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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Ninety-four per cent. OF the street
railroads in the State of New York are
now operated by electricity
The latest works on anthropology
say that it cannot be proven that any
race of giants ever peopled the globe.
The only Uncovered, four.footed
member of the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like fowl is the native
beaver of Australia.
The human brain, according to
Cuvier, is the one twenty eighth part
OF the body; that of the horse but the
one four. hundreth part.
Soil brought up from depth of
1876 feet in vault in one of tho Bel.
gian mines is said to have grown weeds
unknown to the botanists.
G. @. Parsons, Bessemer, Ala, says
that it is impossible for bee to carry
and store poisoned honey. 1t would
kill her before she got to the hive.
Professor Metericht, the Paris
meteorolosist, calculates that a hot,
bright day in midsummer sees not less
than $3.50, O0C, 900 tons of water evap.
Grated from the surface of the Medi-
terranean Sea.
The pathological museum, for which
Professor Virchow has been collecting
material for the last forty years. is at
last to be built in Berlin. the Govern.
ment having voted the necessary
funns for the structure.
1t is said that DR.. Max Wolf, of
Heidelberg, who has discovered
number OF asteroids, has never direct
ly seen an asteroid. His discoveries
have been made from Photographic
plates, while stars are shown rs points.
There seems to be some difference of
opinion as to the location of the cold
est spot in the world. DIR. Myer says
that at Hide, Siberia, eighty-five de.
grees below the zero OF Fahrenheit is
considered nothing out OF the ordin.
airy.
Drs. Brissaud and Marie, two
French authorities on nervous dis
eases, cite Prince Bismarck as one of
the few instances of very bright mind
found in q very tall body. They say
that the healthiest persons are rather
under than above the middle height
and that the children who come out
best at school examinations in France
are those whose bodies have grown
slowly.
w. Fl. Lloyd, of Duluth, MIMI, an
officer of the Northern Pacific Rail.
way Company, has invented a method
OF telegraphing diagrams and drawings
which deserves notice. 1t consists in
telegraphing by predetermined signs
the positions OF series of points on o
sheet of paper cross ruled into squares
and then joining the points thus laid
down on similar sheet of paper at
the distant station by lines, so as to
reproduce the original figure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
THE CARE OF POLISHED FLOORS.

No rollers should be used on furni-
ture over polished floors. Each part
which touches the wood should be
fitted with piece of thick felt secure
ly glued ON. This protects the floor
and allows easy movement.
These floors require only the sweep.
ing with hair brush and the wiping
with dust mop or soft cloth.
Wax, alone, gives the highest pol.
ish; but is always slippery. 1t should
be rubbed on evenly. Any little bits
remaining will show as blank specks
after the polishing. The brush should
be used across the grain at first, after.
ward with the grain. Wax and tur.
pentine furnish less degree of polish,
which is, therefore, less slippery,
while the addition of paraffine oil
lessons it still more. If it be desired
to keep the floor very light the oil
mixture should not be used, for oil
always darkens wood.
Water is the worst thing that can be
applied to any waxed surface. A
damp cloth may he used. Allspatters
or drops Of any liquid should be wiped
up Immediately. When spots come
as come they will-rub them hurd
with a piece of thick felt under the
foot or with q flannel moistened in
turpentine.
Remember to keep tho surface we'll
polished, then dirt cannot stick and
substances spilled cannot reach the
wood and make spots With all these
precautions the floors which are con-
etantly used will need an entire reno
walton occasionally. They should
then be rubbed all over with steel
wool till every spot is scrapea out. If
the wood has grown dark it may be
whitened by wash of oxalic acid.
Rub perfectly smooth and clean before
applying the wax or other encaustic.
A good encaustic which will clean
and polish at the same time may be
made from wax. sal soda and any good
soap. The wax and soap should be
shaved and dissolved in boiling water.
Stir frequently and add tho soda. Put
the mixture in something which may
be closely covered and stir constantly
until cool. This may be applied to
floors, furniture, marbles. tiles, bricks,
etc. 1t will remove ink from polished
surfaces. The French use white wax
on white marbles, but this is not abso.
lutely necessary. American Kitchen
Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

What will your cousin say il he learns
I distressed your
"What is it to me what my cousin
thinks?"
Mr.. Stewart started. "Pardon me,
bnt thought that being engaged to
him"
81 am not engaged to him. Moth
ing is further fro n my intention.
A silence followed. Then Miss
Doane rose to depart, but Stewart,
whose mind had been adjusting itself
to the changed situation, put out a de-
tanning hand. SKATE" he said, eff
you are not going to marry your cous-
in, perhaps there might DO chance
for some one else.
"Perhaps."
He drew nearer. 81 know I'm a
perfect fool to rush on my fate. but
what's worth having is certainly worth
asking for. Kate, will You marry me?"
She smiled, but her eyes were very
tender. II believe you do love me"
she said.
"Well, q little"
"And il 1 marry you, know shall
be happy. You are SO strong and
true, and have my confidence so ut.
terly, but have been horrid to you, so
rude and disagreeable that don't see
how YOU can stand me-"
"Why, you are going back on your
theory"
"The girls will certainly laugh, and
Carl will mover leave me alone about
it, but I don't care," lifting her face
resolutely, 81 love you, and there's
no use pretending I don't"
A little while later she looked up.
81 always said would never care
for anyhcdy," she remarked, "what
will this prove?"
"That You are woman" he said.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
HEART. MY HEARTH
Heart, my heart! 30 fond 10 linger,
Nnvna oWovv

Heart, my heart! 30 fond 10 linger,
Come away!
Once with beckoning finger,
Eweetly once she babe thee stay;
Once what heavenly bliss was thine,
Once her love, and poured like wine;
Come. oh, come! make no delay!
Here are those bright looks she gave thee,
Hers alone!
What can lingering save thee2
This sweet touch or that soft toner
Love no fearful claim can mako.
Hers to give and hers to take
Yes, the kisses all her own.
Oh, the wealth that back she closes!
Lips divine!
Cheeks, my only roses;
Eyes that Hesperus outshine!
All her sweetness takes she homeS
Back into my bosom come,
Heart, my heart! for thou art mine.
Out, alas! do remember;
Hers thou art!
Given some fond December,
Never from her breast to part.
Bitter, bitter is thy lot,
To be hers that loves thee not,
Mine no longer, breaking heart.
M. Chose. in the Academy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Swallows Rcvengeful and Murderous.

An extraordinary tale of the revenge
of the swallows upon the sparrowa,
which had robbed them of their nest,
is told by correspondent of a German
paper. The owner of garden outside
Stuttgart observed with surprise that
there was no opening in the nest
which some swallows had built under
q beam in his summer house. Eager
to find the reason of the absence of Q
door in the swallows family dwelling,
he took ladder and inspected the
nest. Cutting it open with his pocket
knife, he found in it five little spar.
row lodgings, all of them dead. II
was evident that the swallows, by way
OF Furnishing the invaders who had
seized their house, had taken advan.
tage Of the absence of the father and
mother sparrows and had deliberately
"masoned" up the opening in the
nest, thereby sitting to death the
young brood of the robber birds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
BLAINE HOUSE TORN DOWN
People Make Rings of Nails FROM
the Maine Mans BOyhOOd Home.

WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Aug. 27-The
old house in which James G.. Blaine was
born and spent his boyhood has been torn
down. 1t fell under the doom Of destruc-
ton because for many years it had
been going to ruin. Only one man
here seems to have realized the value
as historic monument of that old
home or to have had pride enough in
the memory Of the great man who was born
in 1t to wish to preserve it. Joseph T..
Adams, schoolmate and playmate of Blaine,
hoped to do so and would have done 1t had
he not been prevented by serious illness,
which has made him an invalid.
While the old building was in course Of
destruction the villagers possessed them
selves Of mementos in the shape of bits OF
wood, nails and pieces Of stone. Many of
the old nails have been converted into rings
which sdorn the fingers of the residents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
RECIPES,

Baked Apple Jelly-Fill two quart
granite or earthen dish with alternate
layers of sliced tart apples and sugar.
Bake three hours, closely covered.
This is delicious, and should turn out
solid pink jelly.
Crullers-Two cups brown sugar
one and one.half cups butter, six eggs,
one.half nutmeg, flour enough to
make a moderate stiff dough. Roll to
o thickness of quarter of an inch,
cut ont and fry i'll smoking hot lard.
Cherry Blanc .Mange-One quart
sour cherries; wash in cold water and
seed; place in the fire with half tea.
cup of cold water and stew until ten.
der; add teacupful of white sugar,
o teaspoon of butter and two table.
spoons of cornstarch which have been
perfectly dissolved in four teaspoons
of cold water. Stir gently until corn.
starch is cooked from five to eight
minutes), then pour into a dish or
mold to cool. Eat with cream.
Corn Soup-Take the water chicken
was cooked in and place on the fire;
add the remaining chicken meat and
bones to the stock, of which there
should be two quarts. Simmer until
the meat leaves the bones, then strain;
flavor with teaspoonful of cayenne
and celery salt. Add small cupful
of sweet corn cut from the ear, place
where it will cook slowly for half an
hour, and just before serving add a
cupful of sweet cream or milk.
New Potatoes-Scrape and lay in cold
water ten minutes; cover with boiling
water and let boil fifteen minutes;
then add the salt Ito one pint of water
half tablespoonful Of salty and let
boil hard fifteen minutes longer.
When cooked pour off every drop OF
water; take off the cover of saucepan
and shake the potatoes for a moment
in current of cold air, then place on
back Of stove and cover with o clean,
coarse towel until ready to dish.
Sponge Cake--Beat the yolks OF two
eggs until thick, add gradually one
cup of sugar, one.half teaspoonful each
of lemon Juice and grated rind md
beat we'll. And three.eighths of cup
OF hot water, the whites Of the eggs
beaten to stiff froth, one cup of -four
sifted with one saltspoonful Of salt,
and level teaspoonfuI of baking pow.
der. Bake in a buttered cake pan
forty-five minutes. When ready to
Use, break into pieces. Sponge cake
should never be cut.
Jellied Tongue-This is q recipe pre-.
pared by Mrs. s. B. Buckner, and was
often on her table when her husband
was Governor of Kentucky. Boil the
tongue until tender, 80 that the skin
will pull off readily. Cut in thin
slices and arrange in mold. having pre-.
viously laid slices of lemon on bottom.
Cover with jelly mado of one box OF
gelatine dissolved in cup of cold
water. Add one quart of boiling water
less q cup, Juice of four lemons, two
cups of sugar. Strain we'll. Let stand
twelve hours before using.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Stewart watched them with wrath in
lis heart-the girl was talking gayly,

Stewart watched them with wrath in
his heart-the girl was talking gayly,
her soft laugh floating back to HIM.
"rhere goes living denial of her
theory" he thought. "She is kind
ness itself to Ainslie and he is devo.
ted to her. Indifference, indeed ! I'd
like to see the woman who could at.
tract me by that. As for Miss Doane,
she is heartless little fiirt, and I don't
intend to fret myself about her." and
he climbed the steps and stalked
gloomily off to the smoking room.
"Kate," said young Ainslie, resting
on his oars, "I'm your cousin and
have right to tell you when I think
you are doing wrong; SO l say-do
leave poor old Stewart alone!"
"Leave poor old Stewart alone"
Indignantly. 81 think you had better
suggest his leaving me alone"
"Of course, now, you know very
we'll what mean. It's all right for
you to trample on Herbert and Reade
and myself, we're used to it-been
broken in too long to protest-but
Ste warts another sort; he cares aw.
fully about things"
ooh, indeed, so he cares awiully,
and the rest Of you I suppose, are
only amusing yourselves.
"How You tease a follow! No
what mean is that he is SO terribly
all there don't you know, that if he
let's himself be hard hit it would knock
him out completely to have you throw
him over"
$50 terribly 'all there'-what q
graphic expression. Yet undenisbly
true in this case; but why do you take
it for granted that I will throw him
over?"
Mr.. Ainslie's face expressed the ut
most CONSERVATION. "Well, really, I
don't know. but thought, 1 somehow
CONCLUDED"
"What?"
"Why," a brilliant idea striking
him, 'that you didn't care for any
body, and wouldn'tuntil you had seen
more OF the world, for you are very
young, Kate, in spite of your many
experiences.
"Carl," said Miss Doane solemnlY,
"the bar has lost shining mark in
you, but I am proud to claim you as q
relative"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
The Secret Out.

The great hotel was crowded, and
the newly married couple who had
Just arrived from Rising Sun had been
compelled to take apartments on the
fourteenth floor.
The fair young bride put her head
out of the window to take look at
the city, but quickly drew it in
again.
''It's no use trying to keep it secret,
George" she said with a blush and n
pout. Everybody has found MS ont al
ready. There's u hand organ down
tho street playing tho Wedding
March p'-Chicngo Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
SCIENCE OF BOILING POTATOES.

In a bulletin issued by Professor
Snyder, of the Minnesota Agricultural
College, he makes Q point of interest
to the housewife. He shows that when
potatoes are peeled and started boiling
in cold water there is loss of eighty
per cent. of the total albumen, aud
where they are not peeled and are
started in hot water this loss is re-
duced to two per cent. A bushel Of
potatoes, weighing sixty pounds, con.
tain about two pounds OF total
heterogeneous compounds. When i'm.
properly cooked one-half of pound
is lost, containing six. tenths ola pound
OF the most valuable proteids. 1t re.
quires all of the protein from nearly
two pounds OF round beefsteak to re-
place the loss Of protein from i'm.
properly boiling bushel of potatoes.
New Orleans Picayune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Three q Sacred Number,

Three is a sacred number, said Pro-
lessor Blackie. Aristotle settled that.
Three is the first number that has II
beginn ming, middle and an end: and
this gives the perfect idea of whole.
Every dinner ought to have at least
three courses and every novel three
volumes and every sermon three
heads. Three was tn sacred number
of all the ancient Britons, as is shown
by the Triads which have survived
the Wholesale destruction OF their lit
erature,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Breathes Through Its Tail.

The periothalmus, species of fish
which is found on the coast of the In
dian ocean and Western Africa,
breathes through his tail, and it is the
only fish known to prossess that pow
err. The fish may often seen clinging g
by their fins to the rocks and man
grove roots, while keeping their tails
immersed in the water, and their re-
spiration is Effected through the skin
of the tail. 1t has been proved that
when the tail is coated with oil or var
nish the fish dies of suffocation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Killed by AbSintlle.

The workmen were playing cards in
a wineshop in the Rue Joutfroy OIL
Friday afternoon, when, in the ex-
element of gambling, one man bet
the other that he could not drink of
half o litre of absinthe in one draught.
The other man took the bet and also
the absinthe. He had not even time to
put his glass on the table, when he
fell like an inert mass on the ground.
He died at noon in the Beaujon
hospital after terrible sufferings. -
Paris Figaro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

~ took three bottles of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
used two packages of Sanative Wash,
and l am now almost well. ] am
stouter and healthier than have ever
been in my life. My friends and neigh
bors and the doctors are surprised at
my rapid Improvement. i have told
them all what I have been taking"
Mrs. .ANNErrA BIcKMEIER, Bellaire,
Belmont Co., o.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Miss Kate sullivan's Body Found.

HOLYOKE, Mass. Aug. 27- The body OF
Miss Kate Sullivan was found in the Con-
necticut river by John kimball, near the
Northampton line. 1t had the appearance
of being In the water two or three days.
She disappeared from her home on Lyman
street last week. and no trace Of her could
be found. 1t is thought that she threw her
self into the river in fit OF temporary in
sanity. The body was removed to her home
on Lyman street.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
IN SUPPORT OF A THEORY

He house party at
West wood were
dawdling o v Q r
their coffee on the
moonlit piazza.
It was q merry
crowd; everybody
knew everybody
else, and there was
much laughter and
talk, but suddenly
n ,;1ouno fol1
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
TO WHOM CAN THEY TELL THEIR
TROUBLES?

A Woman Answers "TO Me"-Anxious
Inquirers Intelligently Answered-ThOu-
sands of Grateful Letters.
Women regard it as a blessing that
they can talk to a woman who fully
understands their every ailment, and
Thus avoid the examina.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, =.

FRANK j. CHENLY makes oath tuat ho Is the
senior partner Of the firm Of J.. j. CHENEY "
CO., doing business IN the CITY ot Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS fur eacu
and every case OF CATAnRH that cannot BE-
cured by the use HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
49,, presence. this 9th day of December,
SEAL A. d. 1856. A. W. GIEAs9N,
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

Mrs. Annie I. Risley, OF No. 1929
South 5Oth st., Philadelphia, is the
wife OF prominent real estate agent
and moves in high social circles.
She Is also member OF the PresDy.
terrain Church. Unler date OF Sep.
TENDER 18th, 1895, Mrs. Risley writes:
II write to thank you for the bene-
fetal results from the use Of Ripans
Tabules. saw them advertised,
and though rarely put much
confidence 10 patent medicines
decided to try them. Since began
taking them my dyspepsia has de
unfinished and can feel that IL is
leaving me. My complexion has
improved, and feel like new
woman-not the new woman Of the
present fad, but rejuvenated and
physically regenerated being.
(Signed). MRS. A. T. RIsLEY."
Rirans Tabules are sold by druggists, or by ma
the price ~ cents a box Il sent to The Ripar
hemlcal Company, No. " Spi uce st.. New Yor
ample Vial, ~ cenls
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

On the thirty-seventh anniversary
of the battle of San MARITIME, the
monument to King Emanuel, executed
by the deceased sculptor Rosa, was
unveiled at Milan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
An Inquiry

Canvasser. We offer, with our wheel,
special inducements to beginners.
Jones. Have you built hospital
for them?-Puck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

A French paper is authority for the
statement TINT the number of visiting
cards printed in the civilized world is
about 600, 900, 900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
Are You Satisfied with What You Know

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Every person who has not large encyclopaedia
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

Female diseases ylelO
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once. Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, falling and displacement of the
womb, ovarian troubles, spinal weak
ness and kidney complaints, all have
their symptoms, and should be nipped
in the bud" Bearing-down pains, back
ache, headache, nervousness, pains in
groins, lassitude, whites, irregularities,
dread of impending evil, blues, sleep
lessness, faintness, etc.
Here is testimony right to the point:
"The doctors told me that unless I
went to the hospital and had an opera
ton performed, could not live. had
falling, enlargement and liberation OF
the womb.
81 was in constant misery all the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29
A CURE FOR ALL
Summer Complaints,
DYSENTERY, DlARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.

half to a tesspoonful Of Ready Relief In . hall
tumbler Of water. repeated ~ often the dis.
charges continue, and a flannel saturated with
Ready Relief placed over the stomach or bowels
will afford immediate relief and soon eject
lnternaly-A half to q teaspoonful In half . tum.
bier Of wafer will. in few minutes cure Cramps
Spasrns, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting Heart.
bnrn NERVOUSNESS, Sleeplessness. Sick Headache
flatulencs and all internal pains.
Malaria In Its varieas Psrus Cared
and Prevcated.
There IL not . remedial agent In the world that
will cure fever and ague and all other malarious
bilious and other fsvers, aided BY RAILWAYS
Price ~ cents per bottle. sold BY all druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

fits after first days use of DR. KTiNE's GREAT
NERvEREsToRER. Free 81 trial bot tie and treat
Use. Send to DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

Lord Butte has lately been making some
purchases Of land in Jerusalem. NE35
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

tions, expert
lnents and the.
,ries of incom-
petent physi-
ians, whose sex
deprives them
of knowing by
experience.
N The end
ASctC WIZ "a
y denceplaced
h in Mrs.
: Pinkham by
] American
women,
It's them to seek
AA1
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-29

l cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for
Consumption. Mrs. FRANK MoBBs, 2l5 w.
I'D St., New York, Oct. ~, 1894.