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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02
WINCHESTER MONUMENT
10 BE USVEILED JULY fiH' ~
HONOR or BR.fVE LOCfSfANi'NS.
The Monument stands in the "''
stonewsil C.metafy, where Sie''
Thousands of the Heroes oi
Louisiana.

one of the most interesting events
which wifi take place during the reuil'".'
particularly TO the gallant Louislan" 80.
vision. Will Doe the unyeiiing at Nlne,'' .-
ter. va. on July am, OF a monument ,a ,''
honor OF the Louisiauians who Ken %" csc
batuenelds Don the valley
This monument is am inspiring s''-'
OF stone. towering mp in stonewah ',i'l-
ctery. where sleep the LOUISIANA heIo.7'
who died struggling for the sou''o'i '
cause upon the sou OF the Old Doiiii"-
ION.
THE inscription
Inon the front of the monument IS '"7
following inscription.
"ro the soldiers OF Louisiana VINO ol''
for The south DOB the valley campaigns,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02

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have my prompt attention.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Great Expectations.

A Chicago physician, told about in
The Youths Companion, dropped
into q restaurant on his way home
from Sense not long ago, and or
dered modest luncheon. When he
hid finished eating he called to the
girl who had been waiting upon him,
and asked for his check. She handed
him one for 60 cents, aud he gave her
a dollar.
Five minutes passed, and the wait
rcss did not appear with the change.
The doctor was in a hurry and grew a
little impatient Another five min
utes-and still no change, Five mill
utes more, aud his time being money,
the doctor concluded to give up. the
change and go.
At the door of the restaurant he
was stopped by the proprietor.
excuse me - but you have not paid
your check. "
81 have paid it,"
excuse mel am sure you have
not"
81 paid that girl" said the indig-
nant physician, land after wasting
fifteen minutes waiting for my change
| am going away without it,"
The proprietor summoned the
waitress.
Didn't pny you dollar for my
go cent check, and don't you owe me
40 cents?" demanded the doctor.
The waitress opened her eyes.
"My!" she said, 'you pay for
your check at the desk! | supposed
that dollar was u tip"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
The Crow as n Scavenger.

We are pleased to see that sable
hued bird, the crow, become con
slant and quite tame inhabltnnt OF the
"ryee City" New Whatcom. He IS
Invaluable as IL scavenger and worm
destroyer, and, if he does occasionally
pull up some grain and catn few birds
eggs, his good traits more thnn offset
his bad ones In many Eastern cities
he is protected by ordinance, and
right well does he repay the protec'
ton. One who has not watched II
flock of crows for 16 hours out of the
"a in destroying what would 9th.
erwise be the germs Of filth diseases,
has no conception of the amount of
filth they will dispose of. They very
soon learn where they will not be mo-
Tested and will ply their busy vocn-
ton within 90 feet of an observer,
while in other localities it is difficult
to get within gunshot of them. Not
very musical or conspicuous for
beauty, and not generally esteemed as
an article of diet, although sometimes
necessary for that purpose, the crow
is brimful of practical industry, ex-
emplary in his domestic relations, no,
given to gossip, always sober, opposed
to tobacco and in strict devotion to
business he is model. New What.
com Reveille,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
What John Said.

The professor was crossing a
small lake in Ireland. After admir-
ing for some time the way his boat
man, John, handled the oars, he
thought he would like to try to row.
John, nothing loath, surrendered the
blades and the professor essayed
the task OF rowing. Things developed
rapidly into a shower-bnth as the oars
splashed this way and that, and finally
catching n crab, the learned gentle.
man landed with crash in the
bottom of the boat, very nearly up.
setting it.
"Well, WE'LL" said the professor,
"rowing is quite difficult thing, after
all. Dear me, how my back aches j.
"Faith, yer know" said John, "it's
all in the scnlls.'
The professor is still bordering
over what John said; whether he
meant the oars or the heads of the oars
men. The sly twinkle of Johns eyes
when he said it rather incines him to
believe the latter. --Harper's Round
Table,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
The Green Lizards OF Barbados.

The green lizards which swarm on
,very tree certainly have the hardest
life of any creature in Barbados, since
heir flesh is so delicate that every
hing eats them which can catch them
Cats, fowls, birds, monkeys, and
snakes all devour the poor lizards,
which have only two methods OF de-
lending themselves, both very made
luate for the purpose. One is their
bower of changing their color,
whereby they can appear bright
green at one moment on the
leaf of an aloe, and then dark
chocolate brown on piece OF damp
earth. Iii this does not conceal them
rom their enemy, they drop their
ais. The c,udnI appendage jumps
rom the ground and makes a frantic
lauce all by itself, aud if The pursner
deluded into seiZing it, the lizard
avails itself of the chance to escape
and grow another tail. But We are
pound to confess that we have never
yet seen "A quadruped taken in by the
,rtitice, though it may deceive bird
aow and then.
For the rest, the poor lizards are
harmless things, with pathetic eyes, in
which turks an expression of WEAKNESS
and disillusion, as though they were
As old AS the world itself, and had
found it all vanity and vexation of
spirit. They are fond of plaintive
music, and will enter at the open win
aows when II piano is playing and sit
listening and nodding their queer fiat
heads and looking out of those wistful
eyes at the player, till he or shelf OF
an imaginative temperament, might
fancy he was playing to an audience
of transmigrated souls. - Chambers
Tnurnol
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Experiments In Cattle Feeding.

The finely finished lot OF steers fat.
tened at the University State Farm
are now held for sale in dressed form
in the SHAMELESS OF the Twin Cities.
These animals, some twenty head III
all, are two and three years OLD re-
spectively, the major portion OF them
being nearer two than three years.
The average live weight was about
1850 pounds. Some of them were
fed to determine whether moderate
or heavy meal ration is the best in
prolonged period of feeding. Others
were fed to show the relative value OF
different foods in fattening, and yet
others to test the value OF oil-cake as
q finishing food when fed in large
quantities along with ground corn.
This year again it was found that
steers, fed an average Of ten pounds OF
meal per day during the entire fntten'
ing period, make ut least as much gain
during the five months of the expert
ment, as those fed an average Of four
teen pounds per day. The feeders OF
the state use much larger quantities OF
food, as a rule; hence the inference
that much of the food thus used must
be wasted. In other words, when
animals are being finished they will
take more concentrated food than
they can properly digest if it is fed to
them. 1t was found that a free ration
of oil meal and corn produced extra
ordinary gains for ortperiod, thnt
is to say. for about seventy days, but
that if continued much longer than
the period named the animals began
to get shaky on their limbs. in
other words, they could not be carried
much longer than seventy to eighty
days without modification Of diet. -
Minneapolis Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Biggest Of the Big Trees.

The largest tree in the state of Cali.
iornia, or on the American continent,
perhaps, is cold Sequoin," the titan
Of all the redwood giants, which stands
1t an altitude of $500 feet above sea
evel at II distance OF seventeen miles
rom the Yosemite valley. At present
cold Sequoia" is but blackened
stump, but as it stands it is without
doubt the Oldest representative of the
vegetable kingdom in the world. At
one time, before fire and wind par
TALLY destroyed the grove OF "big
trees" OF which it was the chief, "Old
Sequoia" was more than 100 yards
high and upwards of fifty feet in di-
At present the Stump is
IS5 feet high and about forty-one feet
II diameter near its charred and black
ened roots. Quite ''stump" after
Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

Everybody knows that is a fine art
to roll an umbrella correctly. 1t is IT
manly art, if one has to judge by the
beautiful condescension with which 1t
man offers sometimes, in an excess OF
generosity. to roll woman's umbrella
for her. For the benefit of those be-
nighted ones who have never yet mas,
tered this art, it may be we'll TO give
the following formula: The right AMI
only way is to take hold of the en''
of the ribs and the stick with the same
hand, then hold them tightly enough
together to prevent their twistin.
while the covering is being twirled
around with the other hand. New
York Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
SlnOkeleSS Powder.

"There are many who imngine that
IN the use of smokeless powder the
United States and other nations are
seeking to do away with the smoke on
battle. fields" said u military man.
"Ihere is no opinion more erroneous
than this, rs the smokelessness of the
new powders is merely u secondary
consideration.
"The old black powder was found
10 be inefficient to produce the neces-
-ary velocity for the new guns, and
experiments were made to get higher
Explosive. When this was put in use
he discoveries of the new explosives
we're surprised to find that very little
smoke followed it's explosion. Smoke
is often very useful on battle field,
and no deliberate attempt was made
to eliminate it. Family Call.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
DahOmey's Pet TEMPLE.

The small town of Werda, in the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated
FOR loathsome den called the Temple
Of Serpents, says the Chicago Chron-
Gle. 1t is long building dedicated
to the priests and mystery men of the
Kingdom, and in it they keep thou
sands of snakes of all kinds and sizes.
These Shiny, crawling creatures liter
lily own the village, as we'll as the
temple, which has been erected for
their special accomm odation, and may
be seen hanging from the rafters and
door posts of any house in the town.
In Werda to kill serpent is u crime
punish able by death. The serpents
in sacred temple are fed by II regu-
slar corps of hunters, who are paid
for their service ont of the public ex-
chequer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
A Pilot Found Dead at His Wheel.

During the groat wind storm that
swept over Quincy, ILL.,, recently,
within forty minutes, the duration OF
the storm, an inch and half of rain
fell, flooding number oS cellars. The
ferry, Frank Sherman, was out on the
river when the gale struck her. She
veered and tossed about on the water
like chip of wood. Finally she
headed for the Missouri shore, and,
on striking the bank she was tied up.
Having received no signals from the
pilot, the crew became alarmed. and
avisit to the pilot house accounted for
the boats peculiar conduct while out
on the river. The pilot was dead
upon the floor, his hands still
clutching the spokes of the wheel.
John Hustleby had been n pilot for
thirty years, and was we'll known
along the upper Mississippi. He snf-
cred from heart disease, and it is the
general opinion that he died of heart
disease, brought on by excitement re-
sulting from the storm. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

According to DR.. G..Schatt, who has
been making special study of ocean
waves, their speed in moderate
breeze is 1853 miles per hour.
Russian scientists report that the
white poplar tree acts as natural
lightning conductor, as the discharge
seeks it in preference to other trees.
The tooth Of mastodon IN an al
most complete state Of preservation
has been recently found. 1t weighed
over fourteen pounds, and is pure
ivory.
A meteor weighing nine pounds fell
the other day on the grounds of citi-
zen of Alliance. Ohio. Local scien-
lists say that it is composed of meteor
ic ircn.
A. new cure for insomnia has been
discovered by French physician. It
is simply to raise your feet higher
than your head-to have the pillows,
not under your head, but under your
feet. ..,i ...
John NJ. Miller, q Chicago engineer,
has scheme for providing perpetual
spring and summer for Montana,
North Dakota and Minnesota, by
building a wall from the Rockies to
the head of Lake Superior.
At the industrial exhibition in
Zurich is shown an testing machine
which automatically registers the fact,
il the air in the room in which it
stands has become foul and unfit for
breathing.
In an interview with n representa-
tive of the Paris Gil Bias, DR.. Proust
has confirmed the report that great
advance had been made by science in
the search for means of incubation
against cholera. He declared that
conclusive experiments had been made.
The discoverer of the new treatment
was, he said, Frenchman, but he de-
olined to divulge his name.
Mr.. E. D. Fridlander, B.So., re-
Gently gave an account of some OBJ
servations of the amount of dust in
the atmosphere made at various places
during voyage round the world in
1S94-95. The experiments, which
were made with form of Atkins
pocket dust counter, showed that
there are often considerable variations
in the number of dust particles in
very short space OF time. Dust was
found up to an altitude of 5000 feet or
1000 feet among the Alps, and also in
the open ocean 80 far away from any
land as to preclude the possibility of
artificial pollution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

A monster sea lion, in quest of
salmon, became entangled in one OF
McGowan's fish traps Mt Astoria, Ore
gon, that cost about 81, 900. The trap
was badly wrecked. The militia pa
trolling the beach at Ilwaco assisted
in killing the lion, which is the largest
ever seen near the Columbia river. 1t
took eleven rifle shots to kill the lion,
which weighed 2, 100 pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
A Remedy for Black Eye.

There is nothing to compare with
the tincture or strong infusion OF cap
sicum annuum mixed with an equn
bulk of mucilage or gum arabic with
the addition of few drops of glycer-
inc, says Medical Progress. Thi.
should be painted over the bruised
surface with a cancels hair pencil and
allowed to dry on, u second or third
coating being applied as soon as the
first is dry. Ii this is done rs soon as
the injury is inflicted it will invariably
prevent blackening of the bruised
tissue. The same remedy has no
equal in rheumatic, sore or stiff necA.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
No Prison For Women.

Austria is the only country in the
world which never places woman in
prison, no matter what crime she
commits.
Instead of being locked up, the fe-
male malefactor is sent to one Of a
number of converts, devoted to the
purpose, and is kept there during the
time for which she is sentenced. These
converts are anything but prisons
The courtyard stands open all day
long, the only bar to egress being a
nun. who acts as doorkeeper, just the
same us in the ordinary convent. -
New York journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
He Was All Right.

Cholly Bubblehead (throwing down
tho telegram)-Aw! My aunt's will
has been wead, and she has left all
her money to found an asylum for in
durable imbeciles.
Grimshaw-Congrntulate you, Chol.
ly! You are sure of always being pro-
yided for. Truth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
AQUAR ELLIE.

moorland margin OF the sen
With gypsy roses overrun;
Above 1t ali blue sky free,
Where walks the golden sun.
Gray rocks and dunes Of silver sand:
Beyond-one sail Of purple shows;
And drowsily across the land
The pines freah fragrance blows.
Here Is the paradise OF rest,
Ofpeace the pinnacle supreme:
Lie down upon the earth's warm breast
And yield you to her dream!
Frank d. Sherman, In Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
A Submarine Freak,

The sea cucumber, one of the Curl
GUS jelly bodies that inhabit the
ocean, can practically efface himself
when in danger by squeezing the water
out OF his body and forcing himself
into narrow crack--so narrow as not
to be visible to the naked eye. He
can throw ont nearly the whole OF his
inside, and yet live and grow it again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

The annoyance of wheels slipping
on tracks, especially in up grades, and
the tremendous resistance experienced,
nas led to a new invention. The rail
is provided with an edge or rim Gov
cred with cogs or teeth. and the wheel
has similar cogs which engage with
them. These cogs are set on diagon-
ally, inclining downward, and are less
likely to accumulate dust aud dirt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Pigmy Hogs of the AntipO les.

Some specimens OF the smallest
known species OF hogs are now quar-.
tered at the London geological Gar.
dens. They came from the desert
regions of Australia and are known as
"the pigmy hogs of the Antipodes. "
They are well.formed, frisky little
Iorkers, the very largest and heaviest
in the lot (which are all full grown
not being larger than muskrat. These
Geological curios are real hogs, and
should not be COMPOUNDED with the So
called. "Guines pigs" which are o
species of rodent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
A Wooden Leg For a Dog.

At New Brunswick, NJ, Skyeter-
rier dog owned by William Strong
had one OF its legs crushed by troll
ley car. The dog ran under the fem
der and was caught before it could
escape. Its leg was cut off by DIR.
Loblein soon after the accident. Mr..
Strong said he had telegrnphed for II
wooden leg to replnce the missing
member. He expects the dog will re-
cover. A dog with wooden leg will
be n novelty in town.-New York
Times,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
.H1Ty,k3'
&.z!S;a,354 3'

Mr.. E. M. Gross, special Associated
Press reporter, who lives ut 1915
Maple Avenue, Huntington, W. Va,
has knowledge OF this remarkable
cure Of Mrs. Martha Gilkison, the
wife Of II carpenter OF the east end
Of the city, who. on the 22d of Sep
TENDER, 1895, related her experience
rs follows: "For good many yearsI
have been bothered an awful sight
with my stomach. got sol
couldn't eat anything at all without
souring OH my stomach. Lots OF
times while working I would spit up
great mouthfuls of stuff bitter as
gall. I kept getting worse all the
time and took piles of doctor med
icine, but might as we'll took that
much starch for all the good It done
me. It run into neuralgia OF the
stomach and worked itself all over
me. DR.. Gardener. the new doctor
up on Twentieth Street, told me
when Isaw him 1t was my stom-
ach that caused all the trouble
and give me an order 10 the drug
store. Itook it there, and the boy
give me n box OF Ripans Tabules.
began getting better, and have used
little over two boxes, and am now
soundand well. (Signed),' MARTHA
GILx1soN, No. 1920 Fourth Avenue,
Huntington, W. Va"
airans Tsbules are sold by druggists, or by m
the price 80 cents u box Is sent to The Ripi
einical Company, No. 10 Spruce st., New 70
mple vial, ~ cents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
The Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth.
Ing effect Of Syrup OF Figs when in need Of .
laxative, and II the father or mother be costive
or bilious. The most gratifying results follow
its use; so that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
THE BLACK PANTHER.
BY ,, LAURENCE HoRNIBRooK.

,TEDMAN'S world.
famed Hippodrome
and NJ e II a g Q r lie
(which, as might be
gathered from the
haring posters that
enlivened all the
dead walls of the
town, had been pat
ronized by several
of the Crowned
Heads of Europe)
was about to honor
Littlethorpe with
a visit. Not that, in
an ordinary way,
the proprietor OF
this regal show
would have deemed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

Prince Constantine .Wiaemsky has
returned from his tour round Asia on
horseback. He claims to have discov-
cred, when in India, the "secret OF
iskirs."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

1t is said that there has been OF late
an extraordinary increase in the num-
Der of foreign bandsmen employed in
the British navy. The majority of
these foreigners are Maltese and
Italians.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
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Every person who has not large enCy clopWiia
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Placed Wrong.

Mrs. Warem-How do you like
your new handkerchiefs. dear?
Mr.. Warren Ia chronic fault finder)
Pretty well; but some of ems got
the mark in the wrong corner. Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

FITS stopped free by Dir. MINES GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fit after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $2.N trial hot
tie free DIR. Kline !cil Arch ST., Philu, Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Japan Is going to grant government boun-
ties to shipowners and shipbuiders.

Buy 81. 90 worth Dobthns Floating BoraH Soap OF
your grocer, send wrappers to Dobbns Soap MFG
90, Philadelphia, Pa. They Will send you ires
of charge. postage paid, a Worcester Pocket Do
tionary, aas pages. bound in cloth, proiusely u
lMstrated. Offer good until AUGUST LIST only:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

1fatlliCted with sore eyes usc DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eyewatcr. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25
Personal.

ANY ONE who has been benefited by the
use of DR.. Williams Fink Pills, will receive
information of much value and interest by
writing to Pink Pills, =. o. Box 15!!, Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
Halls Catarrh Cure saved my lite" Write
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists Toe.