Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-28

of business and society. romance
is connected with the invention OF tue
telephone. DR.. Bells wife WAS deaf
from childhood, aud it was while try
ing to contrive some electrical method
by which she could regain her lost
sense, that DR.. Bell discovered th-
secret of the transmitter OF the tele-
phone. The home of the Bells is in
Washington. They possess vast
wealth.
No NEW TAR1FR-There is no end
of tariff talk and gossip heard every
where, and speculation is rife regard
ing early changes. Congressman
Dingley OF Maine, isquoted u, saying:
$50 far as Iknow no decision has been
reached and none probably will DE
made before Congress meets and the
republicans have an opportunity TO
exchange views and confer with the
presi,lent.elect. I thiuk there is very
general feeling among republicans,a and
/ doubt not Mr.. Mckinley shares in
it, and there must be secured through
tariff legislation ut the earliest
possible time sufficient revenue
to run the government and
leave q reasonable surplus for al
exigency, and that the sooner whit
ever tariff legislation is proposed Is ac-
com plished the better. The probable
status of the Senate on such tariff
legislation after March 4 will have
much to do in determining the course
to he pursued. I cannot believe. how
ever, that a majority of the Senate. as
it will be constituted after March 4,
- Ill <.sass 20 eeaous With the rAnnl,-
lican House in such tariff legislation
az NAV be necessary to run the
government without . resort to the
issue of bonds, and to aid in restoring
prosperity to the country. The
House will not propose anything fur
thor in this direction at the approach
ing short session, as it has passed q
revenue bill and Bland sent it to the
Senate last December, and if the Sen.
ute desires to do anything in this line
it can take this bill from the Senate
calendar any day and pass it as it
stands or pass it with an amendment.
The MAIL SERvIcE-The second as
sistant post. master-general, Nj. Neil.
son, is perfecting the details Of an i'm
provement in the mail service of large
cities to be used in connection with the
street railway mail cars and the new
special wagon service on trial in New
York and Washington. He purposes
to have mail delivered from the cars
and wagons to the distribution car
riers, and from the collecting carriers
to the cars and wagons. These deliver.
les arc to be made ut convenient street
corners, and in order to avoid delays
which might be occasioned by the fail
ures OF the carriers to meet the wagons
or cars exactly on time large letter
boxes will be utilized. The collect
ing carriers will deposit the col
lections in box similar to the
letters boxes now in use, which
can also be used by the public
in mailing letters at the cornor. Thu
men on the cars or wagons will re
move tue mail. The mail for the dis
tributing carriers will be placed il
special boxes, which will have NJ
opening for the deposit OF mail by tn
public, and which can only be opene'
by the distributing carriers. All tn
mail so deposited will have been sorte'
l out in the car or wagon, SO as to b
, ready for the carrier to take at ono
i on his route.
GOVERNMENT owns LINCOLN HoUs1
The United States has become thu
owner of the property on the west sid
$ OF Tenth street, between T. and +
. streets, Northwest, in which Abraham
Lincoln died. The house i, situate
: directly opposite the old Forls Thea
3 tire, and it wus there Lincoln was Cal
ried after the assassination, atAl ther
he died. The house has lately bee
occupied by the Lincoln memorial al
!, ISOLATION as museum OF relies {
= the msrtyred president, and it was ft
Y the purpose OF perpe,nat'ug this mi
J. scum that Congress appropriated S3O
900 for the purchase Of the propcrt,