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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06

"Canes are not as much IN evidence
now as they were couple of seasons
ago." explained dealer to Star re-
porter. "They have simply gone out
of fashion temporarily, and as great
proportion Of canes were used by those
who carried them not because they
needed them, but because it was the
proper thing to do, there is tempor-
ary dullness in the cane market. The
business will pick up again, though,
and think it will be in the direction
of lighter canes. The dude era, which
is about going out of existence, unfor-
tunately for cane manufacturers, turned
in on canes. 1t took the form of exag-
geratiOn in size and weight, and finally
brought into existence cane that was
ridiculous in size. Then the carica-
turists got in their fine work, and they
increased it in size tenfold. The
comedians OIL the stage took it up where
the caricaturists left it off aud carried
cane almost as big as pump stock.
Ridicule did the rest, and for while
the cane will be less active. The dude
era started the eclipse of the cane.
The fellow who follows the dude does
not wear cane, because he is differ
ent and has necessarily t2 do different
things. OF course there IS no let up
in the nicer grade of canes, which are
carried by gentlemen because they have
always carried them and who do not
propose to allow the dude or his sue
cessor to interfere with their habits or
desires. The fancy cane stick UNI
brellas have also supplanted the cane
with many on account of the double
purpose for which they eau be used.
1t will be noticed that the hundreds Of
very young men who carried canes a
couple of years ago never carry any
now. Many of them gave up the cane
because it was mot in it any more. but
the great majority got out of the habit
the moment they began riding the
wheel. 1t is wonderful how many
changes in things the bicycle has
brought about. ."-Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
Ate the Girls Hat.

A hungry white horse, with the ap-
psarance of having gone unfed for many
day, after having browsed among the
banana skins in the gutter at Clark and
Washington streets this afternoon,
yielded to the temptation offered by
the new hat of a matinee girl as she
was about to enter the Chicago Opera
House, and, after knocking it off her
head, munched it until it was ruined.
The hat was probably worth $35.
The horse was wandering unbridled
about the Chicago Opera House block,
aud had made several reaches for straw
hats before he got one. The girl
screamed in terror, and crowd quick
ly gathered, but the efforts of the gal
liant were too late to save the hat
Chicago Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06

narrative abruptly to an end, "was
that the girl had been in trance, and
her people, thinking her dead, had
started her on the road to Paradise"
Of course 1 wanted to know the
rest OF the story, but while was
thinking how to frame my question
l observed Mrs. Ericsson watching me
closely and as if she would speak. I
waited for her words, liking always
to hear the sweet music of her voice.
'She found her way to Paradise"
she said; ''she has been in Paradise
ever since. And now you will no
longer think it curious, my friend"
here she smiled upon me with her
wonderful eyes" that l care to be
always with him who gave me life.
And now that you know my story you
will never again think me strange
woman %
And | promised and, looking out
upon the calm sea, breathed wish
that fatA miaht serye me thus.-Pop-
lliar Science Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
Grane-Cure Gardens.

The happiest and most successful
health seekers Of our later-day world
are probably the summer guests of
the Trauben Kuren, or grape-cure
gardens, that were established some
fifty years ago in the neighborhood of
Berne, and can now be found all over
Switzerland, France, the Rhineland
countries and southern Austria.
Guests eat very light breakfast.
Weather permitting, they then scatter
in quest of sharp appetite. The
serious work of the day begins at III
Il. m., when the gates of the vineyard
are opened for the forenoon lunch.
Helping yourself is the order of the
day. Gossipers stroll up and down
the leafy avenues, culling tidbits here
and there; business men gather good
supply and retreat with book to
some shady nook to spice thei, lunch
with utilitarian by-purpose. If a
glutton desires to eat his moneys
worth to the last penny the landlord
gives him fair chance; nobody con-
trolls the proceedings of the lunch
party, anu the dinner Dell Goes not
ring before three p. M.
Grapes, it is true, are chiefly sweet
water with subtle Havoring from
natures own laboratory; but in no
other form can the human organism
absorb so large quantity of blood
purifying liquids, with such mini
mum of distressing after effects. The
expurgative fluid reaches every part
of the system, rinsing out morbid
humors and restoring congested Or
gans to healthy state of functional
activity, for reasons which, traced to
their ultimate significance, mean that
man, in state of nature, is frugiv-
orous, not carnivorous nor herbiv-
orous biped. The Chautauquan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Berlin has no bOOtblacks.

Berlin has no bootblacks.
A paper telegraph wire is announced
There is white sparrow in La.
fayette, Ind.
Railways in Holland are so carefully
managed that the accidental deaths
on them average only one year fol
the entire country.
Egypt's population, according to
the census just taken, is 9,7OO, 900, an
increase of $500, 900 since 1882, Oh
about forty-two per cent. in fifteen
years.
In France, some of the hospitals for
infections diseases are furnished with
telephones, so that the sick may con-
verse with their friends without dan
ger of communicating disease.
The earliest discovery of iron in
this country was in western North
Carolina, and the first manufacture of
it was made in Virginia in 1919. The
foundry was destroyed by the Indians
in 1922.
In 1888 there were only twenty y-nine
head of sheep in New South Wales,
but now the stock has reached go OOO,- :
900. Australia, New Zealand and
Tasmania together possess about $780,
900, 900 sheep.
The thickest known coal seam in
the world is the Wyoming, near Twin
Creek, in the Green River coal basin,
Wyoming. 1t is eighty feet thick, and
upwards of three hundred feet of solid
coal nnderlie four thousand acres.
Near Boise City, Ida, four hundred
feet below the earth's surface, there
is a subterranean lake of hot water of
40 degrees temperature. 1t has pres
sure enough to ascend to the top floor
of most of the houses, and will be
piped TO them for heating purposes.
Probably the largest dog in the
world is in Meyersdale, Penn. It is
an English mastiA, nine months old,
and measures in length feot and 8
inches; girth, 35 inches; height "a
inches, and neck, 27 inches. The dog
is the property of John w. Guthrie.
Gray squirrels in the vicinity Of
Baraboo, Wis, gather in drOves every
now and then and migrate southwark.
This fall the woods are alive with them.
They travel at the rate of about half a
mile day, and the migration period
lasts about two weeks. The cause of
the migration is not known.
National flowers have been adopted
in various countries, as follows;
Greece, violet; Canada, sugar maple !;
Egypt, lotus; England, rose; France,
feur lie lis; Germany, cornfower !;
Ireland, shamrock /; Italy, lily; Prus-
sia, linden; Saxony, mignonette !;
Scotland, thistle Spain, pomegranate /;
Wales, leek.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
PLENTY OF GROUND TO STAND ON.
Worlds Population Could BE Huddled
Into One OF Englanda Shires.

England to-day contains 80, 900, ,00C
people, but it has trebled its popula.
ton in the course Of century, mas
much as the population was 10, 900, 600
on the accession OF the Hanoverian dy-
nasty. At the time of the Great Revo-
luton, in 1888, England contained
$500, 900, while London, now 5, 5,5O0,-
600, contained only 500, 900 inhabi-
tants.
1t further appears that the entire
population OF the country was under
million when the Domestic Book was
compiled shortly after the Norman
conquest. Other Nations are more or
less amenable to the same principle OF
increase, and modern ideas of the vast
populations of antiquity are far from
being correct. In spite of the grossly
exaggerated statistics of Josephus the
size or Jerusalem, ana the course OF
its ancient walls, which can easily be
traced, prove that the holy city could
nevor havo accommodated ,,aurv than
100, 900 people, while the outer walls
of Rome, still standing, indicate that
the ancient population of the Eternal
City could not, even its palmy days,
have exceeded 1000, 900 people
westward the star of civilization
takes its course" is confirmed by the
history of the ancient world, and set
forth in the rise and fall of the sue.
cessive Empires of China, India,
Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece and
Rome. The westward trend of the
Aryan families of Celts, Teutons and
Slavs in prehistoric times points to an
Eastern origin of the primitive nations,
that gathered strength as they marched
toward the land of the setting sun,
and now it appears highly probably
that the bulk of the worlds popula-
tion had congregated around the blue
waters of the Mediterranean when
Greece and Rome were in the meridian
Of their power. The numerical
strength of these nations was not great,
aud modern ideas of the vast popula.
ton of the ancient world are more
fanciful than real.
From the foregoing consideration it
WOulO SccIu tuHV tue regular uOlud
troops of the British army, numbering
about 100000 men, could find stand
ing room on four acres of ground, Il
space about equal to that of Trafalgar
Square, London; while the entire
force of volunteers in this country,
numbering about $50, 900, could be
accommodated in Lords Cricket
ground.
The $500, 900 people in London
could easily stand in Regents Park,
while the 10000, 900 of the United
Kingdom could be packed together in
a space within range of cannon that
can fire the distance of a mile.
The present population of the world
could stand in Middlesex, while all
who. have ever lived since the Christian
era could stand in Yorkshire, and all
the Inhabitants of the world, reckon
ing from the time of Adam to the
present day, could, as far as area is
concerned, have found ample room for
standing in England.-London Tit
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
= A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
Death Of Noted Adventurer, Physi
clan and Scientist.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 3-Dr. Alexander
Milton Ross, soldier of adventure, a
naturalist and notable physician. Is dead
here. He was a native OF Ontario, the C ma
dian province, but came to New York as u
boy, was compositor on the Evening Post
and engaged the interest Of William Cullen
bryant. He studied medicine with Valen-
tine Mott. received his degeee in 1855 and
then went out with William Walkers fill
clustering expedition to Nicaragua. Re-
turning to the United States. he was for q
time associated with John Brown In Kan
sas. He served as "a surgeon In the Union
army. and at the end OF the civil war he had
u similar post in the army OF Juarez In
Mexico. This closed his career of adven-
ture. He returned to Canada and be-
came member Of the college OF physicians
and surgeons OF Quebec and Ontario, and
was one OF the founders OF the society Tor
the diffusion OF physiological knowledge In
1881. He was appointed treasurer and
commissioner OF agriculture for the province
of Ontario, and removed from Montreal to
Toronto. He was knighted by the emperor
Of Russia and by the kings of Italy. Greece
and Saxony In 1876, and by the king OF Port
ugal In 1871 lie was appointed consul IN
Canada by the kings OF Belgium ana Den
mark and received tho decorations OF ths
Academic Franceise'' from the government
of Frtnce in 1879. He was a member oi
many scientific societies and the author ot
many works, especially on the hora an
fauna OF America of which he was an enthu-
siastic student and an authority.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
Was Mason OF High Degree

ROCKLAND, Me-, Nov. 81. Fred Hall.
leading business man and one of the most
prominent Masons in the state, Is dead as
the result Of IL runaway accident and pneu-
monia. He was born here In 1910, and had
q distinguished army service. He was
grand treasurer OF the Knights OF Honor Of
Maine for seven years, and dictator in 1880
/. In 1891 he was representative to the
supreme lodge In New Orleans, and In 1892
representative to the supreme lodge In
Charleston, 8. G. He was thrice married,
respectively to Isabel Burton OF Union, Rosa
Peterson OF Brooklyn and Mary c. Smith Of
this city. The surviving children from these
unions are Benjamin G. Hall, Mrs. Fl. G..
Chatto, Clarence Hall and Edna Porter Hall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
Cycling on Ocean steamers

Cycling on board an ocean liner in
the early morning before the crowd of
passengers has turned ont on deck, is
becoming popular. The motion of the
vessel makes riding delightful in an
ordinary sea, and those who have tried
It say q spin on land is nothing to
spin on the ocean wave. as it were.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
Suit Founded on Spite.

PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. 3-After being out
three and a half hours the jury in the
supreme court rendered verdict OF 5000
for ex-Police officer Warisworth Verrll OF
Deering, who sued Mayor Henry J. Davis
and City Marshal Leander Clark OF Deering
for assault and false Imprisonment. The
suit was for 5000. The arrest Of the plain
till wac due to his failure to deliver over to
the marshal his badge. billy and handouts,
he having been dropped from the regular
police force last spring. The defence
claimel the suit was founded on spite
against Mayor Davis and that the plaintiff
was urged on by some Of the mayors politi-
cal opponents An appeal from the verdict
will be- taken.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
A Work OF Art.

An evidence OF genuine enterprise and lib.
.rality il shown by the publishers OF the
Youths Companion. Boston, Mass, In giving
ali new subscribers to their publication nm
art calendar for 1s9S-a gem OF beautiful
coior-work far in advance OF anything OF the
kind previously produced. Also magnih-
ara New Years double number OF the mag
zine-each line a prize-which will be precerved
hv Thousands OF art lovers. By sending a
connon cut from the advertising columns OF
the local paper OF this week or last week and
following its instructions these artistic and
valuable productions can be securea-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
The Sun aud the Washington Monument.

The towering Washington monu.
ment. solid as it is, cannot resist the
heat of the sun, poured on its southern
side on midsummer's day, without o
slight bending of the gigantic shaft
which is renderedperceptible by means
of copper wire, ia feet long, hang
ing in the centre of the structure, and
carrying a plummet suspended in o
vessel of water. At noon in summer
the apex Of the monument, $50 feet
above the ground, is shifted, by ex-
pansion of the stone, few hundredths
of an inch toward the north. High
winds cause perceptible motions of the
plummet, and in still weather delicate
vibrations of the crust of the earth,
otherwise unperceived. are registered
by it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
ExDeuse No Object,

"4ou have put too many RS in the
word very, said the tutor.
what OF it?" retorted the scion of
newly rich house. 81 guess pa is
able to pay for the ink"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06

Only little. shrivelled seed
1t might be flower. or grass or wed
Only II box Of earth On the edge
Of Il narrow, dusty window ledge;
Only few scant summer showers.
Only II few clear. shinin; hon :,
That was all. Yet God could make
Out Of these. for II sick child's SAKE.
A blossom wonder as fair AMI sweet
As eve r broke at an angels feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06
TRANSFORMATION.

Only life OF barren pain
Wet with sorrowful tears for rain;
Warmed sometimes by IL wandering CLEAN
Of JOY. that seemel but n happy dream
life ns common and brown and bare
AS the LoN Of earth in the window there;
Yet 1t bore Mt last tn" precious bloom
Of a perfect soul in tina; narrow room
Pure as the narrow leaves that fold
Over the iiowers heart of gold.
Henry Van Dyke.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06

Considerable cold water has been
thrown on the streets of Greater New
York. About 10, 900, 900 gallons sur
prised Madison avenue and Forty
eighth street the other morning by
the buroting of big water main, u
most costly and destructive douche
for a city already plunged in munich
pal woe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-11-06

The Tribune's editorial page is now
arrayed in all the glory of handsome
new dress. This is not the only at
traction of the Tribune's editorial
page nowadays. 1t is speaking out
vigorously and clearly in behalf of
bipartisan municipal government
for Greater New York, unawed by
Platt and Quigg. 1t is q noticeable
case of handsom is as handsome g does.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15

The exultant Joy with which the Journal
Democrats and Republicans of Providence
learned that Mr.. Mcguire, the sturdy
Chairman of the Providence Democratic
Committee, had been dropped from the
voting list by Johnny Blodgett's COM
mission, is only equalled by their chagrin
to learn that his wife Is taxed for real
estate and that he can buy more in his
own name and have 1t recorded for more
than twenty days before another election.
But the glee of the men who reduced a
party plurality Of 5000 votes to an opposi-
tion majority of 10000 in four years time
is only another evidence that it is time for
the Democrats of Rhode Island to awake
and cast out the incompetents who have
led them only to defeat and betray them.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15

Spain, according to the war Office statis-
tics, had sent, up to the end OF 1895, 1885,.
O47 men and 40 generals to Cuba. Ths
deaths In the field and from yellow fever
and other diseases were four generals and
22,731 men and officers, and all this enor-
nous loss of life over q little island con-
tanning q comparative small number OF
patriots.compared with the Spanish hordes
II any feasible explanation of what Spain
will gain in tho end by continuing the
conflict can be given, we would like tc
know It.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15
CURRENCY COMMISSION.

1t Is announced that Immediately after
the passage OF the tariff bill an act will be
passed providing for the appointment of Q
currency commission, whose duty 1t will
be to investigate the condition of our cur
rency and suggest recommendations for
its Improvement. AS this work has
been already done by the abliest financiers
OF the country, the subject should not oc-
cupy the time of the "Commission" for
any longer period than would enable It's
members to digest the salient points of the
arguments which have been made by men
who are wholly conversant with the busi-
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15
NEW RAIL WAY OPENED.

The opening Of the Brockton, Bridge
water and Taunton Street Railway oc-
CURED yesterday and was genuine cause
for rejoicing by the citizens Of the three
towns, especially the Tauntonians. The
Taunton Herald last evening spoke Of the
isolation which has heretofore existed and
referred to the results that will come as a
result Of the closer connection and bond
of union with Brockton. As 1t takes
almost two hours to make the trip between
the two cities by the new air line route We
fail TO sec whers the closer bond of union
comes In. Certainly Tauntonians can ar.
rive at Brockton in time to see the finisf
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15


Miss Katharine X. Collins Of Cleveland
IL negotiating with parties In pennsylva
MIA through whom she hopes 70 become q
70 bs worth $500, 600, 900 In land and $780,
600, 900 In cash.
Miss Collins II by no means assured
that she will get part Of this enormous
sum. but she has enough faith In the ex
istence OF a legal olaim In her favor to
keep up q correspondence with many
friends. relatives and attorneys, with a
View Of establishing It.
The estate 10 already well known to the
public az tho Jacob Baker estate. Miss
Collins 10 not In possession OF oil the facts
with respect to II, but she 10 informed that
over 100 years ago Jacob Baker leased oer-
tain land, now In tho heart Of Philadel.
phia, for 90 years. The lease ran out
about 1880, and the accumulated rents and
interest make up the eS0, 900, 900 of cash,
while the leased land Ia now ready to 70.
vert to Jacob Bakers heirs, II they can be
found.
Miss Collins does not know where all
Of this great sum Of money Is or who was
the trustee or agent for the collection OF
the money. Her information comes part.
ly from a firm of Pittsburg attorneys
which, she Is informed, Is entirely reputa.
BILE and partly from the officers Of an asso-
citation Of the heirs In Pennsylvania. Rob
ert H. Yeager of Du Bois. Pa, Is one OF
the leaders of that association and Is now
In Philadelphia looking up the facts In
the matter Miss Collins. together with
Miss Emma ID. Stewart Of Alliance, O.,
and Miss Sophie Askey Of Niles, has H.
sued a circular to the Ohio heirs, asking
them to meet at Miss Stewards home In
Alliance to consider whether they shall
take the matter up.
The Pennsylvania society is also In.
viting cooperation from the Ohio heirs.
A condition precedent to getting into the
Pennsylvania game II the payment Of 81
to the committee having the Investigation
In charge.
II there IL anything Of the estate. Miss
Collins will certainly be In it, for Jao0b
Baker was never married, and NiD Col
Nns can trace her Descent By extant lAmily
records directly to sister Of Jacob Baker.
There II also known to be In her family q
deed from Jacob to Miss Collins great
grandfather conveying land In or about
Philadelphia
Miss Collins does not know that there
arc any other heirs to the estate In Cleve-
land, but she has learned that . man
named Baker from this city investigated
the estate about ten years ago, but failed
to establish claim to It, cleveland Plain
Dealer
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15

There are in the histories of all ma
tions." said the earnest man, "crises
when some few men must step forward
and save their country from utter
ruin"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum.
that's very true. 1t happens once
every four years with us. the next occa-
sion of that kind being scheduled for
0."-Washington Star.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-15

The newly elected Democratic City Com
mittee will get down to business and or
ganixe for the fall campaign tomorrow
evening. Chairman Affiick will have the
undivided support of the Democracy
of Pawtucket. He stands for no faction
or clique. He represents the whole
Democratic party, which is invincible In
Fawtucket when united under intelligent
and competent leadership.