something
entirely irrelevant: 'I-I am a mar.
ried mani" "Ah," said President
Hopkins, smiling at him with great
beniguity, $50 am l." And there the
students trouble ended. -Argonnut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
BLOOMERS-SHIRT WAISTS.
Prohibitory Bill Introduced In Ala
bama Assembly.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Nov. 25-PettibOne
B. Timberlake, member from Jackson county,
Introduced In the House bill to prohibit the
wearing by women OF boomers. skin tights,
shirt waists or any apparel that does not
mark q distinction between the sexes. The
penalty provided in the measure is six
months in Jail or a fine not exceeding $50.
instantly It created furror OF merriment
in ali parts Of the House. Even W. B. Davis
Of Marion, Timberlake's fellow-townsman,
who was in the chair, smiled broadly when
the bill was referred to the committee on
temperance Undertake is an unmarried
democrat, 80 years old. belongs to the BaP-
tist church, and is president Of one Of the I.
p. 8. c. Z. committees. This Is his first ap-
penrance in the General Assembly,
and his efforts in behalf Of the bill
arc ludicrously earnest. His principal sup
portcrs are two populists and an aged DEM
ocrat The anti-bloomer,shirt:, waist skin
tight bill follows In the wake Of measure
introduced few days ago against the wear
ing of the high hat In the theatre. ''The
high hat" said governor Oates may
have to 60, but the shirt waist.--not II my
wife knows It,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
H0od s
Sarsaparilla

The best-in fact the One True Blood Puriher.
~. nslla are the best after dinner
H000'S PIIIS pills, cure headache. 2Sc'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

fOr SOME CilhC, !
has ached, and
back also; has
slept poorly;
been quite
nervous, and
nearly tainted
once or IS
twice; head IN,
dizzy, and =
heart has
hant very
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
SELF CONFESSED EMBEZZLER.
Cashier Of Lebanon, Pa. Bank de

faulter for Nearly $11O,OOO.
LEBANON, Pa, Nov. 25-John II. Hotter,
for II years cashier OF the First National
bank Of Lebanon, is self confessed embez-
zler. An examination Of his books "hows a
defalcation amounting to nearly $ll0, 900.
He has confessed judgment to the bank for
$4,000. His bond cannot be found. 1t Is
not known what amount 1t Is for, nor VINO
are the sureties.
The embezzlement covers period OF six
wears and the bank has been examined
dozen times since the populations began,
without discovery. Hoffer is under surveil.
lance at his residence. He was arrested and
taken before the United States commissioner
at Harrisburg. The bank directors have
made good all the money stolen, and the
bank IL doing business rs usual.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Mrs. scott.siddons Dead.

PARIS, France, Nov. 25-Mrs. Scott-Sid-
dons, the celebrated actress, died here few
days ago. Mrs. Mary Frances Scott-Siddons
was a great-granddaughte Of the famous
Sarah Siddons Of English fame. One OF
Mrs. Siddons' three sons, named George,
held high civil appointment In India his
youngest son, captain William Young Sid
dons, OF the 65th Bengal light infantry.
married the daughter Of q colonel Earle
their eldest child was Mary Frances.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
An I'm portant Difference.

To make it app aren't TO thousands who think
themselves i., that they are not sacted with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is TO bring conf ,rt home to their
hearts, us u co.tive condition Is easily cured
By using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig syrup Company only, and sold
by all druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

There Is great deal Of talk Of Thomas
against Ivory, arrested In London, a. .
dynamiter and plotter. Ivory, It will DO
remembered went abroad, his associates
say for pleasure, and his arrest caused little
annoyance until Jones went to England
TO testify against him. Not great deal 2
known OF Jones, except that he came TO
America, pretended to be in sympathy with
the Irish, joined their secret societies and
thus became possessor Of their secrets. He
now acknowledges that he was In the en-.
ploy OF the British government when In
America, - . spy. The Irish secret circles,
though they claim he can know nothing not
public before, yet fear his testimony against
Ivory. Much Interest Is shown in the mat
tor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Increase in Ocean Rates.

LONDON, England, Nov. Instructions
will shortly be- issued by ths managers Of
the Atlantic line OF steamships to put into
force the decision OF the recent conference
OF steamship managers held here concern
ing the Increase OF rats for cabin passengers:
The rates on the fast steamers will be raised
that the minimum will be HlS from WI EnE,
carry passengers OF the same class for liz.
Yhasa inAraasa. will hAQin IlRG.- I. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
N.w uudustrv for Rome, N. Y.

ROME. N. Y. Nov. 25-The "First New
YORK beet sugar company" with a capital
of e9OO, 900, has been incorporated for the
purpose OF establishing plant in this city,
and the capital is practically all placed. The
plant in Farnham, Quebec, 40 miles north OF
Montreal, is to be removed here. Central
New York is in the heart Of the sugar belt,
and Yields beets that produce 40 per cent
more sugar ttCn the Canadian beets do.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

In addition to twenty-five staff writer's fully
two hundred OF the most famous men and
women OF both the Old and the New World,
and some of the most eminent statesmen, scien-
lists, travellers and musicians, are contributors
to The Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
For the White House Table.

sTONINGTON, Ct. Nov. 55-Horace vose
shipped a monster turkey to president
Cleveland for his Thanksgiving dinner.
The bird weighed 80 pounds, and was the
largest raised In this part OF the state this
year. vose has supplied the presidents
Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys for
many years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
FLORIDA'S NOTIFICATIONS.
Modern Disappearing Batteries ana
TOrpedOes Put In Place.

V1OlIVTU IVIo"PPC"K's'B "~' We
TOrpedOes Put In Place.
PENSACOLA, Fla. Nov. 25-Since the re-
cent visit Of general Craighill. chief OF engi-
neers OF the United States army, a large
force OF wOrkmen las been engaged night
and day in pushing the work OF modern for
tifications on Santa Rosa island to compile
ton. Immense disappearing batteries OF
modern guns are being put in. The fortiti-
cations at forts Pickens and Barrancas are
also being strengthened
In very short while this work will have
progressed to point where 1t wonld be i'm
possible for the war vessels OF any enemy
to come close enough to damage the city.
Entrance to the harbor is protected by cleo
trically operated sunken tOrpedoes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
The Pope Said to Be DYING.

LONDON, England, Nov. 25-It is re-
ported by the Rock, an evangelical church
Of England paper, that the pope Is dying,
and that, in consequence, the holding Of the
consistories fixed for near dates is likely to
be postponed. Cardinal Vaughan, archbish-
regarding the pope are entirely groundless,
and that the report OF his being In dying
condition is simply the recurrence Of ru-
NOR that is periodically put into circulation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Contract For Bryan's Book. .

CHICAGO, III, Nov. 25-William Jen-
nines Bryan has been requested by the
0hicaeo Allied printing trades council to
make IN Investigation Of the labor standing
Of tho W. B. Conkey company before he
oives that concern the contract Tor printing
Ria proposed book. This action IL due to
the numerous difficulties between the firm
aud other trouble said to bs Impending.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
nrvau May Get Kentucky.

sommers. for the democratic campaign COM
mittee. said that II the state cnnyassing
board counts the ballots rs cast, Bryan will
eet 10 out Of the IS electors Of Kentucky. In
NAM precincts ballots were stamped oppo.
site the name OF tho first electors only, and
according to the election law OF Kentucky
these ballots should be counted Tor those
electors, and not for the others.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28


fast; then that bearing-down feeling
Her doctor says, "cheer up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right soon"
But she doesn't get "all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that distressing female
complaint Is established.
Her doctor has made a mistake.
She has lost faith in him; hope van
ishes; then comes the brooding, NOR
bid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. BY
chance she came across one Of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation of what they meant. Then
she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to woman.
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
of women. 1t has been the standby
of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience of hun
dreds of women, whose letters Of
gratitude are to be found on file in
Mrs. Pinkham's library.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Navarro OF OintlnsNts for Catarrh ThAs
Contain Mercury,

A. mercury will surely destroy the sense OK
smeil md conn letely derange the whole system
when enter, NJ It throuYi tue mucous surfaces.
such urlicles SHOULD never be used except ON
prescri ion, from repu gh ysiGians, US the
can po,,ibly derive from them. Halls CLtarrh
Cure, manufactured 10y h. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury and Is taken
internally, aetins directly upon the blood ana t.
Halls Uatarrh Cure DO sure to get the genuine.
It Is AIKEN Internally. and Is made in Toledo.
Sold Nv Druggists, price &c. per bottle.
Halls Family l'ills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
MISSION OF RONDRIGUEZ.
Seeks to Reestablish the Federation
Oftte Central States.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25-It is sought to re-
establish the federation of the Central states
OF Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, San
Salvador and Honduras. For the purpose
OF working toward this end, the presidents
Of the last three named states, have sent Jose
Dolores Rondriguez, their minister plenipo-
Tertiary and envoy extraordinary, to this
country.
He arrived fom Colon on the steamer Adj
vance. Mr.. Rondriguez is well known as
diplomat, and has been In the seSvice OF the
Central American republics for many years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke your A''s
Away.
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take No-To-B BAG, the wonder-worker that
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free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
or New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

Or. Manuel Victoria Pereira, who by the
retirement OF president MorRs becomes
Brazil's chief executive, is ~ years OF age,
and one OF the foremost medical men OF that
country, President MorRs retiros on ac-
connt OF ill-health. DIR. Pereira is very
nopular with the people of Brazil, as he has
risen BY his own efforts, his father being
cabinet maker.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28
Campanini Dead,

ROME, Italy, Nov. 25-Italo Campanini,
the great tenor singer, died near Parma. He
was born In 1916. In 1878 he sang with
Christine Nilsson in New York. He returned
to America during the season Of 1890. Be.
sides being the greatest tenor living at that
time, he was remarkable for the Inn
mense scope Of his repertoire, which includ-
ed nearly 80 operas.