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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Some time ago Chicago paper
offered prizes ranging from $40, 900
down for the best original stories, and
everybody in Chicago supposed, as a
matter OF course, that the writer's of
Chicago wonld carry off the prizes;
but it turned out That no Chicago
writer secured ona The first prize of
$4,000 was awarded to a man who
lives in Macon, Ga, and the second,
of $4,000, to an Englishman living in
Winchester, England. According to
residence the twenty-five prizes
awarded were distributed as follows:
England, seven; Massachusetts,, three;
New York, two; New Jersey, two;
Kentucky, two; Boston and New
York, one; Georgia, one; New Hamp'
shire, zone; Colorado, one; Washing.
ton, D. G., one, and California. one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

A physician declares that the b.
cycle has proved of untold benefit to
women. 1t combines physical exer.
else and mental rest in . wonderful
degree.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04
Purify
YOurBIOOd

ow, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect OF Geld bracing air Is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss OF appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out OF humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods sarsaparills stands I'M
equalled. Thousands testify to Its
merits. Millions take 1t as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Owing to the shifting about of the
Rio Grande, boundary line, there is
a strip OF land near Ell Paso, the in
habitants of which do not know
whether they are living in Mexico or
Texas,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Land-grant suits in Oregon to Sc
cure forfeiture of title to various
tracts of land, to which, it is alleged,
patents were enormously granted, in
volve land estimated to be worth over
Al 000. 600
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04
Spring
M ediCine

our blood in Spring is almost certain to
be full Of impurities-the accumulation
of the winter months. Bad ventilation
of sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell
in6s, factories and shops, overeating.
heavy, improper foods, failure OF the
kidneys and liver prop -rly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them. are the
prime causes of this condition. It Is
Of the utmost Importance that you
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

If you have tried Dobbins' Floating BoraI Soap
you have decided to use 1t all the time If you
haven't tried 1t you owe it to yourself TO do 80.
Your grocer has it, or will get it. Be sure that
wrappers are printed in red.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

DR.. Kinfer's SwAMP-R DOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory, Binghamton. NY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04
A $4,000 CURE.
Startling Effects Of the New
Discovery.
Tnl GREAT PRIZE FORMULA OF PROF. DIXI
CROSBY. Of DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

CONCORD, N. H. - Not for ten thou.
sand dollars would Pres. Henry A.
Emerson, the head Of the Contocook
Valley Paper Company, have left his
home and his business and started on
the long and tiresome journey to Cal.
ifornia, with the harassing thought
travelling with him, mile by mile, that
if he came back at all lie might have
to come in coffin.
His snfferings had been severe.
The. >Yere the kind that undermine
the stroAgest constitution, and send
the sufferelinto the sick.bed and the
grave. Mr., Emerson had made per.
sistent ea6rt>tQ get we'll and had
sought Aedical advice from many
sourceE but his tr0Able was beyond
the rlGch of ordinary remedies. He
hadlP fully detersined\ TO sacrifice
ea(Sthing to heaf whAp the dis.
coverN of Prot. NJ 0gosbN of Dart.
attention id 10 with Ne ihdorse.
ments of Hon. John H. ObS1A the
Trainer of the United StatesebCivil
Service Code, Governor Busiel, Of
New Hampshire. and hundreds of
others.
Mr.. Emerson, who is we'll known
Is one of tile largest merchants Of
the country, made this statement:
~ was in a very bad condition and
was advised by an eminent physician
to give up my business and travel.
"He told me to 60 to California. as
I never could hope for cure If l
stayed in this climate.
1.-THE remarkable success of Pur,.
tana was pressed upon my attention
BY one of the most distinguished cit.
gems of Concord, while was in that
city making arrangements for my pro.
posed journey.
Ntried. ,itsnai11i1e continuing my
busid s, and / fou6d>>hat from the
first produced marked M CON.
slant Improvement. sa
II grew ste,ailVaFdter a1cll6n
realiz Ed that /. was wed not only a
long 4tiresoms( ahI expensive jour
pey, GS vas cabpM of my stomach
troV01e and 4egained completely my
lost health"
puritana ia natures stomach medi.
cine and common.sense cure for dis
eases caused by neglect, imprudence,
exposure, overwork, over-indulgence,
and climatic and atmospheric influ
ences. It makes the health right
because It makes the stomach right.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

FITS stopped free by DIR. KL1NE's GREAT
NERVE RESTORER. No fit after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 500 trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline, G3l Arch ST., Phila, Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

There hive been over 40 600 murders In
the United states within the past five years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Deans Rheumatic Pills are a sure cure forall
forms of Chronic & lnfiammatory X rheumatism
& Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable, always safe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 2t5c. bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Raleigh. N. G., has the reputation OF being
one of the prettiest cities in the United
States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04
Her Easter Egg.

She loved to paint, and many days che toiled
To find the shades that blended we'll to-
gether;
So careful was she lest 1t should be spoiled,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Douglas, Ga, taxes its citizens $3.50 for
every dog he owns over one, which is free.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs are unri.
all I hroat Troubles. Sold only in boxes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Twelve creeks in the United States bear
the name of the Rhine. NE14
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

could not get along without PisO's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures. Mrs.
+. c. MOULToN, Needham, Mass, Oct e. 81.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

Ifafflictcd with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

1t brings to any man, womi
child. strength, comfort, happine H]
new life.
Get Of your druggist this great disease. ron1n
covery (the price is $l for the complete tre9'l
bottle of Puritann, one bottle of Puritana hus
bottle Of Purtsnn Tablets all in pac ka.th ~,
Puritana Compound Co., Concord, y. II. reSO
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04

F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
kB"Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
WONDERS G THE AGE
DECLARED THAT THE PRINCIPLE
OF FLYING Is KNOWN.
Commercial Flight in Few Years
Cheap Light-Compressed Air May
Soon BE Available.

The Philadelphia Press says: Fly
ing is solved. The principle is known.
A mechanical expedient is all that is
now needed to make it successful
Practical fight is today not more than
five or ten years off. Commercial flight
ought to come by 1925 or so. A glow
worm makes light with about one
three-hundreth part of the force used
in ordinary artificial light When men
know how to make light as cheap,
streets and homes will be as light as
day for mere fraction of what light
now costs. This is near. Vacuum IL
Elimination without incandescence is
already in full operation, and in year
or two should cut down the price of
light to a sixth of its current cost and
in five or ten years light in city may
be, like water, turned on in every
house at will. Compressed air has long
been known to be the best way, theo-
retically, to store force for use in
transportation. There is no waste and
no deterioration. The need is a cheap
and efficient motor to apply COM
pressed air to city transportation. VI
this can be done, first the trolley
poles and wires will come down, next
the horseless, air-compressed motor
carriage will do all the work of the
city delivery. when these changes
come the only use for gas will be for
cooking-if this is not done by cleo
tricity. Factories, too, before many
years, will be run by transmitted elec-
trio power. This has begun to be done
and in five or ten years will be COM
pleted, and the factory fire and boiler
will he a thing of the past The city
Of the future, and na very distant fu-
ture, will have 10 trolley poles or
wires and 20 horses. All movements
win be- on rails by silent air-mQtors
or by horseess carriages equally si
/ ent. All pavements will be asphal
Unlimited light will be as cheap u.
unlimited water is today. No coal wi
be delivered at private houses and /
ashes will be taken from them. With
no horses, no coal and no ashes. street
, dust and dirt will be reduced TO min
imnm. With no factory fires and no
kitchen or furnace fires, the air will
be as pure in the city as in the coun-
try. Trees will have Il chance. Houses
will be warmed and lighted as easily
and cheaply as they are now supplied
with water. A city will be a pretty
nice place to live in when the first
twenty years of the twentieth century
are passed"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08

Men in general didn't think that Ed
ison's electric light would set the
world of night afire; but it did, and
it was not very long in doing it. A
curious thing. Now everybody uses
the telephone. And it will be the
same old story with the horseless car
riage. The subject of good roads is
being agitated from one end of the
state to the other. Down in Los AIT
geles county it is proposed to make
the roads question local campaign
issue, and other counties may follow
the example. With the dawning of the
day of good roads in the West will
come the rising of the sun of the
horseless carriage. Manufacturers will
cut down the prices as the demand
grows, and ultimately we shall be able
to buy an electricmotor buggy for
about the cost of an ordinary road
horse.
But how does it fell to ride in one
of those electric carriages?" somebody
is bound to ask. Does the thing shake
you up and deafen you with noises
that keep your nerves on edge? Is it
hard to steer? Don't you have serious
trouble turning corners? Aren't YOU
constantly in fear of coliding with
some vehicle or other, or of getting
upset by running into chuck k-hole? 2"
All such questions may be speedily
answered by the experience of Call
man who made a special trip in a
horseless carriage for the very pur-
pose of describing all the relative SEN
sations. He was accompanied by j. NJ.
Ough, of the California Gas Engine
Company, who is planning to build a
number of horseless carriages. The
vehicle in which the trip was made is
the one belonging to Charley Fair, be-
ing the first of its kind west of the
Rockies. The route taken was through
the principal streets of Alameda and
over country roads in the vicinity of
Oakland. Comfortably seated in the
attractive looking carriage, button
under the seat is pressed, an electric
spark ignites the gasoline, and the en-
gine operates with noise almost like
that made by railway locomotive in
starting, but more subdued, of course,
and with the exception of the buzzing
sound of the electricity. The brake is
then thrown off, and away starts the
carriage at any rate of speed desired.
When well under way the noise is
hardly noticeable. 1t is remarkable
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
SIXTEEN THOUSAND MILES.
The Remarkable Feat OF q BROOKLYN
Cyclist in Year,

Frederick Allart of the Broklyn BIZ
cycle Club, reports the New York
World, recently established the record
for long distance riding in the club.
The club gives mileage medal each
year and Allart wanted to win it. He
also wished to beat the record of a
club mate who had ridden 1854 miles
in a year.
Allart rode 1912 miles in 1895. Dur
ing the month of August he rode gill
miles; in April, ass; October, 2,1O5;
December, 1880; January, 1922; Febru-
airy, 1908; May, COS; June, 1122; July,
1446; September, 1916. He can go
through a century run at fast pace
without fa- -igue.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
ARE FURIOUS.
Palama People Protest Against Pro-
posed School Change.

Residents of Palama district are
furious over the proposed removal OF
the pupils of the Kauluwela school to
the Fort street school in order to
make way for Il Chinese institution it
is desired to establish. In all prob
ability strong protest against th.,
change will go to the Minister of Pub
lie instruction on Monday.
1t is claimed that there are now 500
children in Palama within the school
age. If the Kauuwela school is closed
to them the nearest school will be the
one at the head of Fort street. There
will not then be a public school in the
entire district extending from Fort
street to the Kamehameha schools.
Many parents of the district cannot
afford to expend ten cents per day for
car fare, and the result must be that
the children will no longer go to
school.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08

with what smoothness the carriage
travels. 1t speeds along at the rate of
fifteen to twenty miles an hour, and
no vehicle ever turned sharp corners
more prettily than does this horseless
carriage.
JUS ahead of us is country woman
driving horse which shows signs of
fear The woman is curious, and is
paying more attention to the object of
her wonderment than to the animal
she is driving. The horseless carriage
turns properly to the right. The wo-
man somewhat nervously jerks the
wrong line, and the horse moves to-
mystery is speeding. But there is nc
collision. The horseless carriage is
guided to the opposite side of the
street in twinkling; and, had it been
necessary, the brake could have beer
applied and the wheels brought to an
almost immediate standstill. Horses
| haNent t got used TO the hOrSeleSS car
r'iages yet. and they shy as it passe,
almost invariably.
Tied to a stake along the roadsid,
in the country back of the encinal was
a horse which sprang up and sniffe'
as his modern enemy approached, ant
as the thing of unseen power rolled b,
the horse jumped with such force N
to break his rope, and then fled ava,
supposedly filled with all the terro
that pursued Tom o. Shanter's Meg
No wonder the horse gets maddenet
at this new invention. 1t appears tha
it was not enough to crowd him on
of many of his old-accustomed place
with the bike and the tandem; but tn,
genius of man must even take tn,
shafts out of the carriages, and the,
whirl over the land without the al,
of any horse at all.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
CHARLIE FAIR HAS ONE
HE OWNS AND USES A HORSELESs
CARRIAGE.
Description of Ride In and Around
Alameda-Makes an Outing Cheap
and Pleasant.
(San Francisco Call.)

The era of the horseless carriage is
coming as sure as the era of good
country loads. The champions of the
horse may poohpooh the idea and as
sert that pleasure-loving man will new
er surrender the steed of flesh and
blood to a mere piece of twentieth cen
tury mechanism; they may claim that
there is a lack of enjoyment, and alb
sence of thrill of the delightful sort,
and no end of danger in riding on a
machine run by electricity and gas
oline, but they can only rank as
special pleaders on one side of the con-
troversy.
The steam car was once just as
much of "A curiosity, and was viewed
with eyes as skeptical as the horse
less carriage is today. Not a hundred
years has gone by since steam was
first harnessed to the paddlewheels of
boats and the fiywheels of trains, and
yet steam is being replaced here and
there by electricity and doubling
Thomases are soon made firm believ-
ers in the beneficial results of new
discoveries. 1t is hardly dozen years
ago since people declared that the
electric street car would never be a
success. Now it is in universal use.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08

Along the beach the horseless car
riage drawing card. The rosy
checked, ruby-lipped, blue-eyed and
golden-haired summer girl is there,
and she waves her dainty lace para
sol at the vehicle, whose occupants are
getting the full benefit of the fresh
breezes on the wing as it were. The
summer-girl would like nothing better
than such ride on warm Junetine
day. The bathers in the water turn
and gaze at the horseless carriage. It
most of them laugh outright at first
and then sober down to serious consid-
GRAFTON. Undoubtedly, if all the COM
ments that are made in regard to that
carriage could be gathered and print
ed, they would make an amusing col
umn.
From the houses on the way people.
young and old, run out and look after
the horseless carriage. The occupants
feel that they are envied the luxury OF
such ride. 1t is a luxury, too. The
travelling is so smooth, the carriage is
so comfortable. the speed so brisk. the
task of guiding so simple and easy
that ride in horseless carriage OF
the type owned by Charley Fair is
delightful. There is practically nc
danger at all, and despite the fact that
this carriage has been operated on
crowded streets, it has never been
mixed up in any kind of accident. An
afternoons ride in a horseless car.
riage makes a person feel a longing tc
be the poSsessor of one. But as soor
as the counties of California get to-
gether on the all-important subject OF
good roads, and as soon as our high
ways are as well graded and paved as
they should be, just so soon will we
behold Il multitude of horseless car
riages in the West. Then the stable
keepers will invest in them and the
bicycle will have strong holiday
rival in these pleasant vehicles. o
which at present there Is only sam
pie or forerunner in the Golden State
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08

\ farmer and his wife drive up to
Il fence on the roadside to let the ma
chine go by. They are both staring
at it with eyes that tell IA tale of as
tonishment. Their mouths are wide
open. One might imagine that farmer
/ turning to his spouse and declaring,
as the strange conveyance disappears
in the distance, That's the darned-
est concern that | ever set eyes on,
Jerushy. I'd just like to got Il squint
at the insdes of it. BY gum, they're
getting things down fine as silk now
adays. Next thing some city cuss'l
come to visit our Sally in Il flying
machine. These are mighty fast days.
| Things that were impossible when we
was young is jest chiId's-play now
I'm beginning to believe almost any
thing | hear Gosh! how that internal
wagon does get over the ground. Je-
rushy, if we had one of them business
ses we'd stock it with grub and go
deuce knows where with it, Jest to
show off. It's great"
Twenty miles an hour on good.
smooth road is a very rapid rate of
speed. a horse may make squirt for
a moment that will put the horseless
carriage in the rear; but the monster
of electric power is tireless, and the
l>,,
With the electric carriage you may
ride all day and all night, and it is
destined to be Il most valuable thing
in an emergency that requires quick
travel over long distance and where
trains are not available.
Riding along the beautiful wide ave-
nues of Alameda, the children are at
tracted by the horseless carriage.
They run alongside of it, and a couple
of barefoot boys strive to keep up
with the big vehicle for few yards.
Some of the boys make bold to hang
on behind, but the strong odor of gas
oline cures them of such a notion.
The little fellows laugh and shout as
the odd contrivance rushes away from
then. Near the beach a halt is made
and an immense crowd gathers in
short order. The questions with ref
erence to the various parts of the
horseless carriage come pouring in
from all directions. One almost re-
grets that he hasn't a bushel or two
of pamphlets explanatory of every
thing for free distribution among the
crowd, We toot a warning signal and
escape from the thoroughly interested
but too inquisitive throng.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
NO LIGHT.
Lack of Water Causes Shut Down of
Government Electric Light Works.

Owing to a scarcity of water in the
valley reservoirs the Government Elec-
tric Light Works closed down this
morning and the city will be in dark
ness several nights. The military
opera house has been connected with
the Hawaiian Electric Company's lines
so that touight's entertainment will
not be interfered with. The Y. NJ. -.
\" library, police station and Govern
ment will have to use oil lamps at
night for the present
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
A Famous Brew

The Royal, Pacific and Cosmopoli-
tan saloons have on sale the celebrat-
ed Pabst Milwaukee draught beer. 1t
is one of the finest in the world and
its excellent qualities have gained for
it an enviable reputation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
Personal.

Mrs a. Lydgate of Hamakua and
Master X. Lydgate are in town. They
came by the Kauai.
Mrs, W. II. Rickard and Miss n.
Rickard arrived by the steamer Kauai
today on visit to Honolulu friends.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
A NEW ENGLISH HARBOR.

a new harbor at Heysham, in Ian
caster, to take the place of that at
Morecombe, is under consideration.
The Midland Railway is ready to spend
81, 100000 on it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
Part /.
Old Hundred.
VISITED PUNCHBOWL

At 6:3O this morning the teachers at
tending as pupils of the Summer
School went in body to visit the new
reservoir on the slope of Punchbowl
An hour was spent in examining il
and incidentally looking over the
pumping plant.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
New MusIins and silks

An elegant line of figured and
dotted muslins, new surrah silks, taf-
fetta silks, shot silks, shot surrahs
exquisite colorings; just opened at n
S. Sachs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-08
SEE NUUANU LOTS.

Free busses to convey intending pur-
chasers TO view the homestead lots on
Nyllie street win leave Fort and King
streets at 2:3O ard 1880 o'clocl, tomor-
row afternoon.